The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-17
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UsIrEp STATES Sioop sARATooA,
CAsENDA (Afrcal, Aprh ~ 1901
Cayue of the SLAYER Nightingale utA One 7houiaid and
Say si1re--H7 Repwa,,n as Flea sa'ier, and
Determination Of the United States Ship sara,o9a 70
TAKE Rer-Sh. IL soarded Thre. Times, and tound San
kghr' --7aken By surTrise, and Found FRIED nth Ne
g,oes-Risss of the supprsssioa Fleet de-
The SLAYER Nightingale, of Boston, captured b.
the United states Sarstogs in Caoenda Bay,
yesterday morning, 2lst al NJ with eco slaves on
board
This lie perhaps one OF finest prizes taken
this coaa. She clipper built ship of os0 .ons and
one fastest saIers adoAt She had been lowering
about tbe coast for some four or fse months.
On The arrival Of the sarasoga At Loando, Jau. a.
and hearing of the Nighn GALE all her OH ;ers at
once eager for q trial OF speed ~h ber.' they were
laughed at told that the Nightingale did mot come
out here to be taken SILL it was harm 70 try.
Or the night the 3Oh March tho Saratoga sighted
her coming out Of he Congo. where she had been
some veeks, and her down and boarded her
being eoabled TO keep sight Of her only
by the fsvoyng flashes Lightning in dark and cloudy
night Again on the 10th Of Api the Saratoga boarded
her below Cabenda She reported she wac bound for the
Congo Jeanne course with the Saratoga bat fell astern,
into Cabenca bay.
tbs looked suspicious, and induced Captain raylsr
Though short Of provisions going to Loaudo to re
to fall back and watch her lie accordingly ran in and
boarded her again next day she appeared TO be EAU
right and her CaptalnG tender feelings
rather touched ih rdcstion Of suspicion Of "egal
tyaoer'' with papers all rieht' 1t bsiDg necessary
to bring the TO Crisis soonas the Saratoga
had been out cruising Dcary three mouths and lad
visions 0nl, It'll lst MeY-Cartan rsyior weighed
anchor end out II fer Loando; but after night
tack ed SHIP and back spehored long distance out
and sent the boats of to The Nightingale at ten O'Clock
rbey came along side or Ter ct one A ~. before she
had tie eas: ntma cn o! their approach and was Just
wetghiI enchor TO be of
The Captain ana his friends from on shore were be
low drinking speedy AID prosi erous voyage to the
.d.-.v urr,1d l,-o
had size only sIseded she commenced for half
night she had got than 060 board and
had Lieu Guthrie BEEN hour later che would
have bad 500 GOO more start enough by morning,
to have dsnced AID dehed the pursuit OF even the fast
sailing saiatoga
Though She " unusually large ard se appointed to be en-
gaee1 IN this trace the GEO negroes her in
able co-dion One dec the arstnght AID three more
terday TIE others crowded almost 10 sulluca-
ton Captain Ia! or is making great exertions to
burr! her of to Scprovia md relieve the sufferers with
much speed be old tn catch her. aud save them from
the Of the middle pass and slavery He the pay
nseer and psy masters clerk have been working might
main report OF her capture tour clock A.
n. yesterday, TILL lae hour last night. He now hopes
to despatch her day IN this capture you have nut
Nearly al the Sa7etoga's ofcers are from Southern
States with Southern feelings and principles Two from
seceoiIg States, Alabama and mississippi. Here Is u
Captain Alfred Taylor Virginia; First Lieutenant John
Julius GuihIie North Carolina; second Lieutenant Chas
" Hayts Alabama; TbIrd lieutenant, jos. SoeTrett
OHIO Fourth Lieutenant, Franc b. Ramsay, Pennsyivs
Mo- Surgeon Richard w jeffrey virgins; Pay master,
Carpenter, Asstltht surge n, James H.
Lindsay, North ,arolDs; Boats vain, Geo. Smith, Viz
gina Gunner Robert Il cross, Washington, d. C Car
Iepter, John ", Stiusop Maine; saimaker, Geo "
Frssklano Washington, u C Captains Clerk, Ben r
Sheke Masters Male, Lewis Rogers, Washington, D.
C; Pay mae er, Frederick G Rowe, Eorfoik. w.
Not one them with tie smell o. gO5tionism on
his garments anc yet they ae+ es ~ suppress the
srve trade their hearts feel deeply for the real
suaeriues ot moor negro humanity Greeley and
with eli ther crocodile tera over the fact that
many Of The otcers here SoGhernets Let I the
hole OF prlze money be iupqtei 10 them as motive
The Nightingale would baye betu taken be ore she took
her regroes, for au were su's she was " after no
COCA here but tie fear hat without tue negroes
board eyderoe could not be pro6uced t, ct her
before New YORK Boston j1ry, auo commanders
OF navs vessels here do rot W'sh to make themselves
personally liable for damages 10 wealthy slave a1ers,
wheo tibet, government will not proec: them IN the
oischs &c ot 'her dutg from such rieks.
Bescts, what s toe prize ey on few hundred ne
eroes compared with The value Of such chip az the
Nightingale lie. IheS Law be amended as TO protect
officers 10 TIE dschsse Of their du,y from legal octon
for dsmsees s!aTeIs w be taken much FASTER w!h
out slaves on toud than trey ever have been before
with them. ~