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w From the Charleston Mercury. COTTON CROP AND COTTON MARKET. The two eleuients which constitute the basis of reasonable probability as to the Cotton crop and state of the market are?1st. The probable yield of 1867-68. 2d. The prospective supply and consumption. Our readers are aware that the present year forms an exception to almost every previous year, in the small quantity of Cotton remaining in the interior towns, at the commencement of the present Cotton year on the first of September. The accumulation of previous years will constitute no portion scarcely of the supply of 1807-08. There arc two considerations that present themselves at the outset of the question of future supply. 1. The area of land planted with Cotton. 2. The quantity oflabor available for the Cotton culture. On the first of these questions our information is necessarily imperfect and conjectural. From the most reliable data it is estimated that a smaller quantity of land has been planted in Cotton than for in any years past. As regards the quantity of labour available for the culture of Cotton our conclusions are, perhaps, not so wide of the truth. If we suppose that one-fifth of the working force, devoted before the war to the raising of Cotton, has been applied, say 500,000 hands, we shall reach a conclusion not very different from the actual result, about 2,000,000 bales in 1866-67. This estimate would allow an average of four bales to the hand. l?ut keeping in view the fact that on the 1st of September, 1866, besides the reported stock of 242,000 bales at all the ports, there were still 850,000 bales in the interior, of whose existence nobody seemed to be aware, the actual crop of 1866-67 would have given an average of only three baled to the hand. It must not be forgotten that there was much white labour cngagcu in we cultivation of Cotton during the past year. Of one fact we may be assured, that it was far more effective than black labour. As we have assumed that there were 500,000 negro workers, it would be reasonable to suppose that one-fifteenth or 80,000 were white, and*added to the crop from 150,000 to 200,000 bales. If we eve-* estimate the loss from the caterpillar and heavy rains at ten per cent., we might fairly compute the crop of 1867-68 at 2,000,000 bales. PROBABLE SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION. We will now estimate on probable data the supply and consumption of 1867-08. Bales. The stock in Liverpool August 29 794,000 Stock in Havre Aurust 23 95,200 Afloat l'or Great Britain August 1 470,000 1,359,200 Estimated weekly consumption in Great Britain from August 29 to January 1, 1808 708,000 591,200 Limiting ourselves principal to the seat of consumption, Great Britain, we thus find the supply in excess of the consumption nearly 600,000 bales. As regards the consumption there are yet several circumstances?some of a temporary and others of a permanent character?by which it may be controlled. Among the first is the state of the money market. 1. . The present plethora of money is favourable to the speculative operations in Cotton. 2. The state of the harvest in England and on the continent, which affect the Cotton market unfavourably. There is a prospect of an increased demand for breadstuffs which ' 1. ?.1,1 necessitates me expwi. ui gmu, attended by the derangement of financial affairs. 8. The circumstance that is most probable, to exert the most unfavourable influence on the demand for and consumption of Cotton, is the excessive productions of manufactures. The large investments in mills in England, is producing at present, what is called a glut in textile fabrics, so as to render such investments unrcmunerativc. These remarks arc almost exclusively applicable to Upland .Cotton, of which there is some chance of maintaining an equilibrium between the supply and consumption. As relates to the Sea Island crop, the hopeless prospects of the planter must lead to high prices, in defiance of the competition of those kinds (Egyptian and others) that do mostly come into competition with them. Our reports from the islands arc still gloomy, and the highest estimate is that a third of a <jrop can hardly be made. The caterpillar and rain have left little to be gathered. The crops on James, John, Wadmalaw and Edisto islands, hardly average twenty-five pounds to the acre. Christ Church and St. Andrew's will probably produce half a crop. Beaufort and the islands in the neighborhood, give aacounts equally gloomy. Florida has also greatly suffered from the heavy rains. Her crop will be about one-third. To conclude, it is impossible to form any but an imperfect and