The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-15

is sobsc'ited ny men ~ho have m Dc tbeis
tuu.s 10 ,ha trade OF who ~tn the uesso "
gssn2ipg fncu1es Bs.~sn soess nsD std the n ivs
l,ssegs oba ,bers e,fnas hsbr o. n.t,. .ad
tce sonioh de o.asei geo 10 ~" e1jag owh"r crscl
tnsD tnst ~oich they ond sroes OF DOR Ses Ynfr
merchants No ooeer proof cat ~ snjsne1 If snis
the sost itsy haze "a hoube 10 chtaa,ns
snuces 10 largest enouo' zoe they
pD.r One ausr ths nusaess ~ desef yiag
os note Or me- enmsoy Of mem y cue pol, aaa
,ssu ain n. a. .ss . 90 would snr,ax from oubsiy IN
lpupecnG with H. bnsipee-Uo nnt srinpie 80 taxa
odum al aches ia n ny ca~fe'Dg toe
a. err te'vcss eyts pee ceO<ga perhaps 'ber sina
corsouc s equile such daScur 90 nnt tnen m
beier VIZ 'ben elves nas Zoe probability Is tass
Goes hot t'oonie any OF iheid
Tss OPERATION or Tux MIXED COMMISSION.
TIE Mixed Bfiasc Con n'ssico ot s'sz'', Caoa aad
Sierra furnish alt tho sas,cs Ia e4tioa TO ihs
dave trade upon @hoa tbs ioorm Of the world on
ibis subject bssed rne rep OF the Comnssce are
made to the gove ment Of Great 3r.o tuese are
formed upon the reIarns ~bicn taa Cnnu'ssou maze
,he arrival and presentation Of each cteo foe sse Ia
market. To 81, However, sill tostnet back, s,Ge
Gus facts developed N ard 20 these s%Do rs
turns II wui hsroly creotsn III they s5sout-S
purchased from he brokers @no engaged 10 tns sto
OF neg, oef sDo, on the mani Of snail anouat re
port ali arrivals TO the ccmmssicn. Il might b. SUE
poeed that the facts .hus turnsd-d wold lead to e
'ega acton Tor toe felvery the slaves mt
tbe Courts CT out Of the difficulty ny snort DELAY ne
irrue Of he oraer, INTO, mag the Save dealer IN
The meantime thgt Il IL 70 be irsnec, thus afford.
,pg b,m the opportucity nj getting hs hum4u
property out OF tne way. m, bpracoon 10
which tbs slaves KEEP. is vsusieo, tbst
when the officials arrive there u ,nsn tu be
discovered An instance OF lns mas Dssu related 10
ss having occurred some years since NJ Havana Toe
big VeDug bad landed OF SO zen hiod1e gr0es
Who were AIKEN 10 Within >ooot nine mica OF sne city for
The fact ouly reported to .ue Captain General
and their sezUe demanded bg the UioruSns, VINO WAS
member oi the Brush CImDnsi0n. Al order day
issueu, spd the Commissioner accompanied tho Spanish
officers TO see that carried INTO effect; but tosr
srivs' ut the bsrrAooon sbere foaud
10
there, They might have been taken woods,
hidden N some pce IN The vicinity but as the order or
the court referred only to the OF such mgo bs
found 10 tbs bsrrscoou tce could not extent DO
yobd cane out afte wards that she o. he Ven
had been secfeed IN the wo0ns sbOut hxt mil,
rom we save ps'racs, and II Is also ae,ervrg
Of mention that those serws-ds eOid
only dupec bu as 20 aan iDsu 10 injury hv was rsKen
to 'asB In pretty terms b. the CAtsin General tor
creating such trouble IN causing tos issuioy
Of al OF Ter without ossbe cause lDteed az for ~ss
Il carried that wbeo other csee Tere rspo ted by the
same CORNERSTONE be wss Ses IN a tsuauog 4oner
tnes were not Of the character WITH that OF the
Venus.
SLAVES AND SLAVERY IN AFRICA.
