The Lancaster Ledger, 1852-11-17

crow, who were t?x> intently watching the j d mate- whose white shirt could event now , \ and tiicn he seen, as lie rose mid tell upon the life h.ioy, he sprang forward ami secured the fore castle companion way, so that the men conhf not readily obtain their j arms. When the l?oat had neared to ; where the mate was rolling about in his j salt hath, the captain griduilly gave the j ship weather helm until the inainto|isnil ' was filled abaft. Then ns if the affair was the result of accident, he exclaimed : I " llal'.o, I've let her oil ? fdizzon bra- i i ces, Ih?vs, and we'll wear around on the I other tack." The men mistrusted not, and in a minute the mizzeti topsail was *<paired. "Belay there, and jump to the head | braces. That will do?laflay." As soon as the head braces bail been belayed, part of the men cattle aft to the i main not yet sttMiceliiig that anything hut accident had to do with the movements of 1 the ship. The ship was now nearly astern, | and of course the ship was rapidly sailing j away from the boat, which had just pick| ed up Rotund, and had turned to come , tuck. "Here, Ilowell,"' said the captain to one of the men who had stopped at the starboard mainbrace, "take the helm a mo- I meat* Lay aft here, all hands," lie or- j dercd, and he stepped back and beckon- j ed Faulkner to bis side. Instinctively the men obeyed his order. "Shall let her off, sir?" asked Ilowell. uNi>t" thundered Lapt. a!h?ck, as he drew a heavy pistol in each hand, while Faulkner did the same. "If you move j the wheel a single B|x?kc, or leave the helm, I without mv order, yon are a dead man! Stop tliere!"he conlinud, turning to the five men who had now cotno ah. "The first tnan that moves an inch till I hid littu dies on tlie spot! Alia, my fine fellows, you arc well caught! That t>ont astern never will return to this ship! I threw your scoundrel leader overls?ard, and then I sent nine more after him. They may find the same rostirg place that they 1 gavo to poor Gwvnn and Russell! 'l?n of the sixteen individuals who thought to murder me have been disposed of by strut- * Ngein, but by henveiw, ? shall need no _ - . _LI . I - I -- *? * - - - - *

unlive you, but I wiil never s|H.*uk of your unit to your harm." "O, Cod bless you, sir," ejaculated hey all in a l>reat!t, and the tears of gratitale rolled thick and fast down their readier beaten cheeks. "That will do?1 will trust you now," . aid the captain, who saw that they wore incerc in their protestations. "Now bring ite some seizing-stuff from the long boat, Yalleigh, and we will soon dispose of Mr. b?h lid's two remaining companions." The two men were bound without rouble, and placed in the long boat folate keeping. They begged, and tliev irayed, that they too might be pardoned, mt Wallacl; knew that fear of punishment lone actuated tlicm, and he would not rust them. The ship was soon got in good sailing rim. head put N. K. by K. and in four ays sin* w as auclmrd in Funehal Koads, iliere the two mutineers were delivered p to justice, and where Captain Wallack htaii.ed men enough to man his ship lue more for his vovnge. When the Jacob Morgan returned to lie United States, (..'apt. Wallaek learn* d that her owners bad given her up as >st. A homeward bound East Indiainan ad picked up one of Iter boats, which ras {'omul bottom upwards in the water, we!vu hundred mihs to the northward lid west ward of the Cape Nerd s. The villain lioland and his companions i guilt,had indeed met the same fate to I'liich they had consigned poor Cwynn ml itiissel. They had thought to make lie blue bosom of the Atlantic bear them n in ill ir ungndiy enterprise, but its rollig waves were only destined l<> burst oen the gates of eternity, and Usher tlu-ir mils into the presence of him who bad 1 itilrtsln CiK^u i-i flr -i. M'<h " ! si;..' 'My Wile h the Cause of it-' Ir is now more than forty years ago hat Mr. L called at the house of 1 Jr. J ,otie very cold morning on his way o II . ' Sir,' said the doctor, 'the weather is j cry tro.^ty ; will you not take something o drink before you start s' In tliat early day, ardent spirits were

