The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-28 00:00:00

Cotton Supply Association.

At the meeting of the Executive Committee on
Tuesday a letter was read from Naples, describing
the remarkable success which has attended the sow-
ing of a small quantity of Sea Island cotton seed in
that neighbourhood. About a handful of seed
planted in 1863 produced 831 b. of uncleaned cotton
and with the seed of this small quantity 2i acres
were sown last year, which yielded a bale of 7501 b.
of clean cotton, which was sold in Manchester at
29d. per lb., New Orleans cotton being worth at
that time 17d. and fair broach 14d. per lb. This is
adduced as a proof that Sea Island seed can be cul-
tivated to advantage in some parts of the kingdom
of Italy. The same cultivator has this year planted
about 35 acres with the last year's seed, and is now
picking the first crop, having already secured about
B,ooolb. of uncleaned cotton ; and should he suc-
ceed in obtaining a fair picking during the present
month and in November, he has confident hopes of
realising about 40,0001 b. of seed cotton, equivalent
to ayield of at leastlo,ooolb. of clean cotton, which
will afford a profitable return, The accidental recep-
tion of a handful of seed in the beginning of 18G3
has been followed by gratifying results, and the
example thus presented is likely to encourage others
to grow this description of cotton. Further supplies
of seed are earnestly desired, and will be forwarded
by the association. A letter was received from
Jamaica, describing the writer's crop as pre-
senting a beautiful appearance, and expressing the
hope that his expectations will be realised. An as-
sociation of some settlers and others has been formed
for the cultivation of cotton and other products.—A
letter from a member of her Majesty's Privy Coun-
cil in Tobago, and the present acting Colonial Secre-
tary, was read, describing the various experiments
which he has made to encourage and establish the
growth of cotton in that island. The staple is repre-
sented. to be long, very fine, and white ; though for-
merly cultivated, it has recently been growing wild.
It is intended to consign a quantity to the associa-
tion in January. A letter was read from her Ma-
jesty's Consul at Apia Upolu, Samos, stating that,
with a view to encourage the Samoans to grow cot-
ton,
he had planted 70 acres with different descrip_
tions of seed, and that he has forwarded to the asso-
ciation samples of the produce. It is calculated that
this year there will be 400 acres under cultivation.
The islands are described as highly suitable to the
growth of cotton. None but the rudest implements
exist. In about four days after sowing the plant
makes it appearance, and from four to six months
after planting the cotton is ready for picking. There
is a fine field for cotton growing, but the natives

are lazy. A consular report, forwarded by the
Foreign-office, was received from Paraiba, Brazils,
dated Sept. 6, stating that the first gatherings of
the new crop are now coming forward, and that ac-
cording to the report made by the president of the
province at the opening of the Provincial Chamber
of Deputies, on the Ist August, the product of cotton
in the province for the year 1864 was was more
than double that of any previous year, having in-
creased from 32,651 bags in 1861 to 74,828 bags in
1864. The export this year up to the end of
August has been less than during the same period
of 1864, owing partly to the want of means of trans-
port, and partly to the fall in price, which induced
many to keep their cotton from market in expecta-
tion of another rise. The reports of the new crop
are highly favourable, both as to quantity and
quality ; and if the rains cease, which have lasted
longer and been more copious than for many years,
there is little doubt that the crop will be the largest
ever grown in the provinces, and, it is to be ex-
pected, will reach 100,000 bags.—Papers were re-
ceived from the India-office, containing a report
from the Secretary to the Chief Commissioners of
British Burmah on the extent of cotton cultivation
and the probable out-turn of the crop for the sea-
son 1865-6, as compared with 1864-5, which, in con-
sequence of the price of cotton having fallen, is esti-
mated at 15 per cent. less than the previous year.
The total out-turn for 1864-5 of British Burmah is
stated at 29,283 maunds of 821 b each.—A letter
was read from the honorary agents of the Associa-
tion at Bombay, stating that they have applied to
Government for information from the various col-
lectorates of the Presidency as to the breadth
of land planted with cotton during the
present year, the state of the drops, and
the probable out-turn of the staple ; and that
they have been informed in reply that
Government will not be in a position to furnish the
particulars required before the end of February. A
letter was read from Messrs. Binny and Co., Madras,
consenting to become honorary agents of the As-
sociation in that Presidency, and stating that four
bales of cotton had been shipped by them on behalf
of the Madras Agri-Horticultural Society.—A com-
munication was received from the South Kensing-
ton Museum, stating that the 28th February had
been fixed as the last day for receiving demands for
space by intending exhibitors at the Paris Universal
Exhibition of 1867.—1 t was resolved to forward a
quantity of New Orleans seed to her Majesty's
Consols at Shanghai and Japan to promote the
growth of a better description of cotton ; and also
to offer medals for the best samples of Italian grown
cotton both from native and exotic seeds in the
Neapolitan Exhibition, which is to be opened in the
month of December. There was no other business.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE:

HIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, lEEE.

has left us rich and vigorous, with our honour intact
and our power immensely increased, his chief
mourners may well have experienced some anxiety
in looking into the vault that has now closed over
the strong right arm of England. Men of under-
standing and wisdom remain to us, and Palmerston's
" grave-stone will, be our oracle ;" but we shall
nevertheless miss the true-hearted national leader.
We do, indeed, miss him as it is, and our particular
bereavement is more or less shared by every country
where freedom and good faith are appreciated, and,
in some instances, it maybe, with feelings of appre-
hension and misgiving which happily we need not
entertain. But such considerations, though they
cannot be eliminated, will hardly be uppermost in
the thoughts of the nation, and other sentiments will
certainly dominate in the minds of those who have,
in one way or another, lost a friend whose social
virtues were not less conspicuous than his political
qualities. It would be superfluous to say one word
on the hospitality which Lord Palmerston ex-
tended to a large and constantly increasing circle
of society, and that with a courtly grace and on a
scale of welcome which were unrivalled ; but it
may not be improper to mention, what is less gene-
rally known, that his benevolence was exceedingly
comprehensive, and was invariably dispensed with
hearty kindness and generosity. He did not pro-
claim his charity on the house-top, but real distress
was substantially relieved, and it is probable that
there were not a few grateful private mourners in
the crowd of yesterday. Lord Palmerston was, no
doubt, in a position to act as he did, and that posi-
tion was, in a sense, peculiarly his own, for it was
not made by wealth, nor by rank alone, but by a
combination of patrician dignity and universal po-
pularity. Belonging to the aristocracy by birth
and education, he was at the same time the tribune
of the people. However, as a matter of fact, this
was his character, and some amongst us who are
eating the bitter bread of exile could also bear wit-
ness to the warmth of the heart that has ceased to
beat. We can all feel that we have lost a great and
good man, but there are many who can say

"He was my friend, faithful and just to me."
The name of Palmerston will be held sacred in the
memory of the country he served without the aid of
" dull cold marble," and monuments do not always
reveal their object. But there is one, at least, which
Englishmen yesterday looked up to with feelings of
admiration and reverence, and the silent homage
which the statue of George Canning commands is
something that it might be well for us to cherish.
The sentiment is sterling andvaluable,and although
when we remember that the word of Palmerston
might have stood against the world, no honour we
can render will seem adequate, still every memento
of the principles which were the rule of his life, and
which constitute the foundation and the security of
the greatness of England, may serve to explain to
posterity all that now, with our heart in Caesar's
coffin, we find it difficult to express. Lord Palmer-
ston dedicated great talents to a noble purpose ; his
ambition was to advance the interests and to extend
the influence of the country that confided in him,
and while he sleeps in fame we are called upon not
only to administer the trust bequeathed to us, but
to record our sense of duty done. He was pre-
eminently the man of his time, and the personal de-
velopment of patriotism has always been, and always
must be, a beacon to all time. Never, perhaps,
was the ideal conception of the Roman poet more
thoroughly realised—" A calm devotion to reason
and justice, the sanctuary of the heart undefiled,
and a breast glowing with inborn honour."

