The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-29

guilt and punishment for slave trading. Fortunate
ly, the misereant and his confederaes were subso-
quently recaptored, and have been sent TO England
where they will doubtless suffer the penalty of their
misdeads, The narrative is well calculated not only
to show the enormites Of the slave trade, but to pic
ture the guilt, namy, and desperation Of those en-
goged 10 the shocking business. Could all the hor-
rors of this trade be made known how appalling
would be the deails An officer on board the
United States brig Truxton, in letter to the New
York Commercial gives some further particulars Of
the capture of the Squire. II appears that the
vessel named made voyage to the river Poneas, in
March, 1874, carried away SAG slaves, which she
landed in Cuba. When recently captured by the
Tuxton, she was fifty miles up the Pongas river,
and, although no slaves were found on board, 800
were confined in the borrack-room, waiting for the
rainy season, the wind then being fresher, and the
chances of escape better The captain 10 said to be
citizen of New York, and was at the time both
owner aud master of the schooner. He had also a
Spanish captain board. The men are all ready TO
testify against her, that her condemnation is GER
tain The officer adds:
f she is condemned shall get little nothing nom
her; with miserable niggsrdy policy, government
only allows captoIs oneLs the value ole prize the British
for the suffering and dsease always
ssia OF boa. sa Y these sn rivera
The British boats also brought down prize, Spanish
brig and the steamer Is st this moment towing The Trusto
hs Ixtons prize and her At tho rate of sir miles
hour We receive every possible attention and assistance
from me British here their squadron the coast numbers
now thirty vessels, many Of them stsame, and 10 TO be
increased greatly soon The slave trsds II by their sos
sssy diminished and the risk run BY the slsvsrs every
1T difficult to how $50 human beings could BY any
possibility he crammed into Of less than hundred
tons; and when 10 remembered how much of this
small must be occupied by the oce and men Of the
vessel and by the provisions and necessay for
support OF many people, you form idea Of the
susrings OF the blacks during thirty five days passage to
Cuba The Sptfre about hundred long and be-
tween decks there just height enough for sit
down his head is bent little forward Imagine three hum
dred and fifty and children confined for thirty
five days in such place and In such position.
The food allowed them pint Of rice per day and
more; pint OF water each also given them daily few
occasionally allowed deck for little air,
hut not often; those who evince any disposition rebel
make trouble confined il irons The average off
prime negro between 20 and 80 years old the slave fac
tory seldom exceeds SIS; at Cuba the slave win
sell for 500 Their value at the West Indies however, has
much diminished and still continues diminish daily No
money paid here for the negroes who brought from
the interior Cloth rum, mnskets cutlasscs powder and
such articles adapted the wants and wishes Of the
natives are given by the slave factor In exchange
at is extremely difficult to get up these rivers to the
places where the slavers lie The whole coast 10 in
tersected BY nnmerable rivers with branches pouring
into them from every quarter and communicating with
creeks bordered each side with impenetrabe hickeB
ofmangroves In these creeks slmos concealed by the
trees the vessels lie and oen elude the sctest search
But when they have taken board their living and
getting out the British very apt 70 seize them,
alas when they protected By the banner If the
Untd States Then the British Of courss have author
ty to detain them"