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Dreadttl l.Massaca'e of an .ame,scon Crep.

 News has been received at Salem, by the owners of the brig Charles Doggett, from Captain Batchellor, dated at Manila, April 7th, in which he gives the melancholy in- ieiigence Of his crew, fourteen in number having been attacked at the Fejee Islands, in September by t1e natives, wiliis siiIip,,oy-, ed on shore and nine of their number kill- ed, viz:--Charles Shipman, lst officer Benjamin w. Barton, Ichabod Smith, Vim. Horn, and an Otaheltan seaman. The oth. CT four had been left by other vessels that had visited the Islands, and at the time of the attack were all in the employ of Cap- tain E.. Those who escaped were all wounded; among them was MT. James Magoon, of Salem, not badly. After an absence of 10 or 25 days, Captain E. re. turned to the place, when the natives res- tored the bodies of his deceased men. On his passage 10 Manila, Captain B. touch- ed at the Pelew Islands, and was there at- tackled by several hundred natives, whom he beat off without any loss on his part, ex- cept Sandwich Island boy. The 2d of. fcer was thrown overboard in the skirmish, but was fortunately saved.