The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-04
A Suggestive Perturbation OF
- Slave Property.

the -slayehplderss Of TenpssseP as weif To
those of sMAry4snt., Fhe AUre'5cd7r faye;
wepotictd rsctSny some tppts contain
ed 10 4 paragraph relative 70 the WILL Of !
the late Chsries Carroll, of this Staie; and |
now we have s6me further inlormatiqn
concerning The esiaie which is better cal,
culs,ed 10 set The people of Maryland
thihkiHg thAn almost any lhingwbicb has
occurred in the nearly two years of Al-
tempted Fev5ldtiop that bas been upon
us " II IS contained Ii a paragraph under,
the head 81, local news Ia The columns Of
our nefghborfhe Sun, aud is as tollpws;.
"VALtATfoN or SLAVE PRoPERlY TX
MARYBAND.-It appears from the records
of'the Orphans CohFt Of This CITY that
the report made on The 18th Of January,
1868, by the sworn apprafseys, Of the
value Ut the slaves ,(6f whom only 100
retnAi6) Belonging 70 ne, personal estate
of The late Cbanes Carroll, Of Doug hore-s
gan Manor, Howafd county. assesse d the
valoei 1df said slaves at an average Of
fcedJlldss Sttll TPe APPRAISERS state that
tlieiryalqafi6b was 9a5eR 'poa He Je5s tes;
hasony OF aVfef S'dte, 6igpegS and, others.
which they were epabIed 20 produce,
Tho ages of the slayfs range GQm two
months 10 seventy, three years, h The
provisions Of the will 6f,be deceased
relAtibg to,sAid Saves were published in,
the Sun6f. Friday last, The entire per-
sdnal estate Of Abe lafe Charles Carroll is
appraised az $fds31 81; his property
having copsisfed chiefly If a large landed
estate, Inherited from his grandfather,
Charles Carroll Or CaTollton (perbpps
IL 900 actesJ, leased id part TO numerous
tenants, besides valuable mill property
since acquired, ihciqding tie celebrated
Paspaeo FY6uting Mills, at, Ellicotfs
Here, how, arc one hundred and thirty
negroes valued At only sig hundred and
yOtyd0V2ary, sii't6ld; one OF the regular
dealers OF this city having declared with
reference 70 them, when consulted that he
'S os4 y, not gs i a5 Af q4 4PlaEs Fertile
NOV, asit RATE il Il ve ci.y. EASY for
tho slave ihterest Of this State 10 est,
mate the ivslne OF the efforts made by
the Cotton States to set it forward in the
world; and the valuation made so for
mally and positively win enlighten all
who wish 70 knpE how much, ii matters
are delayed, the state is likely 70 get for
an interest becoming more ,preparipps
every day" AS matters stand az present,
negro is not az much value as good
",duckipg dog" and if in such revela !.
ton as this, made in one of the Courts of
Mdryldnd, the most determined follower
Of South Carolina here does not see that
slavery is indeed doomed, then EXAMPLES
are no longer of any consequence what
ever.
AT different times within eighteen
months we have urged the slaveholding
interests of the State TO consult as 10 the
best, measure TO be adopted for protect
ing their interesls--fr saving at least a
modicum OF what has been mperilled bv
the States South of us. As things are
working now, in view of what we have
given IL appears already too late; unless,
indeed, the paternal Governments at
Washington can be made TO repeat the
offers IL has made f"a"'1' = ~ .,''
Odce more, in view Of this most weigh
~ revelation, we COUNSEL the slavthold.
ers df the State to take some action to
save themselves, and-thus secure TO the
State some'hipg Of what is, endangered.
One hundred and thirty slaves at So
each would bring S6do, or less than the
average value of one slaveu few years
ago. 81 According to the old average
valuation of 500, one hundred and teirty
slaves would have been valued at sol 900.
IL must be evident that to appraise a
negro at Ave dollars, is equivalent to s4y-
ing that he is worthless as property,
Here then we have the declaration Of in
telligent Shareholders and business men
for no others would have been solicited to
appraise such an estate as that OF CHARLES
CARRoLL,--made in Court, under OATH that
negroes q Mvyland hare no Longer any ual-
10 as ehattels. While the decline in slave
property has been more rapid Ihero than
in most other States, tits evident that a
steady decline is taking place all over
the South, save in those localities where
the paper circulation itself has only a
nominal value. We doubt whether col
or silver has been paid foe Il slave any !
where within twelve months past The
President has made. q formal offer of a
scheme for compensated emancipation,
and thereis little reason TO doubt that tho
people Of every loyal State will cheer
fully sanction the appropriation of a
reasonable SUM 10 aid aay State which
may desirsit, in emanci patiug it's slaves,
The revUlutiouizing presence Of both
the rebel and the loyal armies the in
subordinate and restless spirit engen-
dered in The bosom OF The slaves; tho
protrActed suspension of their usual
labots; the knowledge Which they have
Acquired that The whole civilized world
ahomiRAtes aud abhOrs the system viii CHI
holds them in bondage and would re-
joiee TO 500 il wiped OUT from the face of
the earth Che terrible blow which has
been ipaieted upon the power Of the
South by tho present war; and The ex-
posture which has been made by il OF
the intriasic weakness and dependence
Of that section together with the many
thousands Of slaves which have escaped
forever from seryitude since the begin
ming Of the rebellion all these have
inflicted a series Of blows whose effects
will speedily prove fatal to Che whole
system, The most fhrsighted and sa,