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

nnd c7mreiled n resign Cor drunkenness and ssaGi
!ens conlact TINS fac, made n,e very desons 81 h'
removal fron the vessel chiefly on account o' .''1
y,nng who were 10 '"css ~i,' anu " ,.d
yi., bin the rather thai i@o q! ii'n were c"hhfc'eo
Win MP hv tcod rcd Two by alliance, anu tne ioIt
entrusted 10 ray sg.c'a! care
TIE circumstance Of Mr. Spencer De'ng lhe son q"
a h,oh cii scr of the Government, ny enhancing MS
baseue,s in NV estimation, made iGe more desrons I"
he rid oi him On his pe.:.i hcs that mey no: be
misunderstood trgefe auiiotityl recognise III 'nr
iexercise oi lis h.. functions IN tins tree county, '
evidence Of geriu,, intelligence aad vrue; oe' nav
10 rcsrec, Tor The base sou OF an "no'eG i"ei.
The contrarv consider that he "ho by m'seoh""c'
SMILES the sttc oil ho.Crahie name Is more e".p'
he thaa the uuiiicndcj lnd:idaGi whose "g'ase s''
only on himself wish, however, to iave hothih1 10
in .:; baaencss in any SHAPE lie navy nor Inc P'ac
i:nr It. Ga these accounts, readily sought the first
i,o,rf,ui.y Of, setting rid oi Mr. Spencer. When we
were on the OF sailing, t"o i'oshipnen VINO hau
! been with NE before, and in whom had confidence
iaaea the vessel Tbs carried 10 seven the number 10
ocrnnv space caratie of accommodating only tive. j
hsd hea Ina, MIR Spencer had expressed Wiling
NESS 10 be transferred fto:, the Somsrs 10 the GramPus
directed Lieutenant Gansevoort TO say 10 ham thai
! Lc would arpr COlnUiodcre Perry 10 ceiach him
! nl.re was no i!nc 10 communicate with the Navy
- ,o,rl,ncntli vua.a coud the application. He made
The eonlioaion seconded II, earnestly urging that 1t
= aid be granted the Uccre 1t the coni:a2; oi 'ic
voua.r ca;cets III, Conimo,osc Gscline~ detacling
llr Snenccr hnt o red t. teiach ~ da. nuan Henry
I Ia
seat 10 paf; with Mds!:pmcg, l,oa.sf, whcsa knew
! t. be a seaman, Officer, gentleman; young man
If high a:,a,nneats within his profession ard beyond
| it. The Samers sailed with seven in her stsetaec-
They could not all sit together ronHd the table. The
odes, and aost useful he'd lockers 10 put Their
clothes in, and have slept during the cruise on the
Storage deck, the csmpsioc!s, the booas the tops
the quarter boats. They have Submitted TO these
inconvcntneea without ard performed their
duty to ny utmost satisfaction.
! REQUIRED Tbs recul.cciica. | rndenvored IN re-
visw the conduct OF n.r. :peneer throughout the
c.asa. i al treated MIR. Spencer precisely like liie
other inidsi ,men. Perhaps r>rroysd him less IRE
qGeaiiv i!on oilers fer slight ecy'acns from duty
hsd i'e hope Of essentially serving who had
been Grca. an enemy 10 himself
| had observed ihat he had very little in!ercourse
with the officers; that lie exceedingly intimate
win The crew. ! hal noticed Oh The interchange OF
passing Joke, individuals passed by him, smile
neve: seen but on sucA occos.ons-a strange flashing
! G.! the eye.
These various rscoecons, added 10 what had been
revealed % me, determined to Eahe cure 81 once
Of his prrsen. though had teiore medalsd allowing
Mr. Wales TO aave another ioieryl"w With h''h INT
evening FOR the purpose ut asceriaing more oil MS
plgas, had been agreed upon between them 1t he
vas really IN earnest, enor." was already known -
At evening guaIlers o:dsged, through nay c!crK, u
II. Perry, dong the daily also al mid-hipman and AID,
ali the officers 10 lay alt The qaattsr deck, except
| ;nr The iodshpnan stationed on the ;oTrcas'ic.
The master ordered 10 take the wheel, and these
o. the Stationed ataf! sent - the mainnias !
approached Mr. Spencer and sai 10 him, IL learn, Mr.
