Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-08-11

under a fore topnast stay-sall, and a tl-sall,
in about five fathoms water, and being ready,
| was ordered to signal for the number of
slaves. "Four hundred" was the answer.
- Have them ready in three days." was the
next signal. "Aye, in three days, was the
answer. We then informed the agent, by
signal, that there was d strange sail of the
coast. 1t had been arranged beforehand, that
ia case any thing was in sight, we should
lead them of shore a day or Two, and then
run in aud ship the slaves, and get All oliing;
we were very certain that when once at sea,
nothing could overhaul us, unless som acct
dent should happen.
Early next morning, while standing of the
land under easy sail, the vessel TO leeward
had hauled up within about five leagues Of
us, when we made her out to be a sioop Of
war. The small vessel at the south over
night, was just inside Of US, and we discov-
cred that she was making signals with the
sloop of war. She hauled up on our course,
and gave chase, while the sloop of war was
then running off shore, on a taught bowline,
in order to be ready, if the schooner should
come up with and cripple us, to pounce down
upon us. They both sailed well, but so su-
perior was the Borneo, that we were forced
10 use a drag, and lash a couple Of tenders
pNC "alhg nnh iiihhu u SipN ~ AhO hliib
of carrying IA press of sail. We led them of
all one day and night, and a heavy dark cloud
on the next night enabled us to elude them.
We hauled dead 10 windward on another tack,
and left the pursuers to follow a phantom.-
By crowding on a press Of sail, we made the
coast again the third night, and run ia with
in TWO cables length OF the Mondongo tacto-
ry, and commenced shipping slaves with our
own boats and all the shore boats that could
be procured. At daylight we had slowed
away about four hundred, and our agent be-
ing on board, we made sail.
The busy scenes of the night were over,
and being now fairly under way, | had time
to look after the live cargo, slowed away be-
low decks, many of whom were chained fast
TO RIM bolts, while others were hand.cuiled,
and, in some instances, tied together. lhe
women and children were tumbled In loose,
about midships the whole nearly in a state
of nudity. We had now run out into the
open sea, and the brlgantlne began to roll and
pitch with the waves, and the negroes, being
unused TO such a motion, could not stand up
on their feet. My dream of hearing the clank
of chains, and the groans and screeches OF
the unfortunate, was fully realized; and now,
while | write, | have a vivid recollection OF
the horrid scene, and the very smell OF the
incarcerated human beings floats by me. l
had no time to be tender hearted. With more
than half the crew, | was below deck secuT-
ing the victims; claiming those that were
turbulent, and changing the position Of 9TH
ers, SO as TO secure as equal a division oil
room as possible. The condition of the pool
creatures was horrible-lhe thermometer at a
hundred and upwards, without "A breath of all
below, and the filth and sea-sicknesS from
four hundred negroes, who were never tossed
upon a wave before, and the natural amber
scent of their bodies, when they persplre free
ly, was a compound of such villainous smells
that the devil himself would have been lotf
10 encounter, much less myself and my crew
of christians. A short respite into the infer
nal regions, where nothing worse than brim
r stone greeIs the oliactories, would have beef
. an agreeable change. Even in this horriI
. situation, the beastly brutality Of some of tn
crew was marked by the most depraved pas
sions of man. As soon as we could get then
e slowed to any kind of advantage, and mark
ed off into messes, | rugged wind sails, In OF
der to carry as much air below as posslbl
S for ventilation, or death must soon have Ell
h sued. When | was a prisoner on board c
the Goree and Ardent prison ships, durin
e the war of 1912, | thought they were tn
e most loathsome places under Gods broa
e canopy, but they were perfect smelling bo
y ties to the hold of the Borneo.
d Next day five were dead, and the boa
II swain reported that several others were del
rious, with-what he termed the African teveI
Two of the five that were dead had beat thel
brains out while chained to the ring bolts, /
a high state of delirium. ! continued TO al
the hold by wind sails, and ordered the me
on watch 10 raise up the dead bodies, an
launch them overheard. One of them wa
n a large, chuckle-headed fellow, with his eye
If wide open, and his lip rolled back so as
show his teeth. My blood curdled, and m
hair stood on end, as the men placed this fe
low against the bulwaIks-turn as | would
his eyes appeared to be on me, and that ghas
/, ly grin seemed as though he invited me to g
d with him. Throw him overheard" said
half frenzied at the sight.
"Launch no !" said Bill Clark, one of tn
e foremost men, and overheard he went.
"Dem me- said Bill, :" If ne isn't lookin
e after the mate, again"-and sure enougl
there he was, standing straight up in the W;
ter, with his large white eyes looking rigl
at me every time he rose on the top of
high sea, his head seemed 10 be stretched VI
and | imagined | could see the white of h
eyes roll.
"Sail, no !" sung out the man at the mas
n head.
"Where awayF' said |.
1.-TWO points on the weather bow" sal
Re he. The sound OF his voice startled me
was completely electrified, and, for a few m
d ments / forgot my ghost, but on turnir
round again, the same white eyes appeart
n to CLEAN on me, although now at a conside
able distance. The reason of his standir
erect in the water, | learned afterwards, W;
because they neglected to pull off the ire
shackles which were on his feet.
The captain was on deck in a few minute
and | could see that he was a little uneas,
a | could make her out, with my glass, to be
n ship; but could not tell her character at II