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i'or Sale.
Valuable Real Estate.
ADMINISTRATOR’S Sale.— Will be sold,
on the first Tuesday in December next, at the
Market-house in the town of Louisville, Jefferson
county, the following described lands, situate in said
county, and-told under an order of the honorable the
■oSS . Inferior Court of Richmond county, when sitting fur
r ordinary purposes, for the benefit of the heira ard
creditors cf Paul Fitzsinunons, deceased:
OLD TOWN PLANTATION. f
TL;.t well kimn, extensive and valuable estate,
containing 4742acies, of which 2500 are open and
under good fences, situate on Dry and Spring Creeks,
bounded westwardly by the Ogeechen river, six
miles above where it is crossed by the Centra! Rail
road. The improvements are of a substantial kind,
and in good repair, embracing all that is necessary
and usual, on a large and well ordered plantation,
r among which is a water power occupied by a cotton
gin, a grist mill and a saw mill; the latter convenient
loan adequate supply of pine timber.
This plantation and lands will be subdivided, and
if desirable, offered in three portions. The same can
be examined at any time upon application to the pre
sent occupant, Mr. Owen P. Fitzsimmons, or it
absent, to his Overseer.
ALSO—THE GREENE PLACE,
Contiguous to Old Town, containing 600 acres of
pine land, well timbered and convenient to the Saw
Mill.
ALSO—THREE LOTS.
Containing together 551 acres of Pine Land, on the
opposite ride of the river; known as a portion of the
Forsyth five bounty tracts, and by Nos. 4, 5 and 14,
in the sub-division made in 1845.
ALSO -THREE LOTS,
Containing together 457 acres of Pine Land, conti
guous to the foregoing, and known as part of the Tur
ner place, on Boggy Gut, N*w. 22, 23 and 24.
Terms—One-third cash, balance with interest from
date on the Ist January, 1851, approved notes and
mortgage on the property.
ROBERT F. POE, )
WILLIAM J. EVE, > Adm’rs.
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, )
The papers in Savannah, Macon and Milledgeville,
will publish the above weekly until day of sale, and
forward accounts to this office.
October 2, 1849
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
THE UNDERSIGNED will
lEiaaV 8C " th® bod y kand on which he
JZilXs-, resides, situate two and a half miles
from die Southwestern Railroad Depot, west of Flint
river, Macon county, Georgia—containing between
z*' 1/00 and 1,800 acres.
According to the best judges, a portion of this plan
tation, the present season, (the crop not yet being
gathered) without the aid of manure and amidst
the most tremendous fl'Hxjs of rain ever known to
fall, will produce from 70 to 80 bushels of corn per
acre. The average yield of the place will be at
least 40 bushels per acre—cotton equally good. A
Grist Mill, with twn runs of stone, a bountiful sup
ply of the best spring water, together with a depo
sits of lime and marl sufficient to manure the place
for an indefinite length of time, are some of its advan
tages. As no one would be likely to purchase with
oit looking and fudging for himself, a further de
scription is deemed useless.
522-w3t» J. C. HELVENSTON.
Mpor sale,
RY THE SUBSCRIBER,
whole concern in Jefferson county, MVw
below Louisville, comprising twenty-
***• • e ’? roe ®» *ven hundred aeree of land, stork of
all kinds, corn, fodder, tools, together with all things
pertaining u» the same. Come and see for youraclf
Reference— Wm. H. Batty, James T. Bothwell,
Esq., Augusta; Judge Asa Holt, Savannah.
■29 wtf S. ARRINGTON.
FOR SALE,
THAT WELL KNOWN and
.-Bill Suable SETTLEMENT OP LAND,
the residence ofthe late William Gam-
" abou county, aitualcd about
■B» ■ *•**•» *ncH* Cii&fe, ?»n?i from Mchroe,
W on the Alcovy River, ccntaining one thousand acres
F of land, at least four hundred of which ie wood land
I and well timbered ; a considerable quantity of fine
river low-grounds. There are upc n the premises a
most excellent spring of pure water, Dwelling House
and all necessary farm buildings, large Gin House,
Packing Screw, and goal Orchards.
The above lands are offered at die very low price
of Four Thousand Ikdlars ; one-half cash, the balance
on a credit until the Ist January, 1851.
\ JOHN SCOTT,
BENJAMIN T. RUSSELL.
Sort'd Circle. au2-wtf
LAND AND NEGROES FOR SALE
MTHE SUBSCRIBER offers for
Sale the tract of Land on which he re-Z£»
Columbia county, containing Five Hundred
and Sixteen Acres, with a good farm and comfortable
residence, and the necessary out-buildinga. He will
also sell with the land his Plantation Negroes, con
| lusting of men, women and children, most of them
| very likelv and valuable. Terms will be liberal.
Persona desiring to purchase will please call and ex
amine the property. PETER WRIGHT.
•w 7 wtNi
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
AMi THE SUBSCRIBER offers for
Bjj} sale 150 ACRES OF LAND,
and forming a part of the Village of So- -L.
cial Circle. Sixty acres improved with a good two
story Dwelling, (in town) new Kitchen and Smoke
House, and other comfortable buildings. A barg&in
will be sold in the premises.
V. H. CRAWLEY.
Social Circle, March 5, 1849. wtf
Valuable Lands for Sale,
—*• THE SUBSCRIBERS offer for —le n
W® VALUABLE PLANTATION in Putnam
county, between Warren’s and Little’s Ferries
on the Oeonee River, known aa Wilson Bird’s, Esq.,
and formerly owned by the late Joel Hurt.
The above Plantation contain* 2,100 acres, and
lies on the Oconee River, the River making a fence
to one-fourth of it. It has 150 or 200 acres of rich
bottom land, lying above all ordinary high water, and
in a high state of cultivation. It also contains 600
acres of heavily timbered Oak and Hickory Lind,
well interspersed over the tracts. The entire trac*
under a good fence, and the open land in n fine state
of cultivation. The place has a good Dwelling house,
a large new Gin house and Screw ; also good Negro
bouses, sufficient to accommodate 75 or 80 negreev,
goal Cribs and Stables, everything complete to make
a crop. All ot which we will sell low, and on terms
easy to the purchaser. We deem it to l»c one of the
most desirable plantations in this part of Georgia.—
Any person wishing to examine the land will call on
Mr. Broom, living on the place, who will show it.
I All communications addressed to either of the sub
scribers at Sparta, will meet with prompt attention.
JAMES B. RANSONE,
•26 wtf JAMES B. EDWARDS.
_ tjotcls.
STATE RIGHTS HOTEL.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
THE UNDERSIGNED having
KIJ become the sole proprietor of the State W};;!
Rights Hotel, would respectfully io- *
form hie friends ami the public generally, that his
House will be open during the Session of the Legisla
ture for the accommodation of Members and tran •
Bient via tors, and every effort will be made to give
satisfaction to all who stay favor him with a call.
E. D. BROWN.
Milledgerille, Sept. 25, 1849. e29-5t
RICHMOND HOTEL.
£«*> THE VXDKKStOXKD having liken
KjL the above establishment, which has been rho
roughly repaired, is now ready to accommo
date the travelling public, and hopes train hie exjw
rience and strict attention, to merit a liberal patron
age from the public ami his farmer friends and pat
rons. His table will be supplied with the lest the
market affords, and his charges as reasonable as any
other in the city. There is large and airy Stable
and a good dry Waggon Yard on the premises.
04-w4 JOHN ROBER fSON.
COHUTTA SPRINGS.
THK PROPRIETOR of this de
KL lightful WATERING PLACE, would H;j[
•■a™ respectfully announce to the pnblic,
that he is now prepared to accommodate from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty visitors, in as com
fortable and complete a style as any similar ertab
lisbmrnt in Upper Georgia.
The Spring* are located in the county of Murray,
at the base of the Cohutta Mountain, about twenty
miles Lorn Dalton.
, au3l-wS WILLIAM WORLEY.
MARIETTA HOTEL.
THE UNDERSIGNED begs leave to
JEL <he public and hrs friends, that be has
taken a lease of this establishment and will open it
for the reception of boarders and visitors the first of
September next, when he hopes by his prompt atten
tion to the business, and his anxiety to render his
guests comfortable, to secure a liberal patronage.
_ aulS-wu J. F. ARNOLD.
WASHINGTON H A LL,
ATLANTA REOKQIA.
Breakfast ani» dinner hovse for pas
■ 3 SENGEBS.
£ MEALS always io due Maaon for lb. de
parture of the cecs. A share of public patron-.
**• “ rwpecUully *>licited.
t.y3»wly HOLCOMBE A RICE.
HOTELI
a MRS. W. J. JONES avails herself of
•anopporta.it, to announce to the friends and
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fa* ■ T.^***** 11 *-’., •*>»’o’rnd. keepox open the
f"'*7 hetetoaw kep< by fom at APPLING, and »-
* iduT**"' 11 **”'P» Ir °aage hithrrtabeetavred
tk^.^r S>b * tw P f « •>.» her unreraitted eaer-
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. (I ’*T' v b*.>.xt ol those who tn.y faeor her with a
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.y«Mlw Cwneot. £.« rwwi.wl ,„d for «le
V »U PHILIP A. MOISE, l>ru M
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CAugusta, Qfoo :
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 4, 1849.
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Editorial Correspondence.
Detroit, Sept. 22, 1849.
j Detroit is the commercial emporium of the
peninsular State, and it is destined to become
a city of no inconsiderable importance on the
great Northern Lakes. Since the extension of
the Central Railroad to New Buffalo on Lake
Michigan, a large share of tho travel which
formerly went round by water to Chicago and
Milwaukie, now passes through Michigan, and
is aiding much to build up a line of flourishing
> villages quite across the Peninsula. The Rail
road Company has erected several large and
- commodious structures at and near the Depot
in this city. Ils freight warehouse is 800 feet
in length, and of proportionate width, and is
well built of brick. The ground on which it
stands was a part of the bed of Detroit river.
I The piling and filling up for some 1500 feel
front were quite expensive. The Road is the
property of a Boston Company, which is ma
king a heavy outlay for tho cheap and econo
mical transaction of an immense business.
