Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-04-25

were recounted with no signs of remorse
and with positive merriment.
But not alone in the log were these
miracles of wickedness recorded. These,
with even the minutest particular that I
could CLEAN from the sailors, transferred
to paper in the secresy of the room al
lotted to me, which was rarely intruded
on; though l trembled at every noise
while thus engaged, since my life would in
eyitably have been sacrificed by discovery.
From these materials, in the course of lit
tie more than month that 1 passed in
this evil vessel, had compiled work
which would probably at opse have sunk
the cause of slavery to the lowest depth
of ignomy. The schooner and her demon
crew were minutely described, and the
diabohcaI character of each abandoned
individual delineated from physiognomi-
cal evidence. As the interior of the hold
was jealously concealed from me, was
obliged to depict its horrors from my the
oretical knowledge of these arks of tor
/ ture. In fact, I never could ascertain It's
precise locality. But besides that from
/ the great extent of the cabins, it must
have occupied but small space even for
a vessel Of that size, never to my knowl-
edge was even space ventilated by the
removal of the matches; nor were the
negroes ever permitted, as in other slavers
to stretch their cramped and manacled
limbs and inhale the refreshing sea-
breezes on deck. Indeed, the only black
whom saw while on board was that de-
spicable traitor, whose crime I did not
omit to set down in these denunciatorv
pages.
There was another point on which I
could obtain no satisfactory information,
either from the crew or their saperiors,
This was the present destination of the
schooner. Not that there was an appar-
ent unwillingness to answer ny ques-
tons on either of these subjects, but the
answers varied, almost with every person
l addressed. AT length. however. I was
one morning startled In the seclusion of
my cabin by the welcome announcement
that land was in sight. I hastily concealed
my papers in various parts of my dress,
Us close IN Win port that knew well.
There could be no doubt that the villains
had pro7identially mistaken their course
| q had frequently heard them anatbema-
tie the vessels steering,) and were run
ming into the lions mouth for it was in
dubitablY the harbor of Cowes that we
were now entering with full speed which
strong breeze impaired to our enormous
sails, and in half an hour more We an
chored amidst a crowd of English ship
ping. 1 approached the captain and
tremblingly asked permission to 60 on
shore. To my joyful surprise, he ac-
corded the request with laugh; and cal
ling to boat IN the vicinity, escaped
from that floating pandemonium.
I stood once more on British ground
but there was little time for self-congrat
ulation, for I had stern duty to perform
Rushing up TO a petty officer in naya
uniform, who just then came out Of
/ public house, l arrested him with the as
founding intelligence that a SLAYER wa
T lying almost under the guns of his vesse
: "Where?7 he demanded, surveying m
T with incredulous surprise.
J "There! thereT I breathlessly ez
0 claimed, pointing tothe iniquitous schoone
l. That, you precious foolr' he coarsel
/ retorted; "that's Mr.. Swigham's yach
+ as is just IN from a cruise"
d I staggered back as the truth bur
i upon me. Though white man and
r free-born British subject, had been mo
4 atrociously sold, and the book on which
d had expended so much time, labor, al
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