The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-11-22
Ufnfral llews.
Cotton in Algeria.

"'I'he culture of Cotton" says the Monitenr
of Friday last, on its first page, SIS RAJ idly ad.
vancing The magnificent impulse received
this season is well known. From few sparse
plots which it occupied last year, the culture
this year 1859 has been extended over more
than 500 hectares. q ,236 acres and nothing
could be more satisfactory than the reports
with respect to it which has just reached US
If some failures owing to the iuexpcricnce of
planters, cast shade over the picture, tho
crop in gereral promises to be all that can be
desired, both as to quality and quantity. 1t
may be considered as settled hencciortli that
the culture of cotton is acquired to the country.
The problem is resolved. To time and to the
intelligence is now left the task of completing
tie development ofthis rich culture, whiehwill
in few years enancipate French manufactd-
rers from the dependence on foreign pro
duction in which they are now held for most
notable portion Of the supplies they now re-
uuire But the Administration has notsbcei
alone in comprehending the magnificent re-
sources offered by the colony for the supply
of cotton. At its sitting of 18th Februaryslast
the Chamber of Commerce of Al gers voted
500 francs for the reserve fund.- as premium
for the best cotton produced on plantations of
Il ccrtan extent. The prize which was warm
ly disputed by numerous competitors has just
been awarded to q colonist Of the arondssc-
ment of Blidah, whose plantation, comprising
eight hectares, go acres, was pronounced Ia
be in the most prosperous condition. Eight
other cuItivators received honorable notices.
The manufacturers society of Mulhonse hav-
having repeatedly made use Of the cotton and
other products Of Algeria, has shown its de.
sire TO co operate for the encouragement Of
such agricultural enterprises in Algeria, MS
seem of a nature to contribute at once t., the
prosperity of the colony and of the manufac-
lures of France. The society has just estab-
ished premiums Of gold and silver medals for
the encouragement Of the growers of cotton
and madder in tie colony"
The terms of these premiums are A. gold
medal to the planter who shall have produced
il Algeria, and delivered at current prices in
the depar ment Of Haut. Rhin in France, be-.
fore the close of the year 1854, crop of at
least 800 kiIogrammes, (662 2lbs-avoirdupoise)
of short staple cotton, or 100 kilogrammes
(22l lbs.) of long staple (sea.island) cotton
A silver medal for crops of half the above
amounts respectively.
The planters must furnish the society with
samples of their cVttons, and with documenta.
ry full information touching expenses and
modes of culture.
We have frequent evidence of the interest
which the government of France takes in the
cotton producing capacities Of the French pos
sessions in Africa. The Minister Of War in
Paris has just established a permanent exhibi-
ton of the Agricultural productions of Algeria.
The Moniteur of Thursday last, in an article
announcing the opening of the exhibition, thus
alludes to the cottons which figure in it:
"But what has attracted the Minister of War
above every thing else, are the cuttons which
figure there. by samples, of the various species,
with specimens near them of cotton fabrics
manufactured from them. This precious raw
MATERIAL of which the spnners of Lille and
Rouen have already established the great man
ufacturing value, is destined to become a source
of wealth to the colonists. Government on its
part has Just established premiums to be awar-
ded after each season to the planters who shall
produce the finest crops."- Correspondence of
The National LkeNgeacer.