THE " ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES" ON THE PRE-
SIDENT AND NEGRO' SUFFRAGE.—The reconstruc-
tion policy of President Johnson is just now
the all-absorbing political topic in the United
States. The Radicals of the Republican party
are already loud in their denunciations of the
President's course, while the Democrats and the
moderate Republicans unite in praise of a policy
which they believe to be best suited to the present
situation, and calculated sooner than any other to
allay all animosities, and to restore good feeling
throughout the whole country and among all classes.
The New York Tribune and other organs of the
Radicals profess to see in the moderation of Presi-
dent JOHNSON towards the States and people lately
in rebellion, a new source of danger to the Republic.
They insist that the question of negro suffrage shall
be at once and for ever settled, and that the
Southern States shall be denied readmission into the
Union and representation in Congress until they
shall have admitted the freedmen to the exercise of
the elective franchise ; and because President
JOHNSON is not prepared to go to this extreme
length, he is accused in certain quarters of treachery
to the party which elevated him to power, and
faithlessness to the cause of liberty. It is not
our purpose to discuss in these columns the ab-
stract question of the right of negro suffrage.
We have very strong convictions on the point, and
we do not hesitate to express our opinion that intel-
ligence, and not colour, should be the basis of poli-
tical privilege in the United States. But the Pre-
sident has nothing whatever to do with the settle-
ment of the question as to who shall, and who shall
not, be permitted to vote in the several States.
That question belongs to the people themselves,
and unless the Radicals are prepared to advocate
the removal of all power from the people and the
establishment of a Dictatorship, they have no right
to make negro suffrage in the Southern States
dependent upon the action of the President.
The war was waged on the part of the North for
the maintenance of the Union and the putting down
of the rebellion. It was not a war for the black
man, nor for the white man—it was a war against
treason and secession. The institution of Slavery
fell in consequence, and as a result of that war. The
only questions with which the President has a
right to deal are those arising out of secession and
slavery. Slavery is dead ; its corpse can never be
galvanized into life. Secession is dead. South
Carolina, and Alabama, and Georgia, and all the
States which have yet taken action, have solemnly
renounced the false doctrine of secession, have ac-
cepted emancipation, and, submitting unreservedly
to the Federal Government, areknocking at the door
of the Union for readmission. Whether the freed
negroes shall or shall not vote is a question exclu-
sively for the decision of the States. If South
Carolina is refused readmittance into the Union
because she declines to allow her black population
to vote, then Connecticut, which has just pro-
nounced a similar decision, should be turned out
of the Union for the same reason. The fact
is, each State must settle this question for
itself. In Massachusetts all black men who can
read are allowed to vote ; in New York only those
who possess a certain property qualification ; while
in Connecticut the blacks are excluded from the
exercise of the franchise. And the principle by
which this matter is regulated in those States
is the only true principle. The Radicals main-
tain that the Southern States and people
should not be represented in Congress until
negroes are allowed to vote ;—the moderate Re-
publicans and the Democrats both deny the right
of Congress to impose any such conditions, and as-
sert for the States, under the Constitution, exclusive
jurisdiction over that subject. President JOHNSON
takes the latter position ; or, to put the matter
more correctly, he simply disclaims for himself any
right to impose any such condition, and refers the
whole matter to the discretion of Congress. So, to
sum up, the President has taken no ground, either
for or against negro suffrage. He holds that it is
outside of his jurisdiction, and that the people of
each State, whenever they shall exercise control of
their local affairs, must decide the matter for them-
selves. In taking this position, we think the President
has shown wise discretion and enlightened states-
manship, and we believe he will be supported by
moderate men' of all parties.

LARGE ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF COTTON.—
The price of cotton is going up at a rapid rate, in conse-
quence of an active spinning and speculative demand.
During the latter half of last week it advanced six cents
per pound, and on Monday,. after the receipt of the China's
news, the price rapidly rose eight cents more, making a
total rise of fourteen cents since Wednesday last. At the
close of business on Monday, good middlings were sold at
58 cents per pound, and some holders were asking 60
cents. The market opened strong on Tuesday morning,
when the same quality of cotton was quoted at 60 to 65
cents.—Boston Journal, Oct. 12.
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