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BBjOOMSKtJHtG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FA. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1840.
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A DREADFUL MUTINY I
It takes a great deal tdjrriake a sailor rhu-
tiny: it is not done by meriled punishment
A tailor knows" as well as his offiaers do
VrhtfU he deseives a flogging, b'lit if he
knows he docs not deserve it, the lash cuts
'deeper in the flesh, and, leaves a scar which
it takes a long time to w ear out if it is ever
effaced.. Men in that ship were expected
to do what was impossible; a whole watch
ef fdre-top-hien would sometimes bo flog
ged for being a few seconds after tho inaiii
top-man, and the last man on the topsai
Turd , was sure of it. John Simmons was
second captain of tho top, and as smart
'tailor as ever hauled out reef earing.
One evening, some time aftej my being
'disrated, I was at the lee helm, as there was
e fresh breeze of wind. The Captain came
upon deck, and, I could see by his detested
face, that th'b' devil was in him; his nostrils
were com pressed, and his tipper lip cuiled
up like a scroll. Ho took two or three hur
iied turns, looked aloft, and bwore at (lie
officer of the watch for having slacked off
tho lee fore-top sail braee, called the quar-
tt ruiaiter an old lubber, and gdve symptoms
of the return of his madness;- He then
roared out, 1 Turn the hands up, ieef top
nails, and I'll flog the last half dozen on the
lower deck.'
Ths men.camr rushing up from below
Its if the devil himself had been driving
Iheitis
Now said he taking out his watch, I'll
allow you one minute, ana l'UAflog every
wan of yblt If you are not in time 'way
aloft, lower ills topsails.' '
The men flow the rigging like light
ning, and, the comrnnhUi thee up lay out
take two reefs,' was hardly given when it
seemed the sail was reefed, the. meh'of the
yard, and the rati at the mast head again
It was done within the time allotted; but on
leokinr up. d point was discovere j United
fen both fore and main tort sails.- Thc'Caj
tain very humanely gave thoai another trial,
and the reefs werb shaken out and the sail
reefed, as quickly and as well as before; but
poor Join, who was at thb lee yard ami,
'iu his anxiety to avoid being the last man
. "on the yaid, made a spring at the lee rig
ging, he missed his hold, and fell Upon the
deck! poor fellow 1 every bone ili his body
was broken;
. Vhai-liibber is that j' demanded llio
'Captain of the fdre-castle oflirer.
' The second Captain bf tlio fore-top" sir,
replied tho Lieutenant:
Pitch him overboardiiirtd'bb' ' Iheil;"
returned the Captain.
This horrid mandate was not obeyed;
Ihe doctor ws aft, and ran fotward to see
what could bo dune, bdt his riromplitude
was useless; poor John was dying; Whcii
lie fell, I was close by him, and rati to meet
jiim, and raised lift lioad gently from the
UecK, and supported It Hn lily arrri; The
Uoetor wished him to' b'o removed to ths
Stack bay, blit he said faintly,' Dorit touch
ine good buy, shipmates God bless you
Ml,' and as the glaze was coming over his
eyes, ho lecognized me, and his last withes'
ere ' Poor Jarre, give give his head
fell back powerless on ray arm, and ho yield
ed up his last breath.
' Shipmates,' murmured a hollow sepul.
chral voico close at hand, remember!'
Had you witnessed tho countenaceof tho
men on the lower deck at supper that night,
you would never hare, Forgotten it.
I' never have'; and although perfectly
ignorant of what was in contemplation'.
1 saw they were at the highest pitch of des
peration. That night poor John Simmons
was sowed up in his hamrhdek; the officer
of the watch read the funeral service over
him, by the light of a lantern', and as tho
awful words, ! We, thereforo', commit his
body to tlio deep, pealed upon my cars, arid
the sullen roar of the waves, as they receiv
ed the corpse, which followed, the same
voice before mentioned, in a still more aw
ful manner, called out, 4 VcmembcrJ' The
officer of the watch looked around him be
fore ho re-commenced reading the latter
part of tho service, but ail tho men near ap
peared to be as ignorant as to whom the
sound came from, as Himself. A solemn
' Amen !' pronounced, echoed by the same
voice; which concluded this melancholy
ceremoriv.
I think it was the next day, fa man of
war brig, tho D was in company,) I
observed several of the mon going from one
mess to tho other, whisperrig something.
