The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-01-08


TO 90 cents before the combustion Is
formed, and rope at 5 A cry had been
made ofshort crops Of hemp ia Kentucky /
and Missouri. The continuation Is made. +
and bagging goes up 70 2s cents, and +
rope to l2l. The fortunes ofthese spec
ulators are made from thousands 20 mil- +
lions. if the planterscan be scared into
ketearly accidentally, shall saw. /
Benefits Herald has figured two AMI
half millions Of bales for the crop The
news comes to him (ao doub, accidental /
ly) from all quarters in the Soath-his
correspondents inform him thar more cot F
ton was planted than ever known before
that the stands we're never finer; al
this meets with hearty response Of eoa-
irmation from our Southern papers
and shall I say, accidentally Tor You too
If not, please '.defne your position n
am aware that the ehild's excuse may b
made your apology; that You did no,
know the effect of your own publications.,
and viii admit thai although ignorance
is an ercuse, vet IS no defence-aad the
Rev. Mr.. Clapp told US last Sunday, thar
we have many children among men. al
though they may have passed their
majority by a score Of yeats
As to the Herald. have always IN
derstood that he would publish any thing
for the guild pro quo, and there are men
--ah, planters too, Souihcrners, who pa
tronize that print, But 10 the effect
ItkePt bagging and rope up beyond a fair
value, to the injury OF the planter. Il
FRUSTRATED the European market, and
left Us a surplus Of 100000 bales uasold.
to the injury Of the PlaHtsr-and now
with cotton crop million ofbaIes short
Of your two and a half million ealcula
ton. You have nearly ruined the plzaf-
er. He cannot get within SO per cent.
ofthe price OF 1897, when the cotton crop
was some 100000 bales more than q Ho,r
IS, or will be this year. So much for the
benefit Of your labors are the planters
! indebted to their friends the editorial
, corps | can take up other years, and
show, | think, clearly, where millions
would have gone justly aud properly In
to the pockets Of the planters, bat for "a
; miIar publications made by Southern
5 papers.
t If any editor doubt my ability 70 make
this good, let him throw his columns
r open, and send the ffes Of his paper, for
t the last seven years. to the Bulletin OF
: fee, subject 10 my order. and viii try
:; When the information from MississiP-
s pi, Arkansas. and our own State, began 80
j Indicate shortness Of crop Cor this year
t Qs4n we were met BY statement, hcr-
0 aided from almost every corner in this
, city, that Alabama, Georgia and South
! Carolina, had produced an enormous
] crop, which would greatly OverbaIanee
5 any diminution in louisiana, Missiszip-
r pi, DC.
: isit not strange-very strange, TIA
E the same tale was being told IN Charles
i ton, Savannah, Augusta. &c, but rever
) sed as to localities. There, they wers
e told, that although Georgia, &c has
,. short crops, but that IN Louisiana an
IS Mississippi they were abundant-vcr1
f heapyu say, is not this strange-ans
I'll yet who doubts bet it was pnrsly aeri
S dental. Noinjury intended for the Plaas
e er-aIl accident.
!. BUthave our interest been any better pro
is tected from another quarter. What has'
of our banks been doing amidst this genera
a forgetfulnesso Of our Interests proposl
n to extend my remarks 10 relation to them
ID only so far as their public acts, may b
n supposed legitimateIy connected Wit
% this subject, and only so far a. that &C
ton may have effected our interest IN III
IS present crop These Institutions. Great
d. ed by legislative enactment for genera
lfI good, should always make the genera
rs welfare the great standard b. which Il
RI their acts should be governed. Some {
at them appear TO have done sosothers hax
is not We have all seen and felt the d
Of pressing effect on our staples BY the eS
he uggeration Of our crop,andthe '-glooaay
ID pictures Of the present and future BY o.
ur editors. But asif these difficulties wer
10. Sufficient se u .-s.rLf fhat tha.- -h.,..I