The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-10

| las bsen ~ vsGss and general -shsrsossr is ass
attracted little att Atios. We ara beginning to &c.
] 7, nhs IN this city man who Las been tried AID
found guiay Of Icing sAgsged In the sIsve trade.
Tbs % SAN 10 bs the f. st conviction ever ob.ased
ses.noss il the case was ample. And slough Us
! protests against his condemnation, ON tire grouad
that he is frsiRDer, ard not amenabIe to the laws
Of & Unite States, he does not deny the fses Of
bis share in the BUSH ess. He speaks OF II freely,
ard relates with urconoeale5 exultasion the ps-i
| cuIaIs Of lis viii and desperate career.
We have Glanced to see and talk win this no.sd
captsin IN his prison. What he told was not
| communicated in conf en,e, for he never saw rs
before, and did not know who We were. He spoke
70 rs ~ On entire stranger. All onr conversation
wss through tie grated door OF his cell. We made
the secret history of his life. Hs told his owa sto
| ~, not ike criminal making . confession, but
rather with the freedom and pride OF an old soldier
relating his bsttles. Nor old be intimate wish
| that weat ne sad should DO kept private. Indeed,
be bad boasted 70 others OF his deeds on ths African
COAST. His disclosures, therefore, are public pro
perry. Some Ut tbese are 30 curious ~ 70 b. worth
| making known. Whether he tells the truth, the
no Id must Judge. II is Los very probable tina.
Ran would make mp story which implicated hin
10 a cepital G. ime. Bss'des, MS count Ii consist
enr with Itself il agrees with what was proved GA
re tfis and win the deserI ptions in Capt. Cano.s
beck. We believe therefore, that be has let out the
| truth.
"New York." gays Captain Smith, is the chief
poft IN Ibt WCFlU Tor fHs 81 I've ne fcIeaAu
IT ihrs tunes, IL - t1e grsatest pla IN the
ivrrse Ior IL. N-Ito~r IN Cuba the Brazis
| is u carried On sxrsnsiveiy. SSps TIA, convey
| SLAVES m me West Indies ana S,u'n America Ne
] b'e1 out fry,n yb6 United States. Now snn nen
obe sails from iladcl, hia, m,rs from BAlnmsey,
bns rcos. Of oil en- Ne York. rnis Is our ls'.d
| quarters. Ny vessel was Toe brig Ju.ia M1ulto,
got Ter IN Boston. aco b-on sh her E.rs sd sailed
fl. IN This port direcI 10 the coast o. AFRICA Bli
do ynn D,ean I, say tost ,bis wisle.s 30 pg on
! po.W Veg. all IRE shile. N nsa j.
nsse besp sent out tbs year -psrc,ps not over
twenty. But last ,eat there we're PROBABLY ta.rts.
dve.''
." are there large snipnirg houas ENGAGED in il Z"
I" Yes, cen 20 down to Soath street. and go iato
puDber OF houses that tep to tit Que ships Tor the
busit ess. don't know how far they own The v-l-
sels receive the profits Of the c-sgoes. had "a
the r not have American owners; peter ,aaiaris
or Portuguese But tsese honses know all abont II.
They know me- They me sail ont Of port with
a ship, and come back passeoge-. They s,ma
times ask me, Captain, where - pour ship |!
with sbrug.l They know shat has become Of
her. When cargo OF slaves is landed the vessel
ia often destroyed, no. to ce witness against her
Office rs spd crew."
:" But row do you homage to get away without
excitr Suspicion WY. you see, we keep close
ard get everything aboard, ano do no. ask our pa
pes until We IRE just ready 10 SAL. Tier we goto
the Gust m nse and t,ks oIs papers for RIO Js-
nero, st. Helena, Cape de Verda Islands, or any
port you please-it don's matter wnete-and instant
], clear"
"Bnt il you were seized a. that moment, could
the Ulcers TELL by searching the ship, tnas sae was
q slavey?"
"Oh, YES, they couldn't belp knowing Besides,
tbsy must suspect something from sc ing such an
MI hy crew. Ny Raale brig carried but 200 s6ns,
end COZ ID BIZ manned by four men. Bu. had four
rseo before sbe mast fhs moment Of leaving port
- ,he Ct danger. Gut We don't loss time. a
steamer ia kept ready, ard We get uodsr way i'm
M, da,ely. Often TO or three slavers leave at
once. We steam down the bay, and over the bar.
