The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-02-20
Cotton Guuply---British View.


supply available for British use up to the SOth of
June next from all sources, 2,0S7,5OO bales and
the demand for consumption and export during the
same period as II 900 bales leaving as probable
stock, at the above date total Of SSS 27O bales in
Guiding that now on hand Very few of the calcula-
tons, however, take less than 1900 900 bales as the
American crop of the present year. We believe it to
! be capable of demonstration that every estimate of
that crop for the last twenty years has proved to fall
short of the ultimate result At the close of the war
the quantity which it thought might be received
at the American ports set down $50 900 bales
and the extreme limit of the most sanguine was two
million, whereas the quantity actually received was
2,G55, 600 bales. We have 10 doubt similar result
will follow in the present instance. The report Of
the ldan cotton crop is also favorable and it is now
admitted be quite equal to that of last year while
credit is given to the Indian government for its exer
u0ns to improve the quality Of the staple or the
Egyptian crop it is stated that the supply available
Dil he quite equal to that of 1865 when we received
HI 600 bales from that quarter alone What IS even
more important is that the present crop is SO superior
III color, staple and cleanliness, to the preceding one
that there will be economy in tile working to the
extent Of Is per cent. We may also point out that
the importation OF cotton into Great Britain last year
exceeded that of 1860, the previous largest wear of
import, by 400, 900 bales, and the home CONSUMPTION
has reached about the amount as then in bales
though only about SO peg cent. in weight On the
26th Of December, 1860, the prices Fair Dhol-
lerah, 55d; Western, I'd; middling Orleans I'd
Dhollcroh, l23d Western, 144d.; middng Orleans
lJ5d, 1t is perfectly plain from these figures, anj
from what We know Of the coming supplies that an
less the markets of the world arc so bare of manu-
featured goods to give at early day great slim
uus Lancashire Industry, the price of cotton must
fall considerably before it be said to have reached
its natural level. But the truth is that have gone
on exporting more than ever, and many foreign mar
kets gutted, that violent reaction in the prices
of raw material is possibility to be always kept in
Iiny Corn arrive borri,, +oUo
e.----
THE LATE Coz. BRrANT.-The New Orleans Cres
cent has the following in relation to the history Of the
late COL Bryant, who was killed by Judge Tate of
Texas, in the rotunda of the St. Charles hotel:
A gentleman from California, well acnuaintcd will,
Col. Bryants history, while in California; sends Us the
following:
morning paper, in detailing the particulars of the
tragedy at the st. Charles hotel on Wednesday night
gives short sketch OF the life Of Col. Bryant its VIC
tim, AS Col. Bryant remarkable man in many
respects, as he could number his acquaiatanccs by
thousands in all ranks Of hle IN all sections of the
country, who will read the account of his ta},jnc
otf with interest," perhaps sorrow, we may be Der
nittcd to correct some inaccuracies in the sketch alIu
led to, and to furnish one or two incidents in tho
eventual life Of this strange man.
1t Is true, as stated in the Times, that COL BRYANT
esided several years IN San Francisco lie was an
cade there in very early times-an office somewhat
ilnlar 10 a common law justice Of the peace and his
cts in granting selling to private individuals Duco
" city lands, whilst such officer, was long questioned
nd was the subject Of much litigation but the conrs
n9lly decided in favor of the validity of his grants
nd the title to no small proportion of the realty Of
hat wonderful city is held under this title. But he
blamed his greatest notorety for his during and snc
ess as 'srort" gambler. lie is credited with G
aVng anlassed fortune of upwards of half a mil I,
on OF dollars in the winter of 1919 and the sprnn Of Il
85o-that memorable epoch in the lives of old Cal.
play, and to this day the building known a
5 the " I'll Dorado" now owned by the city and .
sed as the Hall Of Records is pointed out to stran a
eFs as the place where Col Bryant vcntured and e
'st, in single bet at faro, 500, OC0 in gold lie
as candidate for the shlievalty not mayoraty as "
Sewhere incorrectly stately of San Francisco at the
Es election under American rule, his competitor be- &C
'g Col. Jack Hayes, the renowned Texan Ranger. IS
Notwithstanding Bryant used almost incredible sums "
money to his election the fmeand splendid N
orsemanship of the Texan Ranger were too much for
ryant, and he was beaten. Luck, both in politics
I'd play turning against him. Bryant left California &c
y in the SOS, and his career since has been on this
de of the continent. Col. Bryant leaves only one WI
ughter in California-tbe wife of DISTINGUISHED nc
wyer in San Francsco another daughter the wife OF
former attorney general of that State having la
ed couple ct months ago. Both daughters were TO
ucated, be it said, to the credit of Col Bryfrft. re- ne
rdless OF expense and were fitted to dorn the first an
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