The New York Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1874, Page 13

WHYDAH. Herald Special Correspondence from the Bight of Benin. The Great Slave Mart ot Africa, REVIVAL .OF THE TRAFFIC. —_——+—__—. Congo Passengers for Cuba. A PRINCESS FOR SALE. The Portuguese Barracoons of the Interior. The Royal Court of Gobo, the Slave King of Dahomey. “THE MEMORY OF GORDON!” WHYDAH, BidHT OF BENIN, West Coast or Arnica, Dec. 12, 1873. ‘Tho winds and currents of Equatorial Africa have finally drifted “our fag” to the famous roadstead of Whydah, which is the chief seaport town and great slave mart of the Kingdom of Dahomey. The facilities afforded us for sending letters occur at such rare intervals on this part of the coast that I embrace the only opportunity which offers at present to forward this correspondence by the way of Engiand, which the Captain oi the British steamer Alert, which galls from here to-morrow, has promised to despatch for me by way of Cape Const. Our last auchorage was AT PRINCE’S ISLAND, which lies to the westward of this place, where we learned for the first time of the terrible ravages of the fever at Oape Coast Castie, to which point we were bound. cur skipper then very prudently determined to give the Cape a very wide berth and thought best to change bis destination to look in upon Gobo, the slave King of Dahomey, or “Young Snuff," as he is usually called here by the ancient Marivers who do guard duty around the angles of the Airican coast. WHYDAR 1s comparatively frec from fever at present, not- withstanding the rainy season has set in with its heavy thunder and ligntning and occasional hur- Ticanes, This place is the great slave trading station of the whole West Coast of Africa with the interior tribes, In the more palmy days of this horribic traffic in human beings, when the United States, Spain, Portugal and Brazil encouraged the Propagation of slavery in their respective terri- tories, and the slave pirate claimed protection of their laws and railed defiantly under the flag of a civilized Power, Whydah flourished and prospered amazingly. Since then, however, its importance has somewhat deciuned, Under the rule of its former WOOLLY-HEADED bisa AND POTENTATE, GEZ0 THE IRST, it deserved the odium and detestation tt so abun- dantly obtained, all the more that he was both abie and sagacions, For upwards of twenty-five years he supplied all the demands of the Spanish and Portuguese slave dealers who infested the Bight of Bento, ravaging and devastating the in- terior far and wide by hissiave hunts to obtain victims for nis European customers. He organized and led these internal forays and crucities on the largest scale Atrica has ever known, and annually Bold, without remorse or scruple, his own country- men in tens of tiiousands for exportation. His hor- rihle cruelties arrested the progress of Africa by almost DBPOPULATING THE SBAOOAST DISTRICTS, to the immense material prosperity of Cuba and Brazil. Gezo became known throughout the civil- {zed world by his many inhaman sacrifices and for the wholesale slaughter of his countrymen, and ibis nam? has already been enrolled upon the tab- Jets of infamy among the foremost of the monsters of humanity. Gobo the Seoond, the present ruler and TE SLAVE KING OF DAHOMEY, 1s @ son of Gezo, and seems to have inherited all the savage nature and instincts of his father, and has proclaimed his policy to be the same. King Gobo, however, has been severely punished since his accession to the throne. His seaboard towns have been frequently destroyed by the British cruisers, his treasures carried of, and many ot his @laves rescued and set iree as fast as he captured aby. Ofiate years he has been on his good behavior, Hoe has his court, anobillty,an army, composed partly of Amazons, and a polivy. His father made treaties, concluded alliances and brougnt himself within the vortex of European diplomacy, His son, however, unable to control his savage in- atinots, notwithstanding his long intercourss with the whites, is fast relapsing again into barbarism. ‘The prices of negroes are too low to admit him muoh profit, and so finding his treasury almost Mepieted and his coast watched by men-of-war ho has become very gloomy and tacitarn, lt is only on rare occasions, however, that Gobo now visits the death penalty upon any o! his subjects unless for somo heinous offence committed directly under his own eyes. All the ferocity of his cruel natare 4s then aroused, and, acting upon the impuise of the moment, he elther brains his victim with the blow of a war club or elec pins him to the carth with a spear. THE FRAR OF RETRIBUTION being constantly in his mind, he now usually leaves ail such matters as the conviction and punishment of criminals who disobey his orders and decrees to 8 council of chiefs, who fix the penalty without con- salting his black Majesty. For slight offences, which are amenabie to the Dahomoy law, a fine is {mposed; a graver offence {3 followed by confisca- tion of all the prisoner’s property, and if the latter is unfortunate enough not to Dave ny, then the property of his nearest relative is condemned to pay the fine, Sometimes the prisoner is doomed to slavery and {s got rid of in the samo manner as a counterfelt note with some other people, by passing him od on somebody "else, lta man murders 8 blood relation, then the next noarest of Kin to the murdered man becomes his executioner. This is Dahomey law. ‘THE PORTUGURSE BARRACOONS. Shortly after our arrival at Whydah wo were visited py a Portuguese millionnaire navob, who Tejoices in the patronymic of Desoza. His weaith 1s estimated as high as several millions sterling, qi! of which he has accumulated in the slave trade. His father was ic the same line of business here belore him, and exercised inure DOWer over old Gez0 thai other whites Living Wie! dominions, by oP Pexoga, 9 spare bailt, commonpiace loo} man, but rather well edu- cated, ih now the chie slave factor of th 4 He gid in his own cagh Which Is Ieoated abou! leagues in the interle’*. owas erected By Ports hen she de. smo) whe! 4 thy trade and Pportunity of connection in Portngnese did tn lives’ in Spbresent occupant, Baron Oza, castie Of the Middle Ages. like a” prince and African robbera with no grs Diratical irtenas yal magnifi has his army of retainers and fi htt Hmoenoe, pod Gidly equipped Ing men, splen- sm “4 Hep oe gs to de his bidding’ and property, hom ne ied tan fovites to nie casatiancn aro carried in hammocks, awung on long poles, These toted slong at gs good trot by lour stalwart negro slaves, Calibar men. There are relieved by iresh relays of darkies at rang twoor three miles en uuti the castle reached. Horses do not thrive well in this chmate, and, therefore, are seldom br: t inte requisition for Jong journeys. Negro Jabor being the cheapest they are selected to do the work oi the quadr it takes about forty tours from the coast to reach Desosa’s. Refreshments are furnished while on the journey, and even articles of luxury provided im the most profuse anda generous manner, Close by Castie Desoza are the slave barracoons Of this noted Portuguese robber, They