The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-02
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Psc letters are partially erased and coveisi 5yet by
t't~c OF the assumed name Echo, and would doubtless
r been restored had crowned the enterprise in
~ she was engaged when taken She is Of baltimore
b~ say $50 tons burden and II is believed, was form
sy packet in the coffee trade between that port and
P'a On the Eth March Inst SHE cieared from New Or
as With CAPTAIN, two mates eight seaben, cock
steward and passenger On the 5th July she shipped
-e of 455 slaves on the west coast of Africa at Ka
'Sndh dltuatrd la latitude $50 sput longitude II 20
~ la Lower Iunca, in the southern rais o, ;le
district of Loango and not far from the river Congo OF
Asirc These slaves purchased in circuit OF 900
miles, and assembled at barracOon near the point o
shipment The brig set sail with them, and in ortysey
lass made the trip reaching the point OF destination
On the nortng Of the 2lst inst In this space Of time
hpiid pld forty one negroes bud died, ltayng but
three bundled ard FOURTEEN alive. bay on Cay Verde
oie oi thc keys on the north coast Of An latitude 90
80, longitude 20, the landing place where the
Echo Was detected By the Dolphin Tile officers Of the
Dolphin left tie habot Of Sgia ID Gre tile dBs before
And whh sfuis.ss westward search OF siavcs pcfcc
ed the Echo at daylight in the distance bearing the Brit
ish flag and running down the coast ahead OF the Dol
phn in the same direction. No suspicion excited
The brig entered bay. The Dolphin run her course
and il good tiHc caRe IN View of the bay atd the Echo
The captain of the SLAYER lost his presence OF mind
supposing Inc suspected and pursued and suddenly
hauled OF from the coast 1t then observed that
number of launches shore had their sails set to
to the brig This verified the suspicion excited by
her strange movement and the Dolphin chase to the
flying vessel, still bearing the British flag. Blank cart
gained The shaver spread all hdr ediyds IN tainj and
finding herself about to fall into the clutches of the cs
sr thought to bc British, hauled down that flag and run
ur the stars and stripes.
The Dolphin followed slit disilaying her true coors
and brought her to with few shottcd gis fired after
her She was boarded by Lieut. Bradford and sixteen
men, and surrendered at discretion No pdpefs we're
found, but Signal Of Black cross on white groutd
which had probably Just ee sed to notfs the party ON
shore by previous agreement. The crew, nineteci IN
number professed to be all passengers without captain
officers But Lieut.. Maf selected the prisoner who ap
pearcd to be at the head of the enterprise and took him
aboard the Dolphin with sick and comrade to
tend him The rest were brought here by Lieut.. Brad
ford IT that the captain and those two men were
not sent Charleston board the Catawba from Key
West, expected but now on their way to Dos
ton in the Dolphin The names Of eighteen. excepting
the captain, are follows u
! Dominica do la Picnc, George Plaken,
| Juan Brevera, Antonio Almcra,
! Jose Francisco, Tomas Under,
! II. j. Bates, Antonio Somez,
! John Basco Jose lie Jave Vital dc Miranda,
| Alexander Rodgers Antonio Milanaos
| Frank Clears William Henry Scno,
/ John Il. Capcll Jose Gonzalez ScIio
/ Archibald Scott
One is d Creek one is an Itaaf SOME Of tlieii dre
| Portuguese some Spaniarls and some English Some
of them talk about New York. but none now admit that
they are Americans have whereabouts in this conn
try These smuggles desperate looking set Of fcl-
lows Under the laws of 1919 and 1920 they will be
tried for their lives MS pirates sailing American
bottom anler the American flag. They were commit
ted to Jail Saturday afternoon. Their trial viii take
place ut Columbia, South Carolia, before his honor
Judge Wayne circuit Judge Jas. Conner U. g. district
attorney prosecuting officer The court begins to sit the
| 4th Monday in November
Being curious to the cargo and arrangement of the
Echo we obtained permit from Dr. w. &, Hayenel, the
port physician and with or two others accompanied
/ Lieut. Bradford in small boat from the wharf Upon
camberng up the side of the brig strange and startling
sight presented itsea deck covered with native Afri
x,tt1, ,ufat cal
narrow stp of rag am inch wide round the waist These
people seated for the most part with their legs
stretched out fiat drawn up in 'front.' or doubled up
some squattcd their feet and hands. few were
| standing about and few lying down None were tied
or fastened in any way The majority very young,
apparently from eight to sixteen years of age some
younger and some older scarcely one, however, over
twenty tyfve Some of them able bodied good sized
and in good case but the greater part were half grown
\ children only weak and worn. Many much elnl-
ciated and showed plainly the effects of their long and
crowded passage in confined ship A few We're
evidently ILL., and soon to die All were pure black
in color except the dropsical whose skins tawny
from disease Their hair is very short and crisp. Those
] who were well appeared curious and pleased some OF
1 them oging and giggng and chattering, and others
smoking tobacco out of short clay pipes with cane stems
lust as our own negroes do Those that thin and
sick looked dull and british, but there nothing wild
or erocious in their aspect They looked amable and
docle and readily obeyed the commands of the person
who had charge of them They are great thieves how
sion There were GAG males and 60 females, who were
kept separate deck and in the holds The men and
bows were kept the forward deck and in the forward
hold which latter 55 feet long, 10 feet wide in the
broadcst part and narrow at the head and A inches
high the floor being formed of loose boards movable al
pleasure The hold for the women and girls is behind
this 1t is of the height IL feet long and 10 wide
Under this temporary flooring stored the provisions
consisting of rice peas aud the water to drink. Their
food is boiled like 'hoppnjohn, put in buckets twice
day. at 10 and o'clock and placed in the midst OF cir
cles of eight or ten cach and well guarded to prevent
the strong negroes from taking more than Their share
| although all are literally allowed. pint of water i
/ given to each morning and evening. Most of then
sleep on deck, being placed in close order, spoon
i fashion, on their sides, and not permitted to tun
or move during. the night At daylight they arr
They sing songs clapping their hands and rocking
their bodies in tmc and these songs have great re
senbancc to of negro sprituals Several OF thu
negro fellows exercise authority very much after the man
ner of drivers, with airs of authority and ridiculous
gesticulatons and grimaces Others were cooking th
''bg pot like good fellows, and with old brooches OF
too obtained from the sailors The captain OF the hole
understands their lingo, and says they very avcrs
to going back to Africa, the United States law re
quircs Our coast resembles that they come from, an'
the group of pines opposite the city the south look
to them like cocoanut trees of their native Africa.
Yesterday, under the direction of the United States
civil officers, the negroes BOG in NUMBER were taken pl
the steamer Gen Clinch and conveyed to Castle Pinck
new in our harbor where they will be guarded by de
tachment from the garrison at Fort Moutrc' AS thel
passed the plank gain the steamers decks, they pre-
sented strange and affecting sight many OF them oent
reduced to mere skeletons by the suffering and depva
tions of the voyage Several in dying condition
few dropscl and goodly number apparently IN health
They were visited on Saturday by Mayor Macbeth ant