For the Agitator. LOOK. UP! 1 ____ J O, 800 l that wresUAh WitßThy lot, Give not thy youth to fell Despair I Look up to.Heay’n andmurmpr not Though tabor Jaca thee everywhere. Fbt Whit la'Ufe’when loosed from Toil 7 . An oWoeUew and dreary voldf There it no Goodiliktr Labor’* spoil, • 7 , So.drosslesaaod BO uoalloyed. ! Look Tip!—-the aHgOts bid thee 1»V : 1 Thipe eye*, and annward gasa.for aye ( Though cloud* oybapg, tbcrc’nnany a rift Through which beams doynvthe Belter Day, There is no M,atindb<} in'despair, No pride Of folded arms; If thou wouHst\v6ifliefight,prcpare ■ To meet unshrinking, life’* alarms. Look up! Oh| Soul; cahslthoti forget Thy Origin, thy doriona birth 1 Thy Sire, thy mission's bound hath set. And weighed thee in the scale of Wurth. Then sit no more With idle hands, And tearful eye and drooping crest; Arise; and burst thy twaddling bands! — Work lhou,abd leave with God the rest. It may be that the world will chide j The bad may sneer, the proud may scorn; The foes of Good may strive to bide With clouds of Care, the coming morn; And friends who cheered thee when the sun Rode proudly in a cloudless sky. Prove recreant when life’s wur is on— Foes, when thy trial hour is .nigh; Cat strengthened by a living fhitb In lliu, of whom thon art a part, Not faithless friends, Pride's worst, nor death Can make thee less than what thou art. Misfortune's darkest clond may threat, And Sorrow brinl With gall thy cup; But do thy duty,'.Soul, and let This motto cheer—" Loos of, look ur!” M. 11. Coaip THE SLAVE TRIBE, TOMAHGO; A TRUE STORY OF A FRENCH SLAVER. A good sailor was Captain Ledoux. He netian his naval career before the mast, and rose to be Quarter Master. At Trafalgar he had his hand shot awn}, and was discharged wiia good certificates. Inactivity not agree inr with him, he embarked as male aboard a privateer, and the prize money he gained enabled him to buy books, and study the theory of navigation, the practice of which he alrcadv knew perfectly. In lime he became captain of a privateer of three guns and a crew of sixty men, and the Jersey coasters slil remember his exploits. Peace afflicted him, for he had hoped to increase his little fortunes at the expense of the English. He was thus compelled to offer his services to various unpugnacious merchants; and being Known as a man of courage and experience easily obtained' a shir. When the slave trade was abolished; and those who perseve red in it were obliged not only to elude the vigilance of the French Custom House offi cers, the British cruisers, Captain Ledoux be came a precious man in the eyes of the deal er in ebonv. The Hope sailed from Nanlds on Friday, ns superstitious people afterwards remember e.. The inspector, who of course minutely examined the vessel, failed to delect six large diesis full of chains and handcuffs ; nor were they surprised at the liberal slock of water on board the Hope; which, according to her papers, was going to Senegal to trade in wood ami ivory. The voyage was not long, ’ns true, but then 100 much precaution could do no narm. if becalmed, what would become o' them without water! So the hope sailed or Friday, in good order, and well found in a' rcspecis. Ledoux would have preferred, perhaps, stronger masts, but while he com minded the ship he had no reason to com plain of them. His voyage to the coast of Africa was a quick one, and he cast anchor ir. me river Zoolc, (1 think,) at a lime when Inc English cruisers were not watching that nan of me coast. The country brokers soon come on board. No moment could have been more lavorabu. '1 omango, a famous warrior and man-steal c:. naa lust brought ’down to the shore a creat number o I sloves and was willing to sell mom ai a bargain, knowing that he pos sessed the power of obtaining a fresh supply as soon as that on hand was exhausted,— bantam Ledoux landed, and made his visit tc '1 omango. He found him in a straw hut, erocieu on the nonce, accompanied by some Kidnappers of inferior fame, slave drivers, ana two of his wives. Tomango received the wane cnptain in slate. He was dressed in an old blue uniform coat, adorned with the stripes of a sergeant and on each shoulder he wore iwo captains’ epauleties, both fastened to tne same button, and dangling one before ana one behind. As he wore no shirt, and nit coat was somewhat short fqr a man of nis stature, there appeared between its while facings and his calico drawers, a band of black skin, resembling a broad bell. A large cavairv sword swung by his side by a cord, and ne held id his hand a handsome double aorreled