The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-10
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a Small Nintiny-NiRht Avorls-Niah,
Watches; Carrying st,,ddlns Sails.
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3i' fSs}Ss3S was Q lied as
$500 \, usual, and after
the usual Sbunsling and fishing in Il the Z,
well Tor the broken valves, they were
put, In order again. 1t was then nearly
| a. m. Meanwhile NIL the able seamei,
IN our watch had Mt eight bells walked
below. The watch newly come on deck
refused to pump the ship clear, alleging
1t was the business Of the others. The
watch below were biddon to come on
deck and perform their neglected duty.
They refused. This was mutiny. The
four mates got their pistols, entered tho
torecastle aud stormed, ordered and
threatened. It was OF no avail. z The
litteen able seamen who refused con-
stitnted the main strength and effective.
ness OF that watch. 4 They were threat.
ened with being put in irons. 4 They
preferred irons to pumping out OF their
turn. They were, put in irons fifteen
stout men, by four mates, who then re.
turned and reported proceedings to the
captain. The men remained shackled
untiltthes next ;morning. y ItGwas then
discovered that it was impossible 10 work
the ship without their aid. OF course
they couldn't handle the vessel in irons.
The Wizard rated over 5000 tons, and
manva frigate OF her size would have
been-deemed poorly of with less than
one hundred men for handling the shin
alone. We rarely secured tho lower
sails properly in heavy weather, from
the mere lack Of pbysical strength to
handle them. So Capt. S-----pccred sadly
at his breakfast through; his gold bowed
s,ectacles, and when the meal was over
issued orders for the release OF the fifteen
men in irons. In this little affair the
boys and ordinary seamen belonging to
the mutluous watch took no part. They
were strictly neutral and waited to see
hiclrside would win. / felt rather,un.
pleasant and alarmed. Though not full
lledged Smutinyt and "a conversion Of "A
peaceful merchantmen into pirate, it
did look at one time as il the initiatory
steps TO such end were being taken.
A One OF the great aims OF existence at
sea is that OF keeping the decks clean.
The scrubbing, swishing and smashing
is performed iby, each watch on alternate
mornings, and commences at daylight.
1t was the one ordeal; which / regarded
with horror and contempt. 4 Y on are
called-up at i in the morning, when the
sleep of growing youth is soundest.
The maniacal wretch OF the other watch,
who does the calling, does it with the
glee. and screech OF a fend. s. He will not
stop his ""All h.a.a-nds 7, until he hears
some responsive echo from tho ,sleepers.
He is noisy and joyous because il is so
near the time be can tnrn in. And
these four hours Of sleep at sea are such
Injuries as mny rarely be, realized on
shore. But the mates watch is calling
us, screechiDg, bowling, humping on
the forecastle door, and making himself
extremely, pleasant. AZ II. ss7ii,
eve are called out ON deck, and Stun
bling about, maybe with one boot half
on, and more asleep than awake and
more dead than alive. We are in the
warm, enervating latitude OF the tropics,
with every sinew relaxed from the steam
ing heat. Perhaps there is a lightwind
aft. We are carrying studding sails.
Studding ;sailsIare beautiful to look at
from distance. But when once you
have sailed in ship carrying them from
the;royGls down and know something Of
the labor of rigging them out NIL on one
side, fore, main and mizzen masts, and
then, if the breeze ia!lers a couple Of
points, taking the starboard sails all down
and rigging out the larboard, or perhaps
n'both ,sides-and this on a Sunday at.
ternoon, when there ARE no jobs and
you've been. expecting plenty. OF leisure
TO teat3your&dutfs and molasses ! or If
you have ever helped Ito carry those
heavy yards about the deck when tho
chip was rolling violently in IA heavy
groundswell, and everytime she brought
up, sails, blocks, and everything nova
blewa bringing up also withGa series OF
pistol like reports OF: If you have ever
laid out on a royal yard trying to pass a
heavy rope through tho ..jewel block,
Mt tho extreme end thereof, while the
mastand yard were oscillating to and fro
with yon through the air in Ia rapidly;
recurring series Of gigantic ares caused
by the lazy swell, in the trough of which
your ship is rolling-and at the end of
each roll! you fndSy yourself holding on
for dear life,,le at the termination Of
each Oscillation you DO shot like an ar.
row into tho sea from your insecure
percll--why;in all these cases the beauty
and Epicturcsqneness Of Ia ship under
studding sails will be tempered by some
sober realities. Z;
4 81 TWAS $3.50 or 6 o'clock. y The morning
4 lighshas come. The tcry ,tof Turn to y
is heard. That is, s.,turn tor to9wash
downndecks, ian operation which will
tax the already exhausted, resources Of
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