Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-03-16
TIE SLAVE TRADE

TIE SLAVE TRADE.
Among the las, acts of The late Con-
gtess we have To congratulate The friends
OF humanity In the pa Usage OF "a bill TO
provide more efiectual means for d6oksh-
ing The ,.fi-ican Stare 1iadc.
Tie biii vas drawn up in a select com
mifier, of which Governor MIDpLEroN
was chairman, ana in conformity will
the principles contained in the report of
select committee al The last session,
appointed TO consider The memorial Of
the = american Society for coio,n1iae. the
free peopte Of color, and of the late annual
report oil The Board of Managers of the
same society.
II revokes SO much of the former acts
OF Congress as left the negroes imported,
III violation OF our laws, 10 The mercy Of
The several state governments, and re.
quIres The President 10 cause them to be
collected iogelhef, and 10 maisiain them
al Tue expense ofthegeneral government,
aud 10 transport them back 10 the conn
Try from which they are iniGuitously
torn.
The act OF Congress follows them there
and authorizes the President To appoint
AN agent OH the coast OF Africa 20 receive
them.
10 give greater efficacy to these lust
aud humane provisions, il offers a bounty
Tor every African rescued by our ships
OF war from the merciiess stare dealer, or
II he should have euded the vigilance of
our navy, and landed his rictim on onr
shores, 10 any iniormer WHO NAV detect
and expose his guilt.
Ill renews the expired provisions Of
fJrmer iaw, which placed the navy, as
wen as fhe revenue cutters of the United
STATES, at the disposal OF the President 10
h"nt dow'n this bor6arouS traffic, on every
sea on which II may seek 10 disguise
itself beneath our flag. Bat. ili.
CnILLTcoTHE, o. Feb 20. The steam boat
Perse 'erance left Cincinnati Oh the 10th for
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND Dol.
bAKS IN SPECIE, for the United states
Bank in Philadelphia. The Gazette remarks,
so goes the specie of the weStl How long
will il be, at this rate, before the western conn
Try Is exhausted of the precious metals? Such
Is the blessed tendency OF the United States
BraHches. We do not wish TO add fuel 10 the
fame that has already been kindicd upon these
institutions I'D TINS state Kentucky bnt we
cannot, without the deepest regret soc tho
western states despoiled of their wealth. to
supply the Golfers ola corrupt asistocracy."
LEXINGTON. K. Feb. 2i....A special session
10
are informed, is TO be held today i'm tIis to,yn
TO hear and determine an application for an
inJunci on, on the part OF the u s. branch
banks, 10 restrain the sergeant of the court of
Appeals from proceeding, under the late net of
ihc Legislature of this state to collect me tax
OF 1000 month, imposed by that act on
these banks. The question viii no donbt. he
investigated and decided with much ability -
bnt VIII hardly he considered ~ settled tntiI
tue supreme court Of the Unted State. has
given decision upon il. [fieyortey.
The liacedon50n-A letter has been re.
ceived from an officer of the fiigale Ma.
cede"ian, Capt.. DOwNEs, dated at sea.
Dee. 18th, 1873, in LAT n. lon. a w.
thenont 33 days from Norfolk. The lot-
Ter states, tlal nothing extraordinary had
occurred on board, excepting Tie deaII,
Of Midshipman Peter B. Randolnl, of
Virginia, of iyplus fever. after iI,ree DAYS
illness and the fall from The Coretonoal.
liant yard, ofAlexander Turner, a seaman.
who sunk before the boat sent TO save
him, could reach kim That the shin
had not spoken any American vessel Uni
the Sachra, Of Philadelphia, bound 10
Rio Janelre, Out So days THAT The first
port the NJ. was expected to touch at was
Valparaiso Tbat she sails very fast. q is
much easier than when she left Boston
that the officers and rev were very heal
thy, though on an allowance for water
which when drawn by the officers was
locked up IN their chests; aud could he
exchanged for tie SANE quantity Of rum.
Boston CentiIei.