English gun. Thus adorned, the African warrior considered himself the ne Plus ultra of savage dandyish, as, in truth, lie Wfli Captain Ledoux examined him for some time m silence, whilst Tomango drew him self up like a granadier when noticed by a toreign general, and exulted in the impres sion he fancied to have made on the pale face, ' v no, after viewing him with the eye of a luage, turned to his mate, and said, “ There 13 a fellow 1 could sell for a thousand dollars 01 least, if landed safe and sound at Martin- iQU'- ’’ Thev sat down, and a sailor, who knew a i'ttie of the Congo language, acted as inter fretet After exhausting a few compliments 11 cawn boy brought a basket holding several notties of brandy;.they drank each other’s health ; and the captain, lo put Tomango in good humor, made him a present of a copper Powder flask, with a portrait of Napoleon in felief upon it. The gift being accepted with suitable gratitude, they left the hut, and sit ting down in the shade with the brandy bot tles before them, Tomango made a signal for the slaves to be produced. TheJOippeared | n a ] on g bodies ent wuh fatigue and fear, each having fixed to his neck a fork six feet long, whose pfongs were Joined by a wooden bar near the nape o- the neck. When they marched; one of 'he drivers look on his shoulder the handle o' the leading slave’s fork, who, in his turn, C-wried that of the man in the rear, who “gam bore the yoke of the third, and so on. they halted, the leader of this chain oi suffering stuck into the ground the point of 'ne rundie of his fork, and the column hal- - «l /ofli? .- «al (i iO MI6I Mi co aart U lirrtooo rtji'r. r v vj'rtiil Qftoijiftc*- &*} "'ii /Burn fll OJJl! ‘ I'M i >-jc husn* bat i • —‘~- - - ‘ -- • f . t ... ■ ■ <. -if! Q «l M. H. COBB, EDITORS ’* •■ rTft * I ’*‘ rt ! ***? ’ AG^€i‘o}i z 6^ is ntn ßfemrNnto r olrVfein3toV r r! J OJ-nr _. _ » - |l j J y l ' fg t *L~ _'__' 11' _ ‘_' il! ; ?•»•■ ■ > .3 » ■ VOL. l£Ll r 'T6iOLIM6SGH, TIOGA COUITO* PA., THURSDAY MGRMN& P .-, >,ll-. ;i .!! rp. I -"’ ■■ > =- ~.:■'--.i.ij -Jyl 'O' *1 '., , _\ ~ . ted. It may ihfit lipjrp ia slight chance jsaqa'pe op,'tl|e,.,wajf ! tfiose who to iheir tiecka staff six ' feet fqig. () AV each pegryLpifssed before him, Ih'^caplainshriiggeq bisslmnl« ders, found .too dwarfisii, women too young, tjdtiqplailjipg, at the same time, of of Ihe Afri can race. ‘Formerly,’ saijd jte, ‘the woh>eh were near ly six feel four men turn l)ie capstan of a fngatp, apd-raise, apph'pr.’’. Howevfcr, while ; he Jie selected the strongest.Qpff Jiandsqtnestrof jjhe, blacks. These he was w|npg ,to h’gy At 1 -the fngr.ket price, but oh thes rest, he cleimpdft huge abatement. - Tomango, on fits fjidpi rhain tained his rights,.piiiTedJiis goods, and spoke of Ihe scarcity pfjrijep apd the dangers ohhe tjade. He concluded by asking a higher price for oil the sotjes the captain wished to lake on hoard. As'spo'n os the' interpreter had translated’ in|p'|french the offer of To mango, Ledoux back with stir* prise and indignation; and then, muttering frightful oaths, ro^^tb .break off negotiations with such an unreasonable man. Tomango slopped him, and, with apparent difficulty, succeeded in pacifying him. A fresh cork was drawn, and the bargaining,commenced anew. It was now Ihe .black man’s turn to find the offer of the, while man] absurd.— They scouted and disputed for a long time, and drank oceans of brandy ; but the spirit produced a contrary effect on the two con tracting parlies. The more the Frenchman drank, the lower did he reduce his biddings ; the more the African swallowed, the more did he slacken his'..demands; so that' when the bottles were eqapiy, the bargain was again siruck much in favor of Ihe European. Some inferior calicoes,, powder, flint, three hogsheads of brandy, and fifty old muskets, were given in exchange for one hundred and sixty. The captain, to ratify Ihe treaty, gave his hand to the black, who was more than half drunk, and the negroes were imme diately delivered to the French sailors.— They ftuickjy removed Ihe wooden forks, and replaced them with iron collars and fetters, thereby proving the superiority of European civilization. There remained about thirty slaves, men, and sick women. The ship was full ; but Tomango not know ing what to do with this refuse, offered them to the captain at a bottle of brandy each. The offer was templing. He recollected having seen Ihe " S ( icilia,n Vespers” played at Nantes, when a'considerable number of stout, large men, entered the already cram med pit, and yet succeeded in sealing themselves by virtue of the compressibility of the human body. So he chose twenty of the best out of the thirty slaves. Then To mango asked but a glass of brandy for each of the remaining ten. Ledoux reflected that children only pay lor and occupy half a place in a public conveyance. He therefore took three, but declared he could not lake a single black more. Tomango seeing that seven remained on his hands, seized his gun, and pointing to a woman who was nearest to him—the mother of three children—cried. 