The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-07-27

tiers. We armed her with Long Tom
and four twenty-four FOUNDERS. having
boneht tie guns from the sale Of the
salvage 81 French mnn-oi-~nr
Then we picked up crew 81 nisy men
all foreigners and sailors--and when
We went out Of Hong Kong We were
prepared 20 give the pirates Hail 20
Iumbia. was pnrscr Of the schooner
which was called the Revenge. and her
Captain was an Englishman named
Wctherbec. who had served A. com
missioncd officer In the regular service
The First Lieutenant was an American
and the other officers were divided UP
among the other nationalitic-- We
Jew the association flag. and while We
were at liberty to 60 for pirates, we
were warned that any mistakes would
be made to cost as dearly.
The two boss pirates Of that date
were Shung-Wong and Chin-Lnng
The first had a feet Of seven or eight
craft. and haunted the sea from Singa-
pore north 10 the Tong-kin Islands
| The second cruised from thence a. lar
north a Shanghai. having his head
quarters at Formosa Island lie was
reported 70 have a feet Of nine craft
That both were monsters we had
hundred proofs. and that both had
grown rich and powerful Il was easy
10 show by the long list Of missing
vessels hanging in the headquarters
Office. While we had kept our move
ments as secret as possible. we had no
doubt that Government officials had
given us away, and that the pirates
would be on the watch for us. To de-
ceiye them as far as possible. we ran
} 10 the south for three days. and spoke
and reported 70 four ships bound for
! Canton. Then we ran over toward the
Philippine Islands until we had good
ofiing. when we headed up for formo-
"a TO get acquainted with old Chin
Lung.
During the next three days we did
, not sight vessel Of any sort Then
d early one morning we fell in with lot
Of wreckage which showed Us that
trader had been ovcrhauled and burned
We were now 10 the east Of Formosa.
!. and fifty miles on the coast Men were
set TO work TO give the schooner the
= appearance Of a vessel in distress. and
under a light breeze we made slow
headway toward the island. Il was
about four o'clock in the afternoon o.
fore any thing approached "a. although
we saw number Of native craft at .
&c distance. Then small junk came out
from a bay about five miles on. an'
= headed directly for vs.. livery thing
aboard Of US seemed 70 be at skies an'
-eyens. A man was dashed 20 the main
D. mast. TO represent the captain ever
thing aloft was askcw. and the seye
= or eight men on deck were seemingly
drunk and having high old time "
had q man aloft 70 play a part. know
inc that we should be hailed in English
Both OF these boss pirates had Ame'
leans and Eng:ishmen with them
- ra~cals who had deserted their shiI
and voluntarily adopted the lie 81
pirate-and one Of them was aiwa'
put forward 70 hail = ship The Jun
came steadily forward 70 within hailin
distance before she came up into a
wind This was proof "ne'ner =
was honest or not. that our appearan'
hi had deceived her. The men on de-
he yelled and shook their iist-- a. drunkt
'as men might do. but 1t the nrst opPo
,at tunity voice hailed ms
ng schooner ahoy. What schooner
airs thate''
wo The Revenge. Captain Thatche
vas bound to Shanghai" answered z
Gus man aloft.
her ..what i the matter abcard?'
the ..Crew in state Of nutiny for =
oke last three days They have dashed Z
cap,ain TO the mast and driven I
-e,y aloft."
.ide ..What-s your cargo?"
! Of ..Gencral merchandise"
few ANY arms aboard"
amt ..Only few muskets-"
.elf. There were a dozen men aboard I
war link INT they dared not attempt
own hoard They chartered away amo