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?juiujmuiag [Vol, *1 COLUMBIA, (3. C.) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER lft l 810. [No. 4*.] imilUHKU WKI.KLT KY THOMAS W. LOItltAIN. TVrww 8ubtcri[>tion.~1*hrcu Dollar* per Annum, pay able In advance.... No paper to 1? ilisctintmiml, but at theoption ot'ihe folitor, mitil till uirvamp-H urepaul. Ailvtrtltmetilt nut exceeding fourteen lutr*, imcrted the firU time for aevcnty-tlvo centu, *n<l tbrty cent* fnt each ?uh'tc?|uciu in?rrtioo. Istttr* to tlte Kriitor tniui txtpostpaWl.nr tlie leafage will Itccliurgcd to the writer. MI80ELIANY. mo* Tim ami**' *i?vnrri?.r.ii NAUUVTIVU OF IIOIIMIT ADAMS?A BAILOll. (Concluded.) Tho MoorB by whom tho crew of the Chnrle* were marie prisoners, were about thirty or for ty in number. They were quite black, had lank hatr, but neither shoes nor hat*, their drens consisting of little inoie than a rug or akin round the waist. Captain llortou auri III* men were immediately atripped naked i their akins expos ed to a scorching sun, bceamo extremely blis tered, and for the nake of coolnesH, they were obliged to dig liolea in the aund to sleep in.? Captain llorton was soon so reduced by tlie hardships ho endured, that the Moore put him to death, Tho only foot) of thcae savages wan fish, first dried in the sun, and then cut in ?*li ce*, and broiletl on the hut Hand. 'l'hey remain ed at Bl Gazie 14 days, during three or four of which they were nearly starveil, not having been able to catch any fish. At length, however, they caught env ugli to lonri a camel, and having divided tlie prisoners?Adams the mate, and a neuman bv tlie name of Newsham, with about twenty of the Moors, and four camels, luden with water, full, &c. departed, travelling a cross n sandy riesart. n little to the southward, at the rate of about fifteen miles ? day. After travelling thirty days, without seeing a human being, or a drop of water, they came to a place where there were some tents, a pool of water, and some shrubs. They remained there about a month, when John Stephens, a Portuguese had arrived, in Olfl charge of a Moor?the mutcnuri Newaham were then aent away with a party to the northward, while Adams and Stenliem* were compelled to go with a parly of eighteen Moors, to a place -.-.II... I i> I .. _ a% I M'l called Soudennv, after negro hlavcri. l'hey truvelled 8. S. K. from fifteen to twenty miles n day?-and not finding water in a well where they expected it, they were reduced to consid erable oistre?s. In uliout 14 days, they came "within two days journey of Koudonny, where . the aurface of the country began to be liilly, and ?oine stinted trees to appear. Hondenny is a small negro village, having near it grass, shrubs and water t the huts are of clay, with roofs of sticks laid flat and also covered with clay. The Moors Iny in wait on the hills, and seized upon a woman with a child in her arms, and two boys j but were soon after *hem*elvca taken nrivitiors, and ririveo into the village. By order of the governor they were impriaoned within a mud wall about six feet high, from which Ariama sairi they might easily have escaped, but the Moors were a cowardly ?et. Deporting from (hence, they proceeded eas terly two days, at tlic rate of* fifteen or twenty mile* a day j the Moor*, imagining they were going to execution, attempted to escape, upon which, having arrived at the village, fourteen ?if them were put to death, and the head of one of them hung round the neck of a camel, and carried in that manner for three days, until it became too offensive to Ins borne any longer.? 'fheae negroes wear gold ringH in their earn, and through the cartilage of the nose. From this place shaping their course to the northward of east, and quickening their pace to twenty miles ? day, thev reached Tombuctoo in fifteen <la> h. At Tombuctoo " the Moor* were immediate* 1y thrown into prison ; but Ada ins and the Por tuguese boy were taken to the king's house and kept there a* curiosities. The king'* name wan "Woollo, the queen's Fntima, both of them old grey-headed negroes. Their palace, built of ,?1*y and grass, consisted of eight or ten small 'rooms on the ground floor, surrounded by a clay wall, enclosing a space of about half an acre. At the end of about six months, a jmrty of Moors came to Tombuctoo, and ransomed their! countrymen, together with Adams and the boy, | for five/camel loads of tobacco; except about fifty pounds, whicK was afterwards given for a man sllve. Adams and the boy continued all tho