The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-03-18

held at Hindsville tho and instant TO take into
consideration the evils resulting from slsctione
nremium was paid that vessel which srst worked a
passage through the Welland Canal in the spring
proposed by the shpowners at Cleveland to that
which sha nrst pass through Macknaw Straits to Lake
Michg.n OF feet Of 90 vessel, nov ~ that =. pnos
the ice will permit and the pioneer 10 nave the purse
The New Orleans Pcayune of the 9Th instant says =
Within the past week we have seen cucumoets greer
and aspara gus in this cyin fact the TWO latter
have been common for two or three WEEKS. They WIZ
doubtless be Dragging small potatoes before long
There arc at present al convicts in the State prison
Of Louisiana.
carefully saved last fall and have been husbandsd with
much during the winter that the supply of them
this spring will be very fair The price hero now ~
cents per bushel.
The old town Of Sparta Livingston county has been
formed into three towns viz North Danville sparta
and West Sparta This division appears 10 DC accepta
BILE.
The resolutions passed In the Assembly, in relation
to the old pilot monopoly. made the order OF the
day in the Senate, for Tuesday.
Something 10 gong at Montreal having for its
object the introduction of Mr. Papineau into the Minis
The Touring mill of Mr. John Brown in Chippewa,
Wayne county Ohio was burned last week, with all
its contents. Something 5000 bushels Of wheat
were destroyed.
St. Patricks day was celebrated in Philadelphia, yes
terday by public dinner at the Wyoming House, No.
43 Walnut st., at o'clock, r. NJ
Milwaukee Wisconsin, is to be made city. It has
population of ten thousand
Tho operatives in the Trenton Calico Works have
struck against the "order" system
The suit Of clothes which Washington wore when he
delivered his first Inaugural Address, was
in wooen factory in the city of Hartford and the hrst
Of the kind established IN the country IL was es-
tablished. II IL said, in 1870.
There was a copous fall Of rain at Portland, Me,
Saturday which finished the seighng, which had con-
tinued good for hundred and three days. without
interruption.
Since the change Of rulers in New Hampshire, it is
most probable that that State will be divided into Con-
gressional districts.
Samuel Hawksn, 4 veteran Of tho last war, and
who fought bravely in the battle Of Baltimore 10 the
democratic candidate for Mayor Of st. Louis
More than 1000 Choctuws have rendezvcused at vcks
burg on their way to the nation west under the super
vision of Major Armstrong.
The Committee Federal Relations in the Louisiana
Legislature have reported series Of resolutions de.
questionable and in favor Of giving Great Britain i'm
mediate notice Of cessation ofoint occupancy by the
two Governments.
murder slave the present session Of the Court
Of Common Pleas for Edge6eld District, South Caro-
lima
Hon. Edward Everett, will be inaugurstsd Prssi.
dent Of Harvard College, on the first OF May.
Judge Reese ordered special term OF the Shelby,
March. isas for the trial Of Henry Bsttusr charged
with decoying young girl from her parents.
The Postmaster General has discontinued the post
office at Alton Franklin county, Ohio, on account Of
the decnation Of the postmaster and being
commended for appointment: All mailable matter for
that Office will hereafter be delivered at Columbus and
West Jefferson.
ANOTHER SLAYER CAUGHT.-ln addition to the
bark Pons, the official account Of whose capture
We this day publish, says the Washington Union we
learn that another American vessel supposed to be
gagged In this infamous traffic has been sent into the port
vessel named the Panther and Is SAID to have sailed
from Providence Rhode Island, to Rio Janeiro, and
Africa II stated that had made ents to
ceive board 500 slaves We hope to publish the
ocss account Of her capture BY the states ship
UNITED STATES sH,r YoRxrowr,
Kabinds, (Afrca) Dec. Is, lsA5.
SRA I'll have the honor to inform you that addressed
q letter to you on the s0th ultimo, giving an &C.
count Of the capture Of the American bark Fons, Of
on board, duplicate Of which nov enclose. was 50
anxious to despatch the vessel in the shortest for
~ % that inv not 10 my
to give you moro particular account Of this YES.
sell viii endeavor to do go and also state some
facts which have since come to my knowledge.
The Pons. under the command Of James Berry, At
anchor al Kabnda for days before she took
sn By s.s ysns
mander Layton At about nine O'Clock the morning
Ct s B. ss ap #. 20
Gallano who commenced getting on board the water,
provisions, and slaves: and 80 expsdious were they in
vessel under way, having embarked nine hundred
and three slaves Instead Of standing directly to she
kept q
north Of Kabnda, when they discovered the Cygnet In
the n They uIl s all ,ns, n. a n
beach, in hope Of shpwreck They continued In this
situation until meridian when finding they had not been
discovered they set their lower sails In order to clear
the shore and the Cygnet drew oom the land they
afterwards set their more lofty ones Two days after
wards captured her. Her crew consisted Of Span
iards Portuguese, Bnzilians and from other
tries and although continuing under the American hag
with probably American papers, not one American was
As could not despatch her the evening Of her cap
ture, she kept company with us that night The next
one jumped overheard. So many dying in so short
time accounted for by the captain in the necessity
osOs 81 b rs @ With IN ne n ords
to escape detection.
The vessel had slave deck and upwards Of eight
hundred and fifty piled, almost In bulk the
Casks below these males; about forty fifty
females were confined in half Of the roundhouse
the use Of the officers As the ship appeared to be less
than three hundred and atty tons, seemed impossible
About two hundred Oiled the spareck alone when they
were permitted to UP from below and yet the cap
tain assured that his intention to have taken
four hundred on board he could have spared the
time.
The stencil from below great that II impoI
sible to stand more than few moments s near the hatch
forced up sick In a few minues then all the matches
or What must have been the suherings Of these
formed that very oen in those cases. tbs stronger will
srsnglo the weaker; and this was probably the reason
why 50 many died. rather found dead the morn
ing after the capture None but eyewitness form
conception Of the horrors these poor creatures must
endure In their transit across the ocean.
regret to say that most Of this misery II produced
by countrymsn they furnish the means Of con-
vsyance in spite Of existing enactmsnts and although
there are strong circumstances against Berry the late
master Of the Pons" sufcient to induce dstain
him. II should meet with him, yet fear neither he nor
his employers be resched by our present laws He
will NO doubt make II sppear that the "Pons" was be-
yond his control whom the slaves were brought on
board. Yet from the testimony Of the men who came
over from Rio a. passengers, there II no doubt the
whole affair arranged at Rio. between Berry and
Gallano before the ship sailed. These state that
the frs. place they anchored at Onin the river
Lagos In the Blight Of Benin here they dischargeda por
ton Of their cargo and received board number Of
hogssheads or pipes filed with wator. These were
slowed the ground tier and tier Of casks contsn-
ing spirits were placed over them. They were then
informed that the vessel was going to Kabinda for load
Of slaves.
On their arrival at the latter place the spirit was kept
ON hoard until DAYS before Berry gave tho COM