New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-01

IN. svster i susceptibe Of large ana immediate In
crease OF eicicncv bv the adoption OF such Improve
ut a. Va haya Recommended and that II these i'm
movements be adopted aided by other measures recon-
nended there il reason 70 believe tnat H S'e'' 'iSe''
uay be speedily and certainly oottlheu
Our squadron should be kept up. IL does not IN
crease the expense of the navy point proved by the
official reports OF Secretaries Of the Navy. Ine cost
of our eishty guns or two rstcIass scoPs snd four
bries or schooners. ia s2ill less wear and tears
small sum to save our character as appears BY the
present look of things. o. the 18th OF july, 1917
Commodore Layalette, then IN charge OF the United
States squadron ON that coast, wrote to Mr.. CoPpin
ger follows:
/, i nropo-ed understand to withdraw the squadron
from The coast OF Africa and believe upon the ground
~ the ron that the eifor, Of the combined squadron
who suppress the slave has been failure; that 10
good or important object has been effected when, 70
The contrary the slave trade is completely checked ana
will be entirely suppressed, by continuance ot SUM
cent force this coast Let De wuhIraw snu
am very certain the The trade VIII become as me a. ever
vas and the Legitimate trade uu The coast greatly iOIeu
far what trader viii venture on the coast WIN 'e prs
pcct Of being pluudered by the iawess save 'auers
Who wil fcarlo.v rove about the coast, without appre
henson Of molcsiaon from cTuger II rust the squat
ron NAV not Ice withdrawn, bar thai WILL be kept up ana
instead Of hall dozen saiins Ie.io1 oes - - s,r
this service there be sent To the STATION ice VI p
steam vessels that will more ecctualv protect our com
ercia interests this quarter well as more certainly
suppress the slave trade.
Commander Lynch writes officially:
Since nv return have received intelligence from
Sierra Leone Of the capture by British menotWar OF
three sayers of them American Inc prostitution
81 our flag now much facilitated by soa-letters, OBJ
tanned principally at the Corsulaes OF Rio de Janeiro and
Havana M continue. Disgrace, rutil We nave
els on the coast Of Africa propelled BY steam ana manned
with crews arh commanded by officers who are stmu-
lated the by increased pay and lhe hope OF prize
cer clos aye caused by death - In
tjustirr the amount Of our African trade have been
careful not 20 eXuggerate aud rejected every item not
basel On authentic data; hut there u somnch ac along
the coast in articles entered nc cutonhouse that
have reason 70 believe have given twenty hve per
cent less than The actual Imports and as The profits are
very great that the exports exceed The estimate nearly one
hundred per cent Apart therefore from the suppression
Of the slave trade, commerce with the west coast ct
Africa needs the protection of efficient iorceeicient
more in its power Of locomoon than II the number Of It's
guns
Commander FoOte, in MS interesting work just pub
llshed-1fricq 0ad tho Amercon Hag-says:
Checked the slave trade is for the time being If
visant cruising were to be relaxed or tho coast left
without manoi-war, this trade would soon revive and
EVENT. with Brazil should be suppressed thon with Cuba
would break ont with greater yirulence than ever in
tho b. hi of Benin. Hence the importance of wei ap
pointed cruisers for its suppression to say nothing ofthcr
agcRcy in the yndicaeon Of commercial rights Ia the
protection OF legal traders.
Eight smaller vc-sel., carrying the number Of
guns, OF which should be steamers, would not adj ma
terialy to the expense coal at Loando may be pur
chased az ten dollars the tuu. while they would prove
much more otcien han the vessels composing the present
squadron,
The health of the squadron under the present santa
~ regulations. p good ~ that on any ohor station
This vessel brig Perry although in constant aa active
service with her boats after cruising for the last sixteen
months, has not had a death on board.
ale climate has been urged As orobecton the
tinuanco Of the squadron This, has been shown Is
groundc,s objection and il not Il j. an unniiitary
objection the navy is bound 70 perform all service
irrespective OF danger healh and He which the honor
ana Interests Of tho country require il would be re-
Fiction on the chy airy the service 10 suppose that the
Afrcon squadron could nos be wei Differed Withdraw
the squadrous the of Africa and no. only would
Liberia suffer materially but the legal trade in ivory
gum copal palm OIL copper and caoutcnouc now IS pro
cess of development along the line Of coast would soon
be broken up aud the entire coast handed over 70 TIE
tender mercics Of pirGical slave traders
Mr.. Coppineer IS firm friend OF colonization, and
Las rendered o service b, his elaborate communica
ton, which ia adapted to the times, being required
when relapse 10 the inefable barbarism' OF the
slave made is seriously recommended in TWO Of the
southern states