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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 72, 22 July 1843, Page 285

!,/'■'• PRIVATE BOARDING-HOUSE, •^ ' '„ HAVEN ROAD. /GENTLEMEN from the neighbouring W districts and colonies are respettfully acquainted that the above establishment is opened for their accommodation ; and it will be the constant endeavour of H. W. Burl to secure for them every comfort, rjsflfon, July 6t „ r . • A D. MACFARLANE, Licensed AUC0 • : TIONEER and LAND AGENT. Nelson Haven, August 2ff. ' ' Jhlthe Editor of l the Nelson ExamiNeh. JQIR— It was not my -intention nor desire to obtrude again upon your time, but as Captain Schacht has thought proper, in total disregard 'to veracity, to indulge in offensive and irrelative matter, whilst he acknowledges the ■charges brought against him, I claim the insertion' of a few words in reply, Which I trust your impartial sense 6f justice will readily concede whenever individual character bas been directly or indirectly assailed through your columns. ■ When I took the liberty to address you on the 6th instant, 1 did' so' as a party 'personally aggrieved by Captain Schacht's gross and unwarranted conduct, conceiving that, having embarked at Bahia as ' a passenger entirely neutral to any previously existing Misunderstanding on board the St. Pauli, he had no right .whatever to interfere with or make me the victim of his private resentment ; at the same time j I considered that, independently of the various matters in dispute, his chartered engagements did not warrant the boasted offer of his vessel to the New Zealand 1 Company ; consequently it would be inconsistent alike with truth and justice that Captain Schacht, on account of services quite impracticable for him to perform, should have a claim to the favourable consideration of the public, as implied by the paragraph which appeared'in your paper in his behalf. ' '. - ' Amongst some forty or fifty captains and masters of vessels of various nations, as well as naval officers, who frequented the stores of Wilson Brothers, subsequent to the Revolution in 1838, I believe Captain Schacht, or. the-vessel to which he then belonged r had jtn account with us for sundry smallttortti as he himself lias justly termed them ; but, except on that occasion, we have had no transactions nor acquaintance. As Captain Schacht of himself is incapable of writing or dictating any communication in his own or in the .English language with propriety, I shall pass by the sneering observations of his English amanuensis; whoever he maybe, as applied to my respectability and puerile submission to Mr. Beit's dictation, as being the cause of. my marked silence towards Captain Schacht during 'the voyage, with the contempt wluch presumptuous ignorance [invariably deserves to be treated,' more especially when officiously employed in abetting the erp'arte statements of a man who not only 'stands self-condemned, but who [is shown, by clear and impartial official documents, to have egregioualy misconducted himself in conveying, out the primary German immigrant expedition to this settlement; which indeed was deemed a matter of sincere regret amongst many of his own countrymen known to me at Bahia, who strongly deprecated his conduct;, particularly several of them, my intimate acquaintances, who happened to' visit the St. Pauli at' the very moment when his infamous behaviour (which I now. crave your indulgence more particularly to explain) had occasioned my arrest -and removal out of the ship, ■- In arranging my passage at Babia, I had only to address myself to Mr. Beit, who, as charterer ofthe St, Pauli, had the entire management and control of' all such matters'; neither had Captain Schacht anything whatever to do with 1 me as regarded my passports, or in any other matter ; 'and'his allusion to* a penalty of je?SOO is but a mere pretext, equally absurd as unfounded in , fact. Had Captain Schacht strictly confined himself to the navigating of his ship, all might have been well and comfortable on board, as well, I am convinced, would the voyage have terminated happily and to 1 the satisfaction of all parties concerned. But it would appear that&om the outset . V.