Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-18

PrOEress Of the sIave.trHd de-SaiIing Of
Five New SlnVers-RartiouIarB OF the
Capture Of the Bonita, with Over Seven
Hundred Negroes.
"SOuth-street" writes to Fridays New
York Evening Post: , f-'-4 ...|.-
The De Soto, from Havana reports the
clearance and sailing of the slavers Ardenres,
AlerinG, Falmouth and Express.
Herewith you have the report Of the cap
ture of the Sunny South, .
"Letters from Zanzibar, received in Salem,
Mass, state that the ship SUNNY South, with
BAG slaves on board, had been captured by
Her British;Maiesty's steamer Brisk, in the
vicinity Of Mozambique, and sent to Mauri-
tius.n sr- -r-7-rr ~.-
A 25O tun bark was sold last month, and
does not appear in the list of vessels in port
in the last issue Of the Shipping list. She
was fitted out for a slave voyage. ..,,.... ...
The particulars Of the capture of the
Bonita are given by the captain of the
United States storeship Relief who brought
the crew Of the captured vessel to this port
and reported himself to the United States
Marshal, at New York, on Thursday
The San Jdeinto left Kabenda, where she
put in for water on the 9th of October, aud
on the 10th, at eight A. NJ, saw brigantine
without colors, beating toward the north.
Steam was Immediately got up, extra sails
put on, and n Eigorous chase commented
The stranger kept on her course, gallantly,
with all canvas loose. A gun from the
frigate attracted the attention. Of those on
board the Bonita, but was disregarded. A
second shot, however, and the increasing
speed of the pursuer induced the brig to
heave to. Lieutenant Foster, United States
Navy, and Lieutenant Broome, of the Ma
rines, then put out for the brig and boarded
her. Considerable evasion was used to shift
the responsibility of command, but that the
game was up'became evident in q moment
the crew of the SLAYER crying out family to-
ward the hatch "You'ye got 'em; they re
down there.I
AS fine cargo of darkies az the most am
bilious trader could desire was then intro
duced to the newcomers. Males and females
were all perfectly naked, but in good health
and clean. They had only been out about
twenty-fonr hours, and were fresh from
Punta de Lenha, the chief slave depot on the
station, where, it is said, there are no less
than seventeen factories, p or exchanges, in
which the negroes for sale are concentrated,
The captors of the prize were not little as
tonished to find on board some of the crew
of the ship Cora, WI, % were put ashore at an
isolated part of the coast. - ID
The San Jdcinto kept alongside the Bonita
towing her all night; had the slave galleys
set up; and next morning sent her to Mon
royia to land the 7l3 slaves, who are to be
taken charge Of by the United States Gov.
eminent Agent. The slaves, notwithstand.
ing their numbers, were put on board the
Bonita in the space of fifteen minutes. Hav.
| ing disposed Of the prize, the San Jdcintc
stood to the south, and met the Constellation
the officers of each ship conveying to one
another the intelligence that a ihaul hat
been made. SE d I ~
The parties on board the SLAYER made 6
desperate attempt to break the San Jacinto',
propeller by throwing overheard furniture
and other materials likely to impede pro,
gress; the cabin had been made destitute o.
fitting" to accomplish this treacherous de-
sign. Plenty of rice and all sorts of provis
ions'were on board. The Bonita is splen
did brigantine of about 2l2 tuns burden
Her ownership has not transpired. Sht
cleared from New York on the 10th of July
with papers for st. Thomas and market
and took forty seven days to go out to thu
coast; and steering direct from the last
named port to Punta de Lenha, where sht
got the blacks.