One in particular a man who had been a
boatswain's mate, but disiated and flogged,
because the Capta'in thought he was not
layirig dh tho lush as he ought to have done,
was very active. It. was hid voice, I am
almost-certain, that I heard repeal the words
remember;' but every qhing was so con
ducted that I kne.w nothing of what was
brewing. It was tho jiight for scrubbing
and washing clothes; always ilone in tho
middle watcHi J was bblwetri uid or the
guns abaft on liife thb Main tike's, pcriibbing
a nair of duck trotisers. I thought there was
an unusual noise with the wash Deck buck
ets, and looking up. 1 saw tevernl of ihe
men apparently larking throwing the bus
kets at c'no gnother.( The Captain sent out
of his cabin word for the men to keep less
noise, but they took no notice of what was
said; hn the contrary they made more noise
than before, taking the shot out of the racks,
and throwing them about the deck. At last
the Firt Lieutenant came up, to. enquire in
to the cause of the disturbance, when one
of the men insulted him. Ho returned to
his cabin and brought a sword, with which
he went forward among the men, anil endea
vored to restore order, ( He was nocked
dowr and run through the body with his
own sword, and thrown but of a port.
Seeing this horrid murder,! left my trous
era unfinished, ran on deck, and aloft to the
main top. From this place 1 heard the
shouts of the infuriated mutineers, and the
eroans of the dying! and every now ah'd
then the splash of mangled victim commit'
ed to the waves. The men had broken o
p'ci the gunnsr's store room and possessed
themselves of arms and ammunition.
The captain hearing the uproar increase
opened the cabin door and came out. He
was no sooner seen, than one of the men
gave hi-n a blow wllh a hand spike, and he
retreated to his cabin. Four or five of ths
men rushed in after hinij armed With cut
lasses, boarding-pikes arid muskets, with
fixed bayonots. The Ca'ptairl endeavored
to defend himself with a short sword, and
for a time kept them at bay. So much did
they dread him, tiiat they shrunk bacl.'i and
were afraid to strike, when one of them
Johii Morris, called out, What do you fear.
men! spike the- and gave theiri an
example by running him through with a
bavonel,
They all followed his example, each one
earning anxious to statiato his bloody ven
gearice: lie was covered with a hundred
wounds', and after cutting and hacking the
body,ariu treating it with every possible In
dignity, they threw dim o'ifl of the cabin
windows.
My late antagonist, if it was done on my
account I am very torry was another of
the victims', and only two or three of the j
fficcts were exempted from the carnage; j
among them was a midshipman, and at iho i
ime sick in his col'; his life was saved by !
one ot His countrymen. 1 was soon join
ed by two or three olhers of the peaceably
disposed, who, like me, were horror-struck
at the bloodshed going on bcloWjand we did
not quit our station until after the day broke,
The main deck was covered with the blood
of our officers many of whom was aa good
men as ever lived.
I have often since that timet stood upon
'a bloody deck, and thought light of it, for
it was blood shed in our'counlry's canse,
and in fair fight. As to .the Captain, if he
had a thousand lives, he deserves to have
lost them; but blood-thirsty cruelty alone
called for the murder of the rest'. A boat
swain's mate now took the command, and
called a council of war. Some were for
prizes as a pirate; eorne wished to is'ave the
West Indies! and taka thb ship into a
French port', but tho greatest number voted
to run hei into the first porl they came to on
the Spanish Main, and give her up to the
Spaniards. The latter plan was carried in
to effect, and the next day found us at an
bhor under ihe guns of a heavy battery.
POLITIC AiL.
From tho Western Carolinian,
SECRET COMMITTEE OVER GENER
AL HARRISON.
We last week published a correspondence
between the Utiiun Association of the village
of Oswego, N. Y., and iho Confidential
Committie of General Haniton, and at the
., -i . i. .
time, tuaue some comments on its exiraor
diuury character. Wo again advert to the
subject; to show in a clearer light the gen
eratpmicy"anopt tfy' ttttr imrtsanltee7-aB
disclosed ihrouuh ihe cbrreepohdlince of
that. Committee; ,
It would seem itiat ilie General is no ion
gcr permitted to sit down to his 'desk and
ansver his owti letters, addressed to him by
ins leuow-ciuzens, caning lur mo vjiihwii,
as to the policy he may adopt, should he be
elected President, but must hand them over
to his Guardians, appointed for the pur
pose, auu let tliem dictate answers tor
him I
The first developementfrom this Honor
able Committee, that has as yet met the
public eye, was the correspondence alluded
to, in which it declared that, "the polity is
that the Genejul make no further declara
tion of his principles for the public eye,
whiht occupying his present position," as
a candidato for the Presidency.
