Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-04

as he could, and on arriving in tn
French port, immediately RAJ
away again, lest the Captain, VIII,
had learned his story, should sen,
him back to Rochester. Gettin,
on Seine steamer he made twC
or three trips between Havre anC
Rouen; but one day, in emptyins
the hot water out of a "dog-bask
et,' he unluckily pitched a lot o
plates and spoons overheard, where
upon the wrathy steward kicked
the poor little fellow so soundly
with his wooden shoes that he was
glad to scamper ashore. Then the
mate of a Scotch schooner tool
pity on him, and he tried to repay
the mates kindness by helping to
hoist the schooner's anchor out oil
the way of the tide, which
rushes up the Seine furi-
ously. By some mishap it slipped
and its whole weight dragged a rope
through his hands so swiftly as to
actually rasp the flesh from the
bones. The captain was highly
vexed, and drove him on shore
again; but the mate and crew sided
with the little chap, who had held
to the rope so pluckily-left the
schooner in body, and the captain
had no small trouble in getting
them back again. In the meanwhile
the young adventurer got his hurts
dressed, fell into the hands of a
good-natured old Frenchman, who
took excellent care of him, and at
last shipped on a Swedish cruise in
the Baltic sea. Near Dantzic he ran
away again, because the mate threat
ened to beat him for dealing out
too much coffee to the men. For
two days he lived on green wheat,
and tried to catch storks. The Sec
ond night he crept cautiously on
board, and was just slipping into
his berth when the captain called
him into the cabin, perched him up
on the transom lockers with no.
thing on but his shirt, lectured him
roundly on the folly of running
away, and finally shut him up in the
empty hold till noon the next day.
After visiting Cronstadt and other
ports, he sailed in a Russian brig to
the North of England. Thence he
went in a swift-sailing " fruiter" up
on a Mediterranean cruise, then
back to England again; from there
to st. Johns after cargo of Goldfish,
and from St. Johns to New York
In New York he shipped as steerage
boy on the whaler Shepherdess for
the Sandwich Islands. From Ho-
nolulu he went in another whaler to
the sea of Okhotsk, thence to Ko-
diak and New leland, and then to
the Marquesas Islands. Here he
found the man Butcher, with whom
he soon became intimate, and from
that time, for many years, his life
was mainly spent with the savages
of the Marquesas, Society, Friendly
and Navigator Islands, among
whom he gained an ascendency that
fairly entities him to the high
sounding appellation of the "King
of the Cannibal Islands" Two
years ago his longing to revisit his
native land became so intense that
he shipped in the only craft he
could find, German brig for Ham
burg, reached there year ago last
Christmas, went thence to Liver
pool, lost all his money, sailed for
San Francisco to fill his pockets and
escape the uncomfortable cold, and
in July last shipped for New York
as q common sailor on board the
Volunteer. The captain was mean
and tyrannical officer, and when the
Volunteer landed at Mazatlan to
take in her cargo of lOgwood he
drove the mate ashore, took in q
hundred days provisions of the
most miserable character, and
started on a six months voy-
age. His three principal of
ficers were mere striplings, ig-
norant Of navigation. The boat
swain in particular was a highly
supercilious youth, and one day the
Captain ordered "Cannibar' to do
some little duty that this boatswain
had shirked. Jack did not under
stand at first, and the order was
angrily repeated, when he instant
ly obeyed, Look out, Jack"
whispered one of his mates" "the
Captain will be afoul ofyou directly"
"H' ed better be afoul of some of
these gentlemen that are too proud
to do their duty" responded Jack.
For this independent remark the
Captain ordered him i'll irons.
Jack demurred, the irate Captain
began to beat him with his fists,
Jack resisted, the carpenter (the
stoutest man in the ship flew to the
Captains aid, Jack drew his knife,
the mate with revolver in hand, ap-
peared on the scene, and Jack con-
scented to be ironed with double
handouts. This was in February,
and for over five weeks he was con-
fined in place about three feet high,
with nothing but the bare wet deck
to sleep on, and a ropes end or
piece of sail for a pillow. Only
once was he allowed to come on
deck, and on the arrival of the Vol
unteer at New York he was taken
on shore, brought before q United
| States Commissioner the next day
on q charge of a mutiny, and re
leased under $500 bail. Curiously
| enough, q man whom Jack met in
San Francisco last summer has
since come. to New York by the
| overland route and established him
self as keeper of sailors boarding
house. This man and Jack recOgn
nized each other, and the liking of
the Cannibal Islands is at this mo-
ment the guest of his ex California
acquaintance in Cherry street. Still
more curiously, the mate who was
put ashore at Mazatlan is also in
New York, intent on suing the cap
tain for damages. And, most curl
GUS of all, in the next boarding
house stops an ancient mariner who
saw Jack in the Bay of Naples more
than thirty years ago, and distinctly
remembers the little American boy
| on hoard the "fruiter :"