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-.t'l'-'-ULiiL'.'J'M1 .1 'Ml11. ' .* JJ? COTTON. As cotton has, and is likely to be for 8 tmctimc to come, the all-absorbing topic of coiisiderationln the commercial world, wo hope our readers will excuse us for publ'islting the following letter from the Liverpocfl correspondent ot the Mercury ; and nJ6hm?rrli InncrtW ???/! O D--V* " ?* ? will lenm what hope is entertained of keeping tip the price of <nir staple, by one who is interested in watching the foreign markets : LivKRrooL, Jnn. 26,1 ^50 Gentlemen: The JjTibernia arrived hero iu a. m. ot T?cs4*y last. Her accounts of sfifl (finrunlslung csfimatcsof the crop, and a rise of fully a cent in New York, in the very teeth of ta6 IdWCS* r?.tCS sent out since October, produced n great sensation in Liverpool, and 30,000 bales were sold that day, at fully a \ advance; establishing middlings at 0 7-8?very stiff and little otTering. The next day operator i began to discover that thev had got a little "ahead of the music:" the time to allow Cotton to take its natural upward coucse, was not yet arrived. The famous cow on the other side had yet rich stores in her udder, and it was important to save as mucV. of tho drippings as possible, before the. nvticle should l)c allowed to go up. So, nil hands were piped to qunrtcre, in order to prepare a wet blanket?the spinners by instinct, sncculntnra Kv n f..l1 =? 4 .. .uii otisoc vn mrvuniy in what tliey had, and hoping for still another suck or two. Since then the sales have fallen off, though no reduction ill price. It was di covered that somebody, in Now York, hti' written a letter stating that a friend of his had lately taken a hasty flight all the way from New York to Mobile, between the 25th and 31st Decembftr, mid had reported that lie found quite jis much unpicked Cotion in the fields, as wnen lie passed through in the middle of November in the previous year. Quite a business man this, and expedious with .1; doubtless lie had Pacolet's horse, and therefore, fuH opportunity for making an examination into the condition of the fields as he passed on. The deduction from all this, howeve, is, as I have often \irged, that this market must, and will, take its tone from yours. If you have a short crop, evince it by your firmness: then :?halt you know that your labor is not in vain. And now a word to planters. Great hopes and expectations are already cherished in England, that the present high prices, as ihey call them, will stimulate planters to suc'i a degree, that next year f ll V Will llOWA ? A*1I ontxrkl.f 1~? j ..... imiv < lull oil|; J#l V tlllU IUW UllVS. To avoid whi:h two things only arc necessary to be observed on your part: plant less; and do not break your necks in getting it to market. Where you planted one hundred acres last year, plant only eighty or ninety this, and you will not only get more money for what you make than for a full crop, but encounter less labor, incur less expense, and at the same time be able to raise more corn, which makes fat hogs, and horses and cattle. mid plenty of them. Why work your- ] selves nnd your negroes to death in order , to gratify Manchester, and supply her < with Cotton at six cents per pound, when t you may live in plenty and at your ease . and get 10 to 25 cents? This is no fiction. , AW experience proves it. Providence ] lms kirnlly interposed to help you out of , one difficulty, arising from over-produc- ( tion; don't get into another: or in other ( words, lend your adversaries a stick to , break your own heads. Then when your crop is made, be calm, he cautious. By November next, these folks will ho. both hungry and thirsty. Give them then a little milk: recollect that they will not bear strong meat well. They, like Jesharun, grow fat and kick: avoid their heels. In December, another moderate sup; January another; but less in quantity. In February and March a little more; in April, A/ay, and June, you may begin to fill their bellies, in order to keep them in condition through the remainder of the season. They will take the nourishment eager as lambs, and be glad of it. 1 Never send any Cotton to mavket with- i out a limit. It throws too much respon- < sibility upon your Faetois. Never allow ] it to be sold until your price is obtained. ] II* you owe your Factor money, and he " cannot .