The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-05-25
SCENES ON 4 SLAVE SHIP.

The last SLAYER captured BY the
United States Government was the
American brig Cora, which fell :
prize to the L. :. :. Constellation.
This was IN 1850, and = young lad,
only Il years Old at the time, Wilbur
Hall, was put in charge with 4 prize
crew. As soon IS Lieutenant Hall
landed the Cora IN New York, after 3
uOueatUs and dangerous voyage in
which an abortivs mutiny played
part, he resigned from the service and
east his lot with the Confederaey. He
has written for the May number Of
the Century ! striking account Of the
chase and capture Of the SLAYER, as ex-
citing Is s chapter from Clark Rus
sell.
When I had divided my small crew
into watfhes and had Pot = man at
the helm I had 3 moments time to
LOOK into the cabin which was 10 be
my home, writes Lieutenant Hall
There were two cabins adjoining each
other, with four stAterooms in the fOI-
ward one aud two IN the after. Here.
IN each Of these rooms, I found one or
two negro maidens, while several
lowered IN the corners and CrOUed6d
upon the sofa and on the floor. Like
the rest OF the slaves, they were a.
nude a. when born They looked ter
ribIy frightened and evidently con-
sjiered ne 3 sort Of HIOrd high execu-
toner When daylight appeared
they were taken TO the quarters Of
the other uegrEsses.
The next morning found Is rolling
IN 4 dead calm. and IS the daV grew
On the intense heat and glare made
the sIAve-zhip den Of ind=scribaolz
horror. The slaves. Of course, were
brought on deck or they would have
suff0CacEt and tied-a course whi b
vas followed every day from early
light I'LL sunset, a. long a. had them
with ne. They filed the waist and
gaugways IN q fearful Jam, for there
were over seven hundred men, women.
boys and young girls. Not even 4
waist-cl0lh can be permitted among
slaves on board ship. since clothing
even 80 light would breed disease To
warl OF DEATH ever aE work on q
slave-sLIp, I ordered that at daybreak
the negroes should be taken In squads
Of twenty or more and given a salt
water bath BY the hOse-pIpe Of the
pumps. This brought renewed life
after their fearful nights OF the slave
deck After their first bath under my
charge Mr. Fairfax came aboard
bringing carpenters, boatsEain's
mates and saiImaksrs, for the ships
rigging, sails and spars had been
badly injured alOfE by our fire. That
bruiling day, and the next, these
gangs were az work repairing dam
ages. while the CousteI latiOl remain
Ell rolling near aG hand
In the meantime, I had been bG=ily
engaged in having an open lattice
buIkhead pQr OF the sIaEe-decz- close
enough 70 prevent passing and yet
zufTieIently Opeu 70 give what venLiIa-
ton could be obtained The object
was % make a complete separation Of
the sexes, which were about equal IN
uumbers- Windsails were provided
for ventilation, but with all this, no
one who has never seen a slave-det.E
can form an idea Of liz horrors In
arfue a deck about 10 feet long and
) feet high Imagine this to be the
uIaee OF abode and sleep, during long
hot. breathlesE nights, Of ID numaE
beingsI At sundown, when they were
carried below, trained slaves received
the poor wrEtehes one by one and,
laying each creature On his side IN
the wings, packed the next against
him, and the next, and the next,
and 30 OF till, Ike 20 many