Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-03-10
From the New ORLEANS Delta.
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE OPENED At THE SOUTH.

come to our knowledge. We have hesitatcd tc
disclose them, but after inquiry, examination ant
consultation, we are convinced that both duty
and policy demand disclosure. The facts, VIC
say, are startlng they areScrucial. They will
surprise and encourage many in our counting
rooms and offices, aud many on the plantations
and in the towns, but most iof ill they will as
tound the Cabinets of Western Europe, and cmi
nently assist to confirm Between the genial
French people and our own Norman and Huguc.
not South an unwritten bit hearty, magnani,
nous and unconquerable league against the nj
lied avaricc and envy, nt;and rapacity OF Eng.
land and the Northern States. Although the
foiled and furious enemies of our institutions
may shake up, uncork and pour out on our bat
! tered brows the foalning walls of their wrath ;
although the President maybe shocked and en-.
barrassed and although ,ae great parties of
the country may be bitterly disappointed and
imbrangled, let it go forth that Southcrncrs have
taken into their own hand fthe law, and opened
the African Slave Trade with the South that
Africans are now importedInto Mississippi and
other seashorc States; thatfn Mississippi there
is Il market for African slaves, and that on plan
tations in that great and intrepid State, negroes
recently imported from Africa are at their daily
work. The authority on which we make this
announcement is indispntaBle. We even have
advices that in Mississippi2Hrnry Hughes and
some of his party now privately urge the Labor
Immigration movement, not to open the supply
of Africans, but to legitimate, moralize, regulate
and equaize the supply already opened and i'm.
possible to be closed: Weshave some further
details Some negroes areaiscmharked on the
Atlantic coast and brought overland to the Mis-
sissippi cotton fields, Mississippi seacoasts
peculiar facilities for landing and secrcting car
sos, and the convcniences of Pearl River as a
channel for distribution, aresnut overlooked.
The profits of the Mississippi slave trade are
enormous We have beenso fortunate as to pro.
cure from undouLted Authority some interesting
details. They relate to the operations of the
Mississippi slave trade, andSare authenticated by
operators 1t need not be said in the first place
that the bark engaged in the traffic to the South
must be fast saier, for this is Indispensable to
the security of the officers and crew, the heal'h
of the cargo, and the rapidity of the pecuniary
returns. For trip from the Mississippi coast
to Africa and back, there must he captain,
surcrcargo, three mates, three cooks. steward,
AM, between twenty and thirty tirst-class seamen.
The vessel must be well supplied with extra
running and standing rigging, and also snpcrni-
mcrary spars. ropes, topmasfs and suits Of sails.
An assortment of the ilagsasf all nations will he
particularly desirable, buthe: most useful is now
the French flag, because British cruisers will
not verify the cUiors and take the same liberties
as with the United States,Hag. The fare Of the
ships crew must. be the yersbest and their good
will must be cafeAly conssIiated, because, dur
ing the voyage Htins ieQus aud alter llt
the voyage, a trcachcrons or vindictvc inorma.
ton is, to say the least troublesome anu cXpen.
sive. To procure the good will OF the mtil,
much depends on the mates, over whom the cap
tain ought to keep strict watch. For the sub.
sistence of the negros there must be Il plentiful
supply of hard bread, corn meal, rice. and nm
abundance of vinegar, red pepper, pure water
and drugs. In distributing Diet the greatest
regularity is to be observed, and the very first
symptoms of disease promptly treated. As io
the capacity of the superior officer, it may i'c
safely said that Shaver requires IN it "rc cu'r-
age, talent honesty. fidelity, skill and discretion,
than any other snip i'll any o.hcr trade. Indeed,
the captain am'l supcrcargo must, between ihcnr.
act as navigator and naval olccr. merchant and
physician. ,iipomatist and magistrate. not t"
mention the functions Of chaplain.
As 10 the expenses and profits of the voyage.
tie latest alv.cs were from the captain Of 4
bark which sal ed from Une uf the ports. lie
has quite recently returned. and reports that on
"cconllt of the vigilance OF cruisers, nesros had
accumulated on the coast, and III Il manner gIut-
ted the laarkcts, and that III consequence uI This
the price had fallen to under thirty dollars per
head. The payment, however, must he III gold
or silver, as the hc;ll men will not rs formerly,
barter for merchandise.
We may estimate Il cargo TO number seven
hundred ncgros, although many more than that
are often carried; hut whatever the number.
none purchased should be over twenty-five years
of are. Seven hundred, at ;u average cost of
thirty dollars piece, will amount to s2l 900.
and theirprice IN this country or Cuba will range
from $ljh to Sl20O. But if sold for son. say,
the cargo will net S350,OOO. Freely allowing,
then, $l5O,O0O Tor the entire expenses of the
VOYAGE and all possible loss, the profits of one
round voyage will amount to S2OO,0OO. Where
the profits are so eXorhitant, We can well under
stand whr tile business has been begun in the
South. We can well understand the impossible
tv OF closing the trade now begun, and most OF
all, we now can understand that the great ques'
ton is not whether there shall he for the South Il
supply of African labor, because that is now set
tied, and the great and absorbing question is
whether, according to Hughes method the sup
pIv shall be- so modified US to be legitimate, fair,
regular and equal.
TExas.-In relation to agricultural operations
and prospects in Texas, the Galveston News
says:
'"Accounts from the interior indicate gene
raj activity among planters in plowins and put
ting in their spring crops. In Eastern and North
crn Texas the ground is still too wet to admit
of much progress, but the weather we arc now
having will soon put it in good order. Western
Texas and the coast counties were never in a
more promising condition at this season of the
year than at present, and large crops Of every
description are now confidently anticipated. a
larger breadth of land will be devoted TO corn
and wheat than ever before, and we think the
same may be said of the cultivation of cotton,
especially the Sea Island variety, for which the
coast lands arc believed to be peculiarly adapted.
In a word if a merciful Providence will pre-
serve us from late frosts and ravcnous insects,
we shall be able to obtain more from our rich
and generous soil this year than ever before"
Lady Napier has met with serious loss in the
destruction of her wardrobe. While at dinner, q
few days since, a fire broke ont in her ladyshlps
dressing room, where were all Of her dresses. BE,
fore the flames could be extingnishcd, the whole
intlamable matter Of Aounces, silks, Lrocade and
musins. was reduced to ashes. The loss III
dresses amounts to some twenty-five hundred
dollars.
AK inyeterate bachelor being asked why he