i,   J~.,'W.o l
l:?d~!/l~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~-___i_ —-----— l —:ml~i~...
i_~ ~~~~~~i~ II:____I!!",",',~llt _-I~'"*~llli:111~ (/tllM!111M-nti'"!~!i, Ill~ —= —== — _~=-~_-== — _ llI_:   -__~I_:_:_:_________I~'~-~;-i~,-~, 
NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL
HISTORY OF COTTON,
BY
E. J. DONNELL.
"How strange it is that so few attempts have been made to trace the rise and progress
of this great branch of industry, the cotton manufacture; to mark the successive steps of
its advancement, the solidity of the foundations on which it rests, and the influence which
it has already had, and must continue to have, on the number and condition of the people."
-McCuLLOCH, in the Edinburgh Review.
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
NTEW YORK:
JAMES SUTTON & CO.. PRINTERS, 23 LIBERTY STREET.
1872.




Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by
E. J. DONNELL,
in the Offlce of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. O.




PREFACE.
THIS work has been prepared for the purpose of supplying the cotton trade, and
all who are brought into business relations with it, with needed information in a
convenient and compact form. No attempt has been made to present anything
strikingly novel or altogether new. The facts, which are spread over the succeeding pages, have existed in crude and detached form, but accessible to only a few.
In collecting them together, reducing them to shape, and presenting them in a
manner admitting of easy reference and comparison, much severe labor has been
performed, and there has been no lack of patience and research in its prosecution.
Every effort has been made to guard against errors, but among such a mass of
figures, perfect accuracy could hardly be expected. In the leading statements,
however, confidence may be felt that they are substantially correct.
Important as cotton is, as a staple of commerce, its importance is not more
wonderful than the briefness of the period in which it has, with us, reached its preeminence. In the course of my researches into the statistics of cotton movements,
I find that in only three ports in the United States have figures approximately full
been preserved for any considerable period, namely: New York, Charleston, and
New Orleans. And yet, in Liverpool, nearly fifty years ago, cotton was regarded
by an eminent authority as having then reached the highest pinnacle of its commercial importance.
It must now be apparent to the least reflecting mind, that a new era of development has been opened to the growth and manufacture of cotton; and, to judge
what course this development is likely to take, and what progress it will probably
make, there can be no better help than in studying closely the history of the growth
and manufacture of cotton during the past half century. Fifty years carry us back
to the period when Europe began to recover from the effects of the war of the
French Revolution; and there investigations and comparisons may properly begin.
In thirty-nine years, before the war of secession, the growth of cotton in the
United States increased about one million bales in every decade. Beginning with
500,000 bales in 1822-3, it was eight years before the crop reached a million
bales; then nine years to two million bales; then twelve years to three million
bales; then eight years to four million bales, 1859-60. We are now back to
three million bales, or, where we were twenty years ago. Therefore, when shall
we return to four millions? and when shall we reach five millions? or six millions?
are questions of great moment. Not less so are the probabilities respecting the increase in the manufacture and consumption of cotton goods, in the near and remote
future. In the solution of all these problems so important, not only to the cotton
B




IV                              PREFACE.
trade but to the commerce and finances of the whole civilized world, this work will
furnish effective aid. If I shall be regarded as having been reasonably successfil
in the difficult task which I have nndertaken, my highest ambition will be gratifie d.
In conclusion, I desire to express my obligations and return my thanks to many
gentlemen connected with the commercial journals of this and other cities, for the
valuable assistance which they have afforded me in the preparation of this work.
E. J. D.
NEW YORK, September, 1872.




INTRODUCTION.
THE history of cotton in its three departments, agricultural, commercial and manufacturing, is, in some of its aspects, the history of civilization.
Its progress seems to have been controlled by the same laws that have
governed the progress of the human race. It is a very good illustration
of the laws which govern all natural growth, or evolution.
In the remotest records of history we see it just above the surface in
India, its roots spreading in every direction. All that dexterity, with
such tools as nature furnished, could accomplish, was brought to complete
perfection thousands of years ago. Through long ages we see nothing but a naked trunk-no improvement, no change. At last we see
branches in every direction. All growth in the individual, in society, in
the human race, is by the process of branching. It is sometimes termed
differentiation;I a term which describes the mere phenomena very well,
but has the grave fault of being wholly devoid of eteological significance.
It does not require very profound study of the subject to discover that
the evolution of the individual is the analogue of the evolution of the
race. That is an important fact to know; but the analogy extends much
farther. It will be found in the passions and faculties of the human mind.
Take the affections, for instance. All the loves grow out of the one
root, self-love.  The first necessity is self-preservation-to exist.  The
first branch from this root is, love for those who first minister to our
wants-love of parents, perhaps. The next branch is toward the family
with which our name and interests are identified; the next is towards the
nation of which we form a part, and is called patriotism; the next is towards the whole race, and is called philanthropy; the next, and last, is
universal or Divine love. I give the natural order of succession; each
has its proper function in which its action is wholly beneficent; but, when
out of place, it is equally pernicious.
The history of the Jews is a well-defined illustration of the action of
this law on a large scale. The entire religion and policy of that people,
was founded upon the exclusive love of their tribe or race. They believed
themselves to be the special favorites of Heaven. This worked admirably
in the infancy of the race. It raised them out of the sands of the desert;




VI                         INTRODUCTION.
and, not only constituted, but fitted them to be the religious teachers of
humanity.
In the unfoldment of the race, the time arrived when a new brancha larger humanity, was demanded. It was the natural outgrowth and demand of the times. The Jews resisted the spirit of the times. Their
utter ruin, as a nation, was the result; nor can they ever come into harmonious and happy relations with the times and with humanity, until they
recognize, practically, the brotherhood and equality of the whole human
family.
There are indications that that day is not far distant. The commercial
spirit of the race is sure to lift them above all narrowness or littleness.
The growth of the commercial spirit is governed by the same laws as all
other growth. In its crude state, it is intensely selfish, but it grows continually toward universal ends.
The human family is one, and all its tribes and races are its members,
its faculties. The good of each is the good of all. That which we would
hoard will corrode and curse us.
There are few things more striking, in the history of human industry,
than the fact that the cotton manufacture of India, so perfect in its kind,
remained so long stationary. Not only did the Indians themselves remain
without any.new or improved methods or machinery, but they failed to
teach any other people.
It has been said, by a highly philosophical writer, that civilization
originated where the paths of two tribes first crossed each other. When
a tribe or nation becomes separated from the rest, growth ceases.
In the vast extent of Asia, there was room for each tribe or nation to
dwell by itself, developing each its own specialty. When the fullness of
time came, tribe after tribe migrated into the peninsula of Europe. Migration with the sun, from east to west, seems always to improve the race.
In Europe, isolation was impossible. Owing to this cause alone, it is
probable that permanent stagnation could not exist. The same wisdom
that directs man's progress, prepared the continents for his use. Europe
is so connected with Asia as to render migration easy. The accidental
migration of a single tribe was not sufficient for the purpose. Shut in by
the comparatively narrow confines of Europe, these tribes and peoples
have been, for more than two thousand years, fighting with and learning
from each other. Europe was destined to evolve a new humanity. As between Europe and Asia the centre of activity in the reciprocal action of
one upon the other was the shores of the Mediterranean, so in the same
action between exclusively European forces, the greatest development is
toward central Europ6. After America began to exercise a perceptible
influence, the centre of activity became western central Europe. Since
the opening of our Pacific trade with Asia; the United States began to




INTRODUCTION.                       VII
assume this central position. It is no mere accident that turns the eyes of
the whole world toward this continent, with an instinctive faith that it is
here all the problems of the future are to be solved. With Europe on the
one side, pouring in all the fruits of all past labor and suffering, and Asia
on the other from the original fountains of human progress familiarizing
us with the simpler instincts of childhood. On the one side, intellectsight; on the other, instinct-feeling. The positive and negative batteries joined on the American continent, America will be the great reconciler, bringing all forms of humanity together.
It was not possible that manufactures could have advanced beyond the
condition in which they existed in India before the eighteenth century.
In the order of evolution, the human mind had. not got beyond India in
that department.
Historians seem to be utterly bewildered by the dense cloud of superstition that settled over Europe during the middle ages. Hardly any attempt is made to assign to the so-called dark ages their true place in the
evolution of the race. It seems to me they were a necessary prelude to
usher in the intellectual progress of the past four hundred years. Action
and reaction-positive and negative-male and female; the same fundamental principle is at the bottom of the ideas expressed by all these terms.
The principle is universal. We are always swinging from an extreme in
one direction toward an extreme in the opposite direction. In the middle
ages, the human mind swung to the greatest extreme in the direction of
the supernatural. That movement was necessary to give effective power
to the present movement toward the natural. Humboldt seems to intimate
that the contest between knowledge and belief commenced early in the
Christian era. In one sense, it is a great deal older than that; in another,
it is not much older than the twelfth century. The establishment of the
inquisition in the early part of the thirteenth century shows that the present movement had then commenced. To the philosophical thinker, the
establishment of the inquisition is the best possible evidence of the intense
yearning after truth, which was then fermenting in the unconscious instincts of the European mind. The very same motive which originated
the inquisition gave birth to free schools, which were established in connection with the monasteries in the middle ages. The free school system
is yet young, but is the greatest power in modern society, while the inquisition is dead. All the motive forces of the mind have this double action,
a knowledge of which would prevent much lamentation and regret over
the misfortunes of humanity. In the childhood of the race (even now it is
so among children), this dual action was mistaken for a conflict of opposing
and independent forces. The Greek mythology, which is a faithful poetical record of this mistake, has not yet lost its influence on the human
mind. Childhood never loses its fascination; it will continue to charm




VIII                     INTRODUCTION.
the oldest and wisest, even when its true position in the order of evolution
is fully understood.
In the order of intellectual evolution, the idea of beauty precedes the
idea of use. That is the reason why art so early reached perfection.
Dress, as ornament to the person, is the first of the fine arts. Dress
was first used as ornament to the person; no other idea was attached to
it. That was the germ from which sprang the arts and architecture of
Greece. Use is higher than beauty, or, rather, it is the highest form of
beauty. Art is prophecy of something better. Painting and sculpture
were revived in Italy three hundred years before the Renaissance and general revival of learning in the sixteenth century. The movement in that
century began with the discoveries of Copernicus, in astronomy, and the
establishment of English colonies in North America. The mental horizon
began to expand in all directions; yet the light, to most eyes, was very
uncertain. In 1552, books of astronomy and geometry were destroyed in
England as magical. In 1579 was published George Buchanan's celebrated treatise on the principles of government, in which he inculcates the
doctrine that governments exist for the sake of the governed. As late as
104 years afterward, the work was burnt at Oxford, along with the works
of Milton; nor did it cease to be generally condemned by the governing
classes, in both Church and State, until about the time of the American
Revolution.
Until this development in government was, in some degree, realized, no
great and general expansion of industrial art was possible. It required
two centuries for the doctrine, as to the responsibility and duty of governments to the governed, to be generally recognized and admitted. It will
probably require as long for them to learn how this duty and responsibility can be most intelligently discharged.
The success of the American Revolution derived its main importance
from the fact that it marked the progress of the human mind into a new
and higher plane of development than it had before reached. The permanent, peaceful establishment of the Constitution of the United States was
the first successful attempt in the history of the race to establish authority
on a large scale, either in Church or State, upon a foundation purely and
simply rational. The deep significance and far-reaching importance of
such a fact are beyond all calculation. No matter what irregularities may
take place in the practical working of our government, so long as the fact
remains, it will be the landmark of a new departure. Reason may be defined as the blended aroma of all the faculties and powers of the human
mind. All that we know as growth, or unfoldment, is in the direction of
the supreme dominion of reason in everything.
In the fifteenth century, the intellectual movement was made manifest
in many directions, by useful inventions, such as watches, the art of




INTRODUCTION.                       IX
printing, painting in oil colors, delf-warc, and the manufacture of glass;
by geographical discoveries, such as America by Columbus, the coast of
Guinea, and the Cape de Verd Islands by the Portuguese. Algebra first
began to be. taught in Venice in 1495. In these movements we discover
the germ of all that has been done since.
It may be here remarked that in all intellectual movements of the race
one of its earliest manifestations is in astronomical research. Naturally
the grand mystery of the visible heavens first rivits the attention of the
roused and hungry intellect. Astronomical observations began at Babylon 2234 B. C., a register of which was transmitted by Callisthenes to
Aristotle for 1903 years, to the capture of that city by Alexander, 331
B. C. As I before remarked. the sixteenth century commenced with grand
colonization movements, and still grander astronomical discoveries. Geographical discoveries were pushed forward with great vigor. People began to doubt everything that was not capable of demonstration. When
men doubt they must reason, because the soul hungers for the positive;
therefore doubt is essential to growth. This fermentation in the European
mind produced an immense augmentation of activity. It also caused great
suffering; but this is the order of nature. The power of the human mind
is in proportion to its capacity for suffering.
The seventeenth century showed intellectual development far exceeding any previous century in the history of the race. It seemed as if the
human mind had, for the first time, been freed from bondage, and disported
itself in its new-found liberty. In poetry, philosophy, and science, the
seventeenth century has names that will, probably for a long time to come,
be ranked the very first in each department. There were Shakespeare,
Milton, Dryden, Moliere, Corneille, and Racine, Newton, Kepler, Galileo,
and Descartes, besides a host of others.
There is no better evidence of growing power than the boldness with
which individual sovereignty was asserted and maintained. This attitude
of the human mind was an indispensable preliminary to success in those
inventions through which the forces of nature have been harnessed to the
car of human industry. In the order of evolution, there is an inseparable
connection between this mastery over nature and a consciousness of the
possession of sovereign attributes. Both are the legitimate result of a
high degree of development. The one is self-knowledge, the other a
knowledge of external nature.
All true growth is from within outward, because man possesses, in the
constitution of his own mind, all the elements of infinite progress. This
is because he is the offspring of the infinite. Even in the earliest infancy
of the race, when man manifested little, if anything, more than blind instinct, we can read his future. He grew toward the truth as a plant toward the sunlight.  The earliest instincts of the mind express themselves




3~~~~X ~INTRODUCTION.
in the form of religious sentiment. Instinct is feeling, intellect is sight.'Whatever instinct has felt, intellect will yet see and understand.
From the earliest records of the race, this idea that man is the offspring of the Infinite-of the Deity has been struggling up toward human
consciousness. This has appeared, sometimes in a refined form, as when
the Germanic tribes called the Deity the Allfather; at others, in a gross
form, as when Apollo is represented as overshadowing the mother of
Pythagoras, and countless other stories of carnal intercourse between the
gods and the daughters of men. Every one of these myths has its root in
the blind, but yet infallible instinct that we are the children of DeitySons of God.
In one case in history this truth seems to have revealed itself with an
intensity so dazzling as to have bewildered the whole civilized world.
This seems to me to have been the central idea that animated the founder
of Christianity. It is the key that will unlock many mysteries. In one
form or another it ran through everything He said. Of course, He was
misunderstood, and still is. There are still vague ideas floating through
men's minds of the fatherhood of God, but at the same time we are positively taught that we are the creation, not the offspring, of Deity.
This idea that man is not the creation, but the offspring of the Deity,
is intensely revolutionary. It goes to the root of the matter. If it were
possible for the human mind to comprehend it fully, without first growing
up to it, it would pluck society up by the roots; but Divine wisdom has so
ordered that men shall often realize a truth in practice before it rises fully
into their consciousness-we feel a truth before we see it.
All that is called modern progress is the fruit of this truth, which is thus
gradually preparing the way for its full revelation. It will be seen that
during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the human mind began to
approach this great truth from the side of the intellect. " The whole
movement was an appeal to the individual reason and conscience."  What
are the individual reason and conscience, was a question that was sure to
suggest itself to reflecting minds; nor did the question remain entirely
unanswered. Several writers in the sixteenth century claimed for the individual conscience the absolute right of final appeal; but it was left for
Descartes, in the early part of the seventeenth century, to build around it
a consistent compact system of philosophy. The whole truth Descartes,
probably, did not see; his discoveries were not, therefore, the less valuable, but more so. He does not infer the individual power and its absolute
right from its Divine origin, but he proves its possession of that power
and this right by a system of reasoning at once lucid, comprehensive and
convincing. "The thought of each man is the last element to which
analysis can carry us; it is the supreme judge of every doubt; it is the
starting point for all wisdom." Such is the essence of his system.




INTRODUCTION.                       XI
This is the same truth, in a different form, that was announced by Jesus
more than sixteen hundred years before. It is because the individual soul
is a child of Deity, that it possesses this attribute of sovereignty. It is
only in the light of the intellectual progress of the present age-perhaps,
future ages-that the true grandeur of the great truth that inspired and
consumed the Man of Nazareth can be understood. He found none who
could understand Him; the ages alone can interprete Him.
Not only is this the true key to what is called Christianity, it is the
key to the future as well as the past. It is the keystone, without which,
no system of philosophy, no matter how ingeniously elaborated, can stand.
All social science, all statesmanship, must have this truth for their foundation and guide, consciously or unconsciously, or they will fail. All modern
progress is in this direction-the dignity of the individual and the brotherhood of the race. These ideas began to produce fruit in the eighteenth
century, which commenced with the war of the Spanish succession and
ended amidst the wars of the French Revolution, with liberty organized
and established on the American continent.
About the middle of the eighteenth century began those discoveries and
inventions which have transformed civilized society, so that men now live
and see and learn as much in' one year as formerly in a lifetime. This is
the vision seen by the Hebrew seer when he wrote, " In the latter days
men will run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."  That migration, which I before stated was a condition of improvement, is now all but
universal, facilitated by modern improvements in traveling. There is now
a universal commerce of ideas, which is the best part-the essence of all
commerce.
I have already tried to illustrate the manner in which the affections unfold themselves in the progress of the race. It was fit that the law of universal love, the natural complement of the brotherhood of the race, should
have been announced to the world, at the time that nearly all the nations
in the then known world had been welded together under one empire;
forced into a recognition of mutual dependence and equality. It was then
a religious sentiment. It was also fit that in the eighteenth century, when.
the human intellect demanded an explanation for everything, and the laws of
commerce were rapidly becoming the sole guide for the intercourse of men
and nations, that it should be announced that the law of love is the true
philosophy of trade.
In 1776 was published Adam Smith's " Inquiry into the Nature and
Sources of the Wealth of Nations." The progress of economical science
during the past hundred years, though only a part of the general movement, is by no means the least important. De Quincy affirms that no progress has been made in political economy since 1817; and interested or
superficial politicians and writers, try to confuse public opinion by assert



XII                       INTRODUCTION.
ing that there is no such science. It is true that since 1817, or about that
time, the progress made has been less, and a great deal less striking, than
during the previous fifty years.  Still there has been much practical, and
some abstract progress all the time. Even Mr. H. C. Cary, notwithstanding the extraordinary use he has made of his acquirements in advocating
the most extreme protective system, has made very material additions to
our knowledge of political economy, and successfully refuted some theories
that had been generally accepted.
The great and leading object of Mr. Smith's work is to show that man
possesses, in the constitution of his own nature and in the circumstances of
his external situation, ample provision to insure the progressive augmentation of the national wealth; and he demonstrates that the most effectual
means of advancing a people to greatness is, to allow every man, as long
as he observes the rules of justice, to pursue his own interest in his own
way, and to bring his industry and his capital into the freest competition
with those of his fellow-citizens. He shows that all legislative restraints
on the perfect freedom of industry and exchanges are, in reality, subversive
of the great purpose which they are really, or ostensibly, intended to promote.
With regard to the short-sighted selfishness, whose maxim seems to
have been that other men's loss is our gain, he expresses himself in a tone
of honest indignation. "In this," he says, " the sneaking arts of underling tradesmen are erected into political maxims for the conduct of a great
empire. By such maxims as these, nations have been taught that their interests consisted in beggaring all their neighbors. Each nation has been
made to look with an invidious eye upon the prosperity of all the nations
with which it trades, and to consider their gain as its own loss. Commerce, which ought naturally to be among nations as among individuals, a
bond of union and friendship, has become the most fertile source of discord
and animosity." " The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is
an ancient evil, for which, perhaps, the nature of human affairs can scarce
admit of a remedy. But the mean rapacity, the monopolizing spirit of
merchants and manufacturers, who neither are, nor ought to be, the rulers
of mankind, though it cannot perhaps be corrected, may very easily be
prevented from disturbing the tranquility of anybody but themselves."
What is this but the law of love becoming the true philosophy of
trade?
The above passage shows the largeness, but also marks the limitations,
of Mr. Smith's genius. Merchants are not always to remain the mean,
short-sighted, selfish, degraded creatures they once were. When the true
interests of commerce are understood by the merchant, it enlarges and
liberalizes the mind as nothing else can.
About the time Mr. Smith's book was published, cotton began to at



INTRRDUCTION.                      XIII
tract attention, in connection with the newly-invented machinery for spinning and weaving. Tile importation of cotton cloth from India was the
immediate cause of the efforts made to improve existing methods of manufacturing. It was evident that competition with India, by the old methods,
was impossible. At first an attempt was made to exclude India calicoes by
act of Parliament, but that was impossible. Happily, the time was ripe
for great inventions. Europe had so far evolved a new and advanced
humanity, that all that was required was to feel the necessity for action.
It is an immense benefit to the whole human race to have this free competition. It is a violation of the laws of nature to enact laws to place imbecility on a par with natural force. As to protecting the people of England against the people of Hindoostan, when the true sources of power are
understood, it is supremely ludicrous.
The true way to protect people is to cultivate them, and make them
strong to protect themselves. Whatever government can do in this direction is legitimate. Rightly considered, this is the whole duty of government. There is everywhere an instinct that prompts men to expect and
demand help from government which is the depository of the collective
forces of society. Assuredly this feeling, which is universal, should not
be disregarded. The demand must be answered, either in an intelligent
and effective way, or in a way that will corrupt both the people and the
government. There is but one way in which government can effectually
aid the people without doing more injury than good, viz.: by making them
more competent to take care of themselves; in other words, by educating
them. But it should be very different from what is now called education.
In the first place, it should be in accordance with the laws and order of
nature; in the next place, it should be universal. No plant in the garden
of society should be permitted to be without cultivation.
What are the laws and order of nature? The object of true education
is to strengthen every faculty. Knowledge of principles is the nutrition
of the mind. The process of assimilating truth is precisely analagous to,
that of chylification in the animal system. A dogma is to the mind what
an indigestible substance is to the digestive functions. Not only does it
afford no nutrition, but it weakens and deranges the functions.
Nature teaches by example.  Everything should be taught in the
school, as nearly as possible, in the same way as it is used in practical life.
The universe is the natural educator of man. The school should be a
miniature universe. No question here as to the comparative value of
classical and scientific education. All departments hold equal dignity, and
the individual follows his attractions. Practical science, practical mechanics, practical agriculture are all taught in the laboratory, the workshop, and the field. This would be a university indeed-something worthy
of the name. I db not know whether the art of war should find a place




XIV                       INTRODUCTION.
in such a system; but it is more than probable that, if such a system were
general among the nations, war would soon become obsolete.
Such a system as this would at once put the sceptre into the hands of
labor. Such things as bounties, monopolies, or any other kind of protection, would be remembered as the most childish of follies.
Diversification of industry is one of the necessary results of growth,
as the natural phenomena of growth is branching. To bring about this
much-desired result, we should promote growth. Social growth is but the
aggregate of individual growth. There is no end at which the protectionist professes to aim that can be reached in any other way so well as this.
I do not believe, with some free traders, that governments should do
nothing. It is one of the uses of social organism, and by no meahs the
least important, that the aggregate, collective powers of society should be
used for the promotion of its own welfare. The great danger to be feared
from government interference is that it may weaken, instead of strengthening the people. Any kind of assistance that may be rendered, with the
single exception of assistance to grow, that is, culture, education, will
surely tend -to make the people less self-reliant, and, consequently, less
strong.
Communism, socialism, internationalism, they have, of late, become
terrible words. They strike the public ear of Europe like a fire-bell in
the night. Let us not try to persuade ourselves that our Republican form
of government, and our abundant and cheap land, will always save us from
the responsibility that now hangs about the neck of Europe. Neither the
selfish expedients of accumulated wealth, nor the ignorant denunciations
of accumulated superstition, will be able to dispose of these questions that
are now demanding a solution.
The influence of real education on the human mind is very little understood. Knowledge of principles, each one of which is the key to a new
world, is to the mind what wholesome, stimulating food is to the body;
while what is commonly called learning, instead of strengthening the mind,
enervates it. The former produces health, strength, sanity; the latter, intoxication and disease. The mind becomes strong in proportion as it
comes near to causes. Technical education is indispensable. I would not
underestimate it; but it is certainly more important to have something
worth expressing than to know how to express it.
Compared with the object to be accomplished, the largest amount at
present expended for educational purposes is utterly insignificant. Why
should not the mechanical arts and agriculture be taught by experiment,
as well as chemistry; and why should not chemistry be taught in a system
of experiments, vastly more extensive and enterprising than at present?
We profess to understand something about chemistry. yet in every trial for
poisoning, every chemist contradicts every other. In fact, a large part of




INTRODUCTION.                       XV
what is called science is the merest empiricism. Let the sciences be taught
in their practical application to the duties of life. I have some doubts as
to whether they should ever be taught in any other way, but I suppose a
place must be allowed for students, whose vocation is the closet, for it is a
fundamental principle of the system that all forms of humanity, and every
peculiarity of taste or attraction, shall have ample provision for its full
development.
Humanity is one, and each individual an essential atom. In the earliest
ages, when the masses of mankind had not yet emerged from what might
be called animalism, there were individuals of great genius, who are still
regarded as standards of excellence. These were a beneficent provision
of nature, intended to teach mankind their own possibilities. From a
similar provision of nature, we sometimes find in an individual a single
faculty developed to a degree of perfection that, in our present stage of
progress, seems nothing less than miraculous. Everybody has either seen
or heard of persons wholly uneducated, who could solve any problem in
mathematics, or answer any question in arithmetic instantly, with scarce
a perceptible lapse of time. So far as I know, it has never yet been suspected by anybody that this degree of perfection is possible, and will yet
be attained by every faculty of the intellect; yet such is certainly the
truth.
If we will only try, however inadequately, to realize what this means:
the noble, the divine being man will be, when all his faculties act with the
rapidity and precision of a sunbeam, penetrating not only all the arcana
of nature, but the spiritual universe also, we may then begin to perceive
what is really meant by education, culture-whatever contributes to the
growth and unfoldment of the human mind.
I am not disposed to magnify the importance of cotton in the progress
of civilization. All the elements of progress are in the constitution of the
human mind; all mineral, vegetable, and animal nature seem to have been
a preparation for man. In few of the productions of nature is this preparation more marked than in cotton. Less indispensable than iron, it is
hardly less useful or less extensively used. No single article gives remunerative employment to a larger number of persons. The large addition which is made to its value between the hands of the producer and the
back of the wearer, constitutes the financial life-blood of whole communities and governments, without which, so far as we can see, they could
hardly exist.
The United States and Europe manufacture, at the present time, about
seven million bales of cotton per annum, averaging not far from four hundred pounds each. For this cotton, the producers receive about four hundred million dollars, gold value. When this cotton is manufactured, and
ultimately sold to the consumers in all parts of the world, it has risen in




XVI                       INTRODUCTION.
market value to probably sixfold its original cost, leaving to the merchants, ship-owners, manufacturers, and tax receivers not less than two
thousand millions per annum as remuneration for their capital and labor.
Nearly all the inventions for spinning and weaving by power originated in Great Britain. The French revolution, and the disturbed condition of the continent until after the battle of Waterloo, retarded the advance of manufactures there. At the same time, England used every effort
in her power to prevent a knowledge of her inventions from reaching other
countries. Practically, the English people had, during their whole contest
with France, a monopoly of these inventions, and, consequently, a monopoly
of certain kinds of manufactures. This was especially true of cotton,
which did more than anything else to sustain her financial system under
the tremendous strain to which it was then exposed. It was to her industrial progress that England owed her success in that great struggle.
To what did she owe her industrial progress? Undoubtedly to the genius
of her people. The philosophical works of Lord Bacon mark the drift of
the English mind when it first began to manifest extraordinary vigor.
Bacon was the natural forerunner of Newton. Philosophy first, science
afterward. It is common to give Bacon credit for the great intellectual
development that followed the publication of his works. In one sense,
this is just; in another, it is not.
Such men as Bacon follow quite as much as they lead. Great men are
the product of the nation and the time. They are, in the highest sense,
representative men. No great discovery is wholly the act of one man.
Bacon, like all men of great genius, was exquisitely receptive. He felt
the spirit of the genius of his countrymen before it had yet assumed a
body. He incarnated it, if I may use the expression. The inductive
method was then due in the order of evolution. The first attempt at reasoning in the childhood of the race, or the individual, takes a synthetic
form. I before stated that the first budding of a faculty is prophetic of its
ultimate future. So it is even with the reasoning faculties. When the
human mind attains to a knowledge of fundamental laws, it will resume its
native instinct, and sweep the whole domain of nature with a single synthesis.  Childhood, in the absence of a knowledge of principles, takes
principles for granted. It adopts theories which become, in some sense,
matters of faith, and reasons from them. How many thousands of years
the human family reasoned in this way, there is no record to show. Nine
in ten still continue the same method, but it is a great deal to be able to
say that there is ten per cent. of the whole who demand an examination of
the premises, as well as the deductions. Until about the commencement
of the seventeenth century, all departments of human knowledge were
filled with dogmas, that is, things taken for granted. The English mind,
as represented by Lord Bacon, began to question and ask for proof. That




INTRODUCTION.                      XVII
single fact placed the English people in the vanguard of the race for the
time being. It was the first ripe fruit of the swing of the human mind
from the supernatural toward the natural. All the scientific discoveries
and mechanical inventions, of which the eighteenth century was so prolific,
were the natural fruit of this movement.
I would not underestimate the importance of men of great genius to
the world. I would only avoid that kind of hero-worship which exaggerates the importance of one man that it may pour contempt upon the mass
of mankind., Communities are responsible for the crimes that are committed by their members. This is manifest in the fact that crimes have
always the color and bias of the popular sentiment. In a community
where animal pride, in the form of personal force and courage, are esteemed
above the other qualities, crimes of personal violence prevail most. In
communities where the possession of wealth is unduly esteemed, crimes
against property prevail most. If a community is thus responsible for the
crimes of its members, it has a right to be credited with the achievements
of its worthies.
Men of great parts are always being born into the world, but it is the
drift of the times and the popular sentiment that shape their work. The
people of central western Europe, after the discovery of America, led the
advance guard of progress. I have before explained what I suppose to be
one of the natural causes of this. After America was discovered, Spain
advanced to the position of the leading power of Europe. Why did she
not retain it? I stated that the shores of the Mediterranean were the
centre of activity in the action and reaction of European and Asiatic influences..The truth is, that southern Europe is not yet distinctly European, but is largely Asiatic. Eastern and northeastern Europe are also
tinctured with the same quality. It was the evident purpose of nature
that Europe should evolve a new humanity, different from Asia; as it is
the purpose that America shall evolve a new humanity, different from Europe. I suppose that the reason why Spain lost her position was because
she was not in the current of progress, but seemingly in one of its eddies.
We are now on the eve of great changes, which will probably increase,
more rapidly than ever before, the production and consumption of cotton.
The progress of European influences westward has already penetrated
Asia with a new force. Japan is already melting at our touch. Strange
that contact with Europe from the west has never had any such influence
upon any Asiatic people. It would seem as if the European was not, and
could not be, prepared to exercise such potent influence on the Asiatic
mind until it first becomes Americanized. Within a short time, certainly
before the end of this century, the vast populations of eastern Asia will
be opened up to trade with this country, even to the most interior hamlet.
The railroad and the telegraph will penetrate Japan and China in every




XVIII                     INTRODUCTION.
direction. There will be a large emigration of Asiatics to the United
States, and of Americans to Asia, each supplying the other with what it
most needs. The dense population of China, with their wants increased
by European civilization, will require nearly all their land for the production of food. There will, consequently, be an immense increase in the production of cotton in this country. It is not improbable that, before the
end of this century, the cotton crop of this country may reach ten million
bales, and at least half of it be manufactured here. I suppose the time
cannot be very far distant when the commercial intercourse between
different nations will be as free and unrestricted as it is now between
the States of this Union. Every enlightened mind, every merchant especially, should labor to hasten the coming of that day.
The times are almost ripe for this consummation of the prophetic instincts of the religious sentiment.  Everywhere men feel that they are
brothers, and that all barriers between nations are in some sort sacrilege.
The pulpits preach universal love as a sentiment, but they should understand that it could not be a true sentiment if it were not also true philosoply. There is no sacrifice in the law of love. It is all pure gain. The
more good we do, the more we are benefited.
A knowledge of this will lift commerce out of the mire and place it in
the atmosphere of the purest ethics.
The swindling, the deception, and all the desperate expedients of speculators are merely a reflex of the policy pursued by nations towards eacli
other. The policy of international jealousy and hatred. cannot last much
longer. If the churches were to proclaim a crusade against all customhouses, they would be doing more for the human race than they can accomplish in any other way at present. It is the most imperative demand
of the age.




EARLY HISTORY OF COTTON.
CHAPTER 1.
THE object of this work is to supply a convenient book of reference for all who are in any way interested in the cotton trade. To
facilitate such reference, the facts and statistics will be arranged
chronologically. Of course all who deal in an article of world-wide
use, liable to great changes in value, would be glad to learn something of the causes which so often influence the market. I know
of no better way to obtain that knowledge, than through a carefully
arranged statement of the facts connected with the trade in past
time.
History furnishes no means of ascertaining when, or by what
progressive stages of discovery and invention, cotton was first utilized to human use. The arts of spinning and weaving are probably as old as agriculture. The Egyptians ascribed their origin to
Isis. According to Pliny, Semiramis was believed to have been
the inventress of weaving. The Peruvians ascribed them to Manco
Capac, their first sovereign. These traditions point to their extreme
antiquity. It is certain that they have been found among almost
all the nations of the old and new worlds, where anything like a
social organization existed.
The first mention of cotton by any European writer is by Herodotus, called the father of history, about 450 B.C. Even then the
manufacture of cotton cloth in India seems to have been as perfect
as at any later period.
Wool was principally used for weaving in Palestine, Asia
Minor, Greece, Italy and Spain; hemp in the northern countries of
Europe; flax in Egypt, and silk in China. In like manner, cotton
was always characteristic of India. What ancient Egypt was in
the culture and manufacture of flax, India was in cotton. The
"fine linen of Egypt" was not more celebrated on the shores of the
Mediterranean, than the beautiful soft cotton fabrics of India.
The great perfection attained in this manufacture in India is scarcely
credible.




2                EARLY HISTORY OF COTTON.
T'avernier, a merchant, who traveled in the middle of the seventeenth century, says "The white calicuts (calicoes, or rather muslins, so called from the great commercial city of Calicut, whence
the Portuguese and Dutch first brought them) are woven in several
places in Mogulistan and Bengal, and are carried to Rioxary and
Baroche to be whitened, because of the large meadows and plenty
of lemons that grow thereabouts; for they are never so white as
they should be until they are dipped in lemon water.  Some calicuts are made so fine you can hardly feel them in your hand, and
the thread, when spun, is scarce discernible."  The same writer
says, "There is made at Laconge (in the province of Malwa) a sort
of calicut so fine that when a man puts it on, his skin will appear as
plainly through it, as iOf he was quite naked; but the merchants
are not permitted to transport it, for the governor is obliged to send
it all to the Great Mogul's seraglio and the principal lords of the
court, to make the sultanesses and noblemen's wives shifts and
garments for the hot weather; and the king and the lords take
great pleasure to behold them in these shifts, and see them dance
with nothing else upon them."  Of the turbans of the Mohammedan Indians, Tavernier says "The rich have them of so fine cloth
that twenty-five or thirty ells of it put into a turban will not weigh
four ounces." The Decca muslins were designated, in Oriental
phraseology, "Webs of woven wind," and nobody will dispute the
poetic truthfulness of the name.
There.is satisfactory evidence that the Greeks made use of
muslins, or cotton cloths of some kind, which were brought from
India at least 200 B.C.  It is probable that the expedition of
Alexander the Great (330 B.C.) first introduced cotton goods into
Europe as articles of traffic.
About 60, B.C., we find them used in Rome for awnings and
tent covers, but there is no evidence that the finer fabrics of cotton
were ever in much demand in the Roman Empire. Of silk there is
frequent mention; to cotton as a curious product of the East there
are several allusions, but to cotton cloths, as articles of apparel
among the Roman people, there is no allusion whatever. Cottons
are among the imports of the Empire, taxed by a law under Justinian, from which it is evident they were in use for some purpose.
Indeed it would be strange if it were otherwise, for before the Christian era India had begun to supply cottons to Persia, parts of Arabia, Abyssinia and all the eastern parts of Africa. For centuries
the Phenicians had traded in these fabrics, and Egypt was certainly
well acquainted with their use.
There is good reason to believe that the art of manufacturing




EARLY HISTORY OF COTTON.               3
cotton had existed in Arabia before the present era, and that cotton
constituted a considerable part of the clothing of the people.
That the Roman empire carried on an extensive trade with
India is attested by the well known statement that this trade
drained the empire every year of a large amount of the precious
metals.  One hundred and twenty ships sailed annually from the
Arabian Gulf, from Oceles at its mouth, across the great ocean to
the coast of Malabar. They returned with the eastern monsoons,
ladened with the products of India, clearing from the general mart
Musiris.
It is just possible that the semi-transparent robes with which
the Roman ladies clothed, or rather exposed their beauties, in the
decline of the empire, were India muslins.
There is no record of any cotton being manufactured in Europe
before the tenth century; and then it was only by the Mohammedans in Spain.
Though the Arabs seem to have learned something of cotton
culture from India long before the Christian era, China, whose.
intercourse with India was probably as old as the pyramids of
Egypt, did not learn the arts of cotton culture and manufacture
until the thirteenth century, when they were introduced into that
empire by the dynasty of the Mongol Tartars.  Yet the court had
long held in high estimation the cotton garments which had been
presented to them by foreign ambassadors. As early as 510 A.D.,
the Emperor Ou-ti had a robe of cotton. Toward the end of the
seventh century it is known that the cotton plant had long been
cultivated in the gardens for its flowers. There was great opposition to the new article.
It is amusing to observe how like the objections of the Chinese
were to those raised by the English, in the eighteenth century, to the
importation of India goods into their country; also to the object
ions to the importation of machine-manufactured cottons into this
country in the beginning of this century. Even now a distinguished
editor and writer, on what he calls "political economy," assigns
his conversion to the restrictive or protective policy to the distress
produced in New England households by the importation of goods
made by the then lately invented methods and machinery at such
low prices and of such superior attractiveness, that the domestic
manufacture by hand (almost exactly the methods of India and
Egypt) was completely prostrated.
I should have mentioned that long prior to the tenth century,
a manufacture of indigenous cotton had existed in southern parts
of Italy; there was also something of the sort in the Crimea, but it




4                EARLY HISTORY OF COTTON.
was very trifling in extent, crude and wholly domestic; not at all
an article of commerce. The rise of Mohammedanism and the conquests of the Saracens, were by far the most important events in
the Middle Ages.
They opened an active commerce front the Straits of Gibralter to Bagdad and fartherest India. The Arabs had preserved
some of the learning of the Alexandrian schools. They brought
into Europe the figures of arithmetic and Euclid's works on geometry. After the conquest of Constantinople the Turks introduced the cotton culture into Macedonia.
The manuscript of Marco Polo's travels was first circulated in
1298 at Genoa. At this time a considerable trade was carried on
by Venetian and Syrian merchants in India muslins. Marco Polo
was confidentially employed in the service of the Tartar conqueror
of China and returned in the year 1295, after having visited a great
many countries in Asia. He makes no mention of any cotton
goods in China. The cotton culture was then in its infancy in that
empire.
In consequence of the dearth of provisions about seventy years
ago, an imperial mandate was issued, to convert to the cultivation
of corn a considerable portion of the land then appropriated to the
cotton plant; since which the Chinese have imported a large quantity of cotton from the east coast of India, from Calcutta, and even
from Bombay. The quantity of cotton produced in China is enormous, some writers estimate it equal to twelve millions of our bales.
The lower orders are all clothed in cottons, and the higher classes in
silks.  In cold weather they do not change the character of their
clothing, but increase the quantity, adding garment upon garment.
It is supposed that Mohammedans first introduced the use of the
bow-string in opening up the fibres of the cotton, from the circumstance that the bow-string operation is never executed by Hindoos.
but by Mohammedans. The Hindoos maintain their ancient supe
riority in all the finer fabrics. This is attributed to the greater
delicacy and susceptibility of their organization.
The bow-string was once used in this country, and gave rise to
the term "Bowed Georgia," still used in Liverpool.
The rollers used in India for separating the seed from the lint,
are still used in this country for long staple cotton.  It is thought
that the best is that worked by the treadle, in the same way it was
worked in India, as described by Nearchus, one of Alexander's
officers, 325 B.C.
During the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the




EARLY HISTORY OF COTTON.              I'
cotton manufacture continued to flourish in Spain. Its chief mart
was Barcelona, in the neighborhood of which the plant is still
found growing wild.
During the same period, and probably much earlier, the cotton
manufacture was very extensively established all over the southern
shores of the Mediterranean. Indeed it may be taken for granted that wherever the Mohammedans obtained a foothold this industry was established, from the Atlantic Ocean to the River
Euphratus.
Humaine, a small African city in the Mediterranean, frequented
in the fifteenth century by the Venetians, is spoken of with high
commendation on account of its eminence in this manufacture.
An Italian writer says of them: "The inhabitants were a noble,
civilized race of men, and almost all engaged in the production of
cotton and cotton cloth."
At Amon, a place five days journey from Damascus, it is said
that a very great quantity of cotton was grown.
According to Odoardo Barbosa, of Lisbon, who made a voyage
to southern Africa in 1516, the Caffres then wore cotton dresses.
At Cefala, he says, the Moors grow a large quantity of fine cotton, and use it in white cloth, being unable to dye it on account
of the want of coloring stuffs.
Cotton cloth, woven on the coast of Guinea, was imported into
London in the year 1590.
Travelers, who have penetrated into the interior of Africa, concur
in showing that cotton is indigenous to that continent, and that it
is spun and woven into cloth, which is used for raiment by the inhabitants of every class and latitude. It is probable that a much
larger surface of Africa is suited to the cotton culture than of either
Asia or America.
Lord Palmerston predicted that Africa will yet'supply Europe
with cotton.
The time is drawing near when Africa will be in the line of
Colonization.  The currents of commercial exchanges between
Oceanica and Europe, and between South America and Europe,
cannot much longer be prevented from overflowing the African continent. The movement from Egypt is not likely to accomplish
much; the Cape of Good Hope is the key to Africa's future.
In 1110, A.D., the revival of learning at Cambridge, England,
is reported, and the statement is also made, that paper made of cotton is commonly used in writing. The art of making paper from
cotton came into Europe from Arabia, where it was first known,
though the Chinese had long made paper from refuse silk. The




q6              nfEARLY HISTORY OF COTTTON.
Mohammedans, in Spain, subsequently discovered that linen was
superior to cotton for that purpose.
In 1498 Vasco De Gama sailed to the East Indies around the
Cape of Good Hope, thus opening to Western Europe the India
trade, which for more than three hundred years had made Venice
the envy and admiration of Europe. In the same year Americus
Vespucius discovered' North America, six years after Columbus
made his discovery of the New World.
After the voyage of Vasco De Gama, the Portuguese made large
importations of muslins, and other cotton goods into Europe, but
did not attempt to establish any cotton manufacture in their own
country. When the Dutch, sometime afterwards, succeeded in depriving the Portuguese of their eastern colonies, they not only extended the traffic in cotton goods, but, towards the end of the six
teenth century, began to fabricate them at home.
The earliest notice of cotton, as an article of English trade, is
about the end of the fifteenth century. It was naturally included
in the trade of the Mediterranean, and was carried by the ships of
the Italian cities wherever they sailed.
Early in the sixteenth century English commerce began to expand. Though Italy had some knowledge of cotton manufacture
three hundred years before it was known in Western Europe, yet
in the year 1870 there were' only 500,000 spindles in the whole of
Italy.
Columbus found cotton in use among the natives of Hispaniola,
but only in the most primitive forms. Cortez found the manufacture in a much more advanced condition in Mexico. The Spanish
historian of Mexico informs us that "The Mexicans made large
webs, and as delicate and fine as those of Holland. They wove
their cloths of.different figures and colors, representing different
animals and flowers. Of feathers interwoven with cotton, they
made mantles and bed-curtains, carpets, gowns, and other things,
not less soft than'beautiful. With cotton also they interwove the
finest hair of the belly of rabbits and hares-after having spun it
into thread; of this they made most beautiful cloths, and in particular winter waistcoats for their lords."
It is said that in 1536 the cotton plant was found growing in
some of the country drained by the Mississippi, and in Texas.
In 1589 the stocking frame, one of the most complex and ingenious machines tlien known, was invented. In 1530 the spinningwheel was invented by Jurgen of Brunswick.
In 1563 the slave trade was actively carried on by England.
This may not seem to be a very conclusive indication of progress,




EARLY HISTORY Of COTTON.                 7
yet in view of its connection with cotton culture in this country, it
is well worthy of record, as it was undoubtedly a part of the great
movement and expansion of industrial activity which began with
the geographical discoveries of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Nearly all the cotton in the world is produced by the colored
races. It is a tropical plant, and the tropical races cultivate it,
though it seems destined to supply the whole race with a large
part of their clothing. The trade is yet in its infancy. Even in
this country, where cotton culture is most successful, the methods
of culture are most primitive. The time is not distant when four
times, as much cotton will be produced to the acre as is now produced, and of quality much superior to the cotton of the present
time. Cotton culture in this country is in about the same stage
of progress that marked the condition of agriculture in England
one hundred years ago. Since the emancipation of the slaves a
new impetus has been given to improvement, but still the business
is so profitable that it is done very carelessly. "Necessity is the
mother of invention."
Every other textile material has some special merit; cotton
alone is suited to all climates, conditions, and races. It is the
only article that can be produced in such abundance, and so
cheaply, that the demand never can for any long time exceed the
supply.'The rapid progress of railroads at the present time in all parts
of the world-in Europe, Asia, and America-stimulating activity,
facilitating exchanges, increasing wealth and multiplying the
wants of hundreds of millions of people, will, for a long time to
come, keep the price of cotton far above the cost of production,
but the supply is merely a question of price. There is no other
textile material that can be grown so profitably on such an extensive area of the earth' s surface.
Baine's'" History of the Cotton Manufacture" says: "No mention has yet been found of the cotton manufacture in England
earlier than 1641. In 1631 calicoes were first imported into Eng.
land from India; and at once attracted attention and excited emulation. It was not until forty-five years afterwards that calico
printing commenced in London."




CHAPTER II.
COTTON IN NORTH AMERICA.
IN "Historical Collections of South Carolina," by B. R. Carroll, I find several allusions to cotton as an article of culture in
that colony.
Some colonists from Barbadoes, who settled on the Cape Feare
River in 1664, brought with them cotton seed, which they cultivated for domestic purposes.
In a description of the Province of Carolina, by Samuel Wilson, addressed to the Earl of Craven, in 1682, it is stated that
"cotton of the Smyrna and Cypress sort grows well, and good
plenty of the seed is sent thither."
In "Rivers' Historical Sketches of South Carolina," p. 343-4,
I find the following passages:' In the instructions given by the proprietors to Mr. West, the
first Governor of South Carolina, we find the following:
"' Mr. West, God sending you to Barbadoes, you are then to
furnish yourself with cotton seed, indigo seed, ginger roots. * *
Your cotton and indigo is to be planted where it may be sheltered
from ye north-west winde, for they are both apt to blast.'
" On page 351' West was instructed to receive the products of
the country in payment of rents at the following valuations: ginger, scaled, at 2d. per lb.; scraped ginger, at 3d. per lb.; indigo,
at 3s. per lb.; silke, at 10s. per lb.; cotton, at 3-d. per lb.'"
About that time great efforts were being made to establish indigo
culture in the Carolinas. Indigo was also introduced into Louisiana by the French in 1718, and within ten years became an object
of export.
About 1740, when rice became reduced in price, the seed of the
East India indigo plant, which had been for many years extensively cultivated in the West Indies, was sent, along with cotton,
ginger, lucerne, etc., from Antigua by Mr. Lucas, the governor of
the island. Previous to the war of the Revolution, indigo held the
position among the products of South Carolina afterwards occupied by cotton. It was hardly less important in Georgia.




COTTON IN l0ORTH AMERICA.              9
Miss Lucas, the daughter of the Governor of Antigua, and the
mother of General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, was, at the age of
eighteen, in charge of a plantation in South Carolina. In her journal,
1739 and 1741, she speaks of the pains she had taken to bring cotton
and indigo to perfection.  The first export of cotton was from
Savannah. An exportation of seven bags, valued at ~3. 11s. 5d.
per bag, was made from Charleston, between November, 1747, and
November, 1748.
Peter Purry, in his description of Carolina in 1731, says: "Flax
and cotton thrive admirably, and hemp grows thirteen to fourteen
feet in height; but, as few people know how to order it, there is very
little cultivated." In 1742 a French planter of enterprise, M. Dubreuil, invented a cotton-gin for separating the fibre from the seed,
which greatly stimulated the culture of cotton in that colony.
The separation of the seed had previously been effected by picking
it with the fingers, at the rate of one pound a day. This operation,
as the evening task of the family, black and white, long continued
to be the practice in the cotton region, until increased production
called for mechanical appliances. About the commencement of
the controversy that led to the Revolution, the roller-gin was introduced. It is still used.for long staple cotton, and was the best
contrivance until the invention of the saw-gin, by Whitney, in 1793.
This introduced a new era in the cotton trade; not less important
than the splendid inventions of Watt and Arkwright
It was not until after the Revolution that cotton culture was
prosecuted with a view to export.  Even so late as 1784 an
American ship, which exported eight bags of cotton into
Liverpool, was seized on the ground that so much cotton
could not be produced in the United States. The first regular
exportation of cotton from Charleston was in 1785, when one
bag arrived at Liverpool, per Diana, to John and Isaac
Teasdale & Co. In the same year, twelve bags from Philadelphia
and one from New York were received at that port. During the
next five years the receipts of American cotton were respectively
6, 109, 389, 842, and 81 bags, estimated at 150 pounds each, or
1440 bags, weighing 216,150 pounds in six years.
In the meantime the necessities of the Seven Years' War had
taught the people to raise the material for the greater part of their
own clothing, and laid the foundation for the cotton culture, which
has since grown to such gigantic proportions. Though the inventions of Hargreaves, Arkwright, and others, in England date earlier
than the Revolution, they had not at that time assumed sufficient
importance to stimulate production.




10              COTTON IN NORTH AMERICA.
The green seed, or short staple cotton, was the kind principally
cultivated before the Revolution.
The black seed, or Sea Island cotton, was introduced into
Georgia from the Bahamas about the year 1786, and in 1788 the first
attempt was made in South Carolina by Mrs. Kinsey Burden, of
St. Paul's Parish, whose husband, having introduced the rollergin in that State, had, nearly ten years before, clothed his slaves in
cotton cloth. The first successful crop is said, by Mr. Seabrook,
to have been grown by Mr. Elliott on Hilton Head, near Beaufort,
in 1790, with 5b bushels of seed, purchased in Charleston at 14s.
per bushel. The price then varied from tenpence to two or three
shillings per pound. Though in 1786 Mr. Madison said at the
Annapolis Convention that "there was no reason to doubt that
the United States would one day become a great cotton producing
country;" yet in the treaty negotiated by Mr. Jay in 1792, it was
stipulated by the 12th Article "that no cotton should be imported
from America." The Senate of the United States of course refused
to ratify this article. This was only eighty years ago, yet it reads
like a record of the Middle Ages.
In the year following the treaty, Whitney' s invention of the sawgin gave an immediate impetus to the cotton culture, and caused
great excitement all over the Southern States. The inventor was
robbed of the fruits of his genius, but the benefit to the country
and to the world was beyond all calculation. The very first year
in which the saw-gin was used, South Carolina exported cotton to
value of $1,109,653. The growth of the whole country in that year
(1795) was estimated at eight millions, and the exports six millions.
In 1801 the product had risen to about forty-eight millions and the
exports to twenty millions pounds. In 1798 indigo entirely yielded
to cotton as an article of commerce, though it was still cultivated for
domestic purposes as late as 1850. The writer has seen the small
farmers bring it to the stores to exchange for necessaries. The old
women called it " Spanish float," at least this was the name they
had for the best quality of indigo.
The efforts made to introduce the silk culture into Georgia,
during the colonial times, were of course an entire failure, notwithstanding liberal expenditure by the mother country.
The time will come when the United States will be one of the
greatest silk and wine producing countries in the world. Leaving
out California, which seems to be unequaled for the variety and
fertility of its productions, there are large districts in the older
States admirably suited to the production of both wine and silk.
The country near the dividing line of North and South Carolina is




COTTON IN NORTH AMERICA.               11
wonderfully adapted to the cultivation of the grape. I have been
informed by experts, who are well acquainted with all the wine
producing countries in the old world, that it has no equal in
Europe.
The qualities required to subdue the forest and reclaim the
swamp are wholly unsuited to the successful cultivation of silk
and the grape. Negro labor was exactly suited to the cultivation
of cotton; the Anglo-Saxon, bold, ingenious, enterprising and
avaricious of power, and of wealth as the means of power, was exactly suited to direct the labor of the negro.
Negro slavery served its time, and served it as nothing else
could, but it could not be of long duration in the present age of
the world. Slavery being founded upon force, was, philosophically speaking, a state of war. It cultivated the virtues, but also the
vices that are promoted by war. This was shown in our late civil
war. The Southern army fought as well, and even better in their
first campaign than in their last. The admiration of the Southern
people for the ancient orders of chivalry, their tilts and tournaments was not a mere affectation, as many suppose; it was the
natural outgrowth of their social system. The tendency of modern
progress is to unfit men for war, by depriving them of a taste for
it. The combative faculty is neither wasted nor lost, it is only
turned into a higher sphere of action. The people of the Northern
States, and especially of New England, have probably less of the
purely warlike propensity than any other people in existice.
The English have, owing to the predominance of the spirit and
habits of commercial enterprise, a strong tendency in the same
direction, but it is greatly impeded by their aristocratic institutions.
Subordination and command are the life-blood of the war-making
spirit.
Of course these two antagonistic systems of society could not
long exist under the same government. As in all such conflicts,
between the old and the new, but one result could be final.
Negro labor is still necessary to the cultivation of cotton, and
the problem of the future is still unsolved. If white labor can
take the place of free labor in the cultivation of cotton the negro
will disappear, dying out; if not, it is to be hoped the negro will
be preserved as a permanent inhabitant of the cotton region. Under slavery the blacks would undoubtedly have increased at least
as rapidly as the whites, immigration excepted, but I doubt if this
was the intention of Providence; that is, of the laws of Nature. I
do not think Nature ever intended that an inferior race should




12              coTTot IN N ORTHI- AMERTCA.
occupy ground to the exclusion of a superior race, which the latter
could occupy with more advantage to the world.
Under the new order of free negro labor, it seems to me probable
that the white race will, for a long time to come, apply themselves
to manufactures of cotton. There is no country in the world possessing so many advantages for the successful prosecution of industry in this direction as the Southern cotton growing States.
White labor for the cotton factory can there be obtained much
lower than at the North-as low, probably, as in England or the
continent of Europe. Northern Georgia and North Alabama are
admirably suited for manufacturing enterprise. Water power is
abundant, and coal can be obtained much cheaper than in any
part of the Northern States. The climate is unsurpassed. Labor
is abundant.
Labor-saving machinery was always popular, and eagerly
sought after in this country, though it was quite otherwise in
Europe.
In 1766 a society in New York announced through its secretary,
Benjamin Kissard, among other premiums for the encouragement
of home manufactures, ~10 for the first three stocking looms of
iron set up in that year, and ~5 for the next three, and ~15 for the
first stocking loom made in the province in that year.
An extract from a letter, dated at Baltimore, January 11, 1772,
appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette, on the 30th, in which the
writer says: "We learn that a person who has been for many
years a master in several large manufactories for linen, cotton, and
calico printing, likewise cutting and stamping of the copper plates
for the same, intends, sometime this month, to leave England for
America with six journeymen and all the machinery for carrying
on the said business, previous to which, and unknown to the English manufacturers, he has shipped sundry machines, some of
which will spin ten, and others from twenty to one hundred
threads at one time, with the assistance of one hand to each machine. These machines are not allowed at home, and so inveterate
are the common people against them that they burn and destroy
not only these, but the houses, also, where they are found.
The Americans being able to purchase cotton to more advantage
than Europeans, a manufactory of this kind will doubtless be
properly encouraged by the well-wishers to America."
The above will be better understood when it is known that the
British Government prohibited the exportation of machinery used
in manufacturing. This prohibition did not at first apply to shipments to the colonies, because, at first, the colonies were content to




COTTON IN NORTH AMERICA.               13
be entirely dependent upon the mother country; but as soon as they
began to manufacture articles which they had previously bought
from England, the most stringent laws were enacted to prevent it.
In 1774, by the 14 Geo. III., c. 71, it was enacted that if any person
exports any such tools or utensils as are commonly used in the cotton or linen manufactures, or other goods wherein cotton or linen
are used (excepting wool cards) to North America, or any parts of
such tools or utensils, he shall not only forfeit the same, but ~200.
The collection, or having in possession such implements, made
them liable to seizure, and the possessor to arrest.
The Revolutionary War and the patriotic abstinence of the
American people, during the controversy that preceded it, from purchasing English manufactures, laid the foundation of the cotton
manufacture in this country. That it would have grown naturally
in this soil, and rapidly too, is certain, but the measures taken by
the mother country to prevent it, undoubtedly pushed it into premature growth.
Arkwright erected his first spinning-frame in 1769. The first
spinning-jenny probably seen in America was exhibited at Philadelphia, early in the year 1775. This machine was made by Mr.
Christopher Tully. It was on the plan of Hargreave's, and was
probably made in England. In this year a manufactory was
established in Philadelphia for cotton, flax and wool. It was the
first joint-stock company formed for such a purpose, and the first
to attempt the cotton manufacture in this country. This factory
was supplied with native cotton during the Revolution, at two shillings per pound. The utter dependence of the colonies upon the
mother country previous to the Revolution is shown by the destitution of the people and the armies during that period. It was the
ragged condition of the American soldiers and officers that gave
rise to the term sans culotte. ~ Baron Steuben's aids on one occasion invited a number of young officers to dine at their quarters,
torn clothes being an indispensable requisite of admission. The
baron loved to speak of his ragged guests as his san culottes, little
dreaming that the name which honored the followers of Washington would afterwards be assumed by the satellites of Marat and
Robespierre.  Even when the army was clothed it was principally
in English cloth, bought in Holland, and sent to America.
In 1780 an association was formed in Worcester, Mass., for
spinning and weaving cotton. and a subscription raised to procure a
"jenny " for that purpose. On the 30th of April it was announced in
the Spy that "on Tuesday last the first piece of corduroy made in
the manufactory, in this town, was taken from the loom." After




14              COTTON IN NORTHI AMERICA.
the close of the war, great efforts were made to obtain models of the
then lately-invented machines for spinning, weaving, and finishing
cotton and linen goods. A set of complete brass models of Arkwright' s machinery was made and packed in England by the agent
of Tench Coxe, of Philadelphia, in 1786, but was seized on the eve
of its shipment, and the object defeated.
The invention of the power-loom by Cartwright in 1774; of the
mule "jenny," in 1775, by Compton, which soon superseded the
machine of Hargreave's; the several improvements of Arkwright
and others in carding, drawing and roving, were crowned by the
adaptation, in 1783, of the steam-engine of Watt, to the spinning and
carding of cotton in Manchester.  Cylinder printing was invented
by Bell in 1785, and the use of acid in bleaching was introduced at
Glasgow, by Watt, in 1786, and at Manchester in 1788. The use
of acid for the same purpose was very old in India.
These improvements gave a great impetus to manufactures,
attracting attention and exciting emulation everywhere. The first
"jenny " manufactured in this country was in Massachusetts, by
two brothers, Robert and Alexander Barr, from Scotland, under
the patronage of the Hon. Hugh Orr, and by the aid of a grant
from the State.
The American Revolution ended, the material for a great industrial nation was all here, but it was in the form of scattered frag
ments. Jealousies began to arise between the States, with regard to
trade and taxation. There may have been, and no doubt was, an
instinctive feeling that free trade' among the states would, in the
end, be'mutually profitable, but as to freedom of trade as a principle, very little was known about it. There was a very general sentiment that freedom was best, but unless by very few, perhaps not
a dozen in all, was it accepted as a principle, but it was these few
(so short-sighted are the wisest of mankind) who opposed the acceptance of the present Federal Constitution, on the ground that it
endangered liberty, by establishing a "central despotism."
That Jefferson erred in opposing the Constitution, is no more
than he himself acknowledged afterwards, though his admitted
error was afterwards made the animating principle of a great party.
Perfect freedom of intercourse between the people of all the States
was then, and is now absolutely indispensable to the prosperity of
this country.  No price is too high to pay for it, and I doubt if
there could be any abuse of power in the Federal Government that
this freedom of intercourse and trade would not sooner or later remove. This could only be obtained under one government. The
world has not yet arrived at that stage of progress when States will




COTTON IN NORTH AMERICA.              15
consent to make intercourse with each other perfectly free and
equal. It is because the Federal Government is essential to freedoin that it is successful and has triumphed over all its enemies;
when it ceases to be necessary to freedom, or becomes antagonistic
to, it, it will fall without a blow.
Cotton manufacturing, in this country, is now as secure as freedom; and its growth and extension will be commensurate with the
growth and extension of freedom.
The time is coming, and cannot be very distant, when we will
have the same freedom of intercourse with the whole world that we
now have with each other. Then the markets of the world will be
open to our manufacturers, in which to obtain the raw materials
used in manufacturing-as machinery, chemicals, dye-stuffs, or the
necessaries of life; and in which to dispose of the products of our
industry to the best advantage.
What the manufacturing interests of the United States need,
and the cotton interest especially, is complete exemption from
Government intermeddling. If it ever needed government aid, that
time is past; it is no longer an infant, but is prepared to enter the
field with any and all competitors. The cotton manufacturers do
not ask the country to sacrifice its mercantile marine, or any other
legitimate interest for their benefit. They have learned that the
prosperity of all other legitimate enterprises will add to their own
prosperity.  They would be only too glad to have their own ships
to carry their products to the ends of the earth. For nearly two
years the cotton manufacturing power of this country has been increasing at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum, notwithstanding the
fact that the cost oftheir buildings and machinery has been nearly
doubled by unwise legislation. They know that the increase
should and would be much greater than it is, if the present system
of legislation did not practically exclude them from all but the
home market.
The extent to which labor-saving machinery is yet destined to
relieve man from the drudgery of labor is not yet dreamed of.
This is the country which, above all others, must lead in the redemption of the race from toil. We cramp and stultify ourselves
by attempting to exclude competition. We -fight as an enemy
that which we should treat as our dearest friend.  But I am now
treading on ground which should be more fitly occupied in the
introduction. I will now introduce the reader to the chronological
and statistical history of the cotton trade, after which I may or
may not, make some reflections for the benefit of dealers in the
great staple.




CHAPTER III.
CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1519.
Magellan, while circumnavigating the globe in this year, found
the Brazillians using "this vegetable down" (cotton) in making
their beds.
Cotton fabrics were sent by Cortes from Mexico to Spain this
year as presents to the Emperor Charles V.
Cotton was cultivated and manufactured as early as this year
by different nations on the coast of Giinea.
1536.
De Vica, it is stated, found the cotton plant in Texas and
Louisiana as early as this. (See year 1621.)
1560.
Cotton was an article of importation from Antwerp into England
this year. (See year 1569.)
1563.
Caezar Frederick, a merchant of Venice, while traveling in India
during this year, mentions the extensive cotton, trade between St.
Thorne and Pequ. He says the trade is "in bombast (cotton)
cloth of every sort, painted, which is a rare thing, because this
kind of clothes show as they were gilded with divers colours, and
the more they be washed the livelier the colours will show; and
there is made such account of this kind of cloth that a small bale
of it will cost 1,000 or 2,000 duckets."
1569.
Gaspar Campion this year published, in England, "A Discourse
of the Trade to Chio," in which he says: "There is cotton, wooll,
etc., and also coarse wooll to make beds." (See year 1560.)
1582.
Abul Fazel celebrates the town of Sinnugan, or Soonergong,
in India, for the manufacture of a beautiful cotton cloth named
Cassas.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON   17
1583.
Mr. Ralph Fitch, an English traveller, in this year visited
"Sinnergau, a towne sixe leagues from Senapore, where there is
the best and finest cloth made of cotton that is in all India." (See
year 1582.)
1589.
The stocking frame, though a complex and ingenious machine,
was invented this year by a Mr. William Lee, of Woodborough
in Nottinghamshire, England, who, from want of patronage in that
country, took his machine to France and established the stocking
manufacture at Rouen under the patronage of Henry IV., upon
whose death Lee got into difficulties and died at Paris in great
poverty. (See years 1768 and 1787.)
1590.
Camden, in speaking of Manchester, England, in this year,
says: "This town excels the towns immediately around it in
handsomeness, populousness, woollen manufacture, market place,
church, and college; but did much more excel them in the last
age, as well as by the glory of its woollen cloths, which they call
Mfanchester cottons." (See years 1313, 1322, 1519, and 1538.)
Macphersen, in his "Annals of Commerce," states that cotton
cloths were imported into London this year from the Bight of
Benin.
1601.
A list of foreign goods imported by the "English Society of
Merchants and. Adventurers" in this year from  Holland and
Germany, mentions cotton fabrics-" fustian"-said to have been
manufactured at Nuremburgh.
1621.
This year is generally regarded as the birth year of cotton culture in the United States. It had previously been found growing
in a wild state, however, in various portions of the South, more
particularly in the country bordering upon the Mississippi
(Meschachebe) and its many tributaries. A volume entitled "Purchas's Pilgrims " thus records the fact: "Cotton seeds were first
planted as an experiment in 1621, and their plentiful coming up
was, at that early day, a subject of interest in America and England."  A tract called "A Declaration of the State of Virginia,"
published in London in 1620, mentions cotton wool as one of the commodities of that "collony."  A list of articles "to be had in the
Virginia collony" in 1T21 mentions "cotton wool 8d. per pound"
2




18  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
as among the number. The cotton thus introduced was probably
from seed from the West Indies or the Levant, and its cultivation
was for a long time limited to such qualities only as were needed
for domestic use, as the cost of hatd cleaning or separation of the
seed by hand exceeded the commercial value of all cotton so
cleaned.
1631.
Calicoes were first brought into Great Britain from Calicut, India, this year. (See year 1772.)
1641.
Roberts, in his "Treasure of Traffic," published this year in
England, says: " The town of Manchester buys cotton wool from
London that comes from Cyprus and Smyrna, and works the same
into Fustians, vermillions and dimities."
Baines' "History of the Cotton Manufacture " (London, 1835)
says: " No mention has yet been found of the cotton manufacture
earlier than the year 1641." In this year it had become well established at Manchester, England. (See years 1313, 1322, 1520,
1538, 1590, and 1712.)
1664.
Pepys, in his diary, under date of February 27, this year,
says: " Sir Martin Noel told us the dispute between him, as
framer of the additional duty, and the East India Company,
whether calico be linen or no, which he says it is, having been ever
returned so. They say it is made of cotton wool and grows upon
trees."
1666.
Carroll's "Historical Collections of South Carolina" mentions
the growth of the cotton plant.
1676.
Calico printing commenced in London, England, in a very imperfect state. (See years 1690, 1712, 1750, and 1830.)
1678.
The Dutch and English East India Companies had, during the
seventeenth century, imported Indian muslins, chintzes and calicoes in such quantities into Great Britain, and they were so cheap
and popular that those interested in ancient woolen manufactures
indulged in a loud demonstration against their further importation, maintaining that the advent of cottons was ruining the woolen
interest. A pamphlet was issued this year in London, entitled'The Ancient Trades'Decayed and Repaired Again," in which




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  19
the author laments the interference of cotton with woolen fabrics.
(See years 1696 and 1708.)
A loom moved by water power-" a new engine to make linen
cloth without the help of an artificer "-is described in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of England for this
year.
1690.
A print-ground was established on the banks of the Thames at
Richmond, England, by a Frenchman.    (See years 1676, and
1712.)
1696.
A pamphlet was this year published in England, entitled "The
Naked Truth, in an Essay upon Trade," bewailingthe introduction
of cotton fabrics, saying they were "becoming the general wear in
England." (See years 1678, and 1708.)
1697.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 1,976,359 lbs.  Value of
all kinds British cotton goods, ~5,915.
1700.
So great had become the dissatisfaction with, and opposition to,
the introduction of cotton fabrics into Great Britain during the
seventeenth century (see years 1678, 1696, 1708 and 1728), that in
this year Acts were passed which prohibited the introduction of
printed calicoes for domestic use, either as apparel or furniture,
under a penalty of ~200 on the wearer and seller. But it did. not
prevent the continued use of cotton goods, quantities of which were
smuggled into the country.
Population of Lancashire, England, 166,200. (See 1750, 1801
and 1831.)
About 1,000,000 lbs. of cotton used in Great Britain, requiring
the services of 25,000 persons. (See year 1800).
1701.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 1,985;856 lbs. (See year
1800 and nett increase). Value of all kinds British cotton goods
exported, ~23,253.
1702.
Average amount of cotton imported into England, 1,170,881 lbs.
1703.
Average amount of cotton imported into England, 1,170,881 lbs.




20   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1704.
Average amount of cotton imported into England, 1,170,881 lbs.
1705.
Average amount of cotton imported into England, 1,170,881 lbs.
1708.
The Weekly Review of Daniel De Foe, January 31st, deplores
the growing popularity, of late years and previous to the passage
of the Prohibition Act (see year 1700), of cotton goods, thus:
"Above half of the woolen manufacture was entirely lost, half of
the people scattered and ruined, and all this by the interference of
the East India trade." (See years 1696 and 1708).
1710.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 715,008 lbs.  Value all
kinds British cotton goods exported, ~5,698.
1712.
Cotton manufacture had become sufficiently extensive (see year
1641) in England to lead parliament to impose an excise duty of
3d. per square yard on calicoes printed, stained, painted or
dyed. (See years 1676, 1690 and 1714).
1714.
The excise duty of 3d. per square yard "on calicoes printed,
stained, painted or dyed," wAs raised to 6d. per square yard.
(See year 1712).
1715.
Col. Hugh Orr, afterward instrumental in first introducing
cotton machinery into this country (United States), was born at
Lochwinnock, Scotland on January 2d, this year.  (See years
1740, 1786 and 1798).
1720.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 1,972,805 lbs. Value, all
kinds British cotton goods exported, ~ 16,200.
An Act was passed prohibiting altogether "the use or wear in
Great Britain, in any garment or apparel whatsoever, of any printed, painted, stained, or dyed calico, under the penalty of forfeiting
to the informer the sum of ~5." By the same Act, the use of printed or dyed calicoes "in or about any bed, chair, cushion, window
curtain, or any other sort of household stuff or furniture," was for



CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.   21
bidden under a penalty of ~20, and the same penalty attached to
the seller of the article. (See years 1736 and 1774.)
About 2,200,000 lbs. of cotton used in Great Britain.
1721.
An Act of British Parliament this year prohibited the use or
wear of printed calico, whether printed in England or elsewhere.
1728.
A volume published this year in England, called "A Plan of
the English Commerce," speaks of the still prevalent " evil" of a
consumption of Indian cotton manufactures (see years 1678, 1696,
1700, and 1708), and ascribed it to the will of the ladies, or, to
use the author's words, to their  passion for their fashion."
1730.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 1,545,472 lbs. Value, all
kinds British cotton goods exported, ~13,524.
*John Wyatt, then living at a village near Lichfield, England,
first conceived the project of spinning by rollers, and prepared to
carry it into effect. (See years 1733, 1738, 1766, and 1769.)
1732.
Richard Arkwright (see years 1761, 1764, 1782, 1786, 1769, and
1792) was born at Preston, England, on the 23d of December of
this year.
1733.
Cotton seed brought into Carolina by Mr. Peter Purry, who
settled a colony of Swiss near Purrysville this year.
In this year John Wyatt (see years 1730, 1738, and 1769), "by
a model of about two feet square" —to use the language of his son
in a letter to another son, dated November 15th, 1817-" in a
small building near Sutton Coldfield (England) without a single
witness to the performance, was spun the first thread of cotton ever
produced without the intervention of the human fingers. The
wool had been carded in the common way, and waspassed between
two cylinders, from whence the bobbin drew it by means of the
tzrit."
The earliest patent granted in Great Britain for any important
improvement in manufacturing was that to John Kay for the fly
shuttle, May 26th, this year.
1734.
Cotton was planted in Georgia from seed sent to the trustees by
Philip Miller, of Chelsea, England.




22   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1736.
The cotton plant was known on the Eastern shores of Maryland, lat. 39~ N.
The prohibition to use mixed goods containing cotton in the
dyed or printed state (see years 1720 and 1774), as it struck at the
existence of the then rising cotton manufacture of England, was
repealed this year.
Long before our Southern States took up its regu-lar-culture,
cotton was raised on the Eastern shore of Maryland, lower counties
of Delaware, and at other places in the Middle States. As early
as this year, and for some time after, it was chiefly regarded, however, as an orktt-'ik-ad     noafined-t.gardexs; but it soon
came to be appreciated for its useful qualities, and was brought
under regular cultivation.
1738.
Mr. John Kay, a native of Bury, in Lancashire, England, at
this time residing at Colchester, " suggested a mode of throwing the
shuttle whereby the man could make nearly twice as much cloth
as he could before." This invention was first applied to woolen
manufactures, and not till the year 1760 was it much used among
cotton weavers. The invention of Kay and his son, Robert, (see
year 1760) was opposed by the operatives, who found they would
lose their employment, and the elder Kay was so persecuted that
he left his native country and afterward resided in Paris.
On the twenty-fourth day of June, this year, a patent was granted
by George II. to Lewis Paul, a partner of one John Wyatt, of Birmingham, England, for spinning by rollers. Wyatt is supposed
to have been the inventor, although the patent appears in the
name of Paul, the latter having means and the former none. This
is the same process which was, at a later period (see year 1764)
brought out by Richard Arkright, and to whom credit of the invention has been generally awarded. There can be no dispute,
however, as to the fact that a patent was issued in 1738 to Lewis
Paul, which set forth the same claims as those made by Arkwright
thirty years later. (See years 1741 and 1769.)
1739.
The deposition of Samuel Auspourguer, a Swiss, who had been
living in Georgia, was taken for the use of the Georgia grant, in
London, in the controversy about the introduction of slaves, which
had been disapproved by Oglethorpe and others of the company,
and opposed by the Highlanders (Scotch) and Galtzburgers,




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  23
who had been settled in Georgia.  Auspourguer said:' The
climate of Georgia is very healthy, the climate and soil is very fit
for raising silk, wine,' and cotton, by this deponent's own experience, who has planted it there, grows very well in Georgia."
A specimen of this cotton Auspourguer brought over with him and
produced before the trustees. "All these produces," the deponent said,'" can be raised by white persons without the use of
negroes."
An article in the London Daily Advertiser, September 5th, this
year, says: "The manufacture of cotton, mixed and. plain, is
arrived at so great perfection within these twenty years, that we not
only make enough for our own consumption, but supply our
colonies, and many of the nations of Europe. (See year 1641.)
1740.
Colonel Hugh Orr (see years 1715, 1786, and 1798) came to
America and settled at Bridgewater, Mass., June 17th, this year.
1741.
A sample of Georgia cotton was taken to England.
Cotton imported into Great Britain 1,645,031 lbs. Value all
kinds British cotton goods exported, ~20,709.
Baines' "History of the Cotton Manufacture," p. 125, says:
"I have before me the hanks of cotton yarn spun about 1741, and
wrapped in a piece of paper, on which is written the following, in
the handwriting of Mr. Wyatt: " The inclosed yarn, spun by the
spinning engine (without hands) about the year 1741. The movement was at that time turned b2 two (or more) asses, walking
round an axis in a large warehouse near the mill in the Upper
Priory, in Birmingham. It owed the condition it was then in to
the superintendency of John Wyatt. The above was wrote June
3d, 1756.'"  (See years 1738 and 1769.)
1742.
In_ Louisiana, M. Dubreuil, a French planter, invented a
machine for separating the seed froQm h-fibre. It is to be iafexrred
that the culture of this plant had become somewhat extensiVe.
The machine was probably only an adjustment of rollers, like the
contrivance of Cribs, which was the best machine for cleaning cotton until the invention of the saw-gin by Whitney. Previous to
these instruments, the fibre was detached from the seed by the
picking of the fingers. The bowstring in its use, intermediate
between the fingers and the rollers, and used for beating up as well




24   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
as cleaning the cotton, was borrowed from India, and having
been first introduced in Georgia, gave use to the term "Bowed
Georgia." The term is still used in Liverpool, though not a pound
of "Bowed Georgia" has been in the market for 50 years.
1743.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 1,132,288 lbs.; exported,
40,870 lbs.; home consumption, 1,091,481 lbs.
1744.
Cotton'imported into Great Britain, 1,882,873 lbs.; exported,
182,765 lbs.; home consumption, 1,700,108 lbs.
1745.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 1,469,523 lbs.; exported,
73,172 lbs.; home consumption, 1,369,351 lbs.
1746.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 2,264,808 lbs.; exported,
73,279 lbs.; home consumption, 2,191,529 lbs.
1747.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 2,224,869 lbs.; exported,
29,438 lbs.; home consumption, 2,195,431 lbs.
1748.
Among the exports in this year from Charleston, S. C., were
recorded "seven bags of cotton wool,'" valued at ~3 11s. 5d. per bag!
(See year 1754). Some writers have expressed a doubt if this cotton was of American growth, but as the culture had commenced
in Carolina at least fifteen years before, there is no good reason to
doubt it.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 4,852,966 lbs.; exported,
291,717 lbs.; home consumption, 4,561,243 lbs.
On the 30th of August, this year, Lewis Paul, of Birmingham,
"gentleman," procured a patent for two carding machines, one a
flat and the other a cylindrical arrangement. (See years 1760,
1772, and 1773.)
1749.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 1,658,365 lbs.; exported,
330,998 lbs.; home consumption, 1,327,367 lbs.
1750.
Lancashire, England, the chief seat of the cotton trade, had a
population of only 297,400. (See year 1831.)




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  25
About this year it was computed that 50,000 pieces of linen and
cotton goods were annually printed in England. (See years 1676
and 1690.)
1751.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 2,976,610 lbs. Value, all
kinds of British cotton goods exported, ~45,9S6.
1753.
A small shipment of cotton wool was made from Charleston,
S. C^.,to..England. (~See year 1748.)
A liberal citizen of.Delaware~ offered premiums for the promotion of industry, "among them -one.of ~4 for the most and best
cotton off an sacre.
1758.
Lewis Paul took out a new patent June 29, this year, for a spinning machine in England. (See years 1730, 1733, and 1738.) In
this patent Paul is thus described: " Lewis Paul, of Kensington,
Gravel Pitts, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire."
1760.
Up to this year the machines used in the manufacture of cotton
goods in England were nearly as primitive as those of India. Mr.
Robert Kay, of Bury, son of Mr. John Kay, (see year 1738)
invented the drop box, "by means of which the weaver can at
pleasure use any of those shuttles, each containing a different
colored weft, without the trouble of taking them from and replacing
them in the latter."
Richard Arkwright this year (see years 1732, 1761, and 1769)
established himself as a barber in Bolfon, England.
The carding machine of Lewis Paul (see years 1748, 1772, and
1773) was introduced into Lancashire, England, by a gentleman by
the name of Morris, in the neighborhood of Wigan.
During this year it is estimated that not more than about 43,000
persons were supported by the whole cotton manufacture of England. (See year 1835.)
A considerable share of the calico printing business was transferred during this year from London to Lancashire in consequence
of the cheaper accommodation for carrying on the work and the
lower wages of the workmen.
1761.
Richard Arkwright was married this year to a lady of Leigh.
(See years 1732, 1774, 1782, and 1769.)




26  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
A spinning wheel was invented by a Mr. John Webb, in this
year, in England, also one by a Mr. Thomas Perrin. (See year
1765.)
1763.
Glasgow, Scotland, had a population of but 28,300. (See year
1831.)
1764.
An EnglisL mecam,-James Hargreaves, invented th-il Spinning_Jemny "-the name supposed to have been derived from
"gin,? a contraction of the word " engine."  A number of young
people were one day assembled at play in Hargreaves house, during the hour generally allotted for dinner, and the wheel at which
he or some of his family were spinning, was by accident overturned. The thread still remained in the hand of the spinner, and
as the arms and periphery of the wheel were prevented by the
framing from any contact with the floor, the velocity it had acquired still gave motion to the spindle, which continued to revolve
as before. Hargreaves surveyed this with mingled curiosity and
attention. He expressed his surprise in exclamations which were
long afterward remembered by those who heard them, and continued again and again to turn round the wheel as it lay on the
floor, with much interest (which was at that time mistaken for
mere indolence)! It is not, therefore, improbable that he derived
from this circumstance.the first idea of that machine, which paved
the way for subsequent improvements.  Hargreaves' firjenny
was a very rude machine, mwade, entirely with apoc dcife. and
the clasp by which the thread was drawn out was the stalk of a
briar split in two!
The first "jenny" had eight spindles set in a frame, and made to
spin eight threads at once. The number was afterwards increased
to eighty spindles. Envy on the part of his companions drove
Hargreaves to Nottingham, where he erected a mill for the spinning of yarns by his machines.
About this period another mechanic, Richard Arkwright, came
to Nottingham with an improvement upon the " Jenny" of Hargreaves: a combination of rollers,' which drew out the slives or
rolls as they came from the carding machine, elongating and
strengthening the fibres." Arkwright, in connection with other
parties, soon after built a mill, in which the machinery was run
by water, and the yarn produced thereby was called the "water
twist."  A great impulse was given to cotton manufacture by the
ingenuity of Hargreaves and Arkwright. (See year 1782.)




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.   27
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 3,870,392 lbs. Value all
kinds British cotton goods exported, ~200,354.
A horizontal spinning wheel was invented in England this
year by a Mr. William Harrison.
Calico printing (see years 1676, 1690, and 1750) was introduced
into Lancashire, England, by the Messrs. Clayton, of Bamber
Bridge, near Preston, who began the business on a small scale.
They were succeeded by Robert Peel. (See year 1773.)
About 3,900,000 lbs. of cotton used in Great Britain.
Eight bags of cotton imported into Liverpool from the United
States.
According to Richard Grant, the " spinning jenny" was invented by Thomas Highs. (See year 1770.)
1765.
A spinning wheel was invented in England this year by a Mr.
Perrin. (See year 1761.)
A "weaving factory," probably filled with "swivel-looms"an invention of M. Vanconson during this century —was erected
at Manchester, England, by a Mr. Gartside, but no advantage was
realized, as a man was required to tend each loom.
1766.
John Wyatt, the inventor of the first machine for spinning by
rollers (see years 1730, 1733, 1738, 1741, and 1769) died.
A spinning wheel was invented in England this year by a Mr.
Ganat. (See year 1767.)
Official value of British cottons exported, ~220,759.
Postlethwayt estimates the whole value of cotton goods manufactured in Great Britain this year at ~600,000.
An Act passed in the British Parliament this year exempted
cotton wool from duty, on importation into, or exportation from,
any British colony, and on importation into Great Britain in
British-built ships. In foreign ships it was subject to a duty.
In the correspondence of the Earl of Chatham, Vol. II., p. 420,
it is stated in a note that, "in 1766, cotton, as an article of commerce, was scarcely known in Great Britain."
1767.
In this year the annual value of cotton manufactures of Great
Britain was estimated at ~600,000. (See year 1787 and nett increase). The goods, however, were a compound of linen warp and
cotton weft.




