The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-22
STORY OF A MUTINY.
How It Was Put Down by the
Captains Fair Daughter.

For two years / had been mate OF
the schooner Jessie, Captain Martin.
plying regularly between Sydney, New
South Wales. and Hobartstown, Van
Dieman's Land We had a trim craft,
easily. handled, and our crew never
exceeded six men. There was no
second mate, and the captain stood his
own watch. y year before / engaged
with her she had been captured by
convicts from the penal settlement,
and when recovered, after two or three
days she had been supplied with an
arsenal. s4Sts - - -,
The trip which gave rise to the in
cidents / am about To relate. brought
the captains daughter on board for
the first time, she having been away
20 school for couple OF years. The
schooner was named after her. and If a
vessel could feel proud OF any thing
then the Jessie would have been
pulled up over tho good looks OF the
girl whose name she bore. Miss
Martin was a typical English girl, and
Just Us handsome as the best of them.
She was then nineteen years old, in
III
was as good as medicine for a sick
person to hear her sing and laugh.
As our voyages We're short and safe
we had been able to keep the same
crew for long time, but on this trip
we Wee all broken up. Two OF the
old men had been taken i'll while we
were loading, third had mysterious
ly absented himself, and on the day We
were TO sail the cook walked ashore in
huh There was no trouble, how
ever, in filling the four vacancies.
Indeed they were applied for as soon
as vacated The cook was another
colored man with good recommenda-
ton, while the three sailors were
EnGlish-speaking and of English
nativiIy.--
When n Gre Is -,cnJ from "a ship
ping "irce, the master must not find
fault with their personal appearance.
II they are what they claim TO be that
must satisfy him, no matter If the
whole lot are bow-legged, cross-eyed.
bald-hcaded and hump-backed. 1t is
the same when the mate engages men
at the wharf II they satisfy him
that they are sailors, he does not find
fault with their looks The three
sailor men i engaged for the trip
were hard-looking fellows, and would
not have trusted them not 10 rob me.
but took them just the same. At
sea they would have their stations and
their orders. and the discipline OF "A
vessel discourages al exhibitions OF
impudence toward officers. Our crew
was now composed OF six sailors. cap
thin, mate and cook. and the girl
less brought the number on board up
to ten.
II is a run OF over five hundred miles
almost due south from sydney to Ho-
bartstown. but until passing Cape
Howe we had the coast in view, and
knew where shelter could be had in
case OF a storm Our crew went cheer
fully 10 work. the weather favored Us,
and for three days every thing went
rs smoothly rs you please. l had two
OF the old men and one of the new in
my watch. and on the fourth night, as
we Just held steerage-way during my
watch, the man at the wheel, whose
name was Needham, and who had been
with US several voyages, fused around
for time, and finally said; 49,.
Mr.. Loring. I'd ike to speak with
you about = matter" -
Very well; what is it?''
Il don't like them new men, SIR"
For what reason?''-
They've got their heads together
too often, sir. and they've talked to
Bill and Tom, my old mates, until
they We quite upset them.
About what?'
"Well, sir, about pirates and islands
and treasure and such stuff. l didn't
take to 'em. and they didn't take 10
me. and so they don't trust me, but
can't help but think there's something
wrong in the wind =
wasn't startled-not even worried.
Sailors are always talking such nom
sense among themselves, and aboard
d every craft there L. always a tale
bearer who wants to curry fayors.
Needham was distant and peculiar. as
had heard the men say, and that was
WY the trio had not taken to him.
hought the matter over for some time,
nd then thanked the man for his in
and asked him To keen his
% open Eve had a light breeze all