Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-05
MISC ELL A N Y.
From Black,cood's .Naga-inc.
THE PARADISE IN THE PACIFIC.
(Contiaued.)
RETRIBUTlON.

The a,rocous act Of mutny and piracy excited,
rs NAV well be Imagined. universal indignation
in England; and frgate (he PaRdora), under
the command of Captain Edwards, was forthwith
despatched to the site of it, with orders to visit
the Society aud Friendly Islands, and seize and
bring home all the mutineers they might discov
er The Pandora arrived at Matavai Bay, oil
Otsheite, on the 23d March 1871 aud three OF
the offenders immediately came on board, surren-
dered themselves and were instantly put III irons.
Eleven more were seized at Otahelte, and also
put in irons. Two of the original mutineers, who
had landed at Otaheite were dead-atter one OF
them had become 4 king, and been shortly after
wards murdered by the other, who was hiuseli
Instantly stoaed to death by the natives. No ud-
ings could be gained OF the remaining nine mutt
neers, nor Of the Bounty; aud after making all
possible eifJrts to discover them, the trgate, with
her fourteen inutneers living in irons IN cage on
the after part of the quarterback, only eleven feet
in length, called ''PandOra'S Box" set oil home
ward She was wrecked, however, ON coral
reef off New Holland, on the 29th August l19l,
aud the crew had to navigate thousand miles IN
open boats Four Ot the mUtlneerS went down,tn
their irons, with the Pwi0r0; Others OF their
companions succeeded, with desperate efforts, IN
disenOapinr themselves from their irons Thirty
his surviving men aud prisoners, succeeded In
reaching a sandy quay, only ninety yards long by
sixty wide,-a miserable spot, where they all
were nearly consumed. under vertical sun, from
the insupportabe heat OF which the wretched prls-
oners had no other defence but to bury themselves
I'D to their uecks in the burning sands! The
captain and his men had tents made OF boats sails
but he deemed it consistent with duty to refuse
the slightest shelter or protection to his wretched
prisoners! One OF them was young gentleman,
named Peter Haywood, not sixteen years old at
the time of the mutiny, IN which he had taken no
voluntary part The only article he saved from
the wreck was u Common Prayer Book, which
he held between his teeth as he swan to shore
for his life. He. with his guilty surviving com
pauions. reached England, heavily chained aud
almost in rags, on the 10Th June 1902. Oa the
10Th September, he and his nine felOw-mutineerS
were brought to court martial at Portsmouth, on
board the Duke, the president being Lord Hood
On the sixth day the court acquitted 0ur OF the
ten, and found the remaining six guilty OF the cap
ital offence OF running away with the ship, and
desertng His MajeSty'S service. AmOng these
latter was poor Peter Haywood. They were sen.
fenced to be hanged by the neck on board one oil
His Maiesty's ships Of war !; but two OF them, Pc
ter Heywood and another. were recommended to
. N''N
unfortunate young gentleman wrote letter to a
clergyman, friend of his family, containing the
following remarkable and affecting passages =
''On Tuesday morning the 18th inst The dread
fiji sentence of DEATH was pronounced upon me,
to which (beng the just decree OF that Divine
Providence who first gave me breath) bow my
devoted head with that tortitude, cheertulness
and resignation. which is the duty of every mem-
br of the church of our blessed Saviour and Re
dcemer Christ Jesus. To Him alone now look
for succour, in full hope that perhaps few days
more will open to the view of my astonlshed and
fearful soul His kingdom Of eternal and incomPre-
hensible bliss, prepared only for the righteous ct
heart | have not been found guilty OF the slight
est act of the detestable crime OF matlny, but am
doomed to die for not being active In my endea-
your to suppress it. Could the evidences who aP
peared in the court. martial be tried, they would
also suffer for the same aud only crime OF which
have been guilty. But am to be the vcim-
Alas my youthful iuexperience, and no depravI-
Nv of will, is the cause to which can attribute
nv msfortunes But, SO far from repining at my
fate, receive it with dreadful kind Of JOY. com
posure. and serenity of mind, well assured that 1t
has pleased God to point me out as q subjec'