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B. F. SLOAN, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR
ME
WIL" L INK. . I3II, COCXIIIII.LOIIt 1.4 W
rrmorr4l to eqrampr mow of Rommusweit • Block,
r.,rw..r State Stmet and the Pub/se .. ;,4 ware, Pato, PIL.
WM. H. I.UCK. -___
lioaly's"• 1 10as.•
lock toolth .W« of Publie Syaar.. forturrly oaeop
tr , lt kCo All work warrantor!
W M. A. IW.BIRAJTH.
ATTONXICY •T LAW tifttOe.,ia dtb strret,
Is• t Mr Court Fro., Y.
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mine t'. 111, k . t.orth dde of the Park, Kra.. YR
J.. C. BURGESS Si CO.,
GROCERIES,
FL R;
PORK, six.,
AT WHOLESALE. *
N ,, 7 Bonne-11 Blewk State. Stu•et
.p,t 18191 1
E. P. NIEOLETON & BRO.,
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COGNAC & ROCHELLE BRANDIES,
X3CC:01.41,11. - AT3)
Scotch and Irish Whiskies,
I n i , RT. .4IiERRN", MADERIA AND
cIiA•MPA4INE WINES
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Choice Old Monongahela,
WHEAT,
-LYI
1' 111' to 1311-t).,
hat..t the 1 ardv.l Beet 4riertor.l
Fine Old Whiskey
•Irnie , p li• the I toted Siate• ail of rbal s• high
f' 1111/I , I.VTON k ,
I. 5 Notts, Vrout , MIN
J. N. KLINE & CO.
....esitors r,, ALIA,: t'ARIltll,l
INIHIRTERS OF
Wines, Brandies, Gins, &c
N o 11t; Walnut Burr!, and No 11 Oranite NI
Phi laciolpliiix.
411Nt 1 ,1 11 M 1,141'131411 t w 11'1,4
11411 h 1, 1.i.Y.1 1.3.4
J. C. BURGV3B A. CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
6. E, t tox-
FAIRBANK'S SCALES !
Vo 7
Wry, t K , 1,::11
L. A. MORRISON,
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Flour, Pork, - Beef, Salt, Grain,
i•LoI'ER, TIMOTHY &FED, .
No. 1, Commercial Buildings,
:40irrs i1I)I THI. YANK,
&later• _Stair aid PracA 'ls ERIE, P A
VeLls 1)31
DE FOREST, ARMSTRONG, & CO.
D t) (IDS MERCHANTS,
so& 8:1 Chambers it., N. Y.
rt'LIJ notify the Trimie that they are
V opoq.ing lrwbtt, in nee and beautiful patterns, for
WAXSUTTA - PRINTS !
ALM. TUX
AMOSI EA 1
A 79 w Print, whirViCzeirli an ery Pripet; tit;leVrarlto;
v.rf..et4o of “eru lion an.l de•anrn in hall bladder Colon
•gat Yrkrot• ire I wiper than noy 11:1 mu krt, R 0 .4 111,4 itlg
ter..ovr sale
Lam' 111 , 1..11. prompUi attended to te4.4 10:4.
FLEXING BRO'S.,
, A UCCE.k TO
orAilt(iE W. smirrii.)
Brewers, Malst,ers and Hop Dealers .
H . \ IN( ; rireha,c.4l the entu.•
Gcoß , :p. tC MITI!, in the o , tl and ..11 In. •II
Point Brewery , Pittsburg,
pr.-:.‘red to furnish to th.• 1..
rt. ill thr nld n it% an art. 1 6. X. X. Krhhrtt.
soil Nitta, ales that cauttnt he v.:evi1...1 1.• •to, tortatlirth
tarn! ID 1111. I, la 11A
ho , 4C• a•.i $• MIN •••
11011, w•klaiv DN./lard A ~L , ‘k
%kit. (4roc.r.. a Fro, t.ur ti.. • Olnit,
lA.IB - I) 3;
B io to K s
Magazine'', Paper, Statibnery,
WALL. PAPER, &c., 1
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PARK ROW BOOK STORE
D. P. P.NI+III;N, Preprietrr
teb :6, 059
GROCERIE'S! GROCERIES !
Tm: ,ulotwerawrs h*vt now on haul th,
largoint awl lonia •aried tSt va of
«ret in 1.614 city, Lich we offer to MPH,
WHOLESALE OE RETAIL,
Ina ••for ("AIM nr short Crean" es eny Mum to thi,
at) I.' re op a call *O4 ell/DIM,
RiNt , EWhireHT IC BEf KNA‘:*4
rOorSP nt No 2 Wngti a Block, hit ,
Give Ear y e Dea
f --
ALA D\ who has been I rig I:drter's
%erre INII• as ► Renard. In r Nee one Debility, Wake
?abet,. etc .aaya that those Pills we not only proved of
greet advantage to her. in the 'corder, for whkh ate
took them, but they lame el On:nod entirely cored her
..1 Hardee.. ..f Hearin, w • Fitch rho ha.l been long
eiliirted 'ono 2 C. 4 RTF.R d Bitii
EARS, Pruning Knives,
Mg Killeen. at J C ARLDEN'S.
