The New York herald., 1871-09-15

once on the voyage. As Captain DicKey was about
leaving for his vessel Captain nurston placed In
,oIegn vessel for purposes Of defence. there had
. peen good reasons for believing that an attack
In fact u had been reported TO Captain 1hurston
tnat y large crowd had waited on the Judge, oe-
tsse h@ on ms d % S a, out po 20 hn6 and
demand the Judge replied, .sThe captain or the
bro'ners mas done nothing. and beg You TO
anis Information was received In the early part OF
the week, and as the vessel was 10 sail In a few
the sabres. They were placed in Captain Dckey's
boat, when the mate who had the LOOKOUT an
This at ten O'Clock on the night of the 27th of
August; Ihe moon was shining dlmly. but rs the
as Captain Thirstons gig, and on Coming alongside
II was Jound To contain eight ten men, prominent
among whom was Ramon Rippol, the conslgnee's
gel no preparation was made to resist. They were
welcomed on board, and, after what seemed to he q
be seated In front OF the forward Cabin door which
msncea between Captains Pckey, Thurston ana
one Of the party WHO spoke English. Captain
Thurston in the meantime had taken seat on the
OF the party seated around and very near him.
scarcely three minutes had passed when, TO the sur.
prise OF the American captains, the men
ALL SPRANG To THEIR FEET
drawing at the same time their revolvers and cut
asses those having revolvers cooking and levellIng
are my prisoner" Captain Thurston, who was un-
armed, sprang quickly TO his feet aud replied.
the hands Of the nearest one to him. During the
encounter several Shots fired at him, the first
to the gangway and sang out "Turn o out, men, we
are attacked; fight for your lives and your cap
ey's boat We're passed on decS' and handed IN turn
to the sailors Captain Dckey got the first one; but
while the crew were being armed, the second mate,
q son of Captain Thurson, and only eighteen years
Of age, was lying IN his hammock In front OF the
cabin. !1 On instant he conprehendei the sltua.
to enter the cabin by the forward door, when Rip
poll presented a pistol to his head and told him he
couldn't enter. Young ThurstSn quietly quietly retired, ret
apparently intimidated until he reached the cor
ner, when he ran and entered the cabin by TIE after
door.
o sx-shoooter, and passing through the cabin he
appeared at the forward door, when he behed his
father IN deadly connict with three MeXlcans, @ m one
fight This party was shot dead by young Thurston
ana the arms OF the slain man were at once
seized by Captain Thur5tOn. Before, however. ne
his son had Killed another OF the party surrounding
poll, who had fired several shots at the captain.
attempted with the remainder to escape from the
vessel.
All this was the work OF not more than minute.
BY this time the crew were armed. CAPTAIN Dlokey:
Rppo that CAPTAIN Tnurson Was mis- psonep r.
asked, "What does this meanT The response was
bullet from revolver, aimed at his Eead, but
wHIsTLINa PAST his EAR.
AS above stated he was the first to secure sabre,
attempted his life, succeeding In innctng
only q flesh wound, the blade striking q
and Coming on Of the cabin Was aS shot deaa
by the second mate. The other parties were shot In
endeavorng to gam the boat TWO OF whom fell life
less into the water and one fell dead In the boat
The last one killed was Rippoli who fell under
sabre blow from Captain Thurston: The first mate
was very prompt in arming himself and crew with
the SabreS but having no firearms was not able TO
40 the work he desired.
When the panic occurred ana the Mexicans
attempted TO escape, the mate aud crew gave them
chase. and IL wniie the terror stricken Mexicans
came In IN reach Of the revolver q young Thqrstoa,
Six OF the number fell from the shots OF young
Thurston, and one, the leader by
THE SABRE BLOW OF HIS FATHER.
Two only made their escape, ono OF whom Is
known to have been badly wounded By the first
or the crew Of the Brothers only only one was
wounded, the steward, VINO received a bullet IN
the glands Of the throat One OF Captain Dickey's
men who was In his boat and passed up the sabres
was shot in the face and head by charge from
shotgun, the most dangerous wound being caused
by ball in the side Of the head.
On finding that two OF the attacking party had
succeeded in escaping, orders were given to pur-
sue, and either kill or capture them. The des-
peradOeS, however, had got 30 much The start that
the pursuing party could not overtake them without
running too much risk Of being captured them
Selves rein Orcemcnts having already been sent out
from the bar to assist Rippol and his gang. -,
and the vessel made all sail, there being iIght
breeze at that time after which the crew went
around hunting for arms left by the MeXicans. Cap
tain Thurston was fully satisfied tR2t unless brisk
breeze should suddenly spring upthe vessel would
be attacked by a large force and he warned his
men " arm themselves as best they could as there
were
NOT ARMS ENOUGH FOR ALL,
and II attacked TO die rather tlan surrender While
this order was being executed he SAW two very
large boats pulling 9r ms ,h vesse ana Sy & 5ne tune
the ship, so near tat the crew did not nave time to
take anything with them. not even SO much as
ali hands were ordered in the boat.
The first effort was to obscure the dlrec-
tlon In leaving the vessel, keeping The ship
between the and the boat Of the de,ln9 crew.
When less than quarter OF mile from the snip
firing was commenced on her. The boat contained
eleven men, and was pulled by six oars. Feeling no
security IN Landing on the coast OF ,xlco the course
morning OF the 2Stn oi August, when 1t was changed
to west
OF tropical sun, and being without l0Od or water,
were beginning to realize the hardship Of their po
sition. The boat was pulled west all that day and
night which course neared the land. Tue intention
was to land on the night Of the 2atl The men were
already exhausted. Three who were nearly fam.
pulling the boat Night came on with but
LITTLE HOPE OF ASSISTANCE.
About one O'Clock the following morning they
made a sail and pulled for her for the purpose OF
making out her rig, intending, II squarc.rigged 70
continue 10 pull for her. and II fore eandaf 10 avoid
her. Sne was soon discovered to he square rugged,
when every heart took new courage and the boat
was soon IN haillng distance, aud on asking what
bark 1t was, received the Joyful answer, "Harvest
Home" II was but few minutes work to pull
alongside the bark ana get on deck, where all were
welcomed by Captain Dlckey. who but day before
had been Instrumental In defending Captain Thurs
toms lie. Captain Dickey determined to make Tor
the first American port and accordingly steered for
Galveston, where rs already announced, lie arrived
On the 9th inst.
The depositlons OF Captain D!cSey and on
GERS anu crew OF the bark Brothers, fully corrObo-
rate that Med by Captain ThurstOn at the state De-
partment
When Captain Dlckey left the Brothers, aud arri.
we'd on board his Ow1 vessel he gave orders 10 get
under way knowing II he remained OFF Santa Anna
bar he would be treated the same as Captain Thurs
ton had been. TIE sails were set, but II was too
late; the light breeze having died away, leaving
hin at the mercy OF the mob which had manned
the noats and were making for the Harvest Home.
About one O'Clock In the mornlng OF the 2sih Au-
gust when within six hundred yards Of the vessel
o Slot was fred over her, with the com:
mand to lei 40 your anchor. THIS order
not belug complied with, several vOlleys
were fred In quick succession, Riding tine
sails and cutting s0mc OF the rigging. When within
about seventy 1--we yards .orlctS were given for the