The New York herald., 1872-12-31

The East African Slave Trade-Tne
United States Steamship Yantic NJ
Zanzibar.
cable despatch from Zanzibar dated De-
cember 18, special to the HERALD, informs us
that the United States steamship Yantic, COM
manded by Captain Wilson, had arrived at
that port on the 10th instant. and furnishes
some interesting particulars of visit made to
the Sultan on the following day by the United
States Consul, Mr. John T. Webb. Captain
Wilson and the officers of the Yantic.
According to the despatch tho reception
given to the company WAS of the most cordial
description. AS they approached the palace
the Sultan advanced towards them through
lines of body guards, drawn up in front of the
royal mansion, and for the first time in fifteen
years salute was fred by what is called the
Water Battery in honor Of an American ves-
sell The formal introduction having been got
over, the Sultan led Consul Webb, Captain
where, according to Eastern custom, coffee
and sherbet were served. Captain Will
son took advantage Of the opportunity
to express, through Consul Webb, the
sentiments Of the American people regarding
the East African slave trade, with tho mainte-
nance Of which His Majesty was SO much
identified 1t was the hope of the American
people, as Captain Wilson put it, that the Sui
tan would consent to the abrogation of the
clause in the treaty arrangements made with
England in 1840-a clause which permits
slavery to be maintained in Zanzibar and
throughout the dominions of the Sultan. It
was necessary for the Sultan, before he could
give formal and definite answer to the ad-
dress of Captain Wilson, to consult with his
Vizier, or Chief Minister. There was but
little delay, however, for on the 18th the reply
was received. According to the Sultan it is
now thirty three years since he was forbidden
by his father to export slaves to the territory
Of Muscat Since that time the only slaves
that have arrived at Muscat from East Africa
have been taken there without his knowledge
or consent. It is the chiefs of the tribes Of
Duran along the Persian Gulf who are to
carried on in those regions. 1t is the deter
mination Of the Sultan, however, that, if there
has been any remissness on his part hitherto,
there shall be no neglect Of his duty
in the future and in Difference to
the wishes of the tie Amerisan people,
whom he loves, he has promised to put forth
all his strength to make an end of slavery
throughout his borders. In addition to the
Yantic, Her Britannia Majesty's war steamer
Briton is now lying at Zanzibar. She awaits
the arrival of the British yacht Enchantress,
whichAbrings Sir Bartle Frere and suite, and
two other vessels which are expected, The
Yantic, it is added, will not leave Zanzibar
until the arrival of Sir Bartle Frere.
There is something in oil this which is par
ticularly gratifying. 1t is pleasing to find the
two great nations who represent Anglo-Saxon
civilization going hand in hand in this new
crusade against African slavery. 1t is most
becoming that they should present such
spectacle to the world. They represent the
most advanced civilization Of these times-a
civilization in which the institution of slavery
finds no place; and they have both of them
got rid of the evil only by great labor and
great sacrifice. 1t will be we'll if they con-
tinue to go hand in hand in the prosecution of
this great work, for it requires only such
combination of influence to make an end of
the greatest evil which now exists on the face
of the earth. We are the more gratifed that
the movement is fairly begun and likely to be
successfully concluded since it is to the success
of the HERALD expedition into Central Africa
and to the horrid disclosures made by Mr..
Stanley, by the advice and request of DR.. Liv-
ingstone, that the movement owes its origina-
tiOn