Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-04-02
From the n. Y. Tribune,
THE SLAYER WANDERER.

SAVANNAH, March IL, 1859.
You remember that some months since the
yacht Wanderer was seized by the authorities,
under suspicion Of having been engaged in the
slave trade, and, upon examination. being con-
demned. was forfeited to the United States Gov
ernment, true bills being subsequently, found by
the Grand Jury of this District against her captain
and crew. Well, so far as vessel and crew were
concerned, things took a legal and tranquil
course. At first, considerable excitement was
manifested in regard to this event, and various o.
pinions were he'll! and advanced as to what the re-
suit would be, Scmo declared that an Indictment
against Captain CorIie and the others ought not to
be found, and would not. Others said the evi.
dence against tie suspected individuals was over
whelming, and that they must inevitably be
brought for trial on the charge Of piracy. The
latter proved, in the sequel. so DO right. Then the
former consoled themselves with boastiDg that,
though indicted, the fines md penalties never
would be enforced. And hero the excitement 10
regard to vessel and crew died away.
But not thus short lived was the commotion
caused by tho first announcement that from that
vessel, and by that crew, a living cargo had been
landed upon our shores. AT once they became the
engroising subject Of conversation and curiosity
and, up to the present moment, the public mind
has lost mono Of it's interest in the whereabouts
and probable destiny Of these Africans. Both re.
main a profound mystery to all bu! the few ini.ia'
ted" who, of course. are posted" as to the for
mer-that lie, their whereabouts. OF their desti.
ny no one claims to possess any knowledge. They
may be scattered over the State as plantation
hands, or they may fall into the hands Of Uncle
Sans agents. Quien sa6e?
Two we're captured in December and brought to
this city. They were found, with a large number
of others, on an island near the Florida coast
The officers fell upon them. and succeeded, with
the utmost ~exertion. in capturing (mirabk d,au !!
two. The rest vanished. OF the two who wer.
brought here, I saw one-a boy apparently twelv,
or fourteen years Of age. lie was q fine specimen
of his race. but his features were not SO peculiar
ly African as those of many American. born ne
groes. or course, he could not speak the Englisl
language. Yet he remembered sentences Of con
siderable length. and repeated them very ACC urate
after hearing them once distinctly enumerated
But these captives did not long remain in tn
hands Of the United States authorities.
One dark night they broke Jail. and though to,
ally ignorant Of the language, geography and Gu,
toms Of the country, succeeded in so covering thei
flight, that they have been neither seen nor hear
from since. One would supposc that they mus
have received ''foreign" aid and some dare TO a.
sert boldly that this was the fact. Well. cvery on
has a right to his opinion. At all events, il 10 {
to be hoped that they found their way back to thei
companions, since misery ioves company; an
miserable indeed is the lot Of these poor captive,
torn from their homes and native land, to becom
bondsmen in a Christian" country. 1
For the past few weeks various aud s~onfictin
reports have circulated Ia relation To the move
ments Of the "wauder's tnmisrants. Que Of tn
latest Of these vas tina. City had been seized b