The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-17

! chahsc Paces Win llgnoh III he did not commence
the execution OF this terrible atrocty, showing him.
at the same time that they possession Of the
arms, and would make of them to prevent him
returning on board until he had complied with their
behest. To refuse, under the circumstances would
be the pron0uneng OF his sentence to lingering
and painful death; for could doubt that these
men, whose worst passions had first been excited by
the punishment on board, and were now wound up TO
frenzy, would hesitate instant, all lawless as
they were, in putting their threats into execution
But worst OF all, a Noncompliance his part, would
leave the Enterprise and her to the mercy of the
waves. and his name would be branded with the inf-
NOUS stigma OF desertion. He had already rsked his
life too often for the preservation OF the ship to hest
| tate long, He chose the least OF the two evils,
took the ropes-end and commenced striking Tignoli
but, becoming sick at heart, he threw it from him
| and tramp IT into the sand. (Dorsoc afterwards
said the mate rolled the rope into tho sand to make
the infection moro painfu but this story gained little
credit At the sight Of the aversion evinced by the
mate, the inhuman tends laughed, rejoicing thatthoy
had coerced him to participate in act worthy Of
| representative in pandemonium feast day Of
| devils Then George May took the cord, and after
having satated hs thirst for vengeance passed it to
| Elliott, who was doubly Mr.. Petty and the
boats crew then returned to the ship, leaving Elliott
and Tignoh ashore. On arriving aboard, the mate
| communicated the transactions that had taken
! place on the island, and then sought his berth,
where he remained a month at the point of death,
| having with extreme pain succeeded in navigating
the ship 10 Pownisset, thirtysix hours' sail from
| Ualan,) where they renamed Two months. AT this
island, the captain obtained cargo of spars, &C.;
and, on leaving, the natives made an attempt to
do that which the people OF Ualan had failed TO ac
COMPLIMENTARY. the captain being clated with
joy at having obtained something to defray his cx-
| ponses invited the chiefs to bring their to as
fist in towing the ship ont of the bay, promising to
| give each and all present. About three hundred
| Of them came, and the captain served out grog,
| which was the present intended by him. They all
became drunk and demanded the fuifnent Of
the promise made TO them. The captain, to
conciliate them. gave them more grog, but re-
Il q no atr1
| by revenge, determined to seize the ship, but the
mate anticipating their design, seized a crowbar,
with which he sove in the spirit casks, and brought
| a musket on deck, with which he threatened to
shoot the chief whom he got in his power, if the
other natives did not instantly leave the ship In
! this transaction the mate was strenuously OPP
posed by the captain, who ignorant Of his
motives, and also incurred reproach for having
assumed the authority. This commenced
about o'clock in the afternoon Of the 10Th of July,
and il was in the evening before the ship was
cleared of the natives, at which hour, breeze
springng up, the ships shaped for the
island Of Tar, where the captain proposed TO COM
plete his lading, and where they arrived in few
days, without accident.
In the meantime, all those who did not belong to
the ship had been left on shore, az also Louis
Cheyen, who had deserted on leaving Poonesset.
May, Gallagher and Tanning had given certificates
to the mate, stating that the confinement and
punishment Of Tignoli and Elliott were positively
necessary for the preservation Of the ship; but he
could not get from them more explicit avowal OF
their conduct on the lZtn OF lest the
occasion visit OF a man-Of-war to the island.
The Enterprise remained nearly two months at
Tar, when the mate had the good fortune to : nip
in the bud' new conspiracy, and she sailed for
China on the lst of October. The mates constant
good fortune in discovering and defeating all the
plots that had been formed against the ship either
by the white men or natives, created a sentiment
Of suIerstitous awe in those whom he had thwartea
50 often IN their most secret plans, and probably
there not Of the foremost hands but thought
he was assisted by supernatural agencies; the con-
| sequence was that his orders were executed with
great alacrity if not good will; while the captain
| could hardly get the simplest command executed.
At length, after long and painful passage, the En-
terprise arrived at Hong Kong on the 9th of Novem
Der, and there they learned that the John Laird had
arrived and been sold-that her captain had been
Gischarged-that her crew. half starved crawl
| ing about the streets, not having received oRe
cent in recompense for their nine months toll.
baIdshps and dangers-and that Laton was in
prison. As fer the others who had been con-
cered in the speculation to the Carolines,
Captain Brancon and his first mate, Mr.. Getty,
were destined TO long and severe imprisonment,
the crew lie dispersed like that Of the John Laird,
the Enterprise to be conscated, the ambassador to
lose the money he had advanced, and Ito finish the
catalogue) the commandant of the French frigate
Baycnuaise received n severe reprimand for aban-
doning his station. and, by his absence, forcing the
Enterprise to complete her crew with number of
halfciy2ed Manila and Cinnamon, while Tgncli
and Elliot have been most inhumanly tortured fer
having ATTEMPTED the assassination of Il whole ship
company. On the 9Th the captain received a letter
from one Haskell. an American merchant at Hong
Kong, ard who ofiiciated at the inquiry for the Con-
sui, requesting an interview. for the purpose of
making arrangements about the cargo; and about
o'clock an armed searcher came along side, having
on board Captain Briancon, Mr.. Haskell, the French
Consul, naval officer, and several man-of-war's
men. They accostcd the Enterprise. came deck,
and Petty, the first mate, Immediately found him
self arrested, by order of the French ambassador,
in an English port sentries were posted on the
ship. the countersgn given. and the Enterprise be-
came transformed into pIison-ship. The officer in
charge Lad instructions TO confne the captain
and mate in their rooms, and proceed direct TO
Macao tut, at the earnest solicitation of Captain
Briancon, permission was given by the ambassador
to discharge the cargo at Hong Kong, and in few
days after, the Enterprise, with all who were on
board Of her, taken to Macao, where investi-
CATION into the transactions of the voyage COM
menced but the dispositions of the crew being
very contradictory, (no two Of them being alike,
nor one Of them coincding with the pr0ccs reb0t
which they had signed, nor with the journals of the
ship il became necessary to institute court of in
curry. Ibis commenced its sitting on the 3D. of
December, lS+9, on which day Mr. Petty
Quoted on board the irigate Bayonnaise, where he
remained until the 9th Of December, 1850. The re-
suit Of this court 81 inquiry unsatisfactory
as the dispositions of the crew had been, and it was
decided that the Bayonnaisc should 20 to Uaan,
ard procure such proofs were desired She sailed
on the 3D. January, 1850 dispensing the crew Of the
Enterprise some at Macao, and the rest mt Manila,
DoIsoe alone remaining on board, with the captain
and mate. At Uaan, the natives at first reported
that Tignoli and Elliott had left the island
in whaler, five months after the departure Of the
Enterprise: but, after some time, they said that
Tignoli had died two days after the infction of
the punishment. There was but one native who
could be found to give this evidence, though there
were than five hundred the beach, and
within few rods Of the tree where Tignol had been
fogged. The chaplain desired TO 20 TO the supposed
grave and repeat prayers and perform the rites of his
religions but the commandant objected as there would
be great difficulty in finding il out. The result of
this inquest was, that the proofs Of Tignos consp-
racy were established beyond doubt, but nothing
more The Bayonnaisc returned to Macao, where
orders were waiting for her She was to proceed to
France hy the way Of Cape Horn. She sailed from
Carton in April; and. after short passage, arrived
At Wahoc. where they met Louis Chcyen, one Of the
| two frenchmen who engaged in the logging
scene on the island, and who had afterwards de-
| serted at Pownissot. From Wahoe she pro-
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