The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-28
Mutiny on Board aa American shfr-
Mup.er.

The State Depar trnent has received the par
tcularx of a mutiny on the ship Stashound
,aar aagter. In which the son of the chief Of
e.sr Capt Hassey, OF Alexandria, Va, was
,u.a Cant Hussey himself has since died
:. Havana, OF fever. The statement of tue
,.ntsin. as furnished the American Consul al
,satayia, SAYS that the Staghound sailed from
Angler on the evening Of March 3ist and adds
Al about half past seven, p. NJ, very tired
and exhausted from the effects of illness. with
which had been suffering for some time. /
laid down i had not been in bed more than
thirty minutes when the first officer came RI n.
ming into my stateroom bleeding and asked
fer a pistol, saving "the men We're armed and
coming aft" AGase him the pistol, and at
tempted tQD4e4, but could not without as
sistane3 n stepped on deck the second of.
fcer (my sony approached me; he had received
a mortal wound; as he approached he fell
called the steward and with his assistance
IsId him in as comfortable position as possi-
bic. then looked ouno, not knowing whe-
Their the mUtineers had possession of the ship
or not i soon found cur situation was one OF
great danger.
Ny first officer was very seriously wounded,
my second mortally. the third was suffering
from the effec is of a fall he had received a few
days previous, which broke his coliar-bone.-
had before me thrty-two sailors, armed with
Delaying pins, knives, and anything they could
get cursing and ravinE like SO many mad
men. walked TO within ten PAGES of them
aud ordered them to be silent. They were the
more bnis ferrous and abusive. The lea der (and
the man that afterwards learned stabbed the
officers stepped out, and the others, at the
same time, began 10 close around me. level.
ed my pistol and told them the man that
took another step would be shot. then or
dered them forward. Not q man moved; ALL
was quiet. / then ordered a crew TO man the
boat aud pull of TO a British frigate that had
dropped anchor about mile and n half of, to
procure medical aid. Not a man would CO.
Ia ha a
ed, and feared mortally, and called for vol
unteers TO go. Not necould get. again or
dered all hands 10 go forward. After few min
u tes the leader said-"Boys, let us all go for
ward of the mainmast" He started and they all
followed. had six quartermas ters, the car
penter aud steward, that had remained true
/ ordered four Of them 10 take the boat. On
'heir return they brought two physicians, and
were accompanied by an armed crew sent bv
the commander OF II. b. NJ. ship (Lord Hay }
10 take charge of the ship. They put the men
in irons. The doctors ordered the second Off.
GERS 10 be placed in the hospital at Batavia
aud offered to take him there. Lord II. also
sent for me. He declared the leaders mutt
neers and murderers, and said they should be
so dealt with. He offered TO tow my ship 10
Batavia. / may say there was nothing that
kindness could suggest that he did not offer
As there was no American man-of-war il
these waters, l was entirely dependent or
strangers. l was compelled to decline all his
offers, except 10 take my son TO Batavia.
sui, req ues ting him to come TO Angler, and
was in hopes / could get of without the de-
teution that would be necessary if I had 10
get new crew.
After six days l received an answer saying
must come with the ship to Batavia, with q
Dutch frlgaie sent 10 tow me down. My men
were still in irons and refused TO work On the
morning of the 9th our second officer breathed
his last, and l was compelled to follow the
remains of my only son 10 the grave.
Mr. Howsrd, first officer of the Staghound,
testified that on the evening of the 3st OF
March, about O'Clock, he was called out to
relieve the watch as he came on deck he no.
iiced one of the men talking to Mr.. Hussey,
aud as he (the witness) approached, saw the
man strike him he ran up and called out "Do
you strike an officer l' As the deponent ap-
preached, MI H turned off; depunent did not
then know he had been stabbed; at that mo-
ment deponent received thrust with the
same knife; Immediately started for q pistol
The other portion of the deponent's testimony
confirms the captains statement
The sailors all agree in their testimony that
they were not badly treated; that the provi-
siens were good Six of the crew have con-
sen ted 10 return TO their duty, and have made
a clear confession. They say the whole plan
was concocted only an hour before it was put
into execution; that they were threatened
with death if they refused 10 join with the
others.