New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-18
Law N7ELLIG ElNC.E.
THE SLAYER ORION.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS ofsicE-JU>s IL
B-foc- JOSEPH BRIDSHAs. Comaassiones.

t-xrrgD STATES COMMISSIONERS OFyIcE-JUNs IL
B~foc- JosEss BSIDSHAs. Coamisi0nes
ix,s,sarlos oY THE ALLEGED sLa'tsS-rHkIR
DISCHARGE.
Thomas Morgan. the first mate. and Daniel Carol
Ian and Tristan p Canaho OF the crew OF the Ameri-
can bark Orion, were brought Up ;oE examination,
charged with having voluntarily served on board the
Orion, knowing il 10 be a SLAYER. Az already known,
the Orion sailed from this port in January last for
foreign port In April she found on the coast Of
Africa and from her suspicious appearance taken
charge Of by the United States usn-o,-war Msnou,
whose conn snder coof.catei the Orion a. prize,
and sent the prisoners ard vesS. 10 this port charge
of l.euts. Dallas and Campbell
or boari the onion one John +. Hanna acted asmas
ter but he died while the return voyage. PrioT to
his death Hanna informed Lieut.. Dalas that he was
employed by Mr. Viuing, the Of the vessel. Ia
take TIE vessel 70 Puna de Lena on the Congo River
OF the African coast, where he was To gave up the
charge of the vessel which 10 be engaged IL the
slaye-trade Hams was then 70 receive siOo month
and his return passage paid. Prlr to the SEIZURE OF
the Marion. TIE Orion had been detained by an In
elsh msn oi-wsr. but Morgan, the first mste sought
out the Ms-on and took charge of the vessel As an
American chip.
Jieut Dallas in bis testimony this morning, stated
that Morgan was entirely free from any participation
10 the guilty knowledge Of tie ship being SLAYER.
Purts &c I.era ia about thirty miles up the Congo
River Lieut.. Dnlas informed by merchants r.
siding or the coast of several vessels being engaged
in the slaYe-trade and snong which the Onou Was
named.
When tie Orion was seized Lieutenant Campbell
searched her aud found that her csgo consisted OF
l2 water casks each capable Of containing 80 gal
lous 80 tierces Of very common rice; qanuty OF
hoop iron 10 bundles eight feet long, and about tSo
huudred feet 10 all, similar To that used tor wster
casks The Lieutenant also discovered between hve
ard ten thousand feet OF plank enough TO mshe
spare deck.
The between decks We're SO arranged that thousand
nersons could have been placed there with three min
ues preparation; there bill Of ladng handed 70
the Iieuteusnt but manifest. In respect 10 the
boxes containing meolcLes, the bu! oil Iad'ng eaueo
them merchandise The vessel had two sets Of cop
per which the bill Of adng did not mention, the cop
per. each consisting Of boiler, stop, &c. The hoop
iron wa. rot named there also over one thousand
gallons Of fresh water which the bill Of lading called
sal. water
There was also on board quantity of ses-biscuit
some - barrels Of beef and pork. several boxes con-
tanning muskets, aud about 100 l2-ounce bottles OF
chloride OF soda over 100 bottles Of Florida water,
Jar of simple cera,i-the jars as large "a hat about
leo rolls Of sticking plaster gallons OF powdered mus
tard keg of EPSON salts, quantity OF dry goods,
some Tor knives and some case knives; also avery
peculiar anchor, no cable, and good-sized keigr'
When Lieut.. Campbell went on board, Capt. Hanna
said that he would guarantee that all WA right. ia
the lieutenant remsrkiug that he had found Cro'on
water ard coppers on board, Hanna replied that he
knew nothing about the preparation of the vessel he
had only taken charge of her few moments before
she left New-York. There no proof beyond THIS
state Of the chip show that she was SLAYER and
Mr. Donohue for the accused, moved for their dts
charge on the ground that there was no proof OF tue
vessel being SLAYER aud that if there was, there 50
no proof that the prisoners knew anything about II.
Mr. Dwight opposed the notion
The Commissioner discharged the accused, tue
evidence being insufficient to warrant him IN commit
trg them for trial.