Show LATEST NEWS FROM PITCAIRN the descendants of the bounty muti celebrate the centennial of the colony capt william smith the well known chip ship firth iirth of clyde h has a s forwarded to this city from falmouth an account of his last voyage during which ho he touched at pitcairn island the firth of clyde left this city on A april il I 1 last bound to falmouth Fal month for or orders g er the voyage was uneventful un until ill april 27 when pitcairn island was sighted eight ed the ship arrived in view v of that famous islo on a sanday d and laid to off its chief borough adamstown Adams M town shortly after the vessels arrival wo boats came out from abo island 13 d they contained mr bir mccoy who is chief magistrate and seventeen of the colonists the first question asked of capt smith concerned the health of liis his crew it was explained by mr mcgoy mccoy that some time 1 laet ast year an english F ish ehin ship the Crep arrived r at the island A large portion of if the crow were down with contagious fever A of male colonists pulled out to iho the ship and meanwhile their wives learned of the sickness on board the vessel when ho the islanders returned irons from the vessel heir their wives boycotted them fearing tile ho spread of the contagion the unfortunate ort onate husbands were condemned to exile until they had bathed and re reba bathed theil themselves in bailing wiling water and subjected their clothes to similar treatment this losson lesson made the benedicts moro cautions and they would not go aboard the clyde until the C captain a etain h bad ad solemnly assured them that be he bad no n 0 case of or sickness the colonists boat was laden with breadfruit and other dainties to which the sailors helped themselves capt smith arrived at the tb a island at a all biag 1 auspicious time he ile learned froni from mr mcboy that oa on jan 23 laet last the little colony bad celebrated the he anniversary of its organization the first settlers on the be islands were muti mutineers from the british ship bounty which waa was commissioned to take breadfruit trees from tahiti to the west indies the officers of the bounty were sot adrift in a launch and ad the mutineers muti headed by fletcher christian took possession in 1890 1800 of pitcairn island a after ter burning the remnants rem nanta of the bounty the original colony consisted of nine englishmen eix polynesian men and twelve polynesian women drunkenness treachery and murder reduced the original adults in one year to one person alexander smith also known as john adams the little band of colonist emigrated several times but remnants of them returned to their old home in 1858 william millam and mosea moses young who had bad joined others in leav leavine g for or norfolk island returned to pitcairn with their families and an J their descendants with others still remain there captain smith obtained a full fall account of tha the novel century celebration which had boan boon held hold shortly before bis his arrival it was participated in by the entire population numbering 1 people the rho celebration waa was ushered estered in by a display of primitive fireworks A commemorative address recounting the perils and vicissitudes of the founders of the little colony was made by the present chief magistrate mccoy in the centre 0 of I 1 the settlement Bett lement was placed an old gun a useless remnant of the good ship bounty subsequently the little pr procession 0 which had been formed set off to a lonely grave containing the remains of john adams the pitcairn pioneer which was decked with flowers capt smith writes that during bis his stay at the islands ho he was overwhelmed with hospitality the women aarein are in want of apparel and tho the mechanics need carpenters tools to ole the colony in fit general feels NOS tho the need of crockery and groceries capt smith also stales states that there is to a universal demand for soap and for literature the colonists all speak and road read english and they received and road read eagerly t abo fileff papers given them when the clyde was seen approaching the island all MI the children gathered firewood and blazing bonfires guided the ab ship to salo harborage when the ebia 1 ip was ready to sail the colonists went down in a body to the shorland shore and amid prayers and wishes of gods godspeed eed tho the firth of clyde bade farewell to pitcairn and its people |