The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-09-06
GuanO Agency@

Ne took occasion to state III our paper OF Lne
29th inst. in reference to the agency of MR.
Gourdn for the sale of GuaHo in South Caroiina
and in the adjoining States, that he held that
agency under Messrs Barreda & Brother and
that he would be able to sell at the same pricdf
at which Guano can be sold in New York, by
the agent of the Peruvian Government.
A correspondent in our paper of Yesterday
states that 'the price of the Peruvian Govern
ment for Guano in New York is $40 per ton, -
and solicts to know whether the agent here will
be able to sell the same article in Charleston atsd
that price.
In reply, we have to state that Messrs. Barres1s.
da & Brother of Baltimore, are the sole agents
of the Peruvian Government for the saleof Gus
ano in the United States. That the agents in y
New York holds precisely the same appoint
ment under them which Mr.. Gourdin docs in
Charleston; that cargoes are principally brougits
by vessels in their return voyages from Califor-t
MIA, that they all arrive at Hampton Roads,
and are there ordered off by Messrs Barreda & 1
Brother to the several agencies that there is no
reason why adherence in price should exist at
different ports, and no reason, therefore, for oe-
between the port of New York and the port Of
Charleston. On the contrary, these gentlemen
express every disposition to favor our Southern (
Ports, and with certain demand, sufficient to
authorize direct shipment, it can be taken to Z
Charleston by shorter voyage than even to the.
port of Baltimore
This is all that can be said. The voyage from
the Guano Islands is one of unusual uncertainty
and peril. Several vessels were lost in it during
the last season, and it is impossible, therefore, to
speak with any certainty of the supply. There
is every prospect at present that it will he abun-
dant, and if so. Mr.. Gourdin has every hope that
he will be able to offer it at the prices mention
ed by our correspondent, but in this matter he
will be entirely subject to the control of the
principal contractors in Baltimore.
We are not advised of the precise relation sus-
tanned by Messrs. Barreda & Brother to the Pc
ruvan Government, but are inclined to the be- =
lief that they hold contract for a monopoly of ,
the the entire trade with the United States. But
if this be so, and by their contract to receive all
that can be sent to them at stipulated price,
they have been mainly instrumental in opening
this extensive trade, their position is one which
no exception can be taken.
We hope the supply may be abundant, aud
hope that we may soon realize the brilliant an
ticpations of Yesterdays correspondent. One
advantage which we promise ourselves from its
use is, that experiencing its immpse adyanta-~
ges, our farmers will be stimulated to exhaust
their local sources of substitute. Another is
that experiencing the greater advantage of the
proper cultivation of a small interest," the ruin,
Gus system of extensive surface culture will in
time be abandoned. This has been the vice of
our Southern States. In the Northern States
an individual will take 60 acres of the poorest
land he can find, if he can get it cheap and at
the expiration Of ten years OF careful industry he
will have increased its value ten fold. At the
South an individual will take one thousand acress
less than half OF it will he attempt to cultivate
neighbors will be excluded from the balance, >
which pays him no interest in the mean time,
but is charged with taxes, and at the expiration
of ten years the whole will be worth less than it
was at the commencement of the experiment.
The whole surface of the country, under the one
system, becomes garden; under the other a.
waste.
1t is sometimes doubted whether lands arc
not injured after the first year by the use of Gu
ano. Cut of this were true, so long as it pays
from one 10 two hundred. per cent. upon the in
restlnents, it can he no argument against its
Use, but it is not 90, for several years there lin
gers about it some recollection of the extreordi-'
nary stimulant it has received. And it is only
after successive years of inattention that it re-
turns to its original conditon.-Southern STAN
dad.