Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-22
ARRIVAL OF THE SHARK.

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NEW YORK, January 18.-The u. s. scbr
SHARK, ". c. Perry Esq comniander, whose
arrival below we mentioned yesterday, was
towed up to the Navy Yard Yesterday after
noon by the steam boat Nautilus
The Shark is from cruze of I6s ,iavs
among the Canaries, Cape DE- Verbs. Coast
OF Africa, and last from the w. Indies, and
has been $50 days at sea-
Inc Shark left Sierra Leone Nov. 1st.
me Colonlsts were then all well. They wer.
still at Guarny Bay. The slave trade Is sim
carried on with great activity under Fren.h h'
Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch flags. ,rhn
mortality had been very great ON the coast Of
Africa during the last year upwards of two
lhirds OF the white European and American
emiGrants had died. The British cruizers had
suhtreu very severely, particularly in officers.
nr. w Inn and wife, Rev. Mr.. Andins. and siy ,f
the blacks, died in July and August.
Inc shark boarded great many Guinea
men on The coast, some of which she detained
some Tune, enc of them French schr OFFS
t'hs' with l53 slaves on board-but not an
american was TO be heard of, and it was pretty
Mrh ascer'ained that there are no American
cl' ~, at present engaged in the traffic
The following slave vessels were boarded
IN the month of July. of Cape Mount. At Old
Caiabar, Lagos Roads, andi the river CaIabar.
ny the snapper, British brig of war: French
schooners L'Etincelle, Audbcrt, from Bor-
asauX LHyPolite, II. Dupreyes, from
martinique brig Neptune, Duyayncs. from
Cayennc Portuguese ship Mercury, from
81 Salvador; briggs Bonifcre, from Lisbon ::
Bonea Hora, Aliana & Strella, from ST. SALIVA
DOR schr. Conceded, from do. & Spanish schr
Del carmen, from Havana. 1t was supposed,
upon the most moderate calculation, the above
vessels would carry from the coast at least
6ooo slaves; in addition, the Myrrndon had
examined number of other vessels, in the
sdHle period. In the beginning of August,
there were liermaphrodte biies and schrs
under the French flag, waiting for sIayrs NJ
the mouth of the Gallinas and about the
END OF October, four other vessels, under
the same flag, came to anchor off the Bar,
ana were preparing to send their cargoes on
shore Tor slaves. There had been no slave
vessels lately in Rio Pongos.
zap. ferry informs, IL was reported al Ha-
Vana that the Entcrprizc, capt. Kearney, had
captured plrafical boat of Cape Antonio.
landed, and burnt their huts.
MatanZas was bIockaded by the Indepen-
cla, and one other Patriot vessel. Several
?pahisn men OF war were in Havana, but they
ud MOI attempt to raise the blockade.
uis sad the American Colonization Socie-
ty contemplate making an establishment on
the Gold Coast.
Early in October deputation arrived at
Sierra Leone from the King of the Foplahs,
headed by Prince AIifa Sadoo, under whose
protection came Mahometan Priest and his
we rms singular man had iourneyed all
the way from Egypt to the Mandineo nation.
IL was said hepossessed important ;nCorn,n.
tion reauye to the Geography ofihe Interior
vi AREA, put SO much caution was observed
oy the British residents at Sierra Leone tbaI
very llttic OF bis information was made nublic
~ was, however, stated that he had nassed
through TombuctOo, and that he was of min
ION the Niger and the Nile were one and the
same river. gnu III"
u was estimated at Sierra Leone. that
oV,VoO slaves had been sent from the Coast
within the last I Q months.
Inc Shark landed Mr.. Ayres, agent of the
american COLONIZATION Society, at Sierra Lee
one on the 9Gth October.
me Jamaica papers state that the Shark
arrived at Port Royal on the 9th Dccembcr.
and sauted Fort Charles with 10 ol,na which,
rson. ~ ''' o"
1T IS stated that upwards of 5000 negroes
have recently died Of measles in the neighbor-
hood Of st. Jago. lMsy 'SJy.
Welearnfrom Washington, thatthe BgnE,i,pf
BM, AMENDED, will probably pass bnf be
limited to two years. That il il NOT IikeIV
any new tax or excise of any kind, will be laid,
as the established revenue is rcyivino and will.
after the present year, be amply sufficient
That an auction duty, moderate in IFS cbarac-
Ter, may pass and the Tariff will probably
be so modified as to be more productive Of
revenue, Without however, being, In ,he ar