Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-12
Finance and Trade.
The Cotton Crop OF the south.

The Cotton Crop OF the South.
From the New Orleans Picayune.l
Messrs. Neill Brothers & Co., have for years
been known here, as in the habit OF keeping up
very accurate and minute statistics Of our cotton
crop, including every section where cotton was
raised, the shipments made theretrom, receipts AT
the ports, etc. They have just completed n per
sonal investigation of the cotton States one o. the
firm TAKING tke Atlantic States: Middle and West
en Tennessee, North Alabama, North and Cen
trail Mississippi, by second ana Atk9ansas' r;on-
isiana Red River and Texas, by third. Their
In. Georgia and Florida, they sum up the bal
nnce Of old crop and product of new at $4,000
bama $4,000 bales old crop, 1000 new crop. OF
the total Of 100000 bales 2300OO have been receiy
cd Mobile. In the sections Of country tributary
to New Orleans, on the Mississippi, hardly any
oid cotton remains, and the new is in scanty
quantities.
Lower Yazoo is pretty well exhausted; the Up
per has still some stock. In Ark4ssas, not much
has been delivered, and fair supply must re-
main in the Arkansas and White River sections.
On the western side Offthe OUachita, good deal
of cotton remains; the eastern side, but little.
The supply Of the Lower Red River is pretty
nigh exhausted; the Texas section of Red River
has good deal of cotton still left. The cOnclu-
sion is that New Orleans, since ist Of May last.
has received about twOthirds Of the old crop that
remained in this section. Total Of old esti-
mated at $4,000, and OF new /" 10000 bales. Re
ceipts 20 Both November. 43l 600 bales.
In Texas, 10000 bales is the estimate. The
amount estimated on hand in May last is $1,000
bales.
In Tennessee. and the contiguous sections Of
Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas which de-
liver at Memphis and Nashville, besides forward
ing a good deal TO St Louis, Louisville and Gin
cinnati the deliveries since MAY sum up 10000
bales. The total is estimated at $4,000, Of which
10000 are new.
A resume is as follows: North and South Caro-
lima old crop, $1,000 bales, new, 1000; delivered
10 November 80, G000O estimated 10 be still in
the Interior 500OO. Georgia and Florida, OLD, sDJ,-
DIl: new, 5000; delivered, 5000; estimate in
terror. 81 900 bales. Mobile, old, 10000; new,
1900: delivered, 2220OO; estimate interior 1.S,
900 bales. New Orleans. old $4,000; new. G00DO;
delivered, 5000; in interior, $4,000 bales.
Texas, cd, 5000; new, 10000; delivered 200;
in int -or, $4,000. Memphis. Nashville New
York and al North not already counted, old. TO-,
600; new, 10000; received at New York, 1900;
stock at Memphis and Nashville, receipts ut St.
Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati and delivered 70
spinncrs at Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and
throughout the West, $1,000 bales; estimated in
the interior, 1900 bales.
Being a total Of l,6j0000 bales old crop" 400.-
600 new; 100000 delivered from May LIST 10 Mo-
ycmber J0th estimated in the interior, 10000
bales.
Messrs. Neil Brother & Co. estimate the total
Of old and new crop ut 100000 20 2l0O0C2 bales.
The cotton totally unfit 70 spin, they estimate
at 10000 bales.