The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-05-26
THE SLAVE TRADE.

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We publish this morning a very interest
ing letter from the New York Tines cor
respondent, who writes IRON Cuba, giving
i detailed account Of the recent landing ol
that Island Of a cargo Of 1900 slaves, ana
the arrest and examination al the instance
f the British and American G nsuls, o.
some Of the parties implicated in the nefa
rions traffic. The investigation resulted
in the parties being released upon the pay
'nent by them OF an enormous bribe TO the
Cuban officials
| In this connection We copy the following
. rsgrapb from the New York Times, Of
The 81, which goes to show ,hat the slave
traIe is no. alone confined 10 parties in
Cuba, but has, for long time, engaged
The attention and capital ofsevera wealthy
aud extensive mercantile houses in the city
oil New York. That paper says:
I'VE learn from credible source that
three Portuguese Captains aud one Catalan
merchant, arrived from Cuba BY the Cher
ukee and Black Warrior steamers, and are
nJw in this city making arrangements for
Ide,patch!ng vessels to the Coast Of Africa
10 engage in the Slave Trade, between
thai Coast and Cuba. They have ALREADY
contracted for three clippers to be built al
B,itImore, aud are making other prepara-
tons IN this city.
|, is known that there are in this city
several mercantile houses extensively en-
gtaed iu the slave Trade, aud that half a
tozen vessels buve recently left this and
her A mefcan ports iur the African Coast,
These vessels clear for some Cuban port.
he. they never arrive; and being pravi.
led with false pnpers aud sailing under The
American fig, they succeed in reaching The
| Coast. obtaining cargoes OF slaves and iand
Jug them ia Cuba, wlih the connlsance
md completely fthe Spanish authorities.
eBBERy-SINGULAR DETECTION Mr.
Samuel B. Parme ee, Of Wallngford, son
II Tie sheriff Of his county, had $3.50 il
money, ii watch worth fitts dollars, aud .
considerable amount ofjewelfy stolen iron.
mis- residence on Wednesday night. Being
unable to gel any clue to the theft, he was
Undue e | TO consult "medlum, or clairvoy-
ant, living between W.l!inslord and Dur
ham.
She stated that the property was stolen
by girl. about l6 years Of age; that she
had burned about half the money that she
had sccFeted the icwelry under a stone, and
the reminder Of the money in another
place. They returned and made search,
hut were unable to find any of the lost prop
erty. The girl. bowcver, was watched,
aud finally they concluded 10 revisit the
clairvoyan'. On being put into the mes
meric state, she said the rest OF the money
had been burned since their previous visit.
and ,h,t the jewelry was then thrown int
the well, which she described with grea,
particularly, and also mentioned other cir
cums,ances tending TO convince her hear
ers of the truth of her statements.
On returning, the well was searched, and
the jewelry found in j, precisely as it hac
been described The girl was then induc
ed to confess-when she acknowledged
that she had stolen the property. that she
burned half Of The money and after the first
search she burned the remainder.-She
also said the jewelry was under The stone
when The first search was made. In facr
she confessed all the clairvoynRt had stated
la c4rrobora;ion of her confession, a slip oi
paper which was around portion of The
bills was found in the ashes partly consum
ed.
The girl was arrested. and is now coniin
ed in tho county jai'.-NeI Harea Jour
nal.
TERRIBLE MfsFoRTUNE.-lt is seldom
that we are called upon to record a misfor
luue so dreadful as one which visited d
citizen OF this county on Tuesday night
The dwelling house of MIR. Washington J