sre of m- mense extent, built partially beiow the surface of the ground, with stout timbers and ne. The doors and pigeon-hole windows face inwardly, the entire structure radiating from the pivot of circle. Outside of toe ringruns a palisade fence, made of stout bamboo poles, securely driven Pogether. ‘This ience into the ground and basher torms the “death line” to the human corral. Now fill these kennels with 10,0c0 human beings, the largest number of siaves they haye ever held at any one time, and the picture of this African tene- ment will be complete. On the occasion of our visit the barracoons were fortunately empty. Probably made so op purrose by the lord of the castle, that we might not observe the wretched inmates and the musery they en- dured. There wes no apparent necessity, however, for the guard of Sweaty armed ‘men—two Spaniards, cight Arabs and the rest Bena men— who were doing patrol duty on the ‘death line’ of the enclosure, unloss, a3 we half suspected at the time, it was to prevent tho barracoons trom being secrctiy fired by some rebelitous black under m1s- sionary influence who was cognizant of the hor- rors perpetrated within, THE SLAVE MARKET OF WiIYDan, where most of the detestable trac in human beings is now carried on without thterruption from any of the great naval Powers, was the next | Tete visited. This placo is located in the very eart of the town, andis looked upon by the white traders as the social, politicai and tinanctal centre of the Kingdom. It id constructed almost wholly of bamboo poles, Securely set in the gronnd avout ten feet apart, with the spaces left open be- tween. Here and there wore some pieces of mat- ting which served a3 awnings to keep out the rays of the hot, burning. noonday san. Toe roof was thatched with palm leaves, the whole structure presenting the appearance of a continuous line of shed occupying the three sides of a hollow square. The woodwork was covered with rude carvings of snakes and lizards, spear heads and shields. The market ia only open during the early morning hours, ‘Then the natives gather there to learn the news from the back villages when the bush people come in with the wares and trinkets they have tosell. In the centre of the market stands a pavilion of somewhat more pretentious appear. ance, Which is sot apart as”King Gobo’s council chamber. Bamboo poles, which reared thelr heads above the roo}, were decorated with a aumber of smal!, swallow-tailed streamers made of red and blue cotton Gloth. ‘Ikese were the King’s battie flags, which are carried by his Amazons when he goes iorth on one of his marauding expeditions, About a dozen of these temale warriors were doing poud duty around the pavilion when we arrived. Some carried spears and others short. bladed heavy swords which jooked for all the world like cheeseknives, Each Amazon also car- ried a long shield made of buliock's hide, bearin: strange devices, daubed on with a thick coating ol palm oll and some sort of Clay, with the red pre- Gominating. These, no doubt, were intended to represent the iusignia of thelr rank. All were slaves, however, taken from some interior tribe, a8 We were informed, and did not possess us Javorably with their good tooks, A more idiotic, brutal set of faces we never wit- nessed before, even on this coast, Their coverin; consisted of a small piece of native cloth woun around their waist and allowed to Jalil half way down thoir lower limbs, and their only head gear was the thick, woolly covering which nature had iven them. Allof the amazons we saw had their road, flat noses pierced and a large meta! ring, about two inches tn diameter, inserted, end a piece of bone stuck through their lower lip, which gave them a most hideous appearance. The ‘market was crowded with bush peoplo awaiting the King’s arrival. There waa a great deal of gossip going on. Some of them were offer- ing yams and tarro roots for eale; others cggs, chickens, small beef cattle on the hoof, goat's meat and tropical traits of all kind, and keeping upa terrible tumult and yelling generelly wmlo trymg to induce a Jew sailors from our vessel to trade with them. Fortunately for us we were under Desoza’s protection and were not annoyed by them. Severel renegade whites—tocial pariahs from the more civilized portions of God's earth, and who are forced by their many crimes to be- come outiaws—were strutting atont, dressod in linen suits avd carrying sun snados in their bands, They were all puting away at their cigars, and seemed desirous 01 impressing 03 with a lavorablo opinion of their vast importance. Every ove of thein had that indescribatle and pecullarly sin- ister look about the }ines of his face which reficcts the true character of the pro- fessional thief and cutthroat, They were known as- slave dealers, and had attended tbe market of Whydab on the lookout tor bargains, It had already been reported that Gobo had made @ fresh haul of some's00 or 400 captives on his last atealing expedition, and these white rascals were determined to ve on hand in time to gobble them ail up kefore too much. active competition should sot in trom the other white traders, who were hourly expected to afrive. ‘These traders aro usually made up of men of all nationalities, but the Spanish and Portuguese ele- Ment seemed to predominato in this instanco, When not buying or selling sinves they seem to spend most of their time in debauchery and gam- bling. Rum drinking to any great extent is not considered @ very health: Eran out hero, owing to the prevalence of the fover at certain seasons of the year. The whites we saw seem to be pretty well acclimated. When the fever gets very bad they either retire into the interior, where most of them have their Slave barracoons, or cise go yachting in some of their small coasting vessels On a pleasure trip to one of the adjoining tslands. We next looked inat the slave pen, which is directly in the rear of the Tiaitxet, Tere, in a large circular enclosure, with a high plekcé teucé constructed or pampoo, were confined about 800 wretched looking beings, of both sexes, in An entire state o! nudity, Thoy were ¢rouched upon the ground in every con- ceivable attitude, and lay there almost motionless, Their very appearance was enough to excite the ity of any ono but 4 brute. All of them seemed as they were half samished, und kept up a low Moaning wail, a5 if the ‘death song,” they were said to be singing, forewarned them of the un- happy fate that was in store for them. Thoy were taken from the country back oi Efik, on tho Calibar River, and were said to be cannibais. Desoza represented them as part Oo! a very dan- gerous tribe, Who cook and eat every Dahomeyan they capture, In other words, they were wild beasts of the human species, and bat iittle removed from the orang-outangs and gibbons which are to be seeao on all sides and around us, as part of the population. A good supply of food was furnished them, consisting of »aked yams, raw fish and goats’ meat, uncooked and bioogy, which they devoured voraciously. ‘Three hours later not one of them wan to bo seen. They had all been bougnt by Desoza himself. and sent off to