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Arrest of Mutineers.

1ue mutiuetis VI tue sup JuuletJ WI
arrived at New Bedford last Friday, weT
taken to Boston on Saturday. The BOs
ton Journal Of Monday afternoon says:
"Atthe examination tins morning befor
Mr.. Commissioner Cusbmsn, the Oour
not being ready TO proceed, the case wa
continued to Wednesday next. The pris
,ners were heavily ironed, and were atten
dad by F. A. Parker, Sidney Webster
henry Choate. and J. H. Prince, Esqs. a
counsel. c. l.. Woodbury., Esq. appears
iJr the United States The prisoners ap
pear anything but the hardened villains thei
crimes show them TO be, and this morning
pear TO be in the most genial and con
tntcI humOr.
1t will be remembered thot these mu
d ee murdered the captain and the sec
da d third officers of the ship. The
f st o Ger concealed himself on board fol
8 me tays, and bis life was spared as he
was ne ded to navigate the vessel. He
sys:
"Af ar B was found l was told to steer
Tor Capt Howe, Australia, | did so, and
made Il G land on Sunday, January 1858
In the orning all hands we've called, aud
every Il ing on board pertaining TO the
whaling business was thrown overboard.-
All stor except bread and water we're
destroyt |. The crew tEen left the ship
in two whale boats, taking everything
of valu, they could find, and landed
on Ninty Mile Beach, where six of them
left aD went into the interior; the other
four sa led to Twofold Bay, where they
gave IT, emselves out as Americans on the
voyage from Melbourne to Sydney. Sus.
piciOn being excited they were arresled,
but TO-. want of evidence were discharged.
They continued in this locality for some
time, leading gay and reckless life.-
Pluu mer, who called himself Capt. Viii,
son, became quite ladies' man, and when
arrested was on the eve of marriage
"When the men left the ship they i'm
pos d an oath on the mate to take the ship
to New leland. Had he done this thee
wo lid have been much time elapsed for
The meu to look out for their safety, but
Of course, disregarding an oath thus i'm.
J. sed, he bore for the nearest port, He
II ST shaped his course for Hobart Town,
/ ut, meeting vessel, was advised to sail
,or Sydney, and did SO, On his arrival
is story excited the deepest sympsthy, and
hy The earnest efforts OF the English au
IhorIies all the men but two were arrested,
and given over 10 the american Consul
for transhipmeLt to this country under the
extradition treaty."
Two Of the chief mutineers VIM. Paine
alias John Hall. and Cornelius Burns
have never b0en arrested, aud are sup
posed to have died after taking to the
bush in Australia. The Boston Journal |
says;
"What could lead the mntneels to the
of so iearlu! deed does not
fully appear, bat they were probably |
induced to it by the Vaccinations of the
seaman PIummeB who had once before
boen engaged in similar deed, and pas
sed part Of his life as an Australian BUSH
man. TO which mode of living he probably
wished to return, and induced the other
to joiu him.
"The English authorities are spoken Of
by those who have the charge of the case
here in terms of the warmest praise, as the
case has there been most thoroughly ey>
amned, md transmitted with an exact
uoss extremely unusual. An English
guard was sent over in the ship which
Brought the mutineers to this country,
and day and night have the prisoners been
most carefully watched. They are man
acled in the most heavy manner, and have
worn the same irons ever since they left
Sydney. Beside their confession, which
appears to have been gratuitoasly given,
there is ample testimony TO convict them
ofthe crime.-Natioaat Inteligencer.