The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-04-07
COTTON IN INDIA.


accompanies this. on which the areas at whrst
nuc". cotton, opium. s,ul tree, t.Nhorrn rnLuxin)
,"sk, U'ri"ria granuiS. l"cal,ics adapted tn trn,
coal regions. u"n ":r Tunrtirs. lin and sail mines
are laid down with care. The n;virahl. r,r-
,iOus of the rivers and the railroads in operation
Or construction are Also shown; that the cI,mc
rnap cmhra"rS the various matters "f interest T."
the nyi uiur'st. aud 10 considerable aX,cut
also those Of imi,"rtaur" 10 TIA" miner.
We naturally. hc.r III oui pant Of the wo,ll
src most prominently Iulrr, Sled II. he ,istrbu-
tlon of the cotton area hu s";'r slight notice Of
the rc-ir nccnpiI hv the other prudur,u,,.
may also b. worth having.
Commencing in tho North, We have Grs,
Yong belt Of ten rcricn ,k,r'ng the lina'nvn
Mountains from Assam West lu the Puniaul,
from twrutv to fnrtv r,il.s in width. liz :i..
Fun jaub. Delhi ard Dude, we have III" great
Hhcnt region of Ilinloslan, extending over il..
entire head waters of til" In1us AM, t;ancrs-
Towards the ml"uih Of tn" latter river we per
rcve Il broad extent Of iudi.u cu,:u;rv. "m tn"
North side, ami of opium Oh ,lr SnnE brh of
these are III Bengal. III whici, a!s" til" coal
aud irnn mines North al Calcutta >niar rnincs
exist alsn in central iiiudu.ian III Niriu.lda-
Opium Is grown near 'iir-'' Is; Sr'au.c. Salt is
"banad III III" Tan jaub a,,d al Irk. San,lsr
Teak f,rc-ts abound cAirfv in Wc>'r-n Iiim,i,,-
tan; aud cotton to which our chief inquiries
fer, appears tu be cLl.ivutc! over yciy cNi,mr,i
region.
Beginning in In. East W. hav" first n l;ri,.
Of cotton r"ri"n on the coast al Eurnnh. "ppo.
site the mouths Of the tianr"S t,:cn higher up
that river meet with wild. body of cation
bands in Dude aud D.!;li. Auu her j. seen near
the month of the lndu. m:.aiu smother in Gus.
Eerat while still g,orr extensive COTTON regions
are found i'll c"n,rai India; III N"rbuda. Bcrar,
NISam and Mys"r". Oh th.. waters "i the Nrr-
hulda, Gudavcrv. Tumgnhu,ra aud Cavrrv.-
These mn,n"s ar. bat lH,lr familiar to our ears.
nhuug', r.rrcncc I" II good map W iii easily ui,-
cnlc th" regions alluded to.
From the accompanying letter press c"n,r;hu.
ti,n, we discover thai III Bengal the entire cot
ton crop Is CONSUMED mt hume. Yet il is there
kt',cd as h,r!mc been asserted that the cutie
cotton supply demanded hv the British m,rkc,
coult! he furnished i'y the COLON lands of Nzam
Nagpnrc aud Bcr,r. a. We" however. the pre-
eid.ncy "f E"ngal has 'X,vti.,l ln;lr or u.",hin.
in cotton. The rr">"nc, I'll Madras has already
furnished Il small quota; sill. II canr,t l,av,.
been worth considering. hl IN iI," ,r,r l~:,l -.
the rnti," region planted III cotton III i',a, ror-
ton OF Iniiu aniOnnird only to ~ ..iTI acres.
one and ihir.l million hrin. ii- r, ma.
tel extent OF the entire rerion :.:ap:c, i"",ton.
or the PRESIDENCY of 'nmha: II very different
account must he given. Nearly three m lions
of acres NOR. accurately 2.>!ir.11g ac,.S or
one e-,hnty fourth Of the entire area. ,s ther. cul
tivL,ri III cotton The ,is.; Of Guzrtn, ,no-
duces tn" most: for a'',on. IL is are. lv one.
huadrcth of that "i cntuc India. ii already
yielded in lS:U iiiIy .six per cent .f the ,vi,n.
cotton crop Of that c"unirv. Dn,iur III. five
Years from lSi3 80 To Sj3 Il Bengal vie ld..l
only Is 573,65o H., Madras only ~ 993 i73
lbs, for the British market. while Bombay tx.
ported 59S,2lS,G15 lbs The following table.
shows the cxrurtation nf I.diu ,lur:n, tlrs.