Flour is the staple article of export, which is
now going forward freely.
ay before yesterday I attended an Agricul
tural Fair at Marshall, near the centre of the
State, at which there was a sharp competition
by different millers for the premium on flour.
Tho best barrel I saw was made from four bu
shels and six pounds of old wheat, i. e., 246 lbs
shall is 110 miles from Detroit, and wheat sells
there at 70 cents a bushel. Flour is brought
down the St. Joseph river in flat boats, and ele
vated by steam 50 feet from boats into railroad
cars, which is something of a curiosity.
I have been familiar with Michigan ever since
Gen. Cass was Territorial Governor under
Presidents Monroe and Adams. It was never
improving so rapidly and substantially as at
present. Its enterprising farmers are begin
ning to unite wool growing with successful
wheat culture, and find the two quite profita
ble. In these days I have seen several hun
dreds of superior merino sheep, (some of
which were imported from the best flocks in
Spain and France at $250 a head) going to
Wisconsin. Mr. Bingham, of Vermont, has
90 Spanish rnerinoes, and grazes here to be
exhibited at the Slate fair in this city next
week. They were shown at Syracuse and are
remarkable for the quantity and quality of their
wool. Tho soil and climate of Michigan are
well adapted to the production of clover; al
though much plaster of Paris, or native gyp
sum, is used to fertilize the soil. There are
sheep here that clip 22 lbs. of wool per an
num.
New wheat is up and begins to cover the
ground very beautifully. No other cultivated
plant forms so attractive a landscape as that of
clean, flourishing wheat. If we add to this,
extensive fields of clover in blossom, on which
thousands of sheep and hundreds of fine cattle
luxuriate, the rural scenery is much improved.
Farm buildings are generally new and painted;
while orchards of apple, peach, pear, plum and
cherry trees more or less abound in all the old
er settled portions of the State. Agricultural
improvement, I am happy to say, attracts far
more attention than politics, notwithstanding a
general election is close at hand. County
Fairs are well attended.
It is expected that Senator Cass will be in
structed in away on the proviso question that
will induce him to resign, and make a vacan
cy for a Benton or Van Buren democrat.
Much is said in political circles about the course
of the Missouri Senator, and his future pros
pect of reaching the Presidency. Whether
sustained in his own State or not at the ap
proaching election, the “young democracy”
of the North, with “ Prince John” at their
head, will be very likely to make him their can
didate in the race of 1852. The popular catch
words of “ liberty and free soil,” in the hands
of gentlemen of the tact, talent and energy of
the Van Burens, Benton, Houston, and Com
pant, when thoroughly organized, will tell
powerfully with the masses everywhere. If
the Whigs are true to their country and their
principles, maintaining their national character
and organization, they will not fail to elect their
presidential candidate three years hence, and
thus rebuke all sectionalism and preserve the
integrity and prosperity of the Union. The
United Slates were never so full of promise as
at this moment: and I can not hot believe that (
the miserable political humbug about slavery, f
is slowly becoming less potent for mischief. <
The signal failure of the emancipation move- I
tnent in Kentucky has opened the eyes of ma
ny observing men, whose prejudices and mis- |
information had led them into grave errors in 1
reference to public sentiment in the slavehold
ing States. Light, truth and justice are silently,
but powerfully vindicating lhe South. L.
Waynesboro Railroad.
The following extract from a note of the
Chief Engineer of this road to the Editors, will
be read with pleasure by the friends of the en
terprise. The route thus far is run more fa
vorable than our most sanguine anticipations
induced us to hope for, and we sincerely hope
a further investigation of the route w.ll prove
equally favorable for the construction of the
road:
Ik Camp 6 Miles from Avgusta, P
October 3, 1849. $
"The survey for (he Burke county Railroad was
commenced on Friday last, at a point aeven miles
from Augusta on the summit between Butler’s and
Spirit creeks, and closed at Augusta last evening.
Thus far we have been agreeably disapoointcd. A
short cut of ten feet in depth is all that is required on
the summit in question. This morning the line was
resumed at the starting point, and is now being car
ried in the direction of Waynesboro*. We have
doubtless more difficult ground in advance of us.
The route now being examined will pass within three
fourths of a mile of the Rich mood Factory, and with
in a mile probably of Brothersville. Y’ours, drc.”
Tlxe Vnlon--The Administration*
/Among the intelligence, more or less false,
which flies through the country by telegraph
with a speed that contradiction can neverover
take, we felt ourselves called upon, the other
day (says the National Intelligencer of Monday)
to denounce as a sheer invention the story of
an angry correspondence having arisen be
tween this Government and the British Charge
d’Affaires. Mr. Cramptow.
The •* Union, ” on Saturday, professing it
self “ happy ” to see this statement contradict
ed, has made a new statement of its own, de
siring to know if it may play " Paul Pry ” on
the occasion, and "ask further information
without intrusion. ”
Certainly—and welcome ; no intrusion at
all. Its new story runs as follows:
"We hear that a correspondence relative to Mos
quito has taken place between the Secretary of State
and Lord Palmerston, the Hritish Minister for
Poreign Affairs. Gossip says it might have been
more creditable to the American diplomatist. We
would therefore respectfully ask the National Intel
ligencer if this story of a correspondence with Lord
Palmerston is a sheer invention 7”
We give the " Union ” the benefit of all the
information we have of this new version This
new story, besides being " eheer invention, ”
is sheer nonsense. Secretaries of State never
correspond directly, unless indeed in such an
even: as the temporary disqualification of their
Diplomatic Agents, as in a late case that the
"I/Asoa” is aware of under which Mr.
Crampton does no., and we dare say never
will, find himself.
Official Correspondence*
The National Intelligencer of Monday, con
tains the following correspondence:
Fort McHkmmt, (Md.) Sept. 22, 1849.
fih’rln the National Intelligencer of to-day 1 have
read with astonishment and indignation the following
paragraph, in a communication from the French Min
ister, M. Poussin, to the Secretary of Stale, Mr.
Clayton:
“ The Legation of France cannot and will not
make itself the echo of the reports, mire or less well
founded, which have been current with regard to
Col. Child’s conduct in this affair; nor will it press
certain tacts imputed against him, which it would be
perh .ps easier to prove than he could prove the char
ges brought bv himself.”
So long as Al. Poussin confined himself to com
ments on my evidence before the Board of Commis
sioners, I felt quite indifferent to his opinions of my
testimony ; it is on record, and when published will
vindicate the court that decided upon the case of Port,
the Gt*neral who approved its proceedings, and the
final action of the Government.
1 deny indignantly the insinuations contained in
the quotation, and defy M. Poussin to establish the
remotest point in the dishonorable insiunation that he
has made.
1 feel that it is my right to ask, at the hands of the
proper authority, that M. Poussin be requested to
make specific and tangible charges; and, whatever
they may be, that opportunity be given me to show
their talmty.
1 bare the honor to be, sir, your urost obedient
•errant, fHOMAS CHILDS.
Brevet Brig. General V .S. Army.
Hon. Gbo. W. ( rawford,
•SrereXary Mar, H ajAit/rtim.
Wax Dbfabtmxnt.
Washington, September 24, 1549. '
Sir •• In reply to yours of the 22d instant, u«icb>Dg
the remarks ot M. Poussin, while he was accredited
to the Govern men t of the United States, as Minister
Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of the Re
public of France, in relation to the claim of M. Port,
and yvnr conaoxioa therewith, I have to state that I
cannot comply with yoor request that «M. Poussin
be called on to make his charges specific and tangible
against yen.”
' The official relition between this Government and
M. Poumin baa been severed. Moreover, it is pre
sumed that, whatever he may have done as the French
Miaisier, ought not to be ewumed in tua individual
character.
Nor, in respect to the caan of M. Port, io it thought
that you ehcßdd feel disquieted, eopocutily whea yon
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Embracing Portraits of Distinguished Authors, Statesmen, Gene
rals, and others, with “Portraits of the People,” &c.
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TAKING THE STARCH OUT OF HIM!
A COLD-WATER SKETCH.
A knot of idlers stood upon the end of a pier
which runs out into the Hudson River, in one
of the small towns near Albany, a few days
ago, amusing themselves with hurling stones
into tho broad stream, each vieing with his
neighbor in the endeavor to pitch a missile al
the farthest distance from the shore; when a
tall, rugtred built Vermonter, direct from the
Green Hills, suddenly made his appearance in
their midst, and for a while remained a quiet
observer of their movements.
He was a brawny, strong-looking Yankee,
and was decently clad. The efforts of the little
party had been exhibited over and over again,
when the stranger quietly picked up half a
brick which lay near him, and, giving it a jerk,
it fell in the water a long way beyond the line
which had as yet been reached by the foremost
of the crowd. At the conclusion of this feat a
loud “ bravo f” went up from a dozen voices
around him.
It was a cold, clear day in October, and the
men, determined not to be outdone, renewed
their attempts; but the Vermonter, without
saying a syllable to any one, continued to pitch
the pebbles far out into the stream, which
seemed to annoy one of them, in a green
jacket, the apparent leader of the gang, who
declared he would’nt be beaten by a “feller
right strait out o’ the woods, no how and,
sidling up to the stranger, he determined to
make his acquaintance.
•* Where do you come from, neighbor?” in
quired the other.
“ Me?” VVal, I hails from Varmount, jes’
now, friend ”
“Haint been in these parts long, I reck’n.”
“VVal, no; not edzackly here, but up and
and daown, sorter.”
Yi», so I s’posed.”
“Yaas,” continued the green ’tin, carelessly,
and seizing a big billet of wood he twirled it
over his head, and it landed several rods from
the shore in the water.
“You’ve a little strength in your arms, neigh
bor.”
a Some ‘punkins’ is them flippers, stranger.
Up in aour taown, more’n a inunth ago, [ druv
them are knuckles rite strut thru a board more’n
a ninch-’n ’aff thick !”
“Haw, haw !” shouted his hearers; the man
m the green jacket laughing loudest.
“Maybe yen don’t believe it.”
“Not much.’’ answered lhe crowd.
“We aint very green down here in York, we
aint,” said the fellow in the green jacket;
•‘we’ve been about, you see.”
