Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-23
DOMESTIC.
(Erpr, the .Sep Orleans .7drertlser.)
u,uC HpEDfE AFFAIR.

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T, ;vea minute detail of the whole matter of the mu
,;ny and subscouent liberation Of the slaves board
that vessel Well may the New Orleans Advertiser
al uWhat American can read it without feeling his
,hroat swell with Indignation at the atrocious conduct
of Her Britannia Maesty's Governor OF all the BAHIA
mas:-What is then the first duty OF our Governmenl
To demand peremp,oriy of Great Britain redress Tor
The WRONGS thus committed against our citizens and re-
paration for the great desl1ucuon OF property
on board the Creole.
w certainl, be properly investigated by our Govern
ment. and trust for the honor OF our country, IN JUS
tice the high character it has tor the promPtness and
decision with which it has enforced respect tor the rights
o it's peope and the dignity of the nation that the
ponsble over will be held TO strict account IN this
case.
or the officers and ere@ Of The american Brig Creole,
hand from Richmond TO Ss,c Orleans, ,ehosc cargo
Of siasss n,utiacd the 7a Of for loi, OF me Hole
IN the FaH-murdered a passenger, 'oonaded the
CAPTAIN and Others and put into Nassau, ~ r., i'here
the authorities confined nineteen Of the mut'neers, and
forcitlu liberated nearly all the Siares
By this public OF protest be known that
ON this second day of December eighteen hundred and
fortv.one before me, WILLIAM YOUNG LEWIS,
notary public in and for the city Of New Orleans duly
commissioned and sworn
Personally came and appeared Zephan'ah y Hi'
ford, acting master OF the American brig called the
Creole of Richmond who declared that the said yes
se sailed from the port of Norfolk in the State of Vr
gnia on the tr,ieth day Of October last past, IA.
dened with manufactured tobacco IN boxes and slaves
then under the command Of Captaln Robert Ensor,
bound for the port of New Orleans IN tue sa'e OF LOU
jsiana. . .
That when abou. 1870 miles TO the North North East
oc the Hole in the WALL the slaves, part thereof on
hoard Of said vessel on the ocers, crew ana pas
sengers killed one passenger, severely wonhoed ihe
Cantan this appearer and part OF the crew; compelled
sa;d a,,earer then first mate, TO navigate sad vessel
10 Nassau in the Island Of New Providence where she
arrived and portion OF the ringedaers OF SAID nsur-
recton, were confined in prison, and the remainder
of said slaves liberated by the British authorizes
of said island and required me- notary, TO make re.
cord of the same, intending more ct leisure 10 detail
particulars:
And this day again appeared the said acting master,
together with Lncius Stevens acting mate mi'ian
Devereux, cook and steward, Henry SPeck, John Si-
W. jacques Lacompte, Francis Foxwe'l, and BLAIR Cur
tiss seamen-al Of, and belonging to said vessel, who
being sever1y according to law, TO declare the
truth and did depose and say:
That when said vessel started aforesaid, she was
tight and strong we'll manned, and provided in every
respect and equipped for carrying slaves
That said vessel left Richmond, the 2oth day OF
October, 1871, with about 102 slaves on board
That about 30 Of said slaves were shipped on board
mr. The 20th of said month"; of which al were shipped by
Rohert Lumpkin, about 80 BY John K. Hewell, by
Nathaniel Mathews, and one BY W. Rooinson That
from that tine about two per day were put on
board hy John r. Hewell, until The SAID 10Th day oil
October so as TO make the number l02
THE Brig then proceeded 10 Hampton Roads and lay
,ba,e one day when about eight put on board by
AIR W. W. Hall for MIR. Hatcher, = BY MIR u r. Sh'eio'
and % for Mr. johnson, making the whole IN NUMBER
l35 slaves. .,
The men and women slaves were divided. Inc men
were all placed in the forward hold of the Brig, except
old Lewis and servant of Mr. Thomas s.cIerSo, VINO
s,ad in the cabin, as assistant servant, anu Tue Go
in the hold ait, except six female servants VINO were
taken in the cabin. Between them was the cargo OF 'he
Brig consisting of boxes OF tobacco
The slaves were permitted 10 go on deck, but the
men not allowed at night TO go IN the Aoiu all
where the women were.
