New-York daily tribune., 1858-06-28
SLAVE-TRADE TREATIES.

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have rarely read mere interesting docamsnt tnsn
the Message OF the President, under the date OF 2s
April to the Senate, commune atlnx tue corresponds
sLce bet the American and British Governments
on ths African slsvstiade. Tne puohc Eas nrst ap
pri, ed through the correspondence of TIE Tunes,
that after the receipt OF msny couimunicstiVns on
The subject from ter Msjestys Government, Gen.
Cass had made a general and comprehensve reply,
fully setting forth the vie US of this Government rne
yIespondsBce WIS., IN due tinr, called for py tho
Senate, and now appears IN psmPhlst'
The Erst paper SHOWS ".be railing passion strong ~
death" IL ia q ro'e Of three liues fron Mr. Crsnp'
ton dstsd May "a 1856, farnshieg, Tor the iniorIns
ton Of the State Department, memoranda from tae
British Commissioners a. Loanda, West Coas. Oh
Afics as to the mode 10 which the slave Iad- was
carried on in the year 1850. Three days after toe re-
ceips Of this letter. Mr. Champion was perehptofhy
dismissed. ~ .
The Commas opers assert that on the 3lst OF De-
celnber 1852 vessel believed TO be American ship
ped 500 slaves from point on the coast OF Benguss.
They proceed: One Lucas, notorious slave dealer,
driven e in 1853 bad lately reappeared had offered
50 or 90 milress" per head for slaves.
AUG. ?, lS57.-Lord Napier informed Gen. Csss OF
the cases OF the brigsntines Adams Cray and W. u.
Miller of New Orleans. 1t appeared from the report
of the British Consul at Lagos that about the st of
February 1857, the Adams Gray ~ss captured by tue
British steamer Prometheus, with all the usual equip
ments ef slave cargo, and with $20,o IN specie
She threw overheard her Spanisn.Americsn pspers
and, having 10 evidence OF nationality, was con-
oemned.
and as ute lie kept his American papsrs, sailed
boldly through feet Of British merchantmen In Lsgoe
Roads was pursued, showed his American papers, and
ayowsd tn al the purpose of his voyage sss " ship
slaves.
ON the 10th Of September, 1851 Lord Napier sends
to Gen. Csss resolution OF the House OF 20 Unions,
praying her Ms-.ty to use all practicable me ans to
tupprers the s.sVe-trade to which her Majesty gra-
ciGnsly respords that che Will
Der l9-Commodole Conover, commanding Amer
csr squadron Cd the coast Of Africa, writss 70 M
Toucey concerning the capture, by Commodore Wlse,
in the British steamer Vesayius, oi the brig Antine
Bremen, wearing American colors. 1t appears that
on the 10Th Ct Ootober, 1857, the Bremen was over
hnuled by the Vesuyus-that Commodore Wise went
on beard saving in effect Z" do not want To your
"pspeis which Know are fraudulent, bnt sn.i! take
the vesse and Low give you the cnolce OF oSlns
" TAX en- under the American nag or cther~iso' iae
captsin said thai. If taken IN American, No would
be lisble ~ be hanged pirate, and threw his nag
ard pspeis overheard. This conduct Commodore Con-
over thought unwsrrsntabe, and no sent to ComiDo-
d, Wise protest az .int It, remsrkng ,hat tnis
prectice Of the British commanders sufficiently shows
rby 30 many yessels taken without cOofs or pa
persthe being, II bre', that the ns't1rs are
Induced 10 destroy them by The threats ana msfepre'
sentations Of the Bn ish boarding ofheers.
Der. l3 ls57.-Edwsrd Gabriel who appears TO Dc
British Consul or agent at Loanda states mat the
American vessel Onward had been captured by the
stsarner Electo, withoat any papers OF ns.on anty
The ship bark Charles, OF Boston, was iound cy
the steamer Ssppbo embsIkpg slaves at Cavecs do
Csbrs Cooper Head; chased, and ran upon the
breskers By which incident 2J slaves were dro ~ned
3ss re-cued and the captain sod crew, with part OF
the slaves, escaped. TIE Myrmldon caught an Ameri-
can big near the same place.
The Consul is grisv.d to inform the Commodore
that saves under the American flag, intesl the coast
in gre ster nbers than ever before. Among those
then proving sbout for slaves, he names the barks
Petrs and Clara b. Wiliiaus the schooners Cri,nesn,
Louis McL.ne ard Windward, and the brigs James
town and Bremen. good.sized heet, 1t mu-t DO
admitted, for an Illicit and prosecuted uaihc
OcT. l9, lS57.-Cou. Conover sends strongly
e,oesed protest against the seizure Of the Bremen 70
REAR Admiral Sir +. W. Grey. He declares the act
n contrsysntob Of the tresty of the neutral rights OF
Ancricsps and of the right Of the American Govern-
meut to catch aud punish offenders against her own
laws
Dc. q, Is57.-Lord Napier sends long and i'm
portsnt dispstch TO Gen. Cas-, covering tne whole
subject Of the slsversde. he descroes eigat cases
of vessels being taken and condemned as siAvefs
while wearing the American hsg. In ad1tion ne
stated 10 at Portuguese meD-of had captured the
q, a. Pierce and toe Splendidof wnicn the latter vas
fitted for the reception OF thousand slaves Ihese
.sn vessels were all captured during Ihe eafner
monthe of 1857" Lord Napier then proceeds 10 give
lis, Of nineteen other American vessels believed %
be on gagged in the slave-trade. Among then are tho
Spirit OF 70 the Putnam snd the James Buchanan:
Tne Gaze of the North Hand was peculiar She nad
been chartered for the ossnsi6e purpose OF convey
ipg focd 10 the starving Inhabitants Of the Cape De
Verde Islsnds. The British Minister causIc ally OBJ
served: "In this affair, wness bsheyoence was made
"subrervisnt 70 crime, the notorious house of Egg
"nier, Reis Co. was busy" M Flgamere 10 Con-
.ul Of Portugal In Nex-Yofk. After re1arkiog that
the American cOmpIemsr. Of vessels and guns under
tho treaty wa not at all times kept up Lord n. con-
eludes with more general moral reflections on the
slave trace.
APRIL 13 1857 J7-Commissssy Judge Crawford, at
Havana, writes 70 the Earl OF Clarendon tast for
ueny Yeas the expeditions TO the Coast Of Africe
have ro' be,n 90 Ipnerous ss now tina. he has good
reason to huow than fifteen vessels hsd been fitted out
foy the slsv..'rscs l NevOreans within two mgoths
AuG. 4, ls57.-The Bf.ish Commissioner at HAvs-
"a report that tle Spsnisb brig Three Brothers nas
been altered end rsenrktsJSd ssh the Amsdcsn nsns
Enzs, and cent IF on slave voyage. Also fos' the
American soip Hydra, 499, biss Windwsrd sod
Brshnan, the schooner Niagara asd the PERUVIAN
grip AIchitsct, vsrs in Havana, Prepanng f'f sisve
voy sges. An American nsmed Drink"stsr, cslhg
bimssf resi6en. ui Portland, vas the pafcaAsss a1o
of Ger of all these vessels. The CO NO issones ssf
tho w. ID Ail-r, ts. Ssrne An.rcaa trR w,ich,
stou M,y Ii, 1857, -ss boarded BY Bii,a cac-rs
Een Los.cA, showed AuieIiea" papers, arc osci'sea