28   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Thomas Highs (or Hays), a reed maker of Leigh, claims (in
1785) that this year he made rollers for the purpose of spinning
cotton, that he met Arkwright after he had taken out his (Arkwright' s) patent for the water frame (see year 1769), and reproached
him with having got his (Highs') invention, which Arkwright did
not deny. (See years 1730, 1733, 1738, 1758, 1769, and 1782).
Highs also asserted, as proof of his claim to the invention, that he
hired a clockmaker at Warrington, named Kay, to make him a
model of his machine, but never produced the model, nor did any
one else ever see it save Kay, who having been afterwards in the
employ of Arkwright, but was discharged therefrom, saying nothing of the model he made for Highs until after his discharge; and
when Arkwright was endeavoring to establish his claim to the
invention, which was disputed by Highs, Kay said, in his evidence,
that Arkwright induced him, during this year, to make a model of
Highs' machine, and took it away with him.
North Providence, R. I., was incorporated this year. (See
year 1840.)
1768.
James Hargreaves retired to Nottingham and went into partnership with one Thomas James, and the two erected a small mill.
(See years 1730, 1738, 1767, and 1769.)
A frame-work knitter of Nottingham, England, named Hammond, while looking at the lace on his wife's cap, thought he could
make a similar article by means of his stocking frame. He tried,
and was, on the first attempt, partially successful. (See years
1589, 1787, 1809, 1831, and 1835.)
Samuel Slater (see year 1789) was born June 9th, this year,
near Belper, in Derbyshire, England.
1769.
Richard Arkwright patented his machine for spinning by rollers. (Sec years 1738 and 1741.) The specification, which was
enrolled July 15, although the patent is dated July 3, says. "he
had by great study and long application invented a new piece of
machinery, never before found out, practised or used, for the
making of weft, or yarn, from cotton, flax, and wool."  Up to this
time, Arkwright had struggled fiercely with poverty in perfecting his
machine. The Messrs. Wright, bankers, of Nottingham, had
aided him somewhat, but deserted him beca'use his invention was
not made remunerative soon enough. Mr. Samuel Need, of the
same place, and Mr. Jedediah Strutt (the patentee of the stocking




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.    29
frame) thereupon entered into partnership with Arkwright, and
from this time on, his prosperity steadily increased.  (See year
1792.)
James Watt took out his patent "for lessening the consumption of steam and fuel in fire engines." (See years 1781, 1782, and
1784.)
1770.
Three shipments, amounting in all to ten bales, were made from
Charleston, S. C., to Liverpool. There were also shipped to the
same place three bales from New York, four from Virginia and
Maryland, and three barrels full from North Carolina.
James Hargreaves obtained a patent for his spinning jenny this
year, in England. (See years 1730, 1738, 1764, 1767, 1768, and
1769.)
In this year the land in the township of Miller, fourteen miles
from Lancashire, England, was occupied by between fifty and
sixty farmers; rents did not exceed 10s. per statute acre, and out
of these fifty or sixty farmers there were but six or seven who
raised their rents directly from the produce of their farms; all the
rest got their rent partly in some branch of trade, such as spinning
and weaving woolen, linen, or cotton.
Liverpool, England, had a population of but 34,050; Blackburn had but 5,000. (See year 1831.)
Imported into Liverpool from the United States, three bales
from New York, four bags from Virginia, and three barrels from
North Carolina.
The planters in our Southern States began turning their attention more particularly to the cultivation of cotton as an article of
commerce.
At Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., during this year, Valentine Rathbun erected a fulling-mill-" an old-fashioned, double
action crank mill, driven by a three foot open bucket water
wheel," requiring a strong head of water. Rathbun charged from
forty to fifty cents per yard for fulling and finishing cloth.
Attempts were made to introduce the manufacture of cotton
goods this year into Ireland, which were successful, but on a very
limited scale. (See year 1854.)
1771.
Richard Arkwright's first mill was built at Cumford, England.
(See years 1760, 1764, 1767, 1769, 1773, and 1775.)
Average amount of cotton imported into England, 4,764,589 lbs.




30   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1772.
Thomas Highs (see year 1767) received a present of two
hundred guineas from the manufacturers of Manchester, England,
for a very ingenious invention of a double jenny, which was publicly exhibited in the Exchange. He afterward constructed spinning machines at Nottingham, Kidderminster, and in Ireland.
One of the first improvements made in the carding machine (see
years 1748 and 1760) was invented this year by John Lees, a
Quaker, of Manchester, England, and consisted in the fixing of a
perpetual revolving cloth called the feeder, in which a given weight
of cotton was spread, and by which it was conveyed to the cylinder. (See year 1773.)
Average amount of cotton importedinto England, 4,764,589 lbs.
The manufacture of calicoes was begun this year in Lancashire,
England. (See year 1631.)
1773.
About this year a very ingenious carding contrivance was
invented (claimed by both Richard Arkwright and James Hargreaves, with preponderance of proof in favor of Arkwright), being
"a plate of metal, finely toothed at the edge like a comb, which
being worked by a crank in a perpendicular direction, with slight
but frequent strokes on the teeth of the card, stripped off the cotton
in a continuous flimsy fleece. The fleece as it came off was contracted and drawn through a funnel at a little distance in front of
the cylinder, and was thus reduced into a roll or slive, which, after
passing betwixt two rollers, and being compressed into a firm, flat
riband, fell into a deep can, when it coiled up into a continuous
length, till the can was filled." (See years 1748, 1760, and 1772.)
Average amount of cotton imported into England 4,764,589 lbs.
Robert Peel, son of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., quitted his father's
concern'in Lancashire, England, and established a partnership
with his uncle, Mr. Haworth, and his afterward father-in-law, Mr.
William Yates, at Bury, where cotton spinning and printing were
carried on successfully for many years. Sir Robert, with his other
sons and another Mr. Yates, established the print works at Church,
and also had large works at Burnley, Salley Abbey, and Foxhillbank, and spinning mills at Altham, and afterward at Burtonupon-Trent, in Staffordshire. The history of the two houses, the
Peels of Bury and the Peels of Church, is the history of spinning
weaving and printing in Lancashire for many years.
Bolton, England, had a population of but 5,339. (See year
1831.)




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  31
1774.
A law was passed in England sanctioning the manufacture of
cotton goods, such as had heretofore been prohibited under heavy
penalties (see years 1720 and 1736), and rendering English calicoes
subject to a duty of 3d. per square yard on being printed; and
providing that each piece be stamped British Manufactory, and
that all persons exposing such goods to sale without the mark
(unless for exportation) should forfeit the stuff and ~50 for every
piece, and that persons importing such goods should lose them,
and forfeit ~10 for each piece. It was death to counterfeit the
stamp, or to sell the goods knowing them to have counterfeit
stamps thereon. Cotton velvet, velverets, and fustians were not
affected by this Act.
Average amount of cotton imported into England, 4,764,589 lbs.
Oxymuriatic acid was discovered by Scheele, the Swedish
philosopher. (See year 1785.)
Manchester, England, had a population of 41,032. (See year
1831.)
Thomas Wood, of England, invented what was called a perpetual or endless carding by nailing the cards on the cylinder
spirally instead of longitudinally. (See year 1776.)
Act of Parliament in Great Britain to prohibit the exportation
of machinery.
1775.
The Assembly of the Province of Virginia, on the 27th of
March, this year, in view of the changing relations with Great
Britain, adopted a plan for the encouragement of arts and manufactures, including resolutions of non-importation; and "that all
persons having proper land ought to cultivate and raise a quantity
of hemp, flax, and cotton, not only for the use of his own family,
but to spare to others on, moderate terms." The planting of cotton had been recommended in the previous January by the' first
Provisional Congress held in South Carolina.
In the five years ending with this year, the average import of
cotton wool into Great Britain did not exceed 4,764,589 lbs. per
year, only four times as much as the average import at the beginning of the century.
Machinery was still very imperfect in England, especially in
the preparation of the cotton for the spinning frame
Richard Arkwright took out a second patent on the 16th of
December, this year, in England, "for a series of machines, comprising. the carding, drawing, and roving machines, all used in




32  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
preparing silk, cotton, flax, and wool for spinning." (See years
1738, 1741, and 1769.)
Ashton, England, had a population of but 6,097. (See year
1831.)
About 4,800,000 lbs. of cotton used in Great Britain.
The first spinning jenny probably seen in America was exhibited at Philadelphia early in this year, and was manufactured by
Christopher Tully. The "Society for the Improvement of Arts,
Manufactures, and Commerce," in England, repeatedly offered
a premium of ~100 sterling for a machine of this plan, but never
had any presented to them which answered the purpose-"' notwithstanding which," says an old record, "a very large one has
been erected at Nottingham (England), which performs to great
advantage, but no person as a speculatist is allowed to see it."
(This referred, undoubtedly, to Arkwright' s experimental machine.
Tully' s machine was, in all probability, manufactured in England.
The "United Company of Philadelphia, for promoting American Manufactures," was formed this year, previous to February
22d, at Philadelphia.
Nathaniel Niles, of Norwich, Conn., set up at that place a
manufactory of iron wire for the making of cotton cards, which he
continued throughout the Revolution.
Jeremiah Wilkinson, of Cumberland, R. I., about this time
engaged in the manufacturing of hand cards.
1776.
The year which saw the "Declaration of Independence," also
first witnessed cotton culture in New Jersey, in the county of
Cape May.
Average amount of cotton imported into England, 6,766,613 lbs.
Deacon Barber erected a fulling-mill "on an improved plan,"
at Pittsfield, Mass, this year. Jacob Ensign and others soon followed, and fulling-mills became numerous.
Thomas Wood, of England, obtained a patent for his "perpetual or endless carding." (See year 1774.)
Samuel Wetherell, Jr., had a cotton factory, including dyehouse, fulling-mill, etc., in South Alley, between Market and Arch,
and Fifth and Sixth streets, Philadelphia.
1777.
Average amount of cotton imported into England, 6,766,613 lbs.
James Wallace, stocking weaver from abroad, petitioned the
Assembly of Connecticut for a loan of ~100 to erect stocking looms




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  33
and a machine to spin the materials. He possessed a thorough
knowledge of the manufacture of silk, cotton, and worsted stockings, which he claimed he could make as cheap as any imported.
But his petition was not allowed.
Oliver Evans, of Philadelphia, Pa., then a young man of about
twenty-one, having been engaged in the making of dard teeth by
hand, as then practiced, invented a very efficient machine for manufacturing them, it is said, at the rate of 1,500 per minute.
1778.
James Hargreaves, inventor of the spinning jenny, died at Nottingham, April 22, of this year, some authors say in obscurity and
great distress. (See years 1764, 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1770.)
Average amount of cotton imported into England, 6,766,613 lbs.
Benjamin Hanks, of Windham, Conn. (afterward the inventor
of the ingenious self-winding clock), sought, from the Assembly a
premium for making stockings in looms.
1779.
Samuel Crompton, of Bolton, aged 21, invented a machine, combining the results of Arkwright's "roller spinner" and Har
greave's "spinning jenny" (see year 1764), which was named the
"muile jenny," the spindles being attached to a carriage or
mule, which ran out about five feet on wheels, stretching and
twisting the roving into thread at the same time, and as the
carriage ran back, the threads were wound on the spindles. The
first machines carried but 20 to 30 spindles, but were enlarged to
carry 2,200, all operating at once and superintended by one
person.
Mobs rose in England to "put down" Hargreave's spinning
jenny machines, and demolished all jennies, which ran but twenty
spindles, all carding engines, water frames, and every machine
turned by water or horses. The twenty spindle jennies were admitted to be useful, but all others were destroyed. (See years
1730, 1738,1767, 1768, 1769, 1779, and 1789.)'Average amount of cotton imported into England, 6,766,613 lbs.
During this year the English Parliament imposed additional
duties upon printed calicoes (see years 1712, 1714, 1720, and 1774),
which, together with further duties imposed (see year 1782),
increased the duty five per cent., making on the whole fifteen per
cent.
Patent granted in England to Robert Peele for carding, roving, and spinning, February 18th.
3




34   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Mule spinning invented by Samuel Crompton, of England-not
patented.
1780.
Official value British cotton exported, ~355,060.
Average amount of cotton imported into England in five years,
6,666,613 lbs.
Prices of various kinds of cotton in England this year were
as follows: Berbice, 2s. d.; Demerara, ls. lld. to 2s. Id.;
Surinam, 2s.; Cayenne, 2s.; St. Domingo, ls. 10d.; Tobago,
ls. 9d.; Jamaica, ls. 7d.
An Act passed this year by the British Parliament allowed the
importation of cotton in foreign ships at a duty of ld. per lb.,
and 5 per cent. additional-the produce to be devoted to "the
encouragement of the growth of cptton in His Majesty's (George
III.) Leeward Islands, and for encouraging the importation thereof
into Great Britain."
An attempt was made this year to manufacture muslin, both at
Lancashire, England, and Glasgow, Scotland, with weft spun by
the jenny, but it failed owing to the coarseness of the yarn. (See
years 1783, 1785, and 1787.)
Preston, England, had a population of but 6,000. (See year
1831.)
An association was formed in Worcester, Mass., for spinning
and weaving cotton, and a subscription was raised to procure a
jenny for that purpose. On the 30th of April this year, the Spy
announced "that on Tuesday the first piece of corduroy made in
the manufactory of this town was taken from the loom."
The British Parliament enacted that "any person who took or
put on board or caused to be brought to any place in order to
be put on board any vessel with a view to exportation, any
machine, engine, tool, press, paper, utensil or implement, or any
part thereof, which now is, or hereafter may be, used in the woollen, cotton, linen, or silk manufactures of this kingdom, or goods
wherein wool, cotton, linen, or silk are used, or any model or plan
thereof, etc., etc., should forfeit every such machine and the goods
taken therewith and ~200, and suffer imprisonment for twelve
months.
There were at this time twenty frame factories in England, the
property of Sir Richard Arkwright, or of persons who had paid
him for permission to use his machinery. (See year 1790.)




OERONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  35
1781.
Richard Arkwright, of England, brought an action against one
Colonel Mordaunt for the invasion of his patent. (See year 1769.)
He also instituted eight other similiar actions in the same year.
Cotton imported into England, 5,198,788 pounds.
James Watt secured further patents on his steam engine inventions. (See years 1769, 1782, and 1784.)
Brazilian cotton was first imported into England this year, in
a very dirty state.
Muslins were first made in England this year.
Raw material consumed in cotton manufactories in England,
6,000,000 lbs. (See year 1787.)
Great Britain commenced re-exporting a portion of her imports
of cotton to the continent.
1782.
Richard Arkwright (see year 1764), now had nearly 5,000 persons employed in his mills at Nottingham, and was rapidly acquiring a fortune from the result of his inventions. Arkwright this
year presented his "case "-his claim for important inventions,
etc.-to Parliament, and as much as acknowledged that the principle upon which his spinning machines worked were discovered
by others before his patents were taken out. (See years 1730,
1733, 1738, 1758, and 1769.) He says: "About forty or fifty years
ago, one Paul, and others, of London, invented an engine for
spinning cotton, and obtained a patentfor such invention."
Cotton imported into England, 11,828,039 lbs.
James Watt secured further patents on his steam engine inventions. See years 1769, 1781, and 1784.) Up to this time engines
had been used for little else than pumping water out of mines, but
in this year it was adapted to the production of rotative motion
and the working of machinery.
During this year the English Parliament imposed additional
duties upon printed calicoes (see years 1712, 1714, 1720, and 1774)
which, together with duties imposed in (see) the year 1799, increased
the duty 5 per cent., making, on the whole, 15 per cent.
An Act of the British Parliament passed this year made the
destruction of cotton, woolen, silk, and linen goods, or any tools,
or utensils used in spinning, preparing, or weaving such goods, in
England, a capital felony. This law was meant to check the
riotous attacks on machinery. (See years 1779 and 1789.)
Paisley had a population of but 17,700. (See year 1831.)
The exportation and the attempt to put on board for that pur



36   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
pose, "any blocks, engines, tools, or utensils used in, or which are
proper for the preparing or finishing of the calico, cotton, muslin,
or linen printing manufactures, or any part thereof," was prohibited in England under a penalty of ~500.
The whole produce of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain
did not exceed ~2,000,000.
About 23,000,000 pounds of cotton used in Great Britain,
requiring the service of 60,000 persons, 143 cotton factories, 550
mule jennies, 50,000 mule spindles, 20,070 hand jennies, and
1,600,000 jenny spindles.
1783.
Cotton imported into England, 9,735,663 pounds.
Arkwright & Simpson, of Shude-hill, Manchester, England,
erected an atmospheric engine in their cotton mill this year. (See
1789 and 1790.)
An Act passed this year in the British Parliament reduced the
heavy duties on muslins, calicoes, and nankeen cloths, to 18 per
cent. ad valorem, with a drawback of 10 per cent.; another Act
gave bounties on the exportation of British printed cottons as follows:
Under the value of 5d. per yard (before printing) Id. per yard.
Of the value of Sd. per yard, and under 6d. per yard,'ld. per yard.
Of the value of 6d. per yard, and under 8d. per yard, lid per
yard, besides the drawback on the excise duty. Another Act
gave the manufacturers of cotton and flax a drawback of the excise
duties on hard and soft soap, amounting to Id. per lb. weight, and
on starch amounting to l1d. per lb.
During this year there were above a thousand looms set up in
Glasgow, Scotland, for the manufacture of muslins.  (See year
1780.)
During this year Mr. Jefferson, in a letter to a Mr. Digges, said
that "in general it is impossible for manufactories to succeed in
America from the high price of labor," and that it was "not the
policy of the government of this country to give aid to works of
any kind." (See years 1785 and 1786.)
Cylinder printing invented and patented by Thomas Bell, at
Glasgow, Scotland. (See year 1785.)
1784.
About fourteen bales of American cotton were shipped to
Liverpool, of which eight bales were seized as improperly entered,
on the ground that so much cotton could not have been produced




OiMiONOLOltOAL ATD) STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  87
in the United States; and this was more than 150 years after the
first importation to England of cotton grown in the same country..
Cotton imported into England, 11,482,063 lbs.
James Watt secured further patents on his steam engine inventions. (See years 1768, 1781, and 1782.)
By an Act passed this year in the British Parliament-to
impose new taxes to repair the finances of that country injured by
the war with America-a new duty of Id. per yard was laid on all
cottons and mixed goods if bleached or printed, which were under
3s. per yard in value, and 2d. on all above that value, in addition
to the former duties of 3d. per yard; (see years 1774, 1779, and
1782) and 15 per cent. additional was charged on the new duties as
well as the old. This Act also compelled bleachers, printers, and
dyers to take out licenses, for which the sum of ~2 was paid
annually. (See year 1785.)
A machine for binding and cutting card teeth was invented by
Mr. Chittenden, of New Haven, Conn., this year, capable of
making 87,000 per hour.
A German was fined ~500 in England for persuading cotton
operatives to go to Germany. A native of Amiens succeeded, the
same year, in importing into France the first machine for spinning
cotton.
Cotton imported into Great Britain estimated at 11,000,000 lbs.
New Jersey had in this year forty-one fulling mills for household woolens, but no woolen factories.
1785.
This year Thomas Highs (see years 1767 and 1772) first publicly
laid claim to his invention of spinning cotton by rollers.
During a trial this year in England, concerning the validity of
Richard Arkwright's patents (see years 1767 and 1775), Mr. Bearcroft, the counsel opposed to Arkwright, stated that "30,000 people were employed in the establishments set up in defiance of the
patents, and that nearly ~300,000 had been expended in the buildings and machinery of these establishments."
The factory system in England takes its rise from about this
period, the work to a great extent having hitherto been done in the
homes of the workmen. (See year 1719.)
Richard Arkwright's patents were set aside, and the benefit of
his inventions was thrown open to the public. (See year 1786.)
Cotton imported into England, 18,400,384 lbs.
Hands employed in cotton manufactures in Great Britain,
80,000. (See years 1787 and 1831.)




38   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The first steam engine ever applied to the propelling of cotton
manufactures was erected this year by Boulton and (James) Watt
in the works of the Messrs. Robinsons, of Popplewick, in Nottinghamshire, England.
The Rev. Dr. Edmund Cartwright, of Hollander House, Kent,
this year, invented a power loom, which was the parent of all now
in use, although, according to the inventor's own words, it was a
most cumbersome affair. "The warp was placed perpendicularly, the reed fell with a weight of at least half a hundred weight,
and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to
have thrown a congreve rocket; In short, it required the strength
of two powerful men to work the machine at a slow rate and only
for a short time. This was patented on the 4th of April this-year.
(Seeyears 1787, 1801, 1809, 1812, 1813, 1820, and 1829.)
Oxymuriatic acid [see year 1774) was first applied to the
bleaching of cotton goods.
A Scotchman, by the name of Bell, had invented a machine for
cylinder printing-it had hitherto been done by blocks, either
wooden or copper, and was a very tedious operation, and the
machine was first successfully applied about this year at Morney,
near Preston, in Lancashire, England, by the house of- Linsey,
Hargreaves, Hall & Co. (See year 1788.)
The imposition of the Act of (see year) 1784 excited so much
alarm and discontent throughout the cotton manufacturing districts of England and Scotland, that petitions were sent to the
House of Commons, and memorials to the Lords of the Treasury,
representing that these new duties would crush the rising manufacture and render the English altogether unable to compete with
Indian goods. The manufacturers were heard by counsel at the
bar of the House during this year; much evidence was given, and
a short bill was brought in repealing all the new duties imposed
by the bill of (see year) 1784, on the linen and cotton manufactures. The repeal was celebrated as a jubilee in the manufacturing sections. During this year, however; a considerable addition
was made to the former duties on cotton, linen, and mixed goods,
which, on the average, more than doubled the duties existing previously to (see year) 1784, but they only applied to printed goods,
not to goods which were merely bleached.
Weft and warp were produced sufficiently fine for muslins (see
years 1780 and 1787.)
Pullicat handkerchiefs first made this year in Glasgow, Scotland.
Thomas Somers, of Baltimore, Md., having been brought up a




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.   39
cotton manufacturer, visited England and brought away with him
descriptions and models of machines for spinning cotton. The
Assembly of Massachusetts, on the 2d of March of this year, ordered
~20 to be deposited to encourage Somers in the trial of manufacturing one of the machines. It was afterwards known as the
"States' Model," and was an imperfect form of Arkwright's
machine.
The "Society for the Promotion of Agriculture " was chartered,
this year, in South Carolina, and among other matters, offered
premiums or medals for the best mode of destroying the -caterpillar, which infested the cotton plant, and for a practical method of
discharging stains from cotton and rendering it perfectly white.
In his "Notes on Virginia," within this year, Mr. Jefferson
opposed the establishment of manufactures, believing that the
people would be more happy, virtuous, and prosperous as an agricultural people than they could'be with the vices and evils of manufacturing towns in their midst. His views afterward underwent
a change. (See year 1786.) He even himself became a manufacturer in a small way in his household, and employed two spinning
jennies, a carding machine, and a loom with a flying shuttle, by
which he made more than two thousand yards of cloth, which his
family and servants required yearly.
1786.
This year, a convention was held at Annapolis, Maryland, to
consider what means could be resorted to for the purpose of remedying the embarrassment of the country, then so much exhausted
in its finances. The late President Madison, a member of this convention from Virginia, then expressed it as his opinion, that, from
the results of cotton raising in Talbot County, Maryland, and
numerous other proofs furnished in Virginia, there was no reason
to doubt "that the United States would one day become a great
cotton producing country."
First Sea Island cotton was produced in Georgia, the seed
having been obtained from the Bahamas.
The State of Massachusetts made a grant of  ~200 lawful
money" (six tickets in the State lottery, in which there were no
blanks), for the encouragement of two mechanics from Scotland
named Robert and Alexander Barr, brothers, who made the first
machines in the United States for carding, roving, and spinning,
while in the employ of a Mr. Orr, of East Bridgewater. (See years
1787, 1788, and 1790.)




40   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
It does not appear that the machinery at East Bridgewater was
used to any extent for manufacturing purposes, but rather for
models and to diffuse information upon the subject, and the State
Legislature had provided in their resolve "that public notice
be given for three weeks successively in Adam's and Nurse's
newspaper, that said, machines may be seen and examined at the
house of the Hon. Hugh Orr (see years 1715, 1740, and 1798), in
Bridgewater, and that the manner of working them will be explained.," There seems to be no doubt that this machinery was
the first built or introduced into this country for the manufacture
of cotton, which included Arkwright's roller spinning and other
patent improvements.
In South Carolina, the family manufactures in interior parts of
the State furnished a sufficient supply of substantial middling and
coarse cotton, woolen, and linen goods. It was the same in Georgia. In North Carolina they'were nearly as attentive to domestic
manufactures as in Virginia, and some good cotton stuffs were made.
In Connecticut the household manufactures were such as to furnish
a surplus sold out of the State. In Massachusetts the importation
of foreign manufactures was less by one half than it was tNenty
years before, although the population had greatly increased, and
considerable quantities of home-made articles were shipped out of
the State. In Rhode Island and New Hampshire the same
progress had been made. The number of regular factories in
Rhode Island was great in proportion to the population.
Mr. Jefferson, in a letter addressed to M. de Warville, August
15, of this year, said: "The four southernmost States make a great
deal of cotton. Their poor are almost entirely clothed in it in
winter and summer. In winter they wear shirts of it, and outer
clothing of cotton and wool mixed. In summer their shirts are
linen, but the outer clothing cotton. The dress of the women is'almost entirely of cotton, manufactured by themselves, except the
richer class, and even many of these wear a great deal of homespun
cotton. It is as well manufactured as the calicoes of Europe. (See
year 1785.)"
A complete set of brass models of Arkwright's machine was
made this year, and packed in England by the agent of Mr. Tench
Coxe, of Philadelphia, Pa., but was seized on the evening before
it was to have been shipped and its object defeated.
Ohl Buell, an ingenious merchant of Killingsworth, Conn.,
visited England this year, ostensibly to purchase copper, but in
reality to obtain a knowledge of the various kinds of machinery
used in the manufacture of cloth.




t0tRONOtLOGIAL AND STATISTICAL tiSTORY OF COTTON.  41
In Lancaster, Pa., then the largest inland town in the United
States, there were in this year about 700 families, of whom 234 were
manufacturers, in which were included 25 weavers of woolen, linen
and cotton cloth, 3 stocking weavers, and 4 dyers.
On the 25th of October this year, Richard Cranch, of the
Massachusetts Senate, and Mr. Clarke and Mr. Bowdoin, of the
House, were appointed "to view any new invented machines
that are making within this Commonwealth for the purpose
of manufacturing sheep's and cotton wool, and report what measures are proper for the Legislature to take to encourage the
same." (See year 1787.)
Legislature of Massachusetts made a grant to Robert and
Alexander Barr to aid them in building cotton spinning machinery.
Tench Coxe, of Philadelphia, Pa., in his Report, fourteen
years afterward-1810-said: "In 1186 I became acquainted with
the fact that labor saving machinery was considerable in Great
Britain. It was understood that it was applicable at that time
only to the carding and spinning of cotton, which was then constantly imported from foreign countries, apparently to the amount
of our whole consumption."
At this period, one third of the English consumption of cotton
was brought from the British West Indies, one third from the
foreign West Indies, one quarter from Brazil, and the remainder
from the Levant.
Richard Arkwright was appointed high sheriff of Derbyshire,
England, and received the honor of knighthood. (See years 1732,
1761, 1764, 1767, 1769, 1782, 1785, and 1792.)
Cotton imported into England, 19,900,000 lbs. from the following sources: British West Indies, 5,800,000~ lbs; French and
Spanish colonies, 5,500,000 lbs.; Dutch colonies, 1,600,000 lbs.;
Portuguese colonies, 2,000,000 lbs.; Smyrna and Turkey, 5,000,000 lbs.
A small quantity of cotton, of the best quality then known,
was received from the Isle of Bourbon by way of Ostend and sold
at from 7s. 6d. to 10s. per lb.
Sir Charles Wilkins brought to England in this year a specimen
of Decca muslin from India.
1787.
At Beverly, Mass., a company was formed for the purpose of
carding, roving and spinning cotton by machinery invented by




42   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
the Barr Brothers. The legislature made a grant of ~500 to assist
the design. (See years 1786, 1788 and 1790.)
Import of American cotton into Liverpool was 16,350 lbs.
Cotton imported into England from all quarters, 23,250 268 lbs.
Official value British cottons exported, ~1,101,457.
The purposes for which cotton were used in Great Britain during this year are thus stated: calicoes and muslins, 11,600,000 lbs.;
fustians, 6,000,000 lbs.; mixtures with silk and linen, 2,000,000
lbs.; hosiery, 1,500,000 lbs.; candle-wicks, 1,500,000 lbs., (see
year 1701)-the latter article alone consuming nearly as much
in 1787 as the whole importation in 1701).
Estimated annual value of cotton manufactures in Great Britain, ~3,304,371. (See year 1767 and note increase.)
Hands employed in cotton manufactures in Great Britain, this
year, numbered 162,000. (See years 1785 and 1831.)
Number of cotton mills in Great Britain this year, 143, as follows: Lancashire, 41; Derbyshire, 22; Nottinghamshire, 17;
Yorkshire, 11; Cheshire, 8; Staffordshire, 7;'Westmoreland, 5;
Berkshire, 2; rest of England, 6; Flintshire, 3; Pembrokeshire,
1; Lanarkshire, 4; Renfrewshire, 4; Perthshire, 3; Edinburghshire, 2; rest of Scotland, 6; Isle of Man, 1.
The Rev. Edmund Cartwright, on the first of August this year,
took out his last loom patent, a great improvement on his first
invention. (See years 1785, 1801, 1809 and 1812.)
In the consolidation of the customs in this year, all former
duties were repealed, and cotton, linen, or mixed goods of every
kind were subjected to a duty of. 3Sd. per square yard, when
printed or dyed, and the whole duty was returned by drawback on
the exportation of the goods. At Ihe same time, foreign calicoes
and muslins were charged with a duty of 7d. per square yard when
printed or dyed in Great Britain. (See year 1831.)
An Act was passed, this year, in England, to encourage the art
of designing original patterns for printing on calicoes, muslins and
linens, vesting in the proprietors the sole right of vending the goods
printed with original patterns for two months after the day of publishing them, afterward enlarged to three months. Also, an Act
allowing importation of cotton from British plantations duty free.
and of cotton not from British plantations at a duty of Id. per lb.
in foreign ships, free in British ships.
500,000 pieces of muslin were manufactured in Great Britain
during this year. (See years 1780 and 1785.)
It was estimated that during this year, 1,500,000 lbs. of cotton




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.     43
were consumed in the manufacture of hosiery. (See years 1589,
1768 and 1809.)
The average exports of British manufactures to the United
States, for several years preceding this year, notwithstanding a
great increase in the population of the States, were nearly half a
million dollars less than the average of several years preceding the
war with England.
During this year, Samuel Loomis, of Colchester, Conn., announced that he was "prepared to introduce a new epoch in the
manufacture of wool, cotton, etc., upon a newly constructed plan.'
The descriptions of cotton imported into Great Britain during
this year appears to have been as follows:
From  the British  West Indies,.................  6,800,000  lbs.
"' " French and Spanish Colonies,......... 6,000,000 "
"  "  Dutch,............................  1, 00,,000  "
" " Portuguese,...................... 2,500,000 "
" Isle of Bourbon, by Ostend,..........  100,000 "
"Smyrna and Turkey,...................... 5,00,000 "
32,8-00,000 lbs.
The number of cotton mills in Great Britain at this time, as near
as could be ascertained, was 143, the cost of which was estimated
at ~715,000; there were in operation 550 mules, and 20,700' jennies
(see year 1767), containing, together with the water frames, 1,951,000 spindles, the cost of which, and of the auxiliary machinery,
together with that of the buildings, is stated to have been at least
~285,000, making a'total investment of ~1,000,000. They were
supposed to give employment to 26,000 men, 31,000 women, and
53,000 children, and in the subsequent stages of manufacture the
number of persons employed were supposed to'be 133,000 men,
59,000 women, and 48,000 children, making a total of 159,000 men,
90,000 women, and 100,000 children-350,000 persons in all. The
quantity of raw material consumed exceeded 22,000,000 lbs. (See
year 1781.)
Daniel Anthony, of Providence, R. I., had a spinning-jenny of
twenty-eight spindles, built on the model of the Beverly, Mass.,
machines.
The Board of Managers of the "Pennsylvania Society for the
Encouragement of Manufactures and the Useful Arts,"' in November of this year, offered "a gold medal of the value of twenty dollars for the most useful engine or machine, to be moved by water,
fire, or otherwise, by which the ordinary labor of hands in manu



44   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
facturing cotton, wool, flax, or hemp, should be better saved than
by'any then in use in this State."
Not less than 500,000 >ieces of muslin were made at Bolton,
Glasgow and Paisley, in this year, with yarn of British production.
(See year 1780.)
" The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts" was
formed at Philadelphia, Pa,, Aug. 9th.
On the 8th of March, this year, " Richard Cranch was appointed
by the Massachusetts Senate, with such as the House should join,
to examine the machines, which are now nearly completed." (See
year 1786.)
Cotton machinery first introduced into France this year.
Grant made by Massachusetts Legislature to Thomas Somers,
of Baltimore, to aid him in completing cotton spinning machinery.
First cotton factory built in the United States, at Beverly, Mass.
(See year 1791.)
A factory was commenced this year at Beverly, Mass., expressly
for the manufacture of cotton goods (see year 1791), with such
machinery as could then be procured. The act for the incorporation of this company contained the following provision: "That all
goods which may be manufactured by said corporation, shall have
a label of lead affixed to one end thereof, which shall have the
same impression with the seal of said corporation; and that if any
person shall knowingly use a like seal or label, with that used by
said corporation, by annexing the same to any cotton, or cotton
and linen goods not manufactured by said corporation, with a view
of vending or disposing thereof as the proper manufactures of said
corporation, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay treble
the value of such goods, to be sued for and recovered for the use of
said corporation, by action of debt, in any court of record proper
to try the same.
General Washington visited this factory on Friday, October
30th, 1789.
1788.
The East India Company, stimulated by the representations of
the English manufacturers, commenced operations this year for
improving the quality and increasing the quantity of cotton exported into Great Britain. (See years 1793 and 1800.)
First exportation of Georgia Sea Island cotton, made by Alexander Bissell of St. Simon's Island.
A "home-spun cloth" company was incorporated at Providence, R. I., with machinery modeled after English plans and




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  4.5
those used by Mr. Orr, at Bridgewater, Mass. (see year 1786), and
by the Beverly, Mass., company. (See year 1790.)
Import of American cotton into Live'ool was 58,500 lbs.
Upland cotton was worth, in Liverpocl, 2s. 2d. per lb.
Cotton imported into England from all quarters, 20,467,436 lbs.
The large concern of Linsey, Hargreaves, Hall & Co., of Lancashire, England, disastrously failed, causing a severe shock to
the industry of that section. (See year 1785.)
A pamphlet was published this year in England entitled, "An
Important Crisis in the Calico and Muslin Manufactures of this
Country Explained," the purport of which was to warn the nation
of the bad consequences which would result from the rivalry of
the East India cotton goods, which then began to be poured into
the market in increased quantities, and at diminished prices.
Richard Teake, in a letter dated Savannah, Ga., December 11th,
this year, to Tench Coxe, of Philadelphia, says: "I have been
this year an adventurer, and the first that has attempted on a
large scale in the article of cotton. Several here, as well as in
Carolina, have followed me and tried the experiment. I shall
raise about, 000 pounds in the seed from about eight acres of land,
and the next year I expect to plant from fifty to one hundred acres.
The lands in the southern part of this State are admirably adapted
to the raising of this commodity. The climate is so mild, so far to
the South, scarce any winter is felt, and-another grand advantage
-whites can be employed. The labor is not severe attending it,
not more than raising Indian corn."
Giles, Richards & Co., of Boston, Mass., began the manufacture
of cotton cords with newly invented machinery.
Joseph Alexander and James McKevins, weavers from Scotland,
who understood the use of the fly shuttle, came to Providence,
R. I., to weave corduroy. McKevins went to East Greenwich,
Conn.,- but Alexander stopped at Providence, and a loom was
built and put in operation in the Market House, with the first fly
shuttle ever used in Providence, and probably in America.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania granted ~100 in October of
this year to John Hague, for introducing a machine for carding
cotton.
The first loom in Philadelphia was built and worked on the
12th of April, this year.
About this year Daniel Anthony, Andrew Doctor, and Lewis
Peck, all of Providence, R. I., entered into an agreement to make
what was then called home spun cloth. The idea, at first, was to
spin by hand and make jeans with linen warps and cotton filling;



46   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
but hearing that Mr. Orr, of Bridgewater, Mass., (see 1786 and
ante) had imported some models of machinery from England, for
the purpose of spinning cotton, it was agreed that Daniel Anthony
should go to Bridgewater, and get a draft of the model of said
machine. A draft was taken, but laid aside, and they built a
jenny with twenty-eight spindles, which was first set up in a
private house, and afterward in a chamber in the Market-house at
Providence, where it was operated.
Joshua Lindley, of Providence, R. I., was this year engaged to
build a carding machine for carding cotton, after a draft obtained
from the Beverly, Mass., mill, which, after some delay, was
finished, although very imperfect. It consisted of eight heads of
four spindles each, and was operated by a crank turned by hand.
"Spinning jennies" were put in operation in Providence,
R. I., and Philadelphia, Pa.
Bleaching by oxymuriatic acid practically introduced (See year
1785) at Manchester, England.
1789.
In November of this year Samuel Slater, a young Englishman
from the Derbyshire mills, aged 21, with an experience of seven
years in the mills of England, arrived in New York (having sailed
from London on the 13th day of September) for the avowed purpose of introducing the Arkwright and Hargreaves processes (see
years 1764 and 1782) into the manufacture of cotton in this country.
(See year 1790.)
Import of American cotton into Liverpool was 127,500 Ibs.
Cotton imported into England from all quarters, 32,576,023 lbs.
First steam engine used for cotton spinning in Manchester,
England, erected this year by Boulton & Watt for the mill of Mr.
Drinkwater. (See years, 1783 and 1790.)
The Act of the British Parliament (see years 1782) for the- protection of machinery, etc., was extended into Scotland this year.
The parish of Oldham, England, had a population of but 13,916.
(See year 1831.)
On the 29th of March, this year, the Legislature of Pennsylvania passed an " Act to encourage and protect the manufacturers of
the State."  This Act, which was limited to two years, prohibited
under certain  penalties, the, exportation  of manufacturing
machines, the scarcity of which was the great obstacle to such undertakings. This Act is stated by Mr. Carey, the editor of the
American Museum, to have been prompted by the fact that in the
year previous (1787) two carding and spinning machines in the




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  47
possession of a citizen of Philadelphia, and calculated to save the
labor of one hundred and twenty persons, were purchased by the
agency of a British artizan, packed as common merchandise, and
shipped to'Liverpool.
A quantity of cotton seed is stated to have been purchased and
burned this year in Virginia, in order to prevent, if possible, the
extent of cotton manufactures in America and their injurious
effects upon the importation of Manchester goods.
In October of this year, a reward of ~100 was given'John
Hague, of Alexandria, Va., for a carding machine, completed for
the " Pennsylvania Society." (See year 1775.)
Samuel Slater, who came from England to this country, was
employed at New York city, where he said they had in operation
one carding engine and two spinning jennies at the close of the
year.
Thomas Hubbard and Christopher Leffingwell, of Norwich,
Conn., who had erected eight stocking-looms, asked for themselves
and their apprentices, an exemption from poll-taxes, which was
granted by the Lower but refused by the Upper House.
About this year a large manufactory of sail duck was established in Frog Lane, in Boston, Mass.-a two-story building,
one hundred and eighty feet long, being erected for the purpose.
The company was duly incorporated by the General Court, and encouraged by a bounty upon its manufacture. Careless workmanship was punished by a system of fines, which went into a common
fund for the relief of sick members, and the goods if unsaleable
were to be made good. The product of the establishment was
said to be the best ever seen in America, and sold lower than imported sail cloth. The ship Massachusetts, of about eight hundred tons, had her sails and cordage wholly of Boston manufacture. (See year 1792.)
The account of Andrew Dexter, with Messrs. Almy & Brown,
of Providence, R. I., in May of this year, shows a charge "for
completing a spinning jenny-~24 4s. 10d."
First cotton spinning commenced by Messrs. Almy & Brown,
of Providence, R. I., about the 11th of June, this year, between
which time and the close of the year they made of corduroys,
royal ribs, denims, cottonets, jeans, fustians, etc., 189 pieces, containing 4,566 yards, which sold from ls. 8d. to 4s. per yard.
John Heusen, a Revolutionary soldier was, in March of this
year, granted a loan of ~200 from the State of Pennsylvania by
the Legislature, to enable him "to enlarge and carry on the




48   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
business of calico printing and bleaching within this State."  His
factory was near Richmond, or where Dyottville now is.
A sail cloth factory was commenced in Haverhill, Mass., this
year, which did not finally succeed, although for some years it did
moderately well. Factories of the same kind were likewise established at Salem and Nantucket, Mass., Exeter, N. H., and Newport, R. I., about this year. Those at Salem and Nantucket,
Mass., became flourishing concerns.
A Mr. Austin, of Glasgow, Scotland, invented a power-loom,
which was not, however, perfected for operation until some years
after. (See year 1798.)
The origin of the celebrated " Sea Island" cotton is thus related
in a letter by one Patrick Walsh to Dr. Meare: "I had settled in
Kingston, Jamaica, some years ago, when finding my friend,
Frank Leavet, with his family and all his negroes, in a distressed
situation, he applied to me for advice as to what steps he should
take, having no employment for his slaves. I advised him to go
to Georgia and settle on some of the islands, and plant provisions
until something better turned up. I sent him a large quantity of
various seeds of Jamaica; and Mr. Moss and Colonel Brown
requested me to get some of the Pernambuco cotton seed, of which
I sent him three large- sacks, of which he made no use but by
accident. In a letter to me during the year 1789 he said:'Being
in want of the sacks for gathering in my provisions, I shook their
contents on the dunghill, and it happening to be a very wet season,
in the Spring multitudes of plants covered the place.  These I
drew out and transplanted them into two acres of ground, and was
highly gratified to find an abundant crop. This encouraged me
to plant more. I used all my strength in cleaning and planting,
and have succeeded beyond my most sanguine expectations.' 
lEdanus Burke, in a debate on the tariff, on the 16th of April
this year, to induce the House to lay a considerable duty on hemp
and cotton, said: "The staple products of South Carolina and
Georgia were hardly worth cultivation on account of their fall in
price. The lands were certainly'well adapted to the growth of
hemp, and cotton was likewise in contemplation among them, and
if good seed could be procured, he hoped might succeed."
1790.
Hon. Whitmarsh Seabrooks' statements as to exports of' cotton wool" from Charleston (see years 1748, 1754, 1770,
and 1784) are flatly contradicted'by McCulloch, who claims that




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.   49
no cotton whatever was exported from any portion of the United
States previous to the year 1790.
First successful crop of cotton in South Carolina was raised this
year on "Hilton Head" Island by William Elliott. The success
of Elliott caused many to engage in cotton culture, and many of
the largest fortunes in that State were thus realized. (See years
1805, 1806, and 1816 for prices of this quality as compared with
others.)
A company at Beverly, Mass., (see years 1787 and 1788) having
expended ~4,000 in erecting machinery for carding, spinning, and
roving, obtained a grant of ~1;000 from the legislature and atroduced the manufacture of cotton goods, but with indifferent success, as their machinery was very imperfect.
Samuel Slater (see year 1789), in January of this year was hired
by Messrs. Almy & Brown, of Providence, R. I., to manufacture
and perfect the spinning machines. of Richard Arkwright, (see
year 1764 and 1782), and in December the first Arkwright
machinery was put into operation-three cards, roving and drawing, and a seventy-two spindle frame, worked by a water wheel
(see year'.1764.)
Import of American cotton into Liverponol waas&..000 lbs.
Upland cotton was worth in Liverpool only lOd. per lb. This
may account for the small shipments of American cotton this year.
It was probably poorer in staple, and certainly less clean than the
upland of the present day.
Thomas Highs, the inventor (See year 1767), was disabled by a
stroke of palsy. (See year 1803.)'Mr. William Kelly, of Lanark Mills, England, was the first to
turn the "mule" by water power (See year 1792) this year, and
Mr. Wright, a machinist, of Manchester, constructed a double
mule. (See year 1793.)
Cotton imported into England from all quarters, 31,447,605 lbs.
Official value British cotton goods exported, ~1,662,369.
Not until this year did Richard Arkwright (See year 1732)
adopt the use of the steam engine (see year 1769) in his mills, when
one of Boulton & Watt's engines was put up in his mill at Nottingham, England. (See years 1783, 1789, and 1792.)
About this year the Messrs. Grimshaw, of Gorton, England,
under a license from Dr. Cartwright (See years 1785, 1787, 1801,
1809, and 1812) erected a weaving factory at Knott's Mills, Manchester, and attempted to improve the power-loom. They spent
much money, did not succeed, their factory was burned down by
a mob, and they abandoned the undertaking.
4




50   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
A  correspondent of the American Mfuseum, writing from
Charleston, S. C., in July of this year, states that a gentleman well
acquainted with the cotton manufacture had already completed
and in operation on the high hills of the Santee, near Statesburg,
ginning, carding, and other machines, driven by water, and also
spinning machines with eighty-four spindles each, with every
necessary article for manufacturing cotton.
Twenty-two ships arrived in American ports, from St. Petersburg, laden with cordage, tickings, drillings, diapers, etc.
Philadelphia had a total population of 43,000, of whom but
2,200 were what might be properly denominated manufacturers.
In twenty families, rich and poor, taken indigcriminately, in
Virginia, during this year, among a total of 301 persons of both
colors, there were made of fine table linen, sheeting, shirting, etc.,
1,907 yards. The finer qualities of cloth were worth sixty cents
per yard, and the coarser forty-two cents. The total value of this
industry was $1,670; the highest value made in one family was
$267, and the lowest $21.50.  There was but one family in.the
twenty that did not manufacture.
About this year, a Mr. Grimshaw, of Manchester, England,
under a license from Mr. Cartwright (see year 1787), erected a
weaving factory which was to have contained five hundred looms,
but, after a small part of the machinery had been set going, the
mill was destroyed by fire and was not rebuilt.
The sale of spinning-wheel irons from one shop in Philadelphia,
this year, amounted to 1,500 sets, an increase of twenty-nine per
cent. over the previous year.
The average product of the spinner of yarn No. 40, was but
little more than a hank per spindle, per day, at this period.  (See
years 1812 and 1830.) The price of spinning No. 100 was 4s. per
pound.
The manufactory of the "Pennsylvania Society" (see year
1775) was burned on the night of the 29th of March, this yeat, at
the soulthwest corner of Market and Ninth Streets, Philadelphia,
Pa., and evidence appearing that it was fired by design, a reward
was offered by the State for the arrest of the incendiary.
From this year the progress of cotton manufactures in Ireland
became considerable. (See years 1770 and 1854.)
About 31,000,000 lbs, of cotton used in Great Britain.
A person who had been employed in the Beverly, Mass., factory (see year 1789) was this year engaged to go to Norwich,
Conn., to put in operation some cotton machinery, which was
understood to be similar to that used in Beverly. This machinery




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  51
was not built in this country, but was supposed to have been
imported by some means, from England.  The parties engaged in
the business at Norwich were a Mr. Huntington, Dr. Lathrop, and
others. (This Dr. Lathrop was the same in whose druggists' store
Benedict Arnold is said to have been employed, before the Revolutionary War.)
There were, at this time. one hundred and fifty cotton factories
in England and Wales. (See year 1780.)
Samuel Brazier, of Worcester, Mass., advertised for sale, in the
Spy, "jeans, corduroys,' Federal Rib,' and cottons."
The managers of the Beverly, Mass., manufactory, in a memorial to the General Court, in June of this year, stated that they had
encountered more obstacles and difficulties than they had anticipated, especially in the purchase and construction of machinery.
They had expended nearly ~4,000.
The account of Andrew Dexter, of Providence, R. I., with Almy
& Brown, shows a charge for a jenny and a carding and spinning
machine, "completed at the joint and equal expense of Lewis Peck
and Andrew Dexter." A machine for calendering cotton goods
was also charged in the books of the same firm, in March of this
year, which was put up in Moses Brown's barn, and worked by a
horse!
The first sheetings, shirtings, checks and ginghams made in
America, were made this year.
At East Greenwich, Conn., a German named Herman Vandausen commenced the calico printing business.  He cut his own
blocks, and printed India cottons, and the coarse cottons woven in
families, for the people generally. But it was found cheaper to
import than to print, and the business was given up.
Total number of slaves in the United States, this year, 697,897.
(See years 1830 and 1850.)
1791.
Cotton crop of the United States was 2,000,000 lbs, of whichthree-fourths was grown in South Carolina, and one-fourth in
Georgia. Export, 189,500 lbs; worth twenty-six cents average.
A cotton mill was erected, this year, at Providence, R. I., hitherto commonly supposed to have been the first one in America.
(See years, 1787, 1807, 1810 and 1831.)
Previous to this year, Great Britain obtained her supplies of
cotton from tlie West Indies, South America, and the countries
around the eastern parts of the Mediterranean.
From the 1st of January to the 15th of October of this year, the.




52   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
firm of Almy & Brown, bf Providence, R. I., with the new machinery of Samuel Slater (see years 1768 and 1789), made of corduroys,
royal ribs, denims, cottonets, jeans, fustians, etc., 326 pieces of
7,823 yards. (See year 1789.)
William Pollard, of Philadelphia, obtained a patent for cotton
spinning, December 30th, of this year, and erected the first water
frame put in motion in Pennsylvania.
Cotton exported from the United States into Great Britain,
189,316 lbs. (See years 1800, 1810, 1821, 1831 and 1841.)
William Pollard, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the 20th of December, of this year, patented a machine for spinning cotton, which is
said to have been the first water frame erected there.
Cotton machinery "of all kinds" were, at this period, manufactured at Philadelphia, Pa., Hartford, Conn., and Providence,
R. I.
At Philadelphia, Pa., "John Butler, Cotton Machine Maker
and Plane Maker," carried on business at No. 111 North Third
Street, and a Mr. Felix Crawford made flying shuttles at No. 364
South Second Street.
"A Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures,"
was, under the patronage of the Secretary of the Treasury, chartered by the Legislature of New Jersey, in November of this year,
with a large capital in shares of $400 each and extensive privileges,
to carry on all kinds of manufactures at the falls of the Passaic.
Although not immediately successful, the enterprise was the foundation of the city of Paterson, N. J., now the seat of numerous
cotton manufactories.
The Legislature of New Jersey, November 22d, this year, incorporated "The Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures," and the company was organized at New Brunswick during
the same month, with a capital of about $200,000, and obtained
extensive rights in the Great Falls of the Passaic at Paterson, N. J.
(See years 1792, 1793 and 1794.)
Samuel Slater (see year 1799) began spinning in the machines
he had erected for Almy & Brown at Pawtucket, R. I.   The
machine for preparing the cotton for spinning was a very imperfect affair. "Tile cotton was laid on by hand, taking up a
handful and pulling it apart with both hands and shifting it all
into the right hand, to get the staple of the cotton straight, and fix
the handful so as to hold it firm, and then applying it to the
surface of the breaker, moving the hand horizontally across the
card, to and fro, until the cottoA  was fully prepared.' This




OHO0NOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HrSTORY OF COTTON.  63
description will serve to show the rude state of the Arkwright
machinery, as introduced by Slater, at this period.
On the 19th of April, this year, Moses Brown, of Almy & Brown,
Providence, R. I., addressed a letter to Moses Brown, of Beverly,
Mass.-" To be Communicated to the Proprietors of the Beverly
Manufactory "-in which he said: "I have for some time thought
of addressing the Beverly manufacturers on the subject of an application to Congress for some encouragement to the cotton manufacture, by an additional duty on the cotton goods imported, and the
applying such duty as a bounty, partly for raising and saving
cotton in the Southern States, of a quality and clearness suitable
to be wrought by machines,"-(when Slater first began to spin he
used Cayenne and Surinam cotton)-" and partly as a bounty on
cotton goods of the kind manufactured in the United States."
1792.
Yarns were spun with the "mule," in Manchester, of the fineness of 278 hanks to the pound, of 840 yards each.
Sir Richard Arkwright (see year 1732), the noted inventor (see
years 1761, 1764, 1767, 1769 and 1785), died at his house at Cremford, England, on the 3d of August, this year, aged sixty.
Mr. Kelly, formerly of Lanark Mills, England, made a selfacting mule (see year 1790), and took out a patent for it in the
summer of this year. (See years 1825 and 1830.)
In Glasgow, Scotland, the first steam engine for cotton spinning
was set up for the Messrs. Scott & Stevenson, during this year.
(See years 1783, 1789 and 1790.)
Cotton exported from the United States, 138,328 lbs.
The Frog Lane Factory of Boston, Mass. (see year 1789), produced about 2,000 yards of duck weekly, and employed four
hundred hands. Its annual production, for a number of years
after, was between two and three thousand bolts, of forty yards
each, worth $13 per bolt.
Barrow stated, at the time of his visit to China, in this year,
that.the manufacture of cotton fabrics was stationary, owing to the
want of proper encouragement on the part of the government, and
to the rigid adherence of the people to ancient usages.
Mr. Jonathan Pollard, of Manchester, England, succeeded in
spinning yarn, upon the mule (see year 1775), of the fineness of 278
hanks to the pound, from cotton wool grown by Mr. Robley in
the island of Tobago. The yarn was sold at twenty guineas per
pound to the muslin manufacturers of Glasgow.
Cotton exported from the United States was only 138,328 lbs.




54   CHRONOLOOICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
In May, of this year, "The Society for the Establishment of
Useful Manufactures " (see years 1791, 1793 and 1794) selected the
site for their operations at Paterson, N. J., and on the "Fourth of
July " made appropriations for building factories, machine shops,
and print-works, and for the extensive use of water power from the
Passaic Falls.
1793.
This year was made memorable forever in the cotton trade by
Eli Whitney's invention of the saw-gin. Whitney was a native of
Massachusetts who moved to Georgia, where he was employed as
a teacher in the family of General Green, of Revolutionary memory.
He had constructed several ingenious articles for Mrs. Green, and
during a conversation about the great value of cotton to Georgia,
if anything could be invented to separate the lint from the seed
rapidly and cheaply, Mrs. Green remarked that if anybody could
invent such a machine, Mr. Whitney could. Thereupon she urged
the young man to make the attempt. He was entirely without
mechanical assistance, or even the ordinary aids which almost any
village in Georgia, or well-supplied plantation, would now furnish
in abundance. He had only the rudest tools, and had to make his
own wire with no better aid than the country blacksmith. As
usual, genius overcame all difficulties, and the cotton gin is the
result. (See year 1825.)
Messrs. Almy, Brown & Slater, of Providence, R. I. (see year
1790), built a spinning mill at Pawtucket, commencing with seventytwo spindles, afterwards enlarging it, and it is still known as " the
old factory."
Mr. Kennedy, the author of the "Memoir of Crompton" (see
year 1779), made a considerable improvement in the whole work of
the "mule," this year, in England, which accelerated the movement of the machine.
Cotton exported from United States, 4S7,600 lbs.
In a "Report of the Select Committee of the Court of Directors
of the East India Company upon the subject of Cotton Manufacture," in England, made this year, it is said: "Every shop offers
British muslins (see year 1780) for sale, equal in appearance, and
of more elegant patterns than those of India, for one-fourth, or
perhaps more than one-third, less in price."
The factory of G. Richards, Amos Whittemore and Mark
Richards (at Boston, Mass.), turned out 12,000 dozen cards
annually.
The Byfield, Mass., cotton factory was established this year,
but for several years manufactured woolens only.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.   55
"The Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures " (see
years 1791, 1792 and 1794) confided the construction of their canals
at Paterson, N. J., to Major L'Enfant, a French engineer (the same
who was originally employed by General Washington to survey
and lay out the city of Washington, but who had some difficulty
with the commissioners before the business was completed), whose
gigantic schemes were far beyond the pecuniary means of the company, and during this year the business was taken from the hands
of L'Enfant and put under charge of Peter Colt, then comptroller
of the State of Connecticut.
East India cotton imported into Great Britain, 729,643 lbs. (See
years 1788 and 1800.)
1794.
A power-loom was invented by a Mr. Bell, of Glasgow, Scotland, which was abandoned. (See years 1785, 1787, 1796, 1801 and
1809.)
Cotton exported from the United states, 1,601,700 lbs.
Peter Colt, who had taken charge of the construction of the
canals, etc., of "The Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures," at Paterson, N. J. (see years 1791, 1792 and 1793), completed the water-courses and built a factory in which they began
spinning cotton yarn this year.
A cotton mill was erected in the west part of New Haven, Conn.,
this year, by John R. Livingston and David Dickson, of New
York. These persons had, previously to this, a small mill not far
from Hurlgate (or "Hellgate"), on the New York side, the machinery of which was moved to the New Haven mill. (See year
1807.)
There were but ten houses in Paterson, N. J., at this period.
(See year 1827.)
Eli Whitney's cotton-gin patented March 14th.
1795.
Import of cotton into the United States, this year, was 4,107,000 lbs., and the export was 6,276,300 lbs., including a quantity of
foreign cotton.
Georgia cotton of good quality was offered in New York at
Is. 6d. per lb.
A cotton mill-the second one in the United States-was erected
in Rhode Island, this year. (See year 1791.)




66   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1796.
On the 6th of June, of this year, a Mr. Robert Miller of Glasgow, Scotland, took out a patent for a power loom. (See years
1785, 1787, 1801 and 1809.)
During this year the quantity of British calicoes and muslins,
which paid the print duty, was 28,621,797 yards. (See year 1829.)
The following table shows the gross produce of the excise duty
in England and Scotland, on printed calicoes and muslins, during
this year, minus the drawback:
IN ENGLAND.
Foreign calicoes and muslins, rate 7d.;  yards, 1,750,270;  Amt. ~ 51,490
British  "  "    "     " 3d;     " 24,363,240;  "   355,297
IN SCOTLAND.
Foreign calicoes and muslins, rate 7d.;  yards, 141,403; ~Amt. ~11,124
British  "  "    "      " 3jd.;   "  4,258,557;  "   62,103
Cotton exported from the United States, 6,106,729 lbs., including a quantity of foreign cotton.
Amos Whittemore, of Boston, Mass., took out a patent for an
improved loom.
1797.
The Scutching machine was invented by a Mr. Snodgrass, of
Glasgow, Scotland. (See year 1808.)
Cotton exported from United States, 3,788,429.
1798.
Several of the hands employed in the various mills at Pawtucket, R. I., which had sprung up after the founding of the "old
factory " at that place by Messrs. Almy, Brown & Slater (see year
1793) started a factory at Cumberland, R. I.
Mr. Tennant, of Glasgow, Scotland, took out a patent for a
bleacher, consisting of a saturated liquid of chloride of lime. (See
years 1797, 1799 and 1802.)
Cotton exported from United States, 9,360,005 lbs.
First importation of cotton from the East Indies, 4,637 bales of
about 350 lbs. into Great Britain.
Austin's power loom (see year 1789) was put in operation at Mr.
Monteith's mill, near Glasgow, Scotland, but with what success
does not appear.
Cotton machin', ry first introduced into Switzerland this year.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.     57
Col. Hugh Orr (see years 1715, 1740 and 1780) died at Bridgewater, Mass., December 6th, of this year, aged ninety-three years.
Cotton mill built by Samuel Slater (see years 1789, 1790. 1791
and 1805) and associates at Pawtucket, Mass.
First cotton mill and machinery in Switzerland built and
operated.
No duty upon raw cotton imported into Great Britain up to this
year. Tariff passed House of Parliament, this year, imposing the
following duties:
On cotton imported by the East India Company,  -  - ~4 per cwt. ad val.
"      "    "   "I  t  British colonies or plantations, -  8s. 9d. per 100 lbs'...'. " " Turkey and the United States,.6s. 6d. "
"...... t   other parts,  -  -  -   -  12s. 6d.
This tariff lasted till, and inclusive of, the year 1800. (See year
1801.)
1799.
Mr. Tennant, of Glasgow, Scotland, took out a patent for impregnating slacked lime in a dry state with chloride of lime, to be
used as a bleacher. (See years 1797, 1798 and 1802).
Cotton exported from United States, 9,532,263 lbs.
The second cotton mill built by Samuel Slater (see years 1798
and 1801), and the first one erected on the Arkwright system in
Massachusetts (?) (see year 1787) was the "White Mill," begun
this year, on the east side of the Pawtucket river, in what was then
the town of Rehoboth, Slater entering into partnership with Oziel
Wilkinson, Timothy Green and William Wilkinson.
Cotton machinery first introduced into Saxony this year.
1800.
Consumed in the United States, this year, 500 bales of 300 lbs.
each (See years 1810 and 1815.)
The ravages of the cotton worm were first noticed. (See years
1S04, 1825 and 1846.)
Official value British cottons exported, ~5,406,501.
Cotton imported into England from all quarters, ~56,010,730.
(See year 1701, and note increase.)
The following table shows the gross produce of the excise duty
in England and Scotland on printed calicoes and muslins during
this year; minus the drawback:
IN ENGLAND.
Foreign calicoes and muslins, rate 7d.; yards, 1,571,536; Amt. ~ 46,011
British  "   "'  "          3-d.;  "  28,692,790;  "  418,436




58   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
IN SCOTLAND.
Foreign calicoes and muslins, rate 7d.;  yards,  78,868;  Amt. ~ 2,300
British  "  "    "         3jd.;  "  4,176,939;  "  60,913
Cotton exported into Great Britain from the United States,
17,789,803 lbs.
Upwards of 51,000,000 lbs. of cotton used in Great Britain.
(See year 1700.)
East India cotton imported into Great Britain, 6,629,822 lbs.
(See years 1788 and 1973.)
1801.
Cotton crop of the United States was 48,000,000 lbs., of which
were contributed by South Carolina, 20,000,000 lbs., Georgia, 10,000,000 lbs., Virginia, 5,000,000 lbs., North Carolina, 4,000,000
lbs., Tennessee,,000,000 lbs.; exports, 20,000,000 lbs. Up to this
time, tables of exports of cotton at the Custom House did not distinguish home-grown from foreign cotton.
An Act was passed, this year, in the British Parliament, prolonging the loom patents of Rev. Dr. Cartwright. (See years 1785,
1787, 1809 and 1812.)
Mr. John Monteith, this year, adopted the loom patent of Robert Miller (see year 179;), and fitted up a mill at'Pollackshaus,
Glasgow, with two hundred looms, but it was several years before
the business was made to pay.
Cotton exported from United States, 20,911,201 lbs.
Population of Lancashire, England, 762,565 (see years 1700,
1750 and 1831); of Wigan, 20,774. (See year 3831.)
During this year the cotton manufacturers of Ireland were
protected by duties of sixty-eight per cent. ad valorem on gray and
white cottons imported, and of forty-six per cent. on prints, and
the quantity of raw cotton imported was only 1,575,789 lbs. (See
years 1816, 1817 and 1825.)
Mr. Benjamin S. Wolcott, who was employed by Samuel Slater
in building his first mill (see year 1791), having acquired considerable knowledge of the construction of machinery, united this year
with Rufus and Elisha Waterman, and erected a factory at Cumberland, R.I. The machinery was afterward removed to Central
Falls, a short distance from Pawtucket, and a new company was
formed, with the addition of Mr. Stephen Jenks.
About 54,000,000 lbs. of cotton used in Great Britain.
Mr. Monteith, of Pollakshaus, Glasgow, fitted up 200 of Dr.
Cartwright's power looms this year. (See year 1785.)




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.    59
The first cotton mill in the vicinity of Boston, Mass., and the
first in that State, after that built by Samuel Slater, at Rehoboth
(see year 1799), was a small establishment on Bass Iiver, in Beverly, was put in operation in the fall of this year, with six waterframes of seventy-two spindles each. The machinery was built at
Paterson, N. J. (see years 1791, 1792, 1793 and 1794), by a man
named Clark, who went to Beverly to put it into operation. It
was unsuccessful on account of the insufficiency of water-power
and other causes.
All duties upon raw cotton imported into Great Britain were
token off. (See year 1798.)
1802.
On the 2d of January, this year, William Radcliffe, of the
Messrs. Radcliffe & Ress, cotton manufacturers, of Stockport,
England, "shut himself up in his mill'" for the purpose of trying
experiments to overcome the hitherto great difficulty with the
power-loom, viz.: "that it was necessary to stop the machine frequently in order to dress the warp as it unrolled from the jenny;
which operation required a man to be employed for each loom,
so that there was no saving of expense."  Radcliffe had for one of
his assistants an ingenious but dissipated young man, named
Thomas Johnson, and his own perseverance and judgment, together
with young Johnson's genius, at length produced the dressing
machine (see years 1803 and 1804). When the patents were taken
out, Johnson received by deed, the sum of ~50 for his services,
and was conrtinued in their employment.
Tannant's first patent for a bleacher (see years 1797 and 1798)
was set aside. But his second patent (see year 1799) was not
contested.
About this year an important improvement was made in England, in the construction of blocks for printing calicoes, by sinking
copper wire into the wood so as to stand out about an eighth of an
inch and receive the coloring, afterward printing it upon the cloth.
(See years 1758, 1805 and 18(8.)
Sir Robert Peel, of Bury, England, was the first, in this year,
to print calicoes by the system known as (resist work. (See years
1676, 1690, 1785, 1805 and ]808.) It consisted in printing various
mordants on those parts of the cloth intended to be colored, and a
paste or resist on such as were intended to remain white. It was
discovered by a commercial traveler named Grouse,, who sold the
process for the sum of ~5!
Cotton exported from United States, 27,501,075 lbs.




60   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Bandana handkerchiefs and Bandana cloths, for garments were
first made in this year, at Glasgow, Scotland, by Mr. Henry Monteith.
At the instance of Sir Robert Peel, a law was passed in England, this year, prohibiting the employment of apprentices for
more than twelve hours a day. (See years 1819, 1831, 1832 and
1833.)
Water-mill built at Beverly, Mass. (see year 1787), with Arkwright machinery.
Tariff passed British House of Parliament, this year, imposing
the following duties:
On cotton imported by the East India Company, ~4 10s. Od. per cwt. ad'vai.
t"{    "    " " British colonies and plantations, 10s. 6d. per 100 lbs.
"     it  it    Turkey and United States,  7s. 10d.  "
i"t "     "' "i other parts,          15s. Od. 
1803.
Thomas Highs, the inventor (see years 1776 and 1790) died
December 13th, this year, aged eighty-four years.
Radcliffe & Ress, of Stockport, England, took out patents in
the name of Thomas Johnson, for improvements in looms, and for
the new mode of warping and dressing. (See years 1802 and
1804.)
A patent for another power loom was taken out, this year, by
Mr. H. Horrocks, cotton manufacturer, of Stockport, England,
which he further improved and took out subsequent patents. (See
years 1805 and 1813.)
Cotton exported from United States, 41,105,623 lbs.
A Mr. Toad, of Bolton, England, took out a patent for a power
loom, this year.
ixst-o ntte mtllrct etetd in New Hampshire, at New Ipswich.
(See years 1804 ad 1808.)
Duty in Great Britain, on cotton imported by lhe East India
Company, from Turkey, the United States, or any British colony
or plantation, 10s. 6d. per 100 lbs. From other parts, 25s. Od.
per 100 lbs.
1804.
Remarkable ravages by the cotton worm occurred.  (See years
1800, 1825 and 1846).
Radcliffe and Ress of Stockport, England, took out patents in
the name of Thomas Johnson, for improvements in looms, and for




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.    61
the new mode of warping and dressing.  (See years 1802 and
1803.)
Cotton exported from United States, 38,118,041 lbs.
The first cotton mill in New Hampshire, (see year 1803), was
put in operation this year at New Ipswich, by a.man named Robbins, a former workman of Samuel Slater's. The original proprietors were Ephraim Hartwell, Charles Barrett and Benjamin Champney. (See years 1805 and 1807). It ran 500 spindles.
1805.
The cotton raised at Hilton Head, South Carolina, (see year
1790), by William Elliott brought higher prices than any other
kinds, (see years 1806 and 1816), with one exception. Kinsey
Burden, of St. John's, Colleton District, South Carolina, made a
most careful selection of seeds, and with rigid care in cultivation
produced cotton worth 25 cents per lb. more than that of any of
his competitors. (See years 1826, 1827 rnd 1828.)
Cotton export of the United States for this year was 38.400,000
lbs., of which 8,787,659 was Sea Island.
Mr. H. Horrocks of Stockport, England (see years 1803 and
1813), improved his former loom patent and took out another.
The union of the two systems of calico printing-cylindrical
and surface-(see years 1785, 1802 and 1808), were this year combined in one machine, the invention of Mr. James Burton, an engineer in the factory of Robert Peel & Co., of Church, England.
A large weaving factory was erected at Catrine in Ayrshire, by
Messrs. James Finlay & Co., to be carried on in conjunction with
their extensive spinning work in that place.
Thomas Johnson and James Kay, received a patent in England
for improvements in looms, among them a "revolving temple."
(See years 1816, 1825, 1850 and 1855).
A man named Johnson, of Preston, England, took out a patent
for a power loom this year, in which the warp, instead of being in
a horizontal was in a perpendicular position.  An attempt of the
same kind was also made this year at Dorchester, England.
The "Yellow Mill" (see year 1799), the second cotton factory
erected on the east side of the river and in the village of Pawtucket,
R. I. (town of Relioboth), was built this year by "Eliphalet
Slack, Oliver Starkweather, Eleazer Tyler, 2d; Elijah Ingraham,
and others."
The New Hampshire Legislature granted the proprietors of the
first cotton mill in the State (see year 1804) an exemption from
taxes for five years.




62  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Duty in Great Britain on Cotton imported by the East India
Company; from Turkey, the United States, or any British Colony
or Plantation, 16s. 10d. per 100 lbs. From other parts, 25s. sid.
per 100 lbs.
1806.
The South Carolina cotton of Elliott (see years 1790, 1805 and
1816) realized 30 cents per lb., while other qualities brought but
22 cents.
Samuel Slater, the first man to erect the Arkwright machinery
(see year 1764) in America (see year 1789), was joined by his brother. John Slater, from England, and the prosperous village of
Slatersville, R. I., was quickly founded, and still continues to
prosper.
Mexican cotton seeds introduced into Mississippi by Walter
Burling, of Natchez, and supposed to have improved the character
of cotton then grown.
Mr. Peter Marsland of Stockport, England, a spinner, took out
a patent for a power loom with a double crank, but from its complexity it was not adopted by anybody but himself. Superior
cloth, however, was made by it.
Cotton exported from United States, 37,491,282 lbs.
General Humphrey built his mill at Derby, Conn. (afterwards
Humphreysville), for both cotton and woolen manufacture.
About 58,000,000 lbs. of cotton used in Great Britain.
A power-loom was built this year at Exeter, N. H., by T. M.
Mussey, which, as an experiment, would perform all the operations
of weaving, but was not a success as a labor saving machine.
Richard Guest, the historian, says a factory for steam-looms
was built at Manchester, England, this year. (See year 1814).
Cotton mill built at Pomfret, Conn.
A mill for weaving with power-looms was built at Manchester,
England, this year, which may be considered the date of the successftdl commencement of power-loom weaving.
American cotton in Liverpool worth from 15d. to 24d. per lb.
(See years 1820 and 1830.
1807.
Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton-gin, brought suit in Savannah, Ga., to sustain the validity of his patent.
Cotton exported from the United States, 66,212,737 lbs.
There were but 15 cotton mills in -operation in America at this
time, producing about 300,000 lbs. of yarn per year, (see year
17d1).




CHRONOLOGICAL AND, STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  63
Upland cotton exported from the United States, 55,018,448 lbs.
Mr. Peter Marsland, of Stockport, England, this year obtained
a patent for an improvement upon the power loom (see year 1787),
by means of a double crank which gave the lathe a quick blow to
the cloth on coming in contact with it, and by that means rendered
it more stout and even.
A machine of most ingenious contrivance for performing the
operation of tambouring (for tamboured muslins) was invented
this year by Mr. John Duncan of Glasgow, Scotland, and a patent
taken out.   Each machine contained about forty tambouring
needles, and was superintended by one person, who pieced the
thread when it broke. The machine now came into general use.
The cotton mill of Messrs. Livingston and Dickson (see year
1794), at New Haven, Conn., was converted into a woolen mill, and
afterward into a paper mill.
Th s         t    ill in New Hampshire was built. on the
Souhegan, by Seth Nason, Jesse Holton and Samuel Batchelder.
It ran 500 spindles. (See years 1804 and 1808.)
February 27th, this year, an exemption from taxes for five years
was granted by the Massachusetts Legislature for a cotton mill,,eredtedat Watertown by Seth Bemis and Jeduthan Fuller.'June 20th, a cotton factory was incorporated at Fitchburg,
Mass.
Mr. Zachariah Allen estimated the number of spindles in operation in the United States, at about 4,000.
Cotton mill built at Smithfield, R. I., by John Slater, a brother of Samuel Slater. (See years 1789, 1790, 1791 and 1805).
Cotton mill built at Watertown, Massachusetts.
1808.
Snodgrass's scutching machine (see year 1797), was introduced
into England by Mr. James Kennedy.
Mr. Joseph Lockett, engraver for calico printers in Manchester
England, introduced the system of transferring the engravings for
printing from a small steel cylinder to the larger copper ones which
came in direct contact with the goods, thus saving immense labor
and much time. (See years 1676 and 1690).
Cotton exported from United States, 12,064,366 lbs.-the year
of American embargo on Foreign trade.
Messrs. James Finlay & Co., (of Catrine in Ayrshire, see year
1805), erected a weaving factory at Doune, connected with the
spinning works there, the two containing 462 looms.




64   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The brick cotton factory at Beverly, Mass., was burned. (See
year 1841).
Second mill built at New Ipswich, New Hampshire. (See years
1803 and 1804).
The Globe factory, with a capital of $80,000, was established
under Dr. Redman Coxe, of Philadelphia, Pa.
The first cotton mill in Oneida County, New York, four miles
west of Utica, was erected this year by Benjamin S. Wolcott, Jr.
(see year 1801), assisted by his father.
Cotton Manufacture established in Boston, Mass.
March 12th, the "Norfolk Cotton Manufactory" at Dedham,
Mass., was incorporated.
The New Hampshire Legislature granted the proprietors of the
second cotton mill in the State (see year 1807) an exemption from
taxes for five years.
In December, this year, the New Hampshire Legislature, by a
general law, granted exemption from taxes for five years to all who
should erect works for the manufacture of cotton.
The first Peterborough and Exeter, N. H., cotton manufactories
were incorporated this year.
1809.
The inventor of the power-loom, Rev. Dr. Samuel Cartwright,
of England, obtained from Parliament this year a grant of ~10,000
as a reward for his ingenuity.  (See years 1785, 1787, 1801 and
1812).
Mr. H. Horrocks of Stockport, England, made still further im.
provements in his former loom patents (see years 1803 and 1805),
and took out another.
Cotton exported from United States, 53,210,225 lbs.
The application of the stocking frame to the making of lace (see
year 1768), was perfected and patented this year by Mr. John
Heathcoat, M. P. for Tiverton, England. (See years 1787, 1823 and
1835.)
There were seventeen cotton mills in operation within the town
of Providence, R. I., and its vicinity,.working 14,296 spindles.
(See years 1791, 1810 and 1812).
A second cotton manufactory was incorporated at Peterborough,
N. H. (See year 1808).
The first cotton mill in the State of Maine, at this time comprised in Massachusetts, was erected this year, at Brunswick, and
soon after another at Gardiner.
Richard Guest, the historian, says a factory for steam-looms




CHERONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  65
was built at West Houghton, England, this year. (See year 1814).
A power-loom, capable of weaving about twenty yards of coarse
cloth per day, was in operation this year at Dedham, Mass.
The "old Loughborough." lace machine of Heathcoat and Lacy
was patented in England this year, and formed a new epoch in the
lace trade. The machine was a complicated one; requiring sixty
motions for the formation of a mesh.
Duty in Great Britain on cotton imported, from whatever country, 16s. lid. per 100 lbs.
1810.
Consumed in home manufactures in the United States this year,
\O1Q0 -bales of 300 lbs. each (see years 1800 and 1815).
The art of giving the fine red color, known as Turkey or Adrianople red, to cloth was unknown till this year, when it was first
practiced by M. Daniel Koechlin. of Mulhausen, in Alsace.
(See year 1811).
Cotton exported from United States, 93,874,201 lbs.
French ictton manufactures consuffmer 25,000,000 lbs. of cotton.
Number of cotton mills in America, 102. (See years 1791, 1807
and 1831).
The "throstle frame " was introduced about this year.
Cotton manufactories were incorporated at Milford. Swanzey,
Cornish, Pembroke and Amoskeag Falls, N. H.
The number of cotton mills erected in the United States at this
time was eighty-seven, sixty-two of which were in operation, workinag 31,000 spindles. (See years 1787 and 1791.)
Tie statistics of Tench Coxe, from the census of this year, give
for the State of Rhode Island, cotton factories twenty-eight, and
spindles 21,178. (Sec years 1791, 1809 and 1812.)
Number of. cotton factories in New Hampshire, twelve, of which
eight were in the county of Hillsborough. In other States, as
follows:
Massachusetts, 54; Vermont, 1; Rhode Island, 28; Connecticut, 14; New York, 26; New Jersey, 4; Pennsylvania, 64; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 11; Ohio, 2; Kentucky, 15; Tennessee, 4.
There were none in any other State.
Cotton exported from the United States into Great Britain,
93,900,000 lbs. (See years 1790 and 1791.)
1811
January 1st, an association was formed for building a cotton
mill at Dorchester, Mass., with two thousand spindles and incor.
porated June 13th with a capital of $60,000.
5




66   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Spindles in operation in the United State-, estimated at 80,00.0.
(See year 1791.)
About 90,000,000 lbs. of cotton used in Great Britain.
Cotton manufactories were incorporated at Walpole, Hillsborough, Meredith and (the third-see years 1808 and 1809) at Peterborough, N. I-I.
M. Daniel Koechlin, of Mulhausen, in Alsace (see year 1810),
added an improvement to his discovery of the art of dyeing cloth
Turkey red. It consisted in printing upon Turkey red, or any dyed
color, some powerful acid, and then immersing the cloth in a solution of chloride of lime. Neither of these agents singly or alone
affects the color, but those parts which have received the acid,. on
being plunged into chloride of lime, are speedily deprived of their
dye and made white by the acid of the liberated chlorine. (See
years 1813 and 1816.)
Cotton export 62,186,081 lbs.
Cotton mill incorporated at Dorchester, Mass.
1812.
Up to this year all the mills put in operation in the United
States were designed simply for spinning, carding and roving.
England had a power-loom (see years 1785 and 1787), the invention,
of a clergyman-Rev. Dr. Cartwright, but the method of its construction was unknown in this country. Mr. Francis C. Lowell,
of Boston, Mass., who had made a voyage to England, and visited
Scotland, returned from abroad this year, and he, in conjunction
with Mr. Patrick T. Jackson, a relative, undertook the invention
of a loom, and in the autumn had completed a satisfactory model
and decided upon erecting a suitable mill to operate it. (See year
1813.)
Samuel Crompton of England, theinventor of the "mule jenny,"
(see years 1779 and 1793), who had never had his invention patented was'granted ~5,000 by Parliament. (See year 1827.)
Cotton exported, 23,952,544 lbs.-War with England.
Number of mule spindles in Great Britain estimated at between
4,000,000 and. 5,000,000.
The average product of the spinner of yarn No. 40, was two
hanks per spindle per day. (See years 1790 and 1830.)
At this time two thirds of the steam engines in Great Britain
were employed in the cotton manufacture.
A survey of all the manufacturing districts of Great Britain this
year showed the number of spindles at work to be between 4,000,
000 and 5,000,000, on the principle of Crompton's mule jenny.
There were said to be within thirty miles of Providence, R, I.,




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.   67
at this period, thirty-three cotton factories running 30,660 spindles,
(see years 1791, 1809 and 1810), and in Massachusetts 20 factories,
running 17,370 spindles.
All cotton mills built in the United States, previous to this year,
were modeled after the plan first introduced by Samuel Slater (see
year 1791), with but very little modification. There were said to
have been nearly forty mills in Rhode Island at this time, with about
30,000 spindles, and thirty in Massachusetts, within thirty miles of
Providence, R. I., with about 18,000 spindles.
War with England.  This raised the price of go )ds to such extravagant rates that cotton goods, such as had been previously imported from England at from seventeen to twenty cents per yard,
were sold by the package at seventy-five cents. This stimulated
the erection of cotton factories in this country to a wonderful degree. (See year 1815.)
Fifteen cotton mills in operation in New Hampshire, averaging
not more than 500 spindles each.
1813.
The first mill in America (if not in the world) where a powerloom was used, and spinning and weaving were carried on under the
same roof, was erected at Waltham, Mass., by Mr. Francis C.
Lowell, Mr. Patrick T. Jackson and Mr. Paul Moody (see year
1812). It ran about 1,700 spindles. This factory is still in operation.
At this period there were in operation, so far as known, in all
quarters of England and Scotland but one hundred dressing machines (see years 1802, 1803 and 1804), and 2,400 power-looms.
(See years 1785, 1820 and 1829.)
Mr. James Thomson, of Primrose, near Citheroe, England,
took out a patent for the process of dyeing, discovered by M.
Daniel Koechlin, of Mulhausen, in Alsace. (See years 1810, 1811
and 1816.)
Cotton exported from United States, 19,399,911 lbs.-War with
England.
February 23d. an Act was passed in the Massachusetts Legis.
lature to corporate " The Boston Manufacturing Company," better
known as the "VWaltham Company," for the purpose of manufacturing cotton, woolen or linen goods. The Act authorized them to
conduct their business at "Boston in the County of Suffolk," or
within fifteen miles thereof, or at any other place or places, not
exceeding four. Th' Company had a capital of $400,000.
Mr. Metcalf, an American, was sent from England to the East
Indies with improved cotton machinery.




68    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1814.
British Calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece..5,192,228 pieces.
Duty on same received by Government......................~1,228,057
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece.....3,324,160 pieces.
Drawback paid by Government on samc....................... 831,040
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at average duty of 5s.
per piece...................................... 1,868,068 pieces.
Net amount duty received by Government for same............. ~467,017
Cotton exported from United States, 17,806,479 lbs.-War with
England.
Attempts were begun this year to introduce the Bourbon cotton
seed into Guzerat.
Good authority (ThTe London Quarterly Review-see year 1825)
avers that at this time not a power-loom        was in use in Manchester, England.
Power-looms. in operation at Waltham, Mass., the first in the
United States.
1815.
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece..5,326,656 pieces.
Duty on same received by Government......................1331,3 64
Calicoes etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece...... 3,813,000 pieces.
Drawback paid by Government on same.....................~953,250
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at average duty of 5s.
per piece....................................... 1,513,652  pieces.
Net amount of duty received by Government for same..........~378,413
Cotton exported from United States, 82,998,747 Ibs.
Up to this year it had been thought that the cotton wool of
India, from the shortness of its staple, could not be spun with advantage upon the machinery then in use, but it was about this time
discovered that by mixing it with the longer stapled cottons of
other countries it could be brought into a state fit for the mule and
spinning frames.
William   Gilmon, patentee of the crank-loom      (see years 1816
and 1817) came to Boston, Mass., from       the British Provinces in
September of this year. I-Ic located at Smithfield, Mass., as a
machinist, whero he began paying rent October 21st.
A list of cotton factories in New England at this time estimates:
Rhode Island...........  99 mills -68,142 spindles.
Massachusetts............ 52  "    39,46 
Connecticut...............13  "    11,700   "
Total............. 165 mills.  9,30 spindes.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.     69
A Report of the Committee on Manufactures, to Congress, in
this year, gives the following particulars of the cotton manufacture
in the United States.
Capital employed...................... $40,000,000
Males employed over seventeen years old....  10,000
under   "     "  "         24,000
Women and girls employed...............  66,000
Wages of 100,000 averaging $1.50 per week. $15,000,000
Cotton  manufactured, pounds............. 2,000,000
yards............. 81,000,000
Cost, averaging 30 cents per yard.......... $20,300,000
The recommencement of the importation of goods at the close of
the war with England, in this year, and the sudden reduction of
prices consequent thereon (see year 1812) was very destructive to
manufacturing operations; business was prostrated and many
establishments that had beeft built at extravagant rates became
almost if not quite worthless.  For the purpose of protecting
this interest, which was supposed to have some claim upon the
country on account of the aid afforded tluring the war, a tariff was
passed. (See year 1816.)
From the commencement of the French Revolution to the restoration of peace after the battle of Waterloo, I find few records and
no reliable statistics of the cotton trade. During the first fifteen
years of this century, the number of patents issued in England for
improvements in machinery used in manufacturing textile fabrics
averaged orily two per annum; during the next fifteen years they
averaged over four per annum; the next fifteen over twelve per
annum; and for the sixty years ending with 18Xt0, about twentyfour per annum.
It is possible that the European wars may have retarded the
progress of peaceful industry, and turned inventive genius in other
directions, but, on the whole, I suppose the progress was all that
could reasonably be expected.
Until 1816 we are almost wholly dependent upon government
records for commercial statistics. It was not until 1825 that the
movemehts of the cotton trade were regularly recorded and preserved.