11 Buy her, or I will kill her ! A sppall glass of brandy or 1 fire !’’ “ What the devil am I to do with her?” replied Ledoux. Tomango fired, and the wretched creature was released froun slavery. “ Now for ano ther,” whooped the intoxicated savage, point ing at a decrepit old man ; “ a glass of brandy, or—” one of his wives seized his arm, and the shot missed. She had Recog nized in the old man a magician, who had promised her she should be a queen. Tomango, rendered furious by the brandy he had drank, was no longer masler of him self; he struck his wife violently with the butt end of his gun, and then, turning to Le doux, said : “ I make you a present of that woman.” She was pretty, and Ledoux, look ing at her, smiling said, “ I can easily find room for her.” The interpreter was a humane man. Ho gave a snuff box to To* mango, and taking off their forks gave them their liberty. They immediately ran off, some on one side and some on another, much at a loss to find their way home, a hundred miles from the coast. In the meantime,, the captain took leave of Tomango, and busted himself with shipping his cargo. It was not prudent to remain long in the river, lest the cruisers should return, so he proposed sail ing on the morfow. Tomango lay down on the grass to sleep off the effects of the brandy. When he awoke the slaver wa? alrentty under weigh, and dropping down the- river. Tomango still half fuddled with the debauch of the previous night, asked for his wife Ayche ; he was told that she had Iherfiisfor tune to displease him, and that he nao-pre sealed her to the while captain, who fr*ad taken her on board. At this nows,lhe stu pified Tomango struck his forehead, then' seized his gun, and as the river made several windings before it reached' the sea, ran by the shortest col to ft"little cotre Shoot'half a league from the mouth. He had reckoned rightly, and coming abreast' of thd slaver, which had' been retarded by the sinuosities of the river, he jumped in the boat, and got on. board. Lfedoux, who wai surprised to see him, was still more so' when he claimed his wife. “A gift is a gift,” sajd the captain, turning on his heel. The ntjgfo persisted, offering to give back part of! the' goods he had received in exchange for the slaves; the captain latighed, and said that' Ayche was- a very good wife, and that ho did not intend separating from her. i , ■ ThenTotnango shed torrent's of tears, and uttered pierciftg cries; sometimes- he rolled upon (he deck ealling upon his darling Ayche, at others, he .atr.ookf his head against Jjhe planks as thodgh be would kill himself The captain, with perfect coolneSs, pointed lo the T /• T IA YT7. '}<*'> All: ■ ''' "I : Amo ■ I 'hMi x» ;: m *• •“■> | --uMu :s b. f aft v.». ■; bw*s>t. aa»i r<i & buwrttjflu 4,7 1 i shore, aud made sigasio'hlm (hat it waa time 45 b£ gbnej but'he'Remained’; he evenoflered ‘liHi bltllkiD eptrtiletfdfffhis sword, his-guri— ell/in Vain: M, OtiHiig (His discussion, (he mate ’bfjhPHopd skid'toXliOdoui.' 11 Three slaves have dted during (benight, why should not thiS'strhppmg f&'scal, bring us alone, more ijian,the three we_ have Iqsi?” The captain rjflepted.that )ie would’fetch,ht least, $lOOO, ihat 'iiiig yoyage.whiph promlsed jo .be very profitable,, wcnjjdprdbably be bis jastthat— his fortune jypufjp- b© i.niade — ; he giye .Up the qlaye. jittle.tq him whether he led (lie coast with,a £99.d Qr, .bad reputation j besides, the shore was.uninhabiled, ond the,African warrior el his mercy. ; Alj ;/ ho,had to do was.to deprive bim,of his armSt.for it would have been dan gerous to lay hands op him while they were in his r possession ■ Ledous asked for his gun to examine whether it'Were Worth the beauti ful Aychej in playing With the Inch, he Con trived Jo remove the priming, and meanwhile ‘(He malegof possession of the sword'; thus Toniango being completely disarmed, -in n mometil two stbiit sailors threw therrts'elves Upon him, got him on his back, and began bidding him. The resistance of the negro was heroic, as' sodn as he had recovered from his firht