Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-13
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Another American SLAYER with 1923 Slaves
--Death ofl25

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Death of125.
(from the Boston Traveller Of Thursday)
The ship Alarm. Captain Matthew'S arrived at
this port from CALCUTTA. touched at St. Helena.
December -, to procure water, and while there,
learned thut the bark 0tion. of New York, Capt
Morgan, was in port. in charge of the L. $, steam
cr Mystic, having been captured on the Coast Ut
Africa with slaves ON board The Mystic. from
ST. Paul dc Lnanlo. arrived Mt st Helena Dcccm.
bcr II, uhceis and crew nil well. In the ca,ly
part OF December, the British war steamer Pluto,
icll III with II bark showing American culpr-,
hut suNlcctins her Of being SLAYER, sent II bont
on hoard. and found her 10 be the Orion ol New
York, Cant. Morgan, from tho Coast ot Africa,
with o-3 slaves IN board, bound To Cuba. D.s.
regarding hcr nationality, right of search, &c.
the steamer nut plao crew On bourd and took
hvr I" 81. Helena.
On tho passage 1875 of the slaves died; viz; 40
mcu 60 Aoy,, women. "A girls. and - Others
sex not ,ep rlcd. When carnrrd the Orion had
IN pontd .15 men, .q6 b,ya Is women, III girls
rud "lacr~ ~rx not specified. Whcn the Pluto
an the ogian arrived at ST. Helena the British
con'n,nud r 81 rendered the slAvor to thu United
states steamer Mystic. which will douhtlcSs send
tcr u part il tnc L. : i,r trial The slaves,
hpwe,cr. wsrr banded, anl would rcmiin undrr
the rirn oi ia" I. y. Consul until n kisrI by the
CumNo il'e ''u the station what further disposition
t, mike 81 thcn,
Thc 0rpu l. 10 tons, with one dock. hut
lean, tor h,tvr"n deckS, and was luilt at New
rl,i,", NJ. in 1916. Al her Recommendations nrc
Craa d'rk, irayns tie cotlrc hold iur tho stowagc
at corIo, consequently her great capacity h.
eonlnn 50 'uanN shnes, with -tha necessary
'uplllr~ut water AMI lrnyisionS. IL the Amer-
can IL vi. Mr.. \. Le,rv, uf New lotk, is placed
'ppu.ltc hcr entry, n, owner, but we suppose
IA" WIS uWned IA Cuba before shc sailed on ror
la~ voyage.
Whcl' lho vessel was brau-ht into port, she had
On arl cSl huuI el and seventy y-oue nc srocs,
el which uumhtr sixty eight were womca.
hundred and t"enty-seNen girls, two hundred and
seventy th,'n a,ea, three handroi aud nuety.slx
huys. and seven, hrx unknown. b fore The vessel
arrived, lj9 bad died wLich wohld make the total
number taken un board when she left the coast Of
Africa, ten hundred and twenty three. Among
tIo~e whr died were sky boys, forty men, eight
"nh"", twenty four girls and twenty our others,
sex unknown.
A letter Ia tlcN. Y Journal Il Commerce, ,,alcl
at s., lIe!crn, Dec. ~. gives additional particu-
liars pt tic ,nl,tutc:
Ga the II ,; inst, the liIte United States stea-
mcr Mys'ic, Captain lie Roy, ot the African sqnd-
ron cluo -'camtlg into our hnrbar, after pas-
sage Of only * days from L,asdo, bringing intel
lig"nce Of the capture w the 3Oth ut., by II, NJ
! steamer Piuiu, If the famous Americun bark
Orion, "f New fo,k. Thomas Marsln. Master,
! Win about $50 slaves ON board, She hal about
ono week pre-, u,l been boarded hy the Mystic
bht tl'H1li ltl'Ii WcTt NcIN NPl
her papers wr,e found to bc hight. The captain
rcp1rtrI himself sick, aud most Of the crew, aud
| asked for aid. Capt. lie Roy seut on board nn
"fii 'rr aud me mcn t. render such assistance
n~ it would rnahle him to keen watch over her.
| Siir was then tax into the mouth IF the Congo,
| n Can't. Morgin's request, and anchored aud the
| Mystic lay Lear her.
S.,,u ai,cr the Mystic was ordered off Ly Tie
! Eta. OtiNr, with impur;ant dispatches and tho
| slii Ornn' took advantage tho interim. and IN
| three hnurs shipped hiS cargo, and but for the
| drunk kcunis - al the old African chiri, she would
| have had 300 instead of mcrn 900 Sheeot of
! abuu' 100 me- Nhen the Pluto came across her
! becalnuel and a5 he boarded her, sllo wa> dying
tie Ancsi, ,nn flag, bat cut it down before tho buat
reached her. and surrendered She was sent hotc
iJr Hiudirai"n. and arrived ou the 2lth inst. with
the fll wing cirsoly actual count. Ns: GS women
l.S sirls, 81 men, and 39S boys Total S7l OF
those. lJ2 had died, Nix: 60 boys, 40 men, u sill,
& womcu. aud 20 unknown before capture.
Capt. Morgan and lis two mates were To have
fcrn lu pi, shore with the cIew On Tie g rst but
they br, ,el t. he bro sht here litlc thinking of
the taft rilt lites them. The nag- ri 'rr ,man
hearing o h"r capture, AT orce despatched Capt. le
X y in the My>tie 10 this Island, to reclaim the
Captain an'l maxS ~ Americans gully II piracy,
under the .t-hgurton Treaty. They are now un-
der examination ltiIre the magi,ttatr. aud Will
. NJ H. uh be hapded over to Captain lie RiN: who
will take them criminals IT, the cpast ri Africa,
when they viii be sent to the Unics States iur ri
Flag iiircr Tnnan deserves great credit for this
ndmlrHh p"or"elius, and hcreit IS highly spoken
ain It Ell cent sep towards the suppression of
the s'nyc trani.
The Urun viii be ad n1cnted on the next week
and 'ft'nrsc nl mnel: and surely all tins will
rnn'inre the pcuple Of her former character when
sent home by HE Marion and will. trust, be
the MEANS OF upscttiug the suitwhich understand
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