CHAPTER IV.
1816.
This year South Carolina cotton (Sea Island) brought 47
cents when other kinds brought 27.    The gradual appreciation of this cotton is shown by the fact, that in 1806 it brought
30 cents to 22 cents for other kinds. The business of home manufacture had increased since 1800 to 90,000 bales of 300 lbs. each
(see year 1810); 81,000,000 yards cotton cloth were manufactured,
costing $24,000,000; 100,000 operatives were employed and $40,000,000 capital was invested. (See year 1800.)
Mr. James Thomson, of Primrose, near Clitheroe, England, took
out a patent for a useful improvement on his former patent for dyeing (see year 1813) which consisted in combining with the acid
some mordant, or metallic oxide, capable, after the dyed color was
removed, of having imparted to it some other color. (See years
1810 and 1811.) This laid the foundation of a series of processes in
which the chromic acid and its combinations have since been employed with such great success.
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece..4,511,244 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece.....2,878,704 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece.........................   1,632,540 pieces.
Cotton exported from United States, 81,747,116 lbs.
Duties on gray and white cottons and prints imported into Ireland had been reduced to 10 per cent ad valorem. (See year 1801.)
A "protective" tariff was passed this year by Congress. It
was supported by the South on the ground of encouraging the
manufacture of our own cotton, but met with much and decided
opposition at the North, where navigation and commerce were the
favorite pursuits.
Until this time the operation of cotton factories had been confined to the production of yarn. which was woven upon the handloom.
William Gilmore, the patentee of the crank-looms, (see years
1815 and 1817) was employed in the early part of this year to build
twelve power-looms, and also machinery for warping and dressing,




(OHROKOLOGICAL ATD STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.                   71
from the plans he had brought with him from the British Provinces, which     he accbmplished.       For the sum      of "$10 lawful
money" he allowed another firm          than the one for whom he built
the above looms, to use his patterns for the building of twelve
others, which were built and put in operation quite as soon as his
own.
" Self-acting temples"      were invented     and   patented   January
7th,  this year, by Ira Draper, of Weston, Massachusetts.               (See
years 1805, 1825, 1850 and 1855.)
The first lace machine-a traverse warp-was taken to France
this year, and set up at Douay by Corbit, Black & Cutts for M.
Thornassin.
The price semi-weekly at N.se  York and the course of Exchange on London,
from January 1st, to October 1st, 181G.
181~6.   Price of  Price of  Exchange  1816.    Price of  Price of  Exchange
New Orleans Upland. on London.   1     NewOrleacs  Upland. on London.
Jan. 2...  31 33     28@30             May 21...   31 35    31@33      108k
5...  31 33     28@30     107         2S...  31 35     31@33
9..      31 33     28@30              "  31     31 31  35  31 33  108@_j
12...  31.33     22830     107     Juno 4...  3135 3     1  33
16...  30~32     26 ~29             "   7...  31 35    31~33    108@os
19...  30@32     26@29     107      "11...    31 35    31~ 3.;j'  23...  30 32     26 29'             1....  3135     31 @33     108
26...  30_32     26@29     107         18       31 35  31 _@:33.
30...  30 32     26 29              "  21...  30 33    281 32      108
Feb. 2...  30,32     26 @29     107     "25...    30 32     27(331
6...  30@32    26@ 29             "28...    30   12   27 @31  106J@107
9...  30 32     26~29     107     July 2...  30  32    27 31
13..   30 32     26~29                  6...  32 33     27 32     105k
16...  30 32'26_29     107      "   9     28 33     27@32
20...  30 30      6 26 29              12...  2833      30~32     104
23..   30 32     26 (29    107      "16       303;3     30@:12
27...  30  32    26 29              "19       30.33     30(32     104
Mch. 1... 3(   32    26@29      107     "23       30 33     29 32
5.   3..3032  2629) 2"              26...  30@312   26:~  1: 04o
8...  30 32     25~27     108      "  30     3   32    27@32
12...  31 32 3132   27 29          Aug. 2...  30  32    26@31 t04~@105
15     31 32     27~30   1081@109   "   6...  27(30'    26(@29
19...  31 32    27@30              "   9...  27:10     26(29   l04@1034
22...  30 32     29 30   1084@109      13...  26(29     24@28
26..   30(32     29(@30             "  16...  27 30     25 28   l04@104~
29..   29(31     28(29    109       "20...    27(.30   2'  28
Apr. 2...  29 31     28@291             "23...    29(30     25@29     105
5..   30 32     28_29~   109       "27...    29 30     25_29
9..; 0)32    28 29              "  30...  29(@31    25@30     106
12.    30( 31    28@29    109      Sept. 3...  2931 29530
16..  30_31     28 29                  6..    3032    25i"30     1063
19.    30 31. 271@30      109       "10...    3032      25( 30
23.    30(33     28 31              "  13...  30_32     2.5'30    106q
26..  30@33     29@32   1091@11Q      17...  3032      2530
30     30@33     29@32              "20..:    30@32     25 30     106
May 3...   33@34     31@33    109}      "  24....2         25_30
7...  33(34    31 33              "27..          25@28     106
"10..     33@35     313'3   108@108~ Oct. 1...     23  28
147...  33@35    32@33
17...  336 335   34@33  108@108^ Average for   31 27    28.96
21..  33@35     3233             the 9niouths




72   CHIIRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Weekly Quotations in the Charleston Market. Year 1816.
Week 9Week 9                    Week  c o   |   Week,| 
Cd ca,c c..... c2 
1  50..  26   14  43     27   27  55.  32  40  43  40  27
2  45..  25  15  44..    7  28  -53.   31  41  43  40  27
3  45.     26  16  45.28  29   53. 32   42  43  40  26
4  45      27  17   45     28  30   53. 32   43  43  40  26
5  45.  28  18   45     28  31   53. 32   44  43  40  26
6  43..  271 19   46.28    32   50. 32   45  41  40  25
7  43.  271 20   50.30    33   50.. 31  46   40  38  23
8  43      28  21   50.30    34   48  45 30  47  38  35  23
9  43..   28  22   50.    31  35   48  45 30  48  38  35  24
10  43.  28  23  55.32    36  45  42 25   49  37  35  25
11  40.  261 24  55      32  37  45  42 28   50  37  35  251
12  41..  261 25  55      32  38  44  40 25   51  39  35  251
13  3 43    27  26  55.     1  39  43  40 27  52     35,251
This was the first year after the close of the Napoleonic wars,
and is as far back as I am able to find any record of the market;
even this is meagre, but valuable as showing how slight the fluctuations were during the first year of peace.
During the previous twenty years it was the cotton trade, moved
by the machinery of Watt, Arkwright, and others, that sustained
the tremendous strain upon British finances caused by the policy
which rendered it necessary for England to be constantly either
subsidising half the nations on the continent, or fighting them all.
That was but a foretaste of what cotton has since accomplished;
and but as a drop in the bucket to what it is destined to accomplish.
1817.
The "fly-frame," for preparing rovings for the middle and
coarser numbers of both warp and weft (see years 1764, 1782, 1789
and 1790) came into use.
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average of 5s. per piece...... 4,695,264 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece.. 3,282,216 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece.................................... 1,413,048  pieces.
Cotton exported from United States, 85,649,328 lbs.
Import of raw cotton into Ireland had increased to 3,286,429 lbs.
(See years 1801 and 1816.)
Value of cotton goods manufactured in France, from 200,000,000
to 300,000,000 francs.
There were in Glasgow, Scotland, or belonging to it, at this
time, fifteen weaving factories containing 2,275 looms. (See year
1832.)




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  73
The number of power looms in Lancashire, England, this year
was estimated at 2,000, one-half of which only were said to be in
employment.
The manufacturers of cotton goods in New England, to manifest
their gratitude for the services rendered them by Mr. William Gilmore (see years 1815 and 1816), raised a fund of $1,500 and presented the same to him during this year, when his crank-looms
were first put in operation in this country.
Webster, Clark and Bonniton, of England, took a thirty-six
inch (straight bolt) lace machine to Calais.




74     CHRONOLOGICAL AND            STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
The price semi-weekly at New      York and the course of ExChange on London,.for the Crop Year ending October 1, 18171.
1816.     Price of   Price of  Exchange    1817.     Price of    Price of  Exchange
New Orleans  UplaLd.  on London.            New Orleans  Upland.  on London.
Oct.   1.......     2528        106     Apr.   4..   3031      26   28
4........  25@28               "     8..  30@31     26}   28.102}
"          82........ 25(28       106           11..  30@33     261   30
11.. I......    25                        15..   30~33     26}28        102
15.........    25@28       106           18..30     33   26    28
18........    25@31                     22..   3033      26}@28       102j
"  22........    2531        106           25.   31   33   261@28
25..   3031       22@28                     29..  31 @34     27@28}       102}
"    29..   3031       22  28   106@106] May.     2..  31@32      27   28j
Nov.   1..  30(31      22@28                      6..   31  32     28  29      102}
5..   30  31     22@29    1061@107          9..  31   33     28@31
8..   30  31     22(29                     13..   3133       28  31      101
12..   30(31      22 29       107           16..  31@34      28   32
15.    30@31      22@28                "    20..  32@34      2832         101
19..   30 31      22@28,106     ("    23..  32@34       26@32
22.    30@31      2526                 "    27..   32@34     26   32      101~
26     30  31     25Q26       101t          30..  31@34       26 30
29.......     26 27              June    3..  31@34       26630       101k
Dec.   3........     26@27    1031031           6..   31@34      2632
" 6..          2626                 "    10..   31@34     26@:32      101
10 o26               26   103@1031    "    13..   32@34      26ac32
13...@29      251@26j                    17..   32@34      26@32       101
t  17..    29    25(~26j      103           20..   32@33s     26@31
20..   28@29     25l@26.                    24..  32@331      26@31       101k
24     28@29     252  26[     103j          27..   32@33      26  31
27..   2829      25@26j              July    1..   32@33      26@31       101k
31..   2829      25126j       par            4..   32@33      2631
1817.                                     "     8..   32@33      26.31       101k
Jan.'3     28@29     251@26}                    11.    32(33j     26@32
7..   28@29     25j@26j      par      "    15..   32  331    26  32      101k
10..   28@29     25~@26                "    18..  3234        26  32
14..   28@29     25a 26~      par      i    22..   32@34      26@32       101
17..   2829       25Q26                     25..  32@34       26@32
21..   2729       2526        par           29..   32@34      26@32       101o
24..   28  29     26g27               Aug.   1..   32@34      26@32
28..   2829       26@27       par            5..   31@33     26@31        100k
31..   2829       2526                       8..  31233       26  3L
Feb.   4..   28  29     25@26    par@lpm          12..   28@q33     25  30      par
7..   28@29      25@26                     15..  2833        26  30
1.     26029        25@6   parf pm          M6..    6dSS         S        par
14..2829        25@26                "    22..   28  33     263330
18..   28i29      25@26    101@101          26..  2833        26@30    101~1010
21..   28@29      2526                 "    29..  28@33       26@30
25..   28@29      25@26    101@1011 Sept.    2..  28 33      26@30     1011@102
"    28     28@29      26@27                      5..  28(33      26   30
Mch.   4..   2829       26@27    101}@102    "     9..   28  33     26@30       102
t  7..  28@30   26j  27                    12..  28   33    26~30
11..   28@30     26 @27    101J@102         16..  28@33      26(3 0.103
14..   28  30    26 @27                     19..  28@35      26(32
18..        28  30    26@ 27    1011@102         23..  28@35      26@32        103
21..   28@30.269  27526..                     28@35       26(32
"    25..   28230     261  27      102           30..  3035       26   12     102k
28..   3031      26   27                                    -.    ----
Apr.   1..   30@31     26~  27      102k    Average for  30.70      27.25
18\^                   ~oxy1,,lt




OHBRO   OLOGICAL AND       STATISTICAL HISTORY        OF COTTON.       75
Weekly Quotations in the Charleston Market.      Year 1817.
Week                Week|      Week| A             Week d                  S. g       da*, A C                          M d. Cs
el.......m C 
1   39  35   26    14   42   38   29    27   45  43   30    40   45  40.30
2   39  35   25J   15   42   38   281   28   45  43   30    41   45  42   30
3   39  35   251   16   43   40   28    29   45  43   30    42   45  42   30
4   39  35   25~   17   43   40   28    30   45  43   29    43   45  43   311
5   40  35    26   18   45   40   28    31   45  43   29    44   45  43   311
6   39  35   26    19   45   40   29    32   45  43   29    45   45  45   31
7   39  35   26    20   45   43   30    33   45  43   30    46   47  45   32
8   39  35   261   21   46   44   30    34   45  43   30    47   50  45   331
9   40  36    26~  22   46   44   30    35   45  43   30    48   50  45   33}
10   39  35   261   23   46   44   30    36   45  40   30    49   51  45   33}
11   39  35   26. 24     46   44   30    37   45  40   30    50   51  47   331
12   40  37   27}   25   45   43   30    38   45  40   30    51   56  50   34
13   42  38   29    26   45   43   30    39   45  40   30    52   58..   35
1818.
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece.. 6,282,544 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece.... 4,317,508 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece................................... 1,965,036 pieces.
Cotton exported from       United States, 92,471,178 lbs.
Only 2,000 power-looms in operation in Manchester, England,
at this period.
Richard Guest, the historian, says there were in              Manchester,
England, and vicinity, this year, fourteen cotton factories containing about. 2,000 power looms.         (See year 1814.)




76     CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The price semi-weekly at New       York and the course of      Exchange on London,
for the Crop Year ending October 1, 1818.
1817.    Prico of   Price of  Exchange      1818.     Price of   Price of  Exchange
New Orleans  Upland.   on London.            New Orleans  Upland.   on Londo,.
Oct.   3..  30@35      26@32                 April 7..   31@33      29@32       1014
7..   30(35      26@32       103        "   10..   31@341     29@33
" 10.. 30(34      26@32                  "   14..  31341       2933        101l
14..   3034       26@ 32      102            17..  31   34     29 33'17..'3135       2833                   "   21..  31 34       2933      99@100
"  21..   31@35      28(33        102       "   24..   31  34-    31@33
"  24..   34@35      28   33                "   28..   31  34}    31 33      99@100
28..   34(35      28(33        101k     May   1.. 32j@34~      32@34
31..   34(35      28@34                       5.. 32   (341    32@34.     99@100
Nov   4..   3435       28434        101k'    8.. 32j@34       32@34i'   7.    32(35      28@35.                 "   12.. 32j@34       32@(34j      par.
11..   32 (35     28@35       101        "  15.. 321(341       32(34j
15.     32@36       2935'   19.. 321   34s    32 341       par.
"  18..   32(36      29(35        101k -        22.. 32 @35       32  341
21..  32@35      29,35                      26.. 32    35     32  34j   99~@100
25..   32(35      29@35        101           29.. 332  (34~    32(34
"  28..   32@36      29@35                June 2.. 33(.34~        3234        par.
Dec. 2..    32(36      29   35      102            5..   33  35     32  33j
5.    32,371     29   35"                    9..   33  35     32  33W      par.
9..   32(37~     29@.35} 102@1c021      "   12..  33   34~    32a33j
12..   32@36~     29   35            "       16..  33   34     32  33      par.
16..   32@361     29(  35 l102@1021 "        19..   33  34     32 33.
"   19..   32@36      29(35                  "   23..  33   34     32  331     par.
23..   32@36~     29   351  102@1021     "   26... 33   34     32  33~
t   27..   32(a36     29(35                 "   30..   33   34     32  33-     par.
30..   32@36      296J35    101J@102 July     3..   32a33      30  33
1818.<( "                                       7..   32  33     30  33    100_100O
Jan. 3..    32(@35     29@34                  "   10..   3234       30  33
6..       32@35      29(34     101-@102     t, 14..  32  34    30  33-     par.
9..       32(35      29(34                  "   17..  32   34     30  33~
13..   32(435     29(34     1014@102         21..   32a34      30 33~      par.' 16.32(35           2934                      24..   31   34     30,33}
20..   32@35      29(@3     101|J102'   28..   31  34     30  33j     par.
23..   32(35      29@34                  "   31..   31  34     30 3327..   32@35      29@34        102      Aug. 4..    31a34      30_331      par.
30..      32(35      29@34                 "     7..  32   33     30  33~
Feb. 3..    32@35      29@(34   o102@102          11..   32  33     30  33)f    par.
6..   32@(35     29    34               "   14..  33_34j      31@34
"   10..   32(435     29@34       102       "   18..   33a341      31  34      par.
"   13..   33  35     29(33                 "   21..   33   341    3@34
t   17..   33@35      29@33j 102J@102       "' 25..  33  34~   31  34      par.
20..   33(3       29(333-               "    28..  3334~       30_33
24..   33@35      29 t,33   101i101   ISept. 1..    3334~      30  33j     par.
"   27..   32@34      29  32                     4..   33   35     31  34j
Mch. 3..    32@34      29@32     par Iprem         8..   33  35     31  34j     par.
"    6..   3133       2932'  11..   33   35     31  34j
"   10..   31(33      29@32        par.     "   15..   3335       31   341     par.
13..   31@33      29@32                 "   18..   33   35    31   34Q
"  7..  31  33    2932        par.      "   22..   33   35    31   341     par.
20..   31@_33     29@32                  (   25..   33~34      3034
"   24..   31  33     29@32     par101          29..   33   34    3034         loo00
27..   31@33      29@32-..
April 3..   31   33    20g 2                 the year.
31..  31 ~33  2932  par@101   A   ye~ar.f  33.33      317




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.          77
Weekly Quotations in the Charleston Market. Year 1818.
a':a                                     i a
4. 
Week  a co  6    We -004         Wee    c med     Week  C m, _I_...         _   aIC
1  58.... 35   14.60 52   31   27  75 60  33~  40  65..32
2  58      35   15  65 55   32~  28  75 60  33   41  60.... 32
3  58..  34   16  70  55  28   29  75..  33  42  60....  31
4  56....34    17  70 60   33   30  75.   33   43  60....  32
5  56.... 34  18  72 60   34   31  73..  33   44  60.... 32
6  56.... 33   19  72 60   33  32   73.. 33   -45  60...31
7  56.    32   20  72 60   33  33   73.... 33  46  60.    30
8  56..    33   21  72 60   32   34  70.   33   47  60... 30
9  56 50   33   22  75 58   33   35  70.   33   48  55... 28
10  56 50   33   23  75 58  33   36  65.... 33   49  55 50   27
11  58 50   32   24  75 60  33   37  65.... 32   50  54 50   25
12  58 50   31   25  75 60  34   38  65.... 32   51  53 48   26
13  60 50   31   26  75 60  33. 39   65.... 32   52  55 50   27
1819.
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece..5,938,572 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece..... 3,519,868 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece.........               2,418,704 pieces.
Cotton exported from United States, 87,997,045 lbs.
United States cotton crop 303,589 bales of 300 lbs.
Sir Robert Peel this year obtained the passage of an Act in
England, extending the prohibition of his Act of (see year) 1802 to
the labor of all children under sixteen years of age, and making it
illegal to employ any children under nine years of age in cotton
factories.' (See years 1831, 1832 and 1833.)
During this year. Kirk Boot, Esq., a wealthy Boston merchant,
explored, the wilds as a hunter, where the City of Lowell —" The
Manchester of America"-now       stands, and, discovering its resources, in company with others purchased the land and water
privileges, under the name of "The Proprietors of the Locks and
Canals on Merrimac River.'
Duty in Great, Britain on cotton imported from any British
Colony or Plantation in America, and imported directly from
thence, 6s. 3d. per 100 lbs. From other parts, 8s. 7d. per 100 lbs.




'78  OCHROOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The price semi-weekly at New    York and the course of Exchange on London,
for the Crop Year ending October 1, 1819.
1818.    Price of  Price of  Exchange   1819.    Price of  Price of  Exchange
New Orleans    Upland.  on London.         New Orleans  Upland.  on London.
Oct. 2..   3334      3o034    100o@101 Apr. 6..     20@2L     20@20o
6..  33@34      30@34"                   9..  20@21     19 (20    99@100
" 9..     33@34     30@33~ 100|@101         13..  20~21      19  20
13..  33 34     30331                "  16..   21 @22    20  22   100@101
16..  32(34     30  34   100@j~101      20..1 1"  22     2022
23..  32 35     29@34               "   23..  21  22    20@22    100@101
27..  32@35    29 34' 1003@101         27..   19@20     18  19
30..  32@35      29 341                 30..   18_,19   15i  17   101@102
Nov. 3..   32@35     29  34J     100     May  4..   17@18    152  17
"    7..  32@34     29@34"                   7..  16018     131  17     1021
"   10..  32    34  294 34  2@3 disc. "     11..  1618     3l   17
13..  32@_34     29 33               "  14..   17019     13  17j 1024@1024
17..  32 34      29@33l- 112 disc.       18..  17        1317
"   20..  30@33     29@33               "   21..  17   18    13  17  102I@102~
"   24..  30233     29@33   2@2~disc.             1 25..  1718  13  17}
27..  30()33     29(33                  28..   16718     13  17     102
Dec. 1;.   30233     29Ca33             June 1..    1618      13  17
4..  3132       25 31   2@2jdisc.        4..  1618      13  16     101
8..  31 32      2531                "    8..  1618      13  16j
11..  30@..     2429    2@21disc.       11..  1618      13  16j    1011
"   15..  30.    2429                "   15..  1618       15@17
18..  29..      24 27    2@~2i2disc.     18..  136 18    1517       100
"   22..  29..      24 27                   22..  16@18      15 17
25..  29..       24  27j 2@2jdisc.      25..   16@18     1517       100
"   29..29          2427                    29..  16 18      15  17
1819.                                 July  2..  16@18     15  17      100
Jan. 1..   29..      24@273 2@2 disc. "       7..   16(18     15l17
"    5..  29 @..    24@27^.     <   9..  16 18     15317       100
"  8..  26@27     24@26   2@21disc. "     13..  16 18     15  17
"   12.. 25@26      24 25               "   16..  16(l18     15  17     100
15.. 25@27         2426     2@2i disc.     20..  16(18      15 17
19.. 25A@27     24@26                   23..   16@18     14@17      100
"   22..  2   28   26427 12@j2~disc. 1      27..   1618      14317
26..  25  26     24  26                  30..  16@18     14~17      100
"   29.. 26j 27j   25A@26j l@2 disc. Aug. 3..    16@18      14  17
Feb. 2.. 26'   27   251 26j               "   6..   16 18     14@17      100
5.. 26   27    25A  26  l"ldisc.       o1..   16j 18    14@17
9.. 26   27    25   26       disc."     13..  16(18     14517      100
"   12..  25  26     2526     1 disc.   "   17..  1618       1417
"..  2   26    2526                "   20..  16 18      14  17     100
"   19.. 25   26i   25(26       d 1 disc.   24..  16 18      14  17
"   23.. 259  262 25_26                 "   27..  16 18      14  17     100
"   26.   2   2 224@25        1 disc.   "   31..  1618       14  17
Mch. 2..   25@26     24@ 25             Sept. 3..   17@181    14  17i    100
9..  25@26      2425      1 disc.      10..   17  181   14@17    101102
19..  25  26    232 25   I 1 disc.      21..   17  18i   14  17j,,..  26 27j   25j 51..                       17  181    14  171  102l103
2..     26 27  3 2526               2~                       i
"   19.. 15 2       6 2~j2~disc.            21..  17 6_181   1417
23..  24  25     23@24                  24.. 18 @21     171@20J   1020103
"   26..  23  24    21@22     1 disc.   "   28.. 18 021     171@202
"   30..  23  24    21 22
April 2..  22   523  20 21   I 1 disc.  Average for  23.38    21.86
thie year.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.              79
Weekly Quotations in the Charleston Market.  Year 1819.
I-VI..... 3   I 5     Week X 33'35     Week     |   I    Week  I   1 I5
1  55 50    27   14  50 40   21   27   40 35   18   40  40  35, 18
2   55 50   27   15  50 40   20   28   40 35   17   41  40 35    18
3   55  50  26   16  45  38  18    29  40 35   17   42  40 35    18~
4   55 50   26   17  45 38   18    30  40 35   18   43  40 35    18~
5   54 48   25I 18   45  38  18    31  40  35  18   44  40 35    18t
6   53 48   251  19  45 38   16   32   40 35   16}  45  40  35   18
7  53  45   25   20  371 33  16   33   40  35  16   46   40 35   17
8  53 45    25   21  37} 33  16   34   40 35   16   47  42 37    17
9  53 45    25   22  371 33  16   35   40 35   16   48  43 37    17
10  55 45   25    23  37. 33  15   36   40 35   16   49  40 35   16
11  55 45   25    24  37} 33  15   37   40 35'16    50  4035    15
12  55 45   25    25  371 33  161  38   40 35   16   51  39 35   16
13  50 40   21    26  40  35  17}  39  40  35   18   52  37} 34  16}
It was early this year that the general depression began to affect
the price of cotton. I suppose this general depression may have
had some connection with Sir Robert Peel's Act passed during this
year fixing the time of return to specie payments in 1823, but this
is doubtful, as the premium    on gold was only 4.     per cent.-and
two years earlier was only 2g     per cent.   The Bank of England
actually resumed in 1821, though not legally bound to do so.        It
may have been, and probably was the case, that the resumption of
specie payments in England caused a demand for the precious
metals, that may have contracted the financial resources of other
countries, and thereby caused general depression, but it is just as
likely that the contraction of enterprise, confidence and credits
may have facilitated the resumption of cash payments.
1820.
In operation in England 12,150 power-looms, and in Scotland
2,000.  (See years 1785, 1813 and 1829.)
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece..5,456,196 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece.... 3,727,820 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece.................................. 1,728,340 pieces.
Cotton exported from United States, 127,860,152 lbs.
United States cotton crop, 369,800 bales of 300 lbs.
Imports of cotton into Great Britain from foreign countries,
120,527,826 lbs., as follows: United States, 89,999,174; Brazil,
29,198,155; Turkey and Egypt, 285,35(); miscellaneous, 2,045,147.
From   British possessions, 30,144,829 lbs., as follows: East Indies




80    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
and Mauritius 23,125,825; British West Indies, the growth                  of,
6,219,625, foreign, 617,191; miscellaneous, 182,188.         Total imports,
151,672,655 lbs; Exports, 6,024,028; Home consumption, 152,829,633 lbs.
The price semi-weekly at New York and course of Exchange on London for the
Crop Year ending October 1, 1820.
1819.   Price of  Price of  Fxchange    1820.   Price of  Price of  Exchange'
New Orlean  Upland.  ou Londoa.         New Orleans  Up'and. on London.
Oct   1.. 184  21   17(O@20     102     April 4.   1618      1417
cc  5.. 184   21   17420                    7..  16 18     14   6     100
8..18    21   1712(20}    1024         10..  16  18    14  16
12.. 184a21    17 420             6     14..  16  18    14  16     100
i16.. 184   21   17@j201     102         18..  16 18     14  16
19.. 184   21   174@20       2          21..  1617      14  17     100
22.. 184  21   17j20       1021         25..  16 17     1417
26.. 184  21   174  20                  28..  16 17     14  16     100
29.. 184  21    17  20     1021    May   2..  16  17    14  16
Nov.' 2.. 18   21   174  20                  6..   16  17   14_16      1 disc.
t  5.. 18i  20  16  19    1024          9..  16 18     1417
9.. 18   20   16   19                  12..  16 19     14 18     1 disc.
12. 18.   21   16   19     102          16..  1619      14@18
16.. 18j21        16   19                 199.  16  19    1418      1 disc.
19.. 184  21   164  19     1024     "   23..  16 19     14( 18
23.. 18   21   16   19                  26..  16  18    14  18    1 disc.
26.. 18   21   16( 19      1024         30..  16  18    14_18
di 30.. 18    21   19 6  19           June 2..   16 18     14  18    99@100
Dec. 3..   1619      14  18     102          6..  16  18    1418
7..  17 19     14  184             d    9..  17  18    15 19    99@100
10..   18 20     14  18  102|@1031      13..  17  18    15  19
14..   18 20     14  18              "  16..   19 20    15  19   100@100O
17..  18 20     14  18     102         20..   19 20     1519
21..  18 20     14  174                 23..  19 20     15 20      101
< 24..  18 619  14  17     102          27..  19 20     15 20
28..  18(192 14 174                    30..  2   214   17a20O  10140102
31..  18   619  1417       102     July  4..  20 214    17 201
1820                                       7..  20  21        2 17 21  101}@102
Jan. 4..   18 19     14@174-             "  11..  20  214   17 21
7a 7..  18 19  1.. 17     102          14.   20  21    17       01  10
11..  18 19     14 17                  18..  19 218 17i21
14..   18 19     14 17      100         21..  19 21     17  21  1011@101a
l< 18..  18a@19    1417-                  25..  20 21     17 214
21..  18 19     14a17      100          28..20 214     17 20    101@10
"   25..  18  19    14  7Aug. 1..                20 21     17 201
"   28..  18  19    14_178     100  20 1..       20 211    17  20  10@1019
Feb.           19    1..7 198..20 211                  17 20
8"es 1..  18 19   14     2 1"             15.. 21, 210    1   20i4
24..18  19    14  174    100          11..  20 214    17 20I 101l@101i
<"  11..  187 19    14  17.   100         18..  20 21     174204 1014@101
15..     17   19    14  17                 22..  2021      17  20
8.. 18   2        14  17     100         25..  202c22     172'   101   102
"  22..  17  18    14@17                 29..   20122      721
"   251..l   189   14   17    100     Sept. 1..  20  221   17  21  101~@102
March3..   17  181   14 17     100      "   8..  20 22     17 21    1021@103
",..   17  18j  14"17                   12..  20 22     17 21
2 14..    17  18    14  17              "  19..  20  22    1721     1010
"..  17  18   14  16     100..              20 22    17 521)    10
Mr1..     17  18    14  17     100      "  25..  20212     17  21   10210
21..  16  18    14  16.26..  20  21    15@20
"   24..  16 18     14  16     100     "   29..  20 (221   15720    101j10C2
28..     16  18    14  16            Average9for
31..     16 18     1417      100      the year.   8.70    16.92
"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- 15,.,.. t7~19



CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.                81
Weekly Quotations in the Charleston Market.  Year 1820.
aVeek;  ~1   j    ek20             Week ea           eek| 1  ee
1   37- 34  161  14   30  26  16   27   371 32  20   40   34  30  20
2   37  34  16    15  30  25  15    28  37 32   20   41   33  28  19
3   38  33  17    16  32  26  17    29  371 31  20    42  33  28  182
4   38  33  17   17   33  28  171  30   371 31  20    43  33  28  161
5   37  33  161  18   33  28  17'  31   371 31  20   44   33  28  161
6   38  31 16    19   33  28  17   32   37} 31 20    45   30  26  16
7   38  31  16   20   35  30  171  33   371 31  20   46   30  25  156
8   38  31  16   21   35  30  171  34   35  30  19   47   28  24  159   37  30  161  22   35  30  171  35   35  30  19    48  28  24  151
10  35  30  161   23  35   29  18   36   35  30  19   49   28  24  16
11  35  30  161   24   35  29  18   37   35  30  19   50   28  24  16.
12  30  28  15    25   35  29  20   38   34  30  19   51   31  25  16
13  30   26  16   26  35   29  20   39   34  30  19   52   30  25  161
In this year Mehemet Ali, Pasha of Egypt, seeing the climate
of his country in everyway adapted for the cultivation of the
cotton plant on a much larger scale than it had hitherto been
carried, and knowing the rising importance of it as an article of
commerce and manufacture, commenced active measures for the
further production of the same. (See year 1823.)
1821.
Cotton culture introduced into Egypt, which has since yielded
fruitfully, England drawing a good portion of its supplies from
thence. In quality the Egyptian product is second only to the
Sea Island of the United States.
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece.. 7,005,484 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece......4,333,664 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece....................................2,671,820 pieces.
Cotton exported from United States, 124,893,405 lbs., 11,344,066 Ibs. being Sea Island: total value, $20,157,484.
United States cotton crop, 539,033 bales of 300 lbs. each.
Cotton cultivation on anything like a large scale, first began in
Upper Egypt during this year, the crop being sixty bags. (See
year 1824.)
Imports of cotton into Great Britain from foreign countries
116,367,579 lbs., as follows:      United States, 93,470,745; Brazil,
19,535,786; Turkey and Egypt, 856,868; miscellaneous, 2,504,180.
From British Possessions, 16,169,041 lbs., as follows: East Indies
and Mauritius, 8,827,107; British West Indies, the growth of,
6




82   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
5,854,944, foreign, 1,284,036; miscellaneous, 302,954.  Total imports, 132,536,620 lbs; Exports, 14,589,497 lbs * Home consumption, 137,401,549 lbs.
Richard Guest, the historian, says there were in Manchester,
England, and vicinity, this year, thirty-two cotton factories containing 5,732 power-looms.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.                              83
The price semi-weekly at New       York and course of Exchange on London, for
the Crop Year ending October 1, 1821.
1820.    Price of    Price of  Exchange     1821.     Price of   Price of   Exchange
New Orleans  Upland.   on London. i         New Orleans   Upland.  on London.
Oct. 3.20(@21         15 20     1011@102   April 6..    1517       1114        107k
6..       19(20      15  18                    10..   15   17    11   141
"   10..   1920      141  18    102~1024    "   13..   15   17    11   14k     1071
13..   19_20     141   18                "   17..   15(17      11  141
(  17..   1920      14k 18     1011@1021        20..   15  17     11  14k     107j
20..   17  19     14   17                "  24..   15   17     11  14j
24..      17  18     12   16  1014102     M "  27..   15   17    11   14j     1074
N   31..   1718       12  16May                  1..   15(17      11   147Nov   3..   1718       12   16   1021@103          4..   1517       11  14k 1071@107a
7..   17618      1216                      85..   15@17      11   14-'. 10.. 1718     12(16    1021@103                                        4 1.. 15(17 11   14~  107@1074
14..     16161      12   16               "   15..   1517       11  141
t   17..   1616A      12.16    102k@103         18..   15(17      11   15  1071@108
21..   16  16.12.16                     22..   15i 17     11   15
24...16   181    12   17k    1031       "  25..   15(17      11   16      109a
28..   16(18]     12(171                 "   29..   15(17      11  16
Dec. 1..    16184      1217       104@10441 June 1.     17(@18     13kU 16      110
5..   16(18f     12(17                      5..   17(18     13@16k
"    8..   16  18     12  17    1041041}          8..  17(~18    13k 16i       110
12..   16618|     12(17                     12.... 17(~18    13k~16
15..   16@17      1216      103@103 3       15..   17   18   13k(16k       109
19..    1617       12_16                     19..   17()18    13j1622..   1617       12  16    103~1031        22..   17(_18    31 3  161     109
26..   1617       12(16                 "   26..   17(18     13k@16k
29..   16  17     12@16     103@1031,    29..   17(18     132~16k      109
1821.                                     July  3..   17@18     13k   16k
Jan. 2..    16   17    12@16                       6..   1719      13~~18       109
5..   16  17     12_16     103@1031         10..  17@19      132a18
9..   16.17      12 u16                "    13..  17~19      13k  18   108|@109
"   12..   16  17     12  16    1031031     "   17..   17@19      13   18
16..       1     1 112     16                   20..   17@19      13 j18    1083@109
19..   16  18     12~16     103O103k         24..   17   19   13k  18
23..   16~18      12   16                    27..  17(19      13k  18   1081@109
26..   16@18      12016    103k@104          31..  17(19      131  18
30..   16  18     12   16              Aug. 3..     17@19     13k  18   108a@109
Feb. 2..    1618       12716     103k104           7..   17@19     13k  18
6..   16  18     12 @16                     10..   17@19     13 1  8   1Q83@109
9..   16  18     12   16   104@1043    -    14..  17@19      13   18
13..   16  18     12  16                     17..  17)19      13k  18      109
16..   16  17     12  16   104    105    "  21..   17   19    13 @18
20..   16   17    12(16                      24..17(19        13   18      109
23.. 16     17k    11@16       105.  28..   17  19    131  18
27..16k  172  11  16               "   31..   17  19    13k   18     109
Mch. 2..   16k@17k     11   16      105      Sept. 4..   1719      13   18
< 6.. 166@17q -  11    16                    7..  17   19    131  18      109
1 9..R16  17k    11   16      105           11..  17@19      13k  18
13..   15     126  11  14                    14..   17@19      12  17   108-~109
16..   15   161 7  11  14    1061106         18..   17  19     12  17
" 20.. 15d 16i    11   14                "   21..   17  19     12  17   1081  109
23..   15  16     11   14  106@107           25..   17  19     12@17
*<  27..  15 @~16kl  - 11  14        ~H     28..   17@19       12  317  1081@109
30..   15   16k   11   14'   107@107 
April 3..   1516       1114                  Averagefor  1          14.32
the year.




COTTON. AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1821.
RECEIPTS..         SALES.                    PRICES.
WEEK_______________                       ________                                                        ACTUAL
ENDING.                                                                                                    EXPORT. CONSUMPT'N.
American. E. I. Egypt. Brazil.  Other.  Total.  Consumpt'n. Speculation. Export.  Total.  MidUp. Mid.Orl Dohl.
______ __________ _            -             z
Jan. 6      1,146....     1,146    6,778     5,020......11,798    8     8     6....      6,778
13.............................         5,466............      5,466   7     8     6........   12,244 
"  20...  10,940............  6,827  1,017   18,785    4,320................   320    7     8     616,64
"27...  5,878...........  2,937  2,802   11,617    8,201....8,201                 7     7     6              24,765   S
Feb. 3...  10,859.........           1,551   12,410    7,805.600   200    8,605   7           64      200     32,570  >
10..   7,730..............   128    7,858     5,797.......... 200   5,99     7     8            200     38,367 
17................................................ 6,281............... 6,281  8  8  6.....44,648
24...   1,436............................ 1,436  5,986  2,000......  7,986   7a    8'    6........   50,6 4 
Mch.  3...   1,240...........................  1,240     8,500     500...... 9,000  7-    8l    6. 6-       59,134 
" 10... NoirCc4                                                                               2
10... No   Circ.............................................................................................................
"  17...   11,077   402         2,644  1,049   15,172    8,240      300    300    8,840   8     8~    63     300      67,374
24..    5,867............   805   1,247.   7,919   15,178    3,500    300   18,978   8-    8a    6  |   300     82,552
"  31..    8,546...........   1,286  2,914   19,746   11,077     2,800......  13,877        9     7......93,629
April 7...  16,525.........    1,996    989   19,510    2,096..         100    2,196   9     9     7       100     95,725
14.    6,054........  2,287  2,558   10,899    4,300..........  300   4,600   83    9     7  1   300    100,025
21...   2,314.............!  1,311   3,625    8.970    2,000......  10,970   9     9     7             108,995 
28...   1,657............        1,657    8.219      400    200    8,819   8     9     7      200    117,214
May 5...      829...............      829     5,277.........    5,277   8^    9     7...122,491
12...  17,501......         4,474   2,400   24,375    2,859    4,500......   7,359   8           7             125,350 
<  19..:  2,907  202.............  369   3,478     4,800................ 4,800   83    9     7             130,150 
26...   3,241...................'  240  3,481    4,714      400......   5,114   8     9.......   134,864 
June 2.     3,241...........    1,446   4,687    6,175      400    100    6,675   81    9     7       100    141,039 
9...   9,013.2,562                2,671   14,246    7,534                    7             9                   148............,573
"  16...  10,746...........    617   1,613   12,976    5,143     1,000......  6,143   8'    9     7........   153,716
23...   4,132............  1,023  1,881  7,036   13,696    3,000......  16,696   8     9     7........  107,412 
30...       954..............954                6,358..........  300   6,658   8     8-  s  7      300    173,770
July 7...    1,089..................    871    1,960     8,855...............    8,855    8     83     1.......     182,625 
14...  No  Cir...............................................................................................
21...  11,450............  2,503........ 13,963   3,082................  3,082   9     9     7....    185,707 
28...  18,098   700......  7,474  2,069   28,341   10,717     1,000...... 11,717   9    10     7........  196,424
Aug. 4...   2,250.....1,003          330    3,583    8,999...............  8,999   9%   101    7              205,423
"  1...  7,170......      1,189     617    8,976    4,970.......... 100    5070    9-   10     7      100    210,393
"  18...   3,997........  7,812    308   12,117    5,045................  5,045   9    10     7              215,438
"  25...  3,608...................  1,912  5,520   5,362      200......   5,562   8     83    7  i   200    220,800




Sept.... No Cic...
et... No Circ. 8............................................
15...   6694..      "2,055' "2,273     11,022     13,551       2,000            15,551      8      8      7...      234,351
" 22...   5,605............  1,816    1,839     9,260      13,007      1,000             14,007     84     83     7                 247,358
"  29...  4,629............  3,371    1,936     9,936       6,685..1.......  50      6,835     84-    84     64       150      254,043
Oct.   6...    8,081..........       1,651      716     3,175       4,092...........    4,092     84     84     6                 258,135
13...     1,490..1,068              4,228      6,786      6,164.300                      6,464     84     84     64       300      264,299
20..         4,055.....879.......      4,934      5,990.........     5,990     8      8      6.......     270,289 
" 27...   1,476............    1,182      168      2,826      5,443..........   300      5,743     8      8      64       300      275,732     7
Nov. 3...      3,189    1,969......    1,923    1,924      9,005      5,699..........    250     5,949     74     8      64        250     281,431 4
( o10...  5,778............      297     1,594     7,669      9,635................       9,635 72 8             6                 291,066 
17...  6,406.......:............  3,891  10,297     10,663..........     10,663     74     8~     6.           3.1,729 
24...       903....903                 11124..........         11,124     7      8      69.            312,853 
Dec....      397............     5,265      367      6,029      9,337        500              9,837     71     8      6...      322,190
8...     5,294                                       5,294      5,140...........    5,140      73     8&     61                327,330
"       15...  2,303............       43               2,346       6,951.........    6,951    87      84     64                334,281    Z
22...    2,769............     1,596    1,917     6,282       5,776        800              6,576     74     8      6                 340,057    Y
"t  29...     5,866..                  475      537      7,878       6,401      1,400......     7,801     74     84     64.           346,458
Avee prices 240,257     3, 273....    70,060   54,673   376,673     346,458      33,320   3,100   382;878    8       8              3390     7,217,875 
a ttT  240.257.3,273....... 7 0, A,7,                                                 878
ceipts &stocks.
*' i




86   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Weekly Quotations in the Charleston Market. Year 1891.
W7eek|.~.ee                       Weekz 1  ||     Week | W
1Week  0                         co                    a
Cc,..Z _  _ _._         I    I
1  30 25   16   14  28 22   14J  27. 30 25   171  40  30 25   16a
2  30 25   16   15  28 22   141  28  30 25   17   41  30 25   16L
3  30 25   16   16  28 22   141  29  30 25   17   42  30 25   161
4  28 24   16   17  28 22   15   30  30 25   17   43  30 25   16j
5  30 24. 16   18  26 21   15   31  30 25   17   44  30 25   16
6  30 24   16   19  28 21   15   32  30 25   17   45  30 25   17
7  30 24   16   20  26 21   15   33  30 25   17   46  30 25   18
8  30 24   16   21  26 22   15   34  30 25   16~  47  28 25   18
9  30 24   14   22  26 24   152 35   30 25   161  48  28 23   18
10  30 24   14   23  30 25   15J  36  30 25   16  49   28 23  18
11  30 24   141  24  30 25   16-  37  30 25   16J  50  28 23  18
12  30 24   141  25  30 25   16   38  30 25   16|  51  28 23  171
13  30 22   15   26  30 25   171  39 30  25   16  52   30 23  18
This is the first year of which I was able to obtain any regular
Liverpool quotations.   It will be seen that that market had not
entirely recovered from the decline commenced about the end of
1818, and it will hereafter be seen that this was to be a permanent
reduction in value, to which the abnormal advance in 1825 was
merely an accidental exception.
1822.
The first cotton mill was erected in Lowell, Mass. (See year
1852).
The bronze color so extensively used in common prints was first
produced in this year by Messrs. Hartman of Munster, Ireland,
from solutions of manganese.
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece. 6,730,880 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece.... 4,730,228  "
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece.......................................  2,000,580 
Cotton exported from United States, 144,675,095 lbs.; 11,250,635 lbs. being Sea Island; total value $24,035,058.
United States cotton crop, 588,139 bales of 300 lbs.
Cotton crop in upper Egypt, 50,000 bags.   (See year 1821.)
Imports of cotton into Great Britain, from foreign countries,
127,666,532 lbs., as follows: United States 101,031,766; Brazil
24,705,206; Turkey and Egypt 395,077; miscellaneous 1,534,483;
1,534,484; from   British possessions 15,171,096 lbs., as follows:
East Indies and Mauritius 4,554,225; British West Indies-the
growth of-9,031,904; foreign 1,263,210; miscellaneous 321,757.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.  87
Total imports, 142,837,628 lbs.; Exports, 18,267,776 lbs.; Home
consumption, 143,428,127 lbs.
Among the improvements in cotton machinery that have originated in this country, one of the most important is the combination of the train of three bevel wheels, to regulate the variable velocity requisite for winding the slender filaments of cotton on the
bobbin of the roving frame, which was originally applied and put
in operation this year by Mr. Aza Arnold, a native of Rhode Island. (See years 1823, 1825 and 1826).




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1822.                                                         cc
RECEIPTS.                             SALES.                 PRICES.
WEEK                                                                                            ACTUAL 
ENDING.     --                                                                                    EXPORT. CONSUMPTN.
American. E. I. Egypt. Brazil.  Other.  Total.  Consumpt'n. Speculation. Export  Total.  Mid. Up Mid. Orl Dlhol.
Jan,  5... 2,009...................... 2,009   5,065................ 5,065  7    8.  6.          5,0165  C
"  12...    332............................ 332   7,835.7,835                 7     8    6k.......   12,900   t
19... 9,241............  3,421........ 12,662  7,015..........7,015       7          6........  19,915
26...  3,839............  4,052  3,334  11,225  7,410..........7,410        7    8     6             2........,325
Feb.  2...  2,525...........  2,424.......  4,949  6,298................ 6,298  7    8    6........  33,623
(<  9.  3,630.............  988........  4,618  7,066...7,066          7     s3   6..        40,689  -
16..   8,849............  2,438  4,533  15,820  11,313............ 11,313  7  8     62........  52,002
23...  6,438.....   4,995  4,654  16,087   9,546................  9,546  7  8    6........  61,548 
Mch.  2...  4,784...........  2,733........ 7,517  10,974  600        11,574  7     8    6.......   72,522
9.    8,783.............  1,841  10,624   15,186...15,186          7     8    6.......   87,708
16...  8,527...........  1,000  2,983  12,510  6,426.....6,426           7    8    6........  94,134
23... 1,164   201......  1,301  320  2,986    8,15  I..'.........f  8,155  7  8    62           102,289.
30...    6,070................... 5,906  11,976  9,380...    9,380  7    8      2.......  111,669
Apl.  6...  1,221...................  535  1,756  7,242............... 7,242  7  8    6........  118,911
13...  2,506.................... 140  2,646    6,684..........  200  6,884  7   8     62     200   125,595 9
0 20...  3,628..............672         4,300    5,403..         5,403   7    8     6.......  130,988 C
27...  12,743............  4,645  639  18,027   9,837...9,837          7    8     61........ 140,835
May 4...  2,714...       800   3,514    8,597........ 600   9,197   73   8'-   61     600   149,432
11...    854....       854    8,502.........  8,502   7    8     6.......  157,934 
"  18...  3,870...       758   4,628    6,608.........     6,608  7    84    6........ 164,542 
25...  15,730............  1,963  7,451  25,144  4,066.......  950 5,016  73   8     6      9.50  168,608 
June  1...  8,374....         7,485  4,906  20,765   4,175.....4,175              4         6........ 172,783..   2,701...       280   2,981    5,695...               5,695  7    8     6........ 178,478
11 15..  2,597............................  2,597 11,000.....2597011,000.....11,000  74     189,478
22..............................  618     618    8,006...      8,006   7'  10     6. 6.    197,484  0
<( 29...  20,043..        2,853  4,561  27,457   7,339...      7,339   7'-  7'    6':.204,823 
July  6... 22,204............,022  2,393  29,619  5,072................  5,072 7       6........  09,89 
13... 7,690.............778          8,468   10,658   2.500......13,158   7    7     6            220,553 0
20     1,991.......3,210   5,201   15,610     800......16,410        72    6........ 236,163
27..20,965................      3,597  24,562   6,832...      6,832   7    7     61......   242,995  0
Aug. 3.   8,772...... 2,303    1,135  12,216  10,288.......10,288   7    7     6  I........ 253,283
10...    744............)........ 620  1,364  8,703..........    8,703  7    7     6......  261,986
17... 8,448...........5,869          14,317   6886       6,8865          /6                 7 6.......  268,872
24...   090....................145    6,235    5,431  3............. 5,431   6    6.......  274,303




Aug 31...     3,796............   4,334    8,157   16,287     13,304................   13,304    5^     6     51              287607
Sept.  7.     4,932..........     2,174    1,224    8,330     11,295...............   11,295    53   56.                     298,902
14...       1.591.............  1,182   1,002     3,775    11,617      2,200   1,000   14,817    5     6      5'    1000      310,519
"   21...     885.............      114      999     11,713      3,000   1,000  15,713     53    6      52    1,000     322 232    ^
28................................     5         5     7,353.7,353                       5     6      5........   329,585    M
Oct. 5...     2,899............   2,739     449     6,087     7,640.7,640                       5     6.    5.              337,225.
12...   14,910                 3,401    4,483   22,794    22,044.22,044                         6     6.....      359,269    ~
"   19...    2,841....................    1,427    4,268     8,910      2,500......   11,410    61    6..          368,179
"o 26...    4,591                  1,632   2,135     8,358    14,922      5,000......   19,922    6     7      5               383. 101 
Nov. 2...     2,277                           173     2,450     6,378.6,378                       6'      5o..    389,479    0
9...    1.667............   2,267    4,631    8,565      6,926     1,500......    8,426    62          5i               396,405,
16...    3,587  1,352..............   2,008    6,947     3,472................    3,472    62i          5               399,877   5
23...    1,672.1,382                           3,054      3,829.3,829                       6-     7     5.403,706
" 30...       313     60......    1,748      97     2,218     4,628.4,628                       6' 7       5a..          408,334
Dec.  7...    1,084...................     2,957    4,041     7,767................    7,767    6                            416. 101
14...    1,252.1,500                           2,752      8,490.8,490                       6      7     5..         424,591
"   21...   3,614....................     914     4,528     8,431.8,431                       6     7      5               433, 022 
"   28...    2,845.144                             2,989    13,456..........  200    13,656    62 7         s       200     446,478 1
Avetotsle  prices
lteroe-ie   274,832  1,613     67,106  95,380  439,031    446,468    18,100   3,950  468,518    6,s    7o    607-   3,950    8,586" 
ceipts & stocks.                            __-'~-]-_9
C-i
co




90     CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The price semi-weekly at New      York and Course of Exchange on London, for the
Crop Year ending October 1, 1822.
1821.    Price of    Price of  Exchange      1822.     Price of   Price of  Exchange
New Orleans  Upland.   on London.      1     New Orleans   Upland.  on London.
Oct. 2..    17@19       12@17    1081@109    April 5.. 17k@20        12  17j
t    5..   17(X19     12@(17<                     9..17q20          1217      112      4
9..   17  19     12(@17       109       i   12.. 17(@20        12@17
12..  1719       12Q17                      16.. 175(720       12  17   1]13@113j
16..   17@19      12@17        109           19...173@(20      12  17k
i   19..   1719       12(217                     23..   17(20       12( 18    113@1131
" 23..     17(19      1217        109i "        26..   17@20       12~18
26..      17@19      12017                      30..   17@20       1218      113@113~
i  30..  17(219    12@(17      109a     May   3..   17@20       12  18
Nov. 2..    17(19       12@17                       7..   17(19      12@18        100
6..   17  19      12017       1093      "   10..   17   19     12  18
9..   17  19                                                   12217  14..  1719  1218  100
13..   17  19     12@17     109~@110     "   17..   17   19     1216'  16..   17   19     12@17                 "   21..   17   19     12@17       100
20..   17(19      12   17k     110           24..   17@19       12  17
23..   17~19      1217                   "   28..   17   19     12  17   109i@110
27..  17(19      12   17k     110           31..   17(19       12@17' 30..     17(19      12   171              June 3..    16@18      11   17    109@109t
Dec. 4\.    17Q19       12  17k 110j111        "    7..   16  18     11@17
" 7..      17  19     l2?17                ["    11..   16(18      11   17    108@108~
i'  11.    17@j19     12j17i 1125@113      ], 14..  16@18     11@17
14.       17@19      12   17                    18..   16@18      11@17      108@108k
"  1.. 17(19      142@18     112@1123        1, 21..  1618     1116' 21..  1719      1418                       25..   1   18'11 17    108@108k
25..      17@19      14@18        111k          28..   16@18      11@17
28..   17G19       14  17               July  2..   1518        1115      108@108k
1822.                                            6..   15   18     11@15
Jan.  1..    1719       14@j17   111k@112           9..   15( 17     11_16     108@108k
8..   17@19      14( 17   111   112         16..   14   17    10@16          9'<'    1  19@521     12    17      "                19 1417       10_16
15..   1921       1217      1111111          23..   14   17    11   15      110
18..   19@21      12   17                "   26..   14   17     11  15
22..   19@21      12   17k     112k      "   30..   14   17     1115        110
25..   1921       12   17               Aug. 2..    1417        1115' 29..     1921       12   17k     112k           6..   14   17.1115         110
Feb. 1..    19.21       12  17                 "    9..   14  17    10 @15
5..   19(21      12   17k     112           13..   14   17   10N   15      110
8..   1921       12   17                "   16..   12_16      10j14
12..   19  21     12   17  113k@114          20..   12   16     1014        1101
15..   19(21      12   17                    24..   12@16      10   14
19.    19@21      12   17   113@1114         27..   12   16    10   14      110l
22..      19(21      12   171               "   30..   12   16     10  14
26..  19@21      12   17k 113L@114     Sept. 3..   12   16     10  14      1101
Mch. 1.. 19k(@22        12  17k                     6..   12  16     10  14
5..  1921        12  17i 113i@114          10..   12   16     10  15   110k@111
8..       1921       12   17                "   13..   12a16       10  15
12..   19 @21      12@17     1 113 2113      17..   1216        10  15   110 @111
15..       19_21      12    7i                   20..   12   16     1015
"   19..   1921       12   17k   112(112         24..   14   16     10  15   112k@113
22..      1921       12   17                "   27..   14   16     10  15
26..   20@21      12   [17k  112@1121 Oct.     1..  14   16     10  15      112k
"   29..   18@21'     12@7Averagefor'-                     -      -
April 2.   17k@20       12@17k      112k      the year,   17@59      14@32




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.      91
1823.
United States crop 509,600 bales of 300 lbs.
Machinery was so far perfected at this period that a steamloom weaver, about fifteen years of age, attending two looms,
could weave seven pieces 9-8ths shirting per week (each 24 yards
long, containing 100 shoots of weft an inch, the reed of the cloth
being a 44 Bolton count and the warp and weft 40 hanks to the
Ib). Two pieces per week for a hand-weaver was considered good
work. (See years 1826 and 1833.)
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece. 7,247,676 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece.... 4,587,004  "
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty
of 5s. per piece.................................... 2 660,62 
Cotton exports from United States, 173,723,270 lbs., 12,1'36,688
lbs. being Sea Island; total value $20,445,520.
About this year, long stapled cotton of an excellent qualitysuperior to any other kind except Sea Island-began to be imported into England from Egypt.
Cotton crop in upper Egypt 120,000 bags. (See year 1821.)
Egyptian cotton was introduced into Great Britain for the first
time this year, when Mehemet Ali exported 5,023 bales.
Mr. John Heathcoat, M. P.'s patent (see year 1809) for making
lace expired.
Imports of cotton into Great Britain from foreign countries,
169,370,073 lbs., as follows: United States, 142,532,112; Brazil.
23,414,641; Turkey and Egypt 1,334,547; miscellaneous, 1,988,773: from British Possessions, 22,032,430 lbs.. as follows: East Indies and Mauritius 14,839,117; British West Indies-the growth
of —5,719,610, foreign, 1,315,183; miscellaneous 158,520.  Total
Imports, 191,402,503 lbs.; Exports, 9,318,402 lbs.: Home con
sumption, 186,311,070 lbs,
Richard Guest, the historian, says there were this year in
England 10,000 steam-looms in operation.
United States export of cotton to France, 25,000,000 lbs. (See
year 1829).
Aza Arnold received a patent January 21st, this year, for his
bevel-wheel combination. (See years 1822, 1825 and 1826).




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1823.
RECEIPTS.                                   SALES.                     PRICES.'
WEEK S___________________________________________________________________ ACTUAL 
ENDING.                                                                                                          EXPORT. CONSUMPT'N. 
American. E. I. Egypt. Brazil.  Other.  Total.  Consumpt'n. Speculation. Export  Total.  Mid. UpMid Orl Dhol
Jan. 4..............................            5,708..........     5,708    61    7      51               5,708   0
11          3,41.....                         3,418      4,792................  4,792    6'    7     51........    10,500
(  18..  1,941  1,000......  1,574  1,223    5,738    10,519     5,000          15,519    6     7      51              21,019.
25...    2,435........     275     353    3,063     7,296..........   7,296   64     7     5.           28,315 
Feb. I..    9,094..........     1,090    230    10,414     4,989.........    4,989    6     7     51.....       33, 304
8...     999........  1,114........  2,113    13................  13,422    6     7      546,726
15...   19,292............  2,261  2,577    24,130    11,297     5,000.       16,297    6~    7     5               58,023
22...    7,522............  1,188     294    9,004    20,222     1,500    500    22,222 -  6     7     5       500     78,245
Mchl  1...   7,036............   4,194........ 11,230     8,901....8,901                   6.    7........    87,146
8...    9,845  1,851......  1,660  1,560   14,916     9,706..........         9,706    6     7      51......      96,852
15..   17,417............  2,277......  19,694   9,750       800    300   10,850    6-    7      5'      300    106,602
22..   6,217   1,289......  2,256   1,174   10,936    14,927     3,000......17,927      6     7........   121,529
29...   11,222..................   1,709    12,931    7,118..............     7,118    6     7     5128,647
April 5...  14,501............   3,807    170    18,478     7,788..........7,788             6     7     5136,435 
12...   4,031....................    44     4,075    11,092     1,500   1, 000  13,592   6~    7     51     1,000    147,527
19...   14,624............   3,317   2,384   20,325    10,153     1,000......11,153      6     7     5.....     157,680 
26.    11,895....................  3,043   14,938     7,577       600.        8,177    6     7      5.165,257               >
May 3...     2,825.2,825                                    12,240     1,000.       13,240    6     7     5.......      177,497
o10... 14,787.3,185                           17,972    11,022     1,500           12,522   6      7 7..188,519 
17...  14,819............  2,768   1,017   18,604     6,525     2,000.....    8,525    6     7........    195,044
24...    6,440......1......  1,195........  7,635    12,536    12,000.....   24,536   61     7...        207,5800
(" 31...    3,566............   1,615    660     5,841    11,760     6,700          18,460    6     7     5.......   219,340
June 7...   23,340...........   3,815     49    27,204    10,335     7,200.       17,535    6           5.....      229,675
14...   16,820  1,519......  2,231   1,412   21,982    16,089    10,000.       26,089    7     7     5........   245,764
21...    4,591...................    114    4,705     8,220     1,300            9,520   7      7     5...253,984 
28...   11,610............  3,091    460   15,161    11,315    12,000.       23,315    7' 7'    5.    I   265,299
July  4...   8,386...................  1,571    9,957    12,758     9,000.21 758           7     7     6........   278, 057 a
11...   21,589...........   3,081     140   24,810    17,604    21,000....    38,604    8     8      6....          295,661 
18.   26,603.......   915    4,122   31,640     8,016     2,000.       10,016'   8     8     6...303,677.
25...    5,588............    544   1,393    7,525     7,175     3,000......   10,175   8     8      6.....      310,852 
Aug. 1...    4,697                 3,304   2,690   10,691     6,854     5,000......  11,854    8'    83    6.         317,706
8...    7,159                2,247     284    9,690    12,033...........12,033           8     8     6.......    329,739
15.     1,059                  981     292    2,332     3,069     1,500......   4,569   8     8......   332,808
22...   15,210                2,325   1,156   18,691     2,980,,980    8   1 8      6........   335,788




April29... I...........................    493       493      4,034-     2,000......    6,034     8      8      6.........   339,822
Sept 5...     10,148......          2,858    3,024    1030        6,110      4,000.        10,110     8      8      6........    345,932
12...    1,752.............      308      2,060     24,105      5,000            29,105     84     84     64               370,037
1                                                    6   879......                            6'"  19...  4,470..1,654                755      6,879      3,32.2     3,000             6,322     8             6                373,359
26...    4, 978........  2,693 i  1,300    8,971      7,241      2,000             9,241     84     84     6........    380,600 
Oct.  3...       100                     855.....        955      5,809..........        5,809     8      8      6                386,409    W
10..      4,442.4,577                       260      9,279      7,072.7,072 8. 8.                                      6..        393, 481 7
"l  17...     2,387   1,355..............   1,153    4,895       3,414................     3,414     7      8      6........    396,895
24...        50                     608.      658      6,456      1,200......    7,656     73     84     64               403,351    ^
"   31...     1,856                  3,046      287      5,189      5,819..5,819                   7      84. 64                409,170    0
Nov. 7...      1,9822......   2,135    1,653     5,770      5,530...........    5,530     7      8      6.......     414,700
14...    4,826                   2,9471     316      8,089      6,686      1,000......    7,686     7      8      6                421,386    0
21...      978..2,244                  3,222      11,694      2,000......   13,694     7      8      6........    433,080    >
28...     6,759............   10,369    1,216    18,344      5,041................     5,041     7-     8      6........    438,121
Dec. 5...      6,361...........     1,207    2,960    1.0,528     7,850..7,850                    63     74     6                445,971
12...     5,319..5,736                1,308    12,363     12,184..12,184                   63     74     6                458,155    Z
<  19...  3,916   6,670..............   5,368    15,954      17,115      7,'000......   24,115     7      74     6                475,270'
26...       12..,788                2,846     5,646      10,168      5,000            15, 168                  6......    485,438    r
efrale prices8 390 914  13,684        94,598   58,797   557,993    485,438    145,800    1,800  633,038    7.21   7.69   5.80   1.800     9.335.23
ceipts & stocks._____ _______________ 




94    CHIRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The price semi-weekly at New York, rates of Freight to Liverpbol and Course
of Exchange on London, for the Crop Year ending October 1, 1823.
IX    l
O   t S...416 110,~      a 15   ( I
1822.        Ap r      i'l      1823.  *.2(          480'
Oct. 4..14@16 10_15    1122   k@|d. April 8..112  14  9 12
8.. 14@16 10 15                    11.. 12kd14  9 12 105~105k
"11.. 14@16 106 14o   112,             15.. 12  _14 9 12
(15..14 16 110@14k                    18.. 12k 14 9 12 105@105k
"18..114@16 10@14k    1124          "22.. 125 14 9 12
22- 13 15 9@14                      25.. 12  14  9 12 105@105k' 25.. 13 15k 914k 112i@,113           29.. 12k 14  9@12
29..13 15k 9@14k                 May 2.. 12  14  912   104     Id.
Nov. 1..13 15k 9@14k 1123@113 |s3d.     6.. 12ha14 912
5.. 13@15k 9@14                     9. 12  14  9(12   103k
8.13 15k 9~ 14 112k@113            13..12   _ 14 9 12
12.. 13,151 9@14                 "16.. 12   14 9 12 104@104k
15..13 15k 9~14      1124             20..12k 14 9 12
19..113 15/ 9(14)                     23.. 11l 14 9 12 104@104J
"22.. 13 15k 9@14     1124         "27.. 11. 14 9@,12, 26.. 13 15k 9@14                     30.. 11i  14 9 12 104@104k
"29..13l15k 9@14      1124        June 3..1 l  14 9 12            Id.
Dec. 3.. 13151011                 d.     6.. l  14 9 12 104105
"7.. 13 1510@11    1124         "10.. Il' 14 9 12
" 10.. 13@15110@11                     13.. 11  14 9 12 106k@107
13.. 13@15k10@11     113           "  17.. 11l  14 9~@12
17..:13@15k1011                    " 20.. 11k 14 9_12 106k@107
20.. 13@15/ 1011 1121|@11       "24.. lk 14 9 12
24.. 13615k10@11 21 "27..16 _17 9 15 106@1061
27.. 13@.15k10@11 112@1121      July 1.. 16k17 9 15             Id.
A 31.. 1114   9g1l                     4. 163 17 9 15 106@a 1061
1823.                              "   8.. 16k 17 9 15
Jan. 3.. 11i14k 9@11 112@112k3 (Id. "   11.. 16k 17 9  L51054@106
7..11@14k 9@11 I                   15.. 1617 91   15
"      10.. 1114k 9 11  112@112k      18.. 16k 17.9 15106j@1064
14.. 17      9 12ki               "22.. 16    17 9 15
"  17...17    9 121 112@112         "25.. 16k 17   9 15 106j@1064
21..117~... 9 12k                "29.. 14@1811 l   16
24.. 16@.. 9 12k 112@1124         Aug. 1.. 14 18 11k  16 106j@1061 kd.
28.. 16k../  912I "                  5.. 14 18 lk 16
31.. 16k~.. 912k l                 "   8.. 14(18 11@16   107k
Feb. 4.. l6.. 912              d.   I 12.. 16@181109@16
" 7.. 16k~.. 9@12     1104          "15.. 16 18 10k 16    107k
"11.. 16k.. 9@12                     19.. 16 18 10k16
14.. 16@.. 9 12   109@1093       "22. 16 18 10k 16      107j
t 18.. 14 15 9@12                   "26. 16 18 10k 16
21.. 14 15 9@12    109@109k 1         29.. 16Q18 10' 16  107
25.. 14 15 9(12                 Sept. 2.. 16 18 10  16 I1.
28.. 14A15 9@12     109@109''  5.. 16 18 10k 16   106k
Mch. 4.. 14 15 9_12             d        9.. 16 18 10 17
7.. 14 15 9_12   110@110        "  12.. 16 18 10 17    106k
11.. 14 15 9 12                   16. 16 18 12 17
14.. 14.. 9lk 107kG1074         "19.. 16 18 12 17 106a@107
"18.. 14      9  lk'            23. 1719 1217
21.. 14@.. 911]063@107           i  26.. 17@19 12.17 106/@107
"25.. 14... 9     l                 "30.. 17@19 1217
" 28.. 14~.. 9    111105k@106k kd.  Average
April 1.. 12@14 912                  for year. 14.46  11.40
"   4.. 12k@14 9 12 103k@104
4.~~~~~~~~~~~~~- i-2J14. 0



CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.     95
Weekly Quotations in the Charleston Market. Year 1823..'   4.      Z  t A
Week           Week           Week ^         W eek G 
1 30 20   12i 14 25 18 11i 27 32 20 141 40 30 20        17
2  30  21  12 115  25  18  11i  28  32  20  14}  41  30  20  17
3  30  21  12 1  16  25  18  12  29  30  20  14i  42  30  20  16
4 30 21   121 17 25 18 12    30 30 20 15     43 30 24   161
5  30 21 12   18 25 18 12    31 33 20 15     44 30 24 17
6  25 21  12  19 25 18 121 32 33 20 15      45   30 24 17
7 25 21 12    20 25 19 121 33 33 20 15      46 30 24 17
8  25 21 12   21 25 19 121 34 33 20 14' 47 30 24 16
9  25  21  12  22  25  19  12  35  33  20  141  48  28  23  16
10 25 21 12    23 30 19 13    36 33 20 15    49 28 22 1511 25 19 12    24 30 19 13    37 30 20 16    50 2822 15
12 25 19 12    25 30 19 13k 38 30 20 17      51 28 22 145
13 25 18 11i   26 32 20 141 39 30 20 17      52  28 22 14k
This year " the house of Cropper, Benson & Co. of Liverpool drew
up a manifest, in which by a variety of calculations it strove to show
by logical conclusions and reckonings, that the production of cotton had its limit, and that in consequence of the abolition of the
slave trade, and the annual decrease of the colored population, as
well as by the natural restrictions which northern latitudes place
upon cotton growing, the necessary and approaching consequence
must be that the importation would become daily less, and obtainable only at very high prices, and that from this would resultso at least they believed-that the consumption would far exceed
the production, and make the cost of cotton immensely higher.
This manifest was circulated with a certain pomp all over the cotton manufacturing districts in England and the United States."
Vincent Nolte' s Reminiscences, p. 291-2.
I copy the above because the arguments are so much like what
we have often heard in the past ten years; and also because it is
a faint indication of the direction in which some men's thoughts
were turning at that time. Cropper, Benson & Co., were naturally
men of great enterprise and, sometimes, had a kind of unconscious
instinct of the future, as shown in their early investments in the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The commercial world began this year, if not earlier, to tire of the inaction and hum-drum
of legitimate trade. Cropper, Benson & Co. were like other people, only more sensitive to the great currents of thought, and
hence, in a small way, leaders. To be sure the arguments and
logic of their manifest look rather awkward and bungling at this
day; but this was all natural.




96   CHRONOLOGICAL ANDI S'TA'ISTISTCA  I:IST(tRY OF COTTON.
McCulloch says "the price of corn, which had been very
much depressed in 1821 and 1822, rallied in 1823; and this circumstance contributed, along with others peculiar to that period, to
promote an extraordinary rage for speculation. The issues of the
country banks being in consequence far foo much extended, the
currency became redundant inthe Autumn of 1824."
Here we see one of the immediate causes of the cotton speculation and the financial crash among the country banks in 1825.
1824.
Average price for United States middling uplands in Liverpoll, 81d.
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece. 8,167,872 pieces.
Duty on same received by Government.......................~2,040,718
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece...-. 5,527,864 pieces.
Drawback paid hy Government on same................... ~1,381,941
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece............................. 2,635,108 pieces
Net amount of duty received by Government for same......... ~658,6f7
Cotton exported from United States, 142,469,663 lbs., 9,525,722
lbs being Sea Island; total value $21,947,401.
Cotton crop in upper Egypt 140,000 bags. (See year 1821).
Egyptian cotton imported into Great Britain, 38,022 bags.
Imports of cotton into Great Britain from    foreign countries,
126,035,391 lbs., as follows: United States, 92,187,662; Brazil,
24,849,552; Turkey and Egypt, 7,719,368; miscellaneous, 1,278,720; from British Possessions, 23,344,820 lbs., as follows; East
Indies and Mauritius, 16,420,005; British West Indies-the growth
of-5,006,002, foreign, 1,263,304; miscellaneous, 655,509. Total imports, 149,830,122 lbs; Exports, 13,299,505 lbs; Home consumption, 141,038,743 lbs.
George Danforth of Massachusetts invented the tube frame, or'Taunton Speeder," as it was sometimes called, having been first
built and brought into use in Taunton, Mass., and it was patented September 2d of this year.  (See year 1825).
A 7 qr. bobbin-net machine was easily sold this year for ~60().
(See year 1835.)




COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, The following is ascertained to be the deficiency, compared with the
for the year ending 1st October, 1824.                                   previous year ending 1st October, 1823.
Bales.     Total.                                                         Bales.     Total.
NEW   ORLEANS.                                                            NEW ORLEANS. 
Amount of Exports, Foreign and Coastwise.......      143,943              Amount of Exports for the year ending,
Remaining on hand............................          1,501                1st October, 1823............... 171,431,                          __ —Remaining on hand...................                                                    2,869 
DEDUCT                                           145,444.                                                                  174,300
On hand 1st October, 1823............    2,869                            Export for the year ending, 1st October
Received from Mobile. 13,094                                                1824.                                  143,943
do      Florida................    3,000                            Remaining on hand.................         1,501
18,963                                             i,
Total at New Orleans, which includes Louisiana,                                                                     145,444
Mississippi, Tennessee and the North of Alabama..........     126,481  Deduct difference in the receipts fromt
FLORIDA.                                                Mobile, more than the previous year..    9,131
Export to New Orleans..........................        3,000                                                                   136313
do    New York............................      1,039                                                                                37,987
do    other ports...........................        461                                 ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA.                                                                    EORGIA3
Export from Mobile and Blakely (the crop from the                         Deficiency in  pland 1534
north part of the State included in the export from                                     land........................     16,534
New Orleans)........................44,924...................                   01,,  GEORGIA.                   l          lSOUTH CAROLINA. 
Amount of Exports, Foreign and Coastwise........      152,208Defciency i                Uplands.....                             6,280
o                                                Deficiency in Uplands..                                 6,280
Remaining  on  hand..............................        527o                           Sea  Islands......................       2115
152, 735
SOUTH CAROLINA.                                   12                                                                           8,395
Amount of Exports Foreign and Coastwise......         154,518                            NORTH CAROLINA.
Deduct amount received from Savannah                                       Deficiency estimated at..................................         5,000
and included in the Georgia Exports.. 4,000                                                                                                --
Received from  North Carolina through                                                                                                        73,531
Cheraw and Wilmington,...........     16,000                            Deduct for increase in Florida.......................       1,500 
Cheraw andWilington.........20,000                   134,518
NORTHCAROLINA                           20,000    134P518   Total deficiency........................................          72,031
NORTH CAROLINA                                              Total deficiency.72,031
No positive data could be obtained in regard to the                       Consisting of Uplands......                  68,43
crop in this State; but, the estimate is believeddo                                    ea Islands..............          3,593
to be substantially correct at..................46,000                                                                                     72,031
Total amount of crop in the, United States..................    509,1585                                                              ______91




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1824.'
RECEIPTS.                                 SALES.                     PRICES,
WEEK                                                                                                         ACrUAL CONSUME. 
ENDING.                                                   ~                                                   EXPORT. CO
American. E. I. Egypt. Brazil.  Other.  Total.  Consumpt'n. Speculation. Export  Total.  Mid. Up Mid.Orl Dhol.
Jan. 2...    7,639.2,316                520    10,475    5,369..........5.......   5,369    7     8     6                5,369
9...   8,403..        1,240..     9 643     3,458..         3,458    7     8     6.....8,827
16..      2.785............ 681........  3,466     9,529................. 9,529  7      8     6               18,356  0
"  23.      2,713............  988   1,598    5,299   10,688...10.688              -7     8     6......     29,044
"  30...   11,227............  1,423   3,600   16,250   15,366...........       15,366    7     8     6               44,410  0
Feb. 6..     6,870............  1,877   2,501   11.254    12,450    1.000.      13,450    7     8     6....56,860
"  13...    2.759......  498   1,948    503     5,708'  14,110     3,000......17,110      7     8     6.......     70,970
20.        5,080............  3,576  880     9,536    9,840..........         9,840    7     8     6........    80,810 
"   27.     2,033.2,033                                 13,427...........13,427          7     8     6........    94,237
Mch.  5..   -2,9 0......  630...............  3,550     5,843............... 5,843    7     8     6........   100,080... 18,268            6.879  4,663.29,810               9,838.......,838.........  9,         8109,88  791 8 
19.     11,224......  314   2,480   1,755   15,773   12,798     9,000          21,798    7     8     6........   122.716 
26..   7,129............  2,361   1,260   10,750    15,647     2,000  1......  7,647   7.      138363
Apr. 2...    1.697.............  2,571   606    4874     10,499                   10,499    7|    8     6              148,8623
7,914........              2,005    9,919    10,322......            10,322   73    8........            159,184 
16...  6,621   1,872.........  184    8,677    11,922...............   11,922   7     8     6              171.106   M
"  23..     5,783.....   420........  766     6,969   17,241..........        17,241    8     8     6....   188,347.
"  30.     22.089   145..............  2,655   24,889   12,509................ 12,509    8     8     6........   200,856  ti
May.  7...   4,245............  2,247     84     6,576    8,416     1,000......   9,416    8     8     6........   209,272
(, 14I...../... 3,080  1,352  8,485   8,102..........800        8,902   8      8     6      800     217,374  -
"  21...   9,667............  1,464  224    11,355    6,909..........         6,909    8     8     6........   224,283   I
28...    3,312...........  1,210  1,750   6,272     6,197................ 6,197   8     8     6......    230,480 
June 4...    1,415  2.271......  1,923     25     5.634     9,904      500    800   11,204    8     81    6       800    240.384  ^
(  11...  9,776  2,836......  3,873   830   17.315    11,943      700    500   13,143    8     81    6       500    252.327 
"t 18...    4.637............       1,167    5,804   10,553     1,500    500   12,553   8      8     6      500     262,880 
"   25...  19,396  1,733......  4,099   7,035   32,263    6,009........6,009              8      81    6.268,889            5
July  2...   7,916......2......  2155  1,543   11.614    8,644..........8,644            7     8     6....277.533
"   9.      3,374........     2,565   2,04'2  7,981    15,079     1,000          16,079   74     81    6             292,612   ~
"   16...   6,601...... 1,716  1,315    547    10,179    7,589                     7,589   71     81    5.          300,201  H
"  23.      5,125......  3,010  1,260........ 9.395    7,476...........7,476          71,677 
"  30.       6752,831                            3,506    10,975     2,000......  12,975   71     81........  318,652
Aug. 6...  5,470...286                   5,756    11,331     2,000  1,000   14,331   71    8            1,000   329,983
"  13...    6,264...........  1,817  667    8,748     7,300................  7,300   7j     8     5             337,283
20...       2,038  1,000......   956     311    4,305     7,221..........         7,221   71     8     5.1     344,504
27...      3,373  1,843..............2,011    7,227     9,905...............    9,905   71     8.... 5...   354,409




Sept. 3...      618............  1,757     498     2,873      5,908.5,908                        7......      360,317
"   10...    2,495..7,214                 722    10.431      7,185.7,185                        7      8s     5.           367,502
17.          4,153.3,548                     1,728     9,429      9,771.9,771                        75     8      5........    377.273
"   24...    2,595...... 1,636   4,780    2.184    11,195     11,345.11,345                       7-     8      51              388,618    o
Oct.  1...    2,652...... 4,375.......    1,847     8,874      8,622................    8,622     7     7...       397,240
8...    1,257............              582     1,839     10,601.10, 601                      7      7      5               407, 841 
"   15...      686......  941........     370     1,997     19,827................   19,827    7      7                      427,668 
22...    2,177   2,463  1560     3.570     528    10.298      9,480      1,000           10480      7     7      5...       437,148
19,824 4                 2      7      6     6
29...     2.053......  724    3,887      471     7,135     25,478................    25,478    7      8      51........   462,626    a
Nov. 5...     2,685......  474     1,386........    4,545     16,965................   16.965     7     8      5                479,591 
12...    1,621...... 3,170     867    2,753     8411       7,513.7,513                        73    84     54........    487 104
"   19...      240............   2,069      390     2,699     13,234    13,300......   26,534    8             5               500,338
26...       23.493                    1,229     1,745      6,238      1,800            8,038     8     84     5                506,576338 
Dec. 3...       201............  4,603      103     4,907     12,303      2,000           14,303     84   8      54               518.879
"   10..       438..........                438     11,680      1,000......   12,680    84     8..         530,559    >
"   17.................    845..........845                 15,373     9,500            24,873    87     9      5.          545,932
24..     1.608......  481     1,720   1,275     5,084      8,804..8,804                   9     9      5...554,736
31.      2,620...... 1.597    4,358     388     8,963      1,904................    1,904     9     9      5........    556,640    wQ
oalera      265,413   13, 863 28,170  94,460  55,722  457,628    556,640     46,'00   3,600  606,840    7.66  8.27   5.77    3,600   1,050,264
ceipts & stocks. 
* American and other stocks, 121.000.
0D
=1L




100   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The price semi-weekly at New York, rates of Freight to Liverpool and Course,
of Exchange on London, for the Crop Year ending October 1, 1824
0            I. 
"               Oro     W 0          0 ~0            00 
j1828      _   s_0.-8 1824. 0. 
Oct. 3 17@p19  12@17 106O@107i id.   April 6 15@17 134@15
"   7 17,19   12@17                  "   9 15@17 134@15     109
"10 17 19     12@17    108           "  13 16 17   14@15
14 17 19  12 17                  "  16 15@ 17  14 15    109
"17 15 17     12( 16 107|@108        "  20 15A  17  14 @15
"21 15 17     12@16                  "  23 15A@174 14 15    1081
24 17'@... 14 @17 1074@108          27 16@18/ 14i@151
28 17(18~ 144_18                      30 16 18i 14/I16    108t
31 17a19   141.8 1071@108        May 4 16@18 14(@16 i@4d.
Nov. 4 17.19  14~18.        id.    <  7 16@18~ 14A@16     109
7 17 19   14 18 106~@107~        "  11 16 184 15@16
1" 0 17 19  14 18                 "  14 16(@184 15@16   109@1091
14 16( 181 13 18 1061@107         "  18 16@18i 15@16
18 1    8  13 17"                    21 16@ 184 15 161 109|@110
21 14 @18  13@161 107@1071     1"    25 16@184 15 164
25 144@18  13@16                  I  28 16@,184 15 164   110
28 14,@18  13@16    1097         June 1 16-@18- 15a16i           od.Dec. 2 15@17   13 16           4@~id. /"  4 16@181 15a161     110
4   5 15@17   13@16    108           "   8 16@184 15 16i
9 15 17 121@16                      11 16 18j 15 164 1091@1094
"  12 15 17 124 16     108           "  15 16@18   15 16
"16 1517 124 16                   "  18 1616184* 15 16   109
19 15 17 12i416     108           "  22 16 184 15 16
23 15a>19 114  16                 "  25 16 184 15 16     108    |
26 15( 187 13 16 107@.108         "  29 16 184 15 16
"30 15@184 13 16                    July 2 16 184 15 16     109    i@-jd.
1824.                                "   6 16 184 15@16
Jan. 2 15 @184 13@16 107@~108 @@-d. I     9 16 18] 15 16      109
6 15@18 13 a@15^                 "  13 16@18   15(416
9 15 18 132@,15l   108              16 16@18:5@16 108j@109
13 15@18 132@(15                  "  20 16 18   15@16
16 15@17 13'a 15 1071@108        "  23 16@18   15@16-   1084
20 15(17 13 @15                   "  27 16@18   15@616
23 15@17 134 @15    107           "  30 16@17 14@ 154    1084
2"  7 15@17 134@15               Aug. 3 16@17   14@15           i@4d.
30 15R,17 13 I15    107t          "   6 16@17f 14@15     1081
Feb. 3 15% 17 134  15                 "  10 16@(17  14@15
6 15@}17 134 15    107 i[d.      "[ 13 16 171 14@15     1081
10 154,17 134  15                 "  17 16@172 14 15
13 15@17 13@ 15    108           "  20 16 174 14 15     1084
17 15(f417 113  15                "  24 16@ 174 14 15
20 15@17 13i 15     1Q8           "  27 16@ 174 14 15    109
"24 15@17 13m215             ]          31 16@17[ 14 15
27 15Q@17 13@15     1081         Sept. 3 16@174 14 15   109@10941@(@.
Mch. 2 15     J,17  ]3~415      id.  c"   7 16 174 14>15
" 9 155@17 13|~15     108              10 14      1315     109.,9 15 )17 13j@15 ] /           14 14(17   13 15
12 1517 13j@15 1084@J109         "  17 14(417  13 15 1091@1094
16 151417 133 15                     21 1417    13
"  19 15@a 17 13|2@15  109' 24 14@17   13(15 1094@109f
23 15 17 131.@15                 "  28 14@17   13@15
26 15 17 13:-@15   109          Average
"30 15 17 135_@15                foryear. 16.64  14.75
April 2 15 17 13j,15    109     id.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.            101
Weekly Quotations in the Charleston Market. Year 1824'.
C a                                 W  V.            _
Week              W e* e k C                    zd
Week  e                       4 |  Wreek 1          W:  =,  Week I. -'ggQQ  iO    1-   a        _                      QV.  t
1  30 22   14k  14   26 22   14   27  28 23   16   40  26 21    14
2  30 22   142  15   26 22   15   28  28 23   151  41   26 21   14
3   26 19   14   16  26 22   15   29  26 23   15A  42   26 21   14
4   26 22  14    17  26 22   156  30  26 23   15i  43   26 23   14
5   26 22   4    18  26 22   16   31  26 23   15   44   26 23   14
6   26 22  14    19  28 22   16   32  26 23   14   45   26 22   14
7   26 22   14   20 28   13  16   33  26 23   14   46   26 22   141
8   26 22  14    21  28  23  16   34  26 23   14   47   26 22   14k
9   25 21  14. 22.28 23     16   35  26 23   14   4826 2 2     14
10  25 21   14k  23   30 23   16k  36  26 23   14   49  26 24   15
11  25 21   14k  24   30  23. 16  37  26 23   14   50   28 24  15
12  25 21   14k  25   30 23   16k  38  26 21   14   51   28 24  165
13  25 21   14k 26    30 23   16k  39  26 21   14   52   28 24  15k
1825.
Previous to this year there were no full and reliable statistics,
either commercial or official, of the cotton production and trade.
The cotton worm committed extensive ravages this year. (See
years 1800, 1804 and 1846.)
Consumption reduced. Cotton costing twenty-five cents in the
United States, was sold in Liverpool, after a long holding, so as to
return but six cents per lb.
Nuipber of cotton spindles in the United States estimated at
800,06, using 100,000 bales per annum.
Mr. Roberts, of Sharp, Roberts & Co., of'Manchester, England,
took out a patent for a self-acting mule.       (See years 1792 and
1830.)
Mr. Henry Houldsworth, cotton spinner, of Manchester, England, this year invented a combination of wheels. for attaching the
movements of the spindle and bobbin together, so as to regulate the
speed of the latter in proportion to that of the former.
Mr. Dyer, of Manchester, England, introduced          the "-tubeframe" from America, obtaining the first patent this year.       (See
year 1829 and 1833.)
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece..8,140,876 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece.... 6,662,368 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece.................................. 1,478,508 pieces.
Cotton exported from     United States, 176,439,907 lbs., 9,655,278 lbs. being Sea Island; total value, $36,346,649.




102  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Egyptian cotton imported into Great Britain, 111,023 bags. (See
year 1823.)
The importations of cotton goods into England from other
sources than the East Indies were inconsiderable up to this year.
Importation of raw cotton into Ireland this year, 6,768,463 lbs.
(See years 1801, 1816 and 1817.)
Imports of cotton into Great Britain from foreign countries,
199,272,665 lbs., as follows: United States, 139,908,699; Brazil,
33,180,491; Turkey and Egypt, 18,938,246; miscellaneous, 7,245,229; from British Possessions, 28,732,626 lbs., as follows: East
Indies and Mauritius, 20,294,262; British West Indies, the growth
of, 7,413,764, foreign 780,184; miscellaneous, 244,416. Total imports, 228,005,291 lbs.  Exports, 18,t,04,953 lbs; Home Consumption, 202,546,869 lbs.
Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin (see year 1793),
died this year on the 8th of January, and is buried in the cemetery
of New Haven, Connecticut. His tomb is after the model of
Scipio's at Rome, and bears the following inscription:
ELI WHITNEY,
THE INVENTOR OF THE COTTON GIN.
OF USEFUL SCIENCE AND ARTS THE EFFICIENT
PATRON AND IMPROVER.
ON THE SOCIAL RELATIONS OF LIFE A MODEL
OF EXCELLENCE.
WHILE PRIVATE AFFECTION WEEPS AT
HIS TOMB, HIS COUNTRY HONORS
HIS MEMORY.
BORN DECEMBER EIGHTH, 1765.
DIED JANUARY EIGHTH, 1825.
The London Quarterly Review contained an article this year
which said: "At this moment there are upwards of 30,000 looms
worked by steam engines" in Manchester, England.    (See year
1814.)
A model of Arnold's bevel-wheel combination (see years 1822,
1823 and 1826) was taken to Manchester, England.
Danforth's tube frame, or "Taunton Speeder," was patented in
England by a Mr. Dyer, of Manchester. (See year 1824.)
The "self-acting temples " of Ira Draper (see year 1816) were
first introduced at Waltham, Mass., this year. (See years 1805,
1850 and 1855.)




