, 1869-03-15

witness OF bls conduct to The murdered
woodward and McCal. On Thursday last,
while alof tnxR0ed In shortenmg kal1, my
hand got frost bitten. aud I wss ohli ed to
me down. The doctor told me TO rub my
haods ~itn snow. A few moments aiieF-
thr iorecaa;1e and told me 10 70 10 IN.
ntt ns use N , band. Then be so1 % bt.sy,u%. 1n,e
p:n AID Gu, IN my head cash an inch and q
hllf lcuE. when the Captain was told
that | vas not able TO 20 Noit, ha ordered
srds. could not 70. The boat. waln then
toak a belhyfnR-pfu a1gttn. sud beat me about
tha body until was uuahIe to stand. A
SIMILAR assault Was III dc upon me on Sunday
lAht. To relate all that WAS suffered would
t1ll volume. On each Of three successive
nights NC buried three men. killed by our
officers. Nor did the crew alone sufIer. The
patseuxers slured our m1.eriea. They had
not coal to COOK ther vicsuata With. ThtY
did not get bali their allowance, either Of
wafer or Of food, and were 50 weak when We
arrived u port that theg could scarcely walk
Louis Nilsou, smother Of the crew, said
One day, when was on the mas, with The
boasswRtn, that officer ordered me to 70
down the ropes aud bring up the gaskct; The
carpenter, when reached the deck, cut my
bend severely with Delaying pin, ior hay.
ll9 nn down. Tc kave myself from beng
Lli,sd. rsn up ne ropes again, hay1ng just
myself from falling. When went to deck
agalu the third mate took billet Of wood,
SIX feet ling and four Inches thick, and
sue1card NE tenteleta upon the deck. As
soon rs had recovered the mate toox a hi
OF hu1Iing wood, and would hare thrust II
In my hair but 1or my running awsy,
Another time was charged, falsely. w,th
deft 1'ctien Of duty, and IN cousequerc. beaten
TO badly thYt for lWo weeks l could d., nd
work. On another occasion, | Jailed to do
ny work as quickly as The Captain thonkht
night bare done It, and as a punishment
with knuck'e-rluG. On still another occn.
sion, Tor tEfiIE 10 save an ou.ekiu Jacket,
which the Captaln had ordered TO be thnnwn
oytrboard, was struck oycl the head With
bela ytng pip repeatedly. On very cold
morning not Ling afterwards, wore 4 mon
KEY Jacket ior warmth, and was beaten for
having worn II, until I bled rom different
Joseph Emery sAid: had not been aboard
Of The ship, after 1t had lett Liverpool two
days before The ceiet mate began series Of
brutal assaults upon NE, which terminated
only with the assaul.er'a confinement BY sick.
James johnson, q natlve Ct Quebec, said !:
Twas i1cqueCtlE beaten With h.laying ptus,
because OF being sick.
There WAS class Of passengers a5oasd Of
the v*tse1 who went Gy the designation OF
passenger conkH." These had undertake
10 do some specified work In part pa naeut OF
their passage over; bur ut the time they
registered, IL Is eald the Captatn, b. 4 little
device, had them siRn the seamau'o list
Their nam 6 appended to that List, they were
hound to do regular sea1nat's duty If called
on tor that purpose. Ihey are said to have
csme IN .or share Of the crpelt,es Inflicted
upon The sailors. The carpen er called ali Of
them out one morning. on the high ae,s, to
serve water. One 1rishman Vas second
behtod-hAnd- The carpenter struck him with
knnckle-ring. over the face. When naked
~ his friends What detained him, he said,
Another ilcIdent related by the scauen is
OF William Col sou, composisor, who wn1
eaid 10 bate been man OF 1espt ctabi.itY and
Intelligence. II is eaid th1t one day be
helped 10 get coal for the Passengers. He
went to The coal house; some one was IN
there. and while moving backwards to let
the p.rson pass oul be slipped and Knocked
lautcrn OVER. ihu liRh. was MT put ou,,
nor was there any oil spilled. The cArpeu.
ter was standing hy At the time Passing
into the coal.hhute, he came ont with =
thick billet Of wood, and with 1t beat Coleson
about the body The bea.ea man was never
himself alter that. a few day, later he waa
laid up. and went Into the hospital. He was
| there kindly provided With food br his feIIoN.
| passengers. He had not been sick ling oetorc
| Others got sick md i'll as he vas. fle va,
| made to ltAve his bed aud wat upon those
Others. He Rrev worse each succtedtu
dag; but, notwithstanding this, te WAS Ia i
lit1e time taken ffvm hospital laoor and 1e
| CURED 10 do outstce Htrk, Chills eoou sel
in upon hin, AID he became verY low. Unt
uorniLR, when he was literally IN d5tce
| stste. tc Was turned out upon deck to labul
nntw. Called upon to hold eau By QUE
the oMc.rs. he was oy eudden lnrch Of th.
ship thrown axalnst wall ar By. Th.
carp nser. engaged upon the other eide .
that vail, jumped over 1t, aud administered
q beating evcu seyeser than the frat whict
he had inflicted. At II o'clock the cook
took the cytng man Into the "paesenxc "
cooks' room' and laid him on bed. NJ
htgne OF consciousness were apparent atte
| he had t,ecn placed there, and early IN .a
afternoon he died. Ttcse arc hut samples o
many like Instances relAted By the meu D
their eutteEings. and tho alleged tnham anti,
cf their ostcess. Tne whole affair viii, b. =
ever, be inquired iuto Without delay.