The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-04-06

Know yea did, you traitor shoaied
Daekelt, tbe second mate, suddenly
emerging armed to The iectb, from the
cabin hatch, bat Capt. Hepburn aud !
were clever enough 20 set sll right With
out You being tho wiser. Al, YOU tho't
me siupeAed, did you, with tho dragged
Hquorl You're mistaken, my hearty for
! / pitched The brady aud opium over
board together, and
Before tbe ssooRd malC could complete
hIs speech Bates had drawn his revolver
and fred three shots, the first OF which
grased Duckett's left timplr, while The
third wounde me slightly In the should
er Bang, 10 answer went the brAAs gan
and the Rrape-sbot swept the foredoeks
as with the soytho OF death, moving
down the mulinoors like grass. But al
ready The canoes and sAmpans were
graphing with the war.ores OF the pirates
as wild forms came clambering over the
Cassandfa's bulwarks, aud tho Chinese
crew, cowed for moment, plucked up
spirit enough TO renew the attack
What was thatf snrely, could not
be mistaken. II must be, Il was a ring.
ing British cheer that reached me, in the
midst OF all that iendish dlsoord and
promised hope. A boat, yes, aud an-
other, came towards Us As fast as the
gallant rowers could urge them on with
their tough ashen oars. The boats Of
II. NJ. S. Wasp, no doubt, for here, from
behind q friendly shelter 10 mangrovc
turited creek energes the gun-boat her.
self, sending shot and shell with unerFing
aim into the enemy's midst; so tina, he
fore five minntes were spent, one Of the
Iorchas had sunk and another was on
fire; while the ssvages in the canoes
were only too thankful to beat a retreat
as rapidly as possible shorcw ards. As
soon "a the gun-boat was seen, and the
Wasp's blne.jackets came scrambing up
the side, the rascaIly native eonfederates
Of the pirates flung down their arms, and
with abiect entreaties for mercy, fell up
on their knees, and were put 10 irons TO
await their trial at Shanghai.
Bates, the chief culprlt, lay dead upon
the deck, riddled with grapes shed fron
that very gun which he had confidently
believed himself 10 have rendered haruI-
lees; but we had TO deplore the loss Of
poor Hardy and Of the bead engineer,
both OF whom had been cruelty put TO
death by the Chinese mutineers, on
whom had devoved the task Of stopping |
the engines as the steamer drew near the |
net to intercept her passage. The pirates
on that day received a severe lesson, for
the Wasp kept up her fire until the third
iorcha slso,was destroyed, and the flames
were rising from the hnts of q village
whittier our foes had fled.
l'ye kept my word, Frank, as you see
said Hamilton, as we shook hands on the
gun-boafs quarter deck, after the straits
had been swept clear of the pig-tail enc
my; though by means of native spies
and bright lookout, managed to pre-
pare my counter ambush without yonder
sea thieves having suspicion that gun
boat lay hidden so close to that maDlrap
of theirs, ! confess il was 9 near run
after all The cunning OF that Bates, or
whatever his name was, in stopping the
engines was what was unprepared for
and but for the bold face you put on,
old fellow, should have only been In
time to find the Cassandrs's deck
shamble. To you quite as much as me
belongs the credit OF this affair.
So the mercantile community of Shang-
hal and the naval officers Of the squadron
were good-natured enough to think, for
on the steamers return to port, found
myself lionized and made much of by all,
and more of hero, am sure, in Litan's
eyes than deserved to be, for, after all,
| had but done my plain dnty. The
gratitude Of the merchants to whom the
cargo belonged took practial form, for
not only was | presented with hand
some salvage, but was appointed TO
command the Dalhousie, fine bark In
the China aud Australian trade, Of which
am still captain, while il 10 understood
that on my return from my next voyage,
Lillian is TO become my wife.
AS for the trescherous owners Of the
Cassandra, Messrs. Ah-chang and Sin
ln-tsi, they at first assumed an expression
of injured innocence, but were At last
overborne by the evidence given BY their
accomplices; and finding Shanghai too
hot for them, decamped TO some Other
province, having as il was said bribed
the local mandarine to conniye at their
flight. AS for the CassaDdra, she was /
believe, confscated to the use OF the
Chinese Viceroy and sent up The river;
but at all events ! saw no more Of her.
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