The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-18
the -Az0B's TERRIBLE TRIP.
MIR. A. H. WILEIAIEs' DETAILED
HISTORY OF THE VOYAGE.
j. nym The Gaqr,eston Mers aud Courier. {
SIERRA LEONE, Nav 80. 1878.

experimental load, LETT ChaEle9tor amid
the sounds of "The Gospel ship is saiIin''a ~
and "We'r boun' for the promis' land"
sung from the bark's decks, and re- echoed
from the Pocosin and Allison. The last
sound Of Charleston heard by the emil
grants were the notes of '"The Sweet Bye
anu Bye" from tie excusionists aboard
the POcosin. 1t is customary in letters
similar to this to give over two or three
pages OF
"EEFLECTIONS ON LEAVING OUR NATIVE
LAND"
as if anybody cared snap what your re.
Elections were. We aboard the Azor had
our reflections, and very grave ones, on
leaving our native land. We reflected
whether or not we were destined to be
sea-sick, and to what extent. Doubts
on the point we're speedily. and decisiveIy
decided af.er crossing the bar. One by
one the psssenggerS ss,,! Until, with one &c.
two honorable exceptions, everybody was
down. But surely such good natured
and philosophical set CT sick people was
never before seen. The steerage passen-
gers would each, between the intervals of
Ills CT hor own attacks, laugh ut, and imi-
tate with grofesque gestures and words,
some unfortunate comrade, amid the up.i
roarious hilarity of the others. The few
who were not affected seemed to witness
the suferings of their fellows with ex-
quiaite enjoyment. The hours passed
thus until bedtime, when most or the
passengers turned in" A few, however,
preferred catching what breeze there was
by sleeping on the decks. There was
little application for or dissatisfaction
concerning the food that evening.
think most of tho passengers wera
much disappointed in the ocean. They
had evidently expected to meet with
waves about hundred feet high, orna-
mented with piscatorial banquets Of
whales, leviathans. sharks, mcrmaids,
sea cows, and all the rea, and mythical
monsters of the deep. They were there
fore somewhat disguised at the ripples
which sparkled in the sunlight in every
direction, and the fish which declined
showing themselves in any direction
The morning of the second, regular,
day found everybody languid, feeble and
disposed to fasting. Despite sickness,
however, amusement could be found, for
one way, in watching the arrangement of
society which even soS1on began to take
place. The cabin passengers composed
quarter deck composed the '"West end".
of the kzor (she was steering east) and
there. the faotref the plebeian who lived
and moved and had his, being in the
lower Rtrata bf the tAteerage could not
tread. Thes daptain,, the tWosmateE and,
l, the only white souls aboard, repre-
sented those frayed ends Of society ashore
who are tolerated everywhere, welcomed
nowhere. At IL o'clock on Monday,
April 20, it was announced that we were
NINETY MILES FkoM CHARLESTON BAR.
having been hecalmed during large
portion of the night All traces OF land
had faded from sight, and = felt some
curiosity 10 see how the sentimental, or
love of home. would elisalsf ;tsslg. Care,
fnl observation, however, failed to dis.
cover an Indication of either, of those
feelings. When the strip OF mist, repre-
senting the land Of these peoples birth
and bringing up, which contained all the
memories, sweet and bitter, of their past
lives, and on which their friends and Kin
yet remained, wab fading from their sight
forever, there was no development of any
feeling other than q slight interest in the
distance from them at which it could he
seen + eiSf7s9't a'"
Every willing and witlcss wight who
has ever been to- sea has exhausted his
literary abilities in describing the devel-
opnents of fsea.aiekhess. 1t is unneces-
sary, therefore, for the description to be
gone into, especially as my appreciation
of the humorous features Of the perform
ance ia as. Yet slight. Suffice it, there.
fore, to say that the affliction was gene
rally remarkably we'll borne. The pss-
sengers Of the Azor had been forewarned,
aud scented TO have made up, their minds
to snbuiit with equanir1ity.
The second nautical day terminates at
noon on Tuesday, During that day we
ma:e l34 miles, having had q light wind
nearly abeam, and steering northeast.
This put .us 224 miles from Charleston
the miller referred to being nautical
ones, 4 fraction longer than the statute
measurement. On thia day Tho Captain
aud mate went vigorously to work re-
ducing, So Iitf if a9!sr 5aa.
THE ISSUING OF foob AND WATER
tn system, AEEssssssss TwfsTe formed &c among
the tween decks passehgers,. containing
from ten 10 twenty-five persons each.
Some man was appointed to draw cooked
proyisions for each of these mesaes, two
meals q day being allowed, at abou. IL
q. m.iand 8 psn6a u These ptosisione eRere
taken from the general store, and cooked
ihthe galley. One Of the, enigtAnts as
@'SsSA bAko CltCu thO xAiAA-
can. potensaEe engaged for that purpose
having fabseopded IN, Charleston. As
soon 'as Che food was cooked, the name Of
the head OF fsAeh iaaess was called from o
list, and he vas given prepared food snf-
Icient Tor hie party, which it was his
duty to divide equally. The food. was
generally not good. There was super"
..vuIlipnce or meal, Hour ana rice ana q
good quantity OF fneAt, the latter being
pork and salt beef The -four, however,
was coarse aud black, and the meal
sseeued to give general dissatisfaction,
1elng. freely etigpfatiEed "a "kilnsdrled
stun, only ft for hogs 10 eat" The rice,
Ion,. was broken and. dirty, requiring
mpch, cleaning The meat was. enough
% % aahs when carefully doled out. All of
~, except Ave barrels, belonged to the
six molths' stores, - intended by the
emigrEnts for ttheis suppoft in Liberia
unIil me fJfst crop Is made, but it was of
necessity used on the voyage. OF this
20 ilaatter Lehall have mora to say hereafter.
.he supply of molasses was SO scans that
u could only be Issued occasionally as .
NeSs. In the hRste and confusion gen.
orally prevailing about the galley, the
touldE was almost invariably ill-cooked,
causing much cofnniaint and. dnnhtleaa.
suffering, to persons whose stomachs,
made dellcate by sea.sickness, loathed
slis coafse and badly prepared food which
.sliFGSat have been eaten with tolerable
- tS,ian az smother time under the Influence