Litchfield enquirer., 1841-12-30

The Mutiny on board the CreOle-Ihe TeteaSe cf the SI0res by British Oriy.-There has already followed the greatest excitement, especially in the south, in regard to the mu- tiny on board the brig Creole, brief ac- count of which appeared in last weeks pa- per. It will be observed that at Washing ton, the matter has already undergone con- alterations in the Cabinet Readers no doubt will wish the full particulars. The Charleston Courier is indebted to friend for the following extract of D letter from New Orleans, giving a more circumStantial account of this affair than has been publish ed in any of the newspapers.
 "From the evidence of the acting captain (who was mate at the time,) the crew and passengers, it appears, that on the night of the 7th November, while lying to, expect ing to make Abacco next morning, about 9 o'clock, the captain and hands having turn ed into their births, except the watch on deck, a negro came into the cabin, and told the captain that some of the men were in the hold with the women. The captain request ed Merritt, who was attending to the ne- groes, getting their food, &c. to go and see who it was among the women. Merritt went down among the females, lit the lamp, and discovered negro by the name of Madison, who attempted to get on deck; Merritt caught him by the leg, and Clifford, 1 the mate, held him by the head and shoul- ders, his body being on deck and his legs in the hatchway, they intending to chastise him.
 While scufl1ing with him, pistol was discharged, and the mate, ,Giftord,wa struck on the back of the head by the ball, but it did not penetrate. Clifford and Merritt ran below into the cabin, woke up the captain and Mir. John Hewell. The captain took his bowie knife and rushed on deck. Hew- ell found a musket, and prevented the ne- groes from coming into the cabin fired it at them-they threw a handspike at him, and took the musket from him-they were at the entrance of the cabin at this time-IIewell picked up the handspike, drove them from the cabin door to the forward part of the vessel; some of them in the rear stabbed him several times, and he returned to the cabin and fell dead. The captain fought, but was overpowered, thrown down, the knife taken from him-Succeeded in getting away from them and ran up the rigging Clifford was already up the same mast, and finding the captain fainting from the loss of blood, lashed him to the must, and went up higher-the sailors took the rigging of the fOremaSt.
 Merritt hid in the cabin among the wo- men, until the mutineers drove them out he | then went into Q berth and pulled mat trass over him t; they searched the cabin for 1 him and eventually found him; he begged them to spare his life, and that if they did he would take them to Nassau; they pro- posed going to Liberia; he told them the voyage would be too long, and that there was not water and provisions enough in the vessel to carry them that distance; his life was spared and he was placed in charge of the vessel. McCargo, passenger, and ne- phew of one of the owners, lay in his state room until the next day, and one of the ne- groes belonging to his uncle prevented the others from injuring him. The next morn- ing the captain was ordered below, and so was Clifford; the crew came down. They made the captain go into the fOrecastle, where they had already placed his wife, child, and niece, and ordered his wounds to be drcssed-thc vessel on her way to Nas- saul.
 On arriving at Nassau, the American Con- sul being informed by the mate and crew ot what had taken place. went to the Governor of the Island and acquainted him with the facts. The Governor sent file of soldiers on board. The third day after being in that port, the passengers, crew, &c., identified nineteen who appeared to be the principals and the next day they were taken ashore and lodged in jail. The Attorney General of the Island then read, from the quarter deck, the British Laws, and told the negroes they were free, and might go to "any place they pleased" During this time large number of boats (thoSe aboard of them arnl- ed with clubs,) came alongside of the brig. After the reading of the laws by the Attor- ney General, those in the boats expressing impotence at the time, signal was given by this officer, by waving a pocket hand kerchief, and the slaves were pushed and showed from off the vessel into boats, por- tion refusing to go; five would not go and hid themselves. The captain was taken on shore by the American Consul, and his wounds dressed by physician.
 On the arrival of the brig Creole at Nas- sau, as soon as the news was known among the shipping, captain commanding ves- sel from Maine, lying in port, collected up all his pistols, cutlasses, and muskcts, and the Consul purchased arms-took his crew in boat with these arms, and went to the brig for the purpose of manning her and taking her into this port; the soldiers or dered him 10 keep of:-that if he attempted to get on board they would fire at him he was compelled to return. The brig pro- ceeded on the voyage with only five out of l36 negroes"
 RGn Road Accident.-An accident occur. red on our Rail Road, Friday night, about six miles above Kent, by which n man named Schuyler lost his life. The train had been up in the neighborhood above with iron, and was returning to New Milford but the track being covered with ice, the locomotive made little headway, and when about six miles from Kent. the engineer found he was short ot water; the main part of the train was therefore unhitched, and the locomotive, with four freight cars, Qwo at each end) was run down tO the VVAfPrinU nlacn fnr Xuntor Tho night being very dark and stormy, the men aboard were ,Inahle fO Soe onv 6;ctoDco