Nuhou, Volume I, Number 2, 11 November 1873 — Achine or Atcheen [ARTICLE]

Achine or Atcheen

wages soeceseful war with Hollaii<3, Wbat •»ve saīd in tbe Nuhou of Maj 9th ? tbat tbis was ;Vwar īot Mālay and tbat tbe Sul:an of Aehin wou!d be joined by tbe forces of the Deighbonng States of Siak, Indraghiri 5 and by tbe Battaks, and* the people of tbe Pepper Ccast 1b bow fnlly eonfirmed. Hoilaßd mu£t be ,>'ick of this war, because it will iDvolve terrihle and no j)rofit, even 6boiild sbe eūMue tbe wailike Aebicese. We tbink that the tQonopoly o'f tbe NetberlandB in Malaysia now drawe to a eloee; and all that we eaid in leeture or puhliearion during tbe pro6ecution of our celebrated reelamation against Holland hefore the Governmcnt oi' the United States during the yeare from LB5o to 1860 ie now fully confirmed hy recent ovente, Tbe following particūlarB of news froto Stimatra, clipped from tbe New York Tribunt\ indicate fully the %terinihation of the Malay Potentate and tbe gravity of the war ; SuMATBAAI'I tbe tribes of tbe northern por- j tion of Sumatra heretofore txihutary to the Duteh have joined the Sultan of Atcheen, FrOm one trjhe alone 14,000 men have left tbeir pepper plantationB and gone to the aßBietance of t£ie Sultan. The pepper trade is temporarily euspended by tbe war. Great fears are entertained hy the Dutch ae to the euccess of their contemplated yecond attack. The Dūtch had at Pedang, their baee of operations, and on tbe way, 18,000 men, re-enforcements from Holland, It was desigced to attack the Atcheenēse ahout the imcldle of September. The Sultan ? in response to au over-ture-by tbe Dutch to make a treaty eaid 4 before would do so, cvery man in the army under him ehould perisb We roay say that we have inherited some in:erest in tbie country, and in the great island of Sumatra, An adventurous unele of oure when in | tho service of the Imaum of Muecat. and in eom-: ■ i niand ol an armed ehip, made frequent voyages to Aehin, chiefly fbr the purpoee of transporting \lahometan pilgrims to ports of the Ked Sea, en route to Meeea ; and some mention of him and of' his intereourse with Aehin, will bc found in The Prjson of Weltevreden, and a <jlance at the East lndian Arehipelago," wfitten by hie nephew. Tbe unele left some fragments ofan ēetate, and s ome most interesting memories and partieulare f adventure fbr this nephew, who yet hopes io gi\c tbe story to tbe world ae being worthy of| preservatioD. on this oceasion, thc 1 Vcvf wishes to mention only on? most euriouS| a-u? nt n re:Stingeoineidenee iti eonoeelion with Lie :

own h!story as well as t:;at cf tfje unele Id eia, aD<l in eepeeial relation vpjth Aehin, Tbe eephew in an atteinpt to eSect a eolonial 6ettlement on tbe ielane! of Suinatra, wae 6eīr,ed by the Govemnient of Netherland6 Tndla, wae impriFoned foi a h>ng tiu)e untll lieeK-apal, ar»d Lls vcssel W.e confjFcated. Thip ve?sel, formerty the revenue eutter F!irt } in the United Statee ter?ice, Wae aceording to document&ry evidenee li> a CongreßBionāl report eold to an Arab trader; and aecording to inforraation obtalned froro the American Ooneul afc Singapore, thie Arab Ka&sim I>arkaba residud in the Kingdoijo cf AchiD, and employed the Flirt eome time ago. and we have reaeon lo believe, doee her to thie day in traneportation of hadjis or pi]grims from porte of MaJaysia to porte in the Ked Sea, The FUrt wae remarkably etrong l>uilt, a Baltimore elippei* and thoroughly eopper fastened; and thougb old, ene may iaet another fortj jeare in ihoee mild Indian watere. But what we wished to note wae the eunoue coj"ncidence, that i'ie pureuit and enterpriee of the unele, whieh wae ehieSj unuertaken in order to eetablieh mcre intimate relatlcne between Aehin and the rest of wilh Muecat and other Mahometan etatee, hae been involuntarily continued in eome eort hy the nephew, as Lie gallant ehip hae earried many an important embaeeaj from Sumatra to Mue?at and Conetant]nople, and it may yet witneee In ihe harbor of Aehin, the overthrow of the power of Ilo}]and in the Malay Archipelago