, 1879-01-07


STORY or PANTY or sftIrwnEcKRD oFFIcEns
AND MEN.
4 correspondent writos tho london Times
from tho tnr-otf. 1ono&y Pitcairn 1sIard, In
l,abitctl by tho descendants OF the mutineers
Of the Engish ship bounty, who married
some nnt:vo womon aud killed all tho native
men on The island about ccntnry ago:
III September, 1871 d party Of twcnsy.thrcc
shipwrcckcd Officers and fncM Of tho Liverpool
ship Khandrish, Eotncwarl bound from San
Francisco {of whom 1 was onch sighted rit-
caIrn Island, after rowing in open boats
for three days .und nights, having lived
Soon q Goat was put o.f IRON Tho island and
came alongside OF US; she was nannet! by seven
or eight flno young men, who b:oughs us pro-
vIsinns,. rightly. presuminE us to he ship
wrecked crew. They put one at ther0wn hands
into our boat and pl1osct lis to tho island. wtcrs
80 werc most kindly Hnd Hospitality received.
t,carly all the inholhtants coming on to the
beach to welcome Us: The bcst beds fn the
l,onsg wcro put apart for us. and We wcrc IN all
rcsuaeta treated moro like brotlcrs than lot OF
soi,ots. TIE Island 10 about three 1n[les long by
two wide, md rcry mountainous, being
about 1,ooo feet htnh 10 some parl:. The
yoroanut, brcadfrutt, pineapple. anil many
o;hcr fruits grow tn Rrcnt abundance, especially
orangcs, !culoDa. and citrpns. There are ecycH-
ty-three Inhabitants nil tol, men, women, mud
children, GOtHE DOING FtfY 3hntlGOHc4 tht Hulen
luyiug beautiful Ilatr, and. allowing for the hot
sun, have fntrer sklns ttan would bo supposed,
hetug hardly darker thnn Europenns. They
lrpcnti on passing vensels for all t4c!r clothes
ami agricultural implements. etc., always Rolng
barefoot, except On SUNDAYS, when some lew OF
them wear boots. They Erow swcct putatoes,
yn,ns, cotton, arrowroot. and indian corn,
which they give IN exchange for ct1thcs. Ths
cltc{ pcraon In tho island Ia slnun fonng,
grandson Of sli.Ishtpman Young. lie ociates
Il, Church On Sunday, also at the daE lnd sun.
day-schoola; thuy use tho Church Ut England
"9unJay at nomc," Ut whicil they have
sofue volumes. All have d fine ear for music.
and siuE most beautifully. When my
thing las to bc decided they call
general Iuccting, aud 70 by the
majority Of votes. Tho oldest person IN tho
island IL step1iaughtcr Of John Adams; she is
| u years of aKe, mud . halo old woman. She
does not giro such gaol character Of Adams
as Ia generally believed. saying l,e was bad
lna,l tn tho last, aud That Il was Young who
did all the good in teaching the children, etr.
Thcy still have cannon which belonged to the
| Boulty mud d carpenters vEac. We weso OH this
island flty.two duys batore wo steate! shLp, y,
and wcrc treated with tho Grcatcst kindhess all
thu willie. We left one Of tile crow behind us,
10 ilaytug married one of tho inhabitants during
our stay. Consumption Is tho only disease
known ampn9 ttcula Of whieE, believe tht
| daughter Of Bimon Young haa died since re-.
turned 10 EHglaIl. There i great senrplty oi
wa,er, which, they fear, Will eventually force
| then, 10 lcave tho island. Crockcry 70 mucl,
needed, as in casu Of accident thcY cauuot get II
| rppagcd. Musical Instruments would bc ullct
| appreciated In their sinH!nG-srhoo,.