his slavo pens on the conflaes of Whydah. DISTINCTIONS OF CASTH. A French ani arrived later in the day and several of hor oficers coming on shore we soon scraped an acquaintance with them. In the evening the Portuguese and Spanish traders and residents got up a fandango in our honor, at whicn we all attended and passed a jolly night of it, We were all sumewnat surprised, however, to see the distiactions of caste which were carried out at this fandango. The half breeds would not those of @ shade or two darker color, nor the malattoes iraternizo socially at tho ball with the pure blacks, altho all were invited and stood upon an equal social position. By daybreak the following morning we were all sturtied b; the loud beating of tom-toms, fhe blowing. of conch “noras, interspersed with the noisy clanging of cymbals and by a great commotion generaliy, which proceeded trom the town, As this was almost of daily occurrence but very little attention was paid to it atthe time. Desoza, however, came tn shortly after and an- nounced that King Gobo would arrive in about an hour, He would then introduce us at the King’s counctl. w Belore starting ont, however, a slave girl be- longing to one of the white traders of Whydah, with rather a pretty by ap and jace for @ half breed Aran, and having bright, shining, leopard- like eyes, brought us s0me delicious not coffee and nicoly cooked tamarind cakos, together with a atick or two of sweet cocoa and a basketof ireshi: picked oranges and ripe ngs with Which to brea! our fast. Rett Mtb was in proper keeping too, and showed that even this native girl had some notion of the ideas and ‘usages prevailing among more civilized people by the mauner in which she served our matutinal meal, The table surroundings were all that coufi be expected. Our coifee was poured from a small golden urn, elaborately chased and of French design, tnto porcelain cups, gilt edged at that, and the cakes and iruits were passed around upon salvers, highly wrought, of the same precious metal, This Arab girl as she waited neon us was all smiles and sunshine. She presented quite a ploturesque appearance in a snow-white linen rove which hung ¢7 dishabdille about her person, Tho robe was gathered at the waist by a red silken cord With two tassels attachod, in the loop of whion hung 4 small ornamental Gagger. Hor jot biack hair, the kink in which was barely siceptible, was parted down the middie oi her ead and tied benind with a gold clasp, while her long tresses fell in wavy lines over h oulders, pret much after the same fashion a m belle ‘would display her locks during the height of the season at Saratoga. This slave girl must have worn some two pounds weight of golden ori menta about her person, She also wore bracelets of open filagreo work on her arms and ankies, while her fingera and toes were fairl; bejewelled with rings, some of which glistened with precious stones. 1t strack us ail ot the time that this poor “rl nad got herself up in her best style for our ‘al benefit, and was determined to display her ag slave in the most elaborate manner certainly not have been over sixteen or “re of age, yet she wag as woll de- “+ g¢.a (all grown woman of thirty. ‘avorite of somebody, and was bas by “enty mistresses which our videntiy & own as part of his per- robably one vf tw sonfessed to 18 in & t alterwarde claimed. Aly atrip them of nig ray toot 16" mont “Pxivn wae nS Ta e their golden ornameitt a fF QMoe Sil of thom for that matter, in @ on, NORTH M thoy did not belive therm all tne women belonging to the white Portu- guese traders live a sort of Sybarite exisience amid the surroundings of great barbaric splendor, ‘ihey are not expected to do any menial work, Their pen, wants are supplied irom the exchequer of their loid and master. The biack female slaves are Smpler0e as servants ro;-er, and compelied to do a'l the drudgery of the ousehold, Some of the haifieed women are very bright aud intelligent. Ouc pretty Arab at- tendant was unusually go for one of her age. She kpew what @ missionary was, and that there were some good and some bad hombres among them, and could tell a ship from @ schocner and whether it was a glaver or not before it dropped its anchor. Altogether she was a very Interesting creature. We met many other women during cur rambles avout Whydah who prided themselves on beu balfbreeas, They were of all shades and complex- tons Of color, from tho neariy white to the ebon: black; some with delicately formed Grecian and Egyptian features and others with the thick lips and fat, broad noses of the pure Congo. Axa eneral thing, however, the women are more in- iigent than the men. Whenever they wished to show thelr (Paap and abhorrence oi one oi their number they would invariably stigmatize her as nothing but @ man eater. this that cannibal. We would infer irom their wolfish propensities were those of a THE KING'S COUNCIL. The presence ofthe King was finally announced by the chief conch blower and ig theges firing of fint lock mueketa at random, His Majesty, instead of entering Whydah in. royal African state, as we expected to see him, had sneaked away from his guard of honor immediately he came into the town and started for a trader's house for the purpose of getting his morovipg bit. ters, When he again made his appearance and was about fo enter his pavilton in the market the chief conch blower blew another bi when all present prostrated themselves full length on the round, with the exception of the whites, until His Voolly Majésty had enterea the pavilion. Here We had @ good opportunity of observing him. Gobo is a man of quite six fect in height, but of rather spare proporeane. His arms and chest were covere ith medals, chains, bracelets and orosses of gold and precious stones, many of them heir- looms and others presented to him. He seemed to be dazzling all over with bracelets, while the ebony black skin of his arms, which had been rubbed with some kind of ofl, fairly shone as if it were varnished. His only body covering was a@ yellow silk robe, richly embroidered with gold thread, Around his head was a gold band, with several fine rubies and emeralds in it, the whole surmounted with three beautiful plumes of pure white ostrich feathers, which were in striktug con- trast to his jet black complexion. his nose, lips and forebead, and, indeed, the whole face, had more of the Egyptian cast than the pure and un- adulterated negro of the equator. Gobo wore san- dais on his teet made of hide, and ornamented like is robe, and which were fastened by clasps at his ankles and across the tect. In other respects his body was entirely bare. Hoe has a chronio frown on his icatures all the time, and Desoza tells me that he was never known either to laugh or even smile, which is @ sure indication of the brutal nature within. Gobo is intensely dignified. He barely noticed our presence even alter we bad been formally pre- sented, and retused to extend his hand to bo shaken. He merely blurted ont, “Ungo!” which was interpreted by one cf the whites as “Enough; pass on.” So we understood it, and retired to o galer distance in the rear. You can seo by this