The New York Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1852, Page 2

WONDERFUL ADVENTURES IN THE PACIFIC. MARRATIVE OF MUTINIE®, CONSPIRACIES AND BARBARITIES ON BOARD A FRENOH VESSRL Arrest and Condemnation of an American’ and his Sufferings in a Freneb Prison, Kk has been well said that * truth is stranger than Betion;” and the following narrative of a voyage, be Tere mentioned in the New Yor Heraso, in the Wrench ship Enterprise, commanded by Capt. Brian- gon, supports the assertion. It ie a true, unpolished reeital of the perilous scenes of mutiny, conspiracy aed barbarity which ihe ship's company passed through, and presente a ririking picture of savage life in those islands. In January, 1848, the Enterprice a French vessel, Bay at the Bay Islands, New Zealand, from whence the was about to proceed on a voyage te Chine. Her first mate was an American gamed Petty, who joined her here; and her crew was chiefly compored of Frenchmen. It being bowever, incomplete, from desertions, the mate war commissioned to go ashore and procure ad- @itional bands; aud while engaged in this duty, the first act of insubordination was manifested on deard—the men breaking out inte revolt in conse quence of the appointment of the first mate, com- Plaining that he was too young to have the expo- rience necessary for navigating the vessel. The wen wore only persuaded to return to their duty by the @aptain promising to take the ship to Otaheite. On that day, the Enterpriso sailed from the Bay of Islands, the crew continuing, however, to m: unwillingness to perform their duty, and ine dislike of the first mate, for his exertions to reduce them to order. One of the chief among the mu- tinieers, was & sailor named Dorsoe, who, on being asked the usual quest anything—replied, ¢ thing I will not report will not exert myself to pull after itor capture it Things continued thus unpleasantly for two months, when the captain announced that his would only last for another mont d consequent ly proposed to touch at one of the they could obtain pige #, and other articles of sefreshment. Having arrived at one of the islands of the Independcrce group, where pigs could be pro- eured, the firet mate went ashore with a be of Engliehmen, chipped at Syducy and New Zea and. Ho made this selection because he wanted to be prepared for the antagonism of the natives, and therefore preferred those with whom he could con- verse. The rest of the crew, who were all French- men, became incensed at what they considered an act of favoritism; and the captain, to pacify them, supplied them with grog. Mr. Petty returned to the ship with actore of three months provisions, and found all hands on board, including captain and fieers, drunk. the crew commenced arming themeclyes with bandepikes, whale lances, harpoone. &e., as if intending to attack him; but he eummon- edthe Englishmen to assemble aft; and the muti- neert secing these preparations for resistance, threw down their arms and returned to their duty. Ina few minutes afterwards, Dorsoe and another man, named Joseph Picket, attempted to force their way iwto the cabin; but Captain Briangon felled Dorsoe to the deck with the stock of a pistol. This ended the firet revoli; but the discontent on board cor- tinued to increase; and the French portion of the crew became more and more exasperated against the mate, alleging that he had entered into a con- spiracy with the Englishmen to massacre them; and the only means employed by the captain to keep them quiet. was giving them a plentiful supply of grog. The result of these measures was, that all be- same discontented, and @ part excessively inzolent and mutinour In the meantime, the Enterprise bad arrived on the whaling ground, in April, 1848; and calling at ene of the islands of the King’s Mills group, for the purpove of obtaining cocoa nuts, &e, three of the crew deserted. The Captain endeayo to replace them at Peroote; but not being able to do to, he went to Clark’, and thence to Sampson's, where they lc € men more, the remainder of the erew showing a dogged resolu their duty effectively, so tha geod could be expected from determined to go into port, ship a new e provisions, and commence T ever, was cted on. Being short of woo water, the ship anchored at Ual an island of the @aroline group, and directly on the route to China, whither the Captain proposed ultimately to proceed While lying at this island, the Captain was induced to make arrangements with the king for a cargo of beoeh de Ja mer, which was to be prepared by the natives during the time necessary for the ship to proceed to China and return with the rum, tobacco, cloth, &e., with which to pay for the eargo. After remaining some time to witness the sports of the savages, the Enterprise sailed for China, leaving the wan Picket on the island to superintend the curing of the fish fter a long and severe passage they reached Hong Kong, where they came to anchor on the lith of August, having for several days existed on the provisions that they begged from the fishermen on the coast, their own being exhausted. They then proceeded to Macao, by order of the French ambassador. Here the few remaining strangers on board were discharg: their engagement having been only for the one eruise ; but the first and the second mate remained, the Captain not consenting to part with them. The first care of the Captain then was to procure the ne- cessary advances for the voyage to Ualar representation he induced the French a exercise his influence for that him to mortg ever, none of the established money lenders w nifest sod p, when aloft—had he seen nd if T should see an and if anything iy soen, I provisions slands where Some o} ot make the needful advance, for the French revolution of 1848 had destroyed all commercial confider and the proximity of a strong naval » ing to Great Br price precarious, in tween F Supposed iney ites French am into the ould break vent whi there cireum r, openly ¢ tien, he put forward a F Antonio Tignoli, an ambi rate man, having no_ re great phy of the shiy the stipulat first and second inate with the intention of getting ber ge), but, not having succeeded in mate war induced to join th doing Biliott (the xecond . gormed engagement with one Sekonting Captain E eurgo, and they sailed for n the Entery t , It nowt ‘ the crew, and the captain, though none but | Frenchmen, could not ¢ in eonse- of the F. hf m accountof the f morigagee, quence Tigno ping ay eaptair acquicser @rew in bie office, u ver | ah being ufluence th might the 1, in opposition to and hendeufle on nt of two-thirds of t wise shipped a qaantity of « which he concealed ‘in hie brought op board a kind of eurveyor or clerk keep his accounts and navigate the ship. This 1 mame was Hart, and he w rward’s fo have been in the pay of Lafon, who, a had railed for Uaian, to carry off the « w cap hoard, sufficient for He like- amunition, | amber, and