New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-26

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sho remained on board. sod having possessed
tbemseises Of srns, killed the whole, except the
surgeon and two sailors, whom they saved to navi'
gate the vessel This occuredon tho 9Th CT April
On the 18Th Of April, part Of the negroes, VAR
ously stated at from one hundred to two hundred
aud fifty, threw tbem,elves into the zee, in the
hopes Of reaching the shore, but a. they success
sively landed they were al killed by the captain and
bis confedfates.
These events became Known at Mouroyla,
through the application, it would seem. OF the
French captain for twenty-five men to help him
recover bis vessel; and the steamer EthioPe, be-
longing to the West African Navigation Company,
having arrived there on the l4tb the captain was
requested by President Roberts, who himself &C.
compuied the expedition to recspture the Regina
Celi-s request seconded by the French Consul at
Monrcvis. Capt Croft Of the EthiOpe sailed forth
with, and the next morning discovered the Regina
Coli quite manageable near the shore. AS soon
as the people on board saw the British flag they
hung out white shirt, and when abe came within
hailing distance expressed by various sigrs their
happiness at seeing British veae and their readi-
ness to submit to her. President Roberts went on
board and completed their satisfaction BY assurances
that they should be taken to Monrovia. According
to the account which the negroes gave Of them
selves tie greater part had been brought from the
interior, according to the usual course Of the slave
trade, and had been purchased for The ship 10 the
usual way. Others had gone on board as lsborer',
but had found themselves suddenly seized, put in
irons, and shut up in the hold.
Upon arriving at Monrovia the negroes were set
at liberty, while the ship itself was lbeled BY the
captain of the Ethope for salvage The Courier
des Eats enis is very little satisfied, we observe,
with the style in which this story is told BY the En-
siah papers Thatpaper quite indignant that the
"unfortunate" ship and her crew should be spoken
of a. engaged in the slave trade insisting that they
are Lot ess worthy of interest and compassion than
other mariners to whom Like mishaps have be-
fallen while engaged in the Chinese cody business
point as to which We perfectly agree with it.
The affair, however, at the latest accounts, was
not yet ended. The French captain, it seems, Of
the Regina Coli, when he saw the Ethiope ap-
proach, put Of in his boat and demanded that the
vessel should be at once delivered up to him, claim
ing that he had never been out of possession mas
much as he Asd still remained in the neighbOrhoOd
engaged in attempts to get on board. The captors
however, claimed salvage, and on bis refusal to pay
any, had taken the ship into Monrovia, aud had
libeIed her, as already stated. ThereupOn, the
captain had applied to the commander of the French
naval force on the West Coast of Africa who
had sent two threatening dispatches 10
President Roberts, demanding that the French cap
tain should be again placed in possession of his
vessel, illegally seized by the Ethiope, and further
that the murderers concerned in the revolt should
be seized and delivered up-a description under
which he doubtless intends to include all the
negroes on board. It remains to DO seen how this
matter will end, and whether or not it will result
in hostilites wsged by the French against the Re-
public of Liberia.