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I ii i ???M The Camden Journal. FUBMSIIKb BY TIIO. J. WARREJf & C. A. I*liicti, EDITOR* A\l) I'KOPIII BTOU3. TERMS. .hi.. .|-i?. p;fl? p?lltjt tor ino acini. v?o?mv? - if piiid in advance, or Four Dollars if payment is delayed tiilvc mouths. For lliu Weekly, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents in advance, or Three Dollars after the expiration .of threfe months. ? mm????? From the New York Herald, April 20. COTTON. Holders of cotton are anxiously looking for Liter advices from Europe, particularly from Manchester. Ureat dilterence 01 opinion e.\ms hero relative to the future course of prices, hut it has, from the lirst moment a short crop appeared inevitable, been our opinion that prices must advance a great deal be\'ond present points. It matters very little what accounts one or two more steamers may bring, and the reports from Liverpool for a week or two later than those 011 board the America, now nearly due, are just as likely to show a decline as an advance. There is one fact pretty generally known on this side of the Atlantic, which is a short crop, and in the face of that, it is folly for the spinners of Manchester and speculators of Liverpool to carry on the contest with holders on this side. There never has been a seasion in the commercial history of this country, when 1 1 .,Mu nnrrv nnr rottOll wc uave uitii uiuti iiuiv >u i/ui.j >? crop than this, and the lords of the loom in England will soon find that they have made u great mistake in their efforts to force us to sell. They have heretofore succeeded in depressing prices for this great staple product whenever they have made an effort to do so, and have supposed that the power was still in their hands. They will soon discover their mistake; and if they do not have to pay for their temerity, we will give it up, and let them rule prices hereafter without opposition. j The three great regulators of prices for Cot- I ?.. i.? th?> T.ivcrnool market are Baring, Broth "*"* * I w ers & Co., Brown, Shiploy & Co. and Fieldcn, Brothers & Co., the last exercising the greatest influence, and in ability decidedly superior to tl?e others. Their agents are found in every Southern port in the country, and, as a class, are remarkable for their fidelity to English interests. The Fieldens are the largest Cotton manufacturers in the world. Their commission business in Liverpool, immense as it is, is subsidiary entirely to their manufacturing interest. at Manchester. These houses have ruled supreme in the Cotton market, and have put priwsfor the raw material up or down at pleasure. > This year they have received a check that will learn them a lesson. Their sceptre has departed, and from this time forward prices will depend more upon supply and demand, than upon the dictum of a combination of the immense wealth of a few houses in Liverpool. What ..... I.QOI1 co 1/mir -ilid so Jinxinilslv lookillif WC UrtVV M?Vll ?~..q J 0 for is upon tlio j)oint of being realised. The Cotton crop hereafter will be controlled on this side of the Atlantic, and New York will be the great distributing point of the raw material, instead of Liverpool. The consumption of Cotton in this country has become so great, and is progressing with so much rapidity, that prices for any surplus that we may have for shipment, will not depend entirely upon the whims and caprices of the spinners of Manchester. The --I-t - -/?? I?in ts'ill nnt Kn ca imnitr. XlliirntlA VI UllMlL/iaaui ??ui mv uV tint as in past years, and as our shipments become more direct to the points of consumption in Europe, we shall he hotter able to establish , and maintain prices. Our manufacturers already consume halt* as much Cotton as those of (Jrent Britain, the ratio of increase here is much greater than on the other side, and the production of the raw material cannot keep pace with the increase in consumption throughout the world. We have shown that, under the most favorable auspices, a crop of two million six hundred thousand hales is as much as can be picked, and the annual consumption already reaches that quantity. It, therefore, ap|iears plain, that the movements in the Cotton market, henceforth, are likely to be highly important and interesting. The course pursued in previous years, by the three houses above mentioned, has been adopted this, hut not with euual success; in fact, this year, with defeat, out and out defeat, which will result in a complete route. The policy heretofore has been to let prices up in the fall, so as to l>ri:i? the crop from its recesses to increase the supply as rapidly as possibly in the ports, ;iiul determine, at the earliest moment, the pro<l?cti?ii lor the year. As soon as this operation has had full effect, and the extent of the supply is known, the reverse movement is resorted to. for the purpose of depreciating prices, to enable spinners and these large houses to lay in large stocks. All kinds of reports are circulated relative to the crop, and returns