tl/ie at the palace, whero they were treat ed with great kindness, anil he believes, from (he urcominon degreo of curiosity which they Vcxcited, that they had never seen a wlntA man before 3 they walked about the fowl, and as far as two mile* south of it.? flwhcard no mention here of the Joliba, though recollects to have heard of it afterwards at ?noon 1 but a large river flows clo*c by Jombuctoo, which is called by tlie negroes I.a IfAr Zarrah, the course of which is from the loi t It-eastward ; the water is brackish, but used the natives. The canoes upon it are made the trunk* of fig-tree* hollowed out, alntut ten feet long, and capable of carrying three >r??it*. They are mostly used in fishing } the li caoaht is chiefly a kind of red mullet, and larger fi-ftv of a 1 eddish color, not unlike a iMlmon. 4t Aclomn suppose* Tombuctoo to cover about M much ground as Litfeon 1 the houses aro low SI square, built of ititlcv, clav and grass t ir furniture earthen jar?, wooifcn bowls and ?s mats, on which the people deep. He oh* ~ red no stout buildings, no walls, nor fortifl* ins. The imputation consists wholly of roes 1 the only Moors he taw were thoac [ came to riniom the prinonerA \ but armed irans of those people aro Mid to arrive there purpose! of trade, bringing tobacco, tar, gun-powder, blue nankins, blankets, earthen Jars, and som? silks t and taking back, in M' change, gold dust, ivoVy, gum, ostrich friJMire and goat sktns. ' 44 The dress of thu queen was a short s^lrt of blue nankin, odged with gold lace, reaching a lew inches only below the knee, ami brought close to the body by a belt of the tame materi als ) that of the other females was of the aatnc short fashion, Tho queen wore a blue iiaiikiu turltan, earrings of gold, and necklace*, some times of gold, and sometimes of beads. The king also, wore a blue ntinkin frock, with gojd | epaulettes, and a turban, but wan generally bttfl^ headed. The natives arc a stout healthy race) they grease themselves all over to make the skin smooth and shining f both sexes make incisions in their laces and stain them of a blue color.? Sumo of the women had brass rings on the^r fingers marked with letters, but Adams could not toll whether Uoman or Arabic, lie did n6t observe they had any form of worship t they never Mot together for the purpose of prayer ) indeed they natl no places of worship that ho could discover, nor any priests. Their physi cians *111 o|d women, ami their; remedies herbs ami roots. They are fond of music and dan cing : their instruments are a pipe of reed*, a sort of Tambourine covercd with goat skin, which, whon struck, makes a sort of jarring sound | and a guitar, made of cocoa nut shells, and thongs of goat skin." After their discharge from imprisonment at Tombuctoo, the Moors took Adams and the Por tuguese hoy, and five camels, and departed.? After travelling by the side of the river in an easterly direction for alniut ten days, at their common rate of about sixteen or eighteen miles a day, they loaded their camels with water and struck otV in n northerly direction for twelve or fifteen days, through a desert, where they saw but fuw tree*?the ground was covered with a kind of grass that resembled moss. The only |M*rsous they met wore negroes carrying salt to rombuctoo. At the end of thirteen days they arrived at a large village culled Tudeny, inhab ited by Moors and Negroes, in which wero four wells of excellent water. Here were beds of snlt, which both Moors and Negroes rnmc from all quarter* to purchase. These beds wore about thirty yards in circumference, and five or six feet deep. After staying here fourteen days to refresh themselves, they loaded their camels with wa ter and provisions, and set nut to cross the desart in a noriherly direction. They were nine and twenty days in crossing it, uuring all which time, they did not meet a human being. On this journey tliey suffered much for the want of wa ter and provisions. Five of tho Moors were left exhausted on the sands, three of whom died immediately, and the other* were supposed to hare perished, as they were never hennl of af wards. They then came to a tented village called Vied lliilciin, belonging to the Moors, where they had flocks of sheep and goats. Adams and the Portuguese boy were employed for nearly a year to take care of these animals, ex poscil to a scorching sun, and in a state of al most absolute nakedness?and these dreadful sufferings were greatly agravated bv a despair of ever being released from their intolerable sla very. As