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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this ebook. - -Title: A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince - -Author: Nancy Gardner Prince - -Release Date: October 30, 2020 [EBook #63579] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Mary Glenn Krause, Martin Pettit and the Online - Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This - file was produced from images generously made available by The - Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND -TRAVELS OF MRS. NANCY PRINCE *** - -+-------------------------------------------------+ -|Transcriber's note: | -| | -|Obvious typographic errors have been corrected. | -| | -+-------------------------------------------------+ - - -A - -NARRATIVE - -OF THE - -LIFE AND TRAVELS, - -OF - -MRS. NANCY PRINCE. - - -BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. 1850. - - - - -Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1850, -BY NANCY PRINCE, -In the Clerk's office of the District court of Massachusetts. - - - - -CONTENTS. - - -A Sketch of the Early Life of Nancy Prince, 5 - -Marriage and Voyage to Russia, 14 - -Mr. Prince, 16 - -Manners and Customs of the Russians, 18 - -The Events that took Place During Nine Years - residence in St. Petersburg, 20 - -Her Voyage Home, 34 - -Her Voyage and Business to the West Indies, 38 - -Her Errand Home, and Success, 49 - -Her Return Back, and State of things at that Time, 51 - -Description of the Country, 58 - -Embarkment again Home, and Deception of the Captain, 68 - -Cast away at Key West, 69 - -Arrival at New Orleans,--Scenes witnessed while there, 70 - -Departure from New Orleans, and arrival at New York, 74 - - - - -NARRATIVE. - - -As my unprofitable life has been spared, and I have been, by the -providence of God, wonderfully preserved, it is with gratitude to my -Heavenly Father, and duty to myself, that I attempt to give to the -public a short narrative of my life and travels. - -I was born in Newburyport, in 1799. My mother was the daughter of -Tobias Wornton, who was stolen from Africa, when a lad, and was a -slave of Capt. Winthrop Sargent; and, although a slave, he fought for -liberty, and was in the Revolutionary army at the battle of Bunker -Hill. My grandmother was an Indian. My father, Thomas Gardener, was -born on Nantucket; his parents were of African descent, and he died -of bleeding at the lungs, leaving my mother a widow the second time, -with an infant in her arms. She then returned to Gloucester, her native -place. My mother soon married again her third husband, by whom she -had six children. My step-father was stolen from Africa, and while -the vessel was at anchor in one of the Eastern ports, he succeeded -in making his escape from his captors by swimming ashore. After a -lapse of two years he came to Gloucester, and followed the sea, and -was twelve years with Capt. Elias Davis, in the employ of Capt. Fitz -W. Sargent. During the war he was taken by a British Privateer, and -pressed into their service. He was sick with the dropsy a long while, -and died in 1813. My mother was again left a widow, with an infant -six weeks old. When she heard of her husband's death, she replied, "I -thought it; what shall I do with these children?" Her grief, poverty, -and responsibilities, were too much for her; she never was the mother -that she had been before. I was at this time in Capt. Sargent's family. -I shall never forget the feelings I experienced on hearing of the -decease of my father-in-law; he was never very kind to the first set -of children. But by industry, a humble home was provided for my mother -and younger children. Death had twice visited our family within three -months, my father having buried my grandfather before he sailed. I -thought I would go home a little while, and try to comfort my mother. -The three oldest children were put into families. My brother and myself -went out of town, in one family, where we staid until the war was -over. We often went home with our wages, and all the comforts we could -get; but we could not approach our mother as we wished. God in mercy -took one little brother of seven years, who had pined in consumption; -thus our family was scattered. I determined to get more for my labor, -and I left Essex and went to Salem, in 1814, to service in a family. -I had always enjoyed the happy privilege of religious instruction. My -dear grandfather was a member of a Congregational Church, and a good -man; he always attended church in the morning, and took us with him; -and in the afternoon he took care of the smaller children, while my -mother attended with her little group. He thought it wrong for us to -go to a school where the teacher was not devoted to God, for I early -knew the difference between right and wrong. They had family prayers -morning and evening. I often looked at them, and thought to myself, -"Is this your religion?" I did not wonder that the girl who had lived -there previous to myself, went home to die. There were seven in the -family; two of them being sick, one with a fever and the other in a -consumption, of course the work must have been very severe, especially -the washing. Sabbath evening I had to prepare for the wash. I was -then but fourteen years of age, and a stranger. I was called up at -two o'clock in the morning, and what embittered my heavy task, I was -not spoken kindly to, but was blamed for being slow, and for not -performing my work well. Hard labor and unkindness were too much for -me, and in three months my health and strength were gone. I went home -to Gloucester in their chaise. I found my mother in poor health, but -through the mercy of God, and the attention and skill of Dr. Dale, and -the kindness of friends, I was restored, so that in a few months I -was able again to go to work, although my side afflicted me, which I -attributed to over-working myself. - -In 1815 I returned to Salem, accompanied by my eldest sister, and -obtained good places. She afterwards returned to Boston as a nursery -girl, where she lived a few months, and was deluded away on February -7th of 1815. A friend came to Salem and informed me of it. Her death -would not have been so painful to me. We loved each other very much, -and more particularly as our step-father was not very kind to us; we -used to say as soon as we were large enough we would go away, as we -did. It was very cold, but notwithstanding, I was so distressed about -my sister, that I started on foot the next morning after I heard -of it. At Lynn Hotel we refreshed ourselves, and all seemed much -interested about me. Two women took me aside, and inquired how it was -I was with that woman. I told my reason. My companion had a little -son of hers in her arms. By the time we were seven miles from Salem, -cold and fatigued, I could walk no farther, and we hired a horse and -sleigh, and a man to drive us to Boston, where we arrived at seven -in the evening. I put up with a friend of mine, who lived in Bedford -street, who received me very kindly. My feet, hands, and ears, were all -frost-bitten. I needed all the hospitality that was extended to me. I -was young and inexperienced, but my object was hallowed. God chooses -in his wisdom the weak things of earth; without his aid how could I -ever have rescued my lost sister! Mr. Brown, when he learned my errand, -kindly offered to assist me. He found where my sister resided, and -taking with him a large cane, he accompanied me to the house. My sister -I found seated, with a number of others, round a fire, the mother of -harlots at the head. My sister did not see me until I clasped her -round the neck. The old woman flew at me, and bid me take my hands off -of her. Mr. Brown defended me with his cane from her attacks. There -were many men as well as girls there, and all was confusion. When my -sister came to herself, she looked upon me. I said, "Sylvia, my dear -sister, what are you here for? Will you go with me?" The enraged old -woman cried out, "No, she cannot go." Sylvia replied, "I will go." Then -followed a scene. The old woman seized her to drag her down into the -kitchen; I held on to her, while Mr. Brown, at my side, so used his -great cane, and so threatened her, that she was obliged to let her go; -and, after collecting her things, she left the house with Mr. Brown and -myself. - -The next day we started for Salem, and went to the stage-office; -we expected Mr. Low, the driver of the Gloucester stage, who knew -us as his towns-people, would let us take passage with him without -any difficulty; but he refused, unless we would ride upon the top. -It was very cold, and we had never rode in that way; his inhumanity -grieves me even now. I had sent my mother my wages the week before, -and what money I had, I had taken in advance of my employers. We were -greatly embarrassed, when a colored man, unknown to us, penetrated -our difficulties, and asked us if we had two dollars; we told him we -had; he very kindly took us to another stage-office, and we bargained -for a horse and sleigh to take us to Salem, where we arrived safely -in about two hours and a half; and we gave up our conveyance to the -same owners, with ten thousand thanks to our colored friend, and to -our Heavenly Father; for had we attempted to walk, we must have frozen -by the way. The lady I lived with (Mrs. John Deland,) received us very -kindly, and permitted my sister to remain with me awhile; then she -returned to Gloucester, to the family who brought her up, and I thought -we had gained a great victory. - -My brother George and myself were very desirous of making our mother -comfortable; he went to sea for that purpose. The next April I came -to Boston, to get a higher price for my labor, for we had agreed to -maintain our mother, and we hoped she would take our little brother, -who was supported by the town, and take care of him. George came home, -and sailed again in the same vessel, leaving her a drawbill of half -of his wages. My sister returned to Boston to find me, and wished to -procure a place to work out. She tried me much. I thought it a needy -time, for I had not yielded my heart to the will of God, though I had -many impressions, and formed many resolutions; but the situation that I -had been placed in, having left my mother's home at the age of eight, -had not permitted me to do as I wished, though the kind counsels of my -dear grandfather and pious teachers followed me wherever I went. Care -after care oppressed me; my mother wandered about like a Jew; the young -children who were in families were dissatisfied; all hope but in God -was lost. I then resolved in my mind to seek an interest in my Saviour, -and put my trust in him. For that purpose I changed my place for one -more retired, got my sister with me, and then God blessed my soul; -being justified by faith, I found peace with God, even the forgiveness -of sins, through Jesus Christ. After living sixteen years and five -months without any hope, myself and seven others were baptized, in -obedience to the great command. - -My brother George returned home, and we again provided a home for -mother and the little ones; he went to sea, and affairs now seemed -to promise comfort and respectability. But mother chose to marry -again; this was like death to us all. George returned home, but was so -disappointed, that he shipped again to come no more. Although a boy of -sixteen years, he was as steady and capable as most men at twenty. My -cares were consequently increased, having no one to share them with me. -My next brother, who lived in S. Essex, came to Salem to his mother, -but was driven away by her husband, and came to me. I carried him to -Gloucester, and left him in the hands of the town; but he stayed but -three weeks, and returned to me again. I then boarded him for one -dollar a week, until I could procure suitable employment. - -When winter came, poor mother's health was declining; little Samuel -could do but little; my father-in-law was very cross, for he expected -to be supported by my brother George. I could not see my mother suffer; -I therefore left my place and went to Salem, to watch over her and -Samuel, and lived with the Rev. Dr. Boles's family. In the spring I -returned to Boston, and took my brother with me. Soon after, my sister -Lucy left her place and went to her mother, but was not permitted to -stay. My mother wrote to me, requesting me to take care of her. I -then determined in my mind to bring her to Boston, and, if possible, -procure a place for her; and on her arrival, I obtained board for her -and Samuel at a friend's, for one dollar a week. My brother John, that -I had boarded, at last got a place where he had wages; soon the Lord -opened a way for little Samuel. Dr. Phelps took him to bring up, so -that I was left with one only to sustain. Soon my hopes were blasted. -John left his place, and was several months on my hands again; finally, -he made up his mind to go to sea. I was so thankful that he had -concluded to do something, that I took two month's wages in advance to -fit him out for Liverpool. In five months he returned, without a single -thing but what he stood in; his wages were small, not enough to render -him comfortable; had not a friend given him a home, he would have been -again dependent on my exertions. Another friend took Lucy, with whom -she staid eleven months; she continued in different families for some -time, till she was about twelve. I left her at the Rev. Mr. Mann's -family, at Westminster, for a certain time, thinking it would be best -for her, and John I left to fight his own battles. My sister Sylvia was -one of my greatest trials. Knowing she was in Boston, my mother, in one -of her spells of insanity, got away from her home, and travelled here -after her. She came where I lived. My employers were very kind to her. -After tarrying a few days with me, I hired a horse and chaise, and took -them both back to Salem; and returned back to my place in 1822, with a -determination to do something for myself. I left my place after three -months, and went to learn a trade; and, after seven years of anxiety -and toil, I made up my mind to leave this country. - -September 1st, 1823, Mr. Prince arrived from Russia; February 15th, I -was married; April 14th, embarked in brig Romulus, arrived at Elsinore -May 24th, left the same day for Copenhagen, where we remained twelve -days. We visited the King's Palace, and several other extensive and -beautiful buildings. We attended a number of entertainments among the -Danes and English, which were religiously observed; their manners -and customs are similar; they are very attentive to strangers; the -Sabbath is strictly observed; the principal religion is the Lutheran -and Calvinistic, but all persuasions are tolerated. The languages of -that people are Dutch, French, English, &c. The Danes are very modest -and kind, but, like all other nations, they well know how to take the -advantage. I left there the 7th of June, and arrived at Cronstradt on -the 19th; left there the 21st for St. Petersburg, and in a few hours -were happy to find ourselves at our place of destination, through -the blessing of God, in good health, and soon made welcome from all -quarters. We took lodgings with a Mrs. Robinson, a native of our -country, who was Patience Mott, of Providence, who left there in the -year 1813, in the family of Alexander Gabriel, the man who was taken -for Mr. Prince. There I spent six weeks very pleasantly, visiting and -receiving friends, after the manner of the country. We then commenced -housekeeping. While there I attended two of their parties; there were -various amusements in which I did not participate, which caused them -much disappointment. I told them my religion did not allow of dancing -or dice playing, which formed part of the amusements. As they were very -strict in their religion, they indulged me in the same privilege. By -the help of God I was ever enabled to maintain my stand. - -Mr. Prince was born in Marlborough, and lived in families in this -city. In 1810 he went to Gloucester, and sailed with Captain Theodore -Stanwood for Russia; he returned with him, and remained in his family, -and at this time visited my mother's family. He again sailed with -him, in 1812, for the last time. Captain Stanwood took with him his -son Theodore, for the purpose of attending school in the city of St. -Petersburg. Mr. Prince went to serve Princess Purtossozof, one of the -noble ladies of Court. It is well known that the color of one's skin -does not prohibit from any place or station that he or she may be -capable of occupying. - -The Palace, where the Emperor resides, is called the Court, the seat -of government. This magnificent building is adorned with all the -ornaments that possibly can be explained; there are hundreds of people -that inhabit it, besides the soldiers that guard. There are several -of these splendid edifices in the city and vicinity. The one that I -was presented in, was in a village, three miles from the city. After -leaving the carriage, we entered the first ward; the usual salutation -by guards was performed. As we passed through the beautiful hall, a -door was opened by two colored men, in official dress, and there stood -the Emperor Alexander on his throne, in royal apparel. The throne is -circular, elevated two steps from the floor, and covered with scarlet -velvet tasseled with gold. As I entered, the Emperor stepped forward -with great politeness and condescension, and welcomed and asked me -several questions; he then accompanied us to the Empress Elizabeth; -she stood in her dignity, and received me in the same manner. They -presented me with a gold watch, and fifty dollars in gold. - -The number of colored men that filled this station was twenty; when one -dies, the number is immediately made up. Mr. Prince filled the place -of one that had died. They serve in turns, four at a time, except on -some great occasions, when all are employed. Provision is made for the -families within or without the Palace. Those without go to Court at 8 -o'clock in the morning; after breakfasting, they take their station in -the halls, for the purpose of opening the doors, at signal given, when -the Emperor and Empress pass. - -First of August we visited the burying-ground, where the people meet, -as they say, to pay respect to their dead. It is a great holiday; they -drink and feast on the grave stones, or as near the grave as they -can come; some groan and pray, and some have music and dancing. At a -funeral no one attends except the invited; after the friends arrive, -a dish of rice boiled hard, with raisins, is handed round; all are -to take a spoonful, with the same spoon, and out of the same dish; -in the meanwhile the priest, with his clerk, performs the ceremony, -perfuming the room with incense. The lid is not put on to the coffin, -the corpse being laid out in his or her best dress. The torch-men (who -are dressed in black garments, made to slope down to their feet, with -broad brimmed hats that cover their shoulders,) form a procession, -with lighted torches in their hands, bowing their heads as they pass -along very gravely; then comes one more, with the lid on his head; then -the hearse with the corpse, drawn by four horses, covered with black -gowns down to their feet; they all move along with great solemnity. -Before entering the grave-yard, the procession goes to an adjoining -church, where there are many ladies, placed on benches, side by side, -according to their ages; the ladies dressed as if they were going to -a ball-room, displaying a most dreadful appearance. Each one has her -hands crossed, and holding in one of them a pass to give to Peter, that -they may enter into Heaven. At this place they light their candles, and -receive their rice in the manner before mentioned. The top is then put -on to the coffin, and the procession forms and repairs to the grave; -the priest sanctifies the grave, then casts in dust, and the coffin is -consigned to its narrow-house; then commence the yells; they drink, eat -cake, black bread, and finish their rice, when the party return back -to dinner, where every thing has been prepared during their absence. -This is the Greek mode of burying their dead. On the birth of a child, -the babe is not dressed until it is baptized; it is immersed all over -in water; a stand, with an oval basin, is brought for the purpose by -the clerk. The mother is presented with gifts, which are placed under -her pillow. Should the babe die before this rite is performed, it is -not placed with the others; but should it die having been baptized, -although not more than two hours old, it is dressed and placed on the -bench at church with the rest. In this manner the common people bury -their dead. - -When any of the Imperial family dies, they are laid in state forty -days, and every thing accordingly. There is a building built expressly -for the Imperial families, where their remains are deposited. In the -front part of it, the criminals that have rebelled against the Imperial -family are placed in cells, thus combining the prison and the tomb; and -in sailing by, these miserable creatures are exposed to the careless -gaze of unfeeling observers. - -St. Petersburg was inundated October 9th, 1824. The water rose sixteen -feet in most parts of the city; many of the inhabitants were drowned. -An Island between the city and Cronstradt, containing five hundred -inhabitants, was inundated, and all were drowned, and great damage was -done at Cronstradt. The morning of this day was fair; there was a high -wind. Mr. Prince went early to the Palace, as it was his turn to serve; -our children boarders were gone to school; our servant had gone of an -errand. I heard a cry, and to my astonishment, when I looked out to -see what was the matter, the waters covered the earth. I had not then -learned the language, but I beckoned to the people to come in; the -waters continued to rise until 10 o'clock, A. M. The waters were then -within two inches of my window, when they ebbed and went out as fast -as they had come in, leaving to our view a dreadful sight. The people -who came into my house for their safety retired, and I was left alone. -At four o'clock in the afternoon, there was darkness that might be -felt, such as I had never experienced before. My situation was the more -painful being alone, and not being able to speak. I waited until ten in -the evening; I then took a lantern, and started to go to a neighbor's, -whose children went to the same school with my boarders. I made my -way through a long yard, over the bodies of men and beasts, and when -opposite their gate I sunk; I made one grasp, and the earth gave away; -I grasped again, and fortunately got hold of the leg of a horse, that -had been drowned. I drew myself up covered with mire, and made my way -a little further, when I was knocked down by striking against a boat, -that had been washed up and left by the retiring waters; and as I had -lost my lantern, I was obliged to grope my way as I could, and feeling -along the walk, I at last found the door that I aimed at. My family -were safe, and they accompanied me home. At 12 o'clock, Mr. Prince came -home, as no one was permitted to leave the Palace till his Majesty had -viewed the city. In the morning the children and the girl returned, and -I went to view the pit into which I had sunk. It was large enough to -hold a dozen like myself, when the earth had caved in. Had not that -horse been there, I should never again seen the light of day, and no -one would have known my fate. Thus, through the providence of God, I -escaped from the flood and the pit. - - - "My helper, God, I bless thy name; - The same thy power, thy grace the same; - I midst ten thousand dangers stand, - Supported by thy guardian hand." - - -Should I attempt to give an account of all the holidays, it would fill -volumes. The next to notice is Christmas and New Year. The first day -of January a grand masquerade is given by his Majesty, at the winter -Palace; forty thousand tickets are distributed; every thing is done in -order; every gentleman wears a mask and cloak, and carries a lady with -him. They are formed in a procession, and enter at the west gate; as -they pass through, all the golden vessels and ornaments are displayed; -these were back of a counter, which extends two hundred feet; there -the company receive a cup of hot chocolate, and a paper of comfits, -and a bun; a great many are in attendance, as a vast many persons are -permitted to pass in and view the Palace, and go out at the east gate. - -The 6th of January is a still greater day, for then the water is -christened; a church is built on the ice, ornamented with gold and -evergreens, and a row of spruce trees, extending from the door of -the Palace to the church. At this time all the nobles, of different -nations, make their appearance in their native costume. The Patriarch, -Archbishops, and other dignitaries of the Court, have a service; then -they pass through and christen the water, and make it holy; then there -is a great rush of the people for this holy water. On the plane an -ice hill is built, eighty feet high, where the Emperor and his Court -exercise themselves. - -February 10th is another holiday. Buildings are constructed on the -plane for the occasion. All kinds of amusements may be found here, and -all kinds of animals seen; much time and money are spent. The buildings -are built in rotation. All the children of the different seminaries -and institutions of education, are driven round in gilded carriages to -witness the performances. After this is the great Fast, previous to the -crucifixion of our Saviour. Then Christ is represented as riding into -Jerusalem; branches of trees are placed in the ice, and strewed through -the streets, and every performance is carried out. The Saviour is made -of white marble; he is crucified and buried, and on the third day he -rises, according to the Scriptures; then the cannons are fired. At the -close of this forty day's Fast, they have a great Feast and Fair; all -business is suspended, and the festivity and frolic continue for one -week. - -The first of May is another great holiday. The merchants' daughters are -arranged on each side of a long mall, in the beautiful gardens, and -arrayed in their best clothes, under the care of an old woman known in -their families; the gentlemen walk round and observe them, and if they -see one they fancy, they speak to the old woman; she takes him to the -parents and introduces him; if the parties agree, they prepare for the -betrothal. It is their custom to marry one of their own station. All -these holidays are accounted sacred. The first year I noted them all, -as I was accustomed to attend them. - -May, 1825, I spent some time visiting the different towns in the -vicinity of St. Petersburg. In the fall of the same year, the Emperor -retired to a warmer climate for the health of the Empress Elizabeth. -January, 1826, the corpse of Alexander was brought in state, and -was met three miles from the city by the nobles of the Court; and -they formed a procession, and the body was brought in state into the -building where the Imperial family were deposited. March, of the -same year, the corpse of Elizabeth was brought in the same manner. -Constantine was then king of Poland, he was next heir to the throne, -and was unanimously voted by the people, but refused, and resigned -the crown in favor of his brother Nicholas. The day appointed the -people were ordered to assemble as usual, at the ringing of the bells; -they rejected Nicholas, a sign was given by the leaders that was well -understood, and the people, great and small rushed to the square and -cried with one voice for Constantine. The Emperor with his prime -minister, and city governor, rode into the midst of them entreating -them to retire, without avail, they were obliged to order the cannons -fired upon the mob; it was not known when they discharged them that -the Emperor and his ministers were in the crowd. He was wonderfully -preserved while both his friends and their horses were killed. There -was a general seizing of all classes, who were taken into custody. The -scene cannot be described; the bodies of the killed and mangled were -cast into the river, and the snow and ice were stained with the blood -of human victims as they were obliged to drive the cannon to and fro -in the midst of the crowd. The bones of these wounded who might have -been cured were crushed. The cannon are very large, drawn by eight -horses trained for the purpose. The scene was awful; all business was -stopped. This deep plot originated, 1814, in Germany, with the Russian -nobility and German, under the pretence of the Free Mason's lodge. -When they returned home they increased their numbers and presented -their chart to the Emperor for permission which was granted. In the -year 1822, the Emperor being suspicious that all was not right took -their chart from them. They carried it on in small parties, rapidly -increasing, believing they would soon be able to destroy all the -Imperial branches, and have a republican government. Had not this taken -place undoubtedly they would have at last succeeded. So deep was the -foundation of this plot laid, both males and females were engaged in -it. The prison-houses were filled, and thirty of the leading men were -put into solitary confinement, and twenty-six of the number died, four -were burned. A stage was erected and faggots were placed underneath, -each prisoner was secured by iron chains, presenting a most appalling -sight to an eye-witness. A priest was in attendance to cheer their last -dying moments, then fire was set to the faggots and these brave men -were consumed. Others received the knout, and even the princesses and -ladies of rank were imprisoned and flogged in their own habitations. -Those that survived their punishment were banished to Siberia. The -mode of banishment is very imposing and very heart-rending, severing -them from all dear relatives and friends, for they are never permitted -to take their children. When they arrive at the gate of the city, -their first sight is a guard of soldiers, then wagons with provisions, -then the noblemen in their banished apparel guarded, then each side -conveyances for the females, then ladies in order guarded by soldiers. - -Preparations were now being made for the coronation of the new Emperor -and Empress. This took place September, 1826, in Moscow, 555 miles -south-east from St. Petersburg. All persons engaged in the court were -sent beforehand, in order to prepare for the coming event. After his -majesty's laws were read as usual on such occasions, those who wished -to remain in his service did so, and those who did not were discharged. - -After the coronation the Emperor and his court returned to St. -Petersburg. June, 1827, war was declared between Russia and Turkey. -They had several battles with varied success. The Russians surrounded -and laid siege to Constantinople. The Sultan of Turkey sued for peace, -and a treaty was at last signed and peace was proclaimed in 1829. -In March, of the same year, war was declared with Poland. 