unsatisfac * / tory idea of the probable future supply and consumption of Cotton from the lights before us, from a comparison with previous epochs in the Cotton trade. So anomalous has been the trade, within the last six years, that 110 conclusion can be formed of { the future from the past. The sup- j ply of East India Cotton has been < without a parallel in the history of ^ the traffic. So far as ingenuity and ^ skill can go we do not fear competition ; but the sudden- emancipation of our slaves reduces the contest to one of ^ the comparative costs of labour. How can the Cotton planter who raises i three bales of Cotton to the hand, and paying fifty cents per day for , hired labour, maintain a competition , with the East India cultivator, who ] procures his labourers at the expense of 4d. or 5d. per diem ? Nothing 1?j- 11? ?- -T..V**-* 1? + tt fl?n crvi 1 DUt XflC SUJIUiiUi itltniljf ui imiv n\ji? or agricultural improvements, of a decided character, can countervail this advantage. The only advice that can be tendered to our Southern friends is to sell or lease their surplus land, and to manure as highly as their means will permit. ???? .. THE LEGISLATURE. We copy the subjoined correspondence, relative to the election of members of the Legislature, from the Charleston Mercury, of Friday last: Charleston, Oct. 10,1867. Son. I. IV. JTai/nc. Dear Silt: As Attorney-General of South Carolina and the advising law officer of the Governor, allow me to call.your attention to the fact that unless steps are taken and instructions given to the managers of elections, to hold an election for mcmbsrs of the Legislature, the House of Representatives and a portion of the Senate, will go out of office on the Monday after the third Wednesday in this month, and the State be left without any legislative authority. Please inform me whether anything has been done, or will be, and oblige, very trulv yours, II. P. PJIETT, Jr. Law Office of IIayne & Son, Ho. 22 Broad street, Charleston, S. C.. Oct. 101867. Dear Sir : In reply to your note, just received, of which the above is a copy, I enclose you a communication from myself to bis Excellency Gov. Orr, dated Septembery,1867, relating to this subject. To this communication I have received no reply. I have seen Gov. Orr since. lie mentioned the receipt of this letter, but asked no advice from me, and said nothing as to his own views or intentions in regard to the matter referred to. Very respectfully and truly yours, I. W. IIAYNE. To R. B. Riiktt, Jr., Esq., Charleston, S. C. Office of the Attorney-Gen'l. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 9,1867. Dear Sir: Although disfranchised by Congress, and withdrawn, by my own -choise, from all participation in politics, I feel it a duty, as AttorneyGeneral, to call the attention of the Governor of the State to the fact that the old white man's government in South Carolina, under which we both hold our offices, is about to expire. Shall it "dieand make no sign ?" I have nothing to advise or suggest; but if the period for the October elections passes sub sileiito, it may be construed into acquiescence in the constitutionality of negro suffrage and all the provisions of the -reconstruction acts, rather than "yielding to superior force." If anything is to be done or said by way of protest, it is the Governor only who can act or speak for the State. Very respectfully, your ob't serv't, (Signed,) I. W. IIAYNE, Attorney-General. To his Excellency Governor Our, Anderson C. II., S. C. A New Plant.?The Macon Telgraph says: "The attention of the public, and especially the planters, has been directed of late to a strange i plant that has made its appearance since the close of the war. It appears to be a dwarf clover, and has spread rapidly throughout the State, i and, it is said, the entire Southern , States. It is very thick set, covering . the earth, as it were, with a beautiful ' carpet of green. It is much relished . by cattle, and is a complete cxtcrmi nator of Bermuda, nut sedge, and other grasses. In Middle Georgia it is very abundant, and attracts much attention. It was not seen before the war, and where it came from is a subject of interesting inquiry among planters and botanists." ? Senator Frclinghuysen, in a speech at Newark, on Wednesday evening, in spceking of the public debt, said that this generation ought never to j attempt to pay a dollar of the princi- . pal debt. The next generation will ^ be larger in number and in wealth, ' and a burden that would break the 1 back of one man can be borne easily f by two. So! < <? .. * -IS* ipgr/ \ THE JOURNAL Thursday, October 17, 1867. A Tea Party. We are requested by the ladies of ;he Presbyterian Church, to state that ;hey tvill give, on Friday night, the 25th inst., a Teg, Party for the bene5t of their Church, at the house of Mr. A. M Kennedy.