The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-04-01

,--xo,ed- not having HAD ane 10 drsu my,elf.
VS." T entered the room I Sslt I was treading in
VII / told the boy. Bring . light here When
hov brought the light 1 saw the captain lying on
ms Seck, dying. I raised him mp, and he breathed
~ Isst. then opened his chest, and took out his
,sot the ringlsader. + theeEzuL the boy to tell the
ssond mate to come to ms, but neither Of them re-
srrued. / then blew the light out, and stayed there
"a To- rs I could without sufocation. l then
,bouA I'd leave, and give them a chance to put
me Ere out. As I passed through the sfeerage sang
%, Cooper He answered, Here l en- Then l
~rg ont for several others, to see how many I had to
hsIn me; but when ! saw the ship on fire | thought
!. M use to ask for help. [ then sang out to the men
=, put the Ore out. and I ' would not hurt them. As I
u by heard the second mate on deck asking for
Z. life; and I heard them say : Kill him. rs I
.souobt. When the men heard me sing ont to
-ranch the fire, they said, Yes, you would like to
ret US down there You son OF =; come up
ran,ded. I Thought 7 would take . bung-borer and
~ doun IN the hold and get some water, and also in
he homes Of shooting the ringleader. But I was two
Savs without getting water, or anything to eat. By
that time my pistol was WA, ' ~ 2 : enaer; ana my thoughts
~ NV only hopes were that l might get into port.
. nd II they undertook to sell the ship I would come
and take her. But after I had been in the hold
dge days they found me. and told me that If I would
I me out they would not hurt me, and that I might
e the ship; and so I passed my pistol up, when I
my surprise the I'd mate alive, but In irons.
lmost dead, but they took me an, and dressed
he'd me- My shoulder, where I was shot, had
!, but they had it dressed. They told me
they wanted Of me was to take them where
uted to 60, and that I might have the shin:
il to save my life and the ship.
bird mate had the boarding knife run through hin
mes BY Cornelius Burns, ard aher he had killed him.
70 GET out Of the vsy ny Richard csrtha, and Carrhs
s<nh-board. He hen struck At him sx. i'm .n 4. .hs
se.nsht the blade and bent the point over the board.
eeoss matte . . nay = p sssse; e as . sas &c Garth, nth { then
A I saw before I took to the hold vas that the captain
posed he was killed amer he vent on deck. The n,
OF the Aforesaid testimony was told me after I was
roeeedinp On deck. rs I vas told .-sBesween one and
q on saturday morning, l. shh al DE soremas. hands
old BY one Of the gang hat the ship was taken. and
zpsain and second ami third mates were dead They
uaie had stov-i himself away. They made US come
nd compelled us TO ccne and help them to put the IRE
we're then made come on deck and we're made arm
n Isnces. harpoous, spades, axes and other thinzz
sde stand ~ the srs, main and mi.en hatchwsys,
r ths mate Just AFTER I came on deck and had got
<orss, the seennd mate came on deck and was made
y he gang. P'ener then bound him and sent him to
xstie, and set . strict watch over him. All hands, ex-
at each hatch, were male come an and work at putting
We got the IRE 50 much suhdued that We could venture
srt a rips on the captains ANGLE, and some Of the men on deck
ed him up A heavy chain was then made fast to him, and
SEM below. and bent a rope on to the third mates leg, and
E "a, nd sI :. |. On , s,e.; o rss ssind : e. T ,s1ss then made fast to
-Arer the fire was put orf, PIumer ordered the ship to head
. aiing for Cape Howe he was heading a straight course for
sI HOxe's Island AnerI wsf.and, WA thd to steer
W. b. 5 We made the land on sunday mornse Sd Jan
So. The same morning all hands were made come ON deck,
Trything pertaining to whaling, overheard then they broke
Ut he Stops in the ship and al her stores, and appropriated
'sooari- After that they went below into the cabin, and
out svsrythIns The ,hsy could snd.liquo" tobacco. and
ID and in fasf, everything in the ship useful for a whaling voy-
and the ar1ieies on board to recruit the ship were
-tuy-d--
NJ PrOaeesiings in the hold, from December 2s.h to December
-4fer telingsh the men to put cut the fire. which were the last 9
the main hatch. pium~r raised the corner Of the hatch
d aid Come up here, and we won't h1r you- but only give
11. I heard them walking, and supposed that they were all
me- I heard no Que speak except Piumer, Cartha and
sci the corner Of the after h.seh, and went down into the
Yer hesd-- I Crypt an to the run While I was at the run
the ca-k Of powder They we're afraid TO go themselves as
Lied ON q = m;d ! . ~ no oo e ,se ss. = sn1St. .9se M Tng,s so !,
. on The second day aner ! was shot then raised my hands
~ shhs 2 a Tssn 1 I sa' "a P Pcss aos my ri ip1 sbo. ! b. s'@ = Kin. sho. !.
