New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-04

rnd sincerely hope he viii never pc through the weakness
81 the law"
The family of Hicks are in ordinary circumstances.
A short time since the wiie of Hicks wrote to her
mother for assistance and was not only refused but
requested not TO her, she had been dis
graced with her marris ye with Hicks Hicks has
published some verses, in which he says that he was
born near the town Of Foster, and shipped on board
the Saladin, Capt. r. snzie, for South America. The
verses refer to his rival in that country and are mys-
,eriously dark the subject Of one Fielding, who,
they say, on board and persuaded them the
orev) to persryn scne horrd crime which duly SET
forth in the GLOWING verse;
stsissea my hands in human blood,
Witch DO not deny
Re, which have to die"
Mr.. w James Williams of No. 34S Fourth avoEue, |
former " OF Yarmouth Nova Scotia, furnishes with
the fs gowi4s statement, which throws some hght on
the nysteri-ls hints embodied in the above lines Of
Jof nson. Mr.. Williams says:
ON a pleaslnt morning some time during the Spring
Sunmer of 1914 large ship drlited ashore on the
oas sya Scotia, forty or fifty miles east oil Han
fax The fact of her coming ashore in the broad sun
light fkcruspcious conduct Of the crew, the absence
Of captain and officers and the failure OF the crew TO
give any satisfactory account OF themselves or OF those
m command q; aroused suspicion thar all was not
right ard they were accordingly arrested Word wes
sent .Siahfax and revenue schooner went down
and t0@x possession Of the ship and the crew were
taken 10 Halifax. 4and committed for trial.
The ship proved to be The Saiadin, from Valparaiso
for london with valuable cargo OF silver and copper
bars. One Of TIE crew, after being IN prison snort
,iIne made confession mplcang all hands IN terri
Die mutiny widen was soon followed by confession
from the others, the gst of which, as near as can
reeollect was follows: -
a few DAYS after the Saadn left Valparaiso, diff
Guilty occurred between her captain and Capt Field
ING who, with Lis son, a lad of about fifteen, had
taken passage for London Fielding was an unprin-
cipled, drunAen villain, and knowing the immense
value of tleeereo concOcted scheme Tor taking pos
SESSION Of the ship. He found opportunities for
tamIeTing with the crew, majority OF whom joined
his enterprise; and III a few days his plans were ma
tured and carried ou-the captain, mates, DC, Were
murdered AID thrown overheard, after severe slrug-
gle, and tieiding installed captain Ihe decks
cleared, and all traces Of the Doedy butchery
; removed. .
iealcusies arose between HIM and his crew. Violent
aercaiioHs took place between them and at last be-
came frequent and dangerous that he cid not dare
leave LIS cabin without being heavily armed Inc
second plot soon maured and Fielding was thrown
overheard The ship then left without 4 nIviga-
Up 10 this time two young men, who gave their
n ON the trial az Carr and Galloway, had taken
III part whatever IN the mutiDy 1T was at irst re
solved 20 send them a visit TO Fielding, but his
sl remained to be disposed of, they ordered
20 murder the lad, which they did, in order TO save
their own lives The vessel was then left to navigate
berself The boats all destroyed by sinking them
with silver and copper bars.
The crew were tried by the Court of Viee-Admiral-
fy, convicted, and ten of them were hanged. The
prosecution resolved to use only their own comics
soDs against them andas these confessions eXonerted
Carr aud Galloway from all participation IN the mu-
tiny except through fear of their lives they were
rf doned being the only two that survived ont of u
company Of twenty five or thirty. A great deal of
sympathy manifested for them on account OF their
J youth. A subscription was taken up Tor Them, and
! they shortly left Halifax. And thus, / supposed,
ended one Of the brutal and bloody tragedies
record
Tins morning, on reading the lines of Hicks in TIE
Times in relation TO the Saladin and Fielding, the
who@ affair flushed across my mind. Now, an posi-
i've ihas but two men survived the mutiDy ana the
gsllows, and Hicks must be one of those who gave
Then names respectively as Carr and Galloway
VI Which Que Is ii have written 10 Nova Scotia for
the papers containing full report of the trial, which
hope 10 obtain ia the course OF couple OF weeks,
when shall be able to prove The entire accuracy oimy
statement.
I Face PRErESsEs.-Ruggles w. Clapp and Richard
NJ Robbins were arrested ON Saturday on a charge of
false Jsetenses preferred against them by George Rob-
nsOn of Hudson n. Y. TIE complainant alleges that
about one year ago he owned note signed by Corne
Illus Wendell Of Washington ID. c., for 81 S25, made
payable the order of Ruggles w. Clapp. Clapp
anxious obtain this note from Robinson, and finally
effected trade with him, receiving the Wendell note
land three notes signed by Mr.. Robinson making in all
$685. For these he gave deed for go acres Of
land in Illinois, and railroad bonds for small
,amouIt. lie represented that Robbins and his wife
owned she land, and that the deed was executed by
them. Subsequently Mr.. Robinson ascertaned that
ueither the bonds nor the deed Of any value
Whatever, as Robbins had title the land pretended
~ be conveyed TO him. He accordingly made a COM
blant against them and the accused were arrested by
officers Smith and McCord Robbins admits having
Fgped the deed, but says he did it obiige Clapp,
without knowing what he wanted Of it, and without
receiving any compensation for his part Of the transc
Jon. Justice Osborn committed Capp to prison for
examination, but permitted Robbins 10 depart his
parole.
SUICIDE 81 GERNAy.-Coroner Jackman held an
inquest OF the body Of Francis Lutz, German, aged
40 years. wbe committed suicide Saturday evening.
TIE deceased entered The taloon No. l3l Canal street,
kept by his friend Joseph Marmona, and said he would
ike b 20 10 bed awhile He up stairs and laid
down, hut was shortly after heard grooming and call
ing for help Mr.. Marmona went 10 him, when the
deceased ted him that he mad taken strychnine. Med
cal abundance a, provided, bat death ensued
IN ahor- ten unjuues The deceased had been out OF