Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-04-09

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with The earpsnter, and another man assist.
ing him, the cook and steward rem sioiug
on deck. "I had nss been below (saYs
captain S. more than 4 or : minutes be-
fore heard Mr.. Brom6eid cry cut that he
was creesed. I1caIled oil hands 70 get On
deck Immediately, and ran aft into my state
room to &c. my pistols and sword, and was
going up the companion stairs but just az
get my foet spon the first .st=p, two
boarding pixies were thrown AZ, me, but
fortunately missed me I ssspRed back &
fred pistol, Whish didn execution. {
always Kept my arm-chest On 1esk,, and the
boarding pixies also. 50 as sohays them
handy. I've days previoussto this,we had
all the charges Of the Nmuskets drawn, as
they had been loaded for some time, and
had them cleaned aud not loadedagain. II
appears that several Of the men,, ia trying
10 gain the deck by the haschways, wsre
wounded and drove below again. / order.
ed allthe men intos the cabin who were be.
tween decks-ths others, abou,l @ In num-
Der, being 10 the lower held, could pot
getssp, as all the hatchways were guarded
by the Malays. Some enc reported 70 he
seeond oGscr ,ha. was killed, aud that
the Malays.had The deck, and was full of
men he ordered them to break into the
magazine TO get up ,ha. way, and it they
could nor escape, to blow up the ship
which, however, had 60, prepared for.
Now having all hands from below in the
cabin and sserrage. 1 intended to divide
the crew, one half with the chief officer,
and the other half with myself-she first
officer 10 the main ha ch way, aud myserf
a, the companion way. ! made a'rally IN
the Malay Language 70 nv own crew,wt1'eh
The Mslays returned. We could fad bas
three pistols, and The proper csrtridges for
two of shem could no, bs found Wewers
Obliged TO load with powder, and bold the
ball on the pis.ol till we fred, bY wh,eh
mesns We shot one Of them IN yhe a IA
aud after making another rally 70 mJ peo-
pie. although we had but 3 swords aad 3
pistols, and Obliged 10 load and hrr as a.
bove, all at once they appeared 70 be still.
| directed the chief officer 10 man hatch.
way aud he was lifted up by the people,
and saw no person on deck; at which we
all rushed on deck, and found they@h.d
got OFF from the ship; We wrntto the am
chest 10 get our small armsain order TO pq1..
sue them 10 the boat, bu. fouad they had
xhrewn them all overheard Our decks
being full of empty casks, it was some
time before we coald grtany gunto bear
upon them-We fired oae OF the bow gurs,
bat il did 40 execution. We could fad
nothing of the cook aud steward, ba, found
MIR. Brom6cld dead between decks.
II appears tina, after went below, Mr..
B. seeing one Of the Malays sitting on the
hen.coop with his clothes wrapped reuod
him, ihought he had stolen the sugar that
was taken ous Of the cannisser, aad told
the boy he would go and see; bat ihs boy
went fret 10 see him and fouad hlm cast.
ing off the line, and fastening the cempa.
MON door back (bu. The boy thought 90
thing of i4 in order, suppose, 10 creese
me as Ieams up from b.lew Mr. 3.
came roaed 10 search The mao for the su,
gaf--he took up his clio hes, sad, as !
suppose, the fellow bad bis naked crresc
under them, sud supposing himself de-
tected, made use Of the creesx by ,rp,aing
il into Mr.. BIS bosom. The %ssilmaker
wen. to see what was The mater, aud he
was attacked by the ssme fellaw, who
made several rhrusts at him which. be par
risd, but got several very bad woods;
aud then run. and Jumped down The main
ha,shwsy. The carpes,sr and shr mao
who was at wsrk with him, jumped 1850
oae of the boats and took to the Gods
and in an hour they returned, and found
we had possession Of the ship again ,---
Soon after this we had abou, 10 proas full
of men, well armed, TO assis, US; but 1
did no, admit but few of them on beard