Although much las been written upon the domestic
slave trade in Africa, comparatively Little is known upon
TIE subject But few Of the tribes OF negroes from which
slaves are obtained have been described, add
even in the works Of the best geographers aud
travellers We would lolk for them in vain. Pro.
minent smorg the tribes, accoant OF It's mum
Der, INC mRoolDB0 IElS trlDe Ii 70 Do found
inanu from Moprovia, the western coast Of Africa
A slaves for general work they considered supe
rior to The other tribes TIE beet agricultural bosrs
10 be found slnoog the Copgoes, who come, or we
sboud say from districts Of the Eqoat0r and
about the mouth OF the river Congo There Is tribe
ca led the Caroba who appear tn higher intslec
tual organization than either OF those who
bot 70 que in e.ae CT slavery rhey Aaid to
make capital peddiers and traders for this
they are employ NJ such occupations! cities
They generally hire Themselves from their aud
carry the business Of peddiing and trading
own hook THIS trne also furnishes large majority Of
the water sellers Of Havana and other citias
Besides those tribes we have mentioned there the
Arsra The Gapga AID oners, whose have not
recorded In any work OF Africa, all WHOM
come from the western coast Of that continent The
activity Of tie British cruisers has driven the savers to
another COST and large numbers
been imported from Mozsmb que where trade
late been most actively carried This expectation Of
kets for the numbers which annually leave the Arricau
coast sre comparatively Insignificant. The caravans
which traverse the african continent in every direction
carry for the home market Of eavee far exceeding
in numbers those exported from the coast The worst
species Of slavery to which African be doomed is
that in which he is subject Of race and
large majority Of the native populston-psrhaps three.
fourths-are In that condition Wars carried on for
the sole purpose Of procuring slaves for all prisoners
taken In battle are held kuch, and tribe makes
ihroads into and ravages the territory Of another TO supply
the demand and furnish the slave trader cargoes
the captor find sale for his prisoners, they
are deliberately slaughtered. In fact human nature
lowest
moral and physical degradation and the history Of that
ointment Goes not tell Of time when the negro
ever in any other condilion In order 70 OBTAIN supply
OF rum powder or other articles Of commerce. husbands
have been known to cell their Children fact
the most revolving and borrd crimes commoa a0oog
them, and cannioaism appears TO be almost universal
We ars told that in Africa ga man is the standard OF
prices-a slave cote of hand that may disco united
o. he is bill Of exchange that carries himself to
his destination sd pays his debt bodly-he ID tax that
walks corpoi ally into the chief!an's treasury"
After many ihqniries amoog persons acquainted with
Inc save trade We come 10 the conclusion that the Interior
OF Africa 10 not the terra sncgnila 1t universally be-
eved to be, and we think the geographical ard other
learned societies would, previous to ftng out missoa
aries and explorers, direct their inquiries among
traders OF Portugal Brazil and Cuba, their kuowl.
edge Of that continent would be considerably in
creased The Information thus obtained would be fuller
and more correct than could be procured from any
source with regard TO the physical character Of
country, lis agricultural and mineral PRODUCTIONS ies
modes Of travel, s animal life, aud many other interest,"
ing ara mporfan sdditions to our supe fetal knogedse
by . work which was published few years ago, aod
which purporsed to give q true account of the life
coast Although there is doubtIers good de.i Of exae
eereon in rome of his stories and Incidents yet the
particularly graphic, and, 70 considerable extent
truthful IN the descriptions gives of African life in its
different phases the scenery the commercial
among the natives their wars, the sstem Of domestic
its fo'nees Of detail, and may say accuracy
the works Of so called travellers, who, having
walked few miles on the snore and crulsed some
q
knowledge Of all that is worth knowing Now the rea
sen OF ali this 10 very simple The traders In direct
contact with the naves with the chiefs and cap0rs of
whom they are on the most friendly terms They are
always ready TO purchase the others SELL
though the articles Of commerce human beings and
OF the same race as Of the parties TO the bargain
The white trader s looked upon in the light of friend,
because his custom Is profitable to the black dealer, vino
Is always ready TO dispose of his countrymen by the
dozen or hundred the may for arms powder,
TOOLS rum, trinkes and other things suited the
or necessary 70 supply the demands Of savage life. Nov
while The white trader IL locked upon friend, the
missionary the dscoverer regarded with indifference
If not absolute dislike; for they have nothing to
give but few moral truths, which, it must
be confeseed terrible dscouns among the savage
natives Of Africa And then ~ Of the truths which
the missionary breaches In the immortality Of the ras
which, is said three ourths OF the negro population of
Africa carry on in the interior Of the continent I've speak
now of the domestic slave trade OF Africa, they
ways unwecome walters The African desires only GUS
toners TO whom he can sell his property.
LIST OF sLAvERs CONDEMNED BY THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT OF NEW YORK.
The following ID correct list Of the savers captured
DorL datin "a fnr h,cJ