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NEW SEMES, VOL. 14; NO. 10.
SUNBUUY, NORT1IUMBEULANI) COUNTY, PA.-SATUKDAY JUNE 1, 1801.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 2-2, NO- 2
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March '.0, 1800
HARDWARE ! HARDWARE ! !
I I'ST receiveJ by A. V. KISllER, at hia
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BCOOIM. 8HOVEI.8. FORKS. I.OO
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A ileinlid hi ul pocket and table cutlery, Scia
ere , German feilver Spoon..
A lira atnek of Looking (ilaaaca, received anJ
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Jlli. It is ciiiinej'ted with
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where visitors can have their meals, or, if they desire
lh-v will be furnished in llnm own punns.
(llh The fa:e served in Ihe fal.ains snd Hutel is ac.
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Mammoth store of KR11.INO A OKNT.
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SKELETON SKIRTS-
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very largo assortment of Skeleton Skirla
from gevfn honpo up to thirty.
Oct. 6. mo. FUILINU 4 OBANJ
Herotiene Lamp.
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ITU important to the i. A DIES to know that
Friling it Oratit, bsve the beat and largest
aaaortment uf Dress Goods in the county.
Sunbury, June S. I860.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF DRUOS at the
Mammoth Store. Also, anew lot of per.
fuiuery, Soaps and Fancy Article. Very cheap.
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Bunbury, May , H60.
JATENT BKITTANIA STOPPERS fo
bar uomes lor saia oy
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AR Iron. 8tesl, Nails, Picks. Grub-Hoes and
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IfusUAjry, June M, 1 Sit-
THE HUNTERS 07 KENTUCKY.
moii TptiMrncAL wnmis jr ,acn. wood-
; -.. Wimthl. ;
Y f-f Dtlemrj and Isdie, fair,
Who grace thla faninn city,
Jut linen, If yoo've time to apart,
While I rehearin a titlty ;
And for the nppnrtuoity
Conceive your-elves quite lucky,
For 'n not often that yo et
A hunter from Kentucky.
Oh t Kentucky, thr hunters of Keotocky,
The hunters of Kentucky.
Wit are a hardy free boro raca,
Kscb man to fear ttrangsr,
Whate'er the game, ate ju o in cbase,
Despiimg toil and danger )
And it's daring foe annoy,
Whate'er hi strength and force,
We'll show him that Kentucky boy
Are "alligator homes. ''
I s'pose you've read it io the prints,
liuer Puckenham uttenipted
To make Old Hickory Jackxon wince,
But soun his scheme repented ;
For wh with rides read, cocked,
Thought such occasion larky,
Aud soon urouud the Ueneral flocked
The hunter uf Kentucky.
You've lieurd, I s'finae how New Orleans
Is (nine. I fur wealth and beauty
It girls are uf nil hue, it nerns,
From snotsy white to sooty ;
Bo I'uckeiilinm he msilo his brags,
If he in fight was lucky,
He'd have their girls aud rottoo bags,
Io spite of old Kentucky.
But Jackson he was wide awake,
And wasn't scared at trifle ;
For tin well knew what aim to take,
With our Kentncky rifles ;
He led ns down to Cypress swamp,
The ground war) low and mucky ;
There stood John null, in martial pomp,
And here was old Kentucky.
A bank was made to hide our breast,
Not that we thought of dying,
But then we always like to rest,
Unless the game i (lying ;
Behind it stond our little lorce
None dished it to be greater,
Fur every man was hall a borse,
And half an alligator.
a They did nnt let our patience lire,
before they showed their faces
We did not choose to waste our fire,
So snugly kept our places ;
But when so utar we saw them wink,
Wo thought it time to stop them ;
And 'twould have done you good, I think,
To see Kentucky pop them.
They round, at last, 'twas vain to fight,
Where lead was all their booty,
And so tbey wisely took to flight,
Aud left us al! I lie beauty.
And now, if danger e'er auuoys,
Itetnenibt r vthnl our trade IS,
Jul send for us Kentucky boys.
And we'll protest you, ludies.
Oh ! Kentucky, the huu'.ers of Kentucky,
The huuter of Kentucky.
THE MUTINY OF THE "SATURN."
BY LIFXT J WAKNKFOKD, It X.
in the autumn of the year 1779, that is,
about tbreu years betoie Ibe conclusion of I lie
lunoua war waged by (Jieal liilluin against
the revolted SUIes ol America, and their ul
ly, France, the gat bled report af a devperute
mutiny on the high teas reached F.ugluud, and
was published in the news-papers. The reel
fai ls, ultimately silled out of the mass of dis
torted exaggeration, were startling aud gig
niticant. The captain of II 13. M ' slnop-of war Sa
turn, cruising on the American seaboard, was
not only a strict tliecipliuariun. but a man of
cruel, :l flexible temper, who, sheltering him
self uudvr the pleu of "duty," bud coutriveu,
1 1 veiy short lime, to reuiler the the Saluru
a mere tloutiiig hell, peopled by devils, most
ly ot his uwu making, bad us the composition
of the crew may have been, the greatest pnr
tiou having been supplied by ibe sweeping of
jails. It would have been, in fact, impossible
to obtain u crew of volunteer seumeu for a
ship commanded by Captain 11)4 Uouorable
Charles F-
Fxcessive cruel Qngrnsf wur fonsequenl
ly, iu those days of ail libitum naval punish
ment, the dauy breud ot the Saturn's crew;
aud a deadly hatred of the vuuiinauder conse
quently grew 3 be the dominant passion ul
every man and boy lu the ship the quarter
deck ollicers themselves hardly excepted.