^ell at your price, or wait for his < pay, instruct him to sell as much as will pay himself?this is but justice?and hold the balance, If you are much involved, ?cll not only cotton but property, which j is now bearing a good price, nnd disenthral yoytr^dves, Be free! Be indepeml ent. * i The London Globe says, that it suspects 1 that it is with you as with other producers?you Jive from hand to mouth. ( What a humiliating thought 1 If it has been the case, be so no longer. All ( freedom is agog, just now, at the pros- * pect of some vimencan gentleman (and c they lean*Very strong, just now, on the j Yankees) coming over to Jamaica, j plant Cotton upon their cast off sugar es- . tales, &c. Some parties may be coming * ovor for pu^nos^R of their own; but I minK c it quite as likely that it is with a view 10 t annexation, as to attempt to grow Cotton ? with free negroes. The ono it ju?t as l' >" ' I MJL? feasible ns the other. India, too, is to bo revamped, load made, and a mighty effort made there too. They have been making a mighty effort there for the Inst twenty years, and n".c with what success. Somebody carricd a common plough there for use. and. according to the Lon don Times, as soon ns the managers or overlooker's back was turned, the natives stuck it up on end, painted it red, ami worshipped it as a god. Well may they lean on us. Hoping that you may lay this advice, and these admonitions seriously to heart and profit by them and invoking a contin- I uance of all those blessings of a kind ProvSflnnno roKinK Unt*n V? r?/< ! ? iuvii^v 11 iiivii ll(?1 v/ iv utct1 cw jmg" nally manifested in your behalf. I remain, very respectfuliv, your obd't servt, A Southern Plastf.?. KEOWEE COURIER *>?1. n?ek K^HKia ^ AT VW.W 1 OWW? With n view of accommodating our Sub scribers who live at a distance, the following gentlemen arc authorized and roquo&tcd to act as agenta in receiving and forwarding Sub scriptoria to tho Keowek Coirikb, vir: Maj. W. S. Gr?rham, at West Union. Edward Huciiikh, Esq., " Horse Shoe. E. 1'. Vkrneb, Esq., " Jlachelor'B lletreat M. F. Mitchell, Esq.. " Pickcnsville. J. E. IIauuwu, " Twelve Mile. T. J. '.Vkbr, for Anderson District. THR WEATHUn On Monday we had rain, with some snow Tuesday was clear, cold and and windy, the'remainder of the week has been pleasant and balmy as spring. But we would guess there is tome snow on tlic Smolsy mountains, inasmuch us the Tennessee mail has not made its appearance here during tho last two weeks?he generally comes when he can swim the Tuckascege, and push his way through the snow. CHESTER. We learn from the Palmetto Standard, which paid us a visit Inst week, being the first Bince cold weather sat in, that the representatives of Cheater District have invited the citizens to meet at the Court 7/ouso on t)ie first montlay in A pril, to appoint delegates to meet other delegates of the Congressional District in May, whose duty it will then bo to elect two delegates to represent Pinckney Congressional District in the Convention at Naohville. The work goes forward calmly and deliberately,?one district after another all over the State arc assembling iu primary meetings' taking deliberate and determined counsel as to that course by them to be pursued iu reference to Northern Aggression. And these primary meatinga will be continued until every district and parish in the State shall liavo spoken the will of the people. And South Carolina 'I elect and send her delegates to the SouthConvention, Gen. Taylor. <fc Co., to the con tnwy notwithstanding. SUICIDE. On the evening of the 19th inst;, tlio body of Nathaniel Rankin, lute of Georgia, .ens found near the dwelling house of Col. John Rankin, three nuies from tliis pl&C6, Vtiili s, eliot gun, by liis side, the contents of which, it was very apparent hod l>een discharged through his head :arryiiig sway ?uut mutilating almodt the entire head. Mr, R. "was about 60 years of age, unci subject to occaeiomil fits of insanity. He ?vas living with his brother, and having had the misfortune many years ago to lose one of hi? legn, was unable to participate in the engagements of the fnrni, aud having been leftalono nt (he house for the evening, seized that opportunity of putting an end to his earthly existencerherc was evidence before the jury of In(jl?c8t that the gun had been left in the house on the rack, and not loaded?that there was powder n the house, but neither shot nor bullet*, and there was no perceptible evidence that the gun had been charged with lead, though a portion of wad consisting of runner nnd rags was found near the body. The conclusion is thai ;nc ucccuceu loaueu me gun mmscil with powder and wad, run a small limb of a bush through the guard before tlie trigger, sat down. Iield the muzzlo to his right car with the left liand, and with the right drew up the gun with jufficicnt force to pull down the the hammer, ?the fatal spark ignited the powder, and a 'leavy charge was driven through his head? scattering fragments of the skull to n distance if 30 vnrrlH. ft it won * alinckinff upmio?n loathsome and melancholy duty that jury of [iiquest had to perform u- . iew of that horribly mutilated body;?the verdict waa that the de-.ea>;cd came to bin death by shooting himself THE MAILS. It is not vithin the memory of that notorious personage, 'the oldest inhabitant,' when such confu ion, bad management, and tatal failures of the mails lias prevailed throughout the whole countiv* Not a week passes, that wo are not told jf failure after failure following closely 1 in the heels of each other, until we are 1 ilmost led to doubt whether the Union 1 loes exist. To