, 1861-04-09
The New Outlet for the Cotton Crop.
"Occasional' writes Is follows to the Phila-
de1phia Press: f.. i.


Intelligence from the Northwest presents
t.o facts which are entitled to grave consid r.
alton. Cotton seeks the easiest and cheapest
method OF transportation, aud the f,.ct already
asserted, that the difficulties produced b7 the
Southern conspirators would cause lotion
growers and cotton factors to patronize- other
outlets to market, and cause them to prefer
the process of overland shipment, is now ire
: qaently and ep1endidly verified. it must not
be forgotten that all the Cotton States:are not
out OF the .Union-that in North Carolina
th. re IS an immense production Of cotton, IN
almost lHlmitah1e extent Of soil, SUSCEPTIBLE
OF the most profitable cultivation Of the great
Southern staple. The cotton region of Ten
nessee is said 70 be the richest in the country,
and Andrew Johnston: will take good care
to hold that State In the Union. These States,
not to speak Of Kentucky, Virgi1ia, aud AZ,
kansas, have additional reasons Tor remaining
inside Of the Union, when they Contemplate
ion experiment, and behold the vast adyanta.
Ees newly opened to them By the officers Of
Northern railroad COMPANIES to carry their
product to the seaboatd.-. They are thus
donoly tempted-by indisposidon to unite
their fortunes with those Of mere political
desperadoes and ga4neaters, and by commer-.
cial reasons. If ne calculate the immense
supply Of cotton necessary to maintain our
own 1nanutactories, those Of New England,
New York, New Jersey Peunsyl7ania, this
Will be tnnnd to be an item worthy Of the at.
tsntion OF the cotton growers in The Union
- We hare only to look at the number Of large
cotton tactarie5 scattered over Penue ylyania,
and take into view the enormous amuunt OF
cotton goods woven in the free States, to com
pTehena1 the value Of this thought: Hersto-
iore most Of these concerns were supplied By ;
water via New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah.
Montgomery and Mobile, and this means oY
transportation Is always attended with many
Tlsks. Northern buyers, when they see the
ports OF Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina,
Alabama, AID Mississippi held by armed fore
es, with the double intention Of defraudfrg
and OF converting our great cities Of the free
STATES INTO so many modern Tyres and Sidons
viii DO what interest snd patriotism prompt
them to do-they. will save. money aud heIp
tue government by insisting that their factors
10 the South shall forward to them their sup
Three: continuous and unbroken rsil con
necuons bind the union. cotton States to the
Free States; chief among these is our. uuri-
vailed Pennsylvania Central, and General Pat
terson, with: the energy and courage Of his 4
eaa'aeter, has accepted the opportunity thus
Depot for the purpose Of meeting the do
nestlc demand for cotton: As an evidence of t
tne rspld Increase Of the transportation Of
cotton over rail, it is stated in three days Of
!ase week }nere were sent from buffalo to Bos-
Ton, on an average. twenty car loads Of cotton
PEI dag, orHighfRen Thousand bales; and it Is
sun coming. The price foE carrying this cot.
TON hom Memphis to Boston Is foas dollars
ana n1tY cents per bale Of i've hundred |
pounds This il cheaper than it can be ship
ped down the Mississippi river to New Or
ieans and thence By vessel the difference be-
ing about thirty days in favor Of the Northern
route, q a1M q saving Of about ninety cents per
bole on The freight, without counting the risk
OF . sea Voyage. For the last four months, |
up to the 1st Of February, the New York Cen
trA carried from the bridge at Buff.1o' T5o0
bales, md in Eehrnasy over 5000, while .our:
n oEn Pennsylvania Central railroad carried H.
wy bales last being ap inctsasbof 5U00O |
bales In three years. It is anticipated these
roads Z viii do; 8 larger business this summer
than they hare ever done before. It is equals |
": clear that: it would be" much cheaper-a+
saving in money and tirae-if the overland |
Tal transportation from New Orleans to New
York Of cotton intended for, Liverpool wera !
adopted, instead Of the hazardous mode. Of l.
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