Open mutiny would have broken out long
heloie it did bad it uol chanced thut the Si
turn was couslautly cruising iu company with
Several consorts, under which circumstances
a mutiny would have beau brought lo a swift
and bloody ti.d. It was uot, tberejore, at
tempted. The crew aw-iled their upportu
uily uud ttal opporluuity was not Very fur
oil.
lu an excess of ungovernable rage, Cupt.
the llouoruble Charles F positively
Dunged the Saturn Senior UilUsliipuiuu !
I he cause of the ouence was supposed to be
the mouurcb of IheSaluru rarely condetcend-
edtoexplaiu precisely why ha puumhed his
subject Victims that he bad beard Mr. r.d
ward speak ol bun iu uol quite Such Uulter
tug terms as he, oue ol the highest ol the Up
per Teu Thousaud, knew himself entitled to,
especially from a fellow who had come in al
toe uawse boles. 1 may bare remark, en pni
$ant, that in the good old day wheii gouii old
ueorge Ilia mud was king, the comoiauder
of a ship was uol obliged lo record the nuui
ber of floggings be lutiiuled. or the names of
the ihiijijcn, tu the ship's log.
Clogging a midshipman an adult midship-
mau loo was tu gross a violation of the
service fur even so liuuorable to indulge in
wim impunity, trie Admiral on the strlioo
was otbciully informed of lbs outrage that
bad beau committed, and, after somewhat
leoglbeued correspondence between him and
iiaptaiu F , ibe Saturn, ibeo cruising
tu the bay of Fundy, was ordered lo Forts
uioulb, where. U was alleged, a Court of In
quiry could be more satisfactorily held than
ou the American list on. The trulb was,
the Admiral bad by some mean ascertained
Ibe lalent muniuous state of Ibe Saturn's
crew, and thought it prudent 10 send ber
home al once. It may be also, that the lion
oraeble Cberle F .. being very bigb'.y
connected, Ibe Admiral tnougtil it lust a
all to afford tbe aulbositiss al bone the op
tioe of proceeditc "'tk or htishiaf op tbf no'
'pleasant .Sir.
Select (Laic.
However that may have been, the Saturo
sailed fur England direct; nud a the men
believed tbey were certain to get rid, before
long, uf their detested tyrant, tbey sullenly
consented to do their dnty. though no longer
coerced by consort. The captain, tuorbver,
Suding bintseliaio ao awkward scrape, relent
d bw iron rule, tod even condescended to
enrry favor with tbe men by frequeut doable
allowance of grog, it was too late.
Captain the Uouorable Charles F
was a more tbao usually physically brave
man, ao morbidly ambitious ul distinction in
the servico. Lie eagerly longed to bod blni
sell vicli-r in a stout Cghl ; and his belief, no
doubt, was that tbe uunparuig use of tbe lash
was the only mode of getting bis ship in first
rate lighting condition such a condition tbal
triumph over au euemy, not too mush over
matching hi in the aloop Saturn engaging a
French frigate, for example would be al
most a matter of certainty.
No Such chance bad been afforded him
The Saturn's exploits bad reuched no loftier
range than the capture of two or three mer
chant vesrels, and Captain the Honorable
Cbailes F was returoiog to England
with no more fighting reputation than be had
gone tint with. This unscbance galled and
irritated him more than tbe ttiidsbipmun af
fair, which "iuHuentiul relatious" would, be
felt conlident, euable him to pull through,
without Incurring any unbearable amount of
public uliliquy.
This eager, and, let mo add, entirely self
ish auxiety to acquire a lighting reputation,
totally destitute, as tbe feeling was, of patri
otic inspiration, was well known to the Sa
inton, who, on their part, bad thoroughly re
Kolved that be should never be made the bero
by them, coinn wbt, come might.
1 do not suppose, any regular agreement
bad beeii come to by tbe crew as to hum tbey
would ucl iu cortaiu coulingen.iies tbe free
masonry of bate aud vengeance would be
lure to ho ti ply, when favorable circumstuiiceg
occurred, an electric communication requiting
no wotds lo make it perleclly intelligible lb
them all. It so fell out.
The Suturu sailed from the Bay of Fundy
io the month of Murcb; but encountering
heavy reverse gules, made a comparatively
slight progress for so swill a ship, and oue so
cleverly bandied Captuin Charles F
beiug, with ull his vices or character, a first
rate seumau. VY hen at last, oil', but well to
the weslwurd of Newfoundland, tbougb the
wea.her was baxy, aa it usually is about there,
the wiud Veered to a favorable poiut, and
the Saturn wag slipping Ireely through the
wuter, when, al annul eight bells A. M., a
heavy ship loomed indistinctly into Bight at
about Iwo leiigues to leeward un starboard
bow, und boldiug about tbe same course as
be Saturn,
The slrauger'e character was soon clearly
made out. Shu was a cnvutle of tweuly-fuur
guns, wttn the white Dag or I ranee (the
table cloth British teamen were in the
irreverent hubii of calling the st.otless bunuer
ol the French liiiurliotm) flying at the main.
