Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-22

Advices from the cotton region are be- ming
more hopeless Is the season advance ana
every day reduces me prospects, OF the cIcp
very materially. Rot and the army worm have
devastated whole regions, which, even lsst
uesk, were not altogether destitute OF healthy
bols. A writer from Alabama asserts that the
erop OF the interior OF that State viii not be
rsy,4-rur aiat sfTsst year ana, IN
many instances. not over One-haiE He says
- ssrbis arises from several causes, the chief 0f
which IA the season.. June and July were ger
haps drier tEan eyeEEnoEn, and ny expert
euce is. that wilma wet July, say from the 2ith
of lane 10 M same date IN July, with a dry
4 agust. we always have good cotton cFopSzsnd
aIso sorn crors This year We had, as 7 say, q
dry June and July, which caused the cotton 10
dwarf ana stop growth, and then. when fol-
loved by exceeding wei weather In august,
cauled a rapid second growth, and in some
places rust. the boil worm, and last the arTpy
worm. scarcely a leaf is TO be seen at this date
IN AL the best lands, and they are now at work
in the small farms In what's termed plny
woods. The small bottom crop made during
the dry season OF Tune and July is open, and
b. some going TO market, and perhaps enough 70
lead those not familiar with the facts to bs'ieve
there is a fair crop making or made; but I as-
sure you that the1fttls crop az the bottom OF ths
stalk is all. and by the INST of October there
viii be but little, II anE-leI 10 be picked"
While we should be Just about entering into
the picking season in this region, we are as
Enrsd that in many pavts Of Louisiana the bulk
OF the cyop has already been gathered. The
rot, next 70 the worm, has been most disas-
irons, and without we have clear, warm
weather during the next month. we think that
Instead OF the estimate Of 100000 bales.
which now seems 20 be the accepted
crop.4 We Will do O. wen TO send for
ward l.5uGUlg bales. Although Eastern manu-
facturers stick firmly TO their first estimates Of
two and a half 70 three million bazes the fact
that prirss are 6stssr tran 2 week ago proves
that tnsy have been influenced somewhat by
the news from the cIops.
Al the opening OF the wees prices were de-
clining In LiVerpoG-gpisnds, l09lo1sd- Or
leans l0Z sIO5si. II declined TO 81 or Up
~iands-tn store. and a1sd aqoats on
Thursday, and until to-day has bsen firm al
L0l.d. sales for the day y 900 bales
The New York market FOR the week opened
Al 25C for Uplands, but went up 70 21zc, at
which 1t closed quiet bat hrm to-day, with
sales Of500 bales. - E
Our market has been active since the new
crop began 10 arrive, a1d sales have nearly
covered the receipts. Prices are very fall, and
have been 50 since the season openeu, leading
All 0tha S5utlTsrn SOtpon markets IN THIS re-
spect from sle per pound. Among the sales
to-day were 9 bales ordinary at2lc; d Good Or
Low MiddIlng, DC; 3dO., nc; 3do., &c 10 do,
2sZo; 10 M~iddlings, 2le; LM1ddnngse zS1c y.
MHddliugs, ~
The stick in Liverpool Friday evening, 18Th
inst, $1,000 bales, OF which $4,000 were Amer
lean. stock alOat same date, $4,000 bales, Of
which 200 were American. Shipment from
Bombay since last report up 70 the 18TH inst,
eISJbales.
COTTON STATEMENT.