Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-19
Extract of Il trtterJrom gentleman IN The Cane
de (eid Islands ~ his krieud IN Linsfnn M,ie1i

dc pe'd Islands tOhiS friend IN Boston ddtPd
ST. NICHOLAS july 81, 1910.
since my a'r,val anoug The Islands have
h'pn considerabIyRGgdged in business but the
T. " season Heiu- about TO commence, l ac-
Cvpted an inNitati ftom his eXceiency the
Governor General of these Islands 10 accom
Iuny him and family To this place TO pass a
part OF tue sea,0G. Ills EXcellency has a very
@-reetoie Family. who were educated about
I'VE Court OF His Most Faithful Maies;y at
N.o-de- Janeiro
these Island. wing within the troric. where
ihefe is rain for months i'm tire wear in ram
hel 1e anticipated tina: they produce much :
o' can assure No"they are mostly quite pro-
dnritve- ure seems 10 have provided for
ali, FOR in those islands that al e not productiye
III corn, vegetables, tiuit, wine, &c great
quantities of salt IS made by the heat Of the
sun, winch is at Mayo, Bonavista aud Sal. Or
cheila Is an article OF value in Europe and
large Quantities are shipped from these islands
10 London aud Lisbon Horned cattle. mules
and other stock is shipped in considerable
Quantities to tue West imdies-Most outward
bouhd vessels to the Brazils round Cane Horn
or Cape of Hood Hope, touch here for supplies
and The English ships of war OH tlis station, are
at the islands frequently.
J ann tOierably well cOutented here vet
Shoniu prefer Buenos Ayres 10 this place
BUSINESS cannot be carried on extensively
h":e, but what little is done, can be TO advan-
lage. The climate | admire aud is nearly
alRe tie year round the thermometer in Fe-
nrnary generally stands AT 60, and now at SO
degrees and ii constant trade-yyiud. which
renders the air pnre.
That hOrrid and inhuman traffic. The slave
trade, Is now carried OH TO degree never be-
fore equalled. Scarce a week 1asses but that
vessels from Havana, bound TO the coast for
slaves, touch mere tor supplies Even I'm these
Islands they have been imported. though con-
'rary 10 law, and nave seen these miserable
deJecied human creatures by hundreds make
and starving, with tears failing from their ewes.
'onHheu III yards surrounded with high walls
"nere tney were exposed for sale. The sight
was indeed horrible aud affecting Reflect
lor moment; snppose we wero torn from our
parents, friends and country forced i'm irous
ihto crow hold of vessel transported 10
an Unknown Kingdom or country there DOOM
e" 10 perpetual slavery, what must be our
leeiln.Sr Thus detected, we should rne the
Gay that gaveus birth. and soon d,vindle away
onr miserable existence. 1t will be said by
slaye dealers that the Africans have no sense
"a ieelihg, and are only fit objects for slaves.
Aet me assure yOu the fact is the reverse
aid hr who makes such an assertion is moi a
CHRISTIAN. GIVE them an education. and Won
WIZ! iild they possess exquisite ideas MANY
"hom have seen, who have little knowledge
OF Tue world and engaged in commercial spe-
cuations OH the Gambia have acquired con-
siderable property they seem perfectly TO
understand themselves,
lne British. III conjunction with the Spanish
ana Portuguese governments have recehily
or-aniZeG a Cosrt at Sierra Leone CONSISTING
OF Two commissioners from each NJ on for the
Irial OF captured slave vessels. The commits
siuHeIS, tHt IA pne j h0nids aud Edward GTegO-
~, on Tie pari elite EHslisI, aud Don joe
HeInp, aud Senitcf Ia Farre Oh Ihe part of
Tue spanish government, were here Oh the
l6iii of May last where they passed few DAYS.
un 'neir way out, aud appear 10 BE judiciOus
Intelligent men.
England has now on this station the ships
ctwar Morgiana, Capt. L. T. Stroug. Pleasant.
capt. Kelly, aud bIyImidon, Capt. Leak, TO
Intricept slave vessels. Tie Tartar, Sir Geo.
Collier, and Cherub, lave been order ed home
ne slave trade viii never he finally ended
uui,l the United Siates undertake il
Ills Bfitanuic MajeSty's ship OF war Rrpe,
SdptaiH Timothy SERVER, e. r. commander
hoHnu on tins station, was stranded on The Isle
OIL Sai at o'clock in the morning of the LIST
ult, The officers aud crew we're taken off bv
Tue brig COrnclia, OF New Bedford, Captain
a. Girdner, and landed at 81. Jago, where
theN chartered Porting aese schooner TO con-
Vvy item 10 Lisbon, from thence tiIey will pro-
cecd to England.
Doctor Stokes. late physician TO the Ex-
emperor OF France, al st. Helena, wna has
been 10 England Qua visit, arrived here In
iis Britannia Maiesty'S store snip Abundance,
or tie - III OF May last, bound out TO rejoin
Abundance had OH board several officers TO
relieve Others on that station, aud troops TO
garrison the Island OF Ascension.
The late eXpeditOnintO tile Interior of Az
iica nave reached HOGsa, within $50 miles of
= oinbuctOO. Ii ~ now reduced to a certainty
thdi the celebrated MungO PARK, vino under
LOOK 10 explore the interior Of Africa is no
more tHat he died in town near IOmbuctOO.
Accounts from tie Gambia, Mediterranean
aud England all c0Dirm his DEATH
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