- There will be ;ea, coffee, lemonade, &c., with an extra fee of 20 cents. Children half price. \. supper of the usual kind for gentlemen, at 50 cents. Contributions and donations are respectfully solicited, and contributors will greatly oblige by sending their donations by 10 o'clock, A. M., on that lay. We oredict for them, notwithstanding the scarcity of money, a crowded room and handsome, profits. United Slates Commissioner. J. M. Gatle, Esq., of Camden, has been appointed one of the Commissioner of the Circuit and District Com* of the United States, for South Carolina, and is prepared to enter upon the discharge of the duties of his office. An Acceptable Favor. "VVe aro indebted to the Hon. James A. Young for files of late New York city papers. A Sad Calamity. On Monday last, the dwelling house of Mr. Alexander Monroe, about six miles above Camden, was consumed by fire. * None of the family were at home at tho time, and everything he possessed was burned. Mr. Monroe and his wife aro both very old and infirm, and very poor, with no relations, except one son, a man with a family, and are thus left entirely destitute. Their situation presents a strong appeal to tho sympathy and charity of our community. As they saved nothing but tho clothing i * *? - J. it - x? . tlioy naa on nt rne ame, uny uruuio m that line, with bedding or provisions will be gratefully received. Any contributions that the charitable are disposed to contribute, if left at the store of Messrs. McDonald & McCunar, jvill bo promptly forwarded. Post Offices Re-Opened. The'following Post-Offices in this District have been re-opened : Lynchwood ?Wilson Yarhorough, EUM^ Flat Loch?G. P. Copeland, P. Ml Liberty BUI?Henry L. Drown, P. M. Tillers Ferry?Ebsha W. Hall, P. M. r Change/of Schedule. It w 111 be seen by reference to the advertisement that the schedule for the mail and passenger trains have been changed. They now leave at 8.3C A. M., and arrive at 2.40 P. M. The through trip3 to Columbia have been discontinued for the present. Frost. We understand frost was seen in several placcs.in the vicinity of Camden yesterday morning. Reduction in Freights. Wo see by an advertisement intlio Columbia Pkanix, that the South-Cirolina Rail Eoad Company have reduced the freights materially, on all goods shipped from New York, Philadelphia and Balitmore to Columbia. The rates charged are guaranteed to be less than those of any other Jne, and changes will be promptly made to meet reductions in competing lines Although it is not so stated in thf advertisement, wc presume the same reduction will be made oh freights shipped to Camden. Trial of Mr. Davis. The New York correspondent of tho Charleston Mercury says: "A dispatch to an afternoon paper states that the United States District Attorney' has received no instructions from the authorities at Washington relative to the trial of Mr. Davis. The correspondent concludes from that fact that the Attor ney for the government will have to let the case go by default, and this is no boubt just what he will do, not for the want of any instructions from Washington, howover, but from a preconcerted plan among the Eadical party managers, both legislative and judicial, to avoid a trial in order to get rid of tho troublesome questions which will most assuredly arise for adjudication ere the job shall have been finished." Northern Election?. The Democrats and Conservatives havo carried Pennsylvania, by a majority variously stated at from 600 to >,000. in Ohio, they havo olected a najority of both branches of the Legislature. The Governor's election is loubtful, both parties claiming it. Tho Elections and Ihe Northern Press. It is no longer doubtful that the great States of Ohio .and Pennsylvania, have declared against the Iladicals, and elected the Democratic ticket by fair majorities. So great a change of the people is a signal rebuke to tho persecuting spirit and ruinous policy of the ultra Republicans. The radical losses in California and Maine, were sufficiently alarming, but the loss of these great States, Pennsylvania and Ohio, writes the doom of the pnrtj*. The Northern papers are filled with comments and speculations concerning the causes of this defeat to their hopes, some of which are amusing and ingenious specimens of the propensity of men|to shut their eyes to the truth, and to pretend not to see it. The Tribune, for instance, attributes the loss of the California elections to the "non-christian infidel Germans," who voted with the Democrats, in order to