"Who!" returned Fnolkyr, witli n jhtl appearance .of houqMtmtcnt. 44Wliv, i?> i? there hilty*>u tlMMJK.|U?liHeJf** "Hut if I wmre cnptait?;-woukl you folv inei" "Vis, even to the hotting of the black g, so that I hml revr Jr" . . . Roland grasped his tout pan ton by tlie ml, anil after gazing a inoiiii'tit into his e, he went on, anil & tailed the whole t ho hail formed ttrjtrtkilig the ship, iding the cargo on ko coast of Lower) linea, anil going into the slave trade.? s recital was jnst tho satin that the seal mate had heard wh|le listening at the j ecastle bulkhead, and as he concluded, mi id: "Now, Faulkner, ^nr you join us?" j "Ves, readily; but r - .lyflnbcr it shall be ' hand that liuda ' u life of Captain j nllack." "Then, so be it," returned Roland.? ml now we inust lece the matter sotil as soon as poasihlc for Wallac'; in- I Is to touch at the C,ux' VenN, and we i not more than th *m days sail from j eat tin* furthest, ?d you must have I n out of the way t?? night. I want to p away to morrow morning and run mi In-twecu St. Matthew* and Asociin." Rut, sav, Roland, why have you not I L Wallack out of the way la-fore thi-d ! -eeliis to me, if I Ink] la en in votir ce, I should luivoiiimio ipiick work of! 'So I shouhl," n pliK tlie villain, with | as uliar ineauin H.ul V??U *vc I id I known how the kind lav w ith you, nllack would not luivctai-u living now." W|.ui the two men separated, i: was ilcrstiMid that Faulkner should kill the tain during the lirst part of the next riling wiit? It, ami as soon IIS that was oinpSished, they were to put the ship's 'id oil to tho soiuhwanl ami eastward. Before night, Capt. Wallack learned re?nlt i.f lii? nivi mi.I I'.iilL-ii..^

n-vi iiiiiiini, mm iiin loruicr tears Willi ptrd in IJoland had Hourly Im-oii ijiiiotiil, mi it now the suspicion had licet i sudden, el it was strong even in tin' very certain- " ? A thousand lilt.c instances came hack his hiiml which, singly, luid ap|wared mi nothing, I tin \x 11 ul i lk?w litl|H'<l to solve . e lnystery of (Jw vim's ileiitli. Wallack : Ihc ul medical knowledge onniieli *o kliow , wli ut liis supercargo li.nl been killed with hitf arnviCy and lie How knew that liis lo* st unite had eoine to liis end in the some iiv, though the dose of the latter must A", ne boon niiteli smaller than that which lit |M?or Unssell to his untimely end,a.d ha syiiifil ins had not been so |i:il|iable. hie W hilethe captain was thus Mekiuo his ph ai11. K mlktior returned from his snioii- hui fe, and as he crept stealthily past the ?t of liis hunk, Wallack fancied he " uld hear his heart as it beat in his boin. h>r "What news?" asked the captain,almost he irinif to pat the cpiestioii. "W e are lost?lost!*' uttered Faulkner, lie elasjM'd bis hands in silent ajjonv. "I.o-t!"ivUcrutcd the capt.iiti. "N>?, no, " at eamiot I.e. o ul them will surellelji I..." "A 4 Jfeii Wallack," returued the mate, in hi tone that made I he captain's stout heart h*n .it mote ouickly; Artec one solitary :m fmil on hoard the ship." "All, all] are they ai.i. iicjuinst lis?" hill "All Ian jHiur Nat. Faulkner, I have hex ard tin- x\|io|e plot, every part aiidpir- l'M I of it. li laud is ail old slave dealer, id all the uu a, with the exception ot II* wllolll lie Iriolitelied or pi rsll.ulid to pill n liiin, are from St. I > iiiinmi, from ' leiiee tliey came in company to pick up |'h*

