Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-04-05
THE IAYTIEN COLONISTS.
y, NOTION, y. c., March 25.-One OF

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WASHINGTON, ,. G., March 25-oae OF
the Tribune reporters has just returned from
Freedman : Village, Oh rhe soott Side OF
IN. p,,zn;,,,o where he has been cn see TIE
.,ndir;m Of the returned Hayden coion'>'s'
and TAX. the statements or oonle VI Lie ''l'~'o
ln5tiIi gttlt Of chem. 49,
IN. rernruea enlig4ants number 407,. and
cansist of the Survivors Of colony "a 40 ,
that LETT Alexaudria II June, 800, ali, VI
,,,1,thay COLONY Of ~ that lett Fortress Mon
rna n The spgIng Of 1863. Ehe Alexandra
colony reached them destination III Iiaytl, WIN
!, ~ m1,n loss O. suffering, but the snl4ll. pox
,,,oke cut on the yesse! that took out the Tor
t.sss Monroe cluuy. which greatly decreased
rba nnn,.r Ga the arrival OF the vessel az
rht. hoascIess Island u ! Vaccine, many OF
those down With the disease were lett on t1e
bare sand beach to take care Of themselves as
best thew could Some died Where they were
lac, and were covered with the SAND, WlGilout
being removed or honored with the tnougnS u
q BURIAL Those that were aple TO naua'e ''s'
axe or grabbing hoe were liillnao'aleV SCI %
work, clearing the land and lnakit'g roails '4k
their new master, they had found III shlpooaiu'
ii the person OF Bernard mock, "no mao ha4 a
,.7fs stocks. and Haytlou u uurd, Eeauy 1o'
houses for them to live In. Alter I'VE ni'l'i
work-darng which they cleared ana plantea
aFuut thirty acres Of ti,nbered land Tor the
Governor, for which they received wna ,t
amounted to bare subsistence--the Co!ohiai
enterprise fell through for the want OF means
81 carry it on, and the American Immigrants
we're left to shift for themselves on an lhHos-
pitable island, where they Wonid undoubtedly
have ali nerished in time, ii it had not been
for the Iuterposition of the j. 5. Consul
on the main land. !,
The condition of the negroes on their ar
rival here was very similar TO that Or Ene
Aipistaa slaves when first rescued from their
piratical master4, as also to that OF the cargo
II slaves more recently rescued By Capt. Mattlt
riff the northern Goa st OF Cuba, AMI taken into
the port of Charleston. Men, women, and
children unite in depicting the horror ana nope
lessuess Of their situation alter leaving the
United States, and IN expressing their 9ri'l-
rude for their Proyidontia deverance MANY
Of them bear the II axis OF the small poS WIN
which they were attacked on the'T Voyaga, ont:
and some Of them are now down with NY
ten fever which still cling TO tEooIu Lake
eh: rescued victims Of terrible 5hipWrock
rhev are overlooked With their return 20 Amer
can terra frma, and having tasted lnore bit
ter and hlithng slavery than any OF them ever
,.yperienced in their own country, they caonot
Sufficiently express thHir ecstacv on beng
|wought :'back 10 ola Eirgnias shore. =
W;eh unanimous AMI emphatic exc:a'In, they
say they would rather be returned to the hard
esT of American masters than to be sent back
nnaer any auspices to II Hayden island; Inc
SUPERINTENDENT Of Col Green's Freed nan 5
Village says that he has never received concra-
hands from any quarter in 50 destitute and de.
nnrahla a condition as these returned coIonlst
The II ashinston Chronicle says - 1t seems
that Governor Bram1etcc, Of Kentucky; did as