, 1860-12-31

consumption is ycry large, ei,c las obtained
nc,rlv one.thirl of the whole amount con-
sunlcd from other places than the United
Statts.
By tie repur1 tn he still more encouraging, Us
l,ltrc is not ali inhabited cotton country in tho
wo,'d to which their attention has not been
directed.
Through the Influence Of the British Consul
tic cultivation OF cotton in Turkey has been
c:'mn:enccd under .reat promise The Home
Minister in Greece has introduced it into many
departments, ami In tue island of Cyprus al
estate Ut eighty thousand acres has been dcyo-
ted 10 it. Cotton seed las been distributed
among the f4rmers If the fertile valley. OF tho
Meaulcz, In Asia Minor, with full Instructions
:vr planting and gathering the crop. OF
to incrcasc the growth from one lundrrd
thousand bales to the large figure of one mil
liun." In Tunis the Bey is u*Ia. exertions
with his subjects TO cultivate tic
great STAPLE" In Western Africa, at
t,avc been introduced, anil profitable trade
III the native Cotton commenced. In Liberia
and alon:. the Gold Coa.t, every cxcrtion is
being u.ade with tho prospect OF SUCCESS. At
Acrra and Cape Coat Castle are agricultural
! societies whirh make cotton culture their spc-
v:Ality: 4 great quntity ot cotton Is raised in
| tic adjacent countries. The Accra A.ricnitu-
! ri Soric:y have engaged with Lincolnshire
,iru, ta purchase this cottou, which they buy
| in tilc =rs.l ut less than a cent pound. This
c,:,or, cleaned, Is worth III Liverpool fourteen
| c2rl1= pound.
ti.,;1 E;,n,rt that large tfalc export Will soon
| bc r.:....:r.i; aud he found 10000 people busy
| in is growing, epinuin. aud ~casirs. tn:
,,rps1n.yt l.. that III the nuMt rous towns which
I ) nd ill.,; coast, cotton 1narts will soon be cs-
1ah;i.l.ed, aud furaisl. a llr=:c quantity.
At Elmina, Benin, Old CaiabAr, and tic Cam
csooue, Il beginning his been made by distfi'
hutton Of seed and cotton gins At Lagos a
| !,orciul trade has been optllc.l- Along the line
OF ,le river Niger it is proposed to establish
tra,l:p. station. 1t Is reported that lEmense
quantities which cau br bought for six rents
clean, on tho Niger, IS worth sixteen cents II
Liverpool.
III south Africa, the Government Of Natal Ii
stimulating the cotton .ltuse. Numerous
farmers there arc planting 1t. and a. IN Illus
trttiun Of their succc+s, one OF them report
that hc has on hand 100, COO pounds,
III Eastern A!ricn, in The r.ch valley Of th
Shire: m European colony is bcips established
for ralsing cntton.
|. Etv:s. lue Frjce Islands tho Committee hav
recriy. d the most wonderful specimens OF cot
ion .rowip. wild there. and reproducing 70
| firm tcu to fifteen years. The samples arc s.
valuable is to rangc from thirteen to twenty
tour ce'!ts per pound: they s'y that from n
| graduated qualities bet n received" 1t Ia ca
c,lattl thai from half tht. area OF the~c island
might be raised fur million bales W anuuu
x, s:1alia Las cntercst into the cultivatio.
and will soon export freely Samples OF ii
, hest quality lave been received. But the con
= mittct: say that 1t is from India tht ) are =
. ceiyfns tie most AatteEiug reports; aud til
wear it is estimated that her exports will reac
q million baics. In British Guiana the cult
yutiou has also been undertaken with the mo-
encouraging prospects:
!. In Ja,n.sca the British Cotton Company
n report considerable progress.
c In Havana, cula, great efforts are bein
4 made, and new company has been establishe
: called the "Auglo-Sranish Cotton Comp
: n.y." with q capital Of 81, ,o0o, Goo, for raisir
: cotton.
: 1t has been we'll suggested by learned VI
n | ter in our own columns that any serious inte
= ruption T. the cotton culture in our count
J. for q single year would give SUCH an impet1
+ to the production IN other regions as in
= likelihood to deprive lis forever Of the mon
poly We now enjoy in this great staple.
It D- puncl. defends On claesical' groun
&c the alleged fact that I woman is more obs
:, nate than mule. If its reasons appear Fl
& fetched, it must be remembered that they q
y imported from ancient Rome. That . mule
positive will be admitted by al1;-of Il
sn1t!it4, the Latin word for woman, Is the PROF
comparative. Any one, by careful meditatie
at will see the. point VI the argument, and be nj
:; to Judge Of its soundness.
~ ~ ~ One Of The Representatives Of the Ch
o. airy in Congress, who had become irritated
tv his inability to get the tlnor, OF which
= Speaker probably thought he could not mo
q Day in 4 final aeces Of passion, II hare bt
7: J II Washington all winter and caught e.