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 103
Factory Island, Maine, was purchased by a company, principally from Boston, Mass., for the purpose of erecting a cotton
factory, the whole cost being $110,000. (See years 1826. 1829 and
1830.)
Self-acting mule, patented by Richard Roberts, March 29th, in
England.
The immediate or ostensible cause of the great speculation in
cotton during this season was the delay in shipments from this
country. On the 1st January, 1825, it was found that the stock of
American cotton in Liverpool was reduced to about 100,000 bales,
whereas the trade had counted on twice that quantity. Without
steam or telegraph to convey information, Liverpool was in the
dark, and at once became alarmed for her supply. This excited
the speculators in this country. The speculation in cotton was
only a part of the general movement, which extended to nearly all
departments of business.
Vincent Nolte, in his "Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres, " gives
some account of the movement and crisis in the Liverpool cotton
market, in his usual spicy style. He says, in substance, Liverpool
led and this country followed. The price in Liverpool advanced
110per cent; in this country 85 per cent. The Liverpool cotton
holders, led by Messrs. Cropper, Benson & Co, Rathbone, Hodgson & Co., in union with the brokers Cooke &Comer, tacitly united
in upholding the price. The first result of this was that buyers of
cotton and cotton goods held off. In the meantime the stock increased, and another crop commenced growing. The whole month
of May passed over without a single important sale having taken
place.
In June, J. & A. Dunstown, of Glasgow, received in Liverpool
from New Orleans 5,000 bales which they resolved to sell at best
price. The confederation implored them to keep up the price,
which was 16id. for Georgia; but in vain. The 5,000 bales were
sold at from 2 to 24d. below quotations. This burst the bubble.
Mr. Nolte is never accurate when he is personal. There was no
confederation, nor anything like it.  The fact is, there was a
general infatuation.  Probably if money had been as easy with
others as with Rathbone, Hodgson & Co. and Cropper, Benson &
Co., the price might have been sustained much longer; and certainly it would not have declined so low on the reaction.  The elements of the cotton speculation in the spring of 1825 were all either
formed or forming in 1823 and 1824. They were sure to combine,
either with or without cause. The unexpected reduction in stock
was sufficient for the purpose.




104- CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON,
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the            United States, for the
Year ending 1st October, 1825..same
Bales.   Bales.   Total,   period
last year.
NEW ORLEANS.                                 -.
Received fromLouisiana and Mississippi................................ 124,630
Tennessee and North Alabama...........................      68,895
M obile..............................    7.615
Across the Lake..............              4........     4,998
Arkansas.......................                            403
Florida...........                                               226
Missouri........................................        26
On hand 1st October, 1824..........................   1,501
Deduct-                                                        208,294
Quantity received from Mobile....................    7,615
it          "       Florida........     226
7,841
Total at New Orleans which includes Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee and North Alabama, and of
which there remained on hand 1st October, 3,737                     200,43 
bales.............................................          200,453  126,481
FLORIDA.
The whole crop of West Florida is estimated at 6@
7000 bales of which there have been received atNew    York.....................................               2,F21
New Orleans............................................        226
Philadelphia, about.............................253 |             5... 3,000      4,500
As there was no shipment to any foreign port during
the year, the remainder must have reached New Orleans, and Mobile without being specified, and is included in the crop of those places.
ALABAMA.
Exports from Mobile, Foreign and Coastwise....... 55,919
On hand at Mobile...............................         37
-   55,956
Export from Blakely.............................   2,840   58,76 
------- -  58,796   44,924
The crop of the North part of the State included in
the Export from New Orleans.
GEORGIA.
Export Foreign and CoastwiseUplands...............................................  129,926
Sea  Islands.............................................      7,769
On hand-probably...............................305
138,000  152,735
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export Foreign and CoastwiseUplands..                                           141,074
Sea  Islands....................................     18,253
On hand-about................................           673  160,000
DeductAmount received from Georgia and included in the
Exports from that State......................      39,500




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.       105
Cotton Crop of the United States, continued.
Same
Bales.   Bales.  Total.   period
last year.
Received from North Carolina through —
Wilmington.............................    1, 00
Cherau.................................   12,000
Cam den.................................   8,000
Columbia...............................   2,500
23,500   63,000  97,000  134,518
These items are below the estimates of well informed
merchants residing in those places.
NORTH CAROLINA        AND VIRGINIA.
Received at New York fromW ilm ington...........................            12,298
Newbern.............................              5.362
W ashington...................................    2,676
Plym outh.......................................    1,554
Edenton...........................   1,023
M urfreesboro'...................................  662
Swansboro.........................    306
Swansboro'.                                          306
--    23,881
Petersburg and Richmond........................ 10,921
Norfolk and Fredericksburg......................     431
-   11,352
Total received at New York.............................. 35,233
Received at Cherau, Camden and Columbia and deducted from the South Carolina exports................. 22,500
Shipped from Wilmington to Charlestown.........     1,000
To Europe and elsewhere........................    2,000
---       3,000
Shipped from Petersburg to Europe and elsewhere
(New York excepted) estimated at 11 to 14,000say............................                         11,267
72.000  46,000
Total Crop of the United States............................. 569,249 509,158
Crop of last y*ar........................................ 509,158
Increase.......................................................  60,091
Increase..,                                        60,091
Amount received at New York for the year ending
1st  October, 1825.........................................  175,629
Deduct for what was received from the West Indies,
and South America, and 13 bales from Calcutta..................      629
Leaves in round numbers...................... 175,000
Or nearly one-third of the whole crop of the United
States.




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1825.
RECEIPTS.                                              SALES.                            PRICES.
WEEK ______________A________________________ ________________________________                                                           ACTUAL                   2
ENDING.                                                                                                                                  EXPORT. CONSUMPT'N.
American.    E. I. Egypt.   Brazil.   Other.     Total.   Consumpt'n. Speculation. Export.   Total.   Mid.Up. Mid.Orl Dhol.
Jan.   7...     2,629            2,401    1,688.......      6,718      12,789      1%,000.....     30,789      9     10       6.....          12,789
" 14...     949...........      1,628        50      2,627       7,915        1,000              8,915      9     10       6                   20,704     0
21...         3,363...      3,880      869      8,112        5,155..........        5,155      9      10      6..            25,859     0
28...     4,12..        1,140.........       5,263       5,194..............           194      8     10       6........       31,053
Feb.   4...     5,403......     2,399     1,170      8,912      15,366..............      15,366     8     10       6                   46,4199...          1    1...... 2,000     1,895      510     10,823       12,537       5,000......   17,537      9      10      6k........      58956
"   18...      7,264...............   5,061........    12,325       22,908      15,000......   37,908     10     11       7........      81,864
25...    1,281             512.......     1,126      2,919      13,599      26,000              39,599     11k    12'      8                   95,463 
Mch. 4...      13,826...      2431.....            978     17,235      14,906      28,000......    42,906      l     12       8.......      110,369 
11...     6,737    1,400   9.963    1,454        49     19,603      17,107.........        17,107     12     13       8                 127,476 
"   18...      1,938...... 1,620                   30     3,588       22,869       7,000......   29,869     12      13t     8                  150,345 
25...     7,981........      701       901      9,583      10,741      24,000              34,741     12i    13       8k                161,086
"   31...     4,949................     1,643     6,592       11,735      31,000......   42,735     133     14k     9k                 172,811     S
April 8...      5,848......2,400          2,556        67     10,871      12,088      20,000......    32,088    14      14k      9k                184,899     O
15...    14,710    2,270   1,324    9,586     2,292     30,182      31,944                          31,944     14-    15      10                  216,843
"   22...    16,672...........       1,456    2,719     20,847       85,920      15,000......  100,920     163     17k    12                  302,763
"   29...      6,938   3,168             5.000    4,314     19,360      14,704       16,000             30,704     163    163     12                  317,467 
May    6...    15,624    1,575......     7,618     3,092     27,909       9,711..........     9,711     15k    17     12                  327,178
13...     3,828......1,075      1,930     1,370      8,203      14,341..............        14,341     15k    17     ilk.....    341,519 
"   20...    13,404............    3,460       520     17,384        4,611       3,000              7,611     15s     17     11k                 346,130     w
It  27...    15,320...... 4,017.......       4,219     23.556        4,400       9,500......    13,900      1     17       lk........     350,530 
June   3...     7,182...   2,451     1,613     11,246       1,920..........         1,920     15k    17     1ik                 352,450 
10...    12,61......    9,017     3,257     24,955       1,952.....                  1,952     15     16      11                 354,402
17...    5,498..      1,355      920     1,866      9.639       44894,489                                 12     13k      9                 358,891
"   24...     9,294...... 4,203........       1,067     14,564        4,680      10,500             15,180     12k    13       9                  363,571     )
July   1...    18,069..      2,226    7,648     5,790     33,723      17,954.......17,954           12     12       9                 381,525
8...     9,546.............   1,040     10,586       2,241..............         2,241     10     11       8........     383,766      o
"   15...    25,616......      4,107     7,219     36,942        4,417       5,500               9,917    108.....       388,183
22...     9,35..      1.380    3,625       633     15,023       5,173        5,000......    10,173      9     11       8                  393,356
"   29...      4,400...... 5,079      1,483     1,119    12,081       11,503       2,000......   13,503      8       8      7                  404,859 
Aug. 5...      15,896             350     6,650     1,362     24,258       7,393       5,000              12,393      8      8k      7                  412,252
"    12...    16,146...5,674                    4,637    26,457       13,941       6,000......   19,941      8       8k     7                  426,193
19...        10,210.......      2,819     1,403     14,432       8,964       5,000......    13,964     8       8      7                  435,157
t   26...      5,336......922                              6,258       9,755..           2,000     11,755     7       8      7       2,000      444,912




Sept. 2..       9,664..        3,736   10,968    1,946     26,314       9,707..........            9,707      74     8      6                 454.619
9.     3,305....................      4,111      7,416       7,782      5,000    2,000    14,782      6      8      6       2,000     462.401
"   16..     16,949............    3,019     1,396    21,364      12,513       7,000   3,000     22,513     7      8       6........     474,914
23..      9,772           3 551    4,026     1,766    19,115       7,458       2,000   2,500     11,958     7      8      6       2,500     482,372.
30.      12,208...... 1,106     2,979     2,909    19,202       8.411.......... 2,00       10,411     6      8       6      2,000     490,783,1  0
Oct.   7...    4,959    2,178......     6,486      834     14,457       8,136      2,000    4,000    14,136      6      8      51      4,000     498,919
it  14...     8,861............     4,467     2,819    16,147      17,299       2,000    2,500    21,799     7      8       5a     29500      516,218    0
921       1,695.            1,326     3,021      10,891      10.000   1,500    22,391      7      8      5i      1,500     527,109
~It. I...[                                                                    {  7,000  [ 7                         [     8   I A 54  [  1,900 [  538,975
28........................            195        195      11,866       7,000   1,500    20,366      7      8      5       1500      538,97 
Nov. 4...       3,161..........      4,306      865      8,332       8,229      2,500      500    11,229      7      8~     53       500      547,204    0
11...    1,309.....            1,849     1,141     4,299       8,891.......... 1,200      10,091  [7        81     5A      1,200     556.095    0
18..1'l568,089
"  18...       238.                         100       338      11,994       2,000    1,500    15,494     7      8j             1500       568,089 
" 25...        418...1,151             508       125     2,202       9,250       2,000    1,00     12,250     6|     8       5*     1000       577,339 
Dec    2...     2,538...... 6,595     1,060    1,388     11,581       9,290......     2,000    11,290      6-     8      51      2,000     586,629 
( 9...     322...... 6.488       279     1,362     8,451       8.453       1,500......   9,953     6      8      5.    595,082 
16...     1,223......11,616     2,451        77     5,367       6,897................       6,897     61     8      5.......      601,979 t)
23...       1,442    2,109    617........      631     4,799      10,010       1,500......    11,510     6       8                        611,989 s
*30...    5,253    2,420           3,012     1,322    12,007      10,117................     10,117     6      8       5.....     622,106 
Average price                                     -
ceits & es   419 490    15,06071.486 140,057     82,820-    728,913    622,106    302,000    27,200   951.136    1 0.. 11   151 7  63   A4200f   11963633 
* American and other Stocks. 311,000.
0
44




108 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HIISTORY OF COTITON.
The semi-weekly price       at New     York, Weekly      Sales, Receipts, and     Exports,
rates of Freight to'Liverpool and       Course of Exchange on       London, fjr the
Crop Year ending October 1, 1825.
Price of    Price of   Sales for  Receipts for EYports for Exchange Freight to
1824.    New Orleans   Upland.   week ending week ending week ending on London. Liverpool
October   1.   15@17      13@15                                        110@110t i{@     d.
(       5..   15  174   13 @15           700        350
(      8..    15  17      14  16                                         111~
12..   15   17     1416         1,100         652       1,695
15..         15  17-    14   16                                         110i
"      19..   15  17     14   16         300        264         388
"     22..    15  17     14I16                                           110
26..   15   17     144  16        350         381         192
29..        15   17     14@ 16                                          109t
Novem. 2..      15   17J    14  15i      1,200         631        414        -        @jd.
5..    15  17J    14@154                                       109i(i109i
9.   15   17    13(j  15        400       2,027        954
12..     15   17J   132@15                                           109i
16..        15   171   13@15i        1,000         935        127'     19..    15  17    13J   154                                        109~
23..   15   17    13i   15        700         732        766
(     26..    15  171    13@154                                          109i
30..         15  17     13   154      1,700      3,288         371
Decem.    3..   15@17       13@151                                          1094     {@d.
7..   15( 17      13G@15         650         676        709
10..         15  17    12 j15                                        109i(@109
14..   15@17      124 15        2,400       5,649      1,785
17..   15   17     12,15                                           1094
21..   15   17     12   15      3,100       1,928        888
24..      15   17     12@15'                                      109i@1094
28..      15  17    12 @15        2,000       1,286        661
1825.
January, 1..   15j18       12(@15                                       109i@109      i4d.
3.. 154     18   12 (c15        1,200      2,327
7.    16_18       13  154                                        110
"     11..   16(18       13,154       7,000       4,688        884
14..   16,18       13   154                                     1104J111
18..   16(18       13   154     3,000       3,019      1,184
21..     16,18      134  16                                      110i@110j
25..   16   18    13I   16      4,500       4,704      2,863
28..         16  18    13    16                                         1094
February 1..    18   20    15i  19       4,600       3,277      1,760 ~     ~         @id.
4..      18(20      15   919                                       109
8..   18i 20     15(~ 19       2,600       7,916      2,030'11..     18   20     16   19                                         108{
15..   18   21     16   19     10,000       3,850       1,976
18..   18   21     16   19                                         109
22..   18   21     16   19      5,000       7,822      2,375
"     25..    18  221    16(  19.                               109
March     1..   18   21     16   19      4,000       3,092      3,395                1@d.
"      44..   18621      16   19                                         109
<"      8..   18  21     16(19        2,100       7,848       2,127
"     11..    1821       16   184                                     108@(109
15..     18@21       16   18      6,100      12,530      2,679
18..     ]8@21       16   18                                      109@109i
"  22..    18(21      16   188    12,500       5,603       3,301
"  25..    20@23     17( 20                                         109@109~
"     29..    2023      17 @21       19,000       1,830       1,134
April     1.    21.24     17( 22                                       109}@1094     id.
5..   23@25      18 (23       24,000      11,405      3,686
"      8..   25(30       22@26                                           1090
12..     25,30       22(26       20,000       4,626      5,853
15..     25(30       22@26                                       109(i109i
19..       25  30      22@26        2,500      4,724       2,036




CHRON OLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON, 109
Year 1825-Continued.
1825.     Price of    Price of   Sales for  Receipts for Exports for Exchange Freight to
New Orleans   Upland.  week ending week ending week ending on Lonaon. Liverpool
April    22..   25@30      22@26                                          109
26..     25330       22 26       14,000      6,089       5,394
29..      2730        23  27                                         108I
May       3..   27@30      23(27       15,000       5,437      1,640                 id.
6..   27330       23227                                          108
10..   27730       23  27       4,500      4,690        880
13..   26~30       22  26~                                        106i
17..   26630       23327       13,000      1,532       2,356
20..   27@31      24 ( 30                                      106~@106t
24..   27   30    23 @27~       8,000      6,130       3,688
27..   25@30       23@27                                          105~
31..   25   30     23@27        2,000      6,138       8,375
June      3..   25  30     23(27                                       104i@105       j@^d.
7..       25  30     23   27      3,700       5,315      8,273
"     10..   25@30       22(26                                        105@1051
14..   25_30       22  26       1,100      3,766      8,199
17..       25 29     211   25                                      105@105f
21..   23   27     20(25        2,000      7,013       6,554
24..   23_27       20  25                                         105~.
"     28..   23   27     20  25       2,700      4,067       8,224
July      1..   23  27    20i   25                                     105(@106 (i      d...       23  27    20s   25      2,000       2,294      9,756
i      8..   23   26     20  24                                         105~
12..   23_26       20_24        1,500      1,750       6,417
"     15..   23   26     20_24                                          105
19..       23  26     20@24        1,600       1,504      9,675
22..   23   26     19i23                                          1044
26..   23   26     19  23        800       2,406       4,632
29..     23   26     19@23                                          104l
August    2..   22@25      18@22          600       2,333      7,476.     id.
5..       22_25      18@22                                       104Ji105
9..   22(25       18@22         500       1,452        173
12..   22   25     17  20                                         105
16..   22@25       17@20          400      1,909       5,038
19..   22,25       17(20                                          106
23..   20 25       16@20          800      1,179       1,348
26..   20  23      16@18                                       107j108
30..   20,23       16( 18       1,000        249       3,733
Septem. 2..     20@23      16@18                                       107~@107    i~d.
6..      20  23     16@18        1,100         336        799
9..   20(23       16@18                                          107k
13..      20 23       16(18          300         86       2,285
16..   20 23       15@18                                      109j@110
"     20..   2023        15  18         600        211       1,837
23..   1822        14@18                                        110@111
27       18@22       14@18          900        519         772
30..   18@22      13j@17~                                      110 @111
Average price --
and total recepts and ex-   21.82      18.59     221,800     174,465    153,757
ports.




110  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Weekly Quotations in the- Charleston Market. Year 1825.
as10~te ~r                 t  as 45.        2  a  I
Week Weeek
WkWeI 0 k                        Week    9Week 
1  23 24   15   14  50 38   22  27  75 60   24   40  65 40   16~
2  32 26   151  15  60 40   23  28  75 60   24   41  65 40   16
3  32 26   15!  16  75 50   30  29   75 60  24   42  65 40   15
4  40 29   15!  17  80 55   30  30  75 60   24   43  65 40   13
5  40 29   15,  18  80 55   28  31  65 40   23   44  65 40   13
6  40 28   15i  19  80 55   28  32  65 40   20   45  50 30   13
7  40 28   18!  20  85 55   30  33  65 40   20   46  50 30   14
8  50 30   19   21  87~ 60  30  34   65 40  20   47  50 30   141
9  50 30   19   22  871 65  32  35   65 40  20   48  50 30   14
10  50 30   19  23   87 65  30   36  65 40   18   49  50 30   14
11  50 31   18I  24.87j 65  30  37  65 40   18   50  50 30   141
12  50 31   18  25   874 65  29  38  65 40   17   51  55 30   14
13  50 35   20   26  85 60  26   39  65 40   17   52  55 32   14j
Fluctuations in price are, to a great extent, the result of expansion and contraction. This is always the case when the movement
is general.
Trade is always under the influence of one or the other movement.
Contraction always follows great wars. This process followed
the battle of Waterloo and continued about seven years. The expansion in 1823, 1824 and 1825 was in exact proportion to the previous contraction.
The cotton speculation commenced in December, 1824, and the
revulsion set in during June, 1825.
1826.
Kinsey Burden (see years 1805, 1827 and 1828), of South Carolina, raised a crop of sixty bags Sea Island, which brought $1.10
per lb.
Calico printing first introduced in the United States, in Dover,
N. H., and Taunton, Mass., under the supervision of Mr. John
D. Prince, who came from Manchester. (See year 1855.)
A steam-loom weaver, about 15 years of age, attending two
looms, could now (see year 1823 for contract) weave twelve pieces
9-8 shirtings per week (see year 1823);some could weave fifteen
pieces. (See year 1833.)
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece.. 6,098,656 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece...... 4,082,684 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece.................................... 2,015,972  pieces.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 1ll
Value of foreign cotton goods imported into England, ~f10,365.
Imports of cotton into Great Britain from foreign countries,
151,516,848 lbs., as follows: United States, 130,858,203; Brazil,
9,871,092; Turkey and Egypt, 10,032,400; miscellaneous, 755,153.
From British Possessions, 26,090,553 lbs., as. follows: East Indies
and Mauritius, 21,187,900; British West Indies, the growth of,
4,510,302, foreign, 240,768; miscellaneous, 151,583. Total imports,
177,607,401 lbs; Exports, 24,474,920 lbs.; Home consumption,
162,889,012 lbs.
French cotton manufactures had advanced since 1812 at a rate
of 310 per cent.
Henry Holdsworth, Jr., of England, secured a patent in that
country for what he called a "differential or equation box," a
combination of the same kind and for the same purpose as Arnold' s
patent bevel-wheel combination (see years 1822, 1823 and 1825),
and the idea was undoubtedly taken from a model of Arnold's
machine. (See year 1825.) Dr. Ure, in his "Cotton Manufacture,"
says of this machine: " It may be considered the most ingeniously
combined apparatus in the whole range of productive industry."
Mr. Ar:nold was hardly known, even by the public of his own
country, as the inventor of this machine, and acquired neither
wealth or fame by an improvement which has been of immense
advantage to manufacturers both at home and abroad.
The Factory Island (Me.) mill was erected this year, 210 feet in
length, 47 feet broad and seven stories high, calculated to operate
12,000 spindles and 300 looms.
With the national financial collapse of this year came that of
the "'bobbin-net prosperity," as it had been miscalled. Many lost
their means, and fell into hopeless poverty; others died, or went
into self-imposed exile. (Since 1809 the increase in this line of the
cotton trade had deluded many into rash speculations and the
mania came to be known as the "bobbin-net fever.") Another
"mart" (see year 1819) proposed this year, did not come into
operation. (See year 1828.)




1]32 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending 1st October, 1826.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1825.
NEW ORLEANS.__                                                _
Received fromLouisiana  and  Mississippi..................................  143,124........  124,630
Tennessee and North Alabama...........................         96,574........    68,895
Mobile.....................................................  2,685........   7,615
Across the Lake.........................          7,512........     4,998
Arkansas............................................    1,002........     403
F lorida....................................................   1,076........     226
M issouri...............................................10.....26
On hand 1st October, 1825...................................    3,737........    1,501
Deduct-                                                      255,720           208,294
Received  from   Mobile..............................   2,685
Received from  Florida.............................     1,076
Which is included in the crops of those places........          3,761             7,841
-----  251,959  200,453
FLORIDA.
Received atNew Orleans..........................................     1,076
New York......................                                   1,141
On hand at Pensacola......................................         600
2,817    3,000
The whole crop of West Florida is estimated at 7 to
8,000 bales.   The remainder, therefore, must have
found its way to the neighboring places, and is included in their exports.
ALABAMA.Exports from MobileTo foreign ports.....:............................     38,495
Coastwise........................................      34,857
On  hand  at Mobile...............................      423
73,775
Export from Blakely.....................................      426
74,201   58,796
The crop of the north part of the State is included in
the export from New Orleans.
GEORGIA.
Exports, Foreign and CoastwiseUplands...............................................       184,238
Sea   Islands..............................................    6,354
On hand in Savannah and Augusta-not known................................
_  190,592  138,000
It is understood that a considerable quantity remains
in the interior in the hands of the planters.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Exports, Foreign and CoastwiseU plands..........................................  164,543
Sea Islands.......................................    12,647
On hand............................-            177,190
DeductAmount received from Georgia, and included in the
exports of that State............................  44,412
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 113
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending 1st October, 1826-Continued.
Same
Bales.   Bales.  Total.   period
1825.
Received from North Carolina, throughWilmington................................ about...     800
Cheraw..................................  10,000
Camden and Columbia............             10,000
65,212 111,978   97,000
No positive data could be obtained in regard to the
quantities from North Carolina, but the estimates are
believed to be within bounds.
NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Received at New York, fromW ilm ington........................................   9,562
Newbern............:..................               5,107
Washington-. *...............................         3,578
Plym outh......................................  2,578
Edenton..........................................   2,086
Murfresborough...............................           775
Swansborou   h..............................416
W indsor..........................................    532
24,634
Received at Cheraw, Camden and Columbia, and deducted from the South Carolina export..................     20,000
Shipped from Wilmington-to Charleston.........         800
do          do         to Europe and elsewhere..    2,000
2,800
Export from PetersburghTo foreign ports.-......................              21,000
Coastwise.......................................     14,446
On hand in Petersburgh............................    2,100
--         37,546
Export from Richmond, Norfolk, &c.........................    3,500
88,480       72,000
Total crop of the United States.................................. 720,027 569,249
Crop of last year..........................................  569,249
Increase.....150,778
The very great transition from the high prices of 1825, to the comparatively low rates
of 1826, it is presumed, tended to keep the article back; and the quantity withheld from the
market, in the interior, and in the hands of the planters, in some of the cotton-growing
States, was probably much larger than it was last year-but as we have no satisfactory data
on which to found an estimate, readers are left to their own conclusions.
8




114     OHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF CO'TTON.
The price semi-weekly at New York, Weekly Sales, Receipts and Exports, Rates
of.Freight to Liverpool and Course of Exchange on London, for the Crop
Year ending October 1, 1826.
Piic- of   Price of   Sales for  Receipts    Exports   Exchange Freight to
1825.    New Orleane  Upland.   week ending week ending week ending on London. Liverpool.
October 4..     18@22     13~  17J       700          53        934   110~@111   @%@d.
7..      18(@21    131    6...
11     17  21    13 @16          600.45        112   109@110
"     14..   1720      13 @16
"     18..   1720      12@16           500        361       1,134  109~@109j
21..    1720      12j@16
25..   17   20    12@_16         600       1,085      1,140  1091@....
28..               1 1 15
Novem.:1...         11  15       1,200      1,220      1,448   1091....     @d.
t<  -4....~..    11  15
8.....         11   15        800        804        574   109@....
" 11..@@15
15...         15..          500        653        271    109@109i.18..              15   16
22..              15@ 16       1,300      1,341        637    109@....
26.        0      15 116
29..              15@16        1,000        879        526    108@108Decem.    2..1516.....
6..              15   16        500        653        934    108@108J
"      10    18        15( 16
13     18@       141   15      1,500       3,284        645   108@108i
"     16..   18        141   15
20..   18.        14(14i4-     1,900      2,427       1,212  108i@....
i     23..   18..      14  14
27..   18@..      14@ 14j      1,200      2,225        687    108@108~,, 30..      17~18      13~~141
1826.
January 3..     17 a18     31 @14k        900        539      2,792    108@108~ t@jd.
6.    17   181. 13    \ 14
10:.        17 @18     131  14i     1,200       2,047      1,351   108@....
13..     17..       12,  13j
17.    17..      12@ 131       2,300      2,723       1,645   108@1081
20..   17@18.13       13~
24..   16@18      13   14      1,600      1,345       1,626   108@108~'     27.   16@18      131( 14
31..   15@17     13'   14      1,400      2,158       1,831   1081@....
February 3..    15  17    13j   14
7..   15(17     13j   14      1,300      2317        1,083   108@1081'     10..15     17    134  14
t     14..   15@17       13  14      1,900      3,060       2.965   108@108J
" 17..       14.16      12j  13i
21..   14@16      12j  13~     1,600        710         842   108@1084
" 24..       14@16      121  13
28..   14   16     12  13      1,200       1,983      1,129   108@1082
March     3..   14@16      12@13..    d.
7..   14@16       12. 13        660        234        344    108@108 
10..   14@_16     12@13
14..   14(_ 16    12   13      2,100      3,222       1,919   108@1084
17..     14   15     12  13
21..   14@15       12@13         700      1,475       1,282   107|@108
2.4.. 131        15    114  12j
28.. 13j@15       11   12~     1,000      7,039        386   107(@107f
"     31.. 1     15     11@12
April    4.. 12     15    10@i11.       3,000      5,408      1,049   107 @.... ~  @M.
7.. 121   15    10    112
11.. 12~15       10    114     4,200      3,951        673    109@109k
14.. 12(15       10~12
18.. 12   15    10    12      4,300      6,578       1,412  109@....
21..  12    15    102o 12
"     25.. 12     15     10@12       2,500      4,^4,269  1009   110
28.. 12    215     10@11 




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.                              115
New   York Statementfor Year 1826-Continued.
Price of Price   of   Sales for   Receipts   Exports    Exchange Freight to
1826.   jNew Orleans  Upland.   week ending week ending week eading on London. Liverpool.
Vay      2..   12   15     10@11~       1,600      3,787      6,339   109~@110     @_(id.
1"     5..   12   15    10 11i
"      9.    12   15    10@11k       2,400       4,511      5,234   109J@1091
12..   12  15     10c1@11U
"     16.    12w14      10   11      2,100       2,230      1,691    109@....
"     19..   11  14     10@ 11
23.    11  14     94   10o     1,800      7,444       1,729  108i@109
"     26..   11   14     9( 10
" 30.       11   13     9i( 101     3,800       5,766      5,618   109~@109i
June      2.   11  13     9(j 10d
6..   11  13     9( 10        1,900      2,844      3,176    109@109^
9.. 10i(  12      9(101
"     13.. 10@ 12i       9( 10      2,600       2,054      3,379   109@109~
1 6..10(J) 12       9~   11
20.. 10@ 12i      91i11        2,400      3,346       1:335  109i@111'23.. 10( 13       10l 11
27.. 10 @13       10@11        2,900      3,671        927   109j@111
30.. 10( 14       10   11
July      4..  10   14     10( 114      1,800      5,490      1,372   109~~111    ~@|.rd
7.. 11 i 14      10@12
11... l 1  14    10@12        3,600      5.486       1,637   110@111
14.. 11i   14:    10@12
18.. 11@ 14       10@12        1,100      2,397       2,857   110@111
21.    11  14    10@12
25..   11 @14     10@12        1,900      3,165       3,266   110@111
28..    11   14    10(@12
August    1..  11@14       1   12       1,800      2,498      6,979    110@110i d.(.@
4..   11   14    10   12
8..   11  14     10   11i     3,400      2,057      3,767'110@110i
"       11..  1114   10@11
15..   11@i14     10. 11       1,600      2,701       2,388   110@110k
18..  11 @14     10   114
22..  11   14    10   11      1,000        640       2,378   110@110~
25..   11@ 14 9-       11
29..   11 @14     94   11      1,600      3,409       2,119  110i@112
Septen. 1..  1  11 @        t14  9 11                     lI                         td.
5..   11  14     9 @11        1,500      1,419       2,515  111i@113
8..   11(14      9i   11
12..   11  14     94   11      2,300        165       1,916   112@113
15.:   11 @14     9@J11
19..   11(1 14    94@ 11       1,300        897       1,824   112@113
"   22..  11@14     9@(11
26..  11@14      92 @11       2,000      1,320        951   112i@112k
29.    11@14     9~^11
Average prices
and total sales,  14.41    12.19      90,500     132,362     97,249
receipts and
exports.______ _____




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1826.
RECEIPTS.                                SALES.                   PRICES.
WIEK.______                                                                                            ACTUAL
ENDING.            ---------               -    ----------------                                         EXPORT. CoNsum'M'. 
American. E.I. Egypt. Brazil.  Other.  Total.  Consumpt'n. Speculation. Export  Total.  Mid. Up Mid Orl Dhol.
Jan. 6...     718.......111               829     7,681.7,681                           7                     7,681 
"  13...      66.144                           210    7,974...............   7,974   6     7     5........    15,655  L
20...  7,942         620........ 1,435   9,997    6,100     1.500......  7.600   6     7    5........   21,755
"  27...   4,982    300  115   1,208     50    6,655.10,818    2,500   700   14,018   5i    61   54      700     32,573  S
Feb. 3...   5,014....2,068      2,959     25   10,066    11,115    3,000   500   14,615   53    7     5      500     43,688 
"  10...   4,583...... 2,226........  1,030   7,839     6,068    7,000   500   13,568   5     7     5      500     49,756 
"  17...   7,773...... 1,574   2,092     58   11,497     6,006    1,000  1,000   8,006   5~    7     5     1,000    55,762
"  24...  10,661         781   3,002    912   15,356     8,954    1,000   800   10,754   5 1   7     43     800     64,656
Mfch. 3...  9,293  2,000.............  12,128 2,000                                                                72784
"  10...   4,070......           707 7.........  9,254  11,325   3,000  1,000  15.325   53    7     43    1,000    84,109
17...................64                      64    10,368    2,500  1,000  13,868   5   [  7    43    1,000    94,4770'   24..   3,90o2.............3,962                6,028.....       6,028   5     7     4........  100,505
"  31...   7,752...... 895     1,274    216   10,137     7,214    1,000          8,214   5     6     4....      107,719
April 7...   11,1........39       11,370     7,180    2,000          9,180   5     6 6. 4              114,899 
14...  12,256  2,820......  2,825  1,239  19,140    6,735    1,500    700    8,935   53   6     4^      700    121,634  H
21...  11,266.....        3,334   14,600    5,961      800  1,500    8,261   5i    6      4}  1,500    127,595  C
"  28...  14,287... 2,344      2,685    103   19,419    4,999     1,000  1,000   6,999 5o       6    4j    1,000   132,594
May 5...    4,446.....    4,446    8,362     2,500   500   11,362   5/    6     4      500    140,956 
12...  6,013..........   613    6,626    8,540    2.000          10,540   5i    6    4      ~       149,496
"  19...  10,282......   1,552    44    11,878   13,923    4,000......17,923    5     6 6   41            163,419 
26...  12254...................    1,715   13,969   11,463    4,000.       15,463   5     6    4......        174,382
June 2...15,093.......   368........15,537.     9,761    3,000.       12,761   6    61    4.184,643               0
1 9...  7,052  1,403 2.322  2,744    228   13,749    5,328.....5,328               6     6     4             189,971
"16... 18,002.............       421   18,423    7,335...7,335            6     6k  4/              197,306
"  23...   9,381  2,950......  1,372   427   14,130     8,987................  8,987   6     6k    41            206,293  0
"  30...   1,007.....     1,007     7,225.500    400    8,125   6     6     4      400    213518.uly 7...  19,785.............   2,401   22,186    6,333.......... 1,500  7,833              4     1,500    19,851 
14...    12,053......  2,350........  327  14,730   6,766                   6,766   5     6     4........  226,617  O
"21...  25,975...........         323   26,298    5,212....  1,000  6,212   5j    6    4     1,000    231,829
"  28...   6,833...... 4,158........  72   11,063    10,071    2,000  1,000  13,071   5~    6     4~    1,000   241,900  0
Aug. 4...   4,365...... 6,005    1,913........12,283     13,732....    500   14,232   5     6     4      500    255,632
11...   2,614....................  384    2,998    9,514     1,000   800   11,314   5~   6     4       800    265,146
18...  23,632................     2.381   26,013   12,379    1,500   700   14,579   5i    6     41     700    277,525
25...   6,723............  2,160  2,013  10,896    9,843     2,000  1,000  12,843   5|   6     4     1.000    287,368




Sept. I...      7,034.........................     7,034      14,094       1,000    1,000     16,094     5k      6      4k      1.000      301,46
8...     2.425....................        296      2,721      20,621       2,000......    22,621      5~     6      4........     322,083
"       15...  18,769.......    3,338     3,484.   25,591       11,326       1,000......    12,326      6       6      4........     333,409
"  22..........................................         11 552        3,000     600     15,152      6      6       4         600     344,961 
29.       3,052............     2,965........     6,017      15,257        1,000     500     25,757      6      6       4        500      360,218 
Oct.   6...     5,373...................          580      5,952       9,214       2,000......    11214      6       6      4........     369,432 
"  13...    1,580      710   1,600........     1,560      5,450        7,608................      7,608      6k     6k      4..            377.040    0
20.           3,156......              641       215     4,012       10,273.            1,000    11,273      6       6k             1          387,313- 
27...          3,875....................          852     4,727        7,651..........     650      8,301     67 63          4         650      394,964     p
Nov. 3...         450....................       1,590      2,040       7,456................       7,456      6      6      4........     402,420     0
p   10...        622...........................             622        6,653..........    500       7,153     6        L 6'  4         500      409,073    0
17...     3,186      641..............         918      4,745       8.620         500......     9,120      6      6k      4........     417,693 
"   24...       526............................            526       10,496         500             10,996      6       6k........     428,189    >
Dec.   1...     1,549        6.37
8Dec.           56. 1,549..........       1,031     2,580       11,379............   11,379      6       6      4........     439,568 
8...       569.                   72.......1,.  5,827      17,499................      17,499     6       6      4.......      457,067 
"  15...  1,360...................       2,828      4,188      19,'82..........    600     19,982      6      63      5        600      474,449 3
"  22...     3,691...............    1,659     5,350       10,033...............       10,033      6       6      5........     484,482    V
"   29...      4,420     639     750     1,188        28      7,025      11,106       1,000...      12,106      6       7      5..    495,588 
ve       price  371,143  11,573 36,767   35,765    35,366    490,614     45,588        64,300   22,950   582,838.8     6.48.71    22,950   * 9,530.53
o.ipts  0 stocks,.                                                                                                                                                 O
* American and other stocks, 237,800. 




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1826.
00
UNITED STATES, 1825-1826.                                                       Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.  0
Stock, October 1,           Export........... 598,000 United States...................       126,900    131.500      9,583       8,410     149,493 
1825tc   Otbr1           lxo                                                                                                              1
*1825..........   55,000 Consumption....    100,000 Brazil..........................      96,200    108,740       4,532        800     114,072
Crop, 1825-'26.... 710,000 Stock, October 1,             West Indes.....................       8,400      12,630      3,855      4,332       20,817    t' — -  1826........    67,000 East Indies.....................      16,500      80,450        688      8,043       89,181    0
Bags............765000                       --        Egypt.....................      63,000      82,680     16,648      4,947     104,275
Bags............   765,000                                                                           _      
______  Stock.......................... 311,000    416,000      35,306     26,532      477,838    t
CONSUMPTION.                                      IMPORT. 
____ —------------ _______United States...................              369,337    393,914     216,320     39,722     649,956 
Tot. Europe.| Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool. Brazil..........................     53 128    56,402      17,586     17,553      91,541 
L________    _____     West Indies.....................     11,810      17,519     11,440     15,522      44,481 
East Indies..............      13,914     64,662      1,892     37,154      103,708 
605,968     41,056    182,813.382,099    362,872......'..:'..39
108, 001    16,717     186,137     75,147     73,913      t..........................      9,343      47,682     72,936     23,381      143,999
42,202     14,689     10,908      16,605     i2,] 29
42,202     14,3 689    1   08     1    7Consumnption......2............. C               487,532     58,0179    320,174    133,332    1,033,685 
70,270     37,693       2,580     29,997     19,379 
144,066     19,272     68,563      56,231     50,239  Stocksuppy....................      789,532     996,179    355,480    159,864    1,511,523    t
970,507    129,427    281,001     560,079    518,532
447,316     30,437      74,479    342,400    238,000                                      U. States. Biazil&W.I. East India.  Egypt. 
93,700     42,000  Export deducted from Import....        23,900     26,800     41,000       2,000      93,700
1,417,823 1159,864     355,480     996,179    798,532  Total supply (bags)......................................                    1,417,823




CHRONOLOGICAL ANDM STATISTICAL HISTORY3 OF COTTON. 119
The high price existing when the crop of 1825 was planted
caused an extension of acreage, and a largely inqreased crop. It
will hereafter be seen that this is always the case, though many
Southern people say that they always plant all they can, the price
making little or no difference. Owing to the low price prevailing
during the season of 1825-6, planters held back a portion of their
crop, so that the actual increase over the previous crop was probably not far from 40 per cent. This was equal to tie increase in
the production of 1870.
The course of the market shows that speculation was entirely
suspended, and the market was consequently guided by legitimate
influences alone. It is always so after a great speculative movement. It may be counted upon with perfect safety.
1827.
Kinsey Burden (see years 1805, 1826 and 1828), of South Carolina, got $1.25 per lb. for his crop.
Samuel Crompton, inventor of the "mule jinny" (see.years
1779, 1793 and 1812), died on the 26th of January, this year, in his
cottage, King street, Bolton, England.
British calicoes, etc., printed at an-average duty of 5s. per piece.. 8,089,028 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece.. 5,440,272 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece.................................. 2;648,56 pieces.
Value of foreign cotton goods imported into England, ~115,026.
Imports of cotton into Great Britain from foreign countries,
243,992,426 lbs., as follows: United States, 216,924,812; Brazil,
20,716,162; Turkey and Egypt, 5,071,519; miscellaneous, 1,279,873.
From British Possessions, 28,456,483 lbs., as follows: East Indies
and Mauritius, 20,984,916; British West Indies-the growth of6,227,172; foreign, 938,709;miscellaneous, 305,68;. Total imports,
272,448,909 lbs.; Exports, 18,134,170 lbs.; Home consumption,
249,804,396 lbs.
Paterson, N. J. (see year 1794), had 6,236 inhabitants; 1,046
heads of families; 7 houses for public worship; 17 schools; a
philosophical society; 15 cotton factories, operating 24, 000 spindles;
2 canvas factories, operating 1,644 spindles, and employing 1,453
persons; 6, (00 bales of cotton were consumed annually, and
1,630,000 lbs. of cotton yarn, manufacturing 3,354,500 yards of
cotton cloth.




120     CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and     Total Amount of       the  Cotton   Crop   of   the  United   States, for
the  Year ending 30th September, 1827.
Same
Bales.   Bales.    Total.   period
1826.
NEW ORLEANS.                                            -
Received fromLouisiana and Mississippi.................................. 170,295........ 143,124
Tennessee and North Alabama............................. 152,166........             96,574
Across the Lake.......................................              9,627....         7,512
M obile....................................................     2,613........    2,685
Arkansas...............................................              1,739........     1,002
Florida........................................     1,481......    1,076
Illinois.......................           10........10
M issouri............................................ 3......        10
On hand 1st October, 1826..................................         3,030........     3,737
Deduct-                                                         340,964            255,720
Received from Mobile......2,613
it      Florida............................        1,481
Included in the crops of those places........................      4,094.3,761
FLORIDA.                                              336,870  251,959
Receired atNew Orleans..................................         1,481
New York..........................................     1,736
Philadelphia......................................          256
Boston...............................                     190
Shipped to France..........................       500
4,163     2,817
The whole crop of Florida is estimated at about
10,000 bales, including 500 bales of Sea Island. The
remaindler must have found its way to the neighboring
places, and is included in their exports.
ALABAMA.
Exported from MobileTo  Foreign  Ports..................................   42,247
Coastwise.............................................    47,050
On hand at Mobile................................             410
Export from    Blakeley..............................................
69,707    74,201
The crop of the North part of the State is included in
the receipts at New Orleans.
GEORGIA.
Export, Foreign and CoastwiseU plands..................................................   219,254
Sea Islands.......................................     14,666
233,920     190,592
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export, Foreign and CoastwiseUplands..........................................   199,175
Sea Islands.                                              31,828
Received at New York from Georgetown............          3,307
-     234,310
DeductReCeived from   Georgia, and included in the exports
from   Savannah...............................       29,000
Received from North Carolina throughWilmington                                                   500
Cheraw —about.............                                 9,000
Cam  den....................................      11,000
Colum bia..................................         5,000
54,500.179,810  111,978




CHRONOLOOICAL AN) STATIStCOAL ttISTOEt Of COTTONs 121
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop           of  the  United  States, for
the Year ending 30th September, 1827.-Continued.
Samne
Bales.   Bales.  Total.   period
1826.
NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Received at New York fromWilmington..................................         19,502
N ewbern..........................................     8,591
W ashington......................................    5,376
Plymouth.........................................    2,562
Edenton........................................    2,176
Murfreesboro'.....................................    1,564
W indsor..........................................    757
Swansboro'......................................    460
Elizabeth City...................................... 146
Ocracock.........................................     308
41,442
Received at Philadelphia from North Carolina......................  1,22'Received at Boston front North Carolina....................    219
Received at Cheraw, Camden, and Columbia, and
deducted from the South Carolina export..................  25,000
Shipped from Wilmington to Charleston....................      500
Shipped frol Wilmington to Europe.....................   2,200
Export from PetersburghTo  Foreign  ports................................   20,633
Coastwise.........................................    16,09
On hand in Petersburgh..........                         00
37,227
Export from Richmond, Norfolk, &c.........................    5,000
112,811   88,480
Total crop of the United States............       57,281 720,02
Crop of last year..720,027
Increase..................................                        237,254   Bales.
Export to Foreign Ports, from     1st October, 1826, to 30th September, 1821.
To v             Othler
Great     To     parts of  Total.
FROM                         Britain.  France. Europe.
New  Orleans......................................   193,539   60,101   9,279  262,919
Flori da....................................................               500.......   5 00
Alabama.................   35,690    5,717     840   42,247
Georgia...'.................. 100,524  19,034  4,220 123,778
South  Carolina....................................  138,186  32,600  13,927  184,713
North Carolina..................................       2,20........              2,200
Virginia-about..................................     17,000..........  5,000  22,000
New York-whole export 198,441 bales-of which, it iL
estimated, ttiere went to Gieat Britain.......... 148,000.............   198,441
Philadelphia.................................  10,000..............  15,000
Boston.....................1,000.......................0....  2,000
Total.....................................   646,139   117,952  33,266   853,798
Growth.
The increasing cultivation of this all important staple may be seen by reference to our
Annual Statement for three years past.
Total crop of 1824-5, 569,249 bales.
do       1825-6, 720,027  do.
do       1826-7, 957,281  do.




122   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTONConsumption.
The quantity manufactured in the United States has been variously estimated at 100 to
150,000 bales per annum. It is matter of regret that no positive data can be found on
which to rest these estimates.
If we take the total crop of the United States, for the year ending 30th September last.......................................................  957,281  bales.
Deduct therefrom the export to foreign ports for the same period.......... 853,798 do.
And assume that the stock on hand at the close of each year was the same
-it will result that the consumption, for the year ending 30th Septem- -
ber last, was............................................103,483      do.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1827
UNITED STATES, 1826-27.                                                       Liverpool. G   i       France Ct.ritain.  France  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock 1st October,          Export........... 853,000 United States...................         400    113,40 8,715  43,090    7,076     168,881 
1826............  67,0004'onsumption..... 103,000 Irazil.......................        56800       64,655      5,981      1,636      72,272   t
Crop 1826-27... 937,000 Stock 1stOct., 1827      48,000 West Indies....................        6,680     10,790      4,387      5,165      20,342 
_____                 _____,  East Indies.....................     9,920     74,665.........      7,504      82,169   o
Bags........1, 004,000    Bags..........1,004,000. Egypt............5...        51,200 173,575 121,021             9,056     103,652'
Stock.........................      238,000    342,400     74,479     30,437     447,316 
CONSUMPTION. — -- -                                                                                     --           ---
IMPORT.
~ —--------— _-            Un —-----— United States...................  592,163  648,075  168,819  40,496  857,390 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.  Brazil.....................  115,704    118, 648    21,297     20,077     160,022 
-___W____ _______ __West Indies..................             20,485     29,812     14,049      17,551      61,412
East Indies.....................     13,656     73,728        384     33,496     107,;08 
708,930     39,112     167,578    502,240    466,178  Egypt...         *        *..     13,955     23,367     86,068     18,977     128,412    >
132,893      20,627     20,363     91,909     90,819,,,,,t9                                         2.......,,,    __,____ 
61, 896    20,10       13,089     28,705     20,516  Consumption...................      755,963    893,630    290,617    130,597    1,314,844 
62, 24     31,150        384      30,990      9,691.
163,557     25,286     78,279      59,992     43,059  Stock supply...................      993,963  1,236,030    365,096    161,034    1,762,160   0
1,129,800    136,277    279,693     713,830    630,263 
-      -      -                                     U. States. |Braz. & W.I. East India.  Egypt.  |
562,360      24,757     85,403    452,200    342, 700..............................     70,000     21,000  Export deducted fromImports....        8,279     14,726     44,471       2,524      70,000
1,692,160    161,034    365,096   1,236,030    993,963  Total supplyof bags....................                                    16,92,160
0




124 CHfONOLOGtCAL AID) STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The Price semi-weekly at New       York, weekly Sales, Receipts and Exports, Rates
of Freight to Liverpool and Course of Exchange on London, for the
Crop Year ending October 1, 1827.
1826.      Price of    Price of   Sales for  Receipts   Exports    Exchange Freight to
New Orleans   Upland.     week.       week.    for week.  on London. Liverpool.
October 3..     11@14     *9 i11        3,000        988..........    112 @0i       d.
6..   11_14      9j   11
10..   11..14    9 i11          700      1,718       4,550   112@112t
13..      11(4i4     9    11
"   17.. 11(14        10@11        1,000        324       1,032  1114@112
"     20.. 11@(14       10@11
24.. 11i14         10   11j     2,500       2,360      2,688   111j112
" 27.. 11j 14            10@ 11
Novem. 3.     11 @14       10 Ill                                                     id.'*      7..   12  14    10  11a       2,800      1,596      1,163  1llij1lll
O 10..  12@14    10, 11
"     14..   126 14     10l  11l      2,500      2,536      4,053   111(@111' 17..       12   14    10i  11
"     21..   12   14    10   1lli    2,000       4,089      1,789   111i@111
24..        12(14     10@,11*
28..     12   14    10111i        1,400      1,198      3,661   111i@111
Decem.    1..   12  14    10A  ll                                                  @d.
5..         12   14    10i@ll       2,500       6,623      3,739   lll1i@11a,, 8..       12   14    10io 11
"  12.. 11     14    10  11      1,500       6,386      3,058   111i@112
15..   11I14      10(11
19..   11  14     1011         3,500       7,091      1,905!lll4112
22..   11_13k     9~   10k
26..     11 (13~    9    10      2,600      5,979       2,433   1113,i112
29..   11@13      9i@10 
1827.
January   2..   11@13      9i3@10k      3,700      1,066      6,046   1112(112 (4@d.
5..   11   13    9@ 10 
9..     101   3     9i   10{     2,000      3,649      4,358   1114@112
"     12..   11   13    10   10 
16.    11  13     10   10i     3,200      7,254       4,578      111
19.. 10i   13     94   11'     23.. 101413        94 11        3,500      2,241      2,833   110@111~
26.. 104      13     9,10a
30.. 10(2 13      9   10       1,800     10,184      3,334      110l
February 2.. 10i    13     9   10                                                    id.
6.. 10( 13          9   10       2,100      3,725      4.261    110@1104
9.. 104 a13      9                                             0i10 
13.. 10~   13     9    10      2,600      5,765       1,163     110
16.. 10 i13       9    10
20..    10( 13      9 @10        3,300       6,895      4,420      110
23.. 10@( 13      9 @10
27.. 102         13    9     o10i   3,000       9,132      6,660   110@1101
March     2.. 104   12     9 i10*                                                 4@id.
" 6.. 104        12     9 9aI10      8,000      4,684       4,691     110
9.. 104   12     9@10 
13.. 10@ 12      9 @10O       4,200      9,383       6,118   110@110t
16.. 104    12    9 9  10 
20.. 104   12.    9i   10i     3,200      7,498      3,605   110~@110t
23..   1012i       8 i 10 *
27..   10@12      8 @(10       6,000     12,380       8,686  110i@1103
30..     10   12    8i@10
April     3..  10   12i    8      _@10  6,600      6,880      6,359   110l110     i@(id.
"      6..   10   12*   8|@10
O..       10 1012     8 (10        4,200      7,010      7,750    110@110i
"'    13..   10   12     8 @10
"     17..   10  12    8 @10        4,000      9,598       6,624      110
20.. 10 12 8j @10_______!   -..      -        ~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.. -




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY O' C                              NOTT. 12,5
New York Statement for Year 1827 —Continued.
Price of    Price of   Sales for   Receipts   Exports    Exchange   Freight to
1827.    New Orleans   Upland.      week.    for week.   for week.  on London. Liverpool.
April    24..   10@11      8 @10        4,300       5,999       6,415      110
27..         10  11i     9  10
May       1..   10@11i       9@10        3,300       3,971      4,338       110      i@id.
".     4..    91i 91 10
8..  9'(ii 1       9   10      4,000       6,221       8,597      110k
11..       10  12      9   10
15        10  121     9   10       5,400      5,472       3,118   110@(111
18..      10  12      9   10
22..     10   124     9a10        5,500       6,0380      2,050   110o@111
25..   10   12     9( 10k
29..  10   12*    94 (10k      3,000       4,867      6,359       110June      1..   10   12     9 i.10i                                                  i@d.
5..   10   12k    9(il10       1,700       1,561      4,537       1103
8..   10 (12      9 9 @10k
12..      10   12i    9 @10l       3,600       4,338       3,051      110i
15..   10   12k    9    1ok
19..     10   12i    9 (  10     3,800       6,407       5,317   110@110~
22..   10@12i      9   11
26..   10   12i    9(i11        2,100       2,040      3,946       110
29..     10   12i    9i1ll
July      3..   10   12i    9   ll       4,000       1,859      5,174       110      i(@d.
6.    10   12k    9k   11
10..  10 @12      9i 11        2,100       9,328        512   109|(@110
13..   10   13     9[11
"     17..    10  13     9211          2,200      2,407       1,399   109i(1091
20..   10   13     9,11
24..   10   13     9    11      2,500       2,466      3,326   109k@1091
27..   10@13       9   _11
31..   10(13       94   11      4,000       2,231      5,771   109i@110
August    3.. 10~,13.10 11                                                     id.
7.. 10i@13        10  11      3,300       2,219      1,942   109j@110
10.. 10@ 13        10   11
14.. 10@ 13        10   114     1,200       2,310      3,941    110@1101
17.. 10~    13     10   11i
21.. 10]    13     10   11    1,100       1,130      4,099    110i110i
24.. 10       13     10 @1l
28.. 104 13        10  11       2,200       1,226       1,664      111
"  31.. 10     13     10   11k
Septem. 4.. 104_13          10 11i       1,600        400       2,520      111       *i(d.
7.. 104_13        10  11k
"        11 0         10 13  10@11 2,500         453       1,295      111
14.. 10 @13        10 11k
18.. 10( 13          10   11k     1,800       2,418       1,347   111@111
"     21.. 10@13         10 11i
"     25.. 10;@13        10   11      1,500       3,366       3,285      111
"  28.. 10i@13        10 @11
Average price
and total sales,  11.75      9.29      155,800    219,300     196,395
receipts a n d
exports. 




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1827.
RECEIPTS.                                  SALES.                    PRICES. 
ENDING.                                                                                                       EXPORT. CONSUMPT'N.
American. E. I. Egypt. Brazil.  Other.  Total.  Consumpt'n. Speculation. Export  Total.  Mid. Up Mid.Orl Dhol.          O
Jan   5.. No Circ..............................................................
<   12....8,224............  1,265   602   10,091     5,392................5,392 6
("  19.     4,419....................   381    4,800    11,754...........11,754          6           5........     17,146
26...      2,093......  1,204    290    3,587    10,644..........10,644                 64    5.27,790             H
Feb.  2...   7,012............  2,377  1,000  10,380    10,661................ 10,661   6     7     5........
9c  9         70                                    70    12,940...12,940                  6     7     5..51,391 
16...       442.442                                    8,505..........1,000   9,505    6     7     5     1,000     59,896
23...  5,687...............223           5,910    9,743................ 9,743   6           5........   69,639
Mlch. 2...   9,456......9,456                             8,857....8,857                  6     7 7   5..78,496 
"      9...  21,460  656.      3,299     240   25,655    13,055...........      13,055    6     7     5.......     91,551
16.        29,687.........   5,773     369   35,829    13,761-.........13,761           6     67    5.105,312 
" 23...    12,761.....  120     170     538   13,589    12,550..........        12,550    61    63    5              117,862.30..     11,626  1,100  602   3,670     902   17,900    12,029     1.000.      13,029    6     61    5.129,891
Apl. 6.     17,197  1, 77..      1,030  1,341   21,346    13,241..........        13,241    6.......   143,132
"   13...  14,507......  2,020........ 750  17,277    13,478................ 13,478  -     6     4........   156610
20...      6,244  2,655 1,275    630     433   11,227    19,770     1,500  1,000  22.270    54    61    4     1,000    176,380
"   27.    14,932......  1,719........  12  16,763     8,618...........8,618           5     6     4........   184,998
May  4...    8,651.......  1,370  2,113   11   12,145    17,072     2,000...... 19,072          6     4........   202,070
11...     24,301............  6,380   195   30,876    11,328     2,000...... 13,328    5     6     4.......    213,398 
"   18...  30,650   905......  1,000     374   32,929    15,222......      15,222    5     61    41....      228,620
25...     50,711   450......  8,721     611   60,493    10,214    3,000   1,000  14,214    54    61    441   1,000    238,834   3
June  1.    15,525..........  2,078    248   17,851    12,426     4,000......  16,426   5     6     4........  251,260 0
4,5                      4-    4L   At      700    270,976
8...    13,059...           4,129   1,060   18,248   19,716     4,500   700    24,916   54.   6700                 270,976
15...  2,792............  1,300........  4,092   12,243.                 12,243   5     61    4........  283,219
22...     18,647  2,663 3,779  2,130   1,608   28,827     9,863.......    700   10,563    5     61           700     293,082  0
"(  29...  5,454......  1,639  399........  7,492     9,071.....9,071                 5     6.........   302,153..
July  6...  30,295............................ 30,295     7,920..........  500   8,420    5     6     4       500    310,073
"   13...  13,185.                      403   13,588    23,847    3,000   1,000  27,847.6 5      61,000               333920
20...  21,673............  2,626     459   24,758    15,291..............   15,291         6........2
27...  10,948..........  2,734     40    13,722    7,200.7,200                     5     6                    3...... 56,411
4    6     44........  356,411
Aug. 3...   42,047    80          1,597  1,889   45,613     8,278..            8,278    5     6~    4.             364,689
10.        6,760...................     379    7,139     9,979    2,000.....  11,979    5. 6......              374,668
"   17...  24,010............  3,316   234   27,560    10,260    4,500          14,760    5     6     41.....      384,928
24..    2,672...............         46     2,718    6,859     1,000           7,859   5     6     4......    391,787




Aug. 31...      6,020......[.......................   6,020       9,127       1,500......[.10,627          5      6      4.......      400,914
Sept   7...     4,228..........        1,000    1,214      6,442       7,796       1,500    _300      9,596     -54     6      4   ~     300      408,710
"   14..     38,042............     5,402     2,240    45,684        7,276      5,000      600     12,876    65       6      44        600     415,986
"   21...     4.507.............    1,002      5,509       9,019      2,000......    11,019     5       6      4........     425,005, 28...        2,127....................      1,545      3,672       8,787................          8,787     5k      64     4........     433,792
Oct.   5...     4,593...........   4,886     2,171     11,650       8017          500......     8,917      5i     6      4........'442,209
"   12...      1785    2,115            1,876       274      6,050      11,976..........11, 96                 5       61     4.....     454,185
19...     4,564............    2,750       816      8,130       8,610........   5........   8,610      1      61     4........    462,795 
26...        1,405............         1,405      11,545............  11,545.     5       6      4........     474,340
Nov. 2...       1,634..1,400                   121      3,155       9,412.........     9,412      54     6k     4........     483,752     0."..     2,216............      218       262      2,696      12,380       2,500     500     15,380      5      64     4         500      496,132
"   16...     6,247.........        3,166     1,807    11,220      15,466       2,500             17,966      5       6k     34........     511,598     0
"   23...     7,299...........      3,751       699    11,749      16,091       7,000......   23. 091     5       64     3                 527,689
"   30...     2,513      500..............      542     3,555      11,098       5,000......   16,098      5       6k     3i........       538,787
Dec.   7...     1,583............    5,552       542      7,677      15,144.................    15,144     5       64     3.......      553,931
"   14.       1,918............     1,660       523     4,101       8,958       5,000      500    14,458      5      6g      34       505      562,889
"   21...     1,436..3,771                  4,194     9,401       6,638         500......     7,138     44     6       3.......      569,527     V
8....  NoCire..
28...  N o   C irc..............................................................................................................
aSK^Te      579,134    12,902 12,524   93,373    30,590   728,523     569,527      60,500    7,800    637,827    5.79   6.3954.585       7,800    1,119,054 
tot.l' re;60-0                7,800   637,87      5.79   6'.395 4.585!- 7,800',O,.O *,,tocks. A                                                                                                        _   _  __ /
0
-------------------------------------------------------— 0




128  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The growth of 1826, was swollen by the cotton held back from
the previous crop and hence appears larger than it really was.
The planting of 1826, was probably influenced by the belief that
the depression in price would be temporary. In the crop of 1827,
the natural influence of a low price was manifest in a large falling off.
1828.
Kinsey Burden (see years 1805, 1826 and 1827), of S. C., sold
two bags of cotton at two dollars per lb., the highest price ever
touched, so far as known, in the market.
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece.. 8,395,848 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece....5,769;828 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece................................... 2,631,020 pieces.
Value of foreign cotton goods imported into England, ~68,528.
Imports of cotton into Great Britain from foreign countries,
189,401,567 lbs., as follows: United States, 151,752,289; Brazil,
29,143,279; Turkey and Egypt, 6,926,288; miscellaneous, 1,579,711; from British Possessions, 38,359,075 1bs., as follows: East
Indies and Mauritius, 32,247,187  British West Indies, 5,'893,800;
miscellaneous, 218,088. Total imports, 227,760,642 lbs. Exports,
17,396,776 lbs.; Home Consumption, 2. 8,987,744 lbs.
The "Cap Spinner "-or "Danforth Spinner "-was invented
and patented on September 2d. of this year, by Charles Danforth,
of Paterson, N. J. (See year 1830.)
The use of leather belts, instead of iron gearing for transmitting
motion to the main shafting of mills, was introduced by Mr. Paul
Moody, at Lowell, Mass., this year.
Another, and an unsuccessful effort was made, this year, to
establish a "mart," by the bobbin-net manufacturers. In its
place, however, a committee of owners of machines and their delegates was constituted, to regulate and control working hours of
the machines already in the trade, and to dissuade from constructing more.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 129
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1828.
Same
Bales.   Bales.    Total.  period
1827.
NEW ORLEANS.                         --                              _
Received fromLouisiana and Mississippi.................................. 190,966               170,295
Tennessee and North Alabama......................    92,438            152,166
Across  the  Lake......................................  8.017              9,627
M obile...................................................  3,484              2,613
Arkansas..........................................        1,201             1,739
Florida.................................................      1,543             1,481
Illinois...................................................    326                 10
Missouri..............................................       67                 3
On hand 1st October, 1827................................        11,171             3,030
309,213           340,964
DeductReceived from Mobile.........................      3,484
Florida.............................     1,543
Included in the crops of those places....................       5,027              4,094
FLORIDA.                                 -----     _ 304,186 336,870
Received atNew    Orleans......................................   1,543
New York............................................             1,062
Philadelphia..........................................             920
Baltim ore..............................................     415
ALABA- 3,940         4,163
ALABAMA.
Exports from MobileTo Foreign Ports..............................     37,209
Coastwise..............................................   34,300
On  hand  at M obile........................................       54
71,563   89,707
GEORGIA.
Export Foreign and CoastwiseFrom Savannah-Uplands.......................   141,128
do        Sea Islands.1...................  11,648
-   152,776
From Darien to Great Britain......................        912
do       New York.............        61
973
153,749  233,920
SOUTH    CAROLINA.
Export Foreign and CoastwiseFrom Charleston-Uplands........................ 124,887
do         Sea Islands.....................    22,750
147,637
From Georgetown to New York...........................    1,949
149,586
DeductReceived from Georgia and included in the export from
Savannah......................................     19,353
Received from North Carolina throughWilmington.......................................       1,500
Cheraw-about.....................................      11,000
Camden    do....................................      6,000
Columbia do....................................      2,000
-   39,853
109,733    179,810
9-              - -




130    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1828-Continued.
Same
Bales.   Bales.  Total.. period
last year.
NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Received at New York fromW ilm ington.......................................  11,301
North Counties...................................    11,005
----- 22,306
At Philadelphia from North Carolina.......................   2,412
At Boston from North Carolina..........................          31
At Baltimore from North Carolina.......................      17
At Cheraw, Camden and Columbia and deducted from
the  South  ('arolina exports..............................  19000
Shipped from Wilmington to Charleston.....................    1,500
Shipped from Wilmington to Great Britain..................    1,750
Export from Petersburg —
To Foreign Ports.................................    10,406
Coastwise.......................................  15,000
— _       25,406
Export from Richmond, Norfolk, &c........................     5,000
-  --     77,422  112,811
Total Crop of the United States............................. 720,593 957,281
720,593
Deficiency compared with last year................................... 236,688
Export to Foreign Ports, from      October 1, 1827, to September 30, 1828,
T'o  I          Otlher
Great |Frane. parts of    Total.
FROM                         Britain,  rancc. Europe.
New Orleans....................................  142,546  66,425  9,594 218,565
Alabama.....................................  30.042  5,321   1,846  37,209
Georgi:,.........................................  65,245    9,946     545   75.736
South Carolina....................................  96,145   22,929    3,194  122,268
Nor, h  Carolina............................         1,750...............  1.750
Virginia.........................................    8,000    4,500    1,100  13,600
New    York.......................................... 74,515  37,198  9,158  120,871
Philadelphia......................................   5,000    1,500     505    7,005
Bosto.......................................        1  500     70C     331    2,531
O ther  Ports..............................................................  465
Grand total..;.......................     424,743  148,519   26,273  60(,000
Total last year..............................................   853,798
Deficiency..........................................................  253,798
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5, 569,259 bales.
do      1825-6, 720,027  do.
do      1826-7, 957,281 do.
do      1827-8, 720,693 do.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY                OF COTTON.       131
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States, we take the total crop
of the year past..............................  720,593
Deduct therefrom the export to foreign ports.................................. 600,000
And assuming that the stock on hand, was the same as at the close of the preceding year-it results that the quantity manufactured the year past, ending 30th
September, was............................................. 120,593
Estimated consumption last year................................ 103,483
Increase....................................................................  17,110
Note.-The quantity on hand in the Northern ports, is believed to be considerably
larger than at the same period last year. The quantity set down for increased consumption will, therefore, be diminished in proportion. It may also be noted that no account
is taken of any cotton manufactured in the Cotton growing States, either in the statement
of the crop or in the quantity consumed.




132   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL IIISTORY               OF COTTON.
The Price semi-weekly at New      York, Weekly   Sales, Receipts, and Exports,
Rates of Freight to Liverpool and Course of Exchange on London, for the
Crop Year ending October 1, 1828.
Price rf  Price of  Sales for Receipts for Exports for Exchange Freight to
1827.   New Orleans'plakd.   week.     week.     week.  on London. Liverpool.
October 2. 104@13      10@12      2,200       379     1,927  111i1111 J-@_id.
5.. 104 13        10  12
9.. 10   13    10@ 12      1,800     2,140      861   11@1114
12.. 10;@13       10(12. 16. 10(@13     10(12      2,200     3,640     2,840   111@11
19.. 10Hl3        10@12
2 23.   10   13 10 10   2     1,700       692     2,113   111@1111
"    26. 10413       10@12
30.. 101 A13     1012       2,800     2,092    2,450     111
Novem. 2.. 104@13       10 @12                                            @d.
s     6..   10 13    9N@11       1,300     2,695     3,521  111@l11
9..  10(13~     9@11i
13..    10(131     9@11      1,000     3,517       734     111l
"  16..  1(t 13~  9  11
"     20.   10(131     9@11      1,900      475      1,715     111l
23.. 9)413i      8i11
(    27..   9' (13    8411      2,200     1,602     1,280    111
4    30..  94(131    8|(@11
Decem. 4..    94(13-    88 @104    1,200     4,410     5,381     111i}     d.
7..  94@13 * 84@10O
11..    9-(@13    8@ 10O     1,500     2,903       311   111@1114
"    14.   9@ 13     84@&104
18..  9413     84@1'   1   1,00      1,224    1,292   111@111~
"    21.    9@13      81  10l
25.     94@13     84 104     1,300       405     2,301   111@1114
"    28..   9@(13     84@10~
1828.
January 1..   94@13     84 @10     1; 000    3,753     4,579  110i(111   @~,d.
4..  94(13     8i@104
8..    9@13       8 @10      1,900     3,144     1,225  110i@1103
" 11..      9@13      8 1(104
15!.  9   13    8 4105       500       7226.......... 110i@110i
18..  9   13    8;( 101
22..  943@13    8. @10      2,300      921     3,692  110i@1102, 25..     10(124     9@105
29..     10 12      9  104    1,200     2,589......... 1101@110,
February.     1. 0121   9@10                                            -d.
5..  10  124    9 104      2,100     3,621    2,589  110i@110. 18.       10  121    9(10t
12..  10@121     9  10l    1,200     3,843       811  11041@110
15..  ]0@a12     9a 10
"     19..  10@ 12     9  10     1,800       737      900   110i@110}
"    22..10    12~    9@10
(    26..  10   12k    9  101}   1,100     2,984     1,515  1104a111
29..    10  12.    9@.1l'
March   4..   10  12     9 )(10    1,400     4,662      938   111@1111 i@3d.
7 7..10         2     912 @10l
11..     10 (z12   8 8 a10    1,700     5,765       928  1101@11043
"    14..   10  124   8   i0
"     18.10    12    8Il10      2,400     1,740       140  110@,111,        21.  102 12!  8110}
"    25..   1o)12     8 8 @10t   2,300     7,282     1,388  1104@111
"    28..   10 @12t   8a10
April    1..  10  12    8   104    2,400     7,657     4,834  1104@l111   @,d.
4..     10  124   8a(104
"i    8..   10  124   8110S      1,700     4,553     1,603  110i@111
" 11..          102  8  C10~1@
4    15..  10  12'   8    10,    1,800     2,430      380   111(111
"     18..  10O1 2    84a310o
"    22..   10  12    8 84@10}   3,700     3,757     2.989  110N,111
---.........        I.., -- --   ---------— r




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.                                 133
New   York Statement for Year 1828-Continued.
1828.      Price of   Price of    Sales for  Receipts for Exports for Exchango Freight to
New Orleans   Upland.      week.      week.       week.    on London. _iverpool.
April    25     10   12k    834i10
29..      10  12i    8j   10&      4,000      7,917       2,775      110~
May       2..   10.12       9(410                                                   4id.
6..       10   12      9@10j       2,400       5,682      1,769       110k
9..   10(13        9@11
1.. 10@ 13            9@ 11i        5,000      3,374       2,103      110,
16.. 104@13k       10@12
20.. 10( 13          10@12        3,700         830      3,138   O110    l111
23..   11   14     10(13
27..   11   14     10(@.13      4,200       9,403      4,324    1103@111
30..   11   14     10@ 13
June      3..   11@14       10(13          800       2,021      3,998   110a@111       id.
6..       11(14       10@13
"     10..   11(i14      10(13        1,600       5,843       1,689   110@( 111
"    13..   1114        10(13
"  17..    11  14     10@13        2,000       3,501       1,019   1103@111
20..   116114      10   13
"   24..    11  14     10   13       1,000      2,073       1,443      1104
"     27.    11   14     10   13
July      1..   11@14       10(13        1,100       8,243      2,574       1104       id.
4.    11@(14      10@13
8..   11 @14      10   13      1,500       5,964.......... 110@11011.    11@14       10   13
"  15..   1114        10   13        800       2,626         973      110
18..     11@14       10   13
22..     11   13~    10   12~     1,600       3,396      2,905       109~
"     25..    11(13h     10   121
"  29.. 10 i@13       9    12*      1,700      2,972       1,085   109@109i
August    1.   10@ 13       9  212                                                     id.
5.. 10,@131       9@,12       2,100         517       4,046   109@109k
8.. 10@(13        9|   11t
12.. 10i,13        9a(.11       2,600       1,151      3,809    109j@110
" 15.  10(io  13   94   1
"     1     19 10@ 13    9, 11l        2,100      1,258       2,911      110
"     22.. 10@(13        9@11
"     26.. 10@ 13        9i   llk     2,200         678      5,695       110
"     29.. 10     13     9i11
Septem. 2..    10 (13       9@1 ll-      1,800          18      7,822       110i      id
5.. 102(13        94@ 11
9.. 10A        13     9@ 11        2,500        816       1,708   110 @111
12.. 10(13         9@11
16.. 10k    13     9@11-        2,100         462      1,669   110 @111
19.. 10k       13     9k   11
23.. 10( 13            9(1 l        4,400         124       3,199   110i@111
26.10( 13         9i@11i
"     30.. 10@ 13         9@ 11        1,700      1,457       4,434   110i@111
Average price
and total sales.  11.68      10.32     105,600    156,664     120,325
receipts a n l(
exports.




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1828.. c
RECEIPTS.                                    SALES.                      PRICES.
WEEK                                                                                                            ACTUAL
ENDING.      ------------------------------------— EXPORT.                                                              CONSUMPT'N.
American. E. I. Egypt. Brazil.  Other.  Total.  Consumpt'n. Speculation. Export.  Total.  Mid Up Mid.-Orl Dhol. 
Jan. 4...      833............   7,313.......    8,146     9,015     5,000.....  14,015    5     6     3........     9,015
11...   3,689...556               118    4,363    11,816     7,500          19.316    5     6.6 37       20,831   0
18...    846...        1,801........   2,647    13,950............     13950           6     3                34,781   C
25.... 11.2172........    1,475   12,747     8,913     1,000           9,913    5     6..                    43,694 
Feb.  1...  10,368............   3,269   2,056   15,693     9,183...........9,183            5     6     3.....52,877
8...   6,244...........   2,358     519    9,121    12363                     12,:163   5     5      3........    65,240
"   15...   1,354............  1,422     103     2,879    11,469...........       11,462    5     5. 3.76,702 
22...   11,043  2,212  740................  13,995    12 930     1,500.14.430           5     5........    89,632
" 29.       6,428   1,691...       1,566.......   9.685    12,929.                   12,929    5           3.......   102,561   t
Mch. 7...    7,074..             2,921    508    10,503     9,780.9,780                      51    5     3.112,341,
14...    4,306.........             3,330    7,636    14,515...........14,515           53 57        3.       126,856 
"   21...  11,947                         4,600   16,547    15,751     2,700          18,451    51    6     31             142,607
28...    6,622.             2,077     528    9,227    12,150     5,500.        17,650   5      6     3........   154,757 
April 3.     9,29......          1,439   10,737    12.535     1,500.       14,035          6     3........   167,292
11...     11,359...... 2,460   1,882   1,112   16.813    18,757     2,000          20,77           6     3               186,049  0
18..   19,791   2,714 1,840   2,494    697    27.536    15,315     7,000......22,315      5     6     3........   201,364
25...    6,438    325.....     864     241     7,868    14.168     8,000......  18,168    5     6k    3........   215,532   -4
May   2...   9,452............  1,372   1,628   12,452     7,339     2,000......   9,339    51    6j    31              222,871
9...   2,294............ 1,003   4,125    7,422    14,069     4,000......  18,069    5     6      3........   236,940
16...   15,069............3,987     1,907   20.963    14,748     3,000......17,748      57    6. 8'                 251,688 
23...   1,975...............      151    2.126    16.760     7,000......23,760      6     61    31              268,448
30...   12,709............   3,116    133    15,958    10,771     6,000......  16,771    6k    63    3.       279,219 
June 6...   14,021   2,065.....  5,726     110   21,922     7,462     2,000......   9,462    6     6     3.......    286.681   4
13...  16,945......  2,200  2,979    110   22,234    10,016................  10,016    6     6     4........   266,697 
20...    2,670.....  2,675.......    34     5,379     8,194................  8,194    6     6     3.          304,891 
27,..   38,217............  5,327    871   44,415     5,870................  5,870    6      6. 3.        310,761
July  4...  16,344............  1,475    339    18,158     8,110................   8,110    6j    6. 3.        318,871 
11(..    10,040......  900    3,815   1,455   16,210    15,969     3,000  1,200   20,169    6     6.......    334,840&
18...,248   1,881......  4,171   1,989   13,289    13,580     3,000....   16,580    6     6     3......    348,420
25...   21,179............      950     298   22,427    11,834.......... 1,000  12,834    6'     6           1,200    360,254
Aug.  1.     3.427...........    5,425    352     9,204    11,320............... 11,320    61    6     3.          371,570
8...   1,979..... 2,811.......   1,701   20491     22,520..........22,520            6      6     3     1,000    394,094
15............                1,511........  9,466     9,763..........9,763             6     6     3.......    403,857
22 2...  5,283.....1,980    1,356   1,474   10,093     9,270.9,270                      6     6      37             413,127




Aug. 29...       2,455............     4,960        59      7,474      13,474...............        13,464      6k     6       3}........     426,601
Sept. 5...       1,997............      1,120        28      3,145      16,733.............         16,733      6      6                          443,334
12...     3,399......8......       827     2,082      6,308       8,393        1,000      600      9,993      6      6       3...          451,727
"    19...     2,568......   980     1,606       172       5.326      15,126...15,126                 6              3         600       466,853 
26...     3,585...... 1,250      6,788       118     11,741      15,999...15,999                 6      6       3...       482,852      a
Oct.   3...     9,452     1.693  1,800     5,589       995     19,529      12.270..200                  12,470      6      6       3.            495,122     #
11  10...  2,589....................          839      3,428      20.030        2,500......    22,530      6k     6       3|        200      515,152     0
17...       2,124............      3,206       674      6,004       23.160       P.000......    31,160      6       6      3|                 538.312 
24...      1,526.............     142      1,668        7,565       2,000......     9,565      6       6      3........     545,877
"   31...      6.454............    7,410         22    13,886       12.042       4,500......    16,542      6~      6      3i                  557,919     0
Nov. -7...      2,58       644......      2,261     2,784      8,247        9,807       1,100......    10,907      6      6.3........     567,726      g
14.................        531        531        6,329       1,800      500      8,629      6      6       3                  574,055
21...       7,853    1,851......     2,666       265     12.635        6,550       1,300      500      8,350      6       6      3'        500      580,066
28...     7.307............      4,792     4,444     16.543        7,464       1,000......     8,464      6      63      36                 588,069
Dec. 5...       1,107............     5,399........     6,506        7,300       1,200......     8,500      6      6       3........     595,369
12...     8,144.............    1,251       569      9,964        7,830................        7,830      6k     6|      3                  603,199
19...    4,250............I     1,329       244      5,823      13,507...............  13,507      6              3                  616,706
26...      8,168.1,646                        96       9,910      10250.10,250                           6       6      3                  626,956      a
&totsaIles.....I 403,255  15,076 19,636.121,586    49,367    608,920      626,956      96,100    4,000    727,056     5.84     61     33      4,000     1,205,684     >
ceipts & stocks.
0
0
0
0
0




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1828.
UNITED STATES-1827-1828.                                                      Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot.Europe.
United States...................   230,250    249,950     44,331      8,460     302,741 
Stock, 1st October,         Export........... 600,000 Brazil...........................      71,000     79,200      6,915      1,086      87,201    0
1827...........    48,000 Consumption..... 120,000 West Indies.....................       6,650     11,700      5,347      2,614      19,661   ~
Crop, 1827-28... 712,000 Stock, 1st October,           Eastndies...................    12,700.    74,600..........     9,850      84,450
_     1828...........  40,000 Egypt..........................    22,100     36,750     28,810      2,747      68,307 
Bags............ 760,000                                                                                             - 
Bags............. 760,000 Stock.........................    342,700   452,200     85,403     24,757     562,360
IMPORT.
CONSUMPTION.                         United States...................    414,248    444,939    142,230     42,960     630,128 
Brazil..............   162,465    165,038     16,0A0      7,808     188,866
WLiverp est Indies.....................    13,375    23,565     15,322     18,422      57,309
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.  East Indies..............16,645             84,700.........       39,180     123,880 
728  _       43.040 162,881 501,807  _471_,768 Egypt.....26 3..............        24667      31,103     32,560     34,114      97,777 7
707 728     43.040    162,881    501,807     471,768 
166,602      8,094     20,190    138,318     134,945 Consumption...................      631,400    749,344   206,132    142,484    1,097,960
55,841     15,839     18,412     21,590      14,075 
74,992     37,422                317,570     14,095 Stock supply...............   974,100  1,201,544    291535    167,24     1,60,320
98,644     28,441     38,240     31,963      22,447..
1,103,807    132,836    239,723    731,248     657,330                                    U. States. Brazil&W.I East India.  Egypt..
492,083     34,405     51,812    405,866     295,470 Export deducted from import.....      20,300      6,080    38,050..........     64,430
64,430      21,300
1,595,890    167,241    291,535  1,201,544     974,100   Total supply, bags................................ 1,595,890       c
_ —----------- - -------....................   O




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 137
1829.
Mr. Dyer, of Manchester, England, obtained a patent in Great
Britain for an improvement in the "tube frame" introduced from
America by him. (See years 1825 and 1833).
In operation in England 45,500 power looms, and in Scotland
10,000. (See years 1785, 1813 and 1820.)
During this year the quantity of British calicoes and muslins,
which paid the print duty, was 128,340,004 yards. (See year 1.796).
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece. 7,768,072 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece.... 5,562,136  "
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty
of 5s. per piece................................. 2,105,936  "
Cotton exports from United States, 264,847,186 lbs., 12,833,307
lbs. being Sea Island; total value $26,574,311.
Value of foreign cotton goods imported into England ~60,770.
Inmports of cotton' into Great Britain from foreign countries,
193,122,967 lbs., as follows: United States, 157,187,396; Brazil,
28,878,386; Turkey and Egypt, 5,986,385; miscellaneous, 1,070,800: from British Possessions, 29,644,444 lbs., as follows: East Indies and Mauritius 24,908,399; British West Indies, 4,640,414;
miscellaneous, 95,631. Total Imports, 222,767,411 lbs.; Exports,
30,285,115 lbs.: Iome consumption, 204,097,037 lbs,
A very cheap machine for making roving, called the "Eclipse
Speeder," capable of any rapid operation, was patented April 18th,
this year, by Gilbert Brewster of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (See year
1835).
Five hundred hands employed about the establishment of the
Factory Island, Maine, Mill. (See years 1825, 1826 and 1830.)




188     CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTItAL t IISORY O 00 TTOi.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and     Total Amount of the Cotton       Crop of    the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1829.
Same
Bales.   Bales.    Total.   period
NEW    ORLEANS.                                                    1828.
ExportTo  Foreign  ports.......................................     226,932           218,565
Coastwise.................................................    41,017            86,283
Stock on hand 1st October, 1829............         5,557             4,365
Deduct-                                                      273,506            309,213
Received Irom Mobile.............................          6,350
do      Florida...........................   2,907
-      9,257             5,027
FLORIDA.                                             264,249  304,186
Received atNew Orleans..............................................         2,907
M obile...................................................     371
New York..........................................  721
Baltim ore.................................................     147
AL-AB        4,146    3,940
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign ports.......................................     48,534
Coastwise........................................             31,314
On hand at Mobile.......................                     481
80,329
Deduct received from Florida..................3......               371
GE A- _   79,958    71,563
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign ports-Uplands............... 128,233
do          Sea Islands.....................      13,729
-   141,962
Coastwise............................. 103,375
From Darien-                                                   245,337
To New York......................      128
On hand in Savannah..............................         2,30
do     Augusta...........................         1,401
3,701
249,166  153,749
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign ports-Uplands........................  161,531
do         Sea Islands....................   23,047
--— _    184,578
Coastwise.................................................   29,450
Coas.29,450
214,028
From Georgetown to New York............................  3,649
On hand in Charleston.................................   4,323
Deduct-                                                        222,000
Received from Savannah and included in export from
that  place....................................  23,635
Received at North Carolina throughW ilmington.....................................      90
Cheraw, about.............                     15,000
Camden,    "...................................       10,000
Columbia      I(..................................    5,000
__ —       53,725
168.275  109,733




CHWoRnQLOG1CAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF O1TTON,                            1 3
Statement and    Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1829-Continued.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1828.
NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Received at New York fromWilmington.......................               11,172
North Counties..............................           22,205
33,377
At Philadelphia from North Carolina...............           2,731
At Boston.....................                                     197
At Cheraw, Camden and Columbia.....................   30,000
Shipped from Wilmington to Charleston..............                90
do           do         Europe...............   4,210
On hand at Fayetteville..........................                1,000
71,605
Export from Petersburg and RichmondTo  Foreign  ports..................................   19,516
Coastwise................................    12,000
On hand in Petersburgh........................       1,500
33,016
-  104,621   77,422
Total crop of the United States..........................      870.415  720,593
720,593
Increase compared with last year.......................          149,822
Export to Foreign Ports, from       1st October, 1828, to 30th September, 1829.
Gr at  ~     Other
MBritain PFrance.  parts of  Total.
FROM                          Britain.          Europe.
New Orleans...................................... 130,514      78,370   18,043  226,932
Alabama.....................................          37,818    7,051    3,665   48,534
Georgia..........................................   118,404   21,988    1,570  141,962
South Carolina...................................  138,086   33,847   12,645  184,578
North Carolina............................     3,100    1,110........    4.210
Virginia.......................................       13,302    5,803      411   19,516
New York.....................................         53,575   36,059   28,138  117,772
Philadelphia......................................   2,928      4~7      596    4,001
Boston....................................      243      116      925    1,284
Other  Ports.......................................      31.......      180      211
Grand  total...................................  498,001  184,821   66,178  749,000
Total last year.........4................... 424,743   148,519   26,738  600,000
Increase.....................................   73.258   36,302   39,440  149,000
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5, 569,259 bales.
do      1825-6, 720,027  do.
do      1826-7, 957,281  do.
do      1827-8, 727,593  do.
do      1828-9, 870,415  do.




