New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-08
REVIVAL OF THE SLAVE-TRdDE.

The Washington correspondent Of The Herald
writes, Aug. g. as follows:
"The conseq equences Of the reopepipg Of the African
slave traffic are already beginning TO be sensibly eit
in The South.r rn Satee. Dfcat as 1t is 10 get at the
tru,b in matter where all concerned directly In
terested in maintaining invlolsbe secresy, do not
hesate to retera'e my CONVICTION that every sy.oie
wrote TO YOU few weeks ago in reatoo ~ the land-
ing of la &c cargoes cf Imported Ages on The coast
Of Flonda was strictly correct.
In conversation within the last thirty.six hours,
with the very United States Senator VINO gave me a
large portion OF the facts which enunera'ed under
tie date of Jrly 10, remarked that they had been
unvers ally dscreded sod seemed TO be borns ont by
but scanty evidence iii the Southern papes. lie re-
piled: Nevertheless, every word told You Wa suo
sian,isy true and all doubt ABOUT II Wi have passed
sSay tr i every mind before the l5th ot d. ce no-r
next He added ths, the silence OF the Southern
press was signal proof that the accusations he had
made were well founded that they old no. dare To
s'utfy themselves by denying Shat every Intelligent
SoutherneI knew 10 be the tTuto; that The HerdIdS
remarks hsd foundation, there soult have bsen al
outcry msde by every Journal iron Maryland to Gas-
weston. lie continued 10 cay that the silence OF the
conservs sve papers south Of the Potomsc would prob
ably hot be Of long duration, "a feeling OF Indignation
was spreading among the planters and large slave
holder at the disturbance OF the old order OF things,
which must soon lead TO an outbreak.
IAN accoup, which appeared on The 23d ult. IN The
ST. Augrsne Fla EramIRer admirably lustI ates the
which slaves are treated, even when notice
of them sgiven tn the proper Federal authorizes. IL
seems that the Deputy United States Marsha, upon
being Informed that such a vessel WAS off toe coast,
made inquiries which resulted IN his hearing OF no
SLAYER, and only iumor thst negroes hal been
landed To the southward. Proceeding IN tna direc-
tiop be fOpnd that about six weeks previous four
saos had reported that they were part OF the crew
Of the schooner Experiment, bad landed cargo of
Africans near Jupiter, and preached the vessel.
Tee De putty Marshal did not OF course hnd al ths
late IN the day any sign If niggers or ships and
the editor of The ELGmiaer closes hs sccour, by say
t,a th. piraa had Nnu hat..r h,au u,s
there. We understand more are expec ed shocly
So hight watch is 10 fact kept along the coast between
key West ana PeDsacols, that rumors OF the land
ing al csgoes may be considered u travel pretty
swlitly if they reach the Of Government officials
even Elk weeks after the birds have flown and
Iule Of caution is thought TO be volsed by the ne
papers in boasting that more expected shortly;
neither is the traffic commented with the slightest
sign of surlrse or disspprobstiOn.
81 cave oOubthat time will develop some startling
fscts in the history OF Slsv.ry since May, 1858. There
ale SAID 70 exist depots of savages IN over twenty
large cities or towns al the South, in some OF which
the Initiated ay hnd them, a. times, 20 the number OF
several hundreds. Among the places where these de-
pots are 10 be found, Charleston, Memphis and Coum-
bus have been ed 10 ne by person whom think
Trustworthy and reliable, who Informed that be h.d
yisIted them, ana ihat be had seen altogether, in
these three Places about nine hundred imported
blacks He said that II notorious, throughout
Georgia and Aaeems, SIX weeks ago tnst quite
feet Of slayers was expected 10 land cargoes witnln
a month TWO IN Of the Florida Inlets 10, far
from hey Wet. lou will yecolect | told You before
that eeDtlemsu Of the most undoab,ei yersciy had
informed ne that the boast had been made 70 him,
semice ntdently by interested individual, whose
name Is known throug hout the Uulon, that twelve
slave vessels would discharge their living freight upon
oar Shores within 20 days from the let Of June last
And lie said that bis estimate Of the number of car
gees OF ssVsges that had been successfully trans
ported INTO the interior, within eighteen months was
between I" aud 20. Surprising eGca vessel 10 cont an
decuctins loss by death 80 bacss the lae ipcr.s.e
Of q i.Nnn fk..S h.v,
the cosst of Afrca mus; have been over l5 Oel
Startling ss these facts must sppesr and increduas a.
many readers may be concerning them, have not veu
tuied 10 com nuIieate them TO you without being fully
persuaded in my own mind that they cannot be su,-
Gee sfully gainsayed
"l seems also ~ be well understood tina. the large