“ Wai, jes yeti look yere, friend,” con
tinued the Vermonter, in the most plausible
manner; “up in aour kaounty we’ve a purly
big river considerin’, Inyun river it’s called,
and maybe you’ve heeru on it. Wai, I hove a
rtuiect that tile award of ihfe Military Uoimdissiau,
raised on the occasion, had been approved by the
Commanding General, and affirmed and re-affirmed
by every Department of the Government.
1 cheerfully add that nothing has reached the De
partment which reflects on your character as an offi
cer and a man.
1 am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Geo- W. (Jrawfobd, Secretary of War.
Brevet Brig. Gen. Childs,
U, S. Army, Port Ale Henry, Maryland.
Correspondence of the N. O. Delta.
Fort Brooke, (Tampa Bay) Fla., Sept. 21.
Dear Delta : I give you some account of the
furthor operation of the troops in this region
On the 15th General Twiggs embarked
on the steamer Colonel Clay, for Charlotte’s
Harbor—the scene of the depredations of the
Indians—for the purpose of holding a "talk”
with the principal chiefs of the Seminoles. as
was alluded to in a previous letter. The Gen
eral was accompanied by Lt. Randall, Major
McCall, Asst Adjt. General; Capt. Casey,
Commissary Department ; and Lieut. Gibbon,
with Captain Rains’s company of 4th Artillery,
as the military guard and escort.
The steamer reached her destination on the
17th, and anchored near an old trading*house,
on the east side of the Bay, a few miles from
its mouth. Here the head chief, Billy Bow-
Legs, accompanied with the acting chief ofthe
Micasookies and several warriors, went on
board of the steamer and held a " talk” with
Gen. Twiggs.
The chief is described as being a fine looking
warrior, about forty years old, with an open,
intelligent expression of countenance, totally
devoid of that wild look which so frequently •
characterizes the inhabitant of the forest. His :
figure is about the ordinary height, and well- |
proportioned, with a pleasing deportment, i
and evincing much self possession in his man- •
ners. His head was enveloped in a red shawl
surmounted with white feathers, encircled with
a silver band, with crescents of the same metal
suspended from his neck, to which was appen
ded a large silver medal, with a likeness of
President Van Buren on his face ; his throat
was (hickly covered with strands of large blue
beads he also wore bracelets of silver over
the sleeves of his decorated hunting shirt. A
broad, showy bead belt, passing over his breast
suspended a beautifully beaded rifle pouch un
der his left arm, and red leggings, with brass
buttons, which were richly embroidered with
beads, where they covered the upper part of
the moccasins, completed the costume of the
king of the Seminoles.
The amount of the "talk” was that tho In
dian nation was totally opposed to a war with
the whites, and would exert themselves to con
tinue on terms of peace; that the depreda
lions were committed by a party of fivo young
men. who would be given up to the General
as soon as they could be sent after to the Kissi
mee, where they were in custody, and the par
ly could return; that as the whole country
was covered with water, this could not be done
sooner than in thirty days, but at the end of 1
that lime, he (’he head chief) pledged himself
they should be delivered up to the General. !
He acknowledged the extent of the outrage,
for which he expressed himself as very sorry, I
but as they were committed by a small party ’
of unauthorized persona, who were itumedi- ■
ately taken into custody, and would be deliver- ■
ed up. he did not think the entire nation should
be held accountable for their acts.
Thus terminated the conference, with math- I
testations of the best feeling on both sides, the
chief and his party returning to their homes, \
and the General and suite wending their way
back to tins place.
The 7th Regiment of Infantry arrived here in
two seperate detachments, and are encamped
about two miles otf; they are preparing to
move to their different posts. Brevet Lieut.
Colonel Ross goes with his company to Hills
borough, to-day, accompaned by Captain Ro
bert’s company, 4lh Artillery, to contract a
bridge al that place. Brevet Lieut. CoIone!
Bainbridge, with two companies, takes post at
Fort Dade’s Postortice ; Major Andrews, with
two companies, al Lake Harris; and Colonel
Plymton. with two companies, will have the
Headquarters of the Regiment at Pilatka. .
There w ill be somo other posts lor the remain
ing companies, not known as yet. Major
Rains, 7th Infantry, will probably be left in this
vicinity, with two companies, for the present. J
Capt. Rains. 4ih Artillery, it is said, will re
lieve Major Pemberton’s company at Linears,
the latter going to Manatee. A.
Wilmingtoik «$* Manchester Railroad.
From ac abstractor a report of the resident
Engineer to he President and Directors ofthe ,
above road, published iu the Marion Star, we
obtain the following statement in regard to the i
progress of the work. It must be gratifying ;
to every citizen es the Pee Dee country, which
has been so long bastardized by the State, tn
find such evidence of life and vitality iu a por
tion of its citizens:
Total length of’.be road,. 162 mi lee
" " grading under contract-• 129| "
" stock taken in grading,- $197,100:
" " “ material for superstructure,.. $41,600
Whole stock taken up in work, $238,700 ,
Distance from junction to Pee Ifee Swamp,-65j miles.
Grading in this distance under contract,•• 61| m’les.
Superstructure ” “ “ 371 “
From Pee Dee Swamp to State lice. 30 miles.
Grading ib this distance under contract, •• •16t rn, l es -
From State line to Wtlmiaguxi. 6'| mdes.
Grading ia this distance under contract, •• 51 1 miles.
Total number of hands employed as overseers
and laborers cm the road. 554
From die above it will be seen that the VVtl
niington and Manchester Road is to be com
pleted. and at an early day.
r When it is asked, shall we not connect with
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10. 1849.
man clean across that river t'other day/ and he
came daown fair and square on t’other side !”
“ Ha, ha, ha !” yelled his auditors.
“ Wai, naow, yeu nny lass, but I kin dew it
agin”
“ Dowhat?” said the green jacket, quickly.
“ I kin take and heave yeu across that river
vender, iust like open and shet.”
“Bet you ten dollars of it.”
“ Done,” said the Yatikee ; and drawing forth
an X, (upon a broken down-east bank!) he
covered lhe braggart’s shinplaster.
“Kin yeu swim, feller?”
“Like a duck,” said green-jacket; and, with
out further parley, the Vermonter seized the
knowing Yorker stoutly by the nape of the neck
and the seat of his pants, jerked him from his
foothold, and with an almost superhuman effort
dashed the bully heels over head from the end
of the dock same ten yards out into the Hud
son river.
A terrific shout rang through the crowd, as
he floundered into the water, and, amidst the
jeers and screams of his companions, the duck
ed bully put back to the shore and scrambled
up the bank, half frozen by his sudden and in
voluntary cold bath.
“ I’ll take that ten spot, if you please,” said
the shivering loafer, advancing rapidly to the
stakeholder. “ You took us for green horns,
eh? We’ll show you how we do things down
here in York”—and the fellow claimed the
twenty dollars.
“ Wai. I reck’n yeu wunt take no ten-spots
jes’ yit, cap’n.”
“ Why? You’ve lost the bet.”
“ Not edzactly. I didn’t calkilate on dewin’
it the Just time— but I tell yeu I kin dew it.” —
and again, in spite of the loafer’s utmost efforts
to escape him. he seized him by the scruff’ and
and the seal of his overalls, and pitched him
three yards farther into the river than upon the
first trial.
Again lhe bully returned amid lhe shouts of
his mates, who enjoyed the sport immensely.
“ Third time never fails,” said the Yankee,
stripping off his coat; “I kin dew it. I tell ye.”
“ Hold on !” said the almost petrified victim.
“ And 1 will deu it, cf 1 try till to morrer
mornin'J ’
“ I give it up!” shouted the sufferer be.ween
his teeth, which now chattered like a mad bad
ger’s—“ take the money ”
The Vermonter very coolly pocketed the
ten spot, and, as he turned away, remarked—
“We aint much acquainted with you smart
folks daotin here ’n York, but we sometimes
• take the starch aout of ’em : up aour way, and
p’raps yeu wont try it on tu s’rangers agin. I
reck'n you wunt,” he continued, and putting
on a broad grin of good humor, he left the com
pany to their reflections.
ThiTrTau by*a Bruneii t~» place / Hie hjut
rogatory is universally answered in ths affir
mative. Is it not time, then, that some action
was had upon Ute matter? Our Legislature
will soon meet, and if we expect any action
from that body in our favor, we must exert our
selves to obtain it. The whole influence of
the Pee Dee country must be concentrated
and brought to bear upon that object. To ef
fect this, concert of action is necessary—indis
pensable. Meetings of the citizens should be
held forthwith in every neighborhood interest
ed, to choose Delegates to represent them in a
meeting to be held at Darlington Court House
or Society Hill. Let this be done, and proper
persons selected to present our scheme and
claims to the Legislature, and the branch will
be built. Our citizens should remember that
they must put their shoulders to the wheels,
before they call upon Hercules for help.—
Cheraw Gutette.
Steamer Republic—We were gratified
I with the appearance of this steamer in our har
bor yesterday. She moved with graceful celerity
on the waters of Cooper River to her place at
Fitzsimons’s wharf.
The Republic left Baltimore on Saturday
evening, with a strong opposing wind which
increased to a heavy blow off Cape Hatteras.
Adverse currents and head seas likewise con
spired, with the unexpected prostration from
sickness of all her firemen, to retard her pro
gress.
She is admitted by all who were on boird.
passengers and officers, to be a model in her
architecture and equipments, exceedingly easy
i on the water, and ofl’ering every accommoda
I tion and convenience to be found in the most
I finished hotels. We greet her appearance in
I Charleston as the commencement of a line of
i sea steamers, not antagonistical to those noble
marine structures from New York and Phila
deiphia. which have so long graced onr harbor,
but as co-operative with them, to render more
frequent, certain, and expeditious the inter
course between our City ofthe South, and the
great commercial empoiinms of the North.
The Republic lakes her place in the line to
Baltimore, between which and Charleston
mere has not hitherto been those commercial
and social interchanges which the interests and
sympathies common to both would seem strong
ly to recommend. Few cities have increased
more rapidly of late than Baltimore, and few,
to greater advantage possess, combined, all the
elements which rear up and sustain large and
prosperous communities,
New York, from greater population, and
more available capital, may present greater
facilities for commercial operations; but. in the
elements which contribute to mechanical and
manufacturing enterprises, Baltimore holds a
proud position.
