New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-22

ness; showed me his town, barracoons, and stores,
and even stretched point tn honor me BY an intro
euction to the penefraia Of bis harem The vst paid
he insisted that should dine with him; and couple
of choice bottles were quickly disposed Of ormond.
ike nyself bad been sailor We spoke OF the lands,
scenes and adventures each had passed through while
fresh bottle was called to FLIP our memories. There
is nothing so nourshug to friendship as wine Be-
fore sundcwD our electric memories had circied the
globe and our intimscs culminsted'' ~
Meantime, the rosy fluid had proved too decided
sedstye on the Mongo, and bis boon companion took
the opportunity TO seek an adventure.
MoNGo Johns HAREM.
stroled TO the verauda 10 &c, q breath of fresh air
from the river, but dashed on in the darkness TO the
sacred precincts Of the kaTenl was not detected TIL
reached nearly the center Of the sanctuary where Orond
ooIfned his motley group of black muaito Md quarter
wives. Tie first dame who perceived me was
bright Iulao, with rosy cheeks soeke eyes eoquettsh
turbsn, and most volupuous moa'h, whom afterward
discovered to be second in the chief affections In an
instant the court resounded with chaering call 10 her
companions, that before could the whole band Of
gabbIny parrots bemmed mt in with deluye OF talk.
Fame had preceded mt NJ sable nurse servant OF
the hare and her witt 10 the schooner with the tale Of
the tragedy supplied anecdotes for lifetime Everybody
the 9E TO the " white fighter. Every
body crazy 10 feel the White skin she had healed
Then with sudden childish freak Of caprice they
of If afraid. and at once rushed back again
like fock Of eittongued and playful monkeys could
lot compI.keId word they said but the oevy squeaed
with quite much pleasure il dd, and peered into
my eyes for answeTs with inish devy at my wonder
At last my sable friends seemed not only anxious to
themselves but TO do something for my entertain
men aleo. chatter in settled what ii should be.
Two or three brought sticks while three brought
coals fire quickly kinded in the center Of the
court and As lis flames lit up the area awhrring ceo OF
half stripped girl danced TO the monoonous beat of
mom. Presently the formal ring broken, and each
finsle stepping out sngly danced according to her nd
yidua, fancy. Some were Wild, some were seit, some
were tame and some were merry. After so many years
have no distinct recollection o the characteristic move
Of these semi savages especially as the claret and
champagne rather ermened ia my brain, aud possessed
me with the idea that il my duty to mnge IN the
bounding throng l resolved that the barbanans should
have taste Of Italian quality
Accordingly, leaped from the hammock where had
swung idly during the scene, aud beginning with BAL
and dUaHtdeuI, terminated my terpsichorean
exhibition by regular double shuttle aud sailors
hornppe The delIrous laughter cracked sides, rock
ing fun and merriment with which my fea's
received. unimagiDabe by sober sided people
Tired of my single exhibition, seized the Preest of the
group by her SLIM shining waist and whrled her round
and round the court il the quickest OF waizes until with
kiss laid her giddy and painting on the hoor Then,
grasping er-anOther-another-an another-and
treating each to the same dizzy swim, was about waltz
ing the whole seT0g0 into quescence when who should
rise before us but the staring and yawning M'Hgoi
The appaition sobered me. quarteroon pet of Or
mond-just spinning into fashionable and luscious insensi
btyfell from my arms into those OF her MASTER and
while apologized for the freak chargedt aogethet to
the witch craft of hs wit ana VINE
"Hal" said the DOngo, "St. Nitus IA in your Italian
heels the moment you within hail Of music and dane
ing and by Jove, il can scent pettcoat ne
readily as hound tracks runaways. But there's harm
in danc1Rg Don Teodore only hereafter hope you will
enjoy the amusement in less uproarous manner. In
Ainca fond of sestd after dinner; aud recon-
mend you TO get coon as possible under the lee Oh
another bottle"
We retired once more his mahogany; and under the
spell of my cheftan caret and sea yarns, Yves soon
Tapped in delicious sleep
a. tha faair IN m in n
land OF such varied fascinatons. He makes
rangement with Mopgo John and is soon installed
as his secretary with private establishment,
seat at his table and negro per month, or its value
at the rate of forty dollars for his services He thus
describes his first attempt at slave packing;
When the runners returned from the interior with the
slaves REQUIRED to complete the Areosaucos cargo con-
cered it my DUTY TO the Italian grocer OF Rega to DIS
patch his vessel personally Accordingly retnrned on
board to aid in slowing hundred and eight boy. and
Pirls the edeu Ot rhOm did not ereeed feen years, AS
(sawled between decks, csnfess could not imagine
how this Little army was TO be packed or draw breath in
hold but otnfytco inches hight Yet the experiment was
promptly made inasmuch ss was necessary To secure
them below in descending the river in order to prevent
n cir lea ping overheard and swimming ashore found it
uposs bic to just the whole in sitting POSTURE but ~s
made them lie down in each others laps like drdtnes in
can and in this way obtained for the entire cargo
Strange to tell when the AreostaicO reached Havana but
three OF these passengers had paid the debt OF nature
Inc dnltCcutbis vi MI. OimVnu NiopSo ovuu oto VI
spgulary edfyiDg character, and related with
a refreshing nsivete by our cool historiographer
He was the son of an opulent sl.yetrader from
Liverpool and owed his birth TO the daughter OF .
native chief on the Rio Pongo His father seems to
have been rather proud of his mulatt0 stripping and
dispatched him to England to be educated. But Mas
ter John had made little progress in belleslettres,
when news of the traders death was brought to the
British agent, who refused the youth further supplies
of money. The poor boy foon became an Outcast in
land which had not yet become hshionably addicted
to phlsnthropy and, after drifting about while in
England be shipped on board merchantman. The
pressgang got possession of the likely mulatto
for the service of his Britannia Majesty. Sometimes
he played the part of dandy waiter in the cabin;
sometimes he swung hammock with the hands in
the forecastle. Thus five years slipped by, during
which the wanderer visited most of the West Indian
and Mediterranean statOna At length the prolonged
cruise was terminated, and Ormond paid of. He im-
mediately determined to employ his boarded cash in
voyage to Africa, where he might Claim his fathers
property. The project was executed; his mother
was still found alive; and fortunately for the manly
youth, she recognized him at once as her 6rst-born
She stood forth stanchly to assert his identity and
rights and in the end all of the Liverpool traders
property in houses lands and negr6es that could be
ascertaiDed handed according to cOastlsw,
! to the returned heir When the mulatto youth was
thus suddenly elevated into ;omfort, not tpulence,
in his own country, he resolved to augment his veal h
BY pursuing bis fathers business. But the whole
country was then desoated BY civil war; occssioaed,
as most of them are by family disputes, which it was
necessary to terminate before trade could be comfort