say the lea.it, the facta ustifv the conclusion, that a dissolution K-twocn the mail contractom ?od good 1 aith h;? taken place, and tho whole ountry is very nnxiou* that such resoluions of compromise should be adopted, ( s would speedily bring about a re-union, i Iu consequence of tbc Jrequcut failure; 1 * of Northern iruiils, we are not able to keep up with the proceedings of Congress, which of all matters of news, j*st now, is most important, nnd interesting to the South. The newspapers of our own Ssate arc not the only parties who com plain, for every cxcliangc we have received for two weeks, from iVcw Orleans to Philadelphia have ecltocd the same grievance. And is thorc no remedy? Is Mr. Collnmer blind and deaf to these appeals? Oris Ire a Northern PostmasterGeneral, havinsr no care for the South? So far as his private feelings are concern ed, doubtloss the latter is true; but as a public officer he surely ought to have a enre how the duties of that office are discharged, and if sQrao attention 19 not given to this subject very soon, we, in common with all otlior good citizens, must conclude that there is an absolute want of capacity on the part of the aforesaid officer, to discharge the duties dcvo lving on him. THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION. Wo desire to call the attention of the Pendleton Delegation to their duty in reference to sundry resolutions adopted by our Legislature on the subject of a Southern Convention. The time is drawing near when our people should be called together to approve or disapprove of those resolution* and to say what course they will pursue on thia great national question. We entertain no doubt but that they will confirm tlio ronnmnioiKlotinno nf !>? T Vt VUO AJV^IOinVUlU and cxccutc them to the fullest extent?and that sale day in April will be early enough to meet; but as this election District embraces Wo judicial Districts, if is necessary to havo a distinct understanding as to the time and place of meeting, and inasmuch as the wto Districts cannot meet in one place, to know how many delegates caoh one is entitled to. Four of tho representatives and the Senator live in Anderson and only threo in Picltans District, nnd t% it - i ? ? - i uuaieion election District will bo entitled to 8 delegates in &?> meeting for the Congressional District /Shall Anderson appoint fire delegates, being one fop each representative living in her judicial District, and Pickens appoint only 8, being the number living in her judicial limit*, or would it not bo moro fair and equal that each District shall select 4 delegates, to meet other delegates Of the f!nni?r<i?inin>1 ?? u 0. ?,.v.h*. 1/i.mu i uinucii place as may be hereafter designated? We may also suggest that. on the first Mon. day in April the Court of Common Pleas will be in session at this place, but as the Judges are generally quite accommodating, we apprehend no hindrance from that quarter. These suggestions are thrown out merely for the purpose of securing unanimity and not at all in a spirit of dictation, and we, therefore^ Wftit patiently to lionr from m -J Wiivto, nuu, Willi ourselves arc equally interested in this matter. [COMML'NICATKD.] Mmrs. Editors:? When we have great ends to accomplish wo should call to our aid great men; therefore, you will please suffer a Farmer to suggest the propriety of sending to the Southern Convention, from this Congressional District, Waddv Thompson, of Greenville, and Henry C. Young, of Laurens; neither of the men are aspirants. tlif? nni> Viaa? 1 , v..w wvvii uicu 111 public life, and having proved himself faithful to our institutions; the other having no pretentions, but content simply to reujnin ag God made him?a great man. A Pickens Farmer, Mason and Dixon*a commissioners on the part of Afaryknd, Delaware and Pennsylvania, consisting of the Hon. H. Q. S. Key, Geo. Head Kid-1 n. 1 t "r? uie, ana j. r. Jiyrc, appointed to settle or re fix the boundaries between the I three States, are now in Washington city, for the purpose of concluding tneir business v?itn the Topographical Bureau. We learn, says the intelligencer, that the i report of this commission will give the ] history and whole particulars of the in- < tercstjng geographical line (Mason and ' Dixon's Hhe,J so often alluded to by the 1 press and politicians, yet but little under- ? stood by tne public. ] Counterfeiters Arrested.? We learn < from the Rutherford (N. C;,) Banner, of i the 5th inst., that two individuals by ' name Oliver Revels and Allen Revels, i were a few da^s previously committed to 1 the County jail on the charge of passing Counterfeit Bills. TTioae found m their i possession, were counterfeit Threea on 11 me nnnK of Uape fear: Fives on the Planters' and Mechanics' Bank of Char- I leston; and Twenty* on tho Barm of iteorgetown. JNo other descriptions of llie /fills given. Chester Standard. ! ? i . .. . . ' keeping the accounts of the Hank of England. 