The North-Carolinian., 1842-04-30
FROM the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Cotton Cultivation in India.

Since publishing our remarks on this sub
ject last Saturday, in which we undertook to
show that the much vaunted experiment of
American cotton cultivation in India had
proved failure, we have received Bombay
papers to the first of January, which fully sus-
tain the position which we then took. The
annexed article from the Bombay Times Of
December 22d; appears to have hsn ~ W1i'tsn d n
te's, and may be presumed to be- essentially
correct.
To the Editor OF the Bombay Times and Jour-
nal of Commerce.
Sir-I have seen in your paper Of the ST
and 4th December, communications in regard
to the Ico,ton growing experiment as conduct
ed by the America n planters located at Broach.
As the results Of that experiment have been
but partially set forth by your correspondents,
it is but justice to those gentlemen, who must
bear the responsibility OF the charge commit
| ted to them, that a satisfactory exposition of
the facts, as they really exist, should be given
| to the public. At the same time, such an
| exposition will, doubt not, afford some i'll
terest and information to the few who sincere
ly wish success to the project.
Without noticing either of your informants
individually, hope TO correct some misstate-
mcnts they have made, and i've you some ad-
ditional light on this subject, which has SO de-
servedly eliciIed the attention ofthe well wish
ers of India. The Americans who were des-
tined to take charge of the experiment in the
Bombay Presidency, arrived in Bombay in
September, lS4O, without letter or single
credential to identify themselves as the ind-
viduals employed by the Court of Directors.
Their simple declaration was fortunately cred
tied by the governmental authorities They
| 4 H.
any Information facility afforded them by
the authorities, for becoming acquitted with
the Merchants or persons otherwise interested
in, or acquainted with, the difficulties they
would necessarily meet in attempting to es-
tablish a new mode of cultivation. They
| were finally ordered to proceed to Surat,
| whither they immediately went, & were placed
under the guidance of the principal Collector
| at that place, to whom they were requested to
| make report of what would be Necessary to
accomplish the object in vew-whch they
did, so far as a total ignorance Of the country,
and the difficulties with which they had to
| contend, would allow. This step was Sue
| ceeded by order 10 proceed to Broach, where
they arrived about the lst Of December, lS4O,
and this was followed by an awful pause OF
nearly six months. During this time they
did not receive single intimation of what
would be the facilies afforded them for going
into planting operations, any facility
afforded them for seeing the different soils Of
the country, becoming acquainted with the
the practices Of the ryots, nature of the diff
| fcu,ies that awaited them in the accomplish
n1ent of their undertaking. This time was
consequently spent TO no purpose, aud a tedl-
Gus time they had Of it. Nothing to do-but
count the hours as they rolled their sluggish
lengths along, and enjoy themselves the best
way they could in the ''best residence in all
Broach.'' Up to the middle of May, which
was the beginning of the planting season,
| when they should have commanded every fa-
cil,y for going into immediate operations, no
land, to their knowledge, had as yet been pro-
red-notwithstanding they (the Amerlcans)
had anxiously demonstrated on the subject as
| early March. A few days after this they
were informed that two portions Of land had