enc a little v.serr As the ship rolled I heard a stick NOV
~ !. ne s.. s,.1 r 1ssa' / 1 ssss. . !. a asa1 TN i I q. ss losaf iS sa. n !.
drawers and had on = thick WOODEN shirt Then I IN 'usht
rr and sucking h- I len the shirt collar at the cask when 1
al ia no. q su @s y pi I heard :. st them .h sses s sna s shsarh ! s .ses s ssse
NJ In the hold I also thought saw Iixhts i'm search OF me- I
III Entcneu almost 10 oeatn- As L crepf further forward L |
nv hung bor.r, between the main and fore hatch. so I had
HRS kf but my pistol. containing three loads I found a
the hung up. The bung being son wood. I rubbed a hole
1uEh h With the sight OF my pistol. not daring so pound on
secsuns Of cold- I tore a piece Of my shirt tail,
wapsed it round my feet, and tried to sleep I expected
die. I thourhf I had been .hrre days / thourhs I was
TsiehI eausd get ~sser,snd ] could srs bread out ofshe suns-
Of the bre.d eask- The collar ! made fast on ms sutton
bog 7 had been in the hold They told me five days.
hoarht I had only been three While I was in the
! ! ! s. .ss :s..s .ssyn .s.a al : w lfs' I y. .. i q the h ! si I ssa I'd
! a Ind = m q ' ssss in Il ny ~ ,h sSs,s s,.; s.a , . knew .d ! s ..d s: alb
IL round, and pot the sen side en- the lame shoulder the
% bad thy had pity On M. The forrmsss hands N said
Z IL there had b-~n any other person with me, they could
d uprirhs from being shoe They took me an, but cartha
a- up To me vifh a pistol cooked and a hatrhet raised. and
gong TO sho syou.' He then made motions sifh the Ratchet,
said, 4 win cut your nose OF, and kept striking near
1ss r ra" 70 iesp MN him u x kssp 'i paan ana s ass , %e th ms' If 9ai
sat r. nut mint n si hsss TN ssi ,as snd s s6ss . z 90 pe ! .pp %I.us si
and ! shan not shoot you hu, my thoughts .ere, that as
..crfhabae- They took me forward to the frca-tc and told
That Nh. Lord was all right my heart vas overioyed, and I :
-ari in rms They the. uade irons for me out Of iron
!. and made thsm 50 small that I could scarcely get them on
With an iron bolt running through, and a paddock on the 4
instead Of q key. I then asked them to put them on my !,
kept my irrns OF and let me free. thinking I'd have a better
Yours very ,sspsstfsny;
sFsrt omeer Of the ship Junior, Of New Bedford" ,
Cnowx JEwrrs-we fh1she following in a
err from Henover, of Dec. 19--S hearts Of the [
lg and Royal Family OF this country Ave been :
oh rejoiced by intelligence which has JUST eached
through the Hanoverian Minister at the Court 4
y James, that the long dispute between the King \
Hanover and the Queen of England respecting the :
BIT Of certain jewels Of enormous value, in the