1831, the -cholera, that malignant disease, made its appearance in Austria, from -thence to little Russia, making great ravages, thousands of people -falling a prey. It then began to rage in St. Petersburg, carrying off -9255. This disease first appeared in Madagascar, 1814, there most of -the inhabitants died. It is called the plague that God sent among the -people of Israel and other nations for centuries back. Much might be -said of this dreadful disease and others that are but little known in -this country. God often visits nations, families, and persons, with -judgments as well as mercies. - -The present Emperor and Empress are courteous and affable. The -Empress would often send for the ladies of the court at 8 o'clock -in the evening to sup with her, when they arrive at court they form -a procession and she takes the lead. On entering the hall, the band -strikes up; there are two long tables on each side, and in the midst -circular tables for the Imperial family. The tables are spread -apparently with every variety of eatable and deserts, but every thing -is artificial, presenting a novel appearance. When the company are -seated, the Emperor and Empress walk around the tables and shake hands -with each individual as they pass. The prisoners of war who are nobles, -are seated by themselves with their faces veiled. There is a tender or -waiter to each person, with two plates, one with soup and the other -with something else. After a variety of courses, in one hour they are -dismissed by the band. They then retire to another part of the palace -to attend a ball or theatrical amusements. At the Empress's command -they are dismissed. She carries power and dignity in her countenance -well adapted to her station. And after her late amusements at night she -would be out at an early hour in the morning visiting the abodes of -the distressed, dressed in as common apparel as any one here, either -walking or riding in a common sleigh. At her return she would call for -her children, take them in her arms and talk to them. "She riseth while -it is yet night and giveth meat to her household and a portion to her -maidens, she stretcheth out her hands to the poor, yea, she reacheth -out her hands to the needy; she is not afraid of the snow for all her -household are clothed in scarlet." Then she would go to the cabinet of -his Majesty; there she would write and advise with him. - -The Russian ladies follow the fashions of the French and English. -Their religion is after the Greek church. There are no seats in their -churches; they stand, bow, and kneel, during the service. The principal -church is on the Main street. There are the statues of the great -commanders that have conquered in battle. They are clad in brass, with -flags in their hands, and all their ancient implements of war are -deposited there. The altar is surrounded by statues of the Virgin Mary -and the twelve apostles. When Russia is at war and her armies are about -to engage in battle, it is here that the Emperor and his family and -court, come to pray for victory over the enemy. The day they engaged in -battle against the Poles, the Empress Dowager took her death; she was -embalmed and laid in state six weeks in the hall of the winter palace. -I went a number of times to see her, and the people pay her homage, and -kiss the hands of that lump of clay. All religion is tolerated, but the -native Russians are subject to the Greek Church. There are a number of -institution in St. Petersburg where children of all classes have the -privilege of instruction. The sailors' and soldiers' boys enter the -corps at the age of seven, and are educated for that purpose. The girls -remain in the barracks with their parents, or go to some institutions -where they are instructed in all the branches of female education. -There are other establishments, where the higher classes send their -children. - -There is another spacious building called the Market, half a mile -square, where all kinds of articles may be bought. Between the Market -and the church there is a block of buildings where silver articles -of all kinds are to be purchased. These stores present a very superb -appearance and are visited by every foreigner that comes into the -place. Besides these buildings, Main Street is lined with elegant -buildings with projecting windows, to the extent of twelve miles. -Nearly at the termination of the street there is a spacious building of -stone which encloses the Taberisey Garden, so called from its having -every kind of tree, shrub, flower and fruit, of the known world, which -flourish alike in winter as in summer. There is an extensive Frozen -Market which forms a square as large as Boston Common. This space -of ground is covered with counters, on which may be purchased every -variety of eatable, such as frozen fish, fowl, and meats of every -description, besides every other article of commerce which will bear -the extreme cold of a St. Petersburg winter. This city was founded -by Peter the Great, and built upon a bog which was occupied by a few -fishermen's huts, and belonged to the Finns. It is situated at the -extremity of the Gulf of Finland, and is built partly on the main -land and partly on several small islands. The foundation of the city -is extremely marshy, which subjects it to frequent inundations. For -this reason there are canals which are cut through the streets, very -beautifully laid out, faced with granite, railed with iron chains -nubbed with brass, with bridges to cross from one street to the other. -The city houses are built of stone and brick, and twice the thickness -of American houses. They are heated by Peaches, of similar construction -to our furnaces; the outside of which is faced with China tiles, -presenting a very beautiful appearance. The village houses are built of -logs corked with oakum, where the peasants reside. This class of people -till the land, most of them are slaves and are very degraded. The rich -own the poor, but they are not suffered to separate families or sell -them off the soil. All are subject to the Emperor, and no nobleman can -leave without his permission. The mode of travelling is principally by -stages which are built something like our omnibusses, with settees upon -the top railed and guarded by soldiers, for the purpose of protecting -the travellers from the attacks of wild beasts. The common language is -a mixture of Sclavonian and Polish. The nobility make use of the modern -Greek, French, and English. I learned the languages in six months, so -as to be able to attend to my business, and also made some proficiency -in the French. My time was taken up in domestic affairs; I took two -children to board the third week after commencing housekeeping, and -increased their numbers. The baby linen making and children's garments -were in great demand. I started a business in these articles and -took a journeywoman and apprentices. The present Empress is a very -active one, and inquired of me respecting my business and gave me much -encouragement by purchasing of me garments for herself and children, -handsomely wrought in French and English styles, and many of the -nobility also followed her example. It was to me a great blessing that -we had the means of Grace afforded us. The Rev. Richard Kenell, was -the Protestant pastor. We had service twice every Sabbath and evening -prayer meetings, also a female society, so that I was occupied at all -times. - -At the time of the inundation, the Bibles and other books belonging to -the society were injured. But Mr. Kenell took the liberty to purchase -at full price and sell at an advance. In order that the poor might -have them, we all agreed to labor for that purpose; I often visited -the matron of the Empress' children, and encouraged by her I took some -to the Palace, and by this means disposed of many at head quarters. -Other friends without the court continued to labor until hundreds -and thousands were disposed of. The old Bishop finding his religion -was in danger sent a petition to the Emperor that all who were found -distributing Bibles and Tracts should be punished severely. Many were -taken and imprisoned, two devoted young men were banished; thus the -righteous were punished, while evil practices were not forbidden, for -there the sin of licentiousness is very common. - -I have mentioned that the climate did not agree with me; in winter my -lungs were much affected; it was the advice of the best physicians -that I had better not remain in Russia during another cold season. -However painful it was to me to return without my husband, yet life -seemed desirable, and he flattered me and himself that he should soon -follow. It is difficult for any one in the Emperor's employment to -leave when they please. Mr. Prince thought it best for me to return to -my native country while he remained two years longer to accumulate a -little property and then return--but death took him away. I left St. -Petersburg, August 14th, 1833, having been absent about nine years and -six months. On the 17th I sailed from Cronstradt for New York. Arrived -at Elsinore the 25th. Tuesday 29, left. September the 2nd., laid to -in a gale. September 18th, made Plymouth, Old England. 19th sailed. -Arrived in New York Oct. 10th, left there Tuesday 18th, arrived in -Boston the 23d. Sabbath Nov. the 9th, I had the privilege of attending -service in the old place of worship. On this day I also had the -pleasure of meeting with an old friend of my grandfather, nearly one -hundred years of age. I found things much changed; my mother and sister -Silvia died in 1827, (that I was aware of.) The Rev. T. Paul was dead -and many of my old friends were gone to their long home. The old church -and society was in much confusion; I attempted to worship with them but -it was in vain. The voyage was of great benefit to me. By the advice of -friends I applied to a Mrs. Mott, a female physician in the city, that -helped me much. I am indebted to God for his great goodness in guiding -my youthful steps; my mind was directed to my fellow brethren whose -circumstances were similar to my own. I found many a poor little orphan -destitute and afflicted, and on account of color shut out from all the -asylums for poor children. At this my heart was moved, and proposed -to my friends the necessity of a home for such, where they might be -sheltered from the contaminating evils that beset their path. For this -purpose I called a meeting of the people and laid before them my plan: -as I had had the privilege of assisting in forming an Asylum for such a -purpose in St. Petersburg, I thought it would be well to establish one -on the same principles, not knowing that any person had had a thought -of any thing of the kind. We commenced with eight children. I gave -three months of my time. A board was formed of seven females, with a -committee of twelve gentlemen of standing, to superintend. At the end -of three months the committee was dispensed with, and for want of funds -our society soon fell through. - -I passed my time in different occupations and making arrangements for -the return of my husband, but death took him from me. I made my home -at the Rev. J. W. Holman's, a Free Will Baptist, until I sailed for -Jamaica. There had been an Anti-Slavery Society established by W. L. -Garrison, Knapp, and other philanthropists of the day. Their design -was the amelioration of the nominally free colored people of these -States, and the emancipation of the slaves in other States. These -meetings I attended with much pleasure until a contention broke out -among themselves; there has been a great change in some things, but -much remains to be done; possibly I may not see so clearly as some, for -the weight of prejudice has again oppressed me, and were it not for the -promises of God one's heart would fail, for _He_ made man in his own -image, in the image of God, created he him, male and female, that they -should have dominion over the fish of the sea, the fowl of the air, and -the beast of the field, &c. This power did God give man, that thus far -should he go and no farther; but man has disobeyed his maker and become -vain in his imagination and their foolish hearts are darkened. We -gather from this, that God has in all ages of the world punished every -nation and people for their sins. The sins of my beloved country are -not hid from his notice; his all seeing eye sees and knows the secrets -of all hearts; the angels that kept not their first estate but left -their own habitations, he hath reserved in everlasting chains unto the -great day. - -My mind, after the emancipation in the West Indies, was bent upon going -to Jamaica. A field of usefulness seemed spread out before me. While I -was thinking about it, the Rev. Mr. Ingraham, who had spent seven years -there, arrived in the city. He lectured in the city at the Marlboro' -Chapel, on the results arising from the emancipation at the British -Islands. He knew much about them, he had a station at a mountain near -Kingston, and was very desirous to have persons go there to labor. He -wished some one to go with him to his station. He called on me with the -Rev. Mr. Colyer, to persuade me to go. I told him it was my intention -to go if I could make myself useful, but that I was sensible that I was -very limited in education. He told me that the moral condition of the -people was very bad, and needed labor aside from any thing else. - -I left America, November 16th, 1840, in the ship Scion, Captain -Mansfield, bound for Jamaica, freighted with ice and machinery for -the silk factory. There were on board a number of handicrafts-men and -other passengers. We sailed on Monday afternoon, from Charlestown, -Massachusetts. It rained continually until Saturday. Sunday the 23d, -was a fine day. Mr. De Grass, a young colored clergyman, was invited -to perform divine service which he did with much propriety; he spoke -of the dangers we had escaped and the importance of being prepared to -meet our God, (he died of fever about three weeks after arriving at -Jamaica,) some who were able to attend came on deck and listened to -him with respect, while others seemed to look on in derision; these -spent the afternoon and evening in card-playing. About twelve at night -a storm commenced; on Monday were in great peril; the storm continued -until Friday the 27th. On that day a sail was seen at some distance -making towards us, the captain judging her to be a piratical vessel -ordered the women and children below, and the men to prepare for -action. The pirates were not inclined to hazard an engagement; when -they saw the deck filled with armed men they left us. Thus were we -preserved from the storm and from the enemy. Sabbath, 29th, divine -service, our attention was directed to the goodness of God, in sparing -us. - -Monday, and we mortals are still alive. Tuesday, thus far the Lord has -led us on. Wednesday, thus far his power prolongs our days. Thursday, -December 3d, to-day made Turks Island. Friday, this day had a view of -Hayti, its lofty mountains presented a sublime prospect. Saturday, -we had a glance at Cuba. Sunday, December 6th, at six o'clock in -the evening, dropped anchor at St. Anne Harbor, Jamaica. We blessed -the Lord for his goodness in sparing us to see the place of our -destination; and here I will mention my object in visiting Jamaica. I -hoped that I might aid, in some small degree, to raise up and encourage -the emancipated inhabitants, and teach the young children to read and -work, to fear God, and put their trust in the Saviour. Mr. Whitmarsh -and his friend came on board and welcomed us. On Tuesday we went on -shore to see the place and the people; my intention had been to go -directly to Kingston, but the people urged me to stay with them and I -thought it my duty to comply, and wrote to Mr. Ingraham to that effect. -I went first to see the minister, Mr. Abbott, I thought as he was out, -I had better wait his return. The people promised to pay me for my -services, or send me to Kingston. When Mr. Abbot returned he made me -an offer, which I readily accepted. As I lodged in the house of one of -the class-leaders I attended her class a few times, and when I learned -the method, I stopped. She then commenced her authority and gave me -to understand if I did not comply I should not have any pay from that -society. I spoke to her of the necessity of being born of the spirit of -God before we become members of the church of Christ, and told her I -was sorry to see the people blinded in such a way. - -She was very angry with me and soon accomplished her end by complaining -of me to the minister; and I soon found I was to be dismissed unless I -would yield obedience to this class-leader. I told the minister that I -did not come there to be guided by a poor foolish woman. He then told -me that I had spoken something about the necessity of moral conduct -in church members. I told him I had, and in my opinion, I was sorry -to see it so much neglected. He replied, that he hoped I would not -express myself so except to him; they have the gospel, he continued, -and let them into the church. I do not approve of women societies; -they destroy the world's convention; the American women have too many -of them. I talked with him an hour. He paid me for the time I had been -there. I continued with the same opinion that something must be done -for the elevation of the children, and it is for that I labor. I am -sorry to say the meeting house is more like a play house than a place -of worship. The pulpit stands about the middle of the building, behind -are about six hundred children that belong to the society; there they -are placed for Sabbath School, and there they remain until service is -over, playing most of the time. The house is crowded with the aged and -the young, the greater part of them barefooted. Some have on bonnets, -but most of the women wear straw hats such as our countrymen wear. - -I gave several Bibles away, not knowing that I was hurting the -minister's sale, the people buy them of him at a great advance. I -gave up my school at St. Ann, the 18th of March. I took the fever and -was obliged to remain until the 7th of April. The people of St. Ann -fulfilled their promise which they made to induce me to stop with them. -On the 11th of April I arrived at Kingston, and was conducted to the -Mico Institution, where Mr. Ingraham directed me to find him; he had -lost his pulpit and his school, but Mr. Venning, the teacher, kindly -received me. I remained there longer than I expected; the next morning -he kindly sent one of the young men with me to the packet for my -baggage. I then called on the American Consul, he told me he was very -glad to see me for such a purpose as I had in view in visiting Jamaica, -but he said it was a folly for the Americans to come to the Island to -better their condition; he said they came to him every day praying him -to send them home. - -He likewise mentioned to me the great mortality among the emigrants. -The same day I saw the Rev. Mr. J. S. Beadslee, one of our -missionaries, who wished me to accompany him forty miles into the -interior of the country. - -On May the 18th, I attended the Baptist Missionary meeting, in Queen -Street Chapel; the house was crowded. Several ministers spoke of the -importance of sending the gospel to Africa; they complimented the -congregation on their liberality the last year, having given one -hundred pounds sterling; they hoped this year they would give five -hundred pounds, as there were five thousand members at the present -time. There was but one colored minister on the platform. It is -generally the policy of these missionaries to have the sanction of -colored ministers, to all their assessments and taxes. The colored -people give more readily, and are less suspicious of imposition, if -one from themselves recommends the measure; this the missionaries -understand very well, and know how to take advantage of it. On the 22d -and 23d of June, the colored Baptists held their missionary meeting, -the number of ministers colored and mulattoes was 18, the colored -magistrates were present. The resolutions that were offered were -unanimously accepted, and every thing was done in love and harmony. -After taking up a contribution they concluded with song and prayer, and -returned home saying jocosely, "they would turn macroon hunters." - -Mack is the name of a small coin in circulation at Jamaica. I called, -on my return, at the market and counted the different stalls. For -vegetables and poultry 196, all numbered and under cover; beside 70 -on the ground; these are all attended by colored women. The market is -conveniently arranged, as they can close the gates and leave all safe. -There are nineteen stalls for fresh fish, eighteen for pork, thirty for -beef, eighteen for turtle. These are all regular built markets, and are -kept by colored men and women. These are all in one place. Others also -may be found, as with us, all over the city. Thus it may be hoped they -are not the stupid set of beings they have been called; here _surely we -see industry_; they are enterprising and quick in their perceptions, -determined to possess themselves, and to possess property besides, and -quite able to take care of themselves. They wished to know why I was so -inquisitive about them, I told them we had heard in America that you -are lazy, and that emancipation has been of no benefit to you; I wish -to inform myself of the truth respecting you, and give a true account -on my return. Am I right? More than two hundred people were around me -listening to what I said. - -They thanked me heartily, I gave them some tracts, and told them if -it so pleased God I would come back to them and bring them some more -books, and try what could be done with some of the poor children to -make them better. I then left them and went to the East Market, where -there are many of all nations. The Jews and Spanish looked at me very -black. The colored people gathered around me, I gave them little books -and tracts, and told them I hoped to see them again. - -There are in this street upwards of a thousand young women and -children, living in sin of every kind. From thence I went to the jail, -where there were seventeen men, but no women. There were in the House -of Correction three hundred culprits; they are taken from there, to -work on plantations. I went to the Admiral's house, where the emigrants -find a shelter until they can find employment, then they work and pay -for their passage. Many leave their homes and come to Jamaica under the -impression that they are to have their passage free, and on reaching -the Island are to be found, until they can provide for themselves. - -How the mistake originated, I am not able to say, but on arriving here, -strangers poor and unacclimated, find the debt for passage money hard -and unexpected. It is remarkable that whether fresh from Africa, or -from other Islands from the South or from New England, they all feel -deceived on this point. I called on many Americans and found them poor -and discontented,--rueing the day they left their country, where, -notwithstanding many obstacles, their parents lived and died, which -they helped to conquer with their toil and blood; now shall their -children stray abroad and starve in foreign lands. - -There is in Jamaica an institution, established in 1836, called the -Mico Institution. It is named after its founder, Madame Mico, who left -a large sum of money to purchase, (or rather to ransom, the one being -a Christian act, the other a sin against the Holy Ghost, who expressly -forbids such traffic.) Madame Mico left this money to ransom the -English who were in bondage to the Algerines; if there was any left, -it was to be devoted to the instruction of the colored people in the -British Isles. - -Beside the Mico establishment, there are in Jamaica twenty-seven church -missionary schools, where children are taught gratis. Whole number -taught, 952. London Missionary Society Schools, sixteen; the number -taught not ascertained. National Schools, thirty-eight. There are also -the Wesleyan, Presbyterian and Moravian Schools; it is supposed there -are private schools, where three or four thousand are educated in the -city of Kingston, and twice the number in the street without the means -of instruction. All the children and adults taught in the above named -schools, are taxed £1 a year, except the English Church School, this is -the most liberal. The Rev. Mr. Horton, a Baptist minister in Kingston, -told me he had sent ninety children away from the Baptist school -because they did not bring their money. It is sufficient to say they -had it not to bring! - -Most of the people of Jamaica are emancipated slaves, many of them are -old, worn out and degraded. Those who are able to work, have yet many -obstacles to contend with, and very little to encourage them; every -advantage is taken of their ignorance; the same spirit of cruelty is -opposed to them as held them for centuries in bondage; even religious -teaching is bartered for their hard earnings, while they are allowed -but thirty-three cents a day, and are told if they will not work for -that they shall not work at all; an extraordinary price is asked of -them for every thing they may wish to purchase, even their Bibles -are sold to them at a large advance on the first purchase. Where are -their apologists, if they are found wanting in the strict morals that -Christians ought to practice? Who kindly says, forgive them when they -err? "Forgive them, this is the bitter fruit of slavery." Who has -integrity sufficient to hold the balance when these poor people are to -be weighed? Yet their present state is blissful, compared with slavery. - -Many of the farmers bring their produce twenty