The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-08-02
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.isn NAG Of var slresiy 9, seehor. III
sn bns called The CEir. sn3 II
nsmb BET correctly ~m there 10 sse sboi
q Rsssisn efsit thai hsd been wrecked
ihsi vicinity II may nol be news TO q
sversse reader TO be told tbs, the dis
pine 10 the Russian army is the stricts
10 tie world II spfihisg esu be moi
strict II IL Rasisb naval discipline. Th
com nsnder Of . Rassian man Of war 90
cruise bss more power than the eEn I
hone. The latter IN as, have st least con
eIease for sending = citizen 70 destl
Tue former has only TO report him dea
and tie details are nsvsr ssked for.
Several OF the crew Of The Car wer
irieed up and hossed 10 plain view Of d
on the fret dsy OF our arrival, and
wasn't long before we learned thst th
brig vas 3 floating bell. She bad vet
erAn captain. bat most Of her cres wer
new 10 the service. They were q dn
body Of meu, but the captain was cor
iinusIly nsggibg al them and seeking al
opportunity 10 ittlct punishment. 10 on
day thirteen Of them we're logged il
| quick succession and a q zen others haC
other forms OF punishment meied out Il
hem. Men were hJegea because they
moved too fast or too slow - because they
had . certsin look or didn't have it-be
csuse the captain thought ,boy thought sc
snd 90. There we're several among them
who could spesk English. and when w
learned lust how they we're being used va
expressed cur indignation and encouraged
them 70 rssistsnc,. 1t wasn't the right
thing to do, as admit, bat we we're 10
the merchant service, and felt that We
bad certain rights which no commsnder
dared irample 90.
One dark and rainy night, while was
standing anchor watch on our craft. one OF
The Russian sailors swan of to us. He
vas about thirty years OF age. He bad
been degraded from the petty tflice he
held and given twenty one lsshes to boot
because be sccidsnily upset a lamp, He
had come for q talk, He knew nothing
wbstever OF geography, and could not tell
in which direction any coast Icy. He
asked particularly about the coast OF Bra
zil. the distance, the people, the riverP,
etc He Guslly told hoe that the crew
OF the brig to q man bad decided to mu.
my, kill the cilioers and run for the coast
OF Brazil, There they would run the craft
ashore and each man would shit for him.
self until the excitement had blown over
| told him ell be wanted to know so far
as was able, End be returned ss he had
come, He hsd not told me when the up
rising would take place. There was an
English man OF war 10 the hsrbor then,
and, Of course, no movement could be
mads.
The days went by. There wss the us
nsl ronline Of Jogging aboard the Gar,
md sailor who sprang overheard rather
han be lashed was coolly shot down along
'ids the brig without having been ORDER
ID TO return. At noon OF the second day
he Eoglishmsn left. and at 8 o'clock 10
he afternoon the mutiny Suddenly burst
orth. There we're six merchantmen 10 the
,srbor, bat had the Russian commander
alled for assistance /. would not have
,een sforded. AT least fifty OF US saw the
Russian captain shot and flung overheard
md after him went the first lieutenant.
Then followed the qusrtermsster and two
'thers. and the crew had the boat to
Before going ont Of the bar
,or mtn were sent to every vessel to show
heir raw backs and tell how they had
zen vronged. and as the brig turned her
cad to sea she was cheered. The sailor
ully believes 10 the old saying that turn
boutis fair play, Treat him half way
ecent and no peril is great enough Tor
i'm 10 encounter, no hsr isbip severe emo
Qh to lake him complain. Use him like
dog and be will submit to certain limit
10 beyond that and be becomes reckless
desperate and savage. Not g sailor man
port blamed these men, and all hoped
lat they would gel safely ont OF 1t. was
ne Of the three men from our bark VINO
icked up the captains dead body as 1t
Dated in the bsy tbst evening and towed
ashore for burial.
1t vfs week later when We got ready e
" ses, bound for Rio Jsneiro. We had q
o ids, OF hearing from the Russisns '
,siu. but when four days out we ran
ross . New Bedford whsler named Scott, I
hich gave rs some exciting usws. Two Q
sys before abe bad been brought to by
10 Gar In mid ocean. An armed boats G
sw had come aboard and robbed the h
hsier OF whstever they iancisd. The cap h
in bad 500. which be wu obliged TO Q
oliver up. and they took 9 share OF bis b
A,er and provisions, and oil his spare b
lis The Rustisbs were no. ugly, bnt .
and it wss plain that oil had v
ZEN drinking, and ths, great confusion ii
listed aboard the brig. From what the
ew Of the whsler overheard they we're q
a to believe that the men hsd sbandon
the ides OF making the coast OF Buzil, II
d hsd decided to turn pirs'e. r,
Ga the nei, day we spoke 40 Eoalish o
il named the Empress. She. loo, bsd q
fsred 90 overhsuliug st the hands OF y
& Rnssisna When they bad attempted Il
take what they wanted the csptsin 70 Il
ted, and be ~ss thoi doun 10 bis own "
bin, TIE two crafts we're then bfonsh, e,
asiher, The ses being smooth. aud much
the Eaelishmss's cargo vas removed "
1. 49, nnssi.n When the latter nnsliy