showing any deficiency are ridiculed, and statements to the contrary put forth, falsehoods of every grade uttered by themost honorable,highminded men in the United Kingdom, to deceive holders and small spinners. To carry out their assertions, they sell freely in the Liverpool market, while their agents here are buying all they can without raising prices, uii change, uiese houses resort t< > every kind of subterfuge to convey the impression that the crop will be much larger than believed. They talk of advices received from their most reliable correspondents that the crop is sure to be 2,300,000 to 2,400,000 bales. In this way, and by the most dis honorable, despicable means, they almost invariably succeed in breaking down the Liverpool market, knowing the effect of a depreciation in prices there upon the markets of the United "" * 1 ' States, l ins game nas neen practised mis i year, and the energies of three houses above I mentioned have been exerted to their utmost to break down the markets of this country, so that they could lay in a full supply of the raw material for spinning and for speculation. All,however, lias been of no avail. Holders here have been too well posted up, and in the command of facilities for carrying cotton, to give these houses the slightest chance of success; and those depending upon future purchases for supplies for manufacturing purposes, will pay dearly for their procrastination. It is the impression in England, produced principally by the statements of the great speculators, that the crop this year will roach 2,$00,000 bales at least, and that the Yankees are humbugging them by reporting a crop of only 2,090,000 bales. They believo that we have a larger supply of cotton than represented, that we are holding it back to put up prices, and that it is only necessary to keep quiet, to keep out of the market, to force holders here to disgorge. In all this they are doomed to dire disappointment. The obstinacy of holders here astonishes the great capitalists of Liverpool and l.irm? sninners of Manchester, and well it HIV, ??bv -! " may, for it is a feature connected with this trade never before known, but one that will hereafter be visible every year. Capital is increasing so rapidly in this country, and we are consuming so much of our crop of cotton, that no fears need be entertained herealter that remunerating prices for the raw material will not be realized. It will hereafter be in vain for the manufacturers of Great Britain to put large lots of cotton upon the Liverpool market, for the purpose of depressing prices, as the Ficldens were doing at the last accounts, and the result of recent efforts will teach them not to attempt the like again. These Cotton lords have bled our planters long enough, and we have borne their efforts to depri ciate the value of this product patiently and wall little murmuring. The tables now are turned, and we shall see if Manchester does not pay enough this year to make up for a portion of what they have taken from us in years past, hv low nriees. The tone of the circulars re I ~J 1 ------ ^ eently received from Liverpool from the three great houses, shows how annoyed they have been at the obstinacy of holders in this country, : while those of American houses in Liverpool, ! such as Washington, Jackson, Sons and Co. have been in quite a different vein. The English houses having shown their hand, the thing sticks out too plainly to be misunderstood.? There was no necessity for sneering at " short " i it. crop," as it was known pretty eariy in uie season that the yield would he but moderate, at the best The time has arrived for us to dictate to the spinners of iManchester what prices must rule, and if they do not choose to pay what we ask for the little Cotton we have, they have but one alternative, and that is, to shut up their mills, while those in this country will continue to do what they have been doing for some time past?run day and night, Manchester was, at last accounts, nearly bare of stock, and holders of Cotton in this country know it; and if English spinners buy Cotton for the remainder of the season, lower than those of Lowell, we have made a very great mistake in our calculations. More than seven millions of dollars worth of Cotton are held in this market, and holders aro by no means anxious to sell. They know, just as well as they know that two and two make four, that they have the power in their own hands; that the spinners of Mauchester are at their mercy; and when the contest comes, they (the spinners) need expect no quarter, for they will get none. With a crop now coming to market nearly four hundred thousand t<?l 1 |,u bales less tnan anucipaieu m xjuyi.uiu, auu mo prosi)ccts relative to the new crop exceedingly unfavorable, holders 011 this side of the Atlantic can dictate their own terms. As we remarked at the beginning, the America, now due at Halifax, with two weeks' later intelligence from Liverpool, may bring accounts of a further decline, and she may bring an advance. One is just as likely as the other. Everything depends upon the advices which had been received at I Liverpool from this country, previous to the departure of the America. When prices do bike a start upward, they will go with a perfect rush. Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun. Washington, April 21,1050. The compromise committee, appointed 011 Friday last, have already had a meeting, and seem to have agreed on the following : 1st. To reporta bill for the admission of California, and the establishment of territorial gov eriuneuts ui Utah anil Acw .Uexico. 2d. The}' report a separate bill for the settlement of the Texas boundary, by a liberal compensation to that State. 3d. To make such amendments to be law of 1703 for the recovery of fugitive slaves, as shall afford security to the South. Jil. 'I'., .ilif.licli tint clnvi> ti'!irt(> ill t.lii? District of Columbia by extending the laws of Maryland over it. Little or no doubt is entertained but that all these bills will pass both Houses by respectable majorities. in regard to the Texas boundary, it is not yet decided whether that matter will come up in a separate bill, or whether, as a kindred subject, it will be included in the bill for the admission of California and the establishment of territorial governments in New Mexico and Utah.? .Should a separate bill be introduced, the committee, out of respect for the oldest Senator, will probably recommend the passage of Mr. Benton's bill. To morrow is fixed upon for an argument on parliamentary usages between the oldes .Senator (.Mr. Benton) and "the Nestor" of the Senate, (Mr. Clay.) I rather think that wisdom will triumph over age though Mr. Benton has entrenched himself behind lour quarto volumes which he has committed to memory. The treaty between the United States and Kngland in regard to the Nicaragua Canal, has been signed and will, no doubt, be ratified. The Brit'sf 4 mbassador sacrificed himself in the if . cable manner in the world, and yielded j 'ly all those points without which he and Mi. Clayton knew, it would he in vain t? expect the treaty to he ratified hy the Senate.? The British Government yielded the protectorate over the Musquito Coast, as she does the right of occupancy, of constructing and garrisoning forts <Scc. The American company to have the preference in the construction of the Canal, provided the work he commenced within twelve months, otherwise all other countries having the right. 1 am also happy to state that our negotiations with Mexico, for the Tehuantepec route, are ahout to he crowned with success. A route practicable for wagons and nudes has already been constructed, and the necessary funds subscribed to establish a line of steamers from New Orleans to Guatzacualco and from Tehuantepec to San Francisco. The distance saved hy M^?i???i?fr???1 the route, in comparison to that of Panama, will be about 2,000 miles, and letters from here would reach San Francisco ten days sooner than by the present route. The climate of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is perfectly salubrious, and the country entirely free from fevers. X I JCMP1WBM?M?OP?B? mm mwmAJi* CAMDEN, S. C. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1850. Rev. Mr. Clayton. This gentleman will lecture again in the Presbyterian Church to-night All are invited to attend. It is the voice of humanity calls. Ladies, gentlemen, respond to the call. Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance. This body are now holding their quarterly session in this place, and are a fine looking body ot men, calculated to make a fine impiession in favor of the cold toaler cause. Last night, they had a "turn ou/." together with the Wateree Division and Cadets of this town. They marched in procession from the Masonic Lodge, where they are holding their session, to the Presbyterian Church, where the audience was addressed by "Messrs. Montague, Clayton, Duryee, and Grisham, in very ninnnoiif 3ti/t sneeehes. in which the evils of intemperance were shown, the cause of temperance in general, and the Sons in particular, were ably vindicated. There is to be a public meeting to-night. Let all attend who wish to hear more on the subject The Plank Road. We are glad to see that the experiment is being made?that the work has commenced, and we are shortly to have ocular demonstration (on a small scale?not a fair specimen) of the practicability of a Plank Road. The timbers are being laid, commencing from the public square, and will be carried down Main street, through Log Town, to the brow of the hill,as we understand; a distance of several hundred yaids. Our people will have an opportunity, to some extent, of seeing and judging for themselves. We opine their verdict will be in favor of the scheme. We earnestly hope this may not be all. We need a Plank Road to North Carolina; and we trust the enterprise and ambition of our people will carry the work on,' until the whole arrangement is consummated? until the Road is built. The