The New York herald., 1851-08-24

vhs, tcoh place before this Huchinson raise his
hand TO strike the mats this after the mate had
him BY ths collar; heard Hutchinson say to the mate
"gtvs ne fAir play ssd viii whip YOU" do not know
who strusk the first blow Smith and Moncrtsf
strike the mate; Moncrie struck him on the nose after
the previous bstween the mate and the prisoners
the latter said that he would srks of them they
would ton In and thrash him; when the mate took the
axe the men ran forward the mate followed them part
II the way took the from him; he said II any two
OF the men came near him. he would split their brains
OPEN or something to that effect after this the said
they would perform duty under me or the second mate
but not under the first this before they had
ben put in irons; l then said they must go in irons
would shoot them; then put them In irons.
Daniel Richie (second mate) sworn:-On the morn
ing the difficulty occurred on board the ship Ken
sington came on deck about eight o'clock the watch
deck &C the time setting the lower
It wss the 1rst Mates watch; some disturbance
the mem Hutchinson square of to him sftsr this
saw the mate with his cut the mate with the
axe in h hand heard the three he prisoners say
they would do no more duty under the rst mate but
they we're willing to work under the captain or myself
did not hear the them go to their duty
saw the captain go forward but did not hear what
raid the put in ircns heard the captain
ray it Tor not doing their duty.
,th m ave- ana s,,;n. 1T viii sni,i @ .; s,;o. Sm,tn,
deckn the told after this that they would not
wurk under smith as they afraid Of their ves they
sad the mate had threatened to kill them several times
- Racquet, carpenter. was next sworn, but he
seemed to know nothing OF the affair his evidence is
published This closed the evidence the part Of the
United States; when VIM. Brown, seaman was sworn
the part Of the defence He testified follows:-I
in the forward part Of the ship with Hutchinson and the
others when the began; the mate catch Hutch
nson by the throat think the grip he had of Hutch
nsOn's throat dangerous from such powerful man
Mr. Tufts (the mattel Smith said "Mr Tufts let that
man alone; Hutchinson made pass to free himself
but did not him attempt strike the mate; the
mate got an axe and ran after the with whom he
had the quarrel, saying "D-n you III scatter your
brains about the deck" he then turned
to Hutchinson, "You d-d red headed son of b-h
III kill you before you get to New York;; heard the
captain ay to he three men, You must go in irons
/ will shoot YOU"
Joseph Powell sworn-I heard the mate say to Hutch
inst you red-headed SC" repeating the words given
by the preceding witness), "you will never live to
New York. and for you, Smith and Moncrief I'll get
my chance Of you;" the mate chasing the men
be could; Mr. Tufts then said Captain Jacobs,
this IL pretty howdo you do for you to up and
take the mems parts is time for to look my
self; heard the captain to the three If you
do net go into irons l will shoot you;' this after
they had refused to work under the mate
have hold OF Hutchinson sy the throat think it was
dangerous bold from 80 strong man. did any Of
the men strike the mate
Several others Of the but their testi
mony mere repetition Of that given by
witnesses They all agreed that the a power.
full man and that he had dangerous hold of Hutchin
sons throat The steward Of the ship testified that the
mate bad repeatedly threatened the lives of the three
prisoners on former occasions
MIR Belts made effort to get the at liberty but
it decided to hold them for trial. in the Of 5000
each. to answer the charge.