Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-17

!, C.rrrRe CT l SLAvER-A slip from The office
Of The Salem Register. gives the following az
count OF The capture oil slave vessel, Supposed
10 be lrc,n Philadelphia and lie dreadful suhef-
ings OF The slaves
Cap,uye Of an American Ssas-cr, -: nae mr.
d,ed SYores-C Capt. yder, Of The Ohio, from fof'
Praya. has furnished Us with Monso'ia pafei.
" Dec 10. End a Circular from The Meinouisl
missionaries al Monrovia, dated Dscenpci -
The Circular gives The pi., n.'ie y sae
of The bark Pcns OF Philadelphia, WIN mae nun.
dred siares n, me IS. q. December b. HE y.
shin Yorktown, Cap, Bell, in lal. aoui''' . gaSs
ont from Caben Ia, bound 10 Rio Janeifo: "heh
| ,ba fonS was FIRST seen she raised A@sffe ~ :"
lors snpnnosins The Yorktown was b,''M
,cni.er. bnl discovering The mislaae, Inisieu'.'e
lv boisied The Portuguese flag. cn ooatdinS hef
AMI demanding her papers OF ne fottusueSe Cd
tain. he replied, 4 have thrown 'heni overheard.
On being asked what was MS cargo, ne sa'u
| ,abou, 900 slaves On father examination, u
was found that she had shipped 3, between he
ages of s ard so, only AZ OF them lemaies' ano
lei, a, The factory 4 or 500 more. which hey had
/ intended 10 have taken in The same 'essel Du'
| were prevented by The proximity OF hti,'sn
| ciuizer, from which lhey Narrowly escaFea.-
| The Pons was III, under lie chaISeo Q! Lieutenant
| Cosdell. and was Ii days in getting up 70 Hohfo
! via. during which time about l3U OF 'hc F2"l
wrclches ded-some of them jumping o'eiDoa'o
| in a fit Of Gespera:cn-and on hei "'Ihfi :.
MorroYia, several o. The slaves .eie ~ :! " ."T
Stale. and many were so emaciaieu, MAJ 'aeil
skin cjeaved 10 their ZONES; and The stench
of The crowded hold was almost suhocalihs..
The rocamurcd slaves were landed al mon.
| royia and measures were adopted Tor taxing care
or ,b.rn hv The U. S. Agent Tor Liberated Airi-
| cans-:}00 Of them by the Methodist Mission es-
lablsbmerl ,iers, who have issued circular, ap-
pealins 10 the Christian public fer aid.
The Pons had sailed Tor the United Sia'es,
(sucrosed Tor Philadelrhia) under charge u
Lieutenant Cogdcll. ,,...:,
ries gives ho!rid account Of he sGae!lngs q
,hs slaves and saws il is utterly impossible TO;
| language 10 convey an appropriate 'cea OF ine
horrors q. their suaton-lhe living ana 'nc q!
oe were huddIed together with less care tAal :
bssrowed INTO The brute crealion-the ,hermoihe-
Tor :, 100 10 leo IN The hold. Most Of me saves
were in state of nudity, and many hau wol,
their skin through, producing purid ulcers "nfc'
fed swarms OF flies"
The New York Commercial Advertiser c9ries
the above and remarks that the Pcns - no oo"o'
the captured vessel reported b Capt. " A''liesey'
OF the brig.Atan,ic as The Panihea, OF Pro"i'
dence. spoken BY him on The 2Sih OF February.
The Philadelphia q. S. Gazette has me fellow
Ing xplanalcry paragraph:
"We are informed upon good authority iha'
The baroue Pons was sold .. Rio &c jane as
trader by her owners and tha! al l1tfitst IN htt
on The pa,t of Philadel2nans, ceased seine si'ns
since. Her former Commander, Cap Grahah,'
| under the Philadelphia owners, was al lasi ao-
IL A.. intended
n ,e,urn 10 this city by The first opportunity. lie
conld not therefore have teen On board al TIC time
OF her capture This statement Is necessary 10 90
away with The suspicion lha might arise OF tnni-
adephaps being engaged in the infamous iIaliic
in slaves"
The Charleston papers Of Tuesday lasl, men.
lion The arrival there OF The Panthea, in command
OF Passed Mldshipman Macomb. She WAS Sc
ven,y. five days making The passage from kalen-
da on The Coa>, OF Atrica.-t Baltimore american.
The New Orleans Ficayune makes lie !oliow-
ing remarks upon The two principal addresses
delivered On the occasion oi he organization o.
the new State Government Of Texas:
"The valsdictory q Prssiden: Jones is writ
;en with dignity, mach feeling, ana in patriot
nc spirit. He consrs,uaies the country upon
the peaceful consummaion 81 annexation, an
event The r,3si extraordinary in the annals OF
the world He pronounces The dissolution OF the
Repubc O. Texas with illl sense Of the high
cr blessings t. oe derived from merging into the
American Union, and then cneerlully surrenders
the great trusts committed 10 him.
Gov. Benderson's inaugural address is con-
ceived in prr- spirit Of patriotism. The author
is impressed with profound sense OF The re-
sponsib;ii,ies c. Texas, as new MEMBER Of the
Union, and OF himself as her first Executive Of
ficer. In due time lie will recommend measures
for The action Of the Legislature, as he IS reqnT-
ed by tne Copsiiiution. lie concludes ihus:
"We have this day fully entered tn Union oil
the North American States; let rs give our friends
who so boldly and So MOLLY advocated our cause,
and The friends OF American liberty, no rcason 10
regret their efiolts in our behalf. Henceiorh The
prosperity OF cur sister States will be our pros
peliiy, their happiness our happiness, their quar-.
rels will be our quarrels and in heir wars we will
freely participate