Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-10

| As regards the supply OF cotton from other
than American sources, We have :" lar. III
most cases to report disappointing rr.'!.is.-
Comparing the imports OF l>C2 with these Il
! 1861, the first Year OF tie war, We i.ri ,ha;
India has given 3.5DI 900 cwt. a.;lin>, ,,.-*J.-
OOO cwt., an increase Of only d! per cent; ;s!.L
the imports OF the present ycaf. the sctSGn
having been untavorablc. are not estimated ut
much higher figure The only other large
markets are Egypt; which has g,yru j26,o0o
cwt, against 100000 cwt. in l>Gl. mn ia
crease of II per cent. and Brazil standing
for Dos 900 cwt.. against lj4 900. un Increase
| OF 81 per cent These figures show more
satisfactory ratc Of progression: and rs re.
CARDS Egypt. nt least. the increase il 1862
will undoubtedly be much greater s;ill
Turning TO the new, and IL yet small ma.-
kcts which have been opened up by the All
tatiOn of the Cotton Supply Association. and
more recently by the demand consequent upon
| the American war, the per cent&gc OF IN
crease is in some countries considerable. bat
the aggregate results are in mos eases mise
rably small. We have heard Il great, deal Of
the west coast Of Africa, but the yield has
been cniy 3.3G0 cwt. against 30 in leGl;
and OF the West Indies but tiicy have only
| given lO,40O cwt. against 9, 400 the previous
year. Taking all tie new countries, except
! Turkcy, and including China-whcuce the
import of l5.ONa cwt. is quite exceptional.
ana mertiy due to the present high piiccs. tfc.
imports for l$C:::: aas been ,onl% 10000 cwc.
:e.lnst lG.i'? .S5!. >o,;E7T avr>-
Bu! from Turkey, which has bnt latclv re-.
ceivcd any attention rs a field ul growth nt
cotton the reports are much More ctcc.jng.-
In lSGl the imports from thence was GiG c~t.:
in lSG2, .sl,2l2 cwt And rs the production
for the succeeding year-that is. the cfnu
now coming in---is estimated by competent
authorities ut over lu0,pO0 bales. or :;tuu1u
cwt.. it is apparent that the Ottoman Empire
is rapidly ri>isg into a high position among
the producers oi the much sought for commo-
dity.
SEIZURE or \ CONFEDERATE LON.
An application was made on the $th 10 tie
President of the Civil Tribune in Paris. hv
NM. Erlaugcr u Co.. bankers, under the .o!-
lowing circumstances In the beginning ot
the present year the applicants had undertakes
the negotiation Of loan for the Confederate
States Of America. But thci. operations were
suddenly paraIyzcd by notice oi SEIZURE Of
its proceeds served on them at the instance Of
of NM DupasScur X Co., shipowurrs, Of
the Confederate Government for ."'it.uubi.. ~
an indemnity for the wi!ltul destruction ii
their ship, the Lcmucl Dyer. with carSo oi'
1853 bales Of cotton, when leaving Ncw
Orleans, in April. lSG2. The French Cow
crnmcnt not having recognized the C"mci-
crate States, MN. DWrasScur 4 Go. r"nld
not obtain II remedy by diplomatic
means. and therefore adopted III" rNl'r-
dent of srizing the proceeds "s the loan.--
MM Erlangrr ~ Co., n"w apr!''d for am order
To amnul the seizure, on the ground thai ii I:i-
tcrfcrcd with their rights ~ nr@"tiator> al the
loan, and that the question involved points oi
international law not within the competence
Of the tribunal which granted the order i"r
seizure. The application was opposed by NM.
DupaSscur X Co., whose counsel argued that the
Confederate Government was ;hr only party
entitled toiemand thcaunumcnt of the seizure"
but the President decided that. IL the seizure
mpedcd NM. Erangrr 4 Cos operations
they hud Il right To demand its supPrcssom
especially as the claim Of NM. DnpasScur Il
Co. had not been legally established, a"d he
accordingly granted the order sought by the
applicants