We may take occasion hereafter to enlarge
on this subject of interest to Charleston. The
arrival of the Republic will prove, we hope, a
new era in our commercial connections with
the inexhaustible resources ofthe Chesapeake,
and the enterprise will, no doubt, receive, as
it will merit, the patronage of our community.
—Ch. Mercury
Loss of the Br. Barque Flora.—We Imcm
■ from the following extract of a letter from CapL
Ashby, of the Br. barque Flora, addressed to
I the consignees, that this vessel sunk on the
18th ult , after having encountered a hurricane.
| The letter is dated on board of the brig J/m-
I dor a, and post marked Newbern. N. C. The
Flora left Liverpool for this port on the 23d
July last, and arrived at Tercina on the 14th
August, from whence she sailed ’he same day.
I She had on board iron for the South Carolina
Railroad Company, and sundry articles of mer-
I chandize for persons in this city.
‘•Brio Alvadora. Sept. 26. 1849.—Dear
J Sirs —1 am sorry to inform you that the Br.
| barque Flora, sunk on the 18th Sept, after the
night of the hurricane, and this vessel saved
our lives. Signed Charles Ashby,
Master of the Flora.”
Destructive Fire at Rochester.—A fire
broke out at about 11 o’clock Wednesday night
in the new four story brick building on Mill st..
. near the Falls owned by Silas Ball. Esq., and
I occupied by Charles B. Coleman, Esq., as a
builders shop, where materials used in building
were prepared by machinery.
The building was entirely destroyed, and the
' fire extended to the new saw mill east of it.
owned also by Mr. Ball, and occupied by
: Messrs. Parsons and Samuel Green as a saw
mill, chair-stuff and shingle factory, which was
also destroyed Mr. Leary’s dye-house, south
of the first building, was attacked by the flames
and burnt to the ground. Mr. Leary’s goods
were saved.
'1 he loss to Mr Bill on the two buildings
amounts to about SII,OOO, and bis insurance
to near $5,000. Mr Coleman’s loss, $2,500,
probably insured Loss of Mr. Parsons SSOO.
probably insured; of Mr. Green sßoo—in
sured $400; of Mr. Learv $1,200 —insured
SI,OOO
Mr. Cady, of the cotton factory, will suffer
some loss, from the wetting of his cotton stored
’ under sheds near the factory, but is fully in
sured.—Rock Dem.
In anticipation of the probable arrival in this
country of some of the noble defenders of Hun
garian liberty, an association h»s been organ
ized in New York for their reception and as
sistance. The names of some of the first men
of New York are enrolled in this laudable pro
ceeding.
A New York letter say* that Mr. George
Law, one of the proprietors of the new steam
ship Ohio, has offered a challenge to any steam
er in the world to make a trip trom New York
l o Liverpool, for a wager of $50,000 a aide.
FRIDAY MOKNINO. OCT. 5, 1849.
Japan.
The narrative of the Seamen of the shi
Ladoga, who were lost on the coast of Japai
(a sketch of which wo published some tint
since,) detailing the cruelties to which the
were subjected by the authorities of Japan wi
be found highly interesting while it will excit
the just indignation of every American. A
whatever relates to that remarkable peopl
cannot fail to interest the intelligent reader, w
copy from tha Providence Journal the follow
ing sketch of their history as far as it is known
Japan.—We observe that an interest is awaken,
throughout tho country in consequence of the sever
treatment inflicted on the seamen ot the Americai
ship Ladoga, wrecked on the coast of Japan. Thesi
men, on reaching the shore, were seized and throwi
into prison by the Japanese, and after suffering thi
most inhuman treatment for upwards of a year, havi
just been liberated by the United States ship Preble
Capt. Glynn. We do not learn how he was apprisec
of the imprisonment of these men, but presume wore
was sent through the Dutch. What renders thii
case particularly aggravating, is, that the Japanese
after having witnessed several acts of humanity or
our part in rescuing their seamen from wrecks anc
carrying them to their homes, should have returnee
this kindness with sucMbrutality. For it now ap
pears that at the very t*me an American squadron,
under Commodore Biddle, was in the Bay of Yeddo
the crew of the American ship Lawrence were in pri
son -and within a year of the visit of Capt. Cooper,
in the ship Manhattan, with 22 Japan seamen saved
from wrecks, the disaster to lhe ship Ladoga happen
ed. Thinking our read*rs might feel a curiosity tc
know why the Japanese have-sorijidiy excluded all
Europearw tftu it». them, we
r
Why thb Japanese Exclude Foreigners.—The
first intercourse between Europeans and the Japanese
took place in the year 1543, when a Portuguese ship
touched at one of the islands. Those on board were
received with kindness, and a trade was freely open
ed with them. Fire-arms were first introduced by
these strangers, who also instructed the Japanese in
the manufacture of gunpowder. The superior intel
ligence they exhibited, and their scientific knowledge,
which the Japanese were ready to appreciate, at once
raised them to favor, and a lucrative intercourse grew
up in consequence. The missioniry spirit was then
rife with the Roman Catholics of Europe, and the
Jesuits were prompt in availing themselves of the
opening which was presented, to introduce Christian
ity into Japan. Their priest arrived, were kindly
received, and no impediment offered to their preaching
and introducing a new religion. The high mural
principles inculcated and practiced by these mis
sionaries, their devotion to the unseen God they
worshipped, their just and upright conduct, and
their general knowledge, soon won the hearts of the
Japanese. Thousands of their people were con
verted to Christianity, and such was the success of
the missionaries, that the aneient religion of the
country bid fa'r to be supplanted. Intermar
riages took place between the Portuguese and the
Japanese, and the most friendly relatione continued
between them.
About the year 1600, a civil war broke out in Ja
pan, growing out of rival clazms to the sovereignty
of the country, held in the person of the Ztogoon.
The country continued in an unsettled state till the
year 1615, when a high officer of the Empire, who
had acted as regent for the tn'ant sovereign, usurped
the throne, lhe native Christians, as well as the
Jesuits, supported the claitis of the lawful heir,
whose father, during his lifetime, had been a friend
to Christianity. They had oher leasons for so do
ing, as they hoped that that the young Prince, when
seated on his throne, would no; only profess the doc
trines they were inculcating, hut make them the es
tablished religion of Japan.
No sooner had the usurper attained <he sovereignty,
than he began a persecution against the supporters of
his rival The native Christians, as well as the Je
suits and foreigners, were murdered wherever they
could be frund, and from that time the most rigorous
system of exclusion has been followed.
Notwithstanding this persecution, and exclusion,
it is asserted by Von Siebold, the latest writer on
Japan, that it is from political, and not religious mo
tives on the part of the Japanese, that foreigners are
so rigorously excluded. The peculiar religion of
this people is such, (as far as we are able to judge
from the imperfect account we have of it,) that of all
people in the world, none woald so readily embrace
lhe doctrines of Christianity if properly introduced
among them. Hence, it is most unfortunate, that all
hope of the introduction of Christianity and Euro
pean civilization is cut off by an event which has
rendered the former to bereg« ded with fear .and ha
tred by this race.
After the extermination of :he Christians, and ex
pulsion of the Portuguese, the Dutch East India com
pany succeeded in making an arraonement with the
Japanese, by which they were permitted to send two
ships from Batavia annually. These ships have the
privilege of communicating only with Nangasaki, a
town at the southern extremity of the country. Here
the Dutch have a factory ala small island contiguous
to the town called Dezima, wiw>re the oppernoofd, or
president, resides. They are not allowed to have
any other intercourse, being rigorously excluded from
entering the town.
Various attempts have been Made by lhe English
and Russians to open an interanirse with Japan, in
all of which they have failed. The Dutch have, no
doubt, exerted au influence wjm the Japanese in re
pelling all the efforts of oiberfeaiionß to trade with
land at the close of the la*‘ We Dutch were
obliged to employ nctHrarsJ|» for th<’ir trade with
Japan, and the ship Eliza, of New York, Capt.
Stewart, bearing the Dutch fltg, made the first voy
age in this capacity, in 1797. The Japinese were
satisfied with the and permitted Capt.
Stewart to trade. Capt. Stewart, in ISO 3 made the
attempt to open a trade on the American account, but
was ref used. Other attempt by American ships met
with no better reception.
In 1837, an American vessel was sent from Canton
to Japan to carry back some shipwrecked Japanese,
but were not permitted to land, being fired upon from
the shore. The particulars of this voyage are fami
liar to American readers. These Japanese are now
living with Mr. S. Wells Williams, in Canton, and
have been his instructors in the Japanese language.
Mr. Williams is an American, and is, doubtless, the
first Chinese and Japanese scholar now living, with
the exception of lhe natives. He left the United
States about a year since on bis return to China.
Such is a brief account ufthe position of Japan with
reference to her iu'ercourse with European nations.
She has a perfect right, we acknowledge, to confine
her trade to such nations ns she pleases, and we have
no right to force her to admit our ships, or grant us
nny privileges ; but we have a right to say to her,
that she shall not treat our shipwrecked seamen,
thrown by accident on her shores, with the barbarity
such as she has inflicted on them, in two instances,
within a few years. We claim fur them the common
rights of humanity. We have the power to enforce
this claim, and justice, as well as self-respect, de
mands that we should enforce it.
The Japanese are a very different people from the
Chinese. In the arts, sciences, laws and religion,
they are as much in advance of the Chinese as the
English are in advance of the Turks. They cannot
therefore pretend ignorance of the laws of humanity,
or of the laws and rights which all civilized nations
acknowledge. Let us, therefore, demand redress for
the injury inflicted on our unfortunate citizens, and
require a pledge from the Japanese government, that
in future, should our seamen be thrown on their coast,
our shifts be compelled to put into any of her ports in
distress, that they shall be protected, and their wants
supplied.
To make a proper impression on this people, let al!
our shifts now in the China seas be concentrated at
Canton, to be joined by other vessels of the largest
class, including a steamer. Lei this fleet take an am
bassador, if thought proper, and sail at once to Jeddo,
the capital city, and the residence of the Ziog>>on, or
Emperor, of Japan. Let them demand reparation
train the Sovereign himself, and not treat with his gov
ernors or subordinates. The Japanese will then say
to them as the Chinese do, “go to Nangasaki, which
is the only port where foreigners are permitted to en
ter, and there we will hear your demands and satis
fy your clairoa.” But this must not be listened to.
e must demand reparation on the spot, first, by a
remuneration to lhe American citizens they had im
prisoned, second, for lhe expense of sending a fleet
there, and, third, a guarantee or pledge fur their fu
ture good conduct to our oiizens.
