Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-09-19
Death Sentenoe,

y teleSrapnlc QeSpaVcu pIleIiV informed
us, day or two since, of the conviction at
Liverpool and sentence to death by hang
ing of the master and first and second mates
of the Martha and Jane, of Sunderland,
England. The English papers approve of
the verdict and sentence, taking credit to
themselves that justice in England has not
been defeated by "insufiicicut evidence" or
neglect on the part of the prosecution. The
liverpool Times gives the following synop-
sis of the case
awe have heard and read much lately
of the way in which seamcn are treated in
the commercial marine, but this case throws
all others into the shade, whether as re-
CARDS the brutal torture which accompanied
the extinction of life or the deliberate and
systematic manner in which Il was carried
out. Rose, it appeared, had shipped on
board the vessel in April, and the work of
torture commenced even before the voyage
began. He was used so-sshamefully thu t
he absconded from the ship was brought
back, placed in irons, and from that time
until death I'd him from his sufferings
the captain and the first and second mates
of the vessel made his torture their daily
sport. 1t was proved on the trial that lie
was fiogged every day by the three prison
ers; that large mastif dog was set to
worry him, which tore the flesh from bis
body in large slices, causing the blood to
flow in streams, and leaving behind the
most ghastly wounds and ulcers that an
iron bolt was put across his mouth aud his
hands chained to strong bo,tin the deck
behind his back that he was put into an
empty cask ard rolled along the deck tlat
his own cXcrcmcnt was forced down lis
throat that he was sent aloft naked TO
| furl sails, ana vcrely beaten with u rope
before making the ascent; that rope was
placed round his neck, and he was raised
from the deck to the elevation of three feet
whore he was suspended for some minutes,
and that when lowered he fell onshis back
like dead man Death at length, moro
charitable than his prosecutors, put an end
to his sulTcrings, when his body w&s found
to be indcntod with the marks of the rope
and his wounds full of naggots. The cv-
dcncc WAS so clear and indisputablc that
the three miScreapts were found guilty, but
the jury, from some extraordinary obtusc-
ness, recommended them to ncyry--mcrcy
towards the wretchcs, the recital of whose
deeds makes the blood of every listener and
reader run cold But Mr. Baron Watson
dcSpi the warming, sentenced the trio of
murdercr8 to be hanged by the ncck-a
mcrciful punishment as compared with their
brutal and cowardly treatment of their ur-
happy victim"
HAVANA, Sept. o., The Brig "BIack
Squall," Bryant, of Philadelphia, arrived
from that port tho Sth inst, reports that
whilst crossing the great Bahama bank on
the 3d inst, she saw andtook on board
boat with three men, who gave their names
as Peter Williams, Ga Frcnchmau,) Abrt-
liam Cox, (a negro,) aud Thomas Fahcy,
Gan Irishmar.) who stated they had h, en-
wrecked in the brig Albion Cooper, of Port
land, aud were the sole survivors. Short
ly after they were taken on board the
Black Squall, Fahcy went to Capt. Bryant
and stated that the Albion Cooper had net
been wrecked but that Williams and Cox
had murdered her captain, Daniel r. Hum
phrey, the chief and second mate aud OF @
seaman, and thrown the,r bodies over
board, then set fire to the Albion Cooper
and left her in the boat. This took place
the 2Sth of August ult. Immediately On
arriving at this port, Captain Bryant wei t
\ w 'ihS NoiSulu'S3 GlilSNS tllC tJONC ClGCuni-
stances, and the three mcn were at once
arrested and placed in prison.
The utmost praise is due TO Capt Bry-
ant for his conduct on this occasion. By
pretending to pity the three men as shir-
wrecked sailors, he kept them in good hui
mour until they arrived in this harbor,
when their unexpected arrest took them
quite by surprise The three mon had two
watches, some money and clothes, suppcs
cd to have belonged to the murdered Cap
tain and mate, all of which have been hand
ed to the United States Consul. The AL
bion Cooper was bound from portlard
(whcre she belonged TO Cmdcnas, with
cargo oflumbor; and Capt. Barton, of tie
barquc Cornelia, of New York, who arri,-
ed on the 5th inst, reports having seen on
the previous Thursday evening the re-
mains of the Albion Cooper, Orange Key
bearing s. W., distant twenty miles.
Car. Charleston Courier
WASHINGTON, Sept A.~-Ths ecsStc-
ry of the Treasury has not decidesl g S.a1it
two and a half per cent. duties Oh las