The true Democrat., 1856-03-04
The Cotton Crop -The Whole Natter Et-
 piained.

One ot our exchanges says the \. o. Pi- English paper, the Northern Times; it fully ac- counts for every thing-gives the only satsfac- tory explanation we have seen or heard of, in relation to the sources whence crop of 8, 700, 900 bales of cotton may be expected. As SC veral of our readers are slightly interested in the staple, one way and another, the annexed intelligence cannot but be very gratifying- Here Is the correspondence purportug to come from tue English paper, circular and all:
 SRI beg to hand you a copy of a New York circular that should have been published In time for the last steamer, the information it contains being highly interesting at the present moment, and deserving more general publica ton. JONATHAN.
 NeW York, Dec 25, 1856.
 We have very great pleasure in informing our Manchester friends, that the crop Is like ly to be exceedingly large. It Is true, howe yer, that the evidence of receipts as compared with the large crop years, lSo2-53, is against such an oplI!lon, but we will state our reasons for thinking that the crop will be nearly ], ,75O, OOO bales; but before doIng SO we will remark that It IS something curious that, although al least 100000 bales of the old crop was left last summer on the banks of the Mississippi fol want of water to enable the steamboats tC bring It down, and although the crop this veal has been the largest ever grown, yet, in spite o all this, the receipts at New Orleans are SO,OO( bales less than Ill 1852; this would sta.sger ou pellet; but when we give our reasons for be- lleylng i'll large crop the whole matter vii be casly y understood, and we will shortly Set the most enormous receipts that will reduce prlces t. such point that we can operate witt perfect safety to ourselves
 " In the first place, we learn from correspon- dents, m whom we have the most implicit con hdence, that very large crop nas been made these last two years on the land washed by the Upper Mississippi, above the Falls of St. Anthony; but tie great difficulty that tn, steamboats have hitherto met with in passing those falls being now overcome by American ingenuity and enterprise, this will soon be brougth to mark ct. In addition to this wei ascertained fact, we learn on the best au thorty, that large quantity of Sea Island cot ton has been grown this year in the State o Ohlo and 1t Is now in course of being packed for the southern markets. We have yet ano ther piece of news to report favorable to large crop, and although we cannot quite give full evidence to it, yet we feel ourselves justified in laying 1t before our Manchester friends, witt remark that 1t comes from highly inteli gent correspondent in whom we have grea confidence. It is shown that the Creek In dians, most industrious body Of men, hay, set about planting Mastoden cotton on th banks of the Missouri river, above Jefferson city, and we have no doubt that the result vii be highly profitable.
 We have now stated our reasons for be lieving in large crop. It is true that the re celpts ought to be much greater than they have been, and all we say further is, tha Ii they do otincrease shortly, to prevent disap- polntment to our friends, we notify them nov that we intend to ascribe as the cause of tn small receipts, that planters are holding thei crops back, and so explain the dicrepancy; w shall also state, as did last year, that the ri vers are low, and, therefore, the crops canno be got down.
 H YOurS Co