Des Arc citizen., 1859-05-11
Horrible Massacre by Cannibals Three Hundred and Thirty Persons Killed and Eaten

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 We published brief statement of the wreck of the French ship St. Paul, on the Island of Rossel, in the South Pacific, in September last, and the subsequent mas sacre of three hundred and thirty Chinese passengers. The survivor was rescued by the steamer Styx, and has furnished the following narrative to the Sydney, Austra- lia, papers:
 1 "The ship went on shore during the night, and when she struck, the passen. gers all rushed on deei making great outcry, upon which the Captain drove them all below again. When daylight broke we landed by means of the boats on an island, where we remained two days with out any water, when some of them went on board the ship again to get some, as also provisions. The captain left in his boat with some of his crew, and we were not disturbed by the natives for month after he was gone they then came over from the mainland, distant about three quarters of mile, and made an attack on us. Some of US had double -barrelled carbines, but we got frightened and threw them away. The only white man left with us, after the departure of Captain Pennard, was Greek, who having armed himself with cutlass, fought desperately, and killed great many of the natives be- fore he was overpowered. They then took all our clothing, etc., which they partly destroyed. Any valuabes that they found, such as soverelgns, rings, etc., they placed in net bag, which each man car red round his neck. A watch, particular ly, excited their attention, as they were continually opening 1t to observe the reaec- ton of their faces in the glass.
 At night, we were placed in the centre of clear piece of ground, and fires lit in several places, the natives keeping reg ular watch over us, and during the day they would select four or five Chinese, and, {, after killing them, roast the flesh, and eat it: what was not consumed being de- posted in their nests. Their mode of pro- ceeding was as follows: the victims being decided on, they were taken out and beat en all over, (excepting the head, ) with a kind of club, and then dispatched by rip ping the stomach open. The body was then cut up in small pieces and divided, the fingers, toes and brains being eagerly sought after. The bones were then col lected, and either burnt or thrown away 1 saw ten of my fellow passengers killed in this way. On one occasion some of the Chinese took a boat which belonged 10 the ship and went over to the mainland at night to get some water, but never re- turned, so we thought they had been killed. Every day they brought us cocoa nuts or some wild roots to eat, and ap- peared to be quite friendly with us. This state of things continued until l was taken off the island. When left there were only four Chinese and the Greek alive, all the rest having been killed. l saw these five the day the steamer came In sight, but when the natives saw the boats coming on shore, they took them to the mountains. 1 was sick and lame and they would not carry me, so that watched my opportunity and contrived to conceal myself among the rocks until the boat came on shore. They are very numerous, but do not appear 10 have any chiefs among them. They live on cocoa nuts, of which there are large quantities, and kind of yam, which they roast before eating but beyond few dogs, l saw neither animals or fowls of any kind. "