the ill-feeling he bears all white strangers who dare to approach his sacred person, He refused to communicate with any of us, notwithstanding the importanitics of his best friend. the Baron Desoza. Alter all was quiet again Govo addressed the people in the market place in Dahomey lingo, in substance as follows when rendered into English:— “His Majesty of the twenty-lour seasons of prosper- ous harvests bad arrived in person to say, ‘All's well’ to his peopie, and was prepared now to receive theiriloyalty to him in the way of tribute, to sup- port bis royal state and houachola.” In other words, he was on nothing more than a big begging expedition. {ter getting through with his speech His Majesty squatted on the ground on a tiger's skin spread in the centre of the pavilicn. Then several slaves, as black as himeelf, began.to ian him with tans ase ofostrich feathers, whtle he listened doggedly to the palaver o1 a number of chiefs—provably they were only making reports of the condition of the Kingdom. His son, the heir apparent, is quire ill, and if he dies we may be able tosee the sacrifice of a few hundred of these suvages on the occasion. None of the king's wives Were present at the council. SUMMARY WAY OF COLLECTING TRIBUTE, Tho Prime Minister and chiet bottle washer of Danoincy had visited Whydah tor the purpose of steaitug all he could lay his hands on under the prerenee of collecting tribute in the way of taxes. his he did by going the rounds ph the native huts, attended by atew plunder carriers. What- ever pleasod his fancy that was exposed to view was immediately seized in the name of the King and transierred to the bags which his followers had with them. Tho latter required considerabie watching also, for I saw one big, ill-looking savage roll up a large piece ot yellow cotton cloth into a good sized ball and conceat it under onc ot lg armpits. This was dono with ail the dexterity of an apt professor of selight-of-nand while the chief of the party stood measuring the value of an article for an instant which he had jus, taken from the neck of a young native woman. The natives of Whydah, when they see the tax gatherer going the rounds, secrete all their prop- erty from his prying eyes and then plead verty a8 AN eXCus lor Hon-payment. The next time he comes round, if caught in the possession of any- thing of value, they are compelied to fork over double the amount they were formerly assessed. Thts tax collecting raid takes place semi-annually, ‘The white traders pay nothing but a capita tax of small amount on each slave they hold, Alter the tribute had been collected the chief spcearet very gium and dignified. He seemed to be laboring under the impresgyon that somehow he had been Cheated in the amount taken Io. ‘These people seem to understand the yalue of money ajte as well as we Go. A Portuguese “dump” avy copper coin, worth acout cents in American money Would only pass current for its face value. Any such trifle ag a small bottle with a glass stopper, a hatchet, jacknue, smail saw and looking giass, or @ few common brass trinkets or pinchbeck jewelry could be readily traded off ior a bundred times their ‘real value, Any oF these articles we have mentioned will bu @ leopard, lion and other skins, gazelle’s fect, which are used for mounting ladies’ whip handles, ivory or gold dust itself, M—-, my ily ide voydgeé, did quite a thrivin, business in rading off a lot of navy buttons ior rings and bracelets of open filigree work, made of such fine gold that he could easily stretch the bracelets over the wrists and the rlogs on his Angers, and they would spring ‘nto shape again ulmost with the same elasticity as indiaraober, T succeeded in buying & very fine robe, made out of thirty-nve Becta skins, niocly dressed, well matched in color and neatly sowed togecner with tendons, for haifa dozen red and yellow nandker- chiefs, which could be bought in Chatham street for fifteen or twenty cents cach. A PRINCESS OFFERED FOR SALE. Finaily I produced an empty cut giass bottle, with @ glass stopper, such as our ye use for choice extracts. It would hold about a pint, and was rather pee. ornamented with bine en- amelied and gilt flowers, with a fancy labe: plas- tered on representing some gorgeous female, with @ chocolate-colored dress and fiery auburn hair. four I {oformed his black Majesty that the like- ness was that of the Queen of Amorica, known as Wolly Varden. It was d irom hand to hand and examined with great care. The court of K: e Gobo looked poe it wih such avari- cious eyes that the latter finally offered the Prin- cess of Kba tor it it I would consent to the bur- gain, It was agreed, moreover, that I could take this Princess away with me and dispose of ner as I pees uf { would only hand over the bottle. Her yal Highness was not consuited in the transac- tion. She nodded her head, however, approy- ingly, and, like Barkis, was quite willing to accom- pany, me it Loniy said yes. Sut my Anno Maria at ome would decidedly object to my making any guch arrangement in her absence. Then, again, the Princess of Kba was not handsome or even fascinating in her manners, so | had to forego the opportunity of buying her for a glass bottle, but I nevertheless succeeded in trading off the latter for & hantisome bracelet of pure gold, and fluttered bs apa that Lmade the best of the bargain alter all, GINCE THR EXPORT DEMAND FOR SLAVES has almost entirely ceased, by reason of the inter- diction of the naval forces of the United States and Great Britain, most of the trafic in human beings 18 now carried on by the people of Whydah with the neighboring and interior tribes with whom they are at peace. The white traders con- fine themsetves caciusively to the foreign market. ‘to wage war with some of these tribes ior the purpose of taking Lie and capturing booty i one of the principal »:rapations in which the present King of Dahomey, Gobo IL, delights to engage. iis considered ag part of the. royal Nay ative ana sacred duty ef hia dusky majesty and good State policy to subdue his neighbors and rob them of ali they possess, With this object in view war 18 carried on by the more powerful kings and iefs against the weaker tribes almost continu- year in and year out, and {s looked upon as gn agreeanle and protitable business. There is no declaration of hostilities beforehand. Whon a king or chief talls short of @ supply of slaves he sends jorth his army of spearsmen and musket- bearers to surprise some defenceless V fe uoder cover of the ni ils If the inhabitants resist a gen- eral massacre follows of all who tail to take to the brush and make their escape, Those who cannot or will not fightin Cetence ‘of their women and children, and quietly submit to capture, are held 8 prisoners. stipulated time is then given to ransom them, and if the ransom 1s not settled or compromised in some way within the time named (usually one moon or One month) all o1 tae wretcnced captives are declared slaves by proclamation of the conqueror, rt a quneral thing, however, all prisoners of war As well as all slaves are hi ely treated by the coast tribes, according to their notions of human- ity, It