The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-18

opirits and wines, sago, nrrowroot. &c.
were entirely absent. When stimulants
were needed for the sick, The slender pri-
vate stores of the captain or myself had
to be called on.
THE CABIN PASsENGERs,
of course, Jared differently. They had
their meals in the forward saloon. hay
ing comfortable table, chairs, napkins.
knives and forks, &C., while those in the
steeraga had nothing of the sort. The
fortunate ones in the cabin had also
cabin boy and steward to wait on them.
| OF course the ration system did not apply
to them, they partaking of their food ct r.
| general table, as at a hotel. The cap
tain, the two mates and l took our meals
in the after saloon, getting the same food
that the cabin passengers had. Indeed,
think some of them used to watch us
closely to make sure that We did not have
the advantage of them either in quantity
or quality of"grub." Our salt beef was
usually made into hash, (known among
seafaring fc,k as "mystery,') while our
bacon was carefully boiled, cooled and
sliced. We had also an occasional roast
or broiled fowl, generally good biscuit or
Tread, butter, potatoes, Goldfish, nackerel,
baked beans, curry, every now and then,
and rice. with an inveriable desert OF
pies, pudding, lor. hot cakes and syrup.
We had two meals day. Other ad.
vantages that the arjstocracy of the Azor
possessed were pickles, vinegar, limited
supply of fresh water to wash in and 6
plenty to drink. There sao;iia have b5eea5. b5eea5.a
q good supply of vinegar for everybody,
Tor it would have rendered. much of the
food and the water greatly more palata-
| hIo huf fharo ,yoo op1,, e,.,,n on.J-
aboard, and It was a scarce luxury among
! tho pee ,ie, in the steerage.. The latter
were required to perform their ablutions
in salt water, (when they did perform
| the.o, y and were allowed three quarts of
the beverage per adult. From this was
substracted sufficient quantity with
which to make coffee and tea. Each
adult received about quart and half
a day. It was issued as early as possible
in the morning. Capt. Holmes tried all
imaginable ways to make the food ego"
as'weli as possible, having it made into
general stews, &c. Now, I exnect that
most of us have seen the time when rice,
meat, meal and other etceteras, we'll
boiled together and seasoned, would have
been relished; but these people took n
curious altipathy to it, and would have
none of the mess. However had the
supplies may have been, it eeems as if
any sane parson, out ut eea with all the
possibilities of long voyage before him,
would refrain from waBting them. Yet
I've seen nearly enough bread, meat and
rice, which would have looked eetabie
enough to starving man, thrown care
lessly or angrily over the Azor's side, to
| Iwent down to
THE PRAYER -MEETINGus.-s,-s
and wished, for. the. first time, that the
Netos and l5iigierswes r. "pictnrs1 paiSer,
that Twas an artist, and that the scene
could have been reproduced in all of it's
strange pictufegqneness, even were the
ether two conditions fulfilled. On almost
ell Of thee oec&sihEs II was farvently
i prayed for. one brother revealing by O
little extra plain language the probable
inspiration Of this portion, when he aaid,
in tones Of passionate pleading. Bless
any lies to Thy glory, and the advance
ment OF my work = Though the eram.
Iiatiui.. constitution o5 rnis sentence rem
dered itEsomeYhat dubious, itwas easy
to discern its mLaLipg.
The minister Drought alcng in charge
of the A. NJ. E. congregation Is q fair
specimen OF his class. / think, from
close observation, that he is o man of
really earnest pieiy, who does his best
according to his lights. But the lights
are SO DIM. ,Je lacks entirely the edu-
cation and tlniniiig which many colored
! nistefs- especially che cities-pos-
5ss5. lie seems bareiy able TO reaIi and
write misproh duncings the simplest
words, and producing painfully ltidicrOus
efiecte at the most solemn momonts.
With crude, twisted and half developed
ideas and reasonings on subjects, he coy
cred up and hopeiessly confused what
meaning he had, with O food Of misap-
piled, miscalled, and confounded worda.
To the observer who thinks 3 moment
there is something peculiarly saddening
in this. This man is o representative of
those chosen exponnders Of the plan Of
salvation who taught, and doubtless be-
lieved, n '76 that servants of God could
only work and vote for Chamberlain, aud
that his political. opponents constituted
the world, the flesh and the devil. Is
not this most literally the leading of the
blind by the blind? Heaven only knows
what diverse, tangled and mistakcn ideas
and theories these poor darkenesi minds
do extract from the shapeless mass of
| confused words, sentences iand metaphors
hurled upon them by their teachers.
4 The negro.s intensely devotional nature
is distracted and wandeTs until nearly
1 every one acquires separate belief and
\ doctrine, some of them as horrible and
/ gross asCan, be. ItseeHs to mo that the
/ mhnagefs OF the L. T.. Il. could do better
than feed these unfortunate involuntary
i pFodigals on theological and doctriIal
| husks, which satisfy he,natural craving
| for religion without strengthening the
! spiritual life, which is to be the negro's
| greatest incentive and aid TO civilization.
For preacher who can teach his people
sound, simple Chrfntianity. there is work
TO do among these. cmigrants. While We
are told that from the mouths of babes
and suoklings shall proceed wisdom,
don't believe it ives ever intended that
i i . .at=e ieES:s::s .h9.S siyWI-,sp proto-
1 types, should furnish q steady intellectual
/ diet for men and women.
4 The third nautical day closed at IL
4 o'clock on, "Wednesday, April "a. The
/ Azc has made good pse of the fine
brec-e of the preceding twenty -four
hours, and scored 2t4 knots, or miles,
| thus bringing her total run to 48S miles
/ initlie thFco days, and putting her on the
| average required TO make Monrovia in
twenty. Ave days--144 miles per diem.
1 On this day the captain and mates rnidaa
/ on the steerage and had every piece Of
bedding brought on deck and spread out
| In the sun and wind to be aired and ven-
/ tiiated. The quatters were then