The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-06-09


inhuman traffic she had hitherto pursued.
"Stay. How came you to stick up
that flag yesterday in the wrong placer"
resumed Mr.. Hall, sternly.
"There, Mr.. Rawley," calculated the
slaver's captain, addressing his mate,
with sanctitied look. "See what men
we, up half the night, straining our
blessed eyes out, with ropes and every
thing ready, to render these people as
treated as slaves and piratesI'
"That doesn't answer my question,
sir, said the officer. "Come, you must
see the captain; and, as we can't part
company with such kind and well-in-
tentioned folks, just weigh at once, and
out with you, alongside the sloop."
Weigh for YOURSELF" was the sullen
reply, "I shan't go out of this till bet
ter weather. If you start my anchors, l
hold you responsible for anything that
may happen to the vessel. Mind now,
sir. tell you, before you begin, not
man of mine shall render you the least
assistance. The instant you touch my
anchors L give up charge of the vessel,
and hold you responsible to its owners.
Note that down in the log, Mr.. Rawley.
Mark the exact time. And now, sir /"
addressing Mr.. HalD, "begin rs soon as
you please"
The officer hesitated-he knew the
danger of the..passage. The wind was
very light, the sea still running heavily
on shore, and it was far from certain he
could take the brig out in safety. In
this dilemma, he dispatched one of his
boats to the Rosebud, giving an account
of what he had seen, and requesting
further orders. In the meantime he got
into the other boat, and examined the
soundings of the cove.
On the return of the boat sent to the
sloop, the midshipman handed card to
Mr.. Hall, who at once pulled back to the
SLAYER.
"You will get under weigh, sir, and
go out to the sloop. There are your
orders. About it, with no more palaver."
CT shall do nothing of the kind" was
the answer. "I am in n safe harbor,
and here I stay till my sails are repaired
and my rigging set up. If you choose
to take charge of her, do so, but you get
no help from me-"
Every well. Then I relieve you
from all responsibility. Board her,
men. Some of you get that topsail
anchors. Smartly now. Winds drop
ping"
The mate here interfered.
"Why give yourself and us more
trouble than is necessary2 You know
very we'll we shall be back here in a
couple of hours"
"Will you7" said Mr.. Hall, doubt
fully.
cat all events, we'll take the chance.
So why not slip the cables and buoy the
endss There's nobody here to stea, the
wood"
Can right. I've no objections to
that. Go slip and buoy, my lads
Giving this direction, while walking
forward, Mr.. Hall remarked that the
larboard anchor, which lay in only three
,fathoms' water, was upside down. He
therefore ordered his people to slip the
starboard cable; and, as he came aft
again, observed to the captain
I" AS you've SO little cable out on the
larboard anchor, We'll weigh that"
Why SO e asked the other, un-
easily.
Because, if the wind fails us, as
seems likely, we may have to anchor
outside. Now, bear a hand aloft there"
Meanwhile the mate had run forward,
and was seen assisting busily to unsplice
the lower cable.
"Belay that" cried Hall. Gun
splice the other, the starboard cable,
men 7"
The mate made an attempt to COM
plete the work, however, by attempting
to slip the end through the hawse hole.
But he was again frustrated, for some
of the Rosebud's men had stiffened the
cable before all, and brought-to the
messenger.
By this time the sails were loosed,
and the men, assembled at the capstan,
began to heave around.
Ihe result must, L think, have been
anticipated. Very few who have ac-
quainted themselves with the but too
authentic narratives of the barbarities
practiced by slave captains at this
period, will doubt the truth of this.
They need not; for the circumstances,
When the anchor reached the bows it
brought up with it, lashed to the shank,
and gagged to stifie her cries, the corpse
OF poor Judy
This condemned the Arrow as prize.
Such, however, was the indignation of
the Rosebud's men that it required the
energetic interference of Mr.. Hall to
protect the captain from summary
vengeance. Unhappily for Rawley, the
active instrument i'll the murder, that
miscreant, hoping to escape altogether,
leaped into the sloop's boat which lay
alongside, with only the boat. keeper re-
naming in it. Striking the latter on
the head with some heavy instrument,
and sending him into the water, the
mate jumped overheard and made for