Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-04-12
Massacre Of the ofloers of Sthe Enelish
Ship Berenice, and the Burning of the

Vessel. 10y ~ S
"a most tragical eventhas .unharpily befallen the
master, his lady. and officers of tie English ship
Berenice. in the Straits of Casper, while on yoy-
age tosSydney, who were horribly murdered on
board and the ship afterward destroyed byjffe. A
previous mail had given rise 10 some fears of a
vessel having been burned in The Straits, and an
impresstn was entertained that the ILL fated ship
was the Berenice, which was missing; and from
the fact OF some of the fragments of the wreck
having been picked up bearing the Berenice's in
ltals, little doubt was felt in the matter. Much
anxiety then arose to the fate Of those on board
who comprised Captain Candy, his wife, first and
second mates, g, Frenchman Ia passenger for Aus
traiiaS two servants of MRS. Candy abouts35
hands; with the exception of the officers, there
were but few Europeans among the crew, who for
the most part, were Java and Menilamen.
The ship sailed June 9Th from Singapore for Shan
gnae' and then from the port of Sydney the 4th
OF november, with the intention of calling al Java.
Several of the crew evnced strong desire to leave
the vessels on her reaching that island, but the
captain holding out an increase of wages and ad-
ditonai Fatons, to take the ship on to Sydney,
they were induced to remain, and The vessel pro-
ceeded.N Nothing was heard OF her until about the
10th of December, when report ieached Mara
oaya, the residence of Togel, of the remains of
burned wreck having been discovered in the
ing fifteen persons arrived at Marabaya, who, on
landing, dispersed themselves inland before the
authorities had time TO institute inquiries about
them; and on the day following another boat came
III Will u SllI!lat NUMBER, ana same character OF
men, mixture ofiJaya and Manillamen.
4, When Intercepted, they stated that they were
the crew OF pfahu belonging to RHO, laden with
ganbrle, which theyrepresented had capsized, and
that boy had been drowned. The whole of them
adhered to that one statement, they were released,
their story at the time being believed 10 be true
The police, however, had their suspicious aroused
by the conduct of some of the men, as they dis
played much anxiety to part flom each others
pany and to leave the place. and twas not until
they had been subjected to most searching inoui-
~ that the the truth was revealed, Some of them
at length confessed to having belonged to The Bere-
nice, and to the horrible fate which the captain
and his officers met with. According to their rem
RESERVATIONS, it seems that, on the I'd of Decem-
Der, annuity broke out among several of the Ma
nianlen, on account, as alleged of the master not
he had previously promised. About midnight.
they got Mr.. Candy on the quarterback, y hen
they horribly murdered him. His wife, hearing his
cries, rushed on DEF with two of the officers
they Immediately fell sacrifice. The third ma te
and the French passenger, who witness ed the
tragedy, leaped overheard to escape the vengeance
OF the wretches and persisted. Mrs Candy's ser
wants shared similar fate as their unhappy mis-.
tress.. The whole of the bodies, with weights at.
tached to them, were hurled into the sea. The
rlngleaders then took to plumber the ship OF every
thlng that was portabe;, and, after some two or
three days rlotous living on board, they commen-
ced destroying her. Having lowered the boats,
they klndled fire in several parts of her, and
when she had got completely alight they abandon-
ca her by the last accounts, the authorities were
using every effort to bring the principal actors in
the barbarous acts of murder and piracy 70 Justice
and as many as nine had been lodged in5the Jail
OF Togel. The Berenice was freighted with a val
liable cargoof tea, and her loss is, therefore con-
acknowledgement Paper. s..s. Nc, -