The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-30
The Dsarth of Cotton ia England.
LEIou, til London TiInes Ar.Li l9i
n Gle the ssasona rnn their course RI.

WaiIs the season7 run their course tue'e ~
1os seasou hat is net returning A pornia-
ton al millions is Lcs snnsriuI as II ucG -
& the sun had pael sh0Fn Of bis beams CT r.
Sule had suddenly shown signs OF decay. The
terT;bis cotton dsart5 dsprives countless
hands, through pcpuIons districts and crowd
ed cities, OF the nsa rs OF earning piead. Il
L. All the same IS If Inc grain had persisted hy
blight or the root by rot, TJT though the food
is In the country OK within purchasa6ls dis
tance, the mean - purchase cannot be found,
and people perish as was said IN me days 81
"pI o lection, In the nl!tss q FIJI. aranal.e-,
and risx OF provisions
An trscru able Providence even Nsries the
dtspens9tlCp IL u2e uaCs fiscci system
Their IL was E bad harvest: then It Was M
overs ucKad market; then IL was 4 periodical
rebellion o: i-bor against capital. ancsn4oGs
nlen epceayoced to forecast the next shape OF
the calamity; ana spppCs,d j quarrel with
the United States in which thev Touid at
tempt 10 starve Is out and hum BILE ca terms
by witnhc !ding their ,ctton. The Americans
themselves grew proud OF their independence.
But that has now happened. which neither
ha psuei before, nor Is III uch as occurred y
any prophet Of III The COTTON crop mas bes Il
shut up on the soii tast bore u by disIn L
OF II e states themselves
Those who half Il yGGt sEo were reaIlCg
Ws.n tears the rragit tale Of negro safe lng
anu wrong little though; They WoRld 50
change seatiineU: fer aetna; particip,-
ton IL tlrt atory. Tee American abolition
ISIS having pcsac h sd 70 nsln In vain. cow tn
70 'cea Z rs!uct2n; coHsistercy. AAd dauies
bueN sidse' grove tO+sSE he r63ult is q
nat Onal .saAter II does Me- esm to atats
and aono can say what T. pass I will corae
TO. For time there was hope, founded
cnisfy on the difficulty OF surprising so
strange q state OF things could Fast long
The WGr was to end ,oon by the prcce,s Of
ere eXhausEtcD. The blockade was 10 he SET
at nauxEt There was 20 he Al European in
:sTvsntioL, there might bs c;Tcuttous rat.
lie. Perhaps the calculations were wrong
POI haps .ns stakes were large. Bot
all these expectations have hal their day,
ana the result 10 now before us
There is dearth OF cotton. The mills are
PASSING from IEti time 20 short time from
short time 70 closing. The mill owners are
tired OF woiAiYs Lhe.r machinery TO no profit.
or main,ainiUx hose who Gan give 40 rsturn
IT,. amouGsoi suffering over whelras private
nspsvole0cs, The operatives have exhausted
tneir savings, rGa ont the,g credit, sold their
furAai9rs. Gcd &: last sunk sae!r pride, and
prescribed themselves Before The doors cf
greatEe cas- ana relieving offices.
TT =, however, Is no: t1s mos. miserable re-
suit a letter we published some days ego
from "a Lancashire Lad ,teseri bed tn ssd
straits - which Ias poor factory Eirls are re
duced, ald the apP~a!S 20 which they are
drlyer There oargot he 6 nsart in these Islands
taat w,li no. feel for sea xEoup OF girls want
Tag nO.h,1g hut Il day. wora, AID eduoed TO
breathe Ia an under tc2e 20 he casual passar
by Cant yen do something 10 help usa
Cannot we do somstfing so help them? " ere
there 81 e ieas. hope of tina. miserable Hsr 10
tina States ercirS with u tae few mon tbs hat
visa men assigned n, We should BE- oaiy too
glad TO ies thugs take insir course Ne sse
no auch hone. aud have t. loog the calamity
in the face.
We Will nsithsr exaSse,nt1 nor diminish --
The distress throughout ny the poor law re-
turns Increases In sofas places, stands stiil In
Others, ana ID otSsTs again even decreases.
All the returns, however, seem 10 Sslablsh
regular increase wherever tnsrsis itsls oIasr
Employment than cotton mapafActurs, and
whore the cotton manufacturers are not
wealthy AID generous
a comparison has besA made between tas
nun Der receiving RELIEF pOS 2E1 this time
last yesT, as alsc between the present slime
ana .hs period OF srasnatiOn tour years ago.
The com parisop with that earlier Sets staken
eide over the pTessnJ dislrts. L. the union
OF Ash Ton -unde Lyme, tosre are now about
50 coo receiving Tsi;tf compared with half
Inss numper IN me bad tiIaes Jour ,sarx
asc~-e. Et,ls mora than G tnird Of last year
IL tbs Jfnlou n Dsacs 5urn there are MI re
.ass te 800 sss siT,ng rcii. 1In pared With iess
III 1a. tns, number four years ago. and
Attic ,aIfs then h quarter OF tast year
Tae Fi:.i~ = a~sos, Is - asShay less aSASla
snt Gal cotton, aea matters are only about
twenty Ave psr cent. worss than iast year -
In B,Iaiey Union more than twice as many
are receiving relief a. last year aud a good
many more than in he bad umas four yaars
aSo. In Bury Union there ara only twice
- many rauPsrs As there ware year ago
In Shorisy Unior, half az many again !;
In charlton Union u third more; In airing ION
y 900 against Ii, COO last year in "a aeclssneld
OEion, quarter more than last yeas; In
Manchester township, nearly $1,000 OF more
than twice ~ many 40 last year In Oldham
Union, taxes-Quarters mere than last y sA,i IL
Rrssson Union, abou: "A 900. or between swo