The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01

inc from about to II years of age. The
Oldest of them were girls. All were stark
naked, and apparently more then hall
dead. It is useless to try to tell you how
rfuch their sufferings had affected them.
Some Of them never looked up when the
talking was going on, while others moaned
aloud. One of tho white men asked for
supplies. he said he wasn't begging; he
was ready to pay. He hoped we would let
him have water. At that word many OF
the children raised themselves up with
eager looks for he talked in Portuguese and
they We're accustomed to it enough to
know what was said. They began to talk
all at once, but the man picked up a big
blacksnake whip and then they cowed
down instantly. But there were three or
four of the children who were unable to
raise themselves up or to realize that they
were near to help. One was boy who
had been horribly beaten with the whip
and was dying.
CROSSING THE OCEAN.
Our captain was for taking the entire
lot on board and delivering them to the
first British cruiser we should meet. The
owner would not hear of it. He was will
ing to take the gold. Then both began to
question the Dagoes.
sHow long have you been in that boat?"
said the captain.
"Twenty-eight days
"'Where did you take to her?"
s'At Inhambane.'
"What? Do you mean to say you
started out to cross the western ocean IN
that boat with all those children?'
"Such was the fact They had rowed
away from tine coast almost under the Jlb-
boom of British cruiser, with fifty
slaves on board, the oldest Of whom was a
girl not above Is. Ten of the children
had died from exposure and i'll treatment.
The boat was just twenty-four feet long
over all, seven feet wide, and three feet
nine inches Deep Their supply of water
had run so low that for several days only
about four tablespoonfuls had been given
to the children three times day. have
read that in their native jungles these
children drank gallon or more of water
a day. You can imagine their sufferlngs
under that boiling sun with only half
teacupful in twenty-flour hours. The up
shot Of it all was that we gave them all
they wanted, saw that every child had all
it could drink safely for once at least, and
then headed off on our course. The sight
oil those children almost made mutlny
when it was learned that they were to be
left in the boat, but then it was some
thing akin to crime against the flag IN
those days to express abolition senti-
ments, and the anger of the men soon
passed away"
"Was the boat ever heard Of again?'
"Yes, she landed at Bahia about two
weeks later, having lost five more Of the
children. Those three Dagoes were
counted heroes there, SO Mr.. Edward Por-
ter, the British consel at Bahia, told our
captain when we stopped there for re-
turn cargo OF coffee. They had crossed
the Atlantic in the smallest boat that had
ever tried the passage, and had landed as
large u proportion Of their cargo as the
biggest vessels usually did The children
were sold at q net profit of about $lco each,
the market being rather brisk when they
arrived 10 appreciate the strides Of civ
il:zation during recent ye..fs one has Only
- consider that sucA thiHss happened
chg tweuty-eiSht years ago. New York