FRESH TOM A'D lE.S H EWA ET ICALLY
!sealed, retuning the original flavor, in Mall rum for leanly nee, on mle at
F:nvi, June 11, MA RANKIN'S
ONE DOLLAR. $l,OO.
A(;o)I) WARRAN'TEI) AXE ean be
hou K ht ter $1 st r ft EIJIMN'S.
SCA L ! SCALE. ! !
I am prepared to furnish Smiles awry kind or
Ikt wocb lei {moms than Peel Whim sold ID thu city
Aaß.4a. J. C. t4KI.IIICN
SPICES of all KINDS,
st No 2, Wngltit's Block
April 2, lIIML 1112CEN AN, KNNlllciliCo
PARIS FANS, C 4 )11iRS & HAIRPINS,
r t ir Latest Sty lea -.Jurt opened at the
West Part Jewelry2 4 ton T U. *PATIN.
Fah 2a, Mali.
T RY RANI' sHIP•S Y. H. Tea (or as lo $1 per pourel
Imperial Tea for to to spr pound
Gunpowder Tea for 6. per pound
• Onions Sind Pouehong 4s to ;I ;alb
sit anted to sli s Kestisfartion or money refunded
PAPS HANGINGS
For the Sprtkig Trade 1
HAVE in Store Ism
ens doily r.eriviog
Plea 'tyke of • -MEM
PIPER HAAraNGA AND ••-•
130RDER'
12,noprieloe all the qualities, from the wetytt tom • ..n
Oar doold Fotoeb, Coadiah nod Alnerican'
ullicturs. a .Lower priers Casabefore offered.
Aprll2l- .1. C. 5F.1.111101%
3 _
3. - -
WRIGHT'S BLOCK,
STA TE STREET, - ERIE PA
WIWI* a fall veartmeat of choke
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
Dcasettic and Forrtstn Fruity,
Wood gaia Stow Wars, Vegetable.% •e., are 84
wive op hand sad polling cheap, at
April 28 JOHW BANYARV2 New Grocery.
Geo* in her elilldialt parity
Out tram bar plies day•
Fading away in the light au meet,
Where the sliver due aed the scabeaisa tweet •
Paring a path for her allaat teat,
t her the silent way.
list, her bosom tenderly
The ;wart white beads are west.
The lashes la w na her cheeks so thlo—
Where the softest blush of the rose Lath been
Slotting the blue of bes eyes within
The pure iota closed so rest
iteer the moat brow lovingly
TrMeth her annoy hair,
She w 4 ea fragile that lore went down
From hi, heavenly gems that colt halo t crown
To *hale her brow with ita waves to brown,
Ltrbt at the dimpling air
t' L. Jeep, with the tender stai't
Fri to N. her silent lips
lii the birowell SIAS of her dewy breath,
r'•dd in the chop of the aogel Death—
! Ile the last lair Lod of • fat Hog wreath
Whose bloom the white froet Dip
ii ,, ltin—huntted in you, downy toed
• Jeer the •itingtag laugh--I
Lio you iniee her voice from yetis ginol duet
When the dery in the been efth• rose Is art,
Cut it. velvet lips rah theessenee wet
la lu k. rimoula Blur
I:o.ebod under utur Idled> feat
from the "melee 44)
thweiwuee 0f the vie fto bra,bt,
Abner blur mi. Heaven your timid st,rhl
It ie beaming DOW the world 01
eoter the. -tarry UM,.
II NIS I
Heart.. -where the darling's head bata
Held Ly lure's ehlwiug ray _
!lo p.m li.auw that the touch nf bier troths baud
lb•th brighten the harp in We unknown laad•
.Le waits for us with the angel band
liver the starry way
I Thom C6amlrr,a Journal )
On Board A Slaver.
on a aet and cloudy moruiug in the
month of April, P•fiti, 1 was sitting before
the fire of a boarding house in New York,
rutninating on what should be my future
mode of life I Lad returned some time
trout my last voyage, which had been to
the East Indies. and my funds were rapid
ly decreasing, and compelled the to look
out for another ship. Whilst my wind
wa, following this tram of thought., 1 be
e one suddenly aware of voices conversing
in a foe tone outside my door, which on
.I}Tronehing nearer, suddenly died away,
and I heard a knock. On my saying, "Come
di, - there entered the landlord of the
loose, accompanied by a stranger, to whonl
he oat odueed me as Captain Maxwell. say
ing that the gentleman, if I was agreeable,
had something to communicate ; he then
withdrew, leaving the stranger with me.
