The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-05-16

iell oacK poWetless on Ia ain, shu no ylelu-
ed up his last breath.
'Shipmates' murmured hollow sepul
chral voice close at hand, rememberP
Had you Witnessed the countenace Of ths
men on the lower deck at supper that night,
you would never have forgotten it,
never have; and although perfectly
ignorant Of what was in contemplation.
| saw they were a. the highest pitch Of des.
peration. That night poor John Simmons
was sewed up in his hammock; the officer
Of the watch read the funeral service over
him, by the light of a lantern, and as the
awful words, We, therefore, commit his
body to the deep, pealed upon my ears, and
the sullen roar Of the waves, as they receiv-
ed the pse,-which followed, the same
voice before mentioned. in sill more aw-
full manner, called out, remember 1" The
officer Of the watch looked around HIM be-
fore he recommended reading the latter
part of the service, but al the men near ap-
peared 10 be as ignorant as 10 whom the
sound came from, es Himself. A solemn
Amen = pronounced, echoed by the same
voice, which concluded this melancholy
ceremony.
think it was tho next day, "a man Of
war brig, the D. was in company
observed several of the men going from one
mess 10 the other, whispering something.
One in particular man who had been a
boaiswain's mate, but dinated and Aogged,
because the Captain thought he was not
laying on the lush as he ought to have done,
was very active. Itwas his voice, l am
almost certain, that heard repeat the words
remember but every shing was SO con-
Quoted that ! knew nothing Of what was
brewing. l. was the night for scrubbing
and washing clothes. always done in the
middle watch. / vas hsiween tw6 OF ihs
guns abaft on the the main deck, pcribbing
a pair Of duck trousers, ] thought there " as
an unusual noise with the wash deck buck-
els, and locking up. l saw several Of the
men apparently larking-,hrowing the bus
kes at one another. The Captain sent Ou'
of his cabin word for the men to keep les,
noise, but they took no notice Of what war
said; on the contrary they made moro noise
than before, taking the shot out Of the racks,
and throwing thein about the deck. AT last
the Fir, Lieutenant came up, to. enquire in
10 the cause of the disturbance, when one
OF the men ihsulied him. He returned te
his cabin and brought a sword, with which
ne wen. forward among the men, and endea'
vored to resiors order. He was nocksc
dowr and run through the body with his
own sword, and thrown out of port.
Seeing this horrid murder, left my trous.
t ers unfinished, ran on deck, and aloft TO the
main top. From this place heard the
shouts Of the infuriated nu,neers, and the
/ groans Of the dying; and every now and
hhCH tuC epldou VI HoHBiOu 'lOAAh SSMhIF
ed 10 The waves. The men had broken o.
pen the gunnsr's store room and possessed
themselves Of arms and ammunition.
Ths captain hearing the uproar increase
; opened the cabin door and came out. He
was no sooner seeh,--than one Of the mer
: gave him blow with hand spike, and he
retrsaied to his cabin. Four or FIVE OF the
: men rushed in after him, armed with cut
lassss, boarding-pikes and muske,s, with
fixed bayonels. The Captain sDdeavorec
10 defend himself with short sword, ant
for time kept them at bay. So much die
they dread him, that they shrunk bace, anc
were afraid TO strike, when one of them
John Morris, called out, What do you fear
) men1 spike the and gave shsm ar
example by running him through with {
! bayohet,
/ They all followed his example, each ont
seemlng anxious to sIatlste his bloody ven
geance. He was covered with hundred
wounds, and after cutting and hacking ih'
, body and treating il with every possible in
, dignity, they threw him oul Of the cabiI