surprise; notwithstanding the disadvantages of. his situation, he-struggled dong,'and owing to great strength, contrived to get upon his (eel. - '•' With one blow he knocked down (he man Who held him by (he collar, and leavjing pari or his COM in the hands of the other, rushed like'ft madman opoh the male in' order to re cover his sword ; tho twin struck him with it on the .head, inflicting a large but shallow wound. Tomango fell a second (ime, and then they bound his hands and feet firmly. Whilst resisting, he uttered shouts of rage, and struggled like a wild boar caught in a trap; but on perceiving all resistance useless, he closed his eyes, remained motionless ; his deep and agitated breathing alone indicating life. “ Faith I” said Captain Dedoux, “ tho blacks w,hom he has sold will lough heartily on seeing him a slave in his turn ; this proves that a Providence exists.” Moral Captain Ledoux. The unfortunate man was, in the .mean* time, bleeding jo,.death.. The charitable, in terpreter wbo.hadon the .preceding evening saved the lives of the sis,slaves, went and bound up his wound,•addressing to him some words of consolation. The:negro remained motionless aira corpse, and sorpe nf the crew were obliged to carry him like a bailor goods to his appointed place between. decks. For two days he would neither eat nor drink,,and srarcp.ly oponpd oypft. His companions in captivity, formerly his prisoners, saw him arrive among them with looks of stupid astonishment,'and such was the dread he still inspired, that none'dare in sult the misery of him who had been (he cause of theirs. Favored by a strong breeze froip shore, the vessel rapidly left the Afri can shore behind. Already at his ease on the subject of the British cruisers, the Cap tain only thought of the enormous profit that awaited him in tfie West Indies. His “ cbo. ny,” as lie facetiously termed his cargo of slaves, waq free from damage. There was no contagious disorders on board. Twelve of the weakest negroes' had died of the heal, but that was a-trifle. In order (hat his hu man cargo should suffer as little possible, he took the precaution of bringing his slaves on deck every , day. In their turns a, third of the unfortunates had an hour a day allotted to them to lay in a stock of fresh air. A part of the crew guarded them, armed to the teeth ;, besides (hey were only freed from part of the chains. Sometimes a sailor of a musical turn, who played the violin, would treat them to an air with variations, and it was curious to see all those black faces, turned towards the musician, lose by degrees their expression of despair, and at last laugh heartily and clap their hands when the irons permitted them to do so. Exercise is neces sary for health, and it was one of the sanita ry practices of Captain Ledoux to make his slaves dance, for the same reason that horses are rpado to curvet during'a long voyage. “ Come, my children, dance and amuse your selves,” cried the philanthropist, in a voice of thunder, cracking on enormous whip, which made the poor Diggers jump about— spite of. themselves. Fora limeTomango’s wound kept him be low, At length lid appeared on deck, and tossing back his head with disdain when he saw his fellow slaves, gazed calmly and sad-, ly on the vast watery waste hrotmd him ; he then lay down, or rather threw himself on the deck without sdeking to arrange his irons to render them less galling; whilst Ledoux, seated on .tfip .trnffrqil, quietly smoked his pipe, and Aychej attired in an elegant bine cotton dress, carried a waiter of liquors ready to serve refreshments. It was evident that she fulfilled important functions in the cap-, tain’s service. A negro, who haled Tomango made a sign for, hind to look in that direction. Tomango turned his head and perceiving her, uttered a cry, roso impatipptly, ran towards the traffrail before the guard could prevent so grievous a breach.of discipline, and cried with a voice of thunder: “ Ayche I dostihou not believe in this country of the whiles there is Mumbo-Jumbo?” Ayche screamed with terror, |hb,sailors advanced with their slicks ready Jq strike him ; but Tomango, folding his arms with an Indifferent ajr, turned quiet ly, to his plact,'whilst Ayche, bursting into tears, scemed horrififed at jhese mysterious' words!. . .. The interpreter kpew who this terrible Afumb'o-Jumbo wits. It 1s the (jugbeartof the negroes, he Said. , Whpn a negro fearf. liif wile should'do to him what'women do/ift other counir^sTho'‘threatens her with .Mutij boJdmbbi I have' seen the Humbo-Jumbo 'ijh * f. T '■ i*.