Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-04-10

The Salem (Mn's) Gazette hns,hc fol
lowing full particulars Of m attack by
Chinese pirates on the brig Hannah, OF
that plaV, when near Macao They are
from letter. by Captain Chccver;
Macao, 4,h Dec 1874.
arrived n, this place on the night Of
Goth ull, in SIX days from Manila and on
the morning 'ho 2sth got under way for
Wharnpoa,& At l'2 p,sl ,heslme evening
was abreast Of Liniin. Having caugh, cold
during the day, bud lam down in my
berth telling The mate If fell asleep, to
call me AT frs, sigh, Of the land about the
Boguc
] bal been below perhaps ten minutes,
when heard the mate cry out, "Ilnrd up"
the second mate and the same time exc Lain.
ing, I'VE shall jus, clear her md nothing
more | ran upon deck, and found our.
selves side By side with large cr.d pre-.
ciscIy like war junk. on our s!arboard
beam. and before coull reac h he wealth.
/ or rail hre.bniI was thrown which struck
me upon The breast andjfj upon he deck
/ | had crJcrrd my met to reserve their FIRE
until tie las, minute. and they now poured
in /, rs the pirates were coming over the
side hc1 I'd the Discharges. bu, could see
no one The fire checked ihem for min.
ute, bu. fresh shower Of fire balls. follow.
ed by perfect Storm Of mss Is, such rs
biic,s oi wood and IRON bolts &c SC, hail.
down upon us while the pirates. safe be.
! hind their high buiwnrks swcr, our decks
TO the hrihest rail with their long Ian.
ccs.
! col into the cabin, aud found the second
mate primlns 4 muske, Spying tho lar.
board bread room open | called him 10 70.
low me and we both got in and drew the
cover % as well ms wc could Severai OF
the mates now descended, and M indls,
crimirslnr NIngc commenced. which las.
lcd aboIt halt al honr Thy took every
thing which owned, except two or three
or four loose articles Of dress and all the
conlcnls oithe cabin which were Of any
value the ships ptpers and letter bag a.
mong the rest They cut up The enrpets,
and searched The run, but found nothing
They left us 81 quietly that did
not know when they were gone.
The P.o, says they were very anxious
to inl m. as they wished to BE- reycngod
That they had lost several men, he thinks
they said ten Their malice seems always
10 be- directed against white mcn& negroes
Lnscars and Manila men being generally
spared
The missing men, Of whom we shall
probably hear nothing more, arr, Henry
Holbrook, Of Mass, mate; Jeremiah Muir
ply, Me, seaman, and Benjamin Grey, sa
lem, Mass, seamen, drowned Charles
7 {. Robinson, cook, and Maria quo, Manila
seaman, uncertain
All that happened about the boat va,
nnknown 10 me until after the arrival al
Macao, as we could see nothing Of her in
the dark Ny men could give a preuy
clear nara,ise OF what took place forward o
the malnmaa, while they couh know
nothing Of my fate, as the quarter deck
blszed like volcano with IRE balls.
Upon turning m that evening, ] had
drawn on a pair Of thick wooden sea stoc <
,ogs which, being WE'D, sAvsd my fee1 Ny
J shin however took fac fepeabediy. The
nature oflhese fire balls Is no, generally
known even hare, where hey are 50 much
talked about They are N thin bsgs, q
bou, the size OF a % pound shol, hIled wilh
powder, sulphur, and some eonburib!s
J which gives 70 their I,gbi an .aisas.iy
which tho eye cesaS! bear, wh..n sparks