The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-09-09
THE SLAVE CARGO AT cHAI Ii

writer in the Chdrlesf0n Courf sr. es that
the cargo ofnegroes recently lande at port
from the brig Echo, which was car tn by the
U. 3. brig of war Dolphin, be ret.in in the
United States, and placed under t.e rye OF
masters who will properly PROVE { them.
We quote from his communication:
The negroes are mostly young UNI TWEEN
ty, perhaps, nearly naked, and mach duced
BY disease; but they are generallyiwel ,rmec,
so much like domestic negroes, that, yessed,
tney would not be noticed, and ars ,eerful
ana gay as possible. They sing, d, q, and
seem as perfectly susceptible OF iiss ,ine as
90 many children. An intefpretoE is board,
ana tney are reported to espress tn utmost
possible repugnance to bein; retaene to Afri.
ca. iney say that they live Tar in TIT Interior,
that their life at best was MT very omfort.
able one, and that they via be eers ia to be
taken, placed again in the birraco6ns nd sent
again to Cuba. They exfress sol Jude to
take whatever life may be tpes To Il n here,
and say at least that they Will Jump srboard
rather than go back.
Under these circumsta ices, Isl ,ot &c.
rious question whether the9 ought I, be sent
away. The President of the Unit I'd .tates is
authorized to make provisions for Il cir afekeep.
ing AND return, but it is no. ms.des ligstory
| on him to return them. Try will be per
mitted, under the present la~s cfs b Caro-.
lima, to remain but, if orr erec Of I'd they
should refuse to 60, they cosld lie sc. while,
II tney snould exhibit the wish 10 &c sin, and
that wish should be complied with b 4,e Uni.
ted States, there coulG be little difsc :. I pre.
sumo, in procuring such action, uhoi, 70 part
OF the Legislature OF ;his STATE, az d sufh
cient3y dispose of them"
The Eueniag Nsps has an able e rial on
the subject, IN which 1t is again 81 ID tina,
the negroes are from the interior ei Z ca. and
mat tney manifest great repagnanee be ides
of being sent back. The Eescs s,ys
Our community is much axaii on the
question, What shall be done With Afri
caps{ AS the law iy explicit III ton tC
their. disposal, it is to- be hoped that's cry re
spect will be paid to its requis toms nd thai
| all -tslse sentimentality will be Ibid 81 ANY
enorf to rescue or kidrap them twous OF only
fail, IS the most complete armed h and
quart will be maintained by tie. II raj au
| thorities and troops hVe, bat such e! would
subject the party attempting it 10 .rl, ent AZ
tire ssonable mob"
IL Mercury says that the .re1gI,s to the
munger of ass, we're. shipped .os H. 9Th O.
july on the west coast Of Africa, Lowe,
Guinea, in the southern part Of ala ,trct O.
Loargo, and not far rom .the rice ,npo O,
Zsir'. These slaves wereS purchase !, cir
cut 81 hve hundred miles. The htii. ,de the
| trip n forty -seven days, reechiHg .ttt ,int O
oest' 1auon on the list NJ. In tn ,ace o.
time. one hundred end forty. nsen died
Whed detected, preparations we're Ell ,tly be
ing 'aade TO lane the cargo. enc b not the
capt, in supposed himself pursued. BIZ Dol.
phin and consequently hauled sd < I'M thu
cOas > it is probable that Ee would a suc
ceed ~ IN bis design; Bat his Ile-- ton at
tracing suspicion, tho Dolphin 81 Z @ gave
chase. Inc SLAYER nrss exhibited s,ris colors
but q she took the cruiser f5r Bt.to md saw
her chances OF escape diminishing, e. hauled
thest down, and ran no the stars 6nd ipes, q
NOV ,ment which the Dolpain imrned,e ,eiy fol
lowe 1. No papers were fonnd on the brig, and
the rev all protested to b psssanss-s 9. The
Mercury adds: -
The names of eighteen exeelstiu he cap
tain, are as follows Dominica ae sPiene
Juan Brevara, Jose Frapeisco, r. Bates
Johij Basco, Alexander Rodgers, Ira, Cleary
JOIN. E. Capell, Archibald Scott. .Ge a Pls.
ken, Antonio Almera, Tor9as Utder. antonio
Somez, jose de Jave Vital &c Miranda Antonio
Milansoish, William Henry Sero, J1se Con
zales Seno.
"Ons is a Greek, one AN I.slisr ,ome O
them are Portuguese, come Span iaidt d some
English. Some of them ts1k ahottH York
but none now admit that faey are A ,ricans
or have whereabouts in fais coantr. Thest
smugglers are Desperate. looltirp of fel
lows. Under the lava of .8t9srd 20, the,
will be tried for their lives II pir..es ilinr OF
an American bottom andelr the Ane IAN 6ap
They were committed't TO isl On S.tu <av after
noon. Their trials will taxa Ole ce as iumbia
.. -, before MS homer Jutgs Way Circui
'uosei Jam Conner, U. >. Dnttic, tornsy
pro- ecuting officer. The curt btrin ait III,
Tough Monday in November.
Inc New York Herald contains hort art
Gle on the identity of the 1eisele n ,ich II |;
mace tolera6y apparent that Ahsis Putnam
oul!t ~ Dsaam9se "a 1880 BOTS 4uentl
purchased oy Everett Brow Nev
10th, ana anerwarda ownfd s6Tns Hand
averets, tnen oy RostvsE g; e ,th, an
hns!ly oy captain 5rowa Gil pr ich par
ties. we're likewise Now Yaeaess. the nj
Of, 1857, she was cleared pfori n York b
the: master, whose name .vsls tepe d to b
Dotson, for Gaboon, on tIs cps, Africs
1t il generally understooc iaat abe ,nded
cargo of negroes on tho csst III Col >. On til
5thsof March, 1868, she cksud sr9r lew o.
leafs for st. Thomas and 6 mal.yet, i'd sine
tina, time she has npr beSn htsld-a ntil sh
fell in with the Dolphin.
Ex-Governor McRea, b. ltiseiss 8 has r,
celxed the nomination ofstbs Lat y @Convel
tor, which met at BrookbAten, Il 70 selet
q candidate to fiji thu vacancy re ress y,
casloned by the desih o.. s&er.5C. Jan.
beGer man for the l6msEtet QriE g plac
cCufld not be found IL; M;as.l s;n.5