I begged him to be seated, and to com
mence what he had to say, Ele was a man
rather below the middle height, with dark,
flashing eyes, and hair of the same hue,
regular features, and a pale. foreign-looks,
mg complexion ; he altogether bore the:
appearance of anything but a sailor. Hair
ing taken a chair, and drawn closer to the
fire, he told toe that he was in command:
a" - g voyage - Si p..ina
and that he wanted some trustworthy Men
to man her, and that on referring to my
landlord for aid, he had strongly recom
mended we ; be had, therefore, paid me
this vs,-it, to offer me a vacancy. Now,
these proceedings seemed so strange and
mystenous, that I could plainly see that
there soniethuig at the bottom of them;
so. I,a king him steadfastly in the face, I
n-ked him if he meant by the trading voy
age -the game." Ile replied yes, that I
%%as right end having heart! from my host
that I 'poke both and Portuguese
fluently, he uttered toe a forth of trust,
knoe unit that my knowledge a, n linguist
would Icof gi eat flee to him After some
0(1'1,1(1i-ration. I consented to go. for my
desire to make motley, and my love of ad
s entui e urged late to do it. We then made
',tine art.lng , •trwlit.", and 1, on my part,
promising inviolable secresy, he left, hav
ing gi% en me directions to go down on the
following morning to the docks ; where I
should find him on board the bark Flora,
where we should make and settle all the
a rraugemen ts.
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l accordingly went down the following
morning, and finding he hadot yet ar
rived on board, I employ my time in
)
taking a survey of the shi . 1 found her
blue to be a long. low, blue eft, of 460 tons
„,"v in
burden, bark rigged with raking masts
and sharp bow. . e had a raised quarter
if
deck, with sal and cabins underneath,
fur the capta and mates ; and a topgal
lant torec e for the Crew. She had also,
I faun afterward', a ••between deck,"
whir came into faeces like a Chinese puz
zle each piece being numbered and mark
; but at that time it was lying about in
the hold to all appearance lumber. I also
noticed the way the cargo was being stow
ed. At the bottom of the hold, for the
ground tier, were laid bricks, and on the
u - ,p of theta a vast quantity of water butts,
some empty, and some full of rum of that
very common sort which goes by the name
of nigger rum : also large quantities of rice,
beaus, etc.—all intended not for cargo, but
for slave store . while on the top of these
was closely stowed a general cargo of cot
ton pieeeit, red flannel, beads, old muskets
and knives. The object in stowing the
hold in this manner, was to place the slave
stores, and all other suspicious looking ar
ticles, out of sight—because in being board
ed any man-of-war, they have a right not
only to demand the ship's papers, but to
search the cargo—a pre....autiou which we
afterword found to be well needed. When
loaded, the Flora only drew six feet of wa
ter. Just as I had concluded these sur
veys, 1 was hailed by the steward, who told
me the captain was asking der me. I ac
cordingly went in and signed articles for
the voyage. I agreed to ship as an able
seaman, but I was to be paid extra for in
terpreting. 1 received fifteen dollars a
utonth as seaman. There were twelve oth
ers beside myself, the captain, two mutes,
and a steward.
Two days after this, the ship having coin.
'Acted her carco, we went aboard and sail
ed We then shaped our course for St.
Paul he L.oando, in lat. 8. deg. 48 min.
south, and longitude 13 deg. 8 min. east,
which is tb the windward of the entrance
of the Collgo--the Congo being in latitude
4 deg. 39 11111/. north, and longitude 12 deg.
9 ruin. es4t. We had a pleasant voyage of
seventy-o e days. Nothing in particular
occurred urin- the passage. I found, on
inquiry, hat 1 was the oulj seaman on
board that really knew the motive of our
voyuge ; and when I hinted to them what
r•
ids
Was, they quite laughed at the
ide When off the coast of Sierra Leone,
we in the Atnerican man-of-war Marion;
they sea a boat on board of us, with the
second lie rant. He a/twined our pa
rs, etc., w of course he could find no
ult with, tho it was very evident he
I melt a rat. 1 hi the officer was in the
tut t
icabin examiniag the pea . I looked over
Abe side, and was s L
to find that One
iof the crew in the man.* - ar's butter was
ERIE, PA, S
fol.
OVER THE WAY
boicc Cittraturt.
=EMI
BY ONE ('F Tat 'MAUI
TURDAY MORNING, AUGUST
an old friend of mine ;. heldid not know
i t
me, on account of my f . apptermice,
for I had allowed my to grow, but
on my calling him by na he recognized
me. He came up, and we a long talk
over old times. t 01* conrsetthey all knew
who we really were, but ;hey could not
seize us, as we had nothikrg on board to
justify the act. The boat Illt last left, but
the lieutenant's report not satisfying the
commodore, he alone off hilllself, altho
to no purpose.
