The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05

opened on them with our pistol alld
then sailed In nth the steeI but be-
fore we had 0Ye Yefconle them they hid
cut down three men aud ~ wounded
two more. One fellow who seemed
to pc q leader, kept SIX of rs away
nom him Iof four or I've minutes.
and the way he handled his kris
would have done honor to fencing
inastefs
When tl1nse lefi III tl,e hfahu Ill
how the fiQft WA going tl,ev hacketI
her Oh, baf 4 solid shot was slan6ed
into one of fhe Rt,nx, me ,raifzzle
depressed Id the rikfst rnDfnesits and 4
1 De shot sunk iiie craft "a II ana ind
been h5aded win stdfIi.. Two s,f The
s)falins were Bnen snn siloreWard,
s'sonah hasl " bat when I.5,nk
TOM WIS torned nose on them and
hnished the JOB. A dozen sampans
had come out at the opening OF the
heht, som" carrying one and some
two men, ana thes' picked up a few
straggIers ana tooF them to shore.
AZ was afterward known, the mum.
her OF warriors VINO came out was
l43' vi the'e only eleven escaped
death AT our hands. We had no
sooner disposed OF the prahns taafl
four boats were dropped. each filled
with well'armed men, and then we
pulIeu Tor the oeach. Inc anchor
was llited' ana the Drig drifted IN
after our soundlngs until she WIS
oroush' ny III lour la'no'ns "''hlh
"usket.S"ot oi 'he Deach. lheh we
'av OH ior maj! an hour' "niie she
p'leu 'he "ooos WIN her sheiis' anu
wheh we Ianded IL was 10 meet with
scene OF deVastation' Ihere had
ose' Pooo's'|eu ''''ase Jus' oppo.
site !he orig' anu such OF IL as hao
not oee" khockeu 10 pieces Dy her
sne'ls was NO" On nre' We 1ound
ao'u' 'l'l.y oe"u oouie'' ulen' "o".
gu anu cnliureh' anu III the moutn OF
shali river were three prahns ana
aoouC C"ehCy sahpans. lhese were
oestroyed' ana aiter tne orig mad
turned ner sneiis loose again as
goodbye we went on Doard. The
Iorest was now on nre IN twenty
places, ana tne names were not ex-
lngulshed until they had burned
every tree ana Dush over a space
twenty-five miles long by fifteen
oroao'
AT about sundown we got land
breeze and made an otfing. We were
not YET through with the pirates.
we had simply dosed one batch OF
them. Standing 10 the nortbward
all hlgnt uhuer a llgnt Dreeze orongnt
US at daylight ABOUT opposite Aratora
naS' om ,ne Ioa'' VI 'n'7 SAME i7'a''u'
we o'''' loiu W o"i uiesu uise' auo 40
u"S u"mneu we io'e'eu d hak Vi u''-
'ress: Inns oay was known 70 oe
p,ra''c"' S'ro"s" "o'u' ano IL was sooh
p'a'l' e"oos" '''"' We "ere Soins W
"as 'no'e s'''o' "i"n een' a'oi'
WIN '"e slass iepof'eu q 'arse W..
'"so on '.o-o' ".'" 80 o"u "a
,"'''o' '"s "Do.' :" geo. "a
'o0'' "o o" W "i.'"
ii"'1 |" ''''o Vi 'no Do"'". """ 'no"
o'oDpeu "n'''oi wiz" 'p''us oi ''o
cao.e' we co"iu n'aAe ou' a kieas
nee' Vi p'anhs riu'"E "' anchof on
the oeach' Du' these pirates h"o
more tacI anu poilcy 'nah those Iur-
ther GOWN the coass' 1hey olo hos
come rowing out 10 give us Dattie
the hrst thlng' Dut, a sampan IN
which were four men came out until
within easy nail. ana the one OF the
men haiied US with:
"What you ship want here ~
He was informed that we had met
with rough weather and lost four OF
our crew, and was then asked II it
were possible for Us to ship half a
dozen natives to help work the brig
across to Sai0 IN. He rpDlie(i that he