American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1822, 1822-01-22
LATE FROM SIERRA LEONE.

JNe7U foTf, Jan. To-
The y. S. schooner Shark, NJ. c. Perry, ESQ
commander, whose arrival below we mentioned
yesterday afternoon, by the steam boat Nautilus.
The Shark is from cruise Of 162 days, among
the Canaries, Cape de Verbs, coast of Africa, and
last from the West Indies, and has been $50 days
at sea. She left s. Leone Nov LIST. The colonists
were then all well. They were still at Quarry
Bay. The slave trade is still carried on with great
activity under French, Portuguese, Spanish and
Dutch flags. The mortality had been very great
on the coast of Africa; during the last year upwards
Of two.thirds OF the white European and American
emigrants had died.-The British cruizers had
suffered very severely, particularly in officers. Mr.
Winn and wife, Rev. Mr.. Andrus, and SIX OF the
blacks, died in July and August.
The Shark boarded great many GuineameR on
| the coast some of which she detained some time,
one of them French schr of rs tons, with 1855
slaves On board; but not an American was TO be
heard OF, and it was pretty well ascertaned that
there are no American citizens at present engaged
| in the traffic.
| The following slave vessels were boarded in the
month of July, off Cape Mount, at Old Caabar,
Lagos Roads, and in the river Calabar, by the Snap
per, British brig Of war: French schoon-rs L Elm
celle, Audbert, from Bordeau; L'Hypolite, II Du-
Ipreyes, from Martinique; brig Neptune. Duvaynes,
from Cayenne, Portuguese ship Mercury, from St.
Salvador; briggs Bonfere, from Lisbon; Bonea Hora,
Aiiana, and Strella from St. Salvador; schr. Con-
ceicad, from do. and Spanish schr. Del. Carmen,
from HAVANA. 1t was supposed, upon the most
moderate calculation, the above vessels would car
Try from the coast at least 5000 slaves in addition,
1.-THE Myrmidon, had examined number OF other
vessels, in the same period. In the beginning OF
August, there were three hermaphrodite briggs and
two schooners under the French flag, waiting for
' slaves at the mouth of the Ganas; and about the
END of October, four other vessels under the same
flag, came to anchor off the bar, and were prepa-
ring to send their cagoes shore for slaves. There
Ihad been no slave vessels lately in the Rio Pongos
Captain Perry informs, it was reported at Ha.
wanna, that the Enterprise, captain Kearney, had
i captured piracal boat off Cape Antonio, landed
S and burnt their huts Matanzas was blockaded by
y the Independence, and one other patriot vessel
Y Several Spanish men of war were in Havanna but
r they did not attempt to raise the blockade.
Captain Perry has politely favored US with the
" Sierra Leon Gazette to October 9th, and files oil
l. Jamaica papers to the 18th December, inclusive
It The former announce, among others, the follow.
ling deaths on the Gold Coast-Elmina the Dutch
Il Governor; Accra, governor general of the Danish
s settlements, and Governor Gordon, of the English
settlement.
1t is said the American Colonization Society con
template making an establishment on the Cole
ST Coast.
nj Early in October deputstion arrived at Sierr;
Leone, from the King of the Foulahs, headed b,
N Prince ALTA Sadoo, under whose protection came
S. a Mahometan priest and his wife. This singular
LEHMAN had journeyed all the way from Egypt to the