Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 21

vV'v I LEWISTON JOURNAUT ILLUSIEATEDT It i i a fc 'I I I a-w-m -W'swy-i a -m pfrirti '1 't vr jy- i 2m Slave Ship Wanderer a Maine Owned Graft Her Last Trip Commanded by a Maine Captain and Relics of Her Now in Fosses sjon of Maine -Beciune a Blockade Runner After Her Career as a Slaver Was Ended Your Wishes SECTION OF PANEL FROM CABIN OP SLAYER WANDERER Bo you want to be sore that your Exefcutor or Trustee will live long enough to crry out! the provisions of your Will? Then name this Trust Company Do you want in Executor experienced in Estate work? Then name this Company Do you want an Executor certain to be im- partial and just? Then name this i r-V ri-Y vdb-T i-ir FiL fir "'VKV I Ml Study up ee your Win and Estate problems through a reading of our booklet 'Questions and Answers About Wills and tho Con nervation of tataa" Write or call for a copy JFldfltty foust Company' Member Federal Reserve System Monument Bquare-87 BxcHangeBL PORTLAND MAINE V-iEd IRONS USED TO MANACLE SLAVES o4 WANDERER (Written (or Lewiston Journal) IT1 Is probable that the only relics o( the slave Ship Wanderer in existence are owned tar Maine men These are a couple 1 leg irons a pair of baldness and a section of panel from the vessels cabin They are to be seen In the offta of the South Marine Railway In Rockland where they are kept In a large Cabinet with ether curios It is equally probable that few Maine persons know that this craft was owned In Maine and that a Maine man was In command when she made -her last trip but such are the facta It la also true that Maine men did not own or command the craft until after she had ceased to be a slaver Contrary to the belief held by marijr the Wanderer was not originally designed as a slaver run nlng slaves into the cuuntry was an after-thought and 'the Idea of others than those who built her She was designed as a yacht the designer and builder being I Bayllsa who also designed and buUt the famous yacht America which won the oup which has so long been the object of contention 4n the International yacht racea The Wanderer was built for Johnson of the Mew York Yacht Club In 1IBI Mr Johnson did not keep the craft'very long but sold her to a Capt Oorrle who sailed tho craft until lltB At that time Capt Conte sold the yacht to Charles A Lamar of Savannah aa and then her career as a slaver began Sought Fortune In Blares Lamar was a young man of wealth and his family was one of the most aristocratic in the South He was fond of adventure and as a boy according to stories told delighted In those sports which offered the greatest danger and adventure Altho slavery had not then been abolished in tho United States the bringing of slaves Into the country had for many years been prohibited It la undoubtedly true that notwithstanding tho watchfulness of both American and British man-of-wars a cargo of slaves were now and then smuitsleU away from tne African coast Aid landed in the southern half of the Union Young Lamar beuame convinced that there waa an opportunity to reap a rich reward and also to have a fund of adventure such as his spirit craved In running slaves Into the Uhlon He outlined' his plan to three other men capt McUee of Columbus aa Richard Dickerson of Richmond Va and Capt Egbert Farnum About all that Is knoVn of Capt Farnum la that he has been a mall rider and an Indian flrhter These men agreed that it was a fine thing They proceeded to New York In search of a ship There they learned of the Wanderer and entered upon negotiations with Cant Oorrle which resulted In their purchase of the vessel The quartette became members of the New York Yacht Club They spent money lavishly entertained royally and became very popular in yachting circles which Is to say In the beat social circles of the city After a time Farnum took the Wanderer and sailed for Charleston Umar gave out that the craft would be there fitted for a cruise to China At Charleston the same Information was spread broad-east and the Wanderer finally sailed upon her only slave voyage in the spring of 1BSB Their destination was the Congo river In Africa The voyage occupied about twice as long as usual as a course was steered which would take them out of the path of other ships They managed to elude the war ships of America and England which were petroling the African coast on the watch for slave traders and entered the Congo In safety Hardly had the Wanderer come to anchor when Lamar and bis friends were bargaining with the native chiefs and half-caste Portuguese slave traders far 400 staves to be delivered to them-at Brasslsllle Entertained Itrlthdi Officers Lamar's courage resourcefulness and ability to make friends was well demonstrated Just as the negotiations were ended The yawl boat In which they had made the trip to ths shore from the end of the tows is actually melancholy Mrs Barbour folded her tent and stole sway to Join her husband at Ft Mead taking but two of her children with her This is the laat trial she intends to firs him (so alia says) The Pendletons left while was awsy for ten days on the East coast where I bad a ripping Asm Palm Beach is paradise but oh! mosquitoes