We might even demand that an envoy or minister
might be permitted to reside at the Capital. Should
not these terms be agreeable, then compromise the
matter by letting us send one or more ships annually
to trade, and in case none of these claims are listened
to, let our ships bring them to terms by a bombard
ment. The increase of our commerce in the Eastern
seas is such that our ships may meet with frequent
disasters on the Japan coast; therefore, the sooner
we take some active steps in this matter the better.
We are not alone in urging prompt measures with
the Japanese ; the press in all parts of the country
demand it and we hope the administration will, at
an early day, take such tneasores as they may deem
most feasible to end suggested.
** The Souther.t .Medical aid Surgical
Jovrsal” for October war promptly laid on
our table, filled with its usual variety of matter
of interest to the profession. Among the ori
ginal contributions we notice one from Profs.
P. F. Eve, and Dogas and Dr. H. F. Camp
bell.
Frost. —There was a slight frost in the vi
cinity of Jackson, .Miss., on Tuesday morn
ing the 25th September.
The Care Crop. —The Sl Martinsville
Creole of the 23d inst. says that the cane has
suffered for want ofrain, but that the prospects
of the planters in that section are more promis
ing than of those in any other part of the State.
Cacght at Last. — Old Father Ritchie has
been caught nicely in a snare set for him by
the Richmond Whig, and is now dangling by
the heels to be laughed at by all the Whigs in
the Union. In 1829, the Richmond Enquirer,
under the editorialship of Mr. Ritchie, publish
ed a letter from a W ashington correspondent
recommending further removals from office by
President Jackson, and proposed a plan of find
ing out the worthy and unworthy partizans,
which Mr. Ritchie cordially approved. The
Richmond Whig, itappears.has looked up that
letter in an old file of the Enquirer, and pub
lished it teriatim. changing the date to 1849
and altering it so far as to make it refer to the
parties as they are now situated.—that is, chang
ing the word Whig to Democrat and rice versa.
Poor old Mr. Ritchie saw and read the letter in
the Whig, and forgetting that it was his own
bantling of 1829. thought he bad got hold of a
vile plot of the Whigs to ruin the country, and
comes down upon it like a hawk upon a young
chicken. He says:
‘•Base and infamous as such a proposition
is, we actually find it made in so many words
in the following letter written in this city and
published in the Richmond Whig of August
28. We publish the letter entire, in order to
prove the existence of this shameful system of
secret inquisition, and to show the lerocious
spirit of proscription which pervades the bo
som of the writer, and which can find its par
allel only among the brutal and sanguinary
human butchers of the French revolution of
1798.”
Poor old man 1 if this is the way you treat
your own offspring, what will you do with
other people’s’—-V Y. Day Book.
From the Providence Journal.
AMERICANS IN JAPAN.
We have been favored with letters from
Canton to the22d June, addressed to John R.
Bartlett, Esq , Secretary of the American Eth
nological Society, containing the proof sheets
» of a highly interesting narrative of the visit of
the U. S. ship Preble to Japan, for »he relief of
lhe American seamen belonging to the ship La
doga, who had been imprisoned in that country.
As no particulars of this visit have yet appear
ed in print, and as the curiosity of lhe Ameri
can public is eager for news from this secluded
country, we avail ourselves of his permission to
lay the entire narrative before our readers This,
we believe, is the only copy which has been
Bent out of China.
Cruize of the U. S. sloop-of-war Preble, Com
mander James Glynn, to Napa and Nagasaki
The Preble left Hong Kong Feb. 12ih, but
was obliged to return to port almost immedi
ately on account of the small pox, and did not
finally leave her anchorage until March 22d ;
she returned May 20th, having touched at Lew
chew Is., Nagasaki, Shanghai, and Amoy, and
accomplished lhe main object of her visit to
Japan. From her commander and several of
her officers, we have gathered the following
particulars of her interesting cruise.
She reached Napa about the 10th of April,
where she remained upwards of three days,
during which lime her officers availed of lhe
opportunity to ramble over the environs of the
town, visit the capital Shudi v or Shns-i, and see
a good deal of the island and its inhabitants.
Doct. Betelheim came off to the ship as soon as
she anchored, and received the supplies which
Captain Glynn hud kindly brought for him
from Hong Kong. The same system of pas
sive oppsition is still kept up by the authori
ties of Lewchew towards lhe Doctor, who. is
thereby prevented from having much
couno: with the people; they tire ordered »o
avoid him whenever he appears in lhe streets,
to sell him nothing, do him no harm, and keep
away from his house on Capstan Pt ; and lhe
execution of these commands is enforced by
the presence of an underling, who accompa
nies him whenever be stirs abroad. His post
tion is therefore extremely irksome, and the
effect of regulations like these upon the people
must naturally be to produce dislike towards a
man who causes them so much inconvenience,
notwithstanding their conviction of his kind
ness and good intentions. The authorities
made a written request to Capt. Glynn to take
him from the island, but he has no wish him
self to leave; on the contrary, he has repeated
ly requested his Society to send him an assis
tant, confident that then one of the mission
could take longer excursions into the country,
and even visit the northern part of lhe island,
while the other remained at home. We hops
Doct. Betelheim will be enabled to keep at his
post, until a reinforcement arrives ; if he should
leave Napa, it will be doubly difficult for ano
ther to secure a footing there.
The Lewchewans seem to be placed in a
most unlucky position between the Japanese
and Chinese governments, both of which claim
a sort of paternal surveillance over them
(which in the former lakes a stronger form of
almost suzerain authority,) allowing the island
ers a little trade with their respective ports of
Fuhchan and Kagoslma byway of return, and
interfering in almost every thing which con
cerns them. The Japanese requested Captain
Glynn, to keep away frem Napa in future, and
inform his superiors they must send no more (
vessels there ; and it is said that Gov. Su has
intimated to Gov. Bonham that his master de
sires British men of war not to go there. .
Meanwhile the Lewchewans themselves are
evidently afraid to irritate their formidable visi
tors, or even to deport Doct. Betelheim against
his will; they would not sell the Preble any .
supplies, and her captain refused to take any '
unless he could pay for them ; though on one (
occasion, a few were received aboard lhe ship
during bis absence, to pay for which he sent ,
an officer who left the money on shore in their
hands.
From Napa, the Preble sailed for Nagasaki,
and made hind April 17th. Her appearance
was announced to the authorities of that town
immediately, and a boat was seen approaching
as soon as she anchored. This unusual haste,
as well as lhe repeated inquiries subsequently
made whether there was not another vessel in
company, were not fully explained until Capt.
Glynn learned at Shanghai, that the ship Natch
ez had passed through lhe straits of Van Die
man only lhe day before his arrival, A Japa
nese boarding officer Moreama Einaska, hailed
the ship in English, to say sha must anchor in
a place he pointed out until lhe governor’s or
der could be received; but Capt. Glynn told
him that place was unsafe as well as his pre
seul anchorage, and he should stand in until
he gained a safe berth inside the harbor.
When the ship had reached the offing abreast
Happenberg Island, the man hailed her, saying,
“ You may anchor where you please.’’ On
coming aboard when the ship was first hailed,
he inquired why the Paeble came to Japan, and
that question being evaded, he asked the cap
tain t; a *‘Xo.
your boats came alongside, and threw a bam
boo slick on deck, in which was thrust a paper;
but if it was intended for me, that is not the
proper manner to communicate to me, and
1 ordered it to be thrown overboard Why
do you choose this method of sending me a
letter?” In lhe usual style of Japanese offi
cials alter a thing has been done, the interpre
ter replied, “That was right! That was right!
But our laws require that all ships should be
notified of certain things. This was a common
man; he had his orders as I have mine, from
lhe chiefs over me, and you must not blame
him.” The paper here alluded to contained
lhe following warning to ships, directions
where they are to anchor, and what questions
they are to answer, which we copy verbatim:
Warning to the respective commanders, their of
ficers, and crews of the vessels approaching the
coast of Japan or anchoring near the coast, in
lhe bays of lhe Empire.
During the time the foreign vessels are on the coast
of Japan or near, as well as in the bay of Nagasaky,
it is expected, and likewise ordered that every one of
the ship’s company will behave properly towards, and
accost civellen the Japanese subjects in general. No
one may leave the vessel, or use her boa.s fur cruising
or landing on the islands, or on the main coast, and
ought to remain on board until further advice from
the Japanese Government has been received. Il is
likewise forbidden to fire guns, or to use other fire
arms on board the vessel as well as in their boats
Very disagreeable consequences might result, in case
the aforesaid should not be strictly observed
The Governor of Nagasaky.
To the commander of the vessel appro aching this
Empire under Dutch or other colors. — By express
order of the Governor of Nagasaky, you are request
ed as soon as you have arrived near the Northern Ca
vallos, to anchor there at a s.ife place, and to remain
until you will have received further advice. Very
disagreeable consequences might result, in case this
order should not be strictly observed.
Desima, —————
Translated by the Superintendent
of lhe Netherlands’ trade in Japan.
The Reporters attached to
[l. s.J the Superintendent’s office.
To the commander of the vessels approaching this
Empire (Japan,) sailing under Dutch or other
colors.— By expressly order of the Governor of Na
gasaky, you are requested as soon as you have arrived
near the Northern Cavallos, to anchor there at a safe
place, and to remain there until you will have receiv
ed further advice.
Flease to answer as distinctly, and as soon as pos
sible, the following ques'ions:
What’s the name of your vessel ?
What’s her tonnage?
What’s the number of her crew ?
Where do you cotne from ?
What’s the date of your departure ?
Have you any wrecked Japanese on board ?
Have you any thing to ask for, as water, firewood,
&c., &c. ?
Are any more vessels in company with you bound
for this Empire ?
Desima,
By order of the Governor of Nagasaky.
Translated by the Superintendent
of the Netherlands’;* trade in Japan.