The second is, thai whatever he has said
written, or done, on the great political top
ics of the day, must be all taken for gran
ted;1 arid that they are to be hunted .up, from
all quaiters of the country, collected and
published under the eye of his Guardians,
aud palmed ou the publio for his opinions
noibl
Was there ever such a political rnanmuvrs
attempted to be palmed upon the American
people before ?
Hero ib a man, a candidate for tho high
est office in the American Republic, and
when he is asked by letters or otherwise,
what his present views are on certain points
touching the dearest interests of our com
mon country, ho keeps mum, and says
go and ask my committee and they will
tell you, or give you pamphleta on the sub
ject.
If ho be asked, are you in favor cf
receiving and referring abolition petitions
to abolish slavery in the District of Colum
bia! ho says, go and asli my commit
tee.' Arc yod in favor of a Untied Slates Bank!
The response is the same ask my commit
tea. Are you in favor of assuming the
State debts by the General Government, or
taxirig the people to raite a surplus reven
lie (o cm'anoip'a'ie our slaves! ho answers as
before go and ask fiiy committee.
Hitherto, it has been the practice, not on
ly to ask, but to know of thosri who seek
office, what their political opinion's are at
the time when questioned not what they
were in days that are past and gone; and if
this has been the policy ,pf the, f country
heretofore, why should an exception ( be
made in the case of old Gen,, flarrir.cn !
Is his situation so very peculiar that. It ought
not, nay, must Hot, be inquired into at pre-
sont : Are not even ins mends permitted
to ask and to know what they may expect
fr6m him, provided he should be elected
President of the United States ?
Certainly, there must be something
wrong in this matter, or his Confidential
Committee would not have adopted this
new and extraordinary mode of electioneer
ing. Tho truth is, the whole scheme from
his nomination down to the secret policy 9
dopted by this Committee, is nothing more
nor less than a labored effort to conceal
rom the American people a definite plan of
his Administration. And thus keep togeth
er thb wholo mass of politicians iffid others
composing the party apposed to the present
Administration! Therefore to publish his
true position, 01 "make any, further decla
ration of his principles for the public
eye," would blow up the whole ocheme.and
leave the old General as he ndw i?, a very
worthy and eminent citizen of Ohio, and
"the Farmer of North Bend."
In Iho South, his supporters affirm that
he is not an Abolitionists, and by this
means, many aro induced to go for him who
otherwise would not. In the North, the
Abolitionists unite upon him, and boast of
his being their candidal 'e.and by this means
the Abolitionists are secured, and thus ills
game is played! 1, , , . t ,
But if a definite policy wcro to bo adopt
ed by the party suppoiting Gen. Harrison,
and a Southern 'man asks him are you an
Abolihonistit and he answers as a plain
l!Jtt?J ?h sliQUltl.jLrieiL 1fjiJLaiulrah"-'
no iruuiu insu sav iu iiium ,
oiipport yoii. If, on the Contrary; ho says
no. 1 am' hot; then the Abolitionists
would drop him as tjiey would a hotpotatoe
So Vou see, gentlb reader, the only plan is
for the "Hero of Tippecanoe" to keep
dark.and to have his confidential committee
speak for him. But will the highmindod
and honorable portion of any party tolerate
such a course of deception? In short, will
the peoplb give their votes to any man who
is afraid or ashamed to avow his real senti
ments on questions involving .the interesst
and happiness of the American people!
If'sucli should srove to bo tho cats, we
are greatly deceived in iho American charac
ter.
From tho Lanca&'er (Intelligence,
THE
PRERIDENTI.ft ELECTION THE
1 1
RE9U-TJ
To a man of calmrtJV 1 deliberate judg
. - .
