Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-09-18
September As, 1892

"A hn Z
MOnlez sIeered for New Providence hn,
ne negroes were not disposed 10 land
By this lime Joseph had learned to steer
ana be took the helm in the day. leav;no
oDe Of the white men to steer al n;oht e
Every night Joseph, slept near the he'll
and had two ofthe mosttrusty necyoes bv
Ms side watching, and ready TO avail
him on the least alarm. f.
During this interval the negroes broke
open the hatches and piIlaged the CARGO
Among il they found wine, raisins. and !
great quantity of medicines; all this thew
Ste indiscriminately. Ten died in a sbo,,
time, and others would have done SO. had
mol Joseph forbidden the rest to touch anu
thing but what he gave them. ANY II.
fraction Of this wholesome regulation
thought down on the head of the Offender
severe personal chastisement from the
hands the chief. Joseph lived abster,i-
Ously during the whole trouble, and in
sisted on the most perfect obedience 10 bis
orders The only food eaten was portion
ed out by his hand, and not box Of the
cargo opened but under his direction. He
divdedthe spoil, taking the smallest nor.
ton for himself He was tbs master-sp;rit
on board every thing felr his influence =
During all this time the whites were in a
most wreiched condition, and their hone
Ofescape very small. In the night thew
Seered 10 the west, and succeeding in ner-
'uading Joseph to keep to the north of
east in the day.
About the 18th Of this month, as the
Spaniards suppose. for they had lost
knowledge of dates and DAYS, thew came
10 sight OF Long Island. In the interval
they had been boarded by several vessels.
one Of which supplied them with a demi.
plnOf water. They had seen manv yes
sells, and signalled them, but were unable
6caIthelr attention. When any vessel
zane alongside Joseph would stand by
R1z, the only man who speaks English
and watch him with fearful intensity.
The organ of communication between
Senior Ruiz and the Congolese, was An
1nio, the captains slave. He is by birth
nAfrcan, but has lived in Cuba s or 10
years. He speaks both Congolese and
spanish. He had been employed as
abin boy.
On the goth of this month they were
hailed BY pilot boat No. 3, which gave
hem some apples. Joseph having some
ear OF BETRAYAL. would not allow Ru,z to
fPeak with these. Pilot boat No. a came
ongsIde also, but they were not permit
10 board. On the 24th they made
ontauk light, and stood for it, hoping to
un the vessel ashore. but the tide drited
hem up the bay. They then came 10 an
ho' oil Culloden Point, where the ne
Toes went ashore to lay in water. Be-
Ween The fifteenth and twenty-fourlh they
I'd anchored about thirty times, at differ
ni places on the coast.
The negroes who went ashore at Gull
Men were almost naked, and the inhab.
mis- were exceedingly alarmed. They
Pfe Two days in the neighborhood with
any attempt being made to arrest them.
my IN Two instances did they succeed in
aHerlng with the inhabitants for provis-
MS, once for doabloon. and once for a
usket. While engaged in watering
Fey were fallen in with by Captain
reen, and another gentleman from Sag
arbor, who had visited the point on a
ooting excursion. Captain Green, i'm
sdIately saw that all was not right and
We them TO understand that they should
taken care Of
Either before or Immediately after Can
w Green and his friend had retired, the
ns OF the cutter Washington came in
g@ and boarded the vessel. Immedi-
ely % seeing gentleman in uniform,
enor Ruiz went up TO him and said:
These negroes are my slaves; they
ave risen and taken the vessel; that is
7 leader, pointing to Joseph) and |
aim ,9I your protection"
Leuts, Porter and Meade then imme-
Iely took possession disarmed the ne.
Oes' and took the schooner in tow. Jo-
pa on seeing this, went below, and tie
Y some gold about his person, he leaped
OIL the main hatch. and at one bound
= over the side. While under the wa
nsdlsengaged the doubloons, and came
aOou' 100 yards from the vessel, hav-
Osen under water at least 5 minutes.
W N O0al was instantly manned and sent
SIa'e Of him. When the boat neared
~ st ne would stop. but Just as it came
SAln reach he would dive down and
e Up again some yards behind her
5n he thus employed them about 40
Ju'es' when seeing farther attempts
ss,' ne gave himself up. When pull
- ~ !, board the boat he smiled. ard put
s MS hands to his throat, intimated that
was going to be hanged. Joseph was
transferred to the Washington, but
seemed so uneasy and displayed SO
I, ~ anxiety to return to the schooner
y. ne was humanely gratified. On
= more joining the Amistead the poor