Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-10-10

~ everyday items OF news, think IL 1ul
time that the disclosures which are made
in this autobiography should be brought be,
fore civilized and Christian public, as q
reminder of its duty to humanity:
The Mobile Mercury" of the 22d July
1860, says "Sone negroes who never learn
ed to talk English. went up the railroad
the other day. They did not get aboard al
Mobile, but somewhere up in the piney
woods country. 1t is not necessary to men
ton the particular place. There were
twenty-five of them, apparently all of the
pure, unldulterate1 African stock. Their
destination is unknown. They may have
been bound for Enterprise. to supply a
demand which existed in that market some
while ago for full bloOded African slaves,
as per advertisement of sundry gentlemen
up there, offering to buy such at certain
price. They were in charge of one who
knows how to buy and sell negroes"
The New Orleans "Picayune" of the 81 th
remarks that alt is believed that the slav-
er lately burned off the coast of Cuba,
whose crew were few days since brought
into Key West, was the bark Sultana. Capt.
Bowen. which cleared at New York, the
26th January. for Rio ZairO aid market
She was sold in December 1856. for Sl5,-
900. to a foreign firm in New York, for a
Havana house. She was fitted out at the
foot of Fourth street. East River. 1t is
said that she landed some 200 to 1900
negroes in Cuba, before she was burned"
"A'Congo Club, being in favor of re-
opening the Slrre-trade, has been organiz-
ed at Port Gibson, Miss. T. e. Humphreys
has been elected Preident, and Rufus Shoe
maker, Secretary"
An account dated Nassua, n. P, July
%, 1860, alludes to the last slave vessel
overhauled on our coast:
"a not very large schooner. supposed to
be American, struck on the back of Lam
yard or Little Harbor Bay. Abaco, on
Wednesday night last, and went to pieces.
The eople from Cherokee Sound found the
wreck and saved $50 Africans, who. as
just reported, are here. Some were drown
ed, some died from lassitude and some of
the crew were also drowned OF thcse
latter who were saved, all appear to be
Spaniards or Portuguese, two of whom
speak English; but among the blacks ap-
pears an intelligent fellow, dressed, who
speaks Spanish, and is evidently a decoy
duck. used by the traders
1.-The condition of the Africans is anything
but pleasing; they appear to have scurvy
and ophthalmia, and seem to be half star
we'd. Men, boys and girls (there are no
women) are all perfectly naked. The
original captain had cut his throat and
jumped overheard before the vessel struek."
The following, from the n. Y. Herald
Of August ;. 1860. gives hint concerning
our method of importation:
Padre Island. or rather Father Island. I
is called 50. from being the largest of a I
number of similar islands along the Gulf
coast Of Texas, and is about hundred and
twenty-five miles along. by from one to two
miles in width. 1t is an island, because
between it and the main shore of Texas
thsrc exists regular belt or estuary of the
sea. extending from the harbor of Brazos
Santiago to Corpus Christi. Its adapt
ability has made Padre Island a resort
for the initiation of those measures which
we're necessary in order to make popular a
matter Of vital Importance to the South
10 have boldly ventured into New Orleans.
with negroes freshly imported from Africa,
would not only have brought down upon
he head of the importer the 7engence of
'ur very PhilanthrOpic Uncle Sam. but also
he anathemas of the whole set of philan-
hrOpists and negrOphilists eVerywhere-
10 import themefor years, however. into
luiet places. evading with impunity the
'enalty of the law, and the ranting of the
hin-skinned sympathizers with Africa. was
.radually to popularizc the traffic by Great
nc demand for laborers, aud thus to
ave the way for the GRADUAL REVIVAL
F THE SLAVE TEADE.
10 this eud, few men, bold and ener-
etic determined. ten or twelve years ago, |
0 commence the business of impor ting ne
rOes, slowly at first, but surely; and for
his purpose they selected a few secluded
laccs on the coast of Florida, Georgia and
'exaS, for the purpose of concealing their
tock until it could be sold out. Without /;
Decifying other places. let me draw your
ttcntiOn to deep and abrupt POCKET or :
ldentation in the coast of Texas, about
lirty miles from Brazos Santiago. Into I
lis pocket a SLAYER could run at any hour I
the night, because there was no hind
lnce at the. entrance, and here she could
lscharge her cargo of movables upon the
rejecting bluff, and again proceed to sea in
de Of three hours. The live stock thus a
lnded could be marched short distance c
;ross the main island, over porous soil n
hich refuses to retain the recent foot l
rints, until they were again placed in boats,
I'd were concealed upon some Of the innu- a
cradle little islands which thicken on The a
aters Of the Laguna in the rear. These q
lands, being covered with thick growth I;
bushes and grass, offer an inscrutable
ding place for the black diamonds
That the experience of one repcntant
lver, as given in Phillip brakes narra- I"
Te, may have some influence in directing II
Iblic scrutiny into the implication of our
untry with the worst horrors of Slave "
aiding, | heartily hope and pray. The
or, misguided being whose confession ] u
re present, is now at rest; and his last al
urs, may remark, were soothed by an
rnest confidence in the mercy of our Al
ghty Father. Whatever were his er- re
rs, / trust they are atoned for by his con-
tion; and in placing his autobiography al
fore the world, let me be permitted to
are his last wish-that this faithful re- ke
ID may serve some good purpose in call
, attention to the Grimes of the Slave