Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-02-03

|'1'S' MAJ VIC nave no eye 10 the lnlofnl7
er's reward The sense of duty which
we feel binding on US, and which calls
us to have recourse to every jus. expe-
dlent for preventing the slavery and sale
Of men, is our sole ffio:iye(; and that VIC
superintend a colony planted with view
Of hastening the iipm extinction of the
Slave trade, by every legal means, (1on
KEGS don't tikeftis restriction, and of in
Producing the arts of civil life, and the
|blessingsof benefcent religion among
the hitherto oppressed and degraded AT,
rlcans, Deacon Pe6iddy/ Dc Go. groaa in
PIE inner nan. will with the enligh:en-
ed inhabitants of/Amcrica, prove our
complose Justification. a.: 49,.
We remain with the utmost respect,
You; most obedien! humble scrv'ts,
= WILLIAM DAWES, Governor,
=. ZACHARY MAcArLEy. Treas,
= In Council"
+. AMI now, lei US see the enclosure for
waried under cover, and received 'this
29;h DAY OF MARCH, 1894" Itabouuds
in specimens Of old English spelling,
("ye" for the" dc, &c) bnt it gives a
faithful account, however. OF matters and
things well worthy the attention Of Van
kcedom, DEACON Pebiddy~& CO. Read
the old English Governors
"AccorEr OF AMERrcAx VESSEL. TRAD
ING FOR SLAVES TO THE CoASr
or A TEBICA- 1903 -
."lst, The Brig Pearl, belonging to
New York, owner, Nicholas Crugaf
She arrived in Gambia River, sometime
in179e. Befo%c TIL list OF January, 1898,
Ethorc had died, cut ~of Ecr, The Captlin,
Kthe supcrcaraor tie Second Mac and
some Seamcu, (t!ese "PRorIDExcEs, :" cs
our Deacon 'e""ld cell them, arailel aotf-
ing). Joha Howard. { OF .rhctfr aame
,.tor su-h q jU>:ncSs!) John Howard, who
had como qp; IN the Pearl as lst Mate, on
the dca:h Of the Captain and Supercargo,
! took charge e lhe. vessel and cargo. which
he carried to the Rio Nunez, in February
I or March, '93, and there he continued to
trade for slaves, (Mis John Roward, } ill
! the moth ofNovcmber following. During
Ithat time. the Peal was Twice in Sierra
Leone. She left the Rio Nuncz the lOtll
Iot l2Gh Of November, 1898, with about
1875 slaves on board, bound to tho Bonna,
mar ~ where Capt. Howard was to take
in more slaves. Buton the 18th ofNo-
>enber. when she was abreast tie Isle
Of Matacone, about 8 leagues to the nor'h
ward Of Sierra Leone, the slaves on
bord mu!inicd and took possession o;
the vessel. -Tlr crow escaped by ge,i
ling into the Jolly Boat, in which they
arrived at the Isles de Loss OH the i 9th
Capt. Howard died Of his wouuls@soon
after their arrival. ... M It.
Mr.. jackson, who resides Sia the
Isles De Loss, AS AGENT for Messrs.
John and Thomas IIodgsons Of Liver
|pooi, dispatched the ship Nancy, of Lily
erpool, Belonging 10 these gentlemen land
commanded by Thomas Smythe, in pur-
suit of the Pearl, .tearing tie uew crew
might fail into sl"rery, no DOUBT In
consequence Of which, she was retakcn
(oye) and broughtin:o the Isles De Loss
on the 22nd Of November Qnjck mork,
tfuly-l7N, 1919 and 22nd Of Nov. r. 1t
is Supposed that the Captain meant to
convert the vessel and cargo, to their
own emolument,5 (rery Ike ;niaeI q true
Yankee cooperation, y although they
were under the:colors of a Nation Ton.
kee again, in STATE Of friendship with
our own. And now, erenpt omnes, and
so ends one -Inglico- Yankee "operot;on' :
in stapes
Witnesses to the above: Crews Of
the Pearl, of New York = of .kate Con-
oily, Of rCharles;own; a smut Catbolic
pyre--a Hnte .he:ato,ab IN lie mnsedi0te
suburbs Of, Dcacom Pe],fdy d, Co ,.ct
phich are hare read some accounts IN these
latter days, and Of the Lnioa. fisher,
of. Salcm, q "otojl2. fishery in 3iGssochu-
sef.s Bay, fo-~i: oHengogea IN tie same
basiness, all m"'cohoot" as hs IKcstra
phrase Il. only qnarrel''ng amongst
themselves, aIom Tie d';;gision Of TIE &PoA'
the LIVE cARco.] So ends Case No. l.
..,l> p IL CASE No. 9. IL &C..
The Brig William, Billings, Mas.
ter, belong to Charles Town, close 10 tie
"4Hodern -itheas, = as obore reeited. l..
,"She came into Sierra Leone River, on
1.-THE 9Th Of February. 1898. but had
been on the coast some time before. Al
the time there were upwards of % slaves
on board Of her. Billings dispos'
Tod Of part of kis cargo. ru01S>l7f't0bably To
Mr.. lilly at Ba0cG Island, and agreed 10
take slaves in return. After which, he
went, with his vessel to the Isles De
Loss, where she remained till she Quilted
the coast ..--t' .s,.5 IS Is ...ffs ...1' r'.r
"S9r.ie time in the monthfo Of March OIL
April, Capt. Billings came to Bance Is.
land in a craft, in order to receive The
slaves Mr. TilIy had agreed to, give him
He accordingly. procured from Mr.. Tilly
las many as the craft could conveniently
carry, and left Sierra Leone Riyer viii
them to Join lis vessel NJ The Isles ID
Loss but neither he, The slaves, nor th'
craft, were eyer seen or heard anything
of. The mate, however, continued e
trade for slaves, and some time before th'
month 5of July, he bad left the Isles d.
Loss, with Cargo board the William, o
more than leo slaves, bound, it Is sup
kposed, for Surinam.s The mates name
was - Ibut mo- n,dRer--sre k''oae trhc
1is tasiness ,Cas. i ls 4