[u 8.1 Upper Reporter.
L. s.J Under Reporter.
After the Preble had anchored, a military of
ficer, named Serai Tatsnosen. came aboard to
learn her errand. Hu rank and credentials
were carefully examined as a preliminary step,
after which full particulars of the nation, ob
ject, and character, of the ship were told him
through the same interpreter, Moreama Eina
ska, who spoke tolerably good English, but
understood only as much as he wanted to.
This chief was told that the commander of the
Preble came with written instructions to bring
away sixteen American seamen cast upon the
Japanese coast; this announcement called forth
a series of questions from him anout the man
ner in which the shipwreck and number of
men was ascertained, who sent the Preble after
them, &c., &.c. Captain Glynn replied in
general terms, and endeavored to learn how
long his countrymen had been there, what
treatment they had received, and why two of
them bad died; but the interpreter parried
these interrogatories, in a very trifling manner.
A promise was elicited, however, that he would
inquire of the governor, H. E. Edo Tsokima
no, whether the men would be delivered up
without the delay of referring to Yedo. The
standing inquiry was made if the ship was in
need of anything but the chief was told that no
provisions, fuel, or water, could be received
unless the Japanese would lake pay, as it was
against the laws of the United States for a na
tional vessel to receive anything in the way of
presents. He declined the proposal to ex
change salutes, saving, they were never made,
nor the compliment ever given, either by
French or English men of-war.
During the night, everything was quiet in
the harbor, but in the morning of the 19th, a
large number of boats were seen under the
land, and the forts near the entrance of the
channel up to town were manned with more
men. These forts are even less skillfully built
than the Chinese, the walls consisting of email
unhewn stones, and the guns placed at such an
elevation up the hill that a discharge would be
sure to turn them quite over, Their battle
ments were, however, turned to a much more .
peaceful use than to train guns upon to drive j
away the Preble, for during her stay, many I
parties of the people came there to look at her,
as a substitute for the prohibition to visit her.
A military officer, Matsmora Shai, come off ‘
to salute Capt. Glynn on behalf of the govern
or. The captain observed it was uncivil, and
argued very little confidence in his promise to
observe the regulations of the port to place a
cordon of armed boats around his ship, while
free intercourse and reciprocal civility would
tend to a better acquaintance and mutual good
will between the Japanese and other countries.
*• Why are American men-of-war sent so far
from home t” was the only rejoinder, as if
nothing had been said to him. He was made
fully acquainted, however, with the condition
of the American navy, and the size, armament
and crew of the one then in port; but the eva
sions made by the interpreter to the queries
put to him were characteristic of this suspicious
people—a people among whom the system of
espionage and mutual responsibility has well
nigh destroyed everything like frankness, truth
and confidence. No one of the officials on
board seemed to know anything upon any oth
er subject than their master’s message ; for
though one of them had been at Yedo and seen
the Emperor, he could give no idea of his age,
nor of the distance there. One of the surest
ways of succeeding with the Japanese is to im
itate them in this respect, and convey to them
the impression that you are obliged to carry
out your orders, and know nothing beside
what you were sent to execute. Before this
chief left, Captain Glynn gave him a letter to
the governor, in which he made a formal de
marid for the men, and requested his excellen
cy to inform them of the Preble’s arrival.
The same officer did not return till the 22d,
and on coming aboard, after salutations had
passed, he was asked if he had the governor’s
answer, to which he replied, “ It would come
another time, not now.” He was told that
neither a verbal answer, nor a messenger would
be received as satisfactory; to which he said
that, according to Japanese usage, he had come
to speak by word of mouth. He was pressed
to say definitely when the men would be given
up, and was told that if they were not soon
handed over, the instructions of his superior
would oblige Capt. Glynn to take other meas
tires, Ibr he must get them. The necessity of
referring to Yedo was constantly thrown in to
account for the delay which might take place
before they came on board ; but when about to
leave, he said an answer would come from the
the next day, and antuffmatioii wheth
er a reference must be made to Yedo. An ex
ample of the caution of these officials was ex
hibited when they were requested to take a
packet of newspapers to Mr. Levyssohn lhe
opperhoofd [president of the Dutch factory] at
Desima, for which they had already obtained
permission, but not to take a letter withit;
they demurred a long time, but finding that the
papers which they felt bound to take could not
be carried away without the letter, the chief at
last took upon himself the immense responsi
bility of carrying them both axhore. A ridicu
lous instance of their duplicity was also shown.
The captain was desirous of getting some fos
sil coal, and when the chief went over the ship,
he was purposely taken by the forge, and ask
ed if he had any of the substance ashore there
used to heat iron. “No. What a curioosstone
it is!” The officer wrapped a large lump in a
paper for him to carry ashore, but he begged
him not to rob the small stock remaining, and
would take only a bit of the rare mineral, care
fully depositing it in his sleeve. We think the
fool must have laughed in his sleeve at his sup
posed success in making the foreigners think
the people of Nagasaki had no coal, when it is
their chief fuel.
A semi-official reply was received from Mr.
Levyssohn in the afternoon, stating that lie had
been requested to translate lhe letter to the go
vernor of Nagasaki, and having been told that
special permission from Court was necessary
before the men could be delivered to a man-of
war, he had intimated the necessity of giving
them up, and had proposed to receive them
himself, after having had an interview with the
commander of the Preble. To this note, a re
ply was immediately returned, expressing a
hope that the proposed conference would take
place. Meanwhile, the cordon of guard-boats
was increased and drawn nearer the ship;
torches were lighted in each one by night, placed
in pans at rhe end of long poles, to observe if
any person attempted to swim ashore, and as
many precautions were taken to prevent inter
course as if lhe vessel had had the plague.
On the 23d, Serai Tatsnosen returned. He
remarked that Mr. Levyssohn had had an inter
view with the governor, and proposed to ob
viate lhe need of referring to Yedo by taking
the men himself, and would come aboard in
two days upon lhe matter. Captain Glynn
told him this mode of answering an official
note was very improper, and the commander
of the Preble could only confer with the go
vernor, and could not be put oft’ and delayed
in this manner with vain excuses concluding
his reply by asking, “am I to get the men?”
“ This cannot be. Why not stay a few days ?
You will get lhe men, / think ” This last
phrase formed a part of almost every remark
of the interpreter, and when questioned if the
men would come aboard in two days, he said
again, “ I cannot say how long it will be. I think
you will get your sailors.” Some little hesi-.
tancy was exhibited by the Japanese officials,
before they remarked that Captain Glynn could
not see Mr. Levyssohn, for he was ill; and that
it was necessary for lhe governor to get per
mission from Yedo before giving up the men.
Upon receiving this answer, the commander of
the Preble sternly told the chief, that is enough;
the ship can slay at Nagasaki no longei, its
comriuinder has business only with the gpver
nor. of .thqr-chp nftd kiwwa WinThg cl TW
Dutch factory in this business, and he wi| get
under weigh in a few hours, and leave so re
port his reception to his superior, and to his
own government which had sent him there,
and well knew how to recover its citizens, and
had lhe power to do so. Hearing this decided
language, the chief seemed to lose his imper
turbable nonchalance, and said he would exert
all his influence to get the men soon, adding,
“ I think you may expect it—” “ Stop ! You
have had time enough to think, and I’ll do the
thinking now,” replied the captain; “do you
promise me now, that the men shall be deliver
ed up in three days from this, for I will stay no
longer?” Thus pressed, the governor’s mes
sage promised that in three days they should
be handed over to the American commander,
whereupon the parties shook hands. The
chief afterwards walked over the vessel, in
spected the crew at general quarters, &c., and
then look his leave.
On the 25th, lhe chief, Matsmora Schai re
turned, and on taking his seat, remarked that
Mr Levyssohn being too sick to come off, had
sent a substitute, who was in lhe boat alongside,
and he wished to know if he might come on
board. Capt. Glynn directed the officer to go
to the gangway and invite him to come up,
but Moreama, lhe interpreter, interfered, and
said it was necessary for him to give him per
mission to do so. This gentleman, Mr. Bassle,
brought a letter from Mr. Levyssohn, offering
a quantity of provisions, which Capt. Glynn
was of course compelled to decline, as he had
already told lhe authorities he must pay for
wiiat he took. Mr. B. also brought some Ja
panese official documents in Dutch, with four
signatures and seals attached to them, which he
orally translated.
One of them was an informal reply from the
governor, through the opperhoofd. in which,
after reciting the names of the sailors, he says
it has been represented at Court that the men
were to be sent away by the next Dutch ship,
and are now handed over to the superinten
dent to be surrendered to the American man
of-war; but though they (the sailors) reported
that their ship was wrecked, yet the law of Ja
pan strictly forbids any person voluntarily ap
proaching its shore ; and as it is plain that long
voyages cannot be taken in boats, in future
persons coming ashore in this manner will be
carefully examined. The governor adds, that
these men were provided lor, and yet in viola
tion of the laws of lhe land, broke out of their
residence several times, and escaped into the
country, but were recaptured and pardon grant
ed to them: and concludes by requesting lhe
superintendent to inform lhe American com
mander that whalers from this country are not
to resort to lhe Japanese seas, as the present
case, and one in 1847, show that they are be
coming more numerous.
The other paper seemed to be a report of
their guard and contained a notice of the arri
val near the Island of Lisili, belonging to Yesso,
within the principality of Matsmai, of fifteen
iNorth American whalers, who asked for assis
tance, and had a residence given them. It then
detailed the several occasions on which these
men had broken out of their “ residence,”
and been retaken, and forgiven after they had
asked pardon ; they were instructed to behave
properly, and promised to obey the warning.
Their repeated attempts to break out compell
ed the Japanese authorities to take them away
from the temple and put them in prison, though
not only had they themselves promised to be
quiet, but the Dutch superintendent had can
tioned them to remain easy until they were libe
rated. After reciting the time, nature, and re
suit of the diseases each one had suffered, it
concluded with saying that their incarceration
was wholly owing to their own restiveness.
Soon after the reading of these documents,
and their delivery to Capt. Glynn, the party
left the ship.
A new visitor, Hagewara Matasak, came on
the 26th with Moreama, to announce to Capt.