ST
ment, there can be bir
'e nesuaiion aouui
telling, from the signs
me limes, how the
contest now waging bet
eh the People and
the British Whigji
result. Tho gas
hard cider will do
VW1SUMW
very well to amuse
firal Harnsod and
his friends, and (0 intoxicate thorn with the
belief that the whole country is at their mer
cy,' and that nothing can keep them from
conquest; but to those who are used to
this sort of political fanaticism, it is nothing
more than food for mirth. Wo have more
confidence now in thb certainty of the E
lection of Martin Van Buren than wa have
oi'i: had before; and to show that our confi
deuce is founded on something tangible, we
ask attention to the following summary, in
which our reasons for this belief may
. Pennsylvania. -In 1830 the majority for
Van Buren was small. The reason was
that the Ritner party, as is usual with them
on all occasions, turned the public works
into an lect'foneeririg engine, by . which
means, it it presumed, at least ten thousand
British Whig Totes were polled. 1 hi
power, however, is now on ,he other sido
and while the Democrats will make no ef
fort to force men to vote egaintt their opla
ions, it it to be presumed, that, by this ye
ry course, a large Damnciatio vote will be
soiled. The State is safe for Van Buren
by, at least, Fifteen Thousand, The feel -
ng in ths west now indicates that Harrison
will not get, by, five thousand, ..as many,
votes as he did, in 1836. We saw a gen
tleman the other day who assured Ua that
Westmoreland will give Van Buren a raa-
onty.of twenty-fivo hundred, where he on
ly gpt a majority of five hundred in 1830,
Fayette held a tremendous county meettag
a week or two ago,more than four thousand
people being nresen t.at which .she promised
to increase her vote, compared , with 1830,
more than a thousand: And,, Aljcgheny, a
decided Harrison county, at herf receat
spring elections, elected a largo . majority,
of Democrats, on political grounds, justices
ot the reacoi , 1(10 Signs, elsewhere, arc
not less auspicious. ,
Ohio, Our readers hava seen the result
of the the spring elections in this Stale, at
which Democrats were victorious to the full.
In 1838, Shannon was elected over Vanco
by a majority of six thousand; notwithstan-.
ding General Harrison took tho field him
self, and attempted to stir up the hard, cider.
uesiaes, mrnson nas.oeen Deaien eeverai
times since hia great unfought t battles. of
which nobody heard until his nomination.
Tho spirit of tho People now thb daily,
aecessiens to the ranks of the Democrats
prove that ho is not moro popular at ths
present day, and that his defeat is not less).
certain,than when he wanted to be Govern
or but failed in the attempts ;
Virginia. ihe results 01 the reeent iu-
lections, while they show nothing of whioh
we have any cause to fear, aro admitted, on)
all hands, to be no test of the Election lo:J
i: . . . T '1 1. I
President. No Southern Stale', let. il b.
remembered, can, without injury to i
mosf reverd institution give its vote toj
candidate qflhe Abolitionists.. Thisyroay
be considered a aeltier. Bui, as iftcj strong-
and iriost influential'sons' promimjfit, Har-.
rison men heretofore one of them a Harri
son elector in 1838 coming forward an.
renouncing all allegiance to British Whig
gory and its sister Abojition, . .. t
New York.- Martin Van Buren was ne
ver defeated in New York for a publio of
fice I The recent spring elections prove
loo, that tho Democrats are fast, recovering
their lost ground, and that, when hisao,
which has always been 'a ,fc tower of
strength" in the Empire Stats, is submitted,
to the People, tho same verdict will bo ren
dered upon it that was rendered in 1830.
We ask attention to tho following from iheJ
Albany Argua ; , . t .
THE TO WN ELECTIONS. j
Democratic Nett Gain of FIFTY-FOUR
Towns since last fall.
The official returns e( the- general elec-tion-in
November last, ohow; that the demo
crats carried then 411 towns, ahd iho fed
eralists467 towns. Tho actual, returns of
the town elections in Ma.ch and April of
this year, show that the democrats. , havo
succeeded in 430 towns, and .the federal-,
ists in 438. Being a federal loss of 29,
towns, and a democratic gain of 25 towns!
and a net Democratic gain of Fifty-four
Totcns. ,
The tfggregato federal rnajority last year
was 3,600 votes in a poll of 462,000. If,
as the Evening Journal assumes; the (own
elections may be taken as art indication of
the popular sentiment, (and they hever
were mors generally or sharply conttttsd
uon party grounds than at the present
time,) the change in favor of tho dcrrjocra-.
cy since last fall, is decisive of the approach
ing election. H It is a difference, of fiftyfbui
towns, or one-seventeenth of the wlwlo
number or, if calculated by aggregate ma-,
jorities, and one seventeenth assumed as,
ihe rati, the gam U upwards of 20,000
votes, or a difference to the democratic parr,
ty, btyond the federal majority last fall, (
moro lhaa lO.OOQ. , ,
Maine Our enemies themselves admit
Maine will go for Van Bureu.
Neu) iIIampshire.-Vhica is like ac
knowledge Co bo' of the riglit stamp by
friend and foo.
1 ftrmonfiHarrtson may et Vermc-o