The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1875-02-17
t,apsar,c era sscaucr nv Pirates.


Captarc ola steamer ny Pirates.
IT'S veil,keowe. SAYS the Hong KoaS eO5rss-
rooieas otthe Lcs,i,z T1=e, that the CSieese
rivers and sess sre infested by pirates, bat Tor
sese yess pest theso worthless had not tried their
hssds at ssy,Aieg larger thar a SOOd-sised iaaS.
Reeeailr, however they msde bold, welb
elAssed and unfortunately. sscccsSinl attack On
s sscsuser, ns0icrisg the captain and some ofthe
crew. ard getting clear "a With some u the plaa-
Ger, TIE passenger and goods ,rafsc 6c,weca
uocS Eoac sod Canton and Macao and Canton
IS eoadee,ea chiefly by the Hong Kong Caatoa
and Macao steamship Company. The captains
are chiefly Americans and the crews Chinese.
Notwithstanding tbs, these bos,s have ysleahle
esrSoes and ooea carry much sPocie, 6a, Gstlo
trouble secs,s 70 havo beOn ,akcn 70 protect
them froa piras5eal attacks. and they have been
At The re7cy Of any daripS bard Of thieves, The
Spark has BEEN rcnDiag tos several years between
Macao ard Canton. under the command q Capt,
Brady, She leo Canton s, $ o'elOek. iberO
Beng Ooly oae EarOpeas passenger. Mr. Muady,
eOasee;ed with neaoon Il Co Thero were
nearly so Chinese passengers. Al vent wen
aasil half the voyago Was us,io. and the ves-
SCI hSd arrived acar IAakii on the Canton river,
Il was hs7e that TIE attack was made. TIE ri.
rates nsmheoei fFoa twenty to thirty. and they
,ook FasSaSe at Canton. They came on boari
uoaraed, bat package which roovSj 10 contain
knives Sc. vas par, Of the luggage Of one Of the
party. Whea the steamer had reached the place
naraed, the pirates got up disturbance among
themselves, The mate wen, below 10 Queil it.
bat uss unable 10 Do 50 Therecpoa Captain
Brady wen, down aid vas Immediately attacked
Having ts,ehei a revolver he returned. He en-
deavorsd to irs the weapon bat it would not 20
OF He vas nov entirely at the mercy q the
pirates ani they ca; him about IN fearful
manner. He, however. managed 10 reach his
cabin, where he must sooa have died, the place
beios found sa,cra,ed with blood.
Mr., Mandy acted ia most eours-cous man
aes. He knocked dowu tao Of the pirates. and
Eas eosaSed With third. when be was twice
STABBED in the beeAst, cue Of the wounds peae-
.raiiss the lupSS Notwithstanding bis severe
ajar'ss il Is thOash, he nay recover. The mate
lai the Parse,. bo,h dreaitally eg;, Jumped over
ooa-j. The nate Vas picked ~ after beng in
he water loas tine. bot the pgrser sunk almost .
Immediately. 4 Chinese fireman vas killed and I
llso fosr Chinese passeuserS I, was at first
houshs that these were foas o; the parties. but
IS 1os sid they weae simply passengers. Tie .
'lratss having obtained possession Of the shin. .
a,ie1ed down the passengers. aad then prcceed- I
/ 10 search Tor plan5er. Il i said they cleared .
ooGt $1,000, abo1I half q vhieb we're IN Hong
>o1s ard Shanghai bark notes. They next p7o-
ssisi 70 NIB the passengers. oftea using violence
The Chinese women 10 get possession Of the
-ilks.s and vAlzlblss-
he pirates bsIi possession Of the steamer for
aTeral ho1rs. uaiil they cane up to Junk. evi-
sct-y IN waiting. and into this they escaped with
-sls booty Ous Of the Erens1 and one Of the
dots .Eho bzi probably hidden themselves dur
: the attack ard ssareLL brought the steamer to
Ll,ao. Eh5ch vas not reached til early the next
.o5uirs. Ths natisr rs AZ ooes reported 10 I
= authorities TIE Gossruo- Of Macao took
tive steps 10 discoTsr the pirates. The p4s-
lnss-s wsrs uoi 4Ilozed TO leave till they kai
.Tsa ihsir uz1ss and actresses. Sc, aud Por-
-Susss gzabosi v1s seat Up tie Canton river.
- 1sEs Eas ssct 10 Ho1gkong By q special
sa1sE Tie greatest CONSERVATION aud iudiE-
liio1 we're Manifested here. Tie Elk inmeii-
q! Izis io- Msczo- TIE Governor Of Hong
Gus 4-so Dispatched Gssssassrs to usks inquiry.
e Steamboat Coupaay have offered reward
S-o00 fos ibs aqPrehsass0a q the pirates
T. notwithstanding tie aeiiTe search goiu- Oh
+ he English, Cdiaess, and Portuguese Gun
ais Iksy kzEs ei1iai capture