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

diphtheria, which nobody aboard under
stands or can cope with. Fresh provis-
ions all gone, and Others becoming bad.
This unprecedented calm may last
month; aud the current Is steadily losing
us ground, Tor water,) cheerful outlook
To.day's even: was catching shark,
which was cooked and generously divided
out az far as it would 20.
Lafer.-The captain has decided TO
PUT INTO SIERRA LEONE,
which is only 81 miles from us now, for
water, fresh provisions and medical at
tendance. The announcement gives gen.
eral satisfaction, and the people are gath
cred on the bow singing joyfllly. This
seems most wise measure, for il would
be running fearful risk to pass the port
and take the chance Of being bccalmed
without water and pestilence raging.
Nay 28.-This morning
THE NINETEENTH DEATH
occurred. being that of an infant son of
Death is attributed TO tho fever 1t seems
Two more persons sickcncd with the fever
this morning. The hills about Sierra
Leone came in sight at 9o'clock, and now
at 2 p. m. they are plainly TO bc seen eth
the naked eye. Everybody is singing,
dancing and shouting, and people are
running to my cabin window or door,
announcing that they can see houses and
trees. Some seem almost wild with joy
GUS excitement at seeing something be-
sides sky and water. At 4 O'Clock the
town (Frcetown) was in plain sight dead
ahead
The land, az seen from shipb1lrd, con-
sisted of G long, irregular range of hills.
| On one side, to the northeast, or on tho
left side going in, the range terminates
| In a steep incline. from which the coast
runs low and fiat, rs far rs the eye can
reach. On the right, away OF, there is
break in the hill chain, after which there
are several abrupt hills, (what in East
| Tennessee they call "knobs."l which ap-
parently decrease in height as they run
10 the southwest This il the general
outline of the horizon. The town proper
is apparently clustered in picturesque
confusion on the side Of the last hill to
the left, just in the bend which the cape
forms Mt its junction with the mainland
| AS we slowly sailed in British mail
steamer waa made n..t following ;is. Ths
shore became more and more distinct as
we approached, until we could plainly
see the white lighthouse situate on the
cape, built close to the water's edge and
surrounded by deep green foliage. The
hills looked like any other hills, with
patches OF red clay pceping out here and
there, through the trees and grass, with
the little water courses, or gullies, fur
rowing their face. Their appearance was
| very familiar to eves accustomed 70
Southwestern and Northern lnndscaDes.
Many of the trees, however, were palms
and cocoas, and I'll the Others were
strange to US. Several fishing boats,
precisely similar in build, rigging and
crew, to those plying in Charleston har-
bor, sailed out past us, one or two COM
ing quite close. Those aboard of them
must have snrmised that the Azor con-
tanned the inmates of !uuatic asylum
out for an airing, from the scram6ling,
rushing, shouting and vociferoas laugh
ing of the passengers, rs we'll as from the
variety of aprons, skirts, hats, rags and
haudkerchiefs waved at them. We
couldn't make out much of Tie town, as
it was covered by the trees, which seemed
planted :a g.es:: confusion ali through it.
At about half-past o'clock an ordi-
nary ships boat was seen pulling out
containing five men. As it approached
nearer, 1t was seen that all five were
black rs tar, and thnt four were dressed
in narrow cloth hung about the loins,
and nothing else. The other was attired
just about rs the ordinary colored long
shOremen or boatmen around Charleston
usually are. AS the boat came up on
the port side of the Azor, there was n
general break among the e.Ii;grants, ,..ho
fled in every direction, scrambling over
tho hatch houses and tumbling over each
other in their precipitate flight. The
children seemed especially frightened,
and fed below. The individual with
the clothes on scrambled up the side, q
rope being thrown hi,p, and proved to be
q small, wcazened and respectable-look-
ing old black man. His companions
stood up in thei. boat, slipped on loose
blouses and pantaloons, put on their hats,
ahd came aboard, excepting one philo-
sophical savage, who remained in his
boat and state of nudity with rs much
freedom from embarrassment az Adam
ever did, The Azor's passengers rallied
at the sight Of the clothes, and crowded
around the visitors, who held out their
hands and suffered them to lie shaken,
and looked around them with natural
i surprise. The f0uT strangers then went
| aft to the quarter deck, where the old
man announced himself to the captain
as pilot.
think if all the humbugs in the world
| could be collected and settled some,. here.
that George Curtis would be kif+,, by
natural right. AS he did on all occa~ ions,
he eagerly embraced tlfis opportunity OF
! making an ass of himself, approached
this old man with q book about the size
of q common ledger, and proceeded to
| ask him questions and record the answers.
| as If he were taking q deposition. Tho
| pilot spoke q sort of cross between a
Frenchman's English and negroes, and
| answered the inquiries of "Pills" Curtis
s0ubriquet) in q helpless sort of way,
while his companions stared in open.eyed
wonder. The captain finally got the
victim away, and he proceeded to atssnd
to plotting, while his three friends tone
OF, whom. was his sony wandered about,
i sS2ins Sc heS5t with questions and stared
| at thattwo of them finally took refuge in
| the rigging, where ono immediately took
off all fiis clothes again. The boat was
| meantilfie t0wed nstern, md its solitary
occupant proceeded to light chalk pipe
and smoke 60 the great delight of ali be-
holders. The steamer passed US and went
on in, and VIC dropped anchor about 100
yards from the landing. Very eoon the
lights 10 the town began to glimmer out,
and q beautiful effect they produced shin
| ing brightly up the dark aide of the hill
from the waters edge.
Soon affer dark the deputy harbormas-
ter came ont in neat little gig, pulled
by sHo black oaFsEnen in sRilor dress.
He himaelf was q tall, weil.made and
g9od-looking quadro6n, looking yery