Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-06-07
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

The wealthy plant rs Of the South have
fallen into great tribulation. The papers
TEEN with accounts Of their distress. Cot
ton has fallen, they have overtradrd, they
cannot pay their debts, or get provision
enough for the support of their human
cattle They are comm serated. Tn
happy men They cannot fed their ne
groes, so that they shall be able TO work
we'll. But what ofthe poor negro Who
Pities him! What public journal utters
single exclamation Of horror, nay, vague
expression Of regret when it is reported
IN Sou horn paper, that THERE ARE
ATTHIs MOMENT THOUSANDS OF SLAVES
IN MISSISSIPPI, WHO KNOW NOT WHERE
THE NEXT MORsEL is TO COME FRoM!-
The planter is reduced to the cruel neces-
sity of selling three head Of his human
stock al a pee uniarv loss Of more than
three thousand dollars, merely to save
nineteen human beings from death by star
vation What a generous deed His
loss Of money is spoken OF as If It were
The chief ground for pity. But we will
give our readers the article from which
we extract these items II is from a New
Orleans paper. re-Published in the Penn
sylvania Sentinel:
MONEY MARKEr-CIrY, A. M
APRIL 26.-The failures 60 on. When
will they stop! When the present sys-
TEN is broken up root and branch-not
before, Will it ever be broken up2 Just
so sure as effect follows cause will it BE-
torn up from its foundation and scttered to
the winds. Suffer we must. suffer we
will, in the CONFUSION incident 10 the op-
Grafton.
Produce still looking downward
Freig his on upper country produce are b.
| ginning 10 be refused. This should oper-
ate as hint to up country shippers not 10
send their productions here.
The news from Mississippi is Of the
most disheartening character. Letters
from gentlemen OF the highest standing, In
various quarters Of that state tell of things
that would not have been dreamed Of two
months ago. We shall endeavor to give
an abstract Of the information now in our
possession, in order that the real state OF
things may be known.
I Negroes that three months since cos
$1,000 TO $500 each, can be bought IN
any pat of Mississippi for S25Oto $50
cash. The description Of property, whose
increased value depends entirely upon the
late exorbiont prices of cotton, has there
come down 10 level with the prest mt de-
prec lated rates Of the great staple, leaving
the Hx(ortanate purchaser minus thouS'
ands. The loss on this kind Of property
alone is enough to bankrupt The state. But
the misfortune does not stop h,re
: The p anterS had anticipated then
: crops, and received and expended three
; fourths OF their value months ago
On the delivery Of the cotton so bough
and paid for, they mutually came for
ward and expected 10 mortgGgeas it were
- their labor, capital, and time for the
next twelve months, in order 10 pro
! cure sufficient Of the necessaries oil life 10
3 the support Of their negroes, and &c
$ means for carrying on their plantations
pitching their crops, SC. To their SUI
;. prise, the 4th Of March and its attendan
obstruction came upon. all their exPecta
= tons, and crushed them in an instant
They are now left without provisions
e and ,:he means of living and using thel
q industry. for the present year. 4" m's al
tem1a, planters ThOse crops hare gee
70 from 100 10 700 bales. find Themselves t'r'
y ed to sacrifice many Of their dGrss IN o. O.,
=" der to get the CON MON neceSsGrteS OF ~
tor the support of Themselves and the re-
'" 81 heir negroes. In one instance, sma
>. planter, whose hopes ran high last wTnte'
ana who owned twenty-five slaves sol
- three OF has best men. for which he actua
9 " paid $4,000. for $3.50, to buy pork an
y corn Tor the remainder. IA many p ace
. LeaUy planters Gospel their siGues TO is
70 for he means # sSbsistanes, ratheT TIA
D sell tAsm a. SAGA rsiasus rates ISsl
W are sf fhis nomsAt hkossands of sIgcss
Mississippi that kaoso not aohere tie ~,
q. morsel Is TO come from, The master m3