is only in exceptional instances that any of them are put to death, and then only under great provocation or from motives of revenge, when ine principle of tex tationis is carried out to bloody pertection and life tor lite is freely taken in the most inhuman and revolting manner, to tho evi- dent satisiaction of both sidea sngeny" in the con- tost. Slaves are also held to be a commercia commodity or means of exchange in timo of peace. ‘They are from one tribe to snother and back and forth a8 & Beng 2 Lyre: Ag 4 i} of being greenbac! ey mi 1 Deowriety be Balen brownbackeand wony DIACKS, Lermers ts very uvue aurerence™ im the: press pais: for men and women, The former seldom being over $6 or $8 of our meaner the rates varying ac- cording to age and phy: condition, For an o}4 condemned Seaeoh Worle. probably not ove: $2 or $3 in Spanish or Portuguese cur- rency, or @ yard or two of common cotton cloth, pan fed In fanay colors, a first class “moke,” as ney are called here, can'be bought. Before Brazit al ed slavery, when the demand for slaves was quite brisk, the price. paid for au able-bodied hegro was nearly treble the amount it ts now. ‘The Engtish government always keep a number of fast stesm gunboats constantly cruising up und down the — all the way from Sierra ne to ten degrees of !atitude south of the Equator. The United States i exceedingly remiss in this duty, for it 1s very seidom now that its flag can be seen out here floating from the peak of @ national man-ol-war. AMericans ongaged 10 legitimate trade along. the coast, or those. ii oa shore collecting palm oil, ivory, ski and other African products for shipment, are com- pelled to rely solely ba British protection in case of an fo a teg t 18 given, too, with airee and. hearty wul by t Bagiien captains in com- mand of these gunboats, extending this pro- tection they make no discrimivation between British subjects and American citizens. The latter have only to make a complaint to an English ca, tain of a gunboat that his lie ts in danger, or his stock of coods has been stolen by soine woolly- headed potentate, when Johnny Bull generally in- quires into the matter—first by throwing a shower of shells into the town, and then having ex- planations, This kind of dipiomacy is Found to be the only effective one with these human devils out here, It works toa charm. In couse- quence 0: the vigiiencs of these steam gunboats in patrolling the coast but TWO CAKGOES OF SLAVES FOR CUBA Dave been run off safely lust year. Instead of being called slaves, however, they were carried away as “coolio parsengers,” under a fictitious contract to serve ten years in Cuba, which, of course, Means for the term of their natural lives. One cargo Was conveyed away, s0 we are tniormed, by a Spanish bark, manned with a mixed crew of Spaniards aod Krovmen, and satling under Portn- guese colors, These Kroomen belong to a ctvil- ized tribe living in the little Republic of Liberia, where they have their headquarters in the neigh- borhood of Cape Palmas, which is one of the south- erp provinces of the Republic. The civilization of these Kroomen, such as it ts, has been picked up during tte pent twenty-five or thirty years on board of the foreign mon-o'-war and inerchaut vessels which have visited the const, and upon which they have been employod as deck hands for ® few months at a timo, whtle the veasel remained in these waters, Many of these Kroomen speak several European languages, and most of them are expert seamen and surimen. They can “handie, reef and steer! with the best English anG American saitors. Their tattoo mark is ® etrip of black about a quarter of an toch wide, pricked in Indta ink, trom the top of their forehead and extending down to the tip of their fiat nose, and also tue representation of the Nukes of an anchor acress each temple on a line with the eye. They have all the vices but none of the virtucs of the American colony in Monrovia, Every tribe in Africa, however, is known by its own tattoo mark a3 distinct from its neighbor. It is permanently fixed upon the face of every man, woman and child when quite young as an index to their nationality, The Spanish bark menttoned carried off some 200 slaves of all ages and both sexes, ranging be- tween ten years and forty. They consisted of Benga wen and women, Calivars and Congoes. The second cargo Was put on board a@ clipper ship, be- Neved to be an American, She showed no colors during her stay at Whydab. She finally succeeded in getting clear with 630 slaves safely stowed away on board below batches. Both of theso cargoes of living freight, it is said, were sold by Desoza. This is quite likely, as they were originally held in close confinement in one of his barracoons in the inte- rior, bare for an armed escort to send them to the seaboard. We couid gain no positive informa- tion 1rom him on the subject. He freely acknowl- edges that he trades in slaves, in exchange for goid dust, ivory, &c., but is exceedingly non-committal about shipping them abroad. Probably he has a wholesome fear of the punishment tbat awalts bim if he ever sets nis footin a Christian community in, f ‘Whites and b:acks alike we found to be equally as dumb on all matters concerning the brotal and inhuman traMfc. None of them are willing to con- fess their participation in the shipment of slaves, As it has deen declared piracy by international law and there is danger o! slipping thetr necks in the noove attached to the hempen rope which dangles trom the fore yardarm of a man-of-war, whieh 13 always believed to be prowhng in the neighborhood, they keep mum on the subject. At ali the towns along the coast we stopped at this summer, almost the first question asked us, a# 80UN a8 We dropped anchor, by the Portuguese and old Dutch factors, who have been out here tor many years, was wheiter Spain had abolished the slave trade or not, and when wo answered im the negative they went alway apparently well satisfied that their business would not be lateriered with, at least for eome time longer. Mapy Of these white settiers, however, do not deal directiy in tho sinvo trade, bat they are none the less guilty, for they alsvays lurnish the necessary stores and suppites to the natives—the guns, am- munition, trinkets and cotton cloths—as the means of excnange for the latter to carry it on, THE SLAVE PIRATE'S HARKOR, Prince's Island, which ts located a short distance off the coast, apout two days’ sail, ay pears to be the ret ‘hea:iquarters for slave ships, It lies direcity 1 the track of vessels bound from Cuoa and South America to Whydab.. It is usualiy at this placo where tiey At out, preparatory to a descent on the coast, when everything is reported clear afd the cargo is ready to come on board. ‘This information 1s conveyed to and fro by smail trading vesseis, and sometimes by one of the large war canoes of tho King 61 Dahomey. 