The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-12-23
THE GOLD SHIP.
Translated ,sD ALTERED rHOx III. oraxls.

| TRANSLATED AND NrrEEED FEoN raE GRIMM
Some ten or twelve years ago, said Cap
tain Muller. was in command Of q fine
vessel Of nearly 100 tons b1rden, which
was about TO sail from Melbourne 10 liver.
pool We had valuable cargo on board
/ including a quantity Of gold TO the amount
of st least 10000. While the ship was
getting ready for sea. however. great
many things occupied me on shore, so that
had but little time TO attend 20 matters
on board. But the first mate was we'll
tired. Trustworthy man. who had been with
me many years, and to him gave full in
7 Structions as TO the preparations for the
voyage, and one thing which particularly
urged npon him was. that If possible, he
should engage no other sailors than Eng
liShmen. Just as We were about to sail.
however. he informed me that on this point
he had been obliged. on account of the
rush TO the diCgings, TO depart little from
M ONders. and amOagst the crew were two
foreigneFs-One native Of Guernsey and
the other Frenchman was. however.
very well pleased with the men generally,
and as TO the two foreigners. they looked
ike strong useful fellows, besides which,
they seemed for the first few days to be
orderly and well-behaved. Thus the voy-
age was commenced under the most prom
ising circumstances. and everything seemed
to indicate q prosperous run.
To my great disgust, however, We had
not been at sea very long when found
that the two foreigners were a q0arTelsome.
drunken pair. and that they were causing
no end Of trouble and dissatisfaction among
the crew. They seemed to be nearly
always the worse for liquor. aud as it was
impossible that they could get their sup
plies Of drink from the ship. | concluded
that they had brought quantity of spirits
on board with them. l therefore ordered
that the fOrecasile should be thoroughly
searched, and that every drop Of liquor
which could be found there should be at
once seized and brought into the cabin.
1t was not without some anxiety, that l
awaited the result Of this order, and while
the two mates were forward TO see that it
was Obeyed, | remained on the quarter
deck in readiness TO give them help il it
were necessary. In few minutes | heard
loud alteration in the fOrecastle. follow
ed by the sound of scuffie. At this, the
steward banded me from out Of my cabin
pair Of loaded pistols which / had in
readiness, and with these | went TO the
forecastle. There the Frenchman had got
the second mate who was very Young
mani down upon his back. and was appar-
entity doing his best to throttle him. while
the Guernsey man was at the same time
struggling with the mate, who was calling
Justify for help. The rest of the crew did
Tot seem inclined to interfere, but stood
watching the struggle, and were apparent
" more disposed to take the part Of the
foreigners than Of the officers Of the ship.
Putting pistol TO the Frenchman's head,
/ told him to let go Of the second mate or
have his brains blown out This brought
him 70 his senses. and then / told him to
90 to the foretop, while, with similar
threat ! sent the Guernsey man 10 the
m2intOp, and there they were ordered to
remain, on the pain Of death, until they
were told to come down. In the mean
time the steward had brought another pair
Of loaded pistols. which / handed to the
second mate, with orders TO remain on
deck while ! attended to the first mate.
who | saw was bleeding from one or two
wounds These he had received while
struggling with his adversary, but they
were fortunately slight, though if help had
not come, the ARRAY would probably have
ended in murder.
The search in the forecastle was now
completed, and the result was. that large
quantity Of brandy which had been hidden
in the lockers was dragged ont and carried
TO the cabin. Then ordered the two
men down from the tops and had them put
10 irons. while | spoke strongly to the rest
Of the crew about their unseamanlike con-
duct IN standing quietly by while two for
eigners were making a murderols attack
upon their officers. and hoped that in fu-
ture they would do their duty ike men.
These remarks seemed to have the desired
effect, for the men seemed ashamed Of their
conduct and promised well for the future.
therefore congratulated myself that dis
cipline and order Wis again restored. As
70 the two foreigners, they in short time
professed themselves to be sorry for what
had happened. and promised 50 earnestly
70 Dcudft Vel lDl Lue I9tlIc- IldL gave
them their liberty, especially as the rest Of
the crew PetitioDed for their release. Peace
then. seemed TO be restored. and for some
tine there was nothing to disturb the good
order Of the ship, or to interfere with the
comfort Of the voyage But soon the i'm
preston forced itself upon me that there
was dark and bitter look in the faces of
the two foreign sailors, and that they nurs-
ed ssvsge hatred against the chief mate,
who WIS brave ana energetic seaman, and
up to this tine had been served by the
crew with ready obedience
About 3 week had passed since the idea
first took possession Of my mind, when
one night, during the middle watch, the
whole Of the cFeE were called up to short
en- sail This work properly would have
been done under the command Of the first
mate, bat Oh the present occasion ! was on
deck myself, and II the meantime that Of
fcer had occasion 70 60 forward The
night was dark and windy. bat the sea was