Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-06-24

report sbntains the following summary -
1futgs. FtBtdtes. Total
White, 997.t4d WILT AiB.gDl
Free tblored, 75.3OJ n. I'D l52,BJ6
Hlates, 28i, 200 f35.3ab d3d,dDo
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bs4.Op7 4n3,h27 1,UO7, 1914
But the editors and other public and
well informed men doubt the accuracy Of this
statement, and IN my Upiniufl, upon good
grounds. The work Of taking d census must
be at all times difficult and labofious, leading
to errors Of omission, and The adoption Of
secondary and subordinate means If obtain
Ing lha fe1ttiaite Information, and in my coin
try. and more especially in ohH Offering so
many ehstaelea To- a rapid and easy tnoin Of
conveyance as the Island Of Cuba But
! eveft this aolifca Of error is Of comparative in
Significance when rontfastad With the prejudi-
ees, and. we be allowed 10 say, ignorance, IN
partial instances, Of d t'sBple existing for cen.
turtles IL d State If colonial yas5alage, ii people
10 whom the doctrine 81 s6lf government ia
known only az Il c]Ilineth, and ST. Accustomed
10 The blind obedience esaCiea by their mas.
tefs, that the very appearance vI one clothed
with their authority creates IN alarm, thai ls
infinitely niagtilind when his 5liet' is found
to be The 'nutnUering. Of the people,'" tho
groundwork, in The opinion IT The vilEhf@a
nay, Of The more enlightened. in many lhelan.
tea- III new taxes OF Exattiuils.
II was The opinion Of Washington. that tho
first census ii the United States (l7gu5 was
inaccurate, from d similar FEELING, even IN
tour own Republics aud tilrte recently IN
ffafier, The sumo feeling manifested Itself up
on a Similar occasion,
UHder all these circumstances, | do not he
state M estimating the population If Tho L.
land of Cuba at full l,25O.V0oi assuming that
dearlg Tho while Of the great Discrepancy be-
tween this amount aud That shown blythe eett-
sus, ~consiats III the slave column, a %snpposi-
ton perliaps sustained by The previous sug-
ghstiGu IN regard To- thew taxes." To men
ton bne Interchangeable city Of Principe, (1eKt
in size to HAVANA by the census Of ct, COM
tanned 10000 people, 1n1Hil, it Is put down
at $1,000 only l-Sone highly intelligent gen.
tlatien from there, agreeing with Poey aud
other authors, assure me that $4,000 Ia with.
in the mark Other inaccuracies might be
pointed out. it is ]scarcely necessary. One 81
glazing as the Principe case will probably bear
tne ont IN The position ] have assumed. Yet
The subject itself,-ths extnnt and condition
Of The population Of this fruitful lsland,-ihe
spot on wIIitl, The British fanatics have fas-
tened Their pestiIerbtis regards, & and
whdse government waits hut for I" time aud
tti1e" 10 second and support their desiEns.
the key 10 The Gulf Of Mexito-the outlet Of
the ponderous wealth Of the great Wiley Of
| The Mississippi,-thH hane Of a rich, itldustri4
oue, frugal people, holding, like our own Sou
ihnfn States, an immense slave property, can
not but excite the most intense interest with
The politician and the statesman Of all conr-
tries, especially yot,r own
There afe 5,07d persons, according 10 the
census. over so years Of age tlias-
Whites. LILO
Free coIored. 1DI
Slaves, l,iog
Il is quite an interesting question wbalhsr
the very great dtEprotnftiet ri FREQ tplornd
persons. he compared with tho whites and
%alaYne, proc eds from tieir THftiai exemption
rem labor. OF The almost fatife exemption from
The influence Of mental action The agHfe-
gate proportion of free eelefed persons in this
eettsttH in altogether greater than one would
have supposed, but reflection satisfies inc that
tho amount nHY DO correct Tho law not on
" shows The way Of eusY lfeedutn to tho slave
by self purchase. at restricted prices, but lis
practical application by The authorities for ma.
ny years has encouraged md feEtered this
mode Of emancipation te at, extent strangely
ri war with The law prohibiting "lrHa persons
of color" which on lie other hand la daily
almost hourly-eyaded by n class of people
who. strange 10 say, are treated with n deufee
Of consideration In The very midst Of Slavery,
attennly contrasting with tho repunnat1re
shown TO tho slightest personal asseGiation
with them In Tho ~faniest diHtfiets Of fanntiral
abnlitionisni A master cannot refuse tho
price le had previously paid for n slave, unless
he Inns taught him some useful trade or oeet-
patton mud even 10 such case. or where the
slave has been born In his family. or acquired
direct from Africa, The officers Of tho Govern
rnent fix the price and The mister is bound to
accept ii although 1t rarely happens TINT he
obtaina the full and sometimes not the hH1f Of
his value. IT is not long since TINT m elderly |
lady Of large fortune WIS suddenly deprived
Of her Whole Frtinue 81 servants by a prize
in The lottery, II which they were concerned,
and with which they freed themselves. True,
abe obtained their nominal value, but q new
Of servants eonR mt feplaco tho old ones
of n Indy Of hor age md habits.
And now for n einp1as calculation in repiy
10 your. question about revenue, &C., about
which | have no tlmo To go into details NJ PREF
sont-Tho rrYonuo or taxes collected from
these SOC, 900 free people (for IN such d chi
.rulati5n we must Of cottrae throw out the
ia in round numbers sst2,0OO,O0D per
1nntttn, or 4s2o pcfThead por head for every
nan woman and child FATHER rich country
10 bear all this, mithoufa m,n1nuy or aiat, Of
llsapprobatioh On Hts subject more hefeaf-
CT. You're, A. K.
J.. S-The city continues heaithy~-from
une 10 September, exclusive, arc the Hick1y
nonths-buslfees large in exports, but Ian
in everything else. The prospects
the ensuing crop Of coffee were never
lctter.
A cREvAssE-We are informed by friend
hat the 1evec just below tho new parish scat.
T'ensas, st, Joseph, has broken and the
water ia now rapidly filing up the swarnps in
vicinity. We presume that no general
can result, as the water is falling as F,
ow down as Milliken's Bend 1
We clipped the above paragraph from the Z
InteAigencer Of the 1ith. Since (
which Wo have received through the polite /,
Of Il gentleman of this city, the follow ,
ng letter which contains fuller information of 4
he disaster - Bee. q
Extract from a private letter, aated) a
RODNEY, 18th June, ls43. /
" am sorry to say that the prospects Of 4
ur river planters are gloomy md discoura- \
ing. For the last12 hoursi has been rain s
lg in torrents, and plantations that arc pro- !
by levecs are covered with rain water,
nd the river continues to rise Mt the rate Of 0
nc half of an inch every twent-four Lorrs. 7
he news from above is that all the rivers arc :
sing. A runner came in from Lake Bruin !
night with word that the Love at Hard II