Glynn that the men would be given up accord
ing to promise, and inquiring with some earn
estness if he would then sail The positive
as-urance that this would be done seemed to
relieve him vastly; and he then proceeded to
say that Capt. Glynn’s request to visit Mr. Le
vyssohn on shore had been communicated to
the governor, who had refused to grant per
mission, as it was against the laws of Japan
He was told that this was enough, and the
question was then asked if the laws of Japan
were in a book. “No, No! Not so; the French
and Dutch put their laws in books, but our gov
ernor gives us the law.” “ Did your governor
give you the law prohibiting foreigners visiting
the Dutch factory at Desima, or did the empe
ror make it?” asked Capt. Glynn. He was
told that this was an imperial regulation, and
when a copy of Ingersoll's Digest the Laws
of the United States was offered to him for his
acceptance, he again quoted law to decline
taking it. The number aad object of Ameri
can vessels which yearly resorted to the Japan
ese waters was then stated, and on this subject
the chief was evidently interested.
After this conversation, a boat bearing the
Netherlands flag came alongside, and Mr. Bas
ele and another gentleman came on board,
bringing some papers in Dutch signed by the
four head Japanese interpreters, which Mr. B
orally translated. One of them contained an
extract from the laws to the following effect:
“ When shipwrecked foreigners have no
means of returning home, they are allowed to
sojourn, and their wants are provided for; and
on their arrival here they are to be sent back
to their country by the Dutch Superintendent,
which is thus fixed by the law. This being du
ly considered, it is accordingly not allowed in
future to land in the Japanese Empire.”
Shortly after this, the Japanese officers and
the whole party took their leave, and the boat
containing the shipwrecked mariners came
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alongside, and they on deck. Their names
were Robert McCov of Philadelphia; John
Bull, of Kempvilie. N. Y.; Jacob Boyd, of
Springfield, N. J.; John Martin, of Rochester,
N. Y.: John Waters, of Oahu; and Melchar
Biffar, of New York, Americans; Harry Bar
ker. James Hall, Manna, Mokea. Steam, Jack,
and Hiram. Hawaiians, all formerly belonging
to the ship Ladoga; and Ranald McDonald, of
Astoria, belonging to the ship Plymouth. The
cunning of the Japanese in deferring the de
livery until they had finished all their own con
ferences, and placed themselves in security
aboard their own boats, was very evident, as
thereby all charge? brought by their misused
prisoners would fall harmless upon them
They may have been conscious that a confer
ence upon the deck of the Preble might be un
pleasant, and they be placed at a disadvantage
ous equality with those whom they had so bad
ly treated.
The narrative of the imprisonment of these
unhappy mariners shows the cruelty of the
Japanese government, and the necessity of
making some arrangement with it involving the
better usage of those who are cast upon its
shores. The men told their story to Capt.
Glynn in a straightforward manner, which car
ried conviction with it; and we are happy in
being able to furnish the following account
compiled from their depositions.
Il appears that the men from the Ladoga de
serted her on account of ill usage, and went off
in three boats about June sth, 1848, near the
straits of Sangar ; they cruised along the coast
of Yesso. and landed to get food and water, but
being refused, put to sea and landed again
about three mile? north, where the villagers
built them three mat sheds, and supplied them
with food. On lhe morning of the 7th, an of
ficer inquired why they had come there, and
gave them permission to stay till a northerly
wind blew to carry them away ; and mean
while ordered a calico screen to be put up, and
guards posted, to prevent them going into or
seeing lhe adjoining country. These soldiers
were armed with swords and matchlocks, and
their superiors were cased in mail and Japan
ned helmets or hats made of paper, and resem
bling broad-brimmed quaker hats; the men
carried the match for their matchlocks at their
waist.
The shipwrecked sailors were supplied with
about 160 lbs. of rice and some firewood ; on
the next morning they put to sea again, pulling
and sailing down the coast, everywhere per
ceiving that the country was aroused, and keep
ing oft’ until they were invited ashore by a boat
from a village near where they had first land
ed; here they found three mat inclosures run
up for their reception since they came in sight,
and were told they could stay there till the
wind became fair. On the afternoon of the
9th, on attempting to go aboard their boats,
they found they were prisoners, and the reasons
assigned for detaining them were that an offi
cer wished to speak to them, and that their
boats were so frail and small they would all
perish, but that in twenty days a larger vessel
would be furnished them. Their luggage was
all brought ashore and ticketed, and placed
within a house in the village; five days after
they were again removed to a prison, and so
ridiculously afraid were the Japanese of for
eigners looking at their possessions, that these
fifteen unarmed sailors were conducted totheir
lodging through a file of armed soldiers lining
both sides of the street.
Here the men remained quiet till the twenty
days were up, constantly in charge of a guard,
and restrained from walking about, at which
time they were told no vessel would be ready
until twenty days more had elapsed; at the ex
piration of this second period, they were in
formed that they would not be allowed to leave
the place till January, and their application to
be permitted to depart in their own boats was
refused. Finding that no dependance could
be placed in the assertions of the Japanese, Mc-
Coy and Bull made their escape from the pri
son, intending if possible to reach the coast and
get to sea in a boat; but they were captured in
the first village they approached to ask for food,
and taken back to their comrades. A while
after their return, on the occurrence of a quar
rel, the guard nailed Bull into a grated crib by
himself for ten days; the cage was too low for
him to stand up, and when he hallooed to his
comrades, violating the orders of his keepers
not to speak, he was jammed at with a stick to
compel him to be quiet; for four days out of
these ten he was unable to eat.
While he was in this cage, McCoy and Mar
tin made their escape, but were soon arrested
on the coast, though not before McCoy had
swam out a distance from the shore ; they were
both put in a crib or cage by themselves after
they were brought buck, and Bull added to
their company. Here they remained twenty
five days, ted through a hole just large enough
to admit a cup. Martin was taken out once,
after some high wordshad passed between him
and the others, and thrown on the ground;
standing on him, the Japanese bound his arms,
and then raised him up and secured him to a
post, where they beat him with the bight of a
rope over his face and head; after which he
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his incensed companions, who endeavored to
break out.
About the 10th of August, the men were all
removed on board a junk, the three just men
tioned being put into a cage between decks
only 5 feet high, 6 feet long, and 4 feet broad ;
tho other twelve men were stowed in a second
cage 12 by 10 feet square, and high enough to
stand up in. In these cribs they were kept
during the passage to Nagasaki where they ar
rived about September Ist; they made every
objection to going ashore, and asked for their
own boats that they might try to reach China
in them. Moreama, the government interpre
ter, among other falsehoods, told tham they
should be carefully taken care ofashore, and in
six weeks forwarded to Batavia in the Dutch
ship One could have a little more patience
with a people like the Japanese, if to their cru
elty in carrying out regulations which they sup
pose necessary for their national safety, they
did not add such gratuitous mendacity to delude
the unfortun des into their power. The men
were questioned on board of the junk, and then
carried to the “town house of Nagasaki,” as
they call it, in kago or chains: as each man en
tered the door, he was compelled to step on a
crucifix in the ground, and if he showed any
dislike to tread on the sacred emblem, a Ja
panese attendant on each side pulled him back,
or lifted him up, until both feet had rested on
it. McCoy was told that if any of the men had
refused to go through this ceremony, he would
have been put into an iron house, from which
death would be his only exit. Boyd was pull
ed from one side to the other, as he showed
some dexterity at dodging it, until he was for
cibly fixed by his guard upon it When in the
town house, they were made to squat down, and
shortly a hissing sound announced the govern
or’s approach. They told him in brief they
were shipwrecked Americans; but as it was
now dark, the examination soon closed, and
they were carried to a temple about a mile
from the town, where they were lodged
in a room surrounded by a fence 30 feet high,
beyond which was a wall 8 or 10 feet high;
their guard lodged under the same roof, sepa
rated from them by a grating. These accom
modations were not so bad and strait as the
cages and junk.
In a day or two they were all again carried
to the town house, and questioned more mi
nutely, but McCoy and Boyd had by this time
learned enough of the Japanese language to
know that the interpretations of Moreama were
very incorrect. Partly on this account, per
haps, the examination was again put off to the
morrow, at which time, the opperhoofd from
Desima was present. “He asked us,” says
McCoy, “ what was our object in coming into
the Japan seas? We told him we came in pur
suit of whales. He then asked ns if we came in
search of any other kind of fish; —if whaling
was our only object;—and if we did not also
come to spy out the country? We told him,
No, we only came for whales. He asked us
if we ate the whales; to which we replied, We
made oil of them, <fcc. with more such con
versation, after which we were carried back to
oiir prison ”
The suspicious rulers having no truth them
selves, were not satisfied with the superintend
ent’s examination, and next day (September
6th,) this testimony was all gone over again,
and after it concluded, Moreama told them he
doubted not they were spies, and came for no
other purpose than to examine the country.
The Dutch superintendent kindly sent them
some coffee, sugar, gin and wine, and apiece
of longclothfor Bull to make himself clothes.
After six weeks had elapsed, he sent a letter to
them, stating that permission had not yet come
from Yedo, buttbat the Dutch ship would tar
ry 25 days outside of the harbor ; he also wise
ly cautioned them against quarreling, adding
that such unruly conduct would only aggravate
their condition. In their reply to this note, the
dispirited seamen expressed themselves as in a
wretched condition, and begged him to make
known their case to some American consul, if
perchance thereby a man-of-war might be sent
to their relief.
Seeing no release come, the impatient Mc-
Coy escaped from his prison, by tearing offthe
boards from the fence and clirnbling the wall,
in the vain hope of getting aboard ol the Dutch
ship lying off rhe harbor before she sailed. He
travelled all night, and hid himself in the hills
during the next day, till 4 p. m , when he made
for the beach, arain-s*orm induced him to hope
the coast was clear, but he was retaken and car
ried back in a kago to his old quarters, and
questioned as to his designs in escaping, and
his object in spying out the land. He was put
hi stocks, and tied to the grating during the
night, and the next day carried to he town
house to undergo another examination, where
the question as to his being a spy was asked ;
though he told his keepers his only desire was
to get aboard of the Dutch ship. He was ta
ken thence to the common prison in the heart
of the town, once the site of a church, and kept
there by himself about three weeks. McCoy
had by this time acquired so nr.uch knowledge
of Japanese as to be able to talk with the peo
ple and his guard on most common subjects;
but they were too carefully watched themselves
to be free to tell him anything of importance.
