The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-05
Our Georgia Correspondence.


The african slacs Trade-AH CRY and No WooIProspects
Of Douglas IN GeoryaCanpdss in Geoyyia-Coton Crop
Rardges Of The Worm, DC, dc.
Nothing has surprised me more since first commenced
reading the HERALD, than the imposition which you have
suffered lying correspondents TO practice upon you in
gard TO the landing of large Of African slaves
the coasts Of Florida Georgia. Alabama Mississippi The
number landed s stated to be high GOO and these
"barbarians according TO your letter writer's,
having been introduced into the swamps and hammocks
along our coasts and especially Florida distributed
throughout the cotton States Even Mr. Douglas accord
ing TO your issue of the Sd nst "has stated in Phadel
pha, New York. Washington and Baltimore, within two
or three months that seventy vessels with fifteen
thousand slaves, had been landed within year and
half upon the coast of Florida and that twelve vessels
would discharge their swarthy living freight between the
ports OF Pensacola and Key West during the ninety days
from the lst Of June to the LIST Of September of the
rent year" "Morcover, the Illinois Giant has
declared, over and again. that he himself had visit
ed depots of savages at Charleston Columbus and Mem
phs has named the propreors OF those marts and has
expressed the conviction that the planters and slave
propretors of the Southern States perturbed and
indignant at the confusion they foresaw from the novel
African invasion, and prepared to it the bit
ter end.n
Now, all this is the bosh and nonsense in the
wheat in all the chat you have written published
and ventilated to the public upon the subject and that
not solitary African slave, excepting the Wanderers
cargo has been landed introduced into Florida and
Georgia within the last ten years According TO Mr..
Douglas, the present Shareholders are Indignant" and
ready to resst the revival of the slave trade sto the
better end.n And yet hear nothing here at the South
OF the landing OF these cargocs Of wild Africans of which
you and Mr. Douglas speak knowingly Do you sup
pose that cargo after cargo Of Africans could be brought
here and distributed an the country opposition
hostile saveholdng population without the thing ever
getting into our Southern papers and becoming publcs
Don't you know that the whole thing an arrant hum
bug from beginning to end9 The fact of the landing
Wanderers cargo was promptly published to the world
by the papers of this and the other Southern States and
fresh importation were made, and journals should
seek to suppress the fact there Yankee schoomasters
enough IN the South who would soon give it to the
winds. Simply and briefly, it would be impossible to
conceal the thing, if there any disposition to do So
can understand why Mr. Douglas should seek to Gre
ate the impression upon the Northern mind that the A
slave trade is in active operation in the Southern
States; but do not understand why the HERALD should
lend him its powerful aid when it ought know there is
not particle of truth in the whole thing That there is
some discussion here Of the subject is not denedi and
that there are Hospurs scattered all through the South
whose folly calculated to lose the respect of
nit ALSO that we not without advocates the trade
in midst, and that some Of people, with goodly
number of Northern capitalists and shpowners may now
be engaged the trade to Cuba But the charge that we
have actually reopened the slave trade Southern
States in violation Of the laws of the land is another
serious matter, and If true would involve us in
sectional struggle that would rivers of blood and
untrue, will at least do the South the wrong array
against her. for the time being the entire North The
HERALD and Mr. Douglas should therefore be careful how
they rife with so grave matter Bnt enough of the
trade unless il to say that if Won are onposed tn
An is IN In clio
Mr. Toombs delivered political address at Lexington
IN tins state few days ago, in which he denounced Mr.
senator lverson Tor his late remuneration of the Kansas
OIL on account of its principle Of squattor SO
vereisn,y He He, also defended Mr. Douglas, and
gress from the Fourth district for saving he would
not support Douglas nominated by the Charleston Con-
venon Mr. Ioombs also expressed himself against the
revival OF ne African slave trade. There is great dvi
sion Of sentiment among the democrats of Georgia in re-
gard 10 Douglas In addition to Mr.. Toombs, it is under
stood that Mr.. Stephens and Mr. Wright late members
from this State and other prominent democrats together
with the Augusta Constit1aionali Macon Telegraph and
other papers are in favor OF his nomination on The other
hand the Southern rights wing of the party ar the most
numerous) with many Union democrats are as bitterly
opposed to him Another element Of discord the
test now waging by Mr. Iverson and Governor John
son for Mr. Iversons scat in the United States Senate
Johnson has the support of the Douglas people, while
1verson represents for the most part those who OPP
posed to him If the election should take place this win
ter verson will probably be reelected One OF the most
puzzlng questions being addressed to the democratic
candidates for Congress is whether they would support
Mr. Douglas nominated at Chareston? In addition to
Mr. Gartre, Mr.. Speer, the nominee Of the Third dis
trict has answered that he would not vote for him il
nominated by thousand Charleston Conventions. Mr.
JONES' the nominee in Mr. Stephens old district has re-
piled vaguely that he would Support him sooner than he
would black republican. And co. The delega
ton in Congress will stand as heretofore, with chance
for gain to the opposition in the Eighth district
There is not much excitement in regard TO the Guberna
toral contest Tho present incumbent will doubtless be
reelected Both parties have nominated many of their
ablest and most experienced for the State Iegisla
/ ture.
The prospect of the cotton crop has been greatly
damaged within the past two weeks by the worm This
worm is Matched from egg deposited by a small fly
resembling the candle y the top of the cotton SAX
and at the extremties of the upper limbs After being
Matched out descends the stalk and limbs and com
its ravages by boring into the forms and green
bolls, and soon completely destroys them There are
myrads of these creatures work Georgia. and IL
they doing the amount of mischief other cot
ton States in this is not going beyond the mark to
innate the loss they occasonng the planters at nearly
million of dollars day. They the most fatal of ali
the scourges to which the cotton plant subject Wet
weather rust has also appeared in the cotton The corn
crop is abundant Wheat average yield. Oats Door
Fruit crop almost failure.
The Case OF Mr.. Fitzpatrick.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
New YORK, Oct 4, 1885,
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