New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-04


ceeded thence to Congo Sorareturn cargo-a strlA-
ing exempifcatOn ofihatbeDe6cent lotercemmun'-
cation between the two cOntinents established ana
continued solely that the light of our Christian
civilization might go from US to those dark aud
desert places Bat beside the Rebecca, the
Inureps the Star of the East, the Ottawa, and
the Asa Fitch, are all reported as full of raw
missionary material, slowed In bulk, and
fhe Orion, woich was recently sent home
nv the United States cruiser Marion, bat
escaped condemnation, is again on the Coast
under her former cspta n, and waiting 60 load
These vessels are all under the American flag, aud
are loud and bold ID avOwing their purposes, as
free and enlightened Americans ought to be- So
long as the stars and str pes kept waving over
their decks, no British cruiser Can meddle with
them, Though those decks should be black with
negroes; and until they are, officers Of the United
States squadron hesitate 10 secure them for with
out sucn positive evideoce OF taeir being engaged
in the slave trade, it is difficult 10 procure con
dempation; and if not cOnde mned, the suspected
trader may seek to remuDerate hiasef for the loss
of his voyage BY q sur for damages. No wonder
that trade which viii give profit of two or three
hundred thousand dollars III a single trip Is -four
isbing under such prOiecuoo. TIE vessels have
little to fear except frem AmsricsD cuisers, and lit
tle from these except when taken Ia .RagrdHts
Gelicto. II by chance they sbOOld happen then to
meet UIited States vessel when Is not viOleOt
probability, they have nothing to do but show
clean pair of heels-a thing b. means difficult to
A. - Of = a a nary Hal
captain of the Tayernier been either stupid or
frightened, he would never have permitted himself
10 be taken by "a EDglshmsn. He very fOolsoly
bsuled down bis flag which was no sooner seen by
the British officer toan be was aboard of hlm. HID
he kept it flying he might have been at this moment
offering UP a te deum u Cuban church for having
betn permitted TO land forty per ceat OF cargo of
nisgers" in understandable order Now he has lost
Lis voyage ana Will be put To che Inconvenience of
trip tO this country to unde'go the annoying though
Harmless Formally of trial, before he can resume
his lucrative business.
We were speaking as said at the outset, of
fke trade on the coast OF Congo; out We would not
be understood as meaning - imply that there Is
any lack of movement 10 this staple on the shores
insly lively. From time to time within the last
two months reports have reached US of an unusu-
ally active traffic going on in Nor hem aud Eastern
Virginia even TO such degree tnat the un0bscrvant
Traveller could not fail 10 mark the unusual num-
Der Of the thIeef class 10 the railroad cars
The same causes which, perhaps, have produced the
brisk demand for the rough material on the coast
ofCopgo, may also nave nad iofuence on the better
bred and more valuable Yirginian article. Tue de-
mand which in the Suuth West insists upon opening
the trade with Africa Will stimulate the traffic in
our Northern slave country, where dealers viii be
anxious to realize while the price remains uad-
rninished. But a more potent inlueoce than even
the love of money bias been at tV0rK IN that region
TrreeopeiIabe "a the fact may seem to be 10 mar
l,sne6cs,t iustitution-wbish il benefcsut al all, is
as much 50 IN Congo az Yrgino-E nevertheless Is
a fac tina, Johu Browns work was DOT put an end
10 by hsi e NJ John Brown. The region more i'm
naediately within the influence OF hls stdpendOus
act of fsnaticism is becoming last depoPulated OF
IFS slaves. They are hello by rbe men ss 40 unsafe
Investment of properly, and by the women as an
enemy harbored al Their Own hearth stones, who
wait Ony an opportunity 70 revenge ID the innocent
as well ~ the guilty the wrongs ofc,nldTies These
women, we think, Die just nov unnecessarily irght
ened: but the men are undoubtedly r,ght as a
permant ut investment there car hardly DC worse
one in Virginia than slaves. The trade is indeed
safer than or the coast Of Congo, AMI just as re-
spectacle and humane; but il is not wise way in
which to put away property for the next genera
ton.
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