The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-25

rep1v. and gsaeral Scot asa'n Fesofts. -.
In silence. nn1er the ue# PTosoeailon. g. IA
been ill., resass trs4 Of pity. aond ne1t q feF51'
fusaass. Compassion i always due TO an si1IsS
i s-shee7;e No lavs about him blows winch
h,,rs onlr himself. or who, al worst SEEKS e
z.se his opponent BY he iiuf of naughty words
The following is the concluding letter Of ia
coEzsSpondeaoe- - -
Nae DEPARTMENT Nav q. Is56.-sar--l
have received your le4.er Of the -0th instant
Tha DELAY for which ron make hEpocEttaca
ano7sev. has Strengthened ron 10 resume The
l:.or ii situperation, bat having only N thIs
correspondence stamped y0a with -aisehaso4'
and Whenever vou bare presented tangible
point. convicted ron b. conclusive proof hare
ceased 10 regard your abuse. and as you pre-
z-n. no1binsr in this letter which requires re-
MARI. am grasiEied 10 oe relieved from The ne
resz5tv Of further e1posisg your Haalignity and
! 51nr<ylt7. Your ob't sersant.
I JEFFERSON DAVIS.
nrsrs. Lieut.. Gen. Efnsesaecoss, [, a.
! INTERESTING COMMERCIAL RERoRT.-A short
supply OF Cotton anticipated, 6c--At the an
raaI meeting OF the Manchester Commercial
Association, James AsPinwall Turner pTess ed,
and large number Of members were present
The annual report Was very leRgshly, referring
to nineteen subjects: among others, to relations
with Brazil and TO The Atlantic telegraph. The
chairman, in addressing the meeting. reviewed
SONG Of the main features contained in the re-
port. and congratulated the commercial world
that since the close of the war the exports bad
increased BY f2U, QUO. 900, amounting this
rearto els. COG, 600, te,ls showing 0leir COM
mercial and manufacturing prosperity but there
was one cloud which darkened ii, and 10 which
heregrelted having to refer. i
He alluded to the probable distress which
was likely 10 be felt. and before long too in this
community and the manufacturing districts,
from the Inadequate supply Of the raw material
which afforded employment 10 vast number
Of the inhabitants OF that district From l847
10 1856. the imports Of cotton from the United
States into England had doubled In 1847
the imports were i 1884, 900 bales, and in 1856,
2, 467 900 bales; but in The face of this, such
was The progress of British manufactures and
the extension Of their cotton trade, that where
as at the end OF 1876 the stock on hand At
Liverpool was 49,, 900 bales, or twenty weeks
consumptioe: in ten years afterwards, that was
in 1856, with an import of-2, 467 600 bales,
thew ended the year with a stock on hand at
Liverpool Of only 332, 900 bales, or weeks
consumption.
The estimated crop from America this year
was only 3, 900, 900, and at the present rate Of
We could not, with that estimate.
have any thing to spare in hand al the end Of
the year, for at the present time the L. States
and the continent were using as much cotton AS
Great Britain herself. This, then. is serious
question. How were they here 10 provide for
he contingency to which he alluded? The !
here had been in the habit of
putting himseIfinto railway train, going down !
o Liverpool and telling his broker to buy him !.
% much cotton; but if this state Of affairs to
which we have alluded should be realised, !
what was to be done?
He believed that'if all the spindles now in
operation continued going, and those addition /
Al ones which be the chairman) knew were to .
)e set in motion should be in use, there would .
lot be bale of cotton in Liverpool at the end .
If 1857. The consequence would be that
:lther cotton would get to such price 4hat /
hose who were the weakest must stop their
works and an immense number oil people be
brown out of employment, or otherwise the
ntIre stock of cotton would be exhausted -.
What, then, was 10 be done? Ten years ago
hey in that room had reflected on what was
low approaching. Africa, Australia, the Cane
# Good Hope, Metal and the West Indies had
ii been spoken Of, and in time these places
would. no doubt supply this country with cot
on. The East India company ought long ago
0 have made that country a cotton producing
ountry, and If India had been in the hands Of
ankees, 1t would long ago have been SUCH
here was land enough in the East Indies to
TOW all the cotton that was wanted here. and
was the duty Of the company TO facilitate its
r0wth, He did not say it was the company's
utE 10 grow it themselves, but il was their +
uty TO aid in It's production, by making roads ,
nd supplying the means OF irrigation 50 az to
aake the land available, and this they had ne
lected to do. =
The speaker then referred to the instances Of :
commercial immortality which had taken place 7
urlng the past year, and said the country had I
7ason to feel Inundated at these ab0minab1e ;
rmes, some Of which had been condignfv r
uniShed by the Judges of the land But there =
ere Others, too, whom the law had not reach +
d. including men in Lombard street. He did /
OF want 10 libel any body: but when he saw
len who had held situations under govern
tent guilty Of these breaches, be would not Fl
y all he felt, but be would say that they de- IL
rived the contempt of every well constituted a
lnd' The report was then unanimously con- II
lfred IN and adopted. Liverpool ADV
WISCONSIN SESAToRsHIP-The papers have X
ready announced the election OF James R. a
ooIlttle, by the Legislature of Wisconsin, to II
senator in congress, in place of gen. Dodge o.
ooIlttle was the black republican candidate Il
The election was, however, made under cir |
instances which will raise another contest be- ?
re the United States senate for the seat At p
e convention of the two houses, the question Il
as raised whether Mr.. Doottle was eligible Al
1der the constitution of the State, being A p
dge in office, and the opinion of bis ineligi- I
jlty was shared by several of his own party. 81
no, on that ground, declined to vote for him. ia
he speaker OF the house, who is a republi- y
n, declared that opinion; and the same was p
Id by the president of the senate IA demo in
att Lieutenant governors Macarthur was W
lder the rule, presiding officer of the Joint a
INVENTION, and he decided that votes cast for is
oottIe were void, because he was constitu- n
'nably ineligible, and refused to announce the
suit giving Doolittle large majority. As
understand if he would orlx@ to