The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-10-30
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AEgEgEA4stgk NJ lggSrV> REORGANIZATION
&&8SSSASaR WARDS, Miss pct..s
rhe reception seserat letters fros
decentralization uaasnong tho inosE III
,cilignnt plauters in,lH cotton regionrin
SSse,l me ouce ands ga,Hy&SSR@ To- write 70
as,ess 5tla growing cropaot Soss sss,ssa Con
Secture is now atan en-. Nv pes.an wiiI6
no@tellyery nearly. VIVA. ~. .or - ipayorabje; ~
n y !, suM .sa,ss ;f we will nottcll the tr4shs ma}RS
thero'ore,M W. ouer estimate. inns y
VIII NOT y. nate. say;. within, the past ~ "
place wv wv .o,.;uad.a a. number OF iet.e's -
aass's ~ liz en.Yon.yrowing States, eX1op. r
Mammesseo aud Florida, and u,aas cSat =
,,oaliv in the receipt Of an aSni" = show :
Mast twelve letters. \ st"nr u,n i
t,e, eytcnto my corrssp muoasSn,ace the I.
oom. 80, az ana average ore- aa'Wps se"
iPrese"a ,np ii,|E nlnlands has, bee" propa,
one ,ne .ncfi HAT the, crop " ~ DC tWs'sf-
Eau"E Ln,u,rediS thousand ba'es:ss I
lion; NV ,iT / can learn, the GRIP lfas m'e
snI snder raw estimaterl ,SoM0oo "a,es,
N.Y. rpceipts in TicksburgE are 'ess .n.n
a,.e,e before. F'ro,n South Carosnss - ! 6
s,e pyospectin many places SSSeszasz
as imfls45. A friend ~ ~ sssnl us nat
na.ss-.aA!.sssaaaaHsHSS7S5cen ono Of the moss
sssigna, ever sin my life, I nevrl
- had n poorer CROP" "You sec no one wht
speaks Of his crop hut az having fallen of
P,st conjecture" From Florida, T learr
u is as hat17 a tornado, %Ievclling timber ana
crops; 1850 trees cut off a rund three
quarters OF a mile long" FROM Georgia
The reports are NOT quite scr bad. From
mississippi some worse, some better. Ever
a bale per haEa IS counted upon from
force Of l50 bands.
But, sire without relying upon the wolf
"Woll" o fthe planters, lot any man CONVEX
SAINT with the growth of co,lon take the fact,
as they exist, and then calculate. A cold
wet, andot course a backward sprin9--nort
cotton planted in May aud June than wa.
ever before; grass equally as bad as in lSlD
and more corn bought than was ever since
the settling Of the country; therefore, 200
teams and bad cultivation-,hcn, no raj,
Tor Tie past six or seven weeks. VIVA
can cotton make, planted, saw the Ist o
May. with this droight-only four month.
10 make and grow in! / assure vow t,,cr,
are thousands Of acres OF uyla nj ,n.t ;
irost 'hIs night would NOT cut short. The
oolis now opening arc MOI hall their usua
| may be in error, bot, sirs, rry means o
acquiring a correct report cannot be OK.
ceedcd by any Of the numerous persons
who are interested in the cotton culture
have been Tor years giving my opinion |,
The public, and | make iib doubt that m,
estimates will bear as close scrutiny n.
tEose OF any commission merchant OF New
Orleans or elsewhere If am mistaken,
believe nine hundred and uiIrr' y-ni,.e on,
nf every Thousand cf the planters arc mis-.
taken. s
Thei'nattcr appears to be so plain that
can but think It is sheer "conv,ncinp n mar
against his will" and his interest ton, I,
agree with him, and must say, as MANY do
Theses large slimatc are set on foot bv spe.
cuiators to depress the markets, for inc
purpose OF buying up under such base
frauds. My advice To all planters is, hold
up; order your merchants not to sell urlcr
lSc: lhe present demand and supply war
raipplhts price, as well rs when we werc
selling Mt tour aud five cents. If we mus,
take tho little prices, let us have the LARGO
ones.
} have no idea that the croo of $50 will
exceed two millions of bales, if we have
no 'rost this year; and if this drought con.
tiilnes two weeks longer. NAM" ;..';" -
WIS day' my hands finished picking eve
Ty one-lhlrd OF my land for the fou rth time,
anu | am3lnitc sure in two weeks ,hc re-
malntcr will he open. Never have seen
sosudden a cessation Of all increase.
l nope country papers will copy, or no
t!cc a portion of this. that thus the planters
may for once in their lives take the man.
agcnent OF their affairs in their own hands.
am aware that the big bugs OF N. Orleans
and elsewhere will regard this as non.
sense-and sc vclily do |, for the planters
OF The South have been so often whipped
INTO the traces, that they will no, now
make an etfnrt-and that the writer Of tins.
IKE Don Quixote of old. is fighting against
a windmill. But I will continue to shake
the broken lance, and to warn my agricu!-
tural brethren Of their interests.
M. w. PHILIPS.
Cor. N. 0. Delta.
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