New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-25
FROM BOSTON.
Prom Ouf Own Correspondent

BosToN, April %, 1889
The convicted mutneers of the whaeship Junior
were sentenced on Thursday. Cyrus W Plumer,
who was convicted of the murder of Capt. MeIlen,
WAS sentenced to be hanged on the oath of june.
Carther Herbert and Stanley, who were convicted
of manslaughter on two Northumberland for the
killing of Capt Mellcn, and second for the killing
of Smith, one of the mates-were sentenced to
hard labor in the State Prison for five years and
ten months and TO fines OF $1,000 each. In case
of non pay ment Of fines before the term OF sentence
expires they to be sent 10 jail until the fines are
paid, or they are discharged by due course OF law
They have already gone over to prison, and two
them have been sent to picking stone, and the third
is set TO work in the furniture shop.
Some interesting proceedings took place on the
occasion of the sentence. Piumer submitted
written statement which was read by the Clerk, IN
v hch he declares that the blood of Capt. Aicilcn is
not upon his head. If the facts could be made
known, he says it would appear that he and Others
intended 10 take the officers prisoners and that the
firing wss at first accidental, and arose from de-
raDeement of the plans agreed upon; that Capt.
Melen was actually killed by tiield who struck
him with a hatchet. as h. after~ard boosted;
that the real culprit ard most guilty person was
one of the officers OF the ship (ylz: Nelson
Provost, one of the mhtes); that he runner
at no lime showed a blood thirsty disposition, but,
on the contrary, did all he could to protect the
lives of those on board. These statements are IN
some degree confirmed 10y certain silid7vits. The
fist is that of Alfred +. Gsrdner ofNantuehet late
matter of the bark Louisiana, who brought the
Junior home after The mutioy. He details various
facts which led him to the conclusion that Provost
was at the bottom of the outbreak. lie was so
well satisfied on this point that he r. fused TO orng
him home in the Junior On the home passage,
k.r tthT
Nellen occupied when he was killed. From
a close observation of the shot-h0es, aud
of the position the Captain must have been
in, be is satisfied that the shOts could not
have struck him. This seems 10 confirm
the suspicion thrown upon Fiheld. George NJ
Patrick, mate of tue chip lndia. wa!ch orOusht
Provost home, says that be believed, aud the crew
of the India believed that Provost was at the bot
tom of the mutiny; that on the passage home,
Provost told him that be knew What was gons 10
take place that night before be went 90 ped; he
also testfes that Provost often termed IN Al,
sleep and said he was afraid somebody would FILL
him; that he said Fiheid Vas one OF the rng-
leaders, that Pumer saved his life after the affair
was over. Patrick goes on 10 state many lL4hSs III
relation TO Provost which If correctly stated 20 10
show that he is a very great scoundrel whether
he Is guilty OF this crime or not. Richard Car
Their one of the men convicted Of mansiaughter'
makes statement that tlheld SAID 10 nun
that Plumer missed the captain, but ne (fInrll)
did not. He then showed whs. he said was The
captsin's blood on his frock. ] sm told that Her
bert ard Stanley do rot cOUETm tue truth OF
PIuers statements. They consider hun Tie ring
leader and mainly responsible for Tie revolt mere
is. however, nothing ntrinsicauy improbaoie IN tne
statements which are made sgsinst Fiheid snd
Plumer. The former is known 10 hsve been ed
gagged in the conspiracy, and Tas used as ".Laess
by The Government, with that understanding. Ana
rs for Provost who was also witness tor the GOV
erumrnt 1t was the general impression OF tho'e
who heard and read the whole evidence that ne WAS
= bad man. to say the least The testimony Ci
Gardiner aud Patrick seems 20 be unbiased and IN
npeseked, that of CARTIER must 90 ioT whs' II Is
worth. -, o..
Allusion is made in one Of the afhdATlts 70
statement draw ny IN jail by Piumer PurP0Ft-nS
| 10 give al accurate account of the whole anar. L
! had the opportunity to read this narrative some
weeks ago. Ii is 4 pretty weuwrItten document
of about 40 pages, the penmaDshiP being quite e-e
CANT IL passes rather lightly over the "Elsef $
own share in the mutiDy, and tie purpose seems 20
be. mainly. to inphcste Provost. he reading oil
it did hot satisfy me Of Proyoss guiI' though ad
not observe any marked Inconsistencies u ihpr'of
blities in the tArTa.ys. The prospect VI "a as