the flocks were large, they occasion ally killed a kid for their own use, and to pre vent detection, buried the ashes of the fire with which they dressed it. Adams at length remon strated with his master who frankly told them, that he intended to keep them. I.'pon this, Ad ams determined to neglect his business j the foxns kilted several young kids, anil Adams was severely beaten for his inattention to his duty.? Ilo was not, however, a temper to yielu to cruelty, and lie persisted in his course, until thev deliberated whether they should put him to death or sell him to another tribe, when he was railed upon by his master's wife to take a camel and fetch water from a distant well. Adams nvailcd himself of this opportunity, and inudc his escape towards Weil-noon. On the following morning he came in sight of a place where tlirre forty or fifty tents t and just at that moment, his elil master, and tho owner of the camel on which he had fied made their appearance. Adams had but just time to reach tho pluce in view, when his master overtook, and claimed him as a slave- Adains declared he would sooner die than returnt and in the end tho chief of the tribe where he was purchased him. A<liun*H now master Via?1 two wive*?one old ami the other young. The old one employ ed him to take care of her goat*. After a whife, some diflimlty nroHe between the women con cerning him, and he wah again sold to a Moorish trader, by the name of lloerick. Horn irk immediately carried Admns to a plaeo called Villa de Ilourhach?distant from Wed-noon, about nine day* journey. There lioeri< k was informed by a friend, that the Iftri titth Consul at Mogadoro wan in the habit of .sen ding to Wed-noon to purchase Christian Slaves, and he offered to take Adams there and sell him to the Consul on lloei ick'a account. According ly they net out, and panned Villa Adriftlln, on tneir way, and at the end of nine days, stopped at a place called Aicata Mornassah Ali. After having been at the last mentioned place ? mouth, without any prospect of departing, Adamfe deserted, with a determination to ex plore hit way to Wed-noon. lie was pursued, taken, end carried back ? but tonn afterwards, the party who had him in charge get out for Wed?noon, and arrived there at the end of fife days, Wed-noon is a small town, of about forty house* and tome funt*~better cultivated than in J place Adams had seen,the produce, corn and tobacco, with various kinds of fruit. There, to his great Satisfaction, ho met tho mute of the Charles, and'Davison and Williams, two of the crew. They had been at Wetl-rioon about twelve months, a^vd, were slaves to the Gover nor's sons. Adams was soon disposed of to n hew master, bv the name oflleloassam Ahdal lah, for twenty dollars, payublo in blankets, gunpowder, and dates. lie also fouod at Wcd-noon a Frenchman, who informed him ho had l>ccn wrecked about twelve years beforo on the const, aud that all the crew except himself had been redeemed. He also mentioned the loss of the Montezuma, of Liverpool, about four years before, and that tho eaptain (Harrison) and nearly all the crcw, had been murdered. This Frenchman had tufted Mahomedan, was married, and gained hisf ||ving by making gun-powder. pAmong t)io slaves at \Ved-noon was a wo. m^n who came from a place called Kanno, a 1 oneway to the southward of the Desarf; thin woman said she had seen in her own country, I**?* wMt? men as white as bather (meaning the nail)) they were inn Inrgo boat, with two high sticks in it bavins cloth upon them, and they rowed the boat differently from tho custom of tue negroes, who use paddles} and she made the motion of rowing with oars, so as to leave no doubt that she had seen a vessel fitted in the Ku ropean fashion, and manni'd by white people.'* At this place Adams was employed in agri cultural laoours, which were very severe. The Moorish sabbath, being also a market day, was a day of rest to the slaves. Adams's master's _ . ?? IMU.7UI O son, one sabbath, ordered him to plough. He refused on tho plea that it was a holi-day, upon which the young man struck him on the forehead with a cutlass, aud in return Adums knocked him , nuuvnvtl llllll down with his fist. Upon this the Moor* sur roinded Adams, heat him so severely as to knock out two of his teeth, and very nearly to kill him. The son of the sheik saved his life, by deciding that they had no right to make him work on a market day. The father aud mother of (he young man whom he had struck, insisted on Adains's kissing their sou's feet and