interests of the town of Camden, and the up country, demand it?the salvation of our interests, in a business point o viow, imperatively requires it. With a plank road to Camden, we may not care for Columbia, wit! all her iron arms, grasping or trying to take in all the up country, and cut us entirely off. Cheraw will have no showing by the side of us; for without any " secret, underhanded attempts on the part of the citizens of Camdenthe Plank Road will do the work. With such a road, we may very reasonably expect a large increase to the trade of our town;?without it the contrary must inevitably be the result No reasonable man can expect that the trade or business of a town or city can increase when so many obstacles lie in the way. IIow much of the time this season have our market roads been in Such a condition as to render them next to impassible. Our farmers will hardly be willing another season to undergo the fatigue and expense of marketing their produce to Camden, if better ways are not made. We hope our people may be induced by all the circumstances around them to "mend their ways," and that speedily. It is true, even if we do not have a Plank Road or roads, there may be a few cotton bags for our merchants to scramble over; but this is not what we want. We want our streets filled with wagons, and those wagons filled with produce?that which will give life, spirit, and energy 10 our town. Meteoric Stone from Union County, N. O. A specimen of the Meteorite noticed in the Camden Journal last year, as being in the possession of the editor, was solicited as a donation by the Professor of Meteorology in the Smithsonian Institute at Washington. It appears to have excited great interest there, and was exhibited at a lecture recently delivered by Professor Beck.? They are desirous of procuring a larger specimen, and enquiro whether any other fragments of this Meteorite are attainable. Can our friend who who supplied this specimen furnish us with another lump of this precious mineral? "Mourn for the Great and Good." Yesterday the remains of Mr. Calhoun were received in Charleston. We have not been able to get full reports. The honors which were paid him on the route, were such as have never before been tendered?as should have been?to the greatest of the Sons of the Republic. History records not the name of so pure a patriot.?.Fame never wove her garlands for a nobler brow?Glory never followed in the wake of so great a spirit, nor were the affections of a nation ever fixed upon so deserving an object. "A nam* that must be, A watchword for Eternity." The Committee of Thirteen. This committee, as we have previously seen, has been annointed. consisting of Clav as chair _rl_ , w man, Messrs. Cass, of Michigan, Dickinson, of N. York, l'helps, of Vermont, Bright, of Indiana, Webster, of Massachusetts, and Cooper of Pennsylvania?North; Mason, of Virginia, Mangum, of North Carolina, Berrien of Georgia, Bell, of Tennessee, King, of Alabama, and Dodge, of Lousi inn?Siniiil. T?.o f.mfiirrs nf llie eoinmittpn trill be seen at a glance. The North are all men, with one or two exceptions, that would be called moderate; but all with the exception of Dickinson, have declared by word and act that they are against the South on the important question. Every act of that commitiee will write the ruin of the South, and draw us further still into the vortex from which we find it already so hard to escape. The committee was first moved by a Southern man?has been voted for by th? South, and op posed by the North. The Committee has been i appointed: we will not say the South has been t successful in that act, unless we say she has hur- ? ried her own destruction. There is no doubt but s what that committee will recommend all that the * North have asked. The admission of California, ' ?it makes no'earthly difference whether there be j territorial bills attached or not,?the admission of j California, embracing the entire Pacific coast, with | the non-slavery constitution, will be enough to g flnnm tlio Smith miH that this must be the casp. . 80 far as the Senate is concerned, there can be no ^ doubt. When the recommendations of that com- s mittee come back to the Senate, with its Webster- ' ism and Clayey features?with a shadow for the * South, but matter for the North?the North will, J with one of their " liberal concessions" agree to ' abide by the decision of the committee; and if the South shows any disposition to disagree, the J North will cry out, "What! your own commit- , tee, and not abide by its decisions?" Its pro- | poser and many who voted for it, will be obliged , to concede; and thus weaken the already weak ( forces of the South. We have not, nor have had I any liking for the committee. When compromises i are all on one side, there is little equality. Since writing the above, the correspondence of 1 the Baltimore Sun, which appears in another column, has come to hand, and proves our remarks * correct. Though this is not a formal report from ' the Committee, yet