The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-29

beached, we can get the men from the
cross-trees easy enough. Let 'em have
1t now, Murray right amongst the
crowd near the stump of the main
mast"
Some twenty of the savages were
clustered near the place indicated by
Graham --as we afterwards discovered,
around wounded native, one of the
boats crew and having directed the
men to pull few strokes till 1 was at
the distance desired, the old shotgun
again gave its double roar.
The effect was all we could have wish
ed. Three or four of the poor wretches
fell, and others were wounded; but
what delighted us was, that their COM
panions, who were up to this time had
been on deck and along the rails, armed
with the deadly whaling-gear, were so
terrified at the slaughter cccasioned by
our fire, which they could not return,
that they hastened to get out of sight.
In twenty seconds not an unwounded
man was to be seen.
SiOoo-llNCo AMY OuDbtln
Graham; "now's your chance. Slide
down the jib-stay to the boom.end, and
we'll come underneath and take you off.
Well cover you with our guns till you
reach the jib-broom-now for it, bear
hand before the black devils are out
again"
The imprisoned seainen needed no
urging, and we pulled to within about
thirty yards of the brig, ahead of her,
so that we could shoot down any native
who might attempt to get out on the
bowsprit; but no such attempt was
made, the savages were too thoroughly
frightened.
The sailors rode down the jib-stay to
the boom, and shook the gasket free
we pulled up with the boat, and in less
than twenty minutes from the time the
savages on shore deserted our approach
though it has taken me much longer
to describe the afiair-the two men were
safe with their friends, for such we had
surely proved ourselves.
One of the men was an Englishman,
and he was unhurt; he brought with
him the hatchet with which the natives
had been kept at bay. The other was
Sandwich Island Kanaka, and he bore
traces of rough usage; his cheek was
badly cut, his left arm almost useless
from blow with club, and his scalp
laid open to the skull with a frighful
wound, five or six inches in length.
"Stow yourself aft here in the stern
sheets, men, out of the way" said Gra-
ham Z" lay back with steady stroke,
my boys, don't wind yourselves, for we
may have a race for it yet; though /
guess they've got enough of it for one
morning. Anyhow, their cussed old
canoes are no match for US; these fel-
lows don't know how to make swift
canoes it's good job they don't too."
had not felt any fear after 1 fired
the first shot-there was no time to be
frightened; but 1 did certainly feel re-
Heved when we got SO far away from the
unlucky brig that Graham told me there
was no use in keeping the gun in hands
any longer.
We were not molested in any way on
our return to the schooner, which we
found about four miles off, working up
under light breeze. The astonishment
on board as we came alongside may be
imagined. They had heard nothing of
the guns, and could not see the brig;
and had supposed that we were driving
fine trade with the natives, as we did
not return. Knowing Graham as they
did, no uneasiness had been felt for our
safety.
The brig was Hobarttown whaler,
the Celia, Captain Frederick johnson;
she had on board two hundred barrels of
sperm oil, and had ran into the bay
where we found her, to get fruit, an
choring at some distance from the shore.
The natives had furnished them with
fruIt In abundance, and seemed so
friendly, that the captain, against the
advice OF his mate and persuasion of
Kanaka, had resolved to stop all night
at bis anchorage.
1t was a fatal resolve; for while the
men were at supper the savages made
an attack III great numbers, and though
the briggs men fought desperately for
their lives, and slew numbers of their
assailants they were over-powered and
destroyed, with the exception of the
two we had rescued. The Englishman
was in the maintop hanging up punches
of bananas when fha attach moe ,,,odo