Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-04

citizens OF the town and vicinity who are friendly
20 the several manufacturing Embellishments thereof
aud TO Tsrh FOE their protection to be he at the
Petersburg Exchange. on Tuesday evening, the
Ith OF June, at o'clock. to receive the report
above mentioned, ami any communication which
may be made from our delegate to the Lexington
meeting.
JOHN F. MAY, Chairman.
Husn Nelson, Secretary.
Will not Richmond ana Fredericksburg Join their
brethren OF Petersburg IN a move on this important
subject
INTERESTING TO THE SOUTH.
The following article for which we are indebted
TO the Pennsylvania Inquirer, is well worthy Of the
attention Of the people al the South. The culture
OF Cotton British India Is increasing rapidly,
that the eyes of the Southern portion Of the Uu,ed
States cannot much longer remain closed TO the ne
cesSity Of doing something to protect the value Of
their great staple Tins protection can ooly be Hi-
iorded 10y n homo market, and this market can
only he furnished thro' the medium Of u Protective
Tamil
THE ENGLISH COTTON MARKET.
Our Southern friends should watch with eager
attention. the progress nj the great experiment which
is under trial in British India, with regard to
the cultivation OF cotton. A few weeks since, the
public nina of the South seemed TO be tally alive
to the importance OF the sublec'; but this excite
ment has been succeeded by n comparative calm,
while thus ier We have seen no movement OF Tor
mai or suitable Character, havn. IN view remedial
measures. II is impossible that the enlightened
planters and : atesmen OF the South close ,heit
eyes To the realities of this matter. But II Is
clear that they have paid little attention to IT,
compared with its deep importance and its posi-
bic, nay its probable efiecs upon the great sta
pie of the South. The Northern Journals geoer-
ally have discharged their duty, have time and
again raised their voices m warning. The Boston
Atlas. the Baltimore American, and one too other
well known prints Of ability and influence, have
given copious details, and supp ieatcd the South in
true spirit of brolhcrly kindness and national pa
tro,ism, to take up this and TO investigate It
fully. The ndvices 10y the last steamer espe.
cially worthy Of attention. Our British competitors
ndelatisabe IN their efforts to increase their
cotton culture IN India, and the results thus Tar
indeed Nlarmir g.-Thus, says the Boston Atlas,
during the week preceding the 25d OF April, the
import of East India cotton was within less than
three hundred bales, equal. in amount, TO that of
America What startling factl The time has
been within year when these imports did not l.
mount 10 a twelfth part OF the American. And now
we find the imports OF cotton from Bombay equal
ing, IN amount, one third of the whole importation,
exceeding that of all the other kinds together, eS
cept the American, and only falling trile short Of
that And yet the infatuated opponents Of Ameri-
interests who would blind the ewes Of the REQ.
pie 10 the necessity of selipreservaton from the
destructive policy of Britain, would have their
readers believe that we have nothing 10 appreherd
from the competition Of East India cotton. We
find, from the records contained in the Liverpool
Mercury OF the 25,h of April, that during the pre-.
cedins week the total amount Of imports into that
city was 1918 bags OF cotton, as follows: