Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-06-01

ueL-Ihe Sldve Trade.
We have received the following interest
ing letter from highly esteemed CORES
pondent -
a friend who left the Azores two months
since, has communicated 10 NE some items
OF information, OF which you may, if you
think proper, make use.
Don Predro had at ST. Michaels 10 coo
troops. OF these 1000 were regulars hired
by the government, and paid by a general
contribution Of the Islands 1000 are volun-
teers, chiefly young men of education, re-
spectabllity, and property. These receive
no pay; and they clothe and equip themselves,
One volunteer corps of 500, is composed
wholly OF students from the university of
Coimnra. They are fine young men. All
The volunteers choose their own officers, who
are distinguished from prvates by no other
o"uge than au additional strip ofgold lace
scoiiopped round the cuff Their boards
have grown SO long as TO reach their breasts,
for they have made vow not TO shave until
the tyrant is hurled from his throne.
Gen. Count Villa Flor is brave, but has
not the confidence of the people. They think
he is patriotic and liberal by circumstances
One evening at the theatre, in Terceira, he
gave the viyas Gonna Maria" and the
Regency" but omitted the Charte Consti-
tulional. Upon this the audience chafed and
became enraged. They rushed at the often
der, tore his boz all TO pieces and broke ev-
cry Thing which came in their way. They
wonld not have spared his person, if he had
not timely made his escape. The theatre
was Immediately surrounded by troops, but
there was no doubt but they would take
sides with the people. Villa Flor, to APP
peasc the storm, came into the house and a
pologized saying that it was an nadvertence
that he omitted the Charter, and then viva
ed it three Zines, in which the people united,
and became quiet and orderly again.
Don Pedro was expected to bring 5000
good troops from England and France, ma
king $4,000 in the whole. The volunteers
are expected TO fight with uncommon brave
ry, and, if necessary, with desperation, be-
cause they are almost all fugitveS from Por-
tugal, whose fathers have been murdered or
their families and friends in some way perse-
cuted, or themselves put in danger by Mig
uel and his minions. They fight for their
lives, their homes, their fortunes, or 10 re-
vcnge murder.
The rumor that General Saladanha was
not going with Don Pedro, is not true On
the contrary, ne is the most popular com
mander they have. The young Marquis of
Louie, who married Migueps sister, and
whose father Miguel murdered is also ex-
tremely popular. lie is republican in
principle, and has written and published in
Paris political work, which is universally
read and admired at the>IslandS.
My friends estimate the executions and
and banishments to Africa 10y order of Mig
uel at 5000. For many days after the insur-
rection Of the fifth and siXteeth regiments
a! Lisbon, from 20 to 30 executions took
place daily. The people became horror
stricken, and Miguel himself deemed it
prudent measure 20 prosecute his further
butcheries privately. So the prisoners were
sent on board the Don John vi. IA, and
there at the latest advices, lis miscreants
were continuing 10 hang, and sink by tying
cannon balls TO The heels, from ten TO fifteen
men per day A sailor from the Don John,
escaped TO the Islands. Re had been on
board three months, and every day there
WIS hanging going on. Beautiful young
men" he said, "were brought on board that
dreadful ship, and in some instances, they
looked as if their eyes would start out of
their heads, with terror and despair" These
sights, we're more than this sailor could bear
The victims, he said, would call upon God
but Miguels officers would reply, "you
villain, you call upon God you Mason you
Republican
The most gratifying fact which learned
from my friend, is the entire abolition of
slavery in the dominions which are to be
under tho government of Dona Maria -
Slavery was abolished before, when Pedro
first established the Charte Constitutional,
but upon the usurpation of Miguel, it was
restored. Now the slaves in the Azores
M oil fra Il tk,k
compensation 10 their masters The restO-
ration Of the Constitution, it is supposed, will
have most important bearing upon the slave
trade in Africa. The Portuguese now car
ry on that trade through the medium Of the
Cape de Verd Islands, particularly Bona Wis
TO. There, the slave ships take the order of
the great slave dealers, and then proceed to
CoChen or some other Portuguese place on
the coast, where they are Immediately sup
piled. and then proceed to the Brazils. A
young man with whom | have become ac-
quainted, has made ono voyage lately, and
his only one. He assures me that no consid- |
GRAFTON would induce him 10 make another. |
That to sec so much human misery, and to |
hear such wailing, was an injury to him
greater than all the gain Of the traffic, even |
II It wero ten times as lucratiYeasit is. For |
slaves at the coast, being between the ages |
OF IL and 25, he gave 500, and sold them for
$3.50 in Brazil.
must now state remarkable and most |
interesting fact, which ought to be trumpeted |
throughout Great Britain and America. A |
slave vessel was fitted out sometime ago at
Baltimore. Her nominal Captain and owner |
was Portuguese, but the real was a citizen
of the United States She was called the |
Airicano and had a crew Of so men. She
arrived on the coast, and took in a cargo Of
slaves. The English cruisers pursued her