effect the repeal of the Sunday laws. A supposition, complimentary to say the least for it, to the people of that State, and especially the Germans. In anticipation of the loss of the German vote in New York, it denounces in advance, the f German infidels" of that city, as governed by their opposition to the excise law, in their desertion of the radical ranks, and with pharisaical self righteousness, calls on the r^igious press, and christians of New York, to unite with the radicals to ruin tiie country, for the sake of sustaining the puritanical Sunday laws. In regard to the Pennsylvania elections, the Tribune says the result was brought about by the failure of the Republicans to put forward the right men as candidates, uuder the mistaken belief " that an;/ thing would be elected that could get on the Republican ticket," while the Democrats "nominated three soldiers with a good war record." The same paper recommends all those in the republican camps ''whose hearts are with the adverse host, to let their bodies follow," and very frankly tells the country in the words of GAUtBALnr, that they offer us "privation, hardships, hunger, wounds and death." This is precisely what we all along know the radicals to be offering to the frccdmcn of the South, but were not prepared to hear it admitted in this disingenuous manner, by tiie great organ of the party. So much for Mr. n UUhMil. The New York Tit;tea is not so hold as the Tribune, and undertakes to read "Hie lessons of tlie elections" in this wise: It warns the democrats, that they deceive themselves if they suppose that their success indicates any iucreasc of confidence in them?says it. only shows a reaction against the extreme acts of the Republicans. That these acts and measures were forced upon the people, who would have repudiated them long ago, but for the danger of restoring the Democrats to power. The people wanted a prompt restoration of the Union, at the close of the war, hut (lid not want a restoration of tlio rebels to power. As an alternative to that," they accepted the radical measures. " And the only reason they seem now to have halted in their support, is ^ bcccusc they have reached a point where it can he done, without the'risk of reinstating the rebels and the Democrats in their old supremacy." The leaders of the Republicans, it says, have grown "arrogant and reckless, intemperate and relentless*" Have forced upon the party, "the most extreme theories of t he wildest and most impracticable," as the basis of the party creed. The party "grew too strong to be wise." "The first result of such a course, is to make the party which adopts it, corrupt, and the next is to make it weak." It advises them to reform,?"no party can long retain power which seeks it solely for its selfish advantage." The Times concludes by admitting the dnngcr of New York, following the example of Pennsylvania, for the general reasons suggested, and also on account of certain local and special reasons. In this article, wo have charges enough against the radicals to erlish any party, and being the testimony of an inmate of the household, we take it to be in this respect, true to the letter. The great cosmorpolitan sheet, the Herald, in its lumbering way, wise and oracular as usual, declares that these elections indicate the great groundswcll of the people against Radicals and Democrats alike?a protest against the* surrender of the country to the rule of an ignorant and irresponsible constituency, and in favor of reconstruction and harmony, so necessary to the nation. The Herald advises Mr. Johnsox, to change his Cabinet and surround himself with "men thoroughly identified with the Union cause in the war?men of whom the loyal masses of the North are justly proud, and yet men who are not committed to the revolutionary schemes of radical fanaticism?not visionary, but clear-headed men?such men, if you please, as Grant, Thomas, Sheridan, lluncock, Farragut and Porter." The Heralda\so advocates the election of Grant and Sheridan as President and Vice-President?the former because he possesses the capacity of all great rulers of selccling the right men for ihc right places, and the latter as a great expounder of the Constitution. The Jlerald demonstrates this high qualification of Sheridan, by reference to his administration of the unconstitutional reconstruction acts, in Louisiana and Texas. Says he administered them without softening a single harsh feature, in all their monstrous deformity, in order to demonstrate to the country how unconstitutional and destructive they were! Well done, Buxxktt. ?t< Ageicultckal Societies.?A Georgia paper (says tho Columbia P/tatiix,) is advising tlio .establishment