Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-09-20

"BIGHT OF BIAFRA, April IL, 1871
Yesterday afternoon, after having sent
some Of my boats into the Calabar Riv.
er, where / had reason to believe a
SLAYER was on the point Of sailing with a
full cargo, a vessel was seen from the
royal yard, standing through between
Fernando Pc and the Main Land
Aware that she could be nothing but a
SLAYER, | made sail in chase, and though
then sunset, | shapeda course, so as TO
cut her off in the night. At one in the
morning we got sight of her under a
press OF sail butte no effect; for Old NICK
himself will not escape this darling ship
in light winds. 1t, however fell calm,
when we were four or five miles from
her; and ] directed the boats, well man
ned and armed, to attack Der. Howe
yer, no resistance was made, and at two
o'clock one of the boats returned to
acqusint me with the capture OF the
Creole, a Brazilian brig, with a cargo
of three hundred and ninety min slaves.
The purport of this letter, my good
friend, is not to take up your time with
a perusal Of my captures, but to make
your feeling heart tf possible) more
alive than II is to the missrIes | have ex-
p~erienced in this SLAYER, and the torture
the unotIsnding creatures are put to in
cold blood 10y these execrable vlllains,the
Portuguese. In the morning went on
board to see and be a witness to the state
the slaves were IN. Now you will bear
in mind shis vessel is only IS l Q tons;
below, and those chains SO riUetted as TO
take my people a whole afternoon to Let
the poor creatures breathe the air alott.
The women and girls were (horrid to
~relate) branded with an iron, at least
one inch in length, with the letter b; and
several of these marks must have been
done even since they were at sea (but
two days. as several of the younger
females were weeping from The pain
they still suffered; and | was a melan.
eholy witness to the marks, all OF them
being sore, and most Of them festering,&
this too not one inch above the breast
The men were marked with the same
letter B. but on the left arm.
As you are ever on the move IN the
higher circles, do make this cruelty
known, that, If possible, these monsters
of wanton depravity may be punished.
1t is too bad, that after the immense
of money given TO the Portuguese
Government to suppress the slave trade,
such enormities should be suffered. |
frightened the beas! of a master out of
his wits, by getting a red hot iron and
it close to his cheek; and ysri-
ly believe it will have good effect
would have given my ears, if | could
have branded tbs e.liain on the forehead
cheek.
Do, my good friend, speak ofitso all
and every body you think proper; for it
heart .rending to see such cruelty, so
ba%rbarously inflicted, and by those deal
ers in the human flesh.
This last capture makes no less than
swO thousand fosr hundred and n,ns'y-
sspsn SLAVES taken and emancspaied by
this chip ai9ne. The Calabar and Came.
rens riyers are now perfectly empty
In the former there is but one vessel
and she is French, and in the latter,
none whatever. Hope, therefore, they
have felt the last order of our Govern.
to seize them with slave cargoes
on board north of the Line, and that
the slave trade. if not stopped, has late
ly received a severe check. l am off
for Sierra Leone in a day or two, in
hope of meeting -, as the thunder
and liz tp'ng in the vicinity of these
and the immense mountains, has
for the las. week been terrific. The rainy
season is also beginning, which alone is
to drive any m out of these !
sad Bights. In addition to the Creole,
| have sent up for adjudication this last
month no less than sever vessels, all
laden with cargoes, and it has almost
cleared the Bights.
The President of the United States
has issued his proclamation, ordering
all officers to be or the alert for the
apprehension oil Willis Anderson, char |
ged with the murder of Gerard Ar
mold, of the District Of Columbia, and
offering a reward of $3.50 for the ap
prehension and delivery Il the office
of that District.
Description of Willis anderson.
WILLIS ANDERSON is a
bout 26 or 81 wears of age-of fair