The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-18
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food, and with no physician, this can not
be wondered at. They have showed
themselves as helpless as babes, but it
must be remembered that laR6smen are
generally so at sea. The only real trou-
ble has been their indifference to their
own comfort and cleanliness, which pro-
ceeaed probably from lack of appreci-
alton of the importance of those matters.
While all are lamentably, some grossly,
ignorant, that is hardly their own fault
1 Altogether, despite the many reprehen-
sible characteristics displayed by some, !
have been favorably impressed with the
mass of these emigrants, Most of them
will make good citizens some will be
invaluable acquisitions to the new;c coun-
try. don't think there is afeally bad
or viciously disposed person among their
number. / cannot, however, find terms
5 strong enough in which to denounce the
conduct of the managers of the iexpedi-
tion, deliberately sending the Azor to sea
without q competent physician. 1t was
crime against the Almighty, statute
laws and humanity. The death of a
large proportion Of the, deceased emf
grants lie directly at their door. The
stain of innocent blood is as deep on
their hands as on Gains. If I, should
ver;write another line, my last earnest
advice to the colored people interested in
this movement would be TO rigidly inves-
tigatethis matter, and cast out every man,
participant in, or cognizant OF, this great
iniquity.
May Give are nearly becalmed,
s having made but 70 miles during the
past 24 hours. In the middle of the
8 night great routing of seamen from
bed, pulling and haulding at ropes, and
5 stumbling of sailors over sleeping emf
grants, the latter being accompanied by
much profane language, reused every
body. The turmoil was caused by the
approach of q squall, of which, however,
we got only. the tail end. t--,--.a
The sick are generally progressing toll.
erably well, no deaths having occurred
to-day Good society has been engaged
in delightful but unsuccessful angling
i for fresh shark meat. Hot? Don't
tion the word!
Acknowledgment of George Custis'
medical skill was made to-day. ~ He has
been bathing the sore eyes of passen-
gers child with warm salt WATER reduce
ing the little sufferers optics to distress
ing condition. Practice suspended.
hay 22.-Becalmed. We have made
swenty-one miles during the past twenty
four hours. Distance from Monrovia
computed to be 379 miles. So near, and
yet so far. The fever spread no more,
( but two sick men in the -forecastle are
< expected to die. The water is beginning
to run short, and half rations are being
issued all around. Fearfully hot! The
emigrauts seem generally comparatively
happy and contented. They absolutely
take no thought whatever for the morrow.
The ATethedists and Baptists are holding
enthusiastic meetings on alternate nights
9 in the bow.
Beans! beans beans! at every meal
beans. In my dreams am pursued by
the genius of Famine over, endless des-
,erts Of baked beans, with an occasional
= "chunkn of salt pork by way of an oasis.
If ever get back to Charleston, Pll go
voluntarily before a full court of judicial
and ministerial trial justices and make
solemn affidavit never to eat bean again.
Beansl faughl Beans will ever hereafter
: be associated in my mind with colored
i emigrants, and I'd as lief eat one as the
. other. Then, besides the beans, there
are the babies. Every emigrant has one
of the latter. They squall and yell by
detachments from the rising of the sun
3 to the going down of the same, and when
the evening shades prevail the night
squad come on duty. My friend Horne
CHATS the mate deposes and says'that
& when the innocents run down for sea-
son, their parents, without provocation,
wind them up again with a strap with
which every parent aboard, foreseeing
the scarcity of peach switches, has pro-
: vided him or herself) Oh, slades of good
Kings Herod and Pharaoh! =
Nay 23.-In the language of Old Jack,
t's"wusser and wusser." We have only
made twelve miles during the past twen-
ty-four hours, and the sea is a sea of
molten, scorching blue glass. Early
this morning, within few minutes of
each other, occurred
TWO MORE DEATHS,
being those of Stanford Smallwood, aged
teightyears, son, of Jack Smallwood, of
Edgeield County, S. G., and Samuel
Hadley, of Burke County, Ga, aged
sixty-four years. The poor creatures
were given the usual hasty sea burial
and scanty ceremonial, IN place of peace
and plenty and halcyon days on sunny
shores for which they were fjourneying,
respectively, to pass in comfortable tram
guilty the remaining years of an old
life, and in bright prosperity the many,
promised ones of youth. Smallwood's
death was attributed to measles, and
Hadley's to the fever. The people are
very hard to manage in sickness. Just
as they are with infinite trouble being
brought around, they gorge themselves
with fat pork, and, down they 60 againe
It is subject for wonder that We haYn'ti
more sickness. Very few of the steerage
passengers have changed their clothing,
and many have not even washed their
( hands and faces, since leaving Charles
ton. They watch the mate, the, captain,
and /, taking salt water shower-baths,
with awe, and avow that they are afraid
of it. Not one of them has initiated u.s.,
Two more men are expected to die.
Nay PA ray of comfort came last
night in the shape of light and shift
ing breeze, in which We managed to
scnfle 63 miles. We are 80 miles from.
lMonrovia at noon to-day. .a
TWO MORE DEATHS
this morning, making atotalso sof fourteen
so far. They were Bermille Clarke, aged
: 15 months, daughter of Ned Clarke, of
Clarendon County, S. O., and Laura VIII
liams, aged % years, wife of Brian Will
liams, Of Burke County, Ca The death,
Of the former was attributed to eonvul-
sions, and thst of the latter to the fever.
Several more deaths are expected. The
captain is barely able to, get about, being.
completely knocked mp with fatigueand-
anxiety. Still very hot. We nave prob
: ably gotten into the current setting along
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