Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-02-24

THE Boor on THE OTHER LEG.-We clip the
following from the San Francisco correspondence
of the Gold Hill Neus. There is much more truth
than poetry in the conclusions arrived at by the
writer =" You will remember the horrible atroc-
tiles perpetrated on the crew of the clipper ship
Great Republic, over year since, and the trial Of
the officers for the crimes by them committed
against the laws, humanity and decency. All
were convicted, but the q gentlemanly captain y
was promptly pordoned by the President, at the
ntercession of the merchants and ship owners of
San Francisco. The mates, who were simply
acting under the captains orders, were left to
serve out their time in jail, while the party
legally and morally responsible for the outrage
went free. More recently another captain starred
q sailor to DEATH and he was hanged-eXcuse me-
| am writing what ought to have been done, not
what done. The captain was convicted of
assault and battery, and sentenced to Il few
months in Jail. But it did not end there not
bit Of it The merchants and ship owners came
totherescue of the murderer and had him pardoned
by the President. by telegraph before he had been
an hour in Jail. But now we have case on the
other side. The clipper ship Storm Cloud came
in from New York on Monday night, and yester
day, just as the crew coming ashore, it
leaked out that the crew had mutinied while on
the voyage. The friends of the 'gentlemanly
ChpIulU Eldte the case us IOUONS. HlIc tuC
vessel was off the coast of South America and
below the Equator, storm coming on, all hands
ordered on deck to take in sail. The order
not being very promptly obeyed by the crew.
the second mate sprang into the forecastle to
turn the men ont of their berths, when sailor,
who is supposed to have been the rlngleader OF
the mutiny, threw blanket over his head, and
he was instantly gagged and tied without Delng
able to make noise sufficient to attract atten-
Tho mutiupprs then deck, ana
seeing the first mate on the poop, knocked HIM
down with q handspike and lashed him to the
mast. The captain hearing the noise, came out
of the cabin, and before he could see what was
going on, was knocked down with HEAVIER ana
tied. The mutineers then took the captain
keys and brought out of the cabin all the arms,
then put the three officers in irons and attempted
to run the ship on their own account. 1t Is sup
posed that they intended to run the vessel INTO
Rio, or plumber her and run her ashore on the
Brazilian coast, but after four days they came to
the conclusion that they could not navigate the
vessel, none of the mutineers being fully up to
the business, and they then extorted from the
captain written agreement that If they would
release him and the mates no punishment of any
kind should be inflicted upon them The agree (
ment was signed, and Captain knowles seems TO .
have acted upon it in good faith, but on his ar
rival here and the facts becoming known to the /
consignees and other merchants and shippers, 1t
was decided that the safety OF ship captains mere
after depended on an example being made of the /
mutineers. \ warrant was taken out before
United States Commissioner lluestis, and the
were last evening brought ashore and
placed in Jail by United States Marshal Rand !
All very well, but how about the President par
doning power? Do you imagine, oh child of the
sagebrush hillside that it will be invoked by
the kind-hearted merchants and shippers OF San
Francisco in behalf Of these sailors? Nary
time Mind have not told you what the sailors
say of the abuse which drove them into the COM
mission of the crime, but have given the captain
most favorable statement of the case. Should II
be proven that the poor devils were, as they
allege, kicked, cuffed, starved and Otherwise
abused until they could stand it no longer, do
you think it will avail them anything? Not a bit
One law for the captain, and another for ''poor
Jack :" mercy and sympathy for one, and Justice,
stern, nfcxible and merciless, for the other
That is our style, nowadays.