, 1861-03-26

Tue paIElcutafs OH voyage Of slave ship from
this port: The narrative is from the lips of q
young sailor, natiTe Of this city, and the Ian
guagge is in the main his own; L. T. =
KARRAT1VE
On or about the 2sth day of april, 1860, I
shipped on board tho ship Montauk, Of $40
tons burden, whereof one Quail was master, al
the office Of Randall & R Robiuson, corner Peck
slip and South etraeti @gew York as stip*car-
that the vessel was up for = North and South
Atlantic whaling. voynge.z I signed the ship
ping articles, which we're similar to shipping
articles drawn up and1sed at New Bedford for
wtd ing yoyag es, having o Hlay" attached to
the articles, my lay being No. 135. 80!
The name Of the dftt mite was William
fratt, OF Brooklyn; the. name of the :second
mate do not remember; aud The third mates
name vas Barrier, and his home near Albauy.
we had three boat steere.s and one carpenter
(myseit,) all New Yorkers; = cooper from Ger
many, and seventeen men. before, the mast-a
mixed crew, consisting of Americans, Ger
mans, Portuguese, DC. - 5t~:,
There we're two heavy tiers of water.casks
n the hold, on the ballast, q thing.vcry unusu-
81 for whaleman. There were ABOUT one nun
ared and thirty barrels Of bread, about twenty
I'VE barrels Of rice, and aiso two hundred and
nifty boxes of smoked herring, which looked
very suspicious to me, as Whalers never take
herring. The rest Of the cargo consisted Of
beans, peas, potatoes, &C., fol: ships use. Be
tween decks vera empty caska and shooka.
= :>:s susHmoHs. < -; y, ;,
As soon rs vent aboard saw that she YVES
suspicious vessel, having been acquainted
with the fitting out Of whaling vessels. The
rigging Was different; there was too much
fresh water aboard for d whaler: there was it,
tie whaling geer aud no tow line. While we
lay in The harbor asked both the second and
third mate to let me 20 ashore; They said no.
and prevented me. The next day asked the
INST mate to let me 60 ashore. He refused:
Captain Quail acted as master until the ship
was about twenty miles from Sandy Hook.
when man calling himself Captain j. R. vii.
son, bnt who Afterwards learned was james.
H. Miller, came aboard at the Horse Shoe.
near Sandy Hook, in . tug, and assumed the
command WIS told that both Quail and
Miller, alias Wilson, were natives Of the State
ATTEMPTED DEsER11oNs At FAyA1, ~
We sailed for Fayal. Here Quail went
ashore to the consul's office, In the. charact er.
OF master, accompanied by Wilson. The ship
sions Several of the men attempted to leave
the vessel because they believed she was to be
2 q SLAYER, and on account of bad treatment,
Sn portuguese men came aboard here as part
OF the crew. IWrote TO the consul three days
before We left the port, putting my letter into.
newspaper, and in my. letter informed him
OF the character Of the vessel, and desired;t to
leave It, &c, and received 10 answer. :.
We then sailed toward the Canary Islands.'
pretending to be cruising for whales. We.
whales We kept on this way for about ibnee
months In August, when we were about two
hundred and fifty miles from: the coast of
Atrtca7 Captain Wilson left in q metallic whale
boat that was aboard, aud .steered for land. IA
was. accompanied BY William Campbell. q ms. a.
sepScr, and one Of the Portuguese sailors.
n}a1snt W1l5oa ~ took clothing and provisions
The ship sailed along the>coast.-. Aboutthe
nrst Of September we caught whale. After
this we leaded for Land, trying ont the wbale
elt the Ray. In Six days we eaw sand, about
twenty-five miles north of Ambriz, which il
elg9f degrees south Of the egutor, by thirteen
coast; making signals By lowering and haaling
back the mizzen topsail. After sailing q DAY
and half we sighted 8 small eailboaI, Which
came alongside, having on board Captain WI
son and SIX negroes. Wilson assumed com
mand Of the vessel, which he brought to
anchor in q small cove. ;.
