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Show THEVfiNGEAHCE. Chinese Villagers Surprise a Band of Pirates. A XUlinRK IIAL'KIUI TO IMECB8. Tbo Wr.tchss Captarad Aim and Craelly Tortnrod. rin:ii);AiiiH tur upr amii;vti:.v. The Jnrln l-li,.lrr.l uu.l lh Knoll IHllli,! Amooz lli l aasperal. e.l Olfllnl. Bam Kiiiscieoo, Morch I5.-Thu steamship City of Itlo do Janeiro arrived ar-rived today Irom Yokohama and Houikotig. A Yokohama piper prints an ac-c.uutot ac-c.uutot the extermination of a band of pliates In a Chinese vlllagu on the IStli of January it. Two plratloal crafts ran IntJouoof tho numerous Inlets lu tho vicinity of the city of I'tiiTu for sholter from u blinding snowstorm, and having made all snug alongside the betch, some plratet Itndod. It so hap! nntnl that some were rccognlxed by tho Inhabitants nf tue village, who had autleroi Irom His depredations of the pirates. No sooner hi I tho men returned tu thill luuks than an alarm was silently given and the prluclu.il msii ol the village determine 1 to wnak Nummary Num-mary vengeance on tho unwelcome and frequent visitors. Accordingly Slid well-HimeJ villagers surprised the pirates, burst open the hatches and Ibe doors of thu cabins, aud imuretl n ttienm of bullets upon the II fly or sixty pirate! who ImiJIuJ tJgetlier for warmth ou thu lower devka of the Jjiiks. Hardly any rerlitancu was msdr, all the pirates but two being almost, harktd tut mincemeat by the ex operated vlllagors, Thesu two pirates, escorted by thu whole community, commu-nity, were led to their graves by the relatives ol a young nuu who was murdered In n previous raid by the pliattr, uud, uflcr being secured tu a couple of stakes, the twu nearest relative.! rela-tive.! st tho dead man pUingel knives Into thu breasts of thu unlucky pirates, aud, ripping open their bodies, extricated extri-cated their heartr,u hlch were then put onupUte aud placed on n table, upon which already lighted caudles and Inueuss burned. VfiiMe all this war gejnj Q.i,.lfV futntlo) rcl illvus ot thu ieceaiud, dretied In mourliig colors of white, gathered by thu si Jo of hlsgravu crying cry-ing and calling out tu the spirit of tl.o dead tu receive tho sacrifice that wus being uttered. Theullerings wre left at the grave ut the eud of tlio glmttly ceremonies, aud thu villagers proceeded pro-ceeded to rausick theplratloiljunks, after having llret thrown the bodies overboard Into the sen. Thu plunder from thu Junlts gold, silver, cash, silks, rutins and rice was equally divided among tlio families who had autTsrod at the hands of pirates, nnd, as a llnalo to tho hvit act of thu tragedy, thejuuks was tuwed Into the stieam and set on flro aud burned to the water's edjr. Thu hearts of thu victims sacrificed welo ulterwards cooked and eaten by the dead mau's relatives or thoso who desired to do so. |