Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28
BATTLE WITH PIRATES
How the British ship PunJaub Captured
the Crew OF Shaver.

How the British ship PunJaub Captured
the Crew OF Shaver.
As the vessels closed. broadside after
broadside was exchanged, and Captain
Dallas, seeing that her metal was
heavy, determined on boarding. The
Punjaub steered close alongside the
bark, and. having grappled her, the
iirst lieutenant, with two-thirds of the
seamen and marines, boarded. On
reaching her decks they met with de-
termined opposition from about as
fierce set of desperadoes as ever were
banded together for purposes of crime
renegade Portuguese, savage Malays,
1.-the, cruel-looking Manila men, and
chinese. all fought alike desperately,
Tor they knew that they fought with
halters round their necks. But thew
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 thew
behaved as well as their European con-
freres could. Steady courage and per-
fect discipline prevailed over mere
desperation. and in spite of the wolfish
ferocity with which they struggled,
the motley crew of the pirate began to
give way before the cruisers peo-
pie. Their captain was cut down
by Mr.. Brownson, the first lien.
tenant. and his men dropped
last before the volleys of the marines
while the cutlasses and boarding pixies
OF the seamen and Lascars did deadly
work. Fart of the pirate crew ran
below, where couple of their own
guns loaded with grape and pointed
down the hatchways, soon compelled
them to surrender. The remainder
parrlcaded themselves in the forecastle.
out lew volleys reduced them also TO
submission. Mr.. Blownson having
overcome the resistance of the pirates
was about to haul down the black FLAG.
when signal from Captain Dallas
warned him not to do So but tn oet b;s
prisoners into irons without delay.
One by one they were brought up,
shackled and made to lie down. The
reason of the Captains order was soon
obvious. The Arab dhows. though dis
lbled for sailing. had got ont long
sweeps, and were coming to the as
9lstance OF the bark. AS they did so
the cruiser was cast loose from her OBJ
ponent, and yawing, 50 as to get a
chance with her long gun, ral1ed the
nearest from stern to stern with Crane.
Great was the slaughter, and greater
I'LL the CONSERVATION, especially, when
the slavers saw the black flag fall to
the deck of their ally and the British
mon jack hoisted in its place. They
shouted "Amaum! Amaumr and waved
thelr turbans III token of submission.
The steamer cruised alongside each in
turn and allowed the SLAYER crews tn
come on board, having first dropped
their arms. They were then ironed
and placed in rows on the deck under
guard of marines. The bark was
searched throughout and ample evil
dence OF her character found. The fet-
tered pirates We're placed in safe con-
hnement; prize crew, under a lieu
tenant, was put on board, with orders
Tor her to be got under way to accom-
pany the Punjaub; the dead of both
vessels We're committed to the deem
and the wounded to the care of the
surgeon and his assistants Then came
the work of liberating the slaves and
transferring them to the hold of the
bark-a tedious and disgusting bust
ness, and dangerous withal, as MANY
OF the poor creatures were frantic from
confinement and want of water. in a
horrible state of filth, and SO infatuated
by their sufferings that they knew not
friend from foe. Chambers Journal.