Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-07-31

Inc flraCes OF the Glen.
Two pirates were hung in New York on
Friday, viz: Douglass and. Benson. We
,caPituls.e the fasss relating - their. crime,
dss~e Nsd ,hs6 rs 1hs Hessld
"t vii be recollseled by sopr readers that
the il'fee prisoners mere eIgsged on bOaFd
the bafk Glen. Dot1)ass and Cieutedts as
seaus<ay and Beasdn,a man 81 color, ss cook.
A nntiny arose whilst the Glen, freighsed
with curgo valued at 100000 was ia the
Sacahc Qcsaa, 90 -hes. -voysE -vteem ~ stpa--
ra'so to New York, and upwards of one.
'h9ustnd miles from port. I've ship screw
consisted'of seven or eight rheff, the captain
and flrst and second mates. On the nigh, of
Tue l|th OF September, 1850. a mutiny arose
dnr'ng the watch Of the second officer. and
the captnin and second officer having been
'sasesses.s tvom- sheir sleep, came on deck,
where they encountered the mutneers. with
flre-arms, hatcl.ets and other deadly weapons.
Here the captain and first mate narrowly es.
capped lmmolation; but having acted with
great bravery and presence Of mind, thew &c.
cured the nutiDeers, and found that Asa
havens, the second mate, a man of hercu.
lean stature and great muscular power, had
been rnurdered-his body presenting an aw-
tai spectacie-wi,ll a gunshot wound through
The abdomen, bayouet stab i'm the thigh.
and the back of his neck literally chopped
more than an inch deep, with Ratchet or
adze. TIE three prisoners were then pur in
irons, and brought to New York, where they
were tried before Judge Nelson and Belts. in
the United States circuit court, and con-
demned TO die"
All three Of the prisoners are Young men.
the eldest only about twenty three years of
age. "'iNN '"Aia.i is 81 97a.i s'sh-a y
The reporter of the Herald visited the
prisoners on Tuesday. We copy from his
report OF his interview the followiug:-
The appearance, of Ed,oard F. Douglass.
On the pohdereus metal doors Of The cell of
Douglass being opened, he arose from his
bed, where he hal been asleep, and came
forward to The entr ance; having shaken the
deputy marshais by the hand, he inquired
how Others of the officials were; and being
asked how he himself fet, lie said, very well;
that he had been asleep; he said lie bad
heard the news from Washington but he ex :
pected nothing else he knew all along there
was no hope. He seemed quite careless,
and spoke with a yawn. and. the easy indif-
ference Of a man who was about 10 meet an
ordinary event. He mentioned his m o, hers
visits 10 him, and her having communicated
to him the fact that her application to the
President was frutless, and even in narrar-
ing this incident he seemed but hrtle moved
He SAID he had written brief history Of ins
lite, which he had given 10 a shiprnate, hut
that there was more of roma nee than realty
about II. though some Of he circumstances
detailed by him were facts. Douglass is a
native OF Michigan, U. S., and is twenty-five
years of age. A..f ... a. ,..a..a..y.
Appearance Of James Clements. James
Clements Is also young uiau, a mere youth,
only eighteen years OF aye, and a native of
Belfast. Ireland. He seems reckless, OF his
late, NitIstd persists Ia his innoeenee. On
unbarring his cell door, We found him sinuk
ing cigar. tie says lie has not yet com
nenced preparing for the awful COON.
though he has no hope OF living, nor no fear
oi death yet he said he wished that it was
deferred about three days, as ms friends
might succeed IN obtaining a reprleye for
hun. On II being remarked hy one Of the
officers thai he looked pale, he some hat
PECULIARLY replied that ne lad not been IN the
sun tor some time past. hui that an hour
sun on FRIDAY u'UrnIng. might change hi.
color. He shook hands cordially win the
deputy natshais, asked who was 10 hang
linn, but said il made little matter TO hun
though he knew none OF them would do il
willingly, nor would il he pleasant task.
APPEARANCE of Thomas Benson. Thoma.
Benson, The third oi these condenned men,
is young man Of color, nor yet twenty
three years OF age. He seems To be periecr
ly resigned 10 MS fate, and announces him.
sell prepared To die, declaring that God
knows his innocence. He says he was
called from hi, berih on The night of the at
tack but he refuses to say who il was that
shot the mate. He declares TINT he has no
i'll feeling toward the judge, or jury before
whom lie was tried; thai they could return
no other verdict, from the evidence. lie
stated that he was perfectly resigned to his
tate; willing TO die, and prepared TO meet
his God much better prepared Than the
mate was, who, he feared, was hurried into
eternity, without preparation. We must
all die, said Benson, 'an1 how much better
Is il 10 he prepared TO meet your Maker.
than to be hurried into another world with
out a moments warning"
Clements, named in the above paragraph,
we learn, has been respiied bv the President
ill August ~, because Benson. one Of the
convicis, say thai G. is innocent"