‘. a jKf»- i! > XiJßi I -•*’■<~ - U-Ja vB r;j hs"t«t iJTi m y ■ 5 ■VHistfix,' »■; '< ai V : ;5i o;. f r jliJMi; ; jnyaelr, and - underslandihe trick* hot the black* being more pimple.arQueasilr deceiv ed ; on a certain evening, whilst' the-women are amusing.themseivealdancing tite/olgar, as they say in their jargon, strange music is heard froma grove of mangoes near at bahd without any one appearing.’ • The music con sisls of reed pipes,wooden drums, balatrfos, guitars made with half a calabash. The wo men no sooner heard the noise than they be gin to tremble ahd endeavor to csea'pS,” but -the husband prevents them; the females know right well what is to befhl [Hern; ‘All al.once there coppes out oflfieTivood agreal white figure, as (alias our mizzen mast, with a head like a bushel, eyeS as big ad melons, and a muzzle Kkeold Nick’s, all oil fire;' • This figure moves slowly; ahd &ocs not ap proach more than a stone’s throw frttm the edge of the grove; the women' dry, “There is Mumbo-Jumbo,’’ and bawl like fish hags ; then the husbands say, “ Come, huzzies, tell us if you have been steady ; if you lie, there is Mumbo-Jumbo, he knows, and is'ready to eat you olive.” Some of the creatures are simple enough to confess, and then the hus bands thrash them soundly. “ And whnt is this figure of Mumbo-Jumbo?" asked the captain. “ Why, a fellow upon stilts, dress ed in a long white sheet, and wearing for a head a pumpkin hollowed out; and lighted with a candle. It is not very ingenious, but little wit is necessary to deceive the blacks. Adernll, Mumbo-Jumbo is a good invention, and I wished my wife believed it.” “As for mine,” said Ledoux, ‘j if she is not afraid of Mumbo-Jumbo, she has a wholesome dread of the cudgel ; she knows how I would, treat her if she played me any tricks. As to that fellow there, tell him to behave himself, and not to frighten the wench, or I will give him a scarifying he will not readily forget.” Say ing this, the captain went down to his cabin, and sent for Ayche, whom he endeavored to console ; but neither caresses nor there were limits to Ledoux’s patience— could bring the young negress to, reason; floods of tears streamed from her eyes, and the captain returned on deck'in bad humor, to abuse the officers of the watch. At night when the crew were asleep, the meo on duly heard a grave, solemn, and dis mal cltaunl, proceeding from the slaves’ berth and the shrieks of a woman. A moment af terj all was still. The next day Tomango appeared on deck, with his face much swollen and bruised, but his air was haughty and resolute as before. Scarcely had Ayche seen him, when she left the trhffrail, where she was seated beside the captain, and run ning rapidly towards Tomango. knelt before him, ahd said in fl tone of deep despair, -Par don me, Tomango, pardon mo I” Tomango looked at her steadily for a moment, then seeing the interpreter going away, mtillered, “A file, Ayche and turning his back upon her, stretched himself upon the deck. The captain reprimanded her severely, and for bade her, under pain of beating, to speak 19 her ex-husband ; but he was. far from sus pecting the meaning of their short conversa tion. Meanwhile, Tomango, shut up with other slaves, was constantly exhorting them to make a bold attempt to recover their liberty. Ho spoke to them of the small number of the whiles, and pointed out the increasing care lessness of the wntoh ; and, without explain ing how, he told them he was able to lead them back to their country, boasted of his knowledge of sorcery, which’ihe blacks were easily persuaded of, and threatened, them with the vengeance of his fetish if they re fused to aid bis enterprise. In his addresses he* only made use of the Pauses dialect, which was understood by the greatest part of the slaves, but unknown to (he interpreter. The reputation oflhe orator, the habit"nCqui- 1 red by the Negroes of fearing and obeying him, marvelously assisted his eloquence, and they urged him to fix a day for (heir delive rance before ho considered the scheme prac ticable. He replied vogucly to the conspira tors that the lime was not yet come, and that the devil himself, who appeared to him in dreams, had not given him permission.