The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-14
r..,or Trade In Richmend. FIRST kseeipta
Of Cotton from Alabamn By the lnlnnd

Cation Trade In NtchmonossEW0 hseSpPta
Of Cotton from Aiabamn By the lAlAnd
Route.
On Monday last, fra 5dies Of COTTON were re-
celved in this city, which were freighted from
Huntsville, Alabama, to I4ynchbuTg. by the
line OF railroads and thence to Richmond by
the canal. They were The firss response TO the
circulars which eur enterprising sownsman'
T. b. BKSTLfY, Esq. has lately addressed 70
4 number Of planters In North Alabama s"u
Mississippi. inviting shipments OF eo''on "
this market, via the inland route.
Mr. BENTLEY, a resident OF kienmono ioi
more than thirty years. and one OF our mos
reliable business men, has been Tor up"afusoi
twenty years engaged in the cotton 'raae' ne
has been locking forward to the time---which
has now arrived--.whsn direct commnhiea-
ton with the Southwest by railroad, wouia
omen new channel for supplies 10 TINS mar
Let-hereteiore mainly derived from the
growth of North Carolina and when this was
exhausted, from the distant markets Charles
ION, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans
Purchases made at these remote points are
burdened with heavy charges of commission,
freight, marine insurance. &c, amounting,
when coming from Mobile TO New Orleans, to
upwards of one and half cents per pound
Richmond is the centre of the cotton manufac-
lures of Virginia Offering to her own manu-
features and those OF other Virginia towns
the aggregate consumption OF all reaching to
upwards of twenty thousand bales per an
num-a most convenient point from whencet to
draw supplies of the raw material Cotton IS
also often wanted by vessels loading for En-
rope with tobacco, which, being bulky ar
ticie does not make close stowage. onering the
opportunity TO make room for few hundred
| tales of cotton to great advantage and with
out reducing the number of hogsheads
From information derived from the most
reliable authorities. we are prepared to say
| that The entire cost of transporting cotton
from Tuseumbia, and east of it, to Richmond,
| will not exceed 50 10 IS cents per hundred
pounds, and may be reduced to IS cents by an
| expected modification of the canal tolls. As
suming then, that the article will command
in Richmond from one to one-and-a-haif cents
above the Memphis quotations, it will not be
difficult 10 come to a correct opinion az TO the
relative advantages Of the two markets. Al
though there is no doubt that sales OIL cotton
could be made to any extent in this city, Mr..
BENTLEY does not propose large consign1nehfs
in the beginning. He only asks n trial Try
compare his sales with those received from
other markets, and decide in favor OF the one
producing the largest net projects. In his
hands the cotton will be well managed,
promptly sold, mo decided change in the mar
| lset being looked for, and Immediately remit
ted for in Bank checks on New York Banks.
In his circular before u, he gives for reference
the names of some of our most prominent citi-
| zens as well as the names of JOHN ROBIN
| Mcdaniel, Esq, President Of Virginia and
| Tennessee Railroad Ex-Governor WYNDHAM
| ROBERTSON, Abingdon. Virginia; and his
brothers J. GAY BENTLEY, Madison, Alabama,
and Dr. ALEXANDER w. BENTLEY, Courtland,
| Alabama and offers the following directions
to parties making consgnments to him:
"That each bale he marked on the top side
| L. b. B.
| R.