The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-05-19

INTELLIGENCE FROM THE COAST OF AFRICA
The o. s. brig Boxer arrived at Philadelphia on
the Sth inst, from the coast of Africa, bringing
sundry miscellaneous items of news, Of interest.
The Boxer has been absent from the United States
nearly two years and half the whole of which
time has been spent in cruising upon the coast of
Africa, and during all this time she has not lost
man either from sickness or casualty. She has
visited every place of Importance between Cape
Verd and Little Fish Bay, has been up the Congo
River, and to other sickly places, but has enjoyed
unbounded health throughout the cruise
Doings on the Coast of Atrica.-Commander
Hope, Of H. B. NJ. sloop Bittern, at Princes Island
last March, in company with the Y. S. brig, Boxer,
reported that short time previous he was at Lagos
in the Blight of Benin, with an American bark at
anchor there-name unknown. As soon as he
Captain Hope) sailed in the Bittern, the bark was
Sold her crew went on shore, and she escaped from
the coast with a large cargo OF slaves. The crew
of the bark were landed on the beach in the even
ing, at Lagos. That same night marauding party
of native blacks came down from Bidagry, for the
purpose of attacking Lagos but falling in with the
crew of the said bark on the beach, and not know
ing them to be white men, they murdered every
soul save one, who was providentIaliy Knocked
down and escaped in the darkness. He got on
board a canoe, and was taken to Bdagry, and fed
and clothed by an English merchant there. This
man stated that soon after he had landed with his
sbipmates from the bark, and before they had time
to leave the beach, the natives attacked them, and
all he recolIects afterward was hearing them cry
for mercy. when he was himself knocked down
senseless and in the darkness was left by the blacks
unnoticed.
Brig Mzlaga.-The brig Malaga, of Beverly,
Mass which was seized by the U. S. brig Boxer
nearly two wears ago, in Kabenda Bay, Coast OF
Africa and sent to the United States on suspicion
of her aiding and abetting the slave trade, was ac-
quilted at the trial and went out again to the coast
of Africa and made two trips between the Brazlls
and the coast On the 18th December last, she was
captured under Brazilian colors, by H. b. NJ sloop
Ferret. with $50 slaves on board, and taken into
Sierra Leone and condemned.
The suboined statement relative to the Malaga
was made in writing TO one OF the officers OF ihe
L. s. brig Boxer, by Lieut.. Maunsell, the English
prize officer:
The Brazilian brig, name unknown, but Tor
meriv the American brig Malaga, was captured by
H. Mr. S Ferret in 3deg. 10 5. latitude. about eight
miles off shore with $50 slaves, Dec. llth.
She had a crew of thirty-three men, of which
five We're Americans, who complained that they
were put on shore in the Portuguese factory in the
Congo river where they were badly treated, and
to save their lives embarked in the said brig.
After capture, four died, having been previously
very i'll from fever CONTRACTED in the Congo river
They complained of being deserted by their COM
mander, who brought the vessel from Rio Janero,
and sold her to the slave factor in the Congo river
lsignedl p. E. MAUssELL, Lieut. H. NJ. g. Ferret. -
OF Two hundred and eighty-eight persons died
In Rnuto.f d,,r;ny A NIL