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

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Nv ,h,ee mee weekthcr mouths are carefully irns5
with vinegar while nearly every morning dram is given
=. an ap.i0ote 10 scuTvy.
Although is found necessary 20 keen the sexes nnsrt
,hey sre allowed 10 freely during dav vvbo m
JsA CorpoTeal punishment il asrer "a licted ave hv or
der Of officer and even then not until the culprt nn
de,stspds exactly why is done Once week the shns
bsrber scrapes their chns without assistance from soan
and on same day their mails are closely parel 10 H.
sure security from harm in those nightly battles that oc
cur when the slave contests with his every inch
Of pak 10 which he is glued. During afternoons of 40
refe weather men, women girls and BOYS are allowed 70
unite in African melodies which they always enhance bv
e1temloraneous toaato0 on the bottom of tub or tin
kettle.
These hints will apprise the reader that the greatest care
compatible with safety Is taken of uegros health and
cleanliness ON the voyage. In every weilcOnducted
SLAYER the captain officers and are alert and ylent
to preserve the cargo 1t their personal interest s we'll
80 the interest oi humanity TO do so The boa,swain
incesssnt IN his patrol Of pufcaton and sub
stances penteOusly distributed The upper deck il
washed and swabbed daily the slave deck is sraned and
ysoned; and, al nine clock each morning the can
tain insrocs every part Of his craft that no vessel ex
cept man of war; compare with SLAYER in systematic
order, purity and Deaness. | am not aware that the
ship f., which sometimes decmaes the EN- rants from
Europe, has prevailed in these African trades
AT ssDdown, the process Of slowing the slaves for the
night begun. The second and boatswan descend
into the bold whip in hand and range the slaves in their
regular places those on the right side OF the vessel facing
forward and lying i'll each others lap while those on the
left are SmilaI slowed with their faces toward the stern
In this each lies his right side which il ,n-
dered preferable for the action of heart In aotnp
places particular attention paid TO the SIZE the taller
being selected for the greatest breadth of the vessel while
the shorter and younger lodged the bows When
the cargo large and the lower deck cramned the super
numeraries disposed OF deck which is securely GOV.
cred with boards to shield them from moisture The
discipline OF nightly stowoge Is OF course, OF the greatest
importance in savers else every negro would accommo-
date himself as if he passenger.
In order to insure perfect silence and regularity during
night slave is chosen constable from ten and
furnished with cat TO enforce commands during his
appointed watch In remuneration for his services which,
tmay be believed, admirably performed whenever
the whip is required, he is adorned with old shirt or
tarry uowsers. Now and then blets Of wood dstrb
uted among the seepers bn this luxury is granted
until the good TEN Of the negroes IL asceraned for
slaves have often been tempted 10 mutiny by the power of
arming themselves with these pillows from the forest
lti very probable that many Of my readers will con-
board but let inform tn am that native Africans
not familiar with the Of feather BEDS nor do any
but the free and rich in their mother country indulge in
the luxury of a mat rawhide. Among the Man
dngo chefs-tbe most industrious and civilized of Afri-
cansthe BEDS divans and sofas heaps of mud COW
cred with untanned skins for cushions while logs of wood
for holsters am of opinion, therefore, that emi
grant slaves experience very slight inconvenience in lying
down on the deck.
But rentilofion is carefully attended TO. The matches
and bukheads of every SLAYER is grated and apertures
cut about the deck for ampler circulation of air.
WiDdsals too constantly pouring steady draft into
the hold except during chase, when, of course every
comfort ia temporarily sacrificed for safety. During
Gains or in light battling winds, when the suifocatng
air of the tropics makes wnl alton impossible the graf
lowed to epose at night deck while the crew is armed
TO watch the sleepers.
Handouts are rarely used on sbipboard. II is the COM
mon to slaves in the barraco0ns and while
shipping by ohsniDg ten in gang; but these plaoons
would be extremely nconvenent at the manacles
immediately taken of and replaced by egirons, which
fasteD them in pairs by the feet Shackles used
but fer pgyOwR men, while and boys set at
liberty they embark Ii frequently happens
that when the behavior of male slaves warrants their free
dom they released from all stenngs long before they
arrive. Irons are altogether dispensed with on many
Brasilien ssvers negroes from ADjuda, Benin and
Angola are mild and unaddcted TO revolt like those who
dwell east Of the Cape north of the Gold Coast Indeed
a knowing trader will chains but when com
peed for the longer slave roned the more he detero
rates: and his sole object to land healthy cargo
pecunary interest, well natural feeling, urges the
spariDg OF metal
A considerable space is devoted to an account of
Canots travels in the interior of Africa, which,
would be expected from man of his observing
genius, is rich in piquant descriptive passages. We
take his sketch of limbo, specimen
limbo lies on a rolling plain North Of it. alofy noun
tain range rses at the distance of ten or fifteen miles, and
sweeps eastwady TO the horizon The landscape, which
declines from these slopes the south, IN many places
bare yet fields of plentiful cultivation, groves OF cotton
wood anarind and oak hickets OF shrubbery and ire
Quent villages, stud its surface, and mpar an aF OF rur
comfort to the picturesque scene ...,.,,
soon proposed galop with my African kindred over
the neiehborhood and fine morning, after plentiful
breakfast of sewed fowls boiled to rags with rice and
seasoned with delicious "paavra saucs we cantered on
TO the distant villages AS we approached the hrst 0roo
but before the fringe of screening bushes was Passe our
cavalcnde drew rein abruptly, while Ahmah-de-Belian
cried out strangers are coming! lew moments
after as we slowly crossed the stream noticed seVera
women crouched in the underwood having ned from the
hath THIS warning is universally given, and enforced Dy
aw, 10 guard the modesty of the gentler sex.
In half an hour reached the first suburban village
hut fame had preceded with my character and as he
was cultivated either by sers or negroes haoe
10 be made 30 we found the houses bare. Inc poor poor
wretcbes had learned the day OF my reception that e
principal object of my journey was to ontan saves anu
of course they imagined that the only OBJECT OF n lo
in their reghbOrhood was to sel1e me gsred nOv few
mputes In Findo and dashed oil to Furoi 9u1 cre o,
The blacks had been pancstruck, and spe 80
that they left their pots OF rce anu
;tants the veteran chief of the village did not even re-
main TO do the honors for his afghted brethren Amman
de- Bellab laughed heartily at the terror inspired ou'
confess could not help feeling sadiy niofunsu WIG"
found ry presence stunned as a pesnlenee. -. -
Tba native villages through which passed on this ex
nurson manifested the great comfort IN when THESE &
cans live throughout their Prolnc au, f
by the d,soa.ng that are kept up Tor % s:
the HIGHT of the dry season, when every tnhs va
nsrched by the SUM- yet could trace the oue ~ snd
psntatons gardens and rice fields EveiywneIe 80, o-
abundance OF peppers Ght fences were garanded
;th immense vines and flowers fowls goa's, sly S
wa oran sfaked about in iunumeraee hooks anu hn U
every do%io depended oer ib;pyes 5SPr and witches
P AZ ,aILs through limbo were promoted oy le
&c nv entertainers 10 shield me from lntr t 1
Ssty Whenever sailed or1 e Two pube that the Furtoo
yy;ad 40 nromenade without moo Al us noo' a.
,.v cr;ers stationed themselves at the cornc VIZ ,ba
iron triangle which they rseG r 70 ms o the highways were
~ Ssar of people who feared 6assHaLo ina For San
60 20 io~eness rather dssgreeable than o'eetwise ~
acrson shnnned me- When M rsnnta.on as SLAYER
niue ssaas and the fear of lash in the town' ~.