The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-12-01
nAILY DISPATCH.


THE Daley DISPATCH.
slsnday HTornisa, December 1, 1856.
Gsv. Adams a ID Cotton.
GOV. ADAMS, Of South Carolina. In his rectnt
message, urges the propriety Of measures to ID
crease the production Of cotton In the South, tcs
ear that the excess Of demand over supply may
s,,u,u,ste other countries TO lie production, aud
tia, thereby, In course Of time, the production may
so far exceed the wants of the world - to mahe
the crop no longer profitable. As consequence
of this the Governor contends that slave properly
in the South will become 80 much deprecated 10
value, as to render its emancipation Inevitable
His remedy IL the revival of the slave trade,
measure which would cause such an influx OF
slaves as to diminish their value and bring aot ut
the very result which he so much breads. BET
nobody outside Of South Carolina, we suppose,
dreams of a revival of the slave trade-not even
the slave pirates of the Northern ports; be
cause. If II became legal and the field Was opened
to unrestricted competition, their profits would be
dreadfully diminished.
The Governor, however sees serious competi
tors in British Eas, Iudis and French Algeria. lie
says "the East Indies abound in fertile land and
cheap labor France, too, Is encouraging and
stimulating its growth In Algeria, with like advsn.
tases of soil and climate" We have no 'aeA LIZ I
tie productive interests of the South in the s''N'
s''pie are ever to be prejudicad materially oy
petition from sny quarter, and certainly no' Tvs.
taese rivals The following extract from ".
respondence in Wilmer s. Smiths last L'e'P.I'
Times, on the subject of French Products III a.
geria,' comes in very happily for appiicA'iOA >.
this discussion. We have doubt OF It's aeeui
The success In Algeria under the st'muia''ne p
fronage of the French government Is as iA' 40
can judge from accounts from India not IiuoA w.
hind the achievements of the cotton rssefs IN lna'
part oftte woili The Times correspondent says ::
"As to cottoa, the utmost that the most enthuai
astic Frepchman can say about 1t is, that 1t is an
expepsiye experiment [ have asked ia vain for
those cotton plantations which produced the tongue
sole and the cotton JaHne and the hne stockings
which we saw at the French Exposition CIV rlds
Fair) have been told, IS fact quite decisive OF
the cotton question, that the prize OF 20 oOOf OF
fegei annually by the Emperor for the best speei-
men Of Tongue sole cotton, hal been divided. In
lcJ5, between q FrenchI1an ana an Arao i MS
fact suggests the conclusion that natives ana colo
usts all striving ainst each other to produce
cotton and that sill French Africa is covered with
competing cotton plantations The fortunate win
Aer of the 10 00Of. is the Csid Ali Ben Mobamed,
whose plantation is near Guelma AS had asked
IN VAN Tor cottOn, Wherever 1 DaQ D6ep uau Aouc
preparations TO take a two days journey on mule
back in order TO see this famous plantation, when
j fortunately met with a distinguished Arab, Who
knew both the place and the Caid. and who as
sured me that this cotton plantation amounted to
about Is acres. Subsequent inquiry confirmed
this statement, and l cane to the conclusion that
the Guelma cotton plantation was not worth four
days journey, and the further chance If the rain
should come on of being shut up in that country
for month"
The writer goes on to describe the circumstan
ces of this crop at the Guelma, which extended
over - acres. and produced at great cost with
European assistance just it might have been at
the Jardin d'Essai. This year the Caid was not
again competitor. The whole prize was adj
judged to MesSIs. Masquelier, Fieres, st Maur &
co. The instructions of the French Government
require the employment series Of three ploughs,
one OF which is TO be drawn by four oxen, and
pioughs depth of 80 inches Yet the people do
not use them, and what etton is made is cultiva,
ted with the spade! With all the forcing of the
Government and its proposition to buy all the cot.
ton produced there at a favorable price, all the
land cultivated with cotton at the last published
returns was LOCO acres, and for the produce the
Government paid 10000 francs The writer adds:
. Seeing that the cotton produce throughout the
world, is, l believe, about 700 600 TONS whereof
gland consumes about $50 900, there does not l
fear, appear much likelihood of Algiers becom-
ing very formidable competitor Of the United
States"