New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-14

counting nom sod Ordered me 10 come oct WITH ni's
ia medisiely. mos. important oasne~' ms w
isnt- sh,cb waited for the sre-t, c.'ed uS -
Quickly a. poesub'e TO the Aiameds de fao's' W
Mael e de vspore.," the stoPp'ng-Psce Tor tue
steamers which cross the haIbor. We ~eh' on o's'
and lanetd on the opposite side, where we met
Spsbisrd on horseback, Msyord"no = VINO WAS
10 wait M for us, sith tso saddle boTses ~hice We
rnouAed and away we rode with the greatest osib'e
sped.
After q ride of about three eusrers of an hour We
reached plantation where K. dismounted. went INTO
the house, returned IN te~ minutes, wnereup'n VIC
starred again. by the coo'ef ~lod wHica DE" in'o
nv fsoe | could feel tast We approached the SOS
store. Tue moon had Dot yet rsen, and IN the aim
rht could only indistnctly distinguish objects a.
short distance. Ga went, aud soon heari tue
roaring of the SEES breaking against the rocks; I'M
certain voices reached my ear, voices OF men; lew
moments more ard the lay before US, anc our
boree stopped on the beach.
Tie next obi-c. which discovered was NUMBER
of large bulcarts, euch as are IN comnon use III
the island for carry pg heavy burdens little urtaeF
on there we're some dark men, armed WITH guas "sS-
,cg M sad down the beach short distance from the
hoe saw dark object floating 90 the water, "hl,h
proved to be d large vessel r, who at the moment
when se stopped had left me stone, returned anu or
der me Ia proceed with 10 the psntati IN ~
coon Us be should give me the slghai 10 start Mes"
While some dark objects, which LEFT the vesSei, snl
vleh soon discovered to be launches DIRE nearer TO
the beach where they discharged their cagoos, con-
,-titg OF negrv-e. But what aspect did they ex-
blbt TIE very Peisonihcation OF sta'vsnon sad
usery Humsn beings were CARED to the shore Ike
bales of M. rchaudise, and thrown on the cats, one
Il. on TIE other without regard - age or sex More
launches landed and d-chaJged their cargoe' 10 qnok
successloc K. busy all around, eucourag NJ tue
ues with world, aid working with his Own hands like
the me aaest ut them If wer the riches OF all tae
Ind e. VIII ca he mad TO put in safety. Gradually the
torzoD liz bed up and the rose out OF the ocean,
al threw her faint white hight over the vide surface
Of the rolling waters Then the terrors of the sceae
were spread DC ore my eys. t. hastaned to tue boats
with the words: 4" Ved ben q los tI6u'oHes 10 que
no sureg Look out! to the sharks with what Is ol
no US. D anG heard macy dark body that appeared
hot likely to recover from the sickness of the passage,
plungiug into the with hollo~ souni, meal
fo the rayenous monsters Of the deep.
Suddenly there was change in the scene. Tne re-
port of guns was heari at q distance; X. cried,
Pr,eso! pries0" hurry up! hurry up aud every
booy seemed 10 work douby quick. There we're
thrown ON the carts many negroes as they could
hold; then r. turned to me With the words Away,
SIR, away The carts went of and disappeared De
tween Il hills, and fol owed, accompanied by the
guide who Dsd waited for at toe ferry-boat Half 40
hour brought the plantation and in short space
of tine the whole cargo Of human flesh, which We had
recc yed was safely deposited secret aiding places
A few moments later k. arrived also, with oaad OF
armed mep, shouting, "All is safe The dogs will not
6nd anything morev' thought, of course, that he
would Ave succeeded In getting the negroes back
INTO toe boats and putting toem again on board tue
vessel before the soldiers cos.t-gusrd would nave
come down upon them. But two days later read the
following article in the Spanish newspaper:
Ope of the most horrible crimes ever committed
has bappt ned on this island. II appears that the
n. +. of Gdanabacos, slave-vessel, WAS about to
discharge her cargo at place on our coast during the
might at about 10, O'Clock. Our cOast-guard got
wind Of it, but before they reached the place tue par
ties engaged in the business had already departed
The guard found nothing but about fifty corpses Ot
pegrOes both men aud wUmeD literally cut to pisces
whom the save-de alers had mutaed 10 the most hUr
rid manner, order To prevent the Govornmest from
capturing them.
This explained RS words, "Ths dogs will not find
ANYTHING more" 1t will be necessary now TO
plain to my reader how it happened that became
an eye. witness Of those scenes, and hat partook in
the busle esq., the mysteries of which have partially
developed and thlok ts bring before tue eye Of
the public in oppOtune time. Like many others, had
cone to the Island of Cuba without great sun Of
nopey, but with the intention to seek employment
in one Of the mercantile houses Of the place
soon found is in the house Of -. OF course,
II wa only by degrees that l was initiated into the
mysteries Of the business. After had been made
acquainted with this African branch of the trade Of
our h,m, K told me thst l already too deeply
sps sged and too much exposed to step back and
hat the Spanish authorities would put on the same
Responsibility the parties of the firm themselves.
st the practice Of these Spanish houses TO secure the
ervices of what they cell "dependiente he CON.
psns," who Is paid like dsy.lsborer, and will be-
exposed in cases of danger; but, if he carries the
business With success, he mas! be satisfied With p,Or
reward of $780, if not iess. An acquaintance of mine
who was employed by Don Z. de L., saved, by
peril of hs life, for his principal a small cargo of
$50 900, which but for hun would have been lost, and
Don p, man who is rated to be worth five
millions, rewarded his confidential clerk" with
the exrsvsgsbt sum Of 5000 Another acquaintance
of suooeDly disappeared, and none Of mis- friends
could discover the slightest trace OF him. BY mere
sccc ept happen ID to iud out thst he nmttsd
to prison. He bsd been imprude It as " dispatch
vessel tor the African coast without having the papers
signed by bis prDcps. The vessel had been seized.
The chief of tue house denied krowIns ything ABOUT
the charge made against him for beirg engaged in the
slave.trsce aud pointed out bis clerk as the who
knew about it, and ~ss alone guilty. OF course he
succeeded by the sacrifice Of few hundred dollars
in being acquitted and the clerk, who only had been
the in,tIumept in his hands, forced into prison.
found my in the same dangerous situation aud
after that misfortune TO my acquaintance had reason
to be convinced that my principals woud not feet any