Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-05-26
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Correspondence Of The " l. ,Jo'onat IF Commerce.
I.oNnoN, Ami lSth. 1St1

he growing Of Cotton still attracts considerable
tention his country with the saugunc hope Of
lualy dong without the growth Of the United States
manufactures OF cotton here, and 1t making the staple
IN question svuce II hmlesss wealth 10 British India
Ii /, caniendod that ii Is ncouccI, allc weakness 10
give English custom - foreign land. not hostile lie
cause mol yet prepared Tor Wal and 10 lie by such
tom, the greater patron and " hodcr of n,eo sav,y
the world Ii il also boldly aeoWed that iuda eaI able
Of suppl my England with all tie colon-Wed slc 1c-
lulres, and ten ulrs II fquls,tc 1hrsn tie
opinions advanced by Lnol d rnlcrprsirg capitalists
who have adopted the paper. 'lhc luolan No~s toad
Socate thcr views, and 10 sui port Atn III all tlrlr
positions and consequent oreatas II Is nalnlanod that
The Gsmald nlnIla iurdunoStlc usts alone Is 40 NnO
lis annual THAT within the last twenty years bic has
exported large quantities, and III year I3Jutu ZOO bs
The consumption OF cotton wool by Eng land in h,rmpnu
iactures and scut by her ooregn countries is stated not
To exceed four decentralization pounds 81 which In
da DIES la furnish tenth part the greater portion
beng produced y America But hi, Indian cotton Of
the indigenous hlud and mol lt fo English consn piton
Its sta pie the finest IN the market but Is also tho
shortest, aHd 10 work II up 10 any advantage here. ii
qures mixing with the longer staples If the nitcd
States The mode in Which is ginncd is most mia
nons aud II arrives in tins country mixed with ine2n
matter, mud. leaves, twies. Sc. Now, the oFIrct
OF the Assam Company Is 10 change all this. aud
to have the cotton ltanly gathered and 10 introduce
new System in c,ciing 1t. The gathcrors ARE 10 hc
taught and inspected. lor tine al FIRST, and
siderable outlay IS To be incurred.
All The American plants have been found 10 fail whore
THIS Indigenous cotton produced, and IL that the
upland Georgia and New Orleans have not nourished
ny where 10 the South Of North latitude u degrees The
Egyptian accnaics IN Two spots IN Bengal and Bohal,
but the Sea Island has failed every where in the interior
The Pernambuco, or Brazil cotton yields well in the
Coromandel Tennassorim coasts Tic Sea Island will
answer at Nlzagapatam, Sanger Island, and Snga-
pore. The Bourbon also succeeds in the Southern part
Of the Peninsula and in MysoIe. but the produce de
croasts as the equator Is approached.
The following the words Of the editor Of the In
dian News
The specimens Of the several varieties of Amf rican
cotton nearly if moi fully, equal IN quality to the arl
Gle sent from America into the English market although
grown only by amateurs, moi planters chiefly crafty
the Horticultural So:ety Of Calcutta and which tflurs
have proved most satisfactorily not only that American
cotton Of the best qualities he produced. but they
have exhibited the places where they can be raised and
under what circumstances they be brought into mar
hct. There u.s. however, most important point unno
tlccd and tins Is the price at which the Am, rlcan
be grown the spot where it is cultivated leaving
out Of the question the expense Of lis conveyance the
coast" The yield ofindigonous coitondoes no,
exceed thirty or forty pounds per acre in the Coded
DISTRICTS The average between Eizagapaiam
in 100 North lat. and Tnnevellcy IN 90, gives l02
lbs per acre. The average yield in the Ma
dura Districts is less than 20 lbs. of clean cotton an
ere" 'In Cuzorat Ar. Warden found 1t 10Y
lbs per acre" Proceeding to the North how
ever. rocedo from the equator, the yield becomes
greater S in he latitude of 20 north at Calpee we find
Mr.. Bruce reporting, that the produce wares in the
worst lands from 100 to go lbs. Of clean indigenous
cotton, wstu the best lands The produce an ave-
rage 335 lhs and in high gu lbs per acre.
In New Orleans. bag 800 lbs. Of clean cotton % r
Is estimated fair crup. Uho we have tten inform
Cd that IN thu nc" land ofT.Ais as much 4, lof1 lbs.