'Theee canoes are frequentiy manned witn filty or sixty paddies, and are sent whirling and humming through tne ater at [he rate of ixteon dnd eighteen knots an Tour. They can stand a rough sea as well as a lue- boat, and aro handied with great Gexterity. Prince's island belongs to Portugal. it has o large and spacious harbor on its north side, whitch is tho favorite rendezvous of the slave ‘pirate. There 18 a good hotel there, kept by a Mme. Plato, as she ts called—a large, masculine looking woman, originally from one 0: the Cape de Verd Islands. Her chargos are very moderate, rooms and table excellent, and isolation irom tne rest of the ciwil- ized world all that the pirate and the freebooter might desire, without the jear ot it being suspected that his vessel was bound upon av unlawiul and criminal mission. ‘40 THE MEMORY OF CAPTAIN GORDON?’ is @ sentiment which is frequently proposed over full bumpors of sparkling champagne by the guests at Mme. Pinto’s dinner table, Gordon, it will be remembered, was hung & few years ago in New York Harbor for being engaged in the slave trade. He was an American by birth, a native, we believe, of one of the New England States, <A very tine full length sikeness of him, 80 it ts said by those who knew him in iife, hangs at the head of the salonin the Madame’s hotel. The fraime is shrouded in crape and the words ‘nil deaperandium" are in- seribed in gilt letters on the lower border. ‘These words Gordon appears to have adopted as nis motto through life, He is represented here as one of tne most dari ng, and suocessiul captains that ever engaged in the ne- farious trade. It is related of him also that on one ol his voyages, when he had about 300 Congoes on board of his vessel, he was chased by an Eng- sh sloop-of-war, which began to overhaul him when just in sight of Prince’s Island, it jell then intoa dead calm, and the Englishman lowered away his boats to capture the prize. When tie jattor were about a mile off, and Gordon saw that his vessel could not escape capture, he deliberately get fre to her and then took to his own boats, with his crew, and escaped to the island, leav- ing the vessel’s hatches fastened down and the iving freight confined below to perish trom suffo- cation. By the time the English boats arrived and tore off the hatches of the slaver it was found that not more than a third of the number of bu- man beings on board were leit alive, The flames, however, were speedily suppressed, and the re- maining negroes were sent off to Sierra Leone, whoro they Were released until such time as they conid be sent back to their own country. Gordon alway denied aiterwards that he set fire to the ‘vessel Or gave any order (0 do 80 when he found that his name was exccrated even among his tor- mer boon companions. He saddled the deed upon one of bis crow; but enough is Known of his terri- bie crueities and acts of whvlesale murder to stamp his name with eternal infamy. The names of Gaptain Stanhope and Captain Graham, the former from Salem, Mass. and the latter from New York city, are also spoken oi here by thelr Own countrymen, who know them well, as successiul slave Leet up to within @ very recent period. ‘he names of other prominent and influential resi. dents of New York are also mentioned as having laid the foundations of vhele present fortunes by their participation in this villanous trafic before tho war Ol secession, Ii old Desoza were to visit the United States with the evidence which has been accumulating in his hanas during the past thirty years there would be some big stampeding golug on among several shining lights of the fash- fonable anf mercantile circies of New Yo nd Boston to escape the ciutches of thelaw. The old man says he will make the evidence public before he dies. He desires to get even in reiurn for the base tngratitudo and rascality some of these men he helped to make colossal fortunes have shown him since he ceased to be their agent on this coast. at are he says he dare noc venture in 4 civil- ized community because he has been declared a pirate and outiaw by both England and Portugsl, and a price set upon hia head, THE COAST TRADE, Whydah offers a splendid field for a profitable venture, especially for small vessels of not over 900 or 400 tons capacity. It is surprising that there are not more American vessels to be seen on this part of the coast engaged in trading with these natives for goid dust, skins and palm = wood, The Salem packets from Massachusetts now contine their trade to [ion oil, Wood and coffee with the peuple of Li- erin and to the north of here, Monrovia derives Most of its trade with the United States from these packets. Thero is no such coffee raised in the world ag the African coffee. The navigation of the coast is excellent and 15 very, accural tat down on the American charts, with the sailing di- rections fully described ia Bowditob. ‘th rts however, rolis in very heavy all along the coast, and as there 376 very fow harbors besides Sterra Leone And Monrovia one must take his chances of anding In surf boats where the rondsteads are all open, a4 they are at Elmina, Cape Coast Castie and at this piace. But tne natives are such exper surf. nb anger heed te aoprenan ifyeuentrust 9 a to make tie nee NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1874—QUADRUPLE SHEET. NEW YORK'S PRIVATE LIBRARIES. The Book Ccllectors and Collec- tions of the Metropolis. “SPECIAL” AND “MISCELLANEOUS,” Lawyers, Ministers, Doctors, Merchants, Jour- nalists, Actors, &e., as Book Buyers. —e-——— A Curious and Interesting Exhibit of the Intellectual Taste of New Yorkers, New York ts generally regarded ag a very self assertive city, a self-conscious, not to say, con- colted, metropolis; but there ts one point at least in reference to witch New York is really modest, too modest by half, and tn which its real merits are undershadowed, Aliusion 1s here made to the Nterary and intelloctual character of the me- tropolis. In this regurd New York has been con- stantly and persistently “crowed over” by Boston; and yet in point of fact, at least so far as books and libraries can be regarded a3 evidences of intellec- tuality, New York is in advance of any other city on.the American continent, Not only is the great library of the metropolis, the Astor Library, superior to any other public book collection in this country, but the private libraries of New York are numerous and valuable, creditable alike to the taste, the weaith and culture of our citizens and to the intellectual cr aracter of our city. The private ibraries of New York, the book collections ta the possession of our private citt- zen3, may be divided, for convenience sake and a matter of fact, into three classes—frst, the prom: {nent and immenscly valuable libraries owned by a few of our leading men, who, by their immense woalth or thelr lezrned lelsuro, are, a& it were, a Class apart from the majority of our citizens; second, the really finc and valuable libraries in the possession of many of our hard working pro- fessional men, who, spite of aho daily drudgery of their calling, find time-to collect books and to read them, and, thtra, certain comparatively small but intellectualy vory curious collections of books, which are owned by certain persons of very moderate means, but of more than ordinary taste and culture. Each o1 these three classes of libraries domands and will receive a certain share