New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-07
-g.suiipe5 b. Mr.. MoKeon. / am mariner; have

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ne every tine and then asked re L wsuted TO 80
r,fe with him that after De came back ffom
Boston with The julia houton before ne went be tod
ne be vas =oips 70 buy vessel for ne for the slave
trade. snd asked me 70 bring the vessel around
from Boston. bewas not acquainted with the coast:
told hir ives villIIg; be said lie would telegraph
70 liz. Valentine: met him IN Souths;. after he got
hack; lie said be sorry be Esd not vessc FOR ne
.s be led other for himself, ana asked me 70 60
mate: the weee5 out were 10 De agreed upon. aui
uywages back 20 be 81 200 To 80 600. | wished him
70 make specific agreement, but he said twas not
usual | shipped, snd received 80 month ont; |
went on board 7ih or s;h Feb il this CITY a. first
officer nv duty wss 10 take charge Of the vessel in
bis absence; the Captain seldom came there the
son be gave was that lawyer was after him. and
also shipping merchant from Boston; | met Capt.
Smith at NJ. Nelentines Office and also az No 372
Whter-s:. where he boarded | reported 10 him what
had received on board whG; had trans pred re-
ceived the cargo partly did net have paper the frs.
DAY aid put down part in my pocket book: / re-
e.iye6 20 bbls meat 80 bbs beans bbls pork bbls.
prime beef bbIs. nee bbls pork, quantity pals;
receI cd an order On Saturday morning from Capt.
Smith By FlsD, stating that bearer was second mate
OF the vessel, and that / was 10 leave him in
charge and come 10 Mr.. Valentines office ! did
go, and found NJ. Smith there, who told me
he wanted me to go TO the Custom House and
clear the vessel previous TO doing so, | went to
Poole, Pentz Goings shipping.ofice, and
signed shipping. articles; Mr.. Smith asked me how
much advance wanted, and told him two months
be asked me if wanted it right of. and told him
the Custom. House | went TO the Custom House, &C.
companied by Capt. Smith, Mr.. Valentine and Gus
tom House broker, whose name, | believe was also
Smith stopped previously at Office Of latter Capt.
Smith on the way asked me to sign the crew LIST, as
had DO real estate; signed the crew list las seen
by that here by the name of J. Hne; Capt. Smith
told me he wished me to sign fictitious name, as he
wlsf ed Inc 10 sign my real name al the Cus.ou noue
TO the regular bond, which also Is here; know
Capt. Smiths writing: think the first name on the
BONDS at the Custom House, and the crew bond, are
his lot certain as 10 the name on the shipping
article but think II il his; was present at the Cds-
tom House when the papers were signed by him;
1.-THE papers necessary TO the clearing OF
the vessell saw him sign the register oath;
don I remember that received anything on board
beside what have mentioned it was Saturday, and
was very busy there a quantity of seantling and
boards put on board and received by me; the pals
were in barrels. The witness seemed by his accent
to be a German.
John l. Mum ford sworn--Am one Of the Deputy
Collectors; the signature 10 the paper shown Is mine;
the oath attached was taken before me by man CALI
ing himself James Smith l cannot identify the pris-
soner have recollection ofthe circumstance except
seeing my signature to the paper.
Witness Wits resumed-After the vessel Wa cleared
went to the shipping Office for my two months ad.
vance Mr.. Pent said Objected to witness said
orders had been left by Capt s. not to give II to him.
refused TO go but aerward got the two mouths ad-
vance from Mr.. Valentine il Saturday afternoon;
the crew came on board next morning, and Capt.
