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The Daily Dispatch: November 26, 1861., [Electronic resource] 3 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: November 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], An American Captain's "Correction" of his crew. (search)
An American Captain's "Correction" of his crew. --At the Arbroath Police-court, on Monday, Capt. Samuel Colson, Master of the American brig Amos M. Roberts, was charged before Bailie Trial with committing an assault on his Second Mate, John Smith, on board the ship in harbor. The Mate had been left in charge during the absence of the Captain, who, on his return, found the man drunk, reprimanded him, and ordered him below. Instead of going, the Mate threatened to "whip" the Master, whereen to maintain discipline. The case was found proved, and the magistrate remarked that if any man in this country had struck a horse severely with such a weapon as he had used to his Mate, he would have been punished for cruelty to animals. Captain Colson was fined five guineas. The Amos M. Roberts is the first ship under the "stars and stripes" that ever entered this harbor, and the system of discipline this case indicates has not favorably prepossessed seamen in this quarter towards the Ame