Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-11-02


/ neyer4had a poorer crop,a EsYou
no one speaks Of his crop but as hav-
ing fallen, off past conjecture. From
Florida, | learn it is, as bad; atorna-
do, levelling timber and crops; 1850
trees cutoff a road three uarters of
mile long From Georgia the re;
ports are Il Of quite so bad. From,
Mississippi, some worse, some better.
Eyenabale per baud is counted upon
from aforee of l5O}hands. g eIatsRg
But, sirs, without relying upon the
swolf,eiswolf' ofthe eplanteIe, let any
man con9ersant With the growth Of
cotton, take the fscts as they exist
and caleulate.aGA cooh wet, landlof
course a backward spring more cot
ton planted IN May and june than
was ever known;gfass was equally
as bad dlpasIn 9iS49, and more corn
bought, than was ever before since
the settling ofthe Ycountry; therefore
poor teams and bad cultivation. then,
no rain for the pastl3SiH or seven
weeks. What can cotton make,
planted say 0lsttf May, with this
drought; only four months to make
and. grow in! assure you that
there are thousands of acres of up
land that a frost this night would not,
cut short. Ehed Balls now opening
are not halftheir usual Size. = Sa,'''5T'
Imay be in error but osirs, my
means of acquiring correct report
cannot be exceeded by any of the
numerous persons who are interested
in the cotton culture. have been
giving my opinion to the public, and
| make no doubt that my estimates
will bear as close scrutiny as those
of any commission merchant ofiNeW
Orleans, or elsewhere. q lfIam mis-
taken, | believe nine hundred and
nmety-nme out, ofe every thousand of-
the planters are mlstaken.g gsnEg 4 81
The matter appears o meto be so
plain, that / can but think it is sheer
convincing a man against his will" !"
and his interest too, to agree with
him, and mustCsay, asmahy do, those
large estimates "are setsnon,fo6t by
spectators TO depress the markets,
| for the. purpose of buying up under
such base frauds" My advice to
all planters is. hold up, order your
merchants not TO sell'underI5c, The
present demand and supply warrant
this price, as well as when we were
selling at four and five ,centsg If we
must take the little prices, lettps, have
! the large ones.e{s,ku
/ have no,ideathat the crop of 1850
will exceed two. millions of bales, if
we. have no frost this year, and if this
drought continues two weeks longer,
manylWill be done picking. 9'F''
This day miy hands finished pick
1 ing one third ofmy land for The fourth
time, and j am quite sure in two
weeks, the remainder will be open.
Never have J seen so sudden d ce.
| sation of all increase. nlpi .ab5O
| i hope country papers will copy, or
notice a portion OF this, that thus the
planters may for once in their lives
take the management of their affairs,
in their own hands. am aware
that the big bugs ofNew Orleans
i and elsewhere will regard this as
nonsense--and so verify do |, for the
i planters ofthe South have been so
| often whipped INTO the Traces that
they will not now make an effort
/ and that the writer of this, like Don
tuixote, of old, is fighting againstsa "a
4 windmill. But / will continue to
shake the broken lance, and to warn
my agricultural brethren of their in
| With great respect / am, yours.
Hto naet M. w. PHILIPS.