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[Vol, *1 COLUMBIA, (3. C.) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER lft l 810. [No. 4*.]
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KY THOMAS W. LOItltAIN.
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MI80ELIANY.
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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