St. Mary's beacon., 1858-06-10
The slave.rrads.-Hou it i. Managed.

Among the interesting documents cDsimunf-
ca;ed To the Senate yesterday by the President,
we find very interesting seoount of tie manner
Ia which slaSers are fitsd out, and how they
manage to so successfully elude custom house Of
fcers arsi cruisers. The statement which we
aPpe:d, was made 10 Rear Admiral Grey -bv
lieut.. Pike. Of II. NJ. vessel, the sAnteIope. -
The information was obtained from the icayotair,
.: ihe .'Jupiter.' SLAYER, captured BY Lieut..
Pike On the 29th of last June.
when all expedition to Africa is arranged in
Havana. one ofthe principal shaTe-h0Iders, or an
accredited agent provided with funds, goes to
New Orleans, and puts himself in commuu;ca-
non with Nessrs. Goiden:ow g. Lespaae IS
Cann street, who in all cases the agents for
vessels ftied out for the slave-trade.
''Hhey chose a master, aud fo- this natural
ized citizen Is always preferred to a nasiS eborn
American. The muster selects vessel, and, be-
ing provided with money by the agent, or owner,
buys her, and registers her IN his Own name as
,naSter aud sole owner. The vessel isihen fitted
out with Tie assistance of the frn aioy ed manned.
About twenty-five or thirty waier-casks will he
siadl Ils remainder will contaiu the rice, farina
and beans. A number Of small breakers are also
purchased, which. by cutting off beth ends,
make the mesS-tubs of the, slaves. XIV
@'1he Sihfniing4naster IS feed to provide a
crew of Spamrards or Portuguese, WHOM he pro-
vId~S with American projections, although none
OF them answer TO the arpearance of The men
themselves, beng all purchased from aen really
Americans. These projections are svbrn, with
the vessels papers, at the cusIonf-house and the
vessel IS cleared as an An-, lean vessel. The
owner or n@cnt goes As supercargo. g.
"Ihc Jupiter sailed from New Orlans as a
f're-and-aft schooner, carrying her Yard on deck
The owner, Don Gabriel Perez, was oa board as
SupercargO. The orders were TO tOach now
where but at TeneriiTe and A.no Bon. At Ten
erf:e she received her slave copperi, entered
tiree more Spaniards, altered her rig. md bent a
sci of sail.
The manifest with which she cleared from
New Or'eansswas for % water-casks, $500 feet
Of um' er, and % barrels, of whsky. From
Tene.liIe she proceeded TO Oka,roo, a lew miles
west of Care St. Paul On hoistin. white
flag at the fore, a canoe ut once came Off frOm
the shore and the owner sent Ivy II a letter, say
!ng: 'Twehty-hv days from to-day | siIi reiurn
10 th!s place for my orders This lttier was
conveyed by Lagoon 10 Whydah She then
went to Amo Bon, where the ice and beans were
shifted from the water-caSks 10 bags. The casks
were laid on the slave deck, and filed with wa
ter.
son the 25;h day they retained to Okartoo,
and on holStIng the white flag, a canoe brought
letter which said: Eight days from to-day the
steamers are ordered 10 rendezvous at Lagos,
aad your cargo will be ready on that day Ill
tie below Great Rossor, where you will see a
Buenos Ayrean ensign hosted.' They had
very correct information, for we Uhe British
stean:ers) were ordered 10 rendezvous at lagos
on the 26h "f June, The place is called Prava
Nord, and has only been lately built expressly
for shipping slaves. All the canoes are kept
"ut nI sight at the hnck ofa sand embankmeni.
The only resident Of any note at Okalroo is a
man named Reynolds, u native of Acerci, and
is supposed to be dealer in palm OIL