From the Clinton (Miss.) Gazette, July 23d, 1836. It needs no comment. To the jail of Covington county, on the 26th day of June, 1836, by G. D. Gere, Esq., a negro man, who says his name is JOSIAH, and says he belongs to John Martin, an Irishman living in the state of Louisiana, on the West side of the Mississippi river, twenty miles below Natchez. Josiah is five feet eight inches high, heavy built, copper color, his back VERY MUCH SCARRED with the whip, and BRANDED on the thigh and hips in THREE or FOUR places, thus, (I. M.) or (J. M.) the M. is very plain, but the I or J. is not plain: the rim of his right ear has been bit or cut off. He is about 31 years of age, had on when committed pantaloons made of bed ticking, cotton coat, and an old fur hat very much worn. The owner of the above described negro is requested to comply with the requisitions of the law in such cases made and provided. Williamsburgh, June 28th, 1836. J. L. JOLLEY, Sh'ff, C. C. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Lenoir County. Whereas, complaint hath been this day made to us, two of the justices of the peace for the said County, by William D. Cobb, of Jones County, that two negro slaves belonging to him, named BEN (commonly known by the name of Ben Fox) and RIGDON, have absented themselves from their said master's service, and are lurking about in the counties of Lenoir and Jones, committing acts of felony. These are, in the name of the state, to command the said slaves forthwith to surrender themselves, and turn home to their said master. And we do hereby also require the sheriff of said county of Lenoir, to make diligent search and pursuit after the above-mentioned slaves; and them having found, to apprehend and secure so that they may be conveyed to their said master, or otherwise discharged as the law directs. And the said sheriff is hereby empowered to raise and take with him such power of his county as he shall think fit for the apprehension of said slaves. And we do hereby, by virtue of an act of the Assembly of this state, concerning servants and slaves, intimate and declare, if the said slaves do not surrender themselves, and return home to their master immediately after the publication of these presents, that any person may kill and destroy said slaves by such means as he or they think fit, without accusation or impeachment of any crime or offence for so doing, or without incurring any penalty or forfeiture thereby. Given under our hands and seals, this 12th November, 1836. B. COLEMAN, J. P. [Seal.] 200 DOLLARS REWARD.-Ran away from the subscriber, about three years ago, a certain negro man named Ben, (commonly known by the name of Ben Fox.) He is about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, chunkey made, yellow complexion, and had but one eye. Also, one other negro by the name of Rigdon, who ran away on the 8th of this month. He is stout made, tall, and very black, with large lips. I will give the reward of one hundred dollars for each of the above negroes, to be delivered to me or confined in the jail of Lenoir or Jones county, or for the killing of them so that I can see them. Masters of vessels and all others are cautioned against harboring, employing, or carrying them away, under the penalty of the law. W. D. COBB. November 12, 1836. The New-Orleans Bee, of the 14th October, says: "The slave who struck some citizens in Canal-street, some weeks since, has been tried and found guilty, and is sentenced to be hung on the 24th inst." BURNING MEN IN ARKANSAS.--The Arkansas Gazette, of a recent date, says: The slave William, who murdered his master some weeks since, (Huskey,) and several negroes, was taken by a party a few days since, from the sheriff at Hot Spring, and burnt alive! yes, tied up to the limb of a tree, a fire built under him, and consumed in slow and lingering torture!" MURDER BY A NEGRO.-Mr. Wm. Avery, overseer of the plantation of James McConnell in Marshall County, Miss., was murdered by a negro, on the 29th of May. Mr. A. was in the act of correcting the negro's wife, when he was knocked down by a bludgeon, and beaten to death. Mr. A. was a humane and kind master, and the character of the negro without previous reproach; he is now in Raleigh jail awaiting his certain death.