Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-06-15

"Old buttons for unbelevers breeches,'
is the odd title of one of Lorenzo Dow's
books.
CHAsTIsEMENT AGAIN INFLICTED UPON
THE MALAY PlRATEs.-lt will be rccollec-
ted that the Malay village ofQuaIlah Bat
too was some years ago, visited, and its
forts demolished, by the U. States irigate
Potomac, for piratical outrage committed
on an American vessel engaged in purchps
ng pepper and spices at that village. The
chastisement then inflicted, proved INSULT
cient to warn the ignorant and pratlcal
Malays against inviting n repetition of it.
The inhabitants of Muk Kee, a ncighbor-
inc village, subsequently united with those
of Quaah Battoo, in an attack on another
American vessel, the ship Eclipse, of Salem,
which they plundercd after numbering the
captain and one of the crew. F0rthis out
rage, summary punishment has been infic-
ted by the U. S. frigate Columbia, and the
corvette John Adams, under the command
of Commodore Read. Qualah Blttoo was
bombarded on the cd of December last, and
Muk Kee on lst of January: the forts of
the latter place demolished, and the village
taken and burned. As Muk Kee had been
the principal offender and sharer of the
spoils Of the plundered Eclipse, and rs
Ouallah Battoo had been made to suffer Sc
yerely for the former offence, it was not now
destroyed. A correspondent of the N. Y.
Journal of Commerce, gives history OF the
affair, in letter dated U. S. Frigate Col
umbia, Harbor of Singapore, Feb. 5, 1885,
from which we make the following ex-
tracts:
sThe plot for the attack on the ship
Eclipse, captain Wilkins, was originated at
Muk Kee, some forty miles from Qualah
Battoo and part of the persons WHO com
mtted this murder and robbery, have been
protected by the Rajahs of Muk Kee, and a
great proportion of the property and money
taken to that place. This, therefore, was
deemed the principal offending place. we
learn that the $l2, 600 was divided out, and
some of it received at Quallah Battoo and
also at 500 500, place three or four miles
from Quullah Battoo, and at both OF these,
according to the acknowledgements of the
Raiahs in the conversation held with them,
some of the pirates were residing on our
arrival on the coast. The demand for these
men having been made, and compliance be-
ing declared to be impossible as the men
had escaped after our anchorage, (Which
however was deemed only to be an excuse
to render their refusal TO comply with the
demand an appearance of misfortune to
them. rather thana decision of their coun-
ellis, our ships were run in nearer TO the
shore at Quallah Battoo, and the place can
nonaded, with some damage to the town OF
rather to the forts, as they were the objects
ut which the shots were directed.
The ships were then got under way and
stood for Muk Kee, where the demand foi
the pirates, was made. The demand was
uncomplled with, and the consequences, as
the proper alternative, ESQ deemed to be by
our commodore, and | believe quite ma
nmously the sentiment Of all the officers, J
followed.
NJ boat making its appearance for al
overture up to the time specified us the II,
nit of forbearance, the Columbia opened
her fire upon neighboring fort, raking the
town as she chose, quite the length of it
The first gun of the Columbia was the sig
nal for the John Adams, the beautiful cor.
vette, to let fly her shot; and the loud roal
of her cannon reverberated from the noun
tain side that nearly nwaled the angry little
ship, and as the volumes of fire aud piles o
smoke continued 10 emit from her side
the Columbia slept moment, which ren
dered the scene yet more impressive t.
one conscious that moment more ant
: her loud and fearful pieces would send fortl
their heavy metal, canister and grape. lie
tremendous cannonades, throwing 42ib
shot, now doomed in their loud report owe
, the still sheet of water that, this morning
seemed to have hushed the swellings OF it
bosom, as if it would favor the purpose o
destruction.
was in the mizen-top, locker on. Th
: ships were within innsket shot OF TIN
, beach, and the town reached near TO 1t
edge. The cannonading from both ship
continued for near half hour. NoS, tn
balls throwing up cloud Of dust as the
riddled the BAMBOO houses, or rived il
splinters the dwellings, of better material
and now the ball striking the tall cocoanu
, tree, scorched it as if a hundred hot iron
had been applied to its trunk.
The firing ceased, and the boats alread
! along side, and concealed from the view c
the shore, were manned, as a note upon tn
bugles called the men to their places. Soor
the little feet, joined by the boats from til
Adams, reached the shore, and the men for
med on the beach in full view of the ships
and advanced 10 enter the town at th
nearest point. Soon the port fire and tn
touch were applied to the buildings, an
: the flames ascended from different parts .
the town, until the converging and spread
ing volumes sent up their spiral and wild
: sheets involving every thing, save the sacre
mosque, in the general confagration.