Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-10-18
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! VERD ISLANDS.
SALEM, October 8
by the arrival at this port on Saturday az
fernoon OF the schooner FREEDMAN, CAPTAIN
Rider, IN 80 days from Port Prays We learn
that universal famine extends through lbs
whole group Of these once truly Verdant Is.
lands.
Three years have now elapsed since thew
have been visited with rains in anv cons,ds
rabIe quantities The land in the mean lima
has become parched and unfit for cultiya,on
and has yielded little or nothing to repay The
toll Of the cnlGvator. The season for tba
crops of the present year has nearly gone by.
and the seed remained in the earth without
signs OF coming to maturity unless it should
be speedily visited by coppious rains. The
trees and all kinds of vegetation are witber.
ing and passing away
Most OF the ANIMALS in the Islands have
died from starvation, and those that remain
are OF no service to the inhabitants, ihey
hardly having strength sufficient to sustain
their famished bodies.
1t would be difficult to present to the rea.
der an adequate idea of the bcrrid condition
in which the inhabitants were placed when
Calt'in Rider sailed At every port at which
've stopped the utmost misery existed among
all Classes. 1t was no uncommon th,ns
to see women and children gathering from
the streets, Ole bones that had been thrown
away and eagerly deyonring them.
Ihe Inhabitants Of the Isle of May and fo.
nah'sta have the advantage Of the salt trade,
ana they procure some provisions from yts-
seis mat stop there. particularly the whaling
ard sealing vessels But most of the Other
islands have not this small advantage.
The inhabitants have been derendent 40
long for Subsistence Upon the little propertt
they had accumulated. that they are exceed
lngly poor. and unable to purchase provisions.
The supply they obtain from vessels is distri.
bhted gratuitousy. A ship from New Bed.
ford touched at Bravo, and left quantity Of
provisions that had been voluntarily sent to
| their relief
Several vessels had been sent to the Afr.
can coast for the purpose of obtaining what
coarse rice could be procured. one OF these
returned without being successful.
The dead and The dying are to be met with
on every side Mr. Gardner, acting American
Consul. computed that fiom IL TO IA souls
pefished at Port Praya daily. A gentleman
who was known 10 have a small supply Of
PROVISIONS was Obliged to guard his door,
WIN DIS slaves to prevent the common peo.
PIE from entering and taking it from his table.
ne inhabitants earnestly requested Capt
itioer, 10 lay their condition before the Anne.
risan people, as they do not expect assistance
from Portugal, or any other European nation.
ihey confld' ntly expect aid frof, tits coun.
uly' ana the parting words of the Governor
General 10 Captain Rider we're, "For Gods
SAGE tell them to send us somethng,"
we cannot but hope that this informatior
VIII be extensively circulated, and prope
means taken towards relieving those unfortr |
nate Islanders. There are, we believe, from
gu TO 10000 souls on the Islands. who, unless
assistance be speedily rendered, must perish |
According TO The latest adyices from Al
gers an attack upon the place by an army
oil Arabs, was expected.
Tile Portland Daily Advertiser OF Saturday
mas following paragraph" Mor sienr Tod.
som come again. -Tape worm or no taps
worm lawn Edison is alive, now in Cor.
lam, ana is TO be exhibited in this city on
nGnday; The wags in New York, who have
sliied OIL Calvin. and made him undergo liz
'rihV) posi- norton examination, will there
ore Wheei about. and tell their readers that /
he worm has not yet got Edson.''
letter from ain intelligent gentleman ID /
Soston, says-"Mf Webster is expected to
lage great speech at the Worcester Com
en''on which meets On Thursday"
.fnecdote Of Race Horses In the summer
1881 while Capt. L. and Lieut. r., of the
n'ted States Army. were engaged on sur
ey' al Carton. near Baltimore, they had fire.
ient'y noti-ed Bachelor and iuaring Jen-
y at pasture, ia the field of old Canton
purse. oae day, after playing some time,
lie TWO horses we're observed 10 walk up lei
rely side by side, 10 the judges stand,
mere they stood for a moment and then
srfed ana ran two rounds out regularly
i'ef the heat, Ghcy play ed togetheri1r ie"
omen's When they again walked up. side
sisie, TO the judges stand, as in TIE iirst
'at, and again started. and ran another heal