Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-01
A SEA BLACKBIRD.
THE FATE OF A SLAVE SHIP IN
THE GULF OF GUINEA.
Drifting for Days Within Easy Reach OF
Cargo OF Negroes and Obliged to Sup
ply Them with Water-Saved by q
Hurricane.

.carco ~ Nerro.s NM, oh,,oet, tn s,r-
p''
Hurricane.
Iconvrioht 1892 bv Charles n Iewis1
IT, w.s In tho fft;es be+ore steamers had
snf ,hs Mo sh;ns n1,,;ne, he. zen EnoIand
and Iii. 10 ~ - ,,;5sb;Dr,ar, ~, SH.-si
III. 49,. 49, 80 E. -, ~
s,en p''I ,.e $500 'Ao :SaL: ~
-, IL,
onI an opPien'ioo 10y IL 'ne o.
,ha1 'ne io,He, were petty oincers anu
.earneu nay AEON anu sealif, , iroli
no qu"roef uN, me INC i"..eI W .
~ ee,ie nSnus anu uelpeu " p. .,N cle
oS.u"i Wiz l sup o.,iu t.ue LIZ LIZ,
snipnien, e'nu GU. i.speo.se nsn n. 1u
~ p"' '' SUN W p-'>o "
that .;,,,o +ho ,,,nn,,.x ~ s,o,,a .o,
-. go 81 ooas+ - 80. go oone,a,
scIaIv 70 H. rahS and tbs Cnh.ns ,,ith
go .nd thar co.., Co. owe So,,th
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I'o pnss.s e. CIV "a sn,s 49,
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h"u VI o " ~ ~
nsa aI otners weie On tInu o.neLs
pin 10" - N, o>on"nsIu nv noo g e.
lnen.s. No. "se aiSo pa,y Va
5.s -, -. , 80 .hs
60 r., &C., - ~, hoaH5 .btr.r 49,
N"pe ~ -. 80 -.
o' CO % ~
20 . -. 49, "a :.
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80
- - ho,r -. $1,000 ~ Cnr -
G.s.. Oh" ~ -, snoa -
ouiS .S; =. 81 - - :,
N - -. - - - -, 49,
-, -. 49,. uorh. ~, ~.
ga, a.. 80 -. ~ 80
ha.,,nc, IN q .,assy coo Onr officers ha1
-. g., s.rsn.ro sh.rn 1ooL;hc 49,
and A. was the unanimous oDinion that she
80 s,,sn;c;onS chorac.ar Sbs uas a
to~,s.;I scbn,ner nointad a oravisb white
"a baytno 81 .yraat snraad IF canvas and
~, NJ GraSson the chief officer came
do,rn fror, .iof, after "a long insnection
thro,,gh The Glass he said 10 Canrain
Hohson.
..T,va saan txantv of tho Cnhan sblack
h,rds, in NV time and II she's not loaded
With slaves then Pm n blind man"
The csntain agreed that she was a SLAYER
England. as You perhaps know, did
more tn suppress the slave trade than all
other nations combined. She had five
cruisers to one off the African coast, and
90 any o,ha- nation Rut for her efforts
80 i;ttI. xron1d have baen accommodated
az %, ssoon "a the strange craft WAS
Dronoupcesl a SLAYER there was great in
dignation ap,ono opr nassene,e.vn "A major
i,y or the mon bsinp snxious tn 90 off in
~. small heats and canture ber This
nro,sct did MOI, me-, With the views Of on,
rant.in at ALI While he would like to
have seen her prize to a cruiser. he had
No Notion of Interfering with her move
ments heard hin, saw to a Major
Shaw. who was anxious to lead an expedi-
t,on that the schooner WAS don btless armed
With cannon and carried large crew. and
thet any interference with her would be a
e.r;o,,5 -,,,,ar
NoI,Iv dreamed Of the calm which was
.o rollo- ,l,bongh opr Dosition was close
- 81 aona,or Il, was summer time in
tbosa latitudes INIT not onnressiysly hot.
NJ, tha slgb,sst rnovement Of Air was
fslt ,or tho rec, ~ the dav and "a nasse,1
~. A. 90 ,asssd ,ha nigbt SeYt morn
&C., =. rs S,aD that the two Crafts vy.,r.
$780, to,s,her hv half a mile or mora
~ .-r,,a-s Gho calI th;s p,ovemapt
.SI.,o, ,.aes.,s -,,.ona,isr nj. sim-
n, ,hajr d-if. The Larger one drifts the
49,, 81 b.d vra been IN tho north of
' - - s,s.a ,.o,,Id ~. -,
s-o>'S - ~, IL a. ho,h q, n.ya,s
s..sI =. ~ ,,ar.b ~ o, o.a.n crrrent
.,fos- NJ So wanted 70
Vii off 70 tha ,,nknovn ON some sort of
.d a.d +h,s s.+,la nor identity lint
80, Eohsor Us I'm IN his rernsaJ
1871 - ha s,,rvsved Tho horizon and con-
100 - 1 10. an1 satisfls5 bin.e1f thas
=, oor,in,,a he o--a,y rnaasv
80. . - -. Pa IN -, ~ j.
al 10Y W - - $500,
e.a'sy ssouno e. =. ~
oi penG - -, r,iIas - III.
IT,, -,Ias-ls b-o,,o,ht he, 90 nea-
80 80 d..a;9 coI,Id ha noted Ever.
.ne' go go --as - 80 ,,-as b,;i,
tniug acooS me- 'noeI &c