Again, on making the CO 0. werticoun
tered the English man of- Tylf.on, who
also boarded us, but with tl4ifre success
as the Marion. We sailed - U(1 kedged for
about forty miles up the titter, where we
found a village of the name of Port O'La
nia. 1t is a smaltiettlenten, of Portug.uese, 1
Spanyards and Anieriat4; there being
about two stores belonging ;to each flag.—
Congo, or Lower Guinea;, contains the'
kingdoms of Leung°, Conn?, Angola, Ma
t/unlit and Benguela. Dmerts abound,
containing a large and varjous t species of
wild animals, but near the t the soil is
more fertile, cotton grows 1 uriantly, and
fruits of every kind aboun The inhabi
tants go about almost nak . They wor
ship the sun, moon, ands The Portu
guese have managed to vert some of
them into a kind of Christ' ity, but it is
a very poor kind. They cipally bribe
and coax the chiefs of the Various tribes,
who compel their followers to worship the'
same divinity, tho' really tug understand
ing
anything about it. 4
We made Last to a wharf-alongside one'
of the stores to which we were consigned,
where we handed our cargo, and then corn- i
menced getting ready for sea. When there
I had the opportunity of witnessing the
mode of criminal government among the
tribes. The black servant of one of the 1
masters of the American store, for some
grudge against his master, set fire to his
store. All efforts to extinguish the flames
proved useless, and the place was burned
to the ground. The chiefs of the various
tribes were communicated with, and they
soon found out the incendiary. He was
tied to a tree, and tried by the three na
mations, and the chiefs were bound to car
ry out the sentence they pronounced on
him ; taut we dial not stay long enough to
hear the result ~f the court martial. These
kingdoms are composed of about S,OOO, a
chief being in command of each. Our car
go being landed, we now looked out for a
cloudy night to slip down the river, far we
knew from our agents that die Triton was
on the lookout for us, and was then sta
tioned at the mouth of the river, to catch
us as we came out But fore leaving,
the captain called all hands ft, and made
known to them the true rposo of our
voyage. They hail already begun to sus
pect what it really was. said that if
any man v•alite.l to leave the ship, he would
give him all his wages that wire due to him,
and also three months' paypts a present;
but as nobody liked being it out on the
west of iiiiiney abuse, they" all agreed to
mil with lulu We then allipped a num
ber of extra men that had r - In left at va
rious times from the ships. a afternoon,
after we had lain at Port 0' 'so called
from all the house,' 1....: ) we MUll•
Tritons
As soon as we were clear of the land, we
set all sail, and untier a press of canvas,
stood right out to gee. The next morning
we eommeticed getiang the ship ready for
her live dingo. We first tore up and de
stroyett the ship'- pap,•s-. and then every
thing with the name of Ow ship Ott ; we
painted out the ship'- on the stern,
and everything that looke.l like American.
nags iu particular. We all went by other
names, ~o that a man could not betray any
of the others by tel his theme. The
captain went hi the name of bon Pedro,
and every one else had his name to his
fancy.
We then sweed all the stores in such a
way that we could get at them easily. The
water casks we stowed all bung up, with
the bungs out. and a hose learlinivut each
hold, for over the casks we stowed a plat
form or deck of planks ; and by means of
these hose we could pump the fresh water
out, and a hen empty we put salt water in
to the casks, to ballast the ship, and then
stowed the stores of sugar, rum, biscuit, etc.,
in rotation, as we should want them. We
then put our main-deck or lower-deck to
gether, for as I before said, when we left
New York, the deck was composed of
pieces to lie put together when required,
since, had we left with a regular lower
deck, it would have looked suspicious.
We then got our ammunition up, con
sisting of tour t pounders, two long brass
IS pounders, and tour brass 12 pounders,
besides small arms ; so that it would have
been impossible for any man-of-war to take
us by boats But nowadays, since those
are all propelled by steam, the slavers
stand a bad chance. for steam has not been
introduced in the slave trade. Now that.
the interim of the ship was ready, we hail
to look after our gear aloft. We comment"
ed by taking the wedges from between the
masts and deck, so that the masts might
give with the press of canvass ; and then
we cut the beams that go fore and aft, for
the saint- reason—namely, that the ship
might go easier During the time that
these preparations were being made, the
ship had sailed within seventy miles of the
island of Ascension, and was now on the
other track, bearing up for a place a little
above the Congo, about fifty miles from St.
Paul de Leando. where we had agreed to
touch for the slaves when they were ready.
Ships sometimes wait as long as three
months or more for the slaves, while the
agents ale collecting them in the interior.
We were lucky, having only to wait thirty
days. Our reason for going so far away
from land, after leaving the Congo, was
this: we knew that the Triton, as soon as
she found that we.had escaped her, would
coast along the shore, thinking that we
should do the same as some other ships er
roneously do—namely, sail along the coast
and secrete themselves, or pick up detach
ments of slaves as they go along; but. our
captain, being an old hand, knew better,
for by going right out to sea they would
lose our scent. After making the shore
about St. Paul de Loando, we sailed with
the southeast trade-wind along the coast,
till we arrived near a place called Ambris,
where we saw them ashore throwing out
private signals ; we accordingly anchored
near the coast at 7 p. m.
The agents came off with the slaves in
lighters, containing about two hundred.—
They were all lashed together with thongs
of hide. They were passed up and sent
into the hold, They were, altogether,
As soon as they were on board, we made
all sail. Our men were armed, and ap
pointed into patches, as we were ,obliged
to keep a res'y'strict a e u , y on thepi,ito see
that they did not get the stores eir ,
with each other, for ongst thorn were
many different tribes, all at variance with
one another, so that sometimes our hold
was like a small hell, and, the sentinel had
frequently to jump down amongst them,
to separate the combatants.