or thirty miles. Some -have horses or ponys, but most of them bring, their burdens on their -head. As I returned from St. Andrews's Mountain, where I had been sent -for by a Mr. Rose, I was overtaken by a respectable looking man on -horseback; we rode about ten miles in company. The story he told me -of the wrongs he and his wife had endured while in slavery, are too -horrible to narrate. My heart sickens when I think of it. He asked -me many questions, such as where I came from? why I came to that -Isle? where had I lived, &c? I told him I was sent for by one of the -missionaries to help him in his school. Indeed, said he, our color -need the instruction. I asked him why the colored people did not hire -for themselves? We would be very glad to, he replied, but our money is -taken from us so fast we cannot. Sometimes they say we must all bring -£1; to raise this, we have to sell at a loss or to borrow, so that we -have nothing left for ourselves; the Macroon hunters take all--this is -a nickname they give the missionaries and the class-leaders--a cutting -sarcasm this! - -Arrived at a tavern, about a mile from Kingston, I bade the man -adieu, and stopped for my guide. The inn-keeper kindly invited me in; -he asked me several questions, and I asked him as many. How do the -people get along, said I, since the emancipation? The negroes, he -replied, will have the Island in spite of the d----. Do not you see -how they live, and how much they can bear? We cannot do so. This man -was an Englishman, with a large family of mulatto children. I returned -with my mind fully made up what to do. Spent three weeks at the -Mico establishment, and three with my colored friends from America. -We thought something ought to be done for the poor girls that were -destitute; they consulted with their friends, called a meeting and -formed a society of forty; each agreed to pay three dollars a year and -collect, and provide a house, while I came back to America to raise the -money for all needful articles for the school. Here I met Mr. Ingraham -for the first time; he had come from the mountains, and his health -had rapidly declined; wishing to get his family home before the Lord -took him away, he embarked for Baltimore, in the Orb, and I sailed for -Philadelphia, July 20th, 1841, twenty-one days from Jamaica, in good -health. I found there, Fitz W. Sargent's family, from Gloucester, who I -lived with when a little girl; they received me very kindly, and gave -donations of books and money for that object. - -I met the Anti Slavery Society at Mrs. Lucretia Motts, who took great -interest in the cause. I visited among the friends, and spent my time -very pleasantly. August 5th, I started for New York; arrived safely, -and staid with an old friend; ascertained that Mr. Ingraham's family -were at Newark, at Theodore Wells. He died four days after his arrival. -I was invited to Mrs. Ingraham's (his cousin's widow) to spend a week. -There I met with much encouragement to labor in the cause. Missionaries -were coming and going, and all seemed to be interested in my object. -Saturday evening I went to the bath room, where I left my neck ribbon: -returning after it, I had the misfortune to fall through an open -trap door, down fifteen feet, on hard coal. I had no light with me. -I dislocated my left shoulder, and was generally very much bruised; -my screams brought the girl to my assistance, and by the help of God -she brought me out of the cellar; it was some time before a surgeon -could be procured; at last Dr. Jossleyn came to my relief, he set my -shoulder. I was obliged to remain at Mrs. Ingraham's three weeks; as -soon as I was able I left there for Boston. I intended to have gone by -the western boat, but by mistake got on board Captain Comstock's, and -was exposed on deck all night in a damp east wind, and when I arrived -at the landing I could not assist myself; a sailor who saw and pitied -my situation, kindly took care of me and my baggage, and on my arrival -in Boston procured a carriage for me. If it had not been for his -kindness I know not how I should have got along. - -As soon as I was able I commenced my task of collecting funds for my -Free Labor School in Jamaica. I collected in Boston and vicinity, in -New York and Philadelphia, but not sufficient to make up the required -sum, and I was obliged to take fifty dollars from my own purse, -thinking that when I returned to Jamaica they would refund the money -to me. April 15th, embarked on board the Brig Norma, of New York, for -Jamaica. I arrived at Kingston May 6th, and found every thing different -from what it was when I left; the people were in a state of agitation, -several were hanged, and the insurrection was so great that it was -found necessary to increase the army to quell it. Several had been -hanged. On the very day I arrived a man was hanged for shooting a man -as he passed through the street. Such was the state of things that it -was not safe to be there. - -A few young people met to celebrate their freedom on an open plain, -where they hold their market; their former masters and mistresses -envious of their happiness, conspired against them and thought to put -them down by violence. This only served to increase their numbers; -but the oppressors were powerful and succeeded in accomplishing their -revenge, although many of them were relations. There was a rule among -the slave holders, to take care of the children they have by their -slaves; they select them out and place them in asylums. Those who -lived with their white fathers were allowed great power over their -slave mothers and her slave children; my heart was often grieved to see -their conduct to their poor old grand parents. Those over twenty-one -were freed in 1834, all under twenty-one, were to serve their masters -till twenty-one. It is well known that at that time, the children alike -with others, received twenty-five dollars a head for their relatives. -Were I to tell all my eyes have seen among that people it would not -be credited. It is well known that those that were freed, knowing -their children were still in bondage, were not satisfied. In the year -1838, general freedom throughout the British Islands gave the death -blow to the power of the master, and mothers received with joy their -emancipated children; they no longer looked the picture of despair, -fearing to see their mulatto son or daughter, beating or abusing their -younger brothers and sisters of a darker skin. On this occasion there -was an outrage committed by those who were in power. What little the -poor colored people had gathered during their four years of freedom, -was destroyed by violence; their fences were broken down, and their -horses and hogs taken from them. Most of the mulattoes and masters -are educated, many of them are very poor, some are very rich; the -property is left to the oldest daughter, she divides it with her -brothers and sisters; since slavery ended many of them have married; -those who are poor, and mean to live in sin, make for New Orleans and -other slave States; many of the planters left the Island when slavery -was abolished. In June, 1841, a number of people arrived from Sierra -Leone at Jamaica; these were Maroons who were banished from the Island. -They were some of the original natives who inhabited the mountains, -and were determined to destroy the whites. These Maroons would secrete -themselves in trees, and arrest the whites as they passed along, they -would pretend to guide them, when they would beat and abuse them as -the whites did their slaves; the English finding themselves defeated -in all their plans to subdue them, proposed to take them by craft. -They made a feast in a large tavern in Kingston, and invited them to -come; after they had eaten, they were invited on board three ships -of war, that were all ready to set sail for Sierra Leone; they were -many of them infants in their mother's arms, they were well taken care -of by the English and instructed; they were removed about the year -1796--they are bright and intelligent, I saw and conversed with them; -when they heard of the abolition of slavery, they sent a petition to -Queen Victoria that they might return to Jamaica, which was granted. -Several of them were very old when they returned; they were men and -women when they left the Island, they had not forgot the injuries they -had received from the hands of man, nor the mercies of God to them, -nor his judgments to their enemies. Their numbers were few but their -power was great; they say the Island, of right, belongs to them. Had -their been a vessel in readiness I should have come back immediately, -it seemed useless to attempt to establish a Manual Labor School, as -the government was so unsettled that I could not be protected. Some of -my former friends were gone as teachers to Africa, and some to other -parts of the Island. I called on the American Consul to consult with -him, he said that although such a school was much wanted, yet every -thing seemed so unsettled that I had no courage to proceed. I told -him there was so much excitement that I wished to leave the Island -as soon as he could find me a passage, it seemed useless to spend -my time there. As soon as it was known that I intended to return, a -movement was made to induce me to remain. I was persuaded to try the -experiment for three months, not thinking their motive was bad. Before -I left the United States, I got all that was needed, within fifty -dollars. The fifty dollars I supplied from my own purse, expecting -they would pay me. It cost me ten dollars for freight, and twenty-five -for passage money; these people that I had hoped to serve, were much -taken up with the things I had brought, they thought that I had money -and I was continually surrounded; the thought of color was no where -exhibited, much notice was taken of me. I was invited to breakfast in -one place, and to dine in another, &c. A society was organized, made -up of men and women of authority. A constitution was drafted by my -consent, by those who were appointed to meet at my rooms. Between the -time of the adjournment they altered it to suit themselves. At the -time appointed we came together with a spirit apparently becoming any -body of Christians; most of them were members of Christian churches; -the meeting was opened with reading the Scriptures and prayer. Then -said the leader, since our dear sister has left her native land and -her friends to come to us, we welcome her with our hearts and hands. -She will dwell among us, and we will take care of her--Brethren think -of it!, after which he sat down, and the constitution was called for. -The Preamble held out all the flattery that a fool could desire; after -which they commenced the articles, supposing that they could do as -they thought best. The fourth article unveiled their design. As we -have designed to take care of our sister, _we the undersigned will take -charge of all she has brought_; the vote was called, every person rose -in a moment except myself: every eye was upon me; one asked me why I -did not vote, I made no answer--they put the vote again and again, I -remained seated; well said the President, we can do nothing without her -vote; they remained some time silent, and then broke up the meeting. -The next day the Deacon called to see what the state of my mind was, -and some of the women proposed that we should have another meeting. -I told them no, I should do no more for them. As soon as they found -they could not get the things in the way they intended, they started -to plunder me; but I detected their design, and was on my guard, I -disposed of the articles, and made ready to leave when an opportunity -presented. A more skilful plan than this Satan never designed, but the -power of God was above it. It is not surprising that this people are -full of deceit and lies, this is the fruits of slavery, it makes master -and slaves knaves. It is the rule where slavery exists to swell the -churches with numbers, and hold out such doctrines, as _obedience to -tyrants_, is a duty to God. I went with a Baptist woman to the house of -a minister of the Church of England, to have her grandchild christened -before it died; she told me if she did not have it christened, it would -rise up in judgment against her. This poor deluded creature was a -class leader in the Baptist Church, and such is the condition of most -of the people: they seemed blinded to every thing but money. They are -great for trade, and are united in their determination for procuring -property, of which they have amassed a vast amount. Notwithstanding I -had made over various articles to one of the American Missionaries, a -Mr. J. S. Beadslee, of Clarendon Mountains, I also gave to others where -they were needed, which receipts and letters I have in my possession. -Notwithstanding all this, they made another attempt to rob me, and as a -passage could not be obtained for me to return home, I was obliged to -go to the Mico establishment again for safety, such was the outrage. -Houses were broken open and robbed every night. I came very near being -shot: there was a certain place where we placed ourselves the first -of the evening. A friend came to bring us some refreshments, I had -just left the window when a gun was fired through it, by one that -often sat with us; this was common in the time of slavery. Previous to -vessels arriving, passages were engaged. I disposed of my articles and -furniture at a very small profit. On the 1st of August, Capt. A. Miner -arrived, and advertised for passengers. The American Consul procured me -a passage, and on the 18th of August myself and nine other passengers -embarked for New York. - -I might have diversified my book with more extended descriptions of -Jamaica, with its tropical climate and productions, and contrasted -it with Northern Russia. I hope my readers will not think that I was -unmoved by all the wonders and beauties of nature, that were presented -to me in various climes. Before giving an account of the voyage from -Jamaica, it may prove interesting to some readers, to have a brief -description of the country. With her liberty secured to her, may she -now rise in prosperity, morality and religion, and become a happy -people whose God is the Lord. - - -WEST INDIES. - -A denomination under which is comprehended a large chain of islands, -extending in a curve from the Florida shore on the northern peninsula -of America, to the Gulf of Venezuela on the southern. These islands -belong to five European powers, viz: Great Britain, Spain, France, -Holland, and Denmark. An inhabitant of New England can form no idea -of the climate and the productions of these islands. Many of the -particulars that are here mentioned, are peculiar to them all. - -The climate in all the West India Islands is nearly the same, allowing -for those accidental differences which the several situations and -qualities of the lands themselves produce; as they lie within the -tropic of Cancer, and the sun is often almost at the meridian over -their heads, they are continually subjected to a heat that would be -intolerable but for the trade winds, which are so refreshing as to -enable the inhabitants to attend to their various occupations, even -under a noonday sun; as the night advances, a breeze begins to be -perceived, which blows smartly from the land, as it were from the -centre towards the sea, to all points of the compass at once. The -rains make the only distinction of seasons on these islands. The trees -are green the year round; they have no cold or frost; our heaviest -rains are but dews comparatively; with them floods of water are poured -from the clouds. About May, the periodical rains from the South may -be expected. Then the tropical summer, in all its splendor, makes -its appearance. The nights are calm and serene, the moon shines more -brightly than in New England, as do the planets and the beautiful -galaxy. From the middle of August to the end of September the heat is -most oppressive, the sea breeze is interrupted, and calms warn the -inhabitants of the periodical rains, which fall in torrents about the -first of October. - -The most considerable and valuable of the British West India Islands, -lies between the 75th and the 79th degrees of west longitude from -London, and between 17 and 18 north latitude; it is of an oval figure, -150 miles long from east to west, sixty miles broad in the middle, -containing 4,080,000 acres. An elevated ridge, called the Blue -Mountains, runs lengthwise from east to west, whence numerous rivers -take their rise on both sides. The year is divided into two seasons, -wet and dry. The months of July, August, and September, are called the -hurricane months. The best houses are generally built low, on account -of the hurricanes and earthquakes. However pleasant the sun may rise, -in a moment the scene may be changed; a violent storm will suddenly -arise, attended with thunder and lightning; the rain falls in torrents, -and the seas and rivers rise with terrible destruction. I witnessed -this awful scene in June last, at Kingston, the capital of Jamaica; -the foundations of many houses were destroyed; the waters, as they -rushed from the mountains, brought with them the produce of the earth, -large branches of trees, together with their fruit; many persons were -drowned, endeavoring to reach their homes; those who succeeded, were -often obliged to travel many miles out of their usual way. Many young -children, without a parent's care, were at this time destroyed. A poor -old woman, speaking of these calamities to me, thus expressed herself: -"Not so bad now as in the time of slavery; then God spoke very loud -to _Bucker_, (the white people,) to let us go. Thank God, ever since -that they give us up, we go pray, and we have it not so bad like as -before." I would recommend this poor woman's remark to the fair sons -and daughters of America, the land of the pilgrims, "Then God spoke -very loud." May these words be engraved on the post of every door in -this land of New England. God speaks very loud, and while his judgments -are on the earth, may the inhabitants learn righteousness! - -The mountains that intersect this island, seem composed of rocks, -thrown up by frequent earthquakes or volcanoes. These rocks, though -having little soil, are adorned with a great variety of beautiful -trees, growing from the fissures, which are nourished by frequent -rains, and flourish in perpetual spring. From these mountains flow a -vast number of small rivers of pure water, which sometimes fall in -cataracts, from stupendous heights; these, with the brilliant verdure -of the trees, form a most delightful landscape. Ridges of smaller -mountains are on each side of this great chain; on these, coffee grows -in great abundance; the valleys or plains between these ridges, are -level beyond what is usually found in similar situations. The highest -land in the island is Blue Mountain Peak, 7150 feet above the sea. The -most extensive plain is thirty miles long and five broad. Black river, -in the Parish of St. Elizabeth, is the only one navigable; flat-boats -bring down produce from plantations about thirty miles up the river. -Along the coast, and on the plains, the weather is very hot; but in the -mountains the air is pure and wholesome; the longest days in summer are -about thirteen hours, and the shortest in winter about eleven. In the -plains are found several salt fountains, and in the mountains, not far -from Spanish Town, is a hot bath of great medicinal virtues; this gives -relief in the complaint called the dry bowels malady, which, excepting -the bilious and yellow fevers, is one of the most terrible distempers -of Jamaica. The general produce of this island is sugar, rum, molasses, -ginger, cotton, indigo, pimento, cocoa, coffees, several kinds of -woods, and medicinal drugs. Fruits are in great plenty, as oranges, -lemons, shaddoks, citrons, pomegranates, pineapples, melons, pompions, -guavas, and many others. Here are trees whose wood, when dry, is -incorruptible; here is found the wild cinnamon tree, the mahogany, the -cabbage, the palm, yielding an oil much esteemed for food and medicine. -Here, too, is the soap tree, whose berries are useful in washing. The -plantain is produced in Jamaica in abundance, and is one of the most -agreeable and nutritious vegetables in the world: it grows about four -feet in height, and the fruit grows in clusters, which is filled with -a luscious sweet pulp. The Banana is very similar to the plantain, -but not so sweet. The whole island is divided into three counties, -Middlesex, Surry, and Cornwall, and these into six towns, twenty -parishes, and twenty-seven villages. - -This island was originally part of the Spanish Empire in America, but -it was taken by the English in 1656. Cromwell had fitted out a squadron -under Penn and Venables, to reduce the Spanish Island of Hispaniola; -but there this squadron was unsuccessful, and the commanders, of their -own accord, to atone for this misfortune, made a descent on Jamaica, -and having arrived at St. Jago, soon compelled the whole island to -surrender. - -Ever since, it has been subject to the English, and the government, -next to that of Ireland, is the richest in the disposal of the crown. -Port Royal was formerly the capital of Jamaica; it stood upon the -point of a narrow neck of land, which, towards the sea, forms part of -the border of a very fine harbor of its own name. The conveniences of -this harbor, which was capable of containing a thousand sail of large -ships, and of such depth as to allow them to load and unload with -the greatest ease, weighed so much with the inhabitants, that they -chose to build their capital on this spot, although the place was a -hot, dry sand, and produced none of the necessaries of life, not even -fresh water. About the beginning of the year 1692, no place for its -size could be compared to this town for trade, wealth, and an entire -corruption of manners. In the month of June in this year, an earthquake -which shook the whole island to the foundation, totally overwhelmed -this city, so as to leave, in one quarter, not even the smallest -vestige remaining. In two minutes the earth opened and swallowed up -nine-tenths of the houses, and two thousand people. The waters gushed -out from the openings of the earth, and the people lay as it were in -heaps: some of them had the good fortune to catch hold of beams and -rafters of houses, and were afterwards saved by boats. Several ships -were cast away in the harbor, and the Swan Frigate, which lay in -the Dock, was carried over the tops of sinking houses, and did not -overset, but afforded a retreat to some hundreds of people, who saved -their lives upon her. An officer who was in the town at that time, -says the earth opened and shut very quick in some places, and he saw -several people sink down to the middle, and others appeared with their -heads just above ground, and were choked to death. At Savannah above -a thousand acres were sunk, with the houses and people in them, the -place appearing, for some time, like a lake; this was afterwards dried -up, but no houses were seen. In some parts mountains were split, and -at one place a plantation was removed to the distance of a mile. The -inhabitants again rebuilt the city, but it was a second time, ten years -after, destroyed by a great fire. The extraordinary convenience of the -harbor tempted them to build it once more, and in 1722 it was laid in -ruins by a hurricane, the most terrible on record. - -Such repeated calamities seemed to mark out this spot as a devoted -place; the inhabitants, therefore, resolved to forsake it forever, and -to reside at the opposite bay, where they built Kingston, which is now -the capital of the island. In going up to Kingston, we pass over a part -of and between Port Royal, leaving the mountains on the left, and a -small town on the right. There are many handsome houses built there, -one story high, with porticos, and every convenience for those who -inhabit them. Not far from Kingston stands Spanish Town, which, though -at present far inferior to Kingston, was once the capital of Jamaica, -and is still the seat of government. - -On the 3d of October, 1780, there was a dreadful hurricane, which -overwhelmed the little seaport town of Savannah, in Jamaica, and part -of the adjacent country; very few houses were left standing, and a -great number of lives were lost; much damage was done also, and many -lives lost, in other parts of the island. - -In January, 1823, a society was formed in London for mitigating and -gradually abolishing slavery, throughout the British dominions, called -the Anti-Slavery Society. His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester, -was President of the Society; in the list of Vice Presidents are the -names of many of the most distinguished philanthropists of the day, -and among them that of the never to be forgotten Mr. Wilberforce; -as a bold champion, we see him going forward, pleading the cause of -our down-trodden brethren. In the year 1834, it pleased God to break -the chains from 800,000 human beings, that had been held in a state -of personal slavery; and this great event was effected through the -instrumentality of Clarkson, Wilberforce, and other philanthropists of -the day. - -The population of Jamaica is nearly 400,000; that of Kingston, -the capital, 40,000. There are many places of worship of various -denominations, namely, Church of England, and of Scotland, Wesleyan, -the Baptist, and Roman Catholics, besides a Jewish Synagogue. These -all differ from what I have seen in New England, and from those I have -seen elsewhere. The Baptist hold what they call class-meetings. They -have men and women, deacons and deaconesses in these churches; these -hold separate class-meetings; some of these can read, and some cannot. -Such are the persons who hold the office of judges, and go round and -urge the people to come to the class, and after they come in twice or -three times, they are considered candidates for baptism. Some pay fifty -cents, and some more, for being baptized; they receive a ticket as a -passport into the church, paying one mark a quarter, or more, and some -less, but nothing short of ten pence, that is, two English shillings -a year. They must attend their class once a week, and pay three pence -a week, total twelve English shillings a year, besides the sums they -pay once a month at communion, after service in the morning. On those -occasions the minister retires, and the deacons examine the people, -to ascertain if each one has brought a ticket; if not, they cannot -commune; after this the minister returns, and performs the ceremony, -then they give their money and depart. The churches are very large, -holding from four to six thousand; many bring wood and other presents -to their class-leader, as a token of their attachment; where there are -so many communicants, these presents, and the money exacted, greatly -enrich these establishments. Communicants are so ignorant of the -ordinance, that they join the church merely to have a decent burial; -for if they are not members, none will follow them to the grave, and no -prayers will be said over them; these are borne through the streets by -four men, the coffin a rough box; not so if they are church members; as -soon as the news is spread that one is dying, all the class, with their -leader, will assemble at the place, and join in singing hymns; this, -they say, is to help the spirit up to glory; this exercise sometimes -continues all night, in so loud a strain, that it is seldom that any of -the people in the neighborhood are lost in sleep. - -After leaving Jamaica, the vessel was tacked to a south-west course. I -asked the Captain what this meant. He said he must take the current, -as there was no wind. Without any ceremony, I told him it was not the -case, and told the passengers that he had deceived us. There were two -English men that were born on the island, that had never been on the -water; before the third day passed, they asked the Captain why they had -not seen Hayti. He told them they passed when they were asleep. I told -them it was not true, he was steering south south-west. The passengers -in the steerage got alarmed, and every one was asking the Captain what -this meant. The ninth day we made land. "By ----," said the Captain, -"this is Key West; come, passengers, let us have a vote to run over the -neck, and