Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-01-01
smoke carled from his lips, he took along

her having proved unG,thfi.l to him in h,
nour Of ned and at length, turning ava,
his eyes with half .'nothered sigh, he nut
tered, An too much by the head-to,
much by the head said so, and by Cd
knew it p Then lo!lins back in tho boa
once more, he resigned himself to his f,t.
and his havana
The scene that presen cd Itself to the eve,
~ TIE officers, on board the SLAYER was revolt
ing III the extreme. rLe decks wer, crowd
CT with negro boys and women. all naked
many ha!fdcad with disease, aud rcarIy All
covered with disgusting sores. From tn,
dark hold below came groans. moans and /:
perfect babel Of COM planning voices. The
smell was foul and sickenipg bcyond endur.
ance, resembling more the etlluvia that pro.
ceeds from den OF ratsesnakes, than ought
eise: This with tho disgusting. horrible
ha"its OF the wretched prisoners carried on
pao'cly and without reserve or sense ol
shame, rendered the captured vessel pan
oeMonum ofhorrors such as no inagina-
ton can depict. To describe the 9Th and
misery but inadequately would take the ap-
pearaEcc o. an exaggerated romance.
all PAPERS pHsTRoYGD-TuN ST. was CREW
THE PRIZE .cEEw-uyrLEAsASr osr,cF
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
An examination Of the cabin OF III. can
tusetl brig showed that Il was filed with
packed trunks, arms, provisions, end every
indication that haSty arrangements, had been
made by these on board for /. hastv &c .,ars.
'.rc { oia the vessel. 1t had, evidently, been
the III entisn Of the captain OF the SLAYER
could he have succeeded in o;,trunr.ry H.,
pursuers until 'he shade of cveni,... -.
him from thcir view, to haze dese,.,a., - -,
ship and cargo. probably even with the our ar
p'se Of scuttling her, and suffering her Il, 90 ro
10 sn. the bottom with her beings on board
WIN ANEW of escaping, and prcven.in! any
scosn'tlo'' ct the parties engaged in the bus!-
ness, he had taken the precaution to destrov
all pap,rs OF every kind that he must have
had On beard. Upon number Of the slay.
ers Company, when arr stcd were foun,,
bottles OF whiskey; but no papers or letters
were discovered on any Of them, that could
give any clue to tile persons or the locality
from whence they came. Neither were any
Tags ofa,y nation to be found on board the
Echo; bit in liergangways was the Amari.
can coat O, arms, aud her general appear
anfc and rig gave satisfactory evidence OF "a.
native auild III. 4. -.
The Echo sailed from New Orleans on the
TN day Of March, avg. arrived at Kabenla
coast Of Africa, on The 3oth dav ofJune
she rcce vec on board four hundred and
seventy three regr. es. or these, one kasad-
qe1 and H!7t!y..fre A3d persisted betme Aer ear
taae; twelve died On the p ssage to Charles
ton; thirty seven in Charleston, and ffly-
seven more to 'he da'e of her arrival at St.
Vircents. The nlajori' of the saver's crew
are Spaniards and Portuguese, and as .dcs.
.rcrate and piratical a set Of !ook,n; ruff
anse as ever cut a throat for dollar. Some
Of those in Jail, although protesting to BE- i.
the ships company, and merely acting us
hired ssamen, are evidently men Of means
anu intelligence, and were doubtless Dart
owners OF the cargo, or agents Of the owners.
1t was neatly ten O'Clock at night before
the prisoners wcrct properly confined. and
9 prize crew arranged, under Lieutenan
bradford, who was appointed as the prize
officer, Capt. Ma1lit ordered Lieut.. Brad:
ford to keep in close Company with the Dol
phn during the night, in Order to give him
~ oppor, unity to write his dispatches, and
duly consid r the proper course to pursue
in this new and delratc position. The
urgent necessity. in the condition and nature
Of the prize OF having prompt commanica
/, ton with the sea. Of government, as well as
of reaching without delay q port where the
prisoners and siayes could be properly cared
for. determined Capt. Ma!Ht, upon reflection,
to send the SLAYER and slaves to Charleston.
s. c.; as he felt convinced, from his perso-
nal knowledge, that atfthat place every ac-
commodatipn possible could be afforded to
the unfortunate Africans while he had ev-
cry confidence that the crew of The slave,
would be tried fairly and without prejudice.
On the morning Of The 22d therefore, extra
water and provisions were sent on board tho
captured brig. A trusty crew was placed
under the command of Lieutenants Bradford!
and Carpenter, who received their final or
dars for their future coarse and action. The
SLAYER crew were also again transferred to
. the Echo. with the ezscep ion Of Captain
Townsend himself, and two of che men who
were suffering from sickness. Their disease
was AZ that time African fever. but it was
rapil1y generation yellow fever, to which ii
appears nea, akin; and subs q,,.ntly, on
the arrival Of the Dolphin at Key West they
were semitic the hospital there, on the re-
presentation ofDr. Brown, the Dolphin's
! surgeon, that they would ennocu!ate yellow
fever onEboard, if retained in the vess al
They are since reported to have died at Key
Is West of that desease. ~. H,
. Capt. Mattit came to The determination Q,
keeping the SLAYER captain Oh board the Dol.
ph;n. and to. send him to Charleston af or
the prize, from Key West, because the in,
tellgeuce, the evidently sche,niny nina and
rcsolute viii, the nndoubted Courage, and
above all the manner Of Captain Townsend.
gave indication ola master spirit hat, in the
event of,troub!e with the large body of ne
groes or ofany untoward circumstances,
might place the prize officers in jeopardy
Their responsibility was already not. only
great and distressingly irksome,, but really
! hazardous in the extreme, and Dug not, III
Capt. Madit's opinion, to be increased. in.
deed. it must rarely fall to the lot Of naval
officers to be under the necessity Of perform.
ing duty under such trying and horrible cir
cumstances as those which must have sur
rounded Lieutcnants bradford and Carpen:
\ ter. and too much CT edit cannot he awarded
( them for their conduct in t..ose distressing
I, and sickoning scenes. F5fret,t5
st,,4 Unceasing anxiety. the necessity Of con.
Etant watchfVlness, the Importance Of being
always armed and on the alert for danger
deprived them oftheir natural rest, and IA.
tigued their minds rs vel! as their bodies
4 Disease, filth wretchedness and human s:::c
f,r,,r ,,,arn l,oc, tl,o;r ,,.x. - ~