The lighters came alongside at 7, p. m.,
25, 1860.
_tothe south•
weird and westward of Jamaica, just seeing
the land in the distance. and then round
ing the lsle of Pines. _ .
Before leaving the Congo, we shipped-a
double crew, so that now we had thirty
five seamen before the mast y but all our
services were well needed, for what with
accelerating the sleek' oftheship, by mak
ing alterations in her and attending to the
slaves, we all had our handsfull. A certain
number of us were tolled off for the latter
dutylet being one of them. My depart
ment was to take charge of the women.
We kept the ship as clean as possib le,
for filth is the root of all evil on a
ship.
At sunria,•, or not later than S af
every morning, the slaves were all turned
upon deck, and large tabs were produced.
A gang of them were made to keep these
tubs supplied with salt water while they
were in Iv*. Our mode of ablution was
rather a novel one ; it reminded me of
sheep shearing, or, at least, the washing of
sheep previous to shearing, in Devonshire
and other counties. A circle of fifteen or
twenty were made to squat on their hams
round the tub, while one of us stood there
with a bucket, and kept dipping it in. and
then splashing it over them. After they
were all well drenched, they would get up
and walk forward, where another of the
hands was stationed with I coarse cloth of
canvas, who would rub them down after
the manner of a groom rubbing down a
horse.
, He was also supplied with a bucket of
vinegar and salt water. This he made
them rinse their mouths with, and rub
their teeth ; for if he does not keep his
mouth clean, a yellow substance collects
on the gums and teeth of the African,
which turns to poison. He is subject to
ulcers in his mouth from this, and if he
bites you, a thing not at all. uncommon,
the flesh. will frequently mortify. I know
this to my cost ; for once hitting one of
them with the back of my hind, it came
in contact with his mouth, and one of his
teeth touched and indented my hand,
whereby I lost the use of it for some days.
These ablutionary measures employed
oi till between 8 and 9, a. ia., when we us
ed to serve out to them some dry biscuit
and rum and water The rum was a very
coarse kind, like bay rum ; none of us
could drink it, hut the slaves received it
with great gusto. This would satisfy their
cravings till 11 o'clock, when they used to
have a hot breakfast, consisting of a hodge
podge. The iugredien tS W ere biscuit brok
en up small, beans. rice, barley and salt
pork--the whole thickened with flour and
fat. This was boiled in two large cauldrons
in the caboose, and when ready was emp
tied into tubs and buckets ranged along
the deck. We always trio ' to keep each
if they
ind in a
ice, was
of it.
' them. as
• crowd
we lost
'red very
' Joan
ne
er this ie ono of treatmen ashore
eatmot say, but we found it very suooesflt,
on beard.
After their breakfast they were sent
down to clean oat the ship. Most of them
evoke only the Congo dialect, but some of
them understood Portuguese and Spanish.
These we picked out as leaders and inter
preters of the rest. and supplied them with
a shirt or a pair of trouser', as a distinguish
ed mark of rank, which was greatly envied
by the others. They were also intrusted
with a piece of rope, about a yard long, to
an instrument of eorrection, which they
very freely used We had only to tell
these men what we wanteddone, and they
made the others do it. We also got up
various amusements for theslaves, by mak
ing drums for them, and a kind of cymbal,
to the tune of which they danced.
At 3. p. m., another hot meal was serv
ed to them of the same composition as the
first, and another at K p.m ; after which
they were all packed below.
No lights were allowed at night, in fear
of attracting attention. Even the corn
pass or binacle lights were well screened
with canvas. After passing the Isle of
Pines, and having been thirty one dayg
from Congo, we sighted Boca Grande on
the coast of Cuba. About the coast of Cu
ba are to be noticed a quantity of small
lisbing boats and pilot boats ; these are
narly all in the pay of slave owpersashorei
who pay them to look out for the men-of
war, and also to mislead them, and report
acoordingly to any slave ship about the
coast that is waiting for a chance to land
her cargo. They take it in turn to look
out. Their watch lasts for about ten days,
when they are relieved by another boat,
and received a dollar on each man. One
of these boats we found on the look out
for us. They informed us that the Bain- '
lisk man-of-war was about, and therefore '
we could not land. Our orders from shdre
ware that we were to stretch out to sea for
four days, which we did, and then return
ed ; when again we had orders to go out
again lo sea. We obeyed accordingly; but
nearly fell into a trap. We were standing
on for a Altai in the Bahama Channel ;
when nearing it. I thought I recognised it,
for I had been frequently on the coast be
fore, surveying in a man of war, and this I
remembered as being our look out. I re
ported this to the captain, Dori Pedro, as
we called him. He immediately changed
the course • and it was 'tacky he did so, for
we afterwards found theft H. M. ship Cum
berland was anchored on the other side of
the bluff. Here, then, tuns another escape.
