The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-03-30


aeoeaas fihe afsir
have 70 opeaaep, fa,d Chwlsy, :
ask yen g remember lhe eighth q Mare
for sAai yon VIII % 10 tbc end Il yen
NdaYs bot have also reason 20 rtmom
Der Il, for on that day, as ! lesrned by
letter from home by The last msu, Al
enIg brother was Killed on thc Gres
Western railway 10 the collision tha, oc
CURED near Readiog
NslI Il you remtmber thAt evening
We were % bsye great spree a Douglas'
TbomrsaS, Wilkinson, ana some tweut,
olhcr. were invited, incluaipg Cspish
wilkes Or course you know what
jovial fellow WILKES Is, good FOR story
or song, ara ean take his part iu an 81.
Wnment With Tie bes, Of them
Everything went of very well during
dinners aud after the cloth had been re.
moved, aud enc o. two songs had been
given, the call was made for Wilkes He,
however, who Is usually SO ready and
willing 70 oblige, gave some excuse about
hoarseness, which, however, was 50 pal-
psbly dctitious, that we al burst out
laughing; ard upon being pressed again
by some Of us, including old Douglas, he
positively refused, and inumated bis
purpose Of going on board at once. We
could see that something had occurred 10
irritate him, but for the life OF us none
could guess. Before leaving the room,
however, Douglas called him to one side,
and asked him the cause of his going
away 20 early. He replied that he was
uneasy in his mind; that a depression of
spirits, such as he had never felt before
had come over him within the last half
hour, but for which he could not account,
and asked Douglas kindly not to detain
him, as be wanted to go on board 10 see
that everything was all right; and il he
felt better they might expect to see him
in the course OF an hour or so.
And in an hours time he did return,
Rot TO join our party, butto horrify us
with details of what had happened on
board the Wild Dayrel. DIR. Anderson,
who was one of our party, went on
board Immediately TO attend to you and
Capt. Wilkes aud two or three of us pro-
ceeded 10 the police station to report the
affair, The police took the matter up
vigorously; and thanks to large reward
offered by the owners, one Of the gang
turned queens evidence; and in the
course OF three or four days the whole
gang was safely lodged in the Victoria
Jail. They were brought up before the
and remanded until you are
able 10 appear against them.
What time did Capt. Wilkes arrive on
board the Wlld Dayrell? 1t was some
lime after ten O'Clock -of that am quite
sure.
Yes, he replied, / believe it was jus!
half past ten when be pulled alongside,
Tor five bells were struck from all the
other ships lying alongside of him, but
not from his own, which at the time he
noticed as very singular. AS beapproach-
ID the ship he saw two boats coming
rom the direction Of her, bat at the time
ook no notice OF them but there Is no
ioubt, he thinks, that these boats con-
aimed the gang.
But did they succeed In securing any
IF the treasurer asked.
No; not cent Of i, thanks TO Chubb
They had tried to pick the lock, and
when they found that they could not sue
;eed, they tried gunpowder, but with
he same result. The two English sea-
men were found lied in their hunks, and
Iuite drunk. They acknowledged that
he steward bad given them three bottles
VI brandy early in the evening as pres
mt, and they made good use of it, for
hey were half drunk the next morning.
lhe rest of the crew were too much afraid |
IF their own necks TO make any resist
ince or to give the alarm. The Wild
Dayrell sailed couple Of days aiterward,
1ut with a fresh crew. And so ended
Jharley's account.
About week after this conversation,
continued the narrator, ! appeared at the
,nf;na canrt and ouy,,ra Ia ovarv ,,ua n
he gang, eight in number. They were
'ent for trial to the high court, and were
VI touud guilty OF mutiny and conspiracy |
md sentenced, foar Of them, to penal
iervitude for lie, two for fourteen years,
md the remaining two for seven years
ZACH
Amongst my letters from home, was
rot long IN noticing one in the hand /
writing Of my mother; this, singular n
/ may appear, kept until the last, aud
Dyed and played with it for a minute
,r two before / opened It. In that let |
er, geIitIeme u, occurs the following pas
'a2e;
What we're you doing, dear John, on
,he night Of the eighth Of March,at about
en- O'Clock, from that TO half pastl ]
will tell you my reasons for asking. J
lad been rather Ill during the whole day,
20 much 20, that after cup Of tea re-
ircd for the night. fell asleep, but il
was disturbed sleep, aud ! awoke two
DF three times. At about 5 O'Clock Jane
brought me a cup Of cocoa, aud very
soon Hfterwsrd again feil asleep aud did
BOT wake until half past ten, when J
aRoke with fright, dreamed chat ! bad
seen yon walking along some strange