The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-07-08

MANITOWOC
startling and successful mutinies in the
annals of the British navy; but the most
thrilling part was yet to come.
"Now three cheers for the English
sailors," cried a stalwart mutineer who
had ably seconded tine patriot girl.
Three cheers were given with will
They swept far into the night and startled
the tenants of another vessels deck.
'sNo more such cheersi" suddenly cried
Adaline Temple in tone of command
''The Meteor is to bear the flag of the
American Congress at her mizzen peak.
The British mutineers will lay down their
arms. Yankee sailors will prepare to
shoot those who refuse to obey"
A moments silence was followed by
| curses, and the nineteen mutineers look
ed into the faces of the men whom they
had armed with English pistols and cut
lasses. Obedience alone would saYe their
lives, and in q few moments the British
mutineers were prisoners like their more
faithful comrades, and the good ship
Meteor was in Yankee hands!
Before dawn rockets revealed the Me-
teor's position to her pursuer, and the
astonished Conyngham soon stood on her
bloodless decks! Then the young Ameri
can lieutenant encountered the heroine
of the hour-the girl on whose finger he
had already placed a shining ring.
81 knew that you've near in the Re
venge," she said to him, ''and 1 thought
L would present you with the Meteor
Why, Gilbert, if I had not led the mutt
neers, might have run away from you,
as did yesterday
Gilbert Farley assumed command of
the valuable prize, and in many of his
cruises he was accompanied by the gallant
girl whose fame was sung on the decks
of every vessel in our little navy.
After the war-well, the reader can
guess what happened after the war"
81. In accordance with General Orders
No. 81, Headquarters of the Army, Ad-
iutant Generals Office, Washington,
D. c., August 81, 1867, Major General
W. S. Hancock hereby assumes command
of the Fifth Military district and of the
department composed of the States of
Louisiana and Texas.
''1I. The General commanding is gratifi-
ed to learn that peace and quiet reign in
this department. 1t will be his purpose
to preserve this condition of things. AS
a means to this great end he regards the
maintenance of the civil authorities N
the faithful execution of the laws as the
most efficient under existing circumstance
es.
'In war it is indispensable to repel
force by force and overthrow and destroy
opposition to lawful authority. But
when lnsurrectionary force has been
overthrown and peace established, and
the civil authorities are ready and willing
to perform their duties, the military pow
er should cease to lead, and the civil ad-
ministration resume it's natural and right
full dominion. Solemn y impressed with
these views, the General announces that
the great principles of American liberty
still are the lawful inheritance of this
people, and ever should be. The right
of trial by jury, the habeas corpus, the
liberty of the press, the freedom of speech
and the natural rights of persons and the
rights of property must be preserved.
"Free institutions, while they are
essential to the prosperity and happiness
of the people, always furnish the strong
est Inducements to peace and order
Crimes and offences committed in this
district must be referred to the consider
alton and judgment of the regular civil
tribunals, and those tribunals will be
supported in their lawful Jurisdiction.
''Should there be violations of exist
ing laws which are not inquired into by
the civil magistrates, or should failures
in the administration of justice by the
courts be complained of, the cases will
be reported to these headquarters, when
such orders will be made as may be
deemed necessary.
"While the General thus indicates his
purpose to respect the liberties of the
people he wishes all to understand that
armed instructions of forcible resistance
to the law will be instantly suppressed
by arms.
"By command of Major General W.
S. Hancock,
"W. G. MITCHELL,
"Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Acting
Assistant Adjntant General"
On March 9, 1868, General Hancock
supplemented this order by his long,
able and Justly celebrated letter to Gov
ernor Pease, of Texas, from which the
following extracts will now be read with
than limited in your letter that there is
no local State government in Texas and
no local laws outside of the acts of Con-
gress which I ought to respect, and that
1 should undertake to protect the rights
of persons and property in my own way
and In an arbitrary manner. If such be
your meaning 1 am compelled to differ
with you. After the abolition of slavery
Gan event which l hope no one now re-
grets) the laws of Louisiana and Texas
existing prior to the rebellion. not in
conflict with the acts of Congress, CON-
prised vast system of jurisprudence,
both civil and criminal. 1t required not
volumes only, but libraries to contain