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Show j By W. U. Telegraph. HUBKlD BRVTALITIES AT SEA. New York, 11. iUmost incredible statements are published of cruelty at sea on board the ship Sardis, Captain Cunningham of Boston, i'rom San Francisco for Liverpool, with wheat, sailing Dec. 8; and another sickening tale is told of the ship Mary Jiruntt lrom San Francisco to Hong Kong. Tho iSardis carried a crew of sixteen, shipped in San Francisco for the round trip. Five of them have arrived at this port and are in the Sailor's Homo. One of the number Charles II. Swords says that during the first thirty days out they were treated with humanity by the captain who seemed ! to spare no pains to make them com-j com-j fortablc; but after that Cunningham began his brutalities by knocking one of tho crew an the hoad with the butt of his revolver. Wen were put in irons, led on sea-biscuit and salt water, and not allowed to remove their clothing. cloth-ing. Oliver Johnson, John Heming-ton Heming-ton and Tommy Williams were placed in double utods, with their hands be-i be-i hind their backs, nnd thus they were tied up for twelve hours. When j taken down they were unable to stand, laud their shoulders were out of joint; ' but the captain with a billet of wood I beat them to compel them to rise. Finding that they were unable to do so, he jerked them up by tho assistance assis-tance of the boatman, liammered their shoulders into their proper positions, compelled them to man the pumps, aud stood over them with a rattan, ' laying it on their bare backs whenever they slackened their speed. They were kept at the pumps until they fell to the deck senseless. Their comrades and the cook interfered, backed by three or four of the crew, whereupon the captain drew his revolver and threatened threat-ened to shoot them down for mutiny ! if they did not go forward. This they ' refused to do, until they had taken care of the men who had been so shockingly maltreated. The captain called his mates and put the whole watch in irons, and shut them up in the hold. After this, as each watch was called, the watch below be-low was put in irons. At first they were put on short allowance, and then ' bread and water, and finally before reaching Liverpool they were given , nothing but raw wheat to eat. They ! were compelled to work and take turns , each alternate lour hours during the remainder of the voyage. The erew of the Munt Brunt numbered num-bered eighteen, and arrived at Hong i Kong about April 1st. From the time j the ship got out of sight of land, the I captain opened on the crew. A. Jaek-, Jaek-, son.onfi of those who deserted the ship at Hong Kong, arrived in this port , about a waek ao from San Francisco, and is aI?o at the dcw -ailois' home. A reporter saw him yesterday, and obtained ob-tained the following story: The captain cap-tain boat every man on th ship before they had been out three days and then began a reign of terror. Men were b-.ttiaE misteilaneously, with belaying piiia, tysic brs and clubs. On tie first oi"' J anuary cptaia gouged out Alfred Neiiuu's eyes and threw hi :r overboard. Next Jay he hung the cook up by the Ugs till he died, and then threw him overboard. 1 George Harman said that he should sweat for that murder when he reached port. Procuring a red hot iron, the captain .-corjhed Harmon's tongue and burned him in the face, until he was unabV t.j artifuint J. liarmun then lie I up by one wri-l iar vi' ih:-deck, ih:-deck, and kept in th.u p-i-ition until his hand turned black. S:ias ii;on 1 wa f'rced to jump overboard from the bow of th? ship, at the iu.-iauc ol'the ,; captain, h ho gave him his choice be-1 be-1 tween having hi- bimti; blown out or drowning. Another, who-e name ; Jackson could not recall, was taken sick and the captain loreal him to j commit .luieide by taking ar. nie, threatening as au alternative : he should have his threat eat. lie j took arsenic aud died. |