The New York herald., 1871-08-22
MORE CHINRSR CRUELTY.
Wreck Of an American Steam
ship Off Breaker Point.
The Celestial Wreckers Drlvl
Away the Crew.
Statement of the Captain of ths
Vessel.
Wreck OF Britieh Ship Terrible Mutiny Q
Board North German Bark-Exe-
cution Of Murderer.
SHANGHAB, July IL, 1871.

cution Of Murderer
SHANGHAI. July IL, 1871.
The American steamship Mars, bound from Hon
Kong to Annoy, was wrecked on the 10th ult. O
Breaker Point Sne left Hong Kong at nve A. n
OF the l4th and got on the rocks at three A. M. IN
next day. Chinese fishing boats came out in grcs
numbers from the shore about three miles distant
and IN them, the Chinese passengers-about 200 Il
numDer-were landed The Chinese then dr0v
the Europeans out OF the ship, which wa
rapidly being broken up by tine sea. the shi
struck amldships on the rocks, and
ten minutes afterwards her engine room was full o
water. Sne rolled great deal on the rocks and II
two hours broke In two amidships The weathe
was very thick, blowing heavily, with q high Sci
running. As the Chinese would not allow the crev
to land they put TO sea In the ships boats, one
which swamped alongside and drowned five Chimes,
sailors. In one OF the other boats the capIain
In another the chief mate, in third the cef thirt
ana fourth engineers and purser and in the fourtt
the second mate and second engineer. All the boats
except the last started FOR SwatOw; the fourth pu
into Hong Kong, where 1t arrived safely, but the
weather becoming they put into way port
Cupchi, wnere tney procured Junk, which brought
them 10 Hong Kong. The following ~ the state,
meDt of the Captain or the Mars:-
left Hong Kong at 1--WE A. M. l4th June, bound 10
Annoy with 2S3 Chinese passengers, general cargo
~ 900 in treasure Had strong breeze from
day. when dheans Point bore north distant aSo"
es and nina hn na miles 1nds inter n this the Teansr ce1
eleven T. NJ, weather clearing between times heavy
west about ve miles. ship heading eastnoftheas. by eom-
Witch % east BY n9 % 6n one sna Dns half nor
miles honr, with weather until half past
port AND after ship them heaa
"a struck sayy am and ran her
medlaey began breaking oyer the ship and IN but tew
Began lowering the boats charge of the different
the made rush for OF the saboard
by which means i've OF the Chinese were Y6s
s n S SS ssns wSe se w b0 e win tho
ing daylight hundreds OF fishing from
ins about $ Of Sa
Finding the passengers provided for IN the fishing boats.
the together with several passengers tho
W.. wA w a"a e to %
wind along the this port
@ as the cns On
bay who, upon communicating with the .uthorties OBJ
''as aa
the the m. sn anS
hired fishing Junk to bring n TO this port furnishing o"n
Xnsr .So dsys We reached Lyssmoon. met the ch,ne.s
De
were with kindness hosp,ta,iy
attribute s:: Of The Mar. the strong pdraush. q
by the fearful typhoon blowing the sonthwsrd o
the % ss .a e: s The ro S5
A court OF inquiry held at the United States COM
suate at Hong kOng. has resulted IN the complete
The British H h ship Mirage on her voyage from,
Bangkok to Hong Kong, was wrecked or HailnG
Island West COAST on the 18th Of June: rne capaI
and crew found their way on board OF Chinese
nshlng junk, which took them to Macao, whence
they were brought 10 Hong Kong. The Mirage had
a general cargo said 10 be valued at $50, 600.
The crew of the North German bark Nounan, cons
sisting OF Maays, Cinnamon and japanese, pound
from Ten-tsn Keelung mutinled the 18th oI June :
burned the ship murdered the mate and attemp pt ed
TO do the same 10 the captain. The attempt oD the
captains life did not sucoeed for 1t seems that with
tain TO certain extent the command OF mis- vessel.
ON hs arrival In Shanghae Captain Haggermade tho
following statement
morning. and went 10 the poop smidshp to The seranS
sioopsd down TO ook from underneath the ore.a when
to OF
back turned round to confront my sssalan, ana saw
s .y Striking then s me- az tho to %. s II ss
breast, arms hands. / without weapon. ! was
ss S me rU% % 1 A.
the
hm that If he came into the cabin would shoot him. had
A' es aD % ,ss boy
''nar'' tn. .s With ss'' mss S,
went forward where the smoke from and
that thick smoke up through the matches. orderc
the hatches be the cabin door smother
the bre. The cook and another did this Az tho
main hatch slipped on 70 the corpse of the Chief officer
then told that three Malay had jumped ovCTbeard
tainted away and carried the deck Az
came to again sail taken In and the remaining
part OF the crew were pouring water into tine cabin
ordered the men to make course Tor the Saddles Tho
ship was getting hot by this time After two days
came into thick fog, and according reckoning
ought be somewhere the Saddles We the shin
close that could breakers and then
longer and the boats put into the boat IN
fantng state and recoect having left the vessel
recovered little In and ship bazn
tore and aft SbanRhae. We picked
bv the steamer Ksngse carried TO Shanghae where
we arrived to-day GEORGE HAGGEk.
Several OF the mutineers have been arrested. IN
seems that the rngleaders are three Malays and n
Chlnaman, who ran awav from the ship at Ticnt tsin,
but were caught and reshlpped.
The execution OF William Williams, for the will
ful murder OF Thomas hutchinson on the palm
OF May, took place, an account OF which was sent
TO the HERALD last month. Punctually at six
O'Clock A. NJ. or the 4th instant the prisoner was
conducted from ms cell 10 the scaOld, accompanied
bv priest OF the Roman Catholic faith and the OIi
Gals whose duty IL was TO be present Having
assembled he turned ana addressed few words 10
those around. he then uttered aloud brief prayer
and submitted himself TO the eXecutiOner's hands.
The rope and cap having been adjusted, the execu-
toner lett the PLATFORM drew the bolt and In an
instant win scarcely struggle all was over a
formal inquest was afterwards held on the bOdy
ana death found to have been caused Dy hanging,
In pursuance OF sentence.