True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1837-04-26

State, tell OF lhings that would not have been
dreamed O! two months ago. We shall! ondeavnr
to give an abstract of the Information now in our
Possession, in o-der that the real state Of things
may 10 known.
| Negroes that three months since Coz. s,5oo :,
S'5ho each, can be bought in any part of sfsss-
| s'ppi for $3.50 to $500 cash This description Of
property, whose increased value depended entirely
upon the late exnrbtan, prices of cotton, has there
come down to level with the presen, deDreciated
f"tes.oi the great staple leaving the uafor;unato
purchaser minus hnus,nds. The lass on this Kind
OF property alone is enough to bankrupt the State
But The misfortune does not stop here
The planters had anticipated their crops, and
received and expended ,hree.fuurths of their value
| months ago. On the delivery Of the eottoo 81
bought and paid for, they naturally came forward
and expected to mortgage it were ,heir labor car,
itai and time f"r the next twelve months in order
I" procure snfli lent OF the nocessaries of life for
'he support Of their negroes. and to get neaps for
carr. ing on their iantatinns pitching their cro,s
&c &C. To their surprise, the 4fh of March md
MS attendant destruction came upon all their ex
pcctatons, and crus,ed them in a n instant. rrhev
are now left without provisions, and the ,neoxs of
vac, t. t; Ill W. '"' present
Lo,, r, ~, -oo ''''Se ''"''S "''t
- .;e. :, ,''' ''S '"'cea
many VI 'n'17 slaves IN order to
!"''' "'''sS''''s OF NE i'r the sup
''> LIVES anu VI" TEST OIL tA@if negroes. In
one instance, small planter. whose hopes ran
"'9h last winter, and who owned tweni-.,wo
saves, sold three Of his Lrs' nor, for which he
had actually paid 5000, fer $3.50 to buy nork and
'"' * ''''!'"'' l. IN many places, heavy
,'' S'"S'S ~ hFh '"r the means
'"'''o' ''"' te'' mem at sacA rum
-, "'' az '''' '"''hF"' thousands OF
'F'' ,"' Mo" '"' "h''f me
>'"'N ''"' lt'" '"as'eF must
~, '"' " '''1 's' '1'' "'lhg starved
!, ". ''' - I'VE i IN ''c worst POSI-
:. W sue '"e banks refusing 10 Ny
opposing !" S'''E' me" own paper
,. WY 1T -'4'c"F2' having &aoo0
,h ","'"r"'u 'ne specie Tor
N"' ''S'u' o'''a STATES parer
49,, '''''''''' Or t'nE''sh sovere'gns
~, W." 1"i'''' ~ '' - o. were offered
10 IL '''''eS' "ea'er c'np"'l"d 10 use the de-
.,,,, W '"e ID '"N' or forced 10 pay an
."'' W. II At N"lch Is, ronvrrlanle
Wv ,'' h"'" "'a' 'h's MEANS
Of the public =, ,.,,,,,., WI we '',"'N
tress rr.v,;,s o,,.l.',", s'''''S' us
ment of ,i,nsa v,r, ;ns;,,,;..,
Our louisville c,,rros,o,,,.,,
Bank Of Kao,rch,, t.,a '''"' '''e
lake at mar tho r,,,s ne H., p,,, '"
,r,r,,osroa ',''''e'' o'''N ~
singular circumstance connected wi h thi. step on
the part of the Rank. ,C
apt "en are are to step beyond the rules If mr.,
p''e's III e''l tines a merchant Of high standn
p'"4ot up nearly Sio,OO0 OF the TeHncsse pare,
al heavy discount, day two nelorc the decla
r'tI"h o! the resolution by the Bank of Kentucky
10 take II at par. One OF the firm 10 which this
gentleman was attached, was Director in III,
SAID Bank, and 30 rs the Determination VAS
mace Nne"n, the sellers of The Tennessee paper
"a" the obJect OF the purchaser. a great excite
he"t pfeVa1!ed,-so much 50 as II call forth from
ne Dd''" D''ecfof disclaimer OF any knowiedg
VI we ana 'e produce pr"not Gu dn- O
'"' ,''"e>see paper 50 purchased When publ
"p''''o" can mus put down unfair ness and ,rcach
''' " Is "a : "aoIeSome state. We hope the rco
present storm They deserve an exemption.
wa e''' W. s'td'H uodtS HhlG the flNer has
fallen to three dollars Der cord: bur ,lero wifi
shortly be no aoors to purch1se it at even tina,
price. When the largest class boats or, DAHL,
hrioeing down from so to 100 tons Of f,cinht only.
ihe pros Get is indeed goamy.
Such are some of the principal items Of news
'iom the interior.
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