The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1858-03-13
NORTH CAR0LINIAN.
Ed dTETTETILLE, n. C.

i From The Neac Orleans Delta
African Slave Trade opened at the
South
Some startling and insignificant facts hove
l lcome to our knowledge We have hestated to
disclose them, but after inquiry, examination
/ and consultation. convinced that both
I duty and policy demanded disclosure The
facts, We say, are startling; they are crucial
/ They will surprise and encourage many in our
counting rooms and Offices, and many on the
plantations and in the towns, but most of all
| they will astonnd the Cabinets of Western
Europe, and eminently assist to confirm between
theegenial French people and our Norman
and Hngnenot South, an nnwritten bnt hearty
magnanmous and nnconqnerabie eagne = aa .nsfs
the allied avarice and envy, cant and rapacity
of England and the Northern States AItho'
the foIled and furious enemies of our institutions
may shake up uacork and pour ont or our
battered hrows the foaming Walls Of their wrath;
although rhe resident may be shocked and
embarrassed; and although the great parties of
the country may be bitterly disappointed and
imprargled, let it go forth that Southerners
have taken into their own hand the law and
opened the African Slave Trade with the South:
that Africans now imported into Mississippi
and other seashore States; that in Mississippi
there is market for African slaves and that
| on plantations in that great and internid State.
negroes recently imported from Africa are at
their daily work. The authority on which we
make this announcement is intisputable We
even have advices that in Mssssipni Henry
Hughes and some of his party now private
ly urge the Labor Immigration movement not
to open the supply of Africans but to egiti-
mate moralize, regulate and equalize the sup
ply already opened and impossible to be closed
We have some further details Some negroes
are disembarked the Atlantic coast and
brought overland to the Mississippi cotton
fields, but the Mississippi seaceasts's peculiar
facilities for landing and sccreting cargoes and
the convcniences Of Pearl River as u channel
for distribution, not overlooked
The profits of the Mississippi slave trade are
enormous. We have been fortunate as to
procure from undoubted authority some inter
esting details They relate to the operations
of the Mississippi slave trade, aud anthenti-
Gated by operators. 1t need not be said in the
first place that the bark engaged n the ira fic
to the South must be Il faS sailor, for this is
indispensable to the security of the officers and
crew, the health of the cargo. and the rapdty
of the necuniary returns. For trip from the
Mississippi coast to Africa and back, there must
be a captain. supercaryo, three mates, three
| cooks, steward, and between twenty and thirty
/ hfst class Tranacn Tie vessel mu~1 be we'll
supplied with extra running and standing rig
glng, and also snpernumerary spars. ropes, top
masts. and suits of sails An assortment of the
flags Of all nations will be particularly desirable
but the most useful is now he French flag be-
cause British cruisers will not verify the colors
and take the same liberties with the United
States flag The ;are Of the ships crew must
be the very best and their good will must be
carefully conciliated, because during the voyage
| a mutiny is disastrous; and after the voyage,
| treacherous or vindictive information is to say
| the least, troublesome and expensive. To pro-
cure the good will of the men. much depends
on the mates, over whom the captain ought to
keep strict watch. For the subsistence of
| + tho fbern bo nj ifp1 of
hard bread meal, rice and abundance
Of vinegar, red pepper pure water and drugs.
! In distributing diet the greatest regularity is
to he observed and the very first symptoms of
disease promptly treated As to the capacity
| of the superior officer, it may be safely said
that a SLAYER requires in it more courage talent
honesty, fidelity skill and discretion. than any
other ship in any other trade. Indeed, the
captain and supercargo must between them,
act as navigator and naval officer merchant
and physician. dplomatist and magistrate. not
to mention the functions of chaplain.
AS to the expenses and profits Of the voS q ge
the latest advlces were from the captain of a
bark which saed from one of the Georgia ports
He has quite recently returned, and reports that
on account Of the vigilance Of cruisers, negroes
had accumula ted on the coast; and in manner
glutted the markets, aud that in consequence 0
this the price had fallen to under thirty dollars
per head. The payment, however, must he il
gold and silver. the head man will not, a.
formerly. barter for merchandise.
e may estimare cargo to number sever
hundred negroes, although many more than Ea
are often carried; but whatever the number
none purchased should be twenty five year:
Of age. Seven hundred, at average cost 0
thirty dollars piece, will amount to S2l, 900
+ and their price in this country or Cuba vii
range from $3.50 to $1,000 But if sold 70
$500 say, the cargo will net $3.50 600. Free
ly allowing, then, $50 900 for the entire ex
penses Of the voyage and all possible loss, tn
profits of round voyage will amonnt t
5000, 900. Where The profits so eSorbitant
we can we'll understand Why the business ha
been begun in the South.
,e We can we'll understand the imposs
is sblity of closing the trade now begun, an
$ most of ALL now can understand that til
- great question is not whether there shall b
a a for the South supply of African labor, b.
,e cause that is now settled, and the great an
n absorbing question is whether, according t
re Hughes's method, the supply shall be SO mod
Z fed to be legitimate, lair, regular and equa
as ssHallo, my friend, | see you are loosin
S flesh" Old Geatlenaen, indignant al h
y supposed fileud, sputtazug most .tsaDuN
Id s.W-what7 1osinor flesh YOU impudel