The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-07-30


1Ae Cotton Crop Of 1857 and '5s.-A week
OF ten days ago, communication appeared in the
N. 4. journal Of Commerce, posl-nlurk ed Mont
gomery, Ala. giving nm estimate of the next col.
ton crop. We of course do not know its author
or his occupation, bu: shrewdIy suspect from
the extravaganza Of his figures. that fo either
knows nothing OF the subject Oh which lie effects
70 speak ndvisedly, or he singuIarly n,isreprc
sents facts, for it is scarcely possible that arv
man IN this section Of country could blunder so
widely with any data before him. Think of il!
nc sets down tie coming crops at $500, 600 or
a,0ouO0o bales! With all the disasters and de-
lay which have affected the crop, with
present. seasons not very good, with the amount
OF dsplanted in cotton, but on account of bad
stands afterwards planted in corn, from the proba
bty Of an early frost, if weesceed the present
crop lO0,OO0 bales it will be remarkable We
knowsA is common at this season of the year tn
make unfsyorable predictions of the CROP, with
1he hope OF influencing the market. But on the
~ interested in depreciating the value of cotton
by tho prospect Of over production, and their
ngents aud ernlsarles are constantly Volunteering
the most silly op,aions. We sincerely believe,
from careful examination oftthe reports from
all the cotton-growing sections, that the present
growing crop will not exceed 3, OO0, 900 or 3, 100
900 bales.-tade1Re Rsgi..er.
st,A6a<&--Dr. Livingston, the celebrated. Af
rlean traveller aud explorer, has had conferred
upon him the freedom of the city of London
On the occasion lie made sot1e remarks in refer
cnce to the condition and capabilities Of. Africa,
expressing himself convinced that many iliscoye
Ies Of great benefit to the world would result
from the opening of the interior ;of that cont
nent. lie instanced the substances of eutta. per
oha and caoutchouc, not known q few wears
since, and now indispensable to almost every
household, and considered tl,ese as but samples
ol many articles of commerce yet to come tod
light. lie had ii fibrous plant in his possession.
entirely unknown 10 commerce, which Loudon
firm has pronounced to bo worth when prepared |
between ESQ and ESQ a ton. flo also found up, |
wards OF u dozen kinds of fruit totally uuheard
Of III England, which seemed 10 him excellent and
capable of higher cultivation The tribes in The |
interior were greatly superior to those on the |
coas, and'anxious 10 cultivate intercourse with
YGlte men. The country was extremely fertile. |
us may be judged fron,a,s fast stst the traveller
often passes through grsssso high a. 10 cover his
head while he sits on an.6x. The doeter closaC
with renewing his convie edons Of the desrabiIitv
Of bringng Central Aftiea withip de. .eepmaaity
OF nations. y y 77H' 80, ss6fssfssee
TIE Six Crop.-The adyiets from. sost,arn
Eumpe, concur In represeuipg thSt sha Sill crop
has again failed, the yield being variousjy sia.
ted at two ffhs or ono-haJf of the ordinary aver,
age. This deficiency viii be seyerely felt in the
south of France, and is Of vital ;,poriance 10 the
prosperity Of Lyons and its dense population, the
creator part Of whom are engaged in the silk