The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-21
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Cadexi Of FsenxA Rrman stAss, residing Lsoon. Toe
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The s1usipy Board the snip Junior.
ARREsr OF soss or TnE MusDsRsss IN Nav sogrH
wALEs-How THEY LivED AsHOas-RgvIsED LIST
OF TBE DEAD AND LIvInG-THs PRIsOSsRs TO be
SENT TO AhfRICA.
From the sydney Herald, Feb. lol
The original mu,nesrs we're bat small section Of Too
In fact only ave men out OF torty rha uAnss If
Car,na CorDelus Barns aud wp.iAm Horoer. o rising
during the plight shoh followed Chrstmas dap
but the ve cobeoeTaaes bal tsd
In concert, while the captain and of ,ers against whom
they directed their attacks where wholly uaprspared.
The Hrst intention according 10 she evdsuOe wsld
70 have that all the officers should be VII ed vet ony
the cApss,n and third mate persisted rhs second maze
having escaped the ors. crush h,s lie was spared.
ihe chief ofhcer escspsd tc the hold badly ~ouDded
indeed but with lut mortal hurt and vs
Gays he was discovered By this time the mems
passions Cooled And he also spared although
rventicu Of the rngeaaer Plumer Tue revoted sea-
required HE services, TO- In order esvgas
OF rea ,bing. The conspiracy would have origi
mated with the nve aiape, and before leaving tae
ship Of them N the name and pesenos OF tho rest,
entry In the los dscsratory Of their sole guilt
and responsibility According the evidence, however
there was the part OF osbers Of the a pcy
After the fact, amounting not only . but u 10
gal participation the ouoes committed ny tho fra,
tneefs Thus At the orders of Piumer others OF the
stood by with arms IN their hands reaay 70 Kill the
circumstapced piomer and his associates woud
scarcely put into The hands " any whom thsy
dence however 70 imp,se more than tho tsn men who
finally left the Juuior within 25 miles u the Australian
coast, 70 which popt tho chief m.,e brought them after
he had been brought from the hod, aud had agreed
order 70 save his life, " take the ship where they directed
him.
They len the ship in ths vicinity of Cape dowo in tw,
whale boats taking with them every thing Of value which
they could Icy their hands rney attempted 70 peno
trs.e the interior from Ninety Nile beach, but found
thaxlfh In
scarcely possible 70 travel SIX Of them however, form
and is sbouebt most likely they have pershod in t.
II not, they can scarcely eecape capture The other
four went 70 Twofoid Bay, where they gave them
Sydney But the singulty Of such voyage being taken
In whale bcAs their arns and the nature aud value Of
the property they had With them, excited suspicious
force Was gathered together and hey we're arrested but
there tangible evidence anst them they
discharged again, although tue boat was detained. They
made themselves, bo~over, az far as ontgart appoar
went pretty comfortable wearing aue clothes aod
living reckless lie Plumsr. who called hnsel Captain
Wilson, became quite . isoiss' man, and over, Ia
said, upon The eve Of marriage when he arrested
When the left the ship hey inpcBed m oath upon
the chief mAte 70 take the ship on TO Neg zeasud Hso
he done this they would have had considerable time
fore them provide for te.r safety B1t Of
he regarded the oath thus forced upon him imposing
moral obligation. ana he determioed upon mssng to
wards the nearest port which he coud get sieaocs
for the ship, and invoke the OF Justice to puryue
the mOtinsers He at ers shaped MS course e%ards
be advised 70 bear for sydney and did go The
excitement here bearing OF This mutny, well
the public sympathy with ne victims, very great
Soon Afterwards word was brought OF OF tue
having been a. GAbo Islaod, ami the steamer a
wsa was III once despatched In search OF them With an
party OF police fhe steamer followed tue 10
Twofold Bay but her arrival mt Of the tnauy
bso been received through another cnnel sad the local
authorities had th-es of them The fourth (r
thai escaped into the BUSH but be has since been cap
tured This apparently the met desperate Of
e from tho ching eyes Of The pslee and naa
nearly severed hts irons ere this was discovered
The question n 70 how these men are TO be dealt with
s Of some difficulty. pirate may, according 10 in
transitional law, be TIED a, any place whore he s cap
ured He Is held TO be The natural foe OF all nations, and
consequently liable TO be dealt with by any vi hem But
doubt whether the crime with which these Arc
charged IN such ss o. piracy, according to the ntsr
IN ona sense OF the torn ~ viii give the courts here
jur.sc ction. We do not mean that II Is less grave
oance 10 any respect hut that having been cou;ci
board foreign ship 1.-THE he oy owing local
alegience 10 toe nag under which che sailed foar
with which the Of the foreign country alone
oeA. Therefore that these men, with tho witnessea
against them Will have 70 be sent 10 America Tue
point b,wcver, ~lich viii certainly be raised and
decider.
