Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-09-11
The Africans IN charlastnn.


The following sa description of the brio
and cargo taken from the Mercury:
Doing curious 10 sec the CARGO and ar
ranGcmcnts OF tho Echo, VIC obtained Il per
nit from Dir. w. G.. Raveucl the Port pltve-
ician, and with one or two others occom;o-
med Lieut. Bradford in small boat from The
wharf Upon clamhcring up the side of The
brig ~ strange and startling sight presented
itself: n deck covered with native Africans
in q state of complete nudity, with rare in
stances of marrow strip of rag an inch wide
around their waist. These people were sea-
ted for the most part with their logs stretch
cd out fat or drawn up in front, or doubled
up; Somc squottcd on their feet and hauds.
y icw were standing about and few LAYING
down. Mono were tied or fastened in any
way; Tho majority were worry young. appa-
rcntly from eight to sixteen wears OF arc. some
younger and some older; scarcely one. how
ever, over twenty-five. Some of them were
nhIc-bodlcd, good sized and in good case l,ut
the greater part were half grown children
only, weak and worn. Many were much
cmaciatcd. and showed plainly the effects OF
thcir long and crowded passage in q confined
ship. A few werc evidently i'll and soon to
die. Allwcrc pure black in color except the
dropsical, whose skins were tawny from dis
ease. Their hair is very short and crisp
Those who were well appeared curious and
pleased, some of them ogling and gigging
and chNttcring, and tho others smoking to-
bacco out OF short clay pipes, with cane stems
luSt as our own negroes do. Those that were
thin and sick looked dull and british. but
there was nothing wild or fcrocious in their
aspect. They looked amiablc and docic, and
readily obcycd the commands of the person
who had charge of them. They are great
thieves, however, and appropriate whatever
thcy can on every occasion. There were two
hundred and twcnty-siX males and 60 females,
who were kept scpcrate on the deck and i'm
the holds. The mcn and boys were kept ON
the forward deck and in the forward hold.
which latter 80 feet long 10 feet wide in
the broadcst part, and narrow at the head.
and l4inchcs high tho floor being formed of
loose boards, movable ut pleasure. The hold
'ior the women and girls is behind this. tits
of the same height II feet long and ID wide.
Under this temporary ilooringis stored tho
provisions, consisting of rice. peas, and the
water to drink. Their food is boiled like
"hoppiniohn, put in buckets twice day, at
10 and o'clock, and placed in the midst of
circles of or 10 each, and we'll guarded to
prevent the strong negroes from taking more
than their share, although all are libcrally
allowed. pint Of wafer is given to each,
morning and evening. Most Of them sleep
ON deck, being placed in close order sroon
fashion,, on thei: sides. and not permitted to
turn or move during the night. AT day Ii hit
they arc dashed with buckets of water TO
wash them Oft. They sing songs, clapping
their hands and rocking their bodies in time,
and these songs have resemblance to some
of our negro spirituals. Several of the ne
gro follows exercise authority very much af
ter the manner of our drivers. with airs of
authority and ridiculous gcsticulation and
Srimanccs. Others were cooking the "big
pot like good fellows, with old brooches on,
too, obtained from the sailors Tie captain
of the hold understands their lingo, and saws
they arc very avcrso to going back to Africa
as tho United States law requires. Our
coast resembles that they come from, and the
group ofpincs opposite the city on the south.
looks to them like coconut trees of their ma
tive Africa.
Yesterday, under the direction of the e. s.
civil officers, the negroes, 306 in number,
were taken by the steamer Gen. Clinch and
conveyed to Castle Pmckncy, in our harbor,
where they will be guarded bya detachment
from the garrison at Fort Moultrie
HERE IS THE STUFF TO THINK or
Mhc number of languages spoken is 80G4.
The number of men is about equal to the
uumbcr of women. The average of human
life is 33 years. One quarter die before
the age of Z. One half before the age of
H. To every 1000 persons, one only
reaches 100 years To every 100, only 8
reach SO years and more than one in 500
reaches the age of 80 years There are on
earth 1000, 100000 of inhabitants. Of
these, 33, ,333, ,333 die every year; 77S0
every hour, and 60 every minutc-or / for
every second. These losses are abont bal
anccd by an equal number of births. The
married are longer lived than the single,
and above all those who obscrvea a sobcrand
industrious conduct Tall mon live longer
thanshort ones. Women hayemore chance
OF life previous to the age of SO years than
men, butfewcr after The number of mar
riagcs is in proportion of Is to 100 Mar
riagcs arc more frequent after the equinox
es-that is during the months of June and
December. Those born in spring are gen
orally more robust than Others Births and
deaths arc more frequent by night than by
day. The umbcr of men capable of bear
ing arms is calculated at onc-foursh of the
population.
HARMLEss sANpsURE CuREFoR WARTS.
Take two or thyee cents worth oesal am
moniac, dissolveit ia a gill Of soft water, and
wet the warts frequently with this solution,
when, they will disappear in the course of
a week OF two. ] have frequently tried
this cure for warts, and it has never failed
In reference to the above, the Scientific
American coed authority on such sub.
jects remarks We areinclmed to bclievo
in the efficacy of our correspondents cure