New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-14

TIE recent debates 10 the British Parliament
have given prominence to the important fact that
Central Africa is not only well adapted to the
growth of Cotton but that large quantities are now
exported thence to England, ard the trade is stead
lily increasing each year. 1t will be many years,
however, before the amount grown there wit more
than supply the rapidly increasing demand for cot
ton goods amorg the millions of Central Afrcs
itself But the fact is patent that the yearly eX-
ports from the Blight Of Benin foot up very large
amount Some have estimated ii at ten millions of
dollars; others higher still. Lsgos is steadily 10.
cIea,ing in wealth and importance, and the amount
of cotton grown ID Yoruba is annually increasing
under the stimulus of British c,psa. The follow
ing is an extract from an account given to The Lon
don Meas by Mr.. Thomas Clegg, large cotton
manufacturer in Manchester, England:
Up to tie LET Of this month March 1885, had cent
out l5l oottongins, costing from tS l3s 3D. to El0
i0s. each.
have entered into correspondence with upward Of
20 nstive and other active Traders, II or ~ Of them
beirg chiefs many CT whom have begun 70 coLsign
their cotton, wen other produce, to me. 10
ducti1g this affair l have to venture and have nov
outstanding about t4,693, every shilling OF which
expect 10 receive back indeed, have bills of lading
produce bsrg on IFS way TO me now botn on consign
nae nj and il Eq u.d6ton Of what is owing TO me.
Ihsve lad ore transaction With Of these traders
fr,p which he received g. 500 and 1t il both sssfse
tory ard pleasing TO know tina: every trader, almost
Invariably takes back hardware, esrthelware cotton
goods or other merchandise, for the whole amount Of
co,,cr or other produce sent here. Owing to two
tersiye fires 81 Abbeokuts tsve not got quite q
much cotton az expected in 1857, but have had cot.
ton adyces and bills Of ladng for shipments from
Laos up TO the 2Sth,of December, as follows VIZ:
Per ca dsce &c bales Gambls 10 bsles; Ibvincible
"a bales; Token, sc bales; Jsrow, Al bales; Gsmbis
ll6 bal.s; st George, 81 baes; Powerful 2i9 bales
Oscar. 81 bales; S.itern Rock PAS bsles Propeller.
q bsles-ir the whole, 929 bales. Add to these II
tors buTped in the first fire. and 100 to 1900 fbs in
tie seconc-2l bales. Total produced, or rather coli
eoted for sending 10 ne, OF usual size, 20 bales
African cotton. Ttt quan;ny mas, thefeiors, been
and there has still alssys bsen plenty
ef,rpg on like terms, VIZ, ID. per ID in the seed.
Or tbis account the people Of Abbeokuts csnnot be
MADE 10 believe that England can purchase al the
cotton that they produce, and Yet Aobeck 1ts s
but inst on the border-st one corner, may say-of
The g-ea. cotton field of Western Africa, extending
Abbeokuts Niger AID away into the interior
Conplipg nv experience this cosss the belief Of
the Abbeokutas and the recsIt dispatch of DIR. Bal
ke from tue Nserto our Government where be states
tina, the Rev MI. Csrke had seen 81 ls near lorin.
in tbs Yorubs country fifteen OF sixteen packages OF
clean cotton offered for sale, weighing - rs to s. ts
each. and bsd been assured BY the natives TIA. on
ms,Est dAys ever, fourth from 10 two thousand
spch bsgs were offered for SALE and this for their own
courtry manufacture only; say coupling these state
mertr with NY olerst:on, Whist know of fuae and
Natal ard what DIR. Livingstone tells "a OF the Est,
car CLEARLY see prospect Of the sl.ve-trsds being
en,sly ,ta;yed OUT the trsctsbe, cocile and inel.
cert African fising in the scale OF civilization and
Cbrstianty IN proportion he IL allowed to erjoy hs
own rights, ac9 stsy u, ~ tas issd, saa tada a ~