— However, he neglected no opportunity of try ing experiments on the vigilance' of the guards. On one occasion 'a sailor led his" gun resting against the bulwarks whilst he amused himself with gazing at a shoal 'of flying fish that were following in the wake of the'vessel. Tomango look up the piece and began handling it, imitating with grotesqh'c gestures the motions of the sailors made in their exercise. The musket was taken'from him after a short .time, but he had prove'd that he might touch n weapon without exci ting suspicion; but \vhen the limn came for making use of it, bold would be the man who dared to snatch it out of h|s hands. - ■ One doy Ayche threw him a biscuit, ma- King a sign he understood. The biscuit con tained a small file, nod on this tool depended the success or the plot. At the moment To mango forbore to show,the file to his compa-, nions, but when night came, he commenced muttering unintelligible words, accompanied by fantastic motions. By .degrees he raised his- words, uttering loud- cries,- Those who heard his varied tones might have supposed him engaged in an animated conversation with a being invisible to all eyes but his own, and the slaves trembled, not doubling that the devil was present among them, Tomango concluded the scene with an exulting shout. ••Comrades,” he cried;- “the spirit I hive raised, has granted my prayerj and I hold in my hand the instrument : of otir deliverance. All we want is a little touhlge and wo shall be free. Ho. passed the Gib lo hla neighbors, and the trick, palpable.as it was* found credit with theae behlgbied people, ' . After waiting long, ihe'grent day of ven geance and liberty came. The conspirators bound lo each otlicf by a dreadful oath, had a hi itac? ,*3ca2v(ttt* t*:s ni r * formeiTiheir plops''after' mature deliberation. The holiest, tfith Tomongb at' their head, when they went _pn deck, where to seize the arqns of the.guards v whilst others were to (j go down.into,the captain's ; cabin, and get pos session of the muskgla,, there. ! Those who had succeeded in. ridding themselva of their irons .were to begin the attack. But,notwith standing the steady labor of several nights, the greater part of the slaves were unable to (akcßopclive part in the enterprise; there fore three of the most vigorous negroes un dertook to kill the man who corricd (ho keys of the shackles, and set their companions free. On that day Captain Ledoux was in excellent humor, and contrary to custom, he had pardoned a cabin boy deserving the lash. He praised the evolutions of the officer on duty, told the crew he was pleased with (hem, and promised them a present on arriving at Marlinque. The sailors, delighted, already formed plans lor spending the gift, and were thinking abont the brandy and the women of color of Martinique, when Tomango and his comrades were brought on deck. They had been careful to file their irons in such a manner ns not to appear cut, yet so that the slightest effort would snap them asunder.— They made such a clanking with them, that to hear it, they might have been supposed to be doubly ironed. After taking the air for a time, they took each other by the hand and commenced dancing, whilst Tomango chanted the waj - song of his tribe. At last, as if exhausted by fatigue, Tomango lay down at the feet of a seaman, who was leaning care lessly against the gunnel, the other conspi rators doing the same, so that each sailor was surrounded by several blacks. All at once Tomango, who had gently removed his shack les, uttered a loud w|ioop—the concerted sig nal—and vigorously seizing the legs of the nearest seamen, I brew him down, and wrest ing away his musket, shot the officer of the watch. At the same moment each seminal was attacked, disarmed, and slain. On all sides the war cry was heard. The boatswain, who kept the keys of the iron? was bmong the first that fell. Then a crowd of! blacks rushed to the quarter deck. Thosb who could not find other arms, look handspikes, or the oars of iho boats. From this moment the contest was at an end, though some of the sailors, who had assembled, made what resistance unarmed and surprised men could, Ledoux was still alive hnd as brave ns ever. Perceiving that Tomango was the soul of the conspiracy, he hoped that if (lie could kill him, he would yet be able to master the oth er blacks. He therefore rushed upon him, sabre in liuiitj; Tomango met him hair way, holding a musket in his hands, by the slock, and using it like a club. The chiefs met on the gangway. Tomango struck the first blow, which the European avoided by quickly step ping aside, and the end of the barrel* struck the deck with sucii violence, that it brbke off at the lock, and the gun escaped from his hands. He was defenceless, and Ledoux, with a smile of fierce joy, raised his arm to cut him down, But Tomango, agile as the panther of his native woods, bounded into the arms of his foe, and grasped the hand which held the sabre. The one sought