Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-06-05

Capt Durand ordered me to lay there until be
came back, and then, with the British captain
be proceeded On hoard the nan-of-waf in her
boat. Captain purnhd remained absent some
l twenty minutes. While be was away, told
one Of the crew to tell the passengers to look
out for themselves, for thought the captain
was going to sell the vessel. When Capt Dn-
rand returned on board with the British cap.
tain, was aft By the wheel He told me,
an no longer in charge have no longer any
control over you this man is your master ;
you must obey him. pointing to master who,
with six msn-of-war sailors, had been left or
board. said that Ihad been lawfully shipped
at the American consulate that the ship, so
far as was aware, had been lawfully elearee5
and was bound on a lawful voyage, and that
would obey no man from British cruiser, or
Of any other foreign nation that shipped
under the Amenean f'g, and would go under
no other. The British master Il en- said, II =, d
will not work will send you on board the
man-of-wsr. told him II be to1k me oIt -
the schooner It would be against my will.
Captain Darand rsmaTkedI II you 90 With
those I'D SpsnlsIds they'll pat kHife into
you.' The passengers bad previously been
taken out and conveyed TO the man-of-warj
and, as refused to work, was also sent o.
poard the guubost, where ! was put in irons
When was in irons the captain OF the man
of-wsr offered me the sum Of five hundred dol
lars provided ! would sign paper eertifYing
that was going upon shaving voyage to IN,
coast Of Africa, and be would release me from
the irons and land me wherever | liked ard
said that if | would not DO il, that as wss an
iglishman, as Captain Durand had told him,
ne would keep me on board the gun-boat, and !
was liable to be huns for | will not let you
90 on shore, for il you go to H-vana you wall
make plenty Of trouble for me- had sOms
o'hsr words with hin be threatened to hesve
four d Ken into me,' IT would not sgn the pa
per. 7 refused to sisn It, and demande thst
be should land M where could get to ny CO.
sui He made the same Offer a second time
De even put one of his engineers 10 get me
drunk and furnished liquors Of all kinds, but ]
vas aware Of his object, and took care Of
myself.
When Capt. Durand came on board the man.
of-wur be was much Intoxicated, and told the
English captain 10 secure me, saying | was
great ruff an, aud wouii knife every man on
board. The English Officer and my self again
mad Quarrel. because be accused me Of hav-
ing money in my pocket which | had received
as a bonus for engaging upon an unlawful yoy-
age. / told him be was liar that bad re-
csived one months advance, and that had
been paid of in Havan4 frum ths vessel 10
which bad come with $3.50; the British OH
GERS took away from me seven Spanish dou0-
looms and almost everything | had. | was
rOnlfQ DE NUt DIlLlNu AAN PCS
sengers. The British captain was so drunk be
could hardly s,and. In the mean iRe We had
got to Cavo Piedra, of Csrdenss, where | was
sent oD board a Spanish steamboat bound to
Havana. left c. plain Dursnd on board the
gunb5at: the passengers had been put On board
a pilot boat The British captain first gave me
one eoubloon, and upon my demonstrating win
him be gave me another he was drunk, very
druuk. A pair of shoes was returned 10 me
also; almost everything else was taken fron
ne.
When the British captain came on board The
Cortes, be was not drunk but be soon after te-
came Intoxicated and continued 50 until l left
him. Captain Durand was kept IN the same
condition; the rest Of the officers and crew Of
the Forudfd, with one OF two exceptions, were
also drunk and behaved more like pirates sni
thieves than men belonging to war vessel
arrived in Havana the 23i; two Of our crew
came with me is the steamboat; aroiher was
sent with passengers on board the pilot boat (;
the steward and one msh remained on q e
Cortes. do not know what amount OF mon y
was taken from the passengers. but u was
large sum. The passengers ard myself we
made to strip almost naked on the man-or-wsT,
and our persons were carefully searched FO 7
Of the passengers were put into irons, the rest
were not ; and we got very little food, and that
no Of the bsst kind"
Ine English papers nave an account oi tuf
capture of rich SLAYER" which may, prob
ably, have some connsetion with the above
The account is given in a letter from Lieut..
PyIr, of the gumboat Jaspa, and, in substance,
is as follows:
"We have captured and brought in, may
safely say, the largest and richest prize ever
captured in the slave trade. She is full
rigged and fast sailing ship of $50 ions bur
then, with full slave equipment, and provls-
ions for their susteuanee. She also has Or
board specie in gold to the amount OF 200
ounces, Spanish and Mexican, or about f oOO
sterling. Her name and ration are unknown
We captured her on the north side Of Maianzas,
on the % of March, she having sailed from
Havana on the previous night to Pur -hase and
bring over slaves for the Island OF Cuba"
The writer adds that the Siyr shares, but the
Jaspa will share in the proceeds Of prize
taken previous dav hv fhr Yur.