- TIE VESSEL oYERH4tuEp.
Here Quail and Wilson went ashore. return
ing IN the afternoon with Q white man, who
was called = trader. Next morning Wilson
and the trader vent ashore, and the ship made
lowered, and we followed whaling the game
as usual. Next morning we were boarded by
United stntes steamer. Mysfic. An ofIicar
came aboard, examined the pape1s, went be-
tween decks, looked about ship, and when.
leaving :! saia, e., "L3ok ont for yourselves II you
- sHfPREa pRoY1s1oss. -
We cruised about another week, and then
made sail for the land again, crulsfng alonr
the coast, looking out for a boat We cruised
to the mouth: Of the Congo; Game to anchor
one mile to the anuth of The river, and Isg!
there two days. On the second day Quail left
the ship with two boats after whales. While
after them he came across small boat con-
taining brother OF: Wilson, and the same ne
gro crew that came IN the Ant boat with VII
sons Quail and Wilson's brother oaf11e aboard
together, The latter hnd brought letterto
QaaiL He staid aboard awhlle, when. be left
With his boa, and the ship made ali sail for
Little Fish Bay I'VE laY here sir 1ayg. Ilnri, .
which time we took Id 1,so0 gallons Of water.
md Irish and sWaa potatoest pumpkins, fresh
-oee1, &C "a 'e ~: :: ~.
-. sLAvKRs vs.. WH1LKns. ~, -;
The United teseloop:ofRar Portsmouth
Eas lying II the Gsg vixen Eesarfivsd there.
and the sailing master boarded us as Re came
in; and demanded our papers The captain
TOLD him the papera had been sent ashore BY q
Custom.house officer. While ashore the: OH
GERS Of the Portsmouth consexsed freely about ,
tho Montauk; and they believed shc was :
SLAYER, l told one Of. the officers that
thought she WIS p shaver. He said g Think Cd
t9o, bnt we cannot modest heF, as she Is fitted
like Whaler." -! =.
SHIPPING 4 s1AvH .oARao.
We now made al sail for Congo River, Ar;
rived in sight Of ,land fifteen miles from ita
mouth. Cruised sleng the :ooast towards the
mouth. Saw small boat. Headed the shin
fur tho boat. Wilson ;was in it, came aboard;
took command Of the vessel, and brought Il
to an snchor fire miles to the north ,of. the
river. Next morning Captain wilson hoistGd
the American ensign hau:mast, as q 'signal
when boats filed w1lh negroes came Of ifom
the shore. 'As they came on board they were
sent between decks, and seated one right be-
fore the other as close as they could be, with
the exception Of two hundred aqd aity, Yh{i
were Lett on aeei1. Every Ifee or string of
clothing they had on was taheu from them
as they came On board It took from 6 O'Clock
4. N. to F. II. to rccelve them all On board.
OF men, women md chiiure11, eleven hundred
and forty (1140) we're fakent On hoard, most
remember, tka 1ambzr: Of deaths durinr I The the
passage was .one hundred and. ffly; six Of
them being Infants - =, Il
suTFmISes OF TEE ,xEGRoEs
We took on; board 100 baga beans: so bags
peanuts, q Is bags fAElaa, 2 bar fe's molasses,1
bag peppsrs and bas pipes. IN the afternoon
the gable was slipped, thirty fathoms, and al i
sail was made to tho westward; We sighted !.
no vessels Whatever; The screaming Of the J;
negroes that night w1ss awful, Next daT we,
were occupied with TIC. clearing of the vessel
O'Clock r. n. Then tHo hard blaenlt, and hs7f
j pint Of Elttes were earfAd f. eati. The poor !!
creatures seemed half fehed--begged for
food, and tc1apped their hands when they got
it '..s~.is X
- FEEDING TIE sEa1oEs-
Ihe next day cooking commenced. Fire :!