1 A Flcw?r ran th* He art.?A wife 1 full of truth, LuMWnce nnd love, is the ? prettiest (lower a ?aan can wear next hit lieart, *|. p*?w*?* I I 1 IN" -T.tr . .. cotton In Ujcso prosperous times, when our staple, cotton, is commanding n profiUt bic remunerating price, it is but natural that planters should be casting about, and revolving in tluyr minds, a? the spring approaches, as to the policy of planting on a large or small scafe for the next crop. We are not'a tiroohet. nor the son of n 4 * ' "J' " " prophet,'' and will not, therefore undertake to advise. Some of our knowing ones are holding out inducements to the farmer to plant extensively, while others say plant sparingly and keep up the prices by diminishing the supply. The reasons for adhering to either extreme \n above statement wo arc j sure wuj be duly considered by the plan- , tor, and determined according to bis own convenience. So for ourselves, we i would as soon 'throw up head and tails' 1 for a high or low pricc next fall as depend on the mere influence of any one, so fluctuating has the pricc of our staple piovcd within our short recollection. The extract we give below, from the Liverpool correspondent of the Charleston ./Mercury, bearing date the 12th ult,, will serve to show our planters, in what estimate the probabilities of continued high prices are licia Dy n writer irom tnc city ot l-.ivcrpool: "And now, gentlemen cotton planters, if you this year part with another pound for less than 15 cents, or in all time to come for less than 10 to 12 1-2 cents, you will deserve to be made pack-horses for 3/hnchester, and to wear the chains of vassalage eternally to which you have so tamely submitted for the last ten yea is ' Restrain rnthcr than incrcj.se your culture. Heave ahead with your man/factories, nnd establish others as fast ns you can. In ten years we shall have forty millions of population, and n home market for most of our cotton, and 1>? nrr? / ?- ? J parcu to turn the Ephraimites over to their idols?free laborers. Tlie steamer /Tibemia arrived at 1 o'clock, a. m. on Wednesday, and on that day 22 to 25,000 bales were sold at an advance of 3-1 Od to l-4d. Thursday 15,000 bales at still hardening prices In the evening of that day the following beautiful morceau was manufactured and sent down: "Businesscompletely check cd by the rise of an 1-8(1 in Liverpool,' ?fcc. Tins, together with the pretended mistake in the stock, is intended as a sort of wet blanket to smother prices in Amcr ica until their orders enn be executed. Hold your cotton for a good pi ice. Prices yesterday 0 3-4d, say 13 1-2 cents for jl/Tddling Orleans and J/bbiles; but little offering, and market very firm and tending upwards; though. I supnose, as is usual on the departure of a steamer they will endeavor to report it flat." ENGLAND: Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received subscriptions for a new Russian loan to the amount of 5,500,000/ sterling, in four and a half per cent stock, at the price of 03, the interest payable half yearly (January and July) in London. The whole to be redccmca in 50 years by an annual sinking fund of 110,000/ or at tne rate ot *2 percent per annum on the capital, the first payment to take placc on Jan. 1,1852. < The loan, it should be understood, is for the purpose of meeting the expenses for completing the rail road between St. ' Petersburg and Moscow. < Upwards of twenty millions sterling I were speedily subscribed for, nnd tho stock commanded nt once a fl-A a T-Q premium. 1 Jenny Lind coming to .An*erica.?The 1 Times announces nn agreement i between Jt:7?ny Lind nnd Mr. Burnum 1 for a nrnfpRflii.nfll visit of the fornmr in 1 this country, tt flays? Wc arc now able to giro thd facta and particulars on the best authority, that of a private letter from Mdlc. Lind, and a perusal of the documents relating to the engagement, which wc have beefi favored with by Mr. Barnum's nffent. The Int. -w- # O * ~ "I ter was signed at Lubcck on the 8th inst. i and are in substance ns follows, ommitting the sums of money out of delicacy to s Mdle. Lind, with the remark that those 1 Filread specified by some papers arc quite * incorrect. Ttfr. Barnum agrees to pro- < vide for Mdle. Lind a waiting "'maid, a f servant to superintend the baggage for i herself and party, to pny all tra v elling ex i penses, including those of her compan- ] ion, (the nmiablo relative who accompa- < nied her in England) a secretary, the 1 professional fees of M. Benedict and Big nor Bellotti, the musical conductor i and tho vocalist whom she particularly i selected; to place at her disDOeal near- f. riago and pair of horses, ftnA to secure t her a certain sum for each concert o?