140   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY                  Of COTTON.
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States, we take the total crop
for the year past............................................   870,415
Deduct therefrom the export to foreign ports........................... 749,000
Stocks on hand in the Southern ports.................................  16,562
765,652
And assume that the quantity at the Northern ports was the same as last year, it
results that the consumption  was.........................................  164,853
Estimated consumption for 1827-8............................................ 120,593
do       do      1826-7............................................  103,483
Note.-The quantity on hand in the Northern ports at the close of last year, is believed
to have been much greater than the present. It is probable, therefore, that the actual
manufacture has varied but little.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT. FOR 1829.
UNITED STATES-1828-1829.                                                        Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.   0
E   port......... 749,0001
tock,  st October,   Export.        749,000      United States..........        157,590    172,781     23,680       8,380      204,841
Stock, 1st October,         Consumption.         119,000     Brazil.....................     95.510    100, 910      2,745        800      104, 455.1828............  40.000 Stock, 1st October,             WstIndies5,950                               12,655      2,257       5,197       20,109 
~Crop, 182 8-2 9.  858,     1829.............  30;000   _ West Indies.................    5,950      12,655      2,257       5,197       20,109
Crop, 1828-29.     O853,000   1829............^30,000       East Indies.................     12,100     83,680.........     11,608       95,288    0
Bags............   898,000 Bags............ 898,000        Egypt.................           24,320     35,840     23,130       8,420       67,390
Stock...................... 295,470       405,866      51,812     34,405      492,083 
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.   Gt. Britain. Liverpool.           IMPORT. 
758,205      66,553    186,433    505,219    471,830... United States............... 429,640        460,782    185,508     72,463       718,753 
205,557      25.088     27.006    153,463    125, 639.... Brazil.................. 157,329          159,013     26,168     26,302       211,483 
58,513     20,129      12,045     26,339     17, 643.... West Indies.................   14,663      20.637     12,605     20,161        53,403    "
100,348     64,759.........    35,589     17,907.... East Indies.................   16,587      80,402......     64,428       144,830    H
93,232     29,519      39,226     24,447     19,878... Egypt......................     22,458      24,739     17,949     23,524        66,212 
1,215,855    206,048    264,750    745,057    679,897....Consumption............... 640,677        745,573    242,230     206,878    1,194,681
353,909      35,235     29,292    289,382    203,250   Stock.                     Supply, 936,147    1,151,439    294,042    241,283     1,686,764 
U. States. Brazil &W.I. East India.  Egypt............................... 117,000         53,000   Export deducted from import....      21,000      28,500     54,500     13,000       117,000
1,596,764    241,283    294,042   1,151,439   936,147    Total supply, bags.....................                     1,569,764
H.
1,H,6
-,,_,.................~~~~~~~~~~~




142    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The Price semi-weekly at New      York, Weekly Sales, Receipts and Exports, Rates
of Freight to Liverpool andi Course of Exchange on London, for the Crop
Year ending October 1, 1829.'Price of   Price of    Sales    Receipts    Exports   Exchange Freightto
1828.    New Orleans  Upland.   for week.  for week.   for week. on London. Liverpool.
October 3.. -10   i13       911                                      110@111     A@cd.
7.. *~i  13      9   11      2,100      1,771        734
"     10.. 10 (13        9   11-                                   110i_/ll1
14.. ]0213         9   11      1,900      1,101      2,298
17.. 0     13      9   ll11-0^@111
21..!0~    13       9   ll.  2,200      1,498      5,325
"  24.. 101   13      9   11  -                                 110@111
28.. 101   13      9   11      2,100      1,961      2,366
31'. 104   13     9    11"                                   110j@111
Novem. 4.. 104      13     94@11       1,900      2,766      3,364       ~        @|d.
7.. 10'   13     94(11                                         llOi
11.. 10(@13       94@11        2,900      2,346      2,390
14.. 104(@13     99@11                                       110@110
18.. 10    13     9    11      2,800        953      2,669
21.   10@13       9 (  11                                       110
25.. 104 @13      92@11        1,000      2,585      3,599
28.. 104 @13      9@.11                                      109@_110
Decem.    2.. 104   13     91  ll      1,900      3,813      1,432                 id.
5.. 104   13     9@ 114                                     109j@110
9.. 101   13     92@11        2,400      4,143      2,520
12.. 10a   13     9@111
12..      l 13    9i   ll-                                   109.@110
16.   10213       9   11       2,500      5,572      2,240
19.. 10(13        94 i109@110'23..  0@13       9@ 11        2,000      3,222      2,785
27.: 102@13       9@ 11                                      108(@1081
30.. l0_@13       9@ 11        1,100      3,299        $51
1829.
January   2.. 10 @13       9@11                                         108i  4~@Sd.
6.. ] 0( 13      9~2(11         700      3,296      4,375
9.. 10,   13     91   11                                       107i
13.. 101_13       9@10         2,100      4,912        632
16.. 10'   124    94   104                                      1074
20..   10 12       9   104. 1,700     6,312      2,160
23..   10(12       9   10                                    107(@108
27..   10  12      9   10      3,300      3,839      1,564
30..   10c(12      9   10                                       1084
February 3..   10   12      9  10      3,000      1,653      5,598               i@~d.
6..   10  12      9   10                                   108|@109
10..   10a12       9  10       1,100      4,814      1,153
13..   10  12      9 (10                                    108_@109
17..   10  12     8    10      2,900      1,086      2,492
20..   10  12     84  10                                     108i@1084
24..   10  12     8 (10        1,600      1,407      1,678
27..   10i(12     8'  10.                                 108
March     3..  10( 12      8 @10       1,700      3,540      3,203       1        (d.
6..   10  12     82@10                                         1084
10..   10  12     8@10         1,000      8,540      1,323
13..:10   12     8i@10                                         1084
17..   10  12     8_@10        1,300      4,142      1,747
20..!10   12     8@, 0                                         108 
24..   10(12      84.10        1,600      2,861      3,650
27..'10@12       81@10                                         1084
31..   10@'12     8~.@ 10     2,900        918      1,839
April    3..   10   12    8@10                     108                           4(4d.'   7..  10@12       8|(~a 104   1,500      5,531      2,287
10..   10@12      8a@10                                        1084
14..   10@12      8i( 10       1,000      2,002      1,948
17..   10@12      8@ 10                                     108@109
21..:10@12            8*@ 104      1,600      2,167      3,748.. 24.. -10@12 8. 10 _________________                             1094i110 _____




CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY        OF COTTON.       143
New York Statementfor Year 1829-Continued.
Price of  Price of    Sales    Receipts   Exports  Exchange Freight to
New Orleans   Upland.   for week.  for week.  for week. on London. Liverpool.
April   28..  10  12    8    101    1,700      2,108     1,505
May      1..  10@12      810                                    1093@110    id.
5.   10   12    8   10      2,000     1,967     1,372
8.   10   12    8 (101                                 109ji110
12..    10  12     8   104    1,300      3,030     2,419
15..  10  12     8@101                                     1094
19.. 10   12    8 @10,      2,100     2,900     3,389
22..    10  12     8i 10                                     1092
26..     10  12     88  10       500      2,725     4,293
29..   10.12     81  104                                 109@109
June     2..  10  12     8   101    1,000      2,307     1,157               id
5..  10   12    8@ 10                                  108|@109
9..  10   12    8@104        900      2,255       600
12..        10(. 112  8@ 104                                     108
16..  1012      8,104        700      1,790       743
19.   10   12   8'@ 1010                                    08
23..    10  12     87@10i     1,500      5,913     1,539
26..  9   312   8@ 10                                    -108i
30..  9i  12     8   10     1,300      1,748       710
July     3..  9B  12     8j 104                                 108i@108i    id.
" 7..     9~@12      84  104     1,400     4,063     1,298
"   10..   9i12      84@10k                                    109
14..    9i@12. @10t      1,800      6,860     2,380
17..  9i@12      8 (10                                  109i@109i
21..    94@12     8   10i    1,400      1,257     1,413
24..  9(.12      81101
4 g12  8~( 10                    109os~los9
28..  9(.12      84110k      1,500     2,534     1,095 
"    31..   9@12       8@104                                     109'
August 4..    9 (12      8@104      1,000     1,780      1,604                M.
7..     9@ 12      8  10                                    1094
"     11..  9~@12      8  10k     1,700     1,886      1,832
"     14:   92@12      8@10                                     109
18..     9k@12       8@10       1,500     4,277       555
21..  94@12       8  1109                                     109
"     25..  9@12       8(10       2,200       562     2,204
28..  9( 12       8@ 10                                 109i@109
Septem. 1..   9( 12       8@10      2,100        54      4,581'"    44..  9212       8  10                                 1094(i109j
8..  9(.@12     8  104     2,900     2,118       645
"     11..  94G12     8s10                 o109i@109|
15..  9     8 12  8@10i     1,500      1,130     4,636
"     18..  9 @12      8@10                                     109
" 22..  9k@ 124   8@ 104     1,300       334     2,029
"     25..  9i  121    810                   -109i
29..  9@12i      8@10I      1,400     1,156     2,644
Average price
and total sales,  10.65  9.88      90,500   146,404   116,590
receipts a n d
exports.




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1829.
RECEIPTS.                              SALES.                  PRICES.
WEziVK                                                                                              ACTUAL 
ENDING.                    -         -EXPORT. CONSUMPT?'N 
American. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Consumpt'n. Speculation. Export  To'al.  Mid. Up Mid.Orl Dhol. I
Jan. 2...   2,769              3,062    60    5.891    10,021.....            10,021   6-   6     3k 1........  10,021, 9...     2,234               350........  2.594   8,787...........8,787        5     6     3........  18,808  f, 16...    4,579.........  1,405  2,807   8,791    8.556................  8,556  5   6    3........  27,364  0
"  23..    9,387............ 1.261  2,251  12,890   6,768..........  6...... 6768  5   6    34........  34,132
30.      10,339.....         2,238         12.577   14,313    4,000         18,313  5     6                   48,445
Feb. 6...  30,909              9,472    624  41,005   13,634.......... 700    14,334  5     6     3      700    62,079
13.    16,977              3,479  3,474  23,930   11,790................ 11,790  5    6    3........   73,869
"  20.  11,906.......  922   1,897   14.725   7,600..........   7,600  5     5    3........  81,469 
27...     8,484  1,324......  3,570  1.328  14,698  11.804......11,804           5     5     3........    93,273
Mch. 6..   15,521..............  1,854   17,375   11,755..........     11,755   5    5     3........   105,028  t
13...   3,817.......3,817             14,210...........     14,210  54    5    34.....     119,238..
20...   1,677  916.............. 449    3,042    7,746    2,000...... 9,746   5     5    3........  126,984 
"  27.     2,748.......          685   3,433    8,530..........8,530         5     5    3........ 135,514
Apr. 3...   3,385              1,127.......  4,512    8,197.8,197                  5     5     3........   143,711 
"  10...  33,490.             5,129   992   39,611   10,711      600.      11,311  5     5    3........  154,422
16...  38,954  4,185......  7,225  436  50,800  10,470................ 10,470  5    5    3........  164,892
"  24.  11,218  6,144  1380........  2,332  21,074  17,347......   1,500  18,847  5   5    3     1,500
May 1...    5,152.....     5,152    13,585   2,000         15,585  5     5    3........  195,824:
8...  11,452...........  3,613   878  15,943   11,440     500          11,940  5     5    3...20,264
15...  11,026  2,109......  7,686  444  21,265  14,635    1,500   200   16,335  54    53   3      200    221,899 
22...   5,360              2,644   376    8,380   15,490    1,000   900   17,390  54    5    3.900    237,389  Q
29...  13,043              1,199  1, 504  15,746  r17,351   3,000.      20,351   5    5     3........ 254,740
June  5.   6,663              1,138    300   8,101    8,944...........8,944         5    51    3........ 263,684 
"  12...   2,114              2,407     6    4,527   13,384................ 13,381  5        3........ 277,068
"  19...   9,542...... 6,740  11,064  978   28,324-  13,79713,797                    54         3........    290,865
"  26...   3,537.......    1,588........  4,625  15,610................15,610  543 54. 3.306,475                 t
July  3...  9,060              1,000  2,053   12,113   11,994...........    11,994   54   5     3........ 318,469
"  10...  34,523             11,634   227   46,384   10,300...........     10,300  5     5    3........  328,769
17...    13,126...........  2,833  601  16,560   13,580...........13,580       5     5    3........   42,349
"  24...   8,931       7,125  1,462  1,563  19,081   10,942                  10,942  54    54   3........  353,291
"  31.     4,341              2,333    133   6,707   14,139...........     14,139  5     5    3........  367,430
Aug. 7...  22,012.             2,753  4,570  29,335    8,880.           500    9,380  5     5    3       500   376,310
"  14...   1,630  1,296.............  699  3,625   10,914................ 10,914  5    5    3........  387,224
21...     3,264............  2,455  336    6,055   15, 097....15,097             5     5    3......    402,321
28...  10.250...........  1,824  2.  12,076  11,852   1,000  1,000  11,.852  5   5     3     1,000   414,173




Sept. 4...   3,265...... 1,900........    6    5,171    16,460.......... 3,500  19,960   5     5     3     3,500    430,633
11         18,643........     4.375   1,697   24,715    13.841.......... 4,000  17,841   5     5     3     4,000    444,47
18          1110....  1,110.....................       11,190    1,000   2,800  14,990    5     5     3     2,800    455,664
"  25..  9,448............  3,408    683   13,539    13,500    1,500   1,000  16,000    5     5     3     1,000    469,164
Oct. 2...     938...........  4,755    244    5,937    18,860     5,500  1,000   25,360   54    5   I 27    1,000    486, 024  X...        2,325..... 2,254   1,161    103    5,843    17,886    2,500    500   20,886    5     5     2       500    505,910 
"   16..     552.... 55 2......  2,233  662  3,447  16,264.......... 2,500  18,764   54    5     2     2,500    522,1740
23...   1,583  1,479......  3,601    743     7,406   18,844........    300   19,144   5     5     2       300    541,018'  30      731.........   1,101...    1,832    18,584..........  700   19,284,  5     5             700    559,602 
Nov. 6. 58.....................   358    12,730      500......  13,230   5     5     2              572,332   0
13        561...... 3,540   1,050    5.151   21,525     3,000......  24,525   5     5     3........  593,857 
13    3              65161 27
"  20................................  22,270    6,000......  28,270   5     54    3.......    616,127   c
27..      37.......        3      370      13,340  1,00014,340                          3........   629,467 
Dec.  4      1,380.....  2,860  1,531........  5,771    8,437...............    8,437   5      4........  637,904 
11     3,446............  5,427     36     8,909    5,276................   5,276    5a    5    3........   643,180 
18...   2,924...   1,302    502     4,728   14,694................  14,694    5    5      3........   657.874
"  2..     1,158...............     65    1,223    15,120     1,00016120                          3              67,99
31.........3....................3...............  15,321................  15,321  6   6     3              688,315 
e2aleprices  322,109  17,453 22,259 128,707  39,645  530,173  688,315  37,100  21,100  746,515  5.32 5.545 3.085  21,100  1,298,694 
eipt..e, r'e-s.              i       I...l       5, 
* Total American and other stocks, 203,250. 
0O~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i!
"1,
4,728/ 14,694  14'694/ ~~          ~~~
1,3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~02501
65787




146  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1830.
Mr. William Strutt, F.R.S., of Derby, son of Jedediah Strutt,
the partner of Richard Arkwright (see years 1732, 1767, 1790 and
1792), died on the 29th of December this year..
Mr. Roberts, of Sharp, Roberts & Co., of Manchester, England,
took out a patent for an improvement upon his self-acting mule.
(See years 1792 and 1825.)
British calicoes, etc., printed at an average duty of 5s. per piece.. 8,596,952 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., exported-average drawback of 5s. per piece..... 6,315,440 pieces.
Calicoes, etc., taken for home consumption at an average duty of
5s. per piece........................... 2,281,512 pieces.
An extremely well informed calico printer of England, this year.
made the following calculation of the number of individuals em,
ployed in the printing trade and in the manufacturing of the cloth
printed:
" The duty is, in round numbers, ~2,000,000, which is equal to 8,000,000
pieces of prints."
s.  d.
Average price of printing cloth per piece........................  0
Deduct value of raw material..........................    2  6
4  6
Deduct for profits of machinery, etc..........................  1 0
Supposed amount paid in wages on each piece..................  3  6
8,000,000 pieces of cloth-wages for spinning and weaving at 3s. 6d...1,400,000
Average of wages for printing do. at 2s. 6d......................  1,000,000
22,400,000
Or equal to ~46,154 of wages paid weekly for labor in spinning,
weaving and printing, the average of which is about 8s. per head;
divide ~46,154 by 8s. and there results 115,385 individuals employed in spinning, weaving and printing; and it may be said that
as many more are dependent upon them-thus giving 230,770 individuals employed in and dependent upon the printing trade."
(See year 1676.)
Value of foreign cotton goods imported into England ~42,277.
Imports of cotton into Great Britain from foreign countries,
248,018,963 lbs., as follows: United States, 210,885,358; Brazil,
33,092,072; Turkey and Egypt, 3,401,710; from British Possessions, 15,942,489 lbs., as follows; East Indies and Mauritius,
12,483,217; British West Indies, 3,429,247; miscellaneous, 30,025.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 147
Total imports, 263,961,452 lbs.; Exports, 8,534,976 lbs.; Home
consumption, 269,616,640 lbs.
The average product of the spinner of yarn No. 40, was two
and three quarter hanks per spindle per day. (See years 1790 and
1812.)
Computed number of pounds of yarn and twist made in Great
Britain, 223,000,000; 64,000,000 lbs. of which were imported.
Also 442,000,000 yards of cotton goods exported-value of all,
~19,000,000.
A patent was taken out in England, in the name of John Hutchinson, of Liverpool, this year, for the "Cap" or "Danforth"
Spinner (see year 1828), when it went into extensive use throughout Europe.
Total number of slaves in the United States this year, 2,009,000;
983,000 of whom were in the cotton States alone. (See years 179(
and 1850.)
The Mill on Factory Island, Maine (see years 1825, 1826 and
1829), which had been in course of erection for five years, was
completed early this year, but was no sooner finished'than it was
burned to the foundation and the company lost all their stock.
The wreck of the mill, with all other property, was sold at a very
low price to another Boston Company, who obtained a charter
under the name of "The York Manufacturing Company of Saco."
(See year 1833.)
American cotton in Liverpool, worth from 7d. to 9d. per pound.
(See year 1806.)




148     CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and      Total Amount of       the Cotton   Crop   of   the United    States, for
the Year ending 30th September, 1830.
Same
Bales,   Bales.    Total.   period
NEW ORLEANS.__                                        _ -- 
ExportTo  Foreign  Port........................................  295,774.......   226.932
Coastwise...............................                             115........    41,017
Stock on hand 1st October, 1830...........................9,505........              5,557
361,394.......... 273,506
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1829............               5,557
Received from Mobile..............................         6,095
Florida.............................          3,521'-      15,173.          13,192
346,221
AddBurnt.............................................     7,250
Loss by damage........................      553
-  7,803
354,024    260,314
FLORIDA.
Received atNew Orleans..............................................          3,521
Baltim ore.................................................          77
Philadelphia.................                                       686
New York..........................1,433
Boston....                                                             70
5,787    4,146
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo Foreign Ports..................................   61,323
Coastwise.............................................  41,702
Stock on hand at Mobile................................        140
I      -
10,165
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1829..........................             481
-   102,684    79,904
GEORGIA.
Export from' SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands....................... 139,238
Sea Islands.....................          9,579
_-   148,817
Coastwise................................................  98,845
oastwise...                  98,845
247,662
From DarienTo  Liverpool.....................................       2,422
To New York..................................       634
3,056
250,718
On hand in Savannah.............................          1,600
"     Augusta.........................     4,500
6,100
256,818
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1829.......................    3,701
______ __________________________                - 253,117 246,000




OHROTNOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON,                              149
Cotton   Crop of the     United States.-Continued.
Bales.   Bales.    Total.   period
1830.
SOUTH    CAROLINA. 
Export from Charleston-.
To Foreign Ports —Uplands...........           165,636
(" Sea         Islands.....................    16,536
-    182,172
Coastwise.......................,..................  27,256
209,428
From Georgetown-To New Yrk........................    3451
On hand in Charleston....................3,906
216,785
DeductOn hand 1st October, 1829....................            4323
Received from  Savannah, and included inthe Export
from   that place................................  23,591
27,914
-   188,871   195,365
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo  Europe.........................................     3,324
New York........................................ 31,581
Philadelphia........................................    1,218
Boston,~,~~,~~~........,732
Boston............................................              732
Baltim ore..............................................         7
On hand..........................        1,000
Deduct-                                                         37,862
Stock on hand 1st October, 1829...........................       1,000
_       o -36,862  40,515
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports.....................................   28,753
Coastwise.............................................  8,000
On  hand..........................................      247
_
Deduct-                                                         37.000
Stock on hand 1st October, 1829.....................      1,500
35,500    31,500
Total crop of the United States..............................  976,845  857,744
857,744       -
Increase compared with last year............................ 119,101




150    CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON..Export to Foreign Ports, from    October 1, 1829, to September 30, 1830.
To       To     Other
Great  F        parts of  Total.
FROM                        Britain.  rance. Europe.
New Orleans...................................... 196,892  93,446   5,436 295,774
Alabama........................................  43,165  9,972   8,186   61,323
Georgia.......................................    117,939  27,278   3,600 148,817
South Carolina.......................        134,820  36,119   11,233 182,172
North  Carolina...............................    2,349     975.......    3,324
Virginia..........................................  22,274   6,309     170   28,753
New York...............                             73,596  26,642   12,844 113,082
Philadelphia.....................................   2,256      50      56    2,362
Boston............................................. 2............687        687
Other Ports, (Darien).............                   2,422................   2,422
Grand total................................. 595,713 200,791   42,212 838,716
Total last year.............................. 498,001 184,821  66,178 749,000
Increase..                                    97,712  15,970           89,716
Decrease..............................................  23,966
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5, 560,000 bales.:"      1825-6, 710,000  "
S"      1826-7, 937,000  "
"       1827-8, 712,000  "
"       1828-9, 857,744  "
"      1829-30, 976,845  "
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States,
take the growth of the year past............................ 976,845 bales.
Add-Stocks on hand in the Southern ports at the commencement
of the year, (October 1, 1829)...............................  16,562
993,407 bales.
Deduct therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports................. 838,716
Stocks on hand in the Southern ports at the
close of the year, (October 1, 1830)........  20,898
Destroyed at New Orleans..................    7,803
867,417
Less-Amount of Foreign cotton included in the export from N.Y.    522
-  866,895
Assuming that the quantity on hand in the Northern ports on the 1st Oct.,
was the same as last year, it results that the consumption was........ 126,512
Consumption of 1828-9............................... 104,853
(' 1827-8...............................  120,593
1826-7................................  103,483
Note.-In regard to the consumption of cotton in 1827-8, it may be remarked, that the
quantity on hand in the manufacturing districts at the close of that year was much greater
than usual, which will account for the apparent falling off in the succeeding year. We
remark, also, that the consumption as above does not include any cotton manufactured in
the cotton-growing States.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1830.
UNITED STATES, 1829-1830.                                                 Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot.Europe.  C
Stock, October 1,         Export............ 846,000     United States...............   99,400    107,344    22,755     14,290    144,389    0
1829........    30,000 Consumption.... 126,000      Brazil......................   74,500    78,960      1,907      2,014     82,881    O
Crop, 1829-'30.... 977,000 Stock, Oct. 1, 1830  35,000  West Indies.................     2,970     5,953      2,817      5,229     13,999 f
___._           -__-...East Indies.................    9,480     73,993........      11,277     85,270    0
Bags............1,007,000 Bags.............1,007,000     Egypt....................      16900     23,132      1,813      2,425     27,370 
Stock.....................    203,250    289,382    29,292     35,235    353,909 
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.       IMPORT.
753,389     43,298   171,033    539,058   503,731....United States...............  571,848    618,754    191,450    41,507     851,711 
232,472     15 527    34,601    182,344   178,899....Brazil....................  189,754  192,814  38,651  17,562    249,027 
43,464     18,700    11,700     13,064     8,159... West Indies................   7,289    10,925     12,748    19,669      43,342 
78,369     32,140..........    46,229    17,767.East Indies................      14;087    34,619..........    24,100      58,719 
82,842     23,521    34,541     24,780    19,962....Egypt...................    11,062 1   4,839     40,994    27,360      83,193   0.........................    11,062    14,839     4   4     2           8    3    0
1,190,536   133,186    251,875   805,475    728,518....Consumption.............      794,040    871,951   283,843    130,198   1,285,992 
414,365     32,247    61,260    320,858   258,000 Stock.                    Supply,   997,290  1,161,333   313,135   165,433   1,639,901    m
U. Stat(s. Brazil&W.I. East India.  Eg pt...............................     35,000     10,772 Export deducted from Import...      7,800     4,130     22,000     1,070      35,000
1,604901        165,433  313,135   1,161 3  997,290  Total supply  (bags)......................................................  1, 604,901 
1,604,901   165,433    313,135  1,161,333 1  997,290 Total supply (bags).................................................... 1,604,901 
H



152    CHRONOLOGICAL AND         STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The Price semi-weekly at New York-, Weekly Sales, Receipts and Exports, Bates
of Freight to Liverpool and Course of.Exchange on London, for the Crop
Year ending October 1, 1830.
Price of  Price of  Sales for  Receipts  Exports  Exchange Freight to
1829.   New Orleans  Upland.   week.    for week.  for week. on Londou. Liverpool.
October 2... 9    121    8  10                                    1091  ~i@d.
6..  94)12       8 a 10    1,300      1,099     2,298
9..  94   124    8  10                                    1094
"    13..   91  12     8(10|      1,600       124       706
" 16..      9   12     8  10                                    1094
20..   9   12     8  10       600       159      1,856', 23..     91  121    8  10                                    1094
27..  9-  124    8  10     2,000      1,855     2,054
t    30..    9  12i    8  10                   I                109
Novem. 3..     9  124    8   10't   1,400        44     1,391        4      @( d.
6..    9  124    8  10~                                 109|@110
"     0..    9  124    8  10i     3,200     2,713       112
13..   9  124     8  104                                   109t
"     17..  94  12.   8   10o     2 800     1,938     2,298
20.   94   12j- 81 1019
24..  9( 124    84  10     2,200      2,857     2,000
27..  9   12.    8                                         1094
Decem.   1.   9 @12.     8   104    1,400     1,408     2,840               id.
4..  9'12 -8       1043                                  1094
8..  9   12     84  104    1,600      2,667..........
"11..  9@124     8   104                                1094; 109i
15..  10124      8410       1,100     2,339      1,047
"18..        1       08 1012  18;                      109@10910
22.. -10a12      8   lO 10  1,700     4,649      1,247
25..  10124      84  104109                                  109
29..  10.12 48.K101-        2,300      6,651     1,543
1830.
5..  10@ 12.    9,104    1,400     2,214      1,476
8..  10  12   9(. 104.                              1092o109
12..   ) 10@12    9  104      800     5,823     2,404'
15..  10  124    84  10}                                   109
19..  10@124    8@lO       2,500     3,033       632
" 22..  10@12    8   10.                                1084@109
26.  1012    8(    10,    4,400'    7,850       867
29..  10    - 1  80810                                  108@108
February 2..  10  12    8    10o    3,200     2,560     3,153             ~@9-16d.
5.    10(12     8                                      010  108108
9..1     120      8 10    2,400      3,852       59
12.. 10~(12 -      8a10l                                   108 
16.. 10.4  12-   84 110-    5.300      3,621     2,244
19..1 I0^124       9   10.                                1084@1083
23..   10  124"   9  10{-   4,200      7,328     3,637
"     26..  10  12i    9  104                                 108@108~
March    2..  10  124    9(104      3,900     3,724     4,928             ~(~d.
5..  10  12'     9  10                                 o108@108
9..  10129       9104      1,600      2,792      163
12..   1012       910i                                   108@108~
16..  10  12      9  10     1,200     7,348      3;852
19..       10  124    910                                      108
23..   10  124   84  10i     1,800     5,555     2,433
2 26..  10@124   8@410a                                    108
"     30..  10@124    84   10-    1.600     4,671     1,189
April    2..  10  129   84   10l                                  108    ~@9-16d
6..  10  12A    8   11    4,700      4,540     2,749
9..10       12    81  11                                    108
(     13..  10@124    84 _1       3,800     2,117     1,671
"      16.. 104@12     9  11                                    108
20.. 104_@122     9  11     5,300      2,161     2,644
23.. 10@12       9]11.                                 1074@1074




CHRONOLOGICAL Ali) STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 153
New   York Statement for Year 1830-Continued.
Price of   Price of    Sales for  Receipts   Exporis    I xchange  Freight to
1830.    New Orleans   Upland.     week.     for week.  for week.  on London. Liverpool.
April   27.. 10       12*  9(11         3,000       9,899      1 090
30.. 100    12     9@11                                           107a
May       4.. 10    12      9@ 11       1,600       4,258      5,209                @d.
7.. 10    12i      9   1                                        107
11..     104   12      9  11       3,000      3,721       2,397
"     14.. 10i   12      9 )11                                         107
18.. 10     12i     9 i11       2,900      2,479      5,963
"     21.. 10     12k     9  11                                         107
"     25.. 10a    12      9 9  11    2,100       2,596      1,480
" 28.. 10i12i             9 @11                                         107
June      1.. 10k   12      9 9  11     1,900       3,344      7,141                @
4.. 10,12k        9  11                                        1078.. 10k    12k     9  11      4,200       5,890        554
11.. 10~        12~     9   11                                        10715.. 10       121     9.1      3,400      2,319      4,604
"     18.. 10,12         9 @11                                     106q1,17
22.. 10 i121        9  11       4,900      2,999      3,092
25.. 10   12     9k   1l                                     106k@106a
29.. 10        12i       (ll1k     2,100       1,219      6,297
July      2.. 101 12k      9    10 6@,106~                                          3@d.
"      6.. 10@ 12i-      9    11      1,900      1,570       2,833,I     9.. 100    13     9    ll 1                                      106
"     13.. 10k    13     9@11           800      4,030'      3,076
16.      110   13     9    ii                                     105i@106
20.. 10k       13     9il l        1,000      2,643      1,862
23.     10.   13     9@11l.                       106
27.. 10     13     9   11l     700       1,117      1.170
30.. 10i@13        9k @11i                                     106@106i
August    3.. 10i   13.    9    11  i   2,300        493       4,197               i(ua.
6. 6     10@ 13      10   12                                     106i@106
1"           110i(13k    10   12      3,400      1,177       1,751
13.. 10i    13k    10  12                                         106k
"     17..   11   13.    10  12       1,500        512      2,739
20..   11   12k    10  12i                                       106
"     24..    11   3     10   12k     1,800      1,015       2,492
27     11   13k    10  12@                                        106k
31.       11   131    10  12         900..........      195
Septem. 3..    11  13     10@12-                                         1f6      iiid.
7..   11   13k    10  12       1,100      2,149      1,478
10..         11   13     10 (12                                         196
14..     11   13i    10   121     2,000      2,048        236 
"17.. 11l   13k   10   12k                                       106
" 21.. 11i        13^   10i   12k     1,800        234        728
"     24.. 11    13     10, 12i                                         106
28.. 11@13i         10k 12~         900        541       1,318
Average prices
and totalsales,  11.44      10.04     120,500    153,94.5.   115,395
receipts an d
exports. 




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1830.
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.                  PRICES. 
WEEK                                                                                                 AcTUAL
ENDING.-                                                                                              EXPORT. CONSUMPT'N 
American. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Consumpt'n. Speculation. Export  Total.  Mid. Up Mid.Orl Dhol.
Jan.  8...  1,305.....702                    2,007    5,158      500......  5,658   6    6     3........    5,158
"15..    307.2,101........              2,408   19,095    8,200.       27,295   61   6     3.....      24,253  O
"  22...   2,452..................... 13    2,465    9,677...........9,677         6       s  3........   33,930
29...  13,501............  1,655        15,156    7,692    1,000......  8,692   6 -  6i    31            3341,622
Feb. 5...   6,934............  3,201  186   10,321   12,315.........     12,315   6    6. 3'                53,937  g
12...  23,573............  9,988  447   34,008   11,740...11,740           -6    6     3              6........,677 6
"  19...  14,968............  5,785   824   21,577   19,650..........   300 19,950  6    6  ~  3k    300      85,327
26...   2,583............  1,789......  4,372  26,165    3,000.....  29,165   6    6     3........  111,492  a
Mch.  5...  17,393............  1,403  454  19,250   18,535    1,000         19,535   6    6     31........  130,027  U
"12...  11,913...    3,534    369   15,816   16,871    3,800         20,671   6k   6. 3.......   146,898
".19...   25,620.........             2,925  28,545   18,709    2,300         21,009   6    6     4....   165,607
26..  20,218  1,758.......  4,153   15   26,144   22,214    2,000         24,214   6    6     4........  187,821
63    6 t  414........  203,251
~5 April52 12...4 5,283....5,283                 15,430    1,500         16,930   6    6     4.       203,251  H
8...    819............  1,500     5    2,324   16,357    1,900         18,257   6-   6- 43               219,608  J
"  16...  13,898............  6,438  343   20,679   13,599...........13,599        6          4........  233,207
23...  23,247  6,534 3,270  5,820   305   39,176    4,552...........      4,552   63   6     4 4I.      237,759
"  30...  16,915......    7,680   3,920  28,515    5,440...5,440                      6.......            243,19 
May  7...  10,062....................  623   10,685   18,114    1,000         19,114   6    6     44            261,313
14...   4,623.      1,509  1,078     3     7,213   14,745    1,000        15,745   6     6     4........  276,058
21.    38,287.................... 138   38,425     9,110    1,000        10,110   6     6    4........  285,168 
28...   7,993.......  7,666    34   15,693   15,496..15,496              63   6     4........  300,664 
June  4...  16,795.................... 2,240  19,035  12,,021                 12,021   6     6    4........  312,685
It  I...  20,409............................ 20,409  11,636.1,000        12,636   6    6     4.......  324,321
t  18...  19,927............  2,785  1,17'  23,886   20,999    1,500         22,499        6     4.....    345,320
It  25... 5,580............  3,487    46    9.113   26,980    3,500.3,480          6    6     4........  372,300  ~
July 2...  41,114............  5,076  590   46,780   17,300    3,000.      20,300   6     6    4........  389,610
9...  29,372.2,751                231   32,354   20,009    6,000         26,009        6     4....      409,609  0
16...  12,122.............  1,105  16  13,243  28,382   6,000......  34,382 6 -   6     4........  437,991 
23...  19,829....5,924          1,360   27,113   14,173    1,000         15,173   6    6     4.....     452,164
30...   6,313....................  55    6,368   21,910    5,000.26,910         6    7     4t........  474,074 
Aug. 6...  21,722............  6,017    167   27,906   13,522    1,000.      14,522   67487,596 7
"  13...   5,478...............     1,310   6,788   16,963                  16,963   6    7     4........  504,559
"  20...   9,758............,434    219   13,411    6,850      400.       7,250   6 |   7    4.....   511,409
27...  18,255.....          2,290  20,545   15,115      500......15,615    67   7     4.     526,524




Sept. 3.   10,058..........  4,992   250   15,300   10,160..10,160              67.7    41........  436,684
"  10.  2.434....2,434              7,070    2,000......  9,070   6    6     4.....43754
"  17...  13,097............  5,821  418  19,336  5,040.5,10                   6          4.....    548,794
CC  24...  4,274......2,536                 6,810    6,850    1,000.7,850               6     4........  555,644
Oct. 1...   4,566       2,346   9,297    46   16,255   23,440    1,000......  24,440  6     61   4             579,084. 8...  1,893  575        1,865    460    4,793    6,230    2,000   220    8,450                            579,084  3
15.        878....................  104    982    11,189.....11,189              6          4             596,503
22...     289......  1,720  4,015  50    6,074    7,992................  7,992  6    6    4......    604,495 
" -29.     3,051.3,401              1,447   7,899    6,961                   6,961   6          4.......  611,456 
Nov. 5.     3,308  1,856......  807........  5,971    9,375..9,375              6     6    4.......   620,831  0
12.     2,373  1,993       8,619   1,872  14,857    8,082..8,082               6k   6k    4.        628,913 
"  19.     1,488............  385    1,873   20,163    2,000         22,163   6     6k   41            649,076  S,' 26...  1,070            9,403   2,088  12,561   10,933.10,933                  6{   6     41......    660009 
Dec.  3........................................  17,486..........   17,486  6     6    4677,495 
(  10............. 2......  2,178........  2,178    9,743                   9,743   6     6    4.......   687.238 495
"  17...  13,807   300.     12,246  6,466  32,819    8,023...........    8,023   6     6    4........  695,261
( 23...  2,162.................1,812      3,974    5,550..5,550                   6 68  3 97..3    70,81 
"  31..   17,492   200......  6,389.24,081         8,450..........8,450          6     61   4........  709,261
toAverae prices 570.808  12,276 11,023 161,225  38,538  793,870  709,261  65,100  520  774,881  6.44  6.62  4.16  520  1,364,000
it A sates,.re-              -                        __________ -6
Total American and other stocks. 1,034,500. 
0'.
69,60,
" 5,55~~~~                                                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0.f6
17,492:::::i  8 9   4,081 8,4 5 0             6       ~   4   i:]:i... 70        9,26




156 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1831.
Lancashire, England, had a population of 1,336,854. (See years
1700, 1750 and 1801.)
One hundred and seventeen "natives," of Calcutta, "of high
respectability," petitioned the "Right Honorable the Lords of
His Majesty's Privy Council for Trade " of England to be admitted
to the privilege of British subjects-(the fabrics of Great Britain
being consumed in Bengal without any duties being levied thereon
to protect the native fabrics)-and that the cotton and silk fabrics
of Bengal, be allowed to be used in Great Britain "free of duty,"'
or at the same rate which might be charged on British fabrics
consumed in Bengal. This request was not complied with.
The extra duty of 3Id. per yard on printed cottons imported
into Great Britain, was taken off this year.
Excise duty on English prints was repealed.
Hands employed in cotton manufactures in Great Britain,
833,000. (See years 1785 and 1787.)
The duties fixed on cotton goods in (see year) 1787, were entirely remitted in England and relieved the trade. (See years
1779, 1782 and 1784.)
Cotton exported from United States, 270,979,784 lbs., 8,312,762
lbs., being Sea Island; total value, $25,289,492.
Value of foreign cotton goods imported into England, ~35,180.
Manchester, England, had a population of 270,961. (See year
1774.) Liverpool had 165,175.  (See year 1770.) Glasgow had
202,426. (See year 1763.) Paisley had 57,466. (See year 1782.)
Preston had 33,172. (See year 1780.) Blackburn had 27,091. (See
year 1770.) Bolton had 43,396. (See year 1773.)  Wigan had
20,774. (See year 1801.) Ashton had 33,597. (See year 1775.)
Parish of Oldham had 50,513. (See year 1789.)
Sir John Hobhouse broughta bill in the English House of Commons, to shorten the term of labor for young persons under eighteen years of age in all factories, to eleven and a-half hours per
day, but was defeated in his object. The bill passed, but fixed the
term of labor at twelve hours, and was confined in its operation to
the cotton mills. (See years 1802, 1819, 1832 and 1833.)
Imports of cotton into Great Britain from foreign countries,
259,80R,104 lbs., as follows: United States, 219,333,628; Brazil,
31,695,761; Turkey and Egypt, 8,081,024; miscellaneous, 697,691.
From British Possessions, 28,866,749 lbs.,.as follows: East Indies
and Mauritius, 25,805,153; British West Indies-the growth of2,228,927; foreign, 172,758; miscellaneous, 659,911. Total imports,




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL H-ISTORY OF COTTON.                   157
288,674,853 lbs.; Exports, 22,308,565 lbs.; Home consumptiol,,
273,249,653 lbs.
Number of cotton mills in the United States, 795. (See years
1791, 1807 and 1810.)
Cotton exported from      the United States, 773,000 bales; to Great
Britain, 619,000, to France, 127,000, and to other parts, 27,00u
bales.
The number of lace frames in Great Britain               this year, was
4,501, 3,501    of which    were   hand machines.        They worked       up
1,600,000 lbs. annually of Sea Island cotton, which were spun into
1,000,000 pounds of yarn, valued at ~500,000, and gave employment to fifty-five     spinning   factories   at Manchester, containing
860,000 spindles.
A  spinning frame called the "ring spinner," was invented this
year by John Sharp, of Providence, R. I.
The first cotton mill erected at Amoskeag Falls in Manchester,
N. H.
The   practice of "frame breaking"-the             destruction   of lacemaking machinery-was inaugurated this year, by hand-weavers,
in the three hosiery Midland counties of England.            (See year 1846.)
The following table sets forth the state of the cotton             mnanufacture in twelve of the United States this year.            The figures ar.l
official:
Yards of   Pounds of   Pounds of
~-{TATES.          C       apital.. Number of
$TATES.         Capital.    Sindles.  cloth produced cloth produced cotton coupines.   yearly.     yearly.  sumed yearly.
Maine................  $765,000      6; 500  1,750,000    525,000      588,500
New Hampshire......   5,300,000    113,776  29,060,500   7.255,060   7,845,000
Vermont........         295,500.     12,392   2,238,400    574,500      760,000
Massachusetts........  12,891,000  339,777  79,231,000  21,301,062  24,871,981
Rhode Island.........  6,262,340   235,753  37,121,681   9,271,481  10,414,578
Connecticut.........  2,825,000.   115,528  20,055.500   5,612 000   6,777,20&9
New York....'   3,669,500    157,316  21,010,920   5,297,713   7,661,670
New Jersey...,027,644     62.979   5,133,776   1,877,418   5,832 204
Pennsylvania.......  3,758,500    120,810  21,332,467   4,207,192   7,111,174
Delaware............   384,500      24,806   5,203,746   1,201,500   1,535,000
Maryland.......       2,144000.     47,222   7,649,000   2,224,000   3,008,000
Virginia.......    290,000       9,844     675,000    168,000    1,152,000
Totail............ 40,612,984  1,246,703  230,461,990  59,514,926  77,457,316
The following table sets forth the total number of mills, etc., in
the above twelve States this year:
Number of Mills.......................        801
"     Looms.................... 33,433
"     Males employed.............. 18,590
Females   "......... 3827
t"    Children'.............      4,091




158     CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1831.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1830.
NEW ORLEANS.                                     _
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports.........................................  289,598       295,774
Coastwise...................................           135,086            56,115
Stock on hand 1st October, 1831......................   13,697             9,505
438,381           361,394
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1830....................    9,505
Received from Mobile.....................3......         367
Florida...........................         2,024
11,896            15,173
Add-                                                                  426,485  346,221
Burnt and damaged........................................                    7,803
426,485  354,024
FLORIDA.
Received atNew Orleans.............    2,024
Baltimore...............................................        330
New York..............            9,246
Providence...........................................      994
B oston................................................. 479
ALABAMA.    13,073   5,787
ALABAMA.
Exported from MobileTo Foreign Ports...................................        71,839
Coastwise...............................................   40,626
Stock on hand at Mobile..........................                  861
Deduct-                                                      113,326
Stock on hand 1st October, 1830...........................        140
113,186  102,684
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands.......................       116,097
"          Sea  Islands....................    7,582
8 —   123,679
Coastwise...............................................94,590
218,269
From DarienTo  Liverpool......................................       343
New York....................................     2,985
Providence1....................................        1,058
-----   4,386
222,655
On hand in Savannah.............................        3,947
August...............................     10,000
13,947
236,602
Deduct stock on hand 1st October, 1830.............              6,100
-   230,502  253,r11




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 159
Statement and    Total Amount of the Cotton       Crop of the United States, for tiAe
Year ending September-30, 1831.-Continued.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.   period
1830.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo foreign ports-Uplands......2...............        148,127
Sea Islands.1.............   18,597
166,724
Coastwise...................................  38,574
205,2981
From Georgetown to New York....................         6,521
"    Providence.................            23
_ —--        6,544
Destroyed part of Isaac Hicks' cargo...............           70
On hand in Charleston.................................      8,551
Deduct-                                                       220,463
On hand Ist October, 1830.....................    3,906
Received from Savannah and included in the export
from that place.3..................    31391
35,297
-  15,166 188,871
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo  Europe.............................................    2,532
New    York...............................    29,893
Philadelphia.........................................  1,599
Providence.......................................       124
Boston.................................................     2,492
O n   hand.................................................     900
Deduct-                                                        37,540
Stock on hand 1st October, 1830............................      1,000
--    3;6,540  36, 862
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................            20,642
Coastwise........................................            8,500
On hand.............................................  5,000
Deduct-                                                        34,142
Stock on hand 1st October, 1830....................                247
33,895   35,500
Total crop of the United States......3........                  138,847 976,845
976,845
Increase compared with last year........................           62,002




160    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Export to Foreign Ports, from    1st October, 1830, to 30th September, 1831.
To     T.        Other
~~FROM               BGreat    rance     partsof  Total.
Britain.         E urope.
New Orleans (bales).............................. 223,374  60,913    5,311 289,598
Alabama.........................................63,490   7,423     926   71,839
Georgia (Savannah)............................. 111,297    10,874    1,508 123,679
South Carolina................................    151,265  11,181    4,278  166,724
North  Carolina..................................  1,882   650........  2,532
Virginia.........................................  18,323  1,726    593   20,642
New    York.......................................  45,906  33,716  10,202  89,824
Philadelphia....................................    2,678      46     619    3,343
Boston...................     100      500    3,100   3,700
Providence, Baltimore and Darien..................    403.......      499      902
Grand  total................................  618,718  127,029  27,036  772,783
Total last year............................ 595,713 200,791    42,212 838,716
Increase..............................   23,005
Decrease....................................  73,762   15,176  65,933
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5,  560,000 bales.
1825-6,     710,000 
1826-7, 937,000 
1827-8,     712,000 
1828-9,  857,744 
1829-30, 976,845 
1830-1, 1,038,847    "
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States, we take the
growth of the year........................................... 1,038,847 bales.
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year October
1, 1830, in  the Southern  ports.............................  20,898
In the Northern ports.........................................  13,997.   534,895
1,073,742
Deduct therefrom the export to Foreign ports.................. 772,783
Stocks on hand at the close of the year October 1, 1831.
In  the  Southern  ports.................................  42,956
In the Northern ports..............................     76,467
-    119;423
892,206
Less Foreign cotton included in the export...........................     606
891,600
Quantity consumed and in the hands of manufacturers, 1830-1, (bales)....  182,142
Consumption  of  1829-30.........................................  126,512
1828-9........................................  118,853
1827-8.........................................  120,593
1826-7........................................  103,483
Note.-The quantity of cotton in the hands of manufacturers, is known to be much
larger than it was last year and will probably reduce the actual consumption to about
150,000 bales.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1831.
UNITED STATES, 1830-1831.                                                       Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock 1st October,          Export........... 772,000       United States............... 160,800       179,240     43,172      12,499     234,911!
1830..........     35,000 Consumption.....182,000         Brazil..................          81,300     85,500       5,957      4,049      95,50
Crop 1830-31..... 1,038,000Stock 1st Oct., 1831 119,000      West Indies.................      2,100      3,614       3,865      6,198      13,677 
08    So_____O.          _____,        East Indies...............         5,800     40,383........        3,237      43,620 C
C    Bags......... 1,073,000     Bags......... 1,073,000    Egypt......................       8,000     12,121       8,266      6,264      26,651
Stock..................   258,000    320,858      61,260     32,247     414,365.
CONSUMPTION....... —                                                                                                               t
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.   Gt. Britain. Liverpool.            IMPORT. 
834,190     41,503     174,079   618,608      572,399....United States...............   560,389     608,768    152,868      36,160     797,796 
218,498      21,872     17,822    178,804     175,954....Brazil......................   164,344    170,234      14,164     19,600     203,998
32,941      13,760      7,468     11,713       8,097....West Indies................       7,947     12,859       5,287     12,598      30,744 
79,625     39,898........      39,727     19,861...East Indies.................     33,601     76,654.......    40,500     117, 164 
133,739     56,339      44,764     32,636     29,809    Eg.  yt......................       27,089     36,675     47,472      60,022     144,169    Q
1,298,993    173,372    244,133     881,488    806,120... Consumption...............      793,370    905,190     219,791    168,880    1,293,861    t
33.9,483    27,755      36,918    274,810    212,350 Stock.                      Supply, 1,051,370   1,226,048    281,051    201,127    1,708,226 
U. States. Braz. & W.I. East India.  Egypt.                O..............................       69,750     32,900 Export deducted from Import.....        15,212     15,218     38,970        350       69,750 
1,638,476    201,127    281,051   1,226,048  1,051,370 Total supply of bags.............................................       1,638,476    ~
------------------------------------,.




COTTON' AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1831.
RECEIPTS.                                  SALES.                      STOCKS.             PRICES.
WE=E                                                               0_
ENDING.                                                                                                                            ACTUAL    CON- o
Americn. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.     Total.    Con-    Specu- Export. Total.  Amer'n. Other.   Total. Mid. Mid. Dhol EXPOT SUMPTION. 
sumption. lation.                                         Up. Orl.                           0
Jan.    7...     1,494......................   1,49         7.                 23,047.;........       6...                  23,047
14...    5,440..................       143    5,583   11,826............     11,826.................5....                     34,873 
21...     3,497  2,687....................     6,184    27,577...........      27,577....... 6.......  4.......    62,450
28...      4,857........................       4,857   18,000   1,300    800   20,100........5...                  6    44      800   80,450
Feb.    4...   28,7031........... 14,655      886    44,244   10,601............10,601137,000 85,300222,300  5   4...... 91,051
"    11...-    8,949............    4,884  2,993   16,826    14,137  1,000......    15,1371...........            4......  5105,188
18...    12,521..........     6,334    712    19,567   24,258     500.....    24,7581.........          5    6...... 5.129,446., 25...  11,859..........      2,100......     13,959    16,120  1,500.....      17,620............5                    4.....145,566 
Mch.    4...    22,210...... 1,070    1,756    491    25,527   17,620............    17,6201143,000 90,0001233,000        57   4......  163,186     r
"        11...  13,789.................. 2,071  15,860    15,411...........  15,411......         5[...... {          4......5178,597          co
18...     9,753  1,862.         4,155   1,609   17,379    16,308                 16,308.................194905
"  25...     5,068...................       82     5,150   15,960.......          15.960....                   5    5. 45   5......210,865
31...     9,535...... 2,741............        12,276    21,092  4,000......   25,092 118,000 84,000202,000 5        6    4......231,957 
April   8...     2,610...... 2,298.......             4, 908  12,388.............   12388............        51    6   4......244,345 
15...    23,109  4,685.....      8,904    899   37,597    10,753                  10,753......                         6    4            255,098
22...       120      30      150    16,903..........  16,903.....         3.....                   272,001..
29...      886  2,422......    1,610     60     5,526    10,500.............    10,500................282,501        t
May     6...   29,259     103......,813  1,141    33,316    9,341   1,000..        10,341125,500 87,000 212,500         5......  291,842
13...    3,079    300            570    394     4,343    15467.... 2,600     18,067......           5    5    37   2,600  307,309 
(  20...    4,169...... 2,220        882.....      7,271   15,972...... 1,250      17,222.................   5         3j    1,250  323,281     O
27...    10,349          3011    2,725     22   16,107    10,643......   2,000    12,643.................         5    3    2,000   333,924
June    3...   18,261...         6,225    572    25,058   10912......       700   11,612 138,000 86,000224,000         5    3      700   344,836. 
10...     35,739...........    10,497   3,597   49,833   14,7..       2,800   17,503.................       5    3     2,800  359,539 
1,..    41,520  1,965  1,622   9,164   2,627   56,898   11,430...... 2,900      14,330...............      5       3    2,900  370,969
"   24...     8,218............      899   1,380   10,497    15,750...     1,000    16,750.........    5.        5         3 11,000- 386,719
July   1.I..    11,581............11,581                  13,972   1,500     20   15,692190,000 99,000 289,0005      5      3       220  400,691
8...     7,882...... 2,010........       52    9,944   18,877                  18,877.................5       5    3......419,268 
"    15...    17,625    400.........  4,894  1,476   24,395    12,859............    12,859............432,127
22....17,003    867........   17,870    13,157  1,000.....     14,157.                                   3......  1  445,2841
29...     9,926..........................     9,926   20,070   2,000......   23,070..................        5    5    3......466,354
Aug.    5...     7,568..................  1,964     9,532   11,8601.....1......    11,860193,000   92,000285,000......   478,214
12...        33,321   1,740  3,814   8,733    155   47,763     8,212......8,212......  8,212..................486,426
V 19...   5,796...............          104,900   10,020..10,020 5........                                 5......  496,446
" 26.'.   19,549..........  1,373    101    21,023   17,621     500.....    18,121......                              3......514,067




Sept.   2...   23,517  3,6421......   7,788   5,101[ 40,048    23,703...... 1,300     25,003i231,000 108,000 339,000 5j   55    31   1,300  537,370
c     9...     7,989  1,297......  2,689    252    12,227   11821.....       350    12,171.........             3      350   549,191
"    16...     2,823...... 1,425    3,5191.......    7.767   22,702  2,000    800    25,502t....................   5k      1 3-     800   571.893
"~   23...     7,327.....    2,166   1,370    190    11,053   16,040  3,000  1,500    20,540.........                 5  5    3     1,500  587,933 
"    30...     5,903......4                    5,907   18,500  2,000  2,500    23,0001194,500  96,500 291,000 5     I 5  31  2,500   606,433,
Oct.    7...    7,415   1,325......    1,687......   10,427   12,948   1,500  2,000   16,448......          5     5........  2000  619,381 
"    14...     2,275  1,965  1,1131  4,548......     9,901    8,620    300  1,000     9,920...................           5    3    1000    628,001 
21...    5,519  1,592.............    148     7,259   17,538  2,000  1,800    21,338...............     5    3     1,800  645,539
28...     2,724...... 1,045    3,1531......     6,922   18,600  2,500    900    22,0001.....................5     5    3      900   664,139    t
NaV.    4...    4,618    104.........  1,563    45    6,330    9,629......    400    10,29 174,000   93,000 267,000 51    5    39     400  673,768     0
"     1...       554..................   1,319     1,873    8,239............      8,239.....................             3...... 682, 007 
18.......................        4,671     24     4,695    8,290............    8,290...... 3.......                                   2......  690,297  0
"    25...     5,179............   4,741    770    10,690    9,123......     300     9-,423....................  5   5    3      300   699,420
Dec.    2...    2,870  4,254......   2,884      25   10,0331  17.243   1,500..        18,743 149,500 102,500252,000 5      5   3...... 716,663
"      9...    1,916  2,091    484   3,049    110     7,650   22,272  4,000......   26,272.................... 5    5    3...... 738, 935 
"  16...   7,130...............:...     414     7,544   16,703  2,000......    18,703...................    1 5       3..     755,638 
"    23...     8,716.......      1,360...        10,076   12090.....             12,590.........           3      500  767,728 
"    30...     6,081    300.................        5,381    12,920    500    300   13,720.....................      5      3      300  780,648 
~ **,.i e?1  560,181 33,601 25,019 138,312 32,511   789,624  780,648 35,600 27,920   844,168                        5.38 5.723.95 27,920 1,501,246
kI.
~L




The semi-weekly Price and      Weekly Sales and      Receipts at New    York, Weekly Exports from        New   York and Rates of Freight to
Liverpool 1st of each month,for the Crop         Year ending October 1, 1831.
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.               Rates of
Price of    Price of  Sales for Receipts                                            Freight to
1830.    New Orleans  Upland.    week.   for week.                                             Liverpool,         GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great   To     Norta of   Other    Total   1st each                                        Q
Britain. France.  Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.  month.
October 1..    1214        1113       1,700      224...................I.............          d.
t'     5..   1214       11413 
" 8..        12@    14  11   134      800    1,879........................................
12..        12   14    11@13 
15..   12   14    11@  13       700    2,081........................................
"     19..   12   14    11@13
I'    22..   12   14    11@13       1,200      600   *1,341       25      200        2    1,568           *These figures include the shipments
26.   12  14     11@13                                                                               of the previous weeks, no statement 
29..        12   14    111l3       1,000    1, 608     769........     60........     829             having been completed ad interim.
Noverm    2..  12@14       11@13                                                                      id.
5..   12@ 134   10k@12.      1,000    1,819       96        8..104
"(     9..   12~@13    104 0 124                                                                                                                   H
12..   12(13-    10   124    2,100    1,117    1,320                41........     1,361
16..   12   13k    10  12 
"     19.. ll    13k    91   12     1,300    1,025      558......558
231..  11  13     9   12
29..  114(@ 134   9    1 i      800    2,247      425..165                     590.
Decem,    3.. 114   134    91  1t                                                                  1@7-16d December 24.-Latest European ad7.  4 13i   11     2,300    4,757      266...............         75      341             vices October 23, and buyers for      i3
"     10.. 1     13          11 illi                                                                        export wait further accounts. 
14.. 11    13     9    114    1,900    2,043      497                                 497......0
"     17.  1i  13  9   11 u                                                                         On the 28th December, 1830, advices 
21.   11   13          11     1,900    2,570    1,590      913........     114    2,617             were received   from  Europe per
24.. 11    @1     9    11                                                                             packet ships to 1st, noting a change 
28., 11    12     9    11     1,300      686      399      679........      72    1,150             in the British Ministry, blockade of
1831.                                                  1Antwerp, Ghent and the ports of                                                          0
January 1.. 11..    121    9t  104                                                                  @7-16d    the Netherlands, and the probabili-    0
4.. 114j124      9    104    1,800    3,329      327      354       50               731             ty of a general. European war.3
7.. 114@124        @ 1040
t  11.. lli @124     9    10a    1,100    2,532      385.........................      385
18.         11   12     9   10       600      290    1,103.                              1,103
A'    21.    1 1112      9@10
"     25..   11@12       9@104      1,100    1,057      141.172.....3..........      313




January 28..    11(h, 12 20
February 1..     112         9@o0t      1,350    2,010    1,278      264.............        1,542    id.."     4..    11@,12      9@(10
8..   11@12        9@,10     800    4,552      658......       100      121       879
11.. 10:l1         8@,t10.
"15..10@11- -      8@ 410~       700    3,490      989........      15      354     1,358           European accounts per packet at hand      W
" 18..  10@ @11\4 8~    t0~.February 17, up to January 1; mar22..   10@114      81@10i      1,470    8,179      338       154      150........     642             kets abroad unsettled by the state
"     25..   10@111      8@I10                                                                                  of political affairs and the usual      0
March     1..   10@114      8@14 0      3,230    3,681      684........     233       12       929     id.     consumption     greatly   checked;      t
4..   10@11       8@10                                                                                  prices off here I cent. 
8..   10@114      8@ 10       3,900    5,331      958                356..1,314
11..   10.1-     H 81   10                                                                             The unfavorable accounts counter" 15.. 10(.11i     8(@.10      3,100    4,041       919      913                169      2,001           acted by an increased demand from       t
"  18..  10  113   8~(@I10                                                                               spinners and prices advanced again.
22..   10%12       8~(@10j     3,150    5,398       848                68                916                                                     ~
25..   10   12     8 @10I
29..   10   12    8@10~       2,800    5,900      445       840      176      308     1,769
April     1..   10   12     8'@10                                                                         kd. 
It     5..   10   12     8@10          960    4,613     1,025      645      135              1,805
< 8..  10  12     8'@104
It(.12..   10   124;               2,200     4,183    1,384                                1,384           Advices at hand April 15, fiom Liver19.         12     8    10     1,400    2,728       558      502       96..        1,156               ddition  y Parliament of. per
26..   10@12       81@ 104     1,090    8,083      263       913        8       156    1,380             Ib. on the previous duty,
May       3..   10   124    83(@10 a    3,550    2,108      195........      125........      320 7-16    d
"     17     10@12       8   10      1,450     3,168    1,266       669      265       56    2,256 
20..        10   121    8   104                                                                                                                        0
24..   10,12~    8.8 10~     2,850    8,716       977      778.......       79    1,834           The corse of E            for the cro
271..  10   12     8,10.... 
"     30..    10  12~    8~,10      1,700     7,848      519      387                 48      954              year, was thus:
June      3..   10(J124      8@10'.                                                                             The -olPening Ipce on October 1, 1830,    0
24..  10   122    8-.10       1,800     6,651    1,742      764                         506                    days bills in London, was 6
" 27..   0@12.       8@10.............                                                  25                     cent premium, on. the     19th,crop
14..        12,400                      2,075       21     1,141                       2,365             advanced to 7     7, on November
17..    i0@  12     8@10       4                                                                          23, the United States Bank drew at
J 17..n0@12         8@104l    0        10,3 1,398            214                                         for7; daythis was iollonwed,-by wau- 
7 21..  10  124     8@10       4,900   10,318     1,398     7214.1,612.                                 thper decline on December 28. to 61.    ~
"     24..   10712        8@   0      _.




New   York Satement for 1831.-Concluded. 
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.              Rates of
Price of   Price of Sales for Receipts _                                           Freight to 
18S1.    New Orleans  Upland.   week.   for week.                                            Liverpool, GIxRAL REMARKs.
To Great    To    North of  Other    Total   1st each
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.  month.                                       o
June    28..   10   121    810        1,900    8,516    2,054    1,020.......     243    3,317           February 22, 1831, bills declined to 6;
July      1..  10   121    810                                                                     @11-16    market began to rise on March 18,
5.    10  12i     8  10     1,200    6,290      531    2,423      490      150    3,594            when the quotations were 7@7k;        Q
8..   10  12      8(10                                                                             this was followed by successive ad12..   10  121     810       1,600    5,992      714........      401..1,115                      vances through April until 9..@9.
15..   10  12      8(10                                                                             was touched. May 13, prices down      t 
"  19..  10  12    8  10     3,300    2,882    1,624    1,067      307..2,998                      to 8@81, and on 24th, to 71@7.;.
23..   10   12     8   10                                                                           on June 1, up to 8, and continued to
26.;   10  12k        10     3,550    7,458    1,874    3,720      356       80    6,030            rise from thence to the close of the  t
29..   1012        810                                                                              crop year, when 10(@11 was the
August    2..  10   12k    8   10     1,950    3,357    1,998........     269.......     2,267     11-16   quotation.
5..10     12i    7   10
9..   10  12k    7   10     2,600    1,425    2,757    1,366      325....       4,448 
12..   10  12i    7~  10
16..   10  12kj   74  10       800    5,273      948    1,203      294      316    2,7 61
19..   10  12k    7   10 
23..   10  12k    7   10     4,500    2,250      256      362      102      192      912t
26..   10  12     7k  10
30..   1012       7    10     2,950    2,702     991    2,120       11.3,122
10(12      7   10
Septem. 2..     o12                                                                                @d. September 10, accounts received of 
6..   10  12     7   10     2,150      632    1,326,128       44       26    2,524            violent storms of wind and rain in
9..10@12         7@ 10                                                                             the United States cotton belt, with   W
13..   10  12     71@10      3,500    1,151      221    2,930      262      364    3,777            much damage to the crop, but aside    t1
16..   10  12     71@10                                                                             from holders being firm, there is 
20..   10  12     7k@10      3,500      923    1,291    1,983      261    1,016    4,551            not much change in this market.       ~
"  23..  1012     7k__/10
27..   10  12     7 @10      3,600      686       98    1,589       35..     1,722                                                  0
30..   10  12     7   102
October 4..    1012       71@10       3,900    1,917    2,139   1,526      272      424    4,361 1@7-16d
and totalsles   11.51       9.71    112,450  195,870  45,906   33,716    5,647    4,555   89,824
receipts and
exports. 




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.'1t
1832.
Cotton export from United States, 322,215,122 lbs.; 8,743,373
Ibs. being Sea Island; total value, $31,742,682.
Quantity of cotton yarn spun in England, 222,696,907 lbs.;
number of spindles used, 7,949,208; capital invested, ~6,955,557.
During this year one cotton establishment alone in Ireland,
near Dublin, sent upwards of 100,000 pieces of prints to Manchester and London. (See years 1801, 1816, 1817 and 1825.)
Mr Sadler attempted, in the English House of Commons, to redude working hours in cotton mills to ten hours per day, but without success. (See years 1802, 1819, 1831 and 1833.)
Imports of cotton into Great Britain from foreign countries,
249,578,251 lbs., as follows: United States, 219,756,763; Brazil,
20,109,560; Turkey and Egypt, 9,113,890; miscellaneous, 598,048; from British Possessions, 37,254,274 lbs., as follows: East
Indies and Mauritius, 36,178,625 * British West Indies-the growth
of-1,708,764; foreign 331,664; miscellaneous, 35,221. Total imports, 286,832,562 lbs. Exports, 18,027,940 lbs.; Home Consumption, 259,412,463 lbs.
According to the report of a committee appointed by Congress,
this year, there were in twelve States the following cotton mills,
etc.:
Number of Mills..............................  95
Spindles.........................   1,246,503
"   Looms............................  33,506
"   Males employed.............  18,539
"   Females ".............. 38,927
Total   "..........   5,466
There were in Glasgow, Scotland, or belonging to it, at this
time, sixty-three weaving factories, containing 14,127 looms. (See
year 1817.)
8%,000 power looms in Lancashire, England.
The "stop-motion" in the drawing frame, was designed by
Samuel Batchelder, and brought into use in Saco, Maine, this year
by its designer, who is also author of a book of 108 pages on cotton
manufacture, published by Little, Brown & Co., of Boston, Mass.
No patent was taken for it in this country, its inventor not fully
appreciating its importance until it had been put in use by other
parties. It was, however, patented in England by H. Houldsworth,
from which the inventor derived some profit, and no machinery is
now built without this improvement.




168 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTTCAL HISTORY OF COTTOn.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the            United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1832.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.   perlo 
1831.
NEW ORLEANS. 
ExportTo Foreign Ports.........................................      291,678           289,598
Coastwise...........................................  64,728          135,086
Stock on hand 1st October. 1832.......7,088                                        13,697
363,494  438,381
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1831...........................  13,697
Received from Mobile..................................   17,663
"       Florida..............................      9,499
--         40,859 11,896
322,635  126,485
FLORIDA.
Received atNew    Orleans............................................    9,499
Baltim ore.........................................    138
Philadelphia.......................................      2
New    York........................................   12,469
Providence..............................................    485
Boston..........................................       58
22,651   13,073
ALABAMA.
Exports from MobileTo Foreign Ports..72, 922
To  Foreign   Ports.................................         72,922
Co  stwise.....................................  53,773
Stock in Mobile 1st October, 1832........................           87
Deduct-                                                       126,782
Stock on hand 1st October, 1831...................   861
---- _     125,921 113,196
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands...........161,248
":        Sea Island.....................      9,964
171,212
Coastwise.................................................  112,721
Coastwise..~~.~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~                               112,721
283,933
From DarienTo  New   York....................................      2,617
Providence.......................................         564
Stock in Saannah 1st October, 1832.......               1,770
"Augusta "1,500
(<   Augusta     (<................
6,451
Deduct-                                                       290,384
Stock on hand 1st October, 1831....................   13,947
---        276,437 230,502
SOUTH    CAROLINA.
Export. from Charleston —
To Foreign Ports-Uplands...................           165,687
Sea Island.................              16,941
182,628
Coastw ise................................................       36,648
219,276          _
_.0.......~-' 




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 169
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1832-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.   period
1831.
From GeorgetownTo  New   York....................................    6,578
Stock in Charleston 1st October, 1832...............    2,987
9,565
Deduct-                                                      228,841
On hand 1st October, 1831.............       8,551
Received from Savannah, and included in the exports
from   that place..........................  46,418
-  54,969
173,872      185,166
NORTH    CAROLINA.
ExportTo Philadelphia..................     655
New York........................................     28,026
Providence..........................................       13
Boston...................................................      467
Stock on hand 1st October, 1832............................       200
Deduct-                                                       29,361
On hand 1st October, 1831...............................    900
28,461   36,540
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.................................       31,915
Coastwise.......................................9,500
Stock on hand lst October, 1832..................         1,085
Deduct-                                                       42,500
Stock on hand 1st October, 1831.........................        5,000
37,500   33,895
Total Crop of the United States.......................... 987,477 1,038,847
Crop of last year........................... 1,038,847
Decrease.............................................  1,370
Export to Foreign Ports, from       October 1, 1831, to September 30, 1832.
To               Other
FROM                           Great   France. prts of    Total
Britain.          Europe.
New Orleans..............................Bales  203,365   78,138   10,175 291,678
Alabama.........................................      54,707   18,114      101   72,922
Georgia..................................   141,768   26,743    2.701  171,212
South Carolina....................................    138,683   35,901    8,044  182,628
Virginia.........................................   23,375    4,752    3,788   31,915
Philadelphia.......................................     2,991      893       88    3,977
Baltinore........................................    1,940........       60    2.000
New  York........................................       19   42,063   19,414  132,396
Boston.........................................        400      600    2,000    3,000
Grand total...............................    638,148 207,209    46,371  891,728
Total last year.............................. 618,718   127,029   27,036  772,783
Increase...................................      19,430   80,180   19,335  118,945




170    CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY        OF COTTON.
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5,  560,000 bales.'"      1825-6,   710,000  "
"<      1826-7,   937,000  "
"t      1827-8,   712,000  "
1828-9,      857,744  "
"'      1829-30,  976,845  "
1830-31, 1,038,848    "
1831-32,     987,477 
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States, we take the
growth of the year......................................... 987,477 bales.
Add —Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st
October, 1831.-In the Southern ports.................... 42,956
"Northern    "....................  76,467
119,423
1,106,900
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............... 891,728
Stocks on hand at the close of the
year, 1st Oct., 1832.In the Southern ports.............  14,717
"   Northern  ".............  26,882
41,599
933,327
Less-Foreign cotton included in the export..........................  227
933,100
Quantity consumed, and in the hands of the manufacturers, 1831-2........ 173,800,, I,'          1830-1............. 182,142
I,             Al             is         1829-30............  126,512
~,,,                   "          1828-9............ 118,853,,,'   "      ~  1827-8............. 120,593
~~,,,,,  1826-7............ 103,483
Note.-It will be perceived that the product, or quantity received from the planters, during
the year ending 1st Oct., 1832, was 51,370 bales less than that of the preceding year, while
the actual quantity, applicable to the purposes of the year, was 33,158 bales more.-Thus:
Growth of the year ending 1st October, 1832................... 987,477 bales.
Add, stocks on hand at the commencement..................... 119,423
1,106,900
Growth of the year ending 1st October, 1831.......... 1,038,847
Stocks on hand at the commencement.............. 34,895. —-- 1,073,742
Difference................. 33,158
It may be noticed also that there is an apparent falling off in the home consumption,
compared with the preceding year, while the probability is that the consumption has been
increased. The difference is found in the fact, that, at the close of the last year the manu 
facturers had an unusually large stock on hand, while at the close of the present, they had
very little.




LIVERPOOLH STATEMENT FOR 1832.
UNITEU STATES-1831-1832.                                                     Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
1832...  United States............   135,790    154,180     21,961      7,156    183,297 
Stock, 1st October,        Export......... 891,000         Brazil.......................   58, 290    62,140      2,299      1,777     66,216    -
1831.. 119,000 Consumption..... 174,000      West Indies.................     1,950      4,340      1,684     5,036      11,060"   z
Crop, 1831-32.... 987,000Stock, 1st October,              East Indies..................  11,040    38,340                 3,839     42,179    0
1832............   4000       Egypt............               5,280     15,810     10,974      9,947      36,731
Bags........... 1,106,000                      ---— _ I —-.
Bags........ 1,106,000          Stock...................  212,350    274,810     36,918     27,755     339,483   g
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.         IMPORT.
873 536     46,910    196,380    630,246   581,126...United States...............   584,006    628,858   196,439     45,666     870,963 
159,290      9,911     14,393    184,986   132,507....Brazil......................    111,607    113,871    13,359      9,831     137,061 3
31,024     18,461      3,000      9,563      5,652....West Indies..................    6,342      8,497     4,336     16,515      29,348    g
100,064     41,866.....    58,198     27,887....East Indies................    45,007    109,285..........    40,000     149,285    g
172,362     78,632     48,946     44,784     30,950....Egypt......................   32,470     41,174     39,800    79,491     160,465    o
1,336,276    195,780   262,719    877,777    778,122....Consumption.........   779,432    901,685    253,934    191,503   1,347,122   t
296,729     23,478     28,133    245,118   197,960 Stock.                     Supply,   991,782  1,176,495   290,852    219,258   1,686,605    g
U. States. Brazil W.I. East India.  Egypt...........................  53,600     15,700 Export deducted from import.....     14,800      3,750     34,050      1,000      53,600
1,633,005   219,258    290.852  1.176,495    991,782   Total supply, bags...................................     1,633,005'..............-..._-________________a.
5w




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1832. 
RECEIPTS.                                  SALES.                     STOCKS.             PRICES.
WEBK        -------------                 - _- -  -    ----- ------                                I          I     I —          ACTUAL   CONENDING.                                                                                                                          AcTUAL    CoxAmerlc'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.    Total.    Con-   Specu- Export   To'al.  Amer'n. Other.  Total. Mid. Mid. Dhol EXPORSUTIN.
sumption. lation.                                        Up. Orl. 
Jan.   6...    5,291    110.....    8,974 1.....    14,375   23,770  2,000    500    26,270 123.00   78,60001,500 53     5           500     23,770 
"  13...  5,465 2,080............ 2,028     9,573    15,989  1,500    700   18,189 120,000 76,000 196,000 5      55-  31     700     39,759    O
"   20'...    4,427.... 1,616   3,912     74   10,029    10,285  1,000    200   11,4856115,0001 78,5001193,500|5  5 5     3      200    50,0441
"   27...     5,426............         1,731    7,157    11,670  2,000  1,000   14,670 112,500 77,500 190,000        5         1000      61,714    0
Feb.   3...    8,321............       790     9,111   18,715  6,000    500    25,215 107,000 71,0001178,000 5    I 55  3.500     80,429
"   10...     5,732............   2,120     23    7,875    18,172  6,000    300   24,472 101,500 66,0001167,500        575 34      300    98,601
"   17...     3,060........   1,660   4,720    13,200  3,200|....     16,400 94500 63,500158,000 5         57   3......   111,801
24...    16,006    797 3......  3,262    209   20,274    10,133.102500......                    65,0002167,500 5     5    3....    121,934     Z
Mch. 2...      7,313............   2,495   2,452   12,260   21,181  2,500    400    24,081 94,500. 61,5001156,000 54    6    4      400    143,115    t
9...    23,077  1,415  3,387.....     671   28,550    14,505  3,500    500   18,505 107,000 61,5001168,500 5-     6    4k     500   157,620    wO
"  16.   12,6581........     2,371.....     15,029    21,170  4,800.....    25,9701103,000 59,5001162,500 6      6    441-......  178,790
23...    11,429    280  2,696   2,772    258   17,435    14,967  1,500    200   16,667 103,500  60,500 164,000       61   4      200   193,757
30...    2,590......    685......3......      3,25    12,808  1,500    800   15,108 96,000 56,500 152,500 6       64 4        800   206,565 0
Apr.   6...   26,15..     854   3,836    279    31,127    7,981........      7,981 118,500 56,500 175,000 6     61   41...        214,546.
3...     10,867    199.............   11,066    8,853    300    300     9,453 123,000 54,000 177,000 64    641  41     300    223,399
"   19...    10.433  2,5801......   2,092    369   15,474    10,066.....'.   300'10,366125,000   66,000181,000   6    6    4      300   233,465
27...    25,949  2,668  2,568   5,165    110   36,460     9,9051......    460   10,365141,500   64,000 205,500 6     64   4      460   243,370     t
May    4...    2,368......1.....   4,571.....       6,939   13,703......  1,000    14,7031131,500  64,0001195,5001 6   6:   4.   1,000    257,073
"   11...  11,048  3,112  5.213  3,915   338   23,626    10,876............   10,8761133,000  74.000/207.000  6    6    4......   267,949 
"   18.      20,703  1,751  2,548....     205.  25,207    13 050......    700   13,7501141,500  75,000/216,500 6     641 4       700   280,999
25...    22,728............/2,070    1,254   26,052    19,291.         500   19,7911i49,500 71.500/221,000 6      64   4      500   300,290
June   1.     28,448..   2,862.6,079     998    38,387   12,7741......    300    13,074 167,500  77,5001245,0o00 6   64:  4      300    313,064 
8...     7,8331.......7......         7,833   15,322.....15,.322 163,000 74,0001237,000 6     6k  4       300   328,386
15...        19,394..      2,088   1,991    321   23,794    12,670    600    800   14,070 172,000  74,5001246,500 6     6k   4      800   341,056 
"   22..     14,983    115.......3,199    277   18,574    21,800 13,300..500.25,6001168,000  73,500 241,500 6k    6    4      500   362,856 
"   29...    23,645............   5,107    129   28,881    18,530  4,.5001.. 200  23,230 178,500 71,500 250,000 64     6:   4      200   381,386
July   6...  ~   531........................'531    17,907  5,5001.200.23,607 167,500  63,500/231,000 63  66    44     200    399,293
13...    45,954......     560..       51   46,565    17,1611   800......   17,961200,500   59,500/260.000 63    6-4....    416,454     g
20/     17,7751...........  1,545    174   19,494     8,529..........       8,529210,500 59,000 269,500 6       6    4......   424,983    H..
27                                                                                                               4    8                           -]
27........                 2,247   1,831.....    4,078    17,250  1,000    700   18,950 196,000 59,000/255,000 6      6    4      700   442,233
Aug   3.........................                    400    13.540185,000. 57,0001242,000 6     6    4      400   455,373
10.     54,025  1,984] 2,036   7,840    304   66,189    13,0191......    300   13,319229,500 66,500 295,000 6       6    4      300   468,392
17...       20,86............  69   20,933    16,610  1,000......    17,610235.500 62,000297,500 6        6   4......   485,002
24..     21,439...... 1,614......  761   23,814   12,555..........   12,55247,000 61,0601 308,000 61 63       44......     497,557




Aug. 31        64. 6,4f1..............     6     6,417   20,620............  20,620 236,500 57,000 293.500 6    6    4....     528,177
Sept. 7...     5,933................    5,933   22,330  3,000     500   25,830 222,500 54,000 276,500 66     6'   43      500   550,507
*(  14...   4, 829............  5,368  76  10,273  20,065 14,500......  34,5651212,500  55,000267,500 6:A i 62......  570,572
"  21...    3,974..................    805     4,779   17,370 10,000......    27,370 202,500 52,500255,000       6    7      43       587,942."  28...     4,583..................       68     4,651   13,650  5,000......    18,650 195,500  51,000 246,500 7           7   5:.601,592        2
Oct.   5..    7,137   1,703......   2,524    522    11,886   10,330............    10,330 195,000  53,000 248.000 7 -7        5......   612,922     W
12...     5,793  3,075          4.060     209   13,137     9,592  1,000......    10.592 W3,000   68,000 251,000 7     7    5......    621,514    0
"   19...     7,861    985   1,227   2,092     40   12,205    13,856  1,000......    14,856 189,000  60,500 249,500 6k    7    5......    635,370:
"'  26...     2,197.........           33    2,230     7,430............     7,430 183,500  61,000 244,500 6     6    5......    642,800    0
Nov. 2...      5,203   3,992......     879    115    10,189    8,540............     8,540 182,500  65,000 247,500 6          4             651,340     0
"    9...       541............      559      6     1,106   10,119  2,500......    12,619 174,500  54,500 239,000 6     6    4.....    661,459     H:   16...     1,694............    4,522    180     6,396    8,760.........         8,760 169,000  68,500 237,500 6     6i   4|......   670,219     0,'  23...     2,475..................      170    2,645    14,792    600......    15,392 159,500 66,000 225,500 6                         685,011 
30...       2.703.................          1    2,704     9,310    500......     9,810 155,500  63,500 219,000 6     6    4......    694,321 
Dec. 7...      2,047   7.696......   6,812     48    16,633   10,750............    10,750 148,500  76,500 224,000 6      6    4......    705,071     >
~ 14...      12,953  1,675............      171   14,799    10,135.............   10,135 153,000 76,000 229,000 6      61   4k......    715,206     Z
21...    3, 771  1,465......   1,178     92    6,506    13,710............     13,710145,500 75,000220,500 6        61   4......    728,916: 28...       5,670  2,096......     1,589     72     9,427   14,480............     14,480 141,000 75,000 216,000 68     63   4......    743,396 m
___.....__ _ _                                                                     ___                                                     __ 
& toSFals, re-  581695 39.778 32,196 104,760 18,849  777,278   743,396 90,600 12,260   844,956                         6.22 6.37,4:23 12,560 1,429,607
ceipts & stocks. 
0
ci
0




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Beceipts, at New             York, Weekly    Exports from    New   York and Bates of Freight M
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending October 1, 1832.
I           EXPORTS FOR WEEK. 
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                                          Fre__tt          G,____ _ _  atso
1831.     ewOrleans   Upland.   week.   for week.      ]-re-ghtt                                              GEEmXREX.
To Grlan  To Grei  TO  North of  Other  Total  Liverpool.
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. J                                             O
Octoer 7       10   12    7~@10.@7-16d..
11..  10d12     7~,10      1,600     675........................                               These figures embrace the shipments
14..        10  12     7 110                                                                            of the previous two weeks, no state-  Q
18..   1012       7   10     1,700    1,085..........ment having been compiled ad in-.
"     21..   10  12     7@10                                                                             erim.
i     25..   10  12     7i  10       900    1,377  * 4,726   6,154      487     360   11,727 
" 28..       10(12      7s  10 
Novem. 1..     10  12-    7'  10     2,500    1,137    1,126    1,808................    2,934  i@d.'"     4..   10  12      7@10
"     8..   10  12      7  10     2,000    1,752     977      179.............       1,156
15..   1   1          10     2,200    1,560    1,983     855      154       10    3,o002         On Ocober 14 was received 26 bale 
18..  1  00                                                                                     Octobe, was received 26bales
"  22..  10  14    7  10     2,100    2,534     579      346      4........   1,371            New Orea       the first of the ne
25..       10  11     7  10                                                                           crop.
"e    29..   10  1       7  10     4,6'50   1,892    1,057     761                79    1,897          October 19, dates from Liverpool reDecem. 2..    10   15     7   10                                                                        October 19, date    m  Livrpoolre
Decem.       10  11       j 7  10                     b360...    5,154      d     ceived to September 8, advising the
9 <)        10  11      7  10                                                                           enforcement of the new rate of, duty  &
"    13.    10  1       7  10     2,600    1,432    1,578     376........       92    2,046            of.                                 0
16..         10 10 4    7   10
"    20..   10  11      710       2,000    1,052      749    2,498........     178    3,425 
"     23..   10  11      7  10
27..       10  14      7' 10     1,200    3,510    1,065     986      221      728    37,0 
"     30..   1   1      7  10
1832.                                                                                                                1832.                  o
January 3..    10@li       7@10        630    1,079.1,473    2,093...............     3,566  j@id.
6.. 10        41     7@10                                                                          Liverpool advices were received on 
"     10..  10   1i     7  10      1,600   2,854........................    647      647            February 16, noting an advance        t
13:.  10@14       7@10                                                                           there of Ad. with large-sales, which
17.                     7  10     1,000    2,004     366........      235       54     655             imparted much buoyancy to this
20..       1011i       7(10                                                                            market.
* 24. 10   11     7a 10      2,900     694    2,500      511........      35    3,046




January 27..    10@12       74@10
d"    31..    10  12     7 @10       1,000    2,003     1,l0<S     119      126       270    1,623
February 3..:   10(12       7   t10                                                                    i@.d.
7..   10   124    74   101    2,900    4,890     1,404      163      307.1,874
"     10..    10  124    7    10o 
14..   10   12     74   104    1,300    4,566       782......                 188      970
"     17..   10   124    7    104
21..   10   12     7    10{    3,500    1,565      809                         830     1,639
24..   10   124    7   104a                                                                                                                      0
28..   10   124    71  10      1,750    3,859      828       211      185.     1,224
March     2..   10  124    71   10                                                                    7-16@d d
6..   10   12     7           1,100    5,600    1,446       706      270              2,422           March 8 advices at hand from Eng- 
9..   10   13     7   11                                                                                land  to February     6, noting   a     0
13..   10(13        8   11     1,810    7,189     2,535...273              2,808             further advance of k@(   d.; upland
16..  10   13      811                                                                                  being quoted 5@(7d.; market here
20..   10   13      8  11      3,100    3,519     1,161      632      127       85     2,005             advanced, with large business.
"     23..   10   13      8   11
"     27..  104   13      8   11     1,550    6,917      314       383      180        90      967           About July 1, the Asiatic cholera ap30.. 10~    13     84   11                                                                               peared in a violent form, and mer-     Co
April     3.. 10; 13        8   11      1,700    5,455    1,302....        1,302  i@   d     cantile operations almost wholly,
"      6.. 10     13     8    11                                                                               suspended. 30to40,000 personsleft
10.. 104    13     84  114     6,900    6,257    2,016       840      205..        3,061             the city and the stagnation contin-     g
"     13.. 104    13     84   114                                                                              ued until last of August, when with     H
17.. 10     13     84  11      2,850    3,792      601       549       91..1,241                        an abatement in the epidemic, citi-     o
20.. 10     13     8    114                                                                              zens returned and trade resumed its' 
24.. 104    13     8,114       4,500    9,897       871      764      301              1,936             usual course.
27.. 10     13     84   114
May       1.. 104   13     8    114     1,300    8,411      977.323.1,300 7-16@ri December 26, accounts were received
4.. 104    13     8   114                                                                              from London, advising the blockade      ~."      8.. 10     13     84  11      1,500    5,270......              of the Scheldt by the English and       0
"     11.. 10     13     81( 11                                                                                French fleets.
15.. 10     13     8A11        2,050    2,863    5,942     1,242      577      400     8,161
18.. 104    13     8411                                                                                                                          O, 22.. 104  13     84@11       1,100    4,950     2,553      237       40..2,830
25.. 104    13     8 (11
"     29.. 101    13     84~11       4,400    5,148     2,605    2,120      628........   5,353                                                     0
June      1.. 101    13     84  11                                                                    i@9-16d
9      5.. 10     13     84   11     2,100     4,326    1,905    3,258       198........   5,361
is     8.. 10o    13     8@(11
"     12.. 10i    13     8@ 11       2,900     4,444    1,919      813     1,058.3,790
15.. 10i    13     8~.11
19.. 104    12i    8 I 11      1,250    3,794     2,577    2,291       89....   4,957
22.. 10     124     8     11 




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and           Receipts at New    York, Weekly Exports from        New   York and Rates of      Freight f
to Liverpool 1st of each,Month, for the Crop         Year ending October 1, 1832-Concluded.
EXPORTS' FOR WEEK.
Price of   Price of Sales for Receipts _Rates of
1832.   New Orleans  Upland.    week.  for week.                                            Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great   To     North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.[
Britain. France.  Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
____ --— __               _            -                 _ -      -        -        - — i-                                                        0
June    26.. 10(12        84   11     2,450     989     2,203   2,558      821      850    6,432
"(    29.. 10N  12i    82  11
July     3.. 10     12    8    11     2,300      657     932........    767...   1,699     7-16d
di     6.. 10O   12l    8   11
"   10..~ 104  124    8' 11        800    1,732    1,426    1,274    1,204...         3,904E
13.. 10k   124     84  11
17.. 10~412i           8    1      1,340    1,462    1,467    1,06........   3,244
12.. 104      124    84 11                                                                          The course of Exchange for the crop
24.. 10        12     8    11........................................year, was thus:
27.       10 @(124    8    11                                                                          On October 1, 1831, the quotatfon was
1  30.. 104  12k  8    11     1,150    3,413    2,373     784    1,824    1,781    6,762.           for 60 days bills on London, 104
August 4.. 10       12    8   11                                                                      1d.~   11 per cent. premium.   Prices fell 
"      7.. 10j   124    8~@11       1,500    1,362     200    1,011      141             1,36 2           off in November to 9@10; early4
"  0.. 10   12k   8@11                                                                              in February, 1832, rose again to 
i     14.. 104   12i    8      1    2,700    1,233     313      232      107.652                          104@11; later in the month de-        o
17.. 10    13     8411                                                                              cdined to 9@9; then advanced in 
21.. 10    13     8    11     2,250     451      721........      137........       88             March to 9    10; in April to 10
"<    24.. 10    13     8   11l                                                                           101; in May fell off to 9@10; June    i
"  28.. 104  13   8illi       1,650     164     1,469     383      267      281    2,400            19, up again to 101@101; on the
31.. 10,  13     94   11                                                                           29th declined to 94; July 5, to 84@   i
Septem. 4.. 104     13    9    114    1.600      54     2,984      61      234.3,279                4d.      9, 10th to 8@84, and continued to 
"      7.. 104   13     91  llt                                                                           decline until June 30, when 6a@7 i
11.. 104   13     9    12     1,370     281................       60........      60            was the ruling rate; in August the
14.. 10@ 13       94  12                                                                            price went up to 8@8; in Septem-      0
2 18.. 10        13     9   12      1,750     379       93       54..............        147            ber, it fell off to 74@8, advancing    {
"     21.. 10g   13 9;       12                                                                           again in October to 8@_81. 
"     25.. 10i   13     9@ 12      2,500      317      682      482       33.1,1970
28.104    13     92@121
October 2.. 10A@13        94@121      1,500     868     1,237     575      120       89    2,021    id.
Average price
eand total sales  11.34     9.38    106,950  143,968   70,970   42,073   12,094    7,320  132.457
receipts s in d
" {




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 177
1833.
British Parliament passed an act putting an end to the commercial character of the East India Company, abolishing the oppressive monopolies which it had hitherto exercised.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 303,726,199 lbs.; home consumption, 293,682,976 lbs.; value of British cotton goods exported
-real or declared-~18,486,400.
Not less than 1,00()'tube frames," were in operation in Great
Britain, each capable of working 1,000 lbs. of cotton per week.
(See years 1825 and 1829.)
Evidence was given this year, before the Commons' Committee
on Manufactures, Commerce, etc., in England, that " in the whole
of Scotland, there were 14,970 steam-looms." In England alone
there were estimated to be 85,000 at this period. (See years 1785,
1787, 1813, 1820 and 1829.)
The hand loom weavers in the United Kingdom during this year
were estimated at from 200,000 to 250,000.
A steam-loom weaver, from 15 to 20 years of age, could now (see
years 1823 and 1826 for contract), assisted by a girl about 12 years of
age, attending four looms, weave eighteen pieces of 9-8 shirting
(see year 1823) per week, and some could weave twenty pieces. (See
year 1785.)
Cotton exports from United States this year, were valued at
$36,191,102.
Exported from England, 468,602 dozen pairs of cotton stockings,
estimated as worth ~257,931. (See years 1589, 1768, 1787, 1809,
1823 and 1835.)
Exported from England, 1,187,601 lbs. of sewing cotton.
Estimated number of power-looms in operation in England and
Scotland, from 80,000 to 90,000. (See year 1785.)
Lord Ashley renewed the attempt of Mr. Sadler (see year 1832),
in the English House of Commons, to reduce the hours of labor in
cotton mills to 10 hours per day, but failed. (See years 1802,
1819 and 1831.)
Imports of cotton into Great Britain, from foreign countries,
268,953,949 lbs., as follows: United States, 237,506,758; Brazil,
28,463,821; Turkey and Egypt, 987,262; miscellaneous, 1,696,108;
from British possessions, 35,002,888 lbs., as follows: East Indies
and Mauritius, 32,755,164; British West Indies-the growth of1,653,166; foreign, 431,696; miscellaneous, 162,862. Total imports,
303,656,837 lbs.; exports, 17,363,882 lbs.; home consumption,
293,682,976 lbs.
12




178 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
"The York Manufacturing Company of Saco," Maine, completed their building, on the spot formerly occupied by another
company whose immense mill was destroyed by fire. (See year
1830.) The building was the same size as the former one, but was
only four stories and an attic in height.
This year, embroidering and finishing of lace employed in
Europe, about 65,000 hands, their wages amounting to ~650,000.
(See years 1831, 1836 and 1856.)




