The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-04-17
Cotton on and it's Supply.

v
poses Very large meetings have been held re
Gently in England, and active measures taken 10
encourage the cultivation and development ol
cotton d, several Of the British colonies; and In
private, n well rs public, cotton has been The
universal theme Of discussion. What is the
cause Of this excitement respecting cotton The
answer is TO be found in the position Of the cot
ton growing States Of America Fears are en-
tertained BY manufacturers Of cotton goods thr
contingencies may arise by which the cultivation
o., the plant in these States may be interfered
with, and the regular annual supply be greatly
diminished Such a result would not onlyraise
the price Of cotton, but owing to the diminished
amount furnished to manufacturers, many thous-
ands of operatives in Europe and America would
be deprived Of employment and vast amount
Of capital in buildings and mechanism would be
rendered unproductive The whole cotton crop
Of America last year, was 4,675, ,770 bales; and
of this 1897, 727 bales were exported, and 9T8,-
043 used at home. England alone took 1852
600 bales, which amounted to about four -fifths
Of her consumption. It's no wonder that this
question causes considerable excitement at pres
ent, and especially in England, where four mil
lions Of persons are stated to be connected with,
and dependent for support on the cotton man
| ufacture.
The great desire Of cotton manufacturers is to
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parts of the world, so that they may not be so
dependent on one particular section Of the globe
Several erroneous views have lately been pro-
pagated on this subject The growers Of any
material are Just as dependent upon consumers
as the latter are upon the former. The laws of
trade regulate these things and there is earth
| ly mode Of controlling the influence Of the cot
ton growing regions of the Gulf OF Florida but
by raising as good qualities Of cotton at lower
prices, in other sections of the world Now,
the question arises :--"Can this be accomplish
edT So far as we have knowledge Of the vari-
Gus climates, we think it cannot without new
agencies being brought into rcquisition. Cotton
requires a warm moist climate; il is as sensi-
tive to drouths as to frosts, and so far as we
know the warm breezes Of the Gulf Of Florida
supply that moisture TO the plant in America
which cannot be obtained in any other warm
climate without artificial irrigation. Cotton is
raised in Egypt, the land of no rain,sb the
plants are watered by artificial agencies, from
the Nile, at great cost for such labor. In In
dia, Africa, and China, wet and dry seasons pre-
vail; there are no gentle showers of frequent
occurrence as in the Southern States; therefore
the drouths in these countries are unlavorablc
to the cultivation Of cotton as compared with
America. The development of the American
cotton trade affords evidence Of great natural
advantages. The cotton fields of America cm-
brace an area Of 100000 square miles, and the
capital invested in the cultivation Of the plant
amounts to 5000, 100000. Seventy years ago,
the exports Of our cotton were only 400 bales
NOT onctcnth of the amount furnished by
several countries to England. Now, America
furnishes five scvcnths of the surplus cotton
product of the entire world it has increased
while other cotton countries have decreased, -
There must be reason for this, as the best
American herbacc0us cotton is not indigenous to
the soil the seed was first imported. We can
only attribute these results TO the great care in
its culture, and the natural advantages of eli
mate which We have described We do not say
it is impossible 10 cultivate cotton as chcaply
and to raise as good qualities as American cot
ton in other countries, but we do assert that
without great and new improvements in machi.
merry for cultivating, irrigating and cleaning it,
so as tI lessen the cost Of labor. such results
cannot be achievcd.-Scientifc American.
The ORiGIN AND SIGNIFIcArIoS OF THE EAR
RIxG-The Rabbs assert that Ewes ears were
bored when she was exilcd from Eden, as sign
of obedcnt submission to man, her master II
so, the women have since found a way to make
their masters atone for this humiliation; the
latter must pay dearly for the diamond badges
of their wives scrvtudc Since then, not mo-
ney alone have these pretty baublcs cost blood
has been poured forth in torrents to procure
them for some capricious fair one, while the sa-
crifce of them has, at other times been attend
ed with the most fatal results. The golden calf
was made entirely from the golen earrings Of
the people-probably the same they had bor-
rowcd of the Egyptians, and neglected to return
and three thousand men paid with their lives
the unworthy use to which the jewels were put
We find, also, that the ephod made Of the car
rings of the princes Of Midhn, "bccame snare
unto Gideon and to his house" Among the
Arabs, the expression, TO hare ring in ones ear
is synonymous with to bea sert When one
man submits to the will Of another he is said
to have placed in his car the ring Of obedience
An AND WATER.-Set pitcher Of water in
room, and in few hours It win have absorbed
nearly all the respired and perspired gases in
the room, the air of which will have become
purcr, but the water is utterly filthy. The cold
err the water Is the greater It's capacity to con-
tain these gases. At ordinary temperature,
pint Of water will contain a pint Of carbonic acid
gas. and several pints Of ammonia. Their ca
pacty is nearly doubled by reducing the water
to the temperature of ice. Hence, water kept
in the room for a while is unfit for use. For
the same reason the water in pump stock
before any is used. Impure water is more inju-
rious than impure air.
TnE Montgomery correspondent Of the New
York Day Book writes thus
The stranger cannot fail to be impressed
with the striking similarity between Montgom
cry, the temporary capital Of the Confederate
States, and Washington, the seat Of govern
mcnt in the old Union. There is the same
broad street here. passing through nearly the
whole length Of the city. and leading mp to the
Capitoline Hill, to remind US of Pennsylvania
avenue From the balcony Of the Capitol look
ing down upon the city, one might almost
imagine himself iu> w ashington, watching the
members Of Congress as they wend their way
upwards from the hotels The hotels have as
sumcd the official order as we have been ac-
quainted with it il Washington. At the Ex-
change Hotel, as at Wizards, there are the same
knots Of wcll-drcssed politicians discussing the
topics Of the day, the same busy throng about
the clerks Office, the same noisy, lounging.
newspaper reading and letter-opening crowd at
the broad breakfast tables, the same flirting
bellies in the parlors, and above alt 10 complete
the allusion, the identical chunky, hirsate form,
known to all men As George \. Sanders; gently
loafs around with its hands in its sack coat pock-
cts"
NEteHBoRLY~ CoRREsPoEDEScE air. Simp,
son r,rooanfe his commitments to Mr. ThomDson