The New York herald., 1872-10-16

Others Il only illustrates the horrors OF the Central
African slave trade. Perhaps other children alb
Quoted from their homes have dwelt with their
parents under less happy circumstances Perhaps
the child was poor negro and MS mtner anu
mother were possessed alone OF human hearts But
was the grief or the wrong less We're the pa'ns
dimtnisheds Yet In Abyssinia there is feature OF
tho commerce which does not exist In other lands.
The natives themselves enslave their own country
men and countrywomen. Since the death OF Iheo-
dorus the country has been the scene oi oo'"p'eA
civil war; Each tribe is in war against i's neis"'
bor and when the issue comes 70 de-
cisiye battle the victor despoils MS antago-
mist of all his property, makes mercnandlse
or the children and forwards them to the Egyptian
oost OF Gallabat where they ind ready and active
market. All along the frontier there is no attempt
m preyent slavery II exists with the sanction OF
the officials and by their direct cooperation will
state further on now it may be stopped. Another
profession is that of secret kidnappers. The world
knows little how much fnesse and depravity and
dupicity are required In this business The impress
sion is abroad that the slave trade provokes
nothing more than murder, theft, arson and rape.
But when tell you that traders go and dwell in
communities and households as professed bene-
factors OF the populatan that they there register
each desirable boy and girl and afterwards con-
spirc to kidnap KILL think 1t is just to say that
1t was left to this country to prove the fthomess
baseness OF man.
THE FArE OF THE SLAVE.
Bariea was not happy when she went to the
house OF the Syrian merchant Yusef. She moved
from the roof of a sympathetic young captain who
tried to soften her unhappy lot to the companion
ship of an elderly, disgusting sensualist BarIea
went TO this house to be destroyed He saw her
fair, young childish face, her yet Joyous, mobile
countenance and her almost perfect figure. and he
hnnU bapf IN oft fba rlta
could brutallze her childhood and extinguish the
heavenly purity Of her innocence She was un-
conscious OF her coming fate; 80 her heart was
buOyant. She found in her new retreat a slave
woman-zafar-who many years ago. was likewise
kidnapped from the MOkhada land. But Zafar was
a negress. She was kind, tender woman, with
heart as big the earth," Bariea says, and she
soon became fond of the young child. She kindly
cared for the tender child, and for several years
screened her from the brutality OF Yusef Bariela
maturcd rapidly, and at twelve years was marvel
OF grace and beauty. Zaiar's friendship could no
longer screen the child, and she fell prey to the
sensuality Of the old merchant. At the age OF thr-
teen Bariea was no longer pure. Overcome by re-
peated violence she became completely her mas
ter's victim When she first came under my notice
she had become one OF the most perfectly beautiful
women have ever seen. She lived on with Yusef
until was in position to effect her rescue and
place her under Christian instruction
BARIELA's FATE COMMON.
Opposite to my house, in the immense harem OF
AboO-Sinn, there are 100 Barielas with like beauty,
histories and fate Some OF the girls are white
and when white they are fascinating beyond ex-
preston. All OF these are the product of Abys
sinia. Many OF them will proceed to Cairo with
Aboo-Snn, who goes to the Egyptian capital, in
vted by the Vice Roy to present himself before the
Vice Regal throne. 1t IS his custom then to pre-.
sent large number OF Abyssinian girls to His
Highness. With few exceptions these girls possess
the soft. pliabe disposition OF Bariea. They are
never treacherous or faithless as wives, and they
never dream of infdelity. They are not mer-
cenary; they are capable OF achieving the highest
honors that women can receive upon earth I
asked Barlela II she would like to return to her
fathers house. She was delighted.
"Yes," said she, "but am afraid those Mokhada
men might come and steal me again. They are very
wicked!n
Thus this unfortunate girl stands, knowing per-
fectly her home, her parents and her country, but
unable to go there with safety. have understated
not overdrawn, her sad history. II must arouse
the indignation of the world. not alone as an lnd
vidua wrong, but as an example of the TO- 900 cases
that disgrace Abyssina in the eyes OF all mankind