The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-26 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF .1 SLAYER.

The Cora, of New York, 'under command of Henderson
Eastman, sailing master of title Com:deflation, flagship of the
African squadron, arrived .off this port on Saturday fora
Monrovia, and anchored off the Navy Yard at 4 p.m. She
was captured on the coast of Africa by the Constellation en
the 26th September, with 705 slaves on board. The follow'
ing is a detailed account oi ,:he capture and subsequent
events connected therewith Constellation left Boston
in July, 1859, with a crew of abox it 350, all told, officers and
men She is a 22-gun sloop, and was rebuilt at Norfolk In
1853, fr, m the old frigate that, in th'e war of 1812 attained
some fame under the command of Commodore Truxoe-
She made one cruise to the MediterraJtean in 1853-44
For nearly a year•and-a-half she has bet 'l2 actively em'
played in cruising on the Western Coast of Akt:Tica, between.
18 deg. south latitude end 32 deg. north. Du.nlng the first
six months of her trip she captured, after ten hou,-a
a brig without colours or papers, named the Delicia, which
was sent to Charleston. There were, however, no slat e!'37l
board. The Constellation left Loanda on the Bth of ISser,
tember, and cruised off the Congo River up to the 2541'
On that day her course wag shaped to return to that plan's
for the purpose of getting wood, water, and provisions. At
half-past 7 o'clock in the evening, while 30 miles south cf,
Congo, the cry was made of " SAtil on the weather bow.
At the time of making the sail, wx.rich was about five miles
distant it was thought she was a pae.ket from Loanda bound
for Boston, no slavers being supple 'ed to cruise on that
part of the coast. The Constellation, lw .waver, immediately
gave chase. In an hour and a half the p ursuers had gained
enough on her to make out from her rig that she was not
one of the regular packets. Mier getting
within about two
miles of the stranger a gun was fired for' the purpose of
bringing her to ; but, tnstead of heaving
tk.‘, she kept on
he slave r. her course. At this time the Constellation was going
eight knots an hour, and slowly gaining on 1
After an interval of some 30 minutes another guts .was fired
but to which no attention was paid by the slaver. It wag
then 11 o'clock, the breeze bad freshened a little, am! .th.
Constellation was going at the rate of nine knots by loft,
The fugitive was now within range, and nearly ahead. .b
32-pounder was shifted to the bow port of the Constellation,
and another shot fired, but the slaver did not seem to mind
it, and kept on her cocrse. The pursuers then kept away
a little to get ready to set their stun' sally. if necessary. BY
this time they had approached to within 500 yards of the
vessel, and were still gaining on her, but eh e did not heave
to. The Constellation now fired another gun loaded with shot,
which cut away some of the slaver's port stun'salil gear. The
bark then braced her mainyard aback, the Constellation rang-
ing up under her lee quarter, and Commander Eastman or-
dered her to haul up her courses. An armed boat was then
lowered, and the prize boarded. Commander Eastman
asked what ship -it was, and where was the American car
tain. He was answered in Spanish, by a gentleman who
received him very politely, that it was the barque Cora,
that the American captain had remained ashore, and that
he (the Spaniard) had command of the ship ; that she had
705 slaves:on board, was 24 hours out from Mangul Grande,
and concluded by congratulating Commander Eastman on
the excellence of the prize. Commander Eastman this
called all the crew of the slaver to the gangway, and sens
all of them except three Americans and five Spaniards, the
latter being retained to take charge of the Africans, in e
boat to the Constellation. They numbered about 25 men,
and were made up mainly of Portuguese, with one China-
man and three Americans. Commander Eastman, assuming
command of the Cora, now began examining the ship and
cargo. She appeared to be new, handsomely fitted oat, and
far superior to the class of vessels that are generally em-
ployed in the slave trade. Those vessels engaged in the
Cuba trade are very poor as a general thing, and are
usually burnt after landing a cargo. The hold was filled
with men and boys, and her cabin with women. Two-
thirds of the whole number were under 15 years
of age. All were in a perfectly nude state. They were
classified as follows :-172 men, 106 women, 343
boys, 81 girls, and three babes at the breast.
Commander Eastman represents them to have been fat
and hearty, seemingly unconscious and careless of their
situation, and all gabbling at a great rate, while the
sounds emitted were void of any well-defined articulations.
Thirty tierces of rice, 90 barrels of bread, and a large quail'
tity of beans, with a light store of beef, were found.
During the voyage two meals per day were given the
negroes. The morning meal consisted of a junk of bread
and some water, and at 3 p.m. a dinner of boiled beans one
day and boiled rice the next was served. Their appetites
appeared to be first-rate, and there was little ueeeseity for
washing the dishes atter a meal was over, for the Negroes
displayed am expertness in licking the tubs that would defy
competition on the part of the most painstaking dog. The
five Spaniards who took special charge of the dining
arrangements would set the blacks in masses of 15 and 16
in a circle on deck, with a wooden tub of boiled rice or
beans in the centre of each group. After all were duly
ranged round the smoking tubs, the Spaniards made them
go through an exercise of clapping their hands and singing
which lasted about three-quarters of an hour. By this time
the repast would have partially cooled off, and the Negroes
were allowed to "pitch in," the one having the largest
hands getting most. They seemed, however, very kind to
each other, and if a boy got an extra large piece of bread
he was always ready to share it with his companions. They
appeared contented and in good spirits throughout the
voyage. Arrived at Monrovia, the captured Africans were
delivered over to the United States agent, Mr. Seyes, whose
duty it is to apportion them out to families, a. certain.
amount being paid by Government for the support for one
year of the recaptured Africans. The Cora, with a'crew of
10 men, and the three Americans found in her at the time
she was taker, left Monrovia on the 18th of October, and
arrived at this port, as stated above, last Saturday. Mon-
day she was to be put into the hands of Marjjial Rynders,
who retains control of her until the properunal shall
have declared her a lawful prize. The first, second, and
third officers, named Frederick Wilson, and Olson (the
three Americans referred to), are also to be put in the
Marshal's custody to await their trial. It will be remem-
bered that the Cora was detained in port for several days
last May on suspicion that she had been fitted oat for the
slave trade, but was finally allowed to depart.—. New York
Tribune.

THE MAILS.

MAILS DUE.
Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South-
ampton)
Do.
Brazil and Cape Verds
Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c.
Bahamas and Havana (via New York) ..
Cuba and Mexico ..
Canada, &c. (via Galway)
ood

.. . .. .. Jan. 18.
(via Marseilles) Jan. 12.
.. Jan. 4.
.. Dec. —.
.. Dec. —.
.. Dec. 29
.. Dec. —.

Cape of G _ Hope, &c: .. .. .. .. Jan. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Jan. 2.
Do (via Marseilles) Dec. 27
Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. • • • • Dec. 25
India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Jan. 2.
• • Dec
n. 4.
. 25.
• Ja
Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 27.
India (Bombay), (via Southampton) ..
•
Do. (via Marseilles) • •
Lisbon .. .. Dee. 2I
Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) • • Dee. 25.
Do. (via Marseilles) .. Jan. 4.
Vigo, and Oporto •• •• .. • • .. Overdue.
United States, California, &c. . • .. .. Dec. 26.
Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe • . Jan. 10.
West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, Ste. Dec. 29.

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