I will go ashore and bring aboard fruit and turtle." They all -agreed but myself. He soon dropped anchor. The officers from the shore -came on board and congratulated him on keeping his appointment, thus -proving that my suspicions were well founded. The Captain went ashore -with these men, and soon came back, called for the passengers, and -asked for their vote for him to remain until the next day, saying that -he could, by this delay, make five or six hundred dollars, as there had -been a vessel wrecked there lately. They all agreed but myself. The -vessel was soon at the side of the wharf. In one hour there were twenty -slaves at work to unload her; every inducement was made to persuade -me to go ashore, or set my feet on the wharf. A law had just been -passed there that every free colored person coming there, should be put -in custody on their going ashore; there were five colored persons on -board; none dared to go ashore, however uncomfortable we might be in -the vessel, or however we might desire to refresh ourselves by a change -of scene. We remained at Key West four days. - -September 3d we set sail for New York, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. -At 10 o'clock a gale took us, that continued thirty-six hours; my -state-room was filled with water, and my baggage all upset; a woman, -with her little boy, and myself, were seated on a trunk thirty-six -hours, with our feet pressed against a barrel to prevent falling; -the water pouring over us at every breaker. Wednesday, the 9th, the -sun shone out, so that the Captain could take an observation. He -found himself in great peril, near the coast of Texas. All hands were -employed in pumping and bailing. On the eleventh, the New Orleans -steamer came to our assistance; as we passed up the river, I was made -to forget my own condition, as I looked with pity on the poor slaves, -who were laboring and toiling, on either side, as far as could be seen -with a glass. We soon reached the dock, and we were there on the old -wreck a spectacle for observation; the whites went on shore and made -themselves comfortable, while we poor blacks were obliged to remain -on that broken, wet vessel. The people were very busy about me; one -man asked me who I belonged to, and many other rude questions; he -asked me where I was born; I told him Newburyport. "What were your -parents' names?" I told him my father's name was Thomas Gardener; his -countenance changed; said he, "I knew him well;" and he proved friendly -to me. He appeared very kind, and offered to arrange my affairs so -that I might return to New York through the States. I thought it best -to decline his proposal, knowing my spirit would not suffer me to -pass on, and see my fellow-creatures suffering without a rebuke. We -remained four days on the wreck; the boxes that contained the sugar -were taken out; the two bottom tiers were washed out clean. There were -a great many people that came to see the vessel; they were astonished -that she did not sink; they watched me very closely. I asked them what -they wished. In the mean time, there came along a drove of colored -people, fettered together in pairs by the wrist; some had weights, -with long chains at their ankles, men and women, young and old. I -asked them what that meant. They all were ready to answer. Said they, -"these negroes have been impudent, and have stolen; some of them are -free negroes from the northern ships;" "and what," I asked, "are they -there for?" "For being on shore, some of them at night." I asked them -who made them Lord over God's inheritance. They told me I was very -foolish; they should think I had suffered enough to think of myself. -I looked pretty bad, it is true; I was seated on a box, but poorly -dressed; the mate had taken my clothes to a washer-woman; why he took -this care, he was afraid to send the cook or steward on shore, as they -were colored people. I kept still; but the other woman seemed to be in -perfect despair, running up and down the deck, ringing her hands and -crying, at the thought of all her clothes being destroyed; then her -mind dwelt upon other things, and she seemed as if she were deranged; -she took their attention for a few minutes, as she was white. Soon the -washer-woman came with my clothes; they spoke to her as if she had -been a dog. I looked at them with as much astonishment as if I had -never heard of such a thing. I asked them if they believed there was -a God. "Of course we do," they replied. "Then why not obey him?" "We -do." "You do not; permit me to say there is a God, and a just one, -that will bring you all to account." "For what?" "For suffering these -men that have just come in to be taken out of these vessels, and that -awful sight I see in the streets." "O that is nothing; I should think -you would be concerned about yourself." "I am sure," I replied, "the -Lord will take care of me; you cannot harm me." "No, we do not wish -to; we do not want you here." Every ship that comes in, the colored -men are dragged to prison. I found it necessary to be stern with them; -they were very rude; if I had not been so, I know not what would have -been the consequences. They went off for that day; the next day some -of them came again. "Good morning," said they; "we shall watch you -like the d---- until you go away; you must not say any thing to these -negroes whilst you are here." "Why, then, do you talk to me, if you -do not want me to say any thing to you? If you will let me alone, I -will you." "Let me see your protection," they replied, "they say it is -under the Russian government." I pointed them to the eighteenth chapter -of Revelations and fifteenth verse: "The merchants of these things -which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off, for the fear of her -torment, weeping and wailing. For strong is the Lord God who judgeth -her." They made no answer, but asked the Captain how soon he should -get away. - -On the 17th, the Captain put eight of us on board the bark H. W. Tyler, -for New York; we had about a mile to walk; the Captain was in honor -bound to return us our passage money, which we had paid him at Jamaica; -he came without it to see if we were there, and went away saying he -would soon return with it; but we saw no more of him or our money! Our -bark, and a vessel loaded with slaves, were towed down the river by the -same steamer; we dropped anchor at the bottom of the bay, as a storm -was rising. The 18th, on Sabbath, it rained all day. Captain Tyler -knocked at my door, wishing me to come out; it rained hard; the bulwork -of the bark was so high I could not look over it; he placed something -for me to stand on, that I might see the awful sight, which was the -vessel of slaves laying at the side of our ship; the deck was full of -young men, girls and children, bound to Texas for sale! Monday, the -19th, Captain Tyler demanded of us to pay him for our passage. I had -but ten dollars, and was determined not to give it; he was very severe -with all. I told him there were articles enough to pay him belonging -to me. Those who had nothing, were obliged to go back in the steamer. -Tuesday, the 20th, we set sail; the storm was not over. The 22d the -gale took us; we were dismasted, and to save sinking, sixty casks of -molasses were stove in, and holes cut in the bulworks to let it off; -all the fowls, pigs, and fresh provisions, were lost. We were carried -seventy-five miles up the bay of Mexico. The Captain was determined not -to pay the steamer for carrying him back to New Orleans, and made his -way the best he could. - -The 3d of October we arrived again at Key West. The Captain got the -bark repaired, and took on board a number of turtles, and a plenty of -brandy. Friday, the 7th, set sail for New York; the Captain asked me -why I did not go ashore when there in the Comet; "had you," said he, -"they intended to beat you. John and Lucy Davenport, of Salem, laid -down the first ten dollars towards a hundred for that person who should -get you there." The Florida laws are about the same as those at New -Orleans. He was very talkative; wished to know if I saw any thing of -the Creole's crew while at Jamaica. I told him they were all safe, a -fine set of young men and women; one dear little girl, that was taken -from her mother in Virginia, I should have taken with me, if I had had -the money. He said his brother owned the Creole, and some of the slaves -were his. "I never owned any; I have followed the sea all my life, and -can tell every port and town in your State." - -October 19th, 1842, arrived at New York, and thankful was I to set my -feet on land, almost famished for the want of food; we lost all of our -provisions; nothing was left but sailors' beef, and that was tainted -before it was salted. I went at once to those who professed to be -friends, but found myself mistaken. I hardly knew what was best. I had -put up at Mrs. Raweses; she did all she could to raise the twenty-five -dollars that I must pay before I could take my baggage from the vessel. -This seemed hard to obtain; I travelled from one to another for three -days; at last I called at the Second Advent office; Mr. Nath'l Southard -left his business at once, and took me to Mr. Lewis Tappan and others; -they raised the money, and went with me to the ship after my baggage. -It was three o'clock on Saturday afternoon when I called on Mr. -Southard; the vessel and Captain belonged to Virginia, was all ready -for sea, waiting for a wind; they had ransacked my things. I took from -Jamaica forty dollar's worth of preserved fruits; part were lost when -we were cast away in the Cornet, and some they had stolen. At eight -o'clock on Saturday evening, I made out to have my things landed on the -wharf; it was very dark, as it rained hard. My kind friend did not -leave me until they were all safely lodged at my residence. I boarded -there three weeks, thinking to come home; but it was thought best for -me to wait, and see if Captain Miner came or not, hoping that I might -recover my loss through him. I took a room and went to sewing, and -found the people very kind. - -February, 1843, the colored men that went back to New Orleans, for -the want of passage money, arrived at New York, wearied out. All the -white people remained there. I waited in New York until the last of -July, when I started for Boston. August 1st, 1843, arrived, poor in -health and poor in purse, having sacrificed both, hoping to benefit -my fellow-creatures. I trust it was acceptable to God, who in his -providence preserved me in perils by land and perils by sea. - - - "God moves in a mysterious way - His wonders to perform; - He plants his footsteps on the sea, - And rides upon the storm. - - "Deep in unfathomable mines - Of never-failing skill, - He treasures up his bright designs, - And works his sovereign will." - - -Having lost all, I determined, by the help of God, to leave the event; -some of my friends in this city sympathized with me, and others took -the advantage to reproach me. But in the hands of the Lord there -is a cup; the Saviour drank it to the dregs. They gather themselves -together; they hide themselves; they mark my steps; they waited for my -soul, but the Lord is my defence, the Holy One of Israel is my Saviour. -I'll trust him for strength and defence. What things were gain to me, -I counted loss for Christ, for whom I have suffered all things; and -do count them nothing, that I may win Christ and be found in him, not -having mine own righteousness, which is of the Lord, but that which -is through the faith of Christ, that which is of God by faith, that I -may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of -his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death, strengthened -with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and -long-suffering, with joyfulness, thinking it not strange concerning -the fiery trials, as though some strange thing happened; for saith the -apostle, it is better if the will of God so be that ye suffer for well -doing, than for evil; they think it strange that ye run not with them -to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you. If they do these -things in a green tree, what shall be done in a dry? - - - "I hate to walk, I hate to sit - With men of vanity and lies; - The scoffer and the hypocrite - Are the abhorrence of my eyes. - - God knows their impious thoughts are vain, - And they shall feel his power; - His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain, - In some surprising hour." - - -The first twenty months after my arrival in the city, notwithstanding -my often infirmities, I labored with much success, until I hired with -and from those whom I mostly sympathized with, and shared in common the -disadvantages and stigma that is heaped upon us, in this our professed -Christian land. But my lot was like the man that went down from -Jerusalem and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, -and wounding him departed, leaving him half dead. What I did not lose -when cast away, has been taken from my room where I hired. Three times -I had been broken up in business, embarrassed and obliged to move, when -not able to wait on myself. This has been my lot. In the midst of my -afflictions, sometimes I have thought my case like that of Paul's, when -cast among wild beasts. "Had not the Lord been on my side, they would -have swallowed me up; but blessed be the Lord who hath not given me a -prey to their teeth." - -In 1848 and '49, the Lord was pleased to lay his hand upon me. Some -of my friends came to my relief; but the promises of God were neither -few nor small; he knows them that trust and fear him, and in his -providence had reserved the good Samaritan. One of my unretired friends -made my case known to the Rev. Dr. Bigelow and wife, who sought me out -in my distress. I shall not soon forget the morning she came to me, -with an expression of love and kindness, wishing to know my case. Mrs. -Bigelow was the daughter of Captain Theodore Stanwood, of Gloucester, -whom Mr. Prince sailed with as steward the first time he went to -Russia. Mrs. B. is one of the kind friends I speak of, when carried -to Gloucester sick, in 1814; she was then a little miss. A friend of -mine lived with her mother; she used to say that Amelia would not rest, -when she came from school, till she had something to bring to my mother -and me. Mrs. Bigelow and family were very kind, doing all in their -power to make me comfortable, and even moved me from the house of the -tyrant that I then hired from, and raised me up other kind friends; -and, with the blessing of God and the counsel of Dr. Grey, my health is -much improved. "I am as a wonder unto many, but the Lord is my strong -refuge." Underneath him is the everlasting arm of mercy; misfortune is -never mournful for the soul that accepts it, for such do always see -that every cloud is an angel's face; sorrow connects the soul with the -invisible. - -O Father, fearful indeed is this world's pilgrimage, when the soul has -learned that all its sounds are echos, all its sights are shadows. But -lo! a cloud opens, a face serene and hopeful looks forth and saith, -"Be thou as a little child, and thus shalt thou become a seraph, and -bow thyself in silent humility and pray, not that afflictions might -not visit, but be willing to be purified through fire, and accept it -meekly." - - - - -DIVINE CONTENTMENT. - -_Advancement of Faith is Necessary._ - - -All our disquietnesses do issue immediately from unbelief. It is this -that raiseth the storm of discontent in the heart. Oh, set faith at -work! It is the property of faith to silence our doubtings, to scatter -our fears, to still the heart when the passions are up. Faith works the -heart to a sweet serene composure: it is not having food and raiment, -but having faith, which will make us content. Faith chides down -passion; when Reason begins to swim, let Faith swim. - -_Quest._ How doth Faith work contentment? - -_Answ._ 1. Faith shows the soul that whatever its trials are, yet it is -from the hand of a kind Father: it is indeed a bitter cup; but "shall I -not drink the cup which my Father hath given me to drink?" (John xviii. -11.) It is love to my soul; God _corrects_ with the same love that he -_crowns_ me. God is now training me up for heaven; he carves me, to -make me a polished pillar, fit to stand in the heavenly mansion. These -sufferings bring forth patience, humility, even the peaceable fruits of -righteousness, Heb. xii. 11. And if God can bring such sweet fruit out -of a sour stock, let him graft me where he please. Thus faith brings -the heart to holy contentment. - -2. Faith sucks the honey of contentment out of the hive of the -Promise.[A] Christ is the Vine, the promises are the clusters of -grapes that grow upon this Vine; and Faith presseth the sweet vine of -contentment out of these spiritual clusters of the promises. I will -show you but one cluster,--The Lord will give grace and glory, and -no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly; (Psal. -lxxxiv. 11,) here is enough for faith to live upon. The Promise is -the flower out of which Faith distils the spirits and quintessence of -divine contentment. In a word, Faith carries up the soul, and makes it -aspire after more noble and generous delights than earth affords, and -to live in the world above the world. Would you lead contented lives, -live up to the height of your faith. - - -_Breath after Assurance._ - -Oh, let us get the interest cleared between God and our own souls! -Interest is a word much in use; a pleasing word: interest in great -friends, interest-money. Oh, if there be an interest worth looking -after, it is an interest between God and the soul. Labor to say with -Thomas, my Lord and my God. To be without money and without friends, -and without God too, (Eph. ii. 12,) is said; but he whose faith doth -flourish into assurance, that can say, with St. Paul--I know in whom -I have believed, (2 Tim. i. 12.) Be assured that man hath enough to -give his heart contentment. When a man's debts are paid, and he can go -abroad without fear of arresting, what contentment is this! Oh, let -your title be cleared! if God be ours, whatever we want in the creature -is infinitely made up in him. Do I want bread? I have Christ, the Bread -of Life. Am I under defilement? His blood is like the trees of the -sanctuary; not only for meat, but medicine, Ezek. xlvii. 12. If any -thing in the world is worth laboring for, it is to get sound evidences -that God is ours. If this be once cleared, what can come amiss? No -matter what storms I meet with, so that I know where to put in for -harbor. He that hath God to be his God, is so well contented with -his condition, that he doth not much care whether he hath any thing -else. To rest in a condition where a Christian cannot say God is his -God, is a matter of _fear_: and if he can say so truly, and yet is not -contented, is matter of _shame_. David encouraged himself in the Lord -his God. Although it was sad with him, (1 Sam. xxx. 62.) Ziklag was -burnt, his wives taken captive, he lost all, and had like to have lost -his soldiers' hearts too--for they spake of stoning him--yet he had the -ground of contentment within him, viz., an interest in God; and this -was a pillar of supportment to his spirit. He that knows God is his, -and that all that is in God is for his good; if this doth not satisfy, -I know nothing will. - - -_Pray for an Humble Spirit._ - -The humble man is the contented man: if his estate be low, his heart -is lower than his estate; therefore he is contented. If his esteem is -the world below, he that is little in his own eyes, will not be much -troubled to be little in the eyes of others. He hath a meaner opinion -of himself, than others can have of him. The humble man studies his -own unworthiness; he looks upon himself as less than the least of -God's mercies, (Gen. xxxii. 10,) and then a little will content him. -He cries out with Paul, that he is the chief of sinners, (1 Tim. -i. 15,) therefore doth not murmur, but admire: he doth not say his -comforts are small, but his sins are great. He thinks it a mercy he is -out of hell; therefore, is contented. He doth not go to carve out a -more happy condition to himself; he knows the worst piece God cuts him -is better than he deserves. A proud man is never contented; he is one -that hath an high opinion of himself; therefore, under small blessings -is disdainful, under small crosses impatient. The humble spirit is -the contented spirit; if his cross be light, he reckons it in the -inventory of his mercies; if it be heavy, yet takes it upon his knees, -knowing that when his estate is bad, it is to make him the better. -Where you lay humility for the foundation, contentment will be the -superstructure, and Christ the topstone. - - -_Keep a clear Conscience._ 1 Tim. iii. 9. - -Contentment is the _manna_ that is laid up in the ark of a good -conscience. Oh, take heed of indulging any sin! It is as natural for -guilt to breed disquietude, as for the earth to breed worms. Sin lies -like Jonah in the ship, it raises a tempest. If dust or motes be -gotten into the eye, they make the eye water, and cause a soreness -in it; if the eye be clear, then it is free from that soreness. If -sin be gotten into the conscience, which is as the eye of the soul, -then grief and disquiet breed there: but keep the eye of conscience -clear, and all is well. What Solomon saith of a good stomach, I may -say of a good conscience (Prov. xxvii. 7.) To the hungry soul every -bitter thing is sweet; so to a good conscience every bitter thing is -sweet; it can pick contentment out of the Cross. A good conscience -turns the waters of Marah into wine. Would you have a quiet heart? -Get a smiling conscience. I wonder not to hear Paul say, he was in -every state content; when he could make that triumph--I have lived in -all good conscience unto this day, Acts, xxiii. 1. When once a man's -reckonings are clear, it must needs let in abundance of contentment -into the heart. A good conscience can suck contentment out of the -bitterest drug: under slanders--This is our rejoicing, the testimony -of our conscience, 2 Cor. i. 12. In case of imprisonment, Paul had -his prison-songs, and could play the sweet lesson of contentment when -his feet were in the stocks, Acts xvi. 24. Augustine calls it the -paradise of a good conscience. When the times are troublesome, a good -conscience makes a calm: if conscience be clear, what though the days -be cloudy?... Oh, keep conscience clear, and you shall never want -contentment! - - - THE HIDING PLACE. - - Amid this world's tumultuous noise, - For peace my soul to Jesus flies; - If I've an interest in his grace, - I want no other hiding place. - - The world with all its charms is vain, - Its wealth and honors I disdain; - All its extensive aims embrace, - Can ne'er afford a hiding place. - - A guilty sinful heart is mine, - Jesus, unbounded love is thine! - When I behold thy smiling face, - Tis then I see my hiding place. - - To save, if once my Lord engage, - The world may laugh, and Satan rage: - The powers of hell can ne'er erase - My name from God's own hiding place. - - I'm in a wilderness below, - Lord, guide me all my journey through, - Plainly let me thy footsteps trace, - Which lead to heaven my hiding place. - - Should dangers thick impede my course, - O let my soul sustain no loss; - Help me to run the Christian race, - And enter safe my hiding place. - - Then with enlarged powers, - I'll triumph in redeeming love, - Eternal ages will I praise - My Lord for such a hiding place. - - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] 'Tis a comfortable thought that the promises of God are -all given for the express purpose that we may have great and strong -consolations, who make our duty and our privilege to be found pleading -them at the throne of grace; - - - O then be earnest, take no nay, - He'll answer every good desire; - Give him your hearts, though cold as clay, - They'll melt like wax before the fire. - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND TRAVELS -OF MRS. 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NANCY PRINCE *** -</pre> -<div class ="mynote"><p class="center">Transcriber's Note:<br /><br /> -Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.<br /></p></div> - -<hr /> - -<div class="center"><img src="images/front.jpg" alt="front" /></div> - -<hr /> - -<div class="center"><img src="images/title.jpg" alt="title page" /></div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> - -<h1>A<br /><br /> NARRATIVE<br /><br /> OF THE<br /><br /> LIFE AND TRAVELS,<br /><br /> OF -<br /><br /> MRS. NANCY PRINCE.</h1> - -<hr class="smler" /> - -<p class="bold space-above">BOSTON:<br />PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.<br />1850. </p> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center">Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1850,<br />BY NANCY PRINCE,<br /> -In the Clerk's office of the District court of Massachusetts.</p> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CONTENTS.</h2> - -<hr class="smler" /> - -<table summary="CONTENTS"> - <tr> - <td class="left">A Sketch of the Early Life of Nancy Prince,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Marriage and Voyage to Russia,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Mr. Prince,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Manners and Customs of the Russians,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">The Events that took Place During Nine Years residence in St. Petersburg, </td> - <td><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Her Voyage Home,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Her Voyage and Business to the West Indies,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Her Errand Home, and Success,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Her Return Back, and State of things at that Time,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Description of the Country,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_58">58</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Embarkment again Home, and Deception of the Captain,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Cast away at Key West,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_69">69</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Arrival at New Orleans,—Scenes witnessed while there,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_70">70</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="left">Departure from New Orleans, and arrival at New York,</td> - <td><a href="#Page_74">74</a></td> - </tr> -</table> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p> - -<h2>NARRATIVE.</h2> - -<hr class="smler" /> - -<p>As my unprofitable life has been spared, and I have been, by the -providence of God, wonderfully preserved, it is with gratitude to my -Heavenly Father, and duty to myself, that I attempt to give to the -public a short narrative of my life and travels.