Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-08-15

Ii any credit may be placed in the sata gu.
russian generals. the slave trade betwo ~: OF the
and Turkey has almost ceased Rnt wei olrcassa
.ne case ana OBTAINED correct acconnt Os re-
real state OF the case from we'll nformad OF the
my last residence at Trebizond Tho ~. %eh curing
casslan girls is still carried on as WIN Cir
lore, only IL requires more crcumspect;on' 90 De-
connned 10 the stormy winter months Ias,;n% anu Is
october TO March, during which the Russian cSl rom
remove from the havenless coast Tbo So. users
filled with astonishment on vewno 81 spee'ator is
onope the small fragile barks in which tha IT. ana
save hoIders venture on their adventurors u'Alsh
during this most perilous season Thaso ~ ages
commonly lurnIsh themselves with a chartor erS
the RUSSIAN Consul for Kertch, under the nro,on, on
shipping cargo of corn at that place ana OF
projected by this document if they fall into bn are
OF Russian men-ot-war on the rassage or if nhus
cast away on the East in the vicinity of the are
tort' esses Unless they were provided with tSUn
charters, they would be treated as slavo.,oI 'hese
the Russian cruisers, and even TRANSPORTED - S oy
The vessels they employed are so small that ; ~
sea Is at all calm and the shore fat thew can b Tue
up on land. 1t is commonly assumed thai Ot "a
turkish ships supply the Crcassans with amr,u ese
ton. but this is mistake "nuni.
1he turkish slave-traders very seldom him
arms to the Caucasus and these consist con ing any
ornamental arms as presents for the chief 10y u
4 they BRING much powder, and only as q 80 not 10
the princes and knights The Circassians roI 10
engage IN barter and they only hand ovo VIII not
Deau'lgs LOT iurklsn haFems against good bright 81
YER The tribes of the Caucasus are not Sill
fire arms as we'll kinschals and schoaeIi In
(swords) and they find opportunities of
der and lead on all hands, even from the Cosas pow
the Kouban Ii commonly takes counlo of @ or
tor the slave traders 10 complete their meeAS
with tue CIrcassIans; the konak answers tho na
OF mediator. Il is generally only the danntt unPose
pschlt tsaves) and tschofokois Greed men% o'
are sold to the Turks; rarely does wort o Tho
MANI resolve to exchange his and daughters e.
shining piasters, yet this sometimes hapnpne TI WI
girls commonly leave their rugged mdnnta;na ne
lnhuman parents without much regret becausa S S.u
have been carefully prepared for this forcble SEM
ton by the splendid picture that their relatives o
of the enJoyments and magnifcence of a Tnrht
r harem. A'n
Each vessel carries full cargo of 80 or do c;,,
who are packed close together like behring's in tS
and submit with great resignation to the distress of
The sea voyage, which they hope soon to excbanca
for the delights of the city of the Sultan The ca1
tains are we'll versed in all the characteristics of the
Black Sea. Once OF twice month in wnter ;
fresh wind blows down from the Caucasus Iast;na
generally several days consecuvely The Tnrt;aS
captains make use of this wind to get off as randIv
as possible with their living cargo. They commonly
transport the girls to Risen, or to Snope and Nam,
soun but direct to Trebizond for the Russian
Consul there, NJ. de Gersi, keeps toleraby vgiIant
eye on the shipping and though he may secretly
connive at the trade will not suffer it to be carried
on too boldly before his face. 1t is computed that on
the average five out of six vessels ACCOMPLISHED ,hp;r
mission. 1t is reported that during the winter from
1843 10 1914, twenty vessels undertook eXned
tons to the Circassan coast out of this number TWEEN
ty-three returned without loss or hndiance thrpf
were burned by the Russians and two founderea Al
with their cargo of beauty.-Tragels an Pelsja
&c., from tie German of DR.. Morit= Wagner