Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-03-02


This: " We understand that an enterpri-
sing old genius, by the name of L---y, has
lately been "improving" the fruit of pot-
tions OF Lexington and Edgefcld Districts,
5: e., by grating Apple scions into the Wild
Mulberry and Sweet Potato He charges
the very moderate sum of S5 per hundred for
inserting these gratis and strange as it may
seem to our readers, has really driven quite a
trade in certain neighborhoods
Will not some patriotic and charitable per-
son subscribe for few copies of the South
ern Cultivator or Farmer & Planter, to be dis
i trlbuted gratuitously among this old gentle
mans customers? Weare so anxious to shed
our light in that region, that we will send the
paper at considerable discount, as we doubt
not, also, will Bro. Stokes, of the Farmer g.
! Planter"
To which the Farmer & Planter thus res
ponds
" Most assuredly, we will, Bro Redmond
| Our mission is to gve light, to correct error,
and preserve our Farmers and Planters from
imposition. We will go farther: We will
give $40 for the first apple produced from
graft on the sweet potato But, Bro. r., are
you sure that some enterprising genius" has
not been imposing on your crcdulity? 1t is
true, we have but few subscribers in Licking
ton and Edgcfcld, but we have very high
opinion of the citizens Of those Districts, and
are unwilling to swallow the dose, much as
we like apples, and sweet potatoes -sepa-
rotely."
You linors down there by Lecsville, how
is this How many VS. have you invested
in this wondrous new mode of grating p
And do you expect potatoes or apples as the
result Report progress as soon as possible
1t only needs to say of the large feast of
selected matter contained in the number be-
fore us that it is varied, useful and interest.
ing in the main. Some things we cannot un-
dcrstaud as we'll as others for instance, it is
hard to sec what the man, Levi Bartlett,
means, when he talks about Egypt, the Nile
and Joseph, on page 81 but the bare men
ton of the latter name is suggestive in this
year of scarcity. Oh, that some Joseph
would arise to give us all as easy an opportu-
nifty as the Egyptians had under his admins
tration, when, as the old Historic ,Sacrm of
our school-boy days used to say of him:
g Htc dutcm dpcrut hOrreu ct EyyptjiS tiu-
mcnta oendidH."
The number is in most respects clever
one. The proofreadcr, like most proof-read-
ers, must be urged to greater care. The ty-
| geographical execution is nevertheless very
crcdituble; And with I" a very good morning
to you, gentlemen" we wish the Farmer &
Planter most successful year.
SOUTHERN TRADE.-Our correspondent
calls attention to the duty of Southern men
and Southern merchants, in this important
crisis in our affairs, to concentrate trade at
Southern points The subject is one of more
importance than casual reader would ut first
suppose, and may be looked at in a light that,
probably, many Of our merchants have not re.
garded it. First, there is hostility to the
South existing at the North, This, we sup
pose, no one will deny. Secondly, that hos
tility: if it be furnished with the means, will
assume positive form, in the shape of an iu-
creased naval force along our coast, or an ar
my upon our borders. But, to do either, the
Government of the Northern section must
have money. Where will it get this? and
upon what will its credit rest 1t gets it from
duties levied on imports and its credit de-
pends upon the extent of its imports. Now,
If we buy from the North, we pay part of the
revenue which It's Government derives from
these importations, and thus supply it with
the means for using coercion against us and
by Increasing its trade, we enlarge its credit
basis, thus directly strengthening the power
that is against us, while weakening the power
| N''N'N w
our own Southern merchants, then, what.
ever they import pays duty to the South
| ern Government. We trust, however, that
prompt action on the part of the Southern
| Congress will correct this. The tariff bill now
before the Northern Congress- is very high
one; and if Southern importations have to
pay the high duty levied by the Northern
Government, and an additional one be levied
by Southern Government, the direct South
ern importer would run the dealer through
New York out of the Southern market The
Southern Congress should therefore, arrange
this revenue question as soon as possible, aud
collect duty on goods coming from New York,
as well as from those coming from Liverpool
or Havre. Then, goods coming from New
York, paying contributions to both the North
ern and the Southern Governments could not
possibly be sold at the South as cheaply as
goods that had paid only one moderate duty
to the Southern Government.
South Curoliniaa.
THE VIRGINIA "Om FEvER"-Large
Sale ot Latk.-Wc learn from Parkers.