</p> - -<p>I was born in Newburyport, in 1799. My mother was the daughter of -Tobias Wornton, who was stolen from Africa, when a lad, and was a -slave of Capt. Winthrop Sargent; and, although a slave, he fought for -liberty, and was in the Revolutionary army at the battle of Bunker -Hill. My grandmother was an Indian. My father, Thomas Gardener, was -born on Nantucket; his parents were of African descent, and he died -of bleeding at the lungs, leaving my mother a widow the second time, -with an infant in her arms. She then returned to Gloucester, her native -place. My mother soon married again her third husband, by whom she -had six <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span>children. My step-father was stolen from Africa, and while -the vessel was at anchor in one of the Eastern ports, he succeeded -in making his escape from his captors by swimming ashore. After a -lapse of two years he came to Gloucester, and followed the sea, and -was twelve years with Capt. Elias Davis, in the employ of Capt. Fitz -W. Sargent. During the war he was taken by a British Privateer, and -pressed into their service. He was sick with the dropsy a long while, -and died in 1813. My mother was again left a widow, with an infant -six weeks old. When she heard of her husband's death, she replied, "I -thought it; what shall I do with these children?" Her grief, poverty, -and responsibilities, were too much for her; she never was the mother -that she had been before. I was at this time in Capt. Sargent's family. -I shall never forget the feelings I experienced on hearing of the -decease of my father-in-law; he was never very kind to the first set -of children. But by industry, a humble home was provided for my mother -and younger children. Death had twice visited our family within three -months, my father having buried my grandfather before he sailed. I -thought I would go home a little while, and try to comfort my mother. -The three oldest children were put into families. My brother and myself -went out of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span> town, in one family, where we staid until the war was -over. We often went home with our wages, and all the comforts we could -get; but we could not approach our mother as we wished. God in mercy -took one little brother of seven years, who had pined in consumption; -thus our family was scattered. I determined to get more for my labor, -and I left Essex and went to Salem, in 1814, to service in a family. -I had always enjoyed the happy privilege of religious instruction. My -dear grandfather was a member of a Congregational Church, and a good -man; he always attended church in the morning, and took us with him; -and in the afternoon he took care of the smaller children, while my -mother attended with her little group. He thought it wrong for us to -go to a school where the teacher was not devoted to God, for I early -knew the difference between right and wrong. They had family prayers -morning and evening. I often looked at them, and thought to myself, -"Is this your religion?" I did not wonder that the girl who had lived -there previous to myself, went home to die. There were seven in the -family; two of them being sick, one with a fever and the other in a -consumption, of course the work must have been very severe, especially -the washing. Sabbath evening I had to prepare for the wash. I was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span> -then but fourteen years of age, and a stranger. I was called up at -two o'clock in the morning, and what embittered my heavy task, I was -not spoken kindly to, but was blamed for being slow, and for not -performing my work well. Hard labor and unkindness were too much for -me, and in three months my health and strength were gone. I went home -to Gloucester in their chaise. I found my mother in poor health, but -through the mercy of God, and the attention and skill of Dr. Dale, and -the kindness of friends, I was restored, so that in a few months I -was able again to go to work, although my side afflicted me, which I -attributed to over-working myself.</p> - -<p>In 1815 I returned to Salem, accompanied by my eldest sister, and -obtained good places. She afterwards returned to Boston as a nursery -girl, where she lived a few months, and was deluded away on February -7th of 1815. A friend came to Salem and informed me of it. Her death -would not have been so painful to me. We loved each other very much, -and more particularly as our step-father was not very kind to us; we -used to say as soon as we were large enough we would go away, as we -did. It was very cold, but notwithstanding, I was so distressed about -my sister, that I started on foot the next morning after I heard -of it. At Lynn Hotel we refreshed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span> ourselves, and all seemed much -interested about me. Two women took me aside, and inquired how it was -I was with that woman. I told my reason. My companion had a little -son of hers in her arms. By the time we were seven miles from Salem, -cold and fatigued, I could walk no farther, and we hired a horse and -sleigh, and a man to drive us to Boston, where we arrived at seven -in the evening. I put up with a friend of mine, who lived in Bedford -street, who received me very kindly. My feet, hands, and ears, were all -frost-bitten. I needed all the hospitality that was extended to me. I -was young and inexperienced, but my object was hallowed. God chooses -in his wisdom the weak things of earth; without his aid how could I -ever have rescued my lost sister! Mr. Brown, when he learned my errand, -kindly offered to assist me. He found where my sister resided, and -taking with him a large cane, he accompanied me to the house. My sister -I found seated, with a number of others, round a fire, the mother of -harlots at the head. My sister did not see me until I clasped her -round the neck. The old woman flew at me, and bid me take my hands off -of her. Mr. Brown defended me with his cane from her attacks. There -were many men as well as girls there, and all was confusion. When my -sister came to herself, she<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span> looked upon me. I said, "Sylvia, my dear -sister, what are you here for? Will you go with me?" The enraged old -woman cried out, "No, she cannot go." Sylvia replied, "I will go." Then -followed a scene. The old woman seized her to drag her down into the -kitchen; I held on to her, while Mr. Brown, at my side, so used his -great cane, and so threatened her, that she was obliged to let her go; -and, after collecting her things, she left the house with Mr. Brown and -myself.</p> - -<p>The next day we started for Salem, and went to the stage-office; -we expected Mr. Low, the driver of the Gloucester stage, who knew -us as his towns-people, would let us take passage with him without -any difficulty; but he refused, unless we would ride upon the top. -It was very cold, and we had never rode in that way; his inhumanity -grieves me even now. I had sent my mother my wages the week before, -and what money I had, I had taken in advance of my employers. We were -greatly embarrassed, when a colored man, unknown to us, penetrated -our difficulties, and asked us if we had two dollars; we told him we -had; he very kindly took us to another stage-office, and we bargained -for a horse and sleigh to take us to Salem, where we arrived safely -in about two hours and a half; and we gave<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> up our conveyance to the -same owners, with ten thousand thanks to our colored friend, and to -our Heavenly Father; for had we attempted to walk, we must have frozen -by the way. The lady I lived with (Mrs. John Deland,) received us very -kindly, and permitted my sister to remain with me awhile; then she -returned to Gloucester, to the family who brought her up, and I thought -we had gained a great victory.</p> - -<p>My brother George and myself were very desirous of making our mother -comfortable; he went to sea for that purpose. The next April I came -to Boston, to get a higher price for my labor, for we had agreed to -maintain our mother, and we hoped she would take our little brother, -who was supported by the town, and take care of him. George came home, -and sailed again in the same vessel, leaving her a drawbill of half -of his wages. My sister returned to Boston to find me, and wished to -procure a place to work out. She tried me much. I thought it a needy -time, for I had not yielded my heart to the will of God, though I had -many impressions, and formed many resolutions; but the situation that I -had been placed in, having left my mother's home at the age of eight, -had not permitted me to do as I wished, though the kind counsels of my -dear grandfather and pious teachers followed me<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span> wherever I went. Care -after care oppressed me; my mother wandered about like a Jew; the young -children who were in families were dissatisfied; all hope but in God -was lost. I then resolved in my mind to seek an interest in my Saviour, -and put my trust in him. For that purpose I changed my place for one -more retired, got my sister with me, and then God blessed my soul; -being justified by faith, I found peace with God, even the forgiveness -of sins, through Jesus Christ. After living sixteen years and five -months without any hope, myself and seven others were baptized, in -obedience to the great command.</p> - -<p>My brother George returned home, and we again provided a home for -mother and the little ones; he went to sea, and affairs now seemed -to promise comfort and respectability. But mother chose to marry -again; this was like death to us all. George returned home, but was so -disappointed, that he shipped again to come no more. Although a boy of -sixteen years, he was as steady and capable as most men at twenty. My -cares were consequently increased, having no one to share them with me. -My next brother, who lived in S. Essex, came to Salem to his mother, -but was driven away by her husband, and came to me. I carried him to -Gloucester, and left him in the hands of the town; but he stayed but<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span> -three weeks, and returned to me again. I then boarded him for one -dollar a week, until I could procure suitable employment.</p> - -<p>When winter came, poor mother's health was declining; little Samuel -could do but little; my father-in-law was very cross, for he expected -to be supported by my brother George. I could not see my mother suffer; -I therefore left my place and went to Salem, to watch over her and -Samuel, and lived with the Rev. Dr. Boles's family. In the spring I -returned to Boston, and took my brother with me. Soon after, my sister -Lucy left her place and went to her mother, but was not permitted to -stay. My mother wrote to me, requesting me to take care of her. I -then determined in my mind to bring her to Boston, and, if possible, -procure a place for her; and on her arrival, I obtained board for her -and Samuel at a friend's, for one dollar a week. My brother John, that -I had boarded, at last got a place where he had wages; soon the Lord -opened a way for little Samuel. Dr. Phelps took him to bring up, so -that I was left with one only to sustain. Soon my hopes were blasted. -John left his place, and was several months on my hands again; finally, -he made up his mind to go to sea. I was so thankful that he had -concluded to do something, that I took two month's wages in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span> advance to -fit him out for Liverpool. In five months he returned, without a single -thing but what he stood in; his wages were small, not enough to render -him comfortable; had not a friend given him a home, he would have been -again dependent on my exertions. Another friend took Lucy, with whom -she staid eleven months; she continued in different families for some -time, till she was about twelve. I left her at the Rev. Mr. Mann's -family, at Westminster, for a certain time, thinking it would be best -for her, and John I left to fight his own battles. My sister Sylvia was -one of my greatest trials. Knowing she was in Boston, my mother, in one -of her spells of insanity, got away from her home, and travelled here -after her. She came where I lived. My employers were very kind to her. -After tarrying a few days with me, I hired a horse and chaise, and took -them both back to Salem; and returned back to my place in 1822, with a -determination to do something for myself. I left my place after three -months, and went to learn a trade; and, after seven years of anxiety -and toil, I made up my mind to leave this country.</p> - -<p>September 1st, 1823, Mr. Prince arrived from Russia; February 15th, I -was married; April 14th, embarked in brig Romulus, arrived at<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> Elsinore -May 24th, left the same day for Copenhagen, where we remained twelve -days. We visited the King's Palace, and several other extensive and -beautiful buildings. We attended a number of entertainments among the -Danes and English, which were religiously observed; their manners -and customs are similar; they are very attentive to strangers; the -Sabbath is strictly observed; the principal religion is the Lutheran -and Calvinistic, but all persuasions are tolerated. The languages of -that people are Dutch, French, English, &c. The Danes are very modest -and kind, but, like all other nations, they well know how to take the -advantage. I left there the 7th of June, and arrived at Cronstradt on -the 19th; left there the 21st for St. Petersburg, and in a few hours -were happy to find ourselves at our place of destination, through -the blessing of God, in good health, and soon made welcome from all -quarters. We took lodgings with a Mrs. Robinson, a native of our -country, who was Patience Mott, of Providence, who left there in the -year 1813, in the family of Alexander Gabriel, the man who was taken -for Mr. Prince. There I spent six weeks very pleasantly, visiting and -receiving friends, after the manner of the country. We then commenced -housekeeping. While there I attended two of their parties;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span> there were -various amusements in which I did not participate, which caused them -much disappointment. I told them my religion did not allow of dancing -or dice playing, which formed part of the amusements. As they were very -strict in their religion, they indulged me in the same privilege. By -the help of God I was ever enabled to maintain my stand.</p> - -<p>Mr. Prince was born in Marlborough, and lived in families in this -city. In 1810 he went to Gloucester, and sailed with Captain Theodore -Stanwood for Russia; he returned with him, and remained in his family, -and at this time visited my mother's family. He again sailed with -him, in 1812, for the last time. Captain Stanwood took with him his -son Theodore, for the purpose of attending school in the city of St. -Petersburg. Mr. Prince went to serve Princess Purtossozof, one of the -noble ladies of Court. It is well known that the color of one's skin -does not prohibit from any place or station that he or she may be -capable of occupying.</p> - -<p>The Palace, where the Emperor resides, is called the Court, the seat -of government. This magnificent building is adorned with all the -ornaments that possibly can be explained; there are hundreds of people -that inhabit it, besides the soldiers that guard. There are several -of these<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span> splendid edifices in the city and vicinity. The one that I -was presented in, was in a village, three miles from the city. After -leaving the carriage, we entered the first ward; the usual salutation -by guards was performed. As we passed through the beautiful hall, a -door was opened by two colored men, in official dress, and there stood -the Emperor Alexander on his throne, in royal apparel. The throne is -circular, elevated two steps from the floor, and covered with scarlet -velvet tasseled with gold. As I entered, the Emperor stepped forward -with great politeness and condescension, and welcomed and asked me -several questions; he then accompanied us to the Empress Elizabeth; -she stood in her dignity, and received me in the same manner. They -presented me with a gold watch, and fifty dollars in gold.</p> - -<p>The number of colored men that filled this station was twenty; when one -dies, the number is immediately made up. Mr. Prince filled the place -of one that had died. They serve in turns, four at a time, except on -some great occasions, when all are employed. Provision is made for the -families within or without the Palace. Those without go to Court at 8 -o'clock in the morning; after breakfasting, they take their station in -the halls, for the purpose of opening the doors, at<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span> signal given, when -the Emperor and Empress pass.</p> - -<p>First of August we visited the burying-ground, where the people meet, -as they say, to pay respect to their dead. It is a great holiday; they -drink and feast on the grave stones, or as near the grave as they -can come; some groan and pray, and some have music and dancing. At a -funeral no one attends except the invited; after the friends arrive, -a dish of rice boiled hard, with raisins, is handed round; all are -to take a spoonful, with the same spoon, and out of the same dish; -in the meanwhile the priest, with his clerk, performs the ceremony, -perfuming the room with incense. The lid is not put on to the coffin, -the corpse being laid out in his or her best dress. The torch-men (who -are dressed in black garments, made to slope down to their feet, with -broad brimmed hats that cover their shoulders,) form a procession, -with lighted torches in their hands, bowing their heads as they pass -along very gravely; then comes one more, with the lid on his head; then -the hearse with the corpse, drawn by four horses, covered with black -gowns down to their feet; they all move along with great solemnity. -Before entering the grave-yard, the procession goes to an adjoining -church, where there are many ladies, placed on benches, side<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> by side, -according to their ages; the ladies dressed as if they were going to -a ball-room, displaying a most dreadful appearance. Each one has her -hands crossed, and holding in one of them a pass to give to Peter, that -they may enter into Heaven. At this place they light their candles, and -receive their rice in the manner before mentioned. The top is then put -on to the coffin, and the procession forms and repairs to the grave; -the priest sanctifies the grave, then casts in dust, and the coffin is -consigned to its narrow-house; then commence the yells; they drink, eat -cake, black bread, and finish their rice, when the party return back -to dinner, where every thing has been prepared during their absence. -This is the Greek mode of burying their dead. On the birth of a child, -the babe is not dressed until it is baptized; it is immersed all over -in water; a stand, with an oval basin, is brought for the purpose by -the clerk. The mother is presented with gifts, which are placed under -her pillow. Should the babe die before this rite is performed, it is -not placed with the others; but should it die having been baptized, -although not more than two hours old, it is dressed and placed on the -bench at church with the rest. In this manner the common people bury -their dead.</p> - -<p>When any of the Imperial family dies, they<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span> are laid in state forty -days, and every thing accordingly. There is a building built expressly -for the Imperial families, where their remains are deposited. In the -front part of it, the criminals that have rebelled against the Imperial -family are placed in cells, thus combining the prison and the tomb; and -in sailing by, these miserable creatures are exposed to the careless -gaze of unfeeling observers.</p> - -<p>St. Petersburg was inundated October 9th, 1824. The water rose sixteen -feet in most parts of the city; many of the inhabitants were drowned. -An Island between the city and Cronstradt, containing five hundred -inhabitants, was inundated, and all were drowned, and great damage was -done at Cronstradt. The morning of this day was fair; there was a high -wind. Mr. Prince went early to the Palace, as it was his turn to serve; -our children boarders were gone to school; our servant had gone of an -errand. I heard a cry, and to my astonishment, when I looked out to -see what was the matter, the waters covered the earth. I had not then -learned the language, but I beckoned to the people to come in; the -waters continued to rise until 10 o'clock, A. M. The waters were then -within two inches of my window, when they ebbed and went out as fast -as they had come in, leaving to our view a dreadful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span> sight. The people -who came into my house for their safety retired, and I was left alone. -At four o'clock in the afternoon, there was darkness that might be -felt, such as I had never experienced before. My situation was the more -painful being alone, and not being able to speak. I waited until ten in -the evening; I then took a lantern, and started to go to a neighbor's, -whose children went to the same school with my boarders. I made my -way through a long yard, over the bodies of men and beasts, and when -opposite their gate I sunk; I made one grasp, and the earth gave away; -I grasped again, and fortunately got hold of the leg of a horse, that -had been drowned. I drew myself up covered with mire, and made my way -a little further, when I was knocked down by striking against a boat, -that had been washed up and left by the retiring waters; and as I had -lost my lantern, I was obliged to grope my way as I could, and feeling -along the walk, I at last found the door that I aimed at. My family -were safe, and they accompanied me home. At 12 o'clock, Mr. Prince came -home, as no one was permitted to leave the Palace till his Majesty had -viewed the city. In the morning the children and the girl returned, and -I went to view the pit into which I had sunk. It was large enough to -hold a dozen like myself,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span> when the earth had caved in. Had not that -horse been there, I should never again seen the light of day, and no -one would have known my fate. Thus, through the providence of God, I -escaped from the flood and the pit.</p> - -<div class="center"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<div>"My helper, God, I bless thy name;</div> -<div>The same thy power, thy grace the same;</div> -<div>I midst ten thousand dangers stand,</div> -<div>Supported by thy guardian hand."</div> -</div></div></div> - -<p>Should I attempt to give an account of all the holidays, it would fill -volumes. The next to notice is Christmas and New Year. The first day -of January a grand masquerade is given by his Majesty, at the winter -Palace; forty thousand tickets are distributed; every thing is done in -order; every gentleman wears a mask and cloak, and carries a lady with -him. They are formed in a procession, and enter at the west gate; as -they pass through, all the golden vessels and ornaments are displayed; -these were back of a counter, which extends two hundred feet; there -the company receive a cup of hot chocolate, and a paper of comfits, -and a bun; a great many are in attendance, as a vast many persons are -permitted to pass in and view the Palace, and go out at the east gate.</p> - -<p>The 6th of January is a still greater day, for then the water is -christened; a church is built on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span> the ice, ornamented with gold and -evergreens, and a row of spruce trees, extending from the door of -the Palace to the church. At this time all the nobles, of different -nations, make their appearance in their native costume. The Patriarch, -Archbishops, and other dignitaries of the Court, have a service; then -they pass through and christen the water, and make it holy; then there -is a great rush of the people for this holy water. On the plane an -ice hill is built, eighty feet high, where the Emperor and his Court -exercise themselves.</p> - -<p>February 10th is another holiday. Buildings are constructed on the -plane for the occasion. All kinds of amusements may be found here, and -all kinds of animals seen; much time and money are spent. The buildings -are built in rotation. All the children of the different seminaries -and institutions of education, are driven round in gilded carriages to -witness the performances. After this is the great Fast, previous to the -crucifixion of our Saviour. Then Christ is represented as riding into -Jerusalem; branches of trees are placed in the ice, and strewed through -the streets, and every performance is carried out. The Saviour is made -of white marble; he is crucified and buried, and on the third day he -rises, according to the Scriptures; then the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span> cannons are fired. At the -close of this forty day's Fast, they have a great Feast and Fair; all -business is suspended, and the festivity and frolic continue for one -week.</p> - -<p>The first of May is another great holiday. The merchants' daughters are -arranged on each side of a long mall, in the beautiful gardens, and -arrayed in their best clothes, under the care of an old woman known in -their families; the gentlemen walk round and observe them, and if they -see one they fancy, they speak to the old woman; she takes him to the -parents and introduces him; if the parties agree, they prepare for the -betrothal. It is their custom to marry one of their own station. All -these holidays are accounted sacred. The first year I noted them all, -as I was accustomed to attend them.</p> - -<p>May, 1825, I spent some time visiting the different towns in the -vicinity of St. Petersburg. In the fall of the same year, the Emperor -retired to a warmer climate for the health of the Empress Elizabeth. -January, 1826, the corpse of Alexander was brought in state, and -was met three miles from the city by the nobles of the Court; and -they formed a procession, and the body was brought in state into the -building where the Imperial family were deposited. March, of the -same year, the corpse of Elizabeth was brought<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span> in the same manner. -Constantine was then king of Poland, he was next heir to the throne, -and was unanimously voted by the people, but refused, and resigned -the crown in favor of his brother Nicholas. The day appointed the -people were ordered to assemble as usual, at the ringing of the bells; -they rejected Nicholas, a sign was given by the leaders that was well -understood, and the people, great and small rushed to the square and -cried with one voice for Constantine. The Emperor with his prime -minister, and city governor, rode into the midst of them entreating -them to retire, without avail, they were obliged to order the cannons -fired upon the mob; it was not known when they discharged them that -the Emperor and his ministers were in the crowd. He was wonderfully -preserved while both his friends and their horses were killed. There -was a general seizing of all classes, who were taken into custody. The -scene cannot be described; the bodies of the killed and mangled were -cast into the river, and the snow and ice were stained with the blood -of human victims as they were obliged to drive the cannon to and fro -in the midst of the crowd. The bones of these wounded who might have -been cured were crushed. The cannon are very large, drawn by eight -horses trained for the purpose. The scene was awful;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span> all business was -stopped. This deep plot originated, 1814, in Germany, with the Russian -nobility and German, under the pretence of the Free Mason's lodge. -When they returned home they increased their numbers and presented -their chart to the Emperor for permission which was granted. In the -year 1822, the Emperor being suspicious that all was not right took -their chart from them. They carried it on in small parties, rapidly -increasing, believing they would soon be able to destroy all the -Imperial branches, and have a republican government. Had not this taken -place undoubtedly they would have at last succeeded. So deep was the -foundation of this plot laid, both males and females were engaged in -it. The prison-houses were filled, and thirty of the leading men were -put into solitary confinement, and twenty-six of the number died, four -were burned. A stage was erected and faggots were placed underneath, -each prisoner was secured by iron chains, presenting a most appalling -sight to an eye-witness. A priest was in attendance to cheer their last -dying moments, then fire was set to the faggots and these brave men -were consumed. Others received the knout, and even the princesses and -ladies of rank were imprisoned and flogged in their own habitations. -Those that survived their punishment were banished to <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span>Siberia. The -mode of banishment is very imposing and very heart-rending, severing -them from all dear relatives and friends, for they are never permitted -to take their children. When they arrive at the gate of the city, -their first sight is a guard of soldiers, then wagons with provisions, -then the noblemen in their banished apparel guarded, then each side -conveyances for the females, then ladies in order guarded by soldiers.