Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-17
Heavy Arrivals of Cotton at Charleston.
LErom the Charlcstnn Cnur;nrl

Ihedeellnein cotton surprises no one, for there uD
pears to he great deal Of Il still IN the couat~g
tram OF nine heavy wagons, lOaded with The stap!e
conclusion. The factories need certainly fear no
stoppage ior want OF the raw material The prospect
iOr large crop the PRESENT year IS encouraging
Plantation work progresses faVOrably and from many
ncighborh0Ods highly tatteriug reports are received
Il NOrtuCrn gentleman VINO has taken a plantation
on the Santee in the adjoining district of Clarendon
says the treemen working admirably in that sec
tion and he entertans fears of failure. lie be-
levesr however, that white labor would realize dOu-
ole the yield from the of land 1t is very
probable that European and Northern farmers set
ting IN this country would effect very desirable
revolution IL this agricultural policy. They would
plant cotton, it is true inevitably and successfully
plant cotton.
But they would first assign so much of land, ma
and labor to the culture cereals as would in
sure an abundance tprovlsions for all the occupants
ana detenqantS Of the farm. Their cotton crop then
would be clear gain--an annual net profit. This IS
the seli-suStanng home-enrichng system, by which
Lhe fariner must pc comfortable and Independent
This Is emphaticaily agricultural country and as
such II appears almost reproach its planters that
northern and eastern hay and western com at fabr
oUs prices, actually supporting ihe animals now
poU-hllg the soil. Exhaustion caused by the lat.
war may explain and excuse this the present ygar
Du the same state OF things existed before the war
and may continue, although by common consent sd,
mtted to be d biunder.
! RECEIPTS AND STOCK on HAND IN VARIOUS SOUTHERN
PORTS.
In Nssmn6is s on February q tAe stock of cotton
| IN private storage, estimated 2.0O0 bales. Total
January 1
In Savannah, the receipts between the ID and eth
instant were s72 bales and the stock in port on the
18th instant amounted TO lS,0C0 bales
apaachcola Fla, has received 900 bales Of cot
ton since May last, and exported 6j,6+5 baleS49UU0
to New York, II 600 Liverpool and the remainder
70 New New Orleans. Value Of the cotton exported
The receipts at Mobile on the 9Th inst amounted to
2,6l5 bales.
The IRoH-CLAD MoNADsocK.-The Navy Depart
lartment mas received intelligence of the arrival Of
the double-turretted iron clad steamer Monadpook
at M0nteVldeO the 18th of January aft or pas
sage OF hve and :. nalf days from Rio do JaneirO,
LhhS average knots run an hour by the M0nadnock
731; the greatest distance run IN q hours was
lS4.2 the least distance, Use
The following is detailed statement of the time
| under way, coal consumed, &C.:
ro.., .;uo uao.u u Days Hours.
| Total amount of coal consumed. .,,16S a.
average per Tday.........................,29 % Is
| To+o1 -o,,,,,,.;.e Starboard. PORT.
greatest number per Ininute 66 &c
WASH. Rep.
| GOING AHEAD-Under a wholesome competition
Rhla, that city is bound to improve wonderfully
on Iohg as the Pennsylvania Central had control OF
all us trade business was merely Yegetatng, Dut
| now tnat tho Reading and the Atlantic and dreat
western nave stepped in, the old monopoly is besh-
nlng to wake up. As evidence OF this We notlee
Central is about to establish line of steamships be-
| tween Philadelphia and Liverpool! BY placing a
coal of fire upon its back make land turtle
move.-Reoding Ddtty ifmss,