Smith came on board as she was hauling out the
pilot charge; capt. smith, Wnen ne came on
board, pointed out to me on the wharf Sgnor Lemos
and Don Salvador de Castro Capt s. said mat Sgnor
Lemos the real owuer of the vessel We then went
TO we bad seven men before the mast, two maes
cook and steward, and a snpercsreo named Nelalai
Capt. Smith told me that the Secretary of the Por-
tugsese Consul, in this City, went on TO Boston with
him and paid for the vessel have seen three OF the
crew since got back the cook, and the steward, and
one man before the mast; the latter Portuguese,
the two first one an American and the other On En-
gsbmsn; we shaped our course TO the north Of Cape
de Verde Islands, but fell oil to the southwark and
the captain sad il was just as well a. we should not
be so likely 20 fall in with any of the men OF var we
II abe arrangements to the line at E; Velala
was Portuguese; we left New York on the 18th OF
February; on going out We laid the slave deck had
been out about 40 days when we began to do So we
laid down the scantliDg and the boards then loose
CAPT Smith told me We had II 900 gallons Of water on
board il was taken board at Boston, and replen-
ished at New York; we made place called Cobra on
the Coast of Africa; Smith showed me letter aud
read il TO me letter shown, it was written In Poru
guese he said it letter Of instructions as to the
latitude and longitude in Africa, where he was TO take
the cargo board and the latitude and longitude OF
the place on the coast Of Cuba at which he
was to discharge the cargo; I do not know
that be said anything else; Captain Smith con-
tinued to Cobra TO take command of the vessel
We hOve-to, and made signal white flag with a
blue cross II three four miles from the coast;
they answered it by the same signal we sent boat
out with Mr. Velala, the srpercsrgo, to put him on
shore and were in the act OF doing so, when we saw
q launch Ia D0htl unoer sal, anu Cdpt o. anu
supercargo mistook 1t for man-of-war launch, and
we stood off; we then saw boat put otf from the
shore which came alongside; she had two white men
and three or four negroes one OF the men jumped on
board and handed letter TO Capt. Smith, and after
being on board about hour talking the boat went
on shore sgsin taking Mr. Velals with them Capt.
Smith then told me that We would have to cruise ten
DAYS and come 10 place called Amoresetta and
take in cargo Ambresetta south ofthe Congo kver
as Cobro is; we made sail, and got to distance OF
two or three degrees Ambreseta little north OF Am
bres we had of the negroes thatcame 10 the boat
as pilot; we dropped anchor close to the shore as
We could, when the negroes were brought on ooHa
in liz hters and canoes was one side OF the vessel
and Capt. s. the other in receiving fhem lhere were
COS or s6i Of them VT were about three hours get
ting them on board; there were forty women among
them the rest were men and boys; the men and boys
we laid on their right sdes, on deck and under deck
in bending posture the women we slowed on Tue
quarterback in good weather and in the cabin IN pad
the sick men and boys we slowed on deck we t99k
them out Of the hold occasionally afterwnd Mr..
velaa came on board and also FIVE men, Portuguese,
who had been a portion Of the crew Of the Ola
morgan. [ObJected to. We bad sailed unde; Amer
lean colors the captain paid the crew al OIL the Gay
before we arrived at Ambresetta he said the sailors
were 10 have $40 each for the passage home from
Coast of Africa to the Island Of Cuba, and should
have their passage paid besides from the latter to the
United States the captain told them that the vessei
was sold. ard Il was the custom 10 pay the men on,
and pay their passage home some wanted to leave
her; / was one Capt. Smith said to me- II wantedto
20 on shore should have to stsrve to death on the
Beach or be poisoned to death as his mate had oeen
that was on board the bark Republic; preferred 70
stay on board and take my chance to the certainty
of being starved to death or being poisoned tne
Republic had sailed from NeEYork; the rice ana
bean, an -~.i We took out a.ed az 1000 iof .e
negroes; they were served in the pau w ~ssses'
in messes Of ten; there were eighteen wooden
the shspe Of churns with iron handles used as slop
or filth vessels there were three medicine chests on
board, one of them for the negroes; the men were
paid of in American gold, $40 and $50 peces ne
offered me eco piece, and asked him TO keep II for
me for ssfe-keepnz and have not received again