Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1846-03-19
Further particulars Of the Sla-
yer, captured by the u. 3.
Ship Yorktown, with 900
Slaves ON board.

Slaves ON board.
Capt. Rider Of the Ohio, has furnished tho
editors Of the Salem Register, with Monro'
via papers to December 10Th, and Circular
of the i7lb, published at the Methodist EPls-
copal Mission Office, Monrovio, Liberia, con
,aining a few facts relative to the re.caP'ure
Of nine hundred slaves IN the barque 'Pons,
OF Philajel lpha-their horrible condition on
board their liberation at tho colony OF LII
beIia--their distribution at said colony, &c,
addrcs ssed to the friends of Africa and African
Missions, aud intended as an Appeal TO the
humanity aud benevolcnce Of the Christian
public. The details expose anew all the
horrible atrocities Of the internal traffic and
cannot be read without shuddeL
There is no particular account Of the cap
ture other than the imperfect ones gwen IN
the letters Of the Miss sionsries. after the slave
ships arrival at Monrovia in charge Of Lieut..
CogJell. The Pons Ind been ordered home.
and is perhaps the vessel reported by the
Atlantic a, New York, as the ''Panthea, OF
Providence spoken OH the 25lh of February.
This latter, however, may be another prize
as we understood there was few months ago
at Rio, a trader called the Panther.
The Rev. w. B. IloYr, one Of the Mis-.
siouares who arrived in the Roanoke from
the United States, and had just spent his frs.
Sabbath in Liberia, say-, on Monday, the
l5,h:-
/ 81 had read and heard much of slavery and
the horrors attendant upon the Slave TEade
now an opportunity Offered TO know from nc.
tual observation, whether the statements with
which had been made acquainted, were ex-
| aggerated or not. In company with His Ex.
celency Governor Roberts and several others,
Il this morning went on board the prize.
! had been prepared, to some extent, tor a
scene of horror, by the account ol Lieut..
/ Coedell, the gcnllemany officer IN command
/ but found The half mad not been told me
Il Nay, it is utterly mposs lbe for language Ia
/ convey an appropriate idea Of the suffering oi
I that wrelchpd company. The decks were
\ literally crowded with poor nhject beings
II The living and the dyin. were Guddl.d to-
/ gcthrr " ilh less care il.an Is bestowed upon
The brute creation. Here aud there might be
| seen individuals IN the last agonies of cxpTr.
\ ing nature unknown, and apparently unno-
| uccd. There was no offer Of sympathy to
II alleviate IN the least their misery. Their
4 companions appeared objected weighed down
II with their own sorrows. My heart sickcns
/ at the remembrance Of that law ful scene. As
4 came on the crowded deck, | saw directly
~ front of me one emaciated and worn down
/ by long suffering to q mese skeleton. pinln2
away and apparently near eternity. looked
over into the steeragc. The hot, mcphlilc
arr almost overpowered me. AT the foot o'
\ The ladder, lay two Of the most miserable
beings ever bcheld. They were reduced
/ as the one above named so iha, their bones
I almost prolfuded from their flesh. Large
u sores had hern worn upon theirs sides and
4 limbs as they had been compelled TO lay upon
! the hard plank composing the deck uf The
vessel. They lay directly under the hatch.
way, whittier they had crawled, apparently
|, to obtain n little purtr air. One thought
| dead, until by some slight motion OF the limbs
Il discovered his agonies were not yet ended
4 The other lay with his face toward me and
such an expression OF unmltign.ed anguish,
never beiolc saw. cannot bunsh the hor:lC
picture. These were not isolated cases, bu
as they were those that were first noticed
they made perhaps stronger impression or
my nlnd. ln another part of the vessel lay
+, a little boy plning away. with two other
watching over hun. They were not brothers
hut had been captured from the sam" place
They had protur"h n bit OF mu q tha
had probably been thrown away by som.
OF the crew, aud had placed !, under hi'
aching head for a pillow. Could you have
seen them, ! am sure the fountain Of feeling
would have been broken up and the tear
would have forced themselves irnm thci
hiding place. For the fourteen days tha
the vessel had been under he charge %! th'
present commander. they had been assiduou
in their care: one ar The other of them at
tending Oh hun constantly, aud Keeping watcI
alternately al night for this purpose. Oh i
could portray tho scene rs ] saw IT, could
prescul II 10 your imagination, without an,
coloring, as it was actually presented 10 M
view vour blood would chill in your veins
Five had been thrown over dead, this morn
ing, aud many motc were apparently Just cx
p,rIng. And yet they tell mo, this is coy,
pora'vcIy nothing ;and | should Judge 81
Il # the statement, oi the captured captain Cal
he relied on. lie says that they left som
400 or 800 more at the factory, that he hn
intended to have taken with him on the sam
vessel. hut wa- prevented by the proximity G
m English cruiser"
i Mr.. Benham writes that large propor,io
Of the rc-csplvcs were young persons OF bot
spges between the ages Of s and lS. Anon
the number were AZ g,rs. They speak a
, entirely different language, Mr.. d. says, froI
$ the tribes in ihe region OF Ll5erln, and are
! the distance ot many hundred miles from Il,
J place Of their nativity.
Rev. Mr.. Busss, who edited the Crculn
: says:
= We were at Tho beach q, the imc Of Il,
= re-capiivcs landing from the hold oi the slav'
= ship The poor creatures, many OF who
q must. TO ali appearance, soon be added I" IT
number oi the dead, were most truly oblrc
nl cnnmsscta'lrn. AS they ncarrd The shoI
and were prrnl'ied Ia leap INTO ili. sun ihi
rolled upon the beach, they plunged tIo
u the SIDES of the boat into the cool gralct
U wotef, in such manner as clearly enough
n show that IL Afforded q pleasure not TO be d,
g scrlbed after 40 horrible a captivity. The
wora NINA ciaipI srnrrpd mud fnnnV If thp