The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-02-09

REPORTS or THE BRITISH coNsULs Ar crA.IesroN
AND SAVANNAH on THE STOCK ON HAHp-THE
REBELS MANUFACTURING COTTON AND GROWING
MORE BREADsTuFFs, ETC.
IRON the London Times, Jan %.
The following dispatches from the British Consuls ut
Charleston and Savannah ON the subject of the cotton
crop Of 1862 have been received at the Foreign oce
BUNCTIs REPORT.
BRITISH CONSULATE, CHARLESTON, Nov. "a, 1862.
MY LoRD-with reference TO my despatch No. 104, Of
the 18th August last In which had the honor 10 submit
10 YOUR orhhp certain Informal ion on the subject of the
cotton then existing the Southern States IF America
beg leave to state that have taken palms, that
ne crop Of 1862 gathered to ascertain whether any alte
is TO DO made 10 the estimate upon which my des
patch based. find, after careful in iuiry, that
quarter bales may Be added to the sup
posed TO be on hand II may therefore, DO roughly cal
cuated that there remain these States bales
OF upland cotton cch could be exported n the eveu Of the
port Ding opened 10 trade.
cotton does not enter into my estimate for the reason
given In my despatch No. l04
II should be always borne In mind that the ire arity,
and, in instances, total suppression, OF conmunca
on between portions OF the Southern States render all
cotton calculations somewhat arbitrary r. LUNCH.
CONSUL xoLysEUx's REPORT.
BRrTisu CONSULATE, SAVANNAH, Dec. O, 1862.
MY IORp-As at q Is period OF the year ably
produced last in the southern States beg
submit to your lordshp, for the information Of her Ma
csys government, the result Of my inquiries respecting
this important question, and 10 report particularly
on the production In the State OF Georgia.
In former years Georgia was the chief cotton produc
ing the Union but the cultivation Of the plant
became more extended, Mississippi and Alabama, from
the rich quality OF thor lands gradually surpassed hev
Mississippi holding the nrst rank and Alabama the
second
According 70 reports made 10 the Comptroller General Of
ths STATE bv collectors tho amount Of land planted
this year In Georgia Ii about $50 600 acrcs
yielding round numbers SO 900 bales Of cotton Of 500
pounds each ordinarily TIC production 100 900 bales
curing area Of about 600 00e acrcs am Of course,
unable report accurately respecting the crops Of
other Staees, but the best Information ~ my command
strongly induces tho belief that the entire crop gathered
year did not exceed 900 900 bales. proving the
VI the Approximate estimate transmitted
your ordshp In ny dispatch No. 49, Of the 10th Of Nay
last
The crop Of 1861 estimated 500 600 bales. Do
Quoting from the crops Of 1851 and 1862 ne quasfy Of
uAscA has As blockade, Ne am0uwl dsstroys
presnt capture by he fedraiss, and tie ganfv sas6 for
AoMs coasunpfsoN, sAcA ne oosnaenceneaf Of ~
pav has enormously Usrvessd, being now fully 500 900
bales per annum, u win leave In the south than
$500 900 bales NJ wpsx Wecsny for As sunfsow Of
6esks since the federal occupation Of Kentucky and
the best grain growing regions Of Virginia Tennessee and
North Carolina, end ~ consequent strong popular ogpu
few s pi0iW9 Of oso~, together with other causes of
hardly lees importance such the entire Of bag
cling and rope necessary put the erchanta
Se coodtion will tend hereafter prevent Any ncreaac
In tho stock, possibly TO diminish ~ while should the
federas 10 making further advances into the in
terror OF the cotton growing States, ne cird,on n df
Mani viii bs Entirely abandoned, AVID Ne Negroes removed 70
IA mountdinom dsrics where nreadsturs alone can be
| raised. T. M0LYNEUx.