The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-12-26

find them, even on tho plantations. BY this
he inaarred the enmity of the planters; and he
prots ~ sould have boon assassinated, If no
had not been recalled"
"Did YOU over have fights with the English
ships:' Yes; once ship-ofwar chased two
of us. We knocked the sticks out OF her,
We didn't stop to look after the dead. AT an
other time was captured. 1t wal in dead
calm, and there was no chance to got away
Whom found that we wore gone went below
and stove oyery cask of water except onc.-
Tho other ship was short, too. So we had
both to put in.o the land to get water. They
put on board of US Lieutenant and crow
Blu, he did not know the coast, and as wc drew
toward tho land no had to mako me pilot,
threatening, at the same time, to shoot mo ii l
ran her on shore. / took the helm and ran
her into an inlet. No sooner had We passed
the mouth than we saw OH the bank the barra-
coons of tho slave factors They all know me,
and boats put off from shore. The Lieuton-
ant hailed them in English and told them to
keep off. At tho samo time hailed them IN
Spanish, and told them tho vessel was prize.
That night they came on in force anu recap
tured her. We put tho Lieutenant and his
men into boat and sent them adrift, while
went down tho coast and took in cargo OF
slaves, and carried thcm safely across tho
ocean,
"Why, captain, this must be exciting bust
ness"
His eyes flashed fire as he replied, Its
splendid. 1t makes n man jump to think OF
il! To be cutting away at tho rate OF eleven
knots an hour, with ship in chase, and walk
ing right away from her!'
That instant we saw in tho prisoner tho ro-
vcr of the seas, again standing on his deck,
with the hugo hull of shp-of-war looming
above tho horizon.
"But how did you get caught at last!
"The mate betrayed me. l never liked
the man. He was scared. He had no heart.
You 500 it takes man of particular consh-
tuition to engage in our Isinoss. When once
at sea with slave cargo we are in free bottoms
We belong to no country. Wo are under the
protection of 10 law. We must defend our
selves. A man must have q great deal of
nerve in such situation, when he is liable to
bc chased by slips of war, or perhaps, finds
| himself suddenly in the midst Of a whole fleet.
| The mate once served md trick for which
| should have been perfectly justified in shoot
ing him dead We were running in between
the islands Martinique and Dominique, when
suddenly there shot out from behind the land
an English steamer. The mato thought it
was u ship.of-war, and so did ]. lie was
frightened to death and instantly turned her
off her course. That was the very moment
to bring tho enemy down in chase. saw
tho danger and flew to tho helm, and put her
back agaih, and VIC passed by in safety"
I" But are You not tired of this businessT'-
"Why. didn't want to 60 out, the last voyage.
tried TO get another captain TO take charge
of my ship. l wanted to stay at horne and
get married. But good men in our business
are scarce And had 10 Co"
| But tho noble captain seemed ambitious of a
| higl CIR career. What should like best OF
| all, said he would be- to 90 privdteering.-
| To command n workmanship. and 20 20 lnm-
berbg along. loaded down with freight-,hat
| cannot bear. 1t kills mo. But givo me n
well-built clipper, with six guns on side, and
a long Tom in the middle, and letter of
marque to range tho ocean. and wouldn't call
tho President my brotherr'
| Such was the substance Of Capt. Smiths sto-
ro We allowed him to run on with his ex-
plcits to SEQ what stuff slavcr was made Of
Was there ever moro perverted hature!-
Hero is man whose boast is in the gigantic
character and the success of his villanes.-
His courage is to show his power over the
weak and defenceless; TO crowd hundreds OF
human beings into close hold, where one
hundred and fifty die in a few weeks; and his
greatest exultaton to havo defied the laws of
tho whole civilized world! But the most I'M
portant is on tho weakness and negligence
which permits this traffic to GO on unchecked
.Ne,o York is The chief port in The Worh for
the slape-tradc! ThirIy-fve slavcrs year
sailing down our bay! Is this true? If so.
why are not these vessels searched and seized ?
On whom rests tho blame: Do officers of
Government connive at tho traffic! Or arc
they so blind as not to SEQ what passes under
their eyes? Or arc they too weak and ndo-
lent to enforce their country's justice.