The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-01

mere hearsay gives We are told that in two or
three weak moments, he has askep whether it is
likely that they viii make him work. =, appears to
dread the idea. and says he is too old
HIS appearance arrival did not betoken much
mercy on the part of his captors the chains on him
were heavy enough for ships cable but he did not
seem to care much about them. lie is accompanied
oy one OF ms wives-the Youngest She sat on the
after hatchWay, and talked freely to Nadanna be
side her She has rather pleasing face, nice teeth
sharp. well set eyes, and not very large mouth
apparently about thirty-tive years of age. She
must nave been pretty in the plump days of her
EouthiuihesS or the youthful days of her happiness
we are not sure Of the most proper form of expires
SION Macomo is said to pay her great attention.
heheEef he got glass OF grOg on board she al
WAYS had full half of it. To say Macomo is tondrr
OF ms wife than OF his grog is saving pretty much
Near her sat her youngest a very fine youth of
a most pleasing aspect. Master MacOmo does not
appear 10 have shared any of the privations that
his people have undergone. He is in most excellent
condition, and laughed and chatted in the coolest
manner possible, never shrinking for a moment
from the gaze OF those who surrounded him. He
had nothing but blanket to cover him.
Sadanna sat on his launches upon the hatchway,
and scrutlnzed the visitors with a most malignant
scoWl. lie Is a most repusive-lOokinr yllain-a
great, quaint animal, with cast of countenance I'M
ike anything we have ever seen. His face is deeply
ndented with hard coarse lines that traverse every
feature HIS irons were very heavy; they had been
put on to him without much care and in two or
three places marks of skin having been rubbed
Oft and healed again. He pointed out these imme-
diatey we came up to him. and curled his lips scorn-
fully as If to let us know that he will take it out of
us II he ever gets chance. He appears to take the
whole affair to heart much more than any of the rest
of his associates.
He sulkiy tore open spricot after apricot and ate
them much in the same way that he would relish
the ''chawing up" of 4 settler On being asked how
he felt, he supposed he was being questioned for
some purpose and answered that he had nothing to
say now-his time would come. He was unproyi-
ded with any clothes lis blanket was thrown care
lessy over his Shoulders; he frequently lifted his
chains to more convenient position. The chains
Of all of them taken off previous to their being
landed
Quesha is the livelies of the party and is thought
the least of. There is very little intelligence in his
features; he is not SO old looking as Vadanna
whom we should Judge 10 be sixty. OF the prison
ers who lay about the decks forward there was lit
tie noticeable, beyond that all the looked ha g
gard. and az if they not nearly recovered from
| the effect Of starvation. They all however. an
! peared thoroughly contented. The females among
| whom were one or two that NAV be said to be pref
ty. were ranged along the shore side of the ship al
/ at breakfast. There were several children gam
! boiling about the deck.
Nearly all the females appeared to be married
most Of them had children BY their sides. ThciI
mode of breaktaSting was not very elegant nor di,
their general appearance impress upon us the trutl
of the proverb. which sets forth that "beautv una
dorned is adorned the most" They care little fo
anything except animal food, and this they take be
tween their fingers and gnaw most voraciously.-
Their eye, sparkled with delight as they swallow
the fat and delicious morsels of Junk and frcs
beef that was ungrudginglv supplied to them. Whel
| they had finished eating, two or three of then
| threw of their blankets. and creased their noel
and shoulders with the grease which had accumula
ted on their hands whilst eating, and evidently con
sidered that they ''shOne' when they had completed
/ their operation.
They all landed in the course of the day.
Macomo and his wife, together with Vadanna am
! Quesha, are lodged in the Cape Town prison. Iii
| son and his councillors are in the Amsterdam hat
.