, 1869-01-14
PIRACY AND MURDER.

14hANx AASA. 0OR4E1As
Forty.ave Chinese Coolies setza Upon
m american Vessel and Murder the
Officers. Tho Tragic ssory hesased
by 4 survivor.
81. m Tho Horoluia ss.nasa,ch 1slandsl Gazette.
The bark Sea Bss eze, james 4. Hamilton
lnastar; a1rtved here yesterday At q. nj
from the Northeast Cult, She ha1 the owner
Of the bark ca5a1ti, and Chinese boy oa
whole crew Of that lil.iated vessel, saved
their Lives. We are tpdebsed to CAPTAIN
Hamilton for the following interesting report
Of the tlagte fate Of Capta1n Codiua:
c-91,a1 9n .he !, s9th y dsy Ct June lsss. Ehilst
Along shore looking for whales. They landed
or Erag Island, where they fund Stranger,
Elth Chinese cao!le {h,s servaot). and =
ieM M a daas%es, who we1e co1 Getting the eggs
Ing part Of thei. story, the tsst officer
nrorRnt tnt n on board, aa they were Ia 4
Sery desthote AND almost starving condition.
On the1s & aIrisal, na A and in answer to my in
quiry OF VI lo be "as aud hoH be came on that
inland, the stranger narrated to me tie tol.
low ing tragic tale OF piracy and murder,
with the Incidents attending The exlra.
ordinary cruise Of the vessel, which be len on
the I'd Gag Of Mar: A. INC same time. he !
necessary Tor the sale and transfer oi . |
foreisn. bullt vessel to the American iax, 10.
gether with the crew List. and some few
other papese he had BEEN acle to preserve: in
corroburatfon If cis statements. all bearing
the official seal Of the American Consulate Of
Cal1ae.
uc informed ME that his name WAS John
c. Codina, by birth pative Of Barcelona, IN
spain, but d raturallzed American citizen
that he bad unioEtur ately lost bis her pa.
pers ss they had been TAKEN by tho pirates,
together with all his effects at the time Of
the murders. By the bill Of sale, It was
manifest that he was solc owacr bazk
called the. Cayalti, torelgu.built, but then
saiilng under the American flag. The vessel
1853, bound for Bacusmayo, Ion my chart,
San pedro), port some 3l5 miles 10 the
| nosthward, With crew OF ten men, Including
Captain and officers. alsJ ht1uself Is passcn-
ger and supcrcarKo, and bis COO le bny ~
eoa f. Saense ss u ~ P apa ss1 ssa
Ptovtaencla hanks Of Peru. being his private
funds to purchase rice and return cargo.
She hud small Etolght insisting In part Of
| 1N, qulntals Of 1onr. l0o quintals Of sugar,
Of sperm ind kerosene oils. no boxes clarct.
10 bnekcts champagne, 81 buxcs clndles, 50
barrels OF ale, ahont l0u pounds 0f opium
Tor smoking, and oshcr Wines md brantics
n lot Of ftntsccllaneou< nntl small aEtlclss, two
sugar boilers, and Is Chinrse coolte., most
ali Of # hich belrpgr.l tn a large and wealthy
| sngar plantation called Caynai!. nflcr which
| the vessel WAS named. Tho coolies Ind boun
transferred 10 the Cayaltl from tho Peruvian
hnrk rrov1dsncin, which had brought them
Is yrry commonly dono on TINT coast.
On thu second morning out Of port, he
tween I md 5 o'clock, II brlng about day.
lHht, Tic seward having Just tursed cut 10
prepare btraktaet. thr Chinese rose. seized
ind bound him To TIM fnrcmsst; Killed tho
aceoud tnatc, who had charge OF the deck,
and II rc" biz body overheard I; struck tho
,nnn ut the wheel With the cuok's nxc, sry.
crlnE his lcft arm from Ills body, and lett hin,
lying on tho deck In helplrss condltlun. hut
The alcll. beng aloTt, escaped for tho time
telng, hut 10 sltn'rn wofso late.
