The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-10

mustered their arms, consisting Of four wfetehed
nu,sets, and attempted 70 ascend, but we're beaten
back Dy showers of missiles Of oil kinds hurled down
upon them After several atte pts, and one mus
bet gong on, the Coolies fell back, and they gained
the deck TO find their officers and shpuatss lying
dead and msngled before them One man had
peen hurled into the hold; the mate beaten TO
death with hatshets while in hts bunk in she cabin,
the captain, taken by surprise, was overpowered,
AFTER desperate struggle and horribly nangled, and
me ran 1t tbe wheel stabbed to the heart with his
own sheath hnifo The brave fallows-whose names
! give you below attempted to gain the quarter
deck; but q stout fight ensuing, they were beaten
out upon the bowsprit-nos, however, before they
hadslain seven or eight of the pirates From thence,
they were forced aloft to the foretOpnast head,
reaching 1t by the head stays.
by this tine dreadful scene of horror and con.
fusion was enacting; beneath them were these 400
Chinese in state Of blood-thrsty fury, bre aking
INTO the store rooms, chests and hold, qnarreGng
with and killing one another hacking and man Cling
the corpses and throwing them overheard; here a
prancal set swapping muskets and throwing missiles
at the men aloft; there gang dividing, and devour
ing the contents Of the medicine chest. Again, the
rDg,sader. breaking up and dividing the chrome
and stores. During this period the wheel was do
serted, and the ship, steering wildly, ut last
taken aoack thisfr,ghtened the Chiramen. par
icy TOOK place, when the seamen were told that If
they would navigate the ship back to F0rmoso their
lives would be spared. They descended, and as soon
as they reached the deck they were seized, bound
and buried below-two only being left on deck one
to steer and the other to work the Ship but shortly
after, heavy blow coming on, they were let loose
to shorten sail. e aEa
These gallant sailors never far moment failed in
their patient endurance Of the horrors of their stua
ton, and in hoping to retake their ship and aveng-
ing their shipmates' death.
On the evening of the Sd Of April they made land
but rot knowing where they were, they continued
beating about until the Sth, when the ship ran
upon reef near the island of Pat-chung stn,
thn Mna ('alht vNnfs hy%I h, Ia Imam
Here, fright taking the Coolies, they commence
cd at once to land. The sh p having but one
small boat left, it was tedious business, and
occupied the poor sailors already worn with
suffering aud fatgue-two days The second night
the men succeeded in getting the ship off the
reef. and anchored her about two miles from
the shore AT this time the crew boisted out
the lausch, and slowed her with provisions, wa
them, two men who were in her cut adrift and
stood to They were afterwards picked up by the
English clipper Nymph, off the southwest. end Of
Formoso, and taken to Shanghai On the 18th. the
sailors ma de desperate attempt, and succeeded in
taking the ship into their own hands All but
twenty five Chinese baving landed, the sailors on
shore jumped into the sea, and by swimming, reach
ed the boat, and thence the ship; the cable was at
on the 18th che reached Annoy, and the American
Consul took charge, assisted by an armed party,
from II. M brig Lilly Information was at once
sent to the U. s. squadron ut Macoa, and Com.
AuGck at once despatched the Saratoga, Com
W. l.. Walker, to the Nagadaki, to pursue the
pirates and protect American interests and property
II. H. brig Lilly, and steamer Samarang, at once
got under uDderweigh, and stood for the islands,
where $50 of these desperadoes had been left The
results Of the cruises Of the Lilly and Saratoga
will give you in another letter. The names Of the
officers and men of the Bowen, killed follows
Leslie BrysoD. New Haven, master; Henry Dibble,
first mate, of Westbrook. Conn; David Morrison
second mate, Belfast, Ireland J James Brown,
seaman, New York ; John Black, seaman, Bremen
Edward Richards, seaman, Bristol, England
The Bovine lies at Annoy, in charge Of the United
States Consul.