Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-08-20
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The last tiles OF the New York papers bring a. ,,,r,.
esenee as to the prevalence of the slave trade in the,
e! We had been accustomed 10 think that the
An~ie''m Z" pabie opiuon this subject in the north
eh P non OF the States almost threatened the Union viii,
dissolution, but It would that good stroke of bu.;
"'-s L. n'n'iy done in "Llsck damond.r even in NAv
l"k The profits OF the business ar. 90 great t., .,.
etiN'iNc hesh a. blood resist the tsmrtatoo n
one snip IN iour succeeds in eecng the run the oros,
"s - srrst that the r-iuu il handsome one even ia,
enu'ns 's cos nj the sip- which -un,nariIy oonsr
90 70 Js sst''' The -tati,;ics tue trade apoear q,
DC sc ;"iio-e-Se eops from the Nee IorE Journal %.
C"'"'res OF the S'ts Of Iune The Yea eel,
" s iude are OF Hedian size thev c,,-t bet ~een g. ~
and I"o aud purchased with the rxjcct,,iou ,b,
'ss are to b- d.sfros~i v,e they hare served tb.,,
urn. The wsf-s siyer TO the s,.msn aope.r s,o,nou.
re nc 70 lisse From estimate uhich "a given In d.
~ TOE 1"nes Tic agreement Siih iil.azy .san,-p
Is v if the r1n eoia Ass Issk Ia the African ,,.s,
ahd ib-nce W cuba. Negroes co~t on fne A-c.o CO..
rom !" ~ $40 head. according one estimate %,
noe We hnd the value OF All aoleboed male negro Sc,
Al se, or thereabouts and tor wonl. and chir.n tnn,
10 -, payable III goods These goods aIs tuainv re
1Ainents A. BRAS bracelets and gla.- b-sd- Rnin
ns"e' Aigriy IN the traffic as medium, OF 81.
e"snge IL Il tsid thst great j. the tesi,e sn.n
the negro population OF Africa for ,uo, "a 80
heits, such a. those have mentioned thar n.-.n,
WI sen ther children and husbands their wives in orde,
to obtain possession of them. The sy.-m /. still ,sc
" organized on the African side of m A,I.,,i -
are ioned for the purPose OF Kidnapping the upvarv a,
heip-s- when The trlc is not suiciently l;v.Iv 10
ole supply Partly BY oIee. partly by traffic the en-.
urtotr or barrscco which located In ,h.lte-.d
nooEs along the escap. observation sc -,
'ApPhsu. barrscoon is ordinarily conipo=sd Of Two
uIhgs one Tor the men, the other for the women and
chllireh Ii these barracoons the negroes ars c.n ~
gangs o. iron TO /: until the arrival Of the I.ver n
we coast They sI- required to 10 q certain amount of
o'Ahut excessive a. II would seem, bnt sufficient To
NeeP them IN health. They branded like cat. soon
alter Their arrival the barracoor some ON the SIR -
"n the thigh. some the breast II l. not bow.,ar
~ 'y are put on board ship that the real horror of their
situation Is fully felt sha presently ende.vour to
NOV oy the evidence of Who was present a. one
these expeditions They then shipped or Cub, or
Tor some desert isllnd which lie. or the way IN Cha and
nom tins they conveyed by smaller y.ss-ls "a ,s
P''t o' hr-tavn All matters considered il il rnnch IN
d. questioned II the traffic III slaves was ever
more rue or destructive fashion than il AZ tie pren,
ohieh sd The centre OF this abouinab!c trade If we
" give cre'ii, 10 the statements OF the New York our
nails, s AZ New York 'A J'"'
IL II sA'd tizt II cannot be stopped So manifold arc
tue Precautions used and crvun-pect ar, the icsl
W i- horrible Traffic that the authorities in New Vol
''"' ~ uey say despite o their earnest eud.ay
~ put 1t do~u This s in other words 10 zssert ba,
p,ecA"ions adopted ri the port OF departure are v.in
rms can scarcely be Why should moi Porps,,as.
merchants the port oi Iiverpool a. we'll a. ,b -,
-NeN iork Tor The despatch Of savers but that the
su su'ho'ues hANe succeeded in accomplishing that
~ ",T au'nor'iieS at New York have failed to secom
Tue American writer's would have US believe that
the trstc mainly In the hands OF Portuguese nehap
h"'eld at New iork but IL this we're so il uonld
scarcely improve their case ..TLsra !. b ~ "ou'u
to believe, they aid that not untreonen,I
snare W The risks ami prots of the hu-iuess Tho
portuguese merchant put forward the blind and IN,
American mei chant finds the cauital The t.c,s g. "
notorious that not lo,y since the Rrtsb g., -
Il Cuba wrote 10 the British Minister MI Wssbng, 10
forming him that SLAYER at that moment actu,nv
ntung Out at New York, which destined for Cuha r;
The African coast Here follow. an scconn, of,h 49, - - -
oJ,era1ld:-"In most cases snt,hl - :; 81 "'o4"
- ted Is fore-ani-aft schooner or LARGO soo, hi -
rally preferred and furnished with sn.r III. tx sei,e
' = thei, towed up the river or down the h.v - 80
times the east end of Long Island IN nvo;d
and there supplied with whatev4r Is neatGl -, 80
her outfit" At night casks and boilers are npt M hnsi
from vessel which drops alongside Tbs 81 80. - -
steathly filed lest attention .6onld he a,cod - -
extraordinary quantity uf wafer taken ahosrd Ij.,
the slave is iowed out of the mort M an bonr br la
more likely escape th. notice of the rsvr, g.
The American papers affirm that public on;oio - 49, .,
hlainc themselves aud that the Dnp;cnai s,b;
ties at New York used their utmost enie, So 49,
traffic, but il is beyond their pow.r A. io ~ %
markets OF Cuba are open thev ssy anJ "a Ion ,h |
Spanish officials the habit of adding LARGELY 10 th
incomes from the droppings of tl,,. sIs IN ~ 80.