Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-21

agents; for It sometimes happens that the cap- tam 10 whom he has entrusted the cargo for delivery Tn Cuba. where he is anxiouslv wait lnS to receive 1t, carries it into Porto Rico, or some other part of the island of Cuba than that to winch It was destined, and there sells it on his own account. In this case there is no legal recovery either. Yet notwithstanding the i'm munity which rascalitv seems to have in this trade, we must confess that, so far as we have been able to ascertain, instances of rascality on the part of men to whom these affairs are entrusted are exceedingly rare. and indeed more rare than iu the ordinary transactions of honest buSlness--a fact we can only account tor on the suppoSiton that there is honosamonq thieves. .
 It IS very seldom that slayer is fitted out Ill New Orleans, or any of the gulf ports. as they do not afford the facilities which are to be obtained in New York, nor are persons to be found there So readily disposed and ablo to carry out the arrangements necessary to secure the successful departure of the vessel It is m New York, as we have already stated. that the greater part of the slave fleet is fitted out.
 and large portion of the capital is furnished by some of her weaithest citizens-men who have acquired their fortunes in this trade The credit which the Cuban slave trader enjoys in our market is porbablv as high as that of any other class of merchants, not even excepting the Rothschilds They find no difficulty in obtaining advances to the largest amount here upon the securities they offer, and many of our honest psalm singing merchants take advantage ot the odlum which attaches to the business. to charge an extra per centage for their services
 THE MIXED COMMISSION AND ITS OPERATION.
 The statistics in relation to tie slave trade up. OF which the Information of the world on this subject Is based, are obtained from the returns Of the several mixed British commissions of Brazil, Cuba. and Sierra Leone to the g0rem- ment of Great Britian. The reports of these commissions are based on their returns of the arrival of each cargo and it's presentation in market. These returns are purchased by them from brokers engaged in the sale of negroes. who for small gratuitv, arc willing to report to the English commss onurs the arrival of every cargo in the market. In almost every Instance, m Cuba the commissioners make these reports the basis of communication to the authorities, and demand the action of the
 legal courts for the seizure of the slaves; but the legal courts get out of the difficulty by making a short delay in tho issue of the order. 'aNuS care, in the meantime, to advise the s'ave-dealer that it is to be issued The place denounced by the English commissioners as being the deposit of the slaves Is consequently prepared for the srrch. We have been told of a case Of this kind that occurel several wears ago at Havana, where a cargo Of seven hallred negroes had been landed from the brig Venus ana brought to within three leagues of the cjty for sale. The British commissioner reported the same to the Captain- General. and le0.a, t. ed their seizure The proper orIer was .s-ur5, and as lhs place denounce1 was in the vicinity ot Havana, the F Lli,h cumml ,,i1uor accom- panied the Spanish officers tD soa that ;hay performed their duty; but when they a!IIyel at the harAcoous, or slave barracks. tnyy Were lonad empty ard freshly whitowashad, aua the slaves were nowhere to he spou The E. GlisL commissioner was uot allowed t1 iu- 4Eire into the cause of their ais4pp43rancc or 10 eNteuj hls search into the wood, arnund. as inc order ot the court was ol " for tne ~e. I.rn of the negroes hat might ie found in th. blr- ita. }l~; aHI a,tAOuLh the ieL Lloe~ were hidden
 u t.le woods within hat. d Ill l., tuev uu. o.,v escaped seiLIrn but wore s1i. iu ile m .T', ... N hen the case was made known it \ya, mai.. tuc sGti isct of severe recgmiuat.ol on tha p.rt D! tAe Cdptain- General towards tne British cl.n- nj s>ioners, for AaviI Z, WianoIt iua,iole calsa,
 Induced htm to issue orders in a ease K here there was nothing ID warrant suca a cour,e.- In subsequent denuHc.al,oul this case wa, re- ierred to, and the commissioners was satrictIlv asked whether 1t Was not another Venus a.ia.r.
 AFRICAN SLAVES AND AFRICAN SLAVERY.
 The tribes of negroes which furnish slaves for the markets are not as q general thing kuoWn, nor are they to De found u the work, of 9eographer1 CT travellers One of the best aua most numerous of these tribes is the Naul-
 nIo whose hiItH is placed on the western coast of Africa, iaiaud from Mourova. in.y are generally considered as making tu- best slaves for all purposes. The Cou!ocs, wApar4 brought from districts soath of the r ult F. and ab0ut.the m u.h If t.e river Cu--,. ar.
 highly valued as aLriel,tuf,ts. The Ca.oo.G
 l.ue tive a class of negroes oi the mlst aa .iys mD to whom serviuJe i~ p.tustro u.ra Iu-
 o'arlle tAan to aay other tribe of .-r ..., aul who are admirably fitted rir small trale.s aud peaalefs. Those of th $ tr hr that afa lH1HLht tp Cuba, are generally found in cities ara t3.grs where they hir1 themselves q n the.r masters and Clde ou their owu accouut. The -.elter i ,rt of the water sellers of Havana ara al-a taken from tne CAabth, There are l'-D j4e GanLl, the Alra. auj others whose names we do-'y find in any work upon Arrt. These ll come from the western coast of th9t col. fluelt; but they have been importing negroes if In Mozambique, which has become within a lale period tine principal scene of th. C1tan elave-trade, as the extension Of coluuilati,u uH9a the western coa~. aud the act.i!y ol the British cruisers have acr. .aSed tua laH .cgs of { parure from Africa The comparatively snlil number of slaves that are bronx .hL l.oin Africa fo market hA5 very little ec. ou tHe domestic markets th rc file numDrr tltit is supplied to the caravans carrying on the a,aae,- tc rale in every direction across the African continent, far exceed those exported from tha coast. In fact, a large majority of the native population of Africa-pefHaps- three fourths- are held iu a state of slavery of the worst le- scrip.on by members Of their own race. The prisoners taken in war are held as slaves, and the experience of Save-traders proves that husbands will sell their wives for rum, powder, and such other articles of commerce as age most in lenind among them. Incursious arc also hcqueuly male by one tribe into the terrto- res of another for the capture of negroes to be sold as slaves; and there are instances on record o! the unfortunate captives having been deiIo. enteiy slaughtered when their captors found the supply iu the market exceeded the demand. h fact human nature in Africa appears to nave sunk 10 the lowest depths of moral and physi. cal degradation, and the history of that conti- nent does not tell Us when the negro race was ever in any other condition. The most revolt ing and hurrd crimes are common among them, and caunioalism appears to De the practice among ncmly All the tribes. We are told that iH Africa man is the standard of price, --A slave is a note of hand that may be discounted or powned; he is bill of exchange that carries himself to his destination and pays his debts boiily-ho is tax that walks corporeaIly into the chieftaias treaoury.'
 The result of our inquiries among people acquainted with this trade leads tls to believe that the knowledge of the interior of Atrica IS in a much higher and more advanced State among the Portuguese and Spanish shareholders than any one has ever before supposel; and that were the geographical societies and learned bodies of Europe and America who are fitting out missionaries and explorers at such exl,use and labor, to direct inquiries among the slave traders of Portugal, Brazil, and Cuba, they would obtain much more correct information