Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-07-25

| the Az0r, mao 1851 my neau gear, anu "en
to buy a hat. None of the shops are deepe
than four or FIVE feet, being more booths thai
stores, and the stock can be easily reached b.
the proprietor without his having to NOV
around much. The old heathen to whom,
was taken reached down an old white articl
lined with cork, and shaped like the Goa
scuttle in railroad car after collision. H
wanted to sell it for thirty.six shillings. At
ter little cyphering this came to SO. Thel
/ looked at the hat.
"Colored person." I asked, suppose
walked down King street in this fearfully snt
wonderfully constructed tile, how many hun
dred boys would sing out to me, Shoot th'
hat, between Line street and the Battery%
He said he would take "a shillings, ant
followed us out, falling rapidly in price tt
%. This was characteristic OF Sierra Lie
one shopkeepers. They always charge abou
twice what they will take. I finally got I
hat capable of e1ecting the most startling
changes in ones appearance. It is broad
brimmed felt, and, when turned down, make
its wearer look like sullen Quaker. Turned
up, it changes him Immediately to combi
nation of Bloody-Nose Bill the Avenger, {
stage. pirate, and Sir Walter Scott's Alsstian
Now you have the town and the people.
NO LIONS IN FREETowN. ar
There are no lions to look at il Freetown
A regiment of soldiers is qusrtered there
They are black, and dress in zouave uniform
There is market which looks like section
of Charleston Market sawed of. There is
town hall which is an ordinary village court
house. There are barracks for the soldiers
and that's all. The police are all colored, al
dressed in blue, red and pewter, all have
clubs, and are very frequently barefooted.
I did not see flower in the town. Th'
trees are mostly cocoanut, the others being
non-fruit bearing. Some of them were very
handsome, but nobody could tell me wha
they were called.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Sierra Leone produces principally ginger
hides, palm oil and peanuts. She raises s
few "nubbins" of corn for table consumption
rice, fruits, yams and plantains Cocoanut
you all know, yams you all know, banana
you know; alligator pears are about the sz'
of large cucumber, soft inside, eaten with
salt and pepper, and having large stone
For steady diet would prefer mule mea
to them. Mangoes are delightful, having ar
aromatic, spicy taste impossible to describe
The oranges are good. Pineapples sell al
Freetown at penny (two cents) each, cocoa
nuts about the same price, the pears ditto
mangoes at half penny, oranges at almost
anything. Palm wine is also sold here, bu
it tastes like hot water and bad molasses.
80. A SOUVENIR OF RICHMOND.
We procured fruits, onions, "greens," spin
ach, eggs, fresh meat and water at reasonable
prices. The latter tasted more like the
"Jeems River" fluid, 80 dear to the hearts o.
Richmond (Va.) people, than anything | have
seen in a long time. The fresh meat comes
from small, but sleek looking and generally
fawn colored cattle, which are raised in the
country. It is excellent. I forgot, by the
way, to mention that our old friends, the
goats and hogs, perambulate the streets quite
freely, and we're quite as independent and
greedy as in American towns.
PENNILEss PASSENGERS.
The captain of the Ethiopia was seen by
Capt. Holmes on the occasion of this first visit
and an arrangement was made with him tc
tow the Azor out the next morning. When
we got back aboard, the announcement wat
made known, and it gave general satisfaction
as the steamer could tow US in thirty hours
over the distance it might have cost days Of
time and many lives for US to have sailed
Capt. Holmes wished to make the expense AZ
light as possible for the Liberian Exodus AS
socistion and he proceeded to attempt the
raising of half the amount from the passen
gers. l was elected treasurer. The Exodists
raised $62 in cash among them. For the first
time I got some idea of the extent to which
these people have been drained to push the
scheme. Several of the steerage passengert
started from Charleston with actually not one
cent. Others had sums varying from 81 tc
$40. Que told me- II gave the last So note
1 had, when they told me the ship couldn't
start without more money" Another, who
came away without dollar in his pocket
holds claims for 81 200 against the Associa
ton. l don't think more than five of those
aboard have over $50 in clear cash. The
managers knew this too!
A DRAFT ON THE L. E. A.
These revelations induced Capt. Holmes te
refrain from further drawing upon the pit
tances remaining, and he decided to draw on
the Association for the full amount of $3.50
and restore what money had been paid in
Early in the morning on the 30th, one of the
sailors took it in his head to be stubborn, anC
a half hours delay and hard work was re-
quired to put him in irons. Then we rushec
ashore, where I finished and mailed my las
letter. Our bitter disappointment have
already told you Of.
AVIAN HOPE.
As the steamer disappeared, everybody
looked almost ready to cry for vexation ane
disappointment. My modification and sorrow
were doubled, for hope of "Pills" Curti
being left ashore had arisen, when we, hurry
ing to the ship, caught sight of him on ellis
tant corner, making an ass Of himself in tht
presence of number of the natives, anc
swelling around like ridiculous old peacock
without any feathers. This hope was how
ever, vain, as he came aboard about an hour
after the time fixed for our departure. There
was some consolation when We went ashore
for there we were informed that the Senega
and Bonnie (steamers) were due on Saturday
the former homeward and the latter outward
bound, and that we would certainly get tow
ing from one of the two.
KINDNESS OF GOVERNOR ROWE.
With this we were necessarily satisfied
especially as the Governor Governor Rowe,
had intimated very plainly that, if we attempt
ed sailing he would institute rigorous inves
tigation into the number ofpasseDgers aboard
the Azor, and enforce the English laws or
the subject. This gentleman was exceeding
ly kind to US during our stay, lending hi
own boats and breakers to facilitate our wa
teripg, and furnishing US large quantities O.
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