? . ivin.i -iruai in uf t!i<' morning, I>nt the two lt,-ii| to exceedingly <* ( ?*rul, f?>r Kohuid's cyw re open to till that about linn, I they knew tlial if' their deception was |Nvlvt!( their dentil would In; certain I immediate. Hut the most difficult t of llie work was fo be accomplished, tln*y bad sixteen stout men to dis|a?*c Faulkner bad learned that live ot tlie | iieijial mutineers?those ujk?h whom | land placed the jjrentest dependence? i re in tlie captain's wateb, while there ' re some six or seven w ho were mere clings, following whatever fortune turnup for them, most of whom were stalled in the waleli with their leader.? illaek's main ho|>e was iti disj losing of i five leading imilinceia in his own felt, Iiv same stratagem, and (lien deadline Kolaud Is-forc the watch Iwlovv lid coi.it* to their rescue; lait whatever * done must done before midnight, all hands would be oil the alert for aci as so?m as the morning vvateli was set. At length tlie captain and the second to took llio first wnteliT^Ninc o'clock Mil, and so did ten. Wallacdt need : quarter deck in a steady, thoughtful *sl, ever and anon easting his eyes ait upon the -crew, uuwt of whom were vvarvl. The Inoon threw its pale beams hi the Herculean frame of the captain, I a close observer miolit have seen the ii muscles as thev worked in iiis |iowerliiulis. His countenance betrayed tlie -yitig thoughts and intense anxiety that \'e?l within liiin. Five times after the I lud told that ten o'clock had passed. | he walk from the wheel to the mainst ami buck. At the sixth turn, just ho reached the rack in which were coilllia uiMiiiHal halyards, ho stopjied sudily with a nervous ?|iii>-kne*?, while the hintf of his eves and tlie instantaneous

yj, i <i*>:i I know. llcfe it wl I v:i I'lirn!" uttcrcrd the ?ujK-rcjirp?, us lie > "I pressed his hands harder upon liis stom- <!i Jul.. ^ | re "What have you l?ccii o:itiii?r? Wli.it hi have you Ihhmi drinking!" asked Wallack, ui in a frenzy of anxiety. ty ' Nothing, nothing. Oh, oli!" groaned t?> the poor fellow. ?tss Wallack ca*t a trembling glance at his | til second hi.ilo, aiul for a iiioniriit they hotli i hr rein lined si.flit. I th "It's strange," at length uttered Faulk- 1 m ner, "(Hair <?wyiin was taken in exactly j tir the same way." wi The captain made no reply, hut his ; h: countenance wore a strange shade of | >e doiiht and suspicion, as lie gazed upon the | as tortured features of the supercargo. That night the Inroad Atlantic rolled its hr ceaseless waves over another of the ship's 1 company. Mr. Utisscll had Iv.n'hcd i is i fo< last. Capt. Wallack am! Nat. Faulkner ! en had the last dog watch. Uolatid had j so gone down into tie} cabin, while the fin - : nia?l hands, with the exception of the | le: man at the wheel, were all forward. The captain paced the ipiartei-deck in a as thoughtful, troubled mood, ever and nimn casting his eye toward the cabin compute th ion-way, w here his lir>t unite had di-n| - , iy I tea red a short time before, and then turn- I uig his g ize tow.aids the forecastle where | ? (he men were eongri gated, Fuii!km-r I ?' was l.y the wheel, and several times, !>* the captain approach'd him in his waik. did hestart to join him, but a fe it-fill I p.eiou kept him hack, and until the wnt? h I he was changed, neither he nor Wallack vc 'poke a noiil, s.i\e sti h as related to ti e ati ... ' .i i :-- * . ? . i .