The interior journal., 1874-11-27

armorcr's mate, The audacious wretch
was clappcd in irons presently, while his
infuriated commander, having refreshed
himself, returned to the deck, which he
paced with unsteady steps, revolving in
his mind what punishment would he
sufficient for a crime 80 heinous II
ought TO he somewhat unusual, startling,
appalling rs the act which Is avenged.
suddenly his ycscaught sight Of a small
island, now turned into a jewel by the
rays Of the sun, which was sinking in the
west, and the inspiration came.
Lieutenant he cried.
"sirr
"Man the gig, and send for that fellow
have had confined"
II was done, and then, 10 the lieuten-
ants horror, his superior officer ordered
him to take the prisoner, land him on
the barren rock, and iedw him. "Pll
have no thieves on board my ship" he
said.
The captain was evidently the worse
for drink and his lieutenant hesitated.
"Do you hear me, sirg' thundered the
astonished commander; and discipline
prevailed. Deeply as he losthed the act,
the lieutenant had no option but to obey;
the crew, though they murmured, did
not mutiny, and Robert Jeffrey was put
ashore without food or drink. He had
his knife, and one sailor gave him
handkerchief, and another long stick
which he had thought TO throw into the
boat as they showed off, for the <eserted
man to signal with. BY this time the
sun had sunk, and when the boat re-
turned to the shipi it left the poor fellow
behind, alone, in the dark.
He fully believed that the captain only
meant to frightsn him, and bore up
pretty well through the night with that
idea. But when the morning dawned
the Recruit was mere speck in
the distance, which slowly passed away
beyond the horizon. Then the unhappy
man realized that he was a castaway.
The Recruit, indeed, had caught favor
ing breeze, which carried her quickly to
Barbados, where she joined the squadron
under Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane.
Here officers and crew, mingled with
other ships, spoke freely of the affair,
which presently reached the admiraps
ears, who sent for the captain, questioned
him, and finding the story true, severely
reprmanded him for his brutality, and
ordered him back to rescue the man.
The island upon which Jeffrey had
been 50 barbarously left was ono Of the
Leeward group, dcsolate rock called
Sombrero, and the Recruit got back to it
just fortnight after the event. A care
full search was instituted, but all that
was found was a pair of trousers, not
Jeffrey's, and tomahawk handle, no
trace of the missing man being discover
able.
This result being reported ON the ships
return to Barbados, Sir Alexander
Cochrane felt satisfied that the man had
been rescued by some passing vessel, and
let the matter rest for the time. But a
good many formed different opinion,
and suspected that jeffrey had come to
some violent end; and when the squadon
returned to England the affair was taken
up by people at home, and made 20 much
noise, after two years had elasped, the
captain was brought 70 court-martial,
condemned, and dismissed from the ser
I 4 r
wee. Inns, hswever, instead OF apPeas-
ing the public excitement, only infamed
u the more oy the authehtioneph ph'swhich
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apandonmen' 70 sur 'he Pupl,c 'hugna-
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pn' Pe'i'ions s'gheu, urging 'he PloPr'e'y
VI enue",o,'ns W a., means " u''oo'
"na' ~. ,'"u peoon'e VI ,he missing man
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nuns
tiegai pressings' ksei-hauiing' hog-
gihgs 10 death were not 80 very uheom
mon IN the navy al that tune AZ 10 ac'
count ior the usually lhuihereh' puphcs s
espousing ROBERT 'enrey cause 50 warm
"; put IL ana so' ana maze representa-
1--WE man oil MN.
The first authentic news came from
George Hassei, mariner, who deposed on
oath before the Mayor OF Liverpool that
he had just returned from Beverly, a
town in Massachusetts, and IA man was