for Capt. Briangon The Ente « left Macao about { Der, and it soon became evident that | pable of properly navigating the shipy or: at least | would not do so; and this was the cause of inc quarrelling between the captain and ig mortgages. Arrived at the Bashoes Hart persuaded the captain to anchor at Port Me alleging that the ship could not clear the dangers before night fall, The captain and Tignoli went a@rbore \o amure (hemurelver, Wul the lavver retuoed | | | i | | tured g akine! Noxtday, about twe or three o'clock, the captain returned to the anip, when Tig- Noli imperious!y demanded the reason of his absenee, and becoming exasperated at the captain’s refusal to explain his reasons, Tigneli commenced abusing him, and finally seized him in his arms like an in- fant, earried bimm to the shige side, and would have thrown him overboard but for the interference of the mate, who compelied Tignoli to desist from his at- tempt. An altercation also ensued between Tignoli and Hart, which ended in breaking up their intimate relations, and Tignoli then endeavored to cultivate the friendship of the first mate. After leaving the Bashees these disgraceful scenes became more frequent and violent; the cabin was more like a med house than vee of a well dis plined ship. Tignoli conducted himself with such violence that he was ofien on the point of plunging the knife with which he was eating, into tRobreast ofthe captain or Hart. No sensitive person could sit quietly in Teneo of their ungovernable rage and impious blasphemy; day after day rolled on, each in its turn adding some new cause to their al- ready insupportuble disgust of each other, until at last the ebip arrived at the Rave islands. Here Tig- noli and Hart went ashore, and the captain soon fol- lowed them, leaving the first mate in charge of the ship, with the Manilla and China men, the captain taking with bim thove to whom he could speak in his own language. The intrigues of the French ambassador, Tignoli, Hart, and Lafon, were so complicated that is almost impossible to unravel them, ‘The only thin positively known was, that Lafon and Biott had vailed in the John Laird, from Hong Kong to Ua- lan, for the parpose of Obtaining, through ENioti’s influence, the cargo prepared for Captain Briangons but the fog began, at last, to clear away and di: ver the dangers with which the Enterprise was su: rounded. The captain had not been long ashore when noli returned to the ship, apparently much ex and asserted that the euptain had set on the natives to murder t be only saved his life by on be oe. His plan of operations n developed by his proposing to the mate to chor and proeeed at once to Ualan, where ke the merchandise on board and re nd for the eaptain and Hart. This © hud in contemplation when he of the Manilla and Ch Alone a1 t the tools ¢ his demand would bay ypted the plar e, by reason! ‘gs sing every exped In the meantime, rto the captain by one of ,» Warning him of bis daz a abandoned; and be returned to the ship ia the very nick of time, nother half hour she would have left the island. He brought with him one George May, and a number of natives and na- tive women, the latier of which were tod-send that saved the ship from destruction and her evew fiom a most hor butchery. The captain was niormed of what b but h d transpired during his ab: y denied having formed any hostil nat Tignoli; but, through fear, or want ey- did uot further notice the conduct of y precautions against its repetition. ued on her voyage, and arrive Nees © sian ip cont n on the idth cf March, having spent 8 On 2 pi or two a 2ge that should have been made in -balf. There they found the Jolin aird ready for sea, having on board the cargo pre- pared for the Enterprise. Hart immedia’ on board of her, proving conclusive) lany, und she sailed next day, lea island ptain Briangon’y fist impulse, on + 2 his speculat'on, was to return to Mac c wag secon y the mate; but the 4 to remain for two or three months ply him with a cargo at the end of th the interim to furnish him with pr ship's company.. The captain consented onc then Tignoli, knowing he would not ab: they , commenced opposing it. For this pur- pose, gued with the crew, the natives, and, worse than all, with the white men living on the island. He succeeded in stopping all work on boasd, or on shore—ihe supply of provisions was di nued, and every thing came to a dead stan}. At length, oue of the chiefs, with whom the first mate wus very intimate (having been at the island on previous occasions). informed him of the conduct of Tignoli e had made the natives believe he was the of the ship, and that he had given ma valuable presente to the king and chiefs io induce the to werk,. and to discontinue also the allowance provisions he mate could not tru to the word of this ? sisted in the murder of seve the destruction of their ve e test its truth xt morning, the capt re, the mate left the ship, first disposin, nestich @ 10 hat they could not verse together without leaving their work, and ing Tignoli on beard, and having made a « part of the bay, returned unexpectediy, and { the crew collected together ina knot around Tiguoli, who appeared to be b i rmined to n being them. F quently adopted the stratagem with ¢ is. proving incontestibly that the infors eived of Tignoli's plans was correct. hree o'clock P. M., hoard to pa ed bis co t the ki the i and the capt Pp, reproached him w amitted it, and avowed his dot continue the same plan of action so le remained at U This engendere pute, when the captain gave orders placed in irons. Mr. Petty, execute the order, w i ud swore he would p he mpted to do so. Petty stepped” backward, seized his chair, and struck Tignoli a blow with it that felled him to the floor; he then attempted to iven him, but after a violent struggle wag unal to do ro, and Tignoli went on deck, and mediately surrounded with men, who caw rmed with handspikes, in ordered the men to confine ceived a peremptorary refu language. The king then proposed should be allowed to go on shore, a he would h made , on board and to this the Tk plan was put into execution, nd and foot, was brought on board cly placed in th him abaft the main hateh, on’ th o'clock e irons that a more ou secmed more inclined to work in good earnest. interrupted. f Tignoli was not ing idle us, then, Captain, fair wind, the afternoon of the George May, who had native le lithe nded throwing his irons over. d he relensed in the morning . for the Captain fact i enution who ne ways been conside ward fof the ship, i if ting with the of ave it a seriow and im- pressed the mate with a feeling ¢ ness. He told May to r by which he hud quiet fc t Tignoli, through the same means on, to remain ‘ aptain would eet him at lib May himself comm on to Tignoli, showing the existed between them, and the conse- sthat surrounded the ship. On one i was to be dreaded from his desire to n possession of it—from