The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-04-21
From The Sydney, Australia Herald
THE MASSACRE OF THE ST. PAUIjS PAS

HORRIBLE CANNIBAL1sM.-The Chinese PASSENGER
OF the St. Paul, who was rescued by the steamer
Styx, and arrived on Tuesday, has furnished us
with the following account of a massacre of the
Rossel Island:
1.-THE ship went on shore during the night, and
when she struck the passengers all rushed on deck
making great cutlery, 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 without any water,
when some OF US went on board the ship again to
get some, also provisions. The CAPTAIN left in
his boat with some of the crew, and we were not
disturbed by the natives for month after he was
gone; they then came over from the mainland, dis
tant about three quarters of mile, and made an
attack on u.s. Some of us had double barreed
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 des- |
perately, and killed great many of the natives |
before he was overpowered. They then took all |
our clothing, &c, which they partly destroyed |
Any valuabes that they found, such as sovereipns |
rings, &C., they placed in a net bag which each |
man carried round his neck. A watch particular
ly excited their attention, thev were continually
opening it to observe the reflection of their faces in
the glass. At night we placed in the centre |
OF clear piece aground, and fires lit in several
places, the natives keeping a regular watch over
us, and during the day they would select four or
hive Chinese, and after killing them, roast the f1esh
and eat it; what was not consumed being deposited
IN their nets. Their mode of proceeding was as
folows:-The victims being decided on they were
taken out, and beaten all over excepting the head
with kind of club, and then despatched 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 collected, and either burnt or thrown away |
saw ten of my fellow passengers killed in this way
On one occasion some of the Chinese took a boat
which belonged to the ship, and went over to the
mainland at nightto get some water, but never
| returned, SO we thought they had been killed.
Every day they brought us cocoanuts or some wild
roots to eat, and appeared to be quite friendly with
us. This state of things continued until | was
taken of the island When left, there only
four Chinese and the Greek alive all the rest hav
ing been killed. | these five the day the steam
er came in sight, but when the natives saw the
boats coming on shore they took them to the noun
tans. was sick and lame and they would not
carry me so that Watched my opportunity and con-
trived to conceal myself among the rocks until the
boat came on shore. They very numerous but
DO not appear to have any chiefs among them. They
live on cocoanuts, of which there are large auanti-
ties, and kind of yam, which they roast before
eating; but beyond few dogs, | saw neither ami
mails nor fowl Of any kind.
The Wheeling Lteligencer notices the arrival in
that city from Fairmont of officer Hawley and Mr..
Jno. Wrightin charge of Jacob S. Hardin, charged
with the murder of his wife the 9th March last
at Belvidere Warren county, New Jersey. Mr.
wright made the acquaintance of Hardin on rail
road train and afterwards met him several times in
the neighborhood of + airmont. On Sunday morn
murderer named Hardin, accompanied by a procla- |
nation from the Governor of New Jersey, offering
$500 for his arrest. Wright recognized the nor,
tralt and informed the police. Hardin had assumed
the alias of Austin, and when arrested at first he
denied his identity and insisted that his name was
Austin, but when seeing the likeness he sank under
the exact resemblance and exclaimed with consid-
cradle feeling, 81 am Jacob S. Hardin but il was |
that mother-in-law that administered the poison"
lie then told several circumstances in connection
with the MURDER stating that after the death of his
wife, coroners jury was summoned before which |
he appeared a Witness and that after the iury |
had been in session five days without result he |
was advised to leave and another name |
which he did, protesting his innocence. He was |
committed to Jail to await requsition from the |
Governor of New Jersey. Hardin is not more than |
twenty-five years of age, intelligent, if not |
rather pleasant face and agreeable manners His |
wife, tits said, was some years his senior.
INTERESTING EXERCISES IN A LOUISVILLE School.
The Louisville Courier ofSaturday has the follow
ing:
Difficulty in the Fourth Ward School-The regular
teacher OF this school, Mr.. Clark, has, BY reason
OF illness, been unable to attend to his school, |
Mr. Gray, who was temporarily supplying the
place of Mr.. Clark, on Thursday last, undertook |
to punish one Of the larger Buys The boy was
refractory and fought the teacher to the best of |
his ability. Yesterday another of the larger BOYS
got upon the teachers desk, and like the boy in the
apple tree, refused to come down. The teacher
attempted to chastise him. whereupon the nnnn |
blow on the side of the head. Mr.. GRAY left the |
school ROOM followed by all the boys, who pursued
him with brick bats and stones for some distance
Some of these missiles struck Mr. GRAY on the back
of the head, but whether he sustained serious |
injury or not we are uniformed.
The amount OF damage done by the present food |
of the Mississippi River is alarming The flood is |
as high and destructive that of last year, which
was desolating in its effects. The reports from
the "coast' are that the levee is broken in many
places, and great number of plantations under
water. Many places that escaped last year are
now suffering. The system of Mississippi levees
seems wholly inadequate to the assistance of the
vast volume of water they are constructed to con-
fine 1t is apparent that the bed of the Mississippi
is rising. At the very time that hundreds of plan
tations are under water, and millions of dollars
worth of property destroyed great feet is de-
tanned at the mouth of the river because there is
not a suifciency OF water to enable them to get
over the bars.-Cincinnati Courier
The New Orleans Delta says: 1t is rather
remarkable coincidence that both of the last two
have made their first acquaintance with people,
as prisoners of war to our army. Robles was in
the list of the captives at Vera Cruz and Malta was
made prisoner at Cerro Gordo. We imagine that
the two Ministers will be found very different in
their characteristics. Robes, though possessing
many excellent traits and some talent, had an am
btion to figure as political intriguant and cunning
dplomatist. Mata, the other hand bears himself
always like hightoned gentleman, scholar and
republican.
TREASURE FROM A WREcK.-At the Offices or |
Messrs. Abel Langly, bullion brokers, London,
there are now to be gold bars of the value of
Ell 600, and silver bars valued at 4.O0O fshed up
from the wreck Of II. NJ. s. Lutine, which was lost
on the coast OF Holland, on the 9th of October,
1882 After sixty years immersion the gold looks
as fresh as If it had just been taken out of the bank
The silver bars on the other hand have become ex-
ternay almost black under the action of salt water;
and some OF the dollars, which have been almost ali
saved, are SO much corroded that they are worth (
only one or two shings each.
Gen. F. A. Tallmadge, Superintendent of the New
York Police force, has resigned that position be-
cause the Police Commissioners have taken away
from him the executive control of the force, and
of late the only duty be has been allowed to
perform was to communicate the resolutions and
ardera of thu Board and act "a sort of aenn