Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-03-18
From the New Oreads Delta Of the och ult.
Startling Disclosures - African Slave
Trade Opened at the South.

'eu W uisciose tueul, Uui aIler inquiry, eA-
animation and consultation, we are cen-
WINGED that both duly and policy demand
disclosure. The lacts, we say, are start
ling, they are crucial. They will surprise
and encourage many Of our coun,ing-rooms
aAd Offices, and many OH The plantations and
in the towns, but mosi Of all they will as
found the cabinets Of western Edrope, and
eminently assist to confirm between the &C.
NAL French people and our own Norman
and Hugenots, an unwritten, but hearty,
inagnanmous and unconquerable league a.
gainst the allied avarice and envy, cant and
rHpociiy Of England and the northern states.
Although the ioiled and furious enemies OF
our institutions may shake up, uncork, and
pour out on cur battered brows the foaming
wills of their wrath; although the President
may DO shocked and embarrassed; and al
though the great parties Of the country may
be bitterly disappointed and imprangled,
let il 90 forth that southerners have taken
into their own hand the law, and opened the
African slave trade with the south; thai
Africans are now imported into Mississip-
pi and other seashure states; that in Missis-
sippi there is n market for African slaves,
and that on plantations in that great intrepid
state, Regrses reeeRily Imported from AZ
RIGA are al their daily work.
The authority on which we make this an.
nouncemsnt is indisputable. We even have
advices that. in Mississippi, Henry Hughes
and some Of hi. party, now privately urge
the labor immigration movement, not 10 open
The supply Of Africans, but to legitimate,
moraliz., regulate and equalize the supply
already opened. and impossiuls 10 be closed.
We have some further details. Some ne
groe, are disembarked OH the Atlantic coast,
and brought overland TO the Mississippi sea
coasts peculiar facilities for landing and Sc
GREETING cargoes. and the conveniences Of
Pearl river as channel for distribution,
are not overlooked.
The profits Of the Mississippi slave
trade are enormous. We have been SO
fortunate as TO procure from undoubted au-
thority some interesting details. II need net
be said in the first place that the barque en-
gagged in the traffic 10 the south must be q
fast sailer, for this is indispensable to the
security Of the officers and crew, the health
Of the cargo, and the rapidity OF the peeuni-
ary returns.
For trip from the Mississippi coast TO
Africa and back, :here must be captain,
supercargo, three mates, three cooks, stew
ard, and between twenty and thirty first
class seamen. The vessel must be well
supplied with extra running and standing
rigging, and also supernunerary spars,
ropes. tspmasts, and suits Of sails. An
assortment of the flags Of all nations will be
particula " desirable, but the most useful
now is the French flag, because British
cruisers will not verify the colors and take
the same liberties as with the United States
flag. The fare Of the ships crew must be
the very best, and their good will must be
carefully conciIiated, because during yoy-
age mu.iny is disastrous; and after the
voyage, a trescherous or vindictive Infor-
nation is 10 say the least, troublesome and
expensive.
To procure the good will Of the men,
much depends OIL oil the males, over whom
the captain ought &c keep strict watch
For the subsistence Of the negroes, there
must be plentiful supply Of hard bread,
corn meal, rice, and on abundance Of vine
gar, red pepper, pure wafer and drugs. In
distributing Diet, the greatest regularity is
TO be observed. and il,e very first symptom
of disease promptly treated. As to the ca
pacity Of The superior officer, il may be safe
ly said that SLAYER requires in il more
courage, talent, honesty, fidelity, skill and
discretion Than any oilIer ship in any other
trade. Indeed, he captain and supercargo
must, between them as navigator and naval
officer, merchant and physician, diplomalist
and magistrate, not 10 mention the functions
Of chaplain. As 20 the expenses and prof
its Of The voyage, the latest advices were
from the captain Of barqae which sailed
from one Of the Georgian ports. He has
quite recently returned, and reports that.
on account Of me vigilance Of cruisers, ne
groes had accumulated Oh the coast, and in
q manner Quilted the markets, and that in
consequence Of Ibis the price had fallen 10
under thirty dollars head. The payments,
however, n,ust be in gold or silver, a, the
head men will not, as formerly, barter for
merchandise.
Wa may estimate c.rgo 10 number
seven hundred negroes, although many
more than hat are often carried; but what
ever the number, none purchased should be
over twenty FIVE years Of age. Seven hun
bred, at an average cost Of thirty dollars q
piece, will amn,lnt 10 $2l 600, and their
price in this country or Cuba will range
from $3.50 10 $1,000. But If sold for $500,
cay the cargo will net $4,000. Freely
then, $3.50, 900 for The entire ex
penses Of the voyage, and all possible loss,
ihe profits Of one round voyage will amount
10 $4,000. Where the profits are so
sxhorbitant, We can well understand why
Inc business has been begun in the soath.
We can well understand the impossibIliiy
,f closing the trade now begun, and most
If all we now can understand that The great
question is now whether there shall be for
he south a supply Of African labor, because
hat is now settled, and the great and abb
,orbing question is whether, according 10
Hughes method, the supply shall be so
modified as 10 be legitimate, fair, regular.
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