New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-18

pool but when she called at Cork she received orders
Immediately 10 return to NewYork. II was perfectly
clear from that circumstance that the people OF New
York anticipated they would receive snort supply VI
cotton from tie Son bern States. Indeed, IL was
paturai TO suppose that the Northern States wouio
have little chance of receiving any cotton from 'he
Sonbern aud on the other hand, The Northern pau
taken good care that sht ud receive none, LOT .!
had declared through their Minister their INTENTION
enforce strict blockade of the Southern poIts.
might be sid that we bad got our supply OF ,b
the present year-that was TO gay, thai we nt' 80;
cotton Of last year growth; bot the COTTON - az
year shouh comm' TO arrive III t.iS an on.
months of October nd November next ne nau All ols
portnnity lately of speaking on tins fnoee! W one
the greatest cotton-buyers in the Upfed hiheIomLa
very intelligent gentleman lie informed hih 'ha' VIC
manufacturers in tie North IN TIE greatest pos
sbe state of alarm for they believed that the block
oda of the Southern States would be carried out ana
that the convenience would be that we shoud nave
no cotton during the coming year. lie further OBJ
serve that, instead OF Its beng Question OF %Vvo
oreston If 1900 900 or 100000 people starving in
,be nanuf curing districts lie stated 10 tie gentle
man TINT POSSIBLY he might be representing eXag-
gered of things Tor he thought il possible That
we could obtaiu large quantity from India; but he
Informed him that that was not the case;
that the staple of the Indian cotton would
not suit the manufacturing districts, except to a
very limited extent; that there was more oil II ln
the market last year than the manufacturers could
use; and that unless they could get tue People of India
TO grow loagstape oton their produce cOuld not he
psed in the manufacturing districts. He asked the
gentleman what steps the manufacturers had taken to
get loncstalle cotton grown in India. He replied,
that AT the commencement OF this year. anticipating
what would happen, the buyers held large meeting
formed societies and subscribed their monev 10 send
out agents with American coton-seed TO India, In or
der distribute il TO the natives and IL necessary, 70
advance them money for its cultivation. The whole
of that scheme has been knocked OH the head by the
conduct If the Indian Government. Hon. mem
bers had heard something of the conduct Of that Gov
ernment with reference to the indigo planters. The
speculation Of these planters carried on IN
the way in which il was proposed TO carry ont
the scheme TO which he had just referred.
TIE planters advanced their CAPITAL to the cul-
ivators and entered into contracts 10 be supplied with
their produce bit it appeared that the Incian Govern
mcnt either fancied believed that the people were
screwed too much by these planters. However that
might have BEEN the Lieut.. Governor Of Bengal issued
a proclamation declaring that the people were no;
bound by the contracts. Those who had engaged IN
the pe,ulgon had nothing but ruin staring them In the
face and be gentleman to whom be referred informed
him that when that arrived In the manufacturing
Districts those who lad interested thenseles III the
cton scheme put an end tn it, and resolved that so
lone as the pre,ent Government Of India remained In
pow they would neither send agents nor
that country. There was, therefore, the prospect
before. Of getting cotton from lndia, ana the
probability was that we should get none from the
United States 20 that the night hon. gentleman drew
rather largely be creduliy of the House when he
asked then TO believe that should have the same
AMOUNT from and excise this year as We had
last. Hear, hear.