to retain, the other to get possession of it In the furious struggle both fell, the negro low. ermosl. Not discouraged, Tomango squeez ed his adversary with the strength of a bear and bit his throat so furiously, that the blood gushed forth as from the wound of a lion’s tooth. . The sword dropped from the captain’s un nerved hand. Tomango seized it, and rising, his'mouth stained with blood, pierced with redoubled blows the body of his expiring en emy. The victory was no longer doubtful. The few sailors who survived sought to ex cite the pity of sa'vagcs ; but all, including the humane interpreter, were pitilessly mas acred, The lieutenant died gloriously. He had retired all, near one of those small guns which turn on a swivel, and on board the Hnpp wore kept loaded with grape. With his left hand be pointed the piece, whilst with his right one he defended himself so valiantly that lie attracted towards him a swarm of blacks. Then pulling the trigger, he opened through the compact mass {a wide path, paved with tho dying and the dead ; a moment after, he was cut to pieces. When the corpse of the last while, hacked into fragments, had been thrown overboard, the blacks, satiated with vengence, raised their eyes to tho sails, which, filled with u fresh breeze, seemed still to obey their late tyrants, and to drive lbs conquerers, notwithstanding their trumpets, towards the land of slavery. We have accomplished nothing, (bought they, with 'sadness, for the great fetish of the whites will not carry us back to fatherland, now that we have shed the blood of its mas ters; and called upon Tomango with loud cries to lake command. He was in no hurry to appear. They found him in the fore cabin; in one hand he held the bloody sabre of the cnp'ain, the other was extended to Ayche, who kisrsedit as she kneeled before him. The oJtullalion'of his conquest could not dispel the gloomy uneasiness his countenance betrayed. Less ignorant than (be others, he was more alive to ithe difficulties of their pos ition.' >- At length he appeared on the quarter deck, affecting a calmness he was far from feeling. Urged by a hundred confused voices to direct the course of the ship, he slowly approached, the rudder, and as thpugll desirous of-delay ing. even-for a moment, the act which should decide, for others, the extent of his There wss not a black on hoard, however stupid; who had failed to observe the Influence of a certain wheel; and box placed before it, exercised on the motion 61 the brig; but this machinery had always remained a mystery {‘o *!>em.Toraango examined the compass . for, •ome T 4*ra(^-iaovfng r 4u»lipa,.at,.Jhough ;aading lha characiiw trtcad thereon., Then ,raisjiig hit hi* bead] be assumed aw A|(i |u ,d9;jpf like a .man making diffitjult ,ca Icplalions., .The b{apk« surroun ds ki' n ;*)llvgapipg mouths and staring eyes,- eagerly observing his slightest motions,. At length with a miamreof (ear and confidence csosod by ignorant* he moved the rudder wheel with violence* . Like a generous sjeed (paring .pnder the spur, of. an ri der, the,beautiful brig bounded on the waves at this suddenmotioij. One would have im agined she. sought, to sinjc tbe imprudent pilot/ The necessary, relation between the direction of the, sails.and of lhe rudder, thus violently interrupted, (he. vessel, reeled and. went. upon her beam ends, as if about to capsize. Her .long taper mast dipped, (owarda the water, until they became almost: horizontal, and sev eral negroes rolled overboard; then proudly righting the noble craft rose on the waves os if to straggle with . destruction. But her doom was sealed. The breeze increased to a gale, opd all at once the two masts went by the board with their fragments and a heavy -network of ropes. The terrified negroes tied befbw uttering dis ,mnl yells ; but as the wind had no more hold upon ihe vessel, she -remained floating heavy in the trough of the sea. Then the boldest returned on deck, and cleared the wreck.