After having been out the appointed time.
we, again returned, when we received the
;same orders ; but our late narrow shave
I had rather tamed us, so we went aft to the
captain, and told him that after we had es
, caped so many dangers it wise pity to run
any more. So I, being a good pilot among
the many says that abound, promised t o
take her in safety to one where we could
lay off; and, in ease of any one molesting
us, we could land the slaves on the ray ;
for a mateot-war can di> nothing to you if
, you have no slaves on iboard ; so if they
' were even to be within ten yards of you,
on the rocks, ell that the man of war could
do would be to liberate them. We accord
ingly chase Indian Cay our depot, and an
chored in two fathoms water. We after
wards discovered that the boat which had
been guiding ua and bringing our orders
out, fell in with her H I M. S. Basilisk, cow
warded by Captain Fare. Re shipped on
board as pilot, and promised Capt. Fear to
guide him to us ; an engagement he per
formed by taking the 'Basilisk in the oppo
site directive.
After Waiting for trig days off the . ear—
for it takee them aoma tins* to get the
ticiete'--which are all secreted in the rocks
—we at la* saw five Licata approaching,
which we, Oglitly guessed for us. They
brought ciothes, etc., for the slaves, and
money for the eeetneo ;tor before , one of
the slaves left the ship, we were all paid
$1,50 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE
and squat'-
, dip the an
,Aoms water.—
iacension, which
- 1g southeast
Ascension,
right away,
to get out
the West
From the day we left New York till the
landing of the slaves on the quay, only five
months and fourteen days bad elapsed.—
Each man received 1.2 , 10 for his services,
and I received £lO extra for my services
as interpreter. The slaves were then dis
etnharked in the boats, and shoved off
We landed 717 slaves alive. It was then
near dusk. The pilot boat remained
alongside for the night ; and early the next
mottling we made fire in the ship's hold,
and set fire to her, and burned her to the
water's edge. We all felt sorry to do it,
for she was as pretty a craft as ever float
ed. Till then, we never knew the 4hip:s
name, for the one we left in Sevi- York
was a false one. But the captain, sympa
thizing with us, said: -There she burns,
lads, the craft in which we have made
our money—the beautiful Flying Rosa
rio!"
When she was entirely burned, we went
on board the pilot boat, and were landed
at the Boca Grande. This, I found, was a
wharf, ostensibly for the purpose of load
ing ships with sugar, and I believe a ship
occasionally came there as a blind : but it
was used really for landing slaves. We
were afterwards conveyed by land to Ha
vana, which we reached in nine days. It
was only s little less than 200 miles ; but
we had frequently to hide ourselves to es
cape detection, for our dangers were not
over. The inhabitants we met, knowing
who we were, would not even give us a
glass of water under half a dollar But in
Havana, the slave trade is so well manag
ed that it is rarely detected.
On my arrival at Havana, I shipped as
soon as possible in another ship fir Eng
land before I could be robbed of the trea
sure I had worked so hard for, and per
haps some people will hardly admit hon
estly ; but, nevertheless, on my arrival in
London, I enjoyed the fruits of my lalsa. ;
and, reader, if it will balance the opir.ion
you have of me, 1 now serve on board of
Her Majesty's ships and engage in her
service on the very field of my late adven
tures. The other day, while perusing the
papers from home, I read in the Times of
the capture of the Orion slave •hip, H. M.
S. Pluto. I must confess, reader, it was
with a feeling of sorrow I could not re•
press that. I found that the captain who
commanded the Orion was the same I had
sailed with-in the Flying Rosario, You
may blame me for this, reader, but old
;companionship. old fellowship. and old
'Mimes have their ties in whatever society
We move in.
P. S.—Our passage from New York to
Congo was seventy-one days. The reader
may be astonished at the length of the
voyage ; Nat we went along the land, beat
ing against the la3utheast trltde,-and quite
a different way to other ships, particularly
men-of-war. We did not dare return the
same way, as we should pass the '!Marion.
Triton and others of ottrfriciiiic, I clime
hpnr. by H. M. S. Basilisk. the very ship
that chased us in the FlYing Rosario.-
*rim &bows i• a Nnasw M4tel.P4i Of One 1,11 , 1 has sere
al as board • slaws dap.
It is not long since we had occasion to
write a short article on the subject of kind
Words from teachers and others who have
charge of children. The following illus
trates the power ot kind words : . . I
"Was your lesson difficult?" kindly en- t ..
~A h:
L.L.D Nic" era THE ScsrArt.—A ver
quired a young teacher of a ragged un- ; dant Irish girl just arrived was sent to an
south looking lad of about ten years, who ' intelligence office by the Commissioner of
one-o,oh-s4l B _7oach had, fulifilflia:atigratien La-find a-place-at sarviiMs,fratiliP
recitaison—“was youriesson diffreu t, was sent to a restaurant, where a stout
my boy'" help-was wanted, and %bile in converse-
The boy thus addressed, raised his Large i Pion alith the proprietor, he took occasion
gray eyes with an enquiring look, as if to to to ]fight his cigar by igniting a Vesuvian
satisfy himself thatwords, breathed in so match on the sole of his boot. As she.saw
sweet a tone, were intended for him : but I this, :slit' ran away half frightened to death,
as he met his teacher's gentle gaze, the 3 and when she reached the office was almost
fell, and dropping his head, he forebort to i ,„, o f b„:„11. •• Why, what is the matter
reply. His teacher perceiving that he felt w i t h yo u ?" said the proprietor, seeing her
the rebuke, and deeming it sufficient, said I ni ..,i i in with such confusion. "f_k.ll, sure.