of agricultural sociotios throughout tho South, to meet the changed conditions of the system of labor, and urges tho scheme as a pressing necessity, for tho reason that tho attempt to carry on tho culture of ground undea the old management, in such entirely different conditions, will make the country poor, and keep it so forever. f ?e a uLKiw.Lj.gt y.y Tlio suggestion is a good one, and we commend it to the consideration of the faniifera of this and adjoining Districts. Many of us remember the Wateree Agricultural Society of by-gone times?the spirit of rivalry it inspired among its members in the general improvement i-f their lands, stock, plantation tools, and every thing connected with agriculture. "Will not some of old members make a movo for its resuscitation? 10K TIIE CAMDEN JOTJUXAL. j Mr. Editor: The Match Game, of ! which you gave notice in your last issue, came off at the appointed time and place. Owing, however, to unavoidable delay of a largo part of the. players, the game was not called until a quarter of four, nearly an hour after that agreed upon. Strictly speaking, this was not a match game, lor the rules 01 tno American Convention of Base Bailers forbid any such between a senioriand junior Club, one of which last< the Kershaw Club is?but the Wateree Club is not a member of this American Association, and this rule was disregarded on this occasion. At quarter past four then, tho gamo was called, and the contest began. Tho day was beautiful, tho weather delightful, and all in the finest spirits?the Kershaws brimful of themselves and hope that they would "be^'t tho big fellows," and tho "Waterce's delighted with tho prospect of a game conducted in regular style against smb. eager players; but no4 without, wo suspect, a sneaking sort of feeling that in spite of all their advantages tho young'ns would como it over thom. Thus, thon, the contest began,?the Kershaw's taking tho holds, but Labouring under the disadvantage of tho absence of two of their members; and really, their opponents had reason to fear them, for I their play was excellent?hitting fair straight bails and getting homo in good stylo- At length, howev. r, the requisite three were "put out," and the "Wateree's took the bat, and being com. paratively old players, and having the muscle, made a big score upon the books. Here the disadvantage under which the K's. laboured, in having but seven, became most apparent, and the want of their fielders gave the W's. scvoral long runs. This however, they could not keep up long and their ad versarie3 soon tripped them up and again made their mark. in good fashion upon the 6Core books, with still but seven men, their missing two not making their appearance until the next inning. The Waterees, however, got them out, and had their inning and j.?:? *1, AVUrU CUUIJJUiiUU LU y-vo LU UUV11 youthful foos. But the ago of the juniors began to toll, and their muscle to fail, and tliis timo their scoro was not as largo as before. In this style the battle we on, until at the ond of the fifth inning for each, the Umpire decided that it war too dai-k for further play, and calling for the score books, decided the gamo in favor of the Senior Club, by a scoro of 30 to 50r tho analysis of which is as follows: "WATEl!EE CLUB. KERSHAW CLUB. PLAYERS O 11 l'LAYEUS. 0 It Davis, J. 2 0 Bonney, J. 15 Boykin, J. 3 4 DcSauSsui-c, T II 3 3 DcSatnsuvc, J 51 2 6 McCantllcss, E. 1 5 Dunlap, J. I). 10 /McCancllcss S. 0 5 Hay, F. .T. 1 0 I'ritchard, C. 3 2 McCreiglit, E. 0. 1 0 Pritchard, J. 2 1 McDowall, F. 21. 0 7 Shaw, J. 3 2 McQueen, D. 4 3 Sheoin, W. 1 3 Shannon, B. II. 1 0 Xcrnp, L. 14 Umpire?C. A. DcSaussure, Scorers?Messrs. J. T. liny & L. C. DcSaussuro. Clcrn Scores?Messrs. McDowall & McCan- ! dlcss. Time of Game?2.10. INNINGS. clubs. 12 3 45 6 7 8 9 Total Wntcrce, 11 9 7 15 8 50 Kershaw .4 0 11 8 1 30 Thus the TVateree's won tho Hatch, but it were unjust to the other club not to note the manner in which thoy play ed. Their batting was beautiful, hitting j fair, straight balls and in a manner j that showed that were their musclo j equal to their skill, many a home run j would bo put down for them. As it j was they kept the fielders busy, and the base men had to stir their stumps to head their playing off, while running j tho bases. They aro sharp fellows, and | promiso to make No. 1 players. Of ! the other Club, their playing showed j that they wcro old hands, and struck J and ran in a cool, practiced way, that made, in tho long run tho heaviest score. Altogether, the game was an exceedingly pleasant one, and served greatly j I to increaso the zeal and interest in this j noble sport. The spectators were not as many as