Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-06-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
PIRATES OF SUMArRA.
Correspondence Of the Journal OF Commerce.
"'''p u 5. FaIGATE COLUMBIA,


II s. FRIGATE COLUMBIA,
H,rbor of Singapore, Feb. ., 1857.
have an antipathy TO write docomen. ,os "e i 20
paper, but promised occas'onay 70 ss" ~, 49,
s and feel indebted do so in view OF The pleasure
80, n.,era give me- when am so fnrtnnate as 10 re-
ceive them on our winding track over the oceans OF Tue
word And YOU will be DESTROYS OF knowing what our
sonad,ons has been doing the west coast OF suma
I ~ wheihe, we have done any thing, after you shall
h.va received intelligence Of the Plraca act OF the
MnIava in the robbery Of another American Vessei
and the murder of her captain and one OF the crew.
The Mo, for the attack the ship Eclipse, OaPah
wilkins was originated at Muk Kee, some 40 miles
fo Oual]ah Ba,too; and part Of the persons wh" COM
m,ed This murder and robbery, have heen protected by
the Raiahs of uk Kee, and great proportion o Tue
nronerty and money taken to that place MS theie
lore. was deemed the principal offending place. we
learn that the $l2 0O6 was divided GU, ano eoe %
was received al Qualah 3attoo ana also Al sooeo'
Mace three or four miles from Quallah bat'oo ana
bo,h Of these, according TO the acknowledgements "t
The R,,hs in the conversation held with them, some oil
The pirates were residing our arrival on the coast
The demand for these men having been made, ana
compliance being declared to be ispossioe as lne e
had ESCAPED af er our anchorge, (WHICH however was
deemed to be only to render theif reusai 70
comply with the demand an appearance OF misfortune
TO them rather than decision oil their cooncis] our
ships were run in nearer TO the shore al oau'
and the place cannonaded, with some damage 20 'oe
town or rather to the fors they were The oUects AZ
which the shots were directed
THE ships were then got under way, and Stood Tor
Muk Kee, where the demand f1s The pirates was mace
vbout the expectation Of the Ruahs of that place put
suinp any course different from tue one adopted oy Inc
Raiahs Of Qualah Batto. The demand was uncom.
ned with aud The consequences as the proper aetnd
tive $50 deemed TO be by our Commodore and oeteVe
quite unanimously the sentiment OF all the omcefsJ io
lowed.
The ships were kedged in near TO- the town ana iof:s
the town being situated small peninsula noc SaI"
aide Of the point indened by The u! beautiful ilttle
bay. with water deep eaoag h for sevcnty-fouE No
boat making he. appearance for an overture up 70 ne
time sa,ned as the limits OF ioroearance tne Coun'oa
onened her FIRE upon neighbong tort rakng 'he to"h
as she chose quite The length Of ne ,,s. I ha beau
tf corvette let fly her shot, and the LOUD roar OF e'
cannon reverberated from the mountain SIDES 'ha1 neay
inwalled the angry little ship, and as The volumes OF ne
and piles of smoke continued 10 emit rom nei u, Wv,
Columbia slept moment which rendered Inc scene ye'
moe impressive TO conscious that moment more
and her loud and fearful pieces would seno iof'n he
heavy metal and canister and grape t1ef ue"ie"uou
csrronades throwing Abb. shot, now boomeo IN 'ne'f
jond repor, over The still sheet of water THAT ms mora
;no seemed 10 have hushed The swealngs oil It's BOSOM
as If il would favor the purposes OF desuucuoh' "n'e
seemed 10 be moving the two dark forms "hlch nau
.Iov,v Aoated over lis silver surface, to gain resihg
place nearer TO The golden beach which encased Tue
curved lip of the bay. 80
I was in the mizentoP, a locker on The chips were
,,b;n n mnsket shot OF the beach, and the town reach
"a J., nesr lilo sdpe The cannunading from both ships
continued for near half hour. Now, The balls throw
inc cloud Of duet they rdded the oamoo"
or rived in spinters the dwellings, OF better ma'er'a'
and now the ball striking large cocoa nut Tree scoch
"a a. If hundred hot irons had been applied 10 Inc
external coat Of its trunk, and sent up oeau.a w"
iume of pale blue smoke as if il came above Inc trees
from some concealed cottage empowered 10 the ever
greer foliage Of the mountain slde and now, the
fell as if Topped by giant pruning hook as The tree
en- naasse with its reading top and with It's mnsang
crash fell to the ground One solitary being was seen
pacing with indifference backwards and forwards on 'e
beach at the right Of the town, and only few yards
from the intesectng lines Of the shot, pouring IN cross
res from the broadsdes of the two Ships but ere long
he disappeared, and was lost in the jungle.
The firing ceased and the boats, already along SIDE,
and concealed from the view OF the shore were manned,
an note from the bugle called the 10 their places
Soon the little feet Joined by the boats from the Adams
reached the Shore and the formed on The beach IN
full view Of the ships and advanced 10 en'er 'ne lo@n a.
the nearest point Soon The por, fire and the torch were
apped TO the buildings and The flames assembled IRON
different parts Of the town, until the conversng and
soreadng volumes sent up heir spiral and wide Sheets
involving every dwelling, save Inc sacred mosque IN e
general conhagration.
as The flames were rapidly melting TO common rum,
and minglng in ashes the whole mass OF me buildings
of the involving whatever of treasure and proper
~ had been LEFT, they contemplated the wild rage oil
The sbeeted and irresistible element The bugle now
sounded the retreat to the tune OF yankee D'odie'
of oden aud Revolutionary assocaiions ana the men
disembaked as "Ha Columbia" sent its national notes
over the vet still waters of the bay In about two hours
after the boats had left the ships The men were again IN
their places on their decks having accomplished their
purpose without accident, or the firing of a gun
The inhabitants had retired from The town. and looked
from the mountains upon the ruin Of their homes
have written this in haste, al the moment when our
letter bag closing to 90 by the ship that will bear our
letters Of friendship and love, and whatever else they
may contain, westward Ho!'
Ertrae, of letter from board the Uaed States ship
ColamGia, dated "SlSGAroRE, Feb 8, 1889.
"You have, no doubt, heard OF our exploits on the
coast of Sumatra We arrived here yesterday Sunday
after fortnights passage from that coast, We have
sixty four on The sick list; the small pox still on board
Of which three men have died The ship has the appear
ance Of hospital The scurvy, that terrible disease,
made lis appearance board during las, passage
bu. owing 10 our timely arrival al this port will soon dis
appear We sail from this port TO SIAM to negotiate
treaty that left unsettled by the Peacock her
cruise. We shall probably be home in sixteen months
The New York Courier says,-Nir. George Spencer,
the cashier of the PhGnix Bank at Ltchfeid Conn,
has absconded Various in circulation rela.
tive to the amount for which he is defauer, but
understand the Directors have been able discover
that more than $4,000 missing His bond is for
much larger sum- and it said The institution will sus
tain no loss.
MIR. Hassineer, the late President Of the Norrs,own
Rail Road Company, has been bound over in the sum
Of 10000, for further hearing before Alderman Bnns
charge of defending the Merchants and Trades
mems Loan Company.