— Memphis Paper. This William Avery may have been a northern man who resorted to the South to make a fortune. The following from the Johnstown Spy, published in Cambria County, Pennsylvania shows that there are northern men not unprepared to commit any barbarities required by their "brethren of the South." On Friday last, two colored men were brought to this place on a sled, who had been shot, one of them through the knee, and the other through the back. The circumstances in relation to this unfortunate affair, as far as we have been able to collect them, are as follows: The wounded negroes are said to be fugitive slaves, who had made their escape from their owners in Virginia. They were pursued by a number of persons, who had made several unsuccessful attempts to arrest them, until they had arrived within a few miles of this place, where they were again overtaken by the pursuers, who called to them to stop or they would shoot them. One of them turned round and replied that he would die before he would be taken, and at that moment received a rifle ball through his knee: the other started to run, but was brought to the ground by a ball being shot in his back. After receiving the above wounds, they made battle with their pursuers, and kept them off until they reached a house two or three miles from the place where they were shot, when becoming exhausted, they were unable to proceed farther. They were brought as before stated to this place, by the person who was authorized to take them. The persons who are said to have shot them are residents of this county. The National Enquirer, of Philadelphia, says in regard to the case of Severn Martin, who was delivered up, as a fugitive from "service and labour" by a New Jersey Judge, but afterwards ransomed in Philadelphia for the sum of $800. The most outrageous cruelty was practized, that was, perhaps, ever wit nessed here, in cases of the kind. And after his arrival in Philadelphia, his captors exhibited the fell spirit of demons, in his treatment. We have been informed from unquestionable sources, that the man was beaten severely with a heavy stick, on the head and in the face; and, while he was suffering from the wounds inflicted, the monsters of slavite depravity performed the operation of PULLING OUT HIS GRAY HAIRS!!! His whiskers were also shaved off, to give him a younger appearance, that he might sell to better advantage. He was kept in irons about a week, and his limbs were much swollen by the friction of his manacles. The Editor of the Cincinnati Philanthropist is voucher for the following fact : A Mr. James Fleming, who keeps the ferry on the Ohio river opposite Augusta, Ky. a few mornings since, about daylight, going down to his boat, discovered a skiff, coming across through the ice. He soon found a negro man was on board, who he imagined was a runaway. Consequently, he went out on the ice where the man was attempting to land, and proposed to assist him in making the shore. The negro replied, he did not wish any help-however, Fleming seized the bow of the skiff. The negro, apprehending his proffered assistance was made under cover of hypocrisy, leaped on the ice and cleared himself into the woods. Fleming then put his dog on the trail, and soon succeeded in running the poor fellow down. And, without the least form of trial, hurried him back across the river, where he was lodged in the Angusta jail for safe keeping." All these horrible barbarities it must be remembered are but finger-boards pointing to a blood-smeared temple of Moloch, the sanctuary of whose cruelties has never yet been thrown open to the public gaze. The following paragraph points to the penetralia of another demon, whose votaries would drown the voice of justice and mercy by the clamorous outcry of " Amalgamation !" A VALUABLE SLAVE.-A very beautiful girl belonging to the estate of John French, a deceased gambler at New-Orleans, was sold a few days since for the round sum of $7,000. An ugly looking bachelor named Gouch, a member of the Council of one of the Principalities, was the purchaser. The Picayune says that the girl is a brunette-remarkable for her beauty and intelligence and that there was considerable contention who should be the purchaser. She was however persuaded to accept Gouch-he having made her princely promises.-New York Evening Star. DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE. The past year has been one of unprecedented activity of the great internal Slave Trade. While the free have been shouting the praises of American liberty, and thanking God that they are not as the dark places of European, Asiatic and African despotism, American soil has been moistened by the bleeding feet of chained caravans, and an American sky has been pierced by the bitter lamentations of myriads of broken hearts! We give a few of the sickening evidences of the extent of the traffic. The Virginia Times proposes that the banking capital be increased from the money brought into the state from the sale of slaves. The Editor says, "It may be objected by some, that the capital for so many new banks could not be subscribed, but when the immense amount of money that has been brought into the state by the sale of slaves, is considered, that objection is at once removed-we have heard intelligent men estimate the number of slaves exported from Virginia within the last twelve months at 120,000, each slave averaging at least $600, making an aggregate of $72,000,000. Of the number of slaves exported, not more than one-third have been sold, (the others having been carried by their owners who have removed,) which would leave in the state the sum of $24,000,000, arising from the sale of slaves. Another Southern paper contains the following paragraph. HIGH PRICE OF NEGROES.