New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-04
PROGRESS OF THE SLAVE TRADE.

Mr.. G.. A. L. Lamar of Savannah, who has lately
proclaimed himself the owner of the yacht Wan
derer, which, having purchased back for trIhlng
cum, be i, now reftting, probably for a new slave
voyage, seems by no means to have confined bis
slave trading operations to that vessel alone. Tno
bark T.. A. R,wlns, lately seized in the Bay Of st.
Josephr where she had taken upon herself the
new name of Rosa Lee, appears to have been also
his property. This vessel cleared from the port OF
Savannah about the middle of December last, with
q quantity of rice on board. Suspicious wsro
excited at the time as to her destination, but abe
succeeded in getting clear as the Wanderer did in
this port, and was suffered to depart. Some two
months and half later, in the forepart Of the
present month of March, she was seized in st. 10.
sephs Bay-an out ofthe-wsy aud unfrequsnted
place to the westward of the Apalschicols River.
This seizure appears to have been quite an acci-
dental thing The steamer Vixen, employed in that
neghborhOod in the coast survey, hearing tina. q
square-rigsed vessel was lying in st. Josephs Bay,
where no square rugged vessel would have any e-
climate business proceeded thther and seized herr
There are various rumors as to how she has
been engaged since she left Savannah. According
to one account, she has been to Africa, and has
landed cargo Ct slaves either on the coast Of
Cuba or somewhere on the coast Of the Cuff OF
Mexico. She had been in ST. Josephs Bay moro
than a week, was evidently lying there for conceal
mens had hauled higher up the bay than any sIuare
neged vessel was ever known to 60 before, asd il
she had a cargo of slaves board, there hsd been
ample time for her to land them and get them up
the country. She is represented as beautiful
craft and evidently fast 'ailer. She had on board
great number of water. cssks-far more than any
lawful trader would carry on Ia wful voyage; and
if she had not just returned from slave voyage
for which, perhaps, sufficient time had not elapsed
-she was evidently fitting out for one. sus.
picous schooner which has been seen of the mouth
Of the Apaachcols, showing no desire, however,
to enter that port, and carefully avoiding the poS,
10 copectured to have had provisions and other out
f.s on board intended for her u,e. The irrsgu
larity Of her papers would alone have justified her
seizure. Ten men were found Oh board, under
command of the mate. The captain, Hayden By
Lame, together with person calling himself tho
supercargo and another who acted a, servant, were
absent a. the time at Apalschicola, which is tho
nearest inhabited place to st Jo.eph's Bay Though
known TO several people there, the captain regis.
tered him,ef by an assumed name, and left in
small fsbing.bost about the time Of the seizure,
since which he had not been heard Of. A party,
however, had gone in pursuit Of him. The vessel
had been brought to Apalachicola, aud the United
States District Judge and Attorney had been seat
for to investigate the case. II would appear from
the confessions of some of the crew that bonde
the American captain, there had been Sp,aise
captain on board, who had been murdered.
Meanw bile, it appears BY telegraph from mobile
that another slaye-landing operation is supposed 10
be going on in that vicinity, and that revenue
cutter has been sent from Mobile to look after IL
Whether this is another of Mr.. c. A. L. Lamar'
speculations does not get appear
twill be recoected tina. in the cave Of the crew
of the SLAYER brought into Charleston, the Grams
Jury for the District Of South Carolina refused 70
find any indictments against them. The United
states Judge for that Distric. seems to be equany
reioute with th. grand Jury in resisting toe en-
forcement Of the laws against the sayetrsde. ITO
has refused TO Issue any war ants for the arrests
Captain COrrie and Others, agalnit whom the "ras-
Jury for the District Of Georgia had found indic'
ments in the Wanderer case. IL grows every dy
more certsin tha: the only way 10 prevent the |"
yyai of the ,lave.trade is in the employment Oh oa'
naval force TO prevent the landing OF slaves on 'o'
cast; and what zeal or efficiency in that bushes
ia 70 be expected of an Administration Of which
James buchanan is the bead