, 1873-12-08
A WHALING HE'LL.
Horrors OF tho American Whaling
bark Mount MISUNDERSTANDING

Horrors OF tho American Whaling
bark Mount wulInatOI-Starvin
and Pounding nn Entire Crew.
From tho San Fra,.cisco Erenna Jonrnal Noy. q.
Mount Waliaston, Capt. William Mitchell, cast
anchor off North Point with 760 barrels Of oil On
board tho result Of an eighteen month8' cruise
in tho Arctic. Ono Of tho crow, q nun natnod
George Brown, effected his escape from tho bark
in tho bont of runner and camo ashore, and
on Monday morning mado complaint to the
United States District Attorney against tho Cap-
tain, Frank Osborne, Chief Mate, and Charles
Manuel steward, charging thonl with no loss
than forty,tlvo or fifty distinct acts OF hellish
cruelty. Warrants woro issued for tho arrest OF
the mon, and MI hour or two lator the Captain
and atato were released On tho ridiculous bail
Of $500 each. The steward. not having any ono
to bail him, had to 60 to jail.
wheroabouts OF tho Hnilor Brown. aud inter
viewed him regarding tho brutaiities Of the
Mount WallaBton. Ile is an American, moro
than ordinarily Intelligent and he carefully kept
a diary Of NIL the brutal actions ho witnessed OH
tie slip, which ho carries on his person. Harry
get away from tho slip and is stopping at the
same houBo with Brown. Thoy stato that tho
Mount Walaston loft New bedford in July, 1879,
w4 S al iatseas a # F ds nstss on of hs yao @
tho vessel loft port, tho officers, particularly the
Captain and Chief Mnto, began to abuse tho GAIL
orB invariably coupling their nantes with soino
vlo epithet, aud knoeking them down upon tho
slightest pretoxt on Cape Horn tho men wero
purpoBely kept upon u short allowance OF food,
nothing but Aardtack and about IN ounce of beef
daily being served to tho mon.
Brown saYn that ono of the sailors, u green
hand named john Stokes, WHO know little or
nothing about ship, WAS ordered ou tho 18th Of
AuguBt, BY the fourth mate, TO furl tho jib.
There was a heavy eca, mud the mai naturally
hesltated. Tho fourth mate threatoningly ap-
proached him aud Aad "Get out there, God
damn you, or I'll mako you" Stokes went out
On tho tootropoB trembling In eyory limb, aud
and was aoen no more 1t III boliuyel that Stokes
WAS struck by tho ships PROV aud rontloled ill.,
BollHible.
Another OF tue men who experienced como Of
lilo tortures OF !AB floating holl was Alo xuuter
Eleratt, New Yorker. Storott contracted wl!at
Brown calls tho "gallopiug consumption from
expoaura to tho inolomont Arctic weather, aud
Notwithstanding TINT ho WIS incapable Of por-
forming auy labor, was kept on dock by Osborne.
In coming Oh deck. It was raining and blowing
hard, and poor Sterott-wlso Mt this t,lno was III
tho last atagos OF conBumption-lad to stand
out In tho ritiloAH storm during tho entire wutc
tho nato threatening to "knock hollis blaxeB out
OF him "if llo wnH oYer latn on dock nl,aill. A
fow days aftor storott was found doad undor tho
cabin table.
Young states that tho gocond Mate upon ono
occasion kiokod him wlo on tho yard, mid cal1,c
nnother tinlo 10 was Oh tho yar.l-arn and lot
both roof-carringa so. Ho had boom laid up
shreo waoks prior with wounded head. and waa
unable properly to do the work. When ho
reached tile deck, Osborn aoizel him by tho
neck, chokod, aud struck Aim several tmss, cut