American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-08-11
Revival of the African slave Trade.

Revival of the African slave Trade.
New YORK. August 6th.-The Wash
ingtOn correspondent Of the Herald writes
August Sd:
The consequences Of the re.opsning
Of the African slave traffic, are already
beginning to be sensiblY felt in the South
ern States. Difficult as il is to get at the
truth, in a matter where all concerned are
SO directly interested in maintaining invi-
olable seorssy. / do not hesitate to reiter-
ate my conviction that every syllable l
wrote to you a few weeks ago in relation
to the landing OF large osrgoes Of imported
layages on the ooast Of Africa, waa strictly
correct. In conversation within the last
thirty .six hours, with the very U. s. Sem
ator who gave me large portion Of the
facts which enumerated under date Of
July / o. Iremarksd that they had uniyer-
sally been discredited. aud seemed to be
borne out by but scanty evidences in the
Southern papers. He replied, neverthe-
less that every word 1 told you was SUBJ
slaulially correct, and all doubt oil will
have passed away from every mind before
the I 9Th OF December next. He added,
that the silence Of the Southern press was
a signal proof that the accusations he had
made were well founded, that they did not
dare to stultify themselves by denying
what every intelligent Southerner knew to
be true that il the Herald's remarks had
no foundation there would have been an
Outory made by every journal from Mary
land to Galveston.
He continued to say that the silence OF
the conservative papers south OF the Poto'
mac would probably no, be Of long dura-
tiou, as feeling ofindignation WAS spread
ing among the Planters and large slave
holders at the disturbance OF the old order
Of thi1gs, which must soon lead to an
outbreak. hav no doubt that time will
devlope ONE startling facts-in the histo,
ry OF slavery, Since May, 1853, there
are said to exist depots Of savages in. over
twenty large cities or towns at the South.
in some Of which the initiated may find
at times to the number OF several hundreds
Among the places where these ..deposs are
to be found. Charleston. Memphis, and
Columbus haze been named to me by a
person who think trustworthy and relia'
BILE, who informed me that he had visited
them, and that he had seen altogether in
these three places about nine hundred
imported blacks. He said that it was no
torious throughout Georgia and Alabama,
six wesks ago. that quite a feet OF slavers
was expected to land cargos within 9
month or two in one OF the Florida inlets
not far from Key West. -.. ..-
You will recollect, l told you before,
that gentleman Of the most undoubted
veraeity, had informedme that the boas
had been made to him, semi confidentially
BY on interested individual, whose name il
known Throughout the United States. tha
l2 slave vessels would discharge theil
living freight upon our shores within 81
days from lst Of june last, and be saic
tha; bis estimate OF the number OF cargoe'
OF sayagcs that lsai been successfully trans
ported into the interior within l8 months
wac between 60 and 20; supposing eaci
vessel to contain. deducting loss by death
$50 blacks, the late increase Of the slav'
population at the South, by importation
from the Coast of Africs, naust have beer
over $4,000, Startling as these facts may
appear, and incredulous as many readers
may be concerning them, / have not ven
tured to communicate them to you witbou
being fully persuaded in, my own, mind
that they cannot be successfully gainsay
ed.
II seems also to be well understoodtha
the large proportion ofvessels engaged i
the slave traffic. are not only built at th
North, but are fitted out there, with ful
knowledge of the use TO which they ar
destined, and with an eye TO share il
the prof Of their nefarious expeditions
Upon this subject. IL viii be exceedingl,
I difficult TO get proof. and yet tam moral
ly sure, from hints have heard cast ou
here, that there are actually two vessel
being prepared al this moment for a slav'
trip from the port Of New York. and tina
a considerable number ofsuch vessels ar
being made ready for sea. in the New
England States.