Spencer tha, YOU aspire - Tie command o! tie Son
Ie.s" With a Gele.en;ial, but unmoved and gently
smiling expression, ne replied, ''Gh no, SIR . Dio
Won not tell Mr.. Wales, that you had project to
Kill the commander, the officers, and a considerable
portion Of the Of this vessel and to convert her
INTO pirate" 81 may have told bin so, SIR, bur i,
uas IN Joke ':iou adm', then that you told hD Sc:
Yes. SIR, bal ~ joke. 'i'his, sir l"k'ng an Ter
hidden s.l ect-ths ,ase Nay COS: Yea your HE! BE
prased 20 remove yuuT "'c@ handHrfesl'ei. 1T was
cenn.ed and opened. tgt nothing was ioand IN 1t.
asked hm VIA: he had done lie paper containing
an accoun, Of las p5ci~c, wc! lac had told Mr. Wales
he back of his neck handkerchief. VT is pa
paper containing my day work, and have destroyed
ii" All is singular place to keep days works IN. -
at a convenient one he replied, with an arr oil de
;,tencc ard t!anGness. said 10 him Oh must nave
bea aware that you could only have ccmpassed yoar
cesgns 81 passing over my dead body, and after that
tie boxes ct all The officers. You Ind given your
self. S:r great deal 10 10. II VIII lie necessary
foF :1e - confiue you, s;7. turned tn Lieutenant
Gapsevocr and said, ARREST Mr Spencer and put him
IN double IRONS Mr. Gansevoor stepped forward and
;cas lis word he was ordered 10 AT down III the
port, eorbc ironed and as an acdliona! security
haa,.culvd. | directed Lieut.. Ganss.aoTt 10 wa;c!
'cc.; hs secu.r, oidr: him to he put To instant
iaatn he detected speaking 10 or holding nieii'
2cnoc any wy wih any Of thr crew. lie was i'ni
se made aware OF the nature 0! these orders aist
directed Lieutenant GaGse9oo.t TO see that he hat
every comfort wic his safe keeping would admit of
Ia roniidlng this task TO Lieut. tnnsevoori, his kind
ness and humanity gave ne The a@s''"'. ~ II woul'
b. zeaously attended TO; and liro.ghout s'e
M spenesks c9anteeeo Should he r, ,bn s'ay az am
: ~*fenee on which !s safely depcnded attic ndcd :,
all his wants, covered ham with his own ego whtr
squalls OF ram were passing uves and ninisieIed II
Every way 10 his comfort wi!h the tenderness Of
Gieu.
Air. Spencer beGE confined, The cfGceIs were re-
handed II 'ner qnattPs the Upd battery inspect
N da la \ ..tle ant
ana - him 10 ue, md the retreat beaten. That night
ii.e officers al The watch armed with cuilasses
and PISTOLS and the rounds OF both decks made FIRE.
quentiy TO see !hat the in their hammocks,
and hat there were suspicious collections Of ind
viduals about tie decks On searching the locker of
Mr. Spencer sma!l found, which he
had recently drawn, with IN 1t, from the purser.
ics,ead ci the ra2o! the found to contain q
saa PAPER rolled IN another: the one were
strange characters, which proved to be Greek with
~Eca Mr Spencer was familiar. Ii fortunately hap.
HsG>d that there was another midshipmon board the
SohFrS who knew Greek-one whose Greek, and
every thing else hG, he possessed, wholly de voted
L. has country. The Greek characters converted by
i.,ds..i%nan Henry Rodgers INTO our own, exhibited
well known names among he crew. The Certain
he toatu!--tlose who 10 be kept, whe ier they
would "r not-arFanged IN separate rows-tiiose 10
were 10 DO lac work Of murder Tie apart
mcrs, 10 take the wheel, 10 open The arm chests.
The following day being Sunday, the crew were in.
speci"d al quarters at 10 O'Clock. took my station
abat with lhe intention Of particularly observing Cro.
well and Small The third or masters DIVISION to
which they both belonged, ALWAYS mustered al morning
quarters upcn the after part Of the quarerdeck in con.
,,nuaii"n Of the Inc formed BY The of the guns
Tie persons - both iialtes-ly clean. They were
determined that their appearance in this respect shonIL
provoke eproo; Cromwell stood up TO his full sta.
'ure, his muscle baced, is haeaxe oraspad resoiuely
hs check ps'e, but hs eye fixed If nd,ieren,!y Il.
NE Other side. He had determined and dangerous
ar. Small made very different igaIe. His appear.
Fl.sI! .tt
and LIS h"eaxe passed from hand 10 the other
his eye wandered rrssou'ely but never towards mine
attributed his conduct to tear. have since been led
10 believe that the business upon winch he had entered
was r"pugnan; to his nature, though the love of money
and of run had been too strong for his fidelity
After quarters the church YVES rugged The crew
mustered nr with their PRAYER hooss and took their
seas without waiting for all hands 10 i've called: and
considerably before five BELLS halc past TO- the usual
,r'e %! Divine service, thu first Lieutenant reported
all bands ready and asked me if hc should call ali =,