Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-05-21
Cotton.

uuctlon. Q have often thought it too lNinw-
~, and, II anything, too influential its way.
The best of things arc liable to abuse and.
however good and desirable, toe ends arc of
ten perverted. But Cotton is King. and alb
sorbs the attention of Southern planters. and
however much cxclusvcncss may httncb to
its culture, the world goes ON tolerablv smooth,
Though not SO proSprrously as itwUuld under
a lituo different system from that pursued.
In contemplating the attention bestowed
upon cotton in very many instances, we nrc
torcibIy reminded of the parent who fondly
md atlcctionatcly takes ono of his. chil,lrcn
to his bosom, in love and confidence. and
cnldly ncglccts the balance of his household
When we sec the planter cultivatng his cot
ION to he exclusion of his grain, to the ncg-
lcct of his stock, and to the extent of iinpoy-
Crushing his land, we think OF the unnatural
parent. and feel if it is right and Just for that
parent to lovcnll his children and treat them
cpualiy we'll, lis cQTally incumbent on tho
planter not to become so absorbed i'm cotton
culture as to neglect his grains, stock. i'm.
r"vcmcntS upon his farm, aud the render
ing lIiS home more delightfully."- pleasant anu
prosperous.
1t Is rlght Tor us to grow as much cotton as
we can; 1t is pleasing to contemplate large
crop; 1T is iiattcring to our vanity to be able
to boast over our ncighbDrs. but, in tho sum
ming up of accounts if we have TO buy corn,
stock, and repair dilapidations, the result of
gross neglect, We shall find startling inroads
upon our profits.
Our ambition should not be to plant the
iargestquantity, but only so much as we can
work well and not to the neglect of equally
important field products and aduncts.
The planter should determine how much
he can cultivate easily and well to the hand
when his mind is muturcd ON this point, he
should address himself to as perfect a prep
aratlon OF his field for the seed as Thought and
physical industry will admit Of 4 great
deal OF loss isannually sustaincdby the crops
driving the planter Instead of his driving or
Keeping his crop III advance. 10 explain
time is not economically used at the begin
ming of the ycar-tllc season advances like a
thot III the night upon the plantcr-it is then
discovered that no time is to be lost--a rush
to gct cotton beds thrown ny, corn lnutl prc-
pared and seed in them, charactcrizcs overv
momcnt-crops arc sown--all come IN to-
Sethcr-ior want of system in the beginning.
up to the cars in grass is the conscqucncc-
negroes arc drivcn-stock pl0wc1 to death
and Tom Thumb plant meets the eve ali
over the icld---drouth comes, or n wet sea-
son sets in, and ones luck is cursed. and in.
hdcl'ty springs up in the heart. Planters, is
not this more or less the case every vcar?-
1t has remedy, but that remedy can Only
be found in "A more thorough tilth. The true
principle is to plant less of everything and
cultivate what yon do plant thoroughly, and.
rely on it, your profits will be creator. The
quantity grown may be smaller, but the su-
.pcriority of the article, and the enhanced
value because of that superiority. will over
balance Grcatly.-Sp"H'eyu Ruut Geniicman
ZONE EYED SAUL" Our readers will, we
arc sure, thank US that wo refused to victim
iSc them by publishing few chapters of a
sensation story sent us with this title. and
winding up by telling them they cohld find
the rest elsewhere. The Edgcheld 3Adverti-
SCrSnyS of it:
a dumb farce is Just now passing before
the eyes ofmany newspaper readers in South
Catoina, bearing the Pulyrhetic title Of
"Onc Eyed Saul" Here comes nearly a
dozen ofour country cotcmporarics this week
half filled with II story thus designated, and
only told in part, which is published as an
advertisement at three cents line. Tho
New York Weekly is the advertiser in the
present instance ; and seeks thus to cntran
subscribers i'll South Carolina. We can't
lmaSlnc how such a trick can take among
our people so transparent is the strategy
The wonder is, that it does not disgust and
produce the very opposite effect from that de-
sired. The New York Weekly evidently
prcSnmcS upon tho supposed Ignorance and
Sulliblity of South Carolina readers. And
we are rather surprised that any portion Of
our press should incur the charge of seeming
to second the conccitcd metropolitan in his
vanity and impmcncc. We however con
denim no one in the premises. Let every pn-
per Judge of It's own course i'm such matters
The question is between them and their rca-
Gcfs. Still, wo can but laugh at the face of
y" One Eyed Saul" spcciallywhen we think
of such grave old stagcrs as the Camden
journal and the Spar anburg Spartan, con
scntinS to enact the parts Of scivitors and
jnnitors therein. Take no affencc, gentle
men'-it is but laugh,-no disrcspcct.
LonD DERBY on TIE DREADED WAR
In recent speech on the Italian qucs-
tion, Lord Derby said
My noble friend has already pointed out
the lamontablc consequences which must
arise, if war does break out, to Italy her
self, whatever be the ultimate result, or
whoever be in the first instance successful.
think he nndcrratos the magnitude of the
danger if he supposcs that the war will be
confined to Italy 1t will be a war, in the
first place, of the most sanguinary descrip-
tion, because awar of principle and of pas
sion. 1t will not be war between two
great nations contending for some definite
object, buta war exciting the most violent
passions, and once begun in Italy it will
extend far beyond the limits of that coun-
try Other passions will be reused, other
interests will be touched, other nations will
be called upon to Interfere. and wan, orig