Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1834-07-24

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and committaI to prison Of two OF the part
.,.rs Eowle and Morton, on the following
charge Samuel r. Steele, paper manutac-
,urer' Of Dalton Mills. Mass. deposed, that IN
December last one of the partners called on
hin, with several letters of reference To re-
spectable persons in New England, and stat
ed that he belonged 10 the firm OF Fowse.
Durham & Co. Of New York, Commission
merchants. and that he was DESTROYS of pro-
curing from him paper to sell on cOmmisslon.
Mr.. Steele in the course Of short time for
warded quantity of paper TO Them, with d.
rection to sell the same at not less than IS
ream, and to transmit the amount oil sales as
soon as disposed Of. He subsequently -sent to
them another lot Of paper, amounting alto
gether to $3.50. In March last Mr.. Steele
came to New Y ork, and having payment tn
make TO Messrs. Jonathan Seymour & Co.
and being short Of money, he called on Fowle
and Durham, 10 ask payment Of part OF his
demand-Fowle pleaded the pressure Of the
times which prevented them getting the cash,
hut proposed that Mr.. Steele should draw on
them for SsOO at thirty days. which Of course
would be paid when due. This Mr.. Steele a
greed to do, and paid the draft over to Messrs.
Seymour.
On arriving at maturity. the bill was pro-
tested. Mr.. Steele wrote to know the cause
ofthis, and in reply to Fowle stated that they
were unexpectedly drained Of their ready
money by the purchase Of a cargo and outfit
of vessel bound 10 Gibraltar, which had al
ready cost them SS,OOO-that they had also
disbursed several thousand dollars 10 estaD-
,ishing branch oftteir house in Charleston,
but which would ultimately prove adyanta-
geous to him, as it would be the means of o.
peDiDg new market for his paper. They
concluded by proposing that he should again
draw on them for any sum he might require,
= and that the acceptance should be punctuaIIy
paid. He accordingly sent on draft. which
they accepted. II is scarcely necessary 70
remark that this draft was also protested Tor
non-p payment Exasperated at such conducf.
Mr.. Steele came on to New-York. ana de-.
manded to know the reason Of this treatment.
They had plenty@of excuses, but no money,
and 10 order to pacify him, offered two notes
drawn in their favor by Mr. Dispard, who
proved, on inquiry, to be mere man OF straw.
Mr.. Steele now first began to doubt the IN !.
fegrity Of his correspondents, and immediate
~ Instituted inquiries respecting them, which
CONFIRMED his suspicious of their honesty
He learnt from Walter Franklin, atctioneer,
that he had sold, by order Nf FOwle. Durham
s. Co. several parcels of paper, with Mr..
Steele's name on it rs manufactures, for ST.
SO 1.2 per rean, at the very time they had in
formed Mr.. Steele Of their having disposed
Of his paper at So, the price he set upon It,
and bad carried the amount to his credit
Further inquiries elected other transactions,
ola very dishonorable nature, in which Fowle,
Durham s. Co. had been engaged. Acting
by the advice Of his friends. Mr.. Steele made
application to the police Office, and stated his
case 10 the magistrate, who thereNpOn grant
ed warrant to apprehend the parties
Sparks arrested FowIe on the Merchants Ex-
change, and his partner. Morton, at his resi-.
dence. On appearing before the magistrate
they we're fin ss.al
Duunam y Somewhere 10 Ohio, and in al
probability will soon be in custody. There
are some other dishOnOrahle circumstances In
winch the hrin have been engaged. Some oil
tnem have come to our knowledge, but we
refrain from publishing them at present from
motives OF prudence. Should other well au.
thenticated facts reach as, VIC shall assuredIy
give them to the world, in order that our
y merchants ard traders may be cautioned
thereby.-N. r. Courier.
origin Of Negro Slacery.--Mr. Bancroft.
10 the first volume Of his interesting History
u the United States, gives an account OF, the
early traffic of tho Europeans in slaves. In
'he middle ages the Venetians purchased
Wnite men, christians and Others, and sold
mem 70 the Saracens in Sicily aud SPAIN
40 England. the Anglo Saxon mobility sold
.ne'r servants as slaves to foreigners. The
Portuguese first imported negro slaves from
western Africa into Europe 10 l44s. Spain
soon engaged in the traffic. and negro slaves
aoounded 10 some places af that kingdom.-
After America was discovered, the Indians Of |
hspanioIa were imported into Spain and
made slaves. Tho Spaniards visited the |
coasts Of North America and kidnapped thou
SANDS OF the Indians, whom they transported
INTO slavery 10 Europe and tho West Indies. [
Columbus himself enslayed Ave hundred ma I
i've Americans and sent them to Spain that
tney might be publicly sold at Seville. The
Practice OF selling the North American Indi.
ans into foreign bondage continued far near.
y Two centuries. Negro slavery was lirst in
trod1ced' into America, in sol, by Spanish
shareholders, who emigrateti with their ne
9roes. royal edict Of Spain authorized ne
gro slavery in America in i50S. King Verdi.
nsnd himself sent from Seville So slaves 10
.aoGr 20 the mines. In 1911, che direct traffic
e slaves between Africa and Hispaniola was
enJosoed by royal ordinance. I.as Caa,s
VINO had seen the Indians vanish away ma
dew before the crueliies OF the Snaniards are
gesied tho expedient that negroes, who alone
could endure severe tolls. might be still fi,r-
tner employed. This was in 1917. The mis-.
taken benev0lence Of LAS Casas extended m.
slave trade eh;Nh ha 4 ho.,. ...:....-l-.~..