At the end of three weeks, thinking the Dutch
ship had sailed, he despaired of ever getting
away, and refused to take food. His guard
told him he must eat, for that doubtless the em
peror would give permission when he “thought
good” for th*m to depart; and the governor
himself sent an officer to inquire the reason of
his abstinence. On the fourth day (November
16th,) be was takeu to the town-house in a
kago, rather faint from his long fast, where he
again saw his companions, and met Mr Levys
sohn. This gentleman informed them all that
permission for their departure had not yet come,
and that the ship had already waited five day.
beyond the twenty-five; be added that he had
written to the American consul at Batavia, and
endeavored to cheer up the spirits of die dis
heartened men by telling them they were not
among savages, and that there was no cause tor
fear, if release was long deferred. He also ob
tained a promise from the Japanese, that it
McCov behaved quietly he should be restor
ed to ' his shipmates ; which was done four
days after.
After a month’s detention, another escape
was planned by burning through the °*
their room, and digging under the buildings,
but only McCoy, Boyd, and Bull got out. lhe
guard heard the noise and stopped the rest.
These three made for the thickets behind the
town, and directed their course southwesterly
to the seashore, which they reached about two
o’clock ; but the barking of a dog turned them
from their course, so that daylight surprised
them before they could reach some boats they
saw in a distant cove. Hiding themselves in
the bushes during the day, they started the next
evening for the seaside, but hunger compelled
them to ask a peasant for food; he kindly in
vited them to come into his hut and eat, and
straightway went for the police, who arrested
and pinioned the fugitives while at table, and
returned them to the temple after an absence
of twenty-four hours. Here their arms were
tied up behind their backs so tight and high,
ihat when the cords were removed after four
hours suffering the poor fellows could not let
their hands down without assistance. As a
further punishment for their restlessness, they
were then fettered on large stocks, McCoy’s
being lhe heaviest (about 300 lbs.,) and laid in
the outer yard during the night; in the morn
ing. wet with dew and stiff from their con
straint, they and all their companions were car
ried to the town house. While proceeding
thither, they imprecated the vengeance of their
country upon their tonnemers, who tnunuugdy -
replied, “if any officers from your country
come here, we will serve them as we did the
American commodore last year, who was
knocked down at Yedo by a soldier ;* if the
Americans took no notice of that, why should
they look after you, who are only poor sailors?
You are here now, and cannot helpyourselves.
If their ships come here, the priests will blow
them to pieces.”
At the examination, the governor remarked
he was more convinced than ever that they
were spies by these repeated attempts to es
cape, and in order to secure them from injuring
themselves, and save himself from anxiety by
their trying to get out, he sent them all to pri
son, confining them in two small cages, which
were enclosed in a large one; McCoy, Boyd
and .Martin were kept in one 18 by 8 feet, and
the rest in another 18 by 12 feet square, the two
being about six feet apart ; both of them of
fensive, full of vermin, and open to the weath
er; and to be entered only by crawling in.
The only furniture in them were lousy mats and
a small washstand. The next night (Dec. 17th)
Mawy, one of the Hawaiians, hung himself in
his cage, evidently by design, and not from
aberration of mind. His corpse was put into
a square box. and buried in the Dutch burying
ground; and when his comrades asked per
mission to accompany the body to its burial,
their request was scoffingly rejected: though
in the official report handed to Capt. Glynn, it
is asserted that the men themselves buried him.
In view of the increased sufferings brought up
on them all, the spirited attempts of McCoy and
bis shipmates to break loose were blameable,
especially too. after one experiment had con
vinced them of the hopelessness of ultimate
escape from the country. The fate of an Ame
rican sailor belonging to a shipwrecked com
pany two years before,! who had been cut
down when resisting the police, and died of his
wounds from cruel neglect, shoald also have
served as a warning, and was perhaps told
them with that object—though here at ease and
liberty, we are not going to judge the conduct
of these imprisoned men in their natural de
sires and attempts to be free, very strictly.
It was now becoming cold, and the snow
and rain beat through the cages, no bedding,
not even their own clothes were given the
wretched men; they begged hard for covering
of some sort for Ezra Goldthwait, who was ta
ken ill about Christmas. This man had been
quite well hitherto; he become delirious on
the third day, with such symptoms of swelled
and cracked, parched tongue, pain in the
stomach, and frothing at the mouth, that his
companions in misery were sure he had been
poisoned. His only protection was a thin shirt
and trowsers, butthough the snow beat upon
him as he lay on a quilt in his foul cage, his
cruel keepers refused to return him his own
blanket, only three days when he had been sick
three weeks before he died. A physician came
every day, whose prescriptions rather increas
ed his malady. This poor man had smuggled
a Bible into his cage, which he requested Mar
tin to return to his relations in Salem, Mass.
He died January 24th, lhe Japanese newyear,
and was buried next day, his keepers ridiculing
lhe others for asking permission to attend the
funeral, just as they did when Mawy was bu
ried. Not long after his death, Waters was at-
T&CXW riT ilie HHine nfabner, but recovered na
soon as his companions refused to give him
the doctor’s prescriptions. His guards told
him one day that his coffin was made, the grave
dug, andlhe day appointed when they were to
bury him.
Their food during this time was rice and
sweet potatoes for breakfast, rice and now and
then a treat of 3 or 4 ounces offish for dinner,
and rice with boiled seaweed for supper ; lea
was furnished for drink. There was little to
break the monotony of their irksome captivity.
They could not read the Bible, lest it ahould
be taken away from them; and no oth
er books, or any means of amusement. A
Japanese culprit was decapitated near their
cage one day, bill as only one could look out
of the hole at a time, McCoy alone saw a lad
running by the door with a head in his hand ;
the guards to scare them intimated strongly
that such might be their own fate, but Martin
says he cared very little about the threat. Mc-
Coy did most of the talking, and had become
rather intimate with one of the guards, who,
as a great secret, told him there was another
American in prison in Nagasaki. He also
learned from the same source the existence of
the war between his own country and Mexico.
The day of their deliverance was now ap
proaching, the letter sent by lhe Dutch ship
having reached its destination, and accomplish
ed its purpose. On the evening of April 17lh,
they heard a single distant gun, and soon after
one of lhe guard told McCoy, under charge of
secrecy, he was sure it indicated the approach
of a vessel, and if so, they would soon hear
others from the forts to alarm the country and
put the people on their guard, which they actu
ally did while yet conversing. His ship-mates
commenced cheering, but by request of his
good naliired informant, McCoy asked them to
be quiet, lest suspicion should be aroused. In
the evening he overheard the guard cautioned
by their superiors not to tell the prisoners a
ship had come, and in lhe morning when he
asked a relief guard what was the occasion of
the firing, he was told they were scaling lhe
guns. His friend coming on the guard on the
21st, McCoy learned it was an American ship
of-war come for them, but his informant added
that her captain must wait until an answer was
received from Yeddo before his countrymen
could be given up to him, which would delay
him between forty and fifty days, as the gover
nor had no power to deliver them up without
express permission.
On the 24th, the same day that Tatsnosen
had promised Capt. Glynn, several high offi
cers came to the prison, and Moreama inform
ed the prisoners that in two days they would
be taken to the townhouse, and thence sent to
Desima to be delivered over to the Dutch su
perintendent, for the purpose of being trans
ferred to the snip which had come for them ;
and required them to give him all their clothes
and bedding at that time. Accordingly, on the
26th, they were all carried to the townhouse
in Itago, where they met McDonald, and saw
the new governor, who had arrived in Nagasa
ki since the ship. It impossible to say whether
it was owing to the change of officers, or to the
decided tone of Capt. Glynn, that the captives
were given up; it is probable that the new in*
cumbent wav quite willing to accept Mr. Levys
sohit's offer, and rid himself of so unpalatable a
visitor as a foreign ship of war The men were
then taken to Desi ma, where they w ere furnished
with an excellent dinner, —a banquet to them
after their fare of seaweed, rice, and fish—and
allowed to amuse themselves by walking about
the factory grounds, while the boat was gelling
ready. On taking leave, they returned their
thanks to Mr. Levyssohn for his kindness to
them, which indeed was shown in so many
ways, and at so many limes as to call for their
acknowledgements and that of all their coun
trymen.
Ranald McDonald, the other sailor deliver
ed up, was from the whaler Plymouth, Ed
wards, of Sag Harbor, who, in a spirit of ad
venture, left the ship according to a previous
arrangement with his captain, in a small boat,
intending to cruise along the Japanese coast,
or cast himself ashore, as the winds or oppor
tunity might favor. Hie boat was so contrived
that he could capsize it himself, and an experi
ment he made the next day near a reef proved
that it could be done without danger in smooth
waler. He first landed on an uninhabited
island, which he examined throughout in hopes
of finding traces of human beings, but seeing
none he left it for the larger island of Timosha
or Dessi, about ten miles distant. When about
half way over he capsized his boat and righted
her, arid then coasted along the shore till night.
The next morning he saw some fishermen,
w ho approached as he beckoned to them, and
into whose boat he jumped, holding the painter
of his own boat and making signs te go ashore.
On landing, (July 2d, ld4d,) they put sandals
on his feet, and gently took him to a house
where a meal was provided for him, and a suit
of dry clothes. He remained with these peo
ple eight days, but poor as they were and kind
ly disposed, they were under too much fear of
their rulers to harbor him without permission,
or keep him w ithout reporting him; and ac
cordingly, at the end of thia period four officers
from Soya arrived at the house, who carried
him to the capital of the Island, situated on the
seashore in a northwesterly direction, and there
confined him. His narrow quarters were en
larged at his remonstrance, and he passed a
month here quietly, when a higher officer ar
rived to take him to a town called Syoa, on the
island of Yesso, about 25 miles distant.
Here he remained in confinement a fortnight,
waiting for a junk to take him to Matsmai,
where he arrived Sept. 6th, after a passage oi
• Com. Biddle’s official account of the affair has
been published in our columns.
t The account of the loss of ths Lawrence haa al
ready been published in our columns.