The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-01

source Of prosperity 70 the envrons was customary
to place the dinner table OF the caph OF Baghda1,
query evening, tray or bread, with noissnd pieces
Of gold derived from the revenue Of that dstric
For this the district received the appsllaon Of
sSelietu u khubz - "Breao basket Besides this,
the ancient name OF that region, IN me ssi old
means s'sugar." BY reason Of It's producing immense
quantities Of that product, the country became
that the manufacturers Of England may easily and
speedily obtain from those regions any desired quantity
have visited those parts and viewed them from one
trsmty 70 the other and have become web acquainted
with its circumstances. From them, too, the truth may
be learnt
In Short should the ideas above set forth meet your
appreciation the bess thing 70 do would be TO transmit
der that they may appoint agent with whom the
cessary spuafons both sides may be discussed and
dnsve understanding come r1 q in The Pi,sr ss.y
% shaban, 1877 9th Feb, 1881
The Mires Anair-The Turkish Loan.
The following ia the text Of the regarding The
Tu ksh loan, issued as already noticed under or tee
have the honor to inform the subscribers to the
Turkish loan that, in virtue Of treaty, the arrange
meDts OF which have been accepted and signed by the
commits oner deeg sted by the Turkish the
Director OF the da Commeyce OF fustrie
me President Of the soce,s General DO Credit Indosrs
lily Of judicial and provisional administrator the
Mires Company, known as the Casse Generate des Che
' the bills accepted ~ the 's n1es e''co Company sss
in in discharge Of the sum It owes to the
paid tomorro and the following days. they become
due t the Office Of the 5ocete Generate de Credit Indus
trie ct Commercial, 20 Rue dc Ia ChAussee dAutim On
the other hand the subscribers to the loan will be al
most Immediately invited TO present themselves the
office the company receive the bonds they have
COUNT CHI. De GERMINY.
Awful Massacre OF the Crew OF the Ameri-
can Whaling ship Superior, ny the Ma
tives OF Tressury island, I'm the Solomon
From the sydney Herald, Jan. ri
The following letter, addressed to the editor Of the He
raid, by Captain Hugh Mair Of the schooner Ariel has
been handed to US by Captain Devn the Rebecca now
beg to inform you that anchored at Rubiana (solo
m0n sa On 10th q and on the fol
the same place. having touched at Treasury sand three
days previously The Of the Ariel told thai be had
Of New Bedford Woods master had been taken at the
last named place thereupon Immediately got under
natives, as usual, came on board in ocnsdsrabls
numbers, and, during the whole day were COM
ing and going, but did not offer soytning for sale
much grounds for my misgvings, called one Of the
chiefs into the cabin and told him that knew Of their
1t Of for him to deny the fact The man then
confessed tnat II the but said that he had had
true. The day the natives bfoughs part q the
ships sails a cut up) and several articles whioh
they wanted TO SELL amongst the rest the ships log
book That day f0un1 out that six Of her were
prisoners upon the island and at set about trying
to get possession Of them For three days cruse
of the island having the natives backwards and forward
during that time went to the beach occasionally sn1
could the men, but on every occasion they w@re
strongly guarded None o. the principal NATIVES oonns
was related TO enc Of the head chiefs. Iput HIN In
irons, and next morning took him ashore, and Sgain
offered the natives 70 nay them for the They agreed
At last TO let have one, who, coming my aoat.
gave the dreadful intelligence that the whole II the
i've oSers rs had been murdered s fp and sssuSp %st
seems there are two chiefs mpcatedCopan, the heSN
ga 70 E hm ss so
two other that chief had or each Of the two che
bad IL seems two men). and was finally su,csssful
alter great deal OF trouble The three men, howeve
whom Ccpsn bad possession Of could mot get eher "
persuasion by threats Az aght prccesaed % tie
there two days saw natives. but found the ship
bboom on the beach, together with pieces Of burnt TIM
The bark superior, R d. WOOD, Master (woods
ownsr), Of Now Bs6ford sailed from THAI pors on the
Gath june 1857, made Treasury Island the 18th Of
day. On the 18Th, llth and 18th Of that month the
crew were employed In wooding and watering,
by bys great number Of natives armed. On San San
day, the 10th, nine Of the crew went ashore. The
carpenter and two men went 70 the settlement and
then proceeded canoes and overland the ship and
those who came BY land fell In with the remaining six
tives got on board the vessel and made rush on the
crew, who all on deck except four who in
bed Those on deck were Immediately tomahawked,
only two escaping By jumping down the main hatchway,
and joining the four below In the forecase One OF the
crew, whom recovered, saw the captain and second
mate murdered by q native called "Bily,n who has
been TO sydney and speaks English we'll The chief Co
pan the principal in this dreadful massacre The six
below, being armed with lances kept the natives
from coming down the forecastle until at last "By'
told my informant that they up they should not
be hurt At length therefore, they did So i'd at
surrounded the chief Copan ordered be put
70 DEATH The chief america offered 70 buy three Of the
and he persuaded Copan to keep the other three
till the ground. These three have already intima-
ted, could not recover.
The three board my vessel say they were well
treated by the chief America and they tell that the
native "Byn was at the taking or the schooner PEARL
where at anchor, about eighteen months bafore
this happened II In said that he over to Treasury
Island In the SUPERIOR and had opportunity OF seeing
that there arms kept there being only old
flint guns and Of them loaded when the ship was
taken Twenty six men butchered In cold blood,
amongst whom poor lad ten years OF age-the
consisting OF thirtytwo souls when she anchored The
natives took five boats, with q quantity Of cordage and
sails, which were all cut and everything ese de-
etroy ed by setting the ship dre. The Superior
board $50 barrels sperm and $50 barrels right whale
oil In November last shc In Honolulu, and shipped
In the Midas for the United States 26S3 lbs OF bone 370
barrels Of sperm and 230 barrels Of whale oil as shown
BY her Ios 10 my possession. HUGH MAR.
RuBASA, Solomon Islands November 30.
THE VERY LATEST.