Show HARDSHIP AND CRUELTY sap francisco march 23 the sailors of the french bark rene blanche which has arrived here from new castle de dare that cruelty and semi starvation distinguished the passage across tho pacific and many of them deserted the ship capt loncao and his mates charge tho jamew with mutiny they hoisted ano police flag today and sent josef verne a sailor ashore in irons on the charge of attacking the first mate with a knife the sailors declare verne was kept confined in a small room for fifty six day a diet of hard tack and water ilia yarrow quarters were never cleaned and acro in a most foul con verne in his cell at the city prison saidi one bailor left the ship at new castle before we cleared ten deserted at melbourne and one more nt hamburg it was all on account 01 the captains temper he tied up men and tortured them and I 1 for one could not stand it 1 I shall carry tho case before the french government if necessary nearly all of the men have stories of hardship or cruelty to relate |