no more, and dismissed the class. This lad, sur. but ye's sins me to the auld Nick him-
Johnny by mune, was the son of Poor Pa - - self in human form.'S "What. does It,
rents, both of whom were habituated in I mean ! has he dared to insult a help frw*
the use of ardent spirits, and, of course, j icy of ?" inquired the man. "Yes, sur,"
grossly -neglected
_their children, beat- returned the girl, "he's the auld sick!"
mg arid abusing them as their excited pat.- j "What lid he do? Tell me, and I'll fix
signs prompted ; seldom and perhaps nev- him for it," said he quite eixasperated.—
e. fell from their lips a word of kindly in- -Why, sur, whilst I was talking to him
tenet., even, much leas of love. Johnny about the wages, he turned up the bottom
being of a mischievous temperament wii. ot ht. nit, and wid a splinter in his finger.
the recipient of unbounded harshness . but stir. beiust gave one stroke, and the fire
to this disposition he owed the pm liege ot j dew out of lie' fut, and burned the stick,
attendance at the village school, whither and he lighted his cigar with it, right
he was sent to "be out of the way " This afore. my own fare' He'' the auld Nick,
was the first day he.lual been under the shure, sur "
care of the present teacher, whom I will I
call Miss Aln3er.• Johnny possessed a quick
and retentive mind, and when lie chose to
apply himself, could stand at thi: head of
the class.
But his half learned lessons came often.
er than his perfect ones, and always hro't
him a severe reprimand, and often a elms
tisemeni, which seemed io have no othei
effestt than to harden and debast. him.
tiroWing up under such influences at home
andlat school, he became a morose and ill
tewilsered boy, disliked and shundecl by
his school mates on whom besought to re.
verge himself by all the petty annoyances
his fertile brain could devise. Such was
the Isel when he became a pupil of Miss Al
mer. She hat► rebuked him for his first
error gently. as was her wont; and, trust
ing to the potency of such reproof, had (I-S
-tained him from her mind ; but not so
easy were the kind words forgotten by the
poor boy, to whom so gentle a tone was so
rare as to awaken astonishment. It fell
9113011 g -rude 'boughts and feelings of his
heart, as a flower among thprn 4 It was
to his ear, that was wont to catch only the
harsh tones of unkindness, as a strain of
sweet melody after a jarring discord. Oh !
why do we so often withhold that which
costs so little to give, and yet may prove
such a treasure to the receiver. But to the
story. Miss Almer lingered at the school
room till all the pupils had left, and was
stalking alone homeward when this, to her,
trifiin* event of the day, was brought to
her mind, by observing Johnny sitting by
the roadside apparently waiting for her.—
When she came to him, he rose and offer
ed her a nosegay of violets, saying, - Please
ma'am will you take these"
"Certainly, Johnny, they are very sweet,
and the finest I have seen this season • I
love taem dearly, isnd you too, for bling
ing *ea' to me."
Silk had taken the boy's hand in hens
despite its disgusting appearance. and. as
she finished speaking, his eyes were
lifted to hers_ with the same expression as
in the morning, and a tear was making a
furrow through the dirt that begrimtned
his face.
"Johnny, what is the matter?" asked
his teackxr in surprise.
"What you said," faltered the boy, "Do
you love me?"
"Indeed I do." was Miss Almer's reply.
"But something must trouble you. Can I
do anything for you ?"
"Oh, you Kane done more for me than any
(idealise, for nobody ever loved inc before;
but I thought you did when you didn't
scold me for not getting my lessons. But
I'm s drtadful boy ; you don't know it
all. "
"Well, tell me all," answered his teach
er,.touched by the earnestness of his maxi
m*. So saying she led him to a large
stone, and bade him sit by bet there, and,
m he unfolded his tale of wrongs done as
well as received, she mingled her tears
with his, which flowed freely. They sat
NUMBER 12
/non tie ladepeodeat.
The First Kind Word
long, and ere they . she had given
rest to his eager heart, promising ever to
be his friend.
Th. nexi morning, Johnny was missed
row inn place at school, and at the close of
school, Miss Almer cal.A at the rude hnt
which had been his home, to learn the
Cause of his absence, and, to her surprise,
found it vacated. W hither the people had
gone no one knew.
Many years after this (fifteen I think.)
Miss Almer was visiting ihr-atirsT,from
scene of her early labors, and during her
visit attended a meeting for teachers.. Re
marks were offered and experience related,
by many laborers in the good work of in
structing youth, and, at length a gentle
man rose and expressed a wish to say a
word to the band of teachers, on the pow
er of kindness, and in the coarse of his
remarks, related the story I have given
above, closing with these, or nearly these
words: '-
••I am that lad ; those were thefing svrch,
of kvubiesa I remember ever to have had
addressed to me. They have been my talis
man, my guiding star through life. They
have made me what I am, and, God help
ing me, it shall be the aim o( my life to
reward the friend of my youth, in the only
way in my power, namely, by living so as
to spread, by precept and example, the in
fluence of thedivine principle oflove which
actuated her."
