The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-13
TIE RETURN OF TIE NIAGARA.


Rescued Slaves ~ ths Bsis Eche--iates.si-
ing Acs cunt .f the yeyaSr--Descrspsi"" Of
Lib~l ia-1h. Fl.n.h Governments EayAnS
Nrsros Of tia. SPECIAL Agent Of
ahe Uihsd states Governmont---usprcted
Slave ships an the Coast or afr,ca, &c.
W, published IN yesterdays HERALD mos, nte esung
desc p,sn, from our s,-ct correspondents on oo 'ao
fgato Niagara OF her say age " l4pef WIN tu' rrSc"c'
slaves OF the b Ebo from Charleston, which pot tho
Na2ara left the 2lst - ,smber Dr. Thomas Raj eJ
the secia agent tho government who accompanied the
negroes Africa, ana "nc retarnei in the IrgAe ie
this city yesterday io Washington, TO make his reo to
the government. Being anxious TO lay a. many facts
about tbs interesting expedition before retlers AZ
possible one Of reporters waited Dr. R,lney and
received from HIM tao loioSIng important statement
We have 10 doubt that Or RiIney viii impart mach
valuable information 10 the Preside1 relative 70 the CO
ony OF LIBERIA and ne sic trace on the coast OF Africa
DIR. RAINEys ACCOUNT.
DR.. Raipey said tia. the Niagara took on board in
Charleston 27l negroes OF whom IS were females two VI
the latter infants Fhert only three OF oar fai
grown ami about the same number Of men Con
trary to expectation tue C,ius very yoang, r'ngag
from eighteen years o age, tho majority hemS 10
above fourteen hcen rhc few Adults were not very
fne slecneus wniie All thoroughly reduced that
many dieu of sheer d.bih,y. hideous spectacle
than they presented could be We imagined. Agrave
yard could not u more ghosty army of hobsoD.
Inns Long confinement, bad air. nefding like swne aud
crouchlng under low deck, not above four fct
high addition 10 salt iood very dehceut in quantity,
want Of exercise and cruel treatment generally, had
wrought upon them disastrousy. Many OF them
reduced TO tie last stages Of disease when landed
from the SLAYER Tho public sentiment Of Charleston too,
Was such that they gven liberty on Iand, aud
had 10 be kept IN the fort whero food differed bit
~. Iv,i
more ,ss from the ay they left Africa until they
rturned Consequently ue,,y ali OF ,ea ha tue seurvy
when they bvard the irg,te Many Of them arc
y-t renewed from h.rtbGa, dyseneTy, porlcar.
dts, rneuniunia or;tmI, cuttueous dis asses, scurvy
and constitutional hness sseu' ged them throughout the
voyage anu hese, al oa 10 Then necessarily exposed
conoton ihe deck % tnr fgate a. wei as the c'i,
wheo as hieh n"tA ~ S6is degrees decmieJ them
rapidly. short iunera service WAS read by tho captain
nearly every cay sa~ msny ~ four thrown over
board at Que time seventy one died 81 tue two hundred
ana seventy one, before we reached Monrova, four
dyiDg in tue receptacle alter W. arrived And yet
l oo not scc nov, under tho circumstances,
more Of them could h,Nc been saved Everybody hd
surI-eed that great ship Ike the Niagara would ino
most comfortable shelter for thousand sUcn but Il
proved mistaSe The 'arge crew occupied all the
b.t.ee oeoAs, and tie G,gro.s themselves were -
b.asty IN their hab IN 4, had whole berth de
been gwen them, they would undoubtedly have bred !
p,stiepcc aa SATISFIED tat the Hon Secretary OF
Navy ac,ea,et by the tn.st humane plrpos. Of
curilg eyes cuaitagt suttne to their condition.
Such oarIo,s need AL tn room OF tho SHIP special nurses
and medical attendants, AM especially some recruiting
soeh se'hs - sahrfhs - - toahi aafons hsso pNpe
Tor forty eight days Tie hearte-sncss aud cruelty OF
syst IA itsuitng "a 80 naAy sos anu orturing DEATHS
must be pa@oie 70 every opfy Constituted mini anu
heart srd cannot iai u enlist corrective sympathy
unies wholly hardened 10 vice and los, 20 tho
shame of crime.
