Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-01-05

me- sson;sIlncnt all those who we're most coEspicu
onsly named the program Of Mr.. Spencer, no ma
Ter III what part Of vessel they might lie Stationed
mustered at the nancp NEST head; whehe. sn'maleo
by somc newborn zeal in the service oi their country
o. collected Tor The purpose {" consrIing IL was
not easy To decide Tie coincidence confirmed the ex.
RI isence of Dangerous conspiracy suspended, yet per-
hams not abandoned The eye OF Mr Spencer travel.
led perneluay to the masthead, and cast h:.her many
of tcse strange aud s,ealihy gIances which had here
t,fo,e noticed. Taa wreck beng cleared supper was
piped before sending u? the rev mast. After supper
the SANG uersos mustered again al the masthead and
the opgallanl mast was idded the gh. yards crossed
and the sails set by th;s Lime II WIS Clark, and quar-
ters hud been unavoldably dispensed with Sal;
thought under the circumstances That u was scarcely
safe 10 leave Cromwell! at large during the night The
night the OF danger. After consulting
i Lieut. Ganseyoort determined 10 arrest Cromwell
the moment he reached the deck m officer sent
TO lee ward TO guard the lee rigging and the manstays
we're also thong ht Of though not wsched, as his voice
was beard in the top and descending The rigging.
met him at the foot Of The Jacob ladder surrounded by
the officers guided him aft on the quarterback, and
caused him 10 sit down.
4 On questioning him to q secret conversation he had
held the night before with Mr. Spencer he denied lis
being him. and said, 81! rot me, sir vas Small "
Cromwell the fullest man on ooard, Small the
shortest Cromwell vas Immediately ironed, ind
Small thus pointed out by associate TO increased
SUSPICION was also sent for Intercepted, and roned
Increased vigilance eno!ncd upon ali the Off.
GERS Hencetorward nll were pr'pe'ua!ly armed. f.
Their yseli the FIRST lieutenant vas always decS
and generally both of us were
On the morning of the following day. being Monday
the 2Slh November, two crimes of considerable mnsn-
tide appeared the al report Of prisoEers
Charles Lambert, apprentice had been guilty of theft
in stealing sinnet for hat from Ward NJ Gagely and
Henry Waltham, the wardroom aie"ard, had stolen
brandy from the wardroom mess, and gwen Il TO Mr..
Spencer. These were vile offences; the present
not the time TO bring the dscip pine CT the vessel to
stand and the prisoners were both punished TO the
tent Of the law Wallham, willis: in ICONS, had, the
pirh, before told Daniel Mckinley, who had to
the vardroom cot boy, where three bottles OF wine
could be found his Object being oub. to furnish The
means of Xciiern to the consprators, to ndnce them
to rise release Waham, and gel possession OF the yes
sell Mckinley down in the programme az ceraip
and stationed al the chest. tie reported Whl-
iiianl to The first Lsutenan extraordinary tenun
citation under the circumstances, probably accustomed
by his desire relieve himself from suspicion Wal
than having thus contempt of discipline, committed
second offence whilst in confinement was remandcd
into 10 he subjected TO second punishment on the
:! following day.
The punishme being over, thought this Fl. op.
pcrluny endeavor To make some Impression on The
crew. The number OF them actually engaged IN the
conspiracy might no, BE- great that 1t was known TO
,nsinr,,y 1T them had reason believe: in general
they might he considered disai!scted, and disposed or
all OCCASIONS hold back aud resist the discipline Of
The ship The mysterious agency that had been al
work since cur departure from New YORK 10 corrupt,
Main np to Them the general nature of the PROJECT o
Mr. Spencer, s,rGlnusiy avoiding 10 excite any susp'
cion that in possession OF the names ct those who
We re implicated. willing IN fact that The worst
of them should repent and hide themselves among the
e wedisposed portion of the crew took care TO IN
form them that The majority OF them, whatever might
te their incnaiions were To share The tate ct The of
GERS | entravoTed 10 divert the minds ~! the slightly
saiircted from he pictures Of successful wee which
c MIR Spencer had presented 10 them. alluded 10 The
circumstances al most Of the crew, unlike cre~s IL
general, having ts Of Kindred TO render lille dear to
tein and expressed the hope that within three weeks
5 We should be again among our friends. thanked
God that we had friends follow with soIciIude
and sifecton for 10 have friends and not 10 &c un
worthy of them the best guaranty that could be
" given for truth and fidelity.
