New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-30
WEST INDIES.
CAPTURE OF AN AMERICAN SLAYER
373 NEGROBs RESCUED.
Fro,- TIE Fairoya fJamaiea) Pot

St. AIMS Bay were thrown into a state Of consders-
bic excitement BY the arrival Of schooner-evidenty
Ameican--towed into port by her MaJestys or.s
Arab. 1t was a-certained that the schooner wa
sa,er, and that she lad on board large NUMBER OF
Caytiyes. II appears hat the Captain oil me AaD
had received information that q bark ana scnooncI
were e1pected in Cuba from the Coast Of Africa, each
with n cargo of siayes. strict watch was therefore
kept and Monday, the lJth ins''' q suAplciouS-
looking craft with full press OF sai making
he bet of her way to her destined port. She was
closely nursued and the Captain finding that there
was no po-sibiy Of escaping from the Arab, deserted
her taking with him in shallop his crew, money,
chronometer and other useful articles. The COM
mander Of the Arab dispatched his gunbost with ff-
seen men, under the command Of his First Lieutenant.
with orders for the capture OF the shalop The chase
continued for nearly three hours, and shot having
destroyed the udder OF the shalop the Captain, who
was owner Of the SLAYER, surrendered. Two of his
principal slaves and an Interpreter taken from
the shaop, and the crew left in it to make the
best of their way TO Cuba.
The first Lieutenant then boarded the schooner,
and found her filled with young Africans males and
females to the number of 49, no less than l27 having
fallen victims to the horrors Of the middle passage dur
ing voyage OF ~ days. The poor captives We're in
wretChed CONDITIONAL Of them were naked-and the
greater part seemed to have been halt-starved They
were packed closely together and covered with dirt
and yermin. On the arrival of the schooner in 81.
AIMS Bay, several gentlemen went on board, and their
sympaties excited at the misery they wtne Nsed
Messrs. Bravo e. Brother suggested measures which
were adopted aud, with their usual beralty ordered
steer to be killed, and soup prepared for the suffer-
ers; other gentlemen furnished ground provisions
bread &c. and while the food was being prepared the
whole Of the human cargo brought upon deck and
washed, and had blankets given TO them until clothing
could be procured. Thirty of them were in dying
state, but the most humane attention paid 10 them
and up to the time when our informant left ST. Anns
Bay they were all alive, aud expected to do well.
The Hon. Charles Reyes, CusOs of the Parish, sent
Of, without loss of time, dispatch to his Excellency
the Lieutenant Governor, acqualnng him with all the
atar. .t.dxn and
questng to be informed whether the captives should
be handed over to proprietors OF estates who were
anxious to procure their services.
The captain OF the schooner refused to give bis
name the name of the vessel but stated that he
would be loser of $50 000-a loss which did not
cause him much concern, as he had made other and
successful trips A great deal OF information, how
ever, has been obtained from the Interpreter, who
mentioned that several vessels left the African
coast-that they were to have sailed with full
cargoes-that, upon an average, two vessels departed
weekly each with 500 to 700 slaves on board-that
the ade rapidly increasing and that the slaves
being landed in Cuba were worth from 500 TO 500
each. With regard TO those that were captured in
the schooner there was but one days supply of pro-
visions the day of capture, and limited was the
quantity of food doed out to them during the passage
that when they the soup, bread vans, &c, which
were sent on board by the gentlemen of st. AIMS,
they made a rush to get at them, and il was found
necessary to exercise rigid discipline, in order that
the numbers that were the most enfcebed should be
the first supphedf
The slave schooner has two decks and between
them the captives packed in such manner that
they had scarcely room to During each day of
the voyage they sat in painful posture eighteen
inches only being allowed for each to turn in. and IN
deck-roOm OF 80 feet in length 800 human beings
slowed away, and brought up in platOons every
day to get small portion of fresh air. The schooner
draws but six feet Of wafer is of great BREADTH and
and thus built to enable her. in
of pursuit, TO into port where there is not
much depth Of water. The interpreter states that
hon t,taiu
they make their way to particular point of land ON
the Cuban coast the vessels ashore and leave the
slaves TO perish The place alluded TO is surrounded
with rocks-none but fat-bOttorned boats can get in
and the whole of that portion of the coast is banched
with human bones.
The commander of the Arab is in pursuit of the
@ 6on at s"eG e soon have accounts of her cap
ture. I'll
Ii now remains to be what arrangements VIII
be entered into by the authorities at headquarters Tor
the nroner care and treatment of the unhappy crea
tures who have been stolen from their families ana
friends VIII means be adopted to civllze ana chrls
tanize Them or will they be left like thousands OF
other Of their counrymen to live like saVageS, ana IN
the indulgence of the customs of their native land
The 1913 liberated slaves WILL OF course, be appOr-
toned in lots to the proprieors whose applications
are in the Office Of the Lieuenant';overnor lis tx
celencv will naturally avail himself of the advice of
his Executive Committee whose duty 1t viii De to IN
sist that the captives be decently and comfortably
donicied-that the terms OF their apprenticeship De
fixed by immigration Agents, anu DonuS INV
for the fulflment of cOnracts-that the immigration
Agents have free to the locations OF the ap-
prentces for the purpose of nqurng into their treat
ment-that provisions be made at the expense oi the
EMPLOYERS for moral and religious tuition-and also
that EMPLOYERS instead of sending the SICK
TO poorhouses shall procure the services OF
medical practitioners have them attended 10
in hospitals by competent nurses, and sup
plied with medicines and such nourishment
rs NAV be essentially necessary. The lnmlgra-
on AGENTS should be required to forward to the Gov
ernor quarterly reports stating whether all the cohu
tops of the bonds have been faithfully computed win
or not and if il be found that the employers nave iaed
in the performance Of their obligations the pains anu
penalties should be enforced 1t is only under such re-
trictons and with wholesome regulations for the man
agement of these poor Africans that their settlement
in Jamaica will be beneficial TO the planters and theni-
selves There ought not to be lesser number than
foty or fifty apprentced to an estate, for OF all persons
in the world there who regard national ASSOC
Citations more than the " sons and daughters OF that
benighted land, which has served to furnish human
cattle 10 protesting Christians, owing allegiance to the
Catholic Sovereign of Spain.
The first effective blow has been given to the slave
trade by the capture Of the American schooner which
il now In the harbor of the principal town in the
parish of ST. AIMS; aud hope that will be fol
lowed BIZ the seizure and condemnation OF the bark
which the Arab is in search OF. Let the British GOv
eminent carry out the suggestions that have emanated
from the Anti. Slavery meetings p this Island Let
the gunboats that were built for the prosecution Of
the War with Russia be engaged in the suppression Of
the Infamous traffic and the planters of Jamaica and
other West India Colonies will soon be able to COM
pete successfully with foreign rivals, who are now
amassing immense wealth in consequence oil the ala
which they receive, from the United States OF Repub