The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-22
Qusan Of the West.

The following taken from the New BEDFORD M,rcr~-v,
contains further particulars Of the capture Of the
schooner Queen of the West, Of Dartmouth. Mass and
Of her the coast Of noticed
time back. in the HrnALp They derived frss
France at Zanzibar by Mr. Dauriace captain Of the
Mas BrH February II, 1859
am at this moment very much occupied, well A.
the Special Commandant, with affair Of mpOr-
lance We learned, about week ago that the entiro
Of the American schooner Queen OF the West which
sailed from Mas Beh in November last for the purpose e
locking for tortoise shell the eastern coast Of Mada-
gascar. at Port Levro leagues from Cape Amber
masacred by tortoise hunters who afterwards pill
LACED and burnt the vessel. The men who committed
this act Of piracy belong to Mas Mzien, whose ohie
Ismiare. has frequent intercourse with the Special Com
mandant. As soon apprised Of this event,
decided to exact from Isimare the surrender of the
their hands It is not always easy with these people whs
are very nearly certain Of mpunty) to obtain satiac
r Gn 0r t ney are SO 70
least fear they take refuge in the highlands where Ia
impossible TO pursue them with At last simare
complied with toeraby good grace, but not without
many strataeems lie sent from Mas Mitzien all the
criminals but who had succeeded in reaching NADIA
gascar there fifteen Of them each one brought
his share of the booty we collected sum OF 14Oo fracs
silver bracelets pieces Of tortoise shell they only
took the silver and such objects could be easily carried
away their proues not being large enough to carry on
the merchandise.
The schooner might he ut distance Of 1000 to 200
metres from the shore Of the island OF Mas Mtzien,
chore in five fahom Of water these villains endeayorcd
TO the chain by ingt with the expectation oget
ting the vessel on the beach but they did not succeed
They might easily have effected this had they noticed
The chain divided into several pieces Joined together
merely by a lock- After about an hours work Of plum
der they cut down the pasts and made of them to-
fire the vessel. which continued burning until tho next
morning 1t that at low water she may be seen at
the bottom.
We have established committee Of inquiry in order
obtain knowledge ct all the facts and especially to-
make that all the who have been given to us
are indeed the guilty parties All the deposition. agree
together The first who taken alone and immediately
Intercepted l. quite young man who through fear
the conspiracy Confronted with the others whose PLAN
Of defence had been perfectly concerted although void
Of probability he obliged them to tell the truth. Con-
founded by his appearance they concealed nothing fur
Their and explained to how they had proceeded. We
even know who killed each individual Of the crew The
captain and his brother the room into
which the villains had induced them to descend ON pre-
tence of buying goods
There wore i've persons on board of whom
shp-boy The latter not killed. he having hid him
self The hold and persisted there either by FIRE or In
consequence Of the sinking Of the schooner sailor,
armed with three four bareled pocket pistol, fired
"A each barrel successfully, but without hitting any o.
the pirates Of whom threw themselves into the sea at
the discharge Seeing that he about 20 De over
come he endcayored to do kew the robbers caught
him near the pulwarks and murdered him.
We could not find out the precise day on which this
crime was committed We are nearly certain that ir
occurred between the 18th and 2Sth Of December last
a. sometimes happens in these countries that the
cbi.f. are the fr.t organize scheme Of plumber we
coppeed Isimiare TO appear, with all the criminals at
Mas Bch; we have examined Intercepted and made all
posbc inquiries and nothing has proved led
10 suspect that this cheftain had any hand in this
sacrc We convinced that the blow dealt the
spur Of the moment after the return Of little piroguc
from the schooner and after they had noticed that there
were but five on board and all of them unsuspcct-
ing II would be difficult 10 conceive that imaire couid
have delivered up 10 within two DAYS all the guilty
parties and portion Of the stolen articles If he himseh
bad ordered the pillage have all the criminals on
board and expect to take them to the United States
No law allows Us to try and condemn Thorn; they wil
probably lose nothing by waiting In crder to avoid all
the reports which the affair might give rise to- the ar
rival a the American vessel at Zanzibar communicate
ne fact 4 a Z
cxpcden inform the Consul Of the United states o. Ac
elrcumsances.