The New York herald., 1860-12-07

Ccapaby No, H. s resolution Vas ccnsIrrcd IL
incr a,.rg the salaries of Se clerks II the street.
Department $500 eacb per annum. Tic sum CT
t,0C eaCt was sppto priatcd 70 tic Presidents OF
tott branches ot the Common ColncA for services
as Health Commissioners during the year The
Board concur,ed tc couirm the award Q! contract
foy regulating and grading Eighth avenue, from
Fghtysecond stre 1t to Io2d street, 10 George A
Buckit CHAM 4 Co.. for s34 20l II, that being the
lowest bid.
TIE regular meeting Of the Commissioners OF
Charities and Correction took place yesterday
afternoon. The report Of the Committee Of tie
Whole on the Constitution and Management of tie
Institutions since last meeting formally adopt
cd. 1t contained no features of special interest.
The number ofpersnns under the care of the Board
now is an increase of nine since the last re.
turn. The number admitted was | C52, while those
who died, were discharged or transferred numbered
l,ot3.
The will Of Moses S. Lyon, which dsposes Of
property to the amount OF some $50 900, was admit
cd TO probate yesterday. II contains no bequests
Of nature to interest the public
Tic cotton market yesterday without animation,
while Eaes, In lots, confined TO 100 GOO bales Ia
the present stA,e Of the II Is dcult sive rea
bic quotations: stil there was Doessoshed deoae from
tho previous days price, Much erreT proTails regard
Ing the possibility OF Eogaud beiug able 70 obtain sdp
pts rom other scuroos extent to materially essen
her dependea e upon this country. The cotton plant
which yields our crops Is annual, requiring ateruA
,ors Of ralue rau with iuceut he al to mature
IT, Toe evaporation OF wstsr In toe Gulf OF Mexico and
or the the coast OF the Southern States,
warmed BY the Gulf s,ream causes ihs vapor
10 lie carried by scuihery wnts towards the Southern
r4rEfs Of the Aue LaDy Mountains where meeting With
colder sr IN cor densed In showers hitch water the
ropes ard valleys Of he whole coti region The E.s
Company between the years OF 1910 and ls45 spen
Sc 900 in attempts 10 grow cotton In India under tie
direction OF Americans carried thher from the
cotton States supplied with the best secdr, machinery
and Implements. The experiment resulted In complete
fsrrs-on account the mate OF elk months drough,
Ard elk months rair. crop o0o scres, planted In
,be rainy grew we'll but during the ensuing ninety
days Of parchng DRY weather the plans wnhcreo shed
boun. balls and old yelo so pounds to the
The rsne pls1tcr IN Mssirsipp before going 10
rds had made from 45o So pcupcs Of coed clean cot
to the acre, and Ave 10 the hand hai made
aEa bss 2tco eco pcurds cotton 10 each laborer
he project horo OF succeeding In Africa, or In other
tropical regions OF six he rain and six months
tac il wholly decisive. We possess q monopoly OF the
only realty valuable cotton "Yatch In ihe world The
.oitoa region Ct the Southern States, brought
ulIv under cultivation, u sufficient in extent to yield
900 o. GOO GOO bales OF cotton. But 30 happens
ha, large OF Wild cotton ards chiefly In Arkansas
aud e1as remain wholly idle nrd cultivated from tho
Of LABOR White people cannot, or win not, enter
TO produce Gotten ard African labor too limited
Cor the purpose The most this region has ever pro-
4 eoC eco bales, made last ycarrcduccd 70
oo0 Ices the present year and should the present
troubles cortinue the crop mus be further reduced.
foas rstasd Of nugmentlug the crop, and adding
einty TO the great wealth Of the country, may Wit
nc,s -sd folly Q, fana,icsm leading TO The destruction
OF The present yield, accompanied ~tn untold LOSSES
mecry ruin the whites Of sne civilized world
There was = FERROUS depression in -four yes
terday, which hu oG Sc loc. per barrel,
and In sore eases OF forced sslcs OF los. .
i5o por barrel. Wheat participated In the general
deproasiop, snd fell on % . 81, per bushel. Corn
also lower. Fork steady, and prime rather nrm
er sold a SIC rs for DID, and li ST. 75 aud
primo q. $40 s5 srIars quiet; aales Of 400 Lids
New Orleans were made n l.c by auction, with some
other lots Of other Kinds at rates given elsewhere
Coffee quiet and noniral Ffcghts held up though
only in far activity. wheat IN buk, 10 Liverpool Was
orcsscd si Iii; III ur MAS taken a! as et as asked
t. London wheat ir bulk and ships bags, taken at
ii.d 1sl4d, and as. 81 a.sei for -four,