The New York herald., 1871-02-15
THE EUEFERIEG SAlLoae.

Present Condition a: the Nepfuue's Scamen nt
Ecsosne RUspitat--JnuicS IiScrsss Hand to
be GHt O1;-ssan nger of Contas.ion Prevented
By Warden Ereanan-An Additional Cisnryo
Asy.inst Captain FeHnody~-Ie &, Still ut
Large.
On Monday evening, at fve O'Clock, Warden Bren-
nan visited the Centre Street Hospital, which is q
branch OF Bellevue, to acq1aint himself OF the CON-
diiion Of tho eight sailors suffering from the cruel
ties inflicted upon them during the last voyage Of
the ship Neptune. They were found fit to be re-
moved to Bellevue, and were soon afterSard corr
yeyed there In two ambulances. There being soma
danger that gangrene erysipelas,
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASE, PYENIA,
might ensue from the the hands ana feet OF
the unfortunate victims OF thls latest cruelty az sea-
tho warden deemed 1t safer to lodge the patients in
place for themselves and fitted up the pavilion for
their reception, location well adapted for the pur.
pose as it Immediately. OVerhangs the river. A
HERALD reporter visited BELLEVUE Hospital last
evening and on inquirng for the warden found that
gentleman in his own apartment surrounded by q
group OF twelve or fourteen boys, all attaches OF the
hospital In some way, whom he was instruct.
ing In spelling and reading, the charitable lady
who organized and has charge OF the class being
absent temporarily from illness. Ga bong intro.
duced to the pavilion the reporter found all the
patients sleeping. except James Moore, whose hand
ls INV 81 oibu usal tlte
that In all probability
AMpUrArION WILL BIZ NECESSARY.
Large ponl;ices Cf naxseed and carDo.lc acid are
upon the feet OF some OF the men. and on others
OaKun ana oiled silk are wound around the hands.
When Tue nurses came TO examine the undercoth-
Ing OF the suIercrs IL found TO be covered over
with verntn and thor bodies were coated with the
same species, 80 that new clothing hal to De fur
ni5ied. Notwithstanding their pain each Of
THE UNFORTUNATE EIGEr
mas splendid appetite, and consumes large
Quantliy OF food at each meal The above Is all the
continued effect OF the Neptune horror, which Is
stu 10 be the OBJECT of public attentien Captain
feapcdy IS still OF large, aud, though expected to
surrender himself, had not d0le 80 up to late hour
iast evening, thus rendering his arrest necessity
tlis nornig as the charges against him are 10 re-
ce1Vc thorough investigation. Yesterday
AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE
aaalnst the captain and his mates was made before
commissioner Shields by o man named Patrick
Henry Connolly, who stated that he was on board
the neptune az tue time the captain and mates III
treated tho mon. Connolly was aloft, and while
tneie as he alleges, tho mate tried to pull hal
yafu so as TO throw him into the sea. This attempt,
9owever ialsd, ana when Connolly came
d0Wn on deck the mate struck him and
KtcRed him several times, and after that continued
70 give him brutal treatment. Connolly further
efates tnat he saw Captain Peabody strike his Com
noiy's) brother repeatedly ana KICK him several
times; ana that la all the ships he ever sailed III no
never saw such bad treatment OF the men as he had
seen on board the Neptune.