Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-09-03
THE CAPTURED SLAVE BRIG.

THE CAPTURED SLAVE BRIG.
The Navy Department is in receipt of
dispatches from Lieutenant Commanding
j. n Malht, of the United States brig
Dolphin, dated at sea, latitude 23o SOY,
longitude 500 42', August 2lst, giving
an account of the slave brig brought into
Charleston He says when he over
hauled the vessel she was standing for
Key Verde. The officers and crew Of
the SLAYER consist of eighteen men sew
cral Of whom are Americans Lieut.
NJ says he is credibly informed that sew
oral American vessels are expected on
the north coast Of Cuba about the first
cf October.
The officer who brought .the prize into
Charleston, Lieut. j Nj. Bradford, also
reports to the Department from that city,
under date of Aug 81. He eneloses
copy of his instructions, and remarks
That portion of his instructions re-
quirine the prisoners to be put in irons
would, if executed, lave mads our vgy
age to this place impracticabie, for the
slaves, as soon as they found they had
new masters, destroyed large quantities
Of water and provisions, for the sake OF
obtaining a small quantity for their own
use. | restored their former masters,
and they had to resort to the fercost cru
city before they could break up these
practices of the slaves / hope no delay
will take place in removing the slaves
from this vessel She is small, has huge
holes cut in her spar deck for ventilation
and is without mast-coats. In case of a
heavy gale at sea, and battening down
becoming necessary, the slaves would
mostly sufocate. shall use my utmost
exertions to get them ashore immediate
". x ! am anxious to remove
my command, as the stencil on board is
horrible. * x x Twelve of the
slaves have died since the capture Of the
vessel. They are without medical as
sistancc Of any kind The health of the
command and prize officers and crew con
tinues good"
From the Charleston papers we CLEAN
the following additional particulars:
When first discovered the SLAYER was
sailing under English colors, but per
ceiying the Dolphin, whom he took to be
an English vessel of war, be hoisted
American colors. When he discovered
his egregious and fatal error, he made
the most strenuous efforts to escape but
few well directed shots from the Dol
phin brought him to reason, aud he sur
rendered at discretion The SLAYER still
deeming the Dolphin an Englishman,
did not anticipate search or visitation
while he displayed American colors.
The negroes, so far as they could be
seen, are about fifteen years Of age and
good looking, numbering 31S. They
are suffering from dysentery 1t is sup
posed that the present name of the brig
is ealy en- Ass~u,ea -oro.- She I.rrteurs
70 be of Baltimore i4odci, and a zinc
vessel.
The event has caused as much excite
ineut in our community as the success Of
the cable, and speculation, MS to the re =
suit of the capture, the fate of the cargo,
and the general bearing of the affair, is
great. Much curiosity is also excited,
and many are anxious for an opportunity
to observe the African in his native state
As there is nothing to show positively
that the SLAYER belongs to Baltimore, we
may state that an hermaphrodite brig
named the Echo, of 100 tons, built at
Somerville Me-, in 1851 cleared at
New York (where she is owned on the
22d Of February last for Jacksonville.
Fla, and another of the same name also
cleared at New York May Oath, for Rio
Grande Still another named the Echo
Is owned at St. Johns, n B. Which
Is the guilty one remains to be seen.
Under the act of 1919, the captors
will be entitled, besides the proceeds of
the vessels, to prize money at the rate Of
S25 a head for each African on board ::
aud BY the same act the President has
the authority to cause the liberated ne
groes to be removed beyond the limits of
the United States, and to appoint agents
on the coast Of Africa for their recep-
ZION The law also provides that the
eficers aud crew Of the captured vessel
shall be turned over to the United States
District Court to be prosecuted under the
laws Of Congress. The oflicera and crew
Of the Dolphin will probably realize
$4,000 or So, 600 by the capture.