The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-06-07

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'Why, sir, only said at I WASH
used to such work.
'Ah-you did, eh 2 uttered the cap
tain; and as he spoke, he lifted the man
up with both hands, and held him in q
horizontal position. Then he threw him
upon deck as l could have done a mere
child, adding when you find something
else that is new to you, just mention ii
to me, and l Il break you in
Thus speaking he went aft, and the
of watch went below. He then looked
around once more, complimented me up
on the trim of the yards, and then went
to the cabin. Bunkton h"J shown rs
one thing pretty plainly, and that was
that his appearance did not belle his
strength, for the old main-topman was a
heavy man, and yet he had been lifted
fairly at arms length.
But this was only simple touch of
what we had in store. In less than a
week we began to see the captain in his
true light. He knocked the men about
without mercy, and seemed to care no
more for human life and limb than he did
for the plank upon which he walked. 1t
is generally the case that even brutal
commander is held in check to a certain
extent by the fear of arousing more op-
position than he can we'll manage, but no
such fear operated upon our commander,
as l shall proceed to show.
One morning l found from the appear
ance of the men that they had some deep
laid plan on foot, for they were unusually
reserved, and conversed in hurried whis-
pers, and with furtive looks over their
shoulders On the day before, the cap
tain had been more savage and exacting
than at any time before, and he had
knocked down about dozen of the crew.
At length one of the men came to me and
asked me not to interfere if there should
be any trouble during the day. l advis.
ed him not 10 think of resisting the cap
tain, but his only answer was, that the
crew were not all dogs, and that they
would not be treated as such.
About ten clock the captain came on
deck, and the crew were at chat time all
forward, save such as had stations else
where on the watch. His eye rested On
.3cm md he saw til il meaning in a mo.
msul He had seen sucn' ,iniing3 before.
But it required no great stretch of mind
to reach the feelings of our crew at this
time, for they showed it too plainly in
their looks. l saw a grim smile pass
over the captains face, and | knew that
the storm was coming. He took step
towards the mainmast and ordered the
men to come aft, but not one Of them
moved. He ordered them second time,
but with a like result.
"Wel," he said, as calmly as though
nothing at all had happened, if you
wont come aft. I'LL come forward
He threw off his jacket as he spoke,
and tossed it upon the fife rail,
Now what does this mean? he asked,
as he reached the forecastle. Do you
mean to disobey me I!
But no one spoke.
Now look here, my fine fellows, go
aft, every one of you
He waited moment, but no one mo-
we'd.
Then you all mutiny, eh ? Well see J
As he spoke he knocked down the
man who stood nearest to him. At this,
the rest of the men--thirty-two of them,
made a rush towards him. Some Of
them caught the Delaying pins out of the
racks, and two or three Of them had
handspikes. But they were in each 9th
er's way and as the foremost ones began
to fall, they blocked up tho passage to
the rest. Like an elephant Captain Bunk.
ton sprang upon them, and he knocked
them down like SO many men of straw.
On he pressed, placing his broad, heavy
feet upon the bodies of those already
down, and at length the men began 10
shrink back, but that was no signal for
him. He struck down one after another
hitting one in the face, another in the
breast, another in the stomach, a fourth
upon the neck and all the time skil(ully
warding off the blows that were aimed at
him. If man attempted to rise he was
knocked down again until, at the end
of ten minutes, not q man of them all
stood on his feet.
THAT will do said the captain, wip-
ing his bloody hands on mat that hung
over the trunk of the forecastle compan-
ion.way. Now go aft. Aft, every one
of you 7
Those Of the men who could arise, did
SO. and moved doggedlY towards the