</p> - -<p>Preparations were now being made for the coronation of the new Emperor -and Empress. This took place September, 1826, in Moscow, 555 miles -south-east from St. Petersburg. All persons engaged in the court were -sent beforehand, in order to prepare for the coming event. After his -majesty's laws were read as usual on such occasions, those who wished -to remain in his service did so, and those who did not were discharged.</p> - -<p>After the coronation the Emperor and his court returned to St. -Petersburg. June, 1827, war was declared between Russia and Turkey. -They had several battles with varied success. The Russians surrounded -and laid siege to Constantinople. The Sultan of Turkey sued for peace, -and a treaty was at last signed and peace was proclaimed in 1829. -In March, of the same year, war was declared with Poland. 1831, the -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span>cholera, that malignant disease, made its appearance in Austria, from -thence to little Russia, making great ravages, thousands of people -falling a prey. It then began to rage in St. Petersburg, carrying off -9255. This disease first appeared in Madagascar, 1814, there most of -the inhabitants died. It is called the plague that God sent among the -people of Israel and other nations for centuries back. Much might be -said of this dreadful disease and others that are but little known in -this country. God often visits nations, families, and persons, with -judgments as well as mercies.</p> - -<p>The present Emperor and Empress are courteous and affable. The -Empress would often send for the ladies of the court at 8 o'clock -in the evening to sup with her, when they arrive at court they form -a procession and she takes the lead. On entering the hall, the band -strikes up; there are two long tables on each side, and in the midst -circular tables for the Imperial family. The tables are spread -apparently with every variety of eatable and deserts, but every thing -is artificial, presenting a novel appearance. When the company are -seated, the Emperor and Empress walk around the tables and shake hands -with each individual as they pass. The prisoners of war who are nobles, -are seated by themselves with their faces veiled. There is a tender or -waiter to each<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span> person, with two plates, one with soup and the other -with something else. After a variety of courses, in one hour they are -dismissed by the band. They then retire to another part of the palace -to attend a ball or theatrical amusements. At the Empress's command -they are dismissed. She carries power and dignity in her countenance -well adapted to her station. And after her late amusements at night she -would be out at an early hour in the morning visiting the abodes of -the distressed, dressed in as common apparel as any one here, either -walking or riding in a common sleigh. At her return she would call for -her children, take them in her arms and talk to them. "She riseth while -it is yet night and giveth meat to her household and a portion to her -maidens, she stretcheth out her hands to the poor, yea, she reacheth -out her hands to the needy; she is not afraid of the snow for all her -household are clothed in scarlet." Then she would go to the cabinet of -his Majesty; there she would write and advise with him.</p> - -<p>The Russian ladies follow the fashions of the French and English. -Their religion is after the Greek church. There are no seats in their -churches; they stand, bow, and kneel, during the service. The principal -church is on the Main street. There are the statues of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span> great -commanders that have conquered in battle. They are clad in brass, with -flags in their hands, and all their ancient implements of war are -deposited there. The altar is surrounded by statues of the Virgin Mary -and the twelve apostles. When Russia is at war and her armies are about -to engage in battle, it is here that the Emperor and his family and -court, come to pray for victory over the enemy. The day they engaged in -battle against the Poles, the Empress Dowager took her death; she was -embalmed and laid in state six weeks in the hall of the winter palace. -I went a number of times to see her, and the people pay her homage, and -kiss the hands of that lump of clay. All religion is tolerated, but the -native Russians are subject to the Greek Church. There are a number of -institution in St. Petersburg where children of all classes have the -privilege of instruction. The sailors' and soldiers' boys enter the -corps at the age of seven, and are educated for that purpose. The girls -remain in the barracks with their parents, or go to some institutions -where they are instructed in all the branches of female education. -There are other establishments, where the higher classes send their -children.</p> - -<p>There is another spacious building called the Market, half a mile -square, where all kinds of <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span>articles may be bought. Between the Market -and the church there is a block of buildings where silver articles -of all kinds are to be purchased. These stores present a very superb -appearance and are visited by every foreigner that comes into the -place. Besides these buildings, Main Street is lined with elegant -buildings with projecting windows, to the extent of twelve miles. -Nearly at the termination of the street there is a spacious building of -stone which encloses the Taberisey Garden, so called from its having -every kind of tree, shrub, flower and fruit, of the known world, which -flourish alike in winter as in summer. There is an extensive Frozen -Market which forms a square as large as Boston Common. This space -of ground is covered with counters, on which may be purchased every -variety of eatable, such as frozen fish, fowl, and meats of every -description, besides every other article of commerce which will bear -the extreme cold of a St. Petersburg winter. This city was founded -by Peter the Great, and built upon a bog which was occupied by a few -fishermen's huts, and belonged to the Finns. It is situated at the -extremity of the Gulf of Finland, and is built partly on the main -land and partly on several small islands. The foundation of the city -is extremely marshy, which subjects it to frequent inundations. For<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span> -this reason there are canals which are cut through the streets, very -beautifully laid out, faced with granite, railed with iron chains -nubbed with brass, with bridges to cross from one street to the other. -The city houses are built of stone and brick, and twice the thickness -of American houses. They are heated by Peaches, of similar construction -to our furnaces; the outside of which is faced with China tiles, -presenting a very beautiful appearance. The village houses are built of -logs corked with oakum, where the peasants reside. This class of people -till the land, most of them are slaves and are very degraded. The rich -own the poor, but they are not suffered to separate families or sell -them off the soil. All are subject to the Emperor, and no nobleman can -leave without his permission. The mode of travelling is principally by -stages which are built something like our omnibusses, with settees upon -the top railed and guarded by soldiers, for the purpose of protecting -the travellers from the attacks of wild beasts. The common language is -a mixture of Sclavonian and Polish. The nobility make use of the modern -Greek, French, and English. I learned the languages in six months, so -as to be able to attend to my business, and also made some proficiency -in the French. My time was taken up in domestic affairs; I took two -children to board<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span> the third week after commencing housekeeping, and -increased their numbers. The baby linen making and children's garments -were in great demand. I started a business in these articles and -took a journeywoman and apprentices. The present Empress is a very -active one, and inquired of me respecting my business and gave me much -encouragement by purchasing of me garments for herself and children, -handsomely wrought in French and English styles, and many of the -nobility also followed her example. It was to me a great blessing that -we had the means of Grace afforded us. The Rev. Richard Kenell, was -the Protestant pastor. We had service twice every Sabbath and evening -prayer meetings, also a female society, so that I was occupied at all -times.</p> - -<p>At the time of the inundation, the Bibles and other books belonging to -the society were injured. But Mr. Kenell took the liberty to purchase -at full price and sell at an advance. In order that the poor might -have them, we all agreed to labor for that purpose; I often visited -the matron of the Empress' children, and encouraged by her I took some -to the Palace, and by this means disposed of many at head quarters. -Other friends without the court continued to labor until hundreds -and thousands were disposed of. The old<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span> Bishop finding his religion -was in danger sent a petition to the Emperor that all who were found -distributing Bibles and Tracts should be punished severely. Many were -taken and imprisoned, two devoted young men were banished; thus the -righteous were punished, while evil practices were not forbidden, for -there the sin of licentiousness is very common.</p> - -<p>I have mentioned that the climate did not agree with me; in winter my -lungs were much affected; it was the advice of the best physicians -that I had better not remain in Russia during another cold season. -However painful it was to me to return without my husband, yet life -seemed desirable, and he flattered me and himself that he should soon -follow. It is difficult for any one in the Emperor's employment to -leave when they please. Mr. Prince thought it best for me to return to -my native country while he remained two years longer to accumulate a -little property and then return—but death took him away. I left St. -Petersburg, August 14th, 1833, having been absent about nine years and -six months. On the 17th I sailed from Cronstradt for New York. Arrived -at Elsinore the 25th. Tuesday 29, left. September the 2nd., laid to -in a gale. September 18th, made Plymouth, Old England. 19th sailed. -Arrived in New York Oct. 10th, left there <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span>Tuesday 18th, arrived in -Boston the 23d. Sabbath Nov. the 9th, I had the privilege of attending -service in the old place of worship. On this day I also had the -pleasure of meeting with an old friend of my grandfather, nearly one -hundred years of age. I found things much changed; my mother and sister -Silvia died in 1827, (that I was aware of.) The Rev. T. Paul was dead -and many of my old friends were gone to their long home. The old church -and society was in much confusion; I attempted to worship with them but -it was in vain. The voyage was of great benefit to me. By the advice of -friends I applied to a Mrs. Mott, a female physician in the city, that -helped me much. I am indebted to God for his great goodness in guiding -my youthful steps; my mind was directed to my fellow brethren whose -circumstances were similar to my own. I found many a poor little orphan -destitute and afflicted, and on account of color shut out from all the -asylums for poor children. At this my heart was moved, and proposed -to my friends the necessity of a home for such, where they might be -sheltered from the contaminating evils that beset their path. For this -purpose I called a meeting of the people and laid before them my plan: -as I had had the privilege of assisting in forming an Asylum for such a -purpose<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span> in St. Petersburg, I thought it would be well to establish one -on the same principles, not knowing that any person had had a thought -of any thing of the kind. We commenced with eight children. I gave -three months of my time. A board was formed of seven females, with a -committee of twelve gentlemen of standing, to superintend. At the end -of three months the committee was dispensed with, and for want of funds -our society soon fell through.</p> - -<p>I passed my time in different occupations and making arrangements for -the return of my husband, but death took him from me. I made my home -at the Rev. J. W. Holman's, a Free Will Baptist, until I sailed for -Jamaica. There had been an Anti-Slavery Society established by W. L. -Garrison, Knapp, and other philanthropists of the day. Their design -was the amelioration of the nominally free colored people of these -States, and the emancipation of the slaves in other States. These -meetings I attended with much pleasure until a contention broke out -among themselves; there has been a great change in some things, but -much remains to be done; possibly I may not see so clearly as some, for -the weight of prejudice has again oppressed me, and were it not for the -promises of God one's heart would fail, for <i>He</i> made man in his own -image, in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span> image of God, created he him, male and female, that they -55 -should have dominion over the fish of the sea, the fowl of the air, and -the beast of the field, &c. This power did God give man, that thus far -should he go and no farther; but man has disobeyed his maker and become -vain in his imagination and their foolish hearts are darkened. We -gather from this, that God has in all ages of the world punished every -nation and people for their sins. The sins of my beloved country are -not hid from his notice; his all seeing eye sees and knows the secrets -of all hearts; the angels that kept not their first estate but left -their own habitations, he hath reserved in everlasting chains unto the -great day.</p> - -<p>My mind, after the emancipation in the West Indies, was bent upon going -to Jamaica. A field of usefulness seemed spread out before me. While I -was thinking about it, the Rev. Mr. Ingraham, who had spent seven years -there, arrived in the city. He lectured in the city at the Marlboro' -Chapel, on the results arising from the emancipation at the British -Islands. He knew much about them, he had a station at a mountain near -Kingston, and was very desirous to have persons go there to labor. He -wished some one to go with him to his station. He called on me with the -Rev. Mr. Colyer, to <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span>persuade me to go. I told him it was my intention -to go if I could make myself useful, but that I was sensible that I was -very limited in education. He told me that the moral condition of the -people was very bad, and needed labor aside from any thing else.</p> - -<p>I left America, November 16th, 1840, in the ship Scion, Captain -Mansfield, bound for Jamaica, freighted with ice and machinery for -the silk factory. There were on board a number of handicrafts-men and -other passengers. We sailed on Monday afternoon, from Charlestown, -Massachusetts. It rained continually until Saturday. Sunday the 23d, -was a fine day. Mr. De Grass, a young colored clergyman, was invited -to perform divine service which he did with much propriety; he spoke -of the dangers we had escaped and the importance of being prepared to -meet our God, (he died of fever about three weeks after arriving at -Jamaica,) some who were able to attend came on deck and listened to -him with respect, while others seemed to look on in derision; these -spent the afternoon and evening in card-playing. About twelve at night -a storm commenced; on Monday were in great peril; the storm continued -until Friday the 27th. On that day a sail was seen at some distance -making towards us, the captain judging her to be a piratical vessel -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[Pg 39]</a></span>ordered the women and children below, and the men to prepare for -action. The pirates were not inclined to hazard an engagement; when -they saw the deck filled with armed men they left us. Thus were we -preserved from the storm and from the enemy. Sabbath, 29th, divine -service, our attention was directed to the goodness of God, in sparing -us.</p> - -<p>Monday, and we mortals are still alive. Tuesday, thus far the Lord has -led us on. Wednesday, thus far his power prolongs our days. Thursday, -December 3d, to-day made Turks Island. Friday, this day had a view of -Hayti, its lofty mountains presented a sublime prospect. Saturday, -we had a glance at Cuba. Sunday, December 6th, at six o'clock in -the evening, dropped anchor at St. Anne Harbor, Jamaica. We blessed -the Lord for his goodness in sparing us to see the place of our -destination; and here I will mention my object in visiting Jamaica. I -hoped that I might aid, in some small degree, to raise up and encourage -the emancipated inhabitants, and teach the young children to read and -work, to fear God, and put their trust in the Saviour. Mr. Whitmarsh -and his friend came on board and welcomed us. On Tuesday we went on -shore to see the place and the people; my intention had been to go -directly to Kingston, but<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span> the people urged me to stay with them and I -thought it my duty to comply, and wrote to Mr. Ingraham to that effect. -I went first to see the minister, Mr. Abbott, I thought as he was out, -I had better wait his return. The people promised to pay me for my -services, or send me to Kingston. When Mr. Abbot returned he made me -an offer, which I readily accepted. As I lodged in the house of one of -the class-leaders I attended her class a few times, and when I learned -the method, I stopped. She then commenced her authority and gave me -to understand if I did not comply I should not have any pay from that -society. I spoke to her of the necessity of being born of the spirit of -God before we become members of the church of Christ, and told her I -was sorry to see the people blinded in such a way.</p> - -<p>She was very angry with me and soon accomplished her end by complaining -of me to the minister; and I soon found I was to be dismissed unless I -would yield obedience to this class-leader. I told the minister that I -did not come there to be guided by a poor foolish woman. He then told -me that I had spoken something about the necessity of moral conduct -in church members. I told him I had, and in my opinion, I was sorry -to see it so much neglected. He replied, that he hoped I would not -express myself so except to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span> him; they have the gospel, he continued, -and let them into the church. I do not approve of women societies; -they destroy the world's convention; the American women have too many -of them. I talked with him an hour. He paid me for the time I had been -there. I continued with the same opinion that something must be done -for the elevation of the children, and it is for that I labor. I am -sorry to say the meeting house is more like a play house than a place -of worship. The pulpit stands about the middle of the building, behind -are about six hundred children that belong to the society; there they -are placed for Sabbath School, and there they remain until service is -over, playing most of the time. The house is crowded with the aged and -the young, the greater part of them barefooted. Some have on bonnets, -but most of the women wear straw hats such as our countrymen wear.</p> - -<p>I gave several Bibles away, not knowing that I was hurting the -minister's sale, the people buy them of him at a great advance. I -gave up my school at St. Ann, the 18th of March. I took the fever and -was obliged to remain until the 7th of April. The people of St. Ann -fulfilled their promise which they made to induce me to stop with them. -On the 11th of April I arrived at Kingston, and was conducted to the -Mico <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[Pg 42]</a></span>Institution, where Mr. Ingraham directed me to find him; he had -lost his pulpit and his school, but Mr. Venning, the teacher, kindly -received me. I remained there longer than I expected; the next morning -he kindly sent one of the young men with me to the packet for my -baggage. I then called on the American Consul, he told me he was very -glad to see me for such a purpose as I had in view in visiting Jamaica, -but he said it was a folly for the Americans to come to the Island to -better their condition; he said they came to him every day praying him -to send them home.</p> - -<p>He likewise mentioned to me the great mortality among the emigrants. -The same day I saw the Rev. Mr. J. S. Beadslee, one of our -missionaries, who wished me to accompany him forty miles into the -interior of the country.</p> - -<p>On May the 18th, I attended the Baptist Missionary meeting, in Queen -Street Chapel; the house was crowded. Several ministers spoke of the -importance of sending the gospel to Africa; they complimented the -congregation on their liberality the last year, having given one -hundred pounds sterling; they hoped this year they would give five -hundred pounds, as there were five thousand members at the present -time. There was but one colored minister on the platform. It<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[Pg 43]</a></span> is -generally the policy of these missionaries to have the sanction of -colored ministers, to all their assessments and taxes. The colored -people give more readily, and are less suspicious of imposition, if -one from themselves recommends the measure; this the missionaries -understand very well, and know how to take advantage of it. On the 22d -and 23d of June, the colored Baptists held their missionary meeting, -the number of ministers colored and mulattoes was 18, the colored -magistrates were present. The resolutions that were offered were -unanimously accepted, and every thing was done in love and harmony. -After taking up a contribution they concluded with song and prayer, and -returned home saying jocosely, "they would turn macroon hunters."</p> - -<p>Mack is the name of a small coin in circulation at Jamaica. I called, -on my return, at the market and counted the different stalls. For -vegetables and poultry 196, all numbered and under cover; beside 70 -on the ground; these are all attended by colored women. The market is -conveniently arranged, as they can close the gates and leave all safe. -There are nineteen stalls for fresh fish, eighteen for pork, thirty for -beef, eighteen for turtle. These are all regular built markets, and are -kept by colored men and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[Pg 44]</a></span> women. These are all in one place. Others also -may be found, as with us, all over the city. Thus it may be hoped they -are not the stupid set of beings they have been called; here <i>surely we -see industry</i>; they are enterprising and quick in their perceptions, -determined to possess themselves, and to possess property besides, and -quite able to take care of themselves. They wished to know why I was so -inquisitive about them, I told them we had heard in America that you -are lazy, and that emancipation has been of no benefit to you; I wish -to inform myself of the truth respecting you, and give a true account -on my return. Am I right? More than two hundred people were around me -listening to what I said.</p> - -<p>They thanked me heartily, I gave them some tracts, and told them if -it so pleased God I would come back to them and bring them some more -books, and try what could be done with some of the poor children to -make them better. I then left them and went to the East Market, where -there are many of all nations. The Jews and Spanish looked at me very -black. The colored people gathered around me, I gave them little books -and tracts, and told them I hoped to see them again.</p> - -<p>There are in this street upwards of a thousand young women and -children, living in sin of every<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[Pg 45]</a></span> kind. From thence I went to the jail, -where there were seventeen men, but no women. There were in the House -of Correction three hundred culprits; they are taken from there, to -work on plantations. I went to the Admiral's house, where the emigrants -find a shelter until they can find employment, then they work and pay -for their passage. Many leave their homes and come to Jamaica under the -impression that they are to have their passage free, and on reaching -the Island are to be found, until they can provide for themselves.</p> - -<p>How the mistake originated, I am not able to say, but on arriving here, -strangers poor and unacclimated, find the debt for passage money hard -and unexpected. It is remarkable that whether fresh from Africa, or -from other Islands from the South or from New England, they all feel -deceived on this point. I called on many Americans and found them poor -and discontented,—rueing the day they left their country, where, -notwithstanding many obstacles, their parents lived and died, which -they helped to conquer with their toil and blood; now shall their -children stray abroad and starve in foreign lands.</p> - -<p>There is in Jamaica an institution, established in 1836, called the -Mico Institution. It is named after its founder, Madame Mico, who left -a large<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[Pg 46]</a></span> sum of money to purchase, (or rather to ransom, the one being -a Christian act, the other a sin against the Holy Ghost, who expressly -forbids such traffic.) Madame Mico left this money to ransom the -English who were in bondage to the Algerines; if there was any left, -it was to be devoted to the instruction of the colored people in the -British Isles.</p> - -<p>Beside the Mico establishment, there are in Jamaica twenty-seven church -missionary schools, where children are taught gratis. Whole number -taught, 952. London Missionary Society Schools, sixteen; the number -taught not ascertained. National Schools, thirty-eight. There are also -the Wesleyan, Presbyterian and Moravian Schools; it is supposed there -are private schools, where three or four thousand are educated in the -city of Kingston, and twice the number in the street without the means -of instruction. All the children and adults taught in the above named -schools, are taxed £1 a year, except the English Church School, this is -the most liberal. The Rev. Mr. Horton, a Baptist minister in Kingston, -told me he had sent ninety children away from the Baptist school -because they did not bring their money. It is sufficient to say they -had it not to bring!</p> - -<p>Most of the people of Jamaica are emancipated<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[Pg 47]</a></span> slaves, many of them are -old, worn out and degraded. Those who are able to work, have yet many -obstacles to contend with, and very little to encourage them; every -advantage is taken of their ignorance; the same spirit of cruelty is -opposed to them as held them for centuries in bondage; even religious -teaching is bartered for their hard earnings, while they are allowed -but thirty-three cents a day, and are told if they will not work for -that they shall not work at all; an extraordinary price is asked of -them for every thing they may wish to purchase, even their Bibles -are sold to them at a large advance on the first purchase. Where are -their apologists, if they are found wanting in the strict morals that -Christians ought to practice? Who kindly says, forgive them when they -err? "Forgive them, this is the bitter fruit of slavery." Who has -integrity sufficient to hold the balance when these poor people are to -be weighed? Yet their present state is blissful, compared with slavery.</p> - -<p>Many of the farmers bring their produce twenty or thirty miles. Some -have horses or ponys, but most of them bring, their burdens on their -head. As I returned from St. Andrews's Mountain, where I had been sent -for by a Mr. Rose, I was overtaken by a respectable looking man on -horseback; we rode about ten miles in company.