The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20

was put aboard the brig to navigate
her to Hong Kong. She reached the
port safely; and our salvage money
went far to reimburse the company for
its outlay.
When we sailed out of the bay it was
to look for the boss pirate. He was
nearer than we thought for. At eight
o'clock next morning we saw his feet
dead ahead, on its way back to For
mosa empty han led, and by ten we had
the junks under fire. These were a
Drawer lot of men. Knowing they could
not outsail us, and seeming to suspect
that we were an enemy, they closed in
right for a fight. 1t did not last long,
however. We had one man killed by
the fall of block from aloft, and three
or four wounded by the bullets from
their ancient firearms, and in return
not man of them escaped. In less
than an hours fighting altogether
we sent nine julks and two hundred
men to destruction. Butchery, was it?
Well, call it so; but remember that in
the previous twelve months the fleet of
this old pirate had captured no less
than ten foreign craft and six traders,
and that every man, woman and child
aboard had been murdered. There was
no sentiment about Climbing. He
thought of nothing but blood and plum
der, and he would cut child's throat
with smile on his face.
We were now ready to sail in search
OF Shung- Wong, who had less power,
but was just as great a villain. These
two leaders had divided up the terri
tory, and compelled all lesser pirates
to join them snd come under their
control. So, then, we had only two
men to strike at to down the whole lot.
At the close of the third day after
heading for the south we came upon
the track of the ,piratical feet. A
trader in woods and dyestuffs had been
overhauled about a hundred miles
north of the northern group of Phil
Hppines, called the Little Philippines.
The crew consisted of three men and
boy, and the vessel had only part of
cargo. Shung-W Yong had boarded her
himself, and although the crew were
native Chinese, he could not restrain
his bloody hand. He demanded a sum
equal to $500 in American money.
There was only about $40 aboard, and
he personally cut the captains throat,
had the others logged, and went on his
way to the bay of Luzon, which is on
the west side of the island of that
name. We spoke the trader, and re-
ceived from her terrified crew the
incidents above narrated, and then
shaped our course for the bay As
luck would have it, an Ameri-
can ship called the Joseph Taylor
was ahead of us, and as she passed
down the coast was attacked by the
fleet about seven miles off shore. We
heard the rumpus about an hour before
daylight. There was little breeze, and
though greatly outnumbered, the crew
of the Taylor beat the pirates off. At
daylight the wind freshened, and we
slid in between the junks and the shore
just as they were preparing for sec
ond attack. We were no sooner with
in range than we opened on them, and,
seeing escape cut off, the fellows tried
hard to lay us aboard. In thirty min
utes from the opening of the fight we
had sunk or run down every junk and
disposed of every pirate, and only had
four men wounded in doing it.
Our work had been done so prompt
ly and well that it struck terror to the
hearts of all evil doors in those seas,
and it was several years before another
act of piracy was committed. The
Chinese Government returned it's
thanks to the association, ship owners
sent in contributions of money to ex-
press their gratitude, and when we
came to sell the schooner to the
Chinese Government as a cruiser, the
company was financially ahead. It
was probably the briefest cruise and
attended with the greatest results re-
corded of an armed vessel. N Y. Sam.
SABLE ISLANDS FATE,
One of Nova Scotia's Landmarks SwaI-
lowed Up by the Sea.
The strange disappearance of the re-
markable strip of terra frma, Sable
Island, near Nova Scotia, is one of the
marvels of the Atlantic Ocean, and
proves that, though mans power has
chained the lightning, and with it
bound together two great worlds, he
can not chain the ocean nor stop it's
ravages, and, using the words of the
immortal Byron, his control stops with
the shore. This island has been grad
ually disappearing for years, and with
out doubt in a. few more wears If will