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

MS Drains OUT. Anu ne pToSthteO u
large pistolstAny head. closed my
hsFes involuntarily, expecting instant
death.
You'll scare him out of his wits, Tim
mins,' said another, who seemed to be
the captain. Let's hear what he has to
say for himself first. Now, sir, what's
brought you here?"
But was frozen with horror and could
not get ont word.
take drink, shipmate. said the first
speaker, pulling cork out of the muzzle
of pistol. " If you are to be run up to the
yard arm tomorrow, that amt no reason
as how you shouldn't splice the main brace
tonight"
was little treasured at the tempo
rary respite; and discovering that Stat
| fordshire had had more hand than Bir-
mingham in the manufacture of the formi-
dable weapon offered me, forced myself
to swallow small portion of the liquid
| fire which it contained, and at last found
my tongue. detailed the circumstance
of our shipwreek, my own escape, and the
manner Of my coming on board. My
conversation with the informing slave
disdained TO palate or deny, especially as
the attempt would have been useless.
They listened seriously enough to my ae-
count of the shipwreek and subsequent
disaster, but at every sentence of my per-
sonal narrative was interrupted with
peals of inhuman laugter.
/ "WeIl," said the captain, when I had
finished my story, after three days of
CLANS and muscles you VIII have no OBJ
lection to a change of diet. Billy. there,
will give you some supper, and find you
something to put on; Il had swan off in
my shirt and trousers; } and now I vote
we turn In"
And he disappeared with his compan-
ions. Most OF the sailors also went be-
low, and l was left alone with the treach-
erous black, who, it appeared, was com
PEELED TO serve as sort of under-steward,
a toretaste Of the slavery to which he was
deservedly doomed. He conducted me
into kind Of store-room, and set home
lU hI4+ ralar.sif1al -.4a4a.I hG4aa me to uhina
/ in spite of my fears, | did ample justice.
I had no inclination TO hold any converse
with him after the perfdy with which he
had met my offer of liberation aud felt
relieved, when having hung up a ham
mock, he bade me good night with an in
solent grin.
1t was late next morning when | awoke.
After partaking of breakfast, which
found laid out for me, ventured on deck
not without some misgiyings as to my re-
/ ception, which were, however, dispelled
by the burst of laughter that greeted me
from the captain and his friends. Nc
further threats were held out, but there
was a proposal to make me swear the
dreadful oath which bound those lawles.
{ men together, and enter as one Of them
The point, however, was not pressed, anC
I escaped this awful danger.
e I, of course, concealed my name an,
the purpose of my journey. To have re
t vealed either would have been to fall a
a instant victim to the passions Of those III
: relenting monsters, who would assured
n not have let slip the opportunity Of d,
e stroying so dangerous an enemy to the
? nefarious traffic. After a while, the
y seemed to tire Of me, and I was left t
dispose of my actions much as l please
le Encouraged by the temporary goou hr
N nor in which some Of the commoner ru
x fans appeared to be, by degrees entert
E. into conversation with them, and succee
e. ed In drawing from them some of the ho
Is, rorfying details Of their soul-searing er
to ployment. On these subjects they seem,
TO take not only pride, but actual pIeasul
'e. in imparting information; for, at the 7
cital of deeds Of which my benumbed IA
L ulties almost refused to contemplate, ye
n. of demoniac delight would burst from
.es within hearing.
ne Thus the first few days Of my captiyi
|" passed. In the evenings was occasic
10 ally summoned into the cabin to the pr,
ence Of the superior villains; compeIl,
IL though an advocate Of tee-totalism,
IL mingIe in their carousals; and employ
eet in entering up what they called the log
igh the voyage from details orally suppl
ow by the company. The abysses Of iniq
ms ty revealed BY these awful records V,
ha- such as the most prolific imagination:
Ier gifted felIow-laborers have never yet
10 seended into. From these internal 1
.ral tistics gathered the overwhelming IA
red that in the limited space afforded by
up hold Of this schooner (which measu
barely one hundred and eighty TONS
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