Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-27
VOL. 29.-NO. 24


eers take the negroes to Texas. Ihera
icy hsd started for, but 1 Wss a little
| sIrald that tt might give me q launch
said othing. 81
Inc beiauce Of the negroes were got
below without any trouble. for the way
tne one was served that did show fRht
vas warning to the rest
Ihe captain called the crew ar, and
after the steward had served out . tot OF
rum TO each man, he told us that We
we're no" within about two or three, at
most days sail Of where he wanted 10
maze landing, and that . masthead
l0okout must be kept all the time, 30 ss
70 Keep out OF reach o. any cruiser that
might be In those parts. And be ssid.
700, which kind Of made my fiash erswi,
mat any msn-Of-war, either American.
Eogiisn, Spanish or what not, thai UsS.k
Us, would string as Up without winkiDg.
for" said be, =" We are pirates and kid.
nsppsrs nov, and either is certain death
u you are caught at It."
In old times nobody was hung for do
log little iu the black bird bu-iness,
and this "certain death IL csught'T
| didns set well on my stomach. I tell
you. The rest OF the crew seemed TO
take It in the same way, except the fel-
low that was acti8g bosOn-the Scotia
ehap, be said something about fellow
couldn't die but once, +" "a nothing risked,
/ nothing gained" and the ike of that.
out that's id poor comfort when Won
come TO dance the DEVILS hornpips.
Time dragged heavily With us on board
the schooner sfser the eloven-fsOt was
shown. The mOans, groaus, and cures,
OF the poor negroes In the hold would
have driven sleep from bruts's syes,
q hu-
that ID the three days that elapsed BE-
fore We got ashore, that q soul in that
vessel slept wink, and all hands looked
IKE men three days dead when We seDa-
rated.
The morning Of the third day, after
putting the daTkiea below, the lookout
sung out " land hO - from the forannss
head. The captain went aloft and took
3 look, and made il cut to be & pnlnt
sbout twenty miles TO the BASTARD Of
Cape San Antonio, and when he cans
on deck put the vessel about and stood
on and of all day, until, when the sun
vas nearly down, he hauled up for the
land and fetched little bay, the name
OF which 1 never heard, about eight
O'Clock.
or course, all hands were on deck now,
each msa keeping q weatheF-eye open
for himself, for there was no telling what
trick might be played BY the old man
and the mates. As the schooner nsared
the mouth of the bay, she was hove to,
the small boat lowered. and the mate
and steward jumped into her and pulled
IN shore. The boat came back in short
time, bringing on board two men, one
OF whom took the wheel, the other going
into the csbin with the captain.
The mate took the orders from our
pilot and squared away ior the beach.
was ordered In the fOTechains with the
lead and remained there until heard
the mste sing out, "lst the mainsail and
jib run down "-snd then, . few minutes
later, let go the snehOr ~ when I
stepped over the rail on deck. A ledge
OF rock lay on our port quarter, and in q
few minutes the stern OF the vessel was
warped alongside and the work Of get
ting the darkies ashore was begun and
pat through in hurry. The poor fel-
lows cried and sObbed as though their
hearts would breSk as they were brought
up, and one Of them that I was leading
ashore prayed and begged that would
write 70 his mother, somewhere in Mis-
slsslppI, forget now where, about him,
and promised I would, only l can't
Trlte no more than 3 monkey; but it
seemed TO do him good, and [ cOCldu't
refuse the promise. One by one, ia tow
of one of the officers or crew, came the
daTkies, like fuaeral procession, only q
good deal quicker, sBd IS fsst as they
went out on the rock, they we're taken
in charge by men and led back into the
bush. When the vessel was clear OF
them, the man who had come on board
with the pilot came ashore arm-in-arm
with our captain, and walked up into
the bush where the negroes had been Rs-
sembled. The mate told the cook and
second mate to stay on board and keep
ship" and al the rest fOllOwed the cap
tain and the stranger Up the
beach. When the open space had
been reached where the negroes
we're assembled, the captain and
-he stranger commenced counting the
iaFkies, and hsggIing in Spanish about
he pE.ee They settled 81 last upon so
much for each, but not speaking nor un-
their lingo, 1 didn't know
how much Is was. Ia few minutes the
amount WAS paid down in gold, and the
nate and steward took up the canvas
bags that the money had been put IN
md we are started back to the vessel. As
ge faced the beach, the d4rSies were
rOtted OF the other way by their pur-
'hasers and assistants. l sometimes
hink | can hear the wailing OF them
'O0r devils in my ears yet; you see 1t
wasn't like catching lot of Guinea Mig
.ers, that we're just 30 maay monkeys,
nd selling them, but these fellows looked
iuman like, and what little conscience
had wss up in arms against the BUSH
less. But what could do; one man, orat
1Ost, counting Tommy, two men, sgalnst
leven lust what was dOne-nOthinR.
When We ali got on board again, the warp
7as cast on snd the stern swung round
sRWsTd. The captain called us aft and
AVS: " Well, my lads, we've landed the
2Ego, got the price Of It IN our 6sts-R
Terty good price, tOO-fifty-five ounces
head. But the danger is not over yet;
ais vessel must be burned somewhere
II the Florida coast, aud we have got
} cross ths Gulf without getting nab6ed,
} DO it. InOss Of you who are afraid
, rustyoUTselves any further in her can
ave her here, but your chances Of get
ngca9ght on the Island are ten to one of
lat Of getting caught In the vessel. II
OF leave here you will get 800 in gold
II your work; IL you stick by the vessel
on shall have $1,000, so you see IL il
our interest to stick by her to the last.
lake up your minds, for We must be out
: this in 8 jiffy." Tommy beekoned
e to one side, and as we were Of the
Ime way Of thinking that the sooner
e were out Of the schooner the better
=
fought we would leave them, II there
as no objection, so the captain went
,log and got some money and handed
twenty-tbree ounce pieces each, at
70 same time asking if any one else
snted to throw away six hundred doll
rs by leaving the veSssI; but no one did,
they did not speak, and Tommy and
ent into the foreesstle and got shift
clothes, and shook hands with one or
10 OF our shipmstes, and stepped into
Q boat, and were pulled ashore by two
the men.
We stopped on the rock for while
.sr the boat landed Us, and seen the
hooner weigh her anchor, and get
der sail, and stand out to sea. We
zreely spoke to one another, for We
{, at least, I did, ss though we had
en- cutting some mans throat for the
v dollars that were tied up Ia an old
iFt at onr feet.
The schooner was fast crawling out to
!. Tommy and turned to climb the
! behind US, thinking 8 good deal
out whether we were thieves only, or
ieves and murderers too We laid
wn under a tree at the top Of the hill.
d at daybresk started on foot for Ma