Des Arc citizen., 1859-01-28
THE SLAVE TRADE.

1 The slave trader takes care 10 cross the ocean without national flag or papers of any kind The reason for this is, that if lcaptured, no court can condemn them for piracy. The vessel may be condemned and the negroes liberated by the captor, but the crew can be punished only by the nation under whose flag the offence was committed. The vessel having no flag, the crew escapes.
 The course of the slave trade, as now carried on, is very simple. The trader takes with him to the coast about seven CT elgh; thousand dol ars in Spanish ounces. With these he buys of the British trading vessels there--who make up their cargoes for the marketable assortment of goods necessary for his barter and work. These consist Of Birmingham muskets and shack les, Manchester madapolams and hand kerchiels, llttle rum, powder, and few knicknacks.
 From the native traders he buys rice to feed the slaves. The original sum of seven or eight thousand dollars will give him stock that in barter will probably buy fifteen hundred assorted negroes. To take these from the factory he requires three vessels. Having avaied himself of the English flag for the first part of the business, winch is getting the goods to the coast for the barter, he now does the same with the American flag to get the vessels there. Three American vessels are purchased, and some reckless adven- turer is found who will deliver them on the coast. When they get there, the flag and papers are sent ashore, and the ne- groes come on board. A new crew, in part or all, comes with them, who under stand taking care of the slaves And now for the run 10 Cuba. K v v ~ s
 Every place below is filled; the crew remain always on deck, rain or shine, and a lookout is kept at the masthead all the time. If d sail is seen upon the horizon, the course of the vessel is changed so as 10 avoid 1t. They wish to meet neither friend nor foe If the cargo is landed in Cuba, the vessel having no papers, Is an encumbrance. Sometimes she Is burnt, sometimes set adrift at sea, as was the Grey Eagle, of Bahia Honda; sometimes she Is run to some small Mexican port, where she gets Mexican papers, and sometimes she IS given io the mate. as in the case of the Hadee. Il N. Y. Herald.
 GEx. WAsHINGToN.-I received the following anecdote of Washington. about fifty years ago, from the farmer referred to in the narrative. He was member of the Society of Friends, who, with their peaceful habits, were lukewarm, CT op- posed to the war of Independence. While the army lay in the neighborhood ol White Plains, a farmer, whose dwelling was near the camp, one morning at sun rise, while passing clump of brush heard a moaning noise. Thinking his OK or his ass had allen into pit, he, on ap- preaching the spot, heard the voice of a man engaged in prayer. He hid in the thlcket and listened, resolved 10 see the speaker. Having finished his aspiration to heaven, this man of God came forth from his hiding place. It was George Washington. When the farmer entered his dwelling, he said to bis wife, " Mar tha. we must not oppose this movement any more. The work is from the Lord I heard the man George Washington seEd 10 heaven such prayers for the cause and the country, that know they will be heard.'f Thus Washington rose with the sun, and prayed for his country; tough for it by day, and watched for il by night
 Laurie Todd.
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