and Hess Last wsek witnessed ths departure of Ross Peabody the two eld maids from Lei (so anguish) sod Mrs Lesley and Miss Godfrey from Old-town I have family that wss camping at 10th and Jersey a mao wife and little boy who are to take the I back rooms rent free til Nov 1st asd next week I smbark for Tampa and the bosom of my family and next November ths old house in WesdcrUnd goes to the highest bidder Saint Cloud possesses no attractions a white man outside -of ite clismts and out caunot gst I meals slay on climate sloae I followed "The Unwelcome Wife" with great interest Charlotte got to tho limit with Tony Thiakui would not see few numbers them out to send yon aa whrs yon left was at SMst thrilling chapter is their wedded career Cbarlotts showed herself a brick isd kept Tony eu the griddle for a proper time and eventually became the beet man in the Ilarri-man junior sod senior family Then the baby had croup and scared bar lotto to the forgiving point and -Jfcej! nestled down like two turtle doves tt an old-fashioned connubial Mies end Charlotte even called Mrs her mother i The weather bee been ideal IM aero waves from the North hare die1 solved in Alabama and Ueorgia leaving ua a light spray just enough to make ua want blanket nights Florida is the lend of promise bat so 'was there such a land in old biblical days and even then were found' worn disagreeable people But there no place like boms and when I Snails tie down in Tampa I am sure shaU bo moat happy and contented to "pas my remaining rears away from the ice bound hills of Maine Unless something extraordinary -occurs to cliangs my program do not expect to visit Maine this jrsar put 1 do Intend to so to Chicago ia September The foUnie of tho A to meet In Portland dashed all of my fond bones ia the direction of Meins 1 should burs been glad to meet Prof Bateman and the remaining few 'Ah! so few of my old associates Tell him when yon see him that 1 met Prof Phillips at Tampa also visited Mayor Hanson at Fort Pierre two of our ritual friends Also made the pleasant acquaintance of sa oilier Mrs lnsetta A Mmnll nf Lewiston away down East in Maine Yours truly ROBERTS yards of the Wanderer Instantly Lamar atepped back into the boat and ordered the men to row to the warahlp Hoarding the war vessel ha and Farnuin at once nought the conmmander introduced themselves and made friends with them Ths next day he gave a dinner on board the yacht to the naval offl-eers Champagne flowed freely and according to the records' everybody but Lamar got very very drunk During the good time Lamar suddenly turned to the captain of the man-of-war and inquired If he old not think tho Wanderer would make a capital slaver The British naval men laughed uproariously It wus a good joke a trump" said the naval officer greatest fellow I ever met" That nicht ths man-of-war sailed away down the coast after a ship which was according to reports circulated by Lumur loading staves further sway The Wanderer took on 400 negroes ann sailed for the United Plates Lamar's ntan was to land tne negroes on the const of Georgia and then distribute them among the plantntiona of the South Ho succeeded In the landing but friends In the South upon whom he had depended to heln him turned traitors and Informed the authorities Lamar waa arrested and punished The cured funds of Cspt Israel Snow ot Rockland father of the present uronrletors of the Bouth Marine Hallway In Rockland It developed that ltowe had po money and so Capt Know took over the vessel and brought her to Rockland The Wanderer was schoonar-rlg- frd of about 140 tons cargo burden nd with masts of exceptional length so that' she carried a massive spread of canvas Capt Snow cut tne masts down and reduced the sail area but even then she would sell faster than anvthlng else on the coast On one occasion in a southwest wind one made tho IB miles between Matin-leus Island anil the breakers of Monroe's Island In one hour She la also recorded as having logged knots In an hour from Owl's llcad to Nigger Island In HSR the Wanderer went to West I 'lira took on a cargo of Brazilian nuft and rubber for the United Htatcs tin the trip up the coast she went ashore on Cape Henrr Cant Know then sold the craft and site was used In the Spanish Main being Anally lost on the Colorado reef nt the west end nf the island of Cuba At that time Cant Josenh Thorndike of Rockland was In command of the Wand' ercr The leg Irons ns shown In the accompanying pictures were crude and must have caused Intense nuf frrlng to the nnor victims of the slave trade who were forced to wear them In the crowded hold of the vessel The scales were used to weigh out the rations for the crew of the vessel while the panel shown was removed In the course of repairs which were mode at tho Snow yard fsh I fyi I -S cl ill i 3 Sft I eV V' -k- II jj V- 4 i I rfrr Ag Congressional Cemetery Washington In This Unique Cemetery Have Been Placed the Rems ins of Four Distinguished Congressmen from Maine MAY bo news to many residents of Maine that two distinguished cJttaene of this Stssto citizens of this Stssto who have etery Means of transportation were ao limited and the cost of removing bodice ao great