Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-12-23

"Did you ever have ights with the English
shlpsY Yes once a ship-oi-war chased two of
us. We Knocked the sticks out of her We didn't
stop to look after the dead. Another time | was
captured 1t was in dead calm and there was
no chance to get away When saw that we were
gone | went below and stove every cask of water
but one. The other ship was short, too. So we
had both to put in to the land to get water They
put on board of a Lieutenant and crew. But
he did not kncw the coast, and, as we drew toward
land he threatened to sS""t me if an her on
cnvre. i took the helm and ran HHr into an inlet
No sooner had we passed the mouth than we saw
on the bank the barracoons of the slave factors
They all knew me, and boats put off from shore
The Lieutenant hailed them in English and told
them to keep off. AT the same time | hailed them
in Spanish, and told them the vessel was u prize
That night they came off in force and re-captur
ed her. We put the Lieutenant and his men into
boat and sent them adrltt, while went down the
coast and took in a cargo of slaves and carried
them safely across the ocean"
why Captain, this must be exciting business
His eyes flashed fire as he replied, ats splen
did 1t makes man jump to think of it, T,
be cutting away at the rate of eleven knots al
hour, with ship in chase, and walking right ava,
from ber!'
That instant we saw in the prisoner the rover
of the seas, again standing on his deck, with the
huge hull of ship-of war looming above the hori
ZOn.
'
"The mate betrayed me- never liked the man
lie was scared. He had no heart You see i
takes man of a particular constitution to engage
in business. When once at sea with a slave
cargo we are in free JottomS We belong to nc
country. We are under the protection of no law
We must defend ourselves. A man must have
great deal of nerve in such a situation, when h,
is label to be chased by ships of war; or perhaps
finds himself suddenly in the midst of a whol,
fleet The mate once served me a trick for whicl
should have been perfectly justified in shootin:
him dead. We were running in between the is
lands Martinique and Dominique, when suddenly
there shot out from behind the land an Englisl
steamer The mate thought it was ship-of-war
and so did |. lie was frightened to death, and in
stantly turned the vessel off her course. That wa
the very movement to bring down the enemy il
chase. | saw the danger and flew to the helm
and put her back again, and we passed by ii
safety"
But are you not tired of the business?" "Why
! didn't want to go out the last voyage. | tried t.
get another captain to take charge Of my ship
| wanted to stay at home and get married BU
good men IN the business are scarce. And | had t.
CO."
But the noble captain seemed ambitious of
higher career. "What should like best of all,
said he, "would be, to go prir0teerng. TO com
mand merchant ship, and TO 20 numbering along
loaded down with frcight-that | cannot bear.
kills me. But give me well-built clipper, wit
six guns on n side and long Tom in the middle
and letter of marque to range the ocean, and
wouldn't call the President my brother"
| Such was the substance of Capt. Smiths story
| We allowed him to run on with his exploits to Sc
what stuff SLAYER was made of. Was there eve
Il more prevented nature? Here is man who's
boast isin the gigantic character and the success o
! his villainies. His courage is to show his powc
over the weak and derenseless to crowd hundred
OF human beings into close hold, where one hun
ared and fifty die in Il few weeks; and his creates