The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-09-21

case of fugitive charged with treason or murder
where there exists no treaty stipulation, as there
does not at present between the United States and
Snan. refers also to the corroborate opinions o.
ali the preceding Presidents of the U. States
with the exception of the elder Adams, who had
not given an opinion) and very clearly and salts
factorilv shows that the government Of this coun
trv ought not to surrender persons situated as are
Jingua and his unfortunate counrymen, who are
by the act of God thrown upon these shores tc
find trust, that protection and relief of which
they had been, probably, forever deprived, had il
not been for this remarkable and providential in.
terposton
remain,
very truly, yours,
LEWIS TAppAN
P.S. Sabbath evening. The Rev. H. G.
Ludlow PRAYED for the poor Africans this forenoon
very feengly, at the service in his church. The
outer door of the Jail was closed to-day and vsi-
tors generally were not admitted. / distributed
some religious tracts, in the morning. to the con-
victs and attempted to instruct the African pris.
oners, especially the children. They pronounce
words in English very distinctly, and have alrea-
DIV nearly learned the numerals. On showing
them some books containing pictures of tropical
animals birds, &c., they seemed much pleased to
recognize those with whose appearance they have
been acquainted, and endeavored to initiate their
voices and actions. With suitable instruction
these intelligent and docile Africans would soon
learn to read and speak our language, and can
not but hope that some of the benevolent lnhab-
ants of this CITY will diligently continue to improve
the opportunity to impart instruction to these pa
gans, brought by the providence of God to their
very doors. Towards evening we made visit to
Jnpua, and conversed with him a considerable
time. He drew his hand across his throat, as his
room mates said he had done frequently before, &
asked whether the people here intended to kill
him. He was assured that probably no harm
would happen 10 him-that we were his friends
and that after while he would be sent home to
his friends, across the towards the rising SUM-
His conntenance Immediately lost the anxious and
distressed expression it had before, and beamed
with oy.. He says he was born about two days
travelling fromthe ocean that he purchased some
goods, and being unable to pay for only two-thirds
ofthe amount, he was seized by the traders, his
own countrymen, and sold to king Sharka for the
remaining third. 81 don't tell bit ola lie about
it," he said, in his own language. He says he
left in Africa both his parents, wife and three
children. Two of the children, he remarked, are
little larger than the African girls who are prs-
oners, and the other about as large. He must be
therefore somewhere about 80 years ofage. We
endeavored to ascertain what his ideas were about
a Supreme Being, if he had any He said God
is good" His countrymen, he says, know moth
ing about reading or writing. Tomorrow we ex
pect to have him taken out of his cell, and examin
ed through the Interpreter, by Messrs Staples and
Baldwin. l.. Il,
PRIVATE EXAMINATION OF CINQUEz, ALIAS JNGUA.
This morning went into the hospital depart
ment of the prison with DR.. Hooker Five or six
90 II fbo ,-b, A,1Nv
liar 10 warm climates-one or two of them dam
gerousy, as the physician thinks, who through
the interpreter, conversed, for the first time, with
his patients.-Some of the sick are convalescing |
The doctor says he has seldom had patients who
showed so much gratitude when relieved by medi- !
cine. One of the the sick men, named Jooah,
writes in some unknown language which does
not appear to be Arabic. They said they were
forced to drink great deal of salt water, on board
the SLAYER, and it had made them sick. DR.. Hooker
brought them woolen socks, and administered
medicine, which they took very readily. 1t seems
providental circumstance that these men were
thrown upon the American coast near here, and
that they were brought to this city. Where could
they have been better situated? The doctor ask
ed the Congo if he should not pull out his two
tusk like teeth, and he said, no, no, evidently
prizing them very much. This has been
described in some of the papers as a man-eater,
and almost monster is his appearance, but he is
neither
Between nine and ten o'clock, a private exam
inaon of Cinques Tor as it should be spelled jim
gua) and one Of his comrades named Bowie, took
place in room in the jailor's house. There were
presentR. I. Baldwin, Esq, Norris Wilcox, Esq,
Marshal of the District, Seth P. Staples ESQ.
Professors Omsted and Gibbs, Rev. Messers. Ba-
con and Ludlow Anthony the black boy, who only
spoke the Spanish language, the native African in
terpreter and myself Cnquez Tor rather Jingua)
and Bowie are natives of the same tribe, the Man
dingo, but as the latter speak the Gallinas
dialect better than the former, the interpreter who
though neither Mandingo nor Gana, but
Kiss, (Which was incorrectly spelled in previous
communication Geeshee) found it easier to con-
verse with Jingua by the aid of Bowie, who trans
lated. the Galinas to him in Mandingo. We en-
deavored to impress upon their minds, in the first
place, that we were their friends, and that they
must speak the truth. Both of them appeaed to-
have some ideas of the good Spirit, and also of
an evil Spirit. They said, "God is good,' and
If they told lies, the evil spirit would take them
somewhere, they did not know where. Jingua
had been asked if he did not know that God would
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