years, III the article referred to:
Year. To Grea, Britain To other points. Total.
lSl9-50. Il i",G9o.317 5l.!7 .sG3 l65 ,ctl am
1850 81. Ill. .li6.1gS EjD.G,S~5 126473,S3
ls5l-52. 81 l,lOl,223 l12.lis, GUS ois, ,?.s3I
IS52-53. Isl ,3Gn COL sI.5i,.lSO a;a,!Os,I7I
1883 81. .l3s, ,lS",ia? '?,j7 $50 49, ..6l .Gj5
During this period Great Britain imported
altogether i,o2l .oG1, ,s3! lbs Of cotton nf which
G521s5.Sui lbs. We're received from India, 50
that The latter country furnished about one
sixth, or sixteen per cent, Of the entire amount
consumed. II Is true. that probably tn" whole
Of The cotton furnished TO England hv India was
again reshirped IN the shape "f gouls DR.
Niyhte, indeed, asserts that til. annual con-
sumption Of cotton for each individual IN lin
,iostan does nol average less than twenty pounds
his would ani"nnt L" a local consumption of
about J,npo.O00,0O0 pounds. For India to far
nlsi England with all the cotton she now con-
sumes would. Therefore, it is stated require only
M Increased production OF one tiftl, 10 what is
now made. Almost al! of this cotton ia native
und hence well adapted tn" country on
American cotton only 2,3.0 acre. were planted
III Madras, ard in B"nhay 52,3l3 acres in the
last Year 10 which the" data refer.
In our part Of the world. we are well nv ore
that India has to contend with difficulties nf pro
'iucion III The Way "f labnrin. forces which .r.
foreign t" us. still the statements here given
hre worth CONSIDERING. cSi,icIalIv ms we NAV rcsl
assured HAT Eng!ands pretended Il.nrhropv
will never check her in the prosecution of
measures Of Importance for material comfort.
1" II not time, then, I" prepare ourselves to con.
with this G'"win@ competition by all active n,ra.
snrcs likely to insure continue. rrosp,,itv p
The recent difficulties in India may sumcwhu,
reiard their cotton Production; bnt with the .x.
ceition Of the last year. concrrinu which ,hrs.
reports treat a gradually increased production
Is visible. We do not believe in the value of
nrtlhcial "nconragenIents of any pursuit where
natural circumstances oppose; but yet they mny
hcc":n- Of Importance when the latter are suited
for the purpose, aud know that there is n
strong desire III Eng i,nl to stimulate the Indian
cotton production. ii is not supposed that th.v
coul'i ever drive MS from The market or con. with
our best cott"ns. but they might materially re
'ince ih" pre-" OF the inferior kinds But have
detained YOU longer than intended Yours. r..
spcct:uly, I.
ARIZ'NA-- -CUBA--cENTRAL AMERICA.
To Ire EoEtors If tie Lnion:
Northern journals nnd portion of the press
"l this city have, within the past few DAYS, nj
in'ied TO Il Cuban rxp"';ilion. supposed bv som.
Of them now t" be on foo. on our Atlantic soy,
hoard and the Gulf coast, for the invasion of that
"rver faithful" island
AS nj the present moment an active NOV emet
3 going on Tor the co "niza.ion Of Arizona. to de-
velop !i.e sj.si r"sonrccs Of that ve,, rich terri
rory r::h NJ Hines of silver, gold, copper and
lead, u:d rs well, in Il v,sl amount ni cutiva
Ile land capable Of producing double crops an.
hnaliy,-,-it is very NATURAL &c te"ve that the
mere 'n"or at this time Of s,:ch t'usn expe
t'tioh would lead Ia the impression the part of
many That ilI" Arizona expedition, now RAPIDLY
organizing. is bni mask TOR a raid on Cuha
simultaneously. almost. the fears nf the For
eIgn Embassies here hrve been aroused in regard
to their peaceful and Legitimate movement OF an
en"rpr'sng body Of American citizens from Que
PORTION OF their territory To nnoti-r- few hun.
-tred milrs distant; believing that under the
gnIse OF Arizona they smei Nicaragha and the
much dreaded incubus Gen. Walker.
All these fears, doubts m n,arinings have,
however, been happily set 1T rest by sach plain
aud frank nvowa!s 10 members Of :h" govern.
'nent rs have convinced them that tn. movement,
now proceeding under the leadership nf Gen.
Nennng>rn is not only perfectly legitimate in
character. bu, likely to he of incaicuabe hencf;I