New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-10

Blood Row is that Z"
WHY here on deck-snd see, you can feel i
on the quarterrsii, and here Is some hAlr mlxe1
NH IL Bills hair, by c. exclaimed Jack,
soIdire & lock Of bloody hair in the light Of the
ssV-y lantern which the old goodeniegged black
cook now brought forward.
and see here. here is his knife, all covered
with blood ] heGrd Clarke ask him FOR 1t not ten
minutes since. o..
an Clarke" continue Jack, sideling up 70
the mate. With mos, truculent and lowering
vissee and tone. "you d swing for this, u there's
.rv7sv in the land. | heard him cry murder
80 I've teard vou threaten 20 take his life more
"sD N S,T the boat man the boat, shrieked the
nate. vrineiDg his hands, and frantlcAlly srsplns
the bostfslls.
49, ell might have been merely wounded and
sIthoneb the chance Of picking him up was 90
ali !, was worth the attempt, If only for the
naste's sake So, directing the boy to hoist lGn-
- in the rigging, while the old cook was 70
mind the helm, and keep the bng sback the boat
Wss lowered, and jumping into 1t with Jack ana
the mate. ] pushed of. With such convulslve
.treng,b did Mr. Clark bend bis oar, that | had 20
S;-scs The whole force Of the rudder against him,
10 keep him from pulling Jack round andround'
S,oD,lv verowed out In the blsckness 70 leeward,
tiu the light iB the distant brig shone Ike hxed
,,sr small the psraax or change IN the angle
Of vision. as it rose and fell upon the undulsting
sea. Frequently we stopped and listened; and
freo7ently the mates sgonizing voice went over
the Missing waste Of waters, but no groan OF the
diving came back in reply. -.
THERE'S not much use in this work, exclalm'
ed Jack.
bonr,' hard pulling ! sternly Silenced Mr.. ClarA
remopstrances, and ordered the boat back to tne
brig As we mounted to the deck, the purPIIsh
He6t Of dawn Gtreamed across the water. Inc
murderer turned bis ghsstly face 10 ward me, and,
In hslfinquiriDg tone, exclaimed, he Jumped
overheard / looked him steadily in the eye for
a moment and deliberately shook my head. His
Inns became of blush white bis breath seemed
to fail him; and staggering forward, he threw
himself across the companion hatch ana soooed
violently. The stern hard man was all gone.
"All dav be sat ia the cabin upon the transOm,
with his head bowed upon bis hands. l left him
the cabin pretty much to himself; bat could not
help. IS walked the deck, taking an occasional
glance at him through the skylight- In the after.
noon he reused himself little, took look out Of
the cabin windows, got out bis desk, and wrote
steadily for an hour and superscrbng several
letters directed one Of them in words that, In tho
distance, looked very much like my name ms
was suspicious saw that he had made up MS
mind to something. What was itl What could
il be but auicide. 1t was clearly my duty to pre-
vent this or at any rate to give him longer time
70 think about it; so sst at sunset called JACK
and the boy and went do wn into the cabin. l at
once addressed myself to the criminal, told him
plainly my suspicious told him | knew he intend
ed TO throw himself overheard and that as l vas
determined he should do no such thing, at leaSt
for the present, bad come to the resolution OF
putting him in irons He started, appeared TOR
the moment somewhat astonished, but readily
submitted without saying word
1.-THE next morning We were spoken by brig
which proved TO be a United States man OF war,
FIVE days out from Porta Prayo, in the island OF 81
Jaeo and bound for the Chesapeake. The hrsS
lieutenant came aboard OF Us, and after hearing
my story, took me back with him TO see his cap
tain who decided at once TO transfer Mr.. Clark 20
bis vesse and carry him him home for trial. At
the same time be loaned me three active fellows,
to supply bis place without which could not
have got along at all, seeing that my third man
was likely to be, for some time, confined to his
berth. When all was arranged, we filled away
and stood on in company-both being bound FOR
the capes of the Chesapeake. The mGnotwar
however, outsailed Us; and it was not until a
week after her arrival that got 10 with the Mo.
rescO. In the meantime Mr.. Clarke had been
handed over to those who had Jurisdiction on
shore and as soon as we arrived, all hands were
ordered up Witnesses, aud preparations TOT ms
trial at once commenced. Somehow or another
they were not so long about such kind OF things
then as now. The lawyers were not so expert
the iures Just as leave hang man as look at him,
if he had fairly thrust his head In the moose
There has been a change since then whether Tor
the better or worse | cant say-but l suppose
for the better. The truth is, I've seen 80 many
changes, which 10 the beginning have been llt
tie dubious about, turn out so well In the end
that M determined never TO say anything new
is wrong again. Why, I've seen the time when
I've thought that q ship was no ship unless her
shrouds were Cat happened IN as tightly az the
ribs of Broadway belle. I've turned up my
nose at chain. cables and ID the lubbers eyes
who first dared to lead the maintopmast stay any
where else than TO the head OF the toremsati ouE
if | was at anchor on rocky ground, on lee
shore. wouldn't like 10 have iron groundtackle
TO hang by or if heavy urch whipped out my
foremost wouldn't be glad that my malntopmAst
stay wasn't fastened to the head OF II No, 40,
the world is not so perfect yet that one could
wish il 10 stand still. There are catharpens on
the shrOuds Of society that would DO well 20 get
rid Of; and there are many Improvements IN the
mode of setting up and rafting down the stand
ing rigging; why, it is only within short time
that il bsS been found that the great national ark
carries her spArE easier when you slacken the
stays; and that in working to windVGrd, yoa
must not round in the lee bracestoo taut, or VIVA.
you make up in pointing. you'll lose IN going
ahead.
well, well" continued the captain to his a..
ditors, Il see that you think that | am going
rather large but just ait minute TIL put my
helm down, and brace up once more, and IN
weather the hole story in half the shake Of
shark tail
cit il not necessary TO 60 into long account
of the trial. Suffice it to say that my evidence,
light As could make It, was heavy against tho
prisoner l was compelled to testify 20 the bal
blood between him and the dead mantle words
and sounds heard that night-the splash in the
EAter-the attitude of Clark over the bulHark-
the blood and hair found on the deck and rail
But if my evidence was hard, Jacks was skill
harder be swore thar the mate had told hin, Two
or three times, that he, the mate, would have
Bills HE. He swore thas, not more than ted
minutes before the row, he heard Mr.. Clark Ask
Bill for bis sheath knife that shortly after, be
beard the mate say, On you, | Ii murder yOu
that there was scutling, ana the sound Of two or
three blows, and a cry Of murder, 10 which be
should have paid no attention, had II not been