Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-04-18

all the elements of greatness1 Howtoa5s
will a bad system Of banking, sit like an in
cubss upon these States, and drain out
their very life blood! How long will licen-.
,ious extravaganza characterize poriipn
of their population, and retard their ad-
vancemont to wealth and moral greatness!
We copy the following from the Vicks-
burg Wing: ss.l
HARD TIMES IN MISSISSIPPI.
Never in the history Of Mississippi has
there been such pressure in monetary
affairs as at the present moment-and
never, we imagine, has the future been
shrouded in D deeper and more portenlous
gloom than at this time. Here in the city
of Vickshurs, and the county Of Warren,
the darkest days Of 1887. presented but
faint picture Of what isuow exhibited, an,l
from every Town and county in The State we
have The same melancholy prospect. Tho
whole community is literally on the rack, s.
1t ltislmposshleio 10 raise any amountof money
except at the most ruinous sacrifices. We
are entirely destitute of circulating me-
dunn, while thousands upon thousands arc
pressing for the collection Of their claims
suits are Instituted until the docket is bc-
oming swelled beyond any former preced-
dent.Propery is sold dailyin our streets for
one-fourfI its value. Men give up all they
possess te satisfy their creditors, see their
property knocked down under the ham,
mer of the sheriff, or the marshal at one
fourth or less Of its value, and find them
selves beggars, so far as present want of
means, can make them so, and still hope-
lessly involved. We can mention case
thai has come to ouy knowledge, which
will illustrate the truth of what VIC have
said more lorcibly than language can. A
portion Of a stock OF goods was sold last
week TO satisfy an execution from The Fed
eral Cour-tfle goods cost in New York
$4,000, independent Of freight, charges, in
surance, &c. they were all new, seasona-
BILE and well selected, and when sold
brought only S2, 800, or much less than
half Of us original cost. Scenes such as
this are daily exhibited. A gentleman
informs US that let Of ground ia this city,
which one year ago brought 5000 was
sold last week Tor less than .frc hundred
dollars.
And yet horrible as affairs are becoming
here, they are comparatively lriAlng 10
what we hear from azoo, Holmes, Kinds,
sc. We are informed that land AND ne
groes are selling under executions for
fifth of their real value. Negroes, first
rate field hands, that will generally COM
mand a thousand dollars have been sold
for less lhan tUo hundred, while some of
the best plantations IN the State are being
sacrificed at one tenth Of tlieir value.-
Where or when this IS to stop. God only
knows. When, or from whence relief is
10 come We know. not, but unless relief
does come and come speedily, his country
will present scene of wide spread ruin
and desolatien, such as has never been
witnessed before. The prospect is abso-
lu!el y frightiul to contemplate-we are
told that there are some plantations in Yas
ZOO, the owners Of which have made every
arrangement for planting, who within q
few days past have had their slaves driven
of by the sheriff, aud sold at ENORMOUS
sacrifices. and who in consequence will not
be able TO raise single bale Of cotton this
year. Already we hear oi resistance to,hc
execution Of laws spoken of in that couaIy,
and should Judgments be rendered at The
May Court upon half The suits brought,
there is no telling what people, with ruin
and besgaIy staring them in the face
may not be driven to.-Yicksburg Whig.