New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-24

TYr SLAVE -TRApE-Otu late C0aSUi al RiO,
lir. Gcrd0g-Tho papers recently announced me par
don bv the President OF Captain Pend!eton condemned
some time ago. for having been concerned IN the Atr
can Slave Trade; also the acqulital oil captain Looy
m, Portland tried for the same crime. both These lndi
viiuals were prosecuted we presume, IN consequence
f information communicated 70 the Government by our
late able and interchangeable Consu! at no MI GORDON
On what grounds for what reason MI GORDON was sus
pended in his Office we have no, heard mar Ms eoi
TO detect and expose the agency OF American c!HzeS
and American ships engaged i'll the traffic lot slaves
were very constant, vigorous and ehecu'e we kii1M
mass of papers containing abundant and CONCLUSIVE
evidence of the extent and atrocity OF this Gaic as
connected with American vessels and the couh'enlcc
say the least OF American Captains was coi'i.;..
Gated compliance with call from Mr. Adams oy 'le
President 20 Congress IN the early part oil he past
and laid or the table 5U; printed hesc papers
contain great OF evidence in relation TO ms
Capt pcndc,on and the Mou:crGeo and several otAe!
vessels (the GdTRecife and EGG among theI) and
Very strong evidence OF the guilt OF scvera! American
c@Pssa s.,,. o no xov. ., ,be., vessel. from Rio
10 Cabnda and also the De!acoa Bay the Eastern
Coast of Africa taken by Consul Gordon from men
under oath who board these vessels and much
important information elected IN regard TO the pros
ecuou OF this aboinab,e trac, az these great nia-S
in Africa Ii these papers are not 10 be published II Is
desirable that gentlemen OF Congress should examine
them, and give the country the leading facts they con
tain.
The slave trade is no subject 10. concedmcn or dis
suise. Il American ship American captains
VIII become allies OF the notorious slave traders OF bra
" IL Incy VII! convey their vessels 10 the ua op!s ~
aEca contaminated with this traffic and there after al
arrangements have been made for receiving on board
csFsoeS OF slaves, formally transfer these vessels 10
Pshiso or Portuguese captains snd crews, and with
draw while the slaves actually coming board 10
veSsei prepared :ov their reception and return they
should De exposed to public INDIGNATION
The testimony o5tsiaed BY Consul Gordon shows that
Aese thss We're done in several during the last
year and sord information only as 20 the points in
Africa where the Brazilian Slave Trade is mos, v-cr.
ouSly conducted but 20 the Gifts facilities and
! success We roald hope pardon has rot been ex.
tended 10 Capt Pendlcton without some good cause
The GRIM, for which he condemned ia not one en-
titled 70 special clemency. Journal OF Commerce
I HEAVY FoRGErY.-A forged certificate OF deposit
on the Bank OF Utica 5000. received ves,rrda az
afternoon. from Newly Il Is dated July ? 1876 The
money purports have been deposited by \. Thurbcr
Co. subject the order OF WrL seymour signed 4.
Wees Cashier Ii Is endorsed By Seymour and also hy
WIN. Nesbi,t Co. and Corning Co. NeS-York Tts,
imprint OF the blank Observer PRINT Geneseest Utica
The bank had one similarly printed, presented six
months since about Sl0o The forgery was probably
go up South and ought MOTTO have deceived any
h.kst flnfr kV,tp with a.,