Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-06-06
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
.CllASTISE MENT OF THE MALAY pI.
RATES BY THE Y. STATES SHIPS Co
LUMBlA AND JOHN ADAMS.

buMBlA AND JOHN ADAMS.
The ship Arabela, nj Boston brings interesting
intelligence from S0maifa. II will be seen by the
annexed letters TO the editors of The journal Of Com
mctcc, that the u. s. irigalc Columbia and co,yetc
John Adams. under command Of Commodore Read,
have inflicted signal vengeance npnn the Malay
towns tenalla Ba'oo aud Muk kec, on the Island of
Sumaira. iot the eonnexion they were supposed tn
have had with the piracy and murders committed in
their waters on board the Anne an ship Eclipse of
salem. Qnalla Baitoo, the editors ark was once
before VISITED by one OF our higa,es, the Potomac,
and all he, iors demolished. For this reason or
some other, Quaa Baiioo. on the present oecasion
suffered only moderate nniction while Muk kc,
u town about 40 miles distant, was demo lshed and
burnt. No lives were lost on The American side and
the letters do not state that any oiihc Maays perish.
ed. The towns appeared TO have been deserted in
anticipation OF the attack,
The necessity Of such severe measures is to be re
erclled /; hat IN dealing with savages and pirates no
other mode practicable TO, tn, pro,c lion o on,
commerce aud tho lives OF our citizens. We uust
the Malass will now come the conclusion thai
Their o,en interest requires them restrain their Gu.
piduy from being exercised npoI defenccless mer.
chanimen which may wish then coast. They pro-
badly, until the arrival Of ,he Potomac, supposed that
America WIS too remoie, OF too feeble TO protect
IT'S commerce III those 1t is to be hopel that
this deloson is now d.s,paed. aud tina, iercal,ey
on' seanen aud ea,goes in that quarter, will find
the Tag OF then country never hng protection,
The bon,bo'dmen, Of Quala Balloo took place on
tho 23d OF December, aud that OF Alnk kec on the
Is, OF January.
Correspondence Of the journal Of Commerce.
L. s. FRlaArr CoLumniA
Hdfbor Of Singapore Feb. 9Th. 1889 {
have antipathy 10 w,ito u document for a
newspaper. but promised occasionally, to send YOU
alctter, and feel indebted do so in view OF tho
pleasure sonr papers give me, wlcnl am SO ior,u.
nate rs 10 receive Them on our winding track over
the oceans of the world. And YOU will be desirous
nt IN nNi inn hat M a
the west coast Of Snmatra, whether we have done
any thing after you shall have received in,eg
Of the plraIcal act ofthe Mahys in tho robbery of
another American vessel aud tho murder Of her cap
tain and one OF thc crew.
The plot for the attack the ship Eclipse, Cap
thin Wilkins, was originated at Muk kee, some 40
miles l,om QQala Bauoo; and n part Of the per-
sons who committed this murder and robbery, lave
been protected BY the Rajahs of Muk kee, anda
great proportion of the properly and money taken 10
that place This, therefore, was deemed the princi-
pal offending place. We learn that the 81 600 was
divided out. and some OF 1t was received at Quaa
Bauoo aud also nj Soo,Soo, place three or four
miles from Qonlla Baoo. and At both of these, ac-
co,ding to the Acknowledgements Of the Rajahs IN
the conversation held with them, some OF the pirates
were residing our arrival on the coast.
The demand for these men having been made and
compliance being declared 10 be impossible as tho
men had escaped after our anchorage. which how
ever was deemed be only an excuse 10 render their
refusal 10 comply with the demand appearance Of
misfortune to them rather than u decision of their
councils, our ships were run in nearer TO the shore
at QuaIla BAttoo and the place cannonadcd with
some damage TO the town. or rather 10 the forts az
thew we,e The objects nj which the shots were direc
ted.
The Sims were then got under weigh and .tooJ
for Muk ker, where the demand for the pirates was
made without the expectation Of the Ralahs Of that
,,I,ce pnrsunr any course different from The ono
adopted by the RaJahs OF Quaa Baltoo. The de-
mand WINS uneoun ied with. and the coos.our,ce.s
"a The p,oner alternative $50 Jeemed IN he INV our
.ommoJore and I believe uuile unanimoostv ,bc
sen,im,n, of all The o(ficersl ioIloweJ
IN, ships were kedped in near Ia Tho town and
,,sih. lawn heinz s,tuateJ nm n small ne,;n.uI,
md cach side or the min, inden,ed nv ihe I'm nj
beautiful lule bav with wafer deer enouph fl, So
y,nty io,r No boat making her npnroronce In, an
overtime IN 10 the time specified M The Iimiis or
lorbearance, the Columbia opened her FIRE upon n
n,ipbto,np fort ,okiug the town n, she chose ou,e
n. nns,b nj H. The first gun of The roIumb;, w,s
he signal for the John Adams the beauIifnl co,-
,c,c 10 l.t 0y her sho, and tho loud roar Of her
cannon 70, ,rbera,ed from the mountain side, ,bnt
nearly inv allied the angry little shp and AS the vol
,mes Of fir, and piles OF smoke continued to emi,
r,,n he, sid, the Columbia silent monen, ,vb,cI,
,.ndcred The scene vet more itnptessye TO one rom
scious that a moment more and her loud and fear
rui neces wonla send forth their heavy neral and
,,n,s,e, aud CRANE Her t,,,n,ndous caunonadesl
,b,owinp aIlb shot now boomed their loud repo,t
.a ,ha .,ll .bee, IF wa,r, thai, III, mornino seer
W -, haa. h,shcd The swel,ng Of MS hosnm as II !,
I'LL r,o, Tho nurnoses or dcs,,nciion which seem.
81, ~, I'm ,,,i,, ia. two d,rk farms which had slowly
QUO, no slvor surface to oain n resting Mace
nearer 10 the golden beach whc encased the curved
~, ~ ,ha h,,
~ was in IA. mizen.,op. looker.on. The sbins