The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-11

,,.-,.r Victim OF ALlraEp CRUELTY
N.,,,r.rr Of the Di$po'ch called ut the
80 l.,,Ii,c station yesterday morning TO see
''II I,- Who was represented to be IN fear-
,'. .,na,ticn from injuries inflicted While on
u" l"I,S,ard Rv the hot stove in passage
''l "a, th, wretched sailor clad IN f,ithS
His hair WAS cropped short; his eyes
a." hIsrkcncd and hloodshot; his lips we're
WI .tn5 and juhamed; his body cmacated,
''' ''no- ", limbs swollen, and HIS bare feet
ycrea with fostering wounds, looked as II
-.,..r,ue had already set In. scarcely haS a
-,,-r DiliahIe sight ever been seen than was
~ Young man. ..,,o
..rI. INV name Is Seth HoilinSsworth. i
,,,ctrer years old. and native OF fork'
$685. Fncland. was employed at cotton
.',,ry here, until with another boy went
'N,'' 't;,r~.,,l 10 look around. After we had
,tc-a shout a week. and were thinking
Wv. ,.a;n.. home, We one day met a strange
- me street. who asked Us If we did not
,,.,,t "a 50 to sea in tir>t,lass ship, and get
W. rs.,, We said nothing, but just looked
.,,c another and laughed. The stranger
.-.stsi IL, and l guess we got drunk, for
-. rpxr thing | knew | was aboard the
,-,,. Ns-,lals. booked as an able seaman, and
md for Richmond, Va I don't know
n,rq; became Of the other fellow who was
vu.a me. but guess the man put him Oh
,,,nc other ship
Wo,linr.worth said he had never been on
-.in hefore. and could not do the work OF
- qh,.. seaman. The captain was very angry
.,f.n be found ont how be had been cheat
~ and was always ready to strike him with
~, ti>t> or bclaying.pin, or anything else
J., could cet hold of; that whenever he
,,.,. tIoft he was beaten by the men in the
sch, ot the captain. or by his order kicked
dSwn He did the best he could, which was
,,-, H,,je; and a. he was only allowed two
l,.,.l;t,. a cup of coffee, and little soup
.,.ry dlv, he soon became very weak, and
,ya, guays hungry, and able to do less and
'.,> work. He says he sometimes had to
,l.,.n on dcck in the toughest weather. Be
for. the shin bad been out long the captain
d,>r.,cd him and booked him as a boy a,
about i've dollars per month. Hollings
,rnrth siso charges Captain F'lemming with
pct. rhsr canno, be stated in these columns
Clplain Fleming says that the boy is 8
r,->Gn Of education, but very lazy and ut
i.-lv worthless on shipboard. He found
tin, b, was not an able seaman and thinks
IL. had becn " shauyhaied." He charge:
that HoIling-worth vas so filthy that he Wa:
.,,lupeiled to have him cast bis clothing
o,,rboard and after he had cleansed his per
,rn he Ohe csptainl says he furnished the
nor with GOOD. clean clothes. He alst
charge, that the boy would steal at every
orrVg,unity, particularly articles Of food.
The brig Magdala is now lying at cit!
FONT, aud it was there that the captain wa
arrested ard placed in confinement for cruel
,!D. said to have been perpetl1ted upon TIT
Unfortunate sailor whose story we hav
.lysn.
HE sailor was brought to the city on tn
steamer sylvester for medical attention
Yesterday evening DR.. Brock examined hi
rondltiJn. and pronounced it critical. Fl
ordered Ais removal TO the almshouSe. A.
Investigation Of the case will be made az sool
g possible.
"~han.Aaeing" is the sailor term for tn
'rrA des"rihed by Hollingsworth. by whic
Is. al> abducted and shipped under falls
~, " bile drunk.