— Tomnngo remained motionless, his elbow res ting on the pinnacle, and hiding his face up on his folded arms. Ayche was by his side, but dared not speak. By degrees the blacks approached, and a murmur arose, which soon increased to a tempest of reproaches and abuse. “ Cheating impostor I” they voerfer aied “ thou art the cause of all this misfor tune j it is thou who didst persuade os to mu tiny .against them. Thou didst boast of thy knowledge, promising to lead as back to our country. We believed thee, fools. that ws were I and now we are about to perish be cause thou hast offended the fetish of the whites.” • iilT Ko.;w. Tomango haughtily raised his head, and the blacks around him drew back. He seized on two muskets, mode a sign lo his wife la follow him, and passing through the crowd, which made way for him, reached the fore* castle. There he made a brestw’orkof empty casks and planks, and silting down in hisen* trenchment, presented from it the threatening bayonet uf his gun. They did not attempt to molest him. Some wept, others raised fheif eyes to heaven, invoking fetishes. Some, an thejr knees before the compass, whose pcrpel* ual vibrations they admired, entreated it lo conduct them home. Others stretched on thd deck, gave themselves up lo gloomy despair. All at once a negroe came on deck, and with a radiant face, announce he had discovered where the whites kept their brandy; his joy ful counlcnnce showed he had already tried it. The news suspended for a moment the cries of those unfortunates, and they ran la the caboose to gorge themselves with liquor. An hour afterwards many were insensible, and the others, jumping and screaming on the deck, gave themselve up lo all the extravit* gnneies of the most brutal drunkenness,— Their mad dances, shouts and songs, blended with the sobs and groans of the wounded, formed a horrible saturnalia. Thus passed the rest of the day and night. The next morning brought renewed despair. During the night numbers had died, and the labouring vessel was surrounded with floating corpses, which, now borne on high by toppling seas, waved their black arms towards the lowering skies, anon, descending into the abyss, disap* penring for a moment. Some apprentices in sorcery, who had not dared to speak 6f their knowledge before Tomango, essayed different powerful spells, each followed by a fresh dis couragement. They then begad again atf Tomango, who still remained in his strong hold. After all he was wiser than they, ana might be able to save them from impending destruction. An old man, the bearer of terms of peace, appronced him and begged his assistance; but Tomango, inflexible as Coriolanus, was deaf to entreaty. During the night, in the midst of the tumult, he hud laid in a stock of biscuit and salt meat, and delet-* mined to live apart s from ievery one, Tha blacks still Imd braridy, and this for a limd enabled them lo forget the sons, their slavery, and approaching They sleep, and dream of Africa ; they see the cool green, wood forest, the straw huts, the banyan, cov* ering a whole village with its shade; they hear the voices of their wives, theif parents and children, and awaken to reality and des* pair, to recommence of the previous night. Thus passed several days ; shouting, tearing their hair, drinking and falling asleep. Some died of intoxication, some leaped into the sea or stabbed themselves. One morning Toman* go left his retreat, and advanced lo the slump of the mainmast. “ Slaves I” cried he, “ the great spirit has appeared and revealed the means of saving you from present dancer and leading you back lo your country.— Your ingratitude deserved that I should aban* don you, but I feel pity for these Weeping women and children. I pardon you. List* en I” . The blacks respectfully bent their heads,, and crowded around him. 11 The whiles,’* continued Tomango, “ alone knew hoW td guide these great wooden houses but Wtj Can manage these light boats, launch and jolly* boat of the brig. Let us fill them with pro* visions and embark ; the wind will blow us home.’* Never was there So Wild n project: and they believed him. Ignorant of the tise of the compass, and m the tnidst of a vast ocean, they could Only wander at random over the desert of waters. Ho imagined that by to w» ing on they would xoriie to sope place in-< habited by blacks ; for blacks, thought he, possessed the land, whilst the whites live' on board the ships. Everything was soon prepared for embark ing, but as the.boats could not cOntaib the ninety negroes.wbo survived, they were obli ged to leave behind the sick and wounded, who entreated to he pill out of misery before the others departed. The two boats were got afloat with infinite difficulty, and left the tes* ■set ip the njidstof a rolling sea, which threat ened every moment to swallow them up. — 1 The smaller boat started first. TomaOgo, with'Ayche, had taken his place In the launch, which being much heavier ladep, remained far behind. They still heard the plaintive cries of the wretches left on board, wl}eji, n huge wave struck her amidships. She filled and sunk and those m the jolly-boat, seeing
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