Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-12-24


J, and yarn; Lcgran, dry goods Rosenheim
9 millinery; Baker & Montague, feed jacobs
wares. Also, Howard Cole g. Co., of Bali
} more, dry goods, liabilities seven hundred
t thousand dollars.
| E:v- The reduction of letter post,oo be
tween this country and Great Briti,n md
ireland, to six cents per halfounce to t,ko
effect on and after January l, 1870 viii bo
welcome Dcws to the public This is one. h,tf
the present rate, and only onc.ouarter that
winch existed for many years prior to las.
january The postage must be prepaid mn.
acr tlle new rate, as all letters not prepaid .or
inSu'iIclcntly paid, will be charged double
postage ut destination.
+ WAsHINGToN, December 1.-THE follow.
ing Is what the Commits .vncrs of Agriculture
says III his annual report, just out, under the
head OF "Southcrn Agriculture :"
"Ihc continued high price of cotton has
made its culture more profitable than ut anv
former period and the crop of 1868 has
yielded larger amount of money than chat OF
loo9. The yield Of the past year exceeded
very slightly the estimate Of this DEPARTMENT.,
which was $50, 600 bales. The present sea.
son has witnessed great activity int this culture
an increase of area cultivated, and more gen.
cra' and generous fertilization, and has also
been characterized by drought in the sea.
oard States, and other causes of diminished
reduction, which have modified tho cxpcct,.
tlons of planters; yet tho crop will exceed
that OF last year, and may reach 300 zoo
bales
II regret to observe, from official cores
poDdcnce and during brief tour throu xh
tnc cotton States, the tendency to neglect
o'hcr crops and concentrate all available la
Dor and capital upon single product, how.
ever profitable. The inevitable result will box,
more cotton and smaller net returns in n,>;
alter the purchase of needed SUI plies .dry, Inc.
further results, slower inlprovenS" t1.v'And, a
lcctcd lands This bane orSna natrnr.' nrn"Antof neg
tnre is still operative, ar6 call 'yuthcrn asricul
only when low priceiing cri may cease to exis
dcncy shall "" '""i"S Ems ms disaster and despou
rational 10, l86gain arrest the ,mpoitic and IL
~ 7 - course of production. would no
lS4visc an attempt to keep up prices BY limit
= ing the yield a somewhat larger supply ofth
staple is needed in tho markets of the world
! the present rates cannot be sustained indcG
ntcly; but would not foster the suicid,
mania for chcapening the money producin,
! crop while rendering dearcr every other tha
must be purchased as an auxiliary of its pro
duction.
,sl It's gratifying, however, to note the in
G case of cotton manufactures in the cotto
. region, their fourishing condition. their larg
dividends, and tho quality of their yarns AM
fabrics Operatives arc easily obtained a
reasonable wages, becoming rapidly inurc,
!" !" to habits of systommatic industry, and rapid
!" ly acquiring tho requisite skill. At tho oom
monoement of tho present year there wcr
! aighty-six Cotton mills reported from South
crn States to tho National Association of Cot
= ton Manufactures and Planters, running 225,
. 063 spindes, CONSUMING 31,4l5.75O pounds
"Tho cotton manufactured in the Unite
States in 1850 was 22,7O4975 pounds; il
! 1868, by these returns, 450, 900, 900 pounds
At tho former date tho home consumption
!, was twenty per cent. Of tho crop it is no,
forty per cent. AS the ratio Of consumption
; shall be further increased, the prosperity O
= this country and Of tho cotton section vii
advance.
,fE "The sugar interest is rapidly attainingi
10 former proportions. a disposition Is indio.
,r ted to extend its culture peyond the can
!. plantations Of the Mississippi River to Flor
!. da, Southern Georgia and Texas Fruit Gu
i. Iture isgaining a prominence whoh it ncve
!. before enjoyed vineyards Of hundreds 4
!, acres in extent have been established an
- orchards ofthoasands Of acres, with grove
oi of oranges and other tropical fruits Ther
g is evidence ofprogrcss also in the use of I'M
proved agricultural implements, the employ
4 ment of fertilizers, and IN tho mental activit
:, and spiritof inquiry which are moving tn
i rural mind of this SEQ ton" .3E u 4
~ y ~ ~ ~ .s Z, n ~ ~ IA
y d; Asy- Tn Ohnrleston, eB6 go ,rioe was qut
e e ted at g to 7o,s per lBJ North river hay
q 8l.20l per hundred soorn5 $1 90 to S1.25 pc
20 busbel four, tS5 10 100 bacon, 1871 to q