The New York herald., 1869-03-16

an seventeen or eighteen seamen from the James
FosAr, Jr., now In this institution; six are
suffering from inanitlon, brought about, !
Judge from their statements. BY want OF nourishing
food; they t0d me that their food on board the snip
was very bad, small IN quantity and poorly cooked;
they were rafAonal when they told me this corn
them improperly cooked; i've OF these men are Ut
present IN very low state; none OF these SIX
lever aho1an there pos natsnt " h .ns eospa
VINO was received from the ship who u suffering
from ship lever; have spoken TO all the men AMI
food and badly treated on board the snip during the
voyage; man named Mooney, IN referring to
ton rsmarked cneha VINO ws "a M ayg y fs conu
OF L," pointing 10 tue third mate, VINO was present.
Ihomas Q. Mouatt sworn-I am physlclan-n.
when he was admitted to the hospital on the Stn OF
March; he was emavated extremely when admitted
As ayg an iro rom Ins sVs aSa. ne
dedfrom inanition, caused by want OF nOur,3hlng
food; examined all the vlscera; there were three
physicians present when the examination was male;
found AL the organs healthy: the bowels were con-
Re6tod IN patches about Six or seven inches below
the sman intestlnes; In my opinion inanltlon added
cause Of death; there was wound just under his
right eye, which was not completely cicatrzed;
there were also marks and bruises on The legs,
thigh and lace, aud OF scalp wounds which
were cicatrized; the bruises on the body
were cOncurrlng causes OF death In my opinion; Dr.
Elisha Harris, VI the Board Of Health, was present
at one examination and conquered with me as 10
the cause OF DEATH; understand tnat an agent OF
the snip came here to visit the men In tue hospitals
the condition Of the patients IN hospital very
low; they have occasional dellrlum diarrnea anu
are very much emaciated; they show no symptoms
Of ship fever in my opinion the or their sur
terfngs u the same which occasioned the death OF
Soutnard; their statements are all corroDorauve OF
the fact that they had been matreated board the
shlp-sucn ~ having been exposed to the weather
needessly and deprived OF the necessary quantity of
Dr. Finney, enthusiastically the surface OF the
body presented tine appearance Of extreme emacia-
tion tour clcatrices were found on the head found
cicatrlce on the head tnat would correspond TO
the mark that would De made BY blow from .
hammer; / found an incomplete cicatrlco on cach
eft niD' an eccnymosc sSos on his rir6t thign, In
opening which found suffused blood, indicating
violence, also spots on the internal aud exvernAi
both legs; examination or external aud Internal
surfaces Of the Uranium, well as the BRAIN indi
an infusion Of serum was found In the ventrioe VI
the brain; an infusion Of about one ounce OF seum
was found N the percardium; !ne bowels were
great absorption OF the adpOse tissue throughout the
body, tue small intestines were g0rged with blood,
faces was found; Q spot or intense congestion OF
the ascending colon, eigat and half inches long
was discovered; nom these iacls and the history Of
The case believe that tine immediate 0I death
was diarrhGa aud that the remote cause was mani
ton.
Justices Taylor and Garrett here testified to having
taken the dispositions OF Soutnard. Cfhese deposE
tiOns have already been published IN tine HERALD.l
DIR. Jordan, assistant physician OF the SeameD's
Retreat, was called and corr0borated the tesunony
OF Dr. Feeney.
j. II. Bryan sworn-I shipped on the 18th Of De-
cember on board toe snip james Foster. Jr, as third
IN the river or Liverpool until tine 18th Of the same
month, when we left on the 21d the first mate said
to me, "Bryan, you don't haze these men round
quick enough" replied Thought they getting
on pretty we'll and that II ne wanted me to beat the
to @ beat the men With pms M BECAUSE
the men dldnt move about az quickly as they wanie
them to- on the 2sd the rst mate told LIE TO go for
ward (that is, become one OF the ordinary seame.)
