The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-01-17 00:00:00

VOYAGE OF THE SLAVE YACHT
WANDERER.

The history of this famous or infamous vessel has
already occupied a large share of public attention on
account of her successful slaving voyage and the ac-
quittal of all concerned in it. She is again before the
public, and is again in the clutches of the law, this
time, we hope, without a chance of escape. This morn-
ing she arrive .I here in charge of Mr. Henry Welton,
from the vicinity of the Western Islands. Her story,
though lung in its detail., may be briefly summed up.
On the 20th of October she left the vicinity of Savan-
nah without • Custom-bowie clearance, under the com-
mand of l'ertaiii Lincoln Patten, of Bath, who forced
part of the 11101 on board to go to sea. She went to
Flues, obtained SOUle supplies of water and provisions,
but requiring more went to *ea and spoke a French
barque, the waster of which promised the desired sup-
plies. Patten, with • boat and four men, went on
board of her, and then Mr. Henry Welton, with the
consent of the crew, took command, left the captain on
board the barque, and shaped the Wanderer's course for
the United States. She is now in charge of the Custom-
house authorities, but will he delivered to the district
attorney. This is the story in brief. We will now
present souse of its details, which are quite interesting.
Ou the 20th of October, between 9 and 10 o'clock, Lin-
coln Patten, under the assumed name of David Martin,
put 15 men on board the yacht Wanderer, then lying in
the river below Savannah, to assist in taking on board
provitious, water, end stores. A little later lie came on
board himself, accompanied by Edmund Talbot, pilot,
and Captain J. Black, shipping agent. He called all
hauds to get under way, and, drawing a revolver, swore
he would shoot any one who refused to work, or who
might interrupt his movements. He also threatened the
ahipping agent and pilot with death if they attempted to
leave the vessel. Soule of the crew, who knew his
plans, loaded the two gun* with grape, and aru.ed them-
selves to enforce his orders against those who had been
induced by false pretences to come on board. Though
there was is pilot on board, he directed the movements
of the vessel I self, and gut her twice ashore. At last
she reached Tykes" Light, and anchored, where the pilot
and shipping master left her. Again she ran aground,
auil remioned fast four hours. At 9 o'clock in the morn-
ing of October 21 she floaksl off agent. made sail, slipped
15 fathoms of chant, and went to sea, carrying more
than half the crew against their wishes The captain,
to allay their fears. pretended that the vessel was bound
to ILISMIZLA awl Nassau, New Providence, and beck to
Savannah ; but a few days afterwards be declared that
the Shilt was without papers, the collector having re-
fused her a clearance. He said he was bound to the
Western Islands for ~,,, re provisions and water, and
thence to the coast of Africa for a cargo of 700 negroes.
These he proposed to land at Cardenas, saying that he
was sure of receiving for them IMO dollars each, being
well acquainted a ith the trade, having landed several
cargoes (ruin the harks Niagara and Ocean Tyrant, the
brig Frances Ellen, and other vessel'. He further in-
formal them that on leaving Savannah he failed to pro-
cure a chronometer, charts, or Nautical Almanac, and
consequently would have to portend the voyage by dead
reckoning. On October Ll, however, he fell in with
the ship Troy, of Boston, and bought from her one
Epitome, Blunt's Coast Pilot, and a chart of the Gulf of
Florida, for which he paid simply five dollars. Ile next
chased the hark Clare Brewer, but %hen lie hailed her,
finding the captain to he an old acquaintance, he did
not go on board. The next day he saw a schooner, and
made sail in chase, carrying such a press of canvass
that lie carried away his squaresailyerd and split the
sail, but failed to overhaul her. On the 25th of October
he chastest • brig and tired grape at her, but she would
not heave to ; the chase was continued till 11 p.m.,
when the brig, favoured by the darkness of the
night, by suddenly changing her course, ran out of
sight. The Wanderer was now beaded fur .Fayal, and
was favoured with a strong gale from west-north-west,
going sometimes 20 knots an hour, and requiring two
men at the helm to steer her, On the 31st the gale
moderated to fine weather, which continued until the
9th of November, when she encountered another north-
west gale, which brought her to the Isle of Flores.
She stood off and on, firing gnus for a pilot, and when
MT the settlement off Santa Crux the British Consul,
the chief magistrate of the place, and a pilot came 011
hoard. Site was then anchored in 211 fathoms of water.
The captain produced a false clearance of the vessel,
under the mune of the William, of Savannah, bound to
Smyrna, stating at the same time that he had lost sails,
provisions, spars, galley, and chronometer, and was in
want of all these. Endorsed by the British Consul and
the authorities ashore, lie produced 38 casks, containing
4AIIO gallons of water, firewood, liquor, flour, rope, 250
bushels of potatoes, ell anchor, and 120 fathom of
chain. He was promised 20 tons more dour, but some
of his movements exciting suspicion, he came on board
in great halite, and made everything ready for getting
under way that night. He smuggled two Portuguese
women on board, and this circumstance came to the
kuowledge of the authorities. He had not • moment to
spare, so he slipped at fathoms of chain, left one of his
men ashore, and did not pay one dollar for the supplies
received, valued at about $1,500. He openly avowed to
the crew that he club' procure 80 negroes for the
women lie Lad kidnapped. The vessel was next headed
for Madeira, celled at Village Point de Balm, but,
unable to obtain supplies, proceeded to Funchal, where

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receiving information that an English steamer of war
was in the harbour, lie stood to ace, proposing to pass
between Cape St. Ann and the l'ananes. Still short of
provisione, be declared to the crew that he would obtain
them by force from the find vessel he met, swearing
that lie would shoot the lint' man who hesitated to fight
for such an object. Shortly afterwards he spoke the
barque Clara, of Bordeaux, but her commander positively
refused either to heave to or to furnish him with sup-
plies. Two other barques were chased without being able
to bring thrum to. At last she fell in with the barque
Jenny; of Marseilles, which hove to, and promised to
give hilll sonic of her stores. With a boat and four men
lie boat-del her. Now was the crisis of the crew's fate.
They determined unanimously to seise the vessel and
carry her to the United States. With that object in
view, Mr. Henry Wilton, a native of British North
America, was placed in command. She was immediately
run before the wind, 411 sail set. and when well clear of
the barque was headed to the westward. The next day
they made the westward of the Canaries and saw lying
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an a cove a suspicious-looking Nieces, brig. winch fired •
gun when the Wanderer hove in sight. Having no
desire to ascertain her true character, the Wanderer
pursued her course to the westward without any other
incident worthy of notice. She made Fire Island Light,
thence proceeded to Tarpaulin-cove, and arrived here
this morning, as already stated. She has now on bo•rd
10 wen ant the two Portuguese women &heady noticed.
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