Year: 1859

states and Congo is undoubtedly in very active and
prosperous condition at this time according to the
New York Herald, and if its statements are correct
and were the Heralds otherwise mo repeating
action in reference to the statutes prohibtory Of the
slave trade is necessary to the solution Of the abor
problem" for the events are in progress which will
solve 1t without difficulty or agitation, and in the
most conclusive and satisfactory manner, by the sup.
ply Of any desirable quantity of those useful coad-
tutors of the cotton planters enterprise the IRON
muscled and beat-defying natives of Congo.


The Herald is good authority, and we shall cite it
to show that commercial relations with Congo
in state of very remarkable and gratifying prosper
ity. The Herald Of the 18th inst. says:


Weare told, by a careful correspondent, that since
May 1S4s between sixty and seventy cargoes of wild
Africans have been introduced into our Southern
States and that twelve different slave vessels whose
names are known, are expected within few weeks
along our Southern seaboard.


The "careful correspondent who is so busy abont
what is not his business and whose name and address
we should like to know with view to securing his
services itemdiscoverer for the Crescent, should
also have given the Herald the names Of the vessels
and the landing places at which their cargoes to
be dsembarked If the slave trade is to be carried
in this fearless and wholesale manner Government
will have to increase its navy to blockade th





should at once recall that steam squadron which it
has ordered to the coast Of Africa and station it
along the shores of the South to catch "the twelve
different slave vessels, whose names are known,
| which are expected within few weeks along oar
Southern seaboard." They will have left Africa be-
fore the steamers can get out there and the best plan
will be to intercept them on our own coast. Let's
see the African steam squadron is composed Of four
opI fho tharn otoora 10 mil,
twenty-five hundred miles in extent it might possibly
contrive to be everywhere at the same time and pre-
vent the slavers running in for each steamer would
only have to guard about six hundred miles Of coast
and run down and board every one of the many sail
daily discovered on the populous waters to ascertain
her Intentions" as socitous parent does those
of the young gentleman who is "fying round' his
heress. There is every probability that every Of
those twelve different ssvers whose names known
will be nabbed if the Administration will take ou
| strategic advice.


| The New York Tribune having expressed a doubt
of the correctness of the Heralds careful cores
pondent" to the highly ourishing condition OF the
slave trade Mr.. John G. Underwood out in the
former paper and states over his own name that It is
all too true, he knows of his own knowledge, hav
ing Gust returned from tour and sojourn Of some
weeks in the South He fully substantiates the
Herald's tcareful correspondent" The Hon. Under.
wood says that "the opening Of the slave trade is
thing already accomplished, and that the traffic is
brisk and rapidly increasing in fact the most vital
question of the day is not the opening of this trade
but its suppression Underwood further says-hav-
ing lately sojourned in the South and knowing what
he saysthat "the arrival of cargoes of negroes fresh
from Africa, in Southern ports is event of re
ouent occurrencer


Furthermore, Mr.. J. G. Underwood kindly explains
how it is that these terrible doings are kept dark
and no notice given through the newspapers of the
arrivals Of the cargoes but in SO doing he charges
some Of the publishing fraternity with pusauimity,
being opposed to the business but afraid to say so
for fear of consequences. This is bad--very. Here
is what the particularly well posted Mr.. u says:


The arrival of cargoes Of negroes, fresh from Afri
ca in our Southern ports, Is event of frequent
currence. Many of the public journals of that region
supposed to be n the interest Of the traders and
the publishers of others are prevented from announc
ing such arrivals by wellgrounded fears that such
action would expose themselves to the vengeance o
the brutal and barbarous men engaged in this busi
ness


Whereabouts in the South did Mr.. John c. Under
wood sojourn? Will hotel keepers in different cities
be kind enough to overhaul their registers and repor
who ran away without settling his bill?