, 1869-03-15
AN Em1GRANT saIP HORROR,
A1fexed 1nhunnAn Tfoa'ment-MYs,
tsFsou1 Ue0lhk-AfYes& af ors4 or n Q
oMeeks-StAEesaonas Of sick HAl1ora,

ts1sous Dsslha-AfHess af ers. or ne
omceIs-StAEeNonss Of sick NAllora.
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The tmie rant ship John Fcster, Jr, Of tho
Marshall Black Bali line. arrived II qulrfu.
t!nr on Tuesday, fsom Liverpool. which port
she lett on the 18th of December last. Ou
her arrival she ~.s 1cporled IL have ehip-
and four Passengers died on the voyage, but
subsequent developuco led TO the sus-
picsou TINT want ana brutality had bren The
u ain cause1 Of thosc reA:ht, IN consequence
OF which William trutheza, the carpen or,
and the boatswa,n were arrested By tho
Ed9cwattr police authorities.
The JIhn Foster, Jr., had on her decks lao
passeI gers, all OF whom presented a pIt!sh1s
tpec.aclc, - II suffering from extreme want.
Four'ctu persons prc LOW tflug II The Sea-
mems Rrt eat At EdRewater, lxo OF whom
arc not exp ctcd to recover. The third u,aic
Is also there undtr attesl, but too un well to
b. renewed.
The Eolt:win1 statements Of several OF the
crew, made 10 our reporter at The ho.pttsl,
will ccusey an idea Of tho tutlerings endured
BY the crew on their vn5Age:
william Thornton said: Not long after
the yctfct LETT Liverpool heard the C4pt.in
direct the t,oass~ain to beat young Liver
pool hoy. engaged Gu board n sranan !;
the bot bad previously been disabled, ny
there WAS no doubt thai the poor buy WAS
Il sAbr; the otl1ccrh did, not or prrlea1ed not.
to bclsevo thls they 6atd that hc ~as onty
iei. Mig insanity that be Nigh. escape DUNG
bis work the Capiai1. conscqu. ntly, one
day Ordered tie boatsHa!n o texr froul the
pcor youths back th~ clothing which hsd
bern glFcn him tho das before his orders
were ooe,cd and while they were being r1-
ccuted The boy was kicked and teateu
SO severely TINT be died thA; night; he
had previously been kept upnu sh,,lt
ralicIs; his depnyatio1s were such thai
aesually eaw bin eIe day catiae the refuse
out oi the ash-ouckct In the hospital fire.
Qucnt'y when some Of tire men were ordered
to shorten sail, sid did Dot pull i. vigorous
y - The Captain thought they should, as
punishment be would otder Que Of the deck
hands to knock such 10 the ck w1ta = be-
With crueitprvclslon.; almost all otthemen who
dlea died In cockequs nee al bcatfnes, or RI.
posuse or starvation rtcoilect tn It on the
I'd day OF February last was at the wheel !;
two terribly sick men had been ordered out
OF tht hospital they were named respective
y Mccall and Woodward. Accs1l was, II
the time, passinG blood. He had heeu i'll
III 10 II are II, and there were very .crlous
doubts Of bis recovery. Under these clrcun
ttanccs, the poor tclloE WAS dslrea
ont Of the hospital, merely to suit
within Of the Cap,ain- As soon as be aad
NoocwMd had got out the Captain orderrd
them both TO 60 alolt for same purpose. Nc
Call wclt, and cane down again crying, and
saying thai he could not 20 up ae7jo. 1hc
Cantaip, whose name is Armstrong, then
yelled ont, =" {ou sou OF A.. come 10 The
po.p.h Tie Captain led the var, aud Nc
Call followed. The seo,od ma vas on the
Qoop ss the time, and the Captain orcerc i
hlm 10 zee that Mccall obeYed vhat he ,old
Il i'm fr1 4 ief4
Inclined to be ltnlert, and told the Capt in
thai the man Tas IN no couditIoa 20 d. the
Eo:k. Captain Armstrong repealed the or
der, ssy1 E At tue same time, - am aus<er-
able I'll that mans life, and not You. II be
goes overheard, III get over It for ten dol
lara" The result VS. that the man did
not 50 aloft but tho Cap Alu, to era III
lis splte, commenced Be ting t,ra In =
fc~ nil utcs he set the man TO walking
around the poop. though The man cJntd
tesFcely stand, be commenced 10 walk. Il ::
tc!. dowt no,ut every TWO yards, and each
:s'l *a' greeted Win loud lauthter b. thn
Captain. Alter he had .ioyed nlust,f
{, ough over .uis pi'!4ole stshi. The Captsio
o:ue,ed the n.an aloft agIu. Thr mau
pleaded h,s Ii capacity, md for repi, was
thrown by the bsu II tapta!u from tue . ,pp
10 :hc deck below, the p.ail exclaimln-,
:" There hall be 70 nare Of yuu 20 iptn the
hospital. Al OF the men vii die on deck,
- -n15 w1s' a't uo"1 11te. ~ Kill you 1li,
do your work " Mccall dtsd, 10 coo.e-
qucnce Of his injuries, on the following day.
When Woodsard wA ordered al.f.. ss
have estd, he replied that he could cot do 1t,
The G1st nate theu said 10 Lin: &C ID
you, say you won'tt' DC then coumenc d
to kick the sstd man, and sacn severe ptoss
DID be administer thAt in four hours the poor
FELLOW WAS corre.
The mite saw me At the time these cru IL
It's were being perpetrated, sitting At the
Hoeel eating tomc cruel, which bhd been
e,T'n me By one Of the ps.serKers TO warm
cause ! WAS induletnx is be thought oue ut
not to lcdntRe. he made \ kick /. nc, but
msas'ng NE struck tho wheeIoouso. Just
then 'he Cspta aiu came up ADD did the unrk
"hich The mate bad undertaken. lie kicked
nc about the hody un.tl | ~a< lnsen4,nlr,
htfe snce bad reason TO believe tnat he
Wa enrhEed because Of my having been q