The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-13 00:00:00

COTTON STATEMENT.-PORT OF MOBILE.

Friday Evening, October 13, 1865.
Stock in hand September 1, 1865
Received this week 11,509
Received previously 67,590 —79,099

Exported this week .. 103,389
10,318
Exported previously • 35,486
Destroyed by fire 3,390 —49,194

Stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared
The Shreveport South Western of the 4th says:—
The receipts of cotton are very light, though business
with our leading merchants continues to be very good. We
have not been able to perceive any falling off in any de-
partment, except in the receipts of cotton.
The Columbia Enquirer of October 11th has the sub-
joined:—

Our market was active yesterday, with a good inquiry,
and prices stiffening. Middling cotton freely brought 32c.,
and for a good even running lot of middling 33c. might
perhaps have been obtained. We observed a flat fully
loaded with cotton for transportation down the river, at
our wharf yesterday, and another ready for a load. At the
present stage of water, oven "box" navigation is a difficult
undertaking. The river has shrunk up like a fat man
after a long spell of chills, and, as fall weather is " mighty
onsartin," it is hard to tell when it will be on the mend.

COLUMBUS COTTON STATEMENT-OCT. 7.
Stock on hand September 1, 1865 Bales 5,000
Received this week 854
Received previously 1,854-2,708

Total amount received 7,712
Shipped past week 261
Shipped previously 1,212-1,473

Stock on hand October 7 5,239

From Augusta, on the 12th, we have the following :
The receipts in the last two days have been large,
coming in freely on wagons, and the transactions have
been very heavy—quotations ranging from 42 to 48 for
currency, and 28 to 31 for gold.

From the same place, two days late; the following is
supplied :

The demand to-day for cotton could not be supplied.
Sales made from wagons at 25c., 26c., 27c., and 28c.; and
30c., 32c., 34c., and 36c. were paid for some choice lots in
gold ; and currency, 40c., 45c., and 50c. were paid. The
demand closed to-day active.

An Atalanta letter of the 14th says:—
The receipts of cotton by wagons are very light, and
prices are decidedly upward. Strict middling will com-
mand readily 37 cents. Quotations might be mado from
27 to 37 cents—low grades hang heavily, and repacked is
dull of sale. It is now apparent to everybody that the
amount of cotton in the country is oven much less than
was thought at the close of tho war.

The Macon Daily Telegraph of October 14th says:—
An unprecedented degree of activity has characterised
the market throughout the week. The advance in the
staple in the Northern markets, and the increase in prices
here, consequent thereupon, have caused considerable ex-
citement, and given the market a somewhat unsettled con-
dition. The amount offered for the last three days of the
week has not been equal to the demand. On Wednesday
the price for middling reached forty cents; and these
figures ruled throughout the remainder of the week. By
the time, however, most that was on the market had been
brought up, and holders refused to sell at these figures.
The number of buyers is considerably in excess of sellers.
Heavy orders have been received within the last few days
from the western markets. The shipments of the week
have somewhat exceeded the receipts, and the stock on
hand is daily decreasing. We have heard of none selling
at a higher figure than mentioned, and dealers express the
opinion that there will not be much more done until the
movements in the northern markets produce a decline or
an advance in present prices here. Owing to the con-
dition of the river, no cotton of any consequence has been
shipped by that means, and as the facilities for transporta-
tion by railroad are becoming better every day, and the
rates of freight declining, there will not, probably, be much
more shipped by means of flats down the river. We were
told yesterday of one lot of 1,500 bales that had been ;Seven

weeks on its way to Darien, and the shipper asserted that
he bad rather pay double the amount of transportation in
future to have it shipped by other means. The amount
brought in from the country is somewhat larger than that
of the previous week, but it has not been so large as was
expected the present prices would induce to market. The
week closes with an unparalleled demand at the figures
above mentioned. The transactions have been almost en-
tirely confined to the better grades ; and there is not likely
to be much done in other qualities until it is exhausted.

The same paper, two days before, said :
Large fields of cotton are growing in California, over
100 acres in one field looking well. The State offers a
bounty of $3,000 for the first 100 acres of cotton; also,
$3,000 for the first 100 bales of 3001 b each. Over $lOO,OOO
is given by the state for the encouragement of agriculture
in the raising of various products.