It is thus demonstrated by the official statistics of the Census of the United States, from 1790 to 1860, that the total annual product of the Free States _per capita_ exceeds that of the Slave States, largely more than two to one, and, including commerce, very nearly three to one. As regards education, also, we see that the ratio in favor of the Free States is more than four to one in 1850 (4.12 to 17.23), and, in 1860, more than five to one (3.21 to 17.03). And even as regards agricultural products, we have seen that those of the Free States were $2,527,676,000 per annum, and of the Slave States only $862,324,000. The value of the lands of the Free States was $25.19 per acre, of the Slave States only $10.46 per acre; the product of the improved lands of the Free States was $26.68 _per acre_ and of the Slave States $11.55, while, _per capita_, the result was $131.48 to $70.56. These facts prove how much greater the crops of the Slave States would be, if their farms (including cotton) were cultivated by free labor. It is also thus demonstrated how completely the fertile lands of the South are exhausted and reduced in value by slave culture. Having thus proved, deductively, the ruinous effects of slavery, I will proceed, in my next letter, inductively, to exhibit the causes which have produced these remarkable results. R. J. WALKER. AENONE: A TALE OF SLAVE LIFE IN ROME. CHAPTER V. The day wore quietly on, like any other day; for the confusion and turmoil of the ovation were already a half-forgotten thing of the past, and Rome had again subsided into its usual course: in the earlier hours, a city of well-filled streets, astir and vocal with active and vigorous trade and labor; then--as the noontide sun shed from the brazen sky a molten glow, that fell like fire upon the lava pavement, and glanced from polished walls until the whole atmosphere seemed like a furnace--a city seemingly deserted, except by a few slaves, engaged in removing the triumphal arches hung with faded and lifeless flowers, and by a soldier here and there in glistening armor, keeping a lonely watch; and again--as the sun sank toward the west, and, with the lengthening shadows, the intensity of the heat diminished--a city flooded with wealth and fashion, pouring in confused streams hither and thither, through its broadest avenues and forums--groups of idlers sauntering along to watch the inoccupation of others, and with the prospective bath as the pretence for the stroll--matrons and maidens of high degree, with attendants following them--a rattle of gayly caparisoned chariots, with footmen trotting beside the wheels--guards on horseback--detachments of praetorian soldiers passing up and down--here the car of a senator of the broad purple--there the mounted escort of a Syrian governor--all that could speak of magnificence, wealth, and authority, at that hour thronged the pavement.