Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-12-25
THE SLAVE YACHT WANDERER.

FURTHER PARTIcuLARs.--Th Savannah Repub-
.hcan confirms the Geographic statement tina,
three OF the crew of tho yacht wanderer, Ire.
ported to have landed $50 Africans near Bruins.
wick, Ca. had been arrested in that city. and
committed by Judge Nicolas. of the United States
Court. Only one Of them, N. A.. Brown, il au
American, the others are Spaniards. They all
nai from New Orleans. On arriving at Savannah
they were apparently in a destitute condition, but
Just before their arrest had purchased 5000 worth
OF clothing, and, 1t is supposed, were en- route to
New York. Brown denied that Q was the cap.
tam Bail was refused. as they are charged with
piracy. Tho Republican does not believe that so
small a vessel as the Wanderer could hold $50
slaves, and says it is difficult to tell what has be
come OF them since they were landed on Jekyl Is
land, for which privilege the traders paid Is. 900
dollars. 1t is supposed, however, they have been
scatt cred through the country. The came paper
adds:
ut will be recollected that this yacht was ar,
rested last summer near New York, on suspicion
of being ft'ed out for tho slave trade b ut there
was not sufficient evidence to convic, her, and sho
was released. Capt. Cory, Of South Carolina.
was then in command, he is now, and stated that
he had bought her for a pleasure Yacht. which
was borne out by her elegant appointments and
small tonnage, After being released Mt New York
she cleared for Trinidad, and thence to St. Helena,
from whence she now halls, and accounts for being
without regular papers now, By stating that this
government had no consul there and she couli
not obtain any. Capt. Cory has papers purport.
ing to be from the native officials at st. Helena,
but they lack the necessary seals.
A gentleman in this city, who knows The build.
err Of the Wanderer, informs us that the latter
was confident she would never be engaged in car.
rying slaves berself, but would accom- pany n ala.
yer. and when a cruiser appeared, make all sail,
and her rakish appearance would direct all atten.
ton of the cruiser towards her, when sho would
lead the cruiser away, ard after getting the latter
lar enough off the track. would allow herself to be
overhauled, and upon being found all right, then
part from the cruiser and seek the SLAYER.
1t is with much regret that we are compelled
to believe that this act has been perpetrated on
Georgia soil. 1t has been our pride to know that
while the fanatics of tho North we're violent in
and our sister States of the South were trying to
lead US into fayoring the extreme issues of the day
that Georgia stood firm in her conservative princi.
Pies; put we cohhhot now call upon other States
to do as we do. for we have broken the laws of our
own land and the laws Of nations. We do not
utter these sentiments in the expectation that any.
oody's mind will be changed by them, because no
one has ever entered the slave trade to establish a
principle, but purely for the money that can be
made at it. The deed has been committed, and
while but few are interested, the community will
be visited by tho odium that such a transaction
will be sure to create"