The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-04-02


and betray his approach to The lookout, s,
that he was obliged to walk wafer b,
which scarcely any agitation was made ant
almost as little progress. 1t was tedious
passage Of more than an hour and a half in
; duration. terminated at length by diving un
, der the ship, seziuZ the rudder at the heel
: and ascending BY the after part of to th,
starboard cabin window, through which he
> made his entry. Two large sharks wer.
, close TO the boat when he left her. and KEEP
HIM company the whole time without offer
ing to modest him, and the knife, which luck.
lily had been useless. he left upon the tran.
som as he got in at the window.
} He then Invested himself OF his clothing
that The enemy might have no advantage
| over him on the score Of nakedness should
they come 10 close Quarters, and applied
himself TO listening to the mo vcments on
deck: as these indicated that there were yet nc
, suspicious of his presence, he proceeded to
search for arms and ammunition. Two cut.
/, lasses were soon found, md amongst all The
! mnskets, two only we've fit for service. so fan
as he could Judge by careful handling-it was
too dark 10 see every locker and drawer
in the cabin was then ransacked for powder
and ball, which being found, the muskets
were loaded and placed with the cutlass at
the boot of the cabin stairs. While engaged
in loading fowliug piece he heard step in
the 9angway and some one descended the
stairs. hitting the arms at the bottom and
knocking them down upon The floor. Mr..
ClouSh ran TO the spot, hut unable TO see
any thing. CROPPED about by the iuiruder's
feet till he caught hold of cuilass, with
which he ran him through the body; as he
drew it out struggle ensued for The weapon,
and both fell TO the floor, the officer luckily
uppermOst; planting his knees upon his
breast he took out one of his ewes. and with
a good deal of trouble brought the edge of
the sword TO bear upon the back of his neck
and made an attempt TO cut of his head-he
pulled il back and forth several lines, but it
was an awkward operation, for the other
kept hold of the sword and struggled violent
I ly, wounding MIR. Clough severely by twist
ing the blade several times in his hand. AZ
ter while he became quiet, and supposng
him TO be dead, Mr.. G. got up, but the other
mm edately rose and struck about furiousy
with the culass. hitting him at almost every
: pass, until exhausted probably by the loss Of
blood, he uttered a slight groan and fell Upon
the floor Going again TO the stairs. the
officer saw another in the ganeway with
cutting spade pointed towards him. when,
feeling for a loaded musket, he succeeded, al
ter swapping twice, in putting ball through
! his heart. At the same moment the spade
dropped, or was thrown down, taking effect
/ IN the thick part of Mr.. C's. arm, and the
blood gushed so violently from the wound
that he supposed the artery TO be severed.and
/ began to give way TO unpleasant reflections,
when the third came 10 the Sansway armed
also with spade, and endeavored to look
into the darkness below; Mr.. c. made sew
eral Intellectual attemps 10 gain another mus
ket. but his right hand and left arm were
both disabled: the man stood still few
minutes. aud dropped his spade and walhed
forwards. Mr.. Clough now hailed the boats,
which were so near that he could hear the
conversation amongst the men. He told
them that TWO of the mutneerS were dead.
himself dangerously wounded, and urged
them to hasten on board. They said they
did not believe more than one had been killed
as they had heartbut one gun and didn't con
slider it prudent for them 10 come nigh him
so the wounded man had TO sit down and
suffer his blood 10 flow, for his right hand
become so stiff and sore that he could not
use il TO place a baudagc on his arm More
than half an hour having elapsed since The
hail, no further news being heard, the boats
ventured alongside. A light being struck
aud brought into the cabin, the floor was
found covered with the blood of both COM
hatants. The man who had first entered the
cabin was reclining on the transOm,Still grasp
ing the cullass and with it the boat knife left
by Mr.. C.. when he came Oh board; one of
his ewes hung upon his cheek and his body
was covered with gore; he was still alive hut
did not move, and made no noise but sup
pressed groan. One of the men stabbed him
twice with boat spade. and Mr.. Smith dis
charged musket al him; he was then
caught bv the hair, dragged upon deck and
thrown into the sea. The deck presented a
shocking spectacle, and dahbled and tracked
with cloued blood-fhe mangled and head
less body OF the unfortunate captain was ly-
inc there rs was that of one OF his murderers,
which was unceremo niously thrown over the
side, while the remains of Capt. Norris were
collected aud reserved for burial the next
day. The surviving mutineer Jumped over
board and SWAN some distance from the ship
but returned during the night and hid himself
in the forehold. When the crew attempted
10 take him out The next day he made some
show ofiesistance, hat at last came on deck
and surrendered himself; he was put in
irons and taken TO Sydney, where he was
LETT IN prison when the ship sailed
The Sharon completed her voyage under
the command Of Mr.. Smith, more success
fully than could have been expected after
5 such melancholy and disheartening Interrupt
tion,-Mr. Cioush Remaining on board as
SECOND mate. To his daring and almost I'M
aided exertions are TO be attributed the return
of valuable ship and cargo, and. what /:
still more important, the preservation OF The
surviving crewirom the miserable fate which
) must have overtaken them had they persis
ted in seeking the nearest land in their boats
e The owners Of the Sharon have shown then
!. appreciation of his services by giving HIN
the command of fine ship. and IL is to bt
/ presumed that other parties who have es
, capped heavy loss, will not withhold snch ;
tesImoni al of their approval as will at onc'
crafty him and incite others. under like cir
! cumsiances, 10 emulate his conduct.