Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-05

I Ehe Captured Slave BFig--OETieiaI Ae-
counts--Ehe Crew of the SiREer.-Deaths
ana sickness on BOaFd--The Briggs Iden-
tity--Prize Money, &c.
Ihe Navy Department is in recent Of DISPATCHES
from Lieutenant Commanding ]. n Msf6it. of the
United States brig DOLPHIN, dated at sea. latitude
. deg. 90 min, longitude 50 deg. ~ min, August
list, giving an account Of the slave brig brought
into Charleston lie says when be overhauled The
vessel she was stauiingfor Key Verde The officers
aud crew Of the SLAYER consist Of eighteen men,
several Of whom are Americans Lieu,euant NJ.
says he is credibly informed that several Am rean
vessels are expected the norh coast Of Cuba about
b first OF OeOber.
The otheer who ought the prize into Charleston,
Lieut.. J II Bradford, also reports TO the Depart
ment from that city, under daie OF Aug. y. He
encloses copy Of his instructions, and remarks:
That portion Of my instructions requiring IL
prisoner to be put il would il executed, nave
made our voyage 10 his place imT raciicable forIhe
saves, as soon as They found they had masters
destroyed large qusntIlies Of aud provisions
Tor The sake OF OotaiuiBg small quautiy for their
Wn use l restored their former masters. and thtv
had resort 10 the ferees cruelty before they could
bFrak up these practices Of The slaves / hope no
ielay will take place IN removing the slaves from,
par deck for ventilation and is without mast coats
IL case Of u heavy gale at sea- aud baueuiDg down
'ec1ming Becessary the slaves would mos " -uffJ-
e shall use my utmost ezerti0ns TO GET Them
ashore Immediately Iumapx
ious to renJve my command. as the stencil on hoard
Is horrible Twelve ofthe sIav.s
died since the capture Of the vessel Tneysare
EithOut medical as -isJaHce OF any kind The health
f The command and prize officers aud ere " continued
good
From the Charleston papers we clean the following
additional particulars:
When frst discovered the SLAYER was sailing under
English cooTs. but Fereeiviug the Dolphin, whom he
took to be an EDglish vessel Of War, be hoisted
American colors When he discovered his erregi rs
and fatal error, he made the most strenuous efforts
TO escape; but few well directed shots from the
Dolphin br0aght bin TO T6a-on, and be surrendered
At discretion The SLAYER sriIl deemnE the Dolphin
an Engshmsn, did not sutiei Pave search or vista
lion while he display ed American colors
The negroes, 50 lar they could be SEEN are
about IF cen years Of sge and good looking num
bering 3l8 Thew are suffering from dysentery Il
supposed that the present Dame Of The brig is only
an assumed Que. She appears to be Of Baltimore
model and iBe vessel
The following is foil list Of the cfeers attached
10 the Dolphin; Lieut.. j. Msfhtt Commanding; J
NJ. Bradford first lieutenant; Z P Williams, second
Lieutenant; q c. Carpenter thiTd Lieutenant; J. VI
Browne, passed assistant surgeon; A CrOssmaB,
acting master
So far as Lieut. Mafil is concerned. who has here
tOfOTe, brilliantly idsn fled himself with this port
his many friends viii deem this exploit at sea as en-
tirely refu ing the opinion which The naval board /
formed Of hlm, that officer OF the Coast Sur
Vey that be was uuft for duty at sea.
The event has caused as much excitement in our
as the success OF the cable and speeula /
lion as 10 The result Of the capture the fate Of the
cargo, and geners bearing Of the affair." is grea /
Much curiosity is also exeiied and any are anx- /
iOus for an opportunity TO observe the African IN his
native state.
As there is nothing to show positively that the 4
SLAYER belongs to Baltimore, we may state that an
brig named the Echo Of 200 tons,
built at SOmerVille, Me., in 1851, cleared at New |
York (WheTe she is oWned) on the 22d Of February
last, for Jacksonville Fla, and another ofthe SAM
name also cleared at New York May Oath, for Rio
Graude Still another named EchOis owned At S.. |
John, N. B. Which is the guilty one remains to be
seen.
Under the act Of 1sI9 the captors will be entitled,
besides the proceeds Of the vessel, prze the
ey atthe rate of SIS a head for each African ou
board and by the same act the President has the
authority TO csus The liberated negroes 10 be-re
moved beyond The limits Of the UEied States, and
10 appoint agents on the coast OF Ahiea for their
reception The law also provides hat The officers
and crew Of the captured vessel shall be turned over
to the United Slsfes District Court be pTOseCu,-
ed under the laws Of Congress The ofieeTs and
crew o. the Dolphin will probably rsaiizs s. 600 Ut
So, 900 by the capture.
The Armis cad case, which occurred about twenty
years ago, was Cuban eo8s leg schooner, carrying
some twenty five 10 tbir-y negroes iron port in
Cuba TO another These To-e upon the crew and
killing part Of them forcei he others o navigate
he vessel She picked Up blythe 5. survey
ing brig Washington IF the eastern end Of Long Is
land, aud brought iuiO New iJrk