there is no doubt it will be. For the Camden Journal. THE WEATHER, FROM JANUARY TO MAY. BV LACONICUS. Snowing, laining, hailing, blowing, And all things overflowing, 'Tis enough to make us fret, When we see no chance of ploughing For at least a fortnight yet. j Rattling, pattering, clattering, falling, And winds forever squalling, There's a dismal time to come; Sure 'tis hard on ev'ry calling, That the hogs should die for corn. Wheezing, freezing, sneezing, teasing, And all with colds a crying,? Oh! the times are hard indeed,? ( Fresh deluges never ceasing, Who can plant his collardseed? Easting, southing, westing, northing, The winds are always puffing; Frantic, dashing wild about, They're anon and ever shuffling Up a drenching water spout. Frowning, showering, lowering, towering, The clouds are always soaring, Full enough to break a mill; Keeping floods and rivers pouring Out of ev'ry little rill. But we'll cease our sighing, crying, At wayward storms and raining,? Wild, confus'd, and flooding showers; Soon we'll have no more repining, But rejoice in sunnier hours. For the Camden Journal. OUR RAILROAD AND ITS NEW PRESIDENT. Messrs. Editors:?There is an old and trite, though nevertheless true saying, that " new lords make new laws," which 1 thiuK is very apparent " to all and singular" the inhabitants of Kershaw, Sumter, and Richland Districts, just about this time. But whether these new laws enacted by the new lords are always for the best, remains to be sceu. Since the com pletion of the Camden Drancn ivauroau, uiiui 1 within a few days ago, there has beeu a regular daily intercourse between Columbia and this place; which was a source of great convenience to a great many living all along the line, as well as the travelling community of Columbia and Camden. For this accommodation they were willing to pay, and for it they 1 did pay. But mark the change, in cost as well 1 us custom. A great financier has vacated his 1 seat in the dark palace of the Bank of Charleston, and is now placed at the head of the Rail- , road Company. Occasionally he takes a ride 1 up to Hamburg, Columbia, and Camden; at 1 first he was somewhat blinded, as is usually the ' case when suddenly brought in contact with 1 the light; but he has recovered from that, and J now discovers that the practice which has been ' followed ever since the completion of the road in this particular section, does not pay, and 1 therefore must be discontinued, lie seems to ( think that the Railroad is chartered for the | sole purpose of making money, and not for mu- 1 tual accommodation; or perhaps he imagines < such a course (if it takes) will enable the Di- ] rectors to declare a dividend wmcn win go iar 10 . enable the stockholders to pay up the balance of twenty-live dollars on each share, which they have determined to call in. But enough. The distance from this place to Columbia is but thirty-three miles. The old mode of travelling thither can be resumed; and in a short tiino he who has yet to learn the difference between Banking and Engineering, will find himself iti the same predicament us the man who < killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. j Yours, &c. CAMDEN. 1 For the Camden Journal. Messrs. Editors?Permit me, through your ( Journal, to make some remarks on the peculiar traits of character of those people who first settled this country; and those who read this arti clo will of course not expect me to carry out all the assertions I may make with a long strain of proof; the subject is too diffuse for that, and I must content myself with merely glancing at the strong points and facts that are brought down to our time on tDe page 01 xiistory. i will begin with what is called the New England t States. They were originally settled by the t Puritans, who had no rational ideas of republic j can principles. They were Religious Fanatics, j and opposed all law and government that did not suit their notions of religion, as witness the t following quotations from their Blue Laws: j 'no one shall bo a freeman, or give a vote, un- J less he be converted, or a member in free com- I munion in one of the churches in this dominion," j ???MM'md again, "no woman shall kiss her child on he Sabbath or fastinir day," and strange as it nay appear, yet it is no less tiue, tliat the same ipirit of wild fanaticism has continued among ;hat people until the present time. They pro'ess and do every thing in answer to prayer, .vhether it he testing a witch* on waler exiling Roger Williams, hiding runaway slaves, trying Dr. Webster, or forcing California into the Union without a shadow of constitutional ground, all is done under the influence of their eligion which has always borne marks of being ;arthly, sensual, and devilish. This may seem strong language, but their history will well war ant its use. What is their present position ia :he moral world ? It is briefly this: robbery, apine and murder are every-day occurrences n their cities. Slavery of the most degrading I J 11 .1 ? i _ . * . _ 11 i*i. . una exisr in jii uieir lactones, rrosacution is scattered broad cast among the lower order of their females; and yet, in the face of all this ind much more tliat might be said with regard to their moral position, they are zealously engaged (and likely will succeed) in pulling down Due of the fairest political fabrics that was ever built by human hands; and thereby making in finitely worse the condition of those who but for them, would be the happiest chiss of working people .