hands, wkich he refused to do, as he alleged it to be " contrary to his religion." Ifu was then put in irons, aud treuted so severely for several weeks, tliat he wasted away to a skeleton, and was finally released merely because his master fetred lie should by his death, lose him altogeth er. Boon after this the mate grew sick, and unable to work, upon which lie was beaten, and on his remonstrating against the cruelty, he was stab bed by thoshiek's son, and died in a few min utes. About the same time, the fortitude of Da ,vison and William gave awuy to the brutal treatment they received from the Moors, and th*y renounced tliair religion, and obtained their liberty by submitting to the rites of the Mahom cdan faith ; after which they were presented with a horse, a musket, and a blanket, aud per mitted to take Moorish wives. Adams was now the only christian u* Wcd-noon, and he was becoming an ohjcct of derision and persecutions when, fortunately, at the cud of three days, lie was relieved in his feelings by a letter being re ceived at Wcd-noon, addressed to the christian prisoners there, under cover to the governor, from Mr. Dupuis. the Hritish Consul at Moga dore, exhorting them to withstand all attempts to make them give up their religion, and assur ing them that within a month ho should be able to procure their liberty. Davison heard the in telligence without emotion ; but Williams was greatly, agitated, and burst into tears. In about a month, the man who brought the letter?a ser vant oftho Consul in tho disguise of u trader? informed Adams he had succeeded in obtaining his release i and the next day they set out to gether for Mogadore. They travelled for fourteen or fifteen days, over a country more thickly inhabited, and bet ter cultivates, than any which Adams hud yet seen. At Agadcer they entered the F.mpcrour of Morrocco's dominions, where tho govcrnour, told him, that he hud hitlierto been among savages, not the subjects of the Kmpei our, hut that now ho would be safe, and be secure of good treatment. On the first day after this, they discovered the town of Mogailore beneath them, and square rigged vessels lying in the har bour, at the sight of w hich, Adams said, he felt 04 if new life had been given to him. They went first to the Govcrnour, who sent them to Mr. Dupuis. M Never," says Adams, "shall I forget the kindness of this good gentleman, who seemed to study how to make me comfortable and happy." He remained with Mr. Dupuis eight mouths, who frequently interrogated him as to the places, where no liaif been, and advised him to go to England^ and give tu account of his travels \ but us this country 4111) Great llri tain were at war,he declined going on board an Kuglish vessel. Mr. Dupuis, therefore, sent him to Tamricr to Mr. Simpson, the American Consul i?Mr. Simmon sent him to ( ndix; from whence he finally went to England, as bus been mentioned. It is n wonderful fact, thftt during nil this pe riod, and through tlio serif? of suffering ami cruelty, Adams was never nick a (tingle day. It in supposed by the Reviewers, that the boat described by the woman an having had two *?icks io it, and cloth on them, was the *<hooner rigged boat, in which Mr. Pntk departed on bis last tour from Bansandiuft. They appear to doubt the truth of litaaco'* account of the death of that celebrated and adventuroua traveller} and tc entertain hopes that the expedition of MaJor.Peddie down the Niger, and of Captain Tuckcvvp the Congo, will throve moro liarht on NP.WB PAPKI18. \ The public is a being with many heads, ?nu consequently possesses as many <l?0erent mind* ?as tfiosc tan amply toitlfy whoareaervantt of it* will, among whom Printers perhaps are th? chief Hu tiers and Makers. "Give us mure fo reign intelligence," saya the newt monger, 44 anil let domestiu politics alone." 44 Bnttlo tlio feds, <IuhIi away at tlic demon," cries the politi rian, " a fig' lor your foreign intelligence, un less you can senil emperor Bonaparte Into Kng land up to his knees in blood. Wo do not want to hear about ships spoken at flea?a courier pa? sing through llnmpcrgoscamperdum?Marshal IleTter Skelter holding audience with his aeceno highness thu landgrave of Luherdegullioi), or the marriage of count W add let wattle with her ladyship the dutches Winkumsquintum) let not your paper detail such unimportant advi " 44 ilit the federal or democratic editors," ccs.' excli, KquaiibleB among editors, there is some fun in | that." 44 I.et us have another, novel," says MflU' Fillipcr, " 1 like novels monstrously, especial ly if thero be something scorceful in them | I [exclaimsa third, 44nothing I like so well would not give a ccnt for the papers if tht*y had uotTfc novel in them." ? Novels," aays old OrtJURC, " Nonsci ??! give us somethin?a!bont farming, tell us how to destroy the Hessian fly, ! or something about fining cyder or wheat upon I clover." 