New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-01

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ASSAULT UPON CAPT. HINcKLeY.
| Great excitement was created in and around the
/ St. Charles Hotel on Saturday, about noon, by an
assault which some gentlemen of fbusterish sym
pathies made upon Capt. Hinckley, Of the British
| war steamer Gladiator, which brought the remnant
| of Walkers army to this city.
| Capt. H, in company with Mr.. Eastman, Acting
British Consul, (Mr. Mure being ABSENT had been
/ Oh a visit to Mayor Monroe in regard to the re-
moyal from his ship Of the sick and wounded men
of the Walker expedition. 1.-THE Mayor agreed to
receive them, and they were subsequently trans
ferred to Charity Hospital, at the city's cost and
most of them were in a sad condition indeed.l
After leaving the Mayors office, the Captain and
his friend went and ordered some supplies for the
ship and then went to the St. Charles Hotel to take
a cab for the Third District, opposite which the
ship was lying at anchor The Captain, having no
smaller change than British gold piece, a soyer-
/ eigu, proposed that they should take drink in
order to get change for the cabman. They went
into the St. Charles bar room, and whilst standing
at the counter number of persons collected near.
! Two or three opened . rather loud conversation,
of such nature that the Captain, being conspicu-
GUS by his naval uniform, apprehended an insult,
and proposed to leave Mr.. Eastman thought there
would be no insult and so they remained, waiting
for their drinks and change.
4 The next moment, one man remarked, Have
you seen any Of these id Britishers?" Said
another, 'iNo, but | see one now;i' with which
he stepped up and gave the Captain blow or a
slap in the face. The ether men then closed up !:
Mr.. Eastman received blow on the side Of his
head, and the Captain received several other
blows. Mr.. Eastman, on being struck, retreated
up stairs, and the Captain, being alone, unarmed,
] and attacked by crowd of strangers, was forced
: to beat retreat to the street. and was kicked at
as he ran. It was all the affair of moment, and
ended as suddenly as it began.
The prevalent report was that the man who first
7 made the assault was Captain Bacon, of Kinds
county, Miss. an old comrade of Gen. Walker dur
,, ing the first Nicaraguan war. Who the other as
salants were we were unable to ascertain, though
. every body said they were exflibusters. No ar
rests were made. The Captain soon found plenty
of friends, including some of the police, and was
advised to make complaint and have the assailants
d arrested. This he declined doing. He appeared
to take the matter cooy though it is hardly pos
sble he could fail to consider himself grossly in
suited and outraged.
The affair was much commented upon abou
town, and the general sentiment appeared to b.
that it was wanton and most shameful outrage
But there were not wanting those who justified th
thing on the ground that the British had unwar
rantably interfered in Honduras and caused tn
death of Gen. Walker, and deserved punishment
wherever met; and that Capt. Hinckley ha
treated the prisoners in an nhuman manner durin.
the voyage to this city. The latter belief was SAT-
to be the immediate cause Of the attack upon tn
Captain.
Taking some interest in this affair, we mad
many inquiries, and came at last to the conclusion
that the Captain was the victim of false rumors
An intelligent young man, native of New York
who was one of the prisoners, assured us that OIL
board the Gladiator all the officers, from the Cap
tain down to the master-at-arms, had treated then
with the greatest polteness and kindness, leaving
them free all over the vessel excepting the quar-
ter.deck. But added this young man, they hat
been shamefully nsuted and abused by the crey
and half-starved by the officer who dealt out tn
rations. All they had to eat consisted of must
crackers full of weevils, and at dinner little beg
carly chunks of salt meat not fit for dog to eat
Many of the sick could not eat such food, the
could get nothing else and hence they arrive
here nearly starved. The crew, however, used tn
same food, but they were well and could stand i
Besides all this, the crew were so insulting, tha
VI y
If in the way, he would be greeted with some sue
- expression as, e You id Yankee son of a b-h,
) or g Get cut of the way you id thieying flbus
- ter p or You bloody robber,'' and so
Jaded, sick, helpless, utterly prostrated and hu
inflated, praying only for the end Of the voyage
the prisoners endafed all this in silence, nor eve
+ complained to the officers; so says our informant
q who, in the same connection, declares Capt Hinck
,s ley to be as perfect gentleman as he ever met
II The action of the would perhaps entitle ther
a to severe punishment if caught on shore but W
=. have not been able to hear that Capt. Hinckle
Il was party to this conduct of the crew, or eye
aware of it, or whether he could have entirely pre-
n vented It, had he known it, without confning th
. prisoners. 1t was natural enough to associate til
a Captain with his crew, aud this association woul
as naturally excite much Indignation; but it wa
!, certainly shame and great outrage to assau
N an under-oticer who came here simply in the dis
. charge of a duty imposed upon him by his 81
i periors, and who, according to the prisoners then
Selves treated them with all the Kindness and pc
r, liteness in his power.
! Capt. Hinekley, after the outrage, respectful
- declined the proAered protection of the city AT
4 thorites and retired to his ship stating that ate
what had occurred he believed his ship was tn
safest place for him. We much regret that th
thing mas taken place Ia our mluat ioF tllefe AT
ut other things TO show that Capt. H is gallant off
Sc Ger and a humane and kind-hearted man.
I'd The mercantile and shipping community may It
p member 4 circumstance which occurred about
e. year ago. H. NJ steamer Gladiator, Capt. Hncl
y ley, fell in with an American vessel, the St. Mary
lg dismasted and totally disabled. Capt. H. boarde
ID her in his beat, in heavy sea- to tender WHIT
n assistance he could. His aid was gladly accepted
i'll and he towed the wrecked vessel to the harbor
le ST. Thomas distant some 500 miles. For this ii
By Captain refused any compensation; and his galal
ne conduct was, we understand, recognized in mo-
of marked manner by the New York Board of unde
IF. writers.
POLITICAL MEETINGS.
Xt BELL. AND EvgRErT.-The Young Bell Ringer
tn having left the Story Building, had rousng NEE
n ing on Saturday night at their new quarters, ov
ne the Carrollton Railroad depot. The hall was pc
Id De- ,bs,b bop1 otoly chpV