The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-18
The Massacre OF ChIae.e IN Borpeo.

A letter from Sir James, or Rajah," Brook es 10
the London papers gives an account of the insur
rection at Saranac, Borneo of The Chinese and his
subsequent slaughter of 1000 of them. The ft 1
lowing is q condensation off
While the Chinese sttacfsd the front of the houss
sir James Brooke succee dsd in passing down tbs
oathroom and swan across u creek near his house,
by which means he succeeded in gaining the Ms]ay
village; thither also Others Of the European resi
dents happily reached shortly afterwsrds 1hs A.
sai,asts fired into Cir James Brooke's residences,
killed Mr. Nicolets whose body was buried In the
ruins piunoered the place of everythips of value
In their estimation and set 70 to the brldus ruth
le'sy DESTROYING Sir James Brookss excellent libra-
~ and the valuable collection of his whole life
loss which friend or fee must equally rexret. At
thsl houss of Mr. Crookshank the ssssilsnts met
overpowered be defended his amisbls and rec sntly
married lady with the utmost esllantry Mrs Crooi
shank wa, bru, ally wounded eiore his and drag
ged away when he no longer able to defend her
Mrs. Crookshank was believed to have been kilad
but happily next morning she was found in the jup
gle Her wounded body was covere with cocoa.
nut leaves She was, at latest sdvices doing we'll
Mr.. Crookshank reached the Mission house al.
most inser sible. The house of Mr. Middleton (aIso
in the service of Sir James Brooke) was attach led:
his house was fred aud two of his children unhsp.
PLY perished in the flames Mr.. Wellington me-
tallurgist in the service of the Borneo COMPANY
. guest Of Mr.. Middle ons was kill ed and bis b cad
cut off. The Government treasui y was plupdered
of everything 1t contained which was consderab ble
nearly every European had placed bis money there
the most secure place. About $40 600 belon ging
to the Borneo Company, was carried off In the
course Of a few hours, q large amount of Govern.
ment property was Destroyed
The steamer Sir James Brooke from Singapore.
hove in signt most tmeously. The site of her an.
ch, rage formed the base of all subsequent opera.
tons Sir James Brooke and his party at once
proceeded in the steamer to Kuchin, and soon sue.
ceeded in driving the miscreants out of town
The body or main forcs of the Chinese driven from
the town were final either cut of by the Dyaks or
starved 10 the juuale. At the ser about 100
of the Chinese were killed The warfare assumed a
mode of ire suiar attack The Dysks were let loose
who from large circuit battuelike drove the Chi.
into their fasn- accompanied by great loss
to the ietresters where they w.re hemmed 10 ; in
other words there took place hind Of guerilla war
fare Of the mHt harrsssng character srievousIy
thinring the number of ths rebels Still the Chi
mes, were uodaunted: from their stron hold they
ven.ured an attack In five prshus and commenced
rsvs sing the banks of the TIver.
The kunss landed and constructed stoeksde,
which they armed with guns, and ssrrisoned BY
about $50 men with muskets, &c The Datoo with
his three prahus made dash at the Chine stock.
sde where he landed with his party and carried the
place without repulss. Ths Ihnese In the stock.
ade were cut to pieces In half an hour they Lost
from 100 to l20 men, the rest In the stocksde having
lost their boats. took to the Jungle.
Tho wretched fug tives driven into ae Jun ge
where vast number cf them must perish from wa
and exposure before they reach q place Of seeu
rty The numbers who were killed and who died OF
starvation, is estimated at 2 900.