<n the face of the Globe. Well, what is the remedv for all this! can Legislation control the lawless progress of religious fanaticism? No, never; we have tried that and wo made all the compromises that the people of the South will ever submit to, and the question still rushes 011 the mind, what can bo done ? Seeing that they are politically, morally and reli- ' piously, wounds and bruises from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot?see their Clergy attending their abolitiou meetings and offering the most inflamatory resolutions?see them discussing from their pulpits continually our in ftitutions, and thereby neglecting to preach tlio pure word of gospel grace, that if preached and heard in faith would save both them aiid us.? Well what we can and should do, seems to me to be this, We have high authority for answering a fool according to his folly?we should therefore send Missionaries to tne North that would be able to discuss the subject with them, and instead of throwing ourselves on our digni* ty, we should go to work and fill their country with tracts, and give thein light ou a subject of which they are yet iu total darkuess. 1 have dwelt longer on New England than 1 intended, and will close this article by saying that what i have written has reference to the trusses iu the North. There has been and still are among that people some noble exceptions, that is not by any means included iu the above category. 1 may make some remarks on the middle and southern traits of character aud religion in somo future uumber of your paper. One or the People. April IV Ul, 18DU. In 1692 nineteen persona were executed in New England as witches. "4^" . ' From the Savannah Georgian, April 22. THE FLORIDA INDIANS?ARRIVAL FROM INDIAN RIVER. The steamer Monmouth, from Indian .River* Florida, arrived at our port on Saturday last. She brought a number of passengers, including several officers of tho army in Florida. We have not obtained much news by this arrival, bat sufficient to satisfy us, iu connection with news direct from Tampa, that the Indians have determined not to remove neaceably. Billy Bow Legs has evacuated his town with his followers, and with Sam Jones, has retired iuto the southern pvfrpniiti' of the Evenriades. where thev are perfectly secure from the operation of the ar. my during the summer. We will add an extract from a letter from a gentleman in Florida, well acquainted with tho movements of the Indians and the army, since the first outbreak. " Gen. Twiggs is a first rate map?but the Indians won't go. They are making fun of the gentry sent to remove them. The Indiana never iutended to go. They are smart and are fooling the army. General Bow Legs is some. He has got clear of the crying widows of the grabbed Indians and a few old gran dads ? sold his fat hogs, received a good supply of nnnnnf i>nmA in fnr liin 'fliijft is burnt,' until it gets well A soout reoently sent to look after him found his towu deserted. (Jen. Sam Jones is in the Brig Cypress, whero regulars are uot prepared to follow him. The irniy will have to remain here this summer, and the State will drive the Indians in to them next winter." The States.?In the course of a speech ns :ently delivered m the House of Representatives by the Hon. S. R. Thurston, he gave this informs* lion in relation to the extent of the various States jf the Union, in sqnare miles: Maine, 35,000 Delaware, 2,120 Vermont, 8,000 Maryland 11,000 Mew Hampshire 8,030 Virginia 61,352 Massachusetts 7,250 Nortli Carolina 45,500 Rhode Island 1,250 South Carolina 28,000 Connecticut 4,750 Georgia 58,000 Mew York 46,000 Kentucky 37,680 Mew Jersey 6,850 Tennessee 44,000 Pennsylvania 37,000 Louisiana 46,431 Dhio 39,964 Mississippi 47.147 Indiana 33,809 Alabama 50,712 [Minnie 55.405 Missouri 67.380 Michigan 56^243 Arkansas 52,198 Iowa 58,914 Florida 59,268 Wisconsin 53,294 , TotWveStates 610,798 rotalFrocStatee 454,340 Texas 325,250 California 145,000 936,318 599,340 DistofColumbia 50 936,368 Free States 599,340 337,028 The Late Bank of the United States. m. ^ n * ^ n 1 !_ . ?"rue Supreme ^oun 01 reuusyivuma nave ippointed the Gth of May to hear the exceptions o tho report of the Auditors of the Trustees' Accounts of this Bank. The Philadelphia Ledger says: "Considerable feelings were manifested on ho occasion. Josiah Randall strenuously ur red the Court to hear the case. Henry M. Miillips, for Messrs. Rothohilds, opposed it? 4r. Randall stated that ample funds were now n the hands of the Trustees to pay tKe wholo