Miss Almer listened to this recital with
an agitated heart, for she recognized in the
speaker the little Johnny whom she had
never forgotten. She sought an interview
and learned his history. How, after leav
ing his early home, the love of virtue,
which she soused in his bosom, was ever
leading Mai twig from his evil courses, and
urged him to a. higher life.
Seed we say to any teacher who may
read this, "Go thou and do likewise'" All
may not meet with so speedy a reward as
did Miss Almer ; but let us remember that
the time is not yet, and if we labor faith
fully, w,• may hope that the guertion shall
yet be ours to find that some poor soul has
been rescued from degredation by, our en
deavors, to shine forever, a star in the
Saviour's Coronet !
A harsh word will kill whore 9. gentle
one will make alive.
SINGULAR MORTALITY.-TllO following in
stance of a somewhat singular mortality,
says the New Orleans Delta of July '24, we
find recorded in a Plapuemine cotempara-
On a night in February last, four citizens
of this parish, without any previous notifi
cation or deign, except what the desire
and impulse of the moment influenced.
stelden I k fittind themselves together in the
public highway. One had just finished his
.1 m t labor, and was on his way to his fam
ily and tir....ide He was *topped / 1 )Y two
one or both of whom wished to cross
tio• 11% ~1 t 01 . 1 en.. to Plaquemine. There was
no pr..yloii- misunderstanding among the
party . but after a few words, contradic
tions and high words passed between the
first.named person and one of the two last
1111Plitiotied, is lien a third person was called
up by !i.. hi l to prove what he bad ad
vanced. The .tifficulty, however, increased,
which rwsulted in the latter shooting the
former, who died in about three days. The
deceased was Alfred Brown, his antagonist.
Joseph Houssieux his friend .Jerome Sar
torio, and Williams, an employee Of Brown,
were the witnesses. liouisieux was com
mitted to jail for murder. Betore his trial
came on Williams had died. Hotissieux
was_tried and acquitted on the ground that
Brown bad struck him first. In his dying
declarations, however, Brown asserted that
be did- not strike him at all. Since the
trial, Sar'r—io, a witness for the defense,
has also u.ed , and now Houssieux himself
has followed them to the tomb. It will
acid to the interest of these events, the fact
that the physician first called in, a Warm
friend of Mr. Brown, who admonished him
of his approaching end, also died a few
weeks since. And all in the spites of five
months !
bey- .1 hule boy three years old was
hle4 sc il with a nev. little sister. The day
following hr v%as risluired to be very still,
and the reason therefor• that his mother
wits very wrak, affil his faster, too. He
0) eve,! the unit/m.llon carefully. In the
emun.e ot the .Li. , aue'l.l.tyultues came to
the hoir-e 1..• mil-lied to the door and put
ting his little finger up to cheek their noi;e,
said, ^be Ter) quiet—l havo got a new ba
-1., sister, and she is very weak and tired—
tor '.he has walked all the way from Heav
en to -day anti must not disturb her
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eitu.natv —Hard be his fate who makes
no childhood happy ;itis so easy. It does
not require wealth, position, or fume; only
a little kindness, and the tact which it
e a child a chance to love, to
play, to exereise his imagination and affec
tions, and he will be happy. Give him the
Conditions of health, simple food, air, ex
eret,e. and a little vtnety in his occupi t
Lions, and he will be happy, and expand
in happiness.
Acr.—Peace is better than joy. Joy
is an uneasy guest., and always on tip-too
to depart. It tires and wears as out, and
yet keeps us ever fearing that the next
moment it will be gone. Peace ;is not so
—it comes more quietly, it stays more con
tentedly, and it never exhaustsour strength
not gives us one anxious forecasting tho't.
Therefore, let us pray for peace:
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tar A lady, paying a visit toher daugh
ter, who was a young widow, asked her
why she wore the widow's garb so long.—
"Dear mamma, don't you see," replied
the daughter, "it saves me the expense of
ailvert /SI og for a husband, asevery one can
see that I am lor sale by private contract."
stir An Irishman was once indulging
in the very intellectual occupation onitiok
mg eggs raw and reading a newspaper. By
some mi.chntice lie contrived to bolt a live
chicken. The poor bird chirruped us it
went down his throat. and he very polite
ly observed, ••Be the powers, me friend,
ye spoke too late!"
I=l
stir A destructive tornado occurred at
Marysvalle, Kansas, on the 30th ult., de
moliJung g. in Its course. Three
dwellings, two liminess houses , platforms
and printing offices, were blown to pieces.
The poet office was turned round and set
into the street. Every building in the
place was injured, but no lives are report
ed as lost.
air- The abolitionist% save called a (Am
vetition ut Syracuse on the 15 . th inst., to
nominate candidates for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency. as well as candidates
for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of
that State.