his (asons with the Manijla and China men on board, and from the influ- ence he undoubtedly possessed over the natives. On the other hand, the character of May, who wa: without a possibility of contradiction, one of the most unprineipled renegades and atro ninals that ever polluted the earth with his presence, backed by his natives, was sufficient to cause serious diequi- etude, nay fear, for the safety of the ship and the lives of those who would dare to oppose the execu- tion of @ project tlre plan of which was already ma- To prevent its accomplishment, there was only the captain, mate, and eight Frenchmen—the remainder of the original crew shipped in France— who had themselves revolted several times, and of whom three were boys. Ag yet, however, there was no proof of the existence of a conspiracy, and the #ptuin and his party were only determined to pre« vent the accomplithinent of the first act, and trust to fortune and close observation for the rest. On the morning of the fifth of May, when the second wale—who bed been promoted, at Macao, Lom ee o |r | ~ | and remained on dec the foremast hands, as an act of con- ciliation on the captain's requested the keys for the purpose of reloasing Tignoli, Mr. Potty, the firet mate, directed hun, in express terme, to bring the irons into the cabin. He replied that he would do so, but eventually brought oniy the | jock and hoy. When the two hours allowed for ox- | ape ise had clapeed, the second mate was directed to toufine Tignoll, but he replied with remarkable cool | | ness that Tigneli had, with the cabin bey’s assis- tance. thrown the irous over the side; at the same | time Tignoti, coming up with his redoubtable knife, anda bludgeon in his band, declared be would not | be again confined so long as life gave him the power | of resistance. Under these circumstances there way no resource, because the conduct of the second mate plainly demonstrated that no dependence could be | placed in bi There was but a choice of two exp«- dients—either to shoot Tignoli on the spot, or aban- don the ship to his unlimited contrel. The first | would have been the curest and most speedy method | ofere-establishing order on board, buat the mate dreaded what the consequences of such an act would be, among such a crew, who would misrepresent and falsify everything. The only alternative, there- fore, was to remain quiet. At about eight o’clock he was relieved from his state of ingquietude by the arrival of the captain, who, learning how things stood, and seeing by the actions of the men, and the repetitions of the threats and abuse of Tignoli, that any attempt to reestablish order would be met with a determinod resistance, returned immediately to the king and requested him immediately to send one of the high chiefs and fifty men to assist in confining Tignol, and overawe the crew—a disagreeable alter- native, though not dangerous, so long as they could keep the chief within range of their pistols. ‘The king gave the necessary orders, and soon after fol- lowed his people on board. Tignoli made some hostile demonstrations, but finding that the orders of the king were positive and would be enforced, be saw the futility of resistance, and once again surrcn- dered himself a prisoner. Now, what was to be done with a man of such a diabolical temperament? To kecp bin aboard was eminently dangerous, and to eh him among the natives would be, to say the leart of it, highly impolitic. The latter course, how- ever, Was se ed by the captain, on the king's pro- to have Tignoli, immediately on hig landiv other side of the island, and to forbid any chiefs or people having any communication with him, allowing him two boys, as domestics, to ly him with food, &e. In compliance with this \ was taken ashore in his a n replaced, and were to remain on lim till the ship should leave the island), the men returned to their duty, and order was again lished on board the turbulent Enterprise. In the afternoon cf the same day, Tignoli’s clothes and other necessaries were sent to him at his request, in the getting ready of which, they for the firet time discovered the arms and ammunition which he had put on board at Macao, and the possession of which lie had carefully concealed from their knowledge. Of course they were retained, and it would have been much better if the other articles had also been kept on board. Tignoli, on arriving on shore, instead of being transported, ae had been promised, to the other side of the island, was placed under the survedlance of the king’s con. who soon became corrupted by the presents that Tignoli was able to make from his trunks. This chief’s avarice enlisted him in favor of Tignoli, and he permitted Elliott to take the irons off his feet. These three, Tignoli, Elliott, and the king's son, formed a new conspiracy, in which the specious promises ef Tignoli on the one hand, and the popu- larity of the prince on the other, with the thirst for blood and booty to cement these two influences, soon enlisted all the chiefs, and even the king; and. as a matter of course, the whole population of the island fi lowed the example of their lead s impossible to detail the particulars of this ple it was very complicated, involving several tact interests, which were all combined for the } omplishment of the first great step, that avowedly heing the murder of Captain Braugon, Mr. Potty, eorge May, and the French portion of the erew, and the cestruction of the ship. The position ef the captain and mate at this jancture of affairs was try- ing and perillous in the extreme; in ease that the natives prepared to attack the ship, they could not arm the men for fear of having the arms turned against themselves, and they were compelled to have recourte to various stratagems to preserve the ship and the lives of all from destruction. They suffered both mentally and bodily from their racking inquie- tude and their constant watching, that had a duration of six days and nights, without the least i he natives brought on May, vevealed the conspirac sneceeded in getting Tegnol e abroad, with the assis wen living on the island, whose lives were y endangered by the conspiracy ; and finally revented the ullimate aecomp’ ni of the t by ing an opportnnit, y on the morning of the Leth of ly made ses 1 al equ they 1 men, sland who bad compion Ly opposing the desis ing to preserve the ship. then, the Enterprise, on gaini pilla men, ¢ women, these trace of themselves, r eat Britain to her w South W of Ne nihe whe and me nibal their daily amusement posed of those sickness or oth rupted, rival thei action in the ¢ to the young m tunately comes in con LOLOL ious ¢@ Jence ig their pastime ‘The other tior ed and fall inte y butchered. he wil to excite r hat he will be most inhu: sume. ‘Though the danger in which the ship had been placed wa ] jt could not cease awho he eir pow But to fiction of this new torture; but all was of no avail, His