Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-27

[ ofetz9 ever since sailing we were ~ thi
lime well down the Gulf; [ never had
chance TO see the Old mans slate, but
knew that many 9 mile lay between .
and Mobile Bay.
/ The negroes were still "off their feed
/ ana as weak as beau-Water: and Tom
my thought, and so did /, that the mex
move would be to call ell hands and l.
them into the secret, but nothing OF th.
kind was done, and night found Us stiI
oOund 70 Galveston With freedom {
/ WORK on plGntstiOns.u And at fon
O'Clock IN the morning, when we turne,
out, the schooner was still driving along
aging her course. and going through tn
sa5er sc tip-tOp rate, which was ken
up ali Gay. Towards nigat &c c came on {,
oio" AID rain again, aud the Httl
schooner pitched about like an egg-sheII
paying the very deuce with the insid,
works OF cur "psssengers y
Ats O'Clock every thing Ead been naadt
7nlgs anu the watch had Started TO q
I oeloW, wnen the mate csma forward K
me vast and told all hands 70 muste
, at. The men, Tommy and I with th,
rest ranged ourselves slong or deck in 4,
lne. The captain and the two mate.
stood on the WindWard side Of the deek
In front Of us, iouking Ike officers over
hauling row OF soldiers. After fookinS
20 see tnas sill hands were there. tht
Captain said" Men, suppose yor
KnOw what You we're shipped in this
schooner for; the time has come for "a
20 put things 10 train to carry out our de.
sign. The-hrst thing, Of course, is TO gs,
che irons on the negrOes-after thai We
snail have time enough to - here 10 Y
ehum, Tommy, and [ both put our oars
IN and asked what all this meant; for
though We had had cur suspieions-at
least, had-this "plump-Out with-it -
speech had taken us all aback.
- IN tell YOU what it DesDs," said the
captain q" l should have told YOU before
you come on board, but had 40 OpportC-
nifty, and was not going To lose two good
men oy being afraid 10 take them with
out telling this means that if we land
this cargo of one hundred and fifty
negroes On the Island of Cuba, we shall
make good thing Of it; IL we are caught
At It the speculation will probably lose Us
our neeks; you have no choice q couple
OF men viii not be allowed 20 block a
game Ike this with Us.U
And ne was right; Tommy and 1
would have been couple Of bloody fools
to cry hands OF at g time Ike this
with the certainty Of going over the SIDE
with our thTOsts cut.
AS soon Gs the captain was done speak
Ing the second mate vent down into the
cabin and handed up pair Of revoIvsFs
TO each man, and then commenced pass
ing up the handouts, tskirg care not to
let the things jingle and make 8 noise.
When enough had been handed uD to
" Accommodate cur cOmciement Of
passengers, the mate sent four Of Us for
ard with them, and himself went down
into the held with lamp and turned out
five or six Of the negroes, telling them
that he wanted their help about some
thing on deck. The dArkiss came up the
hatchway, trembling snd stumbling
about the decks with the motion of the
vessel, feeling their way for'ard, headed
by the mate with the light, until they
we're st the gangEEy abreast the galley,
when the TevolVers were showed under
their noses, and sudden death promised
them if they made the least bit OF q row.
The irons were slipped on their hands
and fastened, gags placed n their mouths,
and then they vera slowed away in the
gangWsy to wind'srd.
This bringing them up By half-dozsus
was kept up until all but about twenty
i've had besn secured, but the waking
up OF the others had so disturbed these
-hat .hey eO1ldu's sleep much, snd
suppose they must have heSrd sOna-
hing OF other Of what HRs going on on
teck, for when the mate went down for
another batch, the poor devils kicked up
! most Internal din, and swCre by ali
nat was good and bad that they
wouldn't come up until they knew what
Z wss all about, The mate tried pegsua-
ion at first, but move they Wouldn't,
md finally the mate got ia q passion and
,rsbbed the first one that came handy,
md tried to drag him up on deck any
low. The negro, OF course, resisted, and
4 the scuffis the light was Knocked cut, !
nd all the dsEkies made . rush to the |
laEch. The mate cleared himself Of the 1
legIO and sprsDg on deck just in time to /
ave himself. Calling the second mate, 1
Ock and steward to come quick with 1
spstsn bars, the blacks that were be- |
DIV were kept from rushing on deck. |
'he eapstan oars were used pretty freely /
n the sconees Of some that tried to get |
ut, anyway, but none Of them were
ouch hurt. LsaviDg three men TO look
fJer the main hatch, the mate vent for
7ard, and with the help Of Tommy aud
ION the locker, and ranged It along the
eek, and, getting out bali Of marine,
e and the captain took the dsrkIes that
ad been put IN irons, aud, one at time,
.Izsd them hard and fast TO the chain
his done, the captain called all hands
} come wits him and make break on
he fellows below. IRs steward got q
1lPs eve lamp, and with the captain
nd six OF the crew jumped into the hold
mong the darkies. fne negroes In the
old were scared almost to death by this
me, and there was not much Of q fight
getting them "tO rishts," IS the mate
Illed it. When the hold had been
cared, and all the blacks strung along
ie chain on deck, the work Of tossing ,
Terbosrd the darkiss' traps cOmmencei,
nd In few minutes the niggsrs di1n't ,
ave as much clothes aboard as would
ske Il sing jio Tor wheeibaTrUW.
he head pump was now started, the
,cks washed down, the gear laid up,
I'd the watch sent below.
In the morning, after the crew had !
eir breakfast, the captain and mate |
I'd talk 10 the poor dsrkies, snd told I
EN- what they already guessed, tha. {
lbs, and not Texas, was the place :
here the work was TO be done. Toe I
,ws didn't work the same on all Of 7
EN-; some hoWled and yelled, and I
Sde all sorts Of 8 row, while mere Of :
EN- took it stubborn and sullen like, i
Il seeming to care much whether it J
as HI, or Texas, or anywhere else. II
The officers tried to quiet the ones that :
are cutting up so ro6dy, and st last !
axed them to hush their olatter by tell =
9 them that they would be hove over h
ard if it wasn't stopped. The steward y
d cook hustled around and made q lot h
mUsh for the blacks, and the mate \
d second mate unshaekeled one hand n
each Of the darkies, 50 as they could .
le their breakfast. Poor devils they /,
not handls their spoons as though a
sir appetite was very strong. q
After they had made ashOW OF eating, n
} port chain was got on deck from the :,
ker and taken below the blight, for Ii
vas muddled on deekSwas led for nj
I'd and spiked on to some timOeFs up
the eyes OF her, the two ends taken q
and made fast in the stern, and then e
, daFkies were cast OF, one BY one, n
N the chain on dseS, and made fast =
the chain below. About one-half OF fa
IN had bsen slowed, when one fellow, b,
sgular bull IoF strength, made fight p
soon as his hands were cut adrift from Il
chain. The mates grabbed at him,
! the darbiss were still hung to his se
ht wrist, and he made full play with hi
N, like a slung-shot, right into their Il
es, and, for second or two, made the N
cd fly like water. The captain and n
ward jumped in, too, but | believe on 81