Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-23
From the n. Y. Times

4 From the n. Y. Times.
The SLkvE-TkEDs-ks Inroz-.SS
FAor.-In the. United States Circuit
Court sitting N his Cifs, one CAPTAIN
James Smith has been convicted Of ba,-
Iisg been engaged in the !Slave-trcfie be-
tween the Coast of Africs and the Is
lsnd Of Cuba. The sentence Of The
law, which is death, was suspended in
order that his counsel might take the
necessary steps to move for a new trial.
The facts which were proved N this
case were substantially these: In JAN
uary last Capt. Smith went to Boston,
where be purchased the brig Julia Aoul-
ION, cleared her in ballast for Newport,
and on the I'd of February brought her
TO this port. Here he engaged one
James Wills as mate, telling him that
he was going on a Slave-trading voyage,
agreeing to pay him $40 month on
the outward voyage. and from 81, 200 to
s2, 600 for the passage back. A crew
was shipped Of about fifteen persons,
mostly young men, and large quantity
of provisions, water and &c, with lum-
Der, was taken on board. On the 11th
of February the brig cleared from this
port, and on leaving the dock, Capt
Smith pointed out to the mate a Por-
tuguese named Lemos as the real owner
Of the vessel, and told him that The
Secretary ofMs Portgguese Consul at
This port had accompanied him to Bos-
ton and aided him in the purchase of
the vessel. The ship was cleared by
Capt. Smith, and had regular papers
for the Cape of Good Hope. After
she had been out about forty days, the
timber on board was used to make
temporary deck or floor in the hold of
the vessel, and all the other prepara-
tons necessary to receive a cargo of
slaves were made. At the end Of six
ty days, they made land on the coast
Of Africa at place called Cobra, where
they were boarded by a boat which
brought instructions, in accordance
with which they eruised at sea ten days
longer, and then put in at port further !
South, called Am6rozzeaa, well known
as depot for the Slave trade. Here
in the course of two or three hours, sir
hundred and sirtyJour negroes, iinelud-
ing forty aConaen, a0ere brought on board
and stOaced array as cargo in tie hold of
the brig. They were placed on their
sides, one lying in the lap of another
were taken out occasionally to be fed |
and aired, and after voyage of sixty
FIVE days were landed on the South |
coast of Cuba. They were sent on
shore in lighters, under the orders of
person who said he was the consignee,
and the american Consul at that port. |
The furniture of the ship was then
taken on shore, and the ship herself
was burned. Wills the mate came to
this city in the brig Aareelzus, where
he again met Captain Smith, who re-
fused to pay Wills the balance due him |
on his contract, amounting to about
S440, whereupon Wills impaired the
nature of the voyage to a Mr.. Donahue,
by whom it was laid before the authori-
ties. the Jesuit was the arrest, trial
and conviction of Captain Smith.
We believe this is the first time in
which conviction of being engaged in
The African Slave-trade has ever been
had in this City: and this is due entire
y to disagreement between the captain
and his mate about the payment of a
trifihg sum of money. Yet, as we
have repeatedly stated IN the Times,
scarcely a month passes in rkich there are
not one or more vessels cleared Gftlis port,
lchich embark at once in tie IHdae-tade
md land their cargoes on tie coast of
Cuba. The facts given in evidence on
his trial show how easily this is done,
and with what perfect impunity, so long {
IS all of the parties engaged in it are {
satisfactorily paid for keeping silent. In /
'rder to conviction, the vessel must I
De, at the time, owned either in whole Z
'r in part by an American citizen, or. l
Use the party accused must himself be i
citizen. The first provision is usually
'vaded by sham saLe:-the last by pro- ]
'uring foreigner, usually Portuguese (
Is commander. The only defence at t
empted in this case turned upon this 7
'oint. 1t was claimed that Mr.. Smith |
vas an unnaturalized German, and it b
vas also asserted and partly proved that t
he ship was paid for By The Secretary n
+ the Portuguese Consul at this port. t