The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-11-04
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MANIToWOC, WISCONSIN
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1869.
a Brush with Pirates.
BY WALTER A ROSE

Shoey Leen W ater-lI smart rakish
little schooner OF hUne.red aud fifty fons
register, which traded between Tam sui.
on the island OF -1acw wan lfornosa.) and
Annoy, an open port ~ the province OF Fob
ken, China. Our cargo, camphor, was all
aboard, the anchor hove short, and the sails
were hanging in the cews, ali ready for
stceting home, when Captain BaInton
came on board and instructed ME TO get
the vessel under way.
1t was glorious morning; the light S. y.
monsoon rlppled the surface Of the sapphire
sea, which sparkled in the liquid amber
rays Of the sumner sun, ana filling the
snow-white sails of the pretty vessel, gently
waited her acrOs, the harbOr bar, out into
the blue expanse OF ocean that lay before
her.
IF this breeze holds we shall have
pleasant run across ! think the fore
topmsst studdr q sail will draw now, II you
set it. said the skipper, as lie came up
from the cabin, after dinner
Obcdlent TO bis order, | had the sail
Cleared away; but as the crew we're hoistiug
it, the tripping line got foul, aud | sent one
Of the hands 70 clear it.
''Kappall (sail oh J he cried, when he
had performed the duy, Oul crew mum
bcred thirty, and they were all Maylays.
Mana dere l. here away?) asked
DE mocha, tuan, atlas angn sidikit,"
tahead, sir, little to the Wlndwardl he
replied
Go up into tie fore top, and see what
shes like, sand the Captain 10 me
| took biuocuar fed glass and ascend
ed as high "a the tuttock shrouds. There
are two iuUks, slr-iarge ones, both dodg
ing about under small rail, | reported,
when | rcgaued the deck.
By two bells in the first dog watch, e
bad approached Within mile Of them, and
judging b their appearance, / bad hur
little doubt thar their intentions towards Us
were hostile for they were >neakIng aioug
some dist bee apart, As II they Dedljated
lnterceptlng Us.
Almost all native vessels in tie Chinese
seas are pirates, when opportunity offers
thou h they profess 70 carry on 3 legitimate
trade; but hess fellows | soon recognized
as regular free booter-; for they we've heav
lily armed, showed large numbers Of men
upon their decks. and earned ''stlnk pots
ut their mast heads. | called The Captain,
who was duz NJ In his berth, aud directed
his attention to ihr M
II III atiaIa ", shui have some trouble
with these fellows. MIR. y alters, he sand,
after careful survey. Gall up all hands,
get the guns loaded " e must ue preraI
I'd IN case OF an attack.
me ohoey Le, d wa Wei eqHiIpSd-
for the trade IN which she Was engaged was
hazardous one -Four bJeach loading
rldgd nine Founders on the main dgch,
swivel eighteen FOUNDER Oh the fore castle,
aud a hoasI OF bOarulug~ pixies, revUlytla
ana cH' asses iofte" heF a. Hldbeh' ana
use cI thcse WEAPONS a9 liam! S'"iJ III
sea n2Ht'' eSpecia''J "hlH men loeS are
'he th!heSc, l9i "AoAI my cAIiiSh tH1
mos 1--WE, c'd'e ""'ie"'
sCIFeu ou' d. III an" Az uIi'sou, oFCi
hauied Tue oieechihAH ahi see tatA .eH oi
the guns "a" thom lF"Pt'b lnAdeu' aha
theh reported an itacy' 10 'he SS'tptf' VINO
was pacing the deck a. dht"hctih, GiJ as !!
no .uch mugs a. pi aiIcaI vessels existed.
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th' JULES WIN us o'e-A"AFt, SAID nat
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mn ana III, c'h2lI', p"ih' me iot a.! L"u'
ana Mhen give The "oid. NE. h"och
away Ms Ioi eHa>' "u eau.
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after oi"ao>l'9 III uP y Us ID iapla success
sioh, nor wei We iuie me CaPi"ih
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namooo itahe Noihs' muse 81 or mum
bet WHY co''d ~ Sf"'eu Hou me guns,
p2lFcu ID an iuces'aht ram VI f'ne bllie'a
upon our ioes, "hom We managed 70 Keep
al 50 great distance that theif stlukNpots
couia not hufitd Ia our uldst' "hd II
seemtd as Il Inc tlae OF batJe as moving