Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-09
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ticed the capture of the Slave brig Echo, with a
cargo of Africans bound to Cuba She is now
at Charleston, S. O., and the Mercury of that
city gives the following interesting details of the
SLAYER, her crew and cargo:
The real name of the captured brig is the Gen
eral Putnam. These. letters are partially erased
and covered over by the assumed name Echo,
and would doubtless nave been restored, had sue
cess crowned the enterprise in which she was
engaged when taken. Sheis of Baltmere build,
say $50 tons burden, and, it is believed, was
formerly packet in the coffee trade between
that port and Rio. On-the 9th of March last
she cleared from New Orleans with captain,
two mates, eight seaman, a cook, steward and.
one passenger. On the 9th ofJuly she shipped
a cargo of 1855 slaves on the west coast of Afrl-
ca, at Kabenda, situated in latitude $50 south,
longitude 1920 east It is in lower Guinea,
in the southern part of the District of Loango,
and not far from the river Congo or Zaire-
These slaves were purchased IN circuit Of
500 miles, and assembled at a barracoon near
the point of shipment. The brig set sail
trip, reaching the point of destination on the
morning of the 21st inst In this space of time
one hundred and forty negroes had died, leaving
but three hundred and fourteen alive. a bay
on "Cape Verde, zone of the KEYS on the north
coast of Cuba, latitude 1880, longitude 1920,
vas the landing place where the Echo was de-
tected by the Dolphin. The officers of the
Dolphin left the harbor of Sagua la Grande the
day before, and while cruising about in search
of slavers, perceived the Echo at daylight in the
distance, bearing the British flag, and running
down the coast ahead of the Dolphin in the same
direction. No suspicion was excited. The brig
entered bay. The Dolshin run on her course,
and IN good time came in view of the bay and
the Echo. The captain of the SLAYER now lost
and pursued, and suddenly hauled off from the
coast. 1t was then observed that number of
launches near the shore had their sails set to
come out to the brig. This verified the suspi-
clon excited by her strange movement, and the
Dolphin gave chase to the flying vessel, still
bearing the British 6ag Blank cartridges were
| fired, and it became evident that the pursuer
gained The SLAYER spread all her canvass In
vain, and finding herself about to fall into the
clutches of the cruiser, thoughtto British, haul
cd down thattlag and run up the stars and stripes.
The Dolphin followed suit, displaying her true
colors, and brought her to with few shotted
guns fired after her. She was boarded by
Lieut. Bradford and sixteen men, and surrender
ed at discretion. No papers were found, but a
signal OF black cross on a white ground.
which had probably just been used tonotifY the
party on shore by previous agreement. The
crew, nineteen in number, protested to be all
passengers without captain or officers. But
Lieut.. Maf6t selected the prisoner who appeared
to be ut the head of the enterprise, and took
him aboard the Dolphin, with sick seaman
and comrade to tend him. The res. were
brought here by Lieut.. Bradford. Itseems that
the captain and those two men were not sent to
Charleston on board the Catawba from Key
West, as was expected, but are now on their
way to Boston in the ship Dolphin.
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TIE BERLIN FREE-LovERs AGAIN.@Ehe Free
Lovers at Berlin Heights, Ohio, not only refuse
to leave their premises, but the last Age of Free
dom, discussing the question, 'How shall We
bring peace to Berln?" INDUCES in the follow.
ing plain.spoken language:
Let Berlin say to the men who propose to
send lot of drunken bigots and Ebnllics from
the neghboring cities to save the people here,
her own nuisances-that she can and will take
care of her own mobocrats, and all that may be
imported.
Let the men who are expected to do the dirty
work of Berlin sbigotry, be informed that the
men who think to use them, are guilty of the
rieanness of asking them to incur risk which
they are too wary to encounter themselves
Let them he informed that zoe are prepqred
for thena-that the citizens from different sec
tons have supplied US with arms and promised
to help us use them if necessary.
Let them understand that an an attack upon
us as the precursor of certain death to some 0f
the nparGuders-that unless powder loses its
peculiar properties, hell toilI st0nd chance for
quite 0Tei1!1 orcement from their numbers
Let the liberal citizens of this vicinity say as
much to the world us they have said to us Let
it be known that while the great body of the
citizens have no sympathy with 'Free Love- as
they understand it, five sixths of them are op.
posed to mob law in a civilized community, and
will not permit it."
A CAR OPP THE TnAck--Wm H. Carr, the
igporomus Kentuckian of Eagle Grove, who adj.
vertised for wife, got one hundred and one
offers, and finally accepted and wed widow
Briggs, of Columbus, has quarrelled and run
off the matrimonial track already. The Journal
says:
Mr.. Carr has discovered that in the Columbus.
widow, instead of an angel of light he caught
a Tartar, who accuses him Of various offences
against her'peace and happiness, his daughters
cannot live with her, the black inmates of his
homestead are not at peace, and the entire plan
tation are in state Of decentralization. We
fear we will have to admit that advertising fora
wife is an open question: great deal can be
said OH both sides
Mrs. Carr nee Briggs, we understand, has
brought suit for divorce and demands a settle.
ment of the half of his property upon her. This
trial will doubtless require some witnesses from
this city, who will be expected to testify to Mrs
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