The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-04-15
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UNITED STATES DfsTHiCT COUNT.


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ser Tor the prisonsfs. w. w Davis Of norfolk.
Thsss persons were indicted for felony ON shs high
ssas. B. b. 3rimes il nsfive Of Iialy; George
Daniels and John Martin sre natives of Scotland j;
g. Dem1ning,a boy, il Pfusdsn Andrew Irving.
q Nova Scotian, and Jossph 4. Hathaway, an Eng
hahman.
Captais Hubbard and Mr.. Peterson, officers, and
J. w. Kent and g. Horton, seamen Of the ship Cor.
sair, were the witnesses for the United States
Their testimony in substance was a folIows:
Some days before the ship arrived at Valparaiso,
threats had been made 10 the fore-castle by pol-
ton Of these men, that they intended to kill the cap
tain and mate, and weapons were prepartd-one
had pistol with which he said he defended blow
ing cut the spiain's brains, and another had
knife with which he intended running the mate
through One of these also stated that he had serv
ed tho captain and mate of another ship which he
had been in before, in this way. Other con.
versaion of similar character had been frequently
used. 1t agreed that after the ship was brought
to anchor, they would feign sickness, and when an
attempt was made to force them to duty, they
would make the attack This had been communi
Gated to the chief mate by one of the boys on the
morning of the 18th August, 1851, which was the
day after they arrived The mate, Mr.. Peterson,
went forward on that morning, between five and
six o'clock, and ordered them to do duty. which
order they refused to obey stating that they were
sick. This was reported to tbs captain, who there
upon, came on deck and ordered them aft one by
one. This order they also refused to obey. They
then rushed aft in body, when the captain told
them not to come aft the mainnast This order
they obeyed. The captain asked them what was
the matter, when some said they were sick, and
others that they would not work any more. Tha
captain then asked them what they wanted, when
they said they desired more pay and better treat.
ment; they had previously spoken among them.
selves with great bitterness of alleged Partially on
the part of the captain, towards the sailors who tes
tilted in court. and ssid that they would get rid of
the chip, or leave it by some means.
The captain then ordered the seizure of Grimes,
whom he took to be the leader, from what he heard
and saw, for the purpose of putting him in irons,
when he resisted, cutting the mate and captain Sc
verely with razor. The other five then rushed
forward, armed with Delaying pins, and Daniels
struck the steward over the head. The captain
then applied to the commander of the United States
storeship Supply, lying short distance off, who
readily sent assistance, and had them all arrested,
and taken on shore to the Consul, when they were
examined and sent to prison, and afterwards pu.
on board the Falmouth and brought to Norfolk
and from there to Richm md.
No witnesses fer the prisoners were present, and
the District Attorney, summed up for the United
States. After stating the law upon which the in.
dictment was founded Mr.. J. proceed ed to remark
that from the testimony it clear that the prs.
oners were guilty of mutny in refusing to obey
those orders which the captain had right to
make; that they had resisted the master of the YES
sci by force; that they were all involved in the re-
slstance, whether arms were in their hands or not.
He did not charge that they designed killing the
captain, but that desire to leave the ship for the
purpose of securing higher wages, had led them to
violate the ships articles and to resist the captains
orders by force.
Mr.. Davis, counsel for the D. .soners, then ad.
dressed the jury. He argued that the prisoners
had been inhumanly treated by the captain--in be-
ing placed III wet births and drenched in castor oil
for every species of sickness caused by exposure
and the leaky condition ofthe vessel-that they had
had inefficient medical attendance, and that par
tiaity had been shown towards the sailors who were
witnesses for the captain, and that this illtreatment
had them to resolve to leave the ship on the
frst opportunity. He said that they had patiently
waited until the arrival of the ship at the port of
Valparaiso, when they expressed a wish to 90
ashore and leave the settlement of their case to the
D. 3. Consul, but the Captain would not consent
The row in which the captain aad mate were hurt.
was brought on, he contended, by the captain. No
previous preparation for fight had been made by
thecrew, and they were surrounded by men.of.war
VINO could have Immediately suppressed any COM
bined predetermined revolt. The collision. he
said grewout of the attempt put Grimes in irons,
just as no and the other seamen were expecting to
go ashore, a. complanants against the captain and
not as mutineers. dull razor was not prepared
weapon, and Grimes had knife in his belt at the
lime OF the difficulty which he did not use, and the
other i've simply laid hold of Delaying pins.
NH. Davis further affirmed that Grimes had a
right to resist the assault of the captsn and ,ba,
II the previous disagreement had been transferred
Immediately upon the arrival of the ship at yalna
ralso, to the arbtrament of the captain everything
would have gone right. In conclusion, he,bea,ed
the jury to remember that the prisoners had alrea
dy oeen confined in Jail for nonths-had lost all
their wages-and that the very witnesses upon
whose testimony they rested their defence had
been left in South America and other places.
inejury then retired, and after short absence
returned with verdict of .gaiuy'' The court
ato o'clock adjourned over until this morning.
when the prisoners will probably be sentenced to
terms OF imprisonment varying at the discretion of
the court from one to ten years.
ATTEMPTED observation-disclosures, slave to
Richard Alvey, on Tuesday night after lea,ing
ience' hoisted the window of Mr.. Apdersons tobsc.
co factory, and while in the act Of entering-it i.
supposed for the purpose of stealing-was caupb,
oy Mr.. Early, gentleman who occupied a room
near the window. The case was continued uptil