They APPEARED generally stupid AMI lstless of hea-
thebs. few msn frsttd II sprghtlness, AMI
very Aoi oi them would lo ON day 10 day like
cattle upon the unu.uycd by the death
peDiors aud brothers alt aOuuc them Except In few
cases, the, manifested sympathy, no tenderness
nat Il /. "a -
turned ther hsnns ~ relief some few Of the gris,
especially the nat bee aud mual.ocs, Of whom there
were however vary few, SEEMED generous and humane,
and somewhat r,haed ~ Their feelings little hand.
some gri, whom named H,nretta, was remarkably
epsghty aud asueFops, aud always shaiei everything
gwen her systematically among her associates.
f,w Of the men spoke mls' faolo pusis Of tho
Portuguese by which they could easily communicate
with They hao bern trained by ,he Portuguese aors
II the custom 10 turn large hose on them twice
every week when IA ne warn attitudes, which became
Indispensable 4, the SANITARY ooudn OF the ship. II
exceedingly dfcui; :" n3uce the men to wear ycstgc
OF clothing H.. ~onaen far more modest ami
dcceD All wor" strings Il beats, or ahstms and gec;
around their neoAs, and others around tho arm
ankle Every bore 100 onmrtakable BRAID OF their
former owner, ~hicb = generally about inch aud
half square, and the shape Of q g. Nearly
every soul tattou@G all tho chest.
shoulder checks and forehead. MANY had the n
raised "a hall coris quarter Of inch high, half inch
wide, an, 10 tie Saroas ~ih iings probably foot aud
too set long oac, remarkably modest, quit,
distant, ana apparently intelligent girl, sbom they alcd
no ~ nces-," marked NJ over the chest ant
sbdomu, from the the shoulders and back
clusters, sc ,such DO wrought a laiy's
p.,.ented a surface q three square feet she
evidenty CONSCIOUS OF somc superiority, and conducted
hrrssH hsc a ,sdy
s,ugtng was a daily and realty delgh,ral AMUSEMENT,
csrec',iy when the srn shone oat wrm, and ,! SOM
their sir',s about blankets, hrcad pans
ami pouches ceased for an hour which, however,
really vefs seG"m. mot only ~hie living, but actually
while lying Their lcsof title icow about thirty
inches bg.h, with bg he'd, nearly int. whom We
knew opi, a. Marto.N he led tie music With grace
ana fcrsor thai ~uula have pcasot Juen. rhey sang
Time M ul
anu csrC,sly p',as-l IN their ch"rus,s, which at
tunes wound up IT. siii AMI really thrilling effect.
Thy constantly ro' irta nghts bot blow II
~ss q pail ant fg Tor hours ts ther, white the
tafues " The tray ~c.M cry sad campeu Ike cldrcn.
T'y SEEMED ~ no mcs"s destructive Ia their propcn-
sit@
a most singular case hoscvcr occurred On board We
hst iust beet Ing IT, L,inss,ns Account ~ the nu
Ineious ort eeis or wipcrtt when AZ the breakfast
hour y, h'ar1 sofeam AMI -euAls on deck u provost
" ~ iht oay contest ~ ~ AMI death which cams
rhdet nut ntig., ipd wts hetsren two sDnen Oac
the urthCt of Scfy shs and lingering babe. accused
che oh,r q lsvins oc~ tc,d he eni, ant 1T rmncd
o. XII her, actually choking her g. death The
Eaois found dim ut b. separate thrn The mother
vea ifaNi rss eni demanded the "ordsa test tho
wlteh avrrr.rr Tat bth ber hahs sud teraelf xaad
bave % aic Nearly ~ 81 them sympsthi.ci wth the
mother, a.. acto.dng 70 Their theory. die
taiuai dcsth the captain hli her Immediately ~,
hons, aaa vas uot unts ght came cn iha she begged
a. D. relevsd aEd pfNuised that -hs would further
moest The witch A s-'n . tn witch stepped shore
10 honfoSa sc reeogr1i d = asse, tail black her
conso hipihsf. hHa y, ami shipped % ths
pons, aud utaly sent ~ Liberia IA is45 The meeting
sttNeiA tunchfhGV uNsttrE
Dr Rsincy states that the ship was one month from
Char esi'n e. - Vac o. and iory ghi days from
Dc arturo Ton Sh,reslCu r. Msnrova Va Porto Praya
she nost ~ tho tasa under sail ard experienced
srtheru wu3 10 sixteen cSnsecgtiye days. whbch Kept
hrf very hrh up no N.
W. Tel yerei bot hundred negroes to the American
Csuzstap Society and tuGr a these died bsers the ship
left w. sst that there f,n hundred ATTY dve
originally shirpd from che mouth q The Congo river.
Mot o. tham we're UongnS gomg ksb,ndas Mquom-
has, many from the interior tribes OF tho provinces 1T
lnanda and LuauEp, While tlcts probably afteen
tribes ~ ALL The kahtndas by far the ntell.
sent llc sass that shen ans o th.m became sick
On hnari ~ died Uey took medicine wihgut obicc.
ton a. they liked q, especially under the Turing guse
Of aicnhol.
Raney SAYS
The Ane Colonization Society have several large
AMI q nno"us tecep'aics for colousts eapses in
various Tars q IAbssa. Tho IN sionrova n ampe
r The two hundred nrrocs delivered, and s han sosnciy
bcateh At the hea1 " nruadway,n on a black horne
81 "a tck two hundred fcct high overlooking stockton