Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-22

W"HioNid lay dt dnCnOT IN lne TOaO STEAD o
Monrovia fort few weeks, entirely nupm
ployed, and utterly useless to the seeming
owner, who had neither business sufficient tt
employ a vessel Of that size, nor the capita
nor the credit to make business Of such an a.
mount. lie never possessed in his life mon.
ey enough 10 buy the half Of such a vessel
nor merchandise enough to fill the half.
But the Monrovia did not lay idle very
long. About the beginning of July, the brig
lvanhoe. brought from Galinhas to Monrovia,
]. Rodriguez Buron, heretofore described as
the principal factor and agent of Pedro Blan-
co. Establishing himself in the house and
in the storehouse Of John N. Lewis, he
soon took possession Of the schooner Monro-
via, also, with very little CEREMONY, and sent
her off to Galinhas, whence she was nlmos,
Immediately sent TO Havana. crowded with
miserable slaves destined 10 be worked and
whipped to death on the sngir plantations Of
Cuba. or course to spare the fee llnps OF
the Coloni2ationists and other =. friends Of
the slave" and enemies Of Slavery and the
Slave Trade, the beautiful but inappropriate
name OF the " MOntovia " was taken from
The schooner when she was taken from the
Keeping OF her nominal owner into the ser.
vice OF her real owner. OF course, .' the
Governor, " or " President" Of Liberia will
say that he sold the Monrovia to r. r. Bu-
ron. Undoubtedly that was the form Of the
transaction. Senior Buron told the writer of
THIS article that lie had bought her. But the
the young Senior was no more able 10 buy
such a vessel for himself than the Governor
gent. and renresentatiyyo 60 H., ,t.o a
no danger that the wr,t,r wonId rn;.u.
stand him Senor H. Ala ~, 1"nu.
make the writer his ns,,icuIar nonfIaa, y
regard To his transactions ~ Mn ,ni,n
Josppb I. Roberts and Iobn N a
though his business win Tho I,,,o, 80
secret. /, hapnened ,ba, ,ha oan,aiD or ,Ioo
brio Ivanboe for wLi.h ~ p r. " Wv
actinU supercaroo At that timel yras ,i,1an,
" attacked win tho AGio,n C,o, 49, hoa.I
Of his vessel ,ben =, sncbor IN DO no,, %
Nonrov;, aud ,ha wri,a. Nv " -
led 10 attend him n,ofess;onaTr rL;,GI 10 al
taking along Sennnr nrron viii liz LIZ
boat. AteT AFT, ndina 10 ,ho s;,L "l
Ieavior tho b,ir 70 ro,,rn - H. iii" ".u
writer was reonosted bv Soror Rs
dor tho boa,,s c,ou 10 Ill nI-D ~
scboonor Monrovia uch;aIL U
he wished n civo SOM H.
cant,in +, muIsito Iiho,io, nnI w
and to rer1ove him Cnr tho moaGroa, DOoPsaI
In which thu rinOinn nf Tho yoeco1 $50. I,f,
The writer readily com liod r.i,hon, 49,,
" Understandable The rela,iona 81 hi, s.
iSb comn,nian,e H. "S pa"
the latter nrobah, no,iain. ,Ln "rn ~
volnnta,ily n,ricos,aJ wv
planation',, She is mino" .GnIooI ~
..Yes-I have bonGh, has, =.
The bo,t cana ,,;,b;a ha;i.. Dno u.s.
senior gave his orders 70 ,be csr,.in accom.
iosere.s ali ,rL;ah 49,. 1T. - ~.
The Iiher;an and tho ordars s"hnosy
ively obeyed Thio wao ,bo f,s, oooasinn On
r,h;ccb ,ho wr;,ot Lou H., ,ho ,ansca. ~
Tho vessel from Roberts 70 RIanco had ao,, ,lIy
t,ken Mace ,houah i, wae .c,orwords a.
milirrIv known in tho coIonv and nlled
Of wi,bont a word of consHro f,on INV.
body.
II will he .een ,yba, enirep, sr,v;ces
wer. in This wav rendered 70 Tho eIana ia
ders by such men as Governor" Roberts,
anu wna' pegu'lal 'dc.'I'Ies Tor carrying on
nv of Liberia, When The caniured slave
vessels were sold in Slerre Leone, always
at a bargain. the Spaniards themselves could
d. = FnrI,sh .',W: Ne'"eI .o","
il wi,bou, detection in an os,rce nunisba.
able by the British Laws. But he could
furnish the money to pay for them when
,n,ote."r ,rha o.a" lam NIL '"h n'I rnamn
coioIs' anu cou'u We Tdns'e'Ieu 10 me lta'
dic,ion of IN. American Coloniza,ion Socie.
ty without endering any body liable to pun
ishment or even 10 exposure under ordinary