, 1860-05-18

Full Particuiars or The Capture OF .ho .
SLAYER svlidhrs. !
Correspondence VI thc n. T. Herald
kKr wHar. May i, 1860.
The great e1sut Of the past fortnight in this
section Of The Union has been tho cunturn bY
the United 6t&tes steamer Mohawk. Iieut. T.
A. II. Craven. Of the slave bark Wijddro and
her cargo Of 5so negroes, and the arrival and
Post near Tott q TaT!or apS LITTER upon Whitehead
= News arrived IN the city on Sunday, The e9!h,
that The Mohawk WAN 1t anchor oil 1nd'an
hey, itty miles east Of Key West, with SLAYER
in tow. Tho next morning the Mohawk made
s5 sRpf15sass e noscs Ghisa ind
s'tc the naval depot, CAME to m nnchor with
her prize.
Tue Mohawk sailed from Key West on the
4?th of April 9n the cruise ofeths eastern end Of
tho barren keys. of tue Bahamas. occasionally
turtle. She also visited the 1.obos Keys, AID
had two or thrre axcinng ohascs after suspicious
craft. On the esd sla put into tho harbor Il
when sue took: tue American brig Pedro
Sanches Dolz in tow, the weather beng calm.
and Carried ler outside Of the reefs She re-
manned III company with The brig uutt! tue next
lnoEalng, when, discovering sail IN tho ott}u&
heading for The laud, she cast OF thu brig7eba
There being no wind, the sail, which proved
TO be n bark, was speedily approached. She |
was evidently IN American hulk vessel, hut
having 10 nan1e upon her .teru, ,thoWas request
I'd to *how.tcr colors, in response to which the |
american flag WAS ho1stcd. As the. Mohawk |
ranged alongside, men. were observed at work t
in tic rigging, othefs about the decks-s few ID
number-whi!e the captain and Lis officers
cooliy leaned upon the raieobserying the steam:
er's movements: She did not look the SLAYER,
but from fnrce Of habit, with spice Of curiosi:
ty, Cupt. Craven ordered Lieutenant .Ca1penlet
| 10 board her. As the boat approached the yes:
| sci it YVES observed that no rupe WIS thrown
| out, and it wss evident that The visit was mol
| agreeable.
| The lieutenant, rnassisted, boarded the ves-
| sci, and was no sooner On her bulwarks than be
waved his sword, and the men in the boat raised
shout. O s1gnal that she w8s slayer and u
| prizs The moment !that the slaves, who had
just been driven below, caught sight Of the off.
GERS uniform (the matches were covered with
| 2ratings only, they sang and clapped their
hands with joy. They instinciire}y knew that
their delrerers we're ut hand
The bark proved to be the Wildtire, q hand
some clipper Of 339 tons, built in Philadelphia
in 1856. She sailed from New York on the 10th
December, 1869 with IN American crew, for the
West Indies She made u good run to st.
Thomas, where she remained eight days, md
then sailed for the Congo river. She took on
board 603 slaves the nig ght Of March 81. She
| got safely of the coast and had not seen slil
B. up to the day Of her capture. When they lett
| the coast the American captain and crew were
|. superseded by Spanish captain and crew, the
|. former acting as passengers, This cargo con-
ststs Of children, and young men and women,
ne ma]o11ty & oesng from t%e,vf 70 S.1teen years
pl ags. 10y ase u - fe.na' haoy sounu . a';a ~
better order than this. Tie negroes, since
/ their transfer to the shore, seem happy and
, | con.enteo. Ane sleA iu uospltaa Ale Eetstue
: weA nnaer lie Alno srca'"ent t0ey are rece''-
Ing: r-;.o. c..4nu Ill, n,a1
.9a a'.roas Ias n,acna 3isr, T.; hast;1r % ~
strncted But comfortable sheds, built expressly
thc land purchased for Fort Tayior. but half .