that very few famines of officials conveyed their remains away from Washington Gradually however os facilities for transports tlcn increased It became easier for relatives of deceased members jo gratify their natural wish and bu wr Letter from Comrade Cassius Roberts- staves were placed In the custody of the United States marshal to await the order It appears however that the marshal was an easy-going person and most of ths blacks disappeared they eventually reached the southern plantations but not as Lamnr' had planned nor aa the court would have arranged Became ltlockado Runner Such waa the end of the Wander-er an a slnvcr hut It la far from the end of her atory of adventure When tho Civil War began the Confederates confiscated the yarht and put her Into use as a blocks runner How many successful trips hs made Into southern ports is not known That aha made several la generally agreed but eventually the Wanderer waa captured by United Wanderer had touched the ves- mates ships and taken Into Krv sal's aide on the return from trading Went where for a time she was and Lamar was about to ascend thPused aa a receiving ship There the gangway Udder when a British yacht was purchased by I Rowe msnof-wsr came Into the river a volunteer naval omcer whose and anchored within a few hundred home waa In Knox county He se represented Malm in Congress lie burled In what in known so ths Congressional cemetery In ths city of Washington Thor in also cenotaph of John Fairfield formerly Governor of member of Congress and United States senator whose unique letters covering a period of American history from UM-IS47 now brink published la the Lewlaton Jotkrnal are tho most raluabla sidelights upon the contemporary history that exists Ths two men burled hers are Carter Paris Maine a representative to Congroam who died March 14 IBM and wbooe Senator Fair Held attended- in Congressman Carter's last hours snd Congressman Ckarlea Andrews of Tumor died April SO 1S5S In addition to these waa the grave of Congressman Ciller who wss killed In a duel near Washington His body has been removed from Wish' Ingtoa to Maine but yearn ago wan most frequently visited Ths cenotaphs of Ethridge Gerry Henry Clay Puah-ma-la-ha are moat commonly visited The follow log from The National Republican daacrlbta title cemetery: Up to half century ego ao one over dreamed of visiting the national capital without making trip to tho then nationally known istanpH Cemetery" located a short their dead at their former homes By 1S5S Interments in Washington of non-resident government officials hkd practically ceased White it Is true that this notable "City ot ths Dead" In known IJM world over as ths Cemetery" Its real name Is Parish Burial Ground" Jt was established mors than a century ago by the Vestry of Christ church Washington parish (Protestant Episcopal) of tho Diocese iot Washing -ton Tho cemetery has been coatia uously ever since that time under the ownership and WacliWlve control of that parish When tho burial ground was tabltened by the Vestry In April lgL ths government naturally sirltrtefl thin cemetery as the resting pises for deceased offlclata boos use of Ite natural beauty convenient location and its ownemhlp and managwaant by an organisation that wouUUetor hold aa sacred tho duty of its proa per reservation -A Upon entering ths 'gates of this unique cemetery the curiosity ot visitors ia immediately aroused scores ot daric-hued tombstones which when observed from a- dta tanew of several hundred yards have a striking resemblance to old-foalM teMd wooden bsohlvoo Not 'intros quontiy a visitor from an agrienltur al section of th country Is heard Id exclaim In surprised amassment- 1 (CmMtaatd rsartk Fagi!) A Lewiston friend has received the following letter from lion Cassius Roberta -of St Cloud Florida which will be road with Interest Mr Roberts Is a civil war veteran and fbrsserly of Ducksport Maine Ca was very prominent in Maine polities during the eighties and later la the City of hieago where be occupied a high position Ae a public speaker he was a power In the old greenback campaign and later the same In XUinota us is well known In Lewiston and has taken the Lewiston Journal for 40 years St Cloud Florida Tlu Winder dtp May 10 1B3L I had read that you were coming then again that yon hod come hut am delighted to have aa official letter from yourself announcing your return to your native erags and peeks 1 aleo am made glad by ths pictures of Lewiston bat do wish yon would hart those right and left-hand supporters of Kora Temple removed They detract from the beauty of tho structure Lisboa street is quite metropolitan 1 remember It as lot of straggling half story baildinga Yen sorely are deserving sympathy for the misfortune of sen siekaeM both going and coming Most come and go by train next tima Well Saint Cloud wears deserted look now except at anil time and our distance to the left of Pennsylvania avenue about a mile and a half east of tho capital Up to about US it wus tho custom to bury Vie Presidents senators eongro semen diplomats soldiers nod othons who were prominent la public life la that cent- SCALES USED IN SLAVER WANDERER a 4-1 I --I--1 '4 1 1fv.