American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-03-19

then got hold of one Of their pixies, and nearly
wrenched it from the man who held 1t, but II
was so long that he soon got it again, and they
shortened their pixies all round to thrust at me-
retreated to the cabin, where found the Sc
cond mate coming up with musket. ASKED
him il it was loaded, and he said Eyes, with
three balls" took it from him and got over
to the side, their spears grazing me all over, al
least three between my legs, and fred at the
only one that had fairly exposed himself to my
sight. He uttered piercing yell, which all
the survivors, even those in the water, heard,
and could hear bis lance drop, but fire ball
burst in my face just then, an iron bolt struck
me on the shoulder, and fell at the compan-
ion door
Twas up in a second and got into the cabin,
carrying the musket with me. here found
the second mate printing a musket, and suppos-
ing that he had loaded it., took it from him and
was rushing on deck, taking hold of their pike
stats to help me up, for they were thrnsting
them down the companion. The second mate
stepped me, telling me that it was not loaded.
| then threw it down upon the floor, and SAID TO
| him, "Mr. Brown, am afraid all is lost-we
are alone and without arms" Spying the lar
board bread room OPEN called to him to follow
me, and we both got in and drew the cover to
as well as we could The pixies were then
coming down the companion, in at the side
windows, and down the skylight. we had
| hardly pulled the cover to when heard them
! tramping upon the trunk, and hire ball was
thrown into the cabin; another and third lol-
lowed. The second mate said to me, "they are
sitting us" but told him that they only want
ed to light the cabin to see if any OF us were
below. Several of the pirates now descended,
and an indiscriminate pillage commenced,
I ~, hnu half m hpur They took
every thing which owned except two or three
loose articles of dress, and all the contents OF
! the cabin which were of any value, the ships
papers and letter bags among the rest They
cut up the carpets, and searched the run, but
found nothing.
= They left us so quietly that did not
know that they were gone, when two persons
descended into the cabin, talking in strange
tongue, which | first thought to be Chinese,
but soon recognised as the Tagalo dialect Of
my Manlla-men. | then emerged from the
hole and spoke to them; they would not at first
believe their Senses but came forward and felt
of me. Their Joy at discovering that | was
alive knew no bounds. The poor fellows were
without clothing, and had none to give them,
but we covered them as we'll as we could. |
went on deck, where | found two men, who
had Just got on board fiom alongside. then
hailed for more, and finding the fore hatch oil,
called upon the crew by name, beginning with
the mate. The pilot at last came crawling
from the mast head to which he had climbed
at the beginning of the attray.
i Looking about me ! found the small boat
gone--the anchor down in three tathoms Of
water and ten fathoms of chain out. The main
boom topping lift was cut away, main tack and
! clew, and the halyard and Braces fore and aft,
hacked to pieces. | suppose that this was
done preparatory to another visit in which they
could rob us more at their leisure, and there
fore made every exertion TO get away from
them. The tide was running up strong, and
the wind was so light from the N. that the brig
was tide-rode. The pilot wanted me to leave
the brig in the long boat, but this looked upon
as a last resort.
We hove the anchor up with great difficulty,
and found that we could not stem the tide
We then repaired our halyards and braces, and
rove new ones for the mainsail. The tide was
so strong that we remained in the same place
for, should think two hours, 1--WE had no
watches lefty The wind then increased and
veered to the N E. and we made sail for Macao,
where we anchored under the stern of the Bran
DIVINE at daylight. | hailed the frigate for
assistance, and she sent two boats. We then
got under way again and ran into the Typa.-
| went on shore, and sent three Chinese boats
up to look for the missing men, and noted a pro-
| test.
On the LIST of December, in the morning, my
small boat came to Macao, bringing an Amer-
can seaman and two Manila men. The Anne
rican, Charles, informed me that the mate,
jeremiah Murphy, of Maine, and himself,
threw the small boat overheard from the long
boat, and that she capsized and filled. Two
Manila men then swan to her, and they all
endeavored, but Intellectually, to right her,
The pirate attempted to grappe the boat as
they were leaving in her, and cruised for her
in the dark, hearing their voices He sailed
away from them soon, however, and the mate
and Benjamin Gray left the boat to swim to
the brig. The boy Benjamin soon returned,
saying that he could swim no farther, but the
mate kept on. He was wounded in the leg by
lance, and / am afraid was drowned JeIe-
mah Murphy and Benz. Gray sank soon after
and were drowned alongside the boat. One of
the Manila men succeeded after while in rip
ping up the stern sheets, with which he bailed
and freed her. They then got in, and padding
with the thwarts and stern sheets, made for
Macao. They fell in with a fishing boat the
crew of which supplied them with food, and
gave them clothes to put on while theirs were
being dried.
The cabin boy, (Nlanilla) who saved himself
by holding on the rudder, tells me that the
cook threw over chest which we used for a
boatswain's locker, and got upon it, but that
when he passed him in the water, the pirates
were thrusting at him with their lances am
afraid he persisted. His name was Charles c.
Robinson, and believe he belonged to Provi-
dence, R. |.
One of the Manila men, who came into the
cabin when the pirates left, told me that he
thought they meant to carry us all Oft for
slaves, and that while the pirates were rifling
the brig, he crawled up into the junk and seat
ed himself on her deck under the bulwarks,
where he began to bewal his fate. After they
had returned on board, they came to him, and