New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-16
GIVING up BUSINESS.

ton, is recent and original effort, stimulated
by sudden fear of diminished crop with us.
Neither should il be supposed that no other country
but England has sought to ascertain the worlds
capacity for increasing the supply. On the con-
trary, this subject has long occupied the atten-
ton of leading minds in various countries,
BY whom much information has been quietly ac-
cumuated, which, spread before the public when
the cotton question had suddenly become very
prominent one, has surprised by its novelty,
while carrying conviction by its unanswerable
array of facts. The evidence developed within
the last three months shows conclusiyely that the
great British manufacturing interests had long
foresetn danger from entire dependence ON
American cotton, though none could say exactly
what that danger was, or what accident would
preciptate crisis. Dsunion was not regarded
as an element of danger, because no one dreamed
of it, but foreign war alone was looked TO as the
calamity which would one day bring the appre-
hended evil into full action. That being out OF
the question, it seems the danger starts up from
an entirely new quarter. All wars are known IN
time 10 come 10 an end; but Secession IS dis
locator which puzzles foreign nations as greatly
as it puzzles ourselves.
1t is curious fact, that though as nation
we have been complscently resting in the belief
that our Cotton supremacy was absolute, there
were intelligent men among us who entertained
grave doubts on the subject. To publicly attack
the idea Of this supremacy would have been absurd
SO they went quietly 10 work, and, under the
an,pices Of the Patent Office, caused q circular
10 be issued in 1856, which was forwarded,
.hnouph the State Department, to our diplomatic
and commercial agents missionaries, naval Of
fcers, and other iunctonaries, residing and trav-
cling in the principal countries OF the globe so
liciting information on the cotton culture. The
queries were twenty-seven IN number embracing
every detail OF Importance touching growth anu
general statistics' ana 'he replies were 10 eo"p'e
henslye "a TO anord o 'oieraoi! conPe'o WV" VI
what other countries were aole 10 90 IN comps
tItion with ours. The BRITISH cotton interests
are now inytituting the same proceeding "nicn
we accomplished h'e years ago. LOCKING mo
The result. oi this inquiry, inc '"c'' are ,ou"u ~
o. rea'drhao"' III i0S', ns'p, 'Apo''o. ~
o'VOO Po'"a.' 80 GO - -. n ST.
,"o" '''0V'Ic1 r'4' - a.
''"u ~ AO".' e, n -. i. =.
gown y. oO.'o" -" POI So -.
JNoa p" "'''' iap.O' - - =,
"ouiu sno P ~ ooo 900
P''u'. ii"'N ""' :,
Poun'a P' '""""' ~. 49,
eAPo'uns oou'-'' -, ~.
ru.''" 'Han o''' a"N -. n .t''
"'h'erf 'no uee O'o'So''' '"'
round' ana WI ueai ''oP' wa NV ''
culture tneto III Nv o''u''' wv -
used' ana 'he n0o P''i''A'' "1 '"' "o'A
An acre OF sea Island cotton IN Aastrahh mas
yielded DO pounds, and the climate oil thai large
island is especially favorable To cotton, parhcu'
larry OF the hne kinds. nature seems 10 nave ae-
signed it for cotton field OF the most gigantic
dimensions. The gold mines alone, by attracting
oil kinds OF LABOR 10 thein' nave ie'alueu "c
sIo"'" VI 'O''U" 'r' -. a.. -
VI 'uppv - NJ. "r ..o.l. s.o,a ,mo ;mmomo
grown " '"ni'ON' =,
rlAi' uen'oi'u ~ o"V.''a ~ 80 ~,
pound IL n'nos' iniPo''.o'0 W "''0''''" '"o
prodoc' oi pii'i'n iuui', !" - % '"''"'"'' ~
clothes heniH i'o'VVO'OOO VI P'OP'V' "aa''
tner peas pH'o"s, iop''' 'a'po''' ~. ans ~
IN io7o 'Ho qu"n'iS ''iu va" 80 =" zoo V'e
a'o"' ""' 0','D % '',a. r. r .
'Oi O'D'i oNp $3.50 49,, g 7Eo Goa 0oo
VI" iequ'ou' i"anDs 'O'N' a..
Pounus' io' "nAo CONSUMING 'o 80
qeaAlV, INC eApO'' "'' 'Dv'0so'oo ,, r 20 o"n
a"a III ioo' iHu'a 'pH'eu :. Ass ,u;0
V 'a''' "'| o e 900 p'r "a. ~. I'D. os