The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1892-11-08

nook was taken on board the Plan
ter and given a passage to Sydney.
Here the vessel remained seven
weeks, and in that time young
Paddock was guide, philosopher
and friend to the King, visiting
places of interest, and going on
board men-of-war, where care was
taken to impress upon His Majesty
the destructive powers of their guns
and the fate which would befall
him and his subjects from bonn
bardment in case any white men
were murdered. While the Planter
was at Sydney 700 barrels of cocoa
nut oil, which had been gathered
in the way of trade, was shipped
to England on owners account.
After the ship had reftted King
Amannook was taken on board and
returned to his home. The Planter
cruised some time longer and then
sailed for home, arriving at Nan
tucket, July 18TH, 1851, having a
good catch of sperm oil.
SECOND CHAPTER OF CAPT. PAD
DAcK's INTERESTING NARRATIVE.
Capt. Paddock gives some addi-
tional interesting particulars con-
cerning the hosting of the Ameri-
can flag on Morgan Island, one of
the Gilbert group. The flag was
raised on the island not only to
signal the ship Planter, but to
show that the Americans had the
previous right there and to show
passing vessels that the white men
on shore had not been massacred
by the natives.
After the mutiny on the Planter,
during which Capt. Paddock killed
one of the men, the ship proceeded
to Strong's Island, where she fell
in with the ship Emily Morgan,
Capt. Ever Of Nantucket master.
By his advice, the Planter was
sent home in charge of the mate,
Mr.. Fisher, and she brought into
Nantucket 400 barrels of sperm
oil and 660 barrels of cocoanut oil.
Capt. Hussey remained behind and
was to go back to Morgan's Island
and establish his headquarters.
Young Paddock, who returned
home in the Planter, was to get
Capt. Hussey's wife and go out in
some other vessel and the two join
Capt. Hussey at Morgan's Island.
Thence Capt. Hussey and Paddock
were to go to Sydney and pur-
chase small schooner, which un-
der Paddack's command was to
cruise among the islands and
trade, making headquarters at
Morgan's Island.
On the arrival of the Planter at
Nantucket, young Paddock found
Mrs. Hussey (who was his auntl
was dead, and he was persuaded
not to return to the islands. Let
ters were sent to Captain Hussey
informing him of the death of his
wife and the decision which young
Paddock had arrived at. About a
year afterward Cor in 1859 Capt.
Hussey, who had, by one of the
owners present, been placed in
command of brig William Penn, of
San Francisco, started for that
port. Captain Hussey was known
to have large sum of money
about him, and when off Woodle's
Island, one of the Gilbert group,
the crew, largely composed of
beach-combers, mutinied and killed
Captain Hussey and the cook, cut
one of the second mates ears off,
inflicted two wounds on the head
of the mate Nelson as he tried to
come out of the cabin, then took
all the things they wanted from
the brig, abandoned her in the
boats and landed on Sydenham
Island, which was the last ever
heard of them. Mr.. Nelson, on
coming to, went on deck, found
the body of Captain Hussey cut in
two. 1t was committed to the
deep, and the mate, assisted by
the steward, whose life was also
spared, managed to run the brig to
one of the islands. Here natives
enough were shipped to carry the
brig to San Francisco.