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lo.tpr. And when he had made his
little speech. Capt Pea7e turned 10
them and said: You came on board
Of this ship 10 take the command ont
Of nv hands: do You think You could
do il if l objected No. sir, One
word from me- and you would not re~
main minute on this quarter deck:
but submit, knowing that | viii re
ceiye justice from the hands Of the !
department which 1 represent"
Turning to his officers he said; Gen
tlemen, let rs prepare TO leave the
ship;" and they went below. At the
time | was standing alongside Lieut.. |
SelIcn. and was perfectly astOnish- |
I'd at what l heard. and turning to |
Selden. said: What does this
mean" He said: i DO not know:
some OF Victor Smiths new arrange
ments." All discipline was at an end. |
The old crew did not know what to
make Of it for awhile, but soon learn
ed how things stood, and became very
iusUleut TO those whom the Collector
had brought on board to replace them,
interfering with them on every Occa-
sion. There was only one sailor
among them, and he was sent to the
wheel. 1t was then l saw the mean
ing Of so many passengers. The Col
lectOr called them together and told
them to do the best they could to
work the vessel into Esquimalt Call
ing on me he asked if would not
take charge of them and assist him,
as he was afraid there would be
trouble with the old crew before they
got to anchor, [ replied that l had
paid my passage to Victoria, and it
was none of my fight, and | would
have nothing to do with it. About
this time some of the old crew got
some liquor somewhere and became
terrible noisy, and interfering with |
the new men. Lieut. Selden called |
to me, saying: Tom, if you are a |
friend of mine, you will help me out |
of this scrape. [ don't know any of
these men, or what they can do. l
wish you to organize them, and send
some into the fire room and some to |
pass along wood; and for Gods sake |
don't have any trouble with the old |
crew; don't mind what they say, SO
long as they keep their hands off, for
l fear if there is a blow struck there
will be blood split before we get to
Esquimalt" l told him for his sake
l would do my best. Isoon got them
in working order, the old crew con-
tinually interfering, calling all kinds
of vile names. We paid no attention
to them, but kept on with the work.
We soon got into Esquimalt, where
the officers and crew were landed,
and we steamed around to the mouth
of Victoria harbor and anchored for
the night, all going on shore except
Lieut.. Selden, Thos. Winship, the
engineer, and three others besides
myself to guard the vessel. We
steamed back to Port Angeles the
next day, feeling very glad we had
got the old Shubrick back again all |
right, as few besides myself knew the |
dangerous position she was in the |
night we lay outside Victoria harbor
with only five men ON board, for at |
that time there was a regular organ |
lied crew in Victoria of fifty men,
with all the officers and engineers
complete, to capture the Shubrick
and make a Confederate cruiser of
her, for which, at that time, she was
adapted, being swift and well armed
with four broadsides and two long
pivot guns, besides eighty tons of
coal and twenty cords of wood, and
not vessel on the coast to cope with
her. They intended to burn all the
mills on the Sound after securing all
the coin, and go on a voyage of des-
truction among our coasting vessels.
But thanks to the vigilance of MIR.
Allen Francis, our Consul at Victoria
then, and now also, Lieut.. James
Selden, now Captain, and on waiting
orders at Seattle, tho Confederates
never made the attempt on this side
of the straits, but I afterwards learned
had we laid one night longer at the
mouth of the Victoria harbor, they
would have taken her, the result of
which would have been very disas
trous to the milling interests of our
rising Territory. HUSTLER.