only answer was, having the rope’send yiaeed in his hands, and a threat to him change places with Tigno} he did net commence the execution of this terrible atrocity, showing him, at the same time, that they were in possession of the arins, and would make use of them to prevent hin returning on board until he had complied with their behest. To refuse, under the cireumstances, would be the pronouneing of his own sentence to a lingering and painful death; for no one could doubt that these anen, whose worst passions had first been excited by the punichment on board, and were now wound up to frenzy, would hesitate one instant, all lawless as they were, in putting their threats into execution. | But, worst of all, a non-compliance on his part, would | leave the Enterprise and her crew to the mercy of the | waves, and his name would be branded with the infa- mous etigma of desertion. He had already risked his lile too often for the preservation of the ship to hesi- tate long. He chose the leart of the two evils, | took the rope’s-end and commenced striking Tignoli, | but, becoming sick at heart, he threw it kom him | and trampled it into the sand. (Dorsoe afterwards | said the mate rolled the repe into the satd to make | the infliction more painful; but this story gained litile credit.) Atthe sight of the aversion evineed by the mate, the inhuman flends laughed, rejoicing that they had coerced him to participate in an act worthy of a representative in pandemonium on a feast day of i Then George May took the cord, and after having satiated hie thirst for vengeance, passed it to Elliott, who was doubly severe. at Petty and the boat's crew then returned to the ship, leaving Elliott and Tignoli ashore. On arriving aboard, the mate communi¢ated the transactions that had taken place on the island, and then sought his berth, where he remained a month at the point of death, haying with extreme pain succceded in navigating the ship to Powniseet, (thirty-six hours’ gail from Ualan,) where they remained (wo month’. At this island, the captain obtained a cargo of spare, &e.; and, on leaving, the natives made an attempt to do that which the people of Ualan had failed to ac- complish—namely, the eaptain being elated with joy at having obtained something to defray his ex- penses, invited the chiefs to bring their men to as- rist in towing the ship out of the bay, promising to give each and all a present. About three hundred of them came, and the captain served out grog, which was the present intended by him. They all became drunk, and demanded the fulfilment of the promise made to them. ‘The captain, to eonciliate them, gave them more grog, but re- fised to give anything else. The natives, actuated by revenge, determined to seize the ship, but the mate anticipating their design, seized a crowbar, with which he etove in the spi asks, and brought a musket on deck, with which he threatened to shoot the chief, whom he got in his power, if the other natives did not instantly leave the ship. In this transaction the mate was strenuously op- posed by the captain, who was ignorant of his motives, and also incurred repre assumed the authority. This scene commence about 2 o’clock in the afternoon of the 15th of July, and it was7in the evening before the ship was cleared of the natives, at which hour, a breeze springing up, the ship's course was shaped for the island of Tar, where the captain proposed to com- plete his lading, and where they arrived ina few aye without accident. n the meantime, all those who did not belong to the ship had been Jeft on shore, as also Louis Cheyen, who had deserted on leaving Poonesset. May, Gallagher, and Fanning had given certificates to the mate, stating that the confinement and | punishment of Tignoli and Elliott were positively necessary for the preservation of the ship; but he could not get from them a inore explicit avowal of their conduct on the 12th of May, lest the fact might | oceasion a visit of a man-of-war to the island. The Enterprise remained nearly two months at Tar, when the mate had the geod fortune to ** nip in the bud” a new conspiracy, and he sailed for | China on the Ist of October. The mate’s constant good fortune in discovering and defeating all the picts that had been formed against the ship either by the white men or natives, created a sentiment of superstitious awe in these whom he had thwarted so often in their most secret plans, and probably there was not one of the foremart hands but thought he was assisted by supernatural 3 the con- sequence was that his orders were executed with great alacrity, if not good will; while the captain could hardly get the simplest command executed. At length, after a long and painful passage, the En- terprise arrived at Hong Kong on the Sth of Nov: ber, and there they Jearned that the John Laird had ived and heen sold—that her captain had been harged—that her crew, half starved, were crawl- ng about the streets, not havpe received one cent in recompense for their rine months toil, hardships, and dangers—and that Lafon was in prison. As for the ot! who had been con- cerned in the speculation to the Carolines, Cuptain Briancon and his first mate, Mr. Getty, were destined to a long and severe imprisonment, the crew to be dispersed like that of the John Laird, the Enterprise to be confiscated, the ambassador to lose the me e advanced, and (to finish the ntof the French frigate rimand for aban- foreing the % number cf half-civilized Manilla and Chinamen, while Tigncli and Elliot have been most inhumanly tortur having attempted the assassination of a whole ship's company. On the 9th the captain received a letier from one Haskell, an American merchant at Hong Kong, ard who offi at the inquiry for the Con- sul, requesting an interview, for the purpose of making anangements about the cargo; and about 5 o'clock an armed search ne soe side, oe on board Captain Briangon, Mr. Ha 1, the French Consul, a iaval officer, and several n-of-war’s They accosted the Entery me on deck, and Detty, the first mate, imme ds him- . by order of the Fre udor, in an English port: sentries were post the ship, the countersign given, and the Enterprise’ be- come transformed into a prison-ship. The officer in charge had instructions to confine the captain and mate im their rooms, and proceed direc! | Macao; but, at the earnest solicitation of Captain | Briangon, permission was given by the ambassador | to discharge the cargo at Hong Kong, and in a few days after, the Enterprise, with all who were on board of her, was taken to Macao, where an investi- | gation into the transactions of the voyage com- menced ; but the depositions of the erew being so very contradictory, (no two of them being alike, nor one of them coinciding with the proces verbal which they had signed, nor with the journals of the to be alarming so long as T id Eliott were on bo For this reason, the captain decided, ith the