The Captain and Innie being aroused by
the ro!sc on deck, md the crlcA of n.ottAl
agony o' the poor man at tho whoct, toro up
them jumped through tho rabln win.
dow Into the sea, no doubt thiukin5
thy might possibly reach the sh}rn,
which was about eighteen miles
s'istant, and plainly while. Bat With
dcscrs lnwrrrd a boat, and @ith repeated
blows, aud totally ltsrcgasliog their supplt.
cations, killed them In the wafer, in full view
OF Mr.. Codlnn, who was alone Ia the cabin,
preparing to follow the example Of those nu.
! self. After witnessing The death or his com
punions with what feelings will not ut
,, tempt to Portray, be concluded that they
> "ou!u . ~. ~ nia r.. ~ ~ o,u W, aua !naa "
hliEna us netr ~, Cle Muele Ae WIS anu 80 ns
Ga the return OF the boat they seized the
. remainder Of the crew, took them into the
. waist, tied their hands behind their backs
! an9 Insult sng.n ~ au nv @ se,, ma9c ~
~. ~! ~ aooEs ~ aau Lite"
.nem lDto tns sea--siS H ~ nauoef, tne ~oanu
i ~ nan Hs.oacu; WI ;: pne " eas ergW peng
coone oi M5. Soa'uas !enea .ne psfatgs, aht
mas not inc!oasu ~ tIe lassacFe. nc VA;
, LUZ eauss " eue tsouu.e, aa'Es seen ana
ns.rel3 ~, ~ pe1ce , aIs nome5 " noalu, ano IN
loiHieu .as cu,asiea ~ ~ uelnE tuete, aus
no doubt c1nntEtng win them In regard to
inc p,sac1: 1s,: r a., r, a..
: Ailer olsPosing OF Tue ere" IL thl
! n"a,nan ano oasoa1ods s;sh ,na.es a1oat twsa
OF t4ein asMeu WIN a4es, Knives. &c.
;,, tsGm Inc .oG hs COOS gnnex, PIECE. @ dea % 70 r. r.
! tottua was. Nheu theY entered, being en-
: tlrety deienceless, ne CROPPED on bis knee
6 anu s"paofeo ao1 nle1sS- s,n nn@ Mnat mere
+ could ne expect aiteF "hat had aircad
least pesS9 oa1-a 9t5sF p,,,s T SVo'is POI
: o,j.r ~ ;n- ~ Hr fo1f1 sJr. t.o1iina tn l.,
| f,rm them where the money md opium was
ami r11er nivht not E1lI hirn.
tooE the boxes % Of coin broke them M CT coen "a; 81
i t]Ist ributed il amcurst then, to"cthcr Wit
i iii tie cloth. and Other ELECTS Of Mr. c.
. tho Csrtsin ana other officers.
Thev now told Nr, c. be must take then
: nul the bark 10 China, 10 whIck he replied
. he ctuld not do It, not understandings nayt
!. ration or knowing The position OF Cnino
b It Ibis ono Of the rinr1eaders. formerly
II pirate. replica in substance. never minj.
ran fni II :: the suu sets back q, China. stec
9 towards lint aud'Wa viii find It. 1;noq III
= coast.T and Ia assumrd comnnEd. The
ssecred Wrst fnr ahopt twenty days. ives
northwest nts,ut twelve, northyest abou
O, nftecn, when they lost tie trades, and the
vent arcnrj}inrr u, the wind md drift OF til
vessel. there be,pt ou1y six that kaow IN,
= thing about stccr,oC.
;, From thtir iguorance Of seauapshp, the
I. sooa lost ell.thE lignt sails, masts and yatds
and thc larger sa,ls being much torn fro,
=. ;he cnnthnni Stating TO whiCh t1,ey We:
~ subjected, When they wc.e about scvcn..
4 seven tie5s GU. they made lard. probably Il
ts KuriIo fslands. covered with snow, an
drilled auout TOR i've OF six days, at tim
as close in. They passed Into tlr UchottE Se
l. Sea, where they got lnto. the. Ice, In Will
ID rtnained three days. When abost /
IN unys out, lhgy founu thefneelses Que 1uoFnA
c.o.s - stotG una M'Gnussu h nsta .Iey
Oh nnnsI thno .'ht,t,.si s.,,rn iccr Go,,ti
- snn,c sslis. thcr nrt1certlcti tn se.. AMI