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 179
COTTON CROP OF TIHE UNITED STATES.
Statement and     Total Amount of the Cotton        Crop  of   the United   States, for
the Year ending 30th September, 1833.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.   period
1832.
NEW ORLEANS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports......................................  312,997........  291,678
Coastwise....................................... 94,223........  64,728
Stock on hand st October, 1833....................       9,657........    7,088
416,877 363,494
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1832...........................      7,078
Received  from  Mobile......................................    1,383
Florida...............................    6,278
-o_      14,749   40,859
Add-                                                                  402,128
Burnt....................................................          1,315
403,443 322,635
FLORIDA.
Received atNew    Orleans.........................................    6,278
Philadelphia..........................................              18
New    York..........................................    17,070
Providence..........................................      176
Boston..........................................       99
23,641   22,651
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign  Ports..........................................  101,916
Coastw ise...........................................  27,398
Stock in Mobile, st October, 1833..................          139
Deduct-                                                      129,453
Stock on hand 1st October, 1832....................87
-------- 129,366 125,921
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands.......................  146,010
"c         Sea Islands.....................   12,168
-_-   158,178
Coastwise..............................................   94,281
252,459
From DarienTo Liverpool.....................................   3,076
To New York...................................         2,698
To  Providence....................................        40
— _ —  5,814
Stock in Savannah, 1st October, 1833..............      5,522
"'  Augusta,...............    10,500
16,022
Deduct-                                                      274,295
Stock on hand 1st October, 1832........................    3,270
_____       -- 271,025 276,437




180    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1833-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1832.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands....................... 143,166
t"         Sea Island..................   21,787
164,953
Coastwise...........................................          34,027
198,980
From GeorgetownTo  New  York......................................   8,884
Stock in Charleston, 1st October, 1833...........   4,364
13,248
Deduct-                                                     212,228
Stock in Charleston, lst October, 1832..............   2,987
Received from Savannah, and included in the exports
from that place...............................    27,365
-  30,352
181,876  173,872
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..........................................  715
Philadelphia.....................................      595
New    York........................................          27,613
Providence..........................................       9
Boston............................................      724
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1833........................        1,000
Deduct-                                                      30,458
Stock on hand 1st October, 1832..........................      200
--    30,258 28,461
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports........................................       20,064
Coastwise.............................           11.350
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1833............................      500
Deduct-                                                      31,914
Stock on hand 1st October, 1832...........................      1,085
30,829   37,500
Total crop of the United States........................       1,070,438 987,477
Crop  of last year.....................................  987,477
Increase compared with last year..........................   82,961




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 181,
Export to Foreign Ports, from October 1, 1832, to September 30, 1833.
To       To      Other
Great   France. parts of  Total.
FROM                          Britain.          Europe.
\'ew Orleans....................Bales 225,667                   82,302    5,028  312.997
Alabama........................................   77,201   22,343    2,372  101,916
Georgia.........................................   134,975   25,584      695  161,254
South Carolina....................... 114,912    37,795   12,246  164,953
North Carolina...........................................  517   517
Virginia.................................              14,236    4,806    1,022   20,064
Baltimore................................       750       25..775
Philadelphia..........................................  4,970    1170... 1,     5,087
Philadelphia..4, 970                                              117[...... 5,087
New    Yor......................................   55,979   33,948    6,568   96,495
Boston....................  1,455      80    1,862    3,397
Grand  total.................................  630,145  207,517   29,793  867,455
Total last year............................... 638,148 207,209     46,371 891,728
Increase............          308.........
Decrease....................................   8,003........  16,57:   21,  73
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5,   560,000 bales.
it     1825-6,    710,000   "
1826-7,      937,000 
1827-8,      712,000   "''     1828-9,    857,744'"     1829-30,   976,845'"     1830-31, 1,038,848 
"'     1831-32,   987,477 
1832-33, 1,070,438 
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States, we
take the growth of the year................................1,070,438 bales.
Add-stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, (October
1, 1832.)-In the Southern ports...................    14,717
Al Northern ports...................   26,882
-     41,599
—.. 1,i 11.037
Deduct therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports............... 867,455
Stocks on hand at the close of the
year, (October 1, 1833.)In the Southern ports............    31,682
"   Northern ports.............    18,774
0,456
-- - 917,911
Less-Foreign cotton, included in the export........................  286
-  917,625
Quantity consumed, and in the hands of manufacturers, 1832-3................ 194,412
"d "                n "         1 I831-2............... 173,800
"'  c"               "'     1830-1................ 182,142
4,  "                c,     "   1829-30............... 126,512
"c         "(c' "4               1828-9................ 118,853
"ce        "',              "          1827-8................ 120,593
~"   "               "       ~1826-7................ 103,483
Note.-The quantity taken for home manufacture, as shown by the above statement,
does not include any cotton spun in the cotton-growing States. We have no means of
ascertaining the quantity taken for domestic use in the States south and west of the Potomac, and if we had, we are not aware of any practical use that could be made of the information. Our statement furnishes the sum total of all the cotton brought to market from
year to year, and whether the quantity used on the plantations, or in their immmediate
vicinity, be more or less, it can have little or no bearing on the commerce in it,




COTTON' AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1833. 
RECEIPTS.                                  SALES.                     STOCKS.            PRICES.
WEEK A_________ ________________ ______AVERAGE C
ENDING.                                             -                         --                                                 A -I -  ACTUAL CON-  A
Americ'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.   Total.    Con-    Specu- Export.  Total. Amer'n. Other.   Total. Mid. Mid. Dhol EXPORT SUMPTION. 
sumption lation.                                         U p. Orl.
Jan.    4...    6,382........................      6,382   20,3341............    20,334121,000 62,0001184,000 6      6    4.....     20,334 
11...    3,664.................        51    3,715   34,284   2,0001......   36,284 101,000 55,000 156,000 6     7    4......    54,618    0
"    18...     9,588  2,030.....     280     40   11,938    18,785  3,000....     21,785 93,500 46,500 14,000 67       7    4k......    73,403 
25...     4,767.................. 4,096     8,863    13,500  5,000....     18,500 85,500 46,0001131,500 6      7     4            86,903     c
Feb.    1...   15,493............   2,168    733    18,394   11,030    800......     11,830  92,000.....45,500137,500 6  7   4197,933
8...    29,585...........   1,663    260   31,508   13,084............    13,0841111,000 44,0001155,000 6     7    4......   111,017
"    15...    17,560............  4,447     30   22,037    12,520    800......   13,320 117,500  45,0001162,500 6     7   4123,537
22...  10,476..................       3   10,479    14,212..........      14,212 118,000 39,000 157,000 6     6    4......137,749       tz
Mch.   I1..    12,435...................    1,656   14,091   20,164    900.....    21,0641115,500 35,0001150,500 67     67   4...         157,913 
8...    16.741...................   1,966   18,707   20,077  4,300......    24,3771116,000  33,0001149,000 6    6    4......   177,90 
"    15...    14,821...................     534   15,355    17,505    950  1,100   19,555 113,000 30,000 143,000 67     7   44    1,100  195,495     4
22...     4,257..................       2    4,259    14,160............   14,160 105,000  27,500o132,500 6    7    4......209,655
(  29...  12,168...........    2,103    622   14,893     8,778   400......     9,178 110,000  28,5001138,500 6    7    4...     218,433
April   4...   30,447  5,105.....    4,558     25    40,135    9,360............     9,360 131,500  36,0001167,500 6    7    44..        227,793     2
12...   52,165   2.142.....    5,611  1,419   61,337   18,401  3,000   1,000   22,401167,000   40,000207,000  6    7          1,000  246,194
19.      3,041   1,8401.............     151    5,032   14,147......    2,000   16,147155,500 38,500193,0006        6    4     2,000260,341
26...     7,401  1,905........      404    9,710    15,562........      15,562 151,500 35,0001186,500 6      6   4.....   275,903 
May     3...   50,319  3,0031...... 13,021     368    66,711   12,380...     800    13,1801189,000 48,500[237,500 64    6k   4[     800   288,283
10...     6,878............   1,056    457    8,391   11,000.         3,000   14,000 0185,000 45,5001230,500 63   67   44    3,000  299,283,,17...       19,367...................  5,843  25,210    11,219  2,900    700   13,819 195,000 48,000 243,000 6/     6-  4l      700  310,502
24...    10,162  1,115  2,450   2,083    230   16,040    13,533    850  2,000   16,383 194,000 59,000243,000 6/      6   4     2,000  324,035
31...     5,304...........     5,052     30   10,386   21,100   6,900  2,100   30,100 181,500 46,500 228,000 7      7   4     2,100  345,135.
June    7...   37,070.................. 1,061        38,131   31,855 15,400...     47,255 193,500 38,500 231,000 74    7. 51.....       376,990    I
14...   30,013................     430   30,443   28,008  4,500    300    32,808201,000 31,0001232,0001 7     7'   54     300   404,998 
21...    15,451  1,252.....    8,030     88   24,821   18,150   8,300   400    26,8001198,000 36,500[234,500       74   5      400   423.148 
28...    24,733............   2,482  4,064   31,279   38,530132,000     800   71.3301192,000 34,0001226,000       83   5a     800   461678
July    5...    4,842............      92......     4,934   33,420 19,650    200    53,270/184,000 31,000 215.000 8     8    6      200  495,098
12...     6,177.................. 5,009       11,186   17,311 19,150......    36,461 179,000 30,5001209,500 9     9    6......512,409
19...   14,850..................    2,314   17,164   17,723 13,600......     30,923180,500 29,000209,500 9       9    6.....    529,732
26...   27,289...........     3,942    168   31,399   17,846 29,200....      47,0461193,500 30,5001223,000 9 710      7            547,578    0
Aug.    2...    4,143............   1,562.....     5,705   12,569  6,500  1,000    20,069 190,000 30,000 220,000 9o   10    7    1,000  560,147
9...     2,003..................         9    2,012    9,410   5,400......    14,810 184.000 29,500213,500 93     94   7            569,557
16...     3,218................... 1,162       4,380    9,000 16,500......    25,500 182,500 28,0001210,500     97.....   578.557
23...     7,802  2,031......    2,834    5621  13,229! 21,940 22,600......     44,5401173,500  28,0001201,500110  10|   7.       6"0,497




Aug. 30..      28. 2,8               2,918     117    5,913    9,265  6.000......    15,265168,500 29,4001197,900 10    10    7.....   609.762
Sept.   6...    4.675  2 022           1,990     12    8,699    9,420  3,000......    12,420 165,000 32,200197,200 10    10*   7...... 619,182
13...     6,500  2,827......    4,396    194   13,917     2,890  1,500.....     4,390 169,500 39,000 208,500 9. 10       6..... 622,072
20..      1,879  2,673......    3,640  1,227    9,419     6,320    400......    6,720166,000 45,500 211,500 9       91   6...... 628,392 
27...     3'882  1,878............. 1,614      7,374     3,873........      3,873 167,500  48,000 215,500 8     9    6-.....    632,265 x
Oct.    4...    3,674.......   3,217   1,599    8,490    8,610  5,300......    13,910 165,000  50,000 215,0001     91 9....... 640,875     W
11..    1,900  6,907.......  1,729. 34   10,570.4,120     300.....     4,420 164,000  57,500 221,500 8     8    6...... 644,995 
18.       4,190  2,842...... 11,412       67   18,513     3,820.......   3,820 164,500  72,500 236,000 8     8    6           648,815     ~
"    25.       4,249............        498    4,747    10,060  1,400......    11,460 162,500  67,500 229,000 8          5...... 658.875 
Nov.    1...    1794   2,404......   4477.....        8,675    9,030   1,200......    10,230 156,500  68,000 224,500 8     8    4...... 667,905     0
"     8...     9,006...........     6,935    671    16,612   12,947    700......    13,647 156,000  69,500 225.500 7    7    4...... 680,852      g
15...   4,512   4,380......   6,797     51   15,740    20,920  1,900    900   23,720 144,500  75,000 219,500 7     7j   4      900  701.772     0
22.       3,237  1,052......   4,580    291    9,160    11,578......    300   11,878 138,500  77,000 215,500 6     7    4      300  713.350     >
29.      7,575  2,034......    1,932    239   11,780    11,434  3,900  3,830   19,164 137,000  77,500 214,500 7     7*   4    3,830  724,784 
Dec.    6...   8,727................       672    9,399   24,880  4,300     100   29,280 128,000 69,000 197,000 7I 7        41     100  749. 664 
" 13...  11,265  1,840......   5,137......   18,242    21,020  6,500  4,500   32,020 122,500 78,500 191,000 7      7l   5    4,500  770,684     Z
20...     2,982  1,112.... 3,564    127     7,785   32.475  2,900......   35,375 164,500  60,500 165,000 74    71   5~...... 803,159       1
"  27.    8.492....                2,329   10,821    27,039  4,300.....    31,339 97,000 35,500 152,500 7       8    5...... 830,198 
Average price. 612,031 52,694  2,4501                        123,688143,329  834,192  830,19816825025,0301,23,478  725,031,596,534                       *
ceipts & stocks.                                                                                                                 _________________
I-,
0'O
0j
~~




The semi-weekly Price and      Weekly Sales and      Receipts at New    York, Weekly Exports from        New   York and Rates of Freight to         CLiverpool 1st of each month,for the Crop         Year ending October 1, 1833.
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
1832.    New Orleans  Upland.    week.   for week.        I                                    F -  i -Freight to  GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great    To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool.                                       0
Britain. France.  Europe. IFo'nPorts Exports.
October 5.. 10@13          91aL2                                                                      id.                                            t
9.. 10'o13       91j12       3,300      712............
12.. 10@ 13k      10   12
19.. 10.                10     12j
16.. 10 o13 o10@12 3,200 758..
23.. 10 13 10 12 2,000 587.......
26.    11( 13    10    122.
30..   11@13 3   10@121       2,400       27 
N   2.. 11213 l,0127.........................................
Nover. 2..     11 1.3   10    1291                                                                   id.
6.    I 1  13    10~  12~      750    1,617...................
6..   11  13    10   12        750    1,617
"     13..   11  13~   102@ 12k     1,100    4,456....*The figures for exports given De-.
"    16.. 11@(&13I     10~k@l2 ~ 121                                                                       cember 4, embrace the shipments
-L23  1'1      10k 213      2, 150   2,2122.of the previous eight weeks, no
"  23...111 12 4  10  13                                                                             statement being compiled in the
30,. 1 1 ra l4     ~,i
30.. llk14 10k13       1,450    3,899.......memeai...
Decem.   4.. ll     14    10k  12'    2,450    3,624   *6,221    3,857      310........ 10,388       d.   The prominent feature in the market t
7.. 11    131   101 121                                                                              during the year was, great firmness, 
11.. Il    13    101A 12' 1   2,300    3,023...............................          much speculation, and, with the ex
14.. 11     131  10    12.ception of one or two brief periods,                                         ~
"  18.. 11,  13  10k12        1,500    2,970    1,193      390..1,583                               a steady advance in price; the crop   ^
21..   11@134    10 4  12                                                                            year closing with the large differ26..   11@131-   10|@12         800    1,762.   1,121      144...............     1265             ence in favor of sellers, of 5@5a 
28..   11@13    10   Ill                                                                             cents per lb.
1833.
January 2..    11   13     lOllI      1,650    6,054      587      193....                  780 3-16    d                                         0
4..   11  13     10........
8..   11  13     10@11l      2,200    4,032      925      643                      1,568                                                   0
11..   11  13     10   11. ll
18..      11  13     10@11                       2,     0  0
22..   11@13      10   11     1,500    3,173    1,160    1,072       40........     2,272




Jauuary 25      11@13       9@114
29..        11(13       9i 11       1,000     4,849      745      156.......       30      931
February 1..    11   13     9(114                                                                       @   d.
"      5..   11   13     9 @11       1,450    1,266     1,815    1,402        85..3,302
s"      8..  11(  13     9    11
"     12..   11   13     9    11     4,350    5,898     1,171      425      318..1,914
15..   11   13     9 w11                                                                                                                         0
19..   11   13 9.      11      3,000    4,1208      51                225.               276           On the 23d February, 1833, advices        Z,'    22..   11    3     10   11were received from                                                                                   Liverpool per     O
"  26..  11  13    10   11l    5,200    1,367.     947..158                        1,105 7-16~@_     packet ship New York, up to Jan-        O
March     1..   11   13     10 Ill                                                                                uary 16, noting the destruction by      Q
"r     5..   11   13     10   I      1,500     1,795    1,346    1,453                 42    2,841              fire, at Liverpool, of 10 to 12,000
8..   11   13     10  11                                                                                bales cotton; which, with the in-        >
12..  11   13     10   l|     2,200    5,713       747      898................     1,645              creased consumption of the King-       t
15..        11   131    10     12dom, made the stock fully 100,000.
19..   11   134    10   12i    3,000    4,214     2,592..428..3,020                       bales smaller than for the same        z
"     22..   11   134    10   12'                                                                               time the previous year; this gave       U
26...  11   134    10   121    2,900    6,335      395       852      380..        1,627             a great impetus to the business;        ^
29..         11  134    10   121                                                                               and-from this time, until the end of    3
April     2..   l1  131     10  12      3,550    3,899    1,461       783      140..2,384 7-16@T*               September, the course. of prices         -
"(     5.     11  134    10   13                                                                                was, for the most part, rapidly up9..   11   13i    10  13      2,800    6,660      812       698      504..2,01                          ward. 
"      12..   11  131    10   13'16..  11          1 0@ 13     7,050     5,756    1,986      507      426              2,919            On the 2d of July, advices at hand       ^
I  19..  11  13   _10o  121                                                                               from Liverpool per ship Silas Rich-    &
23..   11   13     10  12      3,500    4,025       699       97      199........     995             ards, to- May 24, announcing a reIt    26      11  14    104   12duction of duty of ~d. and.with a
2614..                         2,2004 10  121                                                                                                     --
30..    1    14    104  12      6,100    4,115     1,740      664      554.2,958                          stock further reduced by another
May       3..ll@144        10|12                                                                       7-16@^     tfire, the market here became very       3
"      7.. 11      4    10|   12t    2,200     2,473      389      888       263.1,540                        active, and advanced 1 centper lb.;
It "'2  4~ 10 1U014I 10^0~~~~~~~~~~~12these favorable accounts were folis   14     12(a12144   11  13      4,000    5,941    1,189     1,240      420       38     2,887             lowedby others, in August and Sep.
"     17..    12(15      11   13                                                                                tember, and hence the appreciation
c 21..  12(@15     11   13     2,300    3,043     2,239      326..2,565                         in values, as noted in the quota"     24..   12   15     11   13ions an
"     28..    12@15      11   13       900    4,505     1,104      238...............      1,342, 31..       12   15     11   13
June      4..   12   15    11   13      1,200    3,301      310      943        26........    1,279    ifd.
it     7..    12  15     11   134
"s    11.. 1.   12 15,1 13       1,700     3,042      682.......      537.......      1,219
1..          12  15     11   134     19, 18.        1'2(15      11~13       1,900     7,538      168      847      150........   1.165 




New   York Statement for Year 1833-Concluded. 
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK 
Price of Price of Sales for Receipts _____-___________________________                                 GgEr~ARates of
1833.    New Orleans  Upland.    week.   for week.                                             Fr   t t          GNERAL REMARKS.
To Great    To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool.
Britain.  France.  Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. 
--------       ---    —.                                                     _-                                      -  --          - --   _ __ -   0
June     21..  12   15     11  13J                                                                                                                   t
"25..  12  15     1113       1,500    3,378       91      529       80........     700
"     28..  1215     I   @13
July      2..   12  15         13i    7,900     3,771     785     1,764      178.......      2,727    id.
5..   13  15*    11   13k
9..  14@16     13   15     3,500    5,897................  1100.......         100           Prices of 60 days bills on London,
12..   14  17     13   16                                                                             for this crop year, were as follows 
cc   16..  1    17     13 1      4,5006 4,500  2,13 537       84        147.1,488                     The opening price in October, was 8 
19..  1    17     13  16                                                                              er cent. premium; in November
23..   14  18     14   17     3,900    1,405      997    1,014      194........     2,205             there wa    an  adanc    to  91 
there was an advance to      9@14
26.. 16    17      5   17                                                                             premium; in December the price
"     30.. 16i@17       1    157   2,300    2,546........................................            fell      to 8@8; lt Janua,
August   2..   15   17     14  17                                                                     Id.     to 74(8; later in the month, 8@_84,,
6..   15  17     1    17       600    1,373    1,176      399............        1,575             was the quotation; in February the 
9..   15  17     14   17                                                                             price declined to 7J7@i; advancing 
13..   15  17     1    16     3,500      714    1,166      236..............      1,402             on the 1st of March to 8@8; de"     16..   15   17    1    16 
20..       15   17                 5,700     387     1,060.......89                                     clining again on the 15th to 7@8;
20..  154178     14@16       5,700      387 117,060 --              29.   1,089          | prices steady until May, when they 
"   23.. 15i    18         17                                                                             rose to 8i9 @9; in June the quota- 
27.. 15        18     4   117    5,400      837      786      708      146......      1,640            tion was $4.80$4.83 per ~;in i
30.. 151 @18i         14 @17                                                                              July down to $4.78S$4.80; steady       O
Septem. 3.. 15      1     4 14  17    3,900    1,100    3,258    1,693      127...        5,078   1@id,     until September7 when they tohead
"  6.. 15 18    14    17ntil Setember, when they touched
10.. 15i@18      14i   17     3,000    2,875    1,731    2,353................    4,084                      4.77     
"  13.. 15I@ 18     14i   17 
"     17.. 15    18    14    17     2,600    5,889    1,447    2.332...............     3,779 
" 20.. 15i18     144   17                                                                                                                   O
24.. 15i     184   14i   17     4,550      596    4,448      954      100             5,502
"  27..   16(18i     15   17 
October 1..    16@184      15  17     2,800    1,619    4,376    2,256      174.             6,806 |J@7-16d
Average prices
receipts an     13.46      12.32     148,700  167,611  55,949   33,948     6,438     110    96,445
exports.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1833.
UNITED STATES, 1832-1833.                    Stock 1st Jan. in............ Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock, Oct.,'32..  41,000 Export.........   867,000    United States..........Bags.  129,170   137,992     18,898     5,994   162,884     o
Crop,   ".. 1,070,000 Consumption....  194,000    Brazil......................   35,990    37,625       897      2,205    40,727     Z
Stock, Oct.,'33..  50,000    West Indies.................    2,440     2,924        981     2,815      6,720    0
__,' *,  *.,East Indies.................               23,560    55,377                1,500    56,877     g
Bags............ 1,111,000 Bags.......... 1,111,000    Egypt and Levant............     6,800    11,200      1,730     9,922    22,852     0
Bags.    197,960   245,118    22,506     22,436   290,060 
CONSUMPTION, 1833.                                                                             — _ 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.    IMPORT, 1833. 
895,970    43,824    198,409   653,737    618,377....United States,.........Bags.  619,987   656,735   217,276    42,612    891,273.
181,480    11,814     24,351   145,315    144,624....Brazil......................  162,414   164,190    26,795     11,124   194,859    H
37,371    16,248      7,849    13,274     10,054....West Indies..............   10,034     14,940     9,196     17,175    37,762    m
110,253    35,573..    74,680     46,726....East Indies................   49,256     94,683               37,145   100,878 
111,141    55,274     43,778    12,089      8,269.....Egypt and Levant...........    2,169      2,569    52,366     56,761   110,976    o
1,336,215   162,733   274,387    899,095   528,050                            Bags,   843,860   933,117    305,633   164,817  1,335,748..........  1,819    2 000     64,000    33,000 Export. 
289,593    22.701     51,752   215.140    180,770 Stock, Dec....Stock above,  "     197,960    245,118    22.506     22,436   290,060 
1,625,808   187,253   328,139  1,178,23, 1,041,820                    Supply,   "   1,041,820  1,178,235   328,139   187,253  1,625,808    0
0
0




188 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1834.
In March of this year the patentees of Roberts' Self-Acting
Mule, Manchester, England (see years 1825 and 1830), had manufactured 500 of the machines, containing upwards of 200,000
spindles.
By an alteration in the tariff, made by royal ordinance on the
8th of July, this year, in France, cotton yarns of the high numbers-those above No. 142 French, which answers to No. 189
English-were admitted into France on payment of a duty of 7
francs per killogramme, or about 2s. 7id. per lb., which was a duty
of from 27 to 33 per cent, ad valorem on the qualities chiefly used.
The Nottingham, England, bobbin-net trade had for some time
cast an anxious eye upon the increase of French bobbin-net
machinery, and this year prayed the Board of Trade to " endeavor
strenuously for commercial reciprocity with our neighbors," and
tried hard, but unsuccessfully, to prevent the export of Nottingham machinery. (See year 1841.)




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 189
COTTON CROP OF'ITHE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending     September 30, 1834.
Sanme
Bales.   Bales.    Total.   per )d
1833.
NEW ORLEANS.                          -_.
ExportTo Foreign Ports...........................             401.548
Coastwise..................................   60,705
Burnt,  &c........................................        1  500
Stock on hand 1st October, 1834....................        8,756
472,609
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1833...................         7,406
Received from Mobile...........................     5,063
is      Florida.............................  5,321
17,790
FLORIDA   454,719  403,443
FLORIDA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.............................    2,900
New    Orleans........................................    5,321
Baltim ore.................................................      262
Philadelphia..............................................    127
New York................................          27,709
Providence.................................              376
Boston...................................                 43
36,738   23,641
ALABAMA.
Exported from MobileTo  Foreign  Ports..................................     117,140 
Coastwise...............................   32,566 
Stock in Mobile 1st October, 1834..................         411
150,117
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1833..........................      139
149,978  129,366
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 155,158
Sea Island.....................           9,055
164,213
Coastwise................... *..........          96,233! —-- 260,446
From Darien
To Foreign Ports.......................    2,500
New York....................................              5,873
Providence......................................             232
----            ~~8,605
Stock in Savannah 1st October, 1834................       2,844
" Augusta and Hambro' 1st October, 1834....           2,782! —-         5,626
Deduct-                                                         274,677
Stock on hand 1st October, 1833..1...0................16,022
-     -    258,655  271,025




190 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton         Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1834.-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1833.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo foreign ports-Uplands........................     195,269
",       Sea Island..............            17,149
212,418
Coastwise......................................      42,463
254,881
From GeorgetownTo  New  York..........................................    9,905
Stock in Charleston 1st October, 1834.......................    3,806
Deduct-                                                     268,592
Stock in Charleston 1st October, 1833..............    4,364
Received from Savannah and included in the exports
from that place...............................   36,869
--- 41,233
_ 227,359 181,876
NORTH CAROLINA. 
ExportTo Foreign Ports..................................    2,817
Baltimore.......................................     100
Philadelphia.....................................  355
New    York....................................   29,894
Providence.                                              100
Providence.......................................        100
Boston................................         704
btock on hand 1st October, 1834....................      25Q
34,220
DeductStock oq hand 1st October, 1833.........................      1,000
--         33,220 30,258
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports..................................   31,045
Coastwise................................7,550
Taken by Manufacturers...........................      6,000
Stock on hand 1st October, 1834............        630
-o- 45,225
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1833...........................      500
44,725   30,829
Tdtal crop of the United States........................ 1,2053941,070,438
Crop of last year...........:.............  1,070,438
Increase.....................................  134,956




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.       191
Export to Foreign Ports, from    1st October, 1833, to 30th September, 1834.
To       To      To      Other
~~FROM             Great   Frac     North   Foreign  Total.
FROM                    Britain.  France. Europe.  Porte.
New Orleans (bales)..................... 289,169 101,253    9,742    1,384 401,548
Alabama................................   96,180   15,256     944   4,760  117,140
Florida.................................   2,900......................  2,900
Georgia (Savannah and Darien)............ 146,979    17,638     544    1,552 166,713
South Carolina..........................  142.194  46,433   21,554    2,237 212,418
North  Carolina........................... 2,817,......................  2,817
Virginia..................................  19,749   9,144    1,764     388   31,045
Baltimore..............................      300........    150........  450
Philadelphia.............................     500     724      522.    1,746
New York..............................     54,568  25,876    7,655     895   88,994
Boston..................................    935     100      405     740    2,180
Grand total........................  756,291 216,424  43,280   11,956 1,027.951
Total last year.....................  630,145 207,517  23,860  5,933 867,455
Increase...........................  126,146   8,907  19,420    6,023 160,496
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5,  560,000 bales.
"       1825-6,  710,000  "
"       1826-7,  937,000  "
"c      1827-8,  712,000  "
"       1828-9,  857,744  "
"'      1829-30, 976,845  "'"      1830-1, 1,038,848  "
"       1831-2,  987,477  "
"       1832-3, 1,070,438  "
"       1833-4, 1,205,394'
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States, we take the
growth  of the  year................................................. 1,205,394  bales.
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year October
1, 1833, in the Southern ports............................  29,431
In the  Northern  ports.........................................  18,774
-   48,205
1,253,599
Deduct therefrom the export to Foreign ports................. 1,027,951
Stocks on hand at the close of the year October 1, 1834.
In the Southern  ports.................................  19,283
In the Northern ports................................   10,334
29,617
1,057,568
Less Foreign cotton included in the export............................    382
1,057,186
Quantity consumed and in the hands of manufacturers, 1833-4, (bales)....  196,413
Consumption, etc., of 1832-3......................                   194,412
" 1831-2.......................................   73,800
"         1830-1...1............      182,142




192   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Consumption, etc., of  1829-30....................................  126,512
"       1828-9.......................................  118,853
"a 1827-8......................................  120,593'       1826-7.........................  103,483
Note.-The manufacture of Cotton having very much increased, within the last two
years, in the vicinity of Petersburgh and Richmond, our correspondent in Petersburgh,
after investigating the matter, advises us that about 6,000 bales have been taken during
the past year for the supply of those mills; we. have accordingly included that quantity in
our statement of the crop.  It may be remarked, also, that the quantity of new Cotton
which reached the Southern ports previous to the first of October, last year, was unusually
large-while the quantity brought to market this year has been unusually small.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR -1834.
UNITED STATES, 1833-1834.                                                 Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock 1st October,        EXport...........1,029,000   United States.......... Bags   110,580    117,640    35,765     4,782     158,187    O
1833............  50,000 Consumption..... 197,000    Brazil......................   47,280    49,250      3,341      1,515     54,106 
Crop.............1,205,000 Stock 1st Oct., 1834.29, 000  West Indies............1,920             2860      2,328      1,923      7,111 
Bags.,250           East Indies.................   20,890    44,430..........     3,072     47,502.
Bags.........1,255,0001 Bags.........1,255,000a9 Egypt andtLevant...........  100    960     10,318    11,409      22,687
Bags....................  180,770   215,140     51,752    22,701     289,593 
CONSUMPTION._. 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.       IMPORT.
1,006,716    76,899    234, 212  695,605    644,395....United States...............  670,755   731,335   218,761     81,309    996,005 
167,943     12,451    20,330    135,162   133,132... Brazil......................   100,372   103,532     19,128    11,479     128,289 
39,518     15,712     8,608     15,198    11,888....West Indies.................   15,218    18,378      7,846    18,183      39,945   X
89,081    36,957.....         52,124     32,164...East Indies.................   46,384    88,124.........     37,397      93,921 
88,779     43,942    38,502     6,335      5,265... Egypt and Levant...........      6,155     7,125     28,572    38,521      70,068   Q
1,392,037   185,961   301,652    904,424   826,844...Bags...................         838,884    948,494   274,307    186,889.1,328,228  t
7,812........     73,650    47,500 Exnort. 
225,784    15,817     24,407   185,560    145,310 Stock Dec.    Stock above (bags)   180,770   215,140    51,752     22,701    289,593    z
1,617,821   209,590   326,059  1,163,634  1,019,654, Total supply, bags..........  1,019,654  1,163,634  326,059   209,590   1,617,821   t
"'t                                          c~~~~~~~~~




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1834.                                                                  "
RECEIPTS.                                 SALES.                     STOCKS.            PRICES.
ENDING.           |ACTU                                                                                                                  COxAmerc'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil, Other.    Total.    Con-   Specun- Export  Total. Amer'n. Other.   Total. Mid. Mid. Dhol EXPORT SUMPTION.,
sumption. lation.                                       Up. Orl.
Jan. 3...      4,420............    3,061     45    7,526     2;467.........   2,467113 000 72,500185,500 7~      8    5              2...... 2,467
"   10...    12,542...........    4,183......   16,725    9,488  2,500......   11,988 117,500 74,500 192,000 7     8    5......    11,955     0
17...        13,273...........    2,164......   15,437    9,480............    9,480 123,000 75,0001198,000       73   5......    21,435 
24...     15,869  2,484 8.....    871.....     19,224   12,777  1,750  1,200   15,7271129,500 73,000]202,500 7|    74   5    1,200    34,212
"   31...    10,684..........    2,088    215    12,987   17,506 1,200     200   18,9061125,500 70,500 196,000 7~    71   5      200    51,718 
Feb. 7...     16,274...........    1,878. 1,028   19,180   13,708    500  1,000   15,2081131,500 79,500]200,500 7      7   5     1,000    65,426    t
"   14...    14,201  2,441......    130    228    17,000   15,043......  2,100   17,1431133,500 66,0001199,500 7[ 7] 5         2,100    80,469;., 21...       1,551..................   1,421    2,972   21,350 10,500    700   32.550 118,500 71,500 180.00014     7    5 5    700   101,819 
"   28...    16,024  1,773.............   1,372   19,169   19,603  6,000    150   25,7531121,000 57,000 178,000 7-7 74     5      150   121,422     V
Mch. 7...     11,873.................      234   12,107   20,797  8,100  1,020   29,9171114.500 53,000167,500 8       8   5     1,020   142,219
"   14...    26,297............   2,206    380   28,883    8,160    600    700    9,460 132,500 54,500 186.000 8     8    54     700   150,379 
~"   21.'.    9,700.................       953   10,653   17,490  2,700  1,000   21,190 126,000 51.0001177.000 8      8   54    1,000   167,869,"  28...    15,046  2,224.....    2,181    316   19,767   16,600  2,600    400   19,600 127,500 52,0001179,500 8     8    5      400   184,469
Apr. 4...     13,600  3,661.....    7,277     86   24,624   14,280...... 1,450     15,730 129,500 59,000 188,500 8     8    5    1,450   198,749 
11...     5,472............   2,127     34     7,633   17,770......    750   18,5201120,500 57,000 177,500 8     8    54     750   216,519'
"    18...   2,275........................     2,275    17,451...... 1,850    19,3011109,000 51,500 160,500 8     8    5    1,850   233,970.
"   25...     6,034  1,224......     554......     7,812    9,800...... 1,400    11,200 106,500 51,500 157,000 8     8    5    1,400   243,770     r
May    2...   14,619  1,019.....    2,025    475   18,138   17,600...      1,800   19,4001107,000 47,500 154,500 8     8    5    1,800   261,370 
"    9...    73,282  3,002.....   3,736    485    80,505   18,200    500  2,300   21,000 166,000 47,0001213,000 8     8    54   2,300   279,570
<  16...  22,492......................... 1,479  23,971  36,600  9,000  1,600  47,200 158,000 39,000 197,000 8  8    5    1,600   316,170    C
23...    24,452  1,234......  5,331    147   31.164    16,592  5,300  1,500   23,392 159,000 39,500 198,500 8     8    5|   1,500   332,762    O
30...     3,539.......................         3,539   17,390..      480   17,870 147,000 36,500 183,500 8     8    5      480   350,152[
June   6...   28,611...........     3,138    670   32,419   28,540 3,000    1,500  33,040149,000   36,500185,500 8      8    54   1,500   378,692 
"   13..     35,915 4,371......     3,326   200    43,812   15,160  2,200  1,950   19,313 169,500 41,500 211,000 8     8    54   1,950   393,852 
20...    29,225............. 1,205    603   31.036    20,153    300    705   21,158 180,000 40 000 220,000 74    8    53     705   414,005 
27...   31,854   1,494.....    6,654     89   40,091    16,784...... 4,300     21,0841195,000 42,500 237,500 7-    77   53   4,300   430,789
July   4...    5,064.......            602    5,666     9,015  1,250  1,810   12,075 189,000 40,000 229,000 7 7       53    1,810   439,804 
11...  31,429.............   2,072    208   33,709    12,600    900  2,300   15,800 208,500 38,500 247,000 7|    7     4   2,300   452 404
"   18...    27,775............    1,598   344    29,717   17,800  2,500  1,700   22,500 217,500 37,600 255,100 71    7    54   1,700   470,204     4
"   25...     9.539...... 1,262    3,857      4    14,662   40,030  1.900  1,700   43,630 198,500 36,200 234,700 8     84   54   1,700   510,234
Aug. 1...     10,046...........    621..        10,667   17,740  6,200  1,200   25,140193,000 42,700225,700 8       8    5    1,200   527974
"    8...    29,020............... 2,177    31,197   10,700  1.000    550   12,250 214,500 31,000 245,500 8     8    5      550   538,674
15...  13,474                        2,145    15,619   11,675  1,200  1,050   13,925 218,500 30,000 284,500 8.    84   6    1,050   550,349
u.122....5777.....    1,946    688    13,777    8,402  1,000  1,500   10,902 215,000 35,000 250,000 8     84   6    1,500   558,751




Aug. 29.      14,826..........     4,112   112    19,050   10,461......  1,000  11,46 220,000 37,500257,500             6    1,000   569,212
Sept. 5....   10,634.............     -...  365  10,999   10,290   800  1,100   12,190 222,500 33,500258,000 7     8    6    1,100   579,502
12...    1,317................     1,246    2,563   16,649 3,500 2,500    22,649 208.500 32,500 241,000 7     8   6     2,500  596,151
"   19...    1,397......    624   1,089   893    4,003   17,043 2,700     800   20,543 196 500 30,500 227,000 7t   8    6      800   6r3,194   o
"   26         216...........    3,301 1,990    5,507   22,681 9,150     560   32,291 179,000 30,000 209,000 8    8t   6      560   635,775    ~
Oct.   3...    2,777  2,198......    410  2,142    7,527   15,700  9,300   500   25,500 169,000 31,500 20, 500 8    8t   6      500   651,475    t
l" 10...     2.019............  3,876    441    6,336   11,676 4,412     200   16,288 162,000 31,000 193,000 8    81   6     200    663,151   0... 17...    4,776.........................     4,776   21,860 14,100    800   36,760 148,500 26,0001174,500 81  8$   61     800    685,011 
24...   2,658............  3,654     75    6,387   19,700 16,200    100  36,000 134,COO 26,500 160;500       8    6     100   704,711    M
31............          2,655           2,655    9,700 2,700     100   12,500 126,000 26,000 152,000 8k 8[      61   100   714,41!    0
Nov. 7...      1,662............  5,215   290    7,167   16,300 20.600    200   37,100 114,000 35,000 149,000 81   8j   6k     200   730,711    Q
"  14...      542....................     542   12,665 7,300     125   20,090 104,000 32,500 136,500 8    8k   6k     125   743,376    S
",500 291200 124,700 9*    9   6 i......   757,91
"   21...      343  2,306...................   2,649   14,602 17,220......   31,822 95,500 29,200 124,700            6.....   757,978    >
"   28...    1,080................... 1,308    2,388    9,906 19,300....     29,206 91,000 26,000 117,500 9     9....       767,884,
Dec. 5...      5,711 4,802......   6,057   686   17,256    4,828 8,000           12,828 93,000 37,500 130,500 9     91   6.772,712 
" 12..     18.205 5,119..........   492   23,816    4,500 4,500......     9,000 107.500 41,500 148,000 91        6......   777,212 
19...       2,995 2j498............. 1,092      6,585    6,095  1,709    160    7,955 106,000 43,500 149,500 8o   84   6      160   783,307 U
26.         1,79..................    1443    3,240     6563    500....        063    500.4250. 7,063102,50042,500145,0008  8..... 789870 
awsas re| 664,023 47 216,1o886 |94,598 29,203| 836,926 789,87023833250,010 1,078,212                       810 8.18 5t 50,010      151,898
ceipts &   stocks.. 
1.3
Cz
Or
B~
Ml




The semi-weekly Price and      Weekly Sales and Receipts at New       York, Weekly Exports from       New   Yor   and Rates of Freight to        6
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop       Year ending October 1, 1834.
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. 
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                                          Freight ates of
New Orleans  Upland.    week.  for week.Freight to                                                     ENERL RE
To Great    To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool. 
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.0
October 4.. 16tl(8k       15@17                                                                  @7-16d                                         0
8..   16@ 18     15@ 17       700    1,562.......................................
11..   16i 18-s  14@18
15..   16( 18k   1.41d 18    1,900    2,902.......................................
"  18..  1.618    14  18
22..   16@18      14@i17       550    2,529   *5,343   2,022      760..        8,125          *These figures for exports include the 
"     25..   15@18      13@ 16-                                                                         two previous weeks, no statements
i  29..   15618      13l161     1,900    2,764    1,760   2,371      118       45    4,294            having been compiled in the meanNovem. I..     15@18      1316~                                  -@7-16d                                   time.                                c
5..   15@a)18    13@161     1,600    2,001    1,308     447       56....        1,811
8.. 14~-18       13@16                                                                          This crop year was chiefly remarkable 
12.. 14 @18       13@16      1,700    2,594      305    1,268..1,573                         for the monitary revulsion and 
15.. 14@18        13@16                                                                            panic that set in early in 1834,      g
"     19.. 14'@18       13@16      2,800    4,695     280       31      474........     785             when business was in a great meas22.. 14G@171      13@153                                                                           ure brought to a stand, the depres-  I
26.. 149@17      13k@15      1,700    4,637      154      180..............        334            sion in cotton circles, being also 
29..   14@16i     13@15                                                                            assisted by unfavorable accounts
Decem.   3..   14@16k    12k@14k     1,510    4,046      680     304..984                 @7-16d    from  abroad that came to hand.
it     6..   14@16      12@14                                                                            during the closing months of'33,'     10.    14@15J     12@131     2,000    3,586..51.....                             51             and the early ones of'34, and by    0'   1" 13.. 13@(14~    11(@12k                                                                           the hesitancy caused by'the long, 17.. 13~@14           11@ i;2    3,500     905      755.                              755            passages that were made at that
20.. 13@..14      11@121                                                                           time, by the packet ships. On Feb-   o
24.. 13    14     11@12      1,100    2,854   1,704      327................     2,031            ruary 9,'34, the, latest European 
27.. 13J@14       11@12                                                                            advices were 72 days old.
31.. 13~@14k      11@j12     1,300    9,436     690..........       690
1834.
January 3..    12@14      10@12                                                                  S}d.7..   12@14      10@12      1,700     688    2,326      223................     2,549
10..   12@14      10@12
"  14..  12@131   10@12      1,800    2,101   1,856      704      291........    2,851
"    17.    12@131     10     12
21.   11(I 13     10@11      1,200     954    1,203      192       50........    1,445




January 24.. 11@13         10@11
28.. 11_@13       10@11         700    1,293      601........................        601, 31.. 11~13            10l11
February 4.. 114@13        10@11        750    2,649    1,384       93      354.......    1,831     -d.
7.    11~13      9l~@11
11..   11@i13     10@111      1,600    3,709      472       54     478..            1,004
14..   11@13      10@12
18..   11@13      10~12       1,750,055     544       332.             876                                                    z
21..   1113      1012        1,750    5,055      544876                                            The financial crisis referred to, cov-  o
25..   11~13      10(12       2,150    1,435      813      197      115........   1,125             ered the months of January, Febru28..   11@13      10l12                                                                               ary, March and April; in May, conMarch     4..  11@13       10@(c12    1,000    1,219    3,407      218      122..           3,747 7-16(_L     fidence began to be measurably re7..   1113      10(@(12.                        stored, and from thence to the close  ~
11.    11@13    103@12-1     1,500    2,958'1,356..100                    1,456             of the year, business resumed its 
14..   11@13     10 (,312.                                                                            customary channels.
18.    11@ 13    10'   12"    1,500    3,127      550...550
21..   11@~13    102F@Y12~                                                                         The Commercial Historian     of that     Z
25.. 11-    _13i  10(12.      1,900    2,011    1,020      677      229             1,926             period, says, "confidence is daily
28..IH 11@134   102@12-'                                                                             diminished by the uncertainty of
April    1.. 11|@13-      10|,12 }    2.100     6,625     469      692...        1,161   M  d.    the future, in regard to merchan4.. 4 11~@.14    11@13'                  dise; holders ar- afraid to sell, and
8.. 1@14         11@13       1,500    2,371      420      560...           90             purchasers are afraid to buy. Ne-      g
"  11.. 1@14      11@13                                                                              gotiable paper is disposed of for      ^
15..11-(@14       1113-       1,100    2,428      587    2,537      142             3266              cash with much difficulty,' at the    S
"     118~1      11-2 14Y                                                                            very heavy loss of 1~@3 per cent.
22.. 1l@15      111@14       1,200    6,257    2,371    1,107      235..         3,713             pr month.    The occurrence of nu25.. 11|15       11@14*                                                                              merous bank and mercantile fail29.l. Ill5       11@14        1,150    4,177      520      603       73..        1,196            ures, destroys all inclination to let  n
May       2.. 114~15      1l(@14                                                                   5-163,1 d  goods pass from    the control of
6.. 11~@15       11@)14      2,250    3,630     368     1,159..              1,527            owners, and our city is overspread     0
"  9    11@_15      11@14                                                                               wilh gloom." 
13..1@1115       11@14       1,400    4,755    1,472    1,173     175              2,820
16    11~@15      11@14                                                                            The state of affairs outlined above,     0
"   20..1115      11(@14      1,900    4,023      926      680      135                              caused a very unsettled feeling in
230..  11@15      0@14        1,900    4,023      926      680      1351,741                         exchange, and the fluctuations were    o,
23..   11@15      10@14       2,200    4,502      217      642       26       36      921            wide and frequent, as noted below.     O
3027..  1115      1014        2,200    4502       217      642       26       36      921
June      3..   11@14-     10@13'     3,100      175    1,143    1,112      475       31    2,761 5-16h                                             0
6..   ll@14,     10@1312
10..   11@14l     10@13i      2,400,9,608..304........ 304                  304
17..   11314'   10@13    2..17..  Il@14F    10'13~      2,800    5,336    1,535      147      122             1,804 




New   York Statement for 1834.-Concluded.
]EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                                            Rates of 
1834  NewOrleans  Uplpand. week.  for week-.'Freight to        GENUKAL REMARKS.
To Gret     To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
_ ___   Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.                                        ~
June 20.. 1114 1014                                                                                 --------------------------
24..   1114           14      2,700   4,466    2,809      424      646........    3,879                             nge.
ulLY      1..  11   14k    11  14     1,700    4,155    3,636    1,056     463       96    5,251            tion for 60 days      ills on Lonon, 
4* 8~~..  12@~15  ~12@~144* 1,450~   2,857   365   4was 7@74 per cent. premium; on
8..   12  15     12  14     1,450    2,857....           365       41........     406             the 29th declined to 64@7; in No-     t
"11..        12  15.    12  15
15..   12  15     12  15      1,850   1,195vember to 5@s5; in December to                                                             >18..        12@15      12  15      18       1,195..    "*****-        -*.....@3@4, the downward tendency con-                      Z
18 22..   12@15i     12@ 15     1,650                                                                  ttuing until the succeeding April. 
26..    12@516     12   15     1650     1,189.......In January, 1834, the price receded                M
"   26.. 124@16      124 154       60     1,81                                                          fr6om 2@24 to 4 per cent premium,
29August.. 12@16    12   154      2,0    1817        6       1       361,143                    d.     and on the 24th to par; inFebru- 
t      5.. 12    16    11,000                2,281     177       73      280                              ary to 1@2 per cent. below par, and    -
5.. 12    16    12   15      1000    2,281      177       73      280........       530bills generally declined except those             S
12.. 124 16           124 15      1,050    2,299       94      l                                         drawn against consignments; in
12.. 124   16    12   15     1,050    2,299       94      100      300.494                        en
15          (early March, the quotation was par
<C    19.. 124 16      12   15       950    3176       353                31                              to 1 per cent. discount, later in the  -.
122.. 124 16        121  15       950    3176       353.......      31........    384             month par to 1 per cent. premium;t
26.. 12    16    12   15      1,950,199               307       92               44in April prices began to rise until 
26.. 124 16      12   15      1.950   1,199        5      307       92......      404            they touched on the 22d 5 per         5
it    29..  12'  16    121  154                                                                  41 d. 0                                         3
Septein. 2.. 121@16      12'   154    1,100      790. 1,201    1,518...2,719       jd         cent premium; subsequently there    g
5.. 124   16    121   15................    2,719            was a downward turn, and in May       t
5.. 12j   16    121  15     1,0      329292@24 per cent. premium                                                             was the'4
9.. 124 16        12      15   1,600    3239...............          22.......      22            quotation; on June 3d 14@2 per        o
12.. 12'      16    12   15.
16.. 12 16 12 15 2,800  1.812  272  639................   1Ohcent.. premium, 17th 8@1, 24th                 1@
19.. 12    16    12@15. 159......It.......      911                 At the opening of July, prices
it  23.. 12  16  12  1,5-1  1,900  567  622  708   57      239    1,626            began to advance, and continued      oC
2.. 12          16   12       1     900      567      622     708       57      239                      to rise until theclose of thecrop
3026.. 124  16   124 dd54     1,400   1,118    1,254      965.......  298    2,517  1~        year; in July the range was from
30.. 124   16   512   131,                  1up25          6to4per cent. premium; in~ d.
Average price                                                                                                  gst 4 up to 7, ndin Sept
Averand totarisales                                                                                         the quotation was steady at Lonon
receiptsdales,  13.79      12.90     88,610  157,757   49,562   26,384    7,083     845   83,874the quotaion                a  steady at 7   7
exports.                                                                                                     per cent. premium.
exot..,      21][              /1,5!s~,




HIIRONOLOGIOAL AND STATISTICAL IISTORY OF COTTON      199
1835.
The actual workers in cotton factories this year in Great Britain,
were 220,134, number of power looms in operation, 109,626; obtainable power of these looms, if all fully employed throughout the
year, 700,000,000 yars; number of hand-looms estimated at from
200,000 to 250,000. Cotton weavers used this year, for the mere
purpose of dressing the warp threads before weaving, 650,000
bushels of flour. The factories were 1,304 in number. Total number of persons supported by the cotton manufactures estimated at
1,500,000. (See year 1760.)
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 364,000,000 lbs.
"Brewster's Eclipse Speeder" (see year 1829), was introduced
in Manchester, England, this year, and built by Sharp, Roberts &
Co., and known as the "Eclipse Roving Frame."
The plate speeder was introduced into Manchester this year
from America, by Mr. Neil Snodgrass.
"Edward Baines, Jr., Esq.," published a "History of the
Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain," an illustrated volume of
532 pages and an appendix, dedicated to the Right Hon. C. Poulett
Thomson, M.P.
The consumption of cotton in the manufacture of hosiery, was
estimated to be 4,584,000 lbs., of the value of ~153,000. (See years
1589, 1768, 1787 and 1805.)
Computed number of pounds of cotton yarn and twist spun in
Great Britain this year, 281,000,000. (See year 1840.) Exports of
cotton piece goods, 558,000,000 yards.
Another mill was built on Factory Island, Saco, Maine. (See
years 1830, 1833 and 1837.)
Samuel Batchelder patented in the United States, his steamdrying cylinder, this year. (See years 1832 and 1839.)
Bobbin-net machines-7 qr.-"were cast out of top story
windows at the cry of'old rags and twist machines to sell,'" in
England. (See year 1824.)
The following table sets forth the state of the cotton manufacture in New York at this period. The figures are from Williams's Annual Register for this year:
Number of  Mills...............................  112
"  Spindles.............................  157,316
Pounds of cotton consumed yearly.................  7,961,670
t"     yarn sold  ".................  1,867,Y90
Yards of cotton manufactured yearly........... 21,010,920
Number of hands employed......................  12,954
Capital invested...................... $3,669,500




200     CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the            United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1835.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.   period
1834.
NEW ORLEANS.                         ---
ExportTo Foreign Ports..........................        412,281
Coastwise.                                             122,484
Coastwise..........................................  122,484
Burnt, &c....................................15
Stock on hand 1st October, 1835...............      4,842
540,122
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1834....................  8,756
Received from Mobile..............................     17,456;(      Florida.............................      2,764
28,976
-----   511,146 454,719
FLORIDA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports........................      9,156
New Orleans...............         2,764
Mobile...........................................      155
Charleston......................................      2,316
New York..............................            33,984
Savannah....................................   135
Boston..............................               873
Pittsburg.........................................  996
Burnt and sunk on board steamboats.....................         1,406
Stock on hand 1st October, 1835.......................        300
-     52,085   36,738
ALABAMA.
Exports from MobileTo Foreign Ports................................. 115,437
Coastwise.........................................   82,333
Stock in Mobile 1st October, 1835.................         488
-  198,258
DeductStock on han'd 1st October, 1834....................      411
Received from Florida....................   155
566
197,692     149,978
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 135,519
Sea Island.................      8,362
143,881
Coastwise........................................    71,374
215,255
From DarienTo  Foreign  Ports..................................    2,245.New   York........................................      6,501
8,746
Stock in Savannah 1st October, 1835................     1,027
"'  Augusta and Hambro', 1st October. 1835...        3,403
[ —-~   4,430
Deduct-                                                       228,31
Stock on hand 1st October, 1834..............5,626
Received from Florida.............................         135
_    5,761
222,670    258,655




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 201
Statement and    Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1835-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.   period
1834.
SOUTH CAROLINA.                       ----        _     -_ 
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 145,242
Sea Island...................     15,171
160,413
Coastwise.................................       41,268
-   201,681
From GeorgetownTo New York................................            13,927
Stock in Charleston 1st October, 1835...............    4,766
"  Georgetown,.......................       300
220,674
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st October, 1834.3..........     3,806
Received from Savannah, and included in the exports
from   that place...............................   11,386
Received from Florida.2....................,316
17,508
203,166  227,359
NORTH    CAROLINA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports..3.....,1..........                   351
Baltimore..................................           284
Philadelphia..................................          316
New    York.......................................   33,053
Boston...........................................       445
Stock on hand 1st October, 1835...................       200
34,649
Deduct -
Stock on hand 1st October, 1834............................      250
-25-   34,399 33,220
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.................................    19,897
Coastwise...................................   8,000
Taken by Manufacturers...........................      5,400
Stock on hand 1st October, 1835....................      503
_ —--    33,800
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1834........................          630
—.-   33,170   44,725
Total Crop of the United States................ 1,254,328 1,205,394
Crop of last year.........................................     1,205,394
Increase............................................        48,934




202 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON4
Export to Foreign Ports, from      October 1, 1834, to September 30, 1835.
To Great     To     To North   Other For-   Total
FROM                 Britain.   France.   Europe.  eign Ports.    ota.
New Orleans.............. Bales  259,123    141,872      4,368     6,918     412,281
Alabama......................      88,739     24,236,1,051     1,411     115,437
Florida....................... 9,156............................  9,156
Georgia (Savannah and Darien)..   135,728     10,223       175..........     146,126
South Carolina..............  108,149     29,948     14 974     7,342     160,413
North Carolina.............          351....................       351
Virginia............       17,910      1,477       510..19,897
Baltim ore..............................................................
Philadelphia....2,100                         2,667................  10     4,777
New York......................    98.630     41,259      6,001      1,414    147,304
Boston.................    2,832        788      2,724      1,413      7,757
Grand total................   722,718    252,470     29,803    18,508   1,023,499
Total last year.............  756,291   216,424     43,280    11,956   1,027,951
Increase....      i..................  36,046..........     6,552.....
Decrease...................   33,573..........     13,477.........      4,45
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5,  560,000 bales.
"       1825-6,.   710,000  "
i"      1826-7,    937,000  "
"(      1827-8,    712,000  "
"       1828-9,    857,744  "
i"      1829-30,   976,845  "
1830-31, 1,038,848     "
"'      1831-32,   987,477  "
"       1832-33, 1,070,438  "
i"      1833-34, 1,205,394  "
<"      1834-35, 1,254,328  "
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States, we take the
growth of the year..............,,....................... 1,254,328 bales.
Add —Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st
October, 1834.-In the Southern ports....................  19,283
"  Northern  "....................  10,334
29,617
----- 1,283,945
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports...................... 1,023,499
Stocks on hand at the close of the year, 1st
Oct., 1835.In the Southern ports.................... 15,829
"   Northern   "................... 25,794
41,623
Burnt and lost at New Orleans..............................     515
"        Apalachicola.............................   1,406
New York.....................    500
2,421
1,067,543
Less-Foreign cotton included in the export from New York...........     486
1,067,057




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.       203
Quantity consumed, and in the hands of manufacturers, 1834-5................ 216,888
4"                   " "                 1833-4............... 196,413
"(     "'            1832-3................  194,412
<'        (   "         *   "         1831-2.............. 173,800
"((....           >1830-1................ 182,142
d"...          A         1829-30................ 126,512
As"          "     "       <             1828-9................ 118,853
"As( "     d                "        1827-8............... 120,593
";;<  "         1826-7...............  103,483
Note.-In our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption, it will be perceived that
we do not include any cotton manufactured in the States south and west of Virginia, nor
any in that State, except in the vicinity of Petersburgh and Richmond.
The injury done to the crops in the Atlantic States towards the autumn of 1834 led to
various opinions as to the extent of the whole crop, and it was asserted with great confidence, as late as January last, that the amount could not exceed 1,150,000 bales. The
event shows, that although there was a deficiency in the Atlantic States of about 70,000
bales, compared with the previous year-on the other hand, there was a gain from the
Gulf of Mexico of about 120,000, making a net increase over the previous year in the total,
of about 49,000, and exceeding by that amount any crop ever before produced.




The semi-weekly Price and      Weekly Sales and Receipts, at Newv York, Weekly         Exports from    New   York and Bales of Freight 
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending October 1, 1835.
EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                                          Rates of
1834.  New Orleans  Upland.  week.  for week.  -'    -                         Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great   To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. 
October 3.. 12@(16       12J@154                                                                i@ad. 
"  7.. 124j16  12A@151      1,400   1,744    1,749     482................    2,231           The fluctuations in prices of Cotton
"    10.. 12~@16      124@151                                                                          during this crop year were con14.. 121@16     12@_ 15~     1,000   1,421.......                                               siderable-the difference between
"    17.. 12@(16      12~@151                                                                          the lowest range at the opening of
21.. 124@16    1i2@~15       1,400   4,688      899    1,685................   2,584            the season and the highest touched
24.. 14 @17      121@16                                                                          in August, 1835, were 5~6 cents
28.. 14 @17      12}@16      2,900   5,650      696........    118       61     875            per b.     The most noteworthy
"    31.. 14 @17~     13 @161                                                                          events of the year were the accounts  u
Novem. 4.. 11 @ 174      13 @16      2,600     497      385    1,260........      32    1,677 i@5-16d    received here, early in November, 
7.. 141@18      132@17                                                                           of injury to that portion of the crop  H
~ 11.. 14@18     13@17       1,900   1,836...57                          57            still in the fields, and a consequentt
14.. 155619      141@18                                                                           yield predicted of less than the 
18.. 164@20     15 @19       2,800   6,700    1,217     549..1,766                         previous year.   These advices ex- 
21.. 16@20       15 @19                                                                           cited the market at the time, and,
25.. 167 20     15 @19       2,600   7,558      785...785                          being supplemented by favorable      ~
628.. 16@194     15 @18                                                                           foreign accounts, caused an adDecem.   2.. 16@19i      15 @18      1,900   7,946      883...883 5-16@3d              vance of 13 cents per lb.  Subse5.. 15~(19      15   171                                                                         quently it was found that the short 
9.. 15~   19   15 @17       4,000   6,489...........                                 crop reports were greatly exagger- 
"     12.. 16 @19     15 @17                                                                           ated, and prices at once fell back
"     16.. 16 @19     15 @17      5,500    5,525     416      324..740                          14 cents, notwithstanding advices
19.. 15_@184    15. @17                                                                          from  abroad were still favorable    o
23.. 15'@181     15 @17      5,000   5,432    1,964     913      186            3,063             for the staple.
26.. 16 @19      151@171                                                                        At the close of the year 1834, and at 
30.. 161@19      16 @18      3,400   2,415    4,980     625       30.5,635                       the beginning of 1835, the markets  O
1835.                                         ~1@d.                                                  of the country were excited and 
January 2.. 16_@19       15@_18                                                          3,108            unsettled by a message from the     o
<"     6.. 16(@18&    154@174      1,100   7,685    3,108................                    President, and Congressional action  Z
9.. 16 @184    15@174                                                         2,447            thereon, relative to the enforce13.. 16 @_18k   15s@17~      1,400     260    1,420    1,027                                     ment of the French Treaty of 1831.
16.. 16 @18     15 @17                                                                           Accounts   were   received  from
20.. 16 @184     15 @17      2,700  26,321    2,823     641.3,464                                France, on February 21, stating




23... 15 (18           15 @17                                                                                  that the French Minister had been
< 27...l5@1184   15 @17       5,500    8,384       302      150       87........     539              recalled, which caused thc under"     30.. 1i5@18       15    17                                                                                writers to double their premiums
February 3. 151_18~        15 @17       5,000    1,897     2,028    1,836      105.3,969 7-16@?s                 on European risks.   Stocks fell 10
6.. 16   18i    15 @17                                                                                  @12 per cent, and      all French      c
10.. 16 @18            15 @17       3,800     2,489    1,407                140..1,547                       goods, notably Brandies, Wines,
13.. 16 (18J      15 @17                                                                                  etc., advanced   largely.    Later,
17..16      18    15@17        1,600    7,576     4,633    1,107........        46    5,786              however, the Sully, from    Havre,
20.. 16          18    1'r5~@17                                                                                brought more pacific advices, and,     o
24.. 16 @18i      15(a).17     2,500    6,247     2,168      968.........       3,136              with an abatement in the belliger-    t0
27..  16 @18      15417                                                                                   ent attitude of Congress, mercan-      ~
March     3.. 16~@19       154@2171     2,400    2,041     1,215    1,952      715..3,882 7-16@T'cr             tile circles became reassured, and      M
"      6.. 16@(19       15 @_17                                                                                 business was resumed, Cotton be-       c
10.. 16@19        15     7     2,000    1,624..145                                  145              coming quite buoyant.
13.. 161 (19      15 @171                                                                               On April 1 the latest European ad"     17.. 16     19    15d@171      6,100     7,622        1      854..........       855              vices were to February 11, and ac" 20..16@19         @ 15~@_i8                                                                            counts were awaited with anxiety.
24.. 164@20       15    18     9,300     6,760      948      764...............      1,712              On the 7th accounts came to hand
27     1 6  20    15@18                                                                                   one month later, and, being favor31.. 16 @20       15@(18       2,000    2,829     1,725    1,059...   2,784              able, the market became active at
April     3.   161 @20     154@18                                                                      5-16@fd     better prices. Early in september
"t      7.. 16@(20      16 @184      3,700     5,821      619      738       254..1,611                       advices were received from     New      0
10    17 @(20    16 @184                                                                                 Orleans, to August 18, noting se-       -
14.. 17 @20       16 @18       3,500    8,977     1,586....       1,586              vere injury to the crop by heavy       o
17.. 171@21             16 @19                                                                                  rains, and the assurance that it 
21.. 17@(21       16 @19       2,950    7,433     1,678    1,432................,110              would be fully a month later than
"(    24..17'    21    16 @19                                                                                  usual. These reports had no effect
28.. 171@21       16 @19       1,650     4,151      625      829       260             1,714              upon the market, however, being         M
May       1.. 171@21       16 _@19                                                                      i@id,      neutralized by the receipt of un5.. 17           21    16 @19       3,440     7,302      295      876........1,171                          favorable foreign accounts, and the     0
"      9.. 17J@21       16 @19                                                                                  market receded, the crop year clos-    #
12.. 18 @21       16(@191      8,600    4,790       642    1,388       50..2,080                       ing at prices about 4 cents below       ^
15.. 18 @21-      16(@19                                                                                 the highest point touched
"     19.. 18 @21       16@194       2,500     5,764    2,265....       2,265' 22.. 18 @21           16g@191 
" 26.. 18 @21           17 @194      4,700     7,344      877    3,385.........4,262                                                                0
2" 29.. 18        21    17 (194
June      2.. 18    21     17 @19-      5,100    9,446    2,088     1,870      199      282     4,439  4@5-16d 
"t     5..18 @21        17 @194
"      9.. 18 @21       17 @194      2,600     7,157    4,985    1,008        50........   6,043
"     12.. 18 @21       17 @19I
16.. 18     21    17   20      3,600    3,600    3,541     2,240       53..5,834                                   t,
" 19.. 18 @21 I17,@20____ _____ _______ _ __________ _____________




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and           Receipts at New    York, Weekly Exports from        New    York and Rates of     Freight     ^
to Liverpool 1st of each Mfonth, for the Crop        Year ending October 1, 1835-Concluded.
EXPORTS FOR WEEK. 
Price of Price of Sales for Receipts _______                _______                 Rates of
1835.   New Orleans  Upland.    week.   for week.                                  -         Freight toGENERAL REMARKS.
To Great   To'    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool. 
Britain. France.  Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. _
Juoe     23. 18 a21       17   20     4,050    6,966    4,404      751............      5,155"     26.. 18    21    17   20
"  30.. 18    22    17   20     3,600    4,066    2,313    2,702       59..       5,074    id.
July      3.. 18    22    17   20Exchange.
7.. 18    22    17   20     1,800    3,677    4,388      851      185.          5.424
"  10.. 18 a)22     17   20.....
10.. 18 @22     17 @20'                                                                          Foreign   bills were  comparatively
14.. 18    22  117    20     2,600    8,452    8,714    3,730      403      224   13,071steady throughout this crop year,
"     17.. 18    22    171  19                                                                             opening in October at 71 ~ 71 per
"  21.. 18    22    17j  19     2,000    1,086.......cent. premium, gradually receding
" 24.. 18  22    17'  19i............through November to 6 ~ 61, rising' 28.. 18        22    17t  191     2,300   3,412..........in December to 646~, and conI   31.. 18     22   17'   19...1...tinned to advance in early January
1 7   19~......................utit 7t.~7j was touched; then 
August 4.. 18       22   171   19|    2,500     674     5,364     668       83........    6,115  S@5-16d    until   @7    was touched; then
7.. 18    22    17    19                                                                            fell back to 6@61.    In February
11.. 18    22    171  191    1,300    2,399    1,976    1,028      634...    3,638            the price advanced again to 7@77;     0
"  14.. 18    22    171  191                                                                            t hen declined to 61_61  In March
18.. 18    22    171  19       900    2,241    3,047      728      339              114the price went up until the quota21.. 18 t_22     17i @19              2   18...1                       tion stood, on the 20th, at 8~(@9; 
25.. 18    22    17 @191       700    1,071    2,639      582      392              613then receded to 8@ 8|. Through
28.. 18    22   117   19'                                                                           April the quotation was steady at 
Septem. 1.. 18      22   17    191      900     702    2,664       46      161........  2,871 _j5-16d        9   May, 9@9; June, @
4.. 18        22   17   19.                                                                            In July it advanced from 91 up to
8.. 18    22    17   19     3,800      375      492               191      138     82110; in August, fell off to               @9;
11.. 18    22    16   19....                                                                        in September, to 8]@9, closing,
"  15.: 18    22    161  19     1,800    1,035    1,969      334      200             2503October 1 at 9@9 premium.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Otbr1                                                                          0      (9 peim
"  18.. 18    22    161  19
22.. 17i   21    16   19       800    1,154    2,191      162      770........   3,123
25. 17    20    151  19
29.. 161   20    151  19     1,400      35.6   5,268      197      135.......     5,600 1@7-16d
Average price
andtotalsales,] 18.11
receipts a      18         17.45    154590 249,087    100,382  41,741    6,001      783   148,907
exports.             1____4 ____10




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1835.
UNITED STATES, 1834-1835.                                                   Liverpool. GI. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.  0
Stock, October 1,          Export........... 1,024,000   United States.........Bags.    105,940    117,970    20,314      9,192     147,476 
1834..........    29,000 Consumption..... 217,000     Brazil......................     9,720    11,770      2,139        543      14,452   o
Crop............. 1,254,000 Stock, Oct. 1, 1835  42,000  West Indies.................     4,860      5,390     1,566        582       7,538    M
--  -                      -   -.-      East Indies............   23,510     48,830.....     3,512     52,342    ~
Bags............1,283,000 Bags.............1,283,000     Egypt and Levant...........       1,280      1,600       388      1,988       3,976
CON N      Bags...................      145,310    185,560     24,407    15,817     225,784 
CONSUMPTION. 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.         IMPORT 
1,036,848     80,807   225,903    730,138    679,917....United States.........Bags.     707,317    763,238   225,498     85,696   1,032,632 
150,7683    7, 888    22,2405   120,390    118,212                              12,02,3
150,683     7,888     22,405    120,390    118,212....Brazil......................   142,312   143,580     28,527      8,086     179,043 
55,273     13,896     18,433    22,944     21,047...West Indies...............      21,277     24,014     19,093    18,490      59,297.
104,660     46,887.....   57,773     40,599...East Indies......     63,409    118,433.....   50,108     119,591 
105,799     40,676    41,995   _23,128      18,499.....Egypt and Levant..........    35,699     41,958     51,307    58,391     140,956 
1,453,263    190,154   308,736    954,373    878,274...Bags.................    970,014  1,091,223   324,425    220,771   1,531,519..........    12,500.......     92,400     52,350 Export. 
304,040     33,934     40,096   230,010    184,700 Stock, Dec..........Stock above,   145,310    185,560     24,407    15,817     225,784
1,757,303   236,588    348,832  1,276,783  1,115,324 Total supply, bags............... 1,115,324   1,276,783  348,832    236,588   1,757,303
~t




COTTON' AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1835.
RECEIPTS.                                 SALES.                     STOCKS.            PRICES.
WEEK                                  _ _______ 
ENDNG.K                                                                                                 -          -           ACTUAL    CoN- 
Americ'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.   Total.    Con-   Specu- Export. TQtal. Amer'n. Other. Total. Mid. Mid. Dhol EXPORT SUMPTION.
sumption. lation.                                       Up. Orl.
Jan.   -9..   14,808.............           3,,146  17,954  17,128  1,5001...,     18,628 136,000 46,0001182,000 8-    87   6              17,128 
16..     6,174 -5,524....    2,055  1,556    15,309   26,480    500    250   22,2301120,500 50,5001170,000 83    8T   61     250    43,608    0
" 23..  24,074......3.......... 3',021     27,095    34,126  1,500    200   35,8261118,500 40,5001159,000 9     9    6      200    77,734
30..   21,608.......  4,205......    25,813    14,580  1,000    400   15,980 129,000 39,000 168,000 9     9    6      400    92,314
Feb.    6..    4,671................         1,377  6,048   15,260  8,500......   23,760 99,500 37,5001136,000 8J 9        6             107.574
13..   47,191  1,923...... 11,111     470   60,695    13,125  1,100......    14,225136,000 46,5001182,500 83     8 716             120,699
20..   15 764...............             8   15,772    19,880  2,500    850   23,230 127,500 34,000 161,500 9     9'6-    850   140,579. 27..  13,483  3,695......   2,333    481    19,992   14,000  1,100     40   15,140 125,500'37,500 163,000 9    9       6    40   154,579    Z
Mch.    6..   19,3641...............            7   19,371   13,270  2,500    700    16,470 131,500 36,000 167,500 J9   99   6      700    167,849 
I 13..  18,688............  3,478......   22,166    19,650  2,820    700   23,170 134,500  33,5001167,000 9    9-   6      700   187,499 
20..     10,254...............        2,603   12,857   20,900   5,850  2,800   29,550 126,500 29,0001155,500 99          6   2.800   208,399
27..     8,4631..................   902     9,365   21,940 10,700  2,650   35,290 116,500 22,500 184,500 9     91   6    2,650   230,339
April  3..    16,703......                 445   17,148   10,077  1,150  1,250   12,477124,500 20,200 144,700       99               4162
10..   38,323  5,244......    6,889    594   51,050    16,730  7,800  1,650   26,180 149,000 28,500 177,500 9     9    6      650   257,146
~6,.80 349,018,31 5 i::  ~                 14,650  257,146 8
16      8.426...................     35    9,161   20,510 12,350   2,300   35,160 138,000 25,5001163,50010 10k 10   7-   2,300   277,656 
24 21,720......  700   3,338......   25,758   18,810 11,000  3,760    33,5701143,500  22,500 166,000 10k 101  7     3,760   296,466
May     1..    3,723..................    1,539    5,262   12,030  2,500  1,550   16,080 134,500 20,5001155,00010k 10k     7    1,550   308,496 
8..   34,143    300.............  1,247   35,690    12,850  9,200  2,900   24,950 147,500  17,5001164,000110- 110   7    2,900   321,346
15..  18,865    250   1,000  3,284    216   23.615    14,960  3,000  2,050   20,010 151,000 20,000 171,000 10,  10    7    2,050   336,306    a
22..   22,425........     3,804    553   26,782    18,660  3,600  1,650   23,910 156,000  20,000 176,000 101 10k   7    1,650   354,966     3
(  29..  12,985  3,847....    2,013    377    19,222   10,188  1,750    800   12,738 159,000 23,500 182,500s10'  100   7      800   365,154
June   5..    13,573  1,337...      320    15,230    8,830  2,200  1,300   12,330 164,000  23,500 187,500 10. 1101  7    1300    373,984
12..    6,235..............        3,657    9,892     7,650  1,500    800    9,950 162,500 26,000 188,500 10k 10     7      800   381,634
19..   17,615  1,897......    4,810    398   24,720    12,550  1,500  1 990   16,040 167,500  30,000 197,500 10k 10k   7    1,990   394,184
26..    16,508...................    1,603   18,111   15,687  1,500  1,050   18,237 169,000  30,000 198,000 10k  10   7    1,050   409 871 
July    3,.   24,318.............            844   25,162   11,421     500  1,180  13,101182,500   28,000 210,50010k  10k   7    1,180   421,292
t 10...  19,688......  2,698   6,936 2,254    31,576   10,220    550    750   11,520 192,500 38,500230,000 1010    k   7      750   431,512
17.    13,316........        3,733    217   17,266    15,420   450    30     16,170 192,500 39,000231,50010     10    7      300   446,932
24..   14,453.................  305   14,758     7,909    200   200     8,309 197,000 37,500 234,500 90 10      7      200   454,841
31..     6,233...         2,010     88     8,331    8,909    500  1,450   10,859194,500  46,500 231,000 9    10    7    1,450   463750
Aug.    7..   34,097..........      2,706  2,119   38,922   19,870  4,000    500   24,370 211,500 42,000 253,500 9    10    7      500   483,620
"    14..     8,447.........    4,379    605    13,431   14,880    750    450   16,080207,000 42,000 249,000 9k 10       67     450   498,500
"  21..  19,210......   256......    3,427   22,893     6,370......    840     7,210 219,500 43,500 263,000 9     9 1f   67   840   504,870
28..    16,622  1.378  1.150  2,555  1,509   23,214     8,420  1,000   350     9,770 228,500 49,500 277,000 91 91I 6          350j  513,290




Sept. 4...     7,036.......782....      466    8,284    15,646  1,500  1,850  18,996 222,500 47,0001269.500 9     99   64   1,850   528,936
11....  17,709......  3,490  2,304  4,514   28,017    9,720    200  1,600   11,520 233,000 54,500 287,500 9    8    64   1,600   538,656
18...        6,019  1,585    592   7,283  1,316   16,795   10,536    500  1,600   12,636 229,000.33,500 292,500 8   8    6    1,600   549,192
25...     4,901 10,813  1,050   2,371  1,989   21,114   16,440  1,500  1,700   19,640 216,500 75,000 291,500 84  8i    6    1,700   565,632    Q
Oct.  2...       693....     2,210....... 1,169 1  4.072   15,000.       1,-800  16,8001203,000 76,000 279,000 83    83  61    1,800  580,632 
9.................    1,902.....    285    2,187   18,385  2,500  2,000   22,885 185,500 75,0001260,500      8    6    2,000   599,017
16...     4,823...........     5,450    782   11,055   17,488  6,600  2,000   26,088176,000 76,500 252,500 84   84 68     2,000   616,505 
23...      14,160  1,839......    5,370    423   21,792   16,270    700  2,400   19,70175,500 80,000255,5008        8    6    2,400   632,775
30...     1,531, 1,014  5.030  2,387   510    10,472   13,950  1,000  1,100   16,050 165,000 85,500 250,500 74   73   64   1,100   646,725 6
Nov. 6........... 1,994......        650......    2,644   20,710  4,600  1,950   27,260 146,500 83,500 230,000 7     74  64   1,950   667,435     0
"   13...      786...... 2,445    4,609    773    8,613   19,260  4.100    900   24,2601132,000  86,000 218,000 8   8    6i     900   686,695 Q
"   20...    5,066..... 1,700.......        15    6,781   22,890  1,550    960   25,400 119,5,0 82,500 201,000 8    8    64     960   709,585    0
27...     10,399   325......    5,828    619   17,171    9,730    500    200   10.430 123,500 84,500 208,000 71    7   6*     200   719,315 
Dec. 4...     12,194  7,401.....      650    223   20,468   14,470  2,100    500   17,070 123,000 90,500 213,500 7    73    6*    500    733,785
11...    3,976  3,708......   4,005    301   11,990   19,587  1,250  1,630   22,467 109,500 95,000 204,500 7    7    6    1,630   753,372 
18...      18,896......   5,625    777   25,298   19,130    800  1,290   21,220 113,500 96,000 209,500 7    7    6    1,290   772,502 
"   24...........     476  1,250............     1,726   19,740  3,500    700   23,940 97,000 93,500190,500        7    6      700   792,242    Z
31.........................................  22,461  5,600......  28,061..................................   814,703 
totales     700,359 54,560 26,255106,07150,785    938,30   814,703 14507061,8401,01,683                         9.13 9.15 6.64 61,840 1,566,736 i
ceipts & stocks._________ 




210 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1836.
This year,'embroidering and finishing of lace employed in
Europe but 35,000 hands, their wages amounting to but ~350,000.
(See years 1831 and 1833.)
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for
the Year ending September 30, 1836,
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1835.
NEW ORLEANS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports....................................  400,470
Coastwise......................................   92,535
Burnt  &c........................................    2,030
Stock on hand 1st October, 1836..             3,702
Deduct                                           ----       503,737
Stock on hand 1st October, 1835..................    4,842
Received from Mobile..............................   17,366
Florida............................            6,882
29,090  474,647  511,146
NATCHEZ.                                t_'
ExportTo  Liverpool..........................................    4,841
New York........248
New York..,.....................................    248
Burnt there, 8th December........................               1,800
6,889
FLORIDA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports..................................   20,047
New  Orleans...................................     6,882
M obile........................................   875
Charleston.....................................     2,128
New    York....................................    43,778
Providence...................................     1,682
Boston.......................................      2,813
Philadelphia..............................      508
Burnt on board brig William Osborn..............         300
Stock on hand 1st October, 1836....................    1,049
Deduct-                                                      80,062
Stock on hand 1st October, 1835....................               300
79,762   52,085
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign Ports.............................       151,434
Coastwise........................................    86,580
Coastwise..~~ ~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~     86,580
Stock in Mobile, 1st October, 1836..............     64
Deduct-                                                 -   238,078
Stock on hand 1st October, 1835..................        488
Received from Florida.............................       875
-   1,363
236,715  197,692
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands.......................      169,102
<"         Sea Island......................   7,983
177,085
Coastwise..................................   68,102
I245,187




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 211
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1836-Concluded.
Samp
Bales.   Bales.   Total.   period
1835.
From DarienTo  Foreign  Ports..................................   5,745
New    York....................................    7,356
Charleston..................................   10,177
-_         23,278
Stock in Savannah, 1st October, 1836...............     2,096
"   Augusta and Hambro', 1st Oct., 1836........     3,390
Burnt on Savannah River.......................      600
-6,086
Deduct-                                                      274,551
Stock on hand 1st October, 1835, in Sav. and Aug............   4,43
270,121  222,670
SOUTH    CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports —Uplands...................... 181,328
(" Sea Island..................   15,168
Coastwise........................................    47,831
- 244,327
From GeorgetownTo New York................................................  13,930
Stock in Charleston, 1st October, 1836......................    2,997
Deduct-                                                      2 61,254
Stock in Charleston, 1st October, 1835..............    4.766
Received from Savannah and Darien.................    22,672
Received from   Florida............................   2,128
Received from Key West..........................         451
-    30,017  231,237  203,166
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports.................................      762
Baltimore....................................  30
Philadelphia................................         2,622
New York....................................  28,043
Boston................................         400
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1836...............   400
----- 32,257
Deduct —
Stock on hand 1st October, 1835........                     200
32,057   34,399
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  14,871
Coastwise......................................    4,900
Taken by Manufacturers...........................      8,000
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1836....................   1,929
29,700
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1835............................       503
29,197   33,170
Received at Philadelphia from Tennessee...........................  100
Total crop of the United States................................. 1360,725 1254328
Crop of last year....................................     1254,328
Increase compared with last year....................... 106,397




212    CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Export to Foreign Ports, from      October 1, 1835, to September 30, 1836.
To               To      Other
Great    rance  North of  Other   Total.
FROM                    Britain.         Europe.
New Orleans.......................Bales 236,526 133,881     17,989  12,074 400,470
Natchez.................................  4,841.........                 4,841
Alabama.................... 125,858   21,661    3,192     723 151,434
Florida..........................   18,789   1,258.............  20,047
Georgia (Savannah and Darien).........    166,434  15,923     150      323 182,830
South Carolina...............  112,437  57,913   19,974   6,172  196,496
North Carolina..................    762.....................      762
Virginia.................................  10,345  3,160  1,366.......  14,871
Baltimore.......................................24                 24
Philadelphia....................         3,948     130     228      327    4,633
New York...............................    89,230  32,238   10,030   3,225 134,723
Boston.................................  1,978.   1960  1,534  5,472
Grand total....................... 771,148 266,188    54,889  24,378 1,116,603
Total last year.................... 722,718 252,470   29,803  18,508 1,023,499
Increase.........................  48,430  13,718   25,086   5,870   93,104
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5,  560,000 bales.
"(     1825-6,   710,000  "
"4     1826-7,   937,000  "
"(    1827-8,    712,000''
c"     1828-9,   857,744  "
1829-30,     976,845  "
1830-1,    1,038,848  "
1831-2,      987,477  "
it     1832-3, 1,070,438'
1833-4, 1,205,394     "
1834-5, 1,254,328     "
1835-6, 1,360,725      "
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States, we
take the growth of the year................................ 1,360,725 bales.
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year (October
1, 1835)-In the Southern ports....................  15,829
"  Northern ports...................  25,794
41,623
1,402,348
Deduct therefrom —Th'e Export to Foreign ports................. 1,116,603
Stocks on hand at the close of the
year (October 1, 1836)In the Southern ports.............   20,627
" Northern ports.......      22,714
43,341
Burnt and Lost at New Orleans.......   2,030
Apalachicola.......         300
New York, 16th Dec.        1,500
"<        Natchez, 8th Dec....  1,800
e"        Savannah River.....     600
6,230
1,166,174
Less-Foreign cotton, included in the export............       559
1,165,615




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 213
Quantity consumed, and in the hands of manufacturers, 1835-6......... 236,733...... 1834-5................ 216,888..... 1833-4................  196,413......r                     it         1832-3................ 194,412..              l               "i        1831-2................ 173,800.... e                1          1830-1................ 182,142
cc ~   ~("  "               "          1829-30.............. i26,512
c"   I<'~                       1828-9............... 118,853.... <c                          l         1827-8............. 120,593
(("             "                "'        1826-7................ 103,483
New    Crop   Received.
1835.                            1886.
AT           Date of first          Bales rec'd Date of first        Bales rec'd
receipt.  No. Bales,  before 1st  receipt.  No. Bales.  before 1st
~'October.                    October.
New Orleans...........................  3,412  18th Aug.        1      7,239
Apalachicola.....         t Sept.        1         22.......................
Mobile........................................  2d   Sept.        2        433
Savannah.............................. 17th Aug.        2      2,000
Charleston........... 13th Aug 1.......................................
Augusta................................................
Petersburg.........   22d Sept.      1..........20th Sept.         1         3
Note.-Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption does not include any Cotton
manufactured in the States south and west of Virginia, nor any in that State, except in
the vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond.
**It has been objected to our statements that the Cotton received from Texas does
not properly belong to the crop of the United States.   As we are inclined to make our
account literally what it purports to be, it is our intention hereafter to deduct it: the
quantity received during the past year was 3,564 bales.