I he oppoituuity Sur which be bad to long
panted was ul Iu9t within Captain Charles
F 's rnucli. A quarter of an Dour showed
thul the Frenchman could tiut avoid the
combat, if be wished lo do so, which, how.
ever, did not appear to be the case. Both
vessel promptly prepared lor action, und,
when ready, the covetle hauled ber wind,
with the apparent intention of passing to
windward acmes the Saturn's bows. That,
however, was quickly discovered to bo no
practible, and the ships gradually closed with
each other within broadsidu range.
Captain Charles F , who was in a state
of gieat excilemeiit, hud ordered Mr-Robert
King, the master gunner, to double-shut the
guns; tut stalled ul the expiet-siun of the
seaman's face as he received und utkuowl
edged the order, and well knowing he wus
the deadliest, most linplacuble enemy be bud
in the ebtp, and tbe terrible "reason why,"
Captain Churles F saw each gun loaded
Willi his own eyes.
Fverylhing wus ready the men silent,
stem as death, were al their quarters, the
ships scarcely half a letgne apart. The Sa
turn's liroiiilMile, by the captain's reiterated
order, was not to be delivered till the waasi
withiu pistol shot ol tbeeuemy.
Captuin Dulling lor thecnivette was af
terwards knowu tu havi been L'lphigeuie
was less cool, and, in accordance witb the
usual practice of Ibe French nuvy, cpmied
the gume at lung halls, without much etTect,
uud the Sulurn, considerably the Listed ves
sel, continued to rapidly edge down towurds
the corvette, at the same lltne keeping out
of the line of L'l phigeuie's direct broadside
fire. When close enough nil a parallel line,
the Saturn, huviug the weuther gusge, could
easily run up abeam of L'ltnphigeuie, aud
puss ber, if necessary, should a chance of
raking present ilseif.
"Fire!' roaied Captuin the Honorable
Charles F through Ins trumpet, as soou
us the required posiliou haj been allaiued ;
ire :
Not a lanyard lightened 1 The echo to tbe
hoarse command cume from the men's turuaU,
instead of the Suturu's doublu shotted guns.
A tiger shout ol triumphant veugeunce I
Al the same time a rush was made at the
capluiu aud subordinate oflicers, who, utterly
coufi.utded, could oiler no resistance. They
were all quickly secured, disarmed, bundled
below, aud. as they disappeared, the English
bag was hauled down. The Sutu'il bad
struck to LTphigenie without tiring a gun !
A terrible retritmlien lor such a man a
Captain tbe Honorable Charles F !
In the coufuxioo the helm bad been aban
doned, and the Saturn Hew up into the wind,
wun ail uer tails shivering. L lphigenie
consequently shot considerably ahead io
very lew minutes, it appeared Irom Captain
Duiong's report of tbe "action," as be amu
singly termed the affair, tbat be could scarcely
believe his eye at seeing the British flag
hauled down 'o soon," and, suspeoticg gume
peiGdious ruse, as quite natural be should,
hesitated as lo Ike course be should pursue
under such extraordinary circumstances."
Robert King, reudily divining tbe nature
of the debute going on in the French ship,
got out into the Suturu' fore-chains, aud
shouted, with ull '.be slreugtb of bis lungs, no
iuviutiuu to tbe commander of tbe corvette
to send a boat to take possession of tbe price.
No response was elicited, and King ordered
one of the Saturn' boat to be lowered, witb
tbe iotenliou to go himself on board tbe
Frenchmen, and explaiu matters. Tbe gun
ner's plan, 1 should state, suddenly conceived
when the corvette was sighted, aud quickly
communicated lo tbe ctew, together witb the
umde of carrying it out, by the electro steno
graph 1 bave spoken of, was for the Saturn
to be takeu by the "enemy" into a French
port, wbere the crew would be aflorded an
opporluuiij or taking service under the star
aud stripes of America, then in a strict alli
ance witb Franc. ,
Tbe boat wat lowered, maoosd. and about
to cast off, when to tbe alter bewilderment
of tbe features, tbe corvette filled, and. saltina
ry stitch ( ceevMSs cotHd oerre, took
4 4 gl.
Shouted the 8a-
torn' look-oat." 1 "
Tbe mystery eras Solved. ' About three
league to windward, and coming nn like e
race borsp, was b-e?y frigate of AO guns,
witb Ibe British tosigS "Bjio- end L'l pin
genie bad oot a moment to iose if she was
ever to drop anchor fa Frecuh port again
Tbe frigate mast bare been la sight some
time before; but tbe sloop end corvette had
been too intently observant ol each other to
notice ber approach.
Tbe arrival of tbe frigate npon the scene of
action placed the mutineers in the deadliest
peril. Fortunately Tor tbem their leader was
a man of resource and onqunling resolution.
His course was instantly taken.
Tbe British ensign flew aloft again ; the
sloop Was got under command, and then lay
to. Four fellows, whom the gunner had
measured with bis eye aud sect below, qsickly
reappeared in captain and lieutenant's epau
lettes, coats, cocked bats, Then, opening
tbe srgaal-bouk, witb tbe myst ries of which
be was perfectly acquainted. King prepared
to reply, eecundtm urtem. to any qumy ad
dressed to him by the frigate ; which replies
he bnped would iuduce her to continue, iu
chase of the corvette. If tbe Irigaln, how.
ever, showed unmistakable symptoms of in
sisting oa a personal visit to ascertain the
meaning of what bad occurred, there would
be nothing for it but to show a clean p ur of
heels, and witb such a craft under their leet,
the Saturn would still have I fair chunce of
giving tbe rope necklace dangling before the
eyes of every mother's son of them, the go by,
lor that bout, at all events. -
Tbe frigate continuing her pnrsuit of the
corvette would pass within about a league of
the bularo. At that distance, tfehenidnot
change ber course, it would be pluiti she
intended slicking by tbe V rocclnnan, and
present peril to the Jjnttrns would bave
passed away.
Tbe frigate, a clipper evidently, was still
considerably more than a league distant when
she began lignallinir.
What ship is thul?"
"His Britannic Majesty' sloop of war
Saturn. Captain the Honorable Cbailes
F " (private number shown )
"Why was your ensign lowered?"
"Halliards shut away."
The next query, nl-nost impossible to be
plausibly answered, King feared would be,
"Why didn't you tire?" He bad only this
hope, that eg tllo corvetl had kept up u
rapid but lubberly aimed fire, the frigate
would not, al tbe distance she was then off,
have imagined that all tbe smuke and noise
came from the Frenchman's guns. King's
hope was realized.
"Do you waut any help !' was the nest
Signal query.
' No; we shall bsve repaired damages In
about an boor, aud will follow iu chase."
(1 need hardly say that two men, iu epaulet
ted coats ana cocked huts, were standing
witb King by the signal book. There was
no I'-tur that the frigate' telescope could
reveal features ut that distance
The answers were sati&faulory the frigate
continued her chase after the corvette, which
1 may, infer alia remark, was tinmiccessful.
Tbe Frenchman, b-s ..'b'anging hia course
during tbe night, managed to butlle ibe
pursuer.
Tho Sntnrns breathed freely aain, and
King, before assembling a generul council of
war, oidered tho main bruce to bu spliced.
Whilst they are fulfilling that always agree
able order, 1 shall be able to state why it was
tbal the gunner felt for Captain tbe Honora
ble Charles F so iutense, io uoaiiligable
a hatred.
King was a native of Sidmouth. Devon,
wbere resided hi. wife with their son John,
an onh child. This young man. a str ipling,
wildisn ctiap, bad go), when about twenty
yeurs of age, into a scrape with one Susan
Uluke, also a native of ainlmoulh, a scrape
which, in these days, if the ofleiitler is of an
humble class iu lift, is held to be utone.l fur
by the payment ot a bulf a crown per week.
Susan lilak'j was a clever, ay, and a good
girl, spile of the slip she h id nuide ; and
John King, who wus much attached to her,
would have repaired his fault by marriage,
though neither be nor she had a shilling lo
begin housekeeping wilh, hnt the young man
was habitually guilty of a more heiuo.is of
fence than the one mentioned, in the eyes of
the local magnates. John King was a skil
ful, inveterate poacher, and us his legitimate
vt cation was that of a fisherman, Iiih common
dddge was resorted to of getting rid of him
by meaus of the press gang. John, through
the warnings of bis males, managed to evade
Capture for two or three weeks ; hut as he
was sore to he grubbed ut last, he, his mo
ther, witb poor Susan sadly coucurrini-, deci
ded tbat the, wisest step he could tuku wusto
make the best ol bis way to I orlsmnuth, and
enter bitnself on board the Saturn, of which
bis father had received the appointment of
master gunner.
Wnen John King arrived at Portsmouth,
and entered the Saturn, bis father had not
joined. The day after he did so, the sloop
tailed for lb. North American stution.
I'ossibly. a wild young fellow, like John
King, may, by insolence or insubordination,
in tnme degree have earned, according to the
cruel navul code then prevailing, severe pin
isbmeiit ; but not the terrible, almost contin
uous, torture inflicted on him by Ctptuin the
Honorable Charles r lie was Dogged
no less than six times during the short period
the Saturn served ou the American station ;
till at last, even the surgeon a timid man,
and a great respecter of dignities was com
pelted to remonstrate.
His father bad once, and once only, emlea
Tored to beg hia loo off. The position was
contemptuously spurned. After tbat, the
grim gunner persisted in witnessing the carrying-jut
uT the setence pas-led upon bis son.
tie snowed, on such occasions, none of thu
common signs of emotion. He neither spoke
nor writhed, aud his fierce eyes were Uiy us
red bot Steel. Captaiu Charles F - wus,
as 1 bave said, a more -than usually brave
man ; but the officers remarked, tolto nice,
amongst themselves, tbal he never, by any
chance, trusted himself stone upon tbe deck
o. a dark oight with Robert King.
I be main brace having been antindunrly
spliced, a general council of the mutineers
was beld on deck. It was brief and decisive
lu fact, the mater gunner was himself the
council.
Robert King, first ordering grating to
be rigged, directed tbe oflicers to be brought
upon deck.
"You will pas a rope securely under the
captaiu' arm pita, long enough for two or
three of you to hold nu by. lie than t escape
by jumping overboard . aud, to give the devil
bi doe, he'd gladly prefer death to disgrace."
The officer were brought upon deck, aud,
circled by tbe mutineers, four or five deep,
awaited their doom ; calmly, all of Ibem, ex
cept Captain tbe Honorable Charles F ,
who was greatly agitated. Hi blood shot
aye peered auiiouely in the direction of the
frigate, by that time boll down. Through
lh eHihin windna-a ha. bad ifHin tba aiana,llmr
'fawf 00, sad t) r( Mret kixswed (ns bears
"Hail bo I Tow(D3ardl
when be pnw how completely bis hope for
deliverance bad been frustrated, most bave
been terrible, maddening.
"Gentlemen," said Robert King, "we have
decided thai yon (hall be cent away in the
sloop' pinnace, fornisbed with everything
that may be required to vnahle you to reach
Saint John's, Newfoundland, in safety."
"The Captain will go with us," (aid the
First Lieutenant.
'We are uot murderers." replied the Mas
ter Gunner. "Certainly he will go wilh yon ."
Captain Charles F 'a while face flushed
with hope. He had expected, knowing he
deserved nothing lees, tbuo a swing from the
yardiirtn for an hour. ,
"Alter Captain the Honorable Charles
F bus undergone the punishment awar
ded to him, he will he hoisted into thn pin
nuce. The sentence upon Cuptain tli- Hon
orable Charles F ," continued Robert
King, "is, tbal be forthwith receive six dozen
lushed."
"You dare tint!" screamed Cuptaiu Charles
F . ' You dare not, villians, wretches
you dare not I"
Yet the hot perspiration that broke ont
upon his clammy fotehead (bowed tbat be
knew they would dare to do It.
"Seize bun up to tbe grating,'1 shouted Ro
bert King. He ahull feel what we dare to
do."
The officers earnestly remonstrated. They
talked to the winds.
" 'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,' "
replied King to a remark of the Saturn's
chaplain. "'With tbe measure ye mete, it
ahull be measured to you again.' We have
scripture wurrant reverend sir. Seize up
Captuin the Honorable Charles F ,"
Cuiil inued Robert King, witb gathering exul
tant rag, as a "cm" was placed in his hands
mid unotkei given to bis son. ' Six doreo 1
One privilege we have claim-to nie and my
son most Honorable Captain which is to be
boatswain's mule upon this particular occa.
B'oii. Ha 1 it's worth a lifetime. Ibis minute
is 1 J i.'ti ti, we will take twelve and twelve
about three dozen e piece altogether 1
beginning, and we shall soon see wheter bis
honorable blood runs redder than four's did
my lad !"
"One two three ! "
Let us turn our eyes away from the sad
Spectacle Enough lo say, that the awurded
punishment was ruthlessly inflicted, und that,
ut its cunclusion. Captain Charles F was
ll.ruwu more dead than ulive, into the pin
nace. All possible requisites having I it en
supplied us promised, the wboiu of the i.fli
e.-is embarked in her; and shaped their
course, with a loir wind, fur S-tiiit John's
Newfoundland, wbere they salely arrived.
The piu nuce had no sooner cast off, tbuu the
Suturti muse suit, and was soon lost sight of.
No tidings of the Saturn could be obtained
until three or four years afterwards, although
Zealous, persistent search wus made fur her
immediately that intelligence uf the mutiny
reached Englund. Il then, or about Iheu
transpired through what chaunel I am una
ble lo say that the inuiiueers had made a
sparsely populated part of the American
coast, lakeu on shore all the portable, or
otherwise available, plunder lo be got out of
the Siitiirn, uud, that Hone, hud scuttled ber
in de. p wi.ter; tbey themselves' dispersing
through the revolted Slates. '
As to Captain tbe Honorable Charles
F . so acutely lie did feel the indignity to
which he hud been subjected so bitter wus
the poisoned chulico commenced to his owu
lips that for a a .'uusideruble period alter
his urnval in liiigland it irm feured that his
brain Wus permanently affected. That wus
an idle eppreheusinn. He fully regained his
ineutal beullh, and. having forever retired
from l he naval profession, he w4 returned to
the House of Commons from a close Cornish
borough. He did not make any appreciable
figure iu Parliament.
The thirst of vengeance on the mutineers
of the Sa uril especially upon Robert KlOg
uud bis son grew to be the absorbing pas
sion uf his life ; its gratification the be n 1 1 and
the end all of, if need be, his being I u ad
dition to the laige rewurds offered by the
Government, be himself publi.-bed in every
possible manner. Ins promise to py live hun
dred pounds to any one who should be instru
mental in bringing Robert and John King,
or either ibem. with the reach of justice.
Justice bus leaden feel through hands of
iron, and tbe dial finder of the whirligig of
Time, which waa lo bring round its revenge
ou h s behalf, pointed to the year 1785, six
yeurs ulter the mutiny or the Saluru. Tbe
dial linger did nut slop bero.
The honorable Charles F recei voi), one
day hi l tic said year. 178"), a badly spell
scrawl, slating, in ell'.-ct. that if he would
Send lino by post lo the address enclosed,
pledging himself, us a gentleman, lo pay the
live bundled pounds reward, it' information
were afforded him as to where oue of the
Kings could be found und captured, and that
no inquiries should be nude as to who the
inloriiier was, the necessury intelligence
would be furnished to the Uouorable Charles
F without delay.
A note, agreeing to the term, was inline'
diilely posted, nud, in reply, the Honorable
Charles F learnt that John Ki'jg was at
his mother's, Sidtiiouih, Devon, disguised with
a black buthy head und whiskers, looking
like a Jew. But ibe Honorable Charles
F should be quick.
la less than half an hour after receiving
this intelligence, the Uouorable Charles
F was posting al a lurious rate elorg
the greul western road accompanied by two
oflicers.
The information supplied to tbe Honorable
Charles F we p-ifectly accurate. John
King, who hud com over in aa American
merchant ship, the Franklin, owned and
commanded by h'S father, from Baltimore,
U. S , to llarv-) de Grate, France could out
resist the temptation of revislmg the old
place, chiefly with the view of inducing his
mother ami Susan BUke to accompany him
buck to Havre, wherlhe marriage ceremony
Itelweeu it i in end his coustunt sweetheart
having been solemnized, all four, with
Susan s, with Ins child would gall in tbe
Frunkliu for thu United Slates.
The mother and sweetheart eagerly accept
ed the proposal, and, before another day had
closed, they would have embailied in a fish
ing smack lor llurve. de Grace, 1 must here
mention that the only other person who
knew John King bad come over lioiu France
lo Sldmouth was Slepheu Rogers, ons of the
mutineers of thu Salurn. and then second
mate of the Franklin, tbe crew or which ves
sel were all. without exception, Saturn muli
neers Stephen Rogers, having pressing
business of his own in Kngland, had come
over from France witb John King.
Tbe Honorable Charles F seized John
King wilb his own bands; pounced upon him
with a shout or demonaic triumph. The
prisoner was immediately seut of), iu custody
of the officer, lo Portsmouth.
The trial, was of course, a mere formality.
It was beld witb closed doors, the ouly
Stranger allowed to be present being tbe
prisoner's solicitor. Tbe probable motive
for teeorttof to that ctseosl, thoagb fat
from unprecedented course, was to avoid
giving a prujndicial publicity to the mortify,
tng fact of a captain to the Royal Navy, and
a scion, moreover, of Bnblo boos bav.ng
been severely Hogged by hra own crew. The
sentence, and it execution, i find tbus briefly
recorded io the newspaper :
'Yesterday, John King, convicted of muti
ny on board the Saturn sloop of war, was
hatigee al tbe yurdarm uf the Gcl.ab receiving
ship al Fort. mouth."
Tbe mother of the convict died before ber
son. The shuck of her sun's apprehension in
her presence brought on an attack of brain
fever, uf which she died on tbe third day
after he was taken away.
Susan Blake, though stunned for awhile by
the blow, ralied with the help of youth and
beullh. Naf.r I ) i f a 1 ne, ingi 1 .e tern
pernmeut, she at once set herself to consider
if she could out better bi lp ber lover than
oy weeping and wailing, and wringing ol
hands. John K.ng find brought a considera
ble amount of money wilh him Armed witb
that, the brave girl set off for London, Tur
nished with a letter of iottoduetiou lo a
lawyer there.
A frail reed to lean upon! Tbe lawyer
(aid that all he could do, and that would
amount to nothing in the end was to instruct
a Portsmouth solicitor to appear for the
prisoner. lie added commiserating the
young womao's distress that ber only chance
was lo iuleroede wilb the Honorable Chailes
F on Ibe prisoner's behalf. His reconi
endution to mercy would, the lawyer was
quite sure, bu efficacious ; und ha gave her
the Honorable Churles F ' address in
Fall Mull.
Poor Susan had heard eostigh of the Hon
orable Charles F S character (John
Kiug had been very reserved, both with her
and his mother, with respect to ibe mutiny
aud its causes), to expect oei'.her sympathy
nor belp from bim. still the case wag a ilea
p rate one, and thai last, desperate chunce
should be essayed.
"The Uouorable Mr. F is Dot at borne.
Don't know at what hour he will return.
You hud belter call about twelve lo'inurruw,
and your name will be seut in."
With thul answer Susan Uluke returned
heart sick, utterly cast down lo her laveru
lodging. Still, punctually at tweive, Uext
day. she wus in Pall Mali.
"The Honorable Mr. F hud gone out
earlier than usual, aud, lor particular reasons.
i no one would be able to see bun, however
i pressing their business ungLt be, till three
days from that.
Tbe saiiio answer was given to a sailor, who
i Came up whilst Susan Blake Ltigered uear
i tbe door.
j The three days elapsed, and Susan Blake's
I shaking hand would presently hare grasped
! the knocker, when the door opened, and out
j came the sailor she bad seen before, a livery
J servatit closu behind bim. Susan Blake
, stepping quickly cu one side, was unobserved
I by either of ibem, a vague notion, thought,
surmise, thul hud more than once crossed ber
; mind since she saw tbe suilur ut that bouse,
' iuduciog her to do so.
" The sailoi's face was hot and red. He
i tightly clutched a well filled leather bag in
i one huuo, and with tbe other phuolc hands
with thu eervanl leaving- in the servant's
) bund a golden guinea. "1 must cull a coach,"
j said tbe sailor, "or 1 shall be loo late." He
j then hurried off. Susan Blake stepped up to
I the door. It was slammed in her luce. The
: Honorable Mr. F could s;e uobody thut
I Tbe sailor was not out out of sight though
j he waled swiftly. Susan Bluke followed wilb
i greater swiftness, und wus close to huti when
! a couch which he hail beckoned, drew op.
j " Wapputg Stuirs !" said '.be Sailor. "Be
j smart. I'll pay doublu il 1 catch the passeo
ger packet lor Havre de Grace."
"Havre da Grace!" murmured Susan
' Blake. "Aod he came out of Captain
1 F 's with a bag of money in bis hand
I John's blood-money. 1 uui sure of it He is
! Stephen Rogers ; no one but Stephen
Rogers could have betrayed us. Ah. und the
I reward was lo be pud upon conviction.
John is murdered, and there there goes his
murderer ! But I am at '.he traitor's beels.
1 w, inner il never struck me till the other
day, that no oue but Stephen Rogers could
be Ibn traitor. If 1 can only reach Unrve
belore the Franklin Sails why not go in the
llarve passeuger packet T Was it sa sure
that the vessel would Sail at the appointed
tour ? Tbe chance was worth trying, ut any
rate." So, culling a couch, Su.-uu Bluke
drove to ber lodging, asked for the day's
newspaper, read iu il the brief paragraph I
have quoted announcing John King's execu
tion ; snatched up her Utile buy, whom she
had brought In Loudon wilh her, uud started
ut once lor Wuppmg Stuirs.
She was iu plenty ol time, and by taking a
cabin passage, did uot cuino lu contact wilb
Ilia sailor, Slepheu Rogers, it he wus Stephen
Rogers. Quite as well, though she was
pretty sure be bad nut noticed ber, when
calling at the bouse in Pall Mull ; if he did
could oot have kuown tbal she was there to
iulercede for the life of the man wlium be hjd
basely betrayed.
Arrived at Havre, Snsnn Blake was con
ducted to the Hotel d'Aogtelerre, from which
she despatched a message to the captaiu of
the Franklin, lequesiiiig to see bim immedi
ately, end received her and his grandson in
ihe kindest manner. Susan Ulake aud he
bad a long, mournful conference, al Ilia end
of which be sent for his second wale under
some busiuess excuse, managing go that she
might see bim, without bersell beiug seeu.
Su-au Bluke was right. Tbe sailor who
came out of Honorable Charles F '
house. With tbe heavy bag of money lo his
baud, was Stepheo Rogers, second mate uf
the Fiankliu.
Il wa settled that Susan Blake wilb her child,
should proceed iu Ihe Franklin to Ameilca'; Cap.
luiu Ku.g undertaking lor their future, a. it hia
son's intention of iiiurring her had been lullilled
and his grandson had bieu bora iu lawful wed
lock. Tbe departure of tba Frankiir. was nut lung
delayed, and as soon aa aha waa fairly al ss lb
thunderbolt Ml. '
Stephen liodueri recovering from the shock of
the sccieaiioii hurled at him, denied, with fierce
uaihs, thai lie had informed against Jobu King,
ii r that he wus the man whom the young woman
Uluke aaw al tbe Honorable Charles F .'a
in I'ull Mull. He was never In Pall Mali, la his
knowledge, in his lite. As to the leige sum
of money found in his box, thai was the produce
of a legacy, to gel which was bis motive lor risk
ing his own neck in Lnglaud.
The man's defence might, perhaps, have stag
gered his judges, hut fur an irresistible piece of
circuiu.U.ilial evidence. The major pail of the
reward he had received indeed, all but ten ten
pound bank of Knglaud notes waa paid in gold.
Hut, endorsed in a small character, on lb tank
of each note, was lb name of "Tbe Honorable
Cbsilea F ," Roger hsJ. probably, never
noticed the endorsement. We kuow be bad no
time lo obtain change for ll.e notes in England
When dcrkneas had well set in. tor it might
bsv been dangerous to do aucb a tbiug tUere
about by daj light dlepbaai Ruga 1.0, bp
to the main yard, left dai gling there for a short
lime, and ihen, with a heavy jot fasUntd to
hia feet, dropped ini-i Ih sea
The grim game of death. Initiated by the Hen.
orsble Charles 'slavish us of the lash, is
noi yet terminated. Afior haviug well provided
for Susan lilae snd her son. wound up hitaffuirs
and made bis will, Robert King took passage for
F ranee. The voysgs, be thought, might l'o bim
good.
Now, the Honorable Clisr'ea F - had for
jtmiiy years, a pretty box in the Isle of Wriglit,
io wnicn ne was accu-tomed io teturt Tor a ft w
reeks during summer ; and a favu.ile paatjr .o
oi his well known by Hubert King to be a fa-or.
its pastime of hi- wat, to climb and clamber
abo il tba cliffs, al and near about Rise. Gang
Chine. T
Something over three months after Robert
King's last departure from Baltimore, and whilst
the Honorable Charles F w paying his
summer visit to the Wright, a stout, stern ,msn
took up his nbwJ i in an out of-tlm way, io.v pub.
lie liuus not far from Bunobuich. Though at
tired as a countryman, he waa set down in the
talk there sa a smuggler waiting to help run a
cargo, expected hy him in soon arrive upon that
con trtbanist coast. His constant prowling about
cragt and cliffs cenfirmed this opinion.
That man was Robert King, chief mutineer of
ills Saturn; and he staunch sleuth hound was
there, in wait for an oppuiiuuity ef lequiling Ihe
deaths of his wife and sou.
The opportunity was afforded, but not In the
mode which RuUrt King would have chosen he
no question, having hoped to sctile scores with
his enemy by no mean uf the pistols be carried
in his wide, country coat pockets.
The mortal duel wat witnessed from a distance
by several fishermen, Nol far from the summit
of a lofty crag or cliff, thore winds a narrow
Udgfl. at no place more than two feet wide, and
bordering a fissure of frightful death. Two per
sons, attempting to make the circuit from oppo.
site aides, would not see, till Ibey met, each other.
This, alone, rendered the exploit foolhardy ..o
a-it is exceedingly kitficult, except to a piacliaed
cragsman, to turn round upon such a narrow
ledge, upon the brink uf a black and seemingly
imt.nmles precipice. Men so meeting bave
been known to toss up. to decide who should
turn heck ; and. of Ciiorse, he who won would
a'.eady tho other whilst in the act uf turning
round.
The Honorable Charles F. , and Robert
King, started from opposite sides of the crag al
must at thu same minute of time; and. at about
hallway, came suddenly, closely, face to fac
with each other and wilh devil swift, ineviia
ble death. To ihe intense rstunisl.ment and dis
may of the dietatit look. ra-on, the two men, wilh
a roar ol rage as of wild beasts a bay, sprang at
and gripped each oilier by the lliiuaL There was
a awaying to and fro for, perhaps half a minute
less, probably then both toppled over inio the
a'ose ; at the bottom of which were found the
mangled bodies locked together viilh a giip
which death had hardened to steel of the Hon
orable Charles F , ex-capbiin, and Robert
King, ex-gunner, of bis Britannic Majesty's sloop
of war Saturn.
There is a firm iu Klgin, Illinois, known sa
"Gray and Luut." Half the letters come to
tbem eirected "Lay and Grunt."
Dogs are said to speak with their tail)
Would it be proper to call a short-tailed dog
a stamp orator T
lieupcs, fit.
Cork Bukad One quart of corn weal,
one piut of wheat flour, two eggs, and a lit
tle Salt, wilb snur buttermilk sufH'-fent to
make a very stiff batter. M(X thoroughly,
and then nd,l a teuspoonfulor soda dissoUed
n a very I ttle hot water. Stir this in and
pour lino i II greased pans, sufficient to bu
una and a hair or two inches thick when cook
ed Place in u hot oven, and buke until
done, say half nn hour. Carry to tbe table
hot If all should net -bo used, bake over
agtin, and it is about as good as wnen first
baked.
Half a pint of floor and one epg will be
very good, but nut quite us goa l the above.
The sourer the buttermilk t lie Verier, if it
is not bitter. Success depends vVy much CD
the fine proportion of acid ardulkuli. ' ,
Fine meal makes much better breud than
coarse. If It does not keep as provide
less ut one time. Dent, or gourcTsced com
makes better meul than fluit corn.
Suine are shocked al the idea of eating
drugs with their fund, and exclaim against
thj use tif alkali in conkiug. Lot such corj.
sidcr ihut arid neutralises tbe caustio prop
eriy ot the alkali ; nud if they never eat my.
thing more unhealthy than that, ibey will do
well Germantown Teltyraph,
To Fbf.pahr Mi. ton Hams. We copy
the fiillowiug front tie Lumhm Field : One.
! quarter of a pound of saltpetre to buif n sjoucd
oi raw nrowu sugar ; make Ibeui very bot
and rub iuto legs uf mutton ever uight. Next
uioiu iig salt llieui with commou salt- Let
the mutton lay ubout a week, more it over,
and rub in fresh gall, and let it remain Booth
week in pickU. Tbcu bang il up to dry.
When dry keep it it in cuqvus bags to pre
vent it from being fly-eaten. N. B,- Do not
lei the mutton iai in tbe wet biiue, bat
place something uuder to raise tbem from tbe
wet or dropping that will fail from ibem.
Pi"Ti" PoTATot. 1 noticed iu your pa
per contribution giving several modes ol planting
pulalors. None ol them come up to uiy idea,
though very good. I have tried alt and rind none
ao well suited to all kinds of soil as my owu,
which is a follows : First, cut your potatoes three
or lour day lelore you plant, so a to let them
will and retain th sip, berauso ii you plant a
fresh cut potasn the carta absorb the sap and it
will weaken the potato, aud it will not coma ao
djon.
Second, prepare your ground and run it off in
rows aa Vuit like, but have Ihem deep ; then lakil
wrll-t.,i;i J stable manure and put it in the lur-
ows; then lake the . uto and place one or twu
pieces eight inches apart aud cover wall wilts
earth.
Th reason why I put the manure at the bot
tom is, to feed il e ruou and nut the tops, wbereaa
if you put tlm manure on the top, il will keep
the moisture from th roots aud will feed the
vines, and you wi 1 have all vine and no pota
toes. J. U.U.
-Uultiiiiore Weekly Sun,
BiAcaskaat Wins. There is no wine equal
In the wine made of blackberries when properly
wad, aither in flavor or for inidicicsl purpose
and all eraout who can conveniently do so,
shouid ruanufactui enough fur their own use
every year a it i invaluable in sickness at a
louic, and nothing is a belter leioejy tor th
bowel distsse. Below 1 glue an excellent recipe
for making it.
Measur your berries and bruise tbem I f i
(very gallon of juice add eue quart waler ; ,
ha mixture alsnd twenty-tour h'Hiis, stir occa
sionally i than strain off the liquor in a cask ( to
very gallon add two pound ot' sugar cork tight
aud Ut it aland till the following winter, bra
yea will base wine ready fat a wittssuet furUsr (
ueirujuj w gilig, . Y.