70 the Junior The names italicized are tho prisoners sp
pretended; those With su asterisk are At laxge;--
Captain Archibald MeIior, swil.am bertert, a.
aeceesed. David Carter.
William Nelson Provost, Antoni Ludwig.
hrst ofiScr wooDded. Charies +. Fneld.
Henry lord, secofd otto, William n hrlau
wounded Henry CJulns
Johr Smith, third ditto. Caaries H. Stanley. "a
deceased. 3. W. artchns.
Hugh nuf, steward. HsGry rason
Cyrus PlUm>r, age "a Cnries Mansfield.
Joseph Venus sOoraeIus 3dr1s, r.
swrlism Sampson, -. Frank stAflrd.
sJoeeph Brtosss, 2l. EiusaN n c1rhd, 81.
-Adam Camel Il. Owen Duly.
Herman GRAF, cooper. henry Lynch.
Jacob Rtke, carpenter, "A Samuel Howard
JSnn EnSs "w.in@ Payne, %, shipped
John Lewis. Manuel I.kvr dor, lad.
The 6rnt intelligence OF his tragedy was brought 10
pyaney on saturday the OH Of January by Captain Hsf
don Of the Locbie from DorJcn sbo stred that on the
fh Janusfy, when OF Cape Howe, he sighted ship Ia
shore with sgnal OF dstress flying AID inmsdiately
bort down Tor her, xbsn she hailed and satst tat part
o tho -rew bad uned a1d killed the cayalo aud sard
ocor That boarding hos the vesse proved Z, be tae
Junior OF Now Bedford United states, whaling voy
age, and six mouths out; tbs, on Chr strlas night tho
tam and third officer by shootng them xts whale gun
NJ the time baaly woundinz the chief aud second
with spade. The chief mate, although IN frghtfu
from The eiecs Of his Wounds sge1 70 gam .he
bold and conceal himself for i've days when, being
discovered Oy The mutnoas portion Of The ere~i they
dragged him out, but promised 10 spare bis he Il hs
would take the vessel to Cape Howe, which he DID.
they were at thr timo % tns coast Of Ne~ zea-
land On tho I'd OF January, Cape Howe beng In
seht, ten a the crev lowered too bsts sud ser taking
much as the boats ~ould carry Of sops. &c, len TIE
H. leaving The vessel toes smashed the chronome
Ter and having ob,aiacd Ell the firearms board cut
more portable Toe chief officer usder the impresson
thai the rirgcader an E'sisbmsr sno has been Lhs
colony before. TREE days after the massacre the mutt
noers hosted the bodies on deck aad having fstcoed
weights 10 be legs tbre- them overeosro rns Iochiel
not having surgeon on board could render asstsnce
10 the wounded msn, but kep. company With The Junior
until p ps sth Instant when she sas lost right o.
Sydney light al that time bore y. ", dlstaDt % mos
The vessel WA dong her beft 10 make FOR sydney "
The Junior arrived the uey day Sunday. irn January
zoe information tbeu received from the chief o0ccr
respondec In every particular WITH the above statement
msse BY The captain q the Lochel.
A. socD ss the news OF this daring and co~Vdy oct
rage uss made known " the pl3 authorities At sydney,
The INSPECTOR Gtrers Of Poce the ~ssr p1ce agst-ae
AMI tie American Consul, Mr. Merrill b1ari the
Jutior and vas deemed necessary N sunmon the re
ma,ng part Of the who had reacnsd port W elicit
further particulars
two b,ats len tho shio In the nrst we're pner sian
icy, Hs Cartba ana Rke, In the seconi, SampsJu,
Brookes, camel, Bufre aud Herbert
The sta.emens forth n toe ,og touching the death
and muTderere OF the castLia and tafd us.s
trsdc,cd by auy Of the Witnessed rney sre given IN