New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-27
Law LNIELLIGENCK.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS orpIcE-Apra ss

UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS OrFIcE-Apra o.
Before COnussoner STiLwsLL
CRUELTY 10 sEAasN.
CAPT Russell, first mate Gordon and second mafe
Rush OF The ship Cultivetor which recently arrived
Liverpool, were brought up ON Saturday for ex-
animation, upon the charge Of nhicng cruel and un-
usual punisLmeut upou several OF the crew OF tha
Cuitlvator From the statements present below Il
Will be perceived that the Is a nio-t aggravated
tnc:
srATysEsr As TO JOHN FL.yIs.
Lat Sunday morning they ordered him to sing on the bacs
an say al ythins The vspt But when he singing th
put in, '1he Captain Is sIoving aud tho third mats
mate him with ano'hcr bgske and pounded him with 1.
when he as'lss W. thought he killed One nisAt
l., hI uTdT and couldn't think who IL
T @ d n A H. % S @ @ 1 tSsn aS and 4. sDp.d S
.y,ry day since We lst Liverpool"
Paniok Mccoy, an Irshman, 81 years Of age, made
h. full, wlrg ,iat ment:
Iwss first whipped about tho I'd Of March Was Town In
the hold shifting passengrs boxes there boz whLA
rad broken when moved tho lid bounced Of h,
Gect hs at c~ned hi. box ..a ,Is. he wSs n
60 but would stay snd look to hi. box; the mate todd him
LI. Tor his box and be- said Of the ssrrs had
roh,u it; the asksd who it aud he said me;
then be tool by the comforter had neck and hauled
dek and locked ms up In wsterclos-t then he
and said 1t you who broke that box open and
@ mo- Of ~ % sa be- hsgsej Ss % s raas TP mt Ss
tin with his fist face h,n took steel knuckles and
sore On Mccoy head which he say. ho eject Of thess
flows i then locked me up in the water closet and kept ma
t,re r halipa the II morning. recol
ot bttwen ten and Nv, I've in the when wa
locked that he did
tie closet the morning about FIVE and half o'clock
,n the w.Ddass without anything to eat, and
did MT have anything I'll between Sven and eight
y o'clock forward to gel, drink Of water hs
men wanted. to brace the yards forward and che third mssn
u and oO at sh d, was coming to hs ater house hs
tien cut again vith sharp ins,1 unen which
se..d TO b. et about week sso was painting ssthe.d
.ug in, ana b, s,coAd cUled ms down from lon
between ard O'clock in the evening" s ordered put
Jant pct ana brushes ~ wa. COMING he STOOD a
ard utk over the head a. ws coming forward b. never
I'd sg' .ugpS. va, =, b .S'ssa
cal, and he followed then he hit again With II and
deI kLo~ how IA any b. th. when could
,et Up cane into the ioreoa.tle tl.edins.
John johnson presents frighful appearance. His
haLds and head covered with bruises and sores.
and he If 70 lune and stiff from constant beatings a.
he alleges by the Cfeers, that he scarcely walk
He gave the /, flowing statement:
Wien about ten day. out the first mate dong
va. ra,ns the 6ntop .tsDcb, and called Of
t-b. and knockd M. down with brl.yng pin aud ssys
sn,cise dowH w..h e,lsy,ns pin and Gu, ny head
ID h sDy says % S'ss s .s down and
iiiIlu. Smith, another VI the sailors, inteTuphnG
raid:
nothing bu, knock down. and knock down and maui
item ode. without sttirs knoe ked Town have been e'sn
tie and never such rasc.ity Ia my Ifo
" Ihani 1h'Has said:
Two doy, .fer in, that II. Saturday the snt
n
hk,rs ehsure hn ordered 70 get grease and
him d,vn ti the mate shaved him; ea.nt do any
cher then be snt tho boy Jim
wi lie slushed him down with ths
tr al wkiskers bis n aide and par. "A II hs
ght the rsh hs thea orcsed TO rub ter
the Vii hs, left and ooi and covered H.
with s~r that ordered to bring the carpener and
srss hin Ia the ,slc WI.
NiliGn. 1h,nsssays:
s tho only nj that rot whipped lust before we
H. had maIet in hand and the mate said D.
cnt g,t Il without mark III tsssk sksn
h that MALE, but VI US sot into boat and sssPs
- IL ~ made hun lie.
william, Csap aud William Smith make similar state
ucrfs cf their experience. There are fwenfyIo~
stil, n In all and il is raid that al Of them m'es
to BLuse similar 10 that related. ...
The seiI, n are in a sbosking cordifon' rn
GeI ces the n Gst bsTboTous treatment on VIC
somebody. The face Of one 40 s~one. snas
features ar. rot dstinguLhsbe, hs .es ~. 10 sacn
s.te that he canned wear shoes or s'"c$o4s' sao =
!. blscL and blue from bead 10 foV',
IT. ;,a,;os,on 80 not Enlhed on saturday.
lbe us6uga'cH
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CoChi W ~" fSfors Judge ysGsAHAA
NJ. v.u.,v sgt Jean b. Ssyoneau.-Mction TO ~
-. IL, a arrest denied &c r. 80. u.,
~ae oIFeIH n. MeCunn agt. s. A. Kornght-Mosoo
s'.s,.J$ s,J;.v sxwsrt as. G. R. MarshalL-Ssdea d.
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