The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-09-17

out soda no hard soaps could DO produced;
and for thousand other things arc we
debtor to Salt e. Co. Besides tho soda
there is the chlorine. The great suprem-
acy of the Manchester cotton mills in
supplying the wide world with fabrics, is
owing not only to the application Of me-
cbanics to machinery, but also TO the
mu!tifarous uses Of chlorine derived
from common salt SEPrIMUs PIEssE.
Sci. American.
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The S1AvE TRADE IN THE BLACK SEA.
If any credit may bc placed in the
statements of the Russian Generals, the
slave trade between Circassia and Tur.
key has almost ceased. But such is not
really the case, aud l obtained correct
account Of the real state of the case from
well informed men during my last resi-
dence at Trcbizond. The trade with
Circassian girls is still carried on as ex.
tensively as before only it requires more
circumspection, and is confucd to the
stormy months, lasting from October to
March, during which the Russian cruis-
ers remove from the havenless coast.
The spectator is filled with astonishment
at viewing at Samsoun and Sinopc the
fragile barks in which the Turkish slave
dealers venture forth on their advcntur.
Gus voyages during the most pcrilous
season. These slavers commonly fur.
nish themselves with charter from the
Russian Consul for Kerth, under tho
prctox. of shipping cargo Of corn At
the place and they are protected by
this document if they fall into the bands
of the Russian men-of-war on the pas.
age, or it they are cast away on the coast
in the vicinity of the Russian fortres.es.
Unless they wero provided with these
charters. they would be treated as slave
traders by the Russian cruisers, and even
transported to Siberia. The vessels they
employ are SO small, that il the sea is at
all calm. aud the shore a,t. they can be
drawn up on land. 1t is commonly as
sumed that these Turkish ships supply
the Circassiaus with ammunition, but
this is mistake.
The Turkish slave traders very seldom
bring any arms into the Cancau.us, and
these consist commonly oe ornamental
arms. as presents for the chief nor do
they bring much powder. and only as
present to the princes and knights. The
Circassians will not engage in barter,
and they only hand over their beauties
for Turkish harems against good bright
silver The tribes of the Caucasus are
not deficient in fire arms as well kins
cbals and tsworps), and they find oppor-
tunitics of buying powder and lead on all
hands, even from the Cossacks on the
Kouban. 1t commonly takes a couple
Of weeks for the slave traders to make
their arrangements with the Circassians;
the konak answers the purpose of media
tor. It is generally only the daughters
of pschilt (slavcs) and tschofokytis (free
men) who are sold to the Turks rarely
does work (nobleman) resolve to cx-
change his soDs and daughters for shin
ing piastres yet this sometimes happens.
The girls generally leave thoir rugged
mountains and nhuman parents without
much regret; because they have been
carefully prepared for this forciblc sepa-
ration, by the splendid picture that
their relatives give Of the enjoyments
and magnifcencc of the Turkish harem.
Each vessel carries full cargo of
thirty or forty girls, who are packed close
togsther like herrngs in tub, and sub
NIT With great resignation to the distress
of the sea voyage; which they hope soon
to exchange for the delights of the city
of the Sultan. The captains are well
vcrsed in all the characteristics of the