The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-11-20
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lsi6. con,alns an account 6f very siocuI.,
work, coiled,. The Narrative Of Robe,
Adams, a sailor, who was wrecked IN H.
year 1910, % the Western coass Of Aftica.
was detaiced three yesrs in slavery bv The
Aisbs Of the Great Desert, aud sesided sev.
ersl mouths OF that prricd iu the city u Tom.
buc,oo.' This narrator was com mon ssIJor
belonging 10 this country, aud ssill 10 be ma
tive OF Hsdsoa. His account Of himself Il
Eogland, wss---,hst be sailed from Ne n -York.
IN June, 1910, 10 the ship Charles, John Hor-
ton, master, bound 10 Gibrsltar, with crow
| Of nine persons, and q, Gibraltar, another man
was shipped--shat the skip saiied down thc
African eosss on trading voyage, snd on tho
tlth OF October the vessel run upuo tke
rocks, and was Lost, about 900 milss rcr,h-
ward Of Senegal, ut 4 place called. FL Gsxie.
. low sandy place, wi,hout vetdure, tsees.
hill or mountsin, as fsr as the eyss could
reach. Here they were made prisonets 81
the Moors.---As tho. story appears to hsvs
gained credit In England, we have thcs mi .
short account Of Il would not Be uninteresf-
ing TO our readcrs.--Adsms, IL his accounp
be correct, isNthe frsr. white man tha, bas
been known 10 have ever visited Tonbue,oo
Great palma were taken Ia f.ondou Il ascer-
tain, 40 far 40 possible, the trush or ~, nara.
tive. The history was drawn up st thc Sec
retsry OF States Office Cor the colonies. Before
Lord Bathurst, the Chsnccllot Of The Excbc-
4uer, sir Joseph Banks, and others, II Adnmss
prescnce and the sppesranee Of inseerilyln -
II was such, that the Lords Of the Trsssufy
ordered him sum OF money ia carry HIM
hone 70 this country. Doubts, ,jt u true,
swese en,erssned :ofths accuracy, and indeed
x>re -.s.. Z .I.t
however, after weighing AZ me citcusnssaa-
oss, on she whole, touciuds, that 40 resson-
able doubt can bc entertained Of the general
aecnrsry Of H." Some psrss Of Il a least,
appear 20 have sceeived continuation frann
very fespectablc sooree: Adsms vaj roleas-
ed from his tsptlvisy wkilst he was al o place
called Wetl-noou, ty the sssissanec Of sNfS.
Dapuis, tho British consul q NJ Mogsdorc. MI.
nupuis sent one Of lis servSnss, IN the dil.
gulsc'~f trader 10 Wed moor, who suecssd-
ed ia procuring Adams discharge, ssd my
procsedcd from sbence 20 McgAdoss IA COM
pany. Alter reschink that place, No rsw,iu-
sd with hia siRhs mon,hs, end xss ssse,se
afterwards Aeps him q fangists, where Mr..
Simpson, the Amsricsp coosui, Ptoeured
him psssosc 10 csdia, where bs arrived on
',.0 .'o " ~ "'sy, -, ~ 's'ns'nec 'n1snec . Ca-
v,1 ,ou'se" Sc mo"'ns, 30 INC se.vicc o. Mr.
@ ., 30 nsss s'' nsos, '0l eH1 . soon - ne
sa.u ~ "a ."u pesee os'"1sn < ms county soQ
'I'.n','s'., ~ wrns s,' uom Isc'x y Eng-
s"o, We, 's"seu = I, o'ynes Y. snc Ifons thence
wc"s 20 '-onoo", snd IVA was tnefs Mseosered by
per'o. VINO nag seen nim 10 the employ
"em o. Ni,' nan. .s.e .aa
n'sr 10 nsu passeu in!ousn Two cxsusns.
'ons ~ I"s,anu, ana n's ossssu'e nsd oecp
u'o"" ups "r Dupu's a.I'vco ~ pAt eeuur
Wy Hn s,a'ed mat ~ inc request Of the
coNor OF sne narrsuvs' nir. Dapuis read y
over, maoe nates upon IL spa corroDorr'cd
,oo 'eaa'ne circumstances of u, which hsd
oeen 'e,a'so oy Adsms' almost ~ nc very
ie"er OF 'nc narra'ise. mr, lupus is stat
GO oy the heviewcfs to oc g gentleman OF
sne s'fictes' ye'aci'y sensiO!e, wen intormeds
AUG 2 pe.'es. Arso'c sch"iar, ana highly re-
spec'eo oy n's sefua'ntanccs, ~ bn writ
Ten msoy no'esto ihe narrative the ecnsIud:
,s one o. wn'en 's 70 tncse Words did
neluen.'y ln,erfosne Auams wnep a. Mogs..