he intended to choose another third mate; he tnen
put In my place sailor named James Murpny; ater
getting oruered forward by the nrst mate went to
my room to get my cl0thes when he followed me IN
and struck me several blows about the head with his
nrst, at the same time using the most abusive lan-
crew and passenger named Hiil witnessed the
acCOn OF the rSt mate; short time alter had gone
forward tue nrst mate called all hands on the qaar
to the crew as their third mate saying,
she'll make you sons OF BIS work. on tue foi
lowing dsy Murphy began 10 lay about with beiaJ-
ing pins and abuse the men IN ever way ne could,
and did so until the latter end Of February when
was seat forward Ior having stolen the SECOND ste
pretty nard, and Murphy tnat day beat the
unmercfuly with Delaying plus, ANA nc one tune
named Wilson on into the sea; ne saw me looking al
him and he me, but told nim that wouldn't
stand any more VI his Ill treatment, wnen he de-
sisted; BY tnis time, owing to the bad treat
menC OF the carpenter, b0atswain and Murphy, the
third mate, several ol the men we were maimed and
Arthur O'Connor, on the l4th OF January, eli mo
the sea from the Ealngalant yard and Was drowned,
he had previously been beaten almost 10 jelly, Gad
was unable 70 hOd on wnen he fell, owing 10 MS
condition; O'C0nnor SWAN for . short time along
SIDE 1u. no one WAS ,o '. vs nun a
n Ss's sSs lis. par. q jssass; We were pu! 3 "a
invariably, IN shortening or making sal,
the carpenter the boatswaln and the tnrd mate, by
oder q the rst mate and and ss AL Tunes BY tns captain
men; the lrst mate always encouraged the other
officers to beat the men, pralsng them when they
eleven O'Clock nc night, all hands were called to
shorten sail; y boy named ueorge Grant and Hugh
MCCALL did not turn out; Mccall was suffering from
darrhBa and Grant from Inc Deatlngs he mai al
ready received; BY order Of the first mate the
penter and . deckhand named Miciae Manning
went to the forecastle aud got Hugh McCa out, aud
then both Of them beat hun with Delaying pins anu
b0osed him until he was almost sensee5s aud a his
CLONES had been torn or; they then dragged
him aft to the pop deck aud gagged han with soap
to stife his cries; they then left him, wnen ne
crawled forward best he could; the second nlgat
after this our watch weat below; water was very
scarce when Grant advised tnat we should 20 aud
steal some out OF the tanks on tue deck; we ADVISED
him NOT tO do So but ne went and was caught near
the tanks BY the b0atswain: the latter seized hiIn
and beat him with straps anu Delaying pms; about
two O'Clock Grant went to bed; at lour O'Clock We
went ON ueck, out Grant did not; when we went 10
the pumps at five O'Clock Murpny, the third
mate, missed him, wien he weat FORWARD anu
beat him at with ropes wiile the boy
had on.y his sairt on; Murphy kept him thus hal
naked ior over quarter OF an hour; u Was bittcr
cold at the time; on tue following day the captain
ordered an hospital to be formed tVpps some VI tIe
manned men IN, a. they were "eatfhg too much
gruD;p Grant was sitting on the moor ibe was then
hardly able to standl when the carpenter completed
the berts In the hospital wnen ne seized the 10Y "
the hair OF the head and gave him kick with n,s
boot In the temple aud struck him fearful blow
with his lett hand In the face, saying, 'you
D., you were not so sick last nignt when you were
stealing the water;' alter that Grant never SPOKE,
excepting mutterlng once In u while "Aunt Ste.
phens,n until ne died the following morning; those
who were paced In the hospital ony got haif pint OF
gruel Ia the morning and q hall pint al night;
heard the captain several times when ne came into
the hospltai say, "fou sons oI D., i viii s.arve
you 10 death,n there were generally nv: Vr slA
patients IN the hospital at one time; two OF the men
lOne named Woodward VINO hailed from Virginia,
ine other named DICK williams, from Portland Me.l
became Insane IRON the al treatment they received
anu Murphy made them chase one another about the
deck to amuse himself; they died The following day;
Mccall was taken out OF the hospital aDoit tins tue
and 50 badly beaten that he died two days alter
being taken out; q boy named william Calston, who
had slippcd as passenger COOK, out was made
To do ordinary seatnans duty, was also taxcn OUT of