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A. 0. Washburn, of Brtotol, Rhode bland, who arrived tn

this city from Port m Prince, Hayti, on Monday morning,

has furnished us wtth the following account of his wm

mary imprisonment, trial and sentence at that place, the

main facts of which appeared in the Hnim of the 0th

instant, as detailed in the letter of our correspondent.

Umi present date is to the 28d of October.

CUptain I<e?t says:? I sailed from Wilmington, North

Carolina, on the 6th of August, In command of the

brig A. G. Washburn, belonging to Bristol, Rhode Island.

I was bound for Port au Prince, Haytl, at which port I ar

rived on the 18th of August. I Immediately reported to

my consignees, and proceeded to the transaction of busi

ness as usual. During the early part of September the A.

G. Washburn was surveyed and ordered for sale? a tran

saction which was subsequently effected. Previous to this

she was visited by s man named Gaines, who makes a

trade of tampering wtth foreign seamen in port, and in

ducing them to leave the vessel in which they nave agreed

to serve, in order that he may engage them Is some other

one, be realising a bonus by the operation. I found this

man one day so engaged on board the Washburn;

and on my inquiring his reason or authority for

to doing, he replied in a very insolent manner, cal

rulutlng, no doubt, on support from the government au

thorities. who are, I imagine, all in collusion with him and

with each other in such matters. I drove GAlnos from off

the vessel. This was on the 8th or 7th of September.

The Washburn was sold on the 8th of September, and on

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The New York herald. (1857). New York [N.Y.], 1857-11-11. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1857-11-11/ed-1/?sp=8

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1857-11-11.