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,,,,,, = rom me charleston COURIER Nav %.
The OUTRAGE ON THE BRIG JEHOSSEE.
The account published in the Courier, of the I'd
OF April, relative to the outrage perpetrated upon
the officers and crew of this vessel will ba raroan
pereu by our readers. Her arrival at this port
from the coast of Africa will he found undar tbo
marine head. She returned hama rd a. -,
rnand oil Capt. +. N. Bonneau who 1t ont ont -
Supercargo, and full statement of tbo HI or
fair, over his signature, will be roprd 49,,
Capt Vincent, her former commandar ,;.1
upon the African coast endeavorino to Obtain
some redress at the hands of the American Com
modOre, and, failing in this, will return homo via
England, by national vessel From the ar
counts already published, as well as the statement
of Capt. BOnneau, gentleman well known in this
community more deliberate and unprovoked
outrage than that perpetratcd bv Capt Fitzrov, of
II. NJ sloop facOn we have never been called upon
To chronicle The Jehossee is owed by H. f. Vim
cent, Esq, OF this city, and sailed hence August
% lo'9, Tor St. George de Elmina, Coast of Af-
I"a' WIN d cargo selected expressly for Iegiti-
% tnl'G eraulhg voyage upon that coast, placed upon
her by her owner, who has sustained HAY IoSI h,,
TINS hlgh-handed measure. With no evidnrco rr
an intention to embark in the slaye-trad, % -
fully proved by the subsequent action of her can-
tors, she was seized, her cargo TO more or las
extent injured and DESTROYED, her officers and crew
insulted and robbed by a vessel sailing under the
British flag, and all this upon bare SUSPICION
ihis calls Tor ample reparatiOn, and we are conf
dent our Government will promptly demand the
fullest redress from that of ENGLAND and Tins
preserve lnviolaC the sanctitv of the American
flag, and the interests of American merchants and
seamen. Annexed is the statement of Capt Bon
neau:
STATEMENT OF CAPT. F. n. BoyyEAU
Big Jehossee, i. n. Bonneau Master Oate
Vincent from West Coast of Africa Flour. rice
rum, lumber, etc, all returned cargo. Left Why
DAN ON the llth, aud Accra on the 24th of March.
tp nd
ana interpreter, and to provision the ship. The
Jehcssee was taken possession OF the llth Janu-
ary 1850, by ii. NJ. steam -sloOp Falcon Capt Fitz-
roy; who sent on board an armed force consisting
ot two officers and eighteen seamen. and demanded
the vessels papers; the register was produced and
examined; but not satisfied with this they broke
open the matches, under protest of Capt. Vincent
turned the cargo upside down, tore the pannelng
from the house on deck, and carried the captain
and all hands, as prisoners, on board the Falcon
a prlZe-crew OF Scamcn and marines was placed on
the Jehossee, and she was taken to Whydah 10
miles to leeward, and anchored under the Guns of
The Falcon, and her c0nsort, the Medusa. Upon
the refusal of Capt. Vincent to give up the briggs
napers an armed boat was sent to the JehoSsce and
the box containing them carried on board the Fall
con, and then forced open. The Jehossee was
most shameiully robbed and the crew stripped and
searched. After a detention of 70 hours, Can't
vincent was informed that he was released tbn
priZe-crew withdrawn and himself and crew, nj thc
JehoSsee elected from the Falcon, where they had
been detained as prisoners, and ordered on board
lhe orig. capt lncent then drew up protest of
the whole affair, which was signed, and also mott
he'd Capt. Fitzroy that he would not resume the
command OF the vessel, giving his reasons, that
he had broken open his papers, insulted and NAL
treated him and his officers and crew. robbed his
vessel, and insuted the United States flag;
also, that she had been forciby carried to
a port not in the route of his intended VOYAGE
and that he would abandon the brig to him. hold
ing his government responsible for all loss and da-
mage. The Falcon sailed next morning at dav-
light. There being no American merchantmen at
Whydah, as matter of course we had to remain
on board the JehOssee. Capt Vincent despatched
hive letters, by different vessels, to Com. Imam,
commanding the American Squadron on the Coast,
requesting his immediate presence. On the 10th
of March, Capt. V. abandoned the brig after having
waited the arrival of an American man -ofwar for
sixty days, and took passage to Lagos on the Anne.
rican brig Baron de Castine, she being the first
vessel that stopped at Whydah since the Jehossee
was anchored there by the Falcon. From Lagos
Capt. Vincent intended to take the mail steamer in
search OF the American Commodore, or one of our
fleet on that station. The health of the crew be-
ginning to suffer from the climate and want of
fresh provisions, and as | could not pursue the
voyage without captain, determined to proceed
to the United States. The box which had contained
the papers OF the Jehossee, placed on board
her, sealed up, by Lieut.. Bagge, of the Falcon,
prize master, and is still in that state Whether
the papers we left the United States with are these
or not, do not know, as | did not see the box
opened on the Falcon, or the seal put on. |, there
fore, ran the risk of crossing the ocean without
papers, and trust we will be able to obtain protec-
tion and redress for this agrant outrag ge upon
the property and lives of our citizens, upOn the
high seas, by British cruiser. f. N. BoNNEAu,
Master American brig Jehossea