Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-03-07

Lieut. Col Pewter. Major BVilrrt Psynsasssr
ufisser. QusaesmA.,et {r,sy. satsstn Tesset-
Csptsius Hector, T'swsee,, and Cste.3l Thu great.
-. possible Sests 10 astsse = OF the lheti,h both Of
Otacets sid prtsa,ss sssvsys hespiRs IN Eye 10
The closes. .eouoo,y. Mah such AZ sssu,iiiaty to
our army We hops this ssi which lIYss cost Us 50
much mon.y and 90 macy valuable llrss will soon
be terminated.
or We have no,ieeJs III ths phasdeiphia U.
y. Ussetie. ~ interesting sttiels vpa4 ths present
debt of Mississippi, psssss.,oS ss.n3uf the eau.
sss which have conspitsa 10 btius y 1 her pfsssh,
dsrsnyed and uppieass,r s~iiusiipi.. he writer OF
this article. who styles shitnseif 4 4,ec..,ot. W.
pears 10 bs thoroughly irsesin,.d 9Th the con.
d.tion, Of Missi.s,ppi, ,ss shes vital the events
which have been allowed, well 'isss. 10 ruin ,hs
state, He says !
"'rhs primary cause d her difAauities origin.
a,ed, net Ia Dsnks, hu, In = teckltAs spstalaiipn
IN slaves. IL 1884. frtna ser,emtS' u Dscem
Der, thets wsfs ss,srsl shousand tls:sss cstritd 10
and suld In ,hs State, THIS saeoas with which
the trader. met, ,nduess a numbet = kern. enter.
nr,sius man 10 embatl ID thai u$eelins traffic
The succeeding fall. Il; tho falt Of Ees3i The 'tade
was ,tipied. The trader. sold oatE 3. Hue profits.
fos hills IN New O,iesas sl four anS&ssiths' titns.-
Previously they had REQUIRED essh 3 hard. The
trade had nov been universally lis,lMa abIs Er I've
years,
This speeula.sts fron, Kentucky af,tsinis, Ten.
os..s., North AMI soa}, csrolins[ ~aeo,ais, Mi..
sour and Maryland. dias,t,ea their k~.ention to II.
10 The nssise. sf her l,rpst,an. I: Avtp,i.ss. IN
Tho r.ii II 1898, slavsf IN gree. ,rsai,itadcs, were
driven 10 the state, Aasdnsptlnyxx any p~ssvieus
year. The enmp~,i.ioll f.,erdth GRADERS I" give
hon twelve IL dnesn itnunlh.' ,ia{s, adding ten
pr eeos. Interest, but Tho lfisrs 33avsnceJ from
500 i" ~ 900. snd d. The close 4 The Gales u
81. $40, average. en soo, - the AgAD.es learned
hs eoa,d purchase on. time, by biz Oh New Or.
leans, ,hs advanced hitica seA.ed - be an etjre.
Inn, end u. h,ash, sbstAny. ri traders now
scon sc,i all they had returned hts33ie with the &c.
esptri eAli., cast.si ttgsem Ii bahk,3 bra na only
s.ah.rkea u |. Asai. lnass ts,ss'y themselves, bu,
induced their fiends apiisrquafisnc.s also 10
snssse III H. Evs,y.cosnss IT tfaa slsvsholdtus
s,ste4 WAS nnw fsnsaskea, and evtft3 dwelling ".
sired Ny The ,ssdet. Prices ADVANCED Nin higher
anil higher. The tt u 1888 Il asstine long
b. ,.asmb.t~l Az she public bffihw.ys to Mi..
~si..irpi became itusd -.yss, nts34liy c,o~rd- =
eth slaves. When they atriv1f. The iminen.r
number dwelling The rtsa sf 4ntbo) 'nads ,hs
hearts Of aii The traders schs. triEkt pitched ,hsi,
.scts upon the s,sw Of every h4L surrounding
each ,o~n and vlllsss IN the stag awaiting the
Ell, u purchasers. None csur. THE winter n
1887 approached, and hus few, {}lkty few. sslrs
~sts yst effected. A. last they fflvssisrd they
would give one ard two: yssss Ne, by bills on
New Orleans, adding tea pr csAll. in.eres. dis.
court.
The terms ~sre sreeraej hy III planters. and
many were Induced 10 p,rehas . second, and
sven = third supply Al from | st1Aisoo eArh--
Al tbs siaves were room ,elh III by this time
the tncschaats hogan 10 give vsyk MARRY al the
bills made by the planters III: the al Of 1885 and
.wias II 1898, q from twelve u Aneen months
time. were protected for non.pas1 snt. The bills
far the whole II tbs purcha.ea II The winter aud
sp,iae u 1897 were protested fsd hon. acceptance.
The neaso spectators ssesme harmed. They
swpn, 10 .ovk Ia February end March. and IN
three months time haa. secured their debts by
dseJs Ia nus, snd mortgages BON nearly the
whole property of the s,a... III ehsc.s years, the
dave population At Mtssissipr1 increased from
7o,ooo 10 100, 900 sla,e<s Al an ! ,.rse COS, VI 1t
lees. u Don esch! mating th,p asb. 6r slaves
s,oae. In three ysars, 20, 0O0. 0Ot From 1888 70
1857. cotton bore 40 sxos6a,ant \ ID prizes. This
together with the Increased ID t~, induced the
planter 10 direct oil his sassgy rs cultivation.
relying upan purctrssins every = lcls Of consu,np.
,ion. fe ncslscsed to raise Id owa corn end
pork, he had 70 ? urssshs.si more d aes. hor.e., sn1
ploushA cpsn mod lands, aud f~lcreass hia hill.
with ne merchant. wkun hs: Eaaliy neglected.
10 pay. when .tAt crAth came h Msy. iB3s. 81!
the paps, held against Tbs pls h, BY the nsr.
chant. OF nearly Oh. wssI tssn,fa ia 10 the hanka.
a. aael upon W merehsats. Ts1ls crowd Of buri.
aess In the different Coarts \ 1aayed judgment.
and when jadsnent ~ss II h osasined. the
ahsif. sud msfshallA edull iatk 6oshins s~cascsly
10 isyy upon. usnkrur,ey and ain stsong .oasr
afths merchants ~sss inevitably snd in tbsi, fal
they c,sshsi this hsnka 'STbs \ ero traders s.sri
BY With cald iadif-scncss and thsii ,owns d..
populated snj lsrgs pt.n,.,ievE. amer plso,s,ion
laid wsa,s. growing up with fkssns aud briars,
~ithoct feeling oa< p,ng;of ,.4 for the ruin
sad ~mtchsdnsss they had Msuehs up.a the
country; laughing u. ,betr o~s ssf.,y and -.
cuvisy. 81
4 change N, ,,k.n plses. ~ . late acri.t,s
IN the Federal Cart Il ::Jaekssp. |. ~.s decided
t,s. ascending 10 the s',nsadd constitution Of