New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-14
SUFFERING AT SEA.

FROsT-BITTEN sAILORs-CHARGEs OF CRUELTY.
Warrants were issued yesterday for the ar
rest Capt Peabody and the first and second mates OF
the shp Neptune which arrived on Saturday from Law
erpoo The two mates, Mayo and Shields, we're held In
deat Of 5000 ball. but Capt Peabody was not arrested
These officers are charged with brutal and inhuman
treatment Of portion OF their According to tho
statement Of the owner Mr.. Marshall, Capt Peabody,
and his officers the ship left Liverpool with crew OF W
men, IS whom white and IS colored Nothing OF
Importance occurred during the voyage until the Bahs
vailed and the ship was put unuer emal
sail. she leaked considerably, and the pumps
were kent going almost constantly The colOred men
were poorly provided with clothing ana shoes, ana
consequently suffered very much hSTgS CSP pea
mitigate their sufferngs The colorea tn
were tougher did an that work while tho coored men
kept at the pumps All hands were more or less
nothing special was thought Of It, Those who were
badly frozen laid up, and such remedies rs are
ships arrival last Saturday all hands went on shore
of them then complaining OF ltreatment SATURDAY
In inducing the worst cases OF the frostDtten crew 70
swear to- statement taat they had been mn many
and then, and not Till he one OF thelI hu,er vas sent
the reporters to draw attention to 1t.
1t IL further claimed that these grave charges nave
been trumped up To exOrt money from capt PEABODY
and his officers The thing WAS tried some months
ago by legal rn and after carrying tue case
Quilted Mr. c. H. Marshall, the owner OF the Neptune,
81 ated to THE TRIBUNE reporter that he was on board
the Neptune Saturday, when the ship arrived, and
heard no complaints the part OF any OF the crew. and
il either he Capt Peabody had known OF the desire OF
the men medical other aid they would have cheer
fully given FIostbtten crews are common, and 1t IS
seamen, crossing the Atlantic Ocean in mid-Winter,
should be suffers by the intensity OF the cold
The following il the substance Of the ndayit OF the
sailors ivho have made complaints Relce GoiGred,
swears that the Captain and Mayo, the hst mate beat
him with their fists, and threw him out OF the cabin vim
dow oliver cooredl swears that Mayo struck him with
Delaying pin, and kicked him while he was on the yard
arm Brown (white came " Commissioners Shields ana
stated mot on OATH that captain and Mayo heat him
with Delaying pin Mayo says that Instead OF abusing
Those Of the crew now the hospital do not fully
firm these charges Of uey What Ihey complain 1 OF !.
and feet were badly irostbtten, and that when they
the mates who called them skulkers" and compelled
them to perform their regular dntes until one at ast
portion Of Of his gangTened hngers having dropped
lanes Moore OF Demerara one OF the most intelligent
OF the party in the hospital whose hands very badly
tbten stated that vessel sailed from Liverpool
cold and stormy; when out about three weeks Of the
crew, Italian, whose name he does not know while
engaged In reeng during very heavy gale fell from
| the topsail yard and lost few days afterward
Moore and Ills fellow sufferers, who were all in the Same
| watch, came on duty at o'clock; the morning was
very cold, aud while engaged IN eoing ropes
and handling the rigging the hands OF Moore ana several
them salve 70 put their fingers but IL did not
lar tours Of duty and their hands were continually grow
ing worse Several times after his hands and iest pc
came 80 bad Moore asked 10 oe aT%en W say IN III
drive him deck, and compel him 10 work. Al length
hts right hand became bad that he was forced To carry
il in a sling, and he then relieved from duty At the
| wheel and employed as lookout forward.
Edward Reice who has lost the little finger OF his left
hand from gangrene and who will probably lose several
the fingers OF both hands eorroborsted most OF the
statements Moore. He said that when he showed MI
Shields 1.-THE mattel how badly his hands were bitten
he cursed, called skuker, and compelled 70 work
until the end OF his little finger dropped OF. He
then allowed To remain in his bunk eight or nine days
until the ship reached port His hands were dressed by
he
some OF the other He complained bitterly how
OF the treatment he had received The stories OF
the correspond with those Of Moore and Reice
Eight OF thocrew in the hospital. Edward Lux has
his fingers gangrened and Is be necessary anpu
tate some of them Francis Albuoy has gangrened I'm
gers and his slightly frostbtten Gilbert Miles
has hands and feet frosbitten not seriously Edward
Reice hands very bad; will probably lose several I'm
gers; feet slightly frostbtten. WIN. oliver, hands and
feet slightly. James Miller, hands slightly. George
necessary feet slightly frostbltten Charles Johnson
hands badly gaDgrened feet slightly frost biten.