The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-03-12

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!; Mr.. Clegg. Of Manchester, an extensive Eng
! lsh cotton manufactures, is in Naples. endea
! yoring to organise a large company, partl.
g with a. commercial and partly with an anti
I slavery view, for the purpose Of growing cot
e ton IN the fertile fields near that city let
+ ter in the London News SAYS that the Two ST
Giles would, in every respect, be admirabI,
!, adapted for the cultivation of cotton. The ave
: rage rental Of land is not high, and Of sandy
S marshy soil, suited TO the objects proposed, We
y ry low; of such land too there is a vast guam
5 1tity lying almost waste on the shores of thu
$ Adriatic, from Lcece to Brindsi, and between
: Torredell, Anuinzlata and Castellamare, ant
t other parts. Cotton, the writer, asserts is &C
f tually growing both nesicly and on the cont
E nent, SO that the experiment would not be new
: and it has entirely succeeded. In Sicily, abou
f 100000 Tbs. are annually grown, half 0
Fl which is exported to Naples, while the remain
der is consumed on the island. In the cont
: mental part of the kingdom about 100000
; TBS. are grown and annually consumed, while
tonly 100000 lbs are imported from New ,or.
j. leans and all other ports The annual produce
of the kingdom is therefore estimated at some
4, 1000 900 lbs, while the annual consumption is
i 5000, 600 Tbs. In proof of the greater capa-
bilities of the country, SIcilian merchant IN
forms the writer that, notwithstanding the
great consumption, it would not be difficult to
export quantity of cotton This report is
believed by the English to be eminently en-
couragny to the project of Mr.. Clegg, and all
THAT is wanted is little capital and little en-
te,prisc-just what the Neapolitans have not
! TO supercede American cotton in European mar
/ kets We have notthe least doubt but that our
southern staple could be cultivated with advan-
tage in the greater portion of Italy, but it can
not be done with free labor, nor will the Cay
ever arrive when any part OF Europe can com
pete with America in the cotton trade.
In the legislature of Georgia, a few days ago,
on motion of Mr., Crook, the 'bill to promote
the settlement of our territories was taken up
for consideration, and occupied the morning
session. The bill approprlates $50, 600 to aid
emigration of Georgians to Kansas, when com
panies of not less than one hundred are present
ed, the leaders of which are to give bond to the
governor for the faithful disbursement of the
money After undergoing an animated discus
sion, participated in by Messrs. Crook, Jones
and Smith, in favor of, and Messrs. Thornton,
Harris and Ward, against the bill, it was lost by
a vote Of ~ to g. The members opposing the
predicated their opposition upon the
ground that it was not wise policy for Georgia,
as State. By legislative enactment TO be the
first to aid inpopulating Kansas with pro-slave
The enterprise and support of private compa-
lies. The scheme likewise conficted with the
position assumed by president Pierce in his pro-
;lamation. .-. .&-n-.
The Washington Union states that the COM
d the former decisions of the department. that
he price paid for the lands now subject to pri-
'ate entry in the Greensburg district, louisa
IA, which lands, owing to alleged defects in
he surveys, were Withdrawn from market for
lbout seventeen years, shallbe graduated from
he date of the last offering in 1853 instead of
rom the official offerings in 1929 and 1880,
Without counting the time during which they
we're Withdrawn from sale. The price to be
aid is, therefore, ST 25 per acre. -.*..
The commissioner has likewise decided that
he rights acquired by the propretors of lands
N the shores Of lakes represented on the plats
# public surveys by which they are sold, as
avigable, are matters for State jurisdiction;
nd that after the survey and sale of land, the
General land laws cease to be operative, and
be State laws operate in the premises. l.
Mr. Benson Blake informs the Vicksburg
Vhig that fire bursted out of the centre of
pile of cotton seed, that lay by the side of his
i'm house, on the Yazoo river, few days ago.
The cotton seed had been exposed to the wealth
II all winter, and he had commenced hauling it
way when the flame broke out of the centre
# the pile After it was extinguished, on ex
mutation it was found charred to considera
lie depth, and bore the appearance Of having
een smothered in for sometime Mr.. Blake
cells assured that there can be no doubt of the
ire originating from the heat of the seed No
oubt this is the cause of many gin-houscs
turning down, and it would be well for all who
ave heaps of cotton seed lying about their gins
0 haul il away forthwith. Precaution, to say
he least, can do no harm 4,
Secretary Marcy has sent into the senate a !
aass of documents bearing on the Central
American question, as far back as $50; among
hem plan proposed by general Marcoleta to
ord Clarendon, two years ago. that Nicaragua /
nd Great Britain and the United States unite /
n a treaty settling forever the Mosquito ques
ion Mr.. Marcy, in letter to Marcoeta, de- !
lies that Great Britain had any sovereign right i
yer any part of Central America, and that to /
mite with her in a treaty, as proposed, would !
re distinct acknowledgment that such an ar ,,