Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-04-06
Ten Years Imports Of Cotton.

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,r, Ten Years Imports of Cotton.
The cotton trade of Great Brituiu vast as
arc the proportions 1t has already reached, is,
like most other branches of trade, steadily ON
the increase. Whilst lGngand's imports Of
cotton arc ehargimg, her consumption pro-
cecds in an equal ratio, the amount by tho
trade in 1860 being 2,G32 ,0C0 bales, or 338,.
600 bales ovcrlS59. So industriously is her
manufacturing power piled, that, withincrcas-
cd imports, we find the supply on hand bclo,
the relative average amount, the stock on tho
lSt Instant amounting to but | ,145,000 In
fact, the upply of thoyear 1860 is found in
adequate to British requirements, and now,
that the prospect of Il more extended market
for English goods presents itself, il is not sur
prSlng that the manufacturing interest should
have takcn alarm ut even the rumor of un-
certWnty as to the future adequacy of pres
cnt sources of supply. There is nothing in
our American udvices to show that the next
cotton crop, if the season. be propitous, will
not be larger than that of 1860 1t is worth
while to look to the extent to which tho Uni
tea States have answered the dcmamd of En-
g!lsh manufacturers the last ten years. In
1901 they exported to England ,305 600
bales; in 1862, 1892 900 bales in 1853.
,53l coo bales; ia lSj,, 1,677,0O0 bales;
in 1855, l,G2G, SEQ bales; in 1856 1,75S,-
OOO bales; in 1907, ] 1,4S2, 900 bales in
1898, !, 5000 bales in 1859, 2,O0S,OOO
bales; and in 1869 the amount reached 3.
oH2 ,00O bales. The immense increase of late
years in the United States supply. will not
tail to excite attention in this retrospect.--
There has hcen an occasional falling off ina
year supply as compared with that proceed
ing, but the whole increase in this stated pc
Rod amounts to no less than | ,1S7 coo bales,
to from 1865, 600 in 1881 to 2,5S2, 900 in
1850. The exports of Brazil to Eaglnnd
have decreased i'll this time 1900 balcs-that 8
is, from 100000 bales in 1881 to l02 600 in
1860, though, it should he stated, that in
1888 hersupplics were ll8,000, and in 1857.
i6S, 200 bales the highest amount yet re-; l.
lied. Jhe West Indies have doubled their
produce in the last ten years. but only. f,omy
o,UOO bales in 1851 to 10000 in 1860.
Egypt has increased its British supnry in tic.
last ten years from 6S.00U bales to toll0HUN.
and India from 82G. 600 to 5G3 coo bales -
The total number of bales import d l,v Great
Britain in 1860 amounted 10 3 .3G7 1000 mr.
5.}6,CGG bnes over the amount imported ir
1899, and ,l6i,0U0 bales over the rcccipts
OF 1901, an increase almost co,rcspondinn to
The increased imports from the Unitcl States.
th0S2 of 1860 exceeding those of 1851 by
l,lSI0OOj looking for.the balance, we fnd
1T in tho increase OF Iudin supplies for tile
same timc-Srie0nfc Amcricun
TERRIBLE SCENE IN CuNA. A.--The Canton
Press gives the pa, culars of frightful exc
cutlon, hy Wholesale 3of- Caution river pirates,
by the Cantonese authorities. The pirates,
with Their lorchas, were first cnticcd out of
The river end then n military and naval force
was stationed tenor twelve miles below Can
ton, prevent their aseendingthc river above
tllGt noflit Tho pirates attempted to get past
this'statlon ira body, but were only partially
successful, while the Chinese Commandments
sued and destroyed those who, did, Tho
Press says:
Early in the morning of the 2lst il was lev-
ident from the packed thrones ON tho great
bridge, and the hubbub around, that some
thing strange and novel aud exciting had oc
CURED. About nine o'clock, some of the
mandarin war boats had come up with two j
pr prizes and two Hundred captured pirates--
Inc lattcr they comncrced, to land, each
nan under guard. of ut least four marines,
bearing drawn swords. spears, natchlocks or
sporting gnny Hays. The captiYcs were in IL
terrible plight stripped and naked hands. tied
with awful tlghtness behind their bacaS, and
fect-schrcely able To walk, while they were,
driven nlng with the most bnrbar6us savage
ness. Eight or ten had been behcaded ON
their way up the river, and two or three irsk
us they were. showed OH shore, for showing
night and their reluctance to move ON. TlM
heads OF, these uufortunates were slupo az.
poles, and swung before tho eyes of the. re-.
uainder, as. a token of what awaited then, /,
! very shortly When all 'bud been bhdd,.
they, were marched across the bridge to the>
northern end, and,on the way, as if TO grati5Y
the public gaze, the heads OF four were delSh.
crately c'opred off, and their corpses thressS
! into the river below. - &
Thirty of the ooptivcs were cxceutcd AZ -
northern gate, when the remaining ITO Msy6
carried around TO the soutl, gate. fbe: Nnrtt *
was short; one after the other the whole lots
were bcheaded, and in half an hour the ind.
ges, troops, and staring mob were dispcrsed.
nc executloners, of whom there were seyc
ral, We'd to see who could do the largest
amount of work; one succeeded IN cnttinc
| OH 68 heads, for which he would receive what
1 be would consider a. .bandsomo douceur. az
/ 2VO cash is given for each copnt.i CoSsssnt-
i dorc Woo, the hero of the day. went II. fhe
/ tribpnnal with a blue button, bsst relurhssg 40
ms heet with red one, .Lonored and ops,
cd byall his co'nlend4rins a
RisiiafcND, Hiarch 81 81 f.sit itHHfss. j sa
| House modified and passe,l The seSa.e "a. iasps
ton iustrpcting the G6segnoS Of YisaiEsa %
4 prevent the removal Of the guns at Bel Efss.