mate's ice, to put Elliott ashore at the sted and obsained per t such a lesson was 7 him from he: en: He was consequently ved twe dozen lashes scastadrift, ment of his een for all if mution; but others. ree ails,” when hew k awaiting t Fortunate would it sed to the rig, with the **cat-c aptain having something termined on a d proceeding to ed the mate to another island therefore bring him on deck and inflict four dozen lashes with the ‘ea i ke him ashore. Mr. Petty | refured to obey justifiable in doing. a ng the eaptai eed direct «0 With his prisoner: but he would not listen | to this advice, and insisted on the exceution of his commands. Had the wr ted in refusing to chey the captain, plined offvet rity that he ‘had and r alte live but to tion an which | i not prevent. Tignoli was brought on dec wed to the rigging, | and the mate infic the punishment ordered by the ptain. Meanwhile Hieted on Tignoli, Elliott seeing the punishment red to be in eestacies of joy:and when th ation was completed, he commenced recoun: particul f the conspi- A minute detail of their atrec intentions, i and each of the double vefix ed for the terture of each specified y «1 boiling through the men‘s veins, and | of nt them howling about the deck like so many enraged tigers. This did not last long—for they ized Tignoli, position to all vemonstrances, 1a him to the jug, and commenced a re nof what had al- ly passed. The captain had, in the meantime, dtscended into the cabin, and like the hey who set the mill a-going, and didn’t know how to stop it— left the mate to rule the storm himself had raised, but was too weak to govern, The infliction of this second torture at last ceased, when Tignoli and his treacherous necomplice, Elliott, were put into the heat to be taken ashore—the ship having by this time #pproached near enough to the land for that purpose. ‘The selection of a boat’s crew, now became necessar, but how was this to be effected so that the would not be endangered by those left on board—so that the mate could be eure of being able to return to the ship, and so that an attack from the natives could be euceossfully resisted ? for if Petty took the Frenchmen with him, the ship would be left to the mercy of the mutineers and beach combers; and if he took the Manilla men, they would probably aban- don him, or deliver him into the hands of the natives and Tignoli, and the beach combers were to be dreaded on every account. He decided, therefore, on taking two Frenchmen, Dorsoe and Cheyen, two natives whose fidelity he could rely on, and three beach combers, May, Fanning, and Gallagher. The men thus selected descended into the boat, placed the arms in it, and gotapiece of rope by the mato’s orders, who thought they wanted it for the arrange- ment of the boat, Arrived on shore, Tignoli was taken out of the boat, and, to the mate’s astonish- ment, was conducted to a tree, and there made fast. Mr. Petty implored the infuriated men to baye pity on their unsortupate victim, and forego the in- tined to be | ship) it became necessary to institute a court of in- quiry. This commenced its sitting on the 3d of December, 1849, on which day Mr. Betty was con- ducted on board the frigate Bayonnaise, where he remained wuatil the 6th of December, 1850. The re- | sultof this court of inquiry was as unsatisfactory ions of the crew had been, and it was | the Bay ¢ should go to Ualan, decided t and procure suck proo re desired. She sailed on the 8d January, 1850, di: ‘sing the crew the Enterprise, some at Macao, and the rest at Manilla, Dorsee alone remaining on board, with the captain dinate. At Unlan, the natives at first reported Tignoli and Elliott had left the island | whaler, five months after the departure of the interprise: but, after some time, they said that | Tignoli had ied two days after the infliction of the punishment. There was but one native who could be found to give this evidence, thor there were more than five hundred on the beach, and | within a few rods of the tree where Tignoli had been flogged. The chaplain desired to go to the supposed grave and repent prayers, and perform the rites of his religion: but the commandant objected,as there would | be gieat difficulty in finding it out f ie proofs of T 8} ‘al ond a doubt, but nothing more. The Bayonnaise returned to Macao, where oiders were Waiting for her. She was to proceed to France by the way of Cape Horn. She sailed from Corton in April; and, aftera short passage, arrived at Wahoe, where they met Louis Cheyen, one of the two Frenchmen who were engaged in the floggi scene on the island, and who had afterwarc rted at Pownisset. From Wahoe sh cevded to Otaheite, thence to Rio de and in the month of December arrived in Cherbourg, when the prisoners were transferred to the city prison. From Cherbourg they were transported to Nantes, and thence to Paimbouf, where they were examined; and on the first of March, 1851, they were reconducted to Nantes, and p l before the court on the 20th. The ambassador, on arriving | tn France, had opened a correspondenee with the At- jorncy General. and instituted a claim in favor of | the family of Tignoli. The trial lasted three days, the Attorney General having come eighty miles’ to prosecute them. Dorsoe, the chief witness against them, contradicted himself several times; and the ambassador, and the commandant, and officers of the Bayonnaie, testified not to what they had seen, but to part of what they had heard and’ thought. Mr. Jacques Arago and the chaplain made favorable de- positions for the prisoners. The principal part of the jury was composed of people taken fromthe lower | class of soviety, who were entirely ignorant of mari- time affairs; and a verdict of guilty was rendered against Petty, for having voluntarily inflicted blows | and son the person of Antonio Tignoli; and on the 28d of March, 1851, he was condemned to two years imprisonment, a fine of two hundred francs, and to pay the expenses of the court. The result of the trial, ae it akected Captain Briangon and George May, is not known tothe writer. ‘The mate's severe nemcnt (sixteen months) on board of the Bayon- naise, had a serious effect upon his health, reducing him to the lowest ebb of life, from which he has but partially recovered, and_ is still under the treatment of the prison doetor#in Nantes. The captain, officers, | and crew, and all who were in any way connected with the cruise of the Enterprise, experienced a tissue of misfortunes seldom equalled; but the mate de- serves the deepest sympathy, since his sufferings, #0 far from being attributable to his own misconduct, | se from bis baying too zealourly performed his juty. D | the same day, we were attacked in front, when rom Liberia, letter from President Roberts to the in, Secretary of the American Colo- nization Society, furnishes the latest intelligence from the Republic of Liberia, and will doubtless be interesting to many