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

,urtou; 10 enforce my mandate for his departure.
During this promenade, my unSelcome guest question:
ed n e about the captains heelth,-abou the ne's-B
the cause Of bis mi-sa-sbout cargo,-snd the
length OF our voyage. Each question oegot shorer
and more sury answer. perfectly satisfied n u he
was lot only rogue, but most mpudent one ana III!
Frsueo-Ilsl mper strained almost TO bursting
By this time We approached the house which covered
the ,ieerDggee AZ the ships stern and IN "h'cn W.
ets containing dozen small turtles purchased at Tue
island Of Ascension where stopped ~ water aier me
refusal st. Helena. The turtle at once attracted ue
Strangers notice, and he promptly offered to purchase
n en- stated that only half the lot belonged 70 me, Ou
tia; oud sell the whole, provided lie vas able 70 pay
In moment my persecuor drew forth well worn pocS-
e;. book AID handing me SIX dolars asked Nnelusr r
satisfied with 4 price The dollars urque-tionsole
CLEANS # not absolute proofs of honesty and am sure
my heart would have melted had not the purchaser ~
seted on taking Of the buckets 10 convey the turtles
home Now as these charming Implements we're part OF
the ships pride well property and had oeen isoor-
ouslJ adorned By marine artists with spfe1 eagle
and the vessels name, resisted the demand onerhs AZ
tho same time 10 return the money Bat my tdrteel ler
was be ulsed easily; his ugy smile st sneer-
cd in y face he eDdeavored to push aside and drag
tie bucket from my hand. found that ne was the
strong, Of the and that you'd be impossible Tor me
10 ny bgck eiay So giving Il sudden i"hI ahu
shake contTved 10 upset both water and turtles on Tue
dock thus sprinkng the feet and coat ais OF the veteran
with copious sbluon To my surprise, however, the
toruentos cursed grin not only oonaued but absou'ey
expanded mmoderse laugh, the uprosrlousness oil
which increased by another suspicious Bostonn, VINO
leaped deck during our dispute By tins time was N
a red heat. My lips white, my cheeks IN blaze,
and my eyes sparks Beyond M with erocious rage
gutsh my teeth and buried them IN the hand "hch
could lot otherwise from its grasp the bucket
In the scramble either lost destroyed part OF my bank
notes: vet being cOBqgeror last became clement and
taking up my turtles insisted upon tue depart
uTe of nv 6nnoyers. There doubt that larded my
language with certain eP'hets very current among Sailors
most If which learned more rapidly by foreigners than
the potter parts OF speech.
Still the sbominabe monster nothing daunted by my
onslaught rushed the cabin and would doubtless have
descended had not been nubler than he in reaching the
VIII nlaced m
Of course another battle ensued, envened by chorus
Of laughter from crowd of lsborers on the wharf. rms
time could bite, yet kept the apparent hle at bay
with nv feet kicking his shns numerically whenever he
APPROACHED and swearing in the choicest Tuscan.
fie Who knows any thing OF Italian character, especially
when additionally spiCod By French condiments, may
in aeine the inter &c rage which volcanic nature as
mine was by this time, fully aroused. Language and
motion nearly exhausted could neither SPEAK nor
strike Tie minds passion had almost produced tine
bodys paralysis. Tears began TO fall from my eyes; but
It'll he laughed A. length, suddenly fuug vide the
cabin doors. and raping below at bound, seized tom
the rack loaded musket with which rushed upon deck
A. soon the muzze appeared above the hatehway my
fcrmentor sprGug the ship G1d by tue ie reached
tie ladder, found him the wlmf surrounded by
laughing and shouting crowd. shook ny head men e-
inely at the group and houdercg my freock mounted
guard az the gangway IL was fGy quarter OF an hour
that psrsded sonaly ramping horne my muskeis
charge and vary ing the amusement by an Italian defiance
10 the eters before the ardy mate made his appearance
on the Wbarf But what was my CONSERVATION when /
bthed HIM advance deferenti4y to my pes,en visitor,
board This a great lesson me in life on the SAB
iec of eppearence.' The shabby old individual was
no less a peIsonage than the celebrated William Gray OF
Boston OF the Gala'ea and cargo and proprietor
of many a richer craft then floating on every sea
But Mr. Gray was forgiying enemy AS ne LETT the
ship that morning. be presented me fifty dollars, IN ex.
be said tor the six destroyed in protection OF
his property and the day Of my discharge, he not
only paid the OF my voyage but added fifty dollars
more 10 aid my schooling in scientific navigation.
Young Canot was great favOrite with Capt
Towne the master of the Galates that after the hands
were discharged he took the lively Italian home with
bim to Salem to reside in bis family until he was
ready for another voyage. The boy was delighted
with this renowned old seaport. Salem in 1921 was
his paradise. Every boy in the to- Own was his friesd
His emerging from the fOrecastle with various school
Accomplishments threw a romantic mystery around
him. He was considered prodigy in languages, az
be spoke French, Italian, Spanish and English and
had smatterng of Latin. There was flavor of the
daredevil in his demeanor which made him popular
everywhere. He sailed during FIVE years from Salem
TO various parts of the w I'd.
His first sight of slavery on HE second voyage
to India. He shore at QualahbattOO in search
Ofpepper when large Malay canoe arrived at the
landing, cranmed with prisoners from one of the
islands. They to be sold as slaves. These he
tells u.s. were the first slaves he had seen. As the
human cargo was dsembarked, observed one of the
Msnys dragging handsome young female by the
hair along the beach. Cramped by long confinement
in the wet bottom of the canoe the shrieking girl
was unable to stand or walk Ny blood was up
quickly / ordered the brute to desist from his
cruelty; and as he answered with derisive laugh,
l felled him to the earth with single blow of my
boat-hook. This impetuOus vindicatOn of humanity
forced to quit QualahbattoO in great haste; but,
at the age of seventeen, my feelings in regard 10
slavery were very different from what this narrative
may disclose them to have become in later days"
After complication of adventures, enough, one
would suppose, for the lifetime of common MORTAL
he determines to try his luck in shaving vessel He
impaired his wishes to a friend who at once entered
into his views, and accordingly, the Canary Gobo
was acquired for S3,OOO and after perfect reftting
at the Casa Blanca of Havana loomed in the hirbor
as a respectable pilotbo of forty tons. Her name,
in consequence of reputed speed, was changed to
'El AreOstaticO;' culverine was placed amid
ships all the requisites for slave cargo were put
board fifteen sailors the refuse of the press gang
and jail-birds, were shipped; powder ammunition,
and small arms, were abundanty supplied and, last
of all, four kegs, baasted with specie, were convey
ed into the cabin to purchase return cargo ut
on the I'd of September, lo26, after charming
dgeuner, that bade farewell to my friend Carlo on
the decb of the Areostaco cleared for the Cape de-
Verd Isles but in truth, bound for the Rio POngo
Our crew consisted of twenty.one escamps-Spansrds
Portuguese, Frenchmen, and mongrels The Major
can captain was odd character nrust with such
an enterprise, and probably nowhere else, save in
Havana at that period, would he have been allowed