The Buchanan County Guardian

LOSS OF SLAVE PROPERTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

We see it stated that the average cash value of male slaves at present in South Carolina, as shown by the auction sales, &c., is $316—females $400. Thus it appears, that for the first time in the history of that State or any State, male slaves are much less valuable than female. The reason no doubt is, that men don't like to buy male slaves, knowing the strong probability, if not the certainty, of their being seized for military service. This strongly indicates the condition of things there.

The average value of male and female slaves in South Carolina has hitherto been a thousand dollars. So the depreciation upon the hundred and eighty five thousand slaves of the State, allowing the number of males and females to be equal, is about two hundred and sixty-four millions of dollars. What a monstrous loss for a single State, especially a State no richer than South Carolina. She has suffered fearfully from this war, and, if it come not to a speedy close, her sufferings will be tenfold what they have yet been. Terrible was her crime, and terrible has been, and more terrible will be, her punishment.

If the depreciation in the value of slaves has already been so great in South Carolina, remote from the scene of war, what has it probably been in Virginia and Tennessee?-Louisville Journal.