Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-03-27
FROM THE COAST OF AFRICA.

are Indebted to our correspondents of the S,-
lem Register for advices from the Coast of
Africa, received by the Ohio. A vessel. sun.
posed to be from Philadelphia, with nine
hundred slaDes ON board, has been captured
by the Yorktown, and sent home. The par
ticulars are given in the letter below
Salem Register office, March O., 1916.
capture Of an american Silrcr ,rih Nine
Hundred Slapcs.--Capt. Ryder, of the Ohio.
from Port Praya, has furnished us with Mon
rovil papers to Dec. 10, and a Circular from
the Methodist Missionaries at Monroyia. da-
ted Dec. II. The Circular gives the partic-
u'ars Of the capture of the barlue Pons, of
Phil Idelphil, with nine hundred slaves. on
the LIST Of December, by the u S. shin York
town, Capt. Bell, in lat. 3 south, three DAYS
out from Cabenda, bound to Rio Janeiro.-
When the Pons was first seen, she raised
American c%olors, supposing the Yorktown
was a British cruiser but DISCOVERING The
mistake, Immediately hoisted the Portuguese
flag. On boarding her, and demanding her
papers of the Portuguese captain, he replied,
81 have thrown them overheard" On be-
ing asked what was his cargo, he said.
"about 900 slaves" On farther eyamina.
ton it was found that she had shipped 9l3.
between the ages Of 8 and 80, only AZ of
them females, and left at the factory 400 or
500 more, which they had intended to have
taken in the same vessel, but were prevented
by the proximity of a British cruiser, from
which they narrowly escaped. The Pons
was put under the charge of Lieut.. Cogdell,
and was II days in getting up TO Monrovia.
during which time about $50 of the moor
wretches died--some of them jumping over
board in a fit of desperation--and on their
arrival at Monrovia, several of the slaves
were in a dying state, and many were so
emaciated that their skin literally cleaved to
their bones, and the stencil of the crowded
hold was suilocating.
The recaptured slaves were landed at Mon
rovia, and measures We're adopted for taking
care of them, by the u. S. Agent for Liber,
ated Africans--300 of them by the Metho-
dist Mission establishment there, who have
issued a circular, appealing to the Christian
public for aid.
The Pons had sailed for the United States
(supposed for Philadelphia) under charge of
Lieut.. Cogdell,
A letter from one of the Methodist Mis-
s%ionaries gives a horrid account of the suffer-
ings of the slaves, and says it is utterly i'm
possible for language to convey an appropri-
ate idea OF the horror of their situation-the
living and the dying were huddlad together
with less care than is bestowed upon the
brute creation--the thermometer at 100 to
100 in the hold. Most of the slaves were in
a state of nudity, and many had worn their
skins through, producing putrid ulcers, which
fed swarms of fl~ies.-Boston .QdrertiSer.
The CHURcH AND SLAvERY.-Testimony
of Robert J. Breckenridge, ID. d.. We pre-
scented, some time ago, the testimony of Al
bert Barnes (not an active abolitionist) 10
the fact that the Churches in general are i'm
plicated in the guilt of slavery. We add,
now the testimony of Breckenridge. of Bal
timore, a Jealous Colonizationist, and a VIC
lent opposer of "modern abolilionism." For
his seltconsistency we cannot indeed youch.
But we shall repel the charge of having SLAM
dereI the Churches about slavery, by citing
such authorities as Barnes and Breckenridge,
and the Presbyterian Synod of Kentucky,
concessions which cover the whole ground of
debate, and fully justify all that we have ev-
er said on the subject.
Its political aspect, we grant, is bad
enough, and fairly bellies our high sounding
professions of republicanism, but lis eriLs, an
Z moral point IF uielc, mag truly be termed
LEGION. Tn church has cherished it in her
bosom, and sustained it by her example, I'M
til il has reared its head 80 high ia the sane
tuary as almost to BID DEFIANCE TO HER Au-
THORITY. This is evidently one of the worst
signs of the times. But if we must wait for
the civil authorities to take the lead in oppo-
sing this sin, what is it but an acknowledge
ment that politics are purer than religion.
"We are truly in a wofnl plight, if the
church must abandon her contest with sin
and lean for support upon the arm of the
world. Perhaps nothing tends so much to
perpetuate this monstrous system as the ac-
knowlodged fact hhaf men truly pious support
il Jy their erampe. This hallows it in the
eyes of the world. Would the church only
see to the removing of such props, the uR-
Sighily fabric must soon latter and JaH."
Such is the testimony of DR.. Breckenridge,
one of the great men Of the Presbyterian
Church. 1t may be asked why this testimo-
ny produces no more effect among P~resbyte-
riAns, and why he is not as obnoxious among
them as the 50 ultra abolitionists " are. Per
haps the reason may be that DR.. Brecken-
ridge believes that = men truly piOuS support
slavery by their example" While the Doc
tor continues to fellowship incorrigible slave
holders as Christians, he will not greatly dis
turb pro-siavery religionists, nor trouble their
consciences, nor provoke their ire. We would
suggest to the Doctor, a slight amendment of
one of his sentences, so as to make it read
thus "Perhaps nothing, tends so much to
perpetuate this monstrous system as the con-
%cession, that those may give evidence of be-
ing truly pious men, who, in despite of all
remonstrance and entreaty, persist in sup
porting it by their examPle.-Christian In
resttgatOr,