The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-01-20 00:00:00

THE COTTON TRADE.

By the John Baring we have advices from Savannah to the
20th ultimo: These state that the cotton crop falls short to a
greater i.ttent titan was imagined a mouth previously. A con-
siderable quantity will be held back. and the shipments will be
retarded by the operations of speculators. In Charleston, on
the 15th December, the market was steady, with full prices.
These ranged from 141 to 161 and to 17 cents, for uplands.
Sea islands 32 to 40 and upwards. On the IS.h they state
"that" opinion is.stronger than ever, that the crop will not
exceed 1,150,000 bales. We subjoin an extract of a letter,
dated Macon, December 13, 1831:

" I have been more and more convinced every day that I
hate spent here, that, su far as the crop' of Georgia is con-
cerned, a deduction of 20 per vent—must• be made front last
'ear's quantity; and .1 believe that even this estimated defi-
ciency will be found 'not sufficient. Smite' people have doubts
on this matter, korn the circumstance of the reeeiptsinto this
market having been so much huger than up to the same period
last year; but various circumstances have contributed to bring
this about, not only here, but also to the west. The early
severe frost put an effectual stop to the growth of cotton, and
opened at once every bowl that had matured. This left the
planter. an opportunity to gather in two pickings from the field,
which, in ordinary seasons, required three or tour, and he was
thus enabled to employ all his farce in glinting out and getting
his crop to market, a portion of which force would otherwise
have been required in the field, and with this labour so ad-
vanced, there was nothing to induce hint to hold back any part
of his crop. In addition to the single inducement of price,
there have been other reasons to operate this season not com-
mon to -othe:. years: The sale of a large body of valuable land,
now offering in the state of Mississippi; has mot only attracted
the attention of the planters of that state, but of Alabama and
this also; and, to provide themselves with means, an early
sale of their crops has been necessary, and there are hundreds
from this part of Georgia that are now employing iheir funds
iu this speculation. I am induced to mention these circum-
stances from noticing the large receipts of cotton, not only in
this market, but in those of New Orleans and Mobile; and to
my mind they go tar to explain the cause of those large receipts,
without alteriug my opiniorrin -relation to the quantity made."

ANOTHER FIRE AT MESSRS. FOSTER AND
S IEWA It r s.

On Saturday night lust, or early on Sunday morning, the
premises of 111"essis. Foster and Stewart, the blinders, which
were partially destroyed a short time since, as it is supposed,
incendiaries,. was again discovered to he on lire, and the pecu-
liar circumstances attending the discovery tends to strengthen
the opinion, that the Cornier fire was the act of miscreants. It
appears that. at the hour above-ntentioned, one of the captains
of the nightly watch, :is he WolB going his rounds, perceived from
Newington Bridge the reflection of light from the yard. Ac-
companied by two watchmen, he got over the palling. and in a
•temparary stied erected for the sawyers they discovered a large
-tire rapidly extending. It was situated in the extreme end of
the shed, within a few inches of the wall which separated the
yard from the rope-walk, and had already set two large planks
and a heap of loose wood on fires, Water4having been procured,
they succeeded in extinguishing it; and, on examining the
place, they found the remains of rags,. a hag, Ste., which, being
coupled %Till other trrtunistauces, leaves no doub'Of this une.tut-
vucally, being the act of an incendiary. Footmarks weta on
Sunday morning traced in the snow, and, an inquiry, it was
ascertained that there had been neither fire nor candle at or
near the place during the whole of Sarurdny. Ou the surface
of the stow was also found. scrawled the words—" Iteme. her
W. F." This daring act, at first sight, appears to be without
motive. unless done in contempt of the proclamation offering
.Estal reward for the discovery of the first incendiary, for there
was very little property in the plate that could be destroyed.
Probably it was done more tee annoy the sawyers than to injure
the Owners; for we hear that 111essrs. Foster and Stewart's men
refuse to join the union, and have on that account experienced
frequently the enmity of the other sawyers. Possibly, too, the
tomer lire, though so disastrous, was intended only for the de-
struction of the saws; and, singular enough, on the night of
dor lire some of the ineu, apprehending danger, concealed their
taws. Tnise were destroyed, while Chose nut concealed were

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