of attention within the compass Of the present article, representatives of each class being given in the subjomed descrip- tive lat of the leading private libraries of the city of New York. THEATRICAL LIBRARIES. It has been proved by personal examination that several of our leading theatrical managers and actors have Jibraries, or at least collections of books, which are worthy attention, Mr. Augustin Daly, for cxampic, has for years made a “hobby” of books illustrative of the two greatest books which the world has produced, the works of Shakespeare ond the Bible, The latter, nm the Douay version, has specially ex. ercisod his attention in his leisure moments, and his series of illustrative matter for this ts almost complete; but, somewhat strange to say, he has not yet ound an English text suM@ciently correct to sutt his demands. Mr. Lester Wallack has a fair Naso Mi. John Gilbert has some curious books, win Bootn possessed some rare dra- matic works and some valuable theatrical engray- ings, whilo Manager Harry Palmer owned, pre- vivus to the fire at old N:blo’s, some very valuable volumes illustrative o¢ theatrical costame, Mr, Barney Wiiliains has quite a coliection, while E. L, Conner owns wu notabie theatrical library, Which 13 oiten consultea by the profession. It 13 contained by iteelt in a buildivg in Varick strcet, and is very valuable. Mr. Peter Gtisey, Jr., at the Coleman House, has some curious books and. papers illustrative of the drama—Uolley Cibber's “Shakespearian Emendations,” &c, He povscsses some valuable autograph letters irom theatrical celebritios—among the number, it is reported, some from Garrick and Peg Woflington ; also one-of Garrick’s payrolls. Thomas W. rittman poascsses arare edition of Valpy’s Shakespeure, in fifteen volumes, a8 vell as the only copy now known to be in the city of New York or the oidest socie per published in this country, the Weekly Vi oe ladies’ misceilany, 1602, “NATIVE AMERICAN’ LIBL ARIES, Soveral of our citizens have of into ye: with & very commendabie seal, devoled themselves to the colicotion of books, eligravings, &c., on local or American subjects—on matters connected with the history of the city or of the country—thus forming truly “native American libraries.” Prom- inent among these patriotic Look men is J. H. V. Arnold, the lawyer, who 13 the present possessor of a book absvlutely unigue of its kind, and whioh should be the object of any true New Yorker's envy—% 4, & of Francis’ “Old = New York," illustrations, letters and all other matter ertinent to, and ee eer gas and illustrative of, he text. Tuls work was ‘“4nlaid” by Mr. J. H. Morre}, who spent seven years at it, and expended nearly $4,000 on it. Iiustrations of all the now buildings of New York, portraits of all the eminent old indabitants as far aa possible, autograph letters from distinguished citizens, curious printed documents, extracts irom oid newspapers, are among the treasures to be found within tho im- mense pages of this litcrally, a3 well as intellectu- ally, immense book, which Mr. Arnold values, and Jnstly too, at $6,000, Mr. Morrel was assisted in his labors on this volume by Mr. Toedteberg, and the work was offercd to Mr. R. L. Stuart, Mr. A. T. Stewart, Mr. Lenox and others previous to its falling into the possession of the present owner, Mr. D. W. Treadwell, of Brooklyn, possesses an “American” collection of books, his library being especially ricn in works illustrative of the great rebellion. Mr. Treadwell has also & collection of books, tall and cost- ly, on Hindoo- Jiterature, He also pos- gesses perhaps the finest editions of the Tare, works of that cmphatic American, Tnomas Paine, now io this country, Mr, O. C, Jones, of Brooklyn, formerly a Southern planter, has made # specialty of Southern American literature, alao of Inalan antiquities. Mr. S. L. M. Barlow’s jarge library is also ricn in purely ‘American’ fiterature, Townshend has also made a specialty of collecting works on the rebellion, which he bas turned to practical account, The want of @ distinctively ““Amcrican” public library—a lbrary in which everything Cagis to American history, politics, science, &c., cout be found when wanted by au American—las long been felt, and has never yet been supplied, Those of our citizens who have labored in this fleld, though for themseives, are specially, there- lore, to be commended. MISCELLANEOUS LIBRARIES. Newspaper men, as a clasa, are addicied to curious, out of the way reading, and several jour- valists possess libraries valuable from the quality if not from the quantity of volumes. Several of our politicians have been owners of \tbraries, Ex-Mayor Hall has a fine collection of miscellaneous books at his various residences in town and country. Ilis library is especially rich in works on the drama, fiction, belles lettres and humor, not wholly forgetting law, Ex-Boss Tweed had in iis palmy days a respectable |lorary, con- taming among other works a $700 edition of Shakespeare, of which Big Six was particulariy fond, Peter B. Sweeny was @ student and @ thinker, and his library abounded in the modern standard works. The late lamented ‘Hank?’ Smith, vhongh a seli-mado man and no student, hac dur- log the last.) ear of his itfe colected quite a “work- 10g" library, the works of which were chosen with such sound judgment as to elicit the praiscs as well as to compel the wonder of his friend, Thur- Yonge. Putsor had also s good “working” George the contractor, lorary, and Mr. Eaward ee nf ini Bupe ff juito a political collectton. Intentient of Police, John A. Kennedy, had a manta for dictionaries, and possessed a curious coilec- icons of all languages, while Frans Hlenel es ‘ine loraty ever yoally to lau- guay Orientai rature. MeO es Orconor AH He nme ble in al « Dr Bayr a: miscellaneous library, Mr, bas a i as & fine collection of the English Sore ian Renee lettres and miscelian¢ous works, Mr. A. W. Griswold posseages sume ox- ld, rare and valuable books, smo: them one of the earliest books issued from ti Caxton press, 9 work to itself worth (ia prico at least) an ordinary library. Father Lake, the some- what noted Catholic cletxyman of this city pos: sesses & supers collection of che works of the old fatners. Rev. Dr, St has an_ excellent ibrar, of miscolianeous literature, Rev. Henry Wa & moderate and garerath ‘selected Mr, A. T. Stewart has of late been gathering quite a collection of vai standard and classical works, ‘The late Judge McConn passed much of nis leisure in his rary, a large room, absolutely lit- tered with all sorts of quaint and curious work: and some of hia volumes are not to be duplicate: in this country. Mr. Pyne has a private library, in which some of the quaintest and moat pot hs books now extant are contained, such as the “Grammar of Ornament,” by Owen Jones, the fi cimen of iiastrated printing in exist- Of the origt- nal 1623 edition of Kespoure; Walter i “History of thd World,’ 1687; @ black letter theo- r Work noarly 400 yours old (1482), and, per- DADS the Moss interesting ot all to ricay, & Beecher library, and B volume printed in Philadelphia “MDOOK! LEX,” by - said Printer and