The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-09 00:00:00

MINING. OCTOBER 9, 1849.

Tug CHOLERA.

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Ch.Dia:

MUTINY AND MURDER AT SEA.
We `lean the following particulars of a most
Mader mutiny and murder of the captain end mate of the
Beagles brig Merin Antoinette, from the correspondemt of a
New York gager, dated Hey Meet, August 28, reedited per
the Biafora
The isliewieg is from the protest if Chtistisa Kassa,
bialsersia, wise woe is charge of the brig upon her arrival
bare, sad at the time of her genies en don :
Christi= Hosea says, that the said brig Maris Antelante
saibli inn Antwerp as the 12th day of May last past
v4sst she west to sea es the 24ts day of May for lie-
with • clogs of nails, gin, and flooring bricks, se per
of said brig herewith produeed—that the said
brig Marls Antoinette, at the beginning of said vogue,
use soda the ammand of Leopold Louvers, the then
meter thereof; that Louis de Jogs was the mate el the said
brig; and that the appearer, Christian Hessen aforesaid, was
the boatswain thereof, performing the duties of second mate
on board said brig ; and that Jean Francis Beesebrock, Paul
Cornelis Loy, Jaen Joseph Faison, cad Leopold Joseph
Vsadewealle, were the crew of the said brig; that nothing
remarkable csocarred on board until Wednesday, the 4th day
of July ultimo, when. being in latitude 25 35 N., and longi-
tude 4754 W. from Greenwich, the said captain and mate
were murdered oti board the said brig, sad their bodies
thrown into the sea by the said crew ; that the fasts con-
nected with the said murder, so far am they are known by the
said impart,. are briefly as follows : That on the 4th thy of
July aforessid,at 'Witt 2 o'clock p.m. on that day ,the appetites
Christian KNOMI. was in the cabin of said brig ; that the
captain was also there, and asleep in his berth, that the ap-
pester took some dinner plates from the cabin to the caboose,
that while in the caboose he heard a voice in the cabin, and
thought that it was the captain's voice, uttered in distress;
that be immediately ran towards the cabin with the inten-
tion of going in, but that he was met at the door, or en-
trance way of the cabin, by Loy aforesaid, who was
coming oat of the cabin with a bloody knife in his hand ;
that Loy was much covered with blood, and that, as soon
as he saw Loy, this approver was mach frightened, and
ran forward to get away from Loy; that Loy followed
him for • short distance, and then turned and went
back; that this approver went forward to the forehetth,
that he saw the said Vaadewegh•' one of the said crow,
*prank's; him (Hessen) with a knife in his hand; that
Vandewegber wee covered with blood, and this approver was
afraid that Vandsweghe was oomiog to kill him, and that
thereupon this approver fell upon his hue's, and prayed for
his life, and that Vandeweghe said, .• Toughen live ;" that
this approver then arose from his knee, and Loy cams for-
ward and told this approver to take the helm, which he did.
Did net see the captain or meta killed, sad therefore does
no• know the circumstances further than be has since learned
from sonarsations among the crew, and admissions made by
said mew to said approver, to wit: that he, said Loy, ad-
mitted that le killed the captain, and that the said Vande.
weghe admitted that he killed the mate; that he saw the
body of the said captain after he was dead, and that Mal
I throat was eat, and that his tours' was banging
I out of his month, and that his face and the fore
part of his body was covered with blood, and
I that he also saw wounds on various puts of his
body ; that he saw the mat, running forward with his
throat cut sad bleeding profusely, and saw him jump down
the fore batch. That he did not see any more of the mate
l or of his body. Saw all the craw engaged in throwing the
captain's body overboard about fifteen minutes after be was
killed. Believes that Loy, Vende veghe. and Planeloads,
D were drunk at the time of the murder. That the crew al:
want to work to wipe up the blood in the cabin and on
deck as soon us they had thrown the captain overboard.
D After this they all went down into the cabin and took there.
from a bottle of gin and some wine, sugar and cheese and
D bread, and then went upon the roof of the house upon deck,
1 and ate and drank until they were all drunk, and so remaineci
O all that night and the following day. That this appearer re-
mained at the helm all of the said night, and until about ten
2 o'clock of the next morning, when ha was relieved by the
0 said Filisert.
The crew took charge of said brig on tte sth day of July,
and kept charge one day ; that they changed the COWIN! et
O said brig, and stood away f r New York ; that Loy odd him
that, as soon as they made land, they would mule the brig,
1 and let her sink • and that the rest el the crew said, " That
O will be bat;" that on the next day the erew requested die
appearsr to take chine of said brig, and put her on her
2 course to savannah ; that, after this he took the sun and
made observations every day, but that the said crew would
1 not permit him to record his observations, or make any re-
marks on the log-book ; that he wrote these observations on
a slate, and, after using them for the occasion, robbed them
1 out ; that be suspected some of the crew would destroy the
log-book, and that he therefore tore out the lea, contaminc
1 the latitude and longitude, and observations made in the said
log-book on the said 4th day of July, in order that he might
1 preserve some evidence as to the piths where the captain and
O mate were murdered.
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That, on the lOih day of July aforesaid, they fell in with
an American barque, the captain of raid barque came on
board said brig, and when the captain of the barque was
approaching the brig, Loy told this appearer, that if he acid
anything to the said captain, be (Loy) would kill hie).
This • said, that some or all of said crew informed
the • captain, that the former captain and mate had been
killed by lightning ; and this appearer confirmed their story
by saying it was true, forasmuch as he was afraid to con-
tradict it. That, after the said captain left the mid brig,
he continued on hie course to Revenant), and that n 1
event of interest occurred until they reached the Bahama
Banks, when they were boarded by a number of
men, fourteen in all, from a schooner that fed in
with them ; that as soon as the said mm reached the brig,
they went on bard of her, and two of their number went
down the fore-hatch into the hold, and passed up to
their ecompanions on deck four demijohns of gin ; that others
of them went into the cabin, and took thee. from about one
hundred pounds of bread, and from sixty to 'meaty pounds of
pork; and after loitering about the vessel for about an hour,
they took the said articles on board their own vessel ; that
this appearer did not, and he believes the crew of said brig
did not, give any permission to said men from said school sr
to take the said girt, bread, and pork, and that the same was
feloniously and piratically taken by them; that so' n after
these men left the brig, this appasrer being apprehsnaive
they were pirates, and that they might return and forcibly
take possession of the said brig and cargo, changed his c ur.e
and steered in a northwest direction, and continued on the.
course for about four days, when be discovered the Cape
Centre-rid Light, on the coast of Florida ; then he changed
his coarse to south, and continued on in this direction until
the 12th day of August. About three o'clock, a.m. of
that day, the vessel struck on the Florida Reef, within a
few miles of the Florida Cape Light ; that he carried out an
anchor aft with 90 fathoms of triune attached, and hove
upon ft without moving the brig ; that he continued and
repeated then efforts without Buena until about 9 a m.,'
when he was visited by three men from the shore, who
offered to get the brig off and take her to Key West, for
600 dollen. That he accepted the offer, ani that the said
• mon began to get the vessel off, and that after about thirty
minutes labour they rucceeded and got her into deep water,
that they navigated the said brig to Key West, where they
arrived on the 26th day of August, and that the said m' n
' have libelled the mid brie and her cargo for salvage. That
upon the arrival of the brig at Key W. st the V,ce Crain)
same on board, who upon being made acquainted with the
deplorable events of oar voyage, took the said brig and
cargo into his custody, and caused all the crew to be band-
- cuffed, and placed a sufficient guard on board to protect said
brig and cargo.