THE ATROCITIES OF A SLAVE MARCH.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1959, 22 October 1889, Page 4

THE ATROCITIES OF A SLAVE MARCH.

No one who understands how human life is estimated by savage people will doubt the shocking and revolting accounts of traveller* regarding, this phrase of the traffic ;and,no one who knows what an Arab's heart is made of will make any discount even for the exaggeration of an orator, as he listens to the Mlowing citation from a speech delivered the* otheirday in/London by Cardinal Lavigerie:— "The men who appear the strongest and whose escape is to be feared; have their hands tied, and sometimes their, feet, in such fashion that walking becomes a torture to them; and on their necks are placed yokes which attach several of them together. They march all day; at night, when they stop to rest, a fewhandfuls of raw' sorgho ' are distributed among the captives. This is all their food. Next morning they must start again. But after the first day or two the fatigue, the sufferings, and the privations have weakened a great many. The women and the aged are the first to halt. Then, in order ! to strike terror into this miserable mass of human beings, their conductors,>armed with a wooden bar to edomomiae powder,.approaeh these who appear to be the most exhausted,. and deal them a terrible blow on the nape of the neck. The unfortunate victims utter a cry' and fall to the ground in the convulsions of death. The terrified troop immediately resumes its march. Terror has imbued even the weakest with new strength. Each time someone breaks down-the terrible scene is repeated. At night, on arriving at their halting place; after the first days of such a life, a not less frightful scene await* them. 1 The traffickers in human flesh have acquired by experience a knowledge of how much their victims can endure. A glance shows them those who will soon sink from weariness ; then to economise the scanty food which they distribute, they pass behind these wretched beings and fell them with a single blow. Their corpses remain where they fall, when they are not suspended on the branches of the neighbouring trees ; .and it is close to, them that their companions are obliged to eat and to sleep. But what sleep it may be easily imagined.—From •Slavery in Africa,' by Professor Henry Drummond, in Scribner's.

Potatoes, £5 5a at country stations. Dairy Produce—Butter, sd ! to 6d; cheese, 3|d t0,4|d..,.;. The above prices are those paid to; farmers for delivery f.o.b. Lyfctelton, eacka exfaa—potatoes excepted. AUCTIONEERS' REPORT. GERALDINE. Meesrß J. Mundell and Co, report sales for Jhe week ending Saturday,; 19 th October, 1889, a 3 follows : At the G-eraldine market oil'Wednesday we have to report a decided improvement in values all found. The, totals yarded were—34lß sheepi 145 head of cattle, and 10 pigs., , Prices realised were as follows: — Sheep,, )T -rCrossbred , aad maiden ewes, 14s 7d, 14s 5d to 14s; | crossbred ewes, 12s 9d; crossbred hoggets, lis 9d, 10s 3d to 10s'; half-; bred ewes, With a large 1 percentage of forward lambs at foot, were withdrawn at a bid of 1 15s 9d; cull crossbreds, with, lambs ; at foot, 10s. ( , ; t Cattle 3-year-old steers, £4 to £3 7s 6d; 2-year-old steers and heifers, £2, £1 16s to £llos ; yearling steers and heifers, £1 to 17s 6d; calves, 12s; cows in profit, £4 ss; springers, £2 10s to £2 ; dry, £1 6s to£l. i; Pigs We have been unable to effect any sales. Clearing Sales—We held a clearing sale at Temuka on account of Miss Mary Bay hurst, of town property,; live stock, furpiture, &e. Therewaßa large attendance of buyers, and'every lot was sold at satisfactory prices. : ; Sales—During ;th,e week; we have sola to a Christchureh buyer a large line' of fat sheep afrprices ranging from 16s 9d to 15a 9d. ! ; 'tiMARU. []■ ;; - Mr Moss Jonas reports as follows:—, Business has been fairly brisk, -and he is pleased to note that both cattle, 'and sheep; are realising first-class prices. It'is only about six weeks ago that he -predicted arise in cattle of at least 20 per, cent, in the course of three or four months, but he did not anticipate -then that it would so quickly come about. At the present time any, good class of cattle conaing forward i find a rea4y market &t!rom 21s to ; 24s per, Ctyt fi and inferior 18s to 21s. Pleasant Point-rHe had a very large entry, 1043 sheep, 116 head cattle being penned. , He sold 95 fat sheep at 12s id, 50 at lis 4d, 269 at lis Bd, 137 half bred ewes at 10s, 162 hoggets at 9s 9d, and others from 7s 6d to 8s lOd, 15 steers and heifers at £4 Is, 26 from £2 12s to £3 10s, and 40 from £1 18s to £2 17s 6d, 6 pigs at 13s 6d, and 4 at lis.

Waihdyke Yards —These yards have not beea numerously attended for the last two or three sales, owing to the small quantity of stock coming forward.* On October 10th he sbfil'"42 ; fat sheep at 14s, 133 '$ 10s 6d, and 20 t pigs at 18s; on the 17th, 3 steers and | heifers at £4 17b 6d, 3 steers at £2 6s, j 4 yearlings at £1 7b 6d; and 1 springer ;at£3 ss.

■ Sheepskins —At his yards last : Wednesday he had the largest entry i ever catalogued by him* for one sale, ; jviz,, 4000 crossbred and merino skins, land succeeded in selling the lot at jfirst-rate prices. Crossbreds sold at j3s 4d, 4s 6d, 4s lid, 5s 6d, 6s, 6a 3d, 6«;5d, 6s Bd,'.to 7s, merinos..2s lid, 3s, m, 4s 9d, 5s 3d, to 6s > 4dy lambskins from 6d upwards, 8 bales and 15 bags 'of locks and pieces at 4|d, sd, s|d, 6|d, to 7d per lb. fr: ; 7 ; >:■;;';!; Private Sales—Duriiig the past fortnight be sold on aceount of Messrs jWml Grant, A. Grant, and M. Quinn, 3500 sheepskins at from 6s lOd to 7s ; 6d; on aceount of Mr 3\ Simmons, 10 steers and heifers from. £6 2s 6d; for.Mr Wm. Moore, 6 heifers at £6, and 50 sheep at 12 s 6d ; for Mr John Campbell; 62 fat wethers at 14s 6d ; on account of Mr Mackay, 248 hoggets at 10s 9d.

ENGLISH MABKETS

London, Oct. 17. ; New Zealand frozen miitton is quoted at 4Jd, and beef 3id peu.lb, '■/.;:■■'■ I Oct. 18; i Tallow is firm; mutton, 27s' 1 to 27s 6d; beef, 26s 6d to 275. i The sugar, market flat. German beet, lis 6d; Java, 14s 6d.v ! New Zealand'* 4 per cent inscribed Btock; 106 i, market active. I Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 39s 6d, steady ;• New, Zealand long berried, ditto, ex store, 38s; business improving. ; Best No. 1 Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. in the Clyde 55s. '': Prices remain steady at this quotation;> •■ '