Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-03-18

sissippi there is market for African
slaves, and that In plantations in that
great aud intreprid State, negroes recent
Gently imported from Africa are at their
daily work The authority on which we
make this announcement is. indisputable.
We even have advices. that in Mississippi,
Henry Hughes and some OF his party now
privately urge the Labor Immigration
movement, not to open the supply of Afri-
cans, bat to legitimate and moralize, reg
ulate and equalize the supply already open
ed and impossible to DO closed. We have
some further details. Some negroes are
discmbarked OH the Atlantic coasts and
brought overland to the Mississippi cot
ton fields, but the Mississippi scacoast's pc
liar facilities for landing and secreting ear
goes, and the conveniences Of Pearl River
as a chanel for distribution, are not over
looked.
The profits of tho Mississippi Slave
Trade are enormous. We have been SO
! fortunate as to procure from undoubted
authority somo interesting details. They
relate to the operations of the Mississippi
Slave Trade, and authenticated by oper-
ators. 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 Of
fcers and crew, the health of the cargo,
and the rapidity of the pecuniary returns
For trip from the Mississippi coast to
Africa and back, thore must be captain,
supercargo, three mates, three cooks,
steward, and between, twenty and thirty
frst-class seamcn The vessel must be
well supplied with extra running and
standing rigging, and also supernumerary
spars, ropes, topmast, and suits of sails.
An assortment of flags Of all nations will
be particularly desirable, but the most
useful is now the French flag, because
British cruisers will not verify the colors
and take the same liberties as with the Uni
tod States flag. The fare of the ships
crew must be of the very best, and their
good will must be very carefully concilia-
ted, because, during the voyage mutiny
is disastrous; and after the voyage, a treach-
erous or vindictive information is, to say
the least. troublesome and expensive To
procure the good will Of the men, much
1 Ou thc Iti0tIoy ONCt NllDu TIC CAP
tain ought to keep a strict watch For tho
subsistence of the negroes there must be a
plentiful supply of hard bread, corn meal
rice, and an abundance of vinegar, red pep
per, pure water and drugs In distribu
ting diet, the greatest regularity is to bs
observed, and the very first symptoms o
disease promptly treated. As to the ca
pacity of the superior officer, it may be
safely said that SLAYER requires in it more
courage. talent. honesty. fidelity, skill
and discretion than any other ship in any
other trade. Indeed, the captain aud su
per cargo must, between them, act as nav
isator and naval officer. merchant AM
physician, diplomatist and Magistrate, no
to mention the funetions-cf chaplain.
As to the expenses AMI profits Of the
voyage. the latest advices were from tn,
Captain of bark which sailed from one o
the Georgia ports. He has quite recent,
returned, and reports that on account 0
cruisers, negroes had accumulated on tn,
coast, and in a manner gluttcd the mar
kets, and that in consequence of this t IA,
price had fallen nnder thirty dollars a head
The payment, however, must be in gold o
silver, as the head men will not, as for
merly, barter for merchandise
We may estimate a cargo to numbc
seven hundred negroes, although man,
more than that a's often carried; but what
ever the number. none purchased should b.
over twenty fve years of age. Seven hun
dred, at all average cost of thirty dollars
piece, will amount to s2l 900, and thci
price in this country or Cuba will rang
fsom $3.50 to $1,000. But if sold fo
$500, the cargo will net $3.50. 900. Frecl,
allowing, then, Sl50.000 for the entire ex
pcnses of the voyage, and all posi- bic loss
the profits of one round voyage will
amount to 100000. Whesc the profits
are SO exborbitant, we can well understan,
why the business has been begun in TIN
South. We can very well understand til,
impossibility of closing the trade now
begun, and most of all, we now can un
derstand that the great question is no
J whether there shall be for the South sup
| ply of African labor, because that is nov
settled. and the great and absorbing qucs
tion, is whether according to Hughes meth
od, the supply shall be so modified as L
be legitimate, fair regular and equal.