philosopher, Benjamin OUR ORKAT LIBRAR Among the larger braries in the” oO our wealthier lize ly noted “private ilbraries” par excellence of the metrop May be menttoned, as occupying a mor ran& herein, the miscellaneous collections of Mi William B, Astor, T. W. Ashmead, J. R, Brodhead, a L ces, peed T. Davis, W. Butler uncan, Samuel J, Tilden, Benjamin J. Anstin Stevei Anson me nope Dr. Martyn Pelue and A, . Odell, These collections ewbrace from 2,000 to 7, or 8,000 volumes each, and estimated pecuntarily are worth anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000; bi of course their value, in an intellectual point of view, vastly ox ny Mere monetary caicuis- tion. Mr, Ashmead’s collection tsa devoted chie: to law, Mr. Brodhead’s to New York state om tera, Mr. Davis’ to architecture, Mr. Odell’s to Bibliography, Mr. Heron's to the literature of the sidaie Ages, Mr. Tilden’s to the literature of the times of Cromwell, the remainder o/ the collection being miscellaneous, But the great private libraries of New York— those coflections of books which have rendered the intellectual taste of the cultivated Now Yorkor proverbial—exceed thurty in number, and embraci or have embraced, the famons coliection of prin curiosities owned by John Alia brary whion tor number of ‘volumes is the m remark- able and the most expensive in the country; the library of Henry J. Anderson, LI. D., which is rick ip works on science and especially mathematica; the late Pro:essor Charies Anthon’s library, which was one of the richest collections in c! literature in the world; Hon. George Kanorofi's library, which abounds in philosopnical works; Thomas P, Barton's tibrary of 16,000 volumes, devoted to jurispradence, belles lettres, history and Shakespeare; tne Rev. Df. Rethune's library, ebiefly theological; T. Carson GSrevoort’s collec tion, chiefly of misvellaneous standard works; Mr, Joshua Brookes’ collection of over 10,000 standa: and miscellaneous works; Rev. br. Chavin’s cole lection, embracing every department of literature; Alexander L. Cotheal’s library, of a mlscellant character, and tne “Native American” library Mr, William L. Davia, Besides these, there must be included the fine libraries of Mr. Daniel Embury, of Rev. D. W. Fiske (devoted to Icelandic antiquities), Mr. George Fulsom (devoted to history and ge raphy), Rey. Dr. Forbes (theological), Richard Hunt (in the French language chie! D.N, Lord (theological), Rev. Dr. Magoon jolic and French theological works), William Menzie (Amer- ican history and early American books), H. @. Murphy (American antiquities and Distary), Cotonel Gecrge W. Pratt (works in Oriental law guages, or on Oriental subjects, historical and arch@plogical literature), George T. Strong imis- cellaneous), RK. TL. Stuart (chiefly notable in the department oft fine arts and of natural history), Charles M, Wheatioy (remarka: ly full in works on mining and mineralogy), Richard Grant White Ee in belles-lettres ana Shakespeare) and Rev, ir. Williams (imeotenion)). The late William Cortis Noyes possessed one of the finest private libraries in the coane The late Archi-ishop Hughes had a superb collection, while the fame of the late William E, Bentou’s library was worldwide. The collection of the late Dr. Francis waa aleo large ani well selected, The notes upon which this article is based conld be dilated upon at length and with interest; bat enough has been written t show conclusively that New Yorkers are not only lovers of monty, Dae Jovers of books, and that New York can boast also of its public charities and its private libraries, SPRING ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRY. Coots has S4 cotton mills to Troy's 3u0 gim mulls. ‘The coal found in Saratoga county is pronownced to be a8 good as any in the world, Navigation has been resumed om Lake Chathe plain, the earhest in several years, The old Commonwealth of Virginia proposes te pay off its State debt by a gigantic lottery. South Carolina has twenty-one defaulting county treasurers aud about twenty-nine counties only. Forney's Press saya there are about 150 Congrose- bp aes or indirectly connected with national ni Discovertes of copper ore ofa superior quality ae peporiog in the neighborhood of Canyon City, jorado, ___HOUSES, ROOMS, &C., WANTED, In this City and Brooklyn. A RESPECTABLE WOMAN, WITH | HUSBAND, wishes to take charge of a house curiae summer months; best of references given, Apply, for three daya, at No. & West Guth st. LADY. ENGAGED DURING DAY, WISHES ROOM, furnishod, for light housckeepinz: noar Central Pot; or mgt fake Board small family Dreferced ; mod- rate Yeenie: give particdlare. Address PERMANENE, MIAN STEADY HABITS, ENGAGED during the day, wants a comfortable Room for eum meree dress particulars to 3. R., box 123 Beratd office, qed Ed ROOM—FOR ONE OR TWO GENTLE- TheD, below Sixteenth street, without Board; pri- Yate family; price must be low.’ Address, with terms, W. HH, B., box 139 Heraid office, OOMS WANTED—WITHOUT BOARD, BY A MAR ried couple, without children: a large front R and Bedroom, to rnished only with carpets al taken care ot; location south of Thirticth street; reat not to exceed to $50 per month ; references given at required. Address, sta ter L. P. i, box Herald office. sas we sii sev Wass. FLOOR, UNFURNISHED, Fi entleman and wife, with baby, between Seven and thirtieth streets, FourtiPand First avenues, ress, Hating terme. H,, BOX 3,50 Fost office. 7ANTED—BY A GENTLEMAN, AND LADY, A smait Floor or Flat, unfurnisted or partially fare nished, without board: good location; references givem Addres SUL, 24 Broadway, room 9. wy AN OFFICE IN DEY STRERT, SECOND fivor; moderate rent Address box 1 300 Post office. ‘WV ANTED—TWO OR TUREE FURNISHED Ot Wattle aBiG 2% light housekeeping (wo, per 4 ein se, stating terms, Ww must be moderate, w., joraid often YL ANTED—-A FURNISHFD HOUSE IN NEW oie ai if or vicinity; should prefer having owner rem: nd board for whole or part of rent: would Hke Teno ot buying furniture. "Adaress NEW YORK BTA‘ Dox 184 Horald office, WASTED-BY ANEAT AMERICAN FAMILY, THEER adults and two lads (latter in business), five unfttr- nished Rooms; respectable neighborhood : below Twenty- third street procerred. Addi fs and ress, giving partical rent, which must be Taodernte: HART. Herald office. “Y\ ANTED—BY AN AMERICAN MARRIED CourPLE (oo chiktren), two or three Rooms, Ray oes pent, must be very low. Address J. N., Herald Upto: ch o Wantep-y THREE ADULTS, SIX UNFUG nished Rooms: Improvements; sate full partica- lars, Mr. KOSTER, 2 East Thirty-second street. ANTED—BY A GENTLEMAN AND WIFE, THREB Rooms, with all conveniences for glace by about $20, Address F. W., Herald Uptown Brat oftice. TANTED—BY A SMALL AMERICAN FAMILY OF smatt un(urnished House, in a ood loos tou, between Thirty-fourth and Fifty-ninth street, om lino of Six! Hath aveaue care ‘ddress Mire J, Le th or Ita! 292 Wost Thirty-ninth street. ANTED-A TRNENENT HOUSR, OR HOUSE with French flats, on a lease, to a Tpepenainia, tenant: in agood location. Address M., box 1M) Heral Uptown Branch office. in the Coantry. 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