s he
put on shore, seizing all their property, and the dollars with which
he had satisfied them. On his return from his fourth voyage, having
now nothing to fear from the partners in his atrocious deed, having
realized a large sum, he determined to remain on shore altogether, and
live on his property with his mother and wife. He did so, and sent out
the schooner under a Portuguese captain and crew, to be employed for
him as owner in the slave traffic, and she has made two voyages since,
and is expected back again every day. Now, my son, retribution has
fallen heavily upon this bad man. Had he been discovered and punished
when he first did the deed, it would have been as nothing compared to
what it has been now; he then had no property--no ties--in fact,
nothing or little to regret; but now, with a wife and child, with a
valuable property, living in independence, and increasing that wealth
daily--now, when he is at the very summit of his ambition, restored to
his own country, respected and considered as being a man of wealth, he
has been seized, thrown into a dungeon, put to the question, and now
lies in a state of misery, awaiting the sentence of death which has
been pronounced against him. Neither has he the consolation of knowing
that he leaves those whom he loves in a state of affluence, for all
his property, having been gained by making use of your property,
necessarily is your property, and not his, and it has been confiscated
accordingly for your use and benefit. As soon as every thing is
collected, it will be paid into your hands. Thus, my son, I have at
last attained justice for you."

I was, as you may imagine, my dear Madam, profuse in my
acknowledgments, but he stopped me, saying,

"I was sent here to see that justice was done to every body, if I
possibly could--no easy task, when all are amassing money, not caring
how they obtain it; but, surely, if any one has peculiar claims upon
me, it is you."

The superior then asked me many questions relative to my parentage,
and I did not conceal any thing from him. I told who I was, and why,
at an early age, I had left my father's house. He asked me many
questions, and, after about two hours' conversation, he dismissed me,
saying,

"You may always depend upon my protection and gratitude."

Before he dismissed me, he told me that he was about to send a
despatch-boat to Lisbon, and as I might wish to inform my friends of
my safety, if I would write letters, he w