The effect of this upon the various it filed
many with horror The idea of wha; they had escaped
from i, pirsd others will terror at danger avail ing
them from their connexion with the conspiracy. The
thoughts Of returning ibnt home and those friends
y from whom had been intended to cut them of Tor ever
:, caussd many Of them to weep now considered tie
tranGulzed and the vessel snie. Having noticed
MIR. Spencer 10 hold intelligence with the crew, d.
7ec,cG that all the prisoners should be turned with then
. fc-s aft olso directed that tobacco Should b.
furnished them after The supply They had on heir per
= sons hen confined should be exhausted They ear
nes,ly begged 10 be allowed tobacco told the irs
20 Lieutenant 10 sry that Mr. Spencer should have al
~ tia, his afforded, and his mates IN fact al
ready Of that; that the seamen should have
q, their ruoD il allowed By the Government; tina
~ every thing should BE- supplied 10 ih.a 'hta TOTE
- wos only sfHbIani and wished them to tranqnill,z'
- their minds and remain Tree from ,onnsd lin
dsy aa M spenceIe rcmained the Whole dsv wiz,
u lis face hurled in the .rrtgo, and when it was for
moment raised, II was btl!ed in He touc he,
by the gentle and un'irng attentions Of Lieut. Gnnse
WORT lie told him that he in state at tina. im
10 speak ofany ihing-wben he felt more composed h
;, would tell him al. lie would answer any c,uea,on
', that the Commander might desire TO put 10 hi m
On Tuesday, the Goth November, nlmed .ately afte
quarters, all hands again called 10 wit .ess punish
men', and Henry Waltham punished 10 the exten
OF the law for Offering the three boi les Of wine +
nj Daniel Mckinley | again spoke TO Z ne crew. urgn.
them 10 conform to the discipline Of the vessel TIL
orders were all known and Of ee sy observance.
4 mentioned that every punishment inflicted on boar
The vessel must be know to the Secretary OF the Navy
and that the less punishment there wos the more ere
d'lable il would be 10 the comma der and the crew
Bot the whole crew far frons beinr ,ranouiIlized
The most seriously implicated bapap once more TO col
ect Ill knots during Tie night Sedit:ous words were
heard through The vessel cd an insoent and manac
ing assumed by MANY Some of The pety officer
had been sounded by the first Lieutenant, and foun
10 be true 10 their colo.s. They were under the i'm
preston that the vessel yet safe; that Their
were still many at liberty who ought to be confined;
eha an 'uoreak !aEag for lis object the OF th
prisoners, was seriousy contemplated Various iatel
iseDce was from time time obtained Of conference
: among The dis4HecieG. individuals not before sup
posed to be very deeply Implicated were now found in
close assoca ton with those who were. Several time
+. during the night there symptoms of nten
. ion 10 strike some blow. Mr.. Wales detected Charle
a wilson attempting 10 draw out n handspke from
ANGER oe launch With an evident purpose oil frinc
ann and when Mr.. Wales cooked his pistol ant
, approached he could only offer lame excus,
! Tor ms presence there. felt xious than ha'
: yet Gone, and remained continually on deck At !:
:. ciock when the watch called and mustered, Nc
kinley, Green, and others seriously implicated missed
their mns.cr That they should have been asleep ut al
that night was not likely; That they should have missed
their muster on thai particular OCCASION having
done so before, ohe. than Intentionally, impos
sihe. Those vino missed their had all some lame
excuse. There was probably agreement TO NEE
round the officer of The deck and commence some act
'ioieTce heard Green give excuse for missing
has muster that he deck but could get al
:o1 want of imme diaei,, forward reject
vd hs excuse with eycams Of impotence,
ordered him take The lookout rYard for four hours