Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-09-13
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Cotton ii England,

M Cotton ii hngland,
& T1o cotto1. question is discussed by the Lon
b N1on Daly News il q despondlng spirit L
s2s:-
H "Tbe supply Of American cotton IS rapidly
S lo,oni0g extinguished, and these exports
B 5,ys consequently risen during the past week
h, less than a. to sd. per pound. For the
ssarrrc American cotton, as being quite fancy
] Esrt;ce will command fancy price indeed,
L s2Ist such price as the limited number Of hol-
y l1ers may choose to demand forit. According
{ Iv an interesting revolution is taking place in
.sho manufacture. American cotton passes cut
. oo consumption, and the small quantity re-
4 naming will be husbanded and used only in
8 thyse fine articles which are worn By the veal
4 tbor classes Of society.
"Tha cotton Of Surat--the description now
chiefly entering into consump ption-canuot be
worked into the finer sorts Of yarns and goods;
before it will become available for them its
quality must be greatly improved. 1t IS very
suitable, however, to coarse fabrics, and with
c3arSe tahrlcks we must be content until such
zine as America sends her produce here again,
Io2 the cotton Of other countries improves
IN quality as we'll as quantity We have
shoWa how small IS the present stock OF cot
ton, and looking to the immediate future, the
prospect IS gloomy il the extreme
Chief reliance is placed upon the supply Of
Sorat SORTS, but it IS not by any means encour-
aging to find that the total quantity from this
source now at1oat and On the way TO England
5 only $4,000 bales more than it was at this
tllne last year, being 800, 600 bales against
5)j0(J IN 1861, From no other source
@ can the deficiency now indicated be made
Up, save with time. "
DIScoURAGING ENL1sTNENTs. On Sunday
afternoon, when the news Of the change in
'2e Cabinet and the necessary alteration in the
command Of the army Of the :. S. was first
TAXED Of III the city, q soldier with shoul-
" gTf 81 Straps en-, commenced TRADE against Gen
tG2SOieiian NV IN public company by asserting
.'.a. .aa,. ne was an old granny, had never done
SSlssl'ng, and was an old botch and humbug >
Iso 5oale oT the bystanlers suggested that this
tins9aSe was contrary to the order to prevent
snS, snS encouragement Of erllistmeuts, as if the
i5',-a'I'tahde7rln-chief 5,aI CT our army be an old
r5na' I53'4oUFS' there must necessarily be some
- r,lis - worse IL the betWeenity, running down
!; 'rS 's aforesaid Leutenant's straps, anu that
ro;sb. pi'afe cltzen had uttered such Language he
faasl rsa' Ce held responsible The brave, cour-
q sSas ana exceedingly military Luf" answer
2s,. ta1 ne had the right to talk so, whilst citi
-~s laa not Wheeling Press.
Son l5''eF from an intelligent officer in the ulf
~ t1'ofon states that It has been learned from
D, oss'sS that the Confederates have in Mobile
~ - ,"Iee gunboats, 8 revenue cutter, and an
~. 'Ia2 ram, which is slow and a poor affair.
,.ssS sssSS drawing over seven feet water cannot
(,,: ..' '1e city OF Mobile, but forts Morgan and
~'u0' arc twenty-five niles below.