The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-02
Oppression and orueltu at Sea-


NEW YORK, September a.
While so much sympathy is exhausted on all kinds of suE
ferng upon land it often forgotten that there exists an
uneaped field for the exercise of the phanhropic spirit at
At SEA, there still repubicsnsm absolute power
prevails Leaving the yet mOoted point whether Official
despotsm is requisite to safety shpboard think few
viii refuse to that cruelty and oppression not
it undenabe however that immense amount of such
cruelty continues to be exercised from officers to their
The proportion of good officers, manly and wellksd by
their to those who always dctatoal and brutal is
perhaps great the latter being in considerable minority
But this minority have it in their to much su
fering, and do cause in the heart evOlts at.
When case comes before our courts involving the rela
ton between officers and their men, have noticed that
the court generally takes for granted that the officers
right and the wrong unless plainly proved the con-
rary This probably arises from the conservatism which
IN the very nature OF law and lawyers So poor Jack op
posed to wealth. cunning and rank does often get the
best side of the argument, when he deserves it,
Yesterday there in this city before the u S. Dis
tct Court where the crime charged of revolving
nature that public indignation could hardly be too severely
visited upon the oende if proved guilty 1t involves
vessel which sailed lately from your port Or Antwerp but
1t seems has put in heTe) and Whose oicsr and men
doubtless known in New Orleans. Charles A Bertrand
master of the ship Alhsmbra and Henry WatIon mate
aragned for the murder of Albert Burgess one their
crew The first witness examined Edward Murphy,
who testified as follows:
Was seaman on board the Alhambra she is an Amer.
can snip sailed on board the ship about three weeks since
from New Oesns bound Antwerp the deceased boarded
IN the same house with witness in New Orleans does not
New Orleans by the of Davy and on the vessel by the
name OF Albert ne died the Saturday after the Tuesday
we lett New Oneans at four clock that dAy he
brought ait to receive punishment and all the sailors and
captain, beg your pardon, sir; ask the man." meaning
the deceased, what he has to say he drunk what
the matter with him." Captain said, silence sir -
another Dutch boy then came crying to ntecede for him
the purpoIt OF what he said to let the go cannot
the boy the next that up was an Italian he
seemed to witness, to in blusterng of way the
he SAID the captain then went the deceased and said
made reply was dashed at the time BY both Ws d to
S ggn9 aRq 5000 pretty Straight the next thing the
words does not know whom the orders were given hui
the orders were followed by foggng by a second mate
swollen from wet there rope brought up here yeste
day, but 1t Is not the same the order was to give him
dozen several blows were given to him. but did
count them the captain called give to him harder
the mate did as he ordered and the cried good
sailors help, or something like that the rope about
TWO eet and half long after the captain had given the
lashed him with the doubled the captain asked the
mate, you counting these blows % The second mate
gave him very heavy blow across the lons he logged him
al along across the ons the had only light cotton
snrt on MIN the unfortunate man murmuTed bit
after he was let down the captain went to him and said
he was Kept ahed u up TS about f ba sn S SSSr
wards the captain sat the rail witness under
ne was cut down. he fell his back and lay there with his
mouth Open gasping the mate got piece of canvass and
for about theequaers of hour he heard rattng or
guTgng IN ms throat after that witness men one
witness thought that that the right way to bring
him. aud he and got something under his back and
with the Others brought him into the orecaste and laid him
N his bunk witness then looked him. and remarked to
the other men the deadly glaze of his eyes and that those
wee the raes his throat cannot say when he died but
thinks 1t was between four and eight O'Clock one of the
men came to witness about midnight and said the man was
dead witness then went into where he was took him out
Of his bunk and put him chair and we oyerhaued him
ne was Dackandblue about the mouth which full of
blood witness turned up his shirt and found that he was
black andbue about the Oins the mate came then and
saw him. and in time after old canvass was pro
cured and ne was sewed he then brought and
ad on deck, little aft of the fOrecase at daylight we
came up to inter him. witness asked the mate would they
not read prayers over him the said witness might
get paper and read as much prayers he liked pray
about tWentyth years of age SOotehman BY bhsfrom
what witness could learn he was in good health and was
very stout youpg man does not know the OF coming
N mere Dnt witness was glad to get in thinks
providence that drove them about eight hours
after his death that he thrown overheard
No attempt made invaldae this testimony The
principal facts conoborated indeed by the second
mate, who was brought for the defence This being
preliminary arrangement the judge committed both Be |
rand and Watson for manslaugher telling them that they
might apply to him in the morning in relation ba-that
from the captain he should require heavy ball. but with the
mate he would deal more eniently
1t time Congress passed an explicit law to prohibit thu
disgusting practice of whipping naked men on board ship
at the pleasure of masters One tempted to inquire when
hearing repeatedly of these whppings whether we are
eay In advance of the bamboong Turks and knouting
Russians, in points. OF truth we are not Do Won
ecoect that short cruise of the s. brig Somers Unnamed
~ young apprentices from the u s. Naval Schoo under
command OF Slidel Mackenzie, few summers SINCE was
lgnalzed by the bestowal of oeRty fUe hundred
ashes on the bare skin of those free born American
ouths 7 MASuATrAN