Connecticut western news., 1879-04-02

| WltnOuG 1eeun8 my D1OOQ run colO III my veins.
 We hastily put to sea with our living freight, for the captain had learned that British cruiser had been seen on the coast a few days before our ar- rival.
 All went we'll with us till the third day out, when, just as we were knocked nearly on our beam ends by sudden squall, the man at the masthead called out
 "Sail Ol"
 "Whereaway?" ?" cried Captain Horn castle.
 "On the weather beam, coming down upon us with all sail set, stud9ing sails out on both sides.' With terrible oath the captain countermanded his orders to take in sail.
 "Up helm |! Square the yards at once Out studding- sails MT. Breme, put on everything that she can drag We must walk away from that fellow or we'll walk into Newgate. That's cer- | tain.
 Perhaps" said Breme, after all sail was set, and the brig blowing through the waves, was throwing the spray over her fore-yard, perhaps, after all, sir, it's only some poor devil of trader that's out of provisions"
 "Aha p cried the captain, then we'll give him chance to catch wild goose for his breakfast" The wild goose was not so hard to catch as our captain imagined. In 8 few hours the hull Of our pursuer was dis tinctly seen from our tops and, after surveying her while through his glass, Captain Horncastle came down from aloft and said to his chief mate:
 "It's the old Buzzard, if I'm a live man, thirty eight years of ager'
 "You'n do well to mention your age, sir, if it's the Buzzard, as it's not likely to undergo much of change" returned the mate.
 "That's true," said the captain eff it is the Buzzard, our ages will be rather on the stationary order. We must pre- vent that-but how ?"
 "We must not be caught with these niggers on board," answered the mate.
 "Captain Horncastle looked hard at the mate, and turned ss pale as death.
 "Was the like ever done ?' demanded he.
 1t can be no worse for us, said the mate "might as we'll be hanged for an old sheep as for lamb"
 The captain shook his head, but looked meaningly at Breme.
 The latter sprang forward among the men, shouting
 "Get up the burden-t tackle on the n-stay-up with the water-butt's s, and start the water into the skuppers! Show leg for your lives, men! We're not ready to swing yet!''
 The hogsheads containing water were nearly all hoisted up and emptied. The negroes were brought on deck and looked gratefully at the captain and mate, for being thus introduced to the fresh air and room to move their limbs.
 The cooper was ordered to take out the head of cask, and to stand it on end. This being done, the hands were ordered to seize three negroes and crowd them into the cask, while the cooper hastened to put in the head and drive down the hoops to make all tight.
 The three negroes in the cask soon began to cry out. The strange, smoth- cred sound was understood by the other negroes, who set up yell so loud that our captain looked to windward, as if fearful that their agonized cry might be heard on board the Buzzard, which was rushing down upon us, with her canvas wings spread on both sides, like an averaging angel.
 , All was now hurry and confusion; the men chasing the negroes, who ran to every part of the ship, sbrieking aloud, or, falling on their knees, beat theil breasts and begged for mercy. But, cask after cask was thrown into the sea, each one containing two or three negroes until one very tall negro go1 hold of the cooks axe and, with that kept his assailants at bay for @ few min ) utes. But the captain soon ordered the steward to bring up his pistols and l taking a deadly aim, he put bal F through the naked warriors heart. ) After that, the rest of thenegroes sub
 mitted in sullen despair. Two of tht } women had little children, two or thre, 7 years of age. The two women were pu . into one cask together, but their ittl, : ones cried to go with their mothers, anG l the latter, who till then had not wept l dashed few tears from their eyes witt q their hands, and reached out their arm k for their weeping babes. The latte stopped crying as soon as they wer : placed in their mothers arms, and eve1
 turned toward the crew with smile. i All this time Breme looked on an, :- grinned complaeently, but the captain n turning suddenly away, stamped on tn a deck, and murmured:
 eff I am not damned for this, Go 1t has forgotten to be just p
 The emptying of the casks, putin J. in the negroes, and throwing thes n tombs of living beings into the sea, too o up very little time, for everybody worke Ii with will.
 e The vessel being cleared of the nt 1T groes, and all vestiges of their presenc e being removed, Capt. Horncastle hoy L. IT.