Smyrna times., 1890-01-01

a 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 a 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.
''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 ard and west'ard.
At daylight nothing was to be seen of
the brig, and he shaped his course for
the island.
"The schooner had been drifting a lit
tie since she first hove to, and my father
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
seaward.'
my father having agreed to help with
our canoes to tow the water casks from
the beach, hoisting tackle was got out, a
raft Of six casks was dropped over the
side and, towed by two of the slaver's
boats, was soon making good headway
toward the mouth of the fresh water
creek.
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 a good deal, and
from him learned much about the
schooner and her people.
He said she was of 40 tons burden,
had been built only about a 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 a 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 a young baby.
The crew numbered forty-two, all
told. The captain, he said, was a 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 tc
have the slaves detained as long as pos.
sible, as it might happen that the Eng
ish brig or some other man-of-wal
would come along. He had sent one Of
our people part way up the mountain
above the town to keep a lookout, anC
let him know if he saw a sail.
1T was past 9 o'clock before the frs
raft Of filed water casks was alongside
the schooner. The water was pumped
from them into empty casks in the lowe
hold.
The poor black people between deck
kept up their cries, praying to be let out
None of US were allowed on the schoon
er's deck, but could see from the cano
that a sentinel with a musket on hi
shoulder, and q cutlass stuck in his belt
stood all the time by each of the hatch
ways ready to shoot down any slave VIII,
should succeed in reaching the deck.
''The heat was oppressive; the win,
had died away and the air was heavy.
little after noon a light breeze sprang u
from seaward, and with it came a heav,
swell that made it difficult to tow tn
casks filled with water from the beacl
to the SLAYER.
''It was perhaps 2 o'clock when, jus
as we were about to push off from tn
watering place, the man whom my ia
ther had sent up on the mountain side t
! keep a lookout came running along tn
beach and spoke to him. Ny father, VIII
r was with our people helping the SLAYER
men to fill the casks from the creek, sal
/ to me, in our language, He says there
' a sail in sight
5 "We had got within about three ship
} lengths Of the SLAYER when we heard tn
! voice of the captain singing out to Nj
Smith, the second mate, to let 60 th
! casks and hurry on board. locke
] Il i
3 hoisted, and when 1 turned my head owe
my shoulder toward the shore I coul
/ see the men getting into the boat an
starting to pull off. Two hands ra
!. aloft on the Clelise forward, and SOC
Q loosened the top-gallant sail and topsai
which had been furled when she droppe
? anchor.
Gas the mate let go the casks he ca
= off the line by which our two cano,
were towing, and the one was in pa
!, died alongside the schooner.
|, "The vessels crew were workir
9 lively, can tell you. There was a gar
at the windlass and the anchor had q
{ ready broken ground; the topsail w
Q hoisted and ready to be sheeted hom
I The schooner swung with the wind, ar
I a man took the wheel just as we g
> abreast of the gangway.
|, 'The little Frenchman was walkir
I the poop furiously. looking toward Il
shore from which the boat was comm
d then out to sea. When he saw our cam
he took hold Of the main rigging vii
: one hand and leaning over the rail sal
d In a low voice, like hiss; How close
y can 60 to thereg pointing to the larg
ir high rocks that we call the sail rocks,
l. the northeast end of the island.
ie "'With a steady breeze you can run
Ie so you can throw a biscuit ashore, sa
# I. There is plenty of water there, b
a when the tide is running you want
a allow for it.
n ''Then he asked, very sharply, if I W
. pilot.
a ''No,' replied; but why so mu,
4 haste, captainY
= "He cursed me and yelled: You a
= why hurry-look yonderP
a Gas he spoke he pointed seawar
n Coming down before the wind, wi
royals and stuns'ls set, was a vess,
m She was not more than six miles ava
h and was no doubt the English man-C
a war brig. 1t was the sail my father h
A told me of as was leaving the beach.
''The second mates boat was hoiste
~ and when the flying jib was set the tC
sail and topgallant sail were sheet
n home, and the schooner began to mo
ct slowly through the water, but not so 4
- but that the other boat, which was n,