of our readers:— Governuenr Hovsy, Moyrovia, January 26, 1852. _ Dear Sin—I have just returned from an excced- ingly f ‘ing journey of some twenty-five days in the Grand Bassa, Tobacconee, New Cess, and Trade- town countries, where we have been to chastise the perpetrators of the cruel massacre of a number of our citizens, in November last, at the new settlo- ment near Fixhtown; and who, onthe 15th of the same month, made a desperate attack on the town- ship of Bassa Cove, (now Buchanan,) the partiou- lars of which I have already communicated to you. Liind the bark Morgan Dix here, on the eve of eniling for the United States; and as Tam sure you will Be anxious to hear from us, and learn somo- thing of our operations, I hasten to drop you a line or two, to say that the campaign has been eminent- y sueceseful, though we have had to contend against the combined forces of the dirtricts above men- tioned, numbering, at the lowest estimate, not less than five thousand effective men. Our force con- risted of five hundred and fifty Americans, and aboutthe same number of native troops. Darin, our march, we were frequently attacked by smal parties of the insurgents, which, however, were readily driven back and dispersed. On the 6th inst., we marched upon Grando’s barricaded town, where he had made every warlike preparation to receive us, and which place he and his deluded followers believed impregnable. Within about two miles of the town, at a most difficult swamp we had to cross, he had constructed a substantial breastwork, which was defended by a large force of about three times our number. ‘There Grando expected certainly to defeat us; but our men behaved well, and, after an action of one hour and thirty-five minutes, drove them out. They retreaetd to another strong posi- tion on the line of our march, and, as the head of our columns cleared the heavy forest intervening, they opened upon us a heavy fire. ‘hey were, however, soon driven back, and, panic-striken, fled to the town, two miles distant, which they fired im- mediately, and dispersed, with instruetions, as I afterwards learned, to join Boyer, of ‘Tradetown, who was strongly posted on the southeast bank of the New Cess river, to dispute our passage. Be- fore we reached the river, however, the New Cess chiefs, who had maintained their allegiance to the government, had compelled Boyer to retire into his own district, which he did very reluctantly, com- mitting many depredations as ‘he retired, upon the inhabitants of the New Cess country. In the two attacks above mentioned, we had teen wounded—five bi ally, none mortally. Grantee we proceeded through the Toba: nee and New Cees countries, without material in- terruption—now and then a few shotstoremind us of what lay before us. [had frequent interviews with the principal chiefs of the New Cess country, all of whom are greatly incensed against Grando and Boyer; and they tendered every assistance in their power to punish them for their base conduct. Being joined, on the morning of the 15th instant, by the 2d Regiment, which had been operating se- parately in the upper part of the Bassa country, we commenced cur march from Joe West’s town, in the New Cess country, upon Boyer’s principal town. Between two and three o'clock in the afternoon of within about a mile of the town, by a small party, which goon fled into the town, and no sooner had our advanced guard cleared the woods and sighted the barricade, then they opened upon us a tremen- dous fire of musketry and big guns. The fire was promptly returned, and for an hour and three quar- ters the conflict was desperate. We had to conte against fearful odds, but the hand of Divine Provi- dence was on our side, and we gloriously pe eanues The loss of the enemy was very considerable. Boyer had two brethers killed and himself badly wounded. We had four killed and Lhd Aes wounded—two since dead; the others will all doubtless recover. I exceedingly regretted the necessity of this cam- paign, but it could not be avoided. The effect, how- ever, will be most salutary. It will convince the aboriginal inhabitants of every part of the republic ot the ability of the government to maintain the majesty of the laws, and punish crime wherever committed within its jurisdiction. And the result of this campaign will not only convince the natives of the power of the government to maintain its au- thority, but also certain foreign traders, who have openly inculeated a feeling of opposition among some of our neighboring tribes. Will you believe it, sir, that I have obtained in- controvertible testimony that a certain foreign trader has instigated the natives to the whole of these outrages! He personally solicited certain New Cees chiefs to join Boyer in his attack upon us; as- suring them that if they would unite their forces the government could not maintain its jurisdiction: in which case he would be relieved from the operation of the navigation, commerce, and revenue laws of the republic, and in future would pay them, in the shape of presents, what he is now required to pay the government for duties. He also proposed to sup- ply them with ll the ammunition they might re- quire. With th» principal of the New Cess chiefs he did not succeed--two ouly pledged themselves to him. To Boyer he gavw Ty assistance, in muni- tions of war and directions as to his plans and pre- parations and manner of attack. We may yet get our. hands upon the gentleman ; ard if 90, we will teach him better manners. These difficultics have placed us under great pe- cuninry embarrassments, I scareely know which way to turn for relief. The soldiers that composed the expedition must be paid. They are mostly poor men, and need every cent for the immediate use of their families. Can you not do something for us in this time of need ? Ihave no further news of importauce, exept the arrival of a Brazilian Charge d’ Affairs, who is to be formally presented to-morrow. I am, Lie sir, most respectfully, your obedient servant, J.J. Rogerrs. Mr. Webster on the ee Lands and Ratl- roads, Wasnrxoron, Friday, March 12, 1852. My Dear Sir--I was exeeedingly sorry that it was not in my power to aceept the invitation, re- ed yesterday, of yourself and your New York friends, to dine with you at your hotel to-day. You are here, I understand, upon business eonneeted with the Illinois Railroad, and the members of Con- gress from that State are expected to be among your guests. It would have given me great pleasure to meet these gentlemen, and to express my gratification that that magnificent work is now about to commence, and that its completion within no long time is put beyond contingency. The un- dertaking is equally vast in its plan and its impor- tance; and, with the exception of those measures adopted the session before the last, I hardly know whether the present President of the United States has given his sanction to an act ef Congress likely