The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18
TIE AZOR.
Gatherings OF the ReErO Emigrants from
CharIektOn TO EsiberTa---A Repefi-
tiOn Of the Troubles, If not
Horrors, of the

Horrors, Ofthe
Middle Pass" e-.-Bad Faith Of the Cap
tain and 1IIseOnduct of the British
CODsuI--WhaG the Officers
OF the AssOci alton Say
| The narrative of the experience of the
| Azor and her three hundred emigrants
at Sierra Leone, contained in the letter
of Mr.. Williams, published to-day, is as /
interesting and amusing in its way, as
the graphic description of the disease
| ridden bark from Charleston, given to |
the public on Saturday. Captain Holmes |
found that there would be a heavy in |
crease in the mortality of his passengers |
if he were becalmed or delayed in any |
way between Sierra Leone and Monrovia, |
and he wisely determined to make ar
rangements to be towed to Monrovia by |
the Ethiopia. The contract was regu- |
larly made, but before the hour appointed |
for sailing the Ethiopia quietly steamed !
out of the haTbOr, her captain vouch !
sa6ng no apology or explanation to the |
dismayed and iever-stricken emigrants.
Mr.. Williams. with natural Indignation,
characterizss the conduct of Captain
Simmons as < piece of the most heart
less cruelty" Captain Simmons knew
the situation of the Azor, and that. il.
the opinion of the port physician large
number of the emigrants would die
if they were kept aboard the ship
conduct is denounced by his own
countrymen as "dirty." This is not
enough. 1t is the duty of the govern
ment to bring the behavior of Captain
Simmons to the notice of the British
government, in order that the facts may
, be investigated. A country as ready as
, Great Britain is to honor tho So who save
life, whether they be foreigners or British
subjects, will not be slow to condemn
! and punish the commander of a British
, vessel, in an English port, vino deliber-
atelv breaks a formal bargain, and
ahandons to their tate hundreds ef those
smaucipated Africans or whom England
, has always pro ressed peculiar sympathy
> aud affection. Captain Simmons was not
governed by the commercial instincts of
the shOpkeepcr, or by the generosity of
the sailor, or by the charity of the
philanthropist. In every way and sense
be was false to the honorable traditions
of the British merchant service. A
spotless record by his act is smirched
: and stained. Fortunately for the Azor,
= another steamer, not commanded by a
Captain Simmons, ran into Sierra Leone
}, on May 8 'th, and by her, the Senegal,
: the LibeTian bark was toWed to her
= of MonTovia at midnight on Sunday,
June ID, forty-tw9 days from Charles
ton. With fair weather the voyage
: could have been made in twenty-five
,, days or less. The bad faith Of Captain
I Simmons gave Mr.. Williams an
:, opportunity to see the ms and outs
u of Sierra Leone. Of this pecu-
+ liar town, with its three horses and two
hundred white inhabitants, it's One-3tOry
} houses, chaffering merchants and tower,
- ing cocoa trees, he draws 81 faithful if
70 not fattering picture. Politics the
,, colony has none, as the governor and
- council are appointed by the crown.
A. There is g newspaper in the town, which
a sometimes opposes and sometimes sup
u ports the colonial government. The
man who owns the press il hostile t
' Governor Rowe ; the man who owns the
III type Is Governor Reeves staUnch friend
AZ Type vetOes press, or press yetOes type
r and the government is in or out of favor
accordingly as lead or iron have the
upper hand. 1t should be noted, how
ever, that diversity Of interests apC
$ T.: affections, as represented in the owner
C. ship and management of newspapers
O causes dead-lOcss and see saving il
IT. ether places than the west coast o
at Africa. The physical power of thu
he natives at Sierra Leone Is most suTpris
O. ing. There, as here, the thickness OF tn
Oh skull and the strength of the spina
N, column are turned to excellent account
TO- Wages are small, but living Is cheap
it and fruit sells at surprisingly low prices
at The judgment formed by Mr.. William
he of the alligator pear as d steady diet
us is rash, and will not be confirmed h
leg those who have had larger experienc
cst of its peculiar flavor. On tue other side
nh it will be noted. in favor of Mr.. Wi
no liams, that he admits that mangoes ar
m delightful. A smack of the lir
NO evidently accompanied his remark tina
Id. the mango has an aromatic, spicy taste
hit impossible to describe" There i
in Africa, near the eqator, Mr.. William
asst found a.8OUUcnir of his native city. TIL
1as water in Sierra Leone tastes Just lik
ing tawny huld drawn from the bosom OF IN
etc historic 'Jemes." The lab0ring classe
he Ia Sierra Leone are respectful, faithfl
DIV aud weli-behayed- As they must dra
"a a line somewhere, they, negro-lke, dra
he it in the wrong place. They will stan
eet anything except being called g niggeTs,
me au offense which is punished by fil
Ie by the local magistrates. Nearly ever,
les body in Sierra lone, except the Mu
led sulmans, Is more or l. - black, and II
rot soc al relations are aw ully mixed. I
esq his horror, Mr.. Williams found himsel
r
ma. at table with the me chants 500 an
ZEN daughter, both of them persons of colo
at The daughter is an accomplished MI
md sciaD, is visited by The British f1ic5
,iv and their wives, and is 4 leader of Sierl
of Leone ton. In this respect Sierra Leon
on. despite the large negro population, is I
ned better or worse than England, or Il
ras continent of Europe, where the distin
so ton that southerners naturally ar
the necess arily make between whites az
md blacks is necessarily unknown. It vi
The not pleasant sight in Paris, in the da,
in of the second empire, 10 behold the Ell
press Eugene and the dainty DANES
the court handling, in public. the odOro1
little piccaninnies fhisimperial highne
Soulouque l., emperor of Hsyti! III
sensations of Mr.. Williams are best
seribed by himseJf. 1t is reasonable
presume that he accepted the stuatio
no 9 When the Azlr was at Sierra Leone
lnu was ascertained that the passengers we
til nearly penniless. The exodus associ
tne ton had stripped them bare. One ma
iHS who has not cent, holds claims sgain
u the association for twelve hundred dc
.IIy lars. They landed at MOnroYia Withol
ing any sufficient means Of supporting theI
l ar solves until they can find employment
9 a make a crop. Upon the charity of Il
loes LibeTian government they were
. Is pendent, and we greatly fear that Il
,,t or next letter from Mr.. Williams will she
ne that the black republic has not much u
ue- for a ship load of old men and womr
Ity' and young childen, wiCh sprinking
us able-b bodied males and females, few
an whom have any idea where to go, VIII