* or- s atorio in which she shall sing. t yhat after seventy-five concerts, if 1 Mr. liarnum shall have realized a sum I named, exclusive of all current expenses, then, in addition to the first amount, a farther sum of one-fifth of nightly profits p Xi t.he remaining seventy-five concerts, r We may say that the terms given to s J/cscr-j. Dcncdict find llcllctti arc very g liberal, such as in refcrchco to M. Bene* diet, could alone have tempted him from lis eminent position in the metropolis. Mdlc. Dind, on her part, agrees to Ring in 160 concerts, including oratorios, within one year; if possible, or, if not, within eighteen months; to have full control as to the number of nights or concerts in each week, and the number of pieces in cach concert; the former, as well as the latter, to be conditional on her health and safety of voice. In no cuse is she to appear in opera. It is further proposed that the life of Mdlc. Lind and tlmt of cach of her assistants shall be insured for the full amount of their engagements; in case of death, half of this sum to be paid to their heirs or assigns, the remainder to Mr. Barnum. The party are to leave for America tho last week in August or the first week in September. During the interim -AAllo. Lind will remain on the continentsinging for various charities, and will pay a visit of some duration to Stockholm, her native city. Removal of the Florida Indians.? Gen. Twiggs has, it appears, finally prevailed on the Florida Indians to emigrate. The following are said to be the terms of the agreement: each warrior to receive, before he goea on board the boat $500, each woman $100, each child $100. Bowlegs himself will received about ten thousand dollars, and two or three sub Chiefs aljout $5,000 each. Thcv are to be provided with rations for one year after their arrival in Arkansas, mid to bo f uarantied the possession of their negroes, t is estimated that the whole cost of tho removal will be about 6225,000. CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 11th, the peti lion praying lor a dissolution ol the Union was rejected?^Steward, //ale and Chase were the only Senators who voted for its reception. Mr. Berrien addressed the Senate upon Mr. Clay's resolutions. Ho referred to the rude assaults upon an institution of the South, which was interwoven with her hopes and feelings, and auu iru3 nun uviuiliillll'u IIU lOllglT lO submit to assaults. 7/c had onco hazarded popularity by voting for a compromise which, by the lack of firmness on tho part of a few Southern men was lost. He was willing again to support any plan of accommodation that would give equal rights to the South, //e would despond but for one reflection, to wit: That these selfsame difficulties existed when the constitution was made, and were overcome by patriotism and fraternal feelings. He reviewed Mr. Clay's plan, and showed that the South had a right to take with them into .'lie newly acquired territory their domestic institutions. Mr. Berrien yielded the floor without concluding. And the Senate, after spending a short time in executive session, adjourned. In the House, nothing was done save a discussion upon the /Senate resolution to limit the expense of collecting the revenue. ylftor various amendments had been discussed, the ilouso adjourned without any final action.--Carolinian. T.aoo /\m o - tt^-?? "ll jiuno uB 111K OliU' jnoTTlXGUER. 1 lie Hotlinguer sailed from Liverpool for New-York on the 10th January. She had 200 cabin and steerage passengers, together with tho Captain nnd crew of 30 men aud boys, and a very full freight of various descriptions of goods. She had only passed as far as Blackwatcr Bank, which is off the coast of Wexford, when che struck on one of those dangerous ledges of rock which lie concealed in that quarter. This occurred on the morning of the 13th January. On the occurrence of this mishap a part of the crew and oil tho passengers were sent ashore. Capt. Buriislcy and 13 of his men remained on board, determined not to leave the ship while there was the remotest chance of saving her. On tho following morning, :he 14 th, the ship floated off Black Waier Bank and bore away beforo tho wind mil struck /lrklow 2/ank, where she aferward went to pieces, and, sad to relate, Uapt- Burnsley twelve of tUp noble band vlio determined to be ihe last of the ship,^ net a watery grave. At the time the passengers left the diip, her situation seemed to be utterly lopeless. The hold was full of water, md tho sea making complete breaches >ver her. It was with extreme difticulty md peril that the passengers and seamen itviu iiiio&vu 111 iiiu uurm, mo sea-prca^wgf'jLp* I villi dreadful violence on the.baqk.^^hoj wasengcrs were unable to tal^* Anything >ut of the ship, except the clotlig^^y lad on at the time. The boats happily succeededTn trading tho shore, although with extreme difT ioulty, from height of tho sea, ?nd tho jreat distance of 1 miles or moreMB he banjc to the land, Captain Burmlcy'sg [ATI ItrnA tuna r?n ^A tT?44t- - ? ? > " ?U ??1 I'll uumuk^ UUtKHUHW up . o the timo alio struck on Ulackwater 3ank, is a passenger on bo*rd tho Euro>o. ' N. Y. Tribute. It should bo the nim of young men to ;o into good society, we do not mean the ich, the proud and fashionable, but the ocicty of the wise, tho intelligent and ;ood.