Litchfield enquirer., 1859-02-10

tion, our condition was pitiabIe indeed. But We comfortcd ourselves with the confident be lief. that our sufserings were now at an eGd- that the pater, regard of our Government {, for its cltizrns. wherever it might find them, wonl'i, through its accr. diicd repr, sentative. promptly and chcerfny affo,d us every needed ! relief. An English sailor attracted toward us l by OFT strange appearance as NC lay on the
 beach, readily consented, at our request, 10 go | .hd represent our condition at tie American ConsuFs office. In short time he r, turned aud informed uS that the Consul himself Was
 abseut-bnt that he had seen the Deputy Con su to whom he had stated onr case, and that
 the only reply he could get Was. that " he would attend to us toward evening" The English tar was indignant at the manmr eur application had hcen received ard th'hked his l stars that the "QuceH had no such brute 10
 represent her at that or any other port" At
 lt n9th d few charitable strangers having teen
 made acquainted with Our state, furnished Us some food and few articles to cover our nak edness. About l l o'clock A. M.. Mr., R and
 myself d' t"rnincd We would try to reach the
 ConSuls officc ourselves. In our attempt to
 walk We staggered from very weakness. At length, Lowtv,r. we arrived at the office and
 had an interview with the man protesting to
 represent tue American Government ill it's pur-
 poses aud feelings towards American cit.zrns
 To say that we were received with to't,ncss , and evcn hatcur and our claims to sympathy ahd aid treated with ind ference, would hut
 f"tbly d scribe the manner of our rectplor.
 We were in rags, it is true-our looks were
 haggald and we tottcrcd in our fechlencSS, as We stood before this proud ot1ical-bnt we had true Anerican hearts beating in our breasts and u!mb'e longer to rStlan cur ind 4natlon, We told him "wr btsggcd nothing from h Hive demdadrd assistance as our right Ii he re- fused it, We could go down on the beach with our shipmates and .uc-but his i;,inc shoula he d steI,rh throuYEiut tle Rel ,ubl.c he belied." At last he reluctantly ,ff,rd to assist Us, on cold lion that We would all $ gn all agreement to refund, before We left that port, whatever eXl'etlst he slould ilcur in our btEalf. AL though we kntw Ee had no r;ght to make such il condition, yet, Father than even seem to be under all obi guton to him, we colrt nted to it.
 We all signed the agreement, aud Il the chcap- est possible inHnncr our immediate necessities were supplied. The name of this Deputy Con- sul Was Roberts. His subsequent conduct to- wards Us was equally inconsistent with his rep fesc"tative character It Was his duty to as- sst Us III rctusni g to the United Siatcs-but he not only refused to render us any nssistamcs to th!s end, but when Commodore Tatnall, of the new steamer San Jacinto, then about to sail from that port to the United States, kild
 Iy of red to give any of Us d passage home, if the Consul would sign all ordrr to that effect, Roberts utterly r,fused to do it, and said, we migIt Wok our Way home as VIC could"
 la ju>I fn fin. at, of tl,iS rare sln ciinen of the genus luulo, shou.d Il, d that when, in behalf of the owners of the Cour- ser, he laid uT the crew, he kept back, to the last cc:.t, the ;niouits le had expended for tllcnl-tak.ng ill some cases nearly the last dol lar that Was due them. But w.li drop this unpleasant >uljcct, Expressing the hop, that our k.iublc will never again be .diSgraced abroad by sach d representative. 1 must now biing my narrative to q close.
 A lew days after our arrival at Hong Kong, Capt. Co'e, with the remainder of the crew O! the Cour; er Came into ort on loard all Eng sl' steancr that had plck,d them up at sea. Their asto .shncnt a,,d delight at nr etng Us we're almost beyond Lou. dS. They b,l ,lcvrd, and reported that we had been taken by the pirates, rLbbcd, and doubtless, every soul mur- dercd. Capt. Cole who had ever treated me with the kindness Of father, when he gra<ln d my hand, wcpt Ike a child. and exclaimed n hs gratitude and joy, "Thank God your mo tlcr will see l,r salor loy asa." Alter q few weeks. my most Intimate firnd, Harry G., of Brooklyn, aud myself, obtained btrtls on board tLe ship Aim. sphere, bound for San Francisco, where, after d puck passage, we arrived in safety.
 Alter d somewhat painful experience ofscvc- ral We. ks in this city, secured a assagc to New York by the way of the 1stlnus, and /" few days since, as We steamed up the bay in the Moses Taylor, my eyes were greeted with all aetua sight of the very oj cts with which my iary was swectIy busy wncn onr gallant sInp dashed amoug the Prata Shoals." Satisfied with sailor life. grateful to Almighty God for my Ill raculous reservatiom-dclightcd ever more to step on my native shores, and ea- ger to enter that circle which l had once thought lost to me forever, l landed in New York. E. WATSON ANDREWS.
 Flint, Mich, Jan. l2, 1859