New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-17
TIE JyANDERER CASE,

The LIBEL against the yacht Wanderer contain,
eleven distinct counts, of which the rst AMI e.eveaA
ere as folowe: .,,u,
ay Of The burden Of two hundred thyfour AMI
esty four ninety pats of tan or thereaboats onS
rIon.rv Of citizen Of the United States was hsr
s ~ vii, on or about the thn day Of July, In the year
our Lord thousand eight hundred and my ~ sons
person OF persons being citizen citizens Of the United stat.
az residing within same the said attorney unknown
himself themselves or for some other person OF
90 n,raieS within port OF the Uued stses-tha ~
within the port Of Chaeston in the state OF south CsroA
and within the Jurisdiction Of the United satestor the rer
pose OF carving on trade traffic In slaves 20 some iore
couotry the said attorney unknown contrary 20 me pro-.
"a d,y o. arch 1854 entitled An Act 10 prohibit the
wing on the slave trade from the United states " aoy iO
place or country"
ErsH That about the SIN day Of October 10 the s
Of Lord thousand est sun1ssd sno lily
nor held 10 service labor by the avs OF either OF ue o"
or Tsoyie. Of the United states taken board o.
ceyed and were transported by the said yacht WANDERED
citizen or citizens Of the United States or other person
,oisey nom one Of the Of Africa from Sc.
smother foreign psoe or country Tor the plp s
holding persons slaves or 70 b. held TO seryee ana r
contrary TO the provisions Of the fourth section Of the
sress In the said seventh article mentioned ~,
The case VIII be called up on the 18th ins,., al 81
ysnDah.
The Washington correspondent Of TIE Pkiiad,p'a
Gazttte writes:
From intelligence received here, no doubt exist
but the Africans recently landed IN Georgia wen
brought over in the yacht WaIderer which was Pcr
chased IN NewYork for her superior sailing qualities
ana accommodations and fitted out expressly Tor tbs
abOminable traffic, as d pecuuiiry speculation. Inc
venture may have cost forty or fifty thousand do
lar. in all, including liberal bonus to the sailors VIII
are likely be the only sufferers, though the pr9ec
tors ere well known to everybody bot the very vigian
officers Of the law IL is minated that quarter Of
million was the profit which four or five persor
divided but when we reflect that eighty or ninety
tbese unfortunate creatures consigned TO ocea
grave there will not be many 10 envy the shares
guilty gains, every dollar Of which must leave stsi
behind that no waters can wash out, and q nemoT
that viii clog TO the bbghted posterity Of those VII
have thus trafii 'ked 10 blood.
The attempt to withdraw public attention froa
the real criminals by that the Wanderer oal
served as tender to an undiscovered SLAYER, IS veal
device. which has not misled anybody but such 40 Do
aired 10 be deceived Her internal construction w
so arranged as to be readily removed, and replaces
when the cargo was delivered. THE was done IN sad
haste, that many positive traces were left whicE t
nish conclusive cmcuInstanta proof Of the pirates
service in which she was Engaged. 10 the crediS
the South it may be sad tat there Is but one men
Der fiom that section VINO openly avows himself
favor Of the reopehing Of the slaye-trste. ~
McRae OF Mississippi, occupies that bad enneaee.