Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-02-07

Will OF the actual professor; i'm which
case, of course, the rights Of private
property must aud will interfere with
he l%nciinalion which the present gov
ernm :nt has so clear y man tested TO ore.
serve what is either curious or valuable.
TIE SUMERS MU rlNY.-We fud
in The New Orleans Tropic, efthe 18th
ait. the following curious details:
"a gentleman yesterday, called on US
and give US some information, which
may be important, and should be made
public. lie was the first mate Of the.
new ship Gen Parkhill, Captain ]. ID
Wilson, upon which u mutiny occurred
in February, 1899, when AT anchor in
the hNrbor Of st. Marks, Florida. Cap
tain Wilson and his passengers had gone
ashore IN two boats, when the second
inato and seven men rose, severely
wolnIcI the mate, confined him, rubbed,
The ship, and made their escape, in the.
best hoal belonging to the vessel. After
wards, the second mate was arrested,
tried before Judge Thompson, orthe Uni
ted States district court I'm New York,
and sentenced TO thirty years imprison.
ment IN the State prison. One Of the.
men was also arrested, aul kept in pri-
son Tor a year and a half, when in con
sequence OF i'll health, and the absence
of the principal witness, he was dischag-
cd.
The mate Of The Gen. Parkhiil also
informs US hat he was in New York
last summer, just before The brig Somers
sailed. As he was passing the Somers,
an a boat, where she lay, in the stream,
he says he saw and recognized one OF
the mutlneerS of the Pdrkhill; that he
mentioned the circu Instance TO Mr.. Nash,
of the New York po ice, and two lieu.
tenants OF the ship Of war Moth Caro-
Ina, who requested him TO inform Com.
mander Mackenzie of the fact. With
this view he afterwards attempted to
board the Somers, but the officer Of the
deck refused TO allow him TO 20 on board
When he made the attempt, the NUT.
lneer he recognized was at the
lie has no doubt the man he saw was
one o! the mutineers Of the ParkhiIl,
aud, from the descriptions Of Cromwell,
he IS ccrtaiH he is thc man. lie was
at a loss at The time, to account for the
refusal 10 allow him TO 90 ON board the
Somers, as he stated 10 the officer Of the
deck hat he had important Information
To communicate 10 Commander Mac
konzIc, but he is now satisfied that Crom
well recognized him, and exerted some
influence TO keep him off. lie saws
that Cromwell passed, on board the Gen
%Parkhill, by the name Cf Campbell; that
ne Prolessed to be an American, but
was in reality, a foreigner!
ais it not possible that Midshipman
Spencer vas officer Of the de ok on the
day alluded to? And may not Cromwell
have given him an inkling Of the char
actcr Of his yisiter? The mato referred
to has written to Ogden Hoffman, de.
failing the facts above stated"
"Public opinion is often a mighty
tyrant whici interferes with private at.
fairs. The lightest surmlse is, to il,
equal TO the heaviest accusation tho
meanes prejudice TO the wisest laws II
Judges without evidence, and condemns
without appeal. IL drives away such
as have sinned and would return peni-
tent. II hurrics on those who other
wise would never have consuinmaleI
by crime"
The wives Of Madagascar say, that
those children that arc born in the
months Of March and April, in the last
week OF every month, and on all the
Wednesdays aud Fridays Of every weei,
ought 10 be exposed TO perish with hun
ger and cold, or tc dcyOurcd by wild