[Homer_J_Simpson]

Interesting from Europe: America and the Slave Trade – 2
The Prince in the United States: Arrangements for the New-York Ball – 2
Disastrous Conflagration at Fort Smith: Loss Estimated at $200,000 – 2-3
Arrival of the Pike’s Peak Express: Large Amount of Gold Dust – 3
From the Plains: Work on the Overland Telegraph – 3
Editorial: The Nonsense of Disunion – 3
A Point Well Taken – 3
Editorial: The Prince in the United States – 4
The Tribune’s Plea for Licentious Literature – 4
Editorial: City Credit Sported With – 4

[Bookshelf]

By 1817 the U.S. had outlawed the transport of slaves. It was especially active between Cuba and Florida. This caused the U.S. Navy then supporting Andrew Jackson in the Seminole War to board the Merino and two other vessels bound for Pensacola and then release nearly one hundred slaves. This sent a message to southern and Cuban slavers that it would not be easy to move slaves to the USA. However, the trade was so profitable it continued.