The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-01-04
Capture Of a SLAYER.

lowing account of the chase AMI capture
If The slave bark Cora, on the coas, OF
Africa.
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As ! real in vonr paper some time ago
about the bark Cora. | will now give YOU
the first news ~ the capture 10y our fryafe
last night. We hai smart chase. and
rh~ bsrl, hel / out well. in spite OF our shot
of which We did no, spare Il was about
seven bells Yesterday evening I've were
under the starboard lacks and buuul for
| Lcando,) when the lookout on The star.
board ca'hea.l sang out Sail no - on oar
weather bow. standing close hauled., with
port tack, aboard. We at once hau'el our
winl, at the sane time giving her Il thirty
two pound pill but she paid no attention
to the compliment, started neither tacks
nor sheets. hnt kept on her cou.se. hf;er
"A half an hours chase il seemed doubtful
whether we were gaining anv. and pre-
parations were made to we, 81 and lend
a new mainsai bnt Tie breeze rather
freshen"'!, an'l we could zee p'anly that
we were gaining. We thea gave her a
couple more shots, bnt She kept on "a
orders wer" given Ia take better aim and
fire into her This WAS done eff.c'ually, a.
her riggin" Afterwards proved, which wa~
cut away hv our shots.
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Ienr,h from II. Orders wer. oiyen t, fire
the sl,e! INTO her. TIE r,,u was trained
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,l,e proved the Cora nf which We had ;,
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sail. As soon a. onr boats reached tI,a
Cora our frs, Li.u.enan,. from oar fore
cas- ic. hai'e.I lis that we had a :. fat prize"
anil we gave three cheers. The SLAYER.
officers and crew were taken on board and
confined aud the Cora Was declared a
prize 10 The Constellation. Ibeljeye ,I,,,
she had neither f,y nor naners on hoard
when taken, The chase lasted four hoprs
and a ha3f She had seven hun4red and
five slaves on board, that we're shippeI Al
Mango Grandu lie night before, and had
only bcen on; in the vessel twen,y-four
hours when taken
The Cora apteared TO he new, hanH
somely fitted out. and far superior 10 the
class of vesse.s generally empIoye1 in the
slave trade. Those vessels engage in the
Cuba trade are very poor. as general
thing and are usually burned after land
lng cargo The hold was fillpI will, me.
and boys. and her cabin with women two
tean wears Of age. Al were in perfectly
nude state. They were rlscsifie ! AS follows:
ISz men. I05 women 343 bo-s. 81 ..irls.
and 3 babes a; the breast. Commander
Eastman represents them 10 have been "a,