New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-20

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sThen you mean to die like -
I'd spoken thus far, when he caught my arm ,
Tor had begun to speak louder, and the men
might hear me.
"-sh," he hissed, ssdon't, I pray you, say,
any more; Of course I'll tight"
he grasped his cutlass 90 he spoke, and I
could see that his eye had changed, and there
was now some FIRE in it. By this time We could
see the faces of the Malays plainly, and in all
my Wanderings don't think ever saw such
another Get Of diabolical, ugly, bloody looking
vliiains. In Two minutes more saw those who
worked the paddles take their knives in their
teeth. had the men stand by with their pig
| tolls, and ordered them to IRE one yolley before
the boat got fairly alongside
At this moment, just as the pirate was wfshiu
| cables length, felt cool puff Of wind upon
my cheek. / turned and saw that thu wind had
whipped out from the north'd. Quick as light
ming | ordered the yards squared, and by
some means the nen obeyed me promptly; but
while this was being done, the Malay was com
ing on. The pirates saw that our sails had
caught the new breeze, and with d few quick
ana strong strokes they sent their craft along
side like rocket - 1---1 =
Fire" shouted.
and my men did fire, but their hands must
have trembled, for not more than half dozen
q the enemy fell. / called the men to shove
.aelr pixies over. but tell you those few pixies
iookea KIND O dismal in the faces of seventy
stout, blood-thirsty, Malay pirssss. 81 took one
Look into that proa, and my heart sank, for
knew they would make but short work with us.
We might kill . score Of them, and even then
they'd be up with us. - no
might. NJ - - = -
You mooney you blood! YOU sheep, you
,ng dom crappoo Shawn BulIl'
The fellow evidently thought US John Bulls,
and what the crappo meant couldn't tell, un-
less he had got the French and English mixed
up. However, 1 hadn't time to think of that
In another moment they would b alongside
Already were the pirates upon their feet, their
long knives In their mouths, cIerched FIRMLY
between their teeth, and in mbment more
they would leap. The bows Of the proa touched
our side under the mizzen chain, and her stern
was sweeping swiftly in as she shot ahead. At
tna moment something brushed past me to-
wards the stern, and / smelt the strong, rank
fumes Of turpentine. Before had time to look
or to think, q sheet Of smoke and flames danced
before my eyes, and on the next instant a howl
like the roar Of hundred lions broke upon
my ears.
Beat 'em of, beat 'em Off! cried q sharp,
clear voice, which / at once recognized as
Neds, and as heard it the whole truth flashed
upon me. / sprung to where half dozen Of the
crowd up over the side. Iawoke the men to q
comprehension Of the fol tune that had burst
upon US, and the few who were trying to board
us were either shot or driven bacK. The breeze
was now fresh and in few moments more we
shot ahead, leaving the proa, all enveloped in
flames, at q safe distance behind, while. the
crew, every man Of them, had leaped into the
water to extinguish the fire that clung to them.
(, AS soon as we were safe, and onr nerves had
hat fNoy,, al s.1-.l /. xy.
strange fortune that had saved us, and we soon
understood it. Noble Ned Grover, while I
thought him hiding away from the enemy, was
setting on foot q plan which had entered his
head alone. In the fore peak there was large
can OF pure spirits of turpentine. Ned had taken
the cooks great copper kettle, which held some
twelve gallons, and filled it as full as he had
dared with the infammable stuff and then he
watched his opportunity. The moment he
spirits, and then lifting the kettle high up by
It's sides, he went aft, so that the wind would
help him, and with o strong, careful, throw he
sent the fiery mass into the boat It went in
one sheet, all blazing and Kissing, and the light,
cotton clothing Of the pirates ignited instantly.
OF course the villains were blinded and stunned
by the unexpected visitation. and 1 don't 'spose
they knew much what they were about until
they had got into the water The wind, which
was just now starting fresh, carried the blazing
liquid the whole length Of the boat, and you
know even dozen drops of it would have been
enough to set their cotton shirts afre.
The old Yankee now gathered headway good,
and ere long the proa and her crew were far
astern. The boat was still burning and smok-
ing like mad, and we could see that most of the
pirates were striking ont for the island, for of
course they could not 60 near their boat But
It isn't likely one of 'em ever reached the shore,
for the fresh breeze had kicked mp smart
wave, and their heads we're under water half
tho time. took my glass and went up into
the mizzen top, and for a while I watched the
bloody scsmps. I could see 'em, one after an
other, sink out of sight, and [ knew that none
of them would ever do any more murders. But
in little time the few heads that were left
struggling above water were beyond the reach
of my sight, and / came down. s5ss 80
II isn't much use of my telling how Ned Gro
yer was disposed of, for you can Judge for your
selves. Yet he was mild and modest as ever,
and begged US to say nothing more about it,
When we got home, the owners made him accept
q thousand dollars, and made me promise to
teach him navigation. Ned is now four and
twenty-as noble fellow as you could wish to
see-and last month he left New York as the
captain Of the good ship Daniel Boone. Now,
who comes nexts
THE NICARAGUA ExPEDITIoNIsTs. WE are in
formed that on Saturday evening last, in q
schooner chartered for the purpose, there left
New Orleans, bound for San Juan de Nicara-
qua, some seventy emigrants, recruited in Texas
by Charles H. Higley, their Major Command
ing, who, it will be remembered, left this city
some weeks since at the head of small COM
pany, which now seems in o fair way to prove
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