New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-05

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have been poured on their devoted heads WINE III
the act of climbing up the side AS they kept now
ever. at a respectful distance remedy was not
tried. The vessel, splendid brig of 400 TONS was
then pulled of her rocky bed and was seh' III
charge of her to Rio dc Janelro.
And now comes the strangest part Oh my
adventures on this occasion. On .the carry
morning after had parted company
with my commanding officer before Vno
dawn, | ran accidentally right into schoohci
loaded with slaves coming also from Africa pounu
to the same place as had been the brig my prlzc'
Without the slightest hesitation. before the shock
and surprise caused by the collision had given time
for reflection or resistance took possession OF TINS
vessal mt her crew into irons and hoisted English
colors There were 400 Africans on board ana on
what sight il was The schooner had been thirty
five DAYS at sea. They were short OF water ana
provisions, three distinct diseases, Namely shlai
pox opthalma and diarrhga in Its worst 1orin' ma
broken out while coming across among the poor
doomed wretches. On opening the no Id we saw
mss of arms legs and bodies all crushed together
Many of the bodies to whom these linos D9ioneddu
were dead or dying. In fact when we mad inilde
some sort of ceara nee among them we found III tat
fearful hold eleven dead bodies lying among the
living freight. Water water! was the cry. Many
of them as soon as free jumped into the sea- partly
from the delirious state they were IN, party
because they had been told that II taken ny r rhe
latter they were. fancy. accustomed 10, nut tno
former they had wholesome dread or. Can MIS-.
Beecher Stowe beat this 1t is, can assure my
readers, q very mild description OF what saw on
board tho first of slaves made the acqualnt
| ance of, and by which l was so deeply impressed
| that / have ever since been sceptlcal as Oh tne
benefits conferred upon the African race by our
| blockade; at all events of tho means employed 10
abolish slavery The stranse hat earen wers
| constantly being born. In fact, Just after GOV
obs oil IN xvhp ~,
| into the sea. baby and all, immediately ater"aru.
She saved with much diihculty the more 80 az
she seemed to particularly object to being rescued
| from what nearly proved to her a wateiy grave.
After this unusual stroke of good luck sending
prize crew on board my capture, and allowing
the savers crew to escape in the schooner ooa,
rs considered these lawleSs rdiuans an imPclichv
to my movements. proceeded on my voyage y; nn,
There handed my 1--we cargo over 10 Tue Ensusu
authorities who had a SPECIAL large ana Ioohy
empty vessel lying the barbor for the reception OF
the now free niggers. IL would he as well perhaps
to state what became of these freed blacks first
of all they were cleaned, clothed taiter fashlon
and fed: then they were sent to an English c0lOny,
such for example. Demerara, where they had 10
serve seven years apprentices something, must
free forever and all fear they generally use their
| freedom in a way that makes them a puDhc
nuisance wherever they ARE Now to
return to my experiences As proud as inc
Young spor when he has killed his first stag
| returned, keen mustard, to my snip, whieh
fomnJ still cruising near to where had left her
| Some secret information that had received Whlle
at Rio led me to ask my captain 10 again sehu me
away with a similar force as had under me before
with percussion caps this tme aud to allow me 10
| station myself fifty miles further down inc
| coast Ny request was granted aud away went.
This time instead of taking shelter under an island
| | eusconced my little force behind point OF land
which enabled me G mDGns so so that could
discover any vessel approaching the land while she
| WAS vet at a considerable distance Ihere
happened to be a large coffee plantation IN my I'M
| mediate neighborhood, and | remarked that the
inhabitants favored with the darkest OF scowls
whenever We met them in ns aae vsIs me og wss
looking for bringing recruits 20 the already
| numerous slaves employed on the sal1 pianlt,oi;;
Two or three Inornn after arrival discovered
n sail on the very far horizon VcSsei ey'uehtP
bound to the immediate neighborhood had CHOSEN
as my lookout place. The winds were balillng ana
light ms is usual in the morning IN Theses ATTITUDES
where however there is always sea breeze IN Tue
afternoons. So being IN no hurry sanntereu toohI
the shore with my doube-barrelled gun III my hand
| occasionally taking a look TO seward nhuuehN
! saw within hundred yards OF mo mar ieadlng
| two enormous dogs in leash. lie dogs were 9i .
bree1 welLknown among save-owners, as they
were trained to run down runaway saves pelleNc
| the land of their origin to be Cuba as they are
| eailed C,uha bloodhonnds. Suspecting nothing !
continued my lounge; turning my PACK on ,i9 ihah
| and his dogs A few minutes aiterward / was
| startled by a rushing sound behind me oh turning
ouickly round saw TO my horror the two huge doeS
1alloping straight at me- Quick as lightning stoou
the defensive and when thry WIN opgn niid
and bloodshot eyes were within fVe yards pn,ien
| the trigger. The gun missed IRE WIN Tue nISu
barrett The second barrel luckily went on scatter
ir,, the brains of the nearest dog the whole charge
| having entered his mouth and gone through the
| palate into his brain. This occurrence seemed 10
| check the advance OF the second brute VINO WINE
| hesitating for a moment before coming az ne
| received q ball in ms side from one OF my sailors.
| who fortunately had observed what was GONG Oh
| and had come to nv rescue. without waiting an
instant to see what had become oil the man VINO nau
| PLAYED me this murderons trick ! called my men
together launched the boats ami put ont 10 sen;
| Rg This time the sea breeze had set ill., and could
| see the vessel | had been watching though stu
considerable stance from the snore was tI, i,
| for the very spot where ! had been cohecaic11.
| Signal after signal made to her by her trends
| on shore in the shape OF lighted hrcs uiot Hluch
avail in the daytime and the hosting OF iags, etc;
bat she seemed utterly to disregard the actlOh OF
her friends Satisfied ina gine. that she had all
| hnt finished her VOYAGE seeing cruiser, and un-
| snspiclons of boats. on she came. we GOT almost
alongside of her Def the people on board seenr
| To see u.s. When she did, evidently taken ny sur
| nrise she nut her helm down and throwing all her
sails aback snapped some of bcr lighter spars, thus
throwing everything into confnson confusion
made worse by the fact that with tho view OF ln
mediate landing two three hundred OF the ringers
had been freed from their conhnrment anu wf Lio
crowded on the deck Taking adyantape Oh thIs
state of things we made our capture without shOt
being fired In fact everything was done as sailors
otythe helm replaced by one of my men, the crew
bundled down into the slave hold TO give thein
taste of if horrors, and the sails trimmed ior seawru
instead of toward the land. The captain. VINO
seemed a decent fellow, cried like chlld. lie sala
IF had seen you five minutes before yom Wouid
never have taken me- NOW am iuln,'. III III
soled him as well as could, and treated nm well
as really he seemed half n gentleman, II not entirety
| one found about 400 slaves, men, women ana
children, on board this vessel who. as they had
male very rapid and prosperous voyage, were ~ a
aome what better state than those on board the last
capture Still. goodness knows their state was
disgusting enough Opthalmla had got TERI nle
hold of the poor wrctches. In one OF the cases u
notient was stone blind Cnriously enough. |
caught this painful disease myself and for several
DAYS couldn't see a yard. . -: DO
Shortly after having dispatched our prize into
Rio in charge Of brothernidshipman, we s We're haG
| TONED bv another man-of-war cruiser when had
}een sent To assist us in our work AS the officer IN
command of this vessel was OF senior rank to my
| Commander he naturally took upOn himself 20