The Princeton union., 1879-11-26

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MUTINY IN THE GULF.
The LIFE Of Ship Capssi,. saved tv 8;s
Daughter's Rerotsns,
New Orleans Hmes.r
Something over two weeks ago brief
dispatch from Key West to the Associated
Press announced tho arrival at that mort of
the British bark Geo. 8. Barry, Capt. How
ard in command, several days out from
Pensacola, bound for Montevideo. with har
crow in state Of mutiny, snd her captain
badly cut BY the mutineers. The dispatch
further stated that the captains life was
saved, and the mutiny quslled by his
daughter. -
From q passenger per steamship Chase,
from Key West, . representative of tho
Times yesterday obtained additional par
ticulars of this affair.
The George 8. Barry halls from Halifax,
and was bound on the Sd inst. from Pensa-
cola to Montevideo. In tho night of that
day, being somewhere of the southwest
coast of Florida, the mutiny took place.
The captains watch continued until eight
bells, midnight, and 1t that hour, while e.
zpecting every moment to be relieved by the
first mate, the bell was rung. The man for
ward now came aft to relieve the man at the
wheel, and as he passed the captain he drew
2 long knife and plunged it into the cap
tain's neck.
The captain turned quickly and seized the
man by the collar. Twisting his fingers
around the shirt band, he pulled the mans
head down under his left arm and giving
him heavy blow with his right fist, laid the
mutlneer out senseless upon the deck. At
this point, just as the captain was about to
turn away 10 see about getting his profusely
bleeding wound attended to, the man ct the
wheel came forward and rushed upon him.
This man was armed with marlin spike,
and raped the captain several times on the
head ,. and on different parts of his body.
Then he drew knife and began to stab
the bewildered officer. By this time the
other sailor recovered from the blow he had
received and advanced again upon his COM
mander. 5.-If
The fight now became a butchery, and the
men cut the poor man relentlessly. The
captains daughter, in the meanwhile.
awakened by the scuf1ing on deck, heard
her paren6 cry to her to bring his pistols.
Springing from her bunk, she seized the
weapons, small silver mounted revolgers,
and ran quickly upon deck.
Holding one of the pistols by the muzzle,
she placed the cold steel to the head of the
wheelman, and cried: 'sLeave off, or I'll
blow your brains out!'' At the same time
she slipped the other pistol into her fathers
hand. The wheelman dropped his knife
and ran forward. The captain opened fire
upon the assailant and put him to flight, As
the men retreated, he sent five messengers
of death after the villains.
The men went to the boat on the port side
of the vessel and attempted to lower it. The
captain staggered forward and drove them
away, though he could not prevent the boat
from falling into the water. Successful so
far the loss of blood told upon the gallant
captain and he fell almost lifeless upon the
deck. His daughter dragged him to his
cabin and did what she could to stop the
flow of blood. p The captain was cut in thir-
teen different places. The worst wounds
were in the neck and chest. His arms were
lacerated and his legs slit in several places.
His left cheek was laid open, and the muscle
governing the action of the eyes cut. In
| fact, poor Capt. Howard was all but used up.
When daylight came the ship passed close
! to Dry Tortugas, and the captain had the
flag hoisted, union down, as sign of dis
tress. The lighthouse keeper put off in q
boat and came alongside. When he learned
what was the matter he was afraid to come
aboard. he Immediately rowed to the fort,
however, and got the corporal and one SOL
der who have charge of that post, and the
three, heavily armed, boarded the vessel.
Under the captains orders they arrested the
two mutineers and put them in irons.
The ship then sailed to Key West, and the
mutlneers were brought before the British
! consul: BY the latter they were renanded
to the United States commissioner, in whose
charge they now are, awaiting the demand
of the Canadian government.
! The captain is improving fast, and there
are chances that he will recover his health
although not the full use of his eyes. He
states that he knew nothing of the mutin5
previous to its occurrence, but has reasons to
believe that most-if not all-of the crew
I were implicated. ! 5
The mate should have relieved him al
eight bells, but did not come on deck until
the fight was about at an end. In the same
way man should have come on deck to
relieve the lookout, but failed to do SO. BE
has no doubt that regular job was put IN
on him, and that the two men who attacked
him had been selected to finish him and
throw his body in the sea. Naturally, be
has the highest praise to speak of the heroic
conduct of his daughter. It is pity he,
name cannot be ascertained. AS Miss How
ard, however, her fame will live long in the
annals of brave women, who, denying their
sex, fight like men for the lives O: those they
love. =. .. r.s. ~
FIa.. a Nan With a Baby's Mind
Pittsburgh Dispatch.l
A very singular case comes from Burgetts
town, which place the Rev. DR.. Marcus Or.
mond left on Saturday that he might wall
through the Southern States in search OF
health. DR.. Ormond was born and raised
in Bargettstown. His education was of the
| best. He became an hQnored clerouman N al