Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-09-05
Capture Of tiie Pirate schOOI cr
the ArInistad.

/ A slip from the Office Of the New.
London Gazette, dated on Tuesday last.
gives the following particulars Of the
capture ofthis Schooner =
u. s BRIG WASHINGTON, I
! NeD. London, August z5, 1889.
I" While this vessel was sounding this
/ day bstween Gardner's and Montauk
Points, a schooner was seen lying IN
shore of Culloden Point, under circum.
stances 80 suspicious as 10 authorize LII.
Com. Gedncy TO stand m 10 see what
was her chai acter--seeng u number oil
people on the beach with carts aud
hcrses, and IA boat passing to and fro, a
bat was armed and dispatched with an
officer to board her.
/ On coming along side number of nc.
groes were discovered Oh her deck, and
twenty or thirty more were on the beach
two white men came forwurd aud
claimed the protection of the officer
The schooner proved to be the "Ami.
stad," Capt. Ra,noullues. from the lila
wanna bound to Guanaja, Port Principe,
with 54 blacks and two passengers OH
board the former, four nj hits after they
were uu;. rose and murdered the captain
and lhree of the crew they then took
| possession of the vessel with the inten.
,ion Of returning TO the coast of Africa.
Pedro Monies, passenger and Jose Rues
owner of the slaves aud part of the
cargo, were only saved 10 navigate the
vessel.
Alcr boxing about for four days in the
Bahama Channel the vessel was steered
Tor the Island of ST. Andrews, near New
! Providence from thence she went 10
Gro Key, where the blacks laid in a
supply OF water. After leaving this
place the vessel was stecred by Pedro
Monies for New Providence, the negroes
being under the impression that she was
steering for the coast Of Africa they
woull not, however, permit her to enter
the port but anchored every night Of'the
coast.
The situation Of tho two whites was
all this time truly deplorable, being treat.
led with the greatest severity. and Pedro
Monies, who had charge OF the naviga.
lion, was suffering from two severe
wounds, one in the head and one in the
arm, their lives threat cned every instant.
lie was ordered to change the course
again for the coast Of Africa, the negroes
themselves steering by the sun in the day
ltimc, while at night he would utter their
course so as to bring them back to th.ir
original place of destination. They RI.
NAMED three days off Long Island, to tho
Eastward of Providence, after which time
I'lhey were two mouths on the ocean,
sometimes ccring 10 the Eastward, and
whenever ap occasion would permit the
Northward and Westward, always in
hopes Of falling in with some vessel Of
war, or being enabled to run into some
port, when they would be relieved from
their horrid situa ion.
Several times they were boarded by
vessels once by an American schooner
from Kingston. On these occasions the
whites were ordered below, while the
lnegroes communicated and traded with
The vessel the schooner from Kingston
supplied them with demijohn OF water,
for the moderate sum Of one doubloon-
/ this schooner whose name was not as
certaned, fading that the negroes had
+, plenty Of money, remained lashrd along.
side tho "Ami,,ad" fortweniy.io hours.
Though they must have been aware that
ALI was not rgh, OH board, aud probably
| suspected the character Of the vessel
| that was on the lsih of the present
month; the vessel was steercd TO the
norlhward and westward, and OH the
4 2Otll instant, distant from New York %
miles, the pilot boat No 3 came along.
side and gave The negroes some apples.
She was also hailed by No. 4 when the
latter boat came near, the negroes arm.
ed themselves and would not permit her 10
board them ,hey were so eXaspera.cd
with the two whites for bringing them
so much out of their way that they ex.
pec,cd every m ncnt to be murdered.
/ On the 2ith they made Moptauk Light
ard stecrcd for i. in the hope Of running
the vessel ashore, but the tide drfted them
up the bay and they anchored where they
were found by the brig Washington, off
II ISullOucI poilt. ihc ucSioCS "S'0
| found in communication with the shore,
and where the, laid in fresh supply
of water, ard were on the point Of sailn1g
again for the coast of Africa. They had
good supply of money with them. some
Of which 1t is likely was taken by the
people on the beach. Aner they were
disarmcd and sen. on board from the
beach, the ringleader jumped overheard
with three hundred doIbloons about him.
the property Of the captain, all OF which
he succeeded 10 loosing from his person
aud then permitted himsclfto be captured.
1.-THE schooner was taken ia tow by the
lbri, and carried into New London"
TUESDAY, IL o'clock, NJ.
/ We have Just returned from visit TO
the Washington and her prize, which
are riding ut anchor in the bay, near the
fort On board the former we saw and
conversed with tho two Spanish gonllc-
men tho were passengers on board the
schooner, NJ we'll as owners Of the ne :
groes aud most Of the cargo. Ooc of
them, Joso Rues, is a very genilemanly
aud iuiclligen, young man. and speaks
Il Enob. IA u,Iantiv te "a "a tho ov uer nj