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</a></span> The story he told me -of the wrongs he and his wife had endured while in slavery, are too -horrible to narrate. My heart sickens when I think of it. He asked -me many questions, such as where I came from? why I came to that -Isle? where had I lived, &c? I told him I was sent for by one of the -missionaries to help him in his school. Indeed, said he, our color -need the instruction. I asked him why the colored people did not hire -for themselves? We would be very glad to, he replied, but our money is -taken from us so fast we cannot. Sometimes they say we must all bring -£1; to raise this, we have to sell at a loss or to borrow, so that we -have nothing left for ourselves; the Macroon hunters take all—this is -a nickname they give the missionaries and the class-leaders—a cutting -sarcasm this!</p> - -<p>Arrived at a tavern, about a mile from Kingston, I bade the man -adieu, and stopped for my guide. The inn-keeper kindly invited me in; -he asked me several questions, and I asked him as many. How do the -people get along, said I, since the emancipation? The negroes, he -replied, will have the Island in spite of the d——. Do not you see -how they live, and how much they can bear? We cannot do so. This man -was an Englishman, with a large family of mulatto children. I returned -with my mind fully<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span> made up what to do. Spent three weeks at the -Mico establishment, and three with my colored friends from America. -We thought something ought to be done for the poor girls that were -destitute; they consulted with their friends, called a meeting and -formed a society of forty; each agreed to pay three dollars a year and -collect, and provide a house, while I came back to America to raise the -money for all needful articles for the school. Here I met Mr. Ingraham -for the first time; he had come from the mountains, and his health -had rapidly declined; wishing to get his family home before the Lord -took him away, he embarked for Baltimore, in the Orb, and I sailed for -Philadelphia, July 20th, 1841, twenty-one days from Jamaica, in good -health. I found there, Fitz W. Sargent's family, from Gloucester, who I -lived with when a little girl; they received me very kindly, and gave -donations of books and money for that object.</p> - -<p>I met the Anti Slavery Society at Mrs. Lucretia Motts, who took great -interest in the cause. I visited among the friends, and spent my time -very pleasantly. August 5th, I started for New York; arrived safely, -and staid with an old friend; ascertained that Mr. Ingraham's family -were at Newark, at Theodore Wells. He died four days after his arrival. -I was invited to Mrs.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[Pg 50]</a></span> Ingraham's (his cousin's widow) to spend a week. -There I met with much encouragement to labor in the cause. Missionaries -were coming and going, and all seemed to be interested in my object. -Saturday evening I went to the bath room, where I left my neck ribbon: -returning after it, I had the misfortune to fall through an open -trap door, down fifteen feet, on hard coal. I had no light with me. -I dislocated my left shoulder, and was generally very much bruised; -my screams brought the girl to my assistance, and by the help of God -she brought me out of the cellar; it was some time before a surgeon -could be procured; at last Dr. Jossleyn came to my relief, he set my -shoulder. I was obliged to remain at Mrs. Ingraham's three weeks; as -soon as I was able I left there for Boston. I intended to have gone by -the western boat, but by mistake got on board Captain Comstock's, and -was exposed on deck all night in a damp east wind, and when I arrived -at the landing I could not assist myself; a sailor who saw and pitied -my situation, kindly took care of me and my baggage, and on my arrival -in Boston procured a carriage for me. If it had not been for his -kindness I know not how I should have got along.</p> - -<p>As soon as I was able I commenced my task of collecting funds for my -Free Labor School in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span> Jamaica. I collected in Boston and vicinity, in -New York and Philadelphia, but not sufficient to make up the required -sum, and I was obliged to take fifty dollars from my own purse, -thinking that when I returned to Jamaica they would refund the money -to me. April 15th, embarked on board the Brig Norma, of New York, for -Jamaica. I arrived at Kingston May 6th, and found every thing different -from what it was when I left; the people were in a state of agitation, -several were hanged, and the insurrection was so great that it was -found necessary to increase the army to quell it. Several had been -hanged. On the very day I arrived a man was hanged for shooting a man -as he passed through the street. Such was the state of things that it -was not safe to be there.</p> - -<p>A few young people met to celebrate their freedom on an open plain, -where they hold their market; their former masters and mistresses -envious of their happiness, conspired against them and thought to put -them down by violence. This only served to increase their numbers; -but the oppressors were powerful and succeeded in accomplishing their -revenge, although many of them were relations. There was a rule among -the slave holders, to take care of the children they have by their -slaves; they select them out<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[Pg 52]</a></span> and place them in asylums. Those who -lived with their white fathers were allowed great power over their -slave mothers and her slave children; my heart was often grieved to see -their conduct to their poor old grand parents. Those over twenty-one -were freed in 1834, all under twenty-one, were to serve their masters -till twenty-one. It is well known that at that time, the children alike -with others, received twenty-five dollars a head for their relatives. -Were I to tell all my eyes have seen among that people it would not -be credited. It is well known that those that were freed, knowing -their children were still in bondage, were not satisfied. In the year -1838, general freedom throughout the British Islands gave the death -blow to the power of the master, and mothers received with joy their -emancipated children; they no longer looked the picture of despair, -fearing to see their mulatto son or daughter, beating or abusing their -younger brothers and sisters of a darker skin. On this occasion there -was an outrage committed by those who were in power. What little the -poor colored people had gathered during their four years of freedom, -was destroyed by violence; their fences were broken down, and their -horses and hogs taken from them. Most of the mulattoes and masters -are educated, many of them are very poor, some are very rich;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span> the -property is left to the oldest daughter, she divides it with her -brothers and sisters; since slavery ended many of them have married; -those who are poor, and mean to live in sin, make for New Orleans and -other slave States; many of the planters left the Island when slavery -was abolished. In June, 1841, a number of people arrived from Sierra -Leone at Jamaica; these were Maroons who were banished from the Island. -They were some of the original natives who inhabited the mountains, -and were determined to destroy the whites. These Maroons would secrete -themselves in trees, and arrest the whites as they passed along, they -would pretend to guide them, when they would beat and abuse them as -the whites did their slaves; the English finding themselves defeated -in all their plans to subdue them, proposed to take them by craft. -They made a feast in a large tavern in Kingston, and invited them to -come; after they had eaten, they were invited on board three ships -of war, that were all ready to set sail for Sierra Leone; they were -many of them infants in their mother's arms, they were well taken care -of by the English and instructed; they were removed about the year -1796—they are bright and intelligent, I saw and conversed with them; -when they heard of the abolition of slavery, they sent a petition to -Queen<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</a></span> Victoria that they might return to Jamaica, which was granted. -Several of them were very old when they returned; they were men and -women when they left the Island, they had not forgot the injuries they -had received from the hands of man, nor the mercies of God to them, -nor his judgments to their enemies. Their numbers were few but their -power was great; they say the Island, of right, belongs to them. Had -their been a vessel in readiness I should have come back immediately, -it seemed useless to attempt to establish a Manual Labor School, as -the government was so unsettled that I could not be protected. Some of -my former friends were gone as teachers to Africa, and some to other -parts of the Island. I called on the American Consul to consult with -him, he said that although such a school was much wanted, yet every -thing seemed so unsettled that I had no courage to proceed. I told -him there was so much excitement that I wished to leave the Island -as soon as he could find me a passage, it seemed useless to spend -my time there. As soon as it was known that I intended to return, a -movement was made to induce me to remain. I was persuaded to try the -experiment for three months, not thinking their motive was bad. Before -I left the United States, I got all that was needed, within fifty -dollars. The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[Pg 55]</a></span> fifty dollars I supplied from my own purse, expecting -they would pay me. It cost me ten dollars for freight, and twenty-five -for passage money; these people that I had hoped to serve, were much -taken up with the things I had brought, they thought that I had money -and I was continually surrounded; the thought of color was no where -exhibited, much notice was taken of me. I was invited to breakfast in -one place, and to dine in another, &c. A society was organized, made -up of men and women of authority. A constitution was drafted by my -consent, by those who were appointed to meet at my rooms. Between the -time of the adjournment they altered it to suit themselves. At the -time appointed we came together with a spirit apparently becoming any -body of Christians; most of them were members of Christian churches; -the meeting was opened with reading the Scriptures and prayer. Then -said the leader, since our dear sister has left her native land and -her friends to come to us, we welcome her with our hearts and hands. -She will dwell among us, and we will take care of her—Brethren think -of it!, after which he sat down, and the constitution was called for. -The Preamble held out all the flattery that a fool could desire; after -which they commenced the articles, supposing that they could do as -they<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</a></span> thought best. The fourth article unveiled their design. As we -have designed to take care of our sister, <i>we the undersigned will take -charge of all she has brought</i>; the vote was called, every person rose -in a moment except myself: every eye was upon me; one asked me why I -did not vote, I made no answer—they put the vote again and again, I -remained seated; well said the President, we can do nothing without her -vote; they remained some time silent, and then broke up the meeting. -The next day the Deacon called to see what the state of my mind was, -and some of the women proposed that we should have another meeting. -I told them no, I should do no more for them. As soon as they found -they could not get the things in the way they intended, they started -to plunder me; but I detected their design, and was on my guard, I -disposed of the articles, and made ready to leave when an opportunity -presented. A more skilful plan than this Satan never designed, but the -power of God was above it. It is not surprising that this people are -full of deceit and lies, this is the fruits of slavery, it makes master -and slaves knaves. It is the rule where slavery exists to swell the -churches with numbers, and hold out such doctrines, as <i>obedience to -tyrants</i>, is a duty to God. I went with a Baptist woman to the house of -a minister<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[Pg 57]</a></span> of the Church of England, to have her grandchild christened -before it died; she told me if she did not have it christened, it would -rise up in judgment against her. This poor deluded creature was a -class leader in the Baptist Church, and such is the condition of most -of the people: they seemed blinded to every thing but money. They are -great for trade, and are united in their determination for procuring -property, of which they have amassed a vast amount. Notwithstanding I -had made over various articles to one of the American Missionaries, a -Mr. J. S. Beadslee, of Clarendon Mountains, I also gave to others where -they were needed, which receipts and letters I have in my possession. -Notwithstanding all this, they made another attempt to rob me, and as a -passage could not be obtained for me to return home, I was obliged to -go to the Mico establishment again for safety, such was the outrage. -Houses were broken open and robbed every night. I came very near being -shot: there was a certain place where we placed ourselves the first -of the evening. A friend came to bring us some refreshments, I had -just left the window when a gun was fired through it, by one that -often sat with us; this was common in the time of slavery. Previous to -vessels arriving, passages were engaged. I disposed of my articles and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[Pg 58]</a></span> -furniture at a very small profit. On the 1st of August, Capt. A. Miner -arrived, and advertised for passengers. The American Consul procured me -a passage, and on the 18th of August myself and nine other passengers -embarked for New York.</p> - -<p>I might have diversified my book with more extended descriptions of -Jamaica, with its tropical climate and productions, and contrasted -it with Northern Russia. I hope my readers will not think that I was -unmoved by all the wonders and beauties of nature, that were presented -to me in various climes. Before giving an account of the voyage from -Jamaica, it may prove interesting to some readers, to have a brief -description of the country. With her liberty secured to her, may she -now rise in prosperity, morality and religion, and become a happy -people whose God is the Lord.</p> - -<h3>WEST INDIES.</h3> - -<p>A denomination under which is comprehended a large chain of islands, -extending in a curve from the Florida shore on the northern peninsula -of America, to the Gulf of Venezuela on the southern. These islands -belong to five European powers, viz: Great Britain, Spain, France, -Holland, and Denmark. An inhabitant of New England can form no idea -of the climate and the productions of these islands. Many of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[Pg 59]</a></span> -particulars that are here mentioned, are peculiar to them all.</p> - -<p>The climate in all the West India Islands is nearly the same, allowing -for those accidental differences which the several situations and -qualities of the lands themselves produce; as they lie within the -tropic of Cancer, and the sun is often almost at the meridian over -their heads, they are continually subjected to a heat that would be -intolerable but for the trade winds, which are so refreshing as to -enable the inhabitants to attend to their various occupations, even -under a noonday sun; as the night advances, a breeze begins to be -perceived, which blows smartly from the land, as it were from the -centre towards the sea, to all points of the compass at once. The -rains make the only distinction of seasons on these islands. The trees -are green the year round; they have no cold or frost; our heaviest -rains are but dews comparatively; with them floods of water are poured -from the clouds. About May, the periodical rains from the South may -be expected. Then the tropical summer, in all its splendor, makes -its appearance. The nights are calm and serene, the moon shines more -brightly than in New England, as do the planets and the beautiful -galaxy. From the middle of August to the end of September the heat is -most oppressive,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[Pg 60]</a></span> the sea breeze is interrupted, and calms warn the -inhabitants of the periodical rains, which fall in torrents about the -first of October.</p> - -<p>The most considerable and valuable of the British West India Islands, -lies between the 75th and the 79th degrees of west longitude from -London, and between 17 and 18 north latitude; it is of an oval figure, -150 miles long from east to west, sixty miles broad in the middle, -containing 4,080,000 acres. An elevated ridge, called the Blue -Mountains, runs lengthwise from east to west, whence numerous rivers -take their rise on both sides. The year is divided into two seasons, -wet and dry. The months of July, August, and September, are called the -hurricane months. The best houses are generally built low, on account -of the hurricanes and earthquakes. However pleasant the sun may rise, -in a moment the scene may be changed; a violent storm will suddenly -arise, attended with thunder and lightning; the rain falls in torrents, -and the seas and rivers rise with terrible destruction. I witnessed -this awful scene in June last, at Kingston, the capital of Jamaica; -the foundations of many houses were destroyed; the waters, as they -rushed from the mountains, brought with them the produce of the earth, -large branches of trees, together with their fruit; many persons<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[Pg 61]</a></span> were -drowned, endeavoring to reach their homes; those who succeeded, were -often obliged to travel many miles out of their usual way. Many young -children, without a parent's care, were at this time destroyed. A poor -old woman, speaking of these calamities to me, thus expressed herself: -"Not so bad now as in the time of slavery; then God spoke very loud -to <i>Bucker</i>, (the white people,) to let us go. Thank God, ever since -that they give us up, we go pray, and we have it not so bad like as -before." I would recommend this poor woman's remark to the fair sons -and daughters of America, the land of the pilgrims, "Then God spoke -very loud." May these words be engraved on the post of every door in -this land of New England. God speaks very loud, and while his judgments -are on the earth, may the inhabitants learn righteousness!</p> - -<p>The mountains that intersect this island, seem composed of rocks, -thrown up by frequent earthquakes or volcanoes. These rocks, though -having little soil, are adorned with a great variety of beautiful -trees, growing from the fissures, which are nourished by frequent -rains, and flourish in perpetual spring. From these mountains flow a -vast number of small rivers of pure water, which sometimes fall in -cataracts, from stupendous heights; these, with the brilliant <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</a></span>verdure -of the trees, form a most delightful landscape. Ridges of smaller -mountains are on each side of this great chain; on these, coffee grows -in great abundance; the valleys or plains between these ridges, are -level beyond what is usually found in similar situations. The highest -land in the island is Blue Mountain Peak, 7150 feet above the sea. The -most extensive plain is thirty miles long and five broad. Black river, -in the Parish of St. Elizabeth, is the only one navigable; flat-boats -bring down produce from plantations about thirty miles up the river. -Along the coast, and on the plains, the weather is very hot; but in the -mountains the air is pure and wholesome; the longest days in summer are -about thirteen hours, and the shortest in winter about eleven. In the -plains are found several salt fountains, and in the mountains, not far -from Spanish Town, is a hot bath of great medicinal virtues; this gives -relief in the complaint called the dry bowels malady, which, excepting -the bilious and yellow fevers, is one of the most terrible distempers -of Jamaica. The general produce of this island is sugar, rum, molasses, -ginger, cotton, indigo, pimento, cocoa, coffees, several kinds of -woods, and medicinal drugs. Fruits are in great plenty, as oranges, -lemons, shaddoks, citrons, pomegranates, pineapples, melons, pompions, -guavas, and many<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[Pg 63]</a></span> others. Here are trees whose wood, when dry, is -incorruptible; here is found the wild cinnamon tree, the mahogany, the -cabbage, the palm, yielding an oil much esteemed for food and medicine. -Here, too, is the soap tree, whose berries are useful in washing. The -plantain is produced in Jamaica in abundance, and is one of the most -agreeable and nutritious vegetables in the world: it grows about four -feet in height, and the fruit grows in clusters, which is filled with -a luscious sweet pulp. The Banana is very similar to the plantain, -but not so sweet. The whole island is divided into three counties, -Middlesex, Surry, and Cornwall, and these into six towns, twenty -parishes, and twenty-seven villages.</p> - -<p>This island was originally part of the Spanish Empire in America, but -it was taken by the English in 1656. Cromwell had fitted out a squadron -under Penn and Venables, to reduce the Spanish Island of Hispaniola; -but there this squadron was unsuccessful, and the commanders, of their -own accord, to atone for this misfortune, made a descent on Jamaica, -and having arrived at St. Jago, soon compelled the whole island to -surrender.</p> - -<p>Ever since, it has been subject to the English, and the government, -next to that of Ireland, is the richest in the disposal of the crown. -Port<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[Pg 64]</a></span> Royal was formerly the capital of Jamaica; it stood upon the -point of a narrow neck of land, which, towards the sea, forms part of -the border of a very fine harbor of its own name. The conveniences of -this harbor, which was capable of containing a thousand sail of large -ships, and of such depth as to allow them to load and unload with -the greatest ease, weighed so much with the inhabitants, that they -chose to build their capital on this spot, although the place was a -hot, dry sand, and produced none of the necessaries of life, not even -fresh water. About the beginning of the year 1692, no place for its -size could be compared to this town for trade, wealth, and an entire -corruption of manners. In the month of June in this year, an earthquake -which shook the whole island to the foundation, totally overwhelmed -this city, so as to leave, in one quarter, not even the smallest -vestige remaining. In two minutes the earth opened and swallowed up -nine-tenths of the houses, and two thousand people. The waters gushed -out from the openings of the earth, and the people lay as it were in -heaps: some of them had the good fortune to catch hold of beams and -rafters of houses, and were afterwards saved by boats. Several ships -were cast away in the harbor, and the Swan Frigate, which lay in -the Dock, was carried over the tops of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[Pg 65]</a></span> sinking houses, and did not -overset, but afforded a retreat to some hundreds of people, who saved -their lives upon her. An officer who was in the town at that time, -says the earth opened and shut very quick in some places, and he saw -several people sink down to the middle, and others appeared with their -heads just above ground, and were choked to death. At Savannah above -a thousand acres were sunk, with the houses and people in them, the -place appearing, for some time, like a lake; this was afterwards dried -up, but no houses were seen. In some parts mountains were split, and -at one place a plantation was removed to the distance of a mile. The -inhabitants again rebuilt the city, but it was a second time, ten years -after, destroyed by a great fire. The extraordinary convenience of the -harbor tempted them to build it once more, and in 1722 it was laid in -ruins by a hurricane, the most terrible on record.</p> - -<p>Such repeated calamities seemed to mark out this spot as a devoted -place; the inhabitants, therefore, resolved to forsake it forever, and -to reside at the opposite bay, where they built Kingston, which is now -the capital of the island. In going up to Kingston, we pass over a part -of and between Port Royal, leaving the mountains on the left, and a -small town on the right.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span> There are many handsome houses built there, -one story high, with porticos, and every convenience for those who -inhabit them. Not far from Kingston stands Spanish Town, which, though -at present far inferior to Kingston, was once the capital of Jamaica, -and is still the seat of government.</p> - -<p>On the 3d of October, 1780, there was a dreadful hurricane, which -overwhelmed the little seaport town of Savannah, in Jamaica, and part -of the adjacent country; very few houses were left standing, and a -great number of lives were lost; much damage was done also, and many -lives lost, in other parts of the island.</p> - -<p>In January, 1823, a society was formed in London for mitigating and -gradually abolishing slavery, throughout the British dominions, called -the Anti-Slavery Society. His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester, -was President of the Society; in the list of Vice Presidents are the -names of many of the most distinguished philanthropists of the day, -and among them that of the never to be forgotten Mr. Wilberforce; -as a bold champion, we see him going forward, pleading the cause of -our down-trodden brethren. In the year 1834, it pleased God to break -the chains from 800,000 human beings, that had been held in a state -of personal slavery; and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[Pg 67]</a></span> this great event was effected through the -instrumentality of Clarkson, Wilberforce, and other philanthropists of -the day.</p> - -<p>The population of Jamaica is nearly 400,000; that of Kingston, -the capital, 40,000. There are many places of worship of various -denominations, namely, Church of England, and of Scotland, Wesleyan, -the Baptist, and Roman Catholics, besides a Jewish Synagogue. These -all differ from what I have seen in New England, and from those I have -seen elsewhere. The Baptist hold what they call class-meetings. They -have men and women, deacons and deaconesses in these churches; these -hold separate class-meetings; some of these can read, and some cannot. -Such are the persons who hold the office of judges, and go round and -urge the people to come to the class, and after they come in twice or -three times, they are considered candidates for baptism. Some pay fifty -cents, and some more, for being baptized; they receive a ticket as a -passport into the church, paying one mark a quarter, or more, and some -less, but nothing short of ten pence, that is, two English shillings -a year. They must attend their class once a week, and pay three pence -a week, total twelve English shillings a year, besides the sums they -pay once a month at communion, after<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[Pg 68]</a></span> service in the morning. On those -occasions the minister retires, and the deacons examine the people, -to ascertain if each one has brought a ticket; if not, they cannot -commune; after this the minister returns, and performs the ceremony, -then they give their money and depart. The churches are very large, -holding from four to six thousand; many bring wood and other presents -to their class-leader, as a token of their attachment; where there are -so many communicants, these presents, and the money exacted, greatly -enrich these establishments. Communicants are so ignorant of the -ordinance, that they join the church merely to have a decent burial; -for if they are not members, none will follow them to the grave, and no -prayers will be said over them; these are borne through the streets by -four men, the coffin a rough box; not so if they are church members; as -soon as the news is spread that one is dying, all the class, with their -leader, will assemble at the place, and join in singing hymns; this, -they say, is to help the spirit up to glory; this exercise sometimes -continues all night, in so loud a strain, that it is seldom that any of -the people in the neighborhood are lost in sleep.