to have larger influence on the prosperity of the count Several years ago I was in Tlinois, and passed, fora great extent, through the country in ad through which this railroadruns. I thought [ had never seen such an immense tract of valuable land; and subsequent discoveries of many sorts of the most valuable mineral produce entire conviction that the State of Illinois nay become as prosperous in its manufactures as in its agriculture. Eve loug we shall see another and a similar work, commenc- ing at the southern extremity of this road, and run- ning through the Southern States, till it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. This is not only probable, but ce tain, ifno grent political evil shall in the mean tin befall the country ‘The grant to the Minois railroad disposes of a large portion of the public domain; but it will be well disposed of and this grant, and other simi grants made already, or now in contemplati while they leave the residue of the publie more valuable, do not cesentially interfere with the objects which I have thought just, and have for a long time zeulously supported, of giving Inud enough for a homestead (o every actual settler, on the s condition of actual residence for a short term of years. In my opinion, the public good aud the happiness of individuals alike requi i gave the earth to man to b and value whatever until the approach of cultivation shows that it is about to become the theatre for the application of human labor, the all-producing source of comfort and wealth, Nobody cancontomplate these great lines of in- ternal communication, rn through many States, without perceiving at once their important pags effects. Nothing can tend more strongly to hold the States together, or, if | may borrow an ex- pression fiom language usally applied to that whieh is the object of your thoughts to-day, nothing is morelikely to keep the government and the Union from running off the track. I pray you, my dear sir, to accept for yourself, and vo signify to all your associates, not only the assurances of my high personal regards, but a my sincere congratulations at the success whic so far attended their most valuable and import, underteking. T remain, with entire regard, your vant, Dante, Davin A. Nran, Esq. a ( ie ser Weusten, Political Intelligence. Ges. Scorr ix Pexxsyivasia—A Whig County ¢ vention met at Pittsburg. Pa. on ihe lth inet parred resolutions in favor of (he nomination Feott for the Presidency, and John J. Crittenden Vice Presidency, Gex. Casa ix county, Va. have Case for the Pr w the Vincixta—The democrats of Brooke adopted resolutions in favor of ¢ ‘dency Naval Intelligences §. sloop-of-war St. Mary's, G. A, Magruder wander, arrived at San Francisco on the 1th Fel Callao, after a thirty-four days passage—all well ‘The U. 8. sloop-of-war Vincennes. war at Puy on the th of February, from Sandwich Islands, | heme, via fen Francires The Artillery Corps. TO TH EDITOR OF THE HERALD. “The necessity of etudy and instruction in wili- tary, as well as other professions, is acknowledged by all nations; and in a country like ours, whose policy and interest are opposed to the maintenance of large standing armies, and where only @ necessity exists for supporting a nucleus upon which (o form large bodies of troops, when needed, it is importang that the nucleus should be correctly constituted, the principal arms of service should be represented in it, and have well educated officers in each branch, ea- pable of furnishing information and instruction to new officers and men. The principal parts of at army are (as is well known) the infantry, cavalry, and artillery—the infantry forming the larger pro= portion, or base, and the proper proportions of cavalry and artillery to the infantry, varying wiilz the troops, whether raw or disciplined, the nature of the country, whether open, woody, mountainguss ke. It is acknowledged by military men, and regarded as an axiom, that where the infantry of an army ig composed principally of newly formed militia, a greater proportion of artillery is necessary than wher it is the reverse. Nothing can give greater confidence to raw troops in the field than the presence of effi- cient batteries of artillery; and of this kind musG our armies, expecially at first, in times of war, ba largely composed. To make a good and efficient are tillery soldier, requires at least three years; for at artillerist has Other duties to perform than the mera manual of the gun, howitzer, and mortar. Ho should know how to mount and dismount the dife ferent pieces from their carriages, and understand ully ecting the ammunition, amount of charga for pi of different calibres, be acquainted witht the manufacture of slow and quick matches, loading: of shells; and, in fact, have at least a general know- ledge of pyrotechny. He should understand how to construct the diflerent kinds of military bridges, and how to lay platforms for guns and mortare, and te throw up field works. Such are the prineipal duties that a all armies of an artillery corps, and theve is wo ve why owrs should not be able to do the samo. what is really the fact? Jn the United States service the artillery are bu soinname, On even the slightest trouble oesarring with Indians, or even a rumor of such, they are sent asinfantry, and often serve in field as such for years; and with the exception of two companies serving with light batteries, the rest are in fact an infantry corps, and have been such for twenty years. Reeruits join the artillery, serve their enlistment, and are discharged the service, often without ever seeing a 24 pounder, and a mortar would be, inde, amystery to them; inthe meantime, the people, by their representatives in Congress, are making annual appropriations for the support of an artillery eovpss think they have such a body. The sea cous works and their armaments that are abandoned, often suffer from the absence of a proper garrison, und the result necessarily is that appropriations for repairs have constantly to be made for these deserted works. ‘The effect upon the mind of the young artil- lery officer is disheartening. He enters a corps im which he is place. by graduating in a good position at the Military academy, and expeets to be an artil- lcrist. He soon finds that he is not required to have any knowledge of artillery, and is expected to attend to infantry duties; and here we would remark that these duties are as important as the artillerist’s, to off.cers and soldiers belonging to that corps; but offi- cers belonging to each arm of service should attend to, and be well acquainted with, their own branch, and should not be unnecessarily confounded one with the other. The artillery tobe of use should be sta- tior ed where it can acquire full knowledge its dutiess our sea coast works should be garrisoned and the corps have every opportunity of obtaining a full knowledge of its profession, a