* conduct was influenced by some ulterior object ; and seeding that 'the report of Lieutenant Petrie and Captain- Selkirk, as handed in to the British Consul at Bahia, completelyexposed his -Unwarrantable 'interference in exciting instead of silencing the,groundless complaints of disaffected and turbulent people, he-resolved, I presume, on preventing me from visiting Nety Zealand, not desiring to have on board an additional witnesi to the' disgraceful system of annoyance which he has invariably continued.' Accordingly, in pursuance of a plan which Captain Schacht, with two of his countrymen Whom I can name to him,' had preconcerted on the evening previous to the day of our intended sailing, and which; sutfsequentto my arrest, I learnt from my nephew and other friends on shore, he, Captain Schacht, while getting under weigh, sent off his mate and Portuguese cook, as interpreter, to the guard ship,' as I was afterwards informed by the commanding Officer of th corvette, requesting that I might be taken out of the ship ; 'and', my arrest occurring upon the Saturday afternoon, 'it'was confidently expected by Captain Schacht and his Mid fellow conspirators that my release could not take place before the. Monday following, when he relied on inevitably sailing without me. To his great disappointment and 'annoyance, however, in less than twenty-four hours {instead of two days, as asserted by Captain Schacht), I was again" at liberty on' board the St. Pauli, through the "prompt interference of my friends on shore, from whom, I presume it- was, Captain' Schacht is pleased to state he had heard that I intended to abscond. •> > , . .- ' \ ■ '- i< I have, I trust, stated more than sufficient to show the -un« warrantable and malicious nature of Captain Schacht's in'i ; terfere'.nce; With me, and it will also clearly appear thnthi* own*eprehensible course of proceeding was the sole occasioi of the ship's detention, both when ready tojuulfrom, a*om itsiatma)«t'Babia, when, in direct contravention of the-port regulations, he landed, previous to receiving the necessary of. ficnlMsif/ and subsequently-neglected for five daysito-enter his ship:«tthe Custom House, in consequence of which;3ie was arrested «nd imprisoned under a heavy mulct, which -was only /eventually remitted on account of the strong intercesslda ' of Messrs. Buscheck and Co., to whom the ship warconsignsdr. I A letter i addressed fo Mr. Beit by these gentlemen on our ; final departure from Bahia, deprecatory of Captain 1 Schachfs conduct throughout, together With the survey report, officially • written, out-by Lieutenant a most respectable -naval J officer. j(and *once a messmate , of -the late lamented Captain Wakefield),.«re documents of tenor beyond the petty cavilI Ing of Captain- Schaoht or his intermeddling friends, and will ,at all 'times prove the best -commentary upon, his (Captain Schacht's) conduct, in 1 referenoeio those points whacfc have , so unfortunately become the subject of merited animaSver^ sion. ■ (..',', ,ii,-.( > .. i. 1 ' The 'breach' of decorum in which I am' so.gwvely implicated , towards Captain Scbaeht'sexcelltabbutyi-andwhich; itseems, was-the. cause of myself and friend passing the tight -upon the . softest plankof the cabin floor of the " St. Pauli," is really too -ridiculous and unfounded to, deierve -a serious consideration. ! Mr. Beit, senior, indeed was-not on board at the time alluded to; and«s naiflter myself nof friend understood German? Hit : onifJxnguage-wiUiw'ricbMrs'. Schacht is conversant, andbei 1 sides, never having hadthe honour of introduction or of the 1 ladjrto acquaintance; 'l feel quite at aloas to know why I was punished for such a- want of gallantry as is imputed to-'roe^- * *, I have now. done ivitb/ Captaim Schacht, and, apologising for thus trespassing so long opon your attention, -" i -* - . 1 remain; sir, ~ . - „ , '"'!',' . Yours respectfully, )"«. ' July.lQ. _. • .. A;,bxai«dm Wi lboh. "\i£/?j4,,fsie. undersigned,, Sailors. on board I.T the ship SU Pauli, -beg to Tatars our thanks to Mr John- Beit for the Half -crown which* we have received %s a gratuity for cor services from Hamburg- to~N«w Zestanrf'; more particularly as it was at his option, as the Charterer*! 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