The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-04
I HI E DISPATCH
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The slave Trade-.How IL IL Managed.


Among the interesting documents communicated
to the Senate by the President, we Ind a very
interesting account Of the manner In which sla
vers are fitted out, and how they manage TO sc
successfully elude custom-house officers and
| cruisers. The statement which we append wa,
made to Rear Admiral Grey, by Lieut Pike Of
ii. NJ. vessel, the antelope The information
was obtained from the captain of the Jupiter. y
SLAYER, captured by Lieut. Pike on the 2sth of las,
June
when an expedition to Africa fs arranged In
Havana, one of the principal shareholders. or an
accredited agent provided with funds, goes to New
orleans aud puts himself in communication with
Messrs. Goldenbow 4 Lespaue IS Carnp street
who al In all cases the agents for vessels fitting
out for the slave trade
"fhey choose master, and for THIS a naturaIized
citizen Is always preferred to natiye-horn Ameri.
can Inc master selects a vessel, rId, being pro-
vided with money by the agent, o. owner buys
her, and registers her in his own name as master
ana sole owner. The vessel is then fitted out with
the assistance of the firm above named About
twenty-five or thirty water casks will be filled :;
the remainder will contain the rice fariDa and
beans number of small breakers are also BUR.
chased. which. by cutting of both ends make the
messtubs of the slaves.
The shippingmaster is feed to provide a crew
o, opah'ards or Portugese, whom be provides with
American projections, although meme of them an.
swer to the appearance of the men themselves be-
ing all purchased from men really Americans
ihese projections are sworn with the vessels pa
pers at the custom house and the vessel is cleared
as an American vessel. The owner or agent goes
as supercargo
The Jupiter sailed from New Orleans as fore
andaft schooner, carrying her yards on deck
ihe owner, Don Gabril Perez, wFs Oh board as su-
per-cargo The orders were to touch nowhere
but at Tenerife and Anon I3on At Teneriffe abe
received her slave coppers, entered three more
sail. y
"The manifest with which she cleared from New
oreans was Tor % water casks, 800 feet of lumber
aud Zo barrels of whisky. From Tenerifs she
proceeded to Okatroo a few miles west of Cape
81 Paul. On hosting white flag at the fore a
canoe at once came eff from the shore, and the
owner sent by 1t letter, saying: "Twenty.fiye
days from to-day will return to this place for nv
orders This letter was conveyed by Lagoon TO
Mhydah. She then went to Anon Bon. where the
rice and beans were shifted from the water-casks
aud filled with water.
on the 18th day they returned to 0katroo, and
on holstlng the white flag, canoe brought let
ter which said Eight days from to-day the steam
ers are ordered to rendezvous at Lagos, and your
cargo viii be ready that day little below Great
Rossoe where you will see a Buenos Ayrean en-
sign holsted' They had very ycorrect information,
Tor we (the British steamers) ordered to reu-
dezVous at Lagos on the 26th of June. The place
is called Praya Nord, and has only been lately
built expressly for shipping slaves All the ca.
noes are kept out of sight at the back of sand
embankment The only resident of any note at
osatroo Is man named Reynolds, a native of
Acerci, and is supposed to be dealer in palm oil"
TIE LATE DUEL IN PARIs.--Tbe last steamer
brings the particulars of a duel at Paris in which
NJ de Pene was mortaly wounded by French off.
GERS for an article he had written, 10 the Fyaro.
The correspondent of the London Times says:
Everybody is talking to- day of the disgracefuI
duel, and public indignation runs high against the
conduct of the officers. NJ de Pene is not dead and
there is some hopes of his recovery. He is danger
ousy wounded in the abdomen. Some say that
the sword passed through his body twice. Not one
of the Paris Journals has up to this ime dared to
say word OF the matter, 80 gre t is the fear of
| prosecution for "fase news in an affair which
| concerns the army. The number of officers HwhC
| came upon the ground with the determination OF
| ensuring the death of NJ Pene was, said twenty
but now learn, on good authority that the exact
number was forty-three. Ii seems that a number
| of officers met at the Cafe du Heder on the Boule
wards des ltaiienS to discuss VI. de Penes articles
in the Fg1rO, and there it was that list was set
tied OF the officers who were to call him out in sue
| cession. 1tis said that the names were written
out on slips OF paper, and that :Coonels hat was
| used to draw lots to see who should fight first
| NJ. de Penes second were the Duke of Royigna and
| NJ. Petra, BrentoD gentleman, who WAS formerly
in the Third Guards of Charles X. lie was also
| accompanied to the ground by DIR. Guerin.
'h)sc four then found themselves in the face oi
| forty The officers with whom he first fought
| and whose name have not heard, is a nephew Of
| General Esp'nasse, the Minister of Interior and
| Public Safety. Wien this officer received the
| wound which disabled his right arm NJ de Pene
| said few words to him expressive of his sorrow
| for what had happened, and assuring him that bis
| article was not meant to be offensive. The com.
| batants shook hands The Duke Rovi .na,thinking
all was over. gathered up the swords, and was walk
| ing away with them off the ground when another
officer stepping out from the group struck NJ. dc
Pene on the face with his glove ar d chsl'eu him
| on the spot. How il was that the secOLds did not
interfere to put S. to this manifest butchery
am unable to state. NJ. de Pene is man of noble
| family and charming manners who was the idol of
| the circle in which he moved. He was married
| only six months ago."