profession which is by no meang a stationary but a progressive one. In England, France, and on the continent of Europe generally, new results and improvements are constantly being introduced into the artillery, and we are only copy- ists and followers of them. Give our artillery officers some encouragement, and they will not be mere fol- lowers in this profession. Let it be understood that: there is to be an artillery, and every facility to be given by the powers that be to encourage and affor® means for the officers and soldiers to become ac= quainted with their duties, and ina few years it would be indeed a different corps to which by forea of circumstances it is reduced at present. Let our arsenals of construction be open lo the artillery, and not sealed against them, and then we may exy pect some good results. Is this country certain never again to be engaged in war? Who has exempted itt that disaster 2 Whilst Europe is heaving with republican throes like a slumbering voleano, and it is not known wher or how soon the flames of war will burst forth and desolate her fields, are we certain that our distance will preserve us from the danger? Is it not possible we may have to protect ourselves? Wouid it not be prudent we should have the means we have ready to meet such an emergency? Is it pot right and proper our artillery should be prepared and have opportunities of acquainting themselves with their own profession? If not, why expend money to maintain such a corps? Better disband it, but do not keep officers and men of four regiments of artillery by that name, and allow them no opportu- nities either to learn their duties, or even to retaim a knowledge of what they once knew. The words of Washington sere ing intervention and non-inter- a Bug vention, in these 8, have some weight; other ad- vice of his should also be regarded—* In peace be prepared for war.” Pe CENSOR. M. Kossuth at Louisville, Kentucky, [From the Louisville Courier of March 8. Louisville has addeda feather to her cap by man- ner in which she has received and treated Kossuth. Tho movements here were in strong contrast with what was done in every other I city where he visited. Duri his stay bere there was but little or no excitement. an no crowd around the hotel where he stopped. He re- ceived no calls from societies. associations, the ctergy. or the press, and had no formal speeches to make in reply. to upmeaning iment: substantial presents. The check that Kossuth received in Louisville will noG be without its effcet elsewhere, as our citizens have show that they believed Washington was a beti nd to the American people than the great Hungarian propagandist anditinerant, and that our people do not need the ser- vices of men bred in the atmosphere of monarchy to teach tham the Sigher benssbes of republican education. ‘The gathering at the Court House on Saturday night Was not near so large as we had anticipated. there not be- ing exceeding five hundred persons present, one-fifth of whem were ladies, He read his speech ina clear, lout voice, without much energy and animeiion, and, for foreigner. he «poke our language very well. His speecle seemed to produce but little senaation, He was applaud- ed only three or four times, and then the applause was by no means loud or goneral, We rejoice to have it in our power to say that our course (in opposing the doctrines of M. Kossuth) bas been fully tustained by our fellow-citizens. We say Louisville stands out in striking contrast witlt all other ejties the Hungarian has yet visited and she hat rea:on to be proud of the light in Which this contrast ex- hibits her, She has given the current of hambuaggery ge which it will not speedily recover, Se it be A GayoLer Lyxcuep—Scexr on THe Missis- ye learn that a gambler of the narae of 1 euflered the penalties of Lynch law, at H days tinee, at the hands of the passengers the steamer St. Paul, It appears that a party of re- turted Californians started for St, Louis. on the boat from New Oricans; but as the boat was about leaving port. a police officer came on board and cautioned the engers to beware of gamblers and pickpockets, during }. at thesame time informing them that several of the fraternity were on the boat, " This made the Cali~ fornians extremely cautious and wary of the ap- preaches ef their fellow passengers, Some distance above Memphis, this man, Williamson, who had tried every means to ingratiate himself with the Cali- fornians. and yg every project failed. attempted to induce one ld diggers to visit a state room, im which he #0 the g Ln fernale disguised in male apparel was con- ccaled, This effort also tailed; but finally he was per= suaded to vieit tate room, to try a bottle of fine brandy, He ome of the Liquor, whieh almost im- mediately made him sick, and he rushed into, the eabin, crying out that he was poitoned. It appears that the liquer had been drugged with morphine, The Catiforni- r his recovery from the effects of the drug. at: tumpted to theot, Williamson with a pistol, and. pureue him all over the boat. ‘The captain interfered, and ficd the passengers by telling them he would set William- ron on shore at the first convenient landing, ‘The boat; stopped at Hickman. and the passengers then took the Jaw in theiv own hands. and. seizing their victim, proceed ~ ed to the Woods, ticd him np to a tree, and gave him six~ ty-veven leehes ow his bare back. and turned him loose. Our informant states that every blow brought the blood frcan the poor wretch, whore screams could be heard & mile. The mon who was thus sammarily dealt with wat represented to be rather tall, and genteelly dressed, with. a rear on the end of his nose, as if a small piece had been token off, ‘This fully answers the deseription of a gam Vier of the name of Jeff, Williamson, who is well known in thls eity having formerly lived here,—Louisville Cou rier, Oth inst. A Woman Canninp over Genesee Fauis.--Tho Kechesier Lemoevat of the 13th inst.. eays:—Between two ond three o'e ock yesterday afternoon, the body of a per= ron, suppored to Le a woman, was seon in the midst of the river, oj poriie the Williston Mills. and the swollen : tea Was cariying it down with terrible velocity toward the F A gentiom Is, Who had that moment looked eut of * mill, saw the face distinetly, amd. up. either by the foree of the water drowning person, The alarm was given, and peeple hurricd dewn to the bridge below, but nothing, incre Was reen of the body, If there waa no deception, the water (it quickly down and over the great ca- toract Would be ‘scarcely any hope of saving Pere ho should fall into the river Neyer reach from We learn that the unfortunate person was a Durch weman, who had been engaged in getting out floed-woed from the river, below the Aqueduct, and fas- vg ber pike-pole to a large log, was carried by it into ‘iver. and failing to regain her footing, the #ccamm ck her rapidly dewn beyond recovery,