Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State September 21-1861 -cont'd.- I never complained of my condition, says, the Persian poet Sadi, but once when my feet were bare, and I had no money to buy shoes; but I met a man without feet, and became contented with my lot. ** Developments of the Slave Trade. The New Bedford, (Mass.) papers give full reports of the examination of A.S. BIGELOW and A.H. POTTER, of that city, on the charge of complicity in the slave trade. The ship Burbus, which was subsequently engaged in the traffic, was fitted out and cleared from New Bedford. One of the crew, Milo R. ROBBINS, was called as a witness. He testified that he shipped for a whaling voyage, but on arriving off the African coast the real object of the voyage was announced and the shipment of slaves commenced. ROBBINS testified to the horrors of the middle passage as follows: "On the 14th February last, we came to anchor off a place called Devil's Point, off Congo river, and the next morning we up anchor, ran in near the shore and took our cargo on board--about 600 negroes. There were 700 negroes in all, but about fifty of them were drowned, in getting them off the boats, and the balance we left. We commenced taking in cargo about 8 o'clock a.m., and finished at 5 p.m.--then slipped anchor, leaving both chain and anchor, and steered for the coast of Cuba. Before leaving the African coast we took on board beans, corn, beef, hogs and some goats. The first land we saw was the islands of Martinique and Charlotte, between which we steered. About a week afterwards we came in sight of land and took on board a Spaniard, a pilot. In about a week we landed at Cuba, running the ship aground. Three small boats came on with a Spaniard in each, and with these boats and the ship's two whale boats, we landed the negroes. We landed about five hundred, and they were taken in covered carts about six miles into the country on to a plantation. Many were suffocated in the passage to Cuba, so that out of the seven hundred slaves, we landed somewhere in the vicinity of five hundred--men, women and children. The crew left the vessel as soon as the cargo was landed, leaving on board four or five Spaniards. I saw no more of the vessel, but supposed she was burned, as I saw fire and smoke. They put us in a sugar house, in the upper story, the negroes being confined below, and kept us there eighteen days, until some arrangements were made for sending us in a fishing smack to Key West. All left except JACKSON, the meat, and Thomas JEFFREY, who remained behind, and Frank STANDISH, who died in Cuba. The foremast men and boy were paid $500 each. The mate and steward were left on the coast of Africa, and two men came on board there, both Spaniards, one acting as captain, the other as surgeon. *** submitted by Linda C. Schmidt *********************************************