The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-23

not owe So or So in Spanish or Portuguese cur.
| rency, or yard or two OF common cotton cloth.
! printed ID gaudy colorS, first class 'mOke,n as
they are called here, can be bought Before brazil
| abolished slavery, when the demand for slaves
treble no amount nn IS
| The English government always keep number OF
DOWN S The ali the ssrrs Leone
ten degrees OF latitude south OF the Equator. The
United States sss y Exceedingly remiss u this duty
out here floating from the peak OF o national
man-of-war. Americans Engaged 10 legitimate
and other African products Tor Shipment are CON-,
PEELED to rely solely upon British protection in
and hearty wal by the English captains In COM
ecoe o. es mahe n TINS pro
British subjects and American citizens Tho latter
have only TO make complaint to an English cap
tain OF gunn0at that his lie Is In Danger. or his
stock OF goods has been stolen by some woolly-
headed potentase. when Johnny Bull generally In
OF shells into the town, and then having ex.
plantations THIS kind OF diplomacy is found
devils out here. 1t works to q charm. In consc
quence o. the vigilance OF these steam gunboats
IN patr0liing the coast but
TWO CAK6OEs OF SLAVES FOR CUBA
being called slaves however, they were carried
contract to serve ten years in Cuba, which, OF
course, means for the term OF their natural lives
BY q Spanish bark, manned with mixed crew OF
Spaniards and Kroc men, and sailing under Portn.
guess. GOoIs; raese Rroomen belong to civil
where they have their headquarters IN the neigh
borhood Of Cape paimas which il one Of the south
ern provinces OF the Republic.
The civilization OF these Kroomen, such as 1t IS,
has been picked up during tire past twenty-five or
ana merchant vessels which have visited the coast
and upon which they have been employed as deck
vessel remained in these waters. MANY OF these
Kr0cmen speak several European languages, and
most Of them are expert seamen and surfmen.
English and American sailors. Their tattoo mark
Ii strip OF black about quarter OF an inch wide
prlcked in India Ink, from the top OF their forehead
and extending down to the tip OF their dat nose,
aud also t1e representation oil the fukes OF an
anchor acr. 81 eacn temple on line with the eye
the American colony in Monrovta. Every tribe In
Africa, however, Is known BY ITS own tattoo mark
nxcd upon the face OF every man. woman ana
child when quite young as an index to their
The Spanish bark mentioned carried on some
200 slaves Ot all ages and both sexes, ranging be-
BeDea sen and Women oaicars ana Congoes tho y,
second cargo was put on board o clipper ship, be.
iicved TO be on American. she showed no colors
In getting clear with $50 slaves safely slowed away
on board below hatches Both OF these cargoes OF
is quite likely they were originally held in close
confinement n one Of hls parracoons IN the inte-
rtor waiting Tor an armed escort to send them to
the seaboard We could gain no positive inf0rma-
ton from him on the subject. lie freely acknowi-
edges that ne trades in slaves IN exchange for gold
about shipping them abroad. Probably he has Q
wholesome fear OF the punishment tbat awaits him
II he ever sets his foot IN Christian community
again.
whites and backs alike we found to DO equally
as dumb on all matters CONCERNING the brutal and
inhuman trafilc None OF them are willing to con-
fess their participation in the shipment OF slaves
As 1t mas Deen declared piracy by international
in the moose attached to the hempen rope which
bangles from the fore yardarm Of a man-of. war,
which is always believed to be proving In the
ncghbori,ood, they keep mum on the subject.
AT all the towns along the coast we stopped at
this summer. almost the 1rst question asked us,
AZ SOON as We dropped anchor, by the Portuguese
and OLD Dutch factors. Who have been out here Tor
many years was whether Spain had abolished the
slave trade or not, and when wo answered IN the
negative they went away apparently well satisfied
that their business would not be iIteriered with,
at least for some time longer.
Many OF these white settlers, however, do not
deal directly In tho siavo trade. but they are
the less guilty for they always furnish the necessary
stores and supplies to the nauyes--the guns, am
munition. trinkcIs and cotton cloths-as the means
OF exchange tor the latter to carry It on.
THE SLAVE PIRATE's HARBOR.
Princes Island, which ~ located q short distance
Oh the coast, about two days sail, appears to be
directly dir il the track Of vessels bound rom caOa
and South America to Whydah. IL s usually at
n place Where A. Sv 70
clear AID tue cargo Is ready to come on board.
This information IS conveyed to and fro BY small
war canoes OF tho King 81 Dah0mey. These canoes
are frequently manned with nity or sixty paddles.
s Wstsr .s rate ~ x:csa and Eighteen knots an
hour. They can stand rough sea as well as q lie
boat, and are handled with great dexterity.
Princes island belongs TO Portugal. 1t has
large and spacious harbor on its north side which
Is tho favorite rendezvous OF the slave pirate.
as she Is cailed-a large masculine looking woman,
originally from one OF the Cape de verd Islands.
the ri I'll.
tied world all that the pirate and the freebooter
might DESIRE without the lear OF 1t being suspected
that his vessel was bound upon an unlawful and
'iro TIE MRxoRy or CAPTAIN aoRDoNn
s bumpers Of sparsnr champagne BY the
at Nine. Finto's dlnner table. Gordon, II wil! be
remembered was hung few years ago ago In New
he s' was an American BY birS native we believe
OF one OF the New England States. A very line
VINO knew him in e hangs the head Of the
salon IN the Madamcs hotel The frame ID shrouded
10 ana me te
his motto through life. He is represented
successful captains that ever engaged in the ne
farious trade. 1t 10 related OF him also that on
on board of his vessel, he was chased by an Eng
lish sloop- ofwar, which began to overhaul him
Tsn gst y o. nee u e
away his boats TO capture the prize. When the
latter were about q mile OF. and Gordon saw that
set lre to her and then took to his own boats,
with his crew, and escaped to the island, ieav-
ing the vessels matches fastened down and the
living freight confined below 10 perish from suffo.
cation by the time the English boats arrived and
tore OF the matches Of the SLAYER 1t was found
that not more than third OF the number OF hui
man beings on board were lett alive: the 1ames
however. were speedily suppressed, and the re-
manning negroes were sent on to Sierra Leone,
whore they were released until such time as they
could be sent back to their own country. Gordon
always denied afterwards that he SET fire TO the
vessel or gave any order to do so when he found
that his name was execrated even among his or-
mer boon companions. He saddled the deed upon
Que OF hts crow; but enough Is known OF his terri
BILE crueItIes ana acts or wholesale murder to
stamp his name with eternal infamy.
The names oil Captain Stanh0pe and Captain
Granam, the former from Salem, MASS, and the
latter from New York city, are also spoken
oil here by their own countrymen, who know
them we'll as successful slave pirstes up
10 within very recent period. The names
OF other prominent and influential resi-