The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-03-23
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Hlal.ss kiud 81 Information that does
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Having been smpwreekoj on thc Air-
can coast, be was offered passage 70
puerio Roo by CaPsain Souddsr y the
SLAYER Saranac- The particulars be far.
niahes have the AR q considerable re-
siraint and noi tie fain,est trace of the
sciul acondi ion q tie unhappy clfgo Is
gwen, The pas engers explorations ap'
pear to have been conhued % The cabin
where be and Captain scudder used to
splice the mainbracc The details Of
I tho voyage, hoveyor, with The descrip-
/ ti0n oi The ress5l and its precautionary
arrangements, furnish. 50 far as they
20. 50 Interesting testimony from the
inside
r.gtSa is FEEGHr.
I "John Buchraw sail Cap Sehud-
der, chow many nlggers have YOU got
Z on band p
I "a got three hundred At The bay bar
raccoon, sar, and Jim Sinner has gone
to de upper barraccoon Tor three hun-
dred mo / spect him hea tonight al
/ ~ o'clock
Very good; let there be no mistake,
for / cant wait II be don't come. l
will trade down the coast with some
one else"
This threat acted With effect on John
Buckraw, huge mulatto, aud he hast
ensd of 10 get on board those in the
bay barraccoon.
/ Down they came, and were about to
be embarked, WHOM Scudder appear
ed. "Avast, there, said be, "none Of
that you old thief You cheated me
the last time, and / will inspect these
darkies to suit myself
Il neber cheat You, aIassa Schudderi
| always glib you good niggers, sar; but
look for yourself sar.
Scudder examined the men as they
came down, boat load after boat load
and with some haggling accepted the
main lot, With few exceptions on the
score Of old age or physical infraiity,
In a short time the two hundred and
eighty were placed on board the Sara
nae, and before daylight next morning
she had completed cargo Of five hun
dred slaves.
TIKI sArANAo's FALSE RId.
The Saranac was brigantine Of foul
hundred and thirty tons measurement
and had been built for priyateer =
Her lines were as fine as those OF dol
phin. She had great length and breadth
Of beam, with corresponding depth oi
hold; bnt her floor was long and smootl
as a plane. Her entrance was as sharr
as a knife, and her run long, keen and
elegantly modelled. Aloft, her rig was
Of the true Baltimore style. with short
strong masts and enormous yards, long
and tapering, but stout in the sings ~
She WAS provided with false bulwarks
made OF painted canvass, and SO ar
ranged that they could be turned up al
a moments notice to the height o
three feet, giving her the appearance o.
being heavy, wall sided merchant
man.
--ARRAEeEMKNTs ron INCREASING SPEED
THE NEGROES USED AS WEIGHTS.
In the meanwhile the Thetis baC
hauled up in pursuit, and was cracking
on at a fearful rate Whenever I
squall OF unusual violence occurred
her royal and topgallant halyards wer'
let 60, tho sails clewed up in twink
ling, and the ship luffed SO as to shak,
the main force Of the wind from th,
balance Of the sails; but no sooner la,
the occasion passed than the hgh
canvass was sheeted homo and hoiste,
up to its utmost tension while the frig
ate again fell of to a good rap full =
After two or three hours Of carefn
watching ii became evident that th
Thetis was gradually gaining on th
Saranac. Wind and sea increased an,
we we're compelled TO hand topgallan
sails. stow the flowing lib, and singl
reef the huge fore and aft mainsail, th
frigaie still cracking on with all sail
The Saranac was jumping from sea +
sea ike porpoise, and deluging be
deck with water.
Mr.. Jerome "sir" Come u
with the mast wedges; slack or abou
three inches Of all the weather lanyards
and rig up forty or ffty boatswain
chairs put q Niger in each and ru
them op the fore aud main stays, s.
that they may be few feet apart b
sure aud have the darkies well iasten
ed in the chairs, for we can't afford t
lose them. Heare the log" We weE
going nearly ten knots through tia
seaway Tue wedges bad been slack
ened, and the lanyards eAscd on as Al
, rected. A string oi negroes tastenet
in boatsvain's chairs, dsngled an
swung from the fore and main stays
the masts bent like whips, and with eY