Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-29
IF her water on board, an English man.

ndu Oee1l ODllgeu 10 snip Une 'Cdutle, as
he called the poor creatures in the hold,
ard run for it. leaving behind over a
/ hundred of the cattle in the barracoon.
"He slipped out of the lagoon at night,
and just before the day broke there fell
calm, with the internal brig, as he
called her. not more than four miles
away. He expected that she would at
tempt to capture him with her boats, but
with the sunrise light breeze came off
the land, and the brig being to leeward
he managed to crawl off, keeping away
to the northward as the breeze increased.
1.-THE brig stood after him with all the
canvas she could swing, and she sailed
so fast as to worry the captain of the
Clelise, who had never before met any
thing he couldn't run out of sight in four
or five hours. But when the sun went
down a fresh topgallant breeze was
blowing from the southeast, and the brig
was seen from the masthead just a speck
on the horizon.
"He stood on his course until mid
night then kept dead before the wind
two hours, and then hauled away on the
other tack to the south'a ard and west ard.
At daylight nothing was to be seen of
the brig, and he shaped his course for
the island.
1.-THE schooner had been drifting lit
tie since she first hove to, and my father
told the captain that he was in as good
place to anchor as he could find. The
captain then gave the order to clew up
the topsail, the anchor was let go, and
the craft swung with the tide very handy
to the watering place.
"'Send two men aloft, Mr.. Silva we
heard the captain say to the first mate,
and mind they keep good lookout to
! seward.
MY father having agreed to help with
our canoes to tow the water casks from
the beach, hoisting tackle was got out.
raft of six casks was dropped over the
side and, lowed by two of the slavers
boats, was soon making good Roadway
toward the mouth of the fresh water
creek.
1.-The party was in charge of the Sec
ond mate, and hearing him speak to one
of the crew in English, addressed him
in the same language, which seemed to
surprise him. He told me he was born
in America, in Maine, think he called
the place. He talked good deal, and
from him | learned much about the
schooner and her people.
HE said she was of 10 tons burden,
had been built only about year and a
half and had just got back from run to
Cuba, where she had landed nearly 400
slaves in good condition. They now had
300 slaves on board, and had intended to
take on hundred more, but the English
brig had scared them off.
Zone hundred and seventy of these
slaves were men, and the rest were wo-
men. with the exception of two boys,
five or six years old. One woman. he
told me, had young baby.
1.-The crew numbered forty-two, all
told The captain, he said, was French
man from Marseilles, named Glanvil
the smartest sailor and the most daring
fellow he had ever been shipmates with.
All these particulars turned out to be
important.
MY father told me he should like to
have the slaves detained as long as pos
sible, as it might happen that the Eng
lish brig or some other man-of-war
would come along. He had sent one of
our people part way up the mountain
above the town to keep a lookout, and
let him know if he saw sail.
1T was past 8 o'clock before the first
raft of filled water casks was alongside
the schooner. The water was pumped
from them into empty casks in the lower
hold.
1.-The poor black people between decks
kept up their cries, praying to be let out
None of us were allowed ON the schoon-
ers deck, but | could see from the canoe
that sentinel with a musket on his
shoulder, and cutlass stuck in his belt,
stood all the time by each of the hatch
ways ready to shoot down any slave who
should succeed in reaching the deck.
1.-THE heat was oppressive; the wind
had died away and the air was heavy. A
little after noon light breeze sprang up
from seward, and with it came heavy
swell that made it difficult to tow the
casks filled with water from the beach
to the SLAYER.
ut was perhaps 2 o'clock when, just
as we were about to push off from the
watering place, the man whom my ia
Their had sent up on the mountain side to
keep lookout came running along the
beach and spoke to him. My father, who
was with our people helping the slaver's
men to fill the casks from the creek, said
to me, in our language, He says there is
sail in sight
1--WE had got within about three ships
lengths of the SLAYER when we heard the
voice of the captain singing out to Mr..
Smith, the second mate, to let go the
casks and hurry on board. l looked
aloft and saw that the recall signal was
hoisted, and when turned my head over
my shoulder toward the shore / could
see the men getting into the boat and
} starting to pull off. Two hands ran
aloft on the Clelise forward, and soon
loosened the top-gallant sail and topsail
which had been furled when she dropped
anchor.
LAS the mate let go the casks he cast
off the line by which our two canoes
wara towing and tho opa 7 wac in nod