New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-22
Further Particulars of the Piratical Capture
Of the schooner Queen of the West, OF
Dartmouth, Mass, and Massacre Of her
Crew Mt Zanzibar, in December last.


Dartmouth, Mass, and Massacre of her
Crew Mt Zanzibar, in December last.
From The New Bedford Mercury, July 20
We have been favored with the follow
ing extract of a report addressed to Mr.. ). de
Billgry, Consul of France at Zanzibar, by Mr..
Dauriace, Captain of the French steam corvette
Larchimidn, dated
"NAs BEH, Tuesday, Feb. H. 1852.
81 am al this moment very much occupied as well a
The Special Commandan with an affair VI Jue impor
lance We learned, aoout week ago, that the entire
crew Of the American schooner Queen OF the West
which sailed from Mas Beh In November last for the
purpose OF looking for tortoise SHE'LL the Eastern
coast Of Madagascar at Port Leyro few leagues from
Cape Amber, was massacred by tortoise hunters who
afterward pliaged and burned the vessel The men
who committed this act of piracy belong TO Mas Mtzion
whose Chief lsmaire, has frequent intercourse with The
Special COnmandant
AS soon as we spprised Of this event, we de-
cded TO from lsmare the surrender Of the guilty
parties and Of such goods as they might have In their
bsnds is not always easy with these people who are
very nearly certain OF mpunity) to obtain satisfaction
for their misdeeds. They are, so to ssy, wandering
trbes are very little confined TO th"ir huts aud OF
the least fear they take refuge In the highlands where
Il impossible to pursue them with success AT last
Isiaire com Piled with toeraby good grace, but not
without many sIatsgema He sent US from Mas Mhzien
all the criminals but one who had succeeded In reach.
Ing Madagascar; there were fifteen OF them; each
brought his share Of the booty collected sum of
furteen hundred francs silver bracelets pieces Of
tortoise shel they only took the silver and such objects
could be easily carried away their pirogues not being
large enough 10 carry of the merchandise.
"The schooner might be at distance OF 900 or 200
meters from the shore Of the island Of Mas Mtzsn,
anchored In i've fsthoms Of water these villains en-
desvored TO sever the chain by filing IT, with the
pectson Of getting the vessel the beach, but they
did not succeed They might easily have effected this
had they noticed the chain was divided into several
pieces joined together merely by lock After about
an hours work of plumber they down the asts and
made use Of the m to IRE the vessel which contnsed
burning until the next morning. 1t that at low
water she may be seen at the bottom.
awe have established committee OF INQUIRY in or.
der b obtain knowledge Of all the facts and especially
% make sure that all the who have been givea I'D
TO US are indeed ihe guilty parties Ali the deposons
agree tosether. Toe hTst who was taken alone, and
immediately Intercepted, Is quite young man. who,
through fear and In the hope Of saving his life has en-
dIey revealed the conspiracy. Confronted vito the
Others, whose plan OF defense had been perfectly con
certed although void Of probability, he obliged them to
cell the truth COMPOUNDED by his appearance they con
eeaied nothing further, and explained 10 how they
bad proceeded We even know who killed each indivi-
dual Of The crew. The captain and his brother
eessnsied In the room into which the villains had in.
dneed them to descend, on pretence Of buy goods
There were five persons on board. one OF whom
was ship-boy The latter Yves not killed, he having
hid himself In the hold and persisted there, either by fire
or In consequence Of the sinking of the schOOaer.
sailor armed with three four barreled pocket pis
to, hred OF each barrel excessively, but without HIT
ing any Of the pirates FIVE CT who threw themselves
INTO The sea at the hrst discharge Seeing that he
about TO be overcome, he endeavored 20 DO like wise
me robbers caught hun near the bulWarks aud mur
dered him.
-, We could not find out the precise day on which
uh crime was committed are nearly certain that
last ~ ~ ~ ~0'N VI Do0eAoeF
sh, some,irnes happens in these countries that tha
,c,s, nv 'ae nrsi TO organize scheme OF plumber we
NJ ny iSmaire to appear with all the criminals at
an noss,h Te aeve examined, Intercepted and made
- - inquiries, and nothing has proved or evenled
80 w. tnHt THIS cheitAin hao any hand In this mas
he snur ~ ,S convinced that the blow was deal. on
nsrospe from ,ss moent after the return of lltle
n0r 'ne schooner, and after thew bad nosced
transporting. "0@iu' ana AL Oh Insh
alt would be difficult to conceive tbs, 1.,,.,-. .,r,a
have delivered up TO Ne within two dsv. "a ~ ;,
parties, and portion OF the stolen article, If h. hsO.s
had ordered the piage. have ali he nJ nsii'eu
board and expect 70 take them to the unas So. 90
Nolag allows u 10 try and condemn them - SesIea
probably lose nothing by waiting. "'''
ain order 10 syoid sll the reports which the "a l.,
pisht Give rlse to- on the arrival Of the America w.
eel at ZANZIBAR nmupeste the facts you az osc
90 that you may II You hink it exPedlens inform tla
Consul pf the uailea States Of The circumstance