Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-09-02
From the Charleston Mercury.
The s,.vsr.-h.r Crew .na cargo.

The Blavcrssher Crew ana cargo.
The real name Of the captured brig is the. Gen.
Putnam. These letters are partially erased and
covered over by those Of the ASSUMED name Echo,
and would doubtless have been restored, had sue
cess crowned the enterprise In. which she was eu.
pared when taken. She Is Of Baltimore build, say
2sO tons burden, and, it Is believed, was formerlys
packet in the coffee trade between that port and
Rio. On the 9Th March LAST she cleared from New
Orleans With captain, two mates, eight seamen, /.
q cook, steward and one passenger. On the 9th
july she shipped cargo Of 455 slaves on the west
coast Of Africa, ct Kabends, situated tn latitude
80 south, longitude 1920 east 1t Is in Lower
Guinea, in the southern part Of, the District Of
Loapeo, and not far from the river Congo or Zaire
These slaves were purchased in circuit Of 500
miles, and assembled at barrscoon nesrthe point
of shipment The brig set sail with them, and
in forty-seven days made the trip, reaching the
point Of destination on the morning Of the 21st
inst. In this spsoe Of time one hundred and forty.
one negros had died, leaving but three hundred
and fourteen alive. bay on 'Cay Verde," one
Of the keys on the north coast Of Cubs, latitude
$3.50, longitude 5000 was the landing place.!
where the Echo was detected,b the Dolphin. Tho,
officers of the Dolphin left the hsrbor Of Ssgna Ia
Grande the day before, and while cruising west
ward in search Of slayers, perceived the Echo at
daylight in the distance, bearing the British asg,,
and running down the coast ahead Of the Dolphin
in the same direction No suspieioa was excited.
The brig entered tho bsy. The Dolphin rum on
hercourse, and in good timecame In yieM Of the
bay and the Echo. The captain Of tho SLAYER now
lost bis presence Of mind, supposing he was sus-
pscted and pursued, and suddenly hanlsd OF ffoms
the coast. It was then observed thata numbered
launches near shore had their sails set to come
out to the brig This verified the Suspicion excited
by her strange movement, and the Dolphin gave
chase to the flying vessel, stil bearing the British
hag Blank cartridges were fred, and it became
evident that the pursuer gained The SLAYER spread
all her canvas in vain, and finding herself about
to fall into the cuches Of the cruiser thought to
be British, hauled down that asg and run up the
Stars and Stripes. .-F .
The Dolphin followed sui, displaying her true
colors, and brought her to with few shotted guns
fired after her. She was boarded by Lieut.. Brad
ford and sixteen men, and surrendered st discre-
tion. No papers were found, but signal Of O:
black cross on white ground, which had proba-
biy Just been used TO notify the party on shore by
previous agreement. The crew, nineteen In mum.
ber, professed to be all passengers without captain
or officers. But Lieut.. Ma6itt selected the pfis-
oner who appeared to be ut the head Of the enter
prise, and took him aboard the Dolphin, with
sick seaman and comrade 70 attend him. The
rest were prougnt oy Lieut. bfadiorGr IL seems
that the captain and those two men we're not sent
to Charleston on board the Ca.aHba from Key
West, as was expected, but ere now on their way
to Boston in the Dolphin. 9henamss Of eighteen,
excepting the captain, are ss follows, sr,.7 s,..;
Dominica della Piene, George Plaksn, Juan Bra.
vera, Antonio Almera, Jose Francisco fhouas
Unders b Il Bates, Antonio Somez, John Basco,
Jose de Jase Vital de Miranda; AlexanderR RDd.;
gers, Frank Cleary,, Antonio Milsnaoish, John e.
Capell, William Henry seno, Archibald Scott, Jose
Gonzales Seno. = .-a.-& ~. - bEi&
One is q Greek, one an Italian; some Of them
are Portuguese, some Spsnisrds and some English.
Some Of them talk about New York, but none now
admit that they are Americans, or have s.where-j
abouts In thispontry; These snaugsiers are O
desperate looking set Of fellows. Under the laws
of 1919 and 1920 they wilt Be tried for their lives
as pirates sailing on an American bottom under;
the America1fag. They we're committed to Jail
on Saturday affeynoon. Their trials will take
place At ColunbtA 9. c., before His Honor Judge
Wayne Circuit Judge, james Conner, o. 8. Dis
tFict Attorney prosecuting officer. The Court
begins "a 1T the 4th Monday in November. The
Iaxs % 1919 and 1920 VIII be found In another
n6IITn, .. = $500 IgIiJLG shlfeL i4f4