Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-21

1 f port negroes from Africa for the purpose of supplying the demand for slave labor are ina | 0pahsh islands of Cuba and Porto Rico
 III lo0o, new treaty was made betwnen span and England, by which the former conn. try declared the carrying on of that traffic un- "eI nei nag to De piracy, thus driving the Sna
 mish flag entirely from the trade. IT was c.r- red on tor time under the flags of Portnqal anu DfaAii, but subsequent treaties between EhSiand and those countries have led to tba almost complete exclusion of slaves from tba protection which those flags gave them mon me ocean. The treaties with Portugal are not So dennlte and strict as with other countries ana ners Is the only flag that is now used in the noheWafd passage from A rica bv slave sbins
 et me greater part of the voyages which are no" made are made without any flags or pa- PerS ot any kind. The moment the ships take thelr departure from the African coast they as
 sume the character of the Arabs of the ocean. Such being the condition of the traders on tboir | return voyage, their only object is to secure the delivery ot their vessels upon the coast of A frica without liability to capture before the slaves are ! put on board. The energy with which the peo 1 pIe and government of the United States have
 maintained theIr interpretation of the right of | search, preventing cruisers of all nations from examining vessels under their flag, gives the greatest margin to African traders for the deli | very ot vessels upon the coast, and accorlingIv ''i7 system that the traffic Is at present pursued under IS what we bow purpose to describe.
 io" SLAYER IS FITTED OUT AND PERFORMS
 HER VOYAGE TO AND FROM AFRICA.
 A vessel which has seen some years of sor-
 vice, of good quality as a sailer. and with a
 far ou,ht, IS purchased in one of the ports of the United States, and contract made with
 tAe seller that he shall deliver her at a certain | port on the African coast. This lie has legal
 F5It to do, under the law as 1t at present stands
 as he Is legally supposed to know nothing of VAe subsequent employment of the ship and i .S not resl ousible therefor. On board of this
 vessel a small quantity of lumber is shipped
 with rec and provisions, and the means of i cooNlA5 tor large humber of people, The 1 cooking apparatus forms a portion of the inli-
 rect evidence of all intention to engage in the slave trade; but though 1t may be d cause of suspicion, t has never proved sufficient for con-
 yctlon or condemnation. In addition to ,his she Is required to take on board at some quiet | spot, large number of water casks, to be filled l upon the coast of Africa for the purpose of Suppiyhg the negroes on the homeward pas sage. hese water casks are generally held to
 be, Tn connection with the cooking arranae- ! l l charge of intent to engage in the slaye-tra 1e ami they are, therefore, always taken on board
 immediately before departure from hort. or per
 haps the vessel touches at some small outr,ort in th9 vicinity, ard takes them ou board after she
 has cleared and sliled from ,Le harbor of New ork. Some of them have touched at Green pol l. on the western shore of Long Island. and receive thelr water casks thcle while others have received them durHgt lassase through the Sound, others again touching for that li1r- pose a- the mouth of the Connecticut river. or some oi the little ports along the Sound. and not q tew return to the port for them. having an excuse prepared in anticipation. The yes. aeI Is provided with her -ular paI CTS f1rclcar- ahce, and having received her casks, continues at once upon her voyage: so it will be saeu that the suspicious circumstances connected with her do aot congregate arouud her tll all her PApa's have been issued by ,he eu-tam-aousp, ana she k aImost beyond the iprislIc. ion of the coNfis. l he consequence is that uot one ont af twenty of the vessels dJteI out iu the United | States for the coast of Atrca, cm be brought within the power of the law Having cleared the coast they pursue their voyage to Africa, counting upon the protection o4 the American
 lAT to secure them from search NV British cru- seIs, and having escaped detection by lAem, i iney are run into some of tile numerous river arms that characterize the A'rcal coast. ere ihey are enabled to load twenty, thirty, and even aS tar as forty miieS from the shore and secure favorable opportunity fo.leparture, of which they are informed by their ookout~, and which hey generally effect immediately after the sailing of the cruiser iu her visit along the shore
 The run to Cuba is made, as we have already Statei without paper of any kinl. the Amar- atn commander and crew having been ieitupon the coast of Africa, from whetce thcv iHd their way home through Sierra Leone or Mou- ror.a. On arriving al Cuba the negroes arc landed upon some uufrel3ented spot, and 5cae- rally with the knowledge of the olli CTS of tile government who are iii the confidence of tLe dealers. They are then immediately carrjal into tine interior and distributed among the plan tatous, so that the large number of new Lc- groeS may not attract public attention. The Vessel Is burue or s1n.et.mcs seut to au Aua- n-an loft to get papers, Or Jney may have sue ceedea n Ietrlng papers for her in $ aui5h port: alter winch she $ sent iI ballast to tie JnlJcd States, or in some instances to port in Germany. During t.e voyage aii evidence If tHe traffic lu which she has been concerned is destroyed; and if she succeed, in entering an American rort she may bo again i ttl out aul
 make other voyage. But the greater par5 of the vessels how usea n these yuNa5es are d. ,troyci or abandoned by thcroWuer-; aed this .s ;he reason ot their seeking iu the purchase oi the vesse! to obtain one tuat las been some time in use.
 The operation of getting up slave voyage $ 8 simple business transaction. The plan is arranged i1 Cuba the po.nt Of landing scieced tle officers of the government 0rough into the business, unless, indeed, they age Wai. known
 l, f,t .ti, ,ln t. tl dence can be counted upon, and sum If mo- ney sufficient for the purchase Of tho vessel is renitfei to New York or to some other liace
 n this country, with an order to broker or commission merchant to purchase a suitable one, and send her out under the arrang meuts we have described to he coast of Africa. As this traae lies under stigma in this cudulrv, those men who are er gagged in the oututlng of slaverS make large sums of money by their eXactioi4s. It is not unusual for them to charge ten thousand dollars for a Vessel which they have bought for six and the various articles which constitute the outfit arc soll to the CH- ban slave trader in the same proportion, while, according to cIrcumS auceS, there are numerous other charges for hush-noney given 10 custom house officers, District Attorneys, United States Marshas, and many other of the sharperS that are supposed to hang around our ports on the look out for such ia, jobs"
 Having made his arrangements to procure vessel in the United States, the Cuban slave trader makes a remittance to Eueland, and sends orders for shipment to inc coast of Africa of the goods necessary to carry on the barter with the traders there. For this reason the outfit of the vessel contains nothing but the food and water for the return voyage of thene- groea, little lumber for the purpose of mak ing slave deck. The purchase ot the negroes is effected with goods that are placed upon the coast in a different way. Cargoes are sent ont from England to tho slave factors, and they also obtain portion of their supply Of cotton goods and shackles from the British traders at Sierra Leone. When the great establishment of Dom Pedro Blanco, one oi the most noted and suc- cessfll of the frican slAye-tralers was in ey-