-At Wadesborough, on Tuesday last, negro fellows, we learn, sold for 1300 dollars, and not very likely at that: there was a credit of twelve months. A feeling honorable to our nature withholds the most of us from parting with this kind of property, but it would be the true interest of this country to send our slave population to the South, if any thing like the present prices can be obtained. They certainly cannot earn the interest on their present value. A slave broker in South Carolina publishes the following notice : NEGROES FOR SALE.-The subscriber, residing at Hamburg, S. C., at the second house from the Bridge, has on hand a likely parcel of Virginia negroes, and receives new supplies every 15 days. Persons wishing to purchase would do well to give me a call. I also wish to purchase 50 likely young fellows, for which I will pay One Thousand and Fifty Dollars a head or more, if the property is worth it. JOSEPH WOOD. The following are specimens of the advertisements of slave traders in the General American Slave Market, the District of Columbia. It will be noticed that they do not advertise for entire families, but would tear away the young and strong. [From the National Intelligencer.] CASH FOR FOUR HUNDRED NEGROES, including both sexes, from twelve to twenty-five years of age. Persons having servants to dispose of will find it to their interest to give me a call, as I will give higher prices, in cash, than any other purchaser who is now in this market. I can at all times be found at the Mechanics' Hall, now kept by B. O. Sheckle, and formerly kept by Isaac Beers, on Seventh-street, a few doors below Lloyd's Tavern, opposite the Centre market. All communications promptly attended to. JAMES H. BIRCHI, Washington City. [From the Same.] CASH FOR FOUR HUNDRED NEGROES.-The highest cash price will be given by the subscriber for Negroes of both sexes, from the age of 12 to 28. Those who wish to sell will do well to give me a call, at my place on Seventh street, a yellow rough-cast house; the first on the right hand going from the market house to the steamboat wharf; or at A. Lee's Lottery Office, five doors east of Gadsby's Hotel. Those who wish to board their servants can be accommodated on moderate terms. WM. H. WILLIAMS. A New-Orleans Auctioneer, closes an advertisement for the sale of fifty-one "picked slaves" as follows: All the above described slaves bear a good character; they were raised in the states of Virginia and Maryland, and selected with care. Terms One-third cash, payable into the hands of the notary on the day of sale, and the balance in notes at 4, 8 and 12 months, satisfactorily endors ed; and if not paid at maturity, to bear an interest of 10 per cent till paidbut without giving the privilege of postponing the payment. The vendor guaranties only the title; the defects known will be pointed out on the day of sale. The Natchez Courier of a recent date estimates the slaves that have been transported from the older slave states to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkanzas, during the year 1836, at TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND. If this estimate approximates the truth, the American trade exceeds the worst days of the African. And this whole trade, be it remembered, is placed by the Constitution as fully within the control of Congress as the African. It is to Congress that it looks for protection, and our general government is now actually engaged in seeking from a foreign power indemnity for cargoes of slaves that have become free by being driven by stress of weather upon shores where slavery cannot exist. What a mockery is our boasted law, making the African Slave Trade PIRACY, punishable with DEATH! What an exhibition for the eyes of Europe, the model republic of the world, negotiating with one of her monarchies for the indemnification of PIRATES! Is it not time for freemen to say through their representatives in Congress, we will no longer bear the responsibility of this crime? Is it not time to say, at least, that if this outrageous commerce is suffered to live at all, it shall not stalk abroad on the highway of nations? But, we do not mean to recommend half-way measures. Let Congress come up to the full extent of its power, and throw upon the states which wish to traffick in the bodies of their citizens, the responsibility of obeying or disobeying a righteous law. If there be a God in Heaven, as the end of all tyrants assures us there is, it is madness to look for peace and prosperity, as a nation, while such a traffic is allowed to exist. It is a common interest, and a common danger. We, the free laboring people of the northern states, call upon Congress to shield us from a piratical traffic in which our own fellow-citizens of the North, our next door neighbors, have |