The semi-weekly Price and      Weekly Sales and     Receipts at New    York, Weekly Exports from       New   York and Rates of Freight to          2
Liverpool 1st of each month,for the Crop        Year ending October 1, 1836.P
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.                                                               0
Price of Price of Sales for Receipts ______Frtso                                                      GENERAL REMARKSo
183N. New Orleans     Upland.    week.  for week.                                                  t t[         GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great   To     North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.                                       O
Britain. France.  Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports..
October 2..    16@20      15   18                                                                   @d.0 O
<"     6:.   16_19      1418       1,800    1,641....Prices of cottvn did not vary as much            0
("     9..   16@19      14~18                                                                             this crop year, as in many others,    o
"     13..   16@ 19     14~_18     2,000      702    3,251      728........      10    3,989            the extreme fluctuations being from 
16..   16@19       14@18                                                                             31(@4   cents per lb.   The most 
20..   16@19      14   18     1,100     213    1,620      471      102       67    2,260             prominent event that'occurred was,
"     23..   16@19      14  18                                                                            what is known in the annals of the    4
27..   16@18      14~18        600      535    1,787........      165........    1,952            city, as "the great fire;"     this   t
"     30..   16@18      14(18                                                                             calamity befell the community the 
Novem. 3..     16~@18     14@18       1,000     304    3,282       66       68..3,416 5-16(@d               night of December 16, 1835, when
"      6..   15@ 19     13@18                                                                             about 50 acres of the densest bus- 
10.. 105@19            13@18       1,450   5,312    3,191      415      199       16    3,821            iness part of New York was deso"     13..   15@19      13@18                                                                             lated, and   some 500    buildings,   r
17..   15@19      13@17       2,500    3,191     387      582      227..1,196                     mostly' stores   and   warehouses, 
20..   15@18      13  17                                                                            were utterly destroyed, bringing
24..        1518       1317       1,550    3,386    3,142    1,186........        5    4,333            ruin to most of the local Fire In"    27..   15i 18     14  16|                                                                           surance Companies then in existDecem.    1..  15@18      14@16       1,850    2,238     640     1,151      99.1,890              |@/d.     ence. A considerable quantity of      w
t      4..   15@18      14@16i                                                                            cotton was destroyed, say 1,500 to    o
8..   15(18      1416        1,500   4,031      772      807........      156    1,735            2,000 bales, but the fire occurring 
11..  1518       1416|                                                                             at the period of the season when 
18..   1518       14164                                                                             fortune was not as great as it
18   14  16j     1,100   3,569      233    1,278                14    1,525            would have been earlier, or later,
25..  15 18     14166                                                                             intheyear. Businesswas of course
29..   15  18     14@16t      1,900    6,174     396      685..............I 1,081                 largely interrupted, but in an al-    ~
1836.                                                                                                   most incredibly short time, the       s
January 1..    1518     314    16                                                                  ~@5d     former activity was resumed, and
5..   15  18     14  16      2,450   4,913      526.......................        526            all vestiges of this great conflagra8..   15s18      14  16                                                                            tion disappeared.
12..   15.18      14  156     1,800   2,396      690      423...............     1,113
15.          18517     135   145
19.         1617      13    15     2,450    2,286.......     78........     87      867




January 22..    15  171    14   16
"     26..   15417       1     16    3,500    8,306    1,641    1,283..               2,924
"     29..   16@18       14(16~
February 2..    16@J18     14( 16|     2,400    1,756      485       668      100             1,253    @51 d.
"   5..   16  18     14   16 
9..   16   18-    14( 16     3,050     1,898    1,020      879                103    2,002
12..   16   18   14@17
16.. 16i18       14i@17       2,150     6,219      290      403      398              1,091                                                    Z
19.. 16     18       15  1750
23.. 16    19      15  18      3,900    3,376      896      213................     1,109
"     26.. 16~ 19        15@18i
March     1..   17  20    15~   19     5,500    6,609        52      358...136                546 46d. 
"<      4..  17   20    15   19
e"     8..   17   20    151@19       3,400    4,131       95    1,367............         1,462                                                    t4
11... 17'@21          16191
15.. 17@21         16  191    4,200    11,730      330      723      174.1,227
" 18..    1821        16(191
22..        18@21       16  19      2,700    4,732......     543      190                733, 25..       18   21     16~191
" 29..       18(21       16   191    3,600    5,831      608      147...............        755
April     1..   1821       16@191                                                                    s@7-16d 
5..   18   21     16@19~      2,800    3,279      773      498.1,271                                                                        w
"      8..   18(21       1619i
"     12..   1821        16191       2,200   14,315      507      742      156..1,405
15..   18   21     16@19
"     19..   18   21     16@19       1,300    8,405...116                731       847
22..171(20         16  18j
"     26..   17@20       16   181    6,000    7,546    1,009       48     1,090....       2,147 2
29..     16_20       1618i~
May       3..   1620       16   19     5,000    4,546    4,390     1,890      220       17    6,517        d
6..   16@_20      16.19
10..   16( 20      16  19      3,600   14,486    1,292      742      396.2,430
" 13,.       16@20       1619                                                                                                                        0
17..   16@20       16  19      2,400    4,242    6,263      884      351.7,498
"     20..   16@(~20     16(@19O
24..   16@20       16@19      1,900    12,878    2,918    1,476      640.5,034 
"     27..   1620        16@19
"     31..   16_20       16l19       2,300    2,695    4,307      606      574      204     5,691 5-16|d                                             0
June      3..   16(20      16(@19
7..   16620       16(19       2,900      650    1,376      998       80       54     2,508
10..  16620      1519' 19
14..   16620      15~( 19      2,300   13,839'   5,528      585      426........     6,539  _
~  6,5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                           39




New   York Statement Jfr Year 1b36-Uoncluded.,
EXPORTS FOR. THE WEEK
Price of    rice of  Sales for Receipts' _Rates of
1836,    New Orleans  Upland.    week.   for week.                                             Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great    To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool.                                        W
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. 
June     17..  16@20      15  19                                                                                                                    O
" 21..       16@20      15@18k      2,200    4,947    5,583      924      689      393    7,589                                                   t" 24..       16@20      15@18,                                                                                                                    O
28..      16@20      15   18    3,000    1,031    2,816    1,876      103      447    5,242                                                   S
July      1..   16  20     15  18i                                                                 5-16@~d               Exchange.
"5        15.. 20     15  19     1,750    3,657    3,220      614      841      110    4,785           Foreign bills were steady during the     I
8.. 151       20     15  19                                                                             greater part of the year.
12.        15   2 1    15j20       3,400    1,772........................................   Th e  nn  quot     October 1, 
15.. 1     21     1520        3,400    1, 772                                                       The opening quotation    October 1, 
19.. 15    21     1   20      2,000    2,076.......................................                   toward the latter part of the month
" 12 15       ~ 1 21    15 20                                                                               1835 wa89Z9    percent preminm      U
22.. 15    21     15i20                                                                               it was advanced to 9,  1 0; in No- 
26.     151  21     15   20     2,100    3,040  *14,817    2,640    1,097      134   18,688             vember the price was 9(i9; in 
29.. 151   21     15~20                                                                               December the range was from 8k_@ _
August    2   15?   21     15@20       1,800    2,239       77     390      495........     962     5-16d       inJanuary the quotation went 
"  5.  15  21    15@20                                                                               lip from 8,8~ to 93; in February
9..       15   21      1520       1,250    2,047      88...26               914             it fell back to 9e9a; in March it    C
1 2.:. 15k( 21          15(~20                                                                              it fe  b  ac to  e      in  arch i
1.. 15    21     15 20       15         6        9        1                        1further declined to 8@81; in April'16.. 15 @21           14120         50       6        976      1................    1,077             prices steadily receded from 73@8,
19..   15  21      13  20     1,0      1          7                                                   down- to 5k@6; recovering toward       W
23..   1   21     1    20     1,00     1,072       19........     791........   1510              the close to 61@7; May opened at      g
7-4aa7a8,   went down to  May7;   and a
"     30..   14  21    124   20     2,600      788      336      348                52      ^, 736          went down to     2@7; ad 
~~~~Septem. 2..  14 ~~~~~~~~~~~then advanced again to 7(7~; in 
Septem. 2..    14   21    121  2                          20'1, 23,-d 6                                      ~
" 6 14(21             12450                 2432      163                102
6..i14@21t12k,,20            1,450    2,432216                                                   (1  June 6(@8 was the range; July and..    1   21    12    20     1,450    2,432    1,63........     102             1,739             August 7~@73; September 7k_8;
19..   14(I.21   12   920                                                                             closing  October 1, at 8@8k her
"    13..   1    21    12   20       950       56     1,696.....................         1696             cent. remium.
"16.   14(21     12    20 
20..        14j2121    l12(20      2,850    2,112     1,476................  363     1,839          *These figures include the shipments     ~
23..   142       12]2
27"..  14i21     12,20                                                                                of the previous two weeks, no state30 "..  }14@21   12k1t 20    e2,300     n78.                                        1,840             ment being made up for those two       O
30..   14( 21    12 1( 20                                 -7-16d                                      weeks.
Average prices
and total sales, 1
receipts and    17.72      16.50     123,650  215,546  89,270    32,236    9,929    3,225  134,660
exports.....______________




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1836.
UNITED STATES-1835-1836.                                                Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
1836.                                          ---
United States......... Bags.  96,340   109,270    19,909    14,081    143,260
Export......... 1,117,000    Brazil.......................  32,970   33,810     8,261       741     42,812   o
Stock, 1st October,      Consumption..... 243,000      West Indies.................  4,840      6,160     2,226     3,176     11,562   Z
1835............ 42,000 Stock, 1st-October,          East Indies..................  32,270    60,540..........    6,733     67,273   0
Crop, 1835-36....1,361,000  1836.......... 43,000     Egypt and Levant.,,........    18,280    20,230     9,700     9,203     39,133   t
Bags............ 1,403,000 Bags............ 1,403,000      Bags..................   184,700   230,010    40,096    33,934    304,040 
CONSUMPTION. 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.     IMPORT.
1,106 381    90,797   247,798   767,786   717,563....United States..............  712,343  765,236   269,695    93,539   1,107,670 
170,409    12,861    22.100   135,448    135,408....Brazil......................  147,268  14, 098    22,684     16,172    185,154   3
72,655    19,813    25,989    26,853     21,958.... West Indies................  29,528   35,753    30,690     22,907     87,450 
152,933    72,356.....    80,577    59,091.... Eastlndies..................  102,801  219,157.....    79,010    220,067 q
150,858    59,404    57,118     34,336    32,812....Egypt and Levant...........  31,682    32,946     74,385    87,160    180,391   o
1,653,236   255,231   353,005  1,045,000  966,832.........................Bags.. 1,023,622  1,201,190  397,454  298,788  1,780,732 ~...........15,000      4,500    97,200    36,900 Export. 
0
431,536    62,491    80,045   289,000    204,590 Stock Dec.         Stock above,  184,700   230,010    40,096    33,934     304,040
2,084,772   332,722   437,550  1,431,200  1,208,322 Total supply, bags............... 1,208,322  1,431,200  437,550  332,722  2,084,772 
0




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1836.
RECEIPTS.                              SALES.                    STOCKS.            PRICES.
ENDING.                                                                                                                  ACTU 
Americ'n  E. I  Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Con-   Specu- Export Total. Amer'n. Other.   Total. Mid. Mid. Dhol EXPORT SUMPTION.sumption. lation.                                     Up. Orl. 
Jan.  8...   10,994..... 1,700    1,467 1,842    16,003  24,790 5,200    350   30,340 89,000 86,000 175,000 7     7350              24,790
15...   17,432    273......  1,088......   18,793   23,757 5,700    700   30,157 87,500 82,500 169,000 71 8      5A     700    48,547    0
"   22...    7,709.....  1,543   6,620   139   16,011   25,590 13,570   900   40,060 76,000 82,0001158.000 81 81     53     900    74,137 
29...  25,705    621......  4,118  1,334   31,778  20,930 3,700     690   25,320 84,500 81,0001165,500 81 8 15~        690    95,067    0
Feb. 5...    8,930.....  892............     9,822  10,607    860   670    12,137 85,500 77,000 162,500 8    8   52     670   105,674 
"   12..    8,719   926......  2,441.....   12,086   27,277 5,150  1,300   33,727 70,500 75,5001146,000 8{ 81     51 1,300     132,951    t'
"   19...   13,442......         1.....  1,551  705  15,698  23,653 11,700  2,700  38,053 67,500 68,0001135,500 87  87  5*  2,700  156,604:
25...       1,207 2,476    562   1,200   586    6,031   22,240 4,550  1,290   28,080 54,500 63,500 118,000 87   87   5L   1,290   178,844
Mch. 4...    44,835    820   1701......          45,825    9,727  1,750    630  12,107 91,500 57,0001148,500 87    87  5I     630   188,571 
11...   14,983......   336......      86    15,405  13,880  1,000   750   15,630 92,0001 54,5001146,500 8    8-  5      750   202,451    u
"   18...  21,875 7,839....     4,210 1,838   35,762   27,450  8,,00'1,850  38,100 89,500 60,5001150,000 9[  9[    5*   1,850   229,901    3
25...   15,179 4,552.....    2,876   275   22,882   15,382  6,300   670   22,352 93,000 62,0001158,000 9~ 9~     53     670   245,283
" 31...      8,576 1,411.............    25   10,012   18,755116,350  1,700  36,805 90,000 54,500 144,500 10   10   6    1,700   264,038 
Apr. 8...    18,457 4,332......   4,288 1,547   28,624   15,330  3,950  1,150  20,430 98,000 58,5001156,500 97    97  53   1,150   276,368'
15...    4,363  1,005[......  1,003  1,380   7,751   18,145 2,800    600   21,545 88,000 58,000 146,000 9,   99   51     600   297,513 
22...   18,098 5,159....     4,201   177   27,635   14,700  1,500         16,200 94,000 63,000 157,000 9|    93  53           312,213 
29...   16. 392..................     927   17,319   8,120    500   450    9,070 102,000 62,000164,00019 19     53     450   320,333    -.
May   6..     4,862.......................   4,862   16,237  1,500   450   18,187 96,000 55,5001151,500 91 91 53         450   336,570
13...   10,438................... 586   11,024    9,080......   550    9,630 99,000 54 5001153,500    9   1  51     550   345,650 
20...   24,841 7,602   1,000 10,561   249   44,253   14,260    200   150   14,610 111,000 69,000 180,000 9    99  53     150   359,910.   c)
"   27...      511   6501...................   1,161   23,480  1,500   360   25,340 92,500 65,000 157,500 9    9 9  5      360   383,390 3
June 3..      9,721......8...........      80    9,801  12,660    500   700   13,860 91,500 61,0001152,500 9] 91     51     700   396,050
"   10...   45,795 9,162......   5,996 1,708   62,661   10,930......   400   11,330 126,000 74,5001200,500 9i  99   5;     400   406,980   ^
"   17...   33,963  1,819   800   4,550   423   41,555   14,300).....   500   14,8001144,000 79,000 223,000 91  9- 5*       500   421,280 
"   24..    36,929.................   111   37,040   13,160  1,500  1,200  14,8601171,500 74,500 246,000 9*  99   5*   1,200   434,440 -
July  I...   16,737......  2,505.......    2    19,244  16,280    350   250   16,8801174,500 72,500 247,000 9    9   5*     250   450,720
8...   34,333  1,876   990 11,693    297   49,189   13,280    300   850   14,430 197,500 83,500 281,000 83   83  [5     850   464,000    ~
~'. 15...   26,396...................  343   26,739   15,920 2,600  1,950   20,4701210,500 97,500 290,000 8*  88   5*   1,950   479,920 
22...    5,406...................  976    6,382   24,740 4,700    580   30,020196 000 75000271000 8        9.5      580   504,660
29...   26,136............  7,107 1,623   34,866   13,110 1,200    680   15,990 212.500 79.000 291,500 8*   9   5;     680   517,770 
Aug. 5...    27,939    925......  2,717 1,168   32,749.17,365...... 2,100  19,4651283,500 78,500 301,500 83   83  5~1  2,100   535,135
12...       8,547.............    1,677  10,224   30,930 2,100  3,770   36,800 204,000 70,5001274,500 81 8*    4|   3,770   566,065
"   19...   15,693.               3,743    23   19,459   29,227 5,150  3,190   37,567 193,500 67,000 260,500    88    5    3,190   595.292
"   26...   19,553............  3,566   870   23,989   27,930  6,500 2,450   36,880 191,500 62,500 254,000 8    8   5    2,450   623,222




Sept. 2...    15,106............    7,887  4,460   27,453    12,390  1,000   600   13,990197,500 71,000 268,500 8r 8        5      600   635,612
9...   4,511  7,402.......  5,498  1,916   19,327   13,520  1,500    740   15,760 192,000  81,500 273,500 87   8    5     740   649,132
"   16...    1,545......................         1,545   18,600  3,000  2,100   23,700 177,000  77,000 254,000 87   8   5    2,100   667'732
23...      4,922  1,071    612....... 1,309     7,914   22,320  5,950    700   28,970 166,500  72,500 239,000 87   8k  4      700   690 052 
"   30...   17,590 12,514......   3,755  4,516   38,375   11,040  7,700    500   19,240 168,000  88.000 256,000 87   8k 4i      500   701,092    ~
Oct.  7...     5,315 4,522    750   2,529     10   13,126   12,485  1,350    360   14,195 166,000  91,000 257,000 81   8    41    360    713,577    t
"   14...    4,895 4,165 2,732     2,948  1,547   16,287   14,453    750    110   15,313 159,500  99,000 258,500 83  83   4      110   728,030    0
"   21...    1,173    189..                 76    1,438    7,550.....       90    8,240 155500  96,000 251,500 84 8       4     690   735,580    z
28...       207......  1,511   2,929    130    4,777    8,430    500    400    9,330 149.500  98,000 247,500 8k  8    41     400   744,010 
Nov. 4...      2,460...........     971  4,257    7,688   11,595    200    420   12,215 143 000  99,500 242,500 8    8o  41     420   755,605    0
11..    3,503  2,167  2,029   7,762  1,080   16,541   11,470.500    300   12.270138,000109,500247,500 8i 8        41     300   767,075
is 18...  6,431 10,688......  4,642......   21,761   13,660.....    600   14,260 134,500 120,000 254,500 8   8|   41     600   780,735 
25.................     800   4,843    777    6,420   17,496 1,600     420   19,516 122,000 121,0001243,000 8   8*   4      420   788,231    >
Dec. 2...      4,955  5,821....    6,675    172   17,623   18,061  2,500......    20,561 114,500128,000242,500 8     84   4            806,292 
9...   8,852  1,300......    8,127  1,904   20,183   18,120...........    18,120 112,500 132,500 245,000 77  8*   3...      824,412 
"   16...   13,345...... 2,075.............    15,420   24,210  1,500    680   26,390 110,000 125,000 235,000 7k  8    34     680   848,622    Z
23...     8,086 2,961.............   3,182   14,229    19,250  1,600   460   21,310 107,000 123,000 230,000 77   84  3      460   867,872    t' 30...      1,405......     390.........         1.795   19,420  1,200......    20,620...........           7    8    3......   887,292 r
33
0
Aerae Jpriee^  708,994 103248 21,397 143,761 46,233 1,023,633  887,29215233045,6101,085,232                     8.798.595.1045,610      170,63     >
ceipts & etocks./                 8.',
Q
Qo




220  OHRONOLOGIOAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1837.
Number of cotton mills in Massachusetts this year, 282, with
565,031 spindles.
A third mill built on Factory Island, Saco, Maine. (See years
1830, 1833 and 1835.)
The following table sets forth the state of the cotton manufacture in Massachusetts at this period.  The figures are official;
Number of mills...................         282
Spindles.....................       565,031
Pounds of cotton consumed yearly............  37,215,917
Yards of cotton manufactured yearly........ 126,319,221
Value of cotton goods manufactured yearly.... $13,056,659
Males  employed..........................  4,997
Females "......................      14,757
Capital inves ted..........                14,369,719
Capital invested........................ $14,369,119




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 221
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1837.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1836.
NEW ORLEANS.                                -        
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports...............................  509,393
Coastwise........................  85,145
Burnt, &c., estimated...........................       1,837
Estimated quantity exported coastwise not cleared at
Custom   House................................     1,500
Stock on hand 1st October, 1837....................   15,302
Deduct-                                           ----       613,177
Stock on hand 1st October, 1836....................  8,702
Received from Mobile..............................     7,655
Florida.............................     1,053
Texas............................        2,645
20,055
NATCHEZ.                                -----       693,122 474,647
ExportTo Liverpool...........................................     6,995
New  York.........................      760
----         7,755 6,889
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  19,387
Coastwise.........................................    60,851
Coastwise.160,851
Burnt on board steamer Reindeer, and on wharf......      514
Stock on hand 1st October, 1837, estimated........    4,000
Deduct —--                                                    84,752
Stock on hand 1st October, 1836............................     1,049, —--      83,703 79,762
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo Foreign Ports..................................172,124
Coastwise........................................     58,648
Burnt............................................   410
Stock in Mobile 1st October, 1837...................    1,977
233,159
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1836....................        64
Received from Florida.............................        852
916
GEORGIA.                                  --       232,243  236,715
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 153,304
it         Sea  Island.....................  3,906
157,210
Coastwise...........................                  72,150
229,360
From DarienTo  Foreign  Ports..................................   4,578
New   Y ork........................................    10,458
15,036
Stock in Savannah 1st October, 1837.................    4,533
"    Augusta and Hambro', 1st October, 1837...    19,528
--    24,061
Deduct- 
Stock on hand 1st October, 1836, in Sav. & Augusta.........      5,486
/ —— I 262,971 270,121




222 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton         Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1837.-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1836.
SOUTH CAROLINA.                    ---
Export from CharlestonTo foreign ports-Uplands......................... 153,987
it       Sea Island.......................    12,154
166,141
Coastwise.                                            33,230
Coastwise.........................................  33,230
199,371
From GeorgetownTo  New   York...........................................  8,670
Stock in Charleston 1st October, 1837............1......    10,743
Deduct-                                                     218,784
Stock in Charleston 1st October, 1836...............  2,997
Received from Savannah..........................      16,957
"       Florida............................     2,453
22,407
196,377  231,237
NORTH CAROLINA.
Export-1
To Foreign Ports..................................    1,403
Philadelphia, estimated at..1,200
New York...                                           13,550
Boston...'                                             111
Boston............................................
stock on hand 1st October, 1837...              2,140
18,404
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1836...........................       400
-  -—.-   " 18,04.8.- J'
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  14,547
Coastwise......................................   5,000
Taken by Manufacturers.........................        8,000
Stock on hand 1st October, 1837....................   3,547
31,094
D,eductQuantity received coastwise........................      547
Stock on hand 1st October, 1836...................     1,929
---—,_  2,476
28,618  29,197
Received at New York from Grand Gulf, Miss...................         137     100
Total crop of the United States........................... 1,422,930 1,360,725
Crop  of  last year.........................................   1,360,725
Increase............................................        62,205




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY COF COTTON. 223
Export to Foreign Ports, from     October 1, 1836, to September 30, 183T.
To Great   To    North of Foreign   Total.
Britain.  France. Europe.  Ports.
New Orleans (bales).................... 355,096    133,641    6,198   14,458 509,393
Natchez..................                    6,995.........................  6,995
Alabama................................ 139,756     29,406........    2,962 172,124
Florida................................   17,650    1,737..............  19,387
Georgia (Savannah and Darien)............ 139,503    20,450    1,099     696 161,748
South Carolina........................... 107,369   45,467    9,967    3,338 166,141
North  Carolina...........................    768     635...............   1,403
Virginia..................................    7,077    2,760     325    4,385   14,547
Baltimore..............................        50               127              177
Philadelphia.                                 5,287     176.....       1,117    6,580
New York...............................    71,235  26,450    7,942    3,423 109,050
Boston.................................       779     101      880
Grand total...................... 850,786 260,722      26,437   30,480 1,168,425
Total last year.....................771,148 266,188    54,889   24,3781,116,603
Increase...................79,638...............    6,102  51,822
Decrease.....................5,466                     28,452......
466/ 284521......../........
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5,  560,000 bales.
t"      1825-6,  710,000  ":4      1826-7,  937,000 
1827-8,   712,000  "
"       1828-9,  857,744   t
<'      1829-30, 976,845 
"'      1830-1, 1,038,848  "
<'      1831-2,  987,477 
1832-3, 1,070,438  "
"       1833-4, 1,205,394:'      1834-5, 1,254,328  "
1835-6, 1,360,725 
s"      1836-7, 1,422,930  "
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States, we take
the growth of the year......................................... 1,422,930 bales.
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year October
1, 1836, in the Southern  ports............................. 20,627
"  Northern ports............................ 22,714
-   43,341
--  1,466,271
Deduct therefrom the export to Foreign ports...................... 1,168,425
Stocks on hand at the close of the year October 1, 1837.
In the Southern ports................................. 61,770
In the Northern ports....................... 14,050
75,820
Burnt and lost at New Orleans............................... 1,837
"        St. Joseph's..............................   514
New York, April 16th....................    400
2,751
1,246,996
Less Foreign cotton included in the export................     3,265
1,243,731




224 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Quantity consumed and in the hands of manufacturers, 1836-7.................. 222,540.... cc;         1835-6..................  236,733.. "..      1834-i6................... 216,888
"       "      "t                         1833-4................... 196,413... ".                  1832-3.................. 194,412
".      "..           1831-2.................. 173,800
s"                          "    "        1830-1.................. 182,142
"<            <(            "             1829-30.................  126,512
l.....<                  1828-9.................. 118.853
"< "          c         "    (            1827-8................... 120,593
"d... l                        1826-7................... 103,483
Note.-It is a fact well understood that the quantity of cotton remaining in the interior is much larger than usual-the low price of the article, compared with former years,
having prevented it from coming forward. Of the quantity thus held we have no means
sufficiently accurate to form an estimate.
It will be seen also that we have deducted from the New Orleans statement, the quantity received at that port from Texas-that being a foreign country.
Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption, does not include any cotton manufactured in the States south and West of Virginia, nor any in that State, except in the
vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1837.
UNITED STATES, 1836-1837.                    Stock 1st Jan., 1837, it...... Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock Ist October,         Export.......... 1,168,000  United States..........Bags.  78,920  90,420  37,306  16,823  144,549  C
1836....... 43,000 Consumption.....222,000       Brazil......................   43,230     44, 660    8,845      4,052      57,557 
Crop............ 1,423,000Stock st Oct., 1837  76,000    West Indies.................   11,910     14,160      6,927     5,270      26,357   Z
__ -    _____              -     East Indies.................   53,480    121,020..........    13,387     134,407   4
Bags........1,466,000       Bags......    1,466,000    Egypt and Levant...........     17,050     18,740    26,967     22,959      68,666 
Bags.......... 1660............  00
Bags.....................    204,590    289,000    80,045     62,491     431,536 
CONSUMPTION.                                                                    __                                          t
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.        IMPORT. 
1,160,524    99,071    255,805    805,648   752,577....United States...............   786,907   845,188    250,457    100,743   1,150,588 
160,998      8,755    22,638    129,605    126,861.... Brazil.....................  113,121  116,605  16,010      9,282     138,697 
69,478     17,813    22,437     29,228     24,575..West Indies.................    25,925     30,088    27,373     24,913      79,874
152,193     66,270.              85,923     61,880..East Indies.................     74,650    145,063.....     68,213     142,326 
172,534     76,646    56,809     39,079     39,130....Egypt and Levant...........    35,700     39,329    50,346     71,325     158,400
1,715,727   268,555    357,689  1,089,483. 1,005,023..........................Bags. 1,036,303  1,176,273   344,186   274,476    1,669,885   t..........  5,600     3,000   116,450     65,050 Export.
385,694     62,812    63,542    259,340.   170,820 Stock Dec.          Stock above,   204,590    289,000    80,045     62,491     431,536    <
2,101,421   336,967    424,231  1,465,273  1,240,893 Total supply, bags.............. 1,240,893  1,465,273  424,231    336,967   2,101,421 
C
Ce




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1837.
RECEIPTS.                                SALES.                   STOCKS.            PRICES.
ACTUAL    CON- 
WEENK    _     _-                                                   -------------              --------     -— EXPORT SUMPTION. 
Americ'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.   Con-   Specu- Export. Total. Amer'n. Other. Total. Mid. Mic. Dhol
sumption. lation.Up.Orl.
Jan.   6..     5,854...................    191    6,045   22,725 4,700     330   27,755 68,500 119,000 187,500 8    8   4      330    22,725
i"   13..    9,954 3,276.....    1,158    358   14,746   22,610  4,530   670   27,810 64,500 114,500 178,000 8    8    4      670    45,335 
I    20..   16,626    142.............   419   17,187   13,550    250   100   13,900 70,000110,500 180,500 8     8    4      100    58,885
27..   43,009  4,056....    6,548    258   53,871   11,5:6.....      11. 55'jA104,0001119,5001223,500 7  8   4......     0,435
Feb.   3..    15.604............  3,984......  19,588   13,950......    200   14,1501106,000 119.000 225,000 73  8   4      200    84,385
10.    21,095............ 13,428    691   35,214   15,430    250......  15,680 111,500 130,500 242,000 71  7    4......    99,815
17..   33,619  1,880.....    2,022    188   37,709   14,310...........     14,310 130,000 131,0001261,000 7   7. 4....    114,125
24..   22,546............    971    770   24,287   20,620   500    400   21,5201130,0000 71                 7    3     400    134,745
Mch.   3      15,416...........  2,849......  18,265   16,343    420   480    17,243 133,000 127,000 260,000 7- 7    33     480   151,088    0
10..      8,033 3,176  1,112......     405   12,726   17,470...... 1,150     18,620 126,500 127,000 253,500 7   7.1  3   1,150   168,558    7
i"   17..   15,102.................    3,711   18,813   14.750   350    600   15,700129,000126,500255.,500 6     6    3'     600   183,308 
23..      2,433............            111     2,544  13,590  3,000    450   17,040 120,000 124,000244,000 61   61  31     450   198.898
31..   36,261 4,197............      301   40,759   15,020  1,200  1,000  17,220143,000123,000266,000 53 51       31   1,000   211,918 
April  7..     6,608........                      6,608   10.070  1,000   850    11,920 140,500 121,000 261,500 5  55   31     850   221,988 
14..    9,371...........   1,319 2,156    12,846   14.355  2,000  1,800  18,155 137,000 121,000 258,000 5   5- 3      1,800   236,343 
21..       44,887 6,300    470   5,184    908   57,749   12,370   750 2,000    15,120 169,000'130,000 299,000 51  51   3    2,000   248,713    Q
28..     52.565 3,995...    2,345   380    59,285  21,170  6,5.00  1,300  28,970 198,500 130,000 329,000 5.  5   3    1,300   269,883    7
May    5..   29,262.....   1,694  4,709  1,192   36,857   22,313  2,800   900   26,013212,000133,500345,500 5      51   3      900   292,196 
12..   11.740 2,743......   5,644    429   20.556   11,770   500  1,500   13,770 212,000 138,000 350,000 5   5    3    1,500   303,966
19..   28,891  7,691 4,308   4,793    186   45,869   12,545  2,500  2,915  17,960223,500152000375,500 5       5    24   2,915   316,511'  26..   11.576............    594......    12,170   12,913 4,500 2,550     29,963 214,000 146,000360,000 5    5   2    2,550   329,424:
June   2..    12.694............   1,461    40   14,195   28,090  9,400 2,800    40,290 203,000 138,500 341,500 55 54   23   2,800   357,514    ^
9..    3,412...................  2,758    6,070   17,706  6,500  1,650  25,856 195,500 136,0001331,500 541  56- 24   1,650   315,220 8
16..     58,063...........    857 3,270    62,190   18,297 4,000     830   23,180 237,500 135,000 372,500 5*  54  2;     830   393,517    Q
23.      41,985........       1,936   209   44.130   23,510  9,500 3,390    36,400258,500129,500388,000 5.    54   24   3,390   417,027    r
30..     12,612......   747......     173   13,532   22,000 3,600 4,100     29,700 249,500 125,500 375,000 54  54-  21  4,100   439,027
July   7..     2,665..................  453    3,118   15,330  3,000  3,000   21,330 239,000120,500 359,500 51   54.  2}  3,000   454,357    0
14..         8758.....    5,385........    14,143   18,450  1,000 4,850    24.300 230,000 120,500 350,500 54S  5' 2[   4,850   472,807 
21..   40,473 4,158......   6,086 2,542    53,259   14,700  1,000  1,300  17,000 258,500 129,500 388,000 5 5      2.   1,300  487,507 
"    28..    9,155  1,539......    810    104   11,608   13,140  2,500  2,730  18,370 255,000 129,000 384,000 5   5    24   2,730   500,647
Aug.   4..     9,472......  1,675......    744   11,891   28,110 4,800   2,730   35,670240,500 124,000 364,500 5   5    24   2,730   528,787
11..         3,551..........       50     4,055   32535 4,720   3,025   40,280219,000114,000 33:,000 50    54   2-   3,025   561,322
18..         4.551  2249          1,310    433    8,543   33,640 11,500  1,950  47,090 198,500 107,500 306,000 54.  54  3    1,950   594,962
25..   16,483 5,407............    2,271   24,161   21,430  4,700  2,900  29,030197,500 108;500306,000 5     5    3    2,900   616,392




Sept.   1..      407...................    42       449   24,360  3,500     950   28,810 190,500 1067000 296,50051     5    3       950   640,752
8.            7,439  1,298   2,414   5,726......    16,877    27,720  7,100  1,100    35,9201174,500110,000284,500    6         3     1,100   668,472
"    15..    18,885  4,726...        3,482    742   27,835    12,503  1,000    630    14,133 185,500 113,500 299,000 5     5    3      630    680,975
22..     2,257...... 3,883......       912     7,052   21,450   2,400  2,750   26,6001170,000 112,000 1 282,000 57   5!   3    2. 750   702,425    Q
" 29.......................      1,626    1,626   10,470   1,000  1,590    13.0601161,000 110,000 271,000 57    5-   3    1,590    712,895     1
Oct.    6       9,452  1,633  1,312.......     655    13,052   11,810    759     520   13,080 160,500 110,500 271,000 5|     5-   3      520   724,705     a
13..     6,788  6,032....      3,879   1,075   17,774   11,930          1,300    13,2301157,500 118,000275,500 5J     5    3    1,300    736,635    O
"    20..       338.570                                908    19,570  2,500    500    22,570142,500113,500256.000     5    5-   3      500    756.205.
27..    1,861............... 1,485       3,346   21,050     500  1,200    22,750 127,500 110,000 237,500 5-    5i   3    1,200    777,255!
Nov.    3..     3,803...1,472                  255     5,530   31,050 14,400     250   45,700 110,000 101,000 211,000 5A     57   3      250   808,305     0
10..     6,365............    2,071   3,665   12,101   24.540   7,550    750    32,840 99,000   98,500 197,500 6     6    3'     750    832,845    g
17..     4,402  1,298......    3,118       7    8,825   25,730 13,300     250    39,280 86,000   96,000 182,000 63    63   3      250    858 575 
"    24..     7,985  3,888   1,504   3,043     64   16,484    23,000 14,550......    37,550 79,000 95,500 174,500 6       7    4             881,575
Dec.    1..     5,541..........   2,028     7,569   10,190   1,850......    12,040 76,500 94,500 171,000 61     6Q     4            891,765
" 8..         1,676...           2,880    4,556    15,680 13,500......    29,180  67,000 93,000 160,000 7      7    4             907,445
15..       958..... 1,313     4,049   1,069    7,389   20,880   2,200.          23,080 58,000 92,500 150,500 7       7^   4             928 325
22..     7,143..........     1,873  1,855   10,871    13,100  5,150......     18,250  55,500 93000148,500 7        7    4-......     941,425    0
"    29..    23,762..................,638   27,400    12,400  1,150           13,550 70,500 92,500163,000 71       71   4I......   953,825 1
otal erales, r                     1,etota1sle   - 769,40869,68425,817 97,701 48,3211,010,931       953,825191170 66,240 1,211,235                           6.09 6.143.28 66,240 1,834,278      H
ceipts and stocks.                                                                            [
0
*^*




The semi-weekly Price and      Weekly Sales and Receipts at New        York, Weekly Exports fromt New        York and Rates of Freight to 
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop        Year ending October 1, 1831.                                      o
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.0
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                                            Rates of
1836.    New Orleans  Upland.    week.  for week.                                   -        Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great    To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.0
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPortP Exports.
October 4.. 14@21        121@20       1,900     922...                       -l6d
7..  14~21     l    ^1@^2O                                  0his crop year proved to be an event" 11..  14R21    12..(a.20    1,850     736........                               ful one.    The first five months     n
"  148..  14@21  122@20        9prices were subject only to about 
1421             12220         900    1,437................................the usral changes, but, early in 
" 21.  14  21    12Q 21o0                                                                            March,'37, indications became ap- 
25..  1421      12   20      1,910    2,549......................                 parent of a great disturbance in 
228..       14@21    1 2i 20                                                                             financial circles; business was very  t
Novem. 1..     1421      121@20       1,550    1,386   6,520    1,721      707........    8,948   @7-1(d   unsettled. A severe stringency set
4..   1421      12z 20                                                                             in, which continued, with more or
It  8..  l4* 2l4  12  2      2,250      243    2008       7962,04                                   less intensity, through March, April 
11..   14)21     12~(@j20                                                                           and May, culminating finally on the 
"  15..  14("21  12   20     1,300    6,795    1,300      598...     1,898            10thMayin the suspension of specie 
18..   14821f    14@196                                                                             payments.   In the meantime, prices 
22..   14@21I, 14@l9k      1,727    3,968    1,407      530                34    1,971            of Cotton rapidly receded, until the
25..   14@21      14@191                                                                            shrinkage was fully 81,29 cents per
29..     14@21     1419        2,610   2,442    1,767      514...     2,281            ii.; many staunch    houses were
Decem.    2..  1421       14@191 -7-16d                                                                     ruined, and   embarrassment was
6..     14  20     1.4(19      1,550    4,119    1,302     714       25      132    2,173            general throughout Cotton circles.
29 121 1419-             } 2610 19
r   9..  16~ 19~  1s619                                                                          Foreign exchange was difficult to ne-   He
-L'    13..  i6   19~ 16~19         1,300    2,598     558      144.702                              negotiate; bills sold at very high
"94    16..  1 619    15318                                                                              rates; and the premium on gold 
"1    20..   l6   1 9j9  15 3~18    1,250   6,303      463      980..1,443                        advancel -to 14@16 per cent., with    0
23.  16@19   15~@18                                                                           large shipments.   For a time there
27..   16)19        1.       1,270    4,517...         150               150was a general demoralization in
27e. 2              1432 17                45197............
~30..  1619  15217-d                                                                           business affairs, which continued,
30..   16319     1514'1
1837.                                                                            with but little abatenment, until the
January 3..    16 19     15,170       1,150    2,162     587      855                      1,442 2,7        close of the ygear.
6..   16 19 Forncesf
"     10..   16  19    1510 17~    1,400    1,814      532      869      139........   1,540
13.. 15(1  19     01  170
"     17.   l5i@l83     15} 17     2,050    4,656    3,187      630.154                3,971           These figures embrace the shipments
20.. 15          18a  165@17                                                                             of Ihe previous three weeks.




January24.. 15(@183    15 17'    2,150  2,092   1,064   1,022     83........   2,169
1    27.. 15@18|     15@175
" 31.. 15@18         15@17-    1,300  6,310     714    920.......           1,634
February 3.. 15  18-  14|@17G- 7
"<    7.. 15@18l    14(@172   2,050   3,321   1,347            139           1,486
"  105.. 15@18i  14s@172
14.. 15- @18|  142@17'    2,480  3,178    216     246     185..647
" 17.. 15.183-14s@171"
21..152@18   142@117~   1,250  4,099     624    412......       1036
24.. 15(  19    142417g..
"  28.. 1519   141(@17~  1,650   4,737    595........    51             646
March   3.. 144@19    14-217|                                              ") (Jd. 
"     7.. 14@,19    141@171    1,450  2,668   1,756            220          1,976
i"   10.. 14(1.9     14@)17;
<"   14.. 144@19     14.171    1,200  6,193    861                            861
17.       1    19    14( 17.19
"    21.. 12~@18    121 16'     550   7,555    694     524      6       6   1,230
i    24.. 12@18       @ 121161
28.. 12@(18    12i@16      9 910  1,965  1,110           283      56   1,449' 
" 31.. llI16         11@15
April   4. 11@16       11@15     4,250  7,280   2,144    311..           2,455 1G11-16                                   H
(  7.. 11115     101@141, 
11..       1?1115~  101@14~   1,150  5,548    668     587     198          1,453
it   14..1014~       10@,13~
"    18..  1081014 2 10@134     900   3,805   5,507   1,067                  6,574
"    21..  914       9'e13 2
lt  25........
25..  9@913'   9@13.650   6,123   3,630    861    485           4,976
"    28..   813       8@12..
May     2..   813       8@121     800   5,144    773     663...                1,436  -~cd.                                   H
"     5..   7@12      7@11 
9..   712      7@11     2,250   3,135   3,147    705     45      99   3996
12.. 7@12      71jll1
16     8@12     8@111    1,700   1,775   2,081  1,034    475.         3,590
19..            8(/t2
"  23..  8    _12  8;12     1,750   2,463......
"t   26    8 21 a12   1 (81@ 12...............................
"    26..  82        8 2 i1312                                                                                              H
"    30..  8   12    8   12    1,800  3,392..............
3,2                                             Hd.
June    2..  8~@2112-  8   12. 8
6.. 821i2 12  8(~12    1,250   1,005  t7,374    305     804    784   9,2C;7
9.. 8@12e 81       2
13..  8Oa,12   8(a)      1,4oQ   1,921    555      48    194      43     840t Embracing the shipments of the
8 --- 16..8 112  8~I'_ ___   _______- ______ -_____ -_                         previous fortnight.




New York Statement for 183i. —Concluded.                                                            to
c1o
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                                            Rates of
1837.    New Orleans  Upland.   week.   for week.                                            Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great    To    North of  Other    Total Liverpool.
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
June     20..   8s@12     8sm,        1,900    4,206      157      22       47      115      341                                  -                t
23..   8 @12      811Ehll                                                                                           n
te  27..  81~12   8 3'g ~ 1,1 2,200   4,272    1,17    6  650      202      129I 2,157                         E   h   g
27..I" 83@12       W    l1~  2,20Q       7    0 4,272 1,176 ( 0    202      129    2,157          From   causes noted  above, tile  market 
30..   8~112      8          9911                7                                                  for Foreign Bills was in a semi-      w
July      4.   8,12    8kg  1i     2,900    4,370    1,742    1,360     587       55    3,44        d.    chaotic state for a considerable por-'34                                                                                           41 ~(7oj8d.  chaotic state for a considerable por7..   82(12      8  j11i                                                                           tion of the year.
11..   8   12     8  12      1,900    1,67...........       216       73     289           The opening quotation, Octdberl,'36,
214..  8.162      862412                                                                            for 60 days' Bills on London was
18.."         8Q12      8'@12       1,200   1,428     5>34       29       16       45      624            88- per cent. premium,        fter21..   84Q12      8-@12                                                                             wards declining to 7V(88;      the
25..     8    l2    81l12      2,250    4,834    1,023      417       54       30    1,524            rane in November was from 8     up 
28..   8~@l3      8 0l3                                                                             to 93; ia December, from 9!c down
August    1.. 81?13 83        13      3,000    4,.708   1,618       7      100      559    2,284 ~@d'        to; in January, from 7 up 
4..   81~13      8 (a)13                                                                           to 10; in February, from 101 down
8..     Gm13     8113       4,300    1,887    1,686      513       22.....     2,221            to 8   9.  At tis time the mre
18.. 8Q S13.^^    8~123a     182                                                                    soon ratn up to 1    s m; in Arilket 
22:. 78113        8   13     18,9                 143 83 1,504   3,046            the advance proressed until 11
2 5.5 781 13      7 s12                                                                                  e 126 aas touched in M arch  1was  1, 
29.    7          7  13      2,500    2,551      590       63      1..1......  913             falling of late in the onth, to 10
~~Septem. I ~., ~ 7q~13  7~~12y~                                        1     ~   @soon12; in June the quotation Aprwent  i
25.   71613      7   12y 1   1,850   3,061      501      814      701      504    3,016            thu agdvance progressed'until      i 
"  25  7V 13      722121                                                                            July it fell back to 18@21, and.
1@1        7   2       2,100    1,926     687.......,867             ranged toffe same in August; in       o
Sep 15tm.  8 7213    78' 12                                                                            September prices began to decline, 
19.     8   3      812       2,250    1,0018 3   165165                                             and went on from           to 14
22..   8@13       8l2y                                                                             15, the year closing, October 1,'37, a
2 2..       81   3         i2     2,100    2,641    1,6714    9 3               381    3.233              ith 1415er     cent premium the
29..    8_13       87_12A                                                                              Hep        e     go~
October 3..     8@13       8@121      1,350   3,152    2,705    1,479      447       31    4,662`   d.   q uotation.
Average price
and total salez,  13.87    13.25     94,757 175,515   71,234   26,450    7,948    3,230  108,862
receipts and
exports.       8___12_




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 231
1838.
Total number of cotton factories in Great Britain                   and Ireland,
1,815; England        and    Wales, 1,599;        Scotland,     192;    and    Ireland,
24. Total number of hands employed, 206,061-114,129 males and
145,934 females.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and    Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of          the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1838.
Bales.   Bales.   Total.    1837.
NEW-ORLEANS.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.................................. 631,437
Coastwise.........................................     105,749
Burnt, lost in repacking, &c........................    12,491
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1838....................    8,843
~Dedbuct-                    --         758,520
DiedtctStock oil hand, 1st October, 1837....................   15,302
Received from Mobile.............................       22,900
" "        Florida.............................     5,437. (. Texas................................  3,300
46,939
711,581  593,122
MISSISSIPPI.
Export from NatchezTo  Foreign  Ports..........................................     15,246
Coastwise...............................................   2,359
Vicksburg to New York...................................           900
Burnt on board steamer Vicksburg..........................       1,170
19,675    7,892
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign  Ports..................................   225,060
Coastwise........................................     86,035
Burnt at Selma...................................       1,600
Stock in Mobile, 1st October, 1838..................        59
312,754
Deduct —
Stock in Mobile, 1st October, 183'7..................   1,977
Received from Florida..............................       937'i (     Texas...............................          33
2,947
309,807  232,243
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................    34,154
Coastwise............................7.............   75,017
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1838...................     1,000
-       110,171
DeductStock on hand, 1st October, 1837......................4,000, —- _     106,171 83,703
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands......................... 220,327
Sea Island......................     5,680. ~ ~ ~ ~      ~        ~~~~~~~.,  68        0..1. 




232    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1838.-Concluded.
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  1837.
Coastwise........................................  74,084
300,091
From DarienTo Foreign Ports............................    3,791
New York and Providence.......................    14,651
Stock in Savannah, 1st October, 1838................   3,199
Augusta and Hambro', 1st October, 1838....      6,738
328,470
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st October, 1837...   24,061
Received from Florida..............................  199
24,260
--        304,210 263.971
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export fiom CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands..........7..... 229,755
Sea  Island.....................  16,712
Coastwise....................................       57,270
303,737
From GeorgetownTo New York......................................  16,276
Burnt at Columbia...............................        340
Stock in Charleston, 1st October, 1838...............  3,169
323,522
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st October, 1837..............  10,743
Received from Savannah.........................       9,899
<"     "   Florida...........................   8,375
Wrecked  Cotton..................................     171
29,188
294,334  196,377
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.................................     4,279
Coastwise............................                18,500
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1838....................    800
23,579
DeductStock on hand, 1st October, 1837...........................  2,140, —,_ 21,439   18,004
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  19,438
Coastwise.........................................     6,800
Manufactured...................................      8,000
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1838......762
35,000
DeductStock on hand, 1st October, 1837...........................  3,000
-   ----   32,000   28,618
Received at Philadelphia and Baltimore overland from
Pittsburg...............................................  2,175
Received at New York from Franklin, Lou.................      105
2,280
Total Crop of the United States................................ 1,801,497 1,422,930
Crop  of last year.................................................... 1,422,930
Increase..........................................   378,567




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY        OF COTTON        233
Export to Foreign Ports, from     October 1, 1837, to September 30, 1838.
To Great   To    To Nortlh  Other  Total
FROM                    Britain.  France. oEurope. F'n Ports. ota
New Orleans............................ 481,501 127,828      7,580   14,528 631,437
Mississippi (Natchez)......................  15,246..1...............  15,246
Alabama................................  158,029  61,123   3,998    1,910  225,060
Florida..................................  31,902   2,240........    12   34,154
Georgia (Savannah and Darien)........... 201,582   27,024     560     632 229,798
South Carolina........................... 158,212  55,685  *28,853   3,717 246,467
North  Carolina..........................  4,279....,.................  4,279
Vilrginia............................  12,205    4,136   2,446     651   19,438
Baltimore................................  2,240........     78.......   2,318
Philadelphia..............................  2,954    465      905     282    4,606
New York.............................    97,005   42,929  18,196    3,820 161,950
Boston..........................................    50      483     343      876
Grand total.......................... 1,165,155 321,480  63,099  25,895 1,575,629
Total last year...................... 850,786 260,722  26,437   30,480 1,168,425
Increase..........................  314,369  60,758  36,662........ 407,204
Decrease.......................................    585
Growth.
Total crop of 1324-5,  560,000 bales.
<"      1825-6,   710,000 "
1826-7,    937,000
1827-8,    712,000
1828-9,    857,744
1829-30,   976,845
1830-31, 1,038,848
1831-32,   987,477
1832-33, 1,070,438 
1833-34, 1,205,394 
1834-35, 1,254,328 
1835-36, 1,3360,725 
1836-37, 1,422,930 
1837-38, 1,801,497
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated......................1,801,497 bales.
Add —Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st
October, 1837.-In the Southern ports..................... 61,770
"  Northern   "....................  14,050
75,820
Makes a supply of..................................................... 1,877,317
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 1,575,629
Off foreign cotton included..............  281
1,575,348
Stocks on hand at the close of the year,
1st Oct., 1838. —
In the Southern ports..................  24,570
"   Northern   "..................   15,735
40,305
Burnt and lost at New Orleans...........................  12,491
Is       Vicksburg............................   1,170
" Selm       a................................1,600
i' Columbia...............................     340
15,601
-..... 1,631,254




234   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of manufacturers, 1837-8.............. 246,063
1836-7..............  222,540
1835-6..............  236,733
1834-5..............  216,888
"...." 1833-4..............  196,413
" "                 "     1832-3..............  194,412.... "              1831-2............ 173,80)
1830-1..............  182.142.. it...                  1829-30..............  126,512...... 4           1828-9..............  118,853......c  A1827-8..............  120,593
1826-7.............. 103,483
Note.-Our present statement of the cotton crop shows a large increase over that of
last year; but it will be recollected, that the crisis of that year prevented a large quantity
from coming to market, equal probably to 150,000 bales, which remained in the interior,
and actually belonged to the crop of 1836-7. Under this view of the subject, the crop of
1836-7 would have been about 1,570,000, and that of 1837-8 about 1,650,000 bales.
It will be seen, also, that we have deducted from the New Orleans statement the quantity received at that port from Texas-that being a foreign country.
Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption, does not include any cotton
manufactured in the States south and west of Virginia, nor any in that State, except in the
vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond.
ATNNUAL REVIEW.
From   the New Orleans Price Current, 1837-38.
The occasion is one which naturally leads us to take a retrospective view of the commercial operations of the past year, and
we find that while there has been much well grounded cause of
complaint on account of a general want of animation in business,
and the deranged state of money matters, and of exchanges, there
is still some room left for congratulation, in the steady progress
which has been made towards a return of confidence, which was so
completely prostrated by the disasters of the previous season, and
in the cheering hopes which present circumstances would seem to
warrant the indulgence of, in regard to the approaching business
season. In an other column we insert a resolution adopted at a
meeting of the presidents of the banks of this city, designating the
first Monday in January next, as a period for a general and unconditional resumption of specie payments by tile banks, of all
their obligations. Of the ability of these institutions fully to resume at the time appointed, there can be no question, and the promulgation,of their resolution to that effect, cannot fail of having a
very beneficial influence, as it will serve to pave the way for a complete restoration of confidence at home, and also exalt our credit
abroad.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1838.
UNITED STATES, 1837-1838.                    Stock 1st Jan., 1838, in...... Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock, Oct.,'37..  76,000 Export......     1,575,000    United States..........Bags.   73,230     88,160    28,958     17,495    134,613 
Crop,   "    ".. 1,801,000 Consumption....   262,000     Brazil.26,290                            28,460     2,217     4,579      35,256 
Stock, Oct.,'38.0.  40, 000  West Indies.................   13,110     14,520    11,863    10,370      36,753   0
"____  __.. _____  East Indies.................  44,550  109,210.15,330                124,540
Bags............ 1,877,000 Bags........... 1,877,000   Egypt and Levant.               13,620    18,990     20,504    15,038      54,!32 
Bags.....................   170,820   259,340    63,542     62,812    385,694
C()NSUMPTION, 1838.                                                                                  - _ 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.    IMPORT, 1838. 
1,391,900   117,552    309,926   964,422    922,157....United States,.........Bags. 1,073,007  1,124.192  316,181   116,134  1,517,607 
156,544     11,757    11.748   133,039    132,303....Brazil......................  137,313   137,499    11,594      9,271    155,664 
80.608    23,581     20,209    36,818     33.727... West Indies.................   28,317    32,198    14,290     18,239     63,927 
159.523    53,673        811   105,039     80,457....East Indies................  64,427    108,879     2,276     46.559    111,314 
147,668    55,457     50,850    41,361     36,333....Egypt and Levant...........    28,033     28,461    46,661     87,120    162,242 Q
1,936,243   262,020    393,544  1,280,679  1,204,977..........................Bags. 1,331,097  1,431,229  391,002  277,323  2,010,754...............................  88,800  48,600  Export. 
460,205     78,115    61,000    321,090   248,340 Stock, Dec.         Stock above,   170,820   259,340     63,542    62,812    385,694    >
2,396,448   340,135    454,544  1,690,569  1,501,917 Total supply, bags.............. 1,501,917  1,690,569  454,544   340,135  2,396,448   ~
Ij




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1838.
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.                     STOCKS.            PRICES.
W~a9  CON-   C
ENDING.                                                                                                                    EXPORT SUMPTION.
Americ'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.   Con-   Specu- Export   Total. Amer'n. Other.  Total.Mid.Mid.Dhol EXPORTSUMPTION.
sumption. lation.                                      Up. Orl.                          0
Jan.   5..    4,9411...      553   3,758     99    9.351   7,6201.............    7,620 72,500 100,500 173,000 7   7    41......       7,620
12..      10,446...... 3,240    1,818  1,800  17,304   17,160   1,100......   18,260 68,500 104,000172,500 7     7    4......    4,780
is  19..    12,674...................   14   12,688   12,400.......                 70,50......   70,500101,500172,00  7  7  4.37,180
d"  28..    2,4671.....     950    379......    3,796   20,240   1,500.....    21,740 55,500 100,500 155,000 7    74......    57,420 
Feb.  2..     9,2101.....    925    548   2,130  12,813   17,440     600......  18,040 51,500 99,0001150,500 74.   71 4.74,860
9..       31,650  1,964......   1,36      73   35,051   20,280    500......   20,780 67,000  99,000 166,000 7        4.....     95,140
16..   20,279    9411......  4,728......   25,948   18,5501.............  18,5301 73,500  99 5001173,000 647  7  4..  113,690    ]
"   23..   47,013...................  6,397   53,410   30,840   1,100......  31,940 96,500 100,500 196,000 647 7     4.        144,5303
Mch    2..    3,4801.....  2,263.............    5,743  20,590     500   250   21,340 83,000   98,5001181,500 61 64    4      250   165,120    V
9..  119,544......    760  6,517  2,281  129,102   21,460    500    450   22,410 184,500 104,500 288,000 6   64  4      450   186,580 
"   16..   21,714............  3,054 2,643    27,411   27,620   2,500   550   30,6701182,000 103,5001285,50(1 63  6- 4      550   214,200 
23..   28,554  1,691.............   943   31,188   35,680   2,800  1,600  40,0801181,500  98,000 279,500 64  64.  4    1,600   249,880
"   30..   33,152...................   165   33,317   18,700  4,300  1,700   24,7001198,000 103,000291,000 64  6G    33   1,700  268,580     4
April 6..     9,2291............  3,709  1,286  14,224   23,910   3,000 1,250   28,1601188,000 102,0001280,000 64  64   33   1,250   292,490 
13..   52,987............  4,553    808   58,348   17,450  1,500 1,550    20,500 225,000  92.600 317,000 6   6   33    1,550  309,940 
"   20..   32,663  2,439..........       747   35,849   13,560   1,500  1,000  16,060 244,500  95,500 339,000 6   6    34.  1,000  323,500
27..   13,474..................  987  14,461  34,040  4,000  1,200  39,2401228,000 87,5001315,500 6    6        1,200   357,540    t
May    4..   35,230  8,6681.....   3,463   192   47,553   29,070   7,500  1,600  38,1701238,000  90,500 328,500 6   6-4 34    1,600   386,610
11..    1,820............      906    2,726   19,080  3,600  1,000   23,6801224,000 77 500 311,500 6    64  34   1,000   405,690
18..  11,544  4,316  2,490  2,107     92   20,549   31,910 14.000  1,690   47,600 229.500  88,500 318,000 64  64. 34.  1,690   437,600 
24..   68,845............   7,265  1,206  77,316   26,580 13,860  1,100   41,5401275,500  90,500/365,000 641 "6   33   1,100   464,180    o
June   1..   40,801  2,248  1,080.......    112  44,241   27,500   7,180  1.500  36,1801294,000  84,000 378,000 64  61   33   1,500   491,680    W
8..       16,231.................   3,382   19,613   30,780   5,200 3,350   39,330 285,000  78.000 363,000 64  6'   33   3,350   522,460
"   15..   26,677...................  1,685  28,362   17,730   2,300  1,150  21,1801297,500  76,500;73,000 6   6    33   1,150   540,190   ~
" 22..    *74,852..........   3,936 2,259   81,047   17,210   2,000  1,500  20,7101355,000 77,5001432,500 6    6    3|   1,500   557,400   y
"   29..   37,746 1,276......    3,700  1,997i 44,719   13,370    300    450   14,1201381,500 -83,000 464,500 6   6    33    450    570,770
July   6..   15,676..................    7,952  23,628   19,860   1,000  2,300  23,160 178,500 87,5001465,000 54   5    3    2, 300  590,630    ~
13.   47,565................    3,683   51,248   18,640    250  1.150   20,0401410,500 86,5001497,000 5    5    3H   1,150  609, 2; 6 
20..   41,979  2,503  2,318  1,041     76   47,917   18,260    300  1,200   19,7601437.000  98,0001525,000 53   3   33   1,200  627,530
27..   24,267  1,781 2,029   2,909    116   31,092   21,260  2,200  1,500   24,960 443,500  90,0001533,500 53  5   3'    1,500  648,790 
Aug. 3..     22,272..................   1,610  23,882   30,360     800  1,450  32.6101439,500  84,0001323.500 5. 5/    31   1,450   679,150
10..       15,562.........     3,718   19,280   44,670    300  2,570   47,540 422,500  76,000 498,500 6   6:3   2,570   723,820
"  17..  6,949  2,588......  2,926    419   12,882   13,820  1,000  1,000   15,820 417,000  78,000 49.,000 6   6    3   1,000   7.37,640
24..   22,774. 3,550......  4,910    161   31,395   18,000  1,500  1,400   20,9001424,000  83,000 507,000 6   6   3-    1 400! 755,640




Aug. 31.      6,603 8,736.............   491   15,830   17,950   1,500  1,6501 21,1001416.000  88,000'504,000 6   6    3a   1,650   773,590
Sep.   7      6,900...........  6,900   19,470....... 1,250    20,720 407,000  83,500 490,500 6  6    34   1,250   793,060
"   14..   13,492  7,459.....      414......   21,365   18,460....... 1,240   19,7001404,500 88,5001492,000 6    6    3-   1,240   811,520
d"  21..    13,807............   2,227......  16,034   20,080    400 2,200    22.680401,000   84,5001485,500 6   6    33   2,200  831,600     Q
l   28..    9,420.........   6,037 3,211   18.668   19,650....... 3,100   22,7501393,000  88,500 481,500 6   6    33   3,100   851,250   X
Oct.   5..     456   2,505.............  853    3,814   15,680....... 1,750    17,430 380,000 87,0000467,000 57  57   33   1,750   866,930    W
" 12................       498   2,490    94    3.082   18,450....... 1,180   19,630 363,000  81,5001444,500 5   5|   33   1,180   885,380   0
"   19..    9,404 3,621...... 10,598.122   24,045   24,710   7,500 3,750   35,960 354,500  89,5001443,000 57  6    33   3,750   910.090
"   26..    5,543           579....... 3,481     9,603   28,290 14,550    270   43,1101339.000  85,000 424,000 6   6    33     270   938,380   ^
Nov. 2.         500.............  8,269    8,769  33,380 15,000    260   48,6401325,000 86,5001411,500 6    6       [ 4  260  971,760    0
9.         2,190.........................     2,190   28,760   2,800   200   31,7601305.500  80,500 385,000 6   61   4     200 1,000,520
"   16..     1,413 3,010....,     2,566......   6,989   38,070   6,500  1,500  46,0701280,000  72,0001352,000 6   6i   4    1,500 1,038,590   0
23......    1,975...........     1,975   36,490 13,000......  49,490 252,500  64,5001317,000 63  63  4...... 1,075,080    Y
0 30.       643............     660    511    1,814   17,630 30,500......    48,130 241,000  60,000 301,000 61  61   4...... 1,092,710 
Dec.   7..    2,854  1,296.....    2,038  1,073   7,261   20,750 40,000......    60,750 228,500 59,000 287,500 63  63   4.....  1.113,460 
14..    1,369...... 2,350    4,753    161    8,633   17,760   6,500   200   24,4601216,500 63,500.279,000 6    66    41   200 1,131,220
(  21..  1,206..............       1,236    2,442   21,220 19,500.....    40,720201,500 58,000259,500 67     6   4......    1,152,440 
28.     6,962'......    820l......4,84      12,628   31,920 38,450......    70,370 186,000 33,500 240,500 7    7   5.....  1,184,360 o
&total ales, re-,066,790 60, 592 22,820 94,743 74,287 1,319,232 1,184,360 284,89054,0101,523,260              6.28 6.31 3.9 54,010 2,277,615    4
cetpts & Ltocks.




The semi-weekly Price and       Weekly Sales and Receipls, at New       York, Weekly     Exports from    New   York and Rates of Freight         g
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending October 1, 1838.                                          o
EXPORTS FOR WEEK. 
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                                           Rates of 
183.     New Orleans  Upland.   week.   for week.                                           Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great   To     North of  Other   Total  Liverpool. 
Britain  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
October 5..     8@13       8@12+                                                                  W Id. *These figures embrace the shipments    0
10..   8@ 13      8121      2,400    1,764..................................           of the previous three weeks.
"     13..    8@13       8@121                                                                         This year will be ever memorable in 
17..   813        8@121     1,450    2,116........................................           the annals of the commercial world   t
"     20..    813        8@12                                                                            as it witnessed the establishment
*"    264..   8@13      8@121      2,100    1,410......of regular lines of communication.
"'    27..    8( 13      8@(121                                                                          between the old world and the new,   tZ
31..   8  13      812       2,100    2,224   *4,243   3,196    1,421      332    9,192            by means of vessels propelled by     t
Novem. 3..      8@ 13      8@121                                                                 Vsd,      steam. It was the dawn of a new      O
"r     7..    8  13      8@121     1,300    5,49.......epoch, and the "Sirius." and the 
"     10..    8813       8@12      1                                                                     "Great Western," were the heralds
14..    813        8@121     2,550    5,626     911      182      101........    1,194            that ushered the vast steam fleet 
17..   8a14       8t13                                                                           that now covers every ocean, and 
21..    8@14       8(13      2,000    5,264     483      540      245........   1,268            pass from   hemisphere to hemi" 24..  8  131     8@12                                                                            sphere, almost with the frequency 
28^..   8  13q     8@121     4,350    3,225     633      464       19.1,116                       and regularity of our river ferries.  I
Decem.   1..    8 13P      8@12- -@d.                                                                      The "Sirius," 700 tons, arrived
5..    813       8(121     2,150    6,329    1,448     843......2,291                          here from  London via Cork, April    ~
8.         8( 13      8@12                                                                            22, 1838, in 18 days passage from 
12..   813        8@12      2,500    6,790     686      440................   1,126             the latter port, followed immedi15..    813        8@12                                                                            ately by the "Great Western' on, 19..        8(13       8@12      2,900    3,398              592......        62      654             the 23d, in 15 days and 5 hours
"     22..   81@J13    8<.12                                                                             from  Bristol. In relation to this
26..   81@13      82@12      2,250   11,116     992.......     150........    1,142            event, the chronicle of the times    a
29..   8113       8@12                                                                             says, "that the interest excited by
1838.                                                                                                 the presence   of the   European 
January 2..    8 c13      81@12       1,900   5,428    2,188     757      632..3,577'Oa_/d.  steamers in our waters has ren"      6..   8(.13      8~@12                                                                            dered them   objects of universal
"  9..  8  13    8!@12      9,050    4,847   2,678      673.............  3,351             curiosity, and tended to withdraw
"     12..    9(1.3      9@12                                                                            attention very generally from the
"     16..    9(13       9@12      5,950    7,009    1,046   1,373                59    2,478            markets,"  Contrary, however, to
"(    19..    9~13       9@12                                                                            popular belief, these vessels were
"'    23..   9_ 13       9@12      2,750    6,742    6,896     832      210..7.938                      not the first to solve the problem of




January 26..     9et3       9@12I                                                                             the feasibility of navigating  the
30..    9@13        9@12      5,800    5,210    2,157      890    1,022........    4,069             ocean by the means of steam; an
February 2..    9@13        9@129-16@R                                                                        American vessel, the "Savannah,"
96.. 913       9(12      3,650    2,137    5,103      756      597........    6,456             has indisputable claims    to the
"9..       913        9@12                                                                              honor and eclat that arises from 
13..       9@13       9@12       1,100   16,048    4,495    1,110      123      290    6,018             that, then novel achievement. The 
"     16..   8|@121     8@1ll-                                                                              "Savannah" was built in New 
~'~~~~~~        1y  1( 
<  20..   8@12_      81@l1l      2,750    4,545    2,314      941........      249    3,504             York, measured 350 tons, and was
23..        8j12       8-@11-                                                                              launched August 22, 1818, her first 
I  27..   8@12-2      8@111-     3,350    7,180      684........     190........     874             voyage was from here to Savannah, 
2 8(1      2   8Gln~d
March     2..   8(121       8@11                                                                        7dc   under the command of Captain 
t 6..  8812       8111       2,800    4,489    3,388    1,202     705........     5,295            Moses Rogers, at which port she 
( 9.8. 812        8@11                                                                              arrived April 19, 1819, in seven 
13..    8 e12~     8@11       7,500   14,927    1,129    1,015      679........     2,823             days, passage; on the 25th of May, 
16..    8@12-      8@o11                                                                             she left there for St. Petersburn-h, 
20..    8@12h      811       4,850    2,060.......     1,172........      285    1,457            via Liverpool, arriving at the latter 
23..        8@121      8@11                                                                              port in 25 days' passage. The voy- 
27..   7-@,12     7-E10-     3,000   19,715    4,176    1,583    2,289       66    8,114             age was continued to St. Peters30..   7,@12 2    7910'                                                                               burgh, and in the fall of that year, 
April     3..7-U   12      7@10       4,650    8,016    3,771    2,124      540..       6,435   7-@ld.    she returned to Savannah, after a 
7i   12  4"65                 8,1,7 
11   6..   7@12       7@o10                                                                               run of 50 days. It is probable that 
10..   7 (12      7@10-1      5,100    7,278    5,442    1,617      293........    7,352            the venture was not remunerative, 
13..      7@12       7'@)10'                                                                             owing to the small size of -the yes- 
i  17.. 7(@l2 7.](@10-           3,900   12,126    3,537    3,379    1,361        5    8,282             sel, or that she was sent abroad in 
20..   7e@12      7'O10                                                                              the expectation of finding a profit- 
< 24..  7-112     7@10 eq     4,300    4,016    1,457    1,671      237     308     3,673            able sale; at all events no further
< 27..  7{@12     7-~@.10-                                                                            attempts in this direction were
May       1..  7(@4_12     7@10       4,200    5,891    1,393    1,731       60........    3,184   {-@d.     made until the successful voyages
4..   7-2(cj12-  7,10                                                                             of the "Sirius" and "Great Wes-       H
2 8..  72@12'1   7aI10;      3,850    4,360    2,591    1,421      500........   4,515            tern" noted above
1511.    7          7~a1245 715                                                       6,10           In regard to the cotton market, there 
< 15..7@12-       7-1-10      4.050    1,771    5,081 72            405      1      6,35 1           was no feature of especial interest;
"    18..   77              1      660,12,976                 1,0101                                      prices were quito steady throughout 
"'~~~~~~ 2            2..
412-       7   11      6,600    5,491    2,97     1,010    1,063.         5,049             the greater part of the crop year,
"  25..    8(a13 7{      @11                                                                            the difference between the highest 
29..    8@13      8@12        4,500    4,056    2,600    1,791    1,426      312    6,129            and lowest points being only 1@3 
June      1..    8@13      8@12                                                                      -I@d.    cents per pound. 
5..    813       8-@12       3,550    2,492........      187      951      705    1,843          The unsettled state of financial affairs 
8.     8(8@13    8-@12                                                                              note(d in the previous year, still
12..    8@13     8K@12        2,400    5,163    3,249      876      752........    4,877            prevailed, though in a modified
4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~..'In
15..    8C13      8 t'12                                                                              form, and business matters wore an
"  19..    813 8_12              5,050    3,066    1,947...      24      136    2,407             unsatisfactory  aspect.   At one      t
)1322.. 8^-@13S @l2        ________ __________       ______________             _______________    period, in early March, tho latest o
4 ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4.




iThe semi-weekly Price and       Weekly Sales and Receipts at New        York, Weekly Exports from         New   York and Rates of      Freight
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop          Year ending October 1, 1838-Concluded.
EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
-Price of Price of Sales for Receipts ___________                                   Rates of
1838.   New Orleans  Upland.    week.   for week.Freight Io                                                     GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great   To     North of  Other    TotalLiverpool.0
Britain. France.  Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.Z
June  26..  812,,13s'  812  2........
June     26..   8@13~      8~(@13     5,950     2,680    1,534     843........       2,377            advices from Europe were over 60       0
29..     83@13~     8@13                                                                                days old, owing to long passages,
July     3..    8|38133    8@13       3,950    4,992    5,886      929      236........     7,051 ~@-d.      and the cotton market, as regards 
6..      8@133 8@13                                                                                    purchases for export, was at a
10..      8   13     8    13     2,550    3,606........     273       61........      334             stand for several weeks for the
13..   8@ 133      81  13                                                                             lack of intelligence, vessels and
"17..  8|@134      8@13       3,200    3,065    4,074      904      543........    5,521            freight room.
20..   8|(313i    8 @13Exchange.
"24..  8|a&13~    8^~13       1,500    1,501      860      298       71      169    1,398           The market for 60 days' bills on Lon~c~~~~~,,31         8    13     1,0',0        86,9
" 27..  8^Q13~    8~@13                                                                               don was quite fluctuating, owingD,,7..     83     1 1   113                                                                                                                9
31..   8|l13      81@13       1,300    2,701      810       94      175........    1,079             to the disturbed condition of moneAugust 3..     8@131-      8.@135-16@i                                                                        tary affiirs; the opening    price
7.. 84a131       8,@13       1,750    3,860      423      523      100........     1,046             October 1, 1837, was 14@15 per
"     10..   81~13e     81@13                                                                               cent. premium.  Gold commanding
14..  8   13     8 c13       2,200    3,124      336       54       26       30      446             1112 per cent. p       remium.  The
17..   81@13g     81~13                                                                               range for bills throughout October'
21..   81: 13     8@13        2,450    4,398      766    1,009       38.           1,813             was 1416 per cet. premium; in
24..   8'@131     8~(,13.                                       November. 14i43o15s; in December,
28..   82@131     82913       3,050    1,040      503                63..        566             the quotatiou fell from  14(141 to    w
3:   J|        |     33    300      1..4       503........      63........      566^                  O  i^^^^^
3l..  8~(1 Qj 1 3 ~~  8~;1                                                                     94@10; the range in January, was      o
Septem. 4..    81(~13 3    8@(713     3,750    3,106      276      914........      35     1,225  ~@fd.     from   91@10I; in    February   the
7. 8@213   82      3                                                                             quotation declined until 5~(@6 was
" 11..  8~(13~    8~13        3,700      433................  426........       426touched; in               March it advanced       0
14..   8'31       82@l3I                                                                              again to 74_~73 and then fell back    ij
18..    9@133     83I 13I     5,550       37........    1.153........     324    1,477             at the close, to 5@6; the first fort21..    9@ 14      9( 14                                                                              night in April, the price was 4.(&@5~ 0
"|25.  9@14       9@14       3,450    2,003    1,049    1,081................        2,130subsequently advancing to 617;
28..    9( 14      9@14                                                                               throughout   May, the    quotation
October 2..      9~14       9g14      2,200     1,327     791      210       22........     1,023  4@d.      varied but little, say from 6Q 7;
-verag price     -~                                     ----- ----- _ _-.-_   ___ —— in June, the range was from 8Q&9~:
Average p~rice                                                                                               in July, 7~(~8~; August, 8(9t;
and totalsales,  10.54     10.14     181,200  256,617  97,005   43,365    17,756    3,820  161,946Sep                be     9   a
receipts and                  1776                                                 3801196September,                        99194a; closing Otober
exports.                                                                                                      1, at 106101 premium.




CH1IONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF  COTTON.      241
1839.
A   machine, called      a Dynamometer, affording            better means of
ascertaining the power for driving cotton and other machinery,
either by water or steam, than any other instrument, was designed
and built, during this year, at Saco, Me., by Samuel Batchelder.
(See years 1832 and 1835.)
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for
the Year ending September 30, 1839.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1838.
NEW   ORLEANS.. ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  442,706
Coastwise...................................... 138,111.
Burnt, lost in repacking, &c........             1,000
Stock on hand 1st October, 1839.....................  16,307
Deduct —                                                    598,124
Stock on hand 1st October, 1838..........              8,843
Received from Mobile..............................   16,768
" 4 Florida.                                    1,080' Florida.............................  1,080
Texas......................    2,871
29,562
29-56   568,562  711,581
MISSISSIPPI.
Export from Natchez, &c.To Foreign Ports.....2,009
To Foreign Ports................................      2,009
Coastwise...............................................   14, 423,,_..16,432  19,675
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  149,945
Coastwise.................................  99,784
Burnt.................    1,195
Stock in Mobile, 1st October, 1839............         1,380
Deduct-                                                     252,304
Stock on hand 1st October, 1838....................      59
Received from Florida...........................         285
Texas..............................              218
_ —-     5562
-   251,742 309,807
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  14,767
Coastwise........................................    60,760
Stock on hand 1st October, 1839............              650
Deduct-                                                 -    76,177
Stock on hand 1st October, 1838.................                1,000',.        75,177 106,171
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands......................       106,342
"         Sea  Island.....................    4,225
Coastwise...........                                 88,609
199,176                  _____
16




242    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1839-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1838.
From DarienTo New York and Boston.                               8,373
Lost in steamer Clarendon.         n                    316
Stock in Savannah, 1st October, 1839...............   1,641
4   Augusta and Hambro', 1st Oct., 1839........   6,000
215,506
Deduct —
Stock in Savannah and Augusta 1st October, 1838       9,937
Received from Florida.                                  457
--      10,394
205,112 304,210
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands....................... 148,285
"'        Sea Island....................     9,975
Coastwise........................................  54,454
212,714
From GeorgetownTo  New   York....................................  11,861
Stock in Charleston, 1st October, 1839..............  4,706'   -   229,281
DeductStock in Charlest6n, 1st October, 1838..............  3,169
Received from Savannah....................  14,104
Received from Florida and Key West..............      1,837
19,110
210,171 294,334
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo Foreign  Ports.........................21
Coastwise........................................   11,315
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1839...................     600
11,936
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1838.............................   800
11,136   21,439
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  7,800
Coastwise.5,700
Manufactured.....................................     9,000
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1839....................    500
—. 23,000
DeductStock On hand 1st October, 1838............................    800
22,200   32,000
Received  at other ports.............................................           2,280
Total crop of the United States................................. 1,360,532
Crop  of last year................................................... 1,801,497
Decrease.......................................            440,965




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON        24,
Export to Foreign Ports, from Qctober 1, 1838, to September 39, 1839.
To Great   To    To North   Other   To
FROM                     Britain.  France. of Europe. F'n Ports. o a
New Orleans.....................Bales 309,768 122,452     1,446   9,040 442,70;
Mississippi (Natchez).....................  2,009..................  2, 00)
Alabama.......................... 125,633   22,304      1,728   280  149,94.:
Florida..................................  11,928    2,562     277........  14,7i;
Georgia (Savannah and Darien).........      97,853   10,480    2,234........ 110 5(i
South Carolina....................  119,486  30,665  7.733   376 158,26<)
N orth   Carolina.................................  21............        21
Virginia.................................    6,648       98    1,054........  7,800
Baltimore.........................                       400........      5822
Philadelphia..                               1,767      138      37       55    1,997
New York..122,674                      53,123    6,453   2,760  185,010
Boston................................       466........    555........   1,021
Grand total....................... 798,418 242,243     21,517  12,511 1,074,689
Total last year..................... 1,165,155 321,480  63,099  25,895 1,575,629
Decrease.......366,737                      79,237   41,582  13,384 500,940
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5,  560,000 bales.
4"     1825-6,   710,000   "
i"     1826-7,   937,000   "
"'     1827-8,   712,000. "
"'     1828-9,   857,744
t"     1829-30,  976,845   "
i"     1830-1, 1,038,848   "
~'     1831-2,   987,477   "
"      1832-3, 1,070,438   "
"'     1833-4,  1,205,394  "
1834-5, 1,254,328   "
"      1835-6, 1,360,725 "
"      1836-7,  1,422,930  "
"      1837-8, 1,801,497   "
I"     1838-9, 1,360,532
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States, we
take the growth of the year......................1,360,532 bales.
Add-Stocks on hand at the comniencement of the year (October
1, 1838)-In the Southern ports....................  24,570
Northern ports...................    15,735
40,305
-   1,400,837
Deduct therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports........ 1,074,689
Less Texas and other foreign included.  4,625
1,070,064
Stocks on hand at the close of the
year (October 1, 1839)In the Southern ports...............  31,784
"   Northern ports..............    20,460
--   52,244
Burnt and Lost at New Orleans.......   1,000
"         Mobile.............   1,195
s         ]Parien.............    316
2,511
1, 124,819




244   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of manufacturers. 1838-9.............. 276,018
1837-8..............  246,063
1836-7'..............  222,540
1835-6..............  236,733
As....' s        1834-5..............  216,888
1833-4..............  196,413
1832-3..............  194,412
1831-2..............  173,800
1830-1..............  182,142
1829-30..............  126,512
1828-9..............  118,853
1827-8..............  120,593......1826-7..............  103,483
Note.-It will be observed by the above statement that there is a decrease in the crop,
compared with last year, of 440,965 bales-but if we deduct 150,000 bales, included in that
year, which was believed to have belonged to the previous one-the actual difference of
this year, compared with last, will be 290,965 bales.
It will be seen, also, that we have deducted from the New Orleans statement the quantity received at that port from Texas-Texas being a foreign country.
Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption does not include any Cotton manufactured in the States south and west of Virginia, nor any in that State, except in the
vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond.
ANNUAL REnVIEW.
From   the New Orleans Price Current-1838-39.
The year just closed has been a most disastrous one to those..engaged in the shipment of Cotton.             Early in the season it was
well known that the crop would fall short of that of the previous
years, and various were the estimates formed on the subject, the
lowest being about 1,370,000 bales, which is now almost ascertained to have been nearest the truth. In consequence of this,
the market gradually advanced until the extreme rates for Louisiana and Mississippi Cottons, ordinary to choice, were 12 to 18 cents
per lb., it being with reason anticipated that a corresponding rise
in foreign markets would be the consequence of the very great
diminution    in the production.        This expectation, however, has
been entirely frustrated by the depressed State of the money markets and successful combination among the spinners to withstand
a rise in prices in Liverpool; and the effect must be that enormous
losses will be sustained by shippers from         this country.      It is yet
too early to form    any correct estimate of the crop of this season,
everything depending on whether there is any early frost or not.
It appears to be generally allowed that in the lower Cotton-growing
districts the crops are very promising, but heavy complaints are
daily received from Mississippi, Tennessee, and North and South
Alabama, of the great injury done through long drought and the
ravages committed by the worm,




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1839.
UNITED STATES, 1838-1839.                   Stock 1stJan., 1839, in.. Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.  Q
Stock, October 1,         Export........... 1,075,000  United States......... Bags.  189,100   209,030     35,213    16,077    260,320    0
1838........... 40,000 Consumption..... 273,000      Brazil......................   29,100    30,220     2,063      2,093     34,376 (
Crop............. 1,360,000 Stock, Oct. 1, 1839  52,000  West Itidies..7,300                   9,100      5,944     5,028     20,072 ~
------                     -_-         East Indies.................  17,520     66,650     1,465      8,216     76,331   o
Bags..1,400,000 Bags............. 1,400,000  Egypt and Levant...........    5,320     6,090     16,315    46,701     69,106 (
CONSUMPTIags.....................  248,340  321,090     61,000    78,115     460,205 f
CONSUMPTION.
Tot.. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.      IMPORT.                                                                     4
1,105,215    90,277    235,013   779,925   751,961.... Uaited States......... Bags.  782,861  813,125    251,600    92,100   1,088,825.
140,712    13,543     12,463   114,706    113,233.... Brazil......................  97,033    97.656    17,200     14,400    126.056    3
94,659    22,528     34,244    37,887     33,073.... West Indies.................  30,123    38,077    33,800     24,100     90,577 
149,072    40,466      3,565   105.041     64,510.... East Indies.................  74,640   131.731     3,700     35,450    137,581    q
118,542    54,501     39,015    25,026     24,240.....Egypt and Levant...........  30,520    31,576    34,600     63,800    117,176   0
1,608,200   221,315   324,300  1,062,585   987,017      Bags....................... 1,015,177  1,112,165  340,900   229,850   1,560,215'..........   15,500      2,000   105,200     70,500 Export.                                                                                S
0
412,220     71,150    75,600   265,470    206,000 Stock, Dec.......... Stock above,  248,340  321,090    61,000     78,115    460,205
2,020,420   307,965   401,900  1,433,255  1,263,517 Total supply, bags,.............. 1,263,517  1,433,255  401,900  307,965   2,020,420 (
_ —— ^5




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1889.
RECEIPTS.                                    SALES.                      STOCKS.              PRICES.
~~~~~Wr~~~~~EEK wir ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~     ~ACTUAL                                                                          CONENDING.      ---------    --- --- -------    -------         -        --   -      -   -    -                                           EXPORT SUMPTION.
Americ'n.  E. I.  Egypt. Brazil. Other.   Total.     Con-   Spec.- Export.   Total.  Amer'n. Other.   Total.  Mid. Mid. Dhol
sumption. lation.Up.Orl.
Jan.   4..     1,715..    1,751   2,919     1-0    6,515    10,990   9,600......     20,590182,000 61,000 243,000 71 71 5......     10,990
11..      11,630     276......     1,781  1,679    15.366   12,150 23,500......     35,650 184,00063,000 247,000 7         7    5......     23,140    0, 18..        6,951  5,588.....      3,585    138    16,262   12,530    5,700......     18 230 182,50068,000 250.500 7        7    5......     35,670
"  25..      937......    1,128   2,012     246    4,323    20,470 16,800......     37,270 17000063,500 233,500 7         7    5....       56.140    0
Feb.   1.      3,086...................1,391         4,477    13,540   5,700......     19,240 162,500 63,000 225,500 7       7    5......    69,680
8..       17,557......     292   2,930. 126   20,905    13,810   6,950......     20,760 172,00060,500 232,500 7        7    5......     83,490     c
1 5. 1    31,430......     810   7,926   1,922   42.088    11,430   8,000......    19,4'30 195,00068,500 263,500 71 71 5......     94,920
22..     15,844...........              15,844    13,060   1,000..........  14,060 202,500  64,000 266,500 71    7    5......    107,980
MCh  1..    23,836...... 1,100      2,270   1,143   28,349    19,920   4,200     120   24,240 208,50066,000274,500 7         7    5       120   127,900.
I   8..       600......7                       607    46,900 40,500      600   88,000 178,500 50,500 229,000 8       8    5       600   174,800     oo
15..      8,859     275......    2,209     908   12,251    17.510 43,000      220   60,730175.500 48,500 224,000 83       8    5       220    192,310'22.      33,836   6,871......      620    675   42,002    28,820 19,000.....'.     47,820 185,00050,000 235,000 83        83   6......    221,130
It   28..    16,406..........    903    17,309   13,930    4,500......     18,430 193,00045,500 238,500         883-  6             235,060
April 5        5,129......     784   1,416......     7,329     7,650.............      7.650 193,000 45,500 238,500 8       8    6......   242,710 
12..     28,188...........      2,598   1,255   32,041    13,340   6,000......    19,340210,500 46,500 257.000 8        8     6......   256050
19..     36,558............    1,788   1,050   39,396     9,620     750     400   10,770 240,50045,500 286,000 8        8    6       400   265,670
26..       5,795   1,992  1,200   3,332..         12,319     7,430...     370    7,800241,00050,000291,000 81         8     6      370   273,100 
May    3..    12,145...................1,684        13,829     7,410     620    850     8,880 247,00049,500 296,500 8k       8    5       850   280,510
"    10.. 17,225........................         17,225     8.590     100......     8,690 253,50051,000 304,500 7        7    5......    289,100
17..     14,087...................        175   14,262     7,650......       300    7,950261,500 49,500 311,000 7        7 7  5       300   296,75024..      28,3822,593                     3,754   34,729.    8,990......      450    9,440 282,50053,500 336,000 7        77   5       450   305.740
3..     22,868   1,731    382.......     313    25,294    15,220   3,700    930    19,850293,50051,500345,000 7          7    5       930   320,960 
June   7..    25,672......1,071...           842    27,585    20,880     500  1,650    23,030303,000 47,500 350,500 7        7    4     1,60    341,840, 14..      92,015   3,368.....   4,549    641   100,573   20,800      300.   400    21.500 379,000 50,000 429,000    7    77   4      400    362,640     0
21..      12,379...................1,411         13,790    11,030......      120   11,150383,500 48,000 431,500 7        7    4       120   373,670
28..     87,952   1,194  2,103.......      803   92,052    10,620.......      150   10,770459,500 53,50       30053 0  71  71  4       150   384,290     0
July   5..    25,002   2,133.............2,634       29,769    11,700......    250    11,950475,500 55,500 531,000         77    4       250   395,990
"    12..   31,204..................      3,615    34,819   17,310    1,500  2,670    21,480492,000 53,500545,500 6         6    4    2,670    413,300
19..     7,6432........     2,446    10,089    12.610   3,000  5,900    21,510481,500 52,000 533,500 6        6    4     5,900   425,910
26..    37,811 12,696......    3,325   2,102   55,934    35,940   5,500......    41,440.494,000 59,500 535,500 6~      7     4..461,850
Aug. 2..       3.069  3,310.............      524     6,903    21,940   2,750   1,900   26.590476,500 58,000534.500 6         6    4     1,900   483,790o
9..       36.288   4,536......    5,852   1,604   48,280    28,330   3,200   2,250   34,080494,500 58,500 553,000 7        7    4     2,550   512,120
16..      9,129...................3,368        12,497    16,770   1,500   4.800   23,090484,000 56,500 540,500 6        6    4     4,800   528,890
" 23..       6,336...................        130     6,466   25,450    4,200 10,100    39,750463,000 57,000 512,000 66       6-   41  10,100    554,340