, mia d;stant from the fortificati6n
|. Tic crew Of the SLAYER have been before til,
United states Commissioner and committed t,
:. nj; >~1 '~. o'. - -. @>' '~1
i ~ 1:onta;n nrennGn 1,as detailed a nortion o
:. h;s rp,nnanr ~ arard The NEGROES and nrerer
+ha;- a..aan: ~ fs.cantnrc ,,nnrd n mar;n.
f. ~, 10 Hohawt harc nfso heen dpta;fed f.
o ~. dntv ~
E, The Marshal has added to this force puar
y, .,,asa,, trnn, amnn1 tha r;t;vens xho ,9a y
70 Jnosen ;..,t mm III a%s da~ @'e e'@'Ae' ""o o40
In WY assus s,@as 49, 49, ua5 In ,
II +tad "a era s;na;n,p c'onnin9 GI Len u
, ~ ~" 'nEe... ~aArF6 tatn .".a ~. !.
y iersals auf,ng 1ne oay. 1Ms; M are sasteu uol!
s. " lne "aoie popu.a loa: 4nas 1neiHptoent;
-, ~ tact, is the only attraction on the Key and
~ " worth soyagc"t 'nousana mi1es 10 81
u. them. Iha wolnen are, some OF them' mo
:; are but slightly tattoed, and hare BY no mca'
ILL., the fepulslve looks and manners OF our natt'
ell siase popu.Ianon ~ er an marheu aa. s'g
~, overwhelming IN their 1ondness foF the Viii
'nt children Of tile Key.
ITS Most OF them arc helpless, being yet chi'dre
ue and vii! be tor several years, mud u sent to
cir IBERIA Will have 10 pe supported long time
s -, our government. or by the Colonization socio1
na From the N: T. Courier and Enquircr:1
kEr MEsr, ApFil so'6, lseo.E1he Q.
arrived here this morning with sIarer,
'g' American built bark. called the Wild6re. abe
on 3tul TINS and eight Years old, The Wildf
is cfeared from New York on the 10th Of last
49,. | ccu,ber stanhopc, Master, for St. Thomas. !;
Wv has on board about 500 Africans, all quite you
ant and in i very good condition. She has Sp.
'wn ish captain aud a spanish crew Of fifteen M
Hi, ! The Spanish captain ca4!s AisnseH Manuel. :
49, 49, has also m American cartain, Rathbon, =
eight men tAnef,cansE iae i9tfer pEe1ene
mer to be passengers put are PROBABLY inc amerl'
ers,. oa3 an American rev 0fN@'
), lne oHik ie.: nsI ~ .ex;. " tae
o. Aa1c1, nssHs st ~ ooh.u ~. ~ ~ .aSans, ~
o' "e ~" cnaat ona abo,,t trcntr a;nce ti, MoS.
ther ane coass' anu nv Wt3 Ic ~, ~
rt;1a .tr - n,
ihe 2".n 1uSt:; ~ aoo.@ - UGiocA' " X
LIS uoln oian ..t T. ,s.I, E.i;',, e 'oait onI
m1cr ste"unue ~ - .ns te.;".. a.. ..s -
IL Of .1e Vatk .'i. nI'uE aa LII cs .as ~. T
wss ;9e noaSh <'.h hsa;s Sape rrs,1 "a
,tmsscss;n,3 ~ the hnrk
''lne Tha crev n n. rcsse1 ma1o nm res;a,a,
and were taken and sent on board the Moha
ana 1laee ai uss r usen s.;,, re- u!
NJ, as soon rs u r}uce Gun be built for their acc
t'hll- 1aad.t;ar Wsnv nf lion I,.re hesn conf;
IN tue hola ot t1e 7esse! SO seng tna1 luey
not aole 70 Walk. Most ot tnem are
iday young, ranging from sl1 70 twenty years
es Of ano seem sTly cy napps: 'a'Aens aaa s!ng'nt
,a,na 1he t1ne' 4ne oa.A ~ Ihe iooA'ne ee
an1 na4 ool ino "ealaeL useu % caut,
set ;loha"k "oul< no' HIVE oeen ao'e u o'ef
.ned hef.
noent 121G91(Fro'n the Key Of the Gull. May 81
-,..a These negroes are from the River Congo,
were 10 nave aa ueen !anosn ;'a IT. 1a{o .ean.@
Grnnaa
..t1 When this vessel lett the coast, there
@p" fourteen American vessels waiting for car
omen ofnegroes. The bark Williams left eight
rausr before her with $50 on board.4 Two Sp&
80. armed steamers were alfo waiting at the G
s 'e'' River tor cargoes Of l,500 negroes each, b
every for Cubs,
snotp So confident we're the people on boart
Wl1dfire Of not being overhauled, that
gone hatches we're not even closed. Lieuts. B,
lived ond t.urnartar +nrather with a nrize rresv