The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-18

we do not know the Of, but we understood that
it WAS take the supercargo's uncle on board. We
discharged there four or live pipes OF rum, and the
tobacco that We took farther up he coast rms
Place Spanish, for they hoisted the spanish dag
About 10 o'clock put tue matches on as they SAID
there Was no more rum going ashore that day.
About III o'clock about thirty or forty
canoes shove of from the shore. We thought they
wee coming Tor cargo, We were glad 70 zee
| them coming, thought the faster the
| cargo was discharge the sooner we would get to
| the United States again. The man that was acting
| mate, asked If the men should take the
latoLes eff and get some more rum as the canoes
were coming; and The superCargo SAID No, they were
not coming TO the ship, they were going down the
coast to catch fish, he supposed At II O'clock as
soon as the had got through their dinner, the
captain gave orders 70 get the ship under way We
hove the anchor up; the second mate asked the Cap
tain if they should cast the anchor and he SAID no.
they would he ut anchor before night, aud il would
not be worth while. The supercargo had the helm
We run, as we supposed, about twenty or thirty
miles down the coast, when we saw all these canoes
again, hauled up on the beach, aud "A soon as we
came i'll close enough, the hauled their down
into tie water. We were at loss what TO think
OF it. We asked ore Of the SpaniardS what they
were going to do, ard he said he did not know We
bad let the anchor, and Chewing up the SAILS
wlen.tbe captain called the second mate into the
cabin. He was not in the cabin long when the cabin
boy came forward ard said there was something up.
heard the captain tell the second mate he had sold
tie ship ard going to pay all the men OF, with
three months extra pay. By this time the negroes
were coming aboard, and before were all paid
they bad the cabin nearly full of negroes. We
altogether taken unawares. We knew not what to
do, what was the best to do. The captain said
BE men, damn il, don't act like children.' There
were four Spaniaids or Portuguese that came
eli III one If tie canoes that taking the negroes
| Oh board Willie We were being paid on. We told
| the captain We wished to go on shore, and he told
Us there was not an American or English consul
within five hundred miles Of US, and If we went on
shore he could not protect lie said that would
cost him five hundred dollars to get to the States
1 At the time be was paying US of, he said to us
lyon zee what Is up--l have SOLD my vessel have
made losing voyage, and have to get home the
best way can--they are bound 10 take you home as
passei gers One Of the men called TO canoe that
had discharged their negroes, and the Spanish cap
tain motion, FOR the not to come alongside SO
we Lad possibility OF goilg ashore had we at
| tempted TO. The Spanish captain or the snpercargo
told Us he was captain Of the vessel and we might
as well 20 10 working the vessel. There were seven
Spanards all TODD an they had all the firearms IN
their possession. They were also armed with knives
and We had no other resource than TO go 70 working
the vessel. There three hundred and fifty ne
groes board. We were compelled to 40 duty atthe
point Of their knives. Tie captain told us he would
pay fifty dollars mouth when we got to Cuba.
CONTINUATION OF THE SAILORS STORY.
The same light the negroes came on boaid the
cable was slipped and We stood to sea; the greater
part OF the time spent in getting things fixed for
the negroes; the galley stove was altered, aud the
partition that separates the cabin from The store
rooms each side were cut away, that the negroes
| (women) could occupy the whole space; twice we
refused to work the ship and twice were forced,
at the point Of their knives, TO go to work again;
| when close to the coast of Cuba they began
to be more civil to we made the land to the west
/ ward Of Jamaica, on the south side Of Cuba; we
| were fity.six days on the passage; several
| Sail Of vessels as neaIed the West indies, but
| always kept away from them; the second mate was
more severe On us than the rest OF them ne always
carried long knife in his belt; in one instance he
caught ole Of the men by the throat and would have
stabbed him had the man not clincned him; the rest
Of the crew hearing the noise, they ran to his as
sistauce; III the meantime he dropped his knife,
! which one Of the men picked up and gave to hin;
the man that picked up the knife was Portuguese;
/ Radcff struck the Portuguese with his hist, and
just at that time the captain and mate came forward
Wth their pistols cooked and forced TO return to
our duty i've days after that We made the land and
run in as close could and lie, 60 the anchor,
man came off IN boat aud tod the captain he was
al the wrong place; we got under weigh, and stood
along the land to the westward for about twelve
=, les, and let go the anchor again; the mate went
.slore >, was informed that was not the places we
made sail again and stood along till daylight, when
the vessehun ashore about one ME Tom tie beach;
the captain ordered the boats to be launched and ny
tat time three boats came on from the sh pre-
they landed tie negroes in about one hour; we then
tired 10 get the ell of, but could not; the next
day we were occupied in getting her of, bat TO -
purpose; We sent dowL topeaaht yards and masts;
! then the mate and couple OF men went down into
the hold and started some OF the water casks then
we pumped her out and let her stand little; at
dark there was about twelve people from the shore
ran about three hundred yards when she aground
! again; they then let down her larboard bow anovr
to the stern OF large sailboat, but they had not
pulled but about ten feet when they let 20 OF the
/ anchor; we do not know whether it was done on
purpose rot, but we've told TO get our clothes
aud go ashore as they going to set the ship
fire; we got into the longboat, the Portuguese ALSO
and the mate, and went along the coast about
twelve fifteen miles; large Spanish sailboat
towed us to the place; there were two three fish
ing huts OIL the beach, which all could see;
we stopped here ut ten days, when we were told
that a schooper would take us TO Havana there
was no schooner came for MS; at this time Rldcf
was nearly dead with the dysentery, and William
Hussy, that had shipped second mate, could
scarcely walk with swel-d leg lie is an old man.
| OF sixty or seventy years OF age; we proposed to
! Robinson and the rest TO take the 'ongboat, but
Robins on said he would not leave Rldelif while he
was so sick; We were fifteen days ashore, when on
that night we took the lopgboat and put water into
! her, and small bag Of corn, and some honey in
jar; the boy and the cook afraid the longboat
| would stand sea, and they did not know what
part Of the island they were; we bd the rest OF the
| men goodbye, aud we left them; told them We
expected to be picked up before out long;
We were two days from the place wnen we
put in to the land for water and provisions
We went on shore; we asked the name Of the places
they told us it was Cape Antonio; they gave
some potatoes. and while getting some
water they sent for the soldiers, who asked US
where we were FROM and we told them from ia
maica; they asked US where we intended to go; we
/ told them TO Key West or to the American Consol
| in Havana they then sent two soldiers and pilot
ia the boat, and conveyed Us on board the Spanish
manofwar schooner Habanero, where they ques-
toned us again as to where we were from; we we're
afraid to tell them the truth for tear they would put
us in prison, and never let any one know anything
/ about us; and we told them that we came from ia
| maica, and that we had ran away from vessel at
! that place; two OF told that We left the Duke
! of Wellington. the other told he left the Oriole.
! The commandant ordered us to be put in IRONS, and
sentry placed over US; we asked ii they would not
! present US to the American Consul; they said yes,
but necessary to wait for orders from Havana;
they kept US on board thirtyfve days, when were
| transferred to Havana in small schooner and put
on board OF the steamer Ulloa, where they KEPT us
| eight days; from thence we were removed t. where
we now are. We have had no opportunity to write
before; we were put into the jail; we have written
nothing but the plain truth which, if the rest Of the