On the 30th October the brig left the Hampton Roads
for New Orleans The slaves were all under the su.
perintendence Of William Henry Merritt, passenger
John r. Hewell had the particular charge OF the slaves
of Thomas McCargo, Theophus NlcCargo, beng con.
sidered young and inexperienced and the general
charge of the other slaves all being under the master oil
tho vessel The slaves nil carefully watched
They were perfectly obedient and quiet, and showed
no signs Of muliny and disturbance, until Sunday the
9TH of November, about Q, r. NJ, in latitude y 40, N
longitude, 70 ~ w. .
The Captain supposing that they were nearer Aba
than they were, had ordered Inc priS 10 Dc au
which was done. A good breeze was blowing at Inc
time and the sky was little hazy, with trade clouds
flying. c,...,
Norris of the slaves OF Thomas Mcoatgo' III, III,
one of the men had gone aft among the women. Mr.
(,hord then called Mr.. Merritt who was ~ the cnoin
and informed him of the fact. Mr. Merritt came uF
and vent TO the main hatch which was the entrance
the AFTER hold, ana asked Two OF tnfes W soe eia.
which were near if any Of the men were down IN ina
hold and he was informed that there were. MT MGR
rit, then waited until Mr. Clifford procured match ane
then Mr.. Merritt went down into the hold win Inc
lamp and lighted 1t. MIR. Clifford STOOD over lne ua.c
way On striking light, Merritt found Madison Wash
ington, a very large and strong slave OF Thomas Mc
Cargo standing at his back. Merritt said to Madison
uIs i possible that you down here You are the
last man on board the brig, expected to find here
Madison replied, "Yes sir, it is me, and instantly
Jumped to the hatchway, and got on deck, saying :"
am going np cannot stay here. He did this IN spite
of the resistance of Clifford and Merritt, who both
tried to keep him back aud laid hold OF h'm tor ina
Madison ran forward aud Elijah Morris fred pis
toll the ball Of which grazed the back part of Gford
head Madison then shouted, awe have begun and
must 90 through. Rush, boys rush aft and we have
them' and calling to the slaves below, he said-"Come
nm eyery damned one Of you. If you don't and lend
hand, will kill you all and throw you overheard
Clifford now ran to the cabin and aroused the Captain
and others who were asleep, and the passengers VIZ
Theopbilus McCargo, Jacob Miller, John H. hew we,
The second mate-Lucius Stevens, the steward-Wii
liam Deyereux, q free colored man, and the slave
Lewis, belonging TO Mr.. 7. McCargo acting as assist
ant steward The slaves rushed aft and surrounded the
cabin Merritt hearing the report OF The pistol oieV
ont his light and came from the hold. In doing this
he was caught by one of the negroes, who cried out
uKill him. God damn him, he is OF them; and TIT
other slaves Immediately rushed upon HIM. one Q
them attempted TO strike Merritt with handspike bu
missed him, and knocked down the negro who wa
holding Merritt. Merritt then escaped to the cabin.
Eewel, at this moment, jumped out of his berth, II
bis drawers, seized a muske,, to the companion
way of the cabin, and after some struggling fired
Thu negroes instantly wrencEed the musket from
Hewell's hands Howell then seized handspike, ant
defended himself from the slaves who pursued him
They thought he had another musket and retFeated
little. He advanced, and they fell upon him will
c]nbs bandspikes and knives. He was knocked down
and stabbed in not less than twenty places, but he
cot swsy from them, and staggered back to the cabin
exclaimng, AZ am dead-the negroes have killed me :
It sbelieved that not more than iooI Q, nso o. va
n.r,os, had knives Ben Blacksmith had the bowl
Knife be wrested from the Captain, and stabbed Hsws
with il. Madison had jack kaifs whish sPpsarss