Macao, Aug. 23.
'The—Chinese-owned steamer. Mansing, which left Sfalowe! rear Macao on August Yoyshan, in the Sunning cesrrying' a large number of Chinese mugers mostly from Hongkong, ted at ten o'clock che same ty pirates who had boarded the Mansing at Malowehow fired their revolvers in the the ope of terrifying their fellow. yustengers and the officers and crew. The ruse was entirely successful. Soon the desperadoes had the vessel entirely at their merey.
Shey ordered the Chinese master to steer the vessel to Wongehu, where over 100 passenger were disembarked to.be held for ransom. The pirates eavried off as prisoners the whole compradore—staff and also ecptured the armed Chinese guard of eight men, of whom one iwas, stabbed and seriously injured.
'The pirates made a clean, sweep the ship from stem to' stern. Their booty consisted of the entire ship's cargo and the passengers* botongings.
The passengers are believed to lave been returning to their native districts from San Francisco, They. bad a large quantity of luggage h them.
The pirates released the master jand crew, who took the Mansing back to Malowchow.
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