The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-29
THE LATE SLAVE WRECK.

The Nassau Guardian, New Providence, give
the following particulars of the wreck of the slav
ship Atlantic, Captain Dawle, of New York, ant
the rescue of $50 negroes from death and slavery
The yacht left Nassau on the 10Th December
with fair breeze, and made some thirty miles dur
ing the night. Early the next morning we touched
some shoals, but the vessel received no damage
About I2 o'clock on Thursday it fell a dead calm
which continued for three days, all which time i
was very hot indeed; the thermometer being 8;
deg. in the shade, and 120 deg. in the sun. W.
passed the days the best way we could, but th'
chief excitement consisted in catching shark. anC
harpooning some dolphins. On Saturday spoke
a schooner bound for Nassau, and heard that al
the slaves had been taken off Cay Lobos on tht
Tuesday previous; however, went on, and &
breeze sprang up on Saturday, at first contrary
bnt on Sunday we got Northeastern, and made
the cay on Monday morning at daybreak.
We landed at once, but saw no signs of any Ont
till Ap Rees, the assistant lightkeeper, came dowr
and told us that the slaves had all been gone fol
six days. We then went into the lighthouse, q
splendid iron structure, $50 feet high, the Lantern
of which cost f2, ,000 Mr.. j. b. Burnside, who
acted as magistrate the occasion, then took dowr
the dispositions of Lamotte and Ap Rees, the light
keeper and his assistant, which were to the effec
that on the 4th of December they observed shiT
on the Lavanderas reef, which is distant about Is
miles from CAY Lobos. Shortly after thev observ
ed a boat about to land, and on going down to
meet it, they saw the captain of the SLAYER, who is
thought to be an Englishman, with seven or eight
men all armed with revovers and bowie knives
The captain inquired whether Cay LObOs was an
English a Spanish possession, and on being told
that it belonged to the English he said he mus
land his cargo. On being questioned by Lamotte
to the kind of cargo, he said they were slaves
and he must land them. He then boarded the
schooner Lily, and took her by force to the wreck
and by means of her and two whale-bOats he
brought off about $50 slaves.
The whaleboats were afterwards left at the cay
The slaves were on Cay LobOs about fourteen ol
fifteen days The captain brought off rice and
other food for them from the wreck, but took wa
ter from the cisterns of the lighthouse. No yio
lence was offered to the lightkeepers were they
interered with at all in the execution of tneir duty
but at the same time the captain and his crew tool
everything they wanted. Lamotte attempted tC
give letter to the captain of a schooner, for the
authorities at Nassau but the captain of the SLAYER
took it from him. Several vessels passed rather
close to the cay; but when they came in sight the
captain and his men drove the slaves to the fal
side of the lighthouse, to keep it between the
vessels and the slaves, who were chiefly women anC
children. There were very few men. About four
teen of the slaves died On Cay Lobos. They were
buried two in each grave. Seven graves wer'
found. The slaves were in miserable condition,
lying together for heat all around the light house
They so badly fed that they dug up every crat
on the cay. and ate a number of pumpkins and 9th
er vegetables raw that were grown on Cay L0bO
by Lamotte, the lightkeeper On Tuesday, the
18th, the day before the expedition sailed, brig
was brought down from CuOa Dy the captain oI th'
SLAYER, who went there in the Lily for the purpose
and all the slaves were taken off and conveyed OF
board the brig in about an hour.
The yacht left Cay Lobos about p. NJ. on tn
day of her arrival, and sailed to the wreck, which
was living dismasted high on the reef She wa
boarded, and found to be fitted up in the usua
way for the slave trade. Her name had been Gu
out from the stern, so that it not easy to fin
out who she was, but from some papers afterward
discovered on board it was found that she was th
Al 49,, H. Nn,I-
the whale trade. The letters s. A. were on he
hatches. The yacht soon after bore Np for Mas
sau, in the teeth of a north-easter. TIE wind fe
the next day to a dead calm, which lasted tw
days. 1t then came on to blow so strong that W
were forced to lie under the lee of Green Cay dur
ing the whole of Thursday. The only residen
on the island is person named Simcox, from th
Middle Counties of England, who came off an
dined on board the yacht, which left that night t
beat up to Nassau. The Teviot came in sight nes