New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-11

About 10 O'Clock on Monday the stsautug Youn,
America took her in tow and stood down the bav
Giving them fair start, the officers followed on The
tSlic Only Son. To AVOID creating any alarm. only
the ordinary Of the pursuing boat appeared on
deck, the remainder keeping clote below. A. they
nesreJ the Braman, the order was given for every
man to buckle on his broadsword and look to hi.
pistols. De Angels then stepped to the gaugway of
the steamer and observing that the brig was entering
the Naows and oosing her sails preparatory to cast
ing off, babe the captain give his boat all the ste .n
she could carry. In few seconds she was aongsid.
the Bfaman, and the officers were on her deck and
had her cabin doors secured before her crew recovered
from the surprise. At first nobody knew who wa.
csft'c. but DE Angels got sailor TO point him out.
Capt. Dclano then acknowledged he the captain,
and demanded the cause of this unceremoniOus pro-
ceAnre and Mr.. DE Angels blaodly invited him to
show tis papers. He produced his clearance,
but said he had no manifest. In answer
to other nteTcgatoes Ire said he had seen hs
owsep: did not know to whom the vessel belonged,
to whom she consigned at st. Thomas, nor wha.
.bis cargo oorsi-,Nd Of Nor could he say where he
going to from ST. Thomas; in short, in answer 10
most Of the inquiries propounded to him he wa.
thoroughbred Know-NOthing. TO Capt Faunce of
tho Revenue Cutter he told one story about his
voyage; TO Mr. DE Angels very different one, and
then he denied to both Of them that he had ever said
what they said he had told them. No doub, he wa.
10 confused that he did not know wha. he wa. saying
One thing he clear ip-he wished himself safely
out Of the scrape.
The Braman brought back aud anchored under
the guns Of the revenue cutter Washington and then
the crew counted. II was found that there were
nineteen persons, in all, on board. large crew for
schooner. On calling over the names of the crew,
from the shipping list, seven persons answered to their
names The Captain asked If those were all OF
his crow. lie replied in the Affirmative but thu Mar
shss, being rather inqusively inclined, discovered
FIVE others snugly slowed away in the forecastle.
When all mustered, they answered to their n.mes
follows:
Capt. A. Deieno Michael J. Heyland, mitc.
VIM. Pent second mate.
syAMIs.
Thomas Silver John Williams,
Joseph Marie John Pedro,
Thomas John Antonio + manuel
John ROsseau. Aureo Pinto,
Cecil Antoine Francis Morris,
Lewis Brown, Angelo Moecca,
Frank Gray.
The above are all either Spanards Portuguese,
with the exception Of the Captain who is an American
and resident Of this city, and the first mate, who
ships papers as citizens of New York, Massachusetts,
Virginia and Louisiana, but their knowledge of En-
giish was exceedingly limited In addition to the
above there were on board;
Plsc:do dc Castro, supercargs.
Joseph Pedro D'Achuna,
Antonio Henriques.
The two latter denied that they had sny interest IN
the vessel ard said that they lived at the St. Nicholas
Hotel and merely came to their friends off to sea.
Capt Fausce the aboard bic cutter whittier,
in the course of the evening, they followed by
their officers The negro cook says he shipped for
ST. Thomas and thence TO California. When informed
that the brig suspected of being SLAYER he be-
perfectly furious, and that be would cut
the captains throat if l.e ever caught him.
The Braman is fine hermaphrodite brig of 1875
tsps about four years old, Baltimore built, and very
strong and feet. She recently purchased for
80 500 As yet her cargo unkno NJ, there being no
manifest board ard the captain pretending he knew
nothing about it, She has between 80 900 and 1000
gallons of water, large number of palm oil shocks,
tarpsuns for the deck cargo, sweeps large supplyo
spare sars and sas and lumber suitable for slave
deck In the cabin were charts of the River Gambia
and the save coast, aud very large nag
with q red ball in the center for signaling
But DO chats could be found of the
She co1ies two large boats and is pierced for four
gum. No ccppers have yet been found, but -
supposed that six large heavily hooped aud double
hesdcd casks contain the needfu cooking apparatus.
II ia r. ported that she has guns secreted under the
cargo But the most peculiar feature on the brig is
low bsIkhead or guard, foot or 20 high, run
ming across the upper deck, Just AFT the fore
mast, with extra scuppers pierced inside. THIS
yuard il caulked and white-leaded water tight.
hs use is to keep the spray and water which break
over tho bows from wetng that part OF the deck upon
which the negro women and boys are penned. While
the men are slowed below they generally carry the
women and boys on the upper deck under an awning.
The guard is peculiar to ssvers, and, 30 Tar as we
know, ia never seen on any other vessel.
Thoec who profess to be acquainted with the details
of the slave trade assert that when is desirable TO
save the vessel they take in a small cargo of pils
oil on the Coast and construct their slave deck
over the casks. They then load up with human be-
ines and make with all speed for Cuba or Brazil
AAtr landing their living cargo, the slave deck is
pitchec overheard, and the vessel comes into Ne"
York OF any other American port, as though she had
cleared from the West Coast with eg' imste cargo OF
palm oil. duly consigned and safely delivered. Whether
the ehooks in the Braman intended for ms
purpose or not only be determined a'er iHr'h'r
invtstig alton.
Since the above was writer, partial exanna"on
Of the briggs cargo has been made, when II was found
that abe had enough provisions ON board Tor nea ~
wears cruise Size was cleared with cargo o. lOi
empty casks and II casks with water for ballast No
empty casks could be found, bu, in their stead were