44 ! like novels too," says Mrs. Sim* per, 14 but besides them I want a good deal mora poetry, and a number of queer stories about Ann Kcdotes | I love to read them terribly,"* 44 All wishy-washy," says Jack Galloper, ? I44 give us the sport of thu turf j tell us about tin* race between Madam Thornton and Mr. Flint, j and her challenging him after she got beat) | that's the dandy." Thus might we go on ad infinitum, and dcr* scribe the~ modes wii'ch" Mr. l'ublic points out for us to be guided by, in conducting our paper; in answer we can only say, that although ' wo I consider own method be?t j yet, as soon as they can all agree upon one planj we will cheerfully | adopt it; and until then, we trust we may bo permitted to jog on in the old way of giving u little of everv tiling which we consider the uiosi i important \ for " IT :tll llio 1uu! was pa|?cr, " And all llic vca were nk." It would still be impossible for us to comply with ail the demands oi the public, until those de> mauds became more united.?-wV. J\ Courier* A l,ON?; JOII The Rev. Mr. Millie, in a report to the Mia* sionary society for China, ?ays : " We want, j sir, fifty millions of New Testaments for China ?and after thrtt about one-sixth of the popula - tion only would be supplied. I would ask no higher honor on earth than to distribute the aald ! number." Now, if Mr. Miln*, l.a<J commenced the distribution of " said number" at the time [ the Ark rested on Mount Ararat, and had cotr* tinued to distribute forty-three testaments per day, Sundays excepted, he would have had on hand July 4, lfiHi, seven hundred and sixteen thousand, seven hundred and forty-seven. Or, should ho now begin his wink, and distribute ten each hour of ton hours of the day, ho would end his labors on the twenty-seventh day of Ju ly, in the year of our Lorri'thren thousand fouf hundred and eleven, at one o'clock in .the af ternoon.?I Yin-center Gazette. rUVN'INCS. A pedantic fellow called for a battle of heelp at a tavern, which the waiter not hearing di?< tinctly, asked him to repent?? A bottle of hock, hie ln*rc hoc, Replied the visitor. After sitting* however, for a lon$ time, and no wino appear ing, he ventured to ring again and enquire into the cause of llio delay. 4 Did I not order somo hock, sir ? why is it not brought in * Because, (answered the waiter, who had been taught lat* tin grammar) vou afterw ards declined it.* Foreigners fall into some laughable mistaken in translating Knulish books. A Frenchman* pn/.zlcd by tne title of one of Gibber's plays, ' Love's last shift,'?translates it, 4 La dorniere chemise de PAmoiir.* H'urd upon May, ami Vlay upon word*.?' Hackgammon tables are frequently made in the form of a couple of books, laid one upon ths other, with lettered and ornamented backs marbled edges, &c. A tro.nflemaii had purchas ed one at a stationer's in this town, having all the p\ternala of a *' Milton." When it. was produced, at home, the for n and size, the box~ es and men, were all found suiting to the tasto of his fair Kve } but the magical cu'ies (pro* verbiallv the device of tlio Old Herpent) whicb Have lifi- to the whole syMeni, were missing i When casting her eve upon (he lettering. "In truth, iny dear," exclaimed she. " this is Mil ton's pair-o'?dicc lost.?-finlem (Ji/zeete. Trunr. or i.oviiov I There were hImhiI .100 -.'.lip* cleared of thetr cargoes in the river during tho la*t month, of | which SO were from Portugal, Npnin and the south of F.oropc; 22 from I'ourdeax, Oporto and 'I'cnerille ; having each more than 20 pipes of wine on board ; I from the Hutch, Rossi* an ami Northern ports, \2 from Waterfowl Belfast and other Irish port* j 17 from the French coast, and 2$ from the South and North American ports t a few KasMndiamen, ?ome from Africa, ami several coasting vessels frm# Liverpool, llull.&c. are to be added to the ('/? tal number. It is confidently believed by many well informed rerson* of commercial knowf edge, that the (.'npe of Oood Hope will prove one of the most valuable colonies to Great Bri tain. Home of the wlrtea prodMced there (a??t for which British manufacture* are taken In ex* [ change) tut o? ?c?ll?nt qualit/j the test 1