</p> - -<p>After leaving Jamaica, the vessel was tacked to a south-west course. I -asked the Captain what this meant. He said he must take the <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[Pg 69]</a></span>current, -as there was no wind. Without any ceremony, I told him it was not the -case, and told the passengers that he had deceived us. There were two -English men that were born on the island, that had never been on the -water; before the third day passed, they asked the Captain why they had -not seen Hayti. He told them they passed when they were asleep. I told -them it was not true, he was steering south south-west. The passengers -in the steerage got alarmed, and every one was asking the Captain what -this meant. The ninth day we made land. "By ——," said the Captain, -"this is Key West; come, passengers, let us have a vote to run over the -neck, and I will go ashore and bring aboard fruit and turtle." They all -agreed but myself. He soon dropped anchor. The officers from the shore -came on board and congratulated him on keeping his appointment, thus -proving that my suspicions were well founded. The Captain went ashore -with these men, and soon came back, called for the passengers, and -asked for their vote for him to remain until the next day, saying that -he could, by this delay, make five or six hundred dollars, as there had -been a vessel wrecked there lately. They all agreed but myself. The -vessel was soon at the side of the wharf. In one hour there were twenty -slaves at<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[Pg 70]</a></span> work to unload her; every inducement was made to persuade -me to go ashore, or set my feet on the wharf. A law had just been -passed there that every free colored person coming there, should be put -in custody on their going ashore; there were five colored persons on -board; none dared to go ashore, however uncomfortable we might be in -the vessel, or however we might desire to refresh ourselves by a change -of scene. We remained at Key West four days.</p> - -<p>September 3d we set sail for New York, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. -At 10 o'clock a gale took us, that continued thirty-six hours; my -state-room was filled with water, and my baggage all upset; a woman, -with her little boy, and myself, were seated on a trunk thirty-six -hours, with our feet pressed against a barrel to prevent falling; -the water pouring over us at every breaker. Wednesday, the 9th, the -sun shone out, so that the Captain could take an observation. He -found himself in great peril, near the coast of Texas. All hands were -employed in pumping and bailing. On the eleventh, the New Orleans -steamer came to our assistance; as we passed up the river, I was made -to forget my own condition, as I looked with pity on the poor slaves, -who were laboring and toiling, on either side, as far as could be seen -with a glass. We soon reached<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[Pg 71]</a></span> the dock, and we were there on the old -wreck a spectacle for observation; the whites went on shore and made -themselves comfortable, while we poor blacks were obliged to remain -on that broken, wet vessel. The people were very busy about me; one -man asked me who I belonged to, and many other rude questions; he -asked me where I was born; I told him Newburyport. "What were your -parents' names?" I told him my father's name was Thomas Gardener; his -countenance changed; said he, "I knew him well;" and he proved friendly -to me. He appeared very kind, and offered to arrange my affairs so -that I might return to New York through the States. I thought it best -to decline his proposal, knowing my spirit would not suffer me to -pass on, and see my fellow-creatures suffering without a rebuke. We -remained four days on the wreck; the boxes that contained the sugar -were taken out; the two bottom tiers were washed out clean. There were -a great many people that came to see the vessel; they were astonished -that she did not sink; they watched me very closely. I asked them what -they wished. In the mean time, there came along a drove of colored -people, fettered together in pairs by the wrist; some had weights, -with long chains at their ankles, men and women, young and old.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[Pg 72]</a></span> I -asked them what that meant. They all were ready to answer. Said they, -"these negroes have been impudent, and have stolen; some of them are -free negroes from the northern ships;" "and what," I asked, "are they -there for?" "For being on shore, some of them at night." I asked them -who made them Lord over God's inheritance. They told me I was very -foolish; they should think I had suffered enough to think of myself. -I looked pretty bad, it is true; I was seated on a box, but poorly -dressed; the mate had taken my clothes to a washer-woman; why he took -this care, he was afraid to send the cook or steward on shore, as they -were colored people. I kept still; but the other woman seemed to be in -perfect despair, running up and down the deck, ringing her hands and -crying, at the thought of all her clothes being destroyed; then her -mind dwelt upon other things, and she seemed as if she were deranged; -she took their attention for a few minutes, as she was white. Soon the -washer-woman came with my clothes; they spoke to her as if she had -been a dog. I looked at them with as much astonishment as if I had -never heard of such a thing. I asked them if they believed there was -a God. "Of course we do," they replied. "Then why not obey him?" "We -do." "You do not;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[Pg 73]</a></span> permit me to say there is a God, and a just one, -that will bring you all to account." "For what?" "For suffering these -men that have just come in to be taken out of these vessels, and that -awful sight I see in the streets." "O that is nothing; I should think -you would be concerned about yourself." "I am sure," I replied, "the -Lord will take care of me; you cannot harm me." "No, we do not wish -to; we do not want you here." Every ship that comes in, the colored -men are dragged to prison. I found it necessary to be stern with them; -they were very rude; if I had not been so, I know not what would have -been the consequences. They went off for that day; the next day some -of them came again. "Good morning," said they; "we shall watch you -like the d—— until you go away; you must not say any thing to these -negroes whilst you are here." "Why, then, do you talk to me, if you -do not want me to say any thing to you? If you will let me alone, I -will you." "Let me see your protection," they replied, "they say it is -under the Russian government." I pointed them to the eighteenth chapter -of Revelations and fifteenth verse: "The merchants of these things -which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off, for the fear of her -torment, weeping and wailing. For strong is the Lord God who judgeth -her."<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[Pg 74]</a></span> They made no answer, but asked the Captain how soon he should -get away.</p> - -<p>On the 17th, the Captain put eight of us on board the bark H. W. Tyler, -for New York; we had about a mile to walk; the Captain was in honor -bound to return us our passage money, which we had paid him at Jamaica; -he came without it to see if we were there, and went away saying he -would soon return with it; but we saw no more of him or our money! Our -bark, and a vessel loaded with slaves, were towed down the river by the -same steamer; we dropped anchor at the bottom of the bay, as a storm -was rising. The 18th, on Sabbath, it rained all day. Captain Tyler -knocked at my door, wishing me to come out; it rained hard; the bulwork -of the bark was so high I could not look over it; he placed something -for me to stand on, that I might see the awful sight, which was the -vessel of slaves laying at the side of our ship; the deck was full of -young men, girls and children, bound to Texas for sale! Monday, the -19th, Captain Tyler demanded of us to pay him for our passage. I had -but ten dollars, and was determined not to give it; he was very severe -with all. I told him there were articles enough to pay him belonging -to me. Those who had nothing, were obliged to go back in the steamer. -Tuesday, the 20th, we set sail;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[Pg 75]</a></span> the storm was not over. The 22d the -gale took us; we were dismasted, and to save sinking, sixty casks of -molasses were stove in, and holes cut in the bulworks to let it off; -all the fowls, pigs, and fresh provisions, were lost. We were carried -seventy-five miles up the bay of Mexico. The Captain was determined not -to pay the steamer for carrying him back to New Orleans, and made his -way the best he could.</p> - -<p>The 3d of October we arrived again at Key West. The Captain got the -bark repaired, and took on board a number of turtles, and a plenty of -brandy. Friday, the 7th, set sail for New York; the Captain asked me -why I did not go ashore when there in the Comet; "had you," said he, -"they intended to beat you. John and Lucy Davenport, of Salem, laid -down the first ten dollars towards a hundred for that person who should -get you there." The Florida laws are about the same as those at New -Orleans. He was very talkative; wished to know if I saw any thing of -the Creole's crew while at Jamaica. I told him they were all safe, a -fine set of young men and women; one dear little girl, that was taken -from her mother in Virginia, I should have taken with me, if I had had -the money. He said his brother owned the Creole, and some of the slaves -were his. "I never owned any; I have<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[Pg 76]</a></span> followed the sea all my life, and -can tell every port and town in your State."</p> - -<p>October 19th, 1842, arrived at New York, and thankful was I to set my -feet on land, almost famished for the want of food; we lost all of our -provisions; nothing was left but sailors' beef, and that was tainted -before it was salted. I went at once to those who professed to be -friends, but found myself mistaken. I hardly knew what was best. I had -put up at Mrs. Raweses; she did all she could to raise the twenty-five -dollars that I must pay before I could take my baggage from the vessel. -This seemed hard to obtain; I travelled from one to another for three -days; at last I called at the Second Advent office; Mr. Nath'l Southard -left his business at once, and took me to Mr. Lewis Tappan and others; -they raised the money, and went with me to the ship after my baggage. -It was three o'clock on Saturday afternoon when I called on Mr. -Southard; the vessel and Captain belonged to Virginia, was all ready -for sea, waiting for a wind; they had ransacked my things. I took from -Jamaica forty dollar's worth of preserved fruits; part were lost when -we were cast away in the Cornet, and some they had stolen. At eight -o'clock on Saturday evening, I made out to have my things landed on the -wharf; it was very dark, as it rained hard.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[Pg 77]</a></span> My kind friend did not -leave me until they were all safely lodged at my residence. I boarded -there three weeks, thinking to come home; but it was thought best for -me to wait, and see if Captain Miner came or not, hoping that I might -recover my loss through him. I took a room and went to sewing, and -found the people very kind.</p> - -<p>February, 1843, the colored men that went back to New Orleans, for -the want of passage money, arrived at New York, wearied out. All the -white people remained there. I waited in New York until the last of -July, when I started for Boston. August 1st, 1843, arrived, poor in -health and poor in purse, having sacrificed both, hoping to benefit -my fellow-creatures. I trust it was acceptable to God, who in his -providence preserved me in perils by land and perils by sea.</p> - -<div class="center"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<div>"God moves in a mysterious way</div> -<div class="i1">His wonders to perform;</div> -<div>He plants his footsteps on the sea,</div> -<div class="i1">And rides upon the storm.</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div>"Deep in unfathomable mines</div> -<div class="i1">Of never-failing skill,</div> -<div>He treasures up his bright designs,</div> -<div class="i1">And works his sovereign will."</div> -</div></div></div> - -<p>Having lost all, I determined, by the help of God, to leave the event; -some of my friends in this city sympathized with me, and others took -the advantage to reproach me. But in the hands<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[Pg 78]</a></span> of the Lord there -is a cup; the Saviour drank it to the dregs. They gather themselves -together; they hide themselves; they mark my steps; they waited for my -soul, but the Lord is my defence, the Holy One of Israel is my Saviour. -I'll trust him for strength and defence. What things were gain to me, -I counted loss for Christ, for whom I have suffered all things; and -do count them nothing, that I may win Christ and be found in him, not -having mine own righteousness, which is of the Lord, but that which -is through the faith of Christ, that which is of God by faith, that I -may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of -his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death, strengthened -with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and -long-suffering, with joyfulness, thinking it not strange concerning -the fiery trials, as though some strange thing happened; for saith the -apostle, it is better if the will of God so be that ye suffer for well -doing, than for evil; they think it strange that ye run not with them -to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you. If they do these -things in a green tree, what shall be done in a dry?</p> - -<div class="center"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<div>"I hate to walk, I hate to sit</div> -<div class="i1">With men of vanity and lies;</div> -<div>The scoffer and the hypocrite</div> -<div class="i1">Are the abhorrence of my eyes.</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[Pg 79]</a></span>God knows their impious thoughts are vain,</div> -<div class="i1">And they shall feel his power;</div> -<div>His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain,</div> -<div class="i1">In some surprising hour."</div> -</div></div></div> - -<p>The first twenty months after my arrival in the city, notwithstanding -my often infirmities, I labored with much success, until I hired with -and from those whom I mostly sympathized with, and shared in common the -disadvantages and stigma that is heaped upon us, in this our professed -Christian land. But my lot was like the man that went down from -Jerusalem and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, -and wounding him departed, leaving him half dead. What I did not lose -when cast away, has been taken from my room where I hired. Three times -I had been broken up in business, embarrassed and obliged to move, when -not able to wait on myself. This has been my lot. In the midst of my -afflictions, sometimes I have thought my case like that of Paul's, when -cast among wild beasts. "Had not the Lord been on my side, they would -have swallowed me up; but blessed be the Lord who hath not given me a -prey to their teeth."</p> - -<p>In 1848 and '49, the Lord was pleased to lay his hand upon me. Some -of my friends came to my relief; but the promises of God were neither -few nor small; he knows them that trust<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[Pg 80]</a></span> and fear him, and in his -providence had reserved the good Samaritan. One of my unretired friends -made my case known to the Rev. Dr. Bigelow and wife, who sought me out -in my distress. I shall not soon forget the morning she came to me, -with an expression of love and kindness, wishing to know my case. Mrs. -Bigelow was the daughter of Captain Theodore Stanwood, of Gloucester, -whom Mr. Prince sailed with as steward the first time he went to -Russia. Mrs. B. is one of the kind friends I speak of, when carried -to Gloucester sick, in 1814; she was then a little miss. A friend of -mine lived with her mother; she used to say that Amelia would not rest, -when she came from school, till she had something to bring to my mother -and me. Mrs. Bigelow and family were very kind, doing all in their -power to make me comfortable, and even moved me from the house of the -tyrant that I then hired from, and raised me up other kind friends; -and, with the blessing of God and the counsel of Dr. Grey, my health is -much improved. "I am as a wonder unto many, but the Lord is my strong -refuge." Underneath him is the everlasting arm of mercy; misfortune is -never mournful for the soul that accepts it, for such do always see -that every cloud is an angel's face; sorrow connects the soul with the -invisible. </p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[Pg 81]</a></span></p> - -<p>O Father, fearful indeed is this world's pilgrimage, when the soul has -learned that all its sounds are echos, all its sights are shadows. But -lo! a cloud opens, a face serene and hopeful looks forth and saith, -"Be thou as a little child, and thus shalt thou become a seraph, and -bow thyself in silent humility and pray, not that afflictions might -not visit, but be willing to be purified through fire, and accept it meekly."</p> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[Pg 82]</a></span></p> - -<h2>DIVINE CONTENTMENT.</h2> - -<h3><i>Advancement of Faith is Necessary.</i></h3> - -<p>All our disquietnesses do issue immediately from unbelief. It is this -that raiseth the storm of discontent in the heart. Oh, set faith at -work! It is the property of faith to silence our doubtings, to scatter -our fears, to still the heart when the passions are up. Faith works the -heart to a sweet serene composure: it is not having food and raiment, -but having faith, which will make us content. Faith chides down -passion; when Reason begins to swim, let Faith swim.</p> - -<p><i>Quest.</i> How doth Faith work contentment?</p> - -<p><i>Answ.</i> 1. Faith shows the soul that whatever its trials are, yet it is -from the hand of a kind Father: it is indeed a bitter cup; but "shall I -not drink the cup which my Father hath given me to drink?" (John xviii. -11.) It is love to my soul; God <i>corrects</i> with the same love that he -<i>crowns</i> me. God is now training me up for heaven; he carves me, to -make me a polished pillar, fit to stand in the heavenly mansion. These -sufferings bring forth patience, humility, even the peaceable fruits of -righteousness, Heb. xii. 11. And if God can bring such sweet fruit<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[Pg 83]</a></span> out -of a sour stock, let him graft me where he please. Thus faith brings -the heart to holy contentment.</p> - -<p>2. Faith sucks the honey of contentment out of the hive of the -Promise.<a name="FNanchor_A_1" id="FNanchor_A_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_A_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a> Christ is the Vine, the promises are the clusters of -grapes that grow upon this Vine; and Faith presseth the sweet vine of -contentment out of these spiritual clusters of the promises. I will -show you but one cluster,—The Lord will give grace and glory, and -no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly; (Psal. -lxxxiv. 11,) here is enough for faith to live upon. The Promise is -the flower out of which Faith distils the spirits and quintessence of -divine contentment. In a word, Faith carries up the soul, and makes it -aspire after more noble and generous delights than earth affords, and -to live in the world above the world. Would you lead contented lives, -live up to the height of your faith.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[Pg 84]</a></span></p> - -<h3><i>Breath after Assurance.</i></h3> - -<p>Oh, let us get the interest cleared between God and our own souls! -Interest is a word much in use; a pleasing word: interest in great -friends, interest-money. Oh, if there be an interest worth looking -after, it is an interest between God and the soul. Labor to say with -Thomas, my Lord and my God. To be without money and without friends, -and without God too, (Eph. ii. 12,) is said; but he whose faith doth -flourish into assurance, that can say, with St. Paul—I know in whom -I have believed, (2 Tim. i. 12.) Be assured that man hath enough to -give his heart contentment. When a man's debts are paid, and he can go -abroad without fear of arresting, what contentment is this! Oh, let -your title be cleared! if God be ours, whatever we want in the creature -is infinitely made up in him. Do I want bread? I have Christ, the Bread -of Life. Am I under defilement? His blood is like the trees of the -sanctuary; not only for meat, but medicine, Ezek. xlvii. 12. If any -thing in the world is worth laboring for, it is to get sound evidences -that God is ours. If this be once cleared, what can come amiss? No -matter what storms I meet with, so that I know where to put in for -harbor. He that hath God to be his God, is so well contented with -his condition, that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[Pg 85]</a></span> he doth not much care whether he hath any thing -else. To rest in a condition where a Christian cannot say God is his -God, is a matter of <i>fear</i>: and if he can say so truly, and yet is not -contented, is matter of <i>shame</i>. David encouraged himself in the Lord -his God. Although it was sad with him, (1 Sam. xxx. 62.) Ziklag was -burnt, his wives taken captive, he lost all, and had like to have lost -his soldiers' hearts too—for they spake of stoning him—yet he had the -ground of contentment within him, viz., an interest in God; and this -was a pillar of supportment to his spirit. He that knows God is his, -and that all that is in God is for his good; if this doth not satisfy, -I know nothing will.</p> - -<h3><i>Pray for an Humble Spirit.</i></h3> - -<p>The humble man is the contented man: if his estate be low, his heart -is lower than his estate; therefore he is contented. If his esteem is -the world below, he that is little in his own eyes, will not be much -troubled to be little in the eyes of others. He hath a meaner opinion -of himself, than others can have of him. The humble man studies his -own unworthiness; he looks upon himself as less than the least of -God's mercies, (Gen. xxxii. 10,) and then a little will content him. -He cries out with Paul, that he is the chief<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[Pg 86]</a></span> of sinners, (1 Tim. -i. 15,) therefore doth not murmur, but admire: he doth not say his -comforts are small, but his sins are great. He thinks it a mercy he is -out of hell; therefore, is contented. He doth not go to carve out a -more happy condition to himself; he knows the worst piece God cuts him -is better than he deserves. A proud man is never contented; he is one -that hath an high opinion of himself; therefore, under small blessings -is disdainful, under small crosses impatient. The humble spirit is -the contented spirit; if his cross be light, he reckons it in the -inventory of his mercies; if it be heavy, yet takes it upon his knees, -knowing that when his estate is bad, it is to make him the better. -Where you lay humility for the foundation, contentment will be the -superstructure, and Christ the topstone.</p> - -<h3><i>Keep a clear Conscience.</i> 1 Tim. iii. 9.</h3> - -<p>Contentment is the <i>manna</i> that is laid up in the ark of a good -conscience. Oh, take heed of indulging any sin! It is as natural for -guilt to breed disquietude, as for the earth to breed worms. Sin lies -like Jonah in the ship, it raises a tempest. If dust or motes be -gotten into the eye, they make the eye water, and cause a soreness -in it; if the eye be clear, then it is free from that soreness. If -sin be gotten into the conscience,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[Pg 87]</a></span> which is as the eye of the soul, -then grief and disquiet breed there: but keep the eye of conscience -clear, and all is well. What Solomon saith of a good stomach, I may -say of a good conscience (Prov. xxvii. 7.) To the hungry soul every -bitter thing is sweet; so to a good conscience every bitter thing is -sweet; it can pick contentment out of the Cross. A good conscience -turns the waters of Marah into wine. Would you have a quiet heart? -Get a smiling conscience. I wonder not to hear Paul say, he was in -every state content; when he could make that triumph—I have lived in -all good conscience unto this day, Acts, xxiii. 1. When once a man's -reckonings are clear, it must needs let in abundance of contentment -into the heart. A good conscience can suck contentment out of the -bitterest drug: under slanders—This is our rejoicing, the testimony -of our conscience, 2 Cor. i. 12. In case of imprisonment, Paul had -his prison-songs, and could play the sweet lesson of contentment when -his feet were in the stocks, Acts xvi. 24. Augustine calls it the -paradise of a good conscience. When the times are troublesome, a good -conscience makes a calm: if conscience be clear, what though the days -be cloudy?... Oh, keep conscience clear, and you shall never want -contentment! </p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[Pg 88]</a></span></p> - -<div class="center"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="center">THE HIDING PLACE.</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div>Amid this world's tumultuous noise,</div> -<div>For peace my soul to Jesus flies;</div> -<div>If I've an interest in his grace,</div> -<div>I want no other hiding place.</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div>The world with all its charms is vain,</div> -<div>Its wealth and honors I disdain;</div> -<div>All its extensive aims embrace,</div> -<div>Can ne'er afford a hiding place.</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div>A guilty sinful heart is mine,</div> -<div>Jesus, unbounded love is thine!</div> -<div>When I behold thy smiling face,</div> -<div>Tis then I see my hiding place.</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div>To save, if once my Lord engage,</div> -<div>The world may laugh, and Satan rage:</div> -<div>The powers of hell can ne'er erase</div> -<div>My name from God's own hiding place.</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div>I'm in a wilderness below,</div> -<div>Lord, guide me all my journey through,</div> -<div>Plainly let me thy footsteps trace,</div> -<div>Which lead to heaven my hiding place.</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div>Should dangers thick impede my course,</div> -<div>O let my soul sustain no loss;</div> -<div>Help me to run the Christian race,</div> -<div>And enter safe my hiding place.</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div>Then with enlarged powers,</div> -<div>I'll triumph in redeeming love,</div> -<div>Eternal ages will I praise</div> -<div>My Lord for such a hiding place.</div> -</div></div></div> - -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTE:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_A_1" id="Footnote_A_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_A_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></a> 'Tis a comfortable thought that the promises of God are -all given for the express purpose that we may have great and strong -consolations, who make our duty and our privilege to be found pleading -them at the throne of grace;</p> - -<div class="center"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<div>O then be earnest, take no nay,</div> -<div class="i1">He'll answer every good desire;</div> -<div>Give him your hearts, though cold as clay,</div> -<div class="i1">They'll melt like wax before the fire.</div> -</div></div></div> -</div></div> - -<pre style='margin-top:6em'> -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND TRAVELS -OF MRS. 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