The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-27

saw. They evidently die of brokenhearted
ness, and the Arabs wondered, seeing they hat
plenty to eat - .s. 49,
xouTWuL HERO AND MARTYR.
saw others perish, particularly very fine
boy ten or twelve years of age. When asked
where he felt ill, he put his hand correctly and
exactly over the heart. He was kindly car
ried, and, as he breathed out his soul,
was laid gently on the side of the path.
The captors are not unusually cruel They
were callous. Shaving hardened their hearts
AN OLD FRIEND AT A CRITICAL MOMENT.
When Syed, an old friend of mine, crossed
Lualaba, he heard was in the village, where
company of slave traders were furiously
assaulted for three days by justly incensed
Bohemia. would not fight nor allow my
people to fire if saw them, because Bohemia
had been especially kind to me. Syed sent o
party of his own people to invite me to leave
the village and come to him. bestowed him
self the opposite of hard-hearted but slavery
hardens within, petrifes the feelings, is bad
for the victims and ill for the victimizers.
Once, it is said, o party of twelve, who had
been slaves in their own country-Cunda or
Conda, of which Cazembe is chief or general
were loaded with large, heavy yokes,
which were forked trees, about three
inches in diameter and seven or eight
feet long, the neck inserted in the fork and an
iron bar driven across one end of the fork to
the other and riveted to the other end, tied ct
night to the tree of ceiling of the hut, and the
neck being firm in the fork and the slave held
off from unloosing it, was excessively trouble
some to the wearer, and, when marching, two
yokes were tied together by tree ends and
loads put on tho slaves heads beside.
SLAVE woMAN's APPEAL.
A woman, having an additional yoke and
load, and child on her back, said to me on
passing. "They are killing me. If they would
take of the yoke could manage the load and
child; but shall die with three loads" The
one who spoke this did die; poor little girl
Her child persisted of starvation.
NTERcEssIoN AND IT'S REWARD.
intereeded some, but when unyoked of
they bounded into the long grass, and was
greatly blamed for not caring in presence Of
the owners of the property.
how THE survivors BORE 1T.
After the days march, under broiling,
vertical sun, with yokes and heavy loads, the
strongest were exhausted. The party Of
twelve, above mentioned, were sitting down
singing and laughing. 'Hallo." said I, ''these
fellows take to it kindly This must be the
class for whom philosophers say slavery is
the natural state;" and went and asked the
cause of their mirth.
FREEDOMS LULLABY.
uhO u6kcu bio VI tloAI oWuoI HS W Tie
meaning of the word 'tRukha," which usually
means fly OF leap. They were using it to
express the idea of haunting, as ghost in
Aicting disease or death, and the song was:-
Eyes, me going away to Manga, abroad, or
white mans land, with yoke on our necks;
but we shall have no yokes in death, and shall
return and haunt and kill you" Chorus then
struck in, which was the name of the man who
had sold each Of them, and then followed the
general laugh, in which at first saw no Bit
terness. Tarembee, an old man, OF least
one hundred and four years, being one of
the sellers, in accordance with African
belief, they had no doubt Of being
soon able, by ghost power, to kill even him.
THE DREAD REFRAIN.
Their refrain was as if:-"Oh! oh oh
bird of freedom, you sold me -
LAUGHTER TELLING NOT OF AmrH.
ooh! OIL oh shall haunt you'll Oh
OH OIL" Laughter told not of mirth, but of
tears, such as were oppressed, and they had no
comforter He that is higher than the highest
regardeth.
MANYEMA AND THE MAN EATERS.
About northeast of Rua we have very large
country called Manyuema, but by Arabs
shortened into Manyema. It is but recently
known. The reputation which the Manyemas
enjoyed of being cannibals prevented half-cast
Arab traders from venturing among them.
The circumstantial details Of practices as man.
eaters given by neighboring tribes were con-