Polynesian., 1845-03-15

lows Injustice. They were only in search Of
some clothing, having lost what they had on
in the water, and the pirates having cleared
the forecastle of all its contents. Unfortunate
ly they had made full as clean a sweep of
my wardrobe, and | should have been puz-
zled to clothe them, had not the second
mate found his own trunk untouched.-Be-
ing in an out of the way place it had escaped
their notice.
When | first appeared to the Manila men
they would not believe the evidence of their
eyes,so certain were they that | had been Kill
led, but came and passed their hands over me.
When they found that it was flesh and
blood which addressed them, and not a phan-
tom from the other world, they seized my
hands in both theirs and pressed them to their
bosoms, shedding tears ofloy.
Upon reaching the deck, | found matters
worse than | expected. The anchor was
down, the small boat gone, all the running
rigging cut to pieces, and what was worse than
all, none of the white men were to be found;
the hatch was off and | hailed the hold think
ing that some of them might be concealed be-
low, but received no answer. At last | saw
a figure slowly defending the f~ore-rigging.
1t proved to be the pilot, but in such a
panic that l could get nothing from him as
to the fate of the crew for some time.-At
last he said that the mate and some of the
men had left in the small boat, but how
many, or with what success he could not
tell.
The tide was running up strong, and there
was but little wind down river, but we man
aged after IA while to get the anchor M. and
to creep down towards Macao, repairing
orr III " HS Tor v,n, l., l-.. Il -
had all sail on her, and at daylight we an
chored in the Roads of Macao. Two
days afterwards, the small boat came into
Macao, with one American Seaman and two
Manila men. From them ! learned that
the mate with five men threw the small boat
into the water and jumped overheard after
her; that she capsized and that they could
not right her on account OF a short sea which
was running at the time; that Mr.. Hapgood
who was badly wounded by a lance, attempted
to swim back to the brig, which they could
Just discern, and that that was the last they
saw of him; that the 9 Americans after strug-
Cling against their fate as long as they could,
sank exhausted along side the boat, and were
drowned: And finally that the three sur
v'vors succeeded at last in righting the boat
and padding her with the thwarts and stern
sheets to Macao
They met with some kind treatment from
a hshIng boat which they encountered, the
occupants of which did not rob them.
When they arrived in Macao they went
board OF a small passage schooner, the
master OF which informed the mate that ! had
safely at Macao with the vessel
This he refused to believe and declined COM
ing on shore to see me, saying that when he
last saw me | could not have lived n moment,
! was obliged to write a note to him to BRING
him on shore.
1t was impossible for the men, who were
forward OF the main-mast, to know any,hipo
OF my fate, for the pirates attacked US on the
quarter, and the quarterback blazed like n
Volcano, raising a perfect wall offre between
and them.
Not feeling very we'll that evening | had
drawn on a pair ofthick woollcn STOCKINGS.
was In my shirt sleeves, and had on linen
and thus cased in linen, and wet.
Tor as l said before it rained at times. WINS
lire-proof, compared with the rest on board.
ana yet my clothes were burnt in many pla-
ces. But am discoursing as flippan,ly Of
lhese hre-balls as though you had had nv
sad experience.
Will describe it: 1t is a thin bag, about the
SIZE OF a24lb. shot filled with powder and some
combustlble which gives a terrific intense
ness to its light. 1t is thrown with a fuse
and looks like a coal of fire in the air: but
no sooner touches the deck than i he
comes a volcano in comparison; blazing biph
nto the air, it s%catters its fire in every Ii.
and turns into confusion the perhons
until then systematic defence; and when
some eight or ten men are EMPLOYED in
hrowIng them, with here and there a Mos
,horlc stench-pot, upon n small vesse,,s