The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-17

It'd whore they TOu0N nine hu0dfeU
ard sSty one Africans, male and female, under charge
OF apt Bowen, the American captain and Valentino Cor
ta she spanish captain Who represented himself as the
The Saratoga nne1 lately seized Der 90 prize In the
name Of the Of the United States and put the
crew In irons, which humber owes thirty men.
The american ard Spanish captains renamed board
for tw" days, and etcsp-d IN boat that astern-
left 'See doubt to avail themselves Of the opportu
MY The crew. after their escape, sent on board
LIE ano the nist, second and third mates were
the natives from Csnenda honrova and twenty
since heir arrival here ~ 'gEw
lhee hundred more To be shipped, but the
unexpected capture put summary end TO the voyage
The ,Ltsosuct Of these CObgoes into Liberia, with
the prospect Of their being provided for bv the American
govsrnmtnt source or great qualification to the peo
pie OF Liberia. As long there is a support provided
for these unfortunate beings, there will be persons
Of the pr eos Of al that have been landed here
commencing With those who Gene N the Niagara
Our Correspondence ON Board tho Night
tngale.
SHIP NIGHIlNGl LIZ, New YORK, June Is, 1861.
Voyage Of the Nightingale auth the Prize Crew from fabe
do to -Emdciation and Death Of the Afcans-
Ftrer Among the Crew end Three Deashs-Valus Of The
Negroes to n. Libe-ian-Errac's from the Log Of the
Sla,sr-Seene Her Cabin ,chen tn american Boarders
E,t.-cG The Negroes all Braxd.d-Ssviees of the Sara
'cod-A 8ytts,h Cruiser Scents the 5arer in Cha~Cs Of
Our OHcers, DC.
THIS ship arrived here TO day in City three days from
CaLenda, West Coast OF Africa, via xonrovia where
anchored for caya ard delivered to the authorities
OF IAhoria sol recaptured Africans.
This ship captured the night Of the 2lst Of April
by the sloop srat ga having board at that time 966
slaves There conflicting statements as to the
Der she 10 have taken board say that she
have taken 900, others that she had completed
cargo and ouly waiting for stores to come
oT rha Tho 1prtco hy hnat 7 I'M
to the opinion, however that ship Of her capacity
would scarcely have started with SO few, and had not
boats taken her at that time she would In hours
time, been Oh with ut east GEO more Her captain 30
informed me, as he did also that he compelled 10
take his cargo that night else lose his freight inn
patient had the become for shipment, with
the moral certainty that ship lowering the
peghtorhood.
The Saratoga had scarcely provision enough to last
her to Losndo. This they Of, and, sup.
posing that had taken final departure,
determined them to ship that night. But
the pracsised suoceeded and the fortu
captors Of this prize much coveted by the whole
squadron Az soon % prize crew could be transferred
and other necessary preparations made we sailed for
Monrova where We arrived after an unusually long pas
sage of fourteen days having been detained by cans
bead vines &c, DC. Cpwsrds Of one hundred ana fifty
Of the Africans lied the passage This, perhaps,
mortality but eripg the extreme
cia, in which we found many OF them the long pass
Dge, unfsvOIabe weather aud their long conHi emen In
rhe baracoons of itself sufficient to account for the
many ceaths We did every thing 10 power to keep
them alive, euch az giving them plenty OF fresh air and
feeoir thu m bonntifuly We found them dying about
the ceCk5 when took the ship, and continued 70
throw them overheard up TO the time the last one was
cent ashore at Moprovia
Our crew, too, not exempt from the noxious ef
fects Of this crowded ship Fever made Its appearance
econ after leaving Canenda and did not disap'
pear until after leaving Moosovia and getting
down with it, and at one time the ship was LETT with
but seven men to work her, and they very much en-
We bad the misfortune to lose three Of our crew.
Jno Edwards, apdsman
Berry Maggie, ordinary seaman.
j. Redmond. marine.
Abe authorities of Nom ova we've very prompt in af-
fordDg facilities for landing the cargo They evil
the Commissioner for recaptured Africans informed
that the bounty allowed by government for their
they could The Commssiorer with our assistance Sc.
lected dozen more OF the nkeliest board for his
him select onised name likely Congo after
compliment which we duly appreciated, ana hope that
he and Mhs Jenny LIND wiz become ornaments 70 tner
race The Africans were all sent to the Receptacle,
where they dugged and washed to the time they
apporoned out 20 the Settlers who at once remove
them to their farma, &c
This Is first and, trust last experience in q
SLAYER But 10 those who have taste for the revolving
we recommt nd u a trip ouch We have had.
rbe saves found ractable hey ont expectations
One man, with a Gov hide could keep thousand In
tuhso ioD provided they were moderately well fed no
They did not appear TO realize the change from slavery
to freedom, old 'hey exhibit any attach:
dying received sympathy attention from
the well; and than occasion
before life extinct. TO the INST needy we would
Occasionally give ood and clothog from our own ecarty
wardrobe and table, but for This teey made not the
slightest acknowledgment of gratitude. Men, women
children were entirely naked and remained so up 70
departure from Mourovia.
he N,ehtpga ale is clipper ship of 100 tons burthen,
built 1t Portsmouth, N. a. Of the beat materials,
Under The super vson OF Swedish officer OF the navy,
who intended her for the Baltic and Australian e.
but builders did fulfil the contract she passed
into oIber hants She has repeatedly char ged owners,
all OF whom it Teporlet have lost money py her she
at time Owned by the house Of Co (noted
ireecom tbritkera) more than one Of whose ships
knew have done good thing in the cooie business
the net pearus and revong species Of slavery that
has been carried present century but it Is
sidersd highly respectable business and would not
not pay ing ara respectable wonder il tncy sti have
interest IN This ship If so, what shock 1t will be TO
their feelings ond that Of the present administration
The Nightir gule, after lying idle for some time In
New York, oared with grain for Liverpool She sailed
from New York on 'be 18th of sep,emo Der last, and
Oh the 9th If October She anchored at
Liverpool where ske dis harged cargo, and for
the East noies Her informed us thai they shipped
with the VI ny they VOC.
age. The original crew discharged at Liverpool,
with the exc. pton Of The mates. stewards, &c.
On the 20 Of December ehe sailed from Liverpool and
the nth OF the sta she anchored ut tie
Island Of st thomas. West Coast OF Asrca where the
captain wtp, shcre ee soon returned, and the ship
proceeded came 10 sea " was nero, the oln5crS
and informed ,hey fl, emelt mouee, for 1t is
motor Gus that his Island Of St Thomas is the place
where veses usually 60 to get nsructJns to what part
Of the coast to proseed TO.
On the 22d OF January she was boarded by the English
steamer Archer the United states chip Mystic, of the
Corgo. up which river she immediately projected and
renai cd trere Until the Let day Of Apr when che
ftllen in with boarded after exciting chase
by the Saratoga TIE officer who boarded her reported
Ter papers ell right but that the hold WIS flied with
ter casks, &c tncer the circumstances the captain OF
the Saratoga permitted her to proceed. For ten
Gteen osys she lowered about the coast, aud finally
anchcreo IN The Kabepna where her cargo OF negroes
had been brought the baracoops the Congo which
place bad betn cicsly watched that they abandoned
the dea Of shipping from there. re officers Informed us
cargo where Of war were in sight but. owing
the ,miotj cf the POI tuguefe shore they not
shipped II being necessary 70 ct water proceeded
TO Kabenda where sgain found this ship Everything
apnaar Indicate III she intended chin