The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-13
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nRssr jack" rrec.
TAesshamanities which contan"s - are
.s..A v,,on carmen in American ses.cas,
s~s~.4.. A..~r.rc on our dag IN al pa = v
.s.-ss..~A ~or,d. It's white men VINO aIs
~9~s.ss-.. ~ rruelties such as are sare 'h-
~x !. ~, s,,othrrn States; ftis masters rom
- .,.,.v.holdtne states who daily COM
-. 1890. wh1cn are shocking the world,
go -h,ch vet 70 unwhipt Of justice. Fresh
s-.-.... are continually occurring. The very
-. arrival from England brings details OF
,,wo Gases OF murder committed on board Anie-
r,can ships under circumstances of peculiar
esrocity One of these ships was the John
Fsf,. from New York for Glasgow. A sailor,
named MACARTHUR, Ia resisting an attack
which was made upon him by the captain
with hand spike, was fired at by the mate,
who missed him, when the captain took more
successful aim, and lodged a ball in she body
Of the unfortunate man, Of which wound, IL Is
averred, hc died, after twenty-one hours OF
great anguish. Another American snip, tue
May was the scene OF more protracted MOI
rors The seaman, DANIEL WiLTHAN' vino
was killed by the mate Of the vessel eApe'
euced. at the hands of this wretch, sysIe'h"'0
fli.treatmenf upon the entire voyage he ""e
benaen with Delaying pins, knocked down WIN
.--. s.,kt. and otherwise ill-used, all
49,. ..cora,nr TO the chief witness, was
horne by the unfortunate man IN 'he MUS VS.
carnplaluinx manner This treatment hhai's
-..~s.a i,s climax In a blow which caused his
A..,h I,oIuckily FOR the criminal, but forin-
nare,y for the cause of justice, that blow was
s.vsn after the vessel had left the high seas
and arrived In the Tyne, within the Jurisdie-
ton OF British law. The consequence as, a
verdict Of the coroner's jury of wilifui mar-
der axsins, the mate, and he has now the best
prospect Of obtaining lnsuce hoth IN 'h's
world and the next. The other ruihan. nav
inr killed his man on the high seas, must be
RENTED to the American jurisdiction through
cur Consul and every enc knows what the
result will be before the elective Judiciary and
commercial juries Of our large cities
Besides the above cases in Liverpool, a reg"
ular pitched battle lately took place on board
of one OF the ships lying at the New YORK
wharyes, between the mates and the crew
resulting in the wounding OF the combatants
so badly N to render their recovery matter
of some doubt. And stiff more recently, a
case was brought before the United States
Commissioner, involving charge Of mutiny,
which illustrates The brutalities perpetrated
on seamen by persons placed in Authority
over them. II appears that the ship Sir John
Franklin, of Baltimore, with crew of four
teen men, sailed from Liverpool for Philadel-
phia on the 10th Of July. Capt. GARRETT
alleges that
'.when four days out. the crew, through Thos.
Dodd ompiai ned OF the short allowance of food,
and when he informed them that his instructions
to the steward were to furnish them the full al
lowance, the, then demanded that their watch
should be chan ed, and, instead Of a forenoon
bein, disposed to grant this request when thus
demanded, he told them he would do as he pleased
about il. and they then refused to so to work. BY
this time neari. all the men had assembled toseth,
or, and he procured his pistol, and the crew still
refusins TO obey, he fired, and shot Dodd III the
Upon the arrival of the ship in Philadel-
phia, the captain, on the charge of the crew,
was arrested, but discharged by the Marshal
before whom he was brought, and the ore~ be-
sng witaout friends and money, and unable TO pro-
cure bail, was arrested and lodged in prison.
Where were the JERRY rescuers Where Is
that phiianthropic Philadelphia mob, that,
whenever negro runs away from service,
bowls itself hoarse with sympathy, and is
willing to break every law of God and man in
his behalfl
The statement of the crew before the Com
missioner was nearly the same as that of the
captain, except they denied that they refused
10 work. The captain said they did refuse;
that he got his pistols, (Which seems to be the
approved way Of making white slaves at sea
work, md one of the men told him to fire and
he then shot Dodd. 81 would added the
captain, who had evidently placed great re-
straint upon his feelings in not slaughtering
the whole crew
81 would have shot more, but prudence dictated
Go dpe te eo
him. bat ted the mate to do so; he did so.'
Captain Shut up"
The captain WAS very much excited severaltImes
durin the examination; and It was with difficulty
that the Commissioner could prevail upon him to
act in proper manner, especially dnrn the cross
examination Finally. he was informed that if
his conduct was not amended, lie would be placed
in custody.
Here is more of it:
Witness continued-l never saw Scott with
sore thumb. Quinn was hurt by fallins from the
set to xeE at as sn p some oil the men, he
Question Did YOU not refuse to allow food to be
carried 70 that man while he remained in his Grip
An;sxeI:. Well. didn't allow any man to carry
TO 1--WE the men fun and plenty, but ne waste
Mr. Smith.,17Two pounds day.
Question: Did gu make an7 threats as to what
you would do 10 this Dodd, or any other man?
The 6 sptain refused to answer this question I'M
said ~ es, threatened to hck them; threatened
to shoot them hundred tiriss; never threatened
10 hsng any one but my sDa, and threatened him
Tor mixing with this set of black yards; the diff
Guilty between me and my son not on account
Of the lads passed. OF.
The captain, al this stage of the investigation.
again became very much excited and Mr.. Vandyke
threatened to abandon the unlei,s he acted in
a proper manner.
The evidence Of the mate of the vessel was
taken. and ii corroborated the al legation that
the wounded man received no medical atten-
dance in any shape; that nobody brought him
any thing, and that he never sa W the captain
take any thing to him, and that he had been
kept In irons several weeks because he was
seen to keep q log. We are not surprised at
the attention which this ',lect is exciting in
the northern journals, al I'D that additional
legislation is everywhere demanded of Con-
gress, to prevent the recp rrence of these hor-
rible crimes. The BIRTHS and American gov
should unite upon some system
which will put al end 20 such an abomination
and disgrace TO com nerce, civilization and
humanity as the crae tiles now prac ticed with
upon seam en-.
Retur ned Liberian.
The Frederieksbrsrg News, and the Staunton
Vimdieatos have 81 cen accounts of a returned
Liberian At the White Sulphur, whose his
tory-some points. of which we have already