Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-09-18
A FORGOTTEN CONFLICT.
rHk r0RisHMESr ADMISssrERRD TO
PIKArss nv UNCLE SANS sAgLORa
ror the iSrnLLIoRNcnn

and vet htstpfina haya Uivan AZ apant
notico. Tho followinv .c,ount IN based ON
tho official re,,or,s of Commo,,ore Downs and
tho priya,o ourn,, o1 . n,rt,c,pant;
In Eobr,,arv -, is2i ,he GOOD shin Friend.
shin of nosion a,,bore,i Off tho town OF
Duallab H,ttoo. IN tho coast of Sumstrs, for
tho purpos, nj buvinv n cargo OF pepper
r,a ,.,,,.I,, No.. all .couain,e.i with tho
."p" ,,a. =, ,,a Ma,av. snd to-
"o"'hor""s ch"""' Wv W" "s So s
caro- thAt none were hi'o~e" tocohio On ooaro
bearing arms but In spite of all his vigilance
he WAS outw itteh. While no was on shore
we,gbipv and loading pepper e,eyeu wall
.r,,,a a,a d.ri,g Nitrate. succooJad In
IL. "" ""
chanShR P"c"s WIN III" c'o" vi
MALAY pepper boat on its way 10
the ship These men taking the crew
of tho ship by surprise succeeded I'm
massacreinp noarly all of than and than
,,.ao !. ,.,,..,,,o,I .,,., ,,- ,,n 4 I,i,,,.- :,
,n. - - IS" 40. W" ,,
.ae Nu''o '''on on snoro' pu' 'no o'h.ors nau
ho'ood suspicious movements ON board OF
tho vessel, although the distance from shore
was eohs'ueranie' ana managed py assuming
poi" iroht 10 regain ,ne' poaI AZ they
Me'o Pu7nh's on hatNo chiei named 10
Noa', SP'""s l''" mo o"a' anu gave them
'r'onn'y warning thal nus people intended 10
,hutuo' '''oi''' put this soon pocome seite't
ucnt Tor large eanoo load OF armed Malays
attempted to intercept than.
They managed to csc,pe and rowipy oil
nipbt tbey ra.cbea apo,b,, ,r.a,,, -,
,.bo,a 49,, ,,,..t,,., .a-.,,,- -. '" 80
80. ne, ~ .''" ~ 'ossoi' "oi" ioauihs
SPiNoS iho ho"s III 'ne outrage aroused the
"rRth oi JACK fTr aud In a lew hours from
the arrival OF tho Friend ,hip's boat the little
fleet wa. under tutl sail for the pirate town.
with .ye,y man b.rd a, ,vo,k ,ranar,,g for n
1asra,.,n I,,,io ,rLa 80, - ,.Is.,,.s
nv ao,aro, .,sa 80. ~ -, -, 49,
iEupa No r,Ian,s,tr ,rannao las, n ha,,,a -,
heavily armed pirates The hattIe wa.
0nenei 6y nusk"try and bawitzer fire.
from, th, S,ar,b.n,,,,n t,, ,La N.i.,.. -.
nlied with snch anjri, AMI .ccnranv y, ~.
that tho hmericans Jetaymin.d 10 an, ,he
Inatter short nv hoardIno ami Al The .nnro,ch
"a >. ,.r,,ains. ,,',,' - s.a'IH w aif..'
boats the Maays He'd from the vessel so
m ,he ilohnshlp was re'aitured ny american
,ns,, n. .,nr i,,S, IT, 10, a. ,,',.n,
OF the r,sc.ls who cnmmitted This outragc
devolved upon a man of war, the Potomac,
sent 10y the president for this especial pur-
pose.
THE AVENuER
Tba p,,oma, ,,as q. s,.,.i,, ,,I,,,a %, u,o
-, - +, .,.-.,, -. :
o "iu """'"' "o's" VI nia-' anu SPieao
vi sail Sho WAS c"hsldered ono oil the best
vessels OF our navy in the days when our
vessels were the admiration of the nautical
world and our comtnsrce carrIed tbe t,.,, that
they So ably proterte,i into every noT, thai
commerce cared to know
The Potomac was careful,y disyuisea as a
merchantmen, the guns run in ann tbe sides
40 Painted AS TO SHOW but tan uorts. so thai
when she came before lbe p,ri of DoaIIah
Bsttoo she passed for an Fast India traaer
and co,ipla of Mslays who came oil In a boat
10 sell fruit, mounted the side of the vessel
before they suspected that she wa. messen.
ger of ysnpeanre They were sa;zaJ .na
held as prisoners in order that they might
not alarm their friends ON shore ana Como.
dore Downs tried 10 omen negotiations with
the Malays, hoping to avoid the necessity of
saGtlhcing many lives by inducing them to |
the Er,andahin ~, $500 ~, w. uuasv vi
had assembIed in great ,nmhsrs h"sviiv
armed, and that negotiations were inpos- |
sibie.
rnE LsNDISu ny sTARLIauT.
Atmidnigbt 80 sailors and marines were |
mustsred ON tho d,ck of tho y.sseI and /
sil.ntlv ,u,r,i,l,d into tho ho,,. ,ho, ,ri,h
h,,s,,ay ,.''..,',' ~ 'ao Do',' 'non, WIN
"hu "'"iou "a's they
i~haue ~ ~lnr tne shore, guiding their course by /
mo hot'h su't "hich win all the other con-
stellatlons shnno with unusual brilliancy. /
me me'eor lhat shot across the sky right over
the town was taken by the msu ~ an omen
of its destruction and all msrvelled at the
great size and beauty OF the morning star IA
1t roso four times larger than In the northern
hemisphere.
The landing was accomplished with great |
dilhculiy through the heavy surf, and Just at /
dawn tuo iittie iorce WAS drawn up in battle
array on the sloping beach. A band of hardy
Yankee sailors with muskets and cutlasses
were about Ia attack n loo ton times their
number, protected by strong fortiiications
and with high reputation for desperate
bravery. They were concealed from the L
town hy promentary, aud so were not dis
covered until within a half mile OF the
principal Tort
A detachment of sixty mon were ordered /
10 charge on the fort while the main body
made straight for the larger and stronger de- /
fences on The oiher side OF the town.
cuAuop,
io,,,.... ,,., ..
''o"'oha'' i'o,' WIN ms sixty men ad-
Fahced uhoPposed 10 within short distance
OF the silent fort. Not defender was To be
seen but suddenly there came n sheet of /
flame. a tsrribIs roar of mnsk e,ry and cannon
,r,,, al aia,,. a., ,.a,., '
,r,''t'' 81 h ' p"'"i'"
III, iho ann was 700 hlsh anu the swell OF the
neach ~ Prctecleu the assauiting party, who
I' I,oou o,, witmout hfing untii they had
-, oI' ano wails o' the Ior', when voiley
90, ~, ~ anu cnAiso Win the payo-
""u a., ~ a''eu Wn1 the enclosure
,,am,a o na,,ana ,euIeu 10 otner intrench-
am"1 wy ''" MI" kept uPa spifited resist
h,o a.,
,ha H. ,.i,,e,,, ,,, s pouy passed through
~ ~ ~ a',s, h,, any Iepiy W the not hre
gnrmsJ in I;na OF ha,,i. ad q. % apupie Iuick,
s.,i, ~, tha ',o s,rf,''' ,"r,s ia,' u W 'ho as-
The principal fort commanded tina hsaoh |
and river, and was already holly engaged |