Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-02

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away for some time, and moved /,
meet his new antagonist. The ship
company. sailors. Lascars and nativ,
marines: mustered after their severa
manners a. they neaFed the foe. Tn,
| pirates fired broadside a. they an.
preached, but too high. the only great
damage done being to the funnel
about foot and half Of which was
shot away. The Punjaub returned
the FIRE with more effect, the eighteen
Founders sending their shot crashing
through the enemy's bulwarks the
/ splintsrs Of which made fearful havoc
on her crowded decks, whileene from
the thirty two-pound chaser, which
had been slowed round 80 as to bring
it to bear, tore right through the stern
cabin, knocking two of her ports into
4 one.
/ As the vessels closed; broadside
after broadside was exchanged, and
Captain Dallas, seeing that her metal
was heavy, determined on boarding.
The Punaub steered close alongside
the bark, and having grappled her,
the first lieutenant, with two.thirds of
the seamen and marines, boarded.
On reaching her decks they met with
determined opposition from about as
fierce set of desperadoes as were ever
banded together for purposes of crime.
Renegade Portuguese, savage Malays.
1.-the, cruel-looking Manila men; and
Chinese, all alike fought desperately,
for they knew that they fought with
hslters round their necks. But they
fought in vain. No men ever yet
could stand against British sailors at
sea-" The Lascars emulated the valor
of their shipmates, and as for the men
of the Bombay Marine Battalion they
were sepoys-that is as much as to say
they behaved as well as their Euro
pean confreres could. Steady courage
and perfect discipline prevailed over
mere desperation; and in spite of the
woifish ferocity with which they strug.
gled, the motley crew of the pirate
began to give way before the cruiser s
people. Their captain was cut down
by Mr.. Brownson, the fir at lieutenant,
and his men dropped fast before the
volleys of the marines, while the cut.
lasses and boarding pixies of the seamen
and Lascars did deadly work. Part
OF the crew ran below, where couple
o! their own guns, loaded with grape
and pointed down the hatchways, soon
compelled them to surrender. The
remainder barricaded themselves in
the forecastle, but few volleys re
duced them also to submission. Mr..
Brownson, having overcome the resis-
t"nce of the pirates, was about to haul
down the black flag, when a signal
from Captain Dallas warned him not
to DO so, but to get his prisoners into
irons without delay.
One By one they We're brought up,
shack led, and made to lie down. The
reason of the Captains order was soon
Obvious. The Arab dhows, through
disabled for sailing, had got ont long
sweeps and were coming to the assis-
tance OF the bark. AS they did so the
cruiser was cast loose from her late
opponent, and yawning, so as to get
chance with her long gun, raked the
nearest from stern to stern with grape.
Great was the slaughter and greater
still the CONSERVATION, especially when
The slavers saw the black flag fall to
the deck on their ally and the British
Union Jack hoisted in its place They
shouted "Amaunl Amaun! and waved
their turbsns in token of submission.
The steamer cruised alongside each in
turn, and allowed the SLAYER crews to
come on board, having first dropped
their arms They were then ironed
and placed in rows on the neck under
IA guard of marines. The barque was
searched throughout. and ample evil
dence OF her character found. The
fettered pirates were placed In safe
confinement; prize crew, under q
lieutenant, was put on board, with
orders for her TO be got under way to
accompany the PunJaub; the dead Of
both vessels was committed to the
ieep, and the wounded to the care Of
the surgeon and his assistants. Then
came the work of liberating the slaves
and tran ferring them to the hold of
the bsrk-a tedious and disgusting
business, and dangerous withal, as
many OF the poor creature were frantic
from confinement and want of water,
in a horrible state Of filth, and 20
,nfuriated by their sutferings that they
knew not friend from foe. All was,
however, at last ACCOMPLISHED. and