AID then the OCEAN il before ~, and We set cur
course Tor any quaTter W. please"
| But when You scn tee Atricsn coast, are you
| Dor ID great danger from British s,ipsoswar? ~
! "Oh, no. we don't snfe for the Eoglisb squadron.
| werun up JrA American flag, AID II they come
abcad, all we have 70 do Is !, shoe oar American
| papers, and they have 70 r,yhs Z, sesr:h us. So
| tiny growI and grumole and 80 ofi again.
4" lbat NAV do very well when you a.ei going in
| enuty. But suppose yon are comirg ous WI III
caJgts ~ saves I'll boa d y
| "Es,,. tb-K. get siang well enough, il the
| n'g, eis siii ks.p que. We pus ttem Alt below
Il, Tx no, tall aowl orr Oh es ana Ioeo present.
tsp.re. gte oirs!a heve ~ r;ahS ID e, h-,cw.
ne Dot 0angtr in this csse - fh,t they will stay
| g. b; I'D roo lerg. ~ feb snsact The rco'n,
sn3 tas a.tnt '.r Pr our u tss. Bv tfis Hme
re lt2s.I. srii "a aud hegic 50 axe noise.
Then he III, is mt ahn tie y ss,Zs tna $40"
"Afser tba. s..ppn>e yOn We pnnshei!
l "Ob, %; ~. peh.,ali. se of You SEE. we ara
aB.,'con.. ,fes nns' ing rs 70 ~ American poet
| tote t,fd. But u ttep rnn tfe sh'c into % '
sltcp re eoass hav get dee D0uud heal In eve y
| r~ctp,urtc slave. s., ~ gs,eraiy preier to let
/ rs %, N d g-t sntir pNiZa 'uonty.'
1 "huw Msry slaves cor.c you cary "a ,our YES
| sei?"
| ave took On baard 6G4. We might have slowed
| away s0o l. she had been going 70 the Brazils we
| should have taken tost numoer. She would carry
! $50 witt p essure. The boys and women we kept
| op tire upIer ecF. But all tie strong men--thpse
giant Africans trait might give us troubie-we put
below on the slave decS.h
| "Dd sou chain thep,, or put on bandcuifs?'
! mo, never; they would die We let tnem more
| about"
"sre yen verv severe with trem!''
wv. have 70 be pretty strict It first-or a week
or 500 make them feel that we are masters. fhen
| WE Ggnten up for the rest OF the voyaeev
" How do you rack them at night z They lie
down npOn the de- K. Oh their sid 8, BODY TO body.
There would not be ro,m enough for all to lie on
| Their bscbs."
| good reDy The last .ru'se-more toan ever be-
i tore. Sometimes we ina them deal when 20
below IN The morning. Then we throw Iham
| .vsrh0arf."
brig Coz. $l3 GOO to tic ter out completely. My last
cargo 10 Cuba nth $3.50 900. But IL was seized
b, he lsts Captain Ge neral, Peznela. He did mora
TO hiesk up the slave trace titan any one else. Il
be had remain ed in Office, he w0 lid have stopped
| It stceether. But nov CoBcha 10 back again, and
it goss en- as 1ouIishiDg as ever"
!. 6ut thought Concha the great enemy OF
| TIE slave trade?' @ 50 be is--in words. He talks
|
m0,al, the planters state has been s.cJed. But
| ptzuea respected nothing. He seized the negroes
wherever be coulo find them, even on the plants +
t,ons. By this he incurred the ennity OF the
planters and he would probably have bs en- assassi
! Jared, if he had rot been recalled"
"lld You ever have lights ~ith The English ahipslH
eyes, once shipof war chased two OF US. We
XII, cked the sticks out Of her. We didn't stop to
| soot alter the dead. A. arother time | was cap
tuied. 1t was in a dead calm, and there was no
chst.e 10 gel away. Wien cav tras we were g,ns
! l e,ns heow and stove every cask OF water bu,
oo.. III. orh.r ship snort, too. So we had
ban "a tBf 10 n the lard Ia get water. They pdtoa
toa,c OF usa Lieutenant and crew But ne did not
spns The coast, ard, as we drew towards lard, he
bad "a n as. me rio', threatening, AZ the sans
me. W shao, me /, / ran her shore. took tna
hem srd rap bel INTO an inlet. No sooner had we
.usfed the mouth than az sa~ on the hank the bar
,,,t CT Of the slave factors. They all knew me, and
boats tut on tr,m shc re. The Lieutenant haile1
s,m IN Epglish ard TOLD them 10 sesp of. At the
snrl. tine nsi I'd I EN- in Spanish. and .old them