passage, being beaten and flogged, and in some instances having vinegar and gunpowder rubbed into their wounds; and that they suffered intensely from hunger and thirst.  The perfect coincidence in the testimony of the prisoners, examined as they have been separately, is felt by all who are acquainted with the minutes of the examination, to carry with it overwhelming evidence of the truth of their story.

    Yours respectfully,

    “GEORGE E. DAY.”

    “MONDAY, OCT. 7.

“This afternoon, almost the first time in which the two interpreters, Covey and Pratt, have not been engaged with special reference to the trial to take place in November, one of the captives named Grabeau, was requested to give a narrative of himself since leaving Africa, for publication in the papers.  The interpreters, who are considerably exhausted by the examinations which have already taken place, only gave the substance of what he said, without going into details, and it was not thought advisable to press the matter.  Grabeau first gave an account of the passage from Africa to Havana.  On board the vessel there was a large number of men, but the women and children were far the most numerous.  They were fastened together in couples by the wrists and legs, and kept in that situation day and night.  Here Grabeau and another of the Africans named Kimbo, lay down upon the floor, to show the painful position in which they were obliged to sleep.  By day it was no better.  The space between decks was so small,—­according to their account not exceeding four feet,—­that they were obliged, if they attempted to stand, to keep a crouching posture.  The decks fore and aft were crowded to overflowing.  They suffered (Grabeau said) terribly.  They had rice enough to eat, but had very little to drink.  If they left any of the rice that was given to them uneaten, either from sickness or any other cause, they were whipped.  It was a common thing for them to be forced to eat so much as to vomit.  Many of the men, women, and children died on the passage.

“They were landed by night at a small village near Havana.  Soon several white men came to buy them, and among them was the one claiming to be their master, whom they call Pipi, said to be a Spanish nick-name for Jose.  Pipi, or Ruiz, selected such as he liked, and made them stand in a row.  He then felt each of them in every part of the body; made them open their mouths to see if their teeth were sound, and carried the examinations to a degree of minuteness of which only a slave dealer would be guilty.

“When they were separated from their companions who had come with them from Africa, there was weeping among the women and children, but Grabeau did not weep, ‘because he is a man.’  Kimbo, who sat by, said that he also shed no tears—­but he thought of his home in Africa, and of friends left there whom he should never see again.