The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-24


81 lch as o Roman Catholic would make to he
patron saints altar, Wlitspered to himself our
great Rajah.'" And tbia man was a reclaimed
This reverental love of the natives Is the
ole thing which does not admit OF DOUBT
| 1be proofs are constant and irresleuDits.
Some years since, a lady with few attendants
was pushing her boat mp Bornean river, many
| Leagues away from Sarawak, when she enc9un-
| tel ed wild Dyak tribe on warhke expeultl,ou;
The sight of more than hundred MY, hh,i t.tS
| savages croWning a little knoll Wmch luVVed
| into the river a half-dozen rods in advance OF
| her boat, dancing trantically IKE min.nlhcsl
brandishng their long knives, ana IellnR yli ~
the while IKE demons was ragsS n0s sag ra,seS
at the bow OF the boat, every demon
| straiion of hostility ceased. She was over,
pow by their noisy weiGGme ana Eeceve1 Save
| vears aoo at the very time that the accusations
| Of cruelty and wholesale SLAUGHTER OF innocent
| people were most recklessly made, q party OF
| EnglishmeD, and among them the adopted son
| of the Raiah, went on an exploring expedition
| to the extreme northeast corner of BOrneo more
| than six hundred miles from SaIawak. While
| they we're seated one evening around their
| Ere, the whole air resoUnded with the cries,
| 'DTuan Brooke Tuan Brooke ~ and pre-
sently the natives drew near, and expressed
their Joy at seeing con of the .grea Rajah
and wondering that he who had so blessed
the southern Dyaks did not extend his protec-
tion TO their northern brethren. One anecdote
more. During the Chinese insurrection, of
X,
ing desperately against the insurgents, was
/ mortally wounded, only lingering long enough
| to be assured of the Rajah's victory, and to
exclaim with his dying breath, ~ would rather
be in hell with the English than in heaven
| with my own countrymen."
The loyalty of the native population was
| thoroughly tested in the year 1857. 1t was the
| time of the second British war against CHINA
| Now the Chinese are in one sense the
most cosmopolitan of races. Wherever bread
| is TO be won OF gold amassed, there they 60
| thus becoming scattered all through South
| eastern Asia and the adjoining islands. In one
| aspect they are a great blessing. They are a
| most laborious and thrifty race, of almost in
| calculable benefit IN the development of the
| material resources of a country. But in some
| respects they are also an element of danger.
| They never identify themselves with the country
| in which they dwell. They simply come 10 get
a living out of II. They band themselves IN
secret societies or other exclusive organizations
aud seem to get no real love for the land which
| gives them bread, or the people among whom they
| live. Under a peaceful rule, this race bad
! greatly multiplied at Sarawak. Some branches
| of industry had indeed almost fallen into their
| hands. Especially in all mining operations was
| their help positive necessity. For the Dyak,
| though industrious enough in his little planta-
! tlon, will not work, except on COmpulson, IN
| the mines. These places are bitter to him with
| the memory of forced labor and unrequited
| misery. Besides, he believes that the bowels Of
the earth are filed with demons. and no amount
| of pay gives him courage to face these As
result, the conduct of the mines was
| left to the Chinese, and they were unwisey per-
| mitted to work them in large companies of seve-
| raj hundred, under their own overseers. This
| gave them the advantages of compact organi-
Zation: to a dangerous degree they became a
State within the State.
When the war in China broke out the Chinese
| residents at Sarawak, sympathI2ing with their
couHtrymen, we're naturally greatly excited;
and when tidings came that the English fleet
had been repulsed from before the Canton forts
they were emboldened to take the desperate
step OF attempting to put to death or to drive
| out of the country Rajah Brooke and the rest of
the English people, that they themselves might
| take possession of it. About dusk on a Febru-
| ary night, six hundred OF them gathered under
their chiefs, armed themselves, went on
| board cargo-boais, and began to aoat down the
| river towards the capital. At midnight they
| attacked the Rajah's house. Its inmates were
forced to flee to the jungles. The Rajah rose
| from a sick-bed, ran TO the banks of the
stream, dove under one of the Chinese boats,
swan the river, and took refuge with the
| Malays. Several Of his countrymen were muir
| dered. His own house filled with the price
| less collections of lifetime, together with
| costly library, was burned.
| il was gloomy morning which succeeded the
| night of this catastrophe. Though he did not
| doubt for a moment the ultimate suppression of
| the Rebellion, what ruin might not be wrought
| in the few days or weeks which should elapse
| before that event! And where, now that he had
| been driven from his capital, he should find a
| base of operations to which he might gather the
scattered native forces, was the perplexing ques:
| ton Of the hour-when, joyful sight, he beheld
merchant steamer sailing up the river! He
| hailed her, went on board, and with sufficient
| force steamed up to Sarawak. With his appear
ance the last veStige of hope for the insurrec-
ton disappeared.
Meanwhile stirring events had taken place.
| At first the natives were stunned. they were
! reused at dead OF night, to find the Chinese in
possession of the town, their Rsjahs house IN
flames, the Rajah missing, while the rumor was
that he had been killed. For time they wan
dered about listlessly vacantly staring each
| other in the face, and 1t seemed as though they
| were about to submit without a struggle. In
the midst of this gloom and uncertainty, up
| spoke Malay trader whose veins, despite his
| peaceful occupation, were full of the old pirate
| blood :-"Are we going to submit to be gov
| erned by these Chinese, or are we going to be
faithful to our Rajah? ] am no tinker, but
will never be governed by any but him, and to
night | commence war TO the knife with his
This broke the spell. Both Malays and
Dyaks, IN city and country alike, rose en- gldSse
and alter a severe fight prolonged till the
| temperance of MIR. Brooke, drove the Chinese
: lenting fury. Many of the insurgents persisted
| by the sword. Many more wandered about
| till they died of starvation Some threw them
I selves down in their tracks expiring from
| fatigue and utter wretchedness. Some hung
| themselves 10 escape their misery. In despair
a | and evaporation, they even turned their arms
/ | against each other. OF the six hundred wh(
l. made the original attack, sixty escaped
8 | OF the four thousand who composed the Chines'
, | population, a forlorn and Wearied remnant o
G two thousand took refuge in the Dutch part o
l. the island This lamentable destruction wa
Il the result neither of the order nor the perms
It | sion of the Rajah. 1t was accomplished by th
o uDreasoning fury OF an outraged people. In
e | few days the formidable instruction was ended
l. | The places of the insurgents were filed a
o | rapidly as they had been vacated Scarcely