might have been desired, : especially tho fair sex, but a few did^. favor us with tho light of their countenance, and wo assure them they wero appreciated. Tho Kershaw's were not discouraged r v . -..O *; ' '-'J - ' bj the loss of their game, for it was they who challenged; but showefrtheir ' pluck immediately after the game, for they held an informal meeting, and dt oncelchallenged the other club to another trial of their skill on Saturday evening the 19th iust, when we hope to see the ladies particularly, the citizen's generally, yourself, your Devil and' the whole of your establishment. Your'a, BASE BALL'. FOR TUF, C.IMDTO " JOURNAL. Reform. We are so much interested, perplexed and distressed by our own political' troubles, that wo are apt not to consider the condition of the other great nations of the world. True ta human nature we suppose that we are the only x"L T- ,1 _ puopiu on uiu uunu, wuo are in. me midst of tlio revolution of society, and the uncertainty and distress resulting therefrom. The southern people, who are the victims of the republican theories at present agitating us, aro disposed to look with longing glances towards the government, whose lion was once our glory and safety. They sigh for a King or an Emperor, a government stable, slioug and respectable, beneath whose wings they may hope for peace, quiet and prosperity. But is there any government, which now enjoys this elvsian stato of being, which holds to the ancient landmark, and does not try to advance in this age of progress ? Is there anv society which is not now distracted, if not convulsed by the doctrines of tho r'ghts of mankind, over which enthusiastic demagogues run mad, and wild theorists rave? We may rest assured that we are not alone, that we have companions in our misery, that there are othors who like us though they may wish to see all invested with and enjoying all the natural rights allowed by law, and the rights of the society to which they belong; yet, !IL p i i I : wiixi gloomy loreuuumgs, see louuuiig up in the future, a time when all law and government will be set at naught. When every man, however degraded, and vicious he may bo, finds himself his own governor?feels and knows that he may frame the rules which are to guido his actions, and restrain the indulgence of his natural propensities* will ho not make those curbs as gentle* and those reins as lax as he desires ? And is not such a condition of affairs incompatible with the existence of society and order ? The man who looks at the workings and effects of the doc-* trine of "manhood suffrage," with soberness, and intolh'gence must shrink from its application in this country and in Europe. But all that- he can do is to protest, argue, and perhaps, give up in despair and disgust. ' The people" x i must iiLivt! uiwr ngiua, ui wmvu mvj supposo that they have been robbed; they must govern themselves, or attempt to do it, and happy is that man who can fold his arms and calmly wait for the development of events. From the time that history begins to emerge from the darkness of the Middle Ages,, and assume a definite form, so that we may traco the progress of nations, we find that the struggle was alwavs. beOO * tween the people and the government. In this contest our sympathies are nafc urally with the people. They strove to free thomselves from fetters which bound them in body and soul, which deprived them of the liberty which was due to thorn, which rendered impossible all elevation and improvement by preventing the development of the mind, and the advance of science and art; and so far they were . right. We must admire and approve that independence and boldness of thought, wliich freed mankind from a debasing superstition. But in our day, the scene /*. i ii _ a? seems to nave snutea; tne conmct now is between government and tbe people, the subjects wish to role, and the government must obey, and that such is the case, will appear from an examination of the politics of the world. ? <oe> Important Proposition.?The following statement is made by the Washington correspondent of the New York Herald: "An important proposition hasjust been started by influential Republic cans which seems to meet with considerable favor, and may have a controlling influence upon the action of Congress at the approaching session and the next Presidential election.? It is that a Congsessional committee shall be appointed, by the consent of all Senators and Representatives who concur in the proposition, to wait upon President Johnson and request him to state definitely what plan he has to submit for the speedy reconstruction and admission of the Southern States, as he has hitherto opposed every pol: