Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-02-27

backed under the stern, and q rope thrown to her;
then three of the slaves were permitted up at q
an6 lowered into the boat, the whale boat
conveying them through the rollers to the large
boat, and 50 on to the Sappho; this continued I'M
til 8 p. M.-The surf increased, ard it was i'm.
possible to save more that night. One hundred
and eighty we're rescued. The master was left
with a goard on board. 1t was an anxious and
~sleepless night for all, as death was rapidly de.
creasing the number Of the poor negroes, who,
starving and naked, died with utter misery, and
as they ceased to breathe, we were obliged to
throw them overheard.
Fortunately, we had picked up rice from the
schooner captured, which 10 fed them with, and
placed them as best we could under cover OF sails,
AS food and warmth restored them, in various
ways they signiiied their sense OF kindness.
There was one poor creature, with an infant ut
her breast. naked, cold, and exaustod, apparently
dying; a little vino was given her, then some
rice, which she forced from her own TO her baby's
mouth. A sheet was given TO cover her; che
wrapped her baby in it, and pressed 1t to her
heart with that look Of maternal love bich God
has given to the dark as well as the. pale'faced race.
On board the schooner the master and guard were
with the remaining negroes in n peril0us state;
the former passed the night in the forecastle and
b~owsprit., drenched 10y the spray of the heavy
rollers. AT dawn on The 10Th, the wind and surf
had increased the ship had criven closer to the
beach numbers of armed people we're collected
a signal for assistance was made the captain
went with all the boats manned and armed, when
the natives on the beach, led on by the white
men apparently the crew of the ship, commenced
firing with the intention of preventing the rescue
of any more negroes. This continued an hour be
fore we could clear the beach, somes.of our shots
apparently telling well. On again boarding thu
wreck she was found breaking up, with her hole
full of water. On the tide r~eceding, her hull wal
nearly dry, and there was no time to spare. Tit
large boats were stationed to keep the beach clea
with their guns; the cutter was anchored at tn
back of the surf, and by watching the rollers the.
succeeded in throwing her u rope, when the ne
groes were lowered and hauled through the surf
and conveyed cs before to the Sappho, 200 NOR
being rescued, then the wreck was set fire to ant
our people. Withdrawn. 49,,
We were in such a state, with $50 negroe
~crowding our decks the stencil was purifying
aud it was impossible to work the ship. In thi
! state the second day closed upon us. We wer
40 miles from Sharks Point the captain resol'
ed to 20 in his boat and ask for assistance
They pulled all night 10 heavy rain, and at day
&. light on the Goth, fortunately met the Nesuviu'
h. Commodore Wise, with whom the Captain return
= ed. Commodore Wise took the negroes on boar
: the Vesuvius, to be sent to Sierra Leone in tn
= Alector prize. Having the slaves on board ha
T caused much sickness it is passing without an
o fatal case. We were ordered to the Cape. "
t supposed to cruise in the Mozambique Channel
!" if so, it is probable our bones will be lett Their
its effects, after what we have been through II
twenty months on this coast, will be finishing.
I have given you the history of one of the mar
d American ships employed in the slave-trade 81
r | think, have been taken. We seized the Panhit
II 80 miles up the coast. and sent her TO New fors
we do not know whether the American COVER
y ment will condemn her.