Aug. 30..   13,768 4,333............. 1,479  19,580  28,330  1,500 4,010  33,840 454,000 46,000 500,000 64  6   44   4,010  582,670
Sep.  6...   7,090.......  3,737.....   10,827   16,670    500 3,400   20,570446,000 44,500 490,500 64       44   3;400  599,340
"   13..    6,083............ 1,158  7,241  34,130  2,250 5,000   41,380'420,500 38,0000458,500 6  6    4   5,000   633,470
"   20..    7,673 2,520    957....... 1,091  12,241   24,890..... 2,160    27,0501408,500 35,5001444,000 64  6   44   2,160  658,360   o
"   27..      928 2,912....      3,674  267   7,781   23,480   850 2,650    26,9801388,500 38,000,426 500 64  64  44   2,650  681,840 p
Oct.  4.     5,223 4,356.............       9,579   22,000  1,500 3,000   26.5001374,500 36,500 411,000 64  64  5    3,000  703,840    w
11..    3,934..                2,025   5,959   20,800  1,000 7,820   29.620 353,000 35,500388,500 6   61   5   7,820   724,640   0
18..    3,654 2,145 1,851.............    7,650  18,720   2,000 2,870   23,590 338,500 36,000 374,500 6  6   5    2,870   743,360   0
25' 1,563 5,699 1,653....     153    9,068  20,570    500 3,450    24,5201320,000 39,500 359,5(0 60   6  4   3,450   763,930 y
Nov. 1'.....................  20,660  4,000 3,200  27,860 300,000 36,00 336,000 6  6   4    3,200  784,590    0
"    8"       298.....................  298  18,770  2,500 1,300  22,570 283,500 33,600 316.500 64  63  44  1,300  803,360 H
15".    2,011.r....        4,688    6,699  26,060   7,100   150   33,310 263,000 33,500 296,500 64  6  44     150   829,420,, 22".     4,993 5,264.....   3,783 1,171   15,211   20.840 10,500   250   31,590 252,000 38,500 290,500 6  64   44    250   850,260 P. 29' 2,265 2,269..............  4,534   17,895  1,650   250   19,795 240,000 37,000 277,000 6  6    44    250   868,155
Dec.  6..    3,806...... 1,947.......  5,753  21,750    400   250   22,400 226,500 34,500261,000 64  64   44    250   889,905    p.
13..    2,789..............     4,726   7,515   17.560  1,500   700   19,760 214,000 36,000250,000 63  64  4      700   907,465   Z
20.     2,261 8,923......  3,192   723   15,099   20,200  1,700 2,100   24,000 197,500 45,500 243,000 6  64  4    2,11~0  927,665   U
27.    2,011   409......     558 2,200    5,178   17,770   500 1,000    19,270184,500 45,000229,500 6k   64  41 1,000     945,435   o
SAveattl ries 787,90082,80017,029 66,749 57,3001,011778 945,435262,020 78,2901285,745                     7.197.254.89 78,290 1,818,144    3
ceipts & stocks..
0




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and        Receipts at New   York, Weekly Lxports from      New   York and Rates of Freight to
Liverpool 1st of each month,for the Crop      Year ending October 1, 1839.o
I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Price of   Price pf  Sales for Receipts                                         Rates of
1838.    NeW Orleans  Upland.   week   for week.                                          Freight tc        GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great   To    North of  Other    Total Liverpool.
Briiain. France.  Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. 
October 5..    9@ (14_   9@144                                                                  4(-d.
9..  9     Tl4  94@144     3,650     637.......      428................      428          The cotton market, for a large part of
12..   9_ 414    9j@141                                                                          this year, was very much unsettled   c
16..   9Kl144 ^1 9' G144     2,350   3,253     411      898................   1,309            and depressed by the unfavorable 
" 19..  941G 1414  9 @144                                                                       Faccounts constantly received from
23..   910(14    9     4     2,650   1,483     423      605..............      1,028            Europe. though specie payments
26..    10@15~     10@14-                                                                          having been resumed, prices rallied
30..   10@15     10G14       2,800   2,828     860      467................    1,327            considerably from the low points of
Novem. 2..     10  16    10   14|                              ~4-_d.                                    the previous year.  The difference   o
6..   10@16     10@14|      1,700   1,586      65      653............... 718          between the highest and the lowest.
9..   10@16     10   144                                                                        prices of the year was 4(@41 cents
13..   10@16     10   14|   3,400    8,747      14........................        14            per lb.  It was during this period
16..   10@16     10   143                                                                        that the Bank of the United States,  d
20..   10@154    10@ 141    2,050      618     315      167...............       482            through its agents, endeavored,
23..   10@ 15~   100J14-                                                                         with such disastrous results, to con27..   1015      1014       3,950    5.997     209      349................      558            trol the article.t
30..   10_15      10@14                                                                        On the 6th of June, 1839, a remarkable
Decem. 4..     10  15    1014        3,200   3,545    1,206     879...........    2,085       d.   circular was issued by Messrs. Hum117..  1l15     11141                                                                          phreys & Biddle, which excited uni- 
11.. ll4   15    ll@14q     3,900    7,534     334........................       334            versal attention.   The   circular  o
14.. 1-11 (16    1114                                                                            stated "that an arrangement had      W
18.. lld@164     11l15      3,600    2,841     894    2,034........     328    3,256            been made by which an advance of
21..     12@161    11@15                                                                           three-fourths on what may be esti25..   12@  6|   11@15       1,600   1,993     566      639...............     1,205            mated as the present market value
"     28..  12l16     2 11@_151                                                                        of cotton, say 14 cents per lb., will
1839.                                                                                                be made on every bale of cotton in
January 1..    12c@16    1145       4,500  11,862    1,218     962      216........  2,396 5-16@AYI.  the country, at all the shipping
4..     12  16~   11j~15J-                                                                        ports, to all holders, the consign-  <
8..   12_16|   11 @15       6,950   7,913.......           ments to go forward to Humphreys
11..   12(a)16   1l1(15                                                                        & Biddle, who, sustained by ade"  15..   12l16~    12@154     5,900   12,881      81      468................      549            quate means ohf both sides the
18..   12(16     12@15                                                                           water, will be able to hold on until
22.. 12    16a  1216 2 15    4,800   5,046     744      710................   1,454            prices vigorously rally."




January25.12;(163        122@_15I                                                                            This extraordinary effort, however,
29.. 121@163        12_@152     4,850     9,153      311    1,229...                   1,540             was fruitless, for values continued
Februnry 1.. 13.   (17    12    15                                                                   9-16@U.    to decline, and, before the close of
5.. 136(17i       13(16      6,350    16,726    3,839      628       52........   4,519              the crop year, fell off further 3@.31 -
"   8    13|@171     13()16                                                                               cents per lb. 
"  12.. 13 (17~       13@_16     4,400     8,279      233       75................      308
15..13'(417~     132(@16'0
2               19 13@17  13i16 2  8,000    5,848      785     1,004................    1,789
22..132@a,17     IH 132(I.16
26.. 13@17        136@167      6,500   15,394.   2,629      378      308........    3,315                                                    C
March     1.. g13@17     135@16a@d.
5.. 13~17~         13~(.161     1,850   14,093    4,214     4,910      105........   9,229 
"       8.    14@17     131(016~
l 12..  14@017   13j@161      6,500     8,842    2,173........     280........   2,453
15..''14     1.7   133@16 
19..   14(@ 17     3   16i    7,000    11,030    3,266    4,129       32........     7,427 
22..   14a17,    133@16
26..     14   17'   13'(.0161    2,900   12,203    3,356    3,295................      6,651
29.     14@_17l   13.@16I
April 107 5,80~~~2    4                                        d
April    2...14@&17       13@151      2,450   18,845    3,639    1,979      107        77    5,802    @d                                              H
5.. 13' @17         13@151
9.. 135@17       13@151       900     1,967    2,432    2,473      105........    5,010
12.. 131    17    13@15 50
16.. 13@17         13(15      5,050     1,284    2,200    1,241................     3,441 
19..  14(@~171  134@16i
23..     1418        14@17       6,750   14,646    1,777    2,193      256........     4,226
"     26..   14@ 18      14@17
30..     14   18     14@17       9,200    8,310   15,961    1,732............... 17,693,d
May       3..   14  18     14~17 17                                                                       d.
7..   14( 18      14    17   2,400     6,579    2,721........................   2,721 
"     10 1   3    (@171  134a016~1
17..   14@ 173    13 016       5
21..     i4   171   13516t       7,000    6,807    5,024........      50........    5,074
"( 24. 14017i.13~(0165g
28..     14@173     13|@161      2,500    3 590    5,640      135........       16    5,791
"(    31.]3~6_@17:|     13;@161
June      4..   13   17   12| 3151     2,500    4,988     7,322      393........       1    7,716        d.
7. 7. 124(d16'       12@15?
11..   12     16   12(&15     2,800     8,059    5,212      205       30........      5,447
14..     12016       12@15                                                                                                                        0
18.. 12@16 1215                 3,500 5,831 3,089 1,795                222..           5,106                  ______




New York Statement for Year 1839-Concluded 
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Price of Price of Sales for Receipts ______            -_____-__,_ Rates of
1839.    New Orleans  Upland.   week.   for week.                                          Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great   To    North of   Other   Total  Liverpool.
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. 
June    21.    12@16    tl1   14|
25.. 11@15~ 1       @143    2,450.2,375    1,617      306      73     1,129   3,125                       Exchange. 
"     28    112'l 15-  11~j14|-3
July     2.. 11l15~      111@143     2,050    3,616    5,873     739      596     763     7,971          Foreign bills were unusually steady;
" 5.. 11    15@   11 @-14...the quotation October 1,'38, was
" 9..   11 9 15s   11~@ 143    3,050    3,467........................................              10  10    er  cent.  premium.,  and
12.. ii~c~is,      3,467                                                        10o~1o   per cent. premium., and
" 12.. 11~(          1    50              1,50     10-14                                               declined later in the month to 91@ 
16.. 11215{      l l1@143    4,050    1,540   1,001........     464........    1,465            9-; in November the range was:
19..    2   11~~~@2 44,9; in November the rangre was
23.19. 11-@5     1  _@144                                                                         from 93-l-10i; in December, 91010; 
223.. 11~@,15l 111@14|       2,400    1,896   5,764    1,513    1,069........   8,346            through   January the price was 
26.  104-@14~- 10(C,14                                                                           $4.82@$4.87 per ~; in February,
30.. 101@14~     101(O 4     2,650    2,021   3,359      346      156........   3,861            $482$4.84       in March, $4.83 
10(2  j14    i4.82~_$4.84; in March, $4.83~
August  2..  10@14~  10@~14                                                                @5-16d    $4.87; in April the range was from 
6..   10O14'     10(@14     2,600     885    2,980    1,001      37........    4,018            $4.81 to $4.85; in May, $4.83@      H
9..      10@144-    10@14$4.87; in June, from 14.84 to 
13.      10O)141    10@14      3,500    1,596   1,710    1,156     233........    3,099            $4.90; July, $4.85$4 88; August, 
" 16..     10@(14     10@14                                                                            $4.80(.$4.86; September, $4.82@ (
"20..  10@_145    10(@14     2,450     235    3,062    1,291     281........    4,634            $4.90, closing, October 1, at $4.87 
23...  10@141-    10@14                                      ~$4.90.
27..    9_@14      91\131     2,950    1,387     823    1,023     106........    1,952'                               H
30..   91@14      9@132O
Septem. 3..    91@14      91@13-1    3,050      62    1,481      969     615      447    3,512 1@5-16d
"   6..  9@14       91@13'
10..     9.    914  9~ 1 3     2,450    1,503........  1,062................   1,062
" 13..       9G@I14     91j13'
17..     9114       9@131      5,100     622    1,209    1,703     250........    3,162
20..   9@14       90j131
2.     z
24..   9-@14      9~~13-     3,950     865    1,219    1,600     120........    2,939 
27..   92@14      10O13i                                                                                                               H
October 1.    9@14       10@132     2,475     195    1,718    1,355      300       2    3,375 1@5-16d
Average prices 
and total sales,
receipts and   13.92      13.36    200,875 287,554 122,681    53,394    6,412    2,763  185,250
exports. a
exot.,          ____     ________          ____     ________         _________________________




CHRONOLoGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 251
1840.
No yarn finer than No. 350-the finest spinning seldom exceeds
300 hanks to the pound-was made in England previous to this
year. (See years 1841 and 1851.)
The following is the number of spindles in use for cotton manufactures alone in the New England States at this time. (See year
1854.)
M aine..............................  29,736
New  Hampshire...................  195,1 73
Massachusetts......................  665,095
Vermont...................7........,254
Rhode  Island........................  518,817
Connecticut....................... 181,319
Total..........................1,597,394
Computed number of lbs. of cotton yarn and twine spun in
Great Britain this year, 407,000,000. (See year 1835.) Exports of
cotton piece goods, 791,000,000 yards.
Cotton imported into Great Britain, 592,000,000 lbs. (See year
1700.) No less than 76 per cent. of this quantity was from the
United States; 14 per cent. being from the East Indies; 6 per cent.
from Brazil; 21 per cent. from Egypt, and 1j per cent. from the
West Indies and miscellaneous countries.
The census report of this year fixes the number of spindles in
operation in the United States, at 2,285,337, of which 1,598,198
were in New England. (See years 1850 and 1860.)
North Providence, R., I., now (see year 1767) has ten cotton
mills in operation.




252    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30,1840.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1839.
NEW ORLEANS..... -
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports...............................  832,625
Coastwise.......................................  124,061
Stock on hand 1st October, 1840....................   27,911
---       984,597
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1839.....................  15,824
Received from Mobile.............................      15,386
"      Florida.............................   2,568
Texas..............................      914
37,692
-   946,905  568,562
MISSISSIPPI.
Export from Natchez, &c.To Foreign Ports.................................    2,208
Coastwise................................................     4,559
6,767   16,432
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  354,708
Coastwise........................................  85,394
Burnt and  lost....................................   6,400
Stock in Mobile 1st October, 1840...................   1,737
448,239
DeductStock in Mobile 1st October, 1839...................   1,464
Received from Florida............................      1,050
_ —          2,514
2, —-   445,725  251,742
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  61,049
Coastwise........................................  75,558
Stock on hand 1st October, 1840....................  300
--        136,907
DeductStock on hand 1st October, 1839............................        650
-----.   136,257   75,177
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 199,842
Sea  Island.....................   8,108
Coastwise.................................    76,299
284,249
From DarienTo  New   York.....................................   10.537
Stock in Savannah 1st October, 1840................    2,011
"   Augusta and Hambro', 1st October, 1840....      3.730
Deduc —-'300,527
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st October, 1839...     7,834
7-'8 292,693 205,112




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 253
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1840.-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.  Total.   period
1839.
SOUTH CAROLINA.                                               -
Export from CharlestonTo foreign ports-Uplands......................... 228,191
Sea Island.......................  19,310
Coastwise........................................   60,178
307,679
From GeorgetownTo  New  York.....................................  13,200
Stock in Charleston 1st October, 1840...............  4,153
--   325,032
DeductStock in Charleston 1st October, 1839...............  4,706
Received from Savannah............................   4,663'"      Florida and Key West........    2,469
11,838
--   313,194 210,171
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................    65
Coastwise........................................  9,729,Stock on hand 1st October, 1840....................    200, —- _      9,994
DeductStock on hand 1st October,. 1839............................    600
9,394        11,136
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  7,987
Coastwise........................................     6,263
Manufactured...9,000
Stock on hand 1st October, 1840....................    900....-   24, 150
Deduct-,Stock on hand 1st October, 1839............................     500
23,650   22,200
Received at Philadelphia and Baltimore, overland................      3,250
Total crop of the United States.............................. 2,177,835 1,360,532
Crop  of  last year............................................. 1,360,532
Increase..............................................    817,303




264    CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Export to Foreign Ports, from October 1, 1839, to September 30, 1840.
To Great   To    To Nort   Othereg 
FROM                    Britain. France. of Europe.  orts. otal
New Orleans (bales)...................... 510,690 239,774  23,204  58,957 832,625
Mississippi (Natchez)......................  *2,208.................   2,208
Alabama................................  257,985  80,528  11,824    4,371  354,708
Florida..................................  49,952  11,097................  61,049
Georgia (Savannah and Darien)............ 189.372  17,942........  636 207,950
South Carolina........................... 153,042  62,917  29,453    2,089 247,501
North  Carolina...........................    65...............              65
Virginia.................................  4,455    2,676     830      26    7,987
Baltimore................................   1,707      41      753..       2,501
Philadelphia.............................:  3,076      30      175     404    3,685
New York...............................   73,611   32,092  34,590   11,923 152,216
Boston...................................    628     368    2,403     109    3,508
Grand total........................ 1,246,791 447,465 103,232 78,515 1,876,003
Total last year..................... 798,418 242,243  21,517  12,511 1,074,689
Increase............................  448,373  205.222  81,715  66,004  801,314
* The remainder of the shipments from Mississippi are included in the export from
New Orleans.
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5,  560,000 bales.
"       1825-6,  710,000  "
"       1826-7,  937,000  "
"       1827-8,  712,000  "
"       1828-9,  857,744  "
"       1829-30, 976,845  "
"       1830-1, 1,038,848  "
"       1831-2,  987,477  "
"       1832-3, 1,070,438  "
"       1833-4, 1,205,394  *
"       1834-5, 1,254,1328  "
"       1835-6, 1,360,725 "
1836-7, 1,422,930  "
"      1837-8, 1,801,497 "
"       1838-9, 1,360,532  "'~"     1839-40,2,177,835  "
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated..................... 2,177,835 bales.
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, October
1, 1839  in the Southern  ports............................ 31,784
"Northern   ports............................ 20,460
52,244
Makes a supply of....................................... --    2,230,079
Deduct therefrom the export to Foreign ports................ 1,876,003
Less Texas and other foreign, included...............       6,509
-----    1,869,494
Stocks on hand at the close of the year, October 1, 1840.
In the Southern  ports.................................  40,942
In the Northern ports...................              17,500
-   58,442
Burnt and lost at Mobile.......................... 6,400
"       New  York.................................  550
6,950
1,934,886




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTOR]Y OF COTTON. 2.55
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of manufacturers, 1839-40..........bales. 295,193..,' <(1838-9................ 276,018
1837-8............ 246,063
1836-7................ 222,540
1835-6................ 236,733..4.... I                            1834-5................ 2 16,888
9.... 1833-4... 196,413.c...                           1832-3............ 194,412...... 1831-2................                        173,800
"  "  "       1830-1............ 182,142.. "          1829-30...          126,512
1828-9............ 118,853.....1827-8............ 120,593
1826-7... 103,483
Note.-It will be observed by the above statement, that there is a very large increase
in the crop compared with last year; the quantity also exceeds that of any previous year
by 376,338 bales. Of the new crop, now gathering, about 30,000 bales were received previous to 1st inst. principally at New Orleans.
It will be seen also that we have deducted from the New Orleans statement, the
quantity received at that port from Texas-Texas being a foreign country.
Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption, does not include any cotton
manufactured in the States south and west of Virginia, nor any in that State, except in
the vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond.




256 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF OITTON.
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1839-40.
The production of cotton last season has been unprecedented,
far exceeding the most sanguine estimates of the period last year.
A combination of favorable circumstances during its growth, and
almost entire absence of frost in the succeeding Fall and Winter
months, enabling planters to continue the picking for a long time
beyond the usual period of its termination, are the causes of the
immense yield, and it may be many years ere a season combining
so many advantages may again occur. With such a vast supply,
low prices have, of course, prevailed throughout the season, the
periods at which they were lowest being the months of December,
March and April, when " fair" cottons could have been purchased
at 7. to 7~ cents per pound, but more favorable accounts from Europe, and the very heavy amounts taken out of the market by
speculators, and stored for low rates of freight to Europe, produced
gradual improvement, until the prices of fair cotton reached 10
cents per pound. With respect to the extent of the coming crop,
it would be difficult, at this early period, to form an opinion, so
much depending on the weather for some time to come. As much
ground has been used in the cultivation of the plant as last year,
but various causes have combined to produce very serious injury.
In tle. low lands, a large extent of country was overflowed, and
much cotton destroyed.
Throughout the whole of Louisiana, great injury has been done
by the army worm. From the Atlantic States we hear complaints
of heavy rains, by which the crops will be much retarded. What
the extent of damage done from the various causes will be, we
must leave time to determine.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1840.
UNITED STATES —1839-1840                     Stock Jan. Stock 1, 1840, in........ Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
---.     United States......... Bales.  158,000  176.000   50,000    18,000     244,000 P
Export..........1,881,000   Brazil.......................  10,000    10,000      7,000     3,000      20,000   C
Stock, 1st October,       Consumption..... 291,000     West Indies.................  4,000.7,000    5,000     4,000     16,000    t
1839.......... 52, 000 Stock, 1st October,           East Indies............    22,000    60,000      2,000     3,000     65,000
Receipts....... 2,178,000  1840.....        58,000    Egypt.....................    12,000    12,000     12,000    43,000      67,000   g
Bales..2,230,000 Bales............2,230,000               Bales..................   206,000   265,000     76,000    71,000    412,000 C
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France. GCt. Britain. Liverpool.       IMPORT.
1,599 000   151,000   377.000  1,071,000  1,011,000....United States............... 1,166,000  1,245,000  412,000  202,000  1,803,000 >
84,000     5,000      9,000    70,000     70,000....Brazil.......................  84,000    84, 000    3,000      4,000     90,000 q
50,000    20,000     15,000    15,000     10,000....West Indies.................  20,000    25,000    15,000     22,000     61,000   M
184,000    58,000      5,000   121,000     86,000....EastIndies..................  109,000  216,000     9,000     58,000    226,000    3
98,000    42,000     28,000    28,000     28,000.... Egypt......................  37,000     37,000    27,000     32,000     96,000   g
2,015,000   276,000   434,000  1,305,000  1,205,000........................Bales.. 1,416,000  1,607,000   466,000   318,000   2,276,000 f.......... |   4,000     8,000   103,000     51,000 Export.
673,000   109,000    100,000   464,000    366,000,tock Dec. 31.     Stock above,   206,000    265,000    76,000     71,000    412,000    <
2,688,000   389,000   542,000  1,872,000  1,622,000 Totalsupply, bales............... 1,622,000  1,872,000  542,000  389,000  2,688,000   t;                                              -                                                          O~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1840.
RECEIPTS.                                SALES.                     STOCKS.            PRICES.
WEgK
ENDING.K —---------------------------------------                                                                            ACTUAL    CONAmeric'n. E.I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.   Total.    Con-   Specu- Export   Total. Amer'n. Other.  TotalMid.Mid.Dhol EXPORTSUMPTION.
sumption. lation.                                       Up. Orl.
Jan.   3..   11,974..............2,693   14,667  10,900   2,0001,000     13,900154,500 46,000 200.500 6     6    4-   1,000    10.,900
10.       6,545.... 1,708.        638    8,891   24,050   1,500   250   25,800 140,500 45,000 185,500 6: 6-     41     250    34,950     0
17.      35,116                 4412   2,226   41,754   16,320..........2,600  18,920 170,000 47,500 217.500 5     5   3     2,600   51,270
24.    12,932...... 1,964     2,847 3,675    21,418   24,130  6,000 2,150    32,280 158,500 54,000212,500    4 5'15~ 3/   2,150    75,400
31..       18,342...... 1,11b   2,413  1,034   22,904   26,150   3,500    800   30.450151,500 54,500206,000 5/ 57       3-     800   101,550
Feb.   7..   19,502.................        77   19.579   25,060   3,500  2,000   30,560 148,000 51,000 199.000 53   5'   33   2,000   126,610
"  14..   37,036                        3,595   40,631   22,880   3,300  1,500  27,680 161,500 52,000213,500 5157        3/ 1,500     149,490;
"  21..    5,139 3,103   1,240.............    9,482   25,920   4,700    400   31,020 144.000 52,000196,000, 3  57  313    400   175,410     1
"    28..    2,865  1,854  1,887.............    6,606   21,330i  1,450  1,900   24.680 128,500 50.500 179,000 5    53   3    1,900   196,740
Mch    6..    3,686...... 2,532                     6,218   17,900  1,000  1,350   20,250 117,000 49,000 166,00051 55-     3    1,350   214,640,13..     14 916 2,245    564.......     444   18,169   13,020    500    530   14,050 121,500 49,000 170,500 5     5    31    530    227.660    g
20.        64,414.............        6,171   70,585   18,090   1,200. 880   20,170 171,000 52.000 223,000 5'   5,   4      880   245,750
27..      11,062...........           2,366   13,428   32,800   1,500  1,000   35,300 153.000 50,000203,000 5     5 5  4    1,000   278,550
April 3..    35,092 4,635   1,701    337    712   42,477   22,590   5,150 4,500    32,240 162,000 51,000313,000 5     5'   4    4,500   301,140
" 10..   19,732 6,644......     1,104     51   27,531   24,170   2,0001,500    27,670159,50065,500215,000 53       5    4    1,500   325,310
"  16. I 49;0221......I......~~~~I                              184 497
16..   49,522..................       184   49,706   22,800  2,00   2,500   27,300 188,000 51,500 239,500 5     5 — 4    2,500   348,110
24..   58.136 2,572..........         171   60,879   25,430  8,350  1,000   34,780 221,500 53,000274500 5       51  4     1000   373,540O 
May    1.    30,446.                      4,418   34,864    28,280  4,500  1,000   33,780 220,500 53,500 274,000 5    5    4    1,000   401,820
8.    14,314.........      2,350     60   16,724   31,090  8,500  1,200   40,790 204,000 54,500 258,500 5.1 51 4        1.200  432,910
1..      15,085................... 1,569      16,654   23,230   4,800  1,000  29,030 198,500 52,500 251,000 5,    5.   4    1,000   456,140    H
"22..    60,451............             592   61,043   18,930   2,000  2,500   23,430 241,000 48,500290,500 5     5 51  4   2,500   475,070 
"  29..    84,724  1,860..       2,158    326   89:068   19.,960   500    600    21,060301,500 51,500356,000 5- 5-       4      600   495,030
June   5..   12,586 8,058......    1,595    40   22,279    22,075  2,100  1,250   25,425 295,000 57.500 352 500 5    5    4    1,250   517,105 
"    12..    8,386......      1,117  2,059   11,562   25,320   4,000  1,700   31.020 279,000 58,500 337,500 5[ 55     34   1,700   542,425
19..     70,511...... 1,089........     71,600   26,090 10,600   1,570   38,260 326,000 56.500382,500 5- 5 -     3.1570  568,5157
26..   67.109..................    2,275   69,384   24.790' 8,500  1.100   34,390 274,000 54,000428,000 5- 5-      31 1,100     593,305
July   3..   49,639................     30    49,669   26,460 16,500  1,530   44,490 394 000 50,000 444,000 5}1 5     3 1 1,530    619,765 
10..     36,606............2,413..          39,019   21,000   5,500  1,550  28,050 411,000 50,000461,000.5 -   5    3 3  1,550   640,765
17..      5,446...              2007            7,453   22,660   7,550   940   31,150395,000 49,500444.500 5}      5    3 3    940   663,425 
It-2                                                                                                            4 9,864I
24..   90,783.........    3,946   957    95,686   22,920  3,300  1,100   27,320 464,500 51,500516,000 51 51 3k         1,100   686,345
31..      17,379 2,479......    2,70;    174   22,739   22,780   6,500  1,500   30,78(456,500 54,000 510,500 51- 55     31   1,500   709,125
7Au...    4,905  2,320......       1,464    8,689   27,200 11,500  1,250   39,950 435,500 55,500 490.000 51.5     3    1,250   736,325
14..   28,338...............3,079  31,417  24,450 18,500 3,000    45,950 440,000 53,500 493.500 5|15      3-1 3,000     760,775
"21..    20388............  4,1.93  1,765  26,346  19,900  2200  250 22,350443,500 56,000 499,5001 51 5     31     250   780,675




Aug. 28..1 27,761 5,630     704    643    586  35,324   15,600  1,500   600i 17,700 459,000 60,0001519,000 54  5I 3-      600   796,275
Sep.  4.     6,408 7#.90......        80  13,678   19,250    900   750   20,900446,000 63,500}509.500 54  53   37    750   815,525
11...    5,314............  3,139......  8,453   13,030  1,100   700   14,830 440,500 63,000 503,500 54  53  33    700   828,555
18..    12,416 3,424......  3,186 1,644   20,670   19,4S0  3,000   480   22,960 437,000 68,000 505,000 54  53  33    480   848,035 
"   25.    4,585...........  1,047.:...   5,632   25,320 11,050   250   36,620 420,500 64,500 485.000 53  51  3a    250   873,355 
Oct.  2..   27,799 7,566....    1,620    517  37,502   18,660  8,300   100   27,060432,500 70,000502,500 5|   5    33    100   892,015    w,9..       795 2,622......    1,934   430   5,781   22,930  1,200..... 24,130415,500 70,500486,000 5|    5'  3.     914,945 
16.........   3,626.........       115    3,741   16,640   350    140   17,130402,000 70,500472,500 53   53 I-      140   931,585 
"  23..   4,982 6,255.............   359   11,596   14,920  1,500...   16,40 395,500 74,000 469,500 54  53   33          945,505   L
" 30..      4,919 4,663 11,486  1,263......   22,331   25,280  3,000   200   28,480 375,500 88,000463,500 57  53   33    200   971,785   0
Nov. 6..     1,928 1,911......    660 2,707    7.206   16,430  1,350.....    17,780 364,500 89.000 453,500 5   5   3.....  988,215 
t   13..   16,159 4,153......   4,032 3,061   27,405   21,090   750.....    21,840 364,000 96,000460,000 54  5    35..... 1,009,305   0
20.       2,095......1,891   3,103......   7,089   17,260   500.        17,760 352,000 97,500449.500 54  5    3.   1,026,565 
27..       210 4,554......    2,569......    7,333  18,500    500   350   19,350 338,500 99,500 438,000 54  53  3q     3501,055,065
Dec. 3..     9,983............  4,056 1,150   15,189  22,090  3,500e......  25.590 328,000 101,000 429,000 5  5   3...... 1,077,155.
t 11..  14.289 2,106 3,424  3.184   490   23,493  27,560   3,000.....   30,560320.500104,500425,000 5 5 5    3.   1,104,715   t
18..      2,520 3,173............       5,693   17,800  4.500.....    22,300 302 500 100,000 402,500 52  55  3-...  1,121,515 
24................ 3,289.............    3,289  46,760 12,000    350   49,110 280,000 98,500 378,500 53  57  3     350 1,168,275   a
31..................................................  6,200......  25,350............................................
i~~~~~
Average prices 1155270 92643 34594 64,035 53,984 1,400,528 1,168,290229,850 52,820 1450,940               5.42 5.5 3.72 52,820 2 246,673  H
*Atotal ale, re-  S15                   1,
ceipte & stocks.                                                                                                                           H
0
0
0
t-3
0
0
H
H
0
~)




The semi-weekly Price and      Weekly Sales and Receipts at New       York, Weekly Exports from      New    York and Rates of Freight to
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop       Year ending October 1, 1840.
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.0
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                                           Rates of
1839.    New Orleans  Upland.   week.   for week.                                           Freight to        G       hENERA REMARKS.
To Great   To     North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports. 
October 4..    9@14       10@13                                                                 i(5-16d
8..     9~@14      10@13s     2,400    1,213........................................  This was a year of great depression
11..     91@14      10 13 3and low prices.                                                                           Early in October,
t     15..   9(Q@14     10@131     1,900     429      404    2,406    1,175........   3,985            the entanglements with which the
"     18..   9914     10@131                                                                           Bank of the United States was ham-    t" 22..       9114       10@13'     1,750    2,268      39      946      218.......    1,203            pered, already referred to, corn" 25..       91~l4      10@13-                                                                          pelled it to suspend specie pay29..     9@14       10(13        950    1,317     161    1,266........     41    1,468            ments, and ultimately to close its
Novem. 1..     9@l3       9   12 i2@5-16d                                                                  doors   Subsequently, the susp)en5..     91(j13     9(12       2,100    1,984      632     548      612..       1,792            sion became quite general through.8..   912        9@12                                                                           the country, though the banks of
912..    9@12      9@114      3,200    6,969     655      104       16........     775            New York and some of the strongeri
"   15..    9@12i      9(apll                                                                          institutions elsewhere were enabled    _
< 19..  93412     9@,10|    2,850    4,207     258      852      197........   1,307            to weather the financial storm.
22..      9-12       9J10i3                                                                         Exchange was disturbed, and alto- 
26..     912        9@10|     3,000    1,367     703    1,517................     2,220            gether those perturbations operated 
29..      9@12       9@10|                                                                          to the prejudice of trade. ManufacDecem.   3..    9(12       9@,10|    2,350    2,342    2,421    2,982     144      562    6,109 I@5-16d    turers generally suspended opera6..      9_12       9@104                                                                          tions, wholly or in part, and ship10..      9( 12      9@.103    1,400    3,250................       65........      65            pers purchased to a comparatively
13..      90a12      910 4                                                                          limited extent.  At one period, in
"    17..   9(12       910       3,050    6,189      470    1,208     205........  1,883           March, sixty days intervened be20..      912        9@104                                                                          tween the dates of European ad" 24..      9(12       9(@104a   3,900      396     244      440.................    684             vices; vessels became scarce, and 
"  27..    9@12       9@10|                                                                          freights ranged unusually high.
1840.
January 1..     912        9@10|     1,950    2,920    1,003     878    1,072      594    3,547  ~   d.
"      3..    9()12     9@10i
" 7..       9@12       9(10a     2,900    7,824     650      195      425........    1,270
10..    911      8    104
14..    9@'11     8@10.      3,950   4,345      71................       540    1,256
17.    81(11      8410       4
" 21..        811.8.94,500           7,286      880........      880




January24..       8@11        8@10
" 28..         8   11       8(10       4,400     2,692       464     1,508...............       1,972
It     31..    8   11       8  10
February 4..     72j1 1      7|@10        4,250     3,673     1,776      989       858........    3,623   ~@(  d.
"7         77              7 @11( ^@104
11..   7@ 11       7@10        4,150     3,026     2,733........      557       825    4,115
14..   7@11          7@10~
3_ 11 7~10
"18..   7@11         7@10       4,350    10,153     1,112       672     1,152       545    3,481 
2          1..   7@11      7  10
25..      7@11         7@10        3,300     3,389    2,784       379     2,327        50     5,540                                                        0
" 28..        71@1177        9|3
March     3.. 7I11            7@9        6,950     2,656     1,621........       809      102     2,532     @  d.                                               0
"<      6..   71   11       7@9]4                                                                          4
10..      71@1l        7@9         2,350     8,341      436       159       439........    1,034
"9     13..  63   10I     63@9 
17..      6j        610  6i@9      3,400    11,784    2,164........    1,572     1,190     4,926, 20.         63~101       6]~91
" 24..       6   10     i0 64i94 4   4,200     15,262    2,634       374     2,332........    5,340 
27..    6   10i     6|   9
31..    6     6 10  6f@91       7,500     9,776     1,975........      264........    2,239 
April      3..   6@10I       6~9.
7"         61     1    64   9,0                                                                  a-d
1 7..  6;10        6k@9k       5,600    11,618       602........    1,308........    1,910 
10..       6@10        6@9
14..       6@10        6@9         5,800     3,842      866     1,976       562       440     3,844
17..       6@.10       6@9
21..     6  10       69          6,900    7,393     3,785     1,026     1,850........     6,661
"  24..    6~@10;      641  95
28..    6~0_10     6k@9         7,050    8,587     3,335........    1,927........     5,262                                                        ca
May        1..   6~   10      6@99-16.
" 5..        6_10         6@9        6,750     8,949     6,343     1,231       736    1,157     9,467 
8..     6  10       6@ 6@9
12..     6@10l       6@9        6,050     1,811     1,270     1,755       721     1,734    5,480
15       6@10{       6@9
19..       6_10:       6@9         6,900     5,699     4,142      285     1,416........    5,843
22..     6@10~       69C~
26..       6@10~       6@9         5,100     8,131     1,188........    2,438........    3,626 
29..     6  11       6@_10
Julie      2..    6(11        6   10      6,450     1,562     5,214      324       796        29     6,363       d.
"<      5..    6@11          @  610'
9..          6@11        6  10      5,600     6,668       415       142     1,079      754     2,390
12..     6@11        6( 10
16.      6  11       6(10        5,750    5,708     1,344     1,253       779........    3,376




New   York Statement for 1840.-Concluded.                                                          to
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                                            Rates of
1840.    New Orleans  Upland.   week.   for week.                                            Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great    To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Porte Exports. 
June     19..   6@11       6@10                                                                                                                   O
23..    6@11        6~10      5,150    6,639    3,196     277      224      164    3,861                       Exchange.
26.     6( j11     6@l10                                                                          Bills on London opened, October 1,      O,30. 6I21l              6$210      5,800    5,801    4,019      601      531........    5,151'B     at $48@       o. e    dclinin 
7 6 21                                                                          8t          gradually to $4.77@$4.82; in No170.   62Jll      62  10     3,020    3,025    3,305      749     327........    4,381the range                      was from $ 4.58 
14.0   6~(11      6~(~10                                                                            $4.68 up to $4.80j$4.84; in De147      611 6l@o10            4,400    4,115    1,426       51       54.           1,531            ceber    $4.3@$4.87; Jan        y, 
" 17..       6@11       61@10,g$4.75)$4 82; February, $4.80(
"    21..    711        7@10       3,000    2,554     283    1,179      873      870    3,205            $4.75@$4.8 ch Februay      $4.80 
28..    7P                                                         365717                           April, $4.78@$4.80; May, $4.77
128.          7(811l    77 10      5,200    1,050      628.......       365      770    1,763''$4.81               June, $474     $478 
August    4. 7:     11     7@,10      3,800    5,578     777     1,418   1,646.......     3,841   d.   J $ 7$4.73@41 7i6; SOeptebe       1
II     7.     7@11       7@10at $4.80_y$ 481 per ~.
"  11.     7@11       7  10     2,250    1,680      649......649                                      at$4.80$4.8 per.
"14.    7@11       7~100
"     18.     7@11       7@10      3,000      887      631      820      525      947    2,923
21..      7@11       7@~10
25..    7@11       7@10      3,700      887    1,520      390      488........    2,398
28..      72-11     7(^1052
Septem   1.    7 7@112     7(10       4,250    1,393     448........      100      116      664  4@|d. 
74..7 7@1        7@102
8.    77@11|      77102     2,100    2,500      606........      470........   1,076
"  11..   75^115     71@100
15..   7211-      7(@10I     1,100    3,429      317      615........       5      937, 18..       7A@11      71~102 cj
22..   7i~ 114 71   @ 10     1,750    2,066........      160      358........     518                                                   O
" 25..       72@(11-    75@10 IO
29..   7111j    7V@10~      1,950    2,230      387      417    1,066........    1,870 5-I6,Ia. O
October 2.. 7V@11        77(1i10A2
Average price
and totalsaleA.  -9.43     8.92     205,420  238,860  73,631   32,092   35,078   11,435  152,236
receipts an d
exports.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY O COTTON. 263
1841.
The Messrs. Houldsworth of Manchester spun yarn as fine as
No. 450. (See years 1840 and 1851.)
A  steam    factory was incorporated at Beverly, Mass., this year)
with large capital. (See year 1808.)
Cotton    exported      from   the United      States into     Great Britaiil,
530,204,100 lbs., of which           6,237,424 lbs. were        Sea   Island.     (See
years 1790 and 1791.)
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1841.
Bales.   Bales.   Total.   1840.
NEW-ORLEANS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  656,816
Coastwise........................................   161,448
Burnt  and  damaged...............................     2,000
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1841...................  31,576
-_   851,840
DeductStock on hand, 1st October, 1840....................  27,911
Received from Mobile..............................    5,418
4&      4"  Florida......................508
" Texas...............................      4,408
38,245
813,595  946,905
MISSISSIPPI.
Export from Natchez, etcCoastwise (Remainder included in New Orleans)................        1,085    6,767
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign  Ports.................................  216,239
Coastwise.................             103,837
Burnt  and  lost....................................   1,170
Stock in Mobile, 1st October, 1841..................   1,831
323,077
DeductStock in Mobile, 1st October, 1840..................   1,737
Received from Florida.............................      486
".'  Texas...............................      153
2,376
320,701 445,725
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  32,297
Coastwise..............................         59,555
Burnt and  lost....................................  1,400
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1841...................     600
Deduct-                                           -          93,852
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1840..........................      300
-----      93,552 136,257




264    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending September 30, 1841.-Concluded.
Bales.  Bales.   Total.   1840.
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................    80,496
Sea  Island......................  5,1001
Coastwise-Uplands...............................  56,412
Sea  Island.............................  867
142,875
From DarienTo  New   York.....................................  5,630
B urnt.............................................  600
Stock in Savannah, 1st October, 1841...............  1,456
" Augusta and Hambro', 1st October, 1841....     4,127
-    154,688
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st October, 1840...........   5,741,- 148,947 292,693
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from Charleston —
To Foreign Ports-Uplands..................         149,272
Sea  Island.....................  12,991
Coastwise-Uplands..............................  62,989
Sea  Island.............................  970
226,222
From GeorgetownTo  New   York.....................................  12,043
Burnt  and  lost....................................  750
Stock in Charleston, 1st October, 1841..............  3,708
242,723
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st October, 1840..............  4,153
Received from   Savannah...........................  9,562
".. Florida and Key West................    1,608
15,323
-  227,400  13,194
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportAll  Coastwise..............................          7,765
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1841..................     300
8,065
Deduct —
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1840....................     200,-  ---     7,865   9,394
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  4, 7   2
Coastwise........................................  4,500
Manufactured.....................................  15,000
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1841....................   420
Deduct-                                                    24,652
Stock on hand, 1st October, 1840...................   900
Received from Southern ports.......................  2,952
_ —--       3,852
= — _   20,800   23,650
Received at Philadelphia and Baltimore, overland....................  1,000  3,250
Total Crop of the United States................................ 1,634,945 2.177,835
Crop  of last year.............................................   2,177,835
Decrease................................................  54, 890




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAtL HISTORY                 OF  COTTON.      265
Export to Foreign Ports, from     October 1, 1840, to September 30, 1841.
To Great   To    To North  Other   Total
FROM                    Britain. France. ofEurope. F'n Ports. Total
New Orleans......................        427,472 182,310   10,091  36,943 656,816
*  M ississippi  (N atchez)...............................................
Alabama........................        149,854  57,204    4,357   4,824 216,239
Florida..............................  20,113  11,349    740       95   32.297
Georgia (Savannah and Darien)..........   82,842   2,283.....     471   85,596
South Carolina......... 101,564               35,886   22,305   2,520 162,275
North Carolina.................................................
Virginia........................  2,800  1,724     150      58     732
Baltim ore................................   177........    40....     217
Philadelphia..............................  1,556     11     138      229    1,934
New  York...............................  71,696  57,847   16,315   3,711  149,569
Boston..................................   668     162    2,143     629    3,602
Grp.nd  total..........................  858,742  348,776  56,279  49,480 1,313,277
Total last year....................... 1,246,791 447,465 103,232  78,515 1,876,003
Decrease............................  388,049  98,689  46,953  29,035  562,726
* The shipments from Mississippi are included in the export from New Orleans.
Growth
Total crop of 1824-5,  560,000 bales.
44      1825-6,   710,000 "
"41     1826-7,   937,000  "
"       1827-8,   712,000  "
t"      1828-9,   857,744  "
"'      1829-30,  976,845  "
1830-31, 1,038,848 "
it      1831-32,  987,477 <"
1832-33, 1,070,438  "
1833-34, 1,205,394  "
1834-35, 1,254,328  "
1835-36, 1,360,725 "
1836-37, 1,422,930 "
1837-38, 1,801,497 "
1838-39, 1,360,532 "
1839-40, 2,177,835  I
1840-41, 1,634,945 "
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated...................... 1,634,945 bales
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st
October, 1840.-In the Southern ports..................... 40,942
"   Northern  ".................... 17,500
58,442
M akes  a  supply  of.....................................................  1,693,387
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports........... 1,313,277
Less Texas and other foreign...............  5,900
- 1,307,377
Stocks on hand at the close of the year 1st
October, 1841.-.
In  the Southern ports......................  44,018
" Northern    ".....................   38,050. 82.068




266    CHRONOLOGICAL AND            STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
Brought forward............................         1.389,445
Burnt and lost at New Orleans............................     2,000
Mobile.......................                1,170
" Apalachicola.............................          1,400
*        Savannah..............................   600
"        Charleston..............................       750
New-York..............................         734
6,654
----- 1,396,099
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of manufacturers, 1840-41.............. 297,288
t              "..                1839-40.............. 295,193
is             is             it            1838-9..............  276,018
t  t           "             1837-8.............. 246,063
"         "    t              it            1836-7.............. 222,540'"';       "                    1835-6.............. 236,733
"              "       "      i             1834-5.............. 216,888
"              "              d"            1833-4.............. 196,413
"              t"        "    i             1832-3............. 194,412
"  "  "       1831-2............. 173,800
"'         "              "             1830-1.............. 182.142
(" "           (         "'            1829-30.............. 126,512
"         "    ~         "    l             1828-9............. 118,853
"l        "    4              "             1827-8..............  120,593'.. *.                    1826-7............. 103,483
It will be seen that we have deducted from the New Orleans statement the quantity
received at that port from Texas-Texas being a foreign country.
Our estimate of the, quantity taken for consumption, does not include any cotton
manufactured in the States south and west of Virginia, nor any in that State, except in the
vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond.
Of the new crop, now gathering, about 32,000 bales were received previous to 1st
inst.; of which 28.175 were received at New Orleans.
It is our intention hereafter to make up our statement of the crop to the 1st September, in conformity with the plan adopted in the Southern ports.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 267
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1840-41.
The history of the Cotton trade during the year just closed
again affords a most conclusive proof of the futility of calculations,
based solely with reference to a short production; and in this
respect it assimilates closely to the disastrous season of 1839, the
crop of the year previous to which had been the most productive
hitherto known. The last four years have been remarkable for
great fluctuation in the yield of the plant, as will be perceived by
the following statement: The crop of the year 1837-38 produced
1,800,000 bales-increase, 261 per cent.; 1838-39, 1,360,000 balesdecrease, 24 per cent.; 1839-40, 2,182,000 bales-increase, 60; per
cent.; 1840-41, 1,600,000-decrease, 27 per cent., giving an average for the last four years of 1,735,500 bales.
At the commencement of this season the conviction had already
become general that the growth would fall considerably short of
the extraordinary production of the year previous, and about 17
to 1,800,000 bales was the general estimate of its extent.  Under
this influence the market for new Cotton opened on the 9th of September at 10 cents per lb. for "fully fair," but, in the face of a succession of discouraging advices from England, it was found impossible to support the opening rates, and prices gradually declined
until they reached the extreme point of depression on the 31st of
October, when "fair" Cotton ruled at 9 cents per lb.
Business continued in this state until the 24th of November,
when the increasing certainty of a greatly diminished production,
combined with more favorable intelligence from Europe, caused an
advance in our own market, which continued gradually improving,
under the influences above alluded to, until the 25th of May, when
ordinary Cotton ranged from 9i to 9X, and fair was quoted at 12
cents per lb., being the highest which the market touched. A combination of events, among which the hostile position of the United
States and England, and the presumed adjustment of the China
question, are most prominent, tended to inflate prices in Liverpool
until fair Uplands reached 7- to 7{ per lb.; but on the removal of
the causes of excitement by the pacific turn, which the affairs of the




268 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY Ot' COTTON.
two countries took, and the improbability of any immediate termination of the war in China, all speculative demand was checked;
the large stocks in the hands of speculators were again thrown on
the market, which rapidly assumed a declining tendency; trade in
Manchester and other manufacturing districts, already bad, became alarmingly so; and in the beginning of May the expedient of
working short time was partially resorted to by many of the leading spinners. Under these circumstances the demand for the raw
material was confined to the immediate wants of consumptions;
trade progressed from bad to worse; working short time was
adopted as a general measure, and failure amongst spinners became a daily occurrence. Stocks of the raw material in Liverpool
accumulated in the meantime in a manner almost beyond precedent, and prices, of course, gave way. As a result, consequent on
this state of trade in England, our own market gradually drooped,
until ordinary Cottons fell to 8 a 8{ cents on the 29th of June, being
a decline of 1~ cents on previous quotations; and it is only attributable to the very small stock remaining on hand that prices have
not been more seriously affected.  With regard to the growing
crops, the accounts from various sections of the country are contradictory, though, from a general review of them, we are led to
the belief that the production, in all probability, will at least equal
that of the season now closed. In the rich bottom lands of Louisiana and lower sections of Mississippi the crops generally are in a
most promising condition, and planters are very forward with the
picking, but in the high lands the plant has sustained very serious
injury from the long drought which has prevailed during the Summer. This, however, may be remedied in some degree by the late
rains, and, with a favorable Autumn, the second growth of bolls
may compensate for the previous loss. From Tennessee and North
Alabama there are some complaints, but nothing of a serious nature; any injury which may have been sustained, however, more
particularly in the former State, will be counterbalanced by the
increase of cultivation. From South Alabama the advices speak
confidently of a full crop, and in the Atlantic States the prospects
are also good. In South Carolina, it is true, the late heavy rains
have inflicted great injury, but this extends chiefly to the crop of
Sea Island Cotton.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1841.
UNITED STATES, 1840-1841.                   Stock Jan. 1, 1841, in........ Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock 1st October,        Export...........1,314,000   United States...............  271,000   305,000     78,000    64,000    477,000    o
1840............  58,000 Consumption.....  297,000  Brazil......................   22,000    23,000      1,000     2,000     26,000 C
Receipts......... 1,635,000 Stock 1st Oct., 1841  82,000  West Indies.................  13,000   16,000      5,000     6,000     27,000    0
_____                    ____,        East Indies.................  39,000     98,000     5,000      2,000    105,000 C
Bales....1,693,000   Bales........ 1,69,000   Egypt......................    21,000    22,000     11,000    35,000      68,000 
Bales....................   366,000   464,000   100,000    109,000    673,000 ~
CONSUMPTION.        -...
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.       IMPORT.
1,384,000   133,000   364,000    887,000   818,000.... United States...............  844,000  902,000    380,000   125,000   1,367,000   H
75,000      5,000     4,000     66,000    66,000.... Brazil......................  90,000    91,000     6,000      5,000    100,000    H
59,000     18,000.19,000    22,000     17,000....West Indies.................  28,000    3S4,000    21,000     22,000     75,000 (
218,000     58,000     6,000   154,000    108,000....East Indies.................  162,000  275,000     1,000     58,000    271,000    H
112,000 j  48,000     33,000    31,000     31,000..Egypt.................          39,000     40,000    50,000     34,000    123,000 ~
1,848,000   262,000   426,000  1,160,000  1,040,000.......................... Bales. 1,163,000  1,342,000  458,000  244,000   1,936,000 C
~.............................  108,000   59,000  Export. 
761,000    91,000    132,000   538,000    430,000 Stock Dec. 31.      Stock above,  366,000    464,000   100,000    109,000    673,000    <
2, 609,000  353,000   558,000  1,806,000  1,529,000 Total supply, bales.............. 1,529,000  1,806,000  558,000  353,000  2,609,000   ~
___          O__                                                                                                                 0




COTTON ATLIVERPOOL. YEAR 1841.
RECEIPTS.                                SALES.STOCKS.PRICES.
WEEK ______              ____           ____ - ______ ______ -~_________________           __________      ___      ____    ACTUAl CONENDING.           --------------------------------------------------------                                                   EXPORT  SUMPTION.
Americ'n. E.-I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.    Con-   Specu- Export. Total. Amer'n. Other. Total. Mid. Mid. lDhol
sumption. lation.                                       Up. O.'.
Jan.  8.. 25.586  2,396......  1,025  1,561  31,568  15,400 15,300    100   30,800 281,500 96,000377,500 6     6    4      100    15,400 5
< 15.. 29,189 3,054  2,342   6,756   601   41,942   48,380   2,600    400   51,380 287,500 100,500 388,00<, 6-  6   4-     400    6,780     0
< 22..  2.390  2,107...........      176    4,673   23,350 12,700......     36,050 273,000 96,500 369,500 6    6    4......    87,130
29.   30,416 3,443   1,676   3,432   961   39,928    21,320  3,300......    24,620 286,500 102.500388,000 61   6    41-          108,450 
Feb.   5.     5,137............    1,389   810    7,336   21,830   6,000   200    28,030 272,500 99,000371,500 6     6-   4-1    200   130,280 
12..      135...... 2,211.............      2,346   14,120......14,120 260,500 98,500 359,000 6            6    41...... 144,400'6~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8                                                       4    -       189,900  ~
19.    34,798  1,247 2,075    4,827  1,376  44,323   45,500   1,800    450   47,750 268,000 104,000 372 000 6'  61 4 1      450   189,90026.   14,297  1,810  1,575.......  1,465  19,147   21,090 10,600    100   31,790 265,000 104,000369,0006|    6'  41     100   210,990
8'~ 8 4    10     233,990
Mch    5      8,636 2,648.............     216   11,500   23,000   7,500......    30,500 256,000 101,500357,5006     6'   41-233990
12..   10,233  2,881 1,507    2,832......    17,453  25,920 10,500     150   36,570 246,000 103,5O 349,.00 6    6    41     150   259,910
19.    10,694  2 301......   2,172  1,028   16,195   12,160  9,200......    21,360 247,000 106. 500353,500 6-  61   4.        272,070
26.   24,317...........       722  1,092   26,131   12,070  3,400    180   15,650 261,500 04,500366,000 6-    61-  4      180   284,140
April 2.    19,713...... 1,748.......     365   21,826   15,600   1,7006a 410    18,600267,500103,5003710006        6     4   1,300   299,740
"  8.   29,150 4,114......   2,122    420   35,806   10,420...... 1,600     12,020 289,500 107,000396, 500 6    - 6  4   1,600   310,160
16.    15,770  2,008........     733    18,511   21,360  1,500 3,400    26,260 285,000 106.000 391,000 6'  6-   4    3,400   331,520
23..   19,152...... 1,168    1,731   937    22,988   14,620..........14,620291,000107,500398,500 6           } 61  4......   346,140
"  30.. 29,495  1,84  1,875  3,210  355  36,809 9,040   1,300  1,000   11,340 312,000 112,000 424,000   6  - 61  4  1,000   355,180
May    7..   18,177 3,404......     637......   22,218   15,100   1,000  1,200   17.300 317,000 113.000430,000 6    61 4      1,200   370,280 
"  14..  17,152 3,761......  1,000......  21,913   12,860    500    500   13,860322,000116,000 438,000 6     6    4      500   393,140
l 21.  74,272...................     30   74,302   15,420     300  1,300   17,020 383,000 191,500 494,500 6   6    4    1,300   408,560
l 28..  21,427...................    248    21,675   11,430......    800   12,230 394,500 108,000 502,500 57  57   37     800   419,990
June 4.     70,061 3,292   1,370  7,070  1,495   83,288   11,760..         250    12.0W 455.000 118,500 573,500 5.   5    3      250   431,750    ^
11.     9,394  1,416    386.......    173   11,569   18,180   1,200    500   19.880 440,500 117,500567,000 53   5    3'     500   449,930 
18.   10,621...................    148    10,769  23,170   2,130    800   26,100 438.500 114,500 553,000 5'  51   3'     800   473,100    0
25     66,790  1,728......    5,966......    74,484  26,390   2,000    400   28,790482,500 117,5001600,000 5j   5'   3      400   499,490July   2.    17,192....    4,690......    21.882  27,230   3,000    200   30,430475,500 [16,500 592,000 5    5' 32       200   526,720
July  2.. 17,192......,                                                          ) 
9.       30,774 4,669 3,476      878  1,413   41,210   24,370   3,200   700   28,270487,500 101,000 608,500 5     5- 3'      700    551,090
3' 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3                        1  3,00/    5700 2'230
16..   26,093 3,298......     2,666    41   32,098    16,240    700  1,300   18,240|498,000 133,000 621,0005    5    3    1,300   567,330
23..    23,087............   1,253    552   24,892   16,49  0 350   2,400   19,240'504,000 121.000 504,000 5-  5-   3'   2,400   583,820
30..     15.968 5,422    917   4,167....      26,474   16,920    850  2,450   20,220:504,500 127,000 631, 500 5-  5   3 -2,450     600,740
Aug. 6..     10,604......     532......      76   11,212   20,510   1,000  2,000   22,510497,000 123,500 620,500 51-  51   3    2,000   621,250
"   13..    13,967 3,022......    5,363    595   22,947   16,550    400  1,750   18,700497,000 128,000 625,000 5-   5-   3    1,750   637,800
20..     8,798 3,341 1,019......       927   14,085   22,810  7,000  2,660   32,470485,000 128,500 613,500 5-  Si   3    2,660   660,610
27..   15,057, 6,516  1,622   2,352   320    25,867   21 440    500  1,700   23,640!481,000 134,000 615,000 5    ~   3'   1,700   682,050




Sep.   3.     6,264  5,439   462   1,145......    13,310   2,200   1,200   800    4,200468,500 137,000 605,500 5   5|   3j     800  684,250
"  10..   6,289   2,463  1,388  1,410......  11,550   20,680    500  1,400   22,5801456,000 139,000 595,000 5j  51  31   1,400  704,930
17..      2,052   6,600.....    2,466   573   11,691   22,900  4,750 2,450    30,100438,000143,500581,500 5     53   31   2,450  727,830
"  24..   2,209   3,789......   2,564   204    8,766   25,350  3,600 3,500    32,450414,500146,500561,000 5f 5       35   3,^00  753,180 
Oct.   1.     1,329............   1,862   313    3,504   23,020   3,100  1,000  27,120 397,000 142,000 539,000 51  53  31   1,000  776,200 
8.....         813  1,000......    1,813   25,280  4,000   900   30,180377,0001:7,500514,500 53     5   31     900  801,480 
"  15.   10,029 13,219....     2,170   373   25,791   19,500  3,200    400   23,190371,000149,000520,000 51    53   3     400  820,980 
4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2,9017,0019,01                                                         20,0 4005 2   0    9     8
22.      4,144   1,849   600   4,103   168   10,864   20,540  5,700......    26,240358,500152,000510,500 5     5    3..       841,520 
29.     2,726   1,043.......     369    4,138   20,560  1,750    600   22,910 346,500 147,000 493,500 5     " 5|  3  600  862,080 
Nov. 5.       1,909  3,507 1,142   1,985  1,040    9,583  17,300   1,200  1,000  19,500335,500150,500486,000 53    5    33   1,000  879,380 
12..       863   5,158   115   5,364   334   11,834   23,300    500    600   24.400318,500155,000473,500 53    5    3'    600  902,680 
"   19..    1,335   1,628............    820    3,783   19,590    200     50   19,840 304,500 154,500 458,000 51  5   31     50   922,270 
i   26..    2,541 10,095.........   1,567  14,203   20,910  2,900  1,000   24,810 291,000 159,000 450,000 5  5    3    1,000  943,180 
Dec.   3.     5,225 17,443 3,627   1,946    121   28,362  24,880   2,5001 1,070  28,450276,500155,500452,000 51    5    3    1,070  968,060 
"   10..   14,793   5,059......    702 1,310   21,864   20,500  1,200    200   21,900275,500177,500453,000 5l    5    3     200   988,560 
17.      4,005...... 1,317    6,949 1,210   13)481   27,950  2,500    400   30,850265,500182,000447,500 5j    5   3      400 1,016,510 
"   24..    6,998   4,942   369....     1,019  13,328   30,680  2,700    500   33,880 249,000 181,000 430,000 5- 53   3     5001,047,190 
i   31..   12,502   1,560......   1,256 1,384   16,702   21,680  6,000                        4       23 0042 00  53  5j  31  500 1,068,870 
tlslsre843,755 ]153,396i 35,33210182899i
erageprices  43,755 153,396 35,332 101,182 28,919 1,162584 1,068,870 159,030 46,160 1,274,060h                5735.81 3.76 46,160 2,055,518
eeipts & stocks. 
C12
Ci)
--— ^~~~~~~
0
0
0
0
H
0




The semi-weekly Price and       Weekly Sales and'Receipts, at New        York, Weekly     Exports from    New    York and Bates of Freight          0
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending October 1, 1841.
EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Rates of
1840.      Price of    Price of  Sales for Receipts                                            Freight to         G'ENERAL REMARKS.
840.                                                                 ---------— New Orleans  Upland.  week.  for week.  Livrpol
To Great    To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool.
Britain  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
October 6..    7@\11       7   Io0    2,300    4,157................d................                      There were but few features of inter- 
9..   7    @1i  7@10.                                                                    est this crop year. On February 1, 
13..   7Il        7(@10       2,800      408.........................accounts were received froln Eng- 
16..   7      11  7@l04                                                                               land to January 7, advising a set"20..  74@m1       7@110      1,600    4,439      146      178       48........       372             tiement of the difficulty between
23..   7@11       7    10                                                                            Great Britain and China, known as
27..   7@11       7    10     3,050    3,749    1,243      466................     1,709             the "Opium War," and for a time
i 30..  7@11       7@9                                                                                this gave an impetus to the demand
Novem. 3..     7@11          @94a     3,000    3,349    2,709      888      200    1,072    4,869   -j@d.     here, and the business was large for 
6..   7   11      7@93                                                                               home use, export and on specula10..   7@11        7(9        3,800      408........       78................         78             tion, at an advanceof |@j cent. on
13..     7-@11      7    10                                                                             the prices previously current; but
17..     7@1        74(10       2,550    2,899      674      509........       59    1,242             this improved feeling was subse20.  7~~@~~11  7~  10~
20..  7~(l1     7|@10                                                                               quently checked by the stoppage, 
24..7 1 7 10 3,650  7,564  883    375................    1,258             later in the month, of the United
27..   71   1     72@1I0                                                                              States Bank and the other Phila-      ti
Decem.    1.   7-   11     7@10       3,800     6,205     629      753       43........     1,425  1Id.      delphia banks, with most of the
4..   7@_ 11     710                                                                                 southern banks. Foreign and do8..    8  11      8@101-     3,700      173........................................             mestic exchanges became unsettled, 
11..    8  1       81 101                                                                             and business in consequence was
15..    811        8@101      4,000    1,676      152    1,307      140..       1,599             much deranged; the demand for 
" 18..  8  11      8@101                                                                              cotton fell olff, and prices receded, 
22..    8  11      8   10V-   1,100    4,341      200      620      128       40      988             notwithstanding the receipts at the 
25..    8(11       8@10j                                                                              ports showed a falling off, up to that 
29..    8@11       8@101      2,150    1,780    1,086.................       1,086             time, of about 200,000 bales, as
1841.                                                                                                    compared with the previous year;
January 5..      8@11       8@101     1,450    3,319      183      231........      413      827 A    DL.d   toward the last of March, however
"   8..    811        8@101                                                                             a very active demand set in for ex12..   84a  l     8@10        2,150   11,608      135      592...727                       port and speculation, based on the 
"15..  81(./11    8]@10                                                                               small receipts at the ports, then
19..    9@12       9   11     7,350    2,079...............                       278.234 bales less than at the same
22..   91@12      9@l                                                                                 time the previous season, afterward
" 26..,471 926                                             583 79 64.               1,509             increased to over halt a million'2 ~~,12  94~~~111 -  7,950  6,47~196 53........      1,509'




January 29..   9   12     9a@11h bales, but the foreign accounts were
February 2..   10  124    10  114   11,900    5,644   -,121    2,504       50........    3,675      d     unfavorable, and this market did
5..   10  12     10  114                                                                          not respond with vigor to the stan9..   10  12         110    5,200    3,881........      81...............        81            tistical position of the article, the
12..   9   122    9   11                                                                           year closing with receipts at the
" 16..  91  12S   9|  1      1,250     698........    1,480       29........   1,509             ports 542,890 bales short of the
4
19..   91  124    9i  11                                                                           previons year, and exports 562,726 
2.3..  9   12                9,000   10,235   1,296........................    1,296             bales less. 
26..      9(@12(     9, 11
Marcl    2..   94  124    94  114    6,850   17,622     998    1,197       66........    2,261  |4~d.,,l        5..  9    11    9~~10-0
00  "      9..  94    I    94l   10   3,850    4,635      488........................      488
4 A~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~48
" 12..      941.11     91104a
16..    9@i        9  10     6,000   10,955   2,095    4,188................     6,283
"     19..  9@11       9   101
23..      I9@1    1   9@ 10i    8,200   10,887     574    1,726      154........   2,454
"     26..'9412       9@ 11
30..    91   124   9I11        9,000  16,518      462    2,256      79........     2,797
April    2..   9 1  12    9   11' 
6..   91  12     ^  11      5,000   10,978   2,460    3,112    1,751........   7,323
9..   9   124    9411 
"     13..  9@121       94ll       5,600    4,608   4,652    4,568      6.75    185    0,080
16..   9i  12!    92611
/~~~~~~~~~
20..   91  1242   9   11     8,200    7,231   3,317    2,610    2,063........    7,990
"  23..   9   12     9@11
"  27..   9   12         l 9  11  4,700    963    5,402   2,185      617........    8,204
"     30..  9    124   9(1 11
May      4..   9   13"    9@11      5,950   10,071    1,462     958........      118    2,538  4@|d.
7..9 @13        9 -2l|I                                                                                                               ^
11..   91132 9(al 8,100    7,350   4,070.................      4,070
14..   9   13     9@1U114
t 18..  9  13     91@114     3,400    3,002   3,064      670    1,326..,0606
"     21..   9   13     9@114
25..      9  13      911       3,750    9,528   1,591    1,192      593    1,287   4,663
28..     9@13      9~   11J
June     1..    913        9   11    5,100    1,831    3,110    1,266     628........    5,004   @d.
" 9       13      9%114
i      4.    9@3        91Y
8..    9   13     9@ 114    4,600    4,565......................................
~~~~~~~~~~~~4,00 4,0I0
1      4   9  13     9N11q
15..      9  13      9a11      3,350    7,725   2,636      572    1,001     555    4,764
18..     9   13     9@11i
22..    9  13      9@11      2,300    7,573   7,750    1,824       78...    9,652 
125..8412 8f11___ _____ ___                                       ___                            _________             C_




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts at New York, Weekly Exports from New York and Rates of Freight 
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop          Year ending October 1, 1841-Concluded.
EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Price of Price of Sales for Receipts ________________Rates of
1841.   New Orleans  Upland     week.   fto                                                                     GENERAL REMARKS                0
To Great   To     North-of   Other   Total  Liverpool. 
Britain. France.  Europe.Fon Ports Exports.                                                   C
June     29..  84   12i    8@11      3,900    3,949    3,210      657      598........     4,465             -echange.
July      2..  84   121    84  11                                                                   1@d. Bills on London were quoted in Oc- 
6..   8@ 121     8~@11       3,500    3,282    1,903..........................    1,903            tober, 81@9 per cent. premium; in
9..     8    12     8   10                                                                             November, 8j@9 down to 84@81;          t
13..   81  12i    84  101     3,900    3,688      279    2,686      218........     3,183            in December, 8     9; in January,
16.    8   121    8410                                                                                between 8 and 9; in February, from 
20..   81  122    8    10     3,350    2,092      424    1,915      889........     3,228             8a@9 down to 8; in March, 71@8;
"  23..   81  121    8~@10|                                                                              in April, 6~@8; in May, 8    18~; in
27..   8|1 121    84@10       4,550    3,813      546      843      477       27    1,893             June, 81@84a; in July, 7@8~; in 
30..   81   121   8    10                                                                             August, 8@9; in September, 9@94,
August 3..     81   121    8   103    2,600    1,822    1,682    2,743      3.11........    4,736     id.     closing  October 1 at 9@10 per         -
6..   8~ 121     8 (103                                                                              cent. premium,
10..   8 1  121   84   10|    4,150    2,703........     210       66........       276
13..   8@124      8I11I4
17..   81  12i    84@114      2,700    2,019    2,171      856      391........     3,418
20..   8i  121    84   lit
24..,84   121     8f11       2,450    1,075    1,739      805      625........     3,169
27..    8  121    8~11
31..    8  121    7    101   3,250      757      162    1,710      888      102    2,862                                                   i-3
Septem. 3..     8   12     7   101.Ad.                                                                                                         0
7..    7  I       7   10     2,700      816      187    1,165      404..       1,756
10..  7[   11      7@10
14.    74  12i     7   114    3,600      405      205      711      503........     1,419                                                   0
17..   7@ 121      7@1l1
21..   71  12i     7@411      3,850      802    1,064    2,491      190........     3,745 
24.   71@11U      7   101j
" 28.. 7T1@11i     7104       3,100    2,480    2,554    2,086      930        9    5,579 
October 1..    78   111     710j@ll.                                                                                                                 0
Average price
-and total sales,  10.31     9.50    222,300  250,828  71,640   57,847   16,159    3,867   149,513
receipts a n d
exports.                 __________________                                                 ______




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 275
On the 12th September 1840, I first visited, a cotton plantation.
and learned something of the vicissitudes to which the cotton plant
is subject. I then heard from the planter that the crop was exceedingly promising until the last week in August. On the 20th
August, he considered it past all danger; and, to use his own words,
he would not have given ten dollars to have his crop guaranteed.
Within three days one-fourth of it was entirely destroyed. The
result proved that this was general throughout the whole cotton
growing country. The crop showed a falling off from the previous
one of about one-fourth. The speculation based upon this was disastrous, because of the great depression resulting from the revul-.
sion of 1837. In fact, that revulsion did not terminate, that is, we
did not touch bottom, until 1842.  It is a remarkable fact that
periods of expansion and periods of contraction-I mean such as
are general throughout the world-seem to last about five years.
The next break-down was in 1847-to be succeeded by the revulsion in 1857. The depression, commencing in 1847, was checked
and modified by the discovery of gold in California.  The result
of this was a partial reaction in 1854.
Never in this country was there so little enterprise or activity
as during the five years from 1837 to 1843; never were prices so
low and property so difficult to sell.  The degree of stagnation is
indicated by the fact that in 1842 the circulation and deposits of
our banks had declined to 102T~ per capita of the population;
whereas in 1837, just before the panic, they reached 17i% per
capita of the population.
I believe they are now, in 1872, more than $30 per capita. Just
before the outbreak of our civil war in 1860 they were a little over
$15 per capita.
These facts are a key to the times.
1842.
This year (1841-42) the crop was again very short. I remember
t well. The Fall and Winter were remarkably wet; but there were
other causes at work, quite as powerful as the weather, to keep
down production. At least half the planters were deeply involved
in debt and struggling hard to extricate themselves by one expedient or another.  It was extremely difficult to borrow money at
any price.  Of course, there was no spirit of enterprise; at least
half the people regarded any such spirit with extreme suspicion.
The prevailing opinion favored what people called " hard money,"
low prices, and strict economy.  People were constantly boasting
of their cautiousness and deprecating speculation. In this tone of




276 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
the public mind was probably the main secret of General Jackson' s
wonderful popularity with the masses of the people, after he had,
by his crude and violent financial measures, plunged his country
into bankruptcy. Jackson's ideas of trade and finance were little
more than barter. He was a backwoods' Statesman, literally and
truly.  In this he fairly represented the thought of the common
people, who attributed all their misfortunes to speculators and
paper money, and mainly to the old United States Bank. The
effect of such ideas was to reduce trade to the smallest dimensions.
There was also at that time much talk of India as a cottonproducing country, and great fears expressed that the United
States would not be able to compete with her cheap and abundant
labor in raising cotton.
How changed is the public sentiment now! The South fears
no competition in cotton-raising, a/nd the whole people have learned
to love paper money and national banking.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.       277
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and    Total Amount of the Cotton Crop        of   the United   States, for
the Year ending August 31, 1842.
Same
Bales.   Bales.  Total.   period
1841.
NEW ORLEANS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  649,435
Coastwise........................................   99,832
Burnt  and  damaged...............................      950
Stock on hand 1st September, 1842.................  4,428
-         754,645
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1841.................  14,490
Received from Mobile...............................  4,565' Florida................................  2,831
"4 Texas..............................        5,101
-     26,987
268__  7727,658 813,595
MISSISSIPPI.
Export from Natchez, &c.Included  in  New  Orleans.....................................................  1,085
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign  Ports.................................  241,877
Coastwise.........................................   77,161
Stock in Mobile, 1st September, 1842...............    422
-    319,460
DeductStock in Mobile, 1st September, 1841...............'360
Received  from   Florida..............................  632
it     Texas                                     153
1,145 318,315 320,701
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  46,518
Coastwise........................................  68,048
Stock on hand 1st September, 1842.................     250
-    114,816
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1841.....................      400
_____     114,416 93,552
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 135,410
"t        Sea  Island....................... 6,976
Coastwise- Uplands..............................    79,194
Sea  Island.............................    674
222,254
From DarienTo  New  York.....................................  8,724
Burnt...........................................      450
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1842............   2,651
" Augusta and Hambro', 1st September, 1842..      2,459
236,538
Deduct —
Stock in Savannah and Augusta 1st September, 1841.             4,267
________________- _                     232,271 148,947




278    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY                  OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1842-Concluded.
Same
1841.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands...................... 184,705
Sea  Island.................  14,119
Coastwise-Uplands...............................   70,442
Sea  Island............................  341
269,607
Export from GeorgetownTo  New   York.....................................  12,617
Burnt and  lost....................................  140
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1842...........  2,747
285,111
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st September, 1841...........  4, 552
Received from Savannah.......................   16,258
Received from Florida and Key West................  4,137
-    ---   24,947
260,164 227,400
NORTH CAROLINA.
Export —
All Coastwise.....................................  9,787
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1842...............   250
10,037
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1841..................300
_ —_-       9,737 7,865
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  6,341
Coastwise........................................  4,500
M anufactured.....................................  9,000
Stock on hand, 1sl September, 1842..................  100
-----      19,941
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1841.................            928,-  --  _  19,013  20,800
Received at Philadelphia and Baltimore, overland....................2,000   1,000
Total crop  of the United  States................................. 1,683,574
Crop  of last year............................................. 1,634,945
Increase.............................................  48,629




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.        279
Export to Foreign Ports, from September 1, 1841, to August 31, 1842.
To Great   To    To North   Other   Total.
FROM                     Britain. France. of Europe. F'n Ports. Ttl
New Orleans........................Bales 421,450 183,272  21,207  23,506 649,435
*Mississippi (Natchez)........................................
Alabama................................ 185,414     49,544    1,351   5,568 241,877
Florida.............                        29,412   14,097........   3,009   46,518
Georgia (Savannah and Darien)........... 124,296     15,590    1,192   1,308 142,386
South Carolina...............  98,305   75,504   21,417   3,598 198,824
N orth   Carolina.................................................................
Virginia...........................................  5,031  650  183    477    6,341
Baltimore...............................      724..... 594.....  1,318
Philadelphia.............................   1,217       79     329       50    1,675
New York..69,548                       59,393   30,578  13,519 173,038
Boston..................................     234..3,105'498    3,837
Grand total....................... 935,631 398,129     79956   51,533 146,249
Total last year.....................  858,742 348,776  56,279  49,480 1,313,277
Increase.........................   76,889   49,353   23,677   2,053 151,972
* The shipments from Mississippi are included in the export from New Orleans.
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5,  560,000 bales.
l"     1825-6,   710,000   "
"a     1826-7,   937,000   "
1827-8,   712,000   "
":     1828-9,   857,744   "
"'     1829-30,  976,845   "
"c     1830-1, 1,038,848   "
1831-2,    987,477  "
1832-3, 1,070,438 "
1833-4, 1,205,394   "
t'     1834-5, 1,254,328   "
~'     1835-6, 1,360,725   "
<'     1836-7, 1,422,930   "
("     1837-8, 1,801,497 "
t"     1838-9, 1,360,532   "
("     1839-40, 2,177,835 "
("     1840;-1, 1,634,945
"l     1841-2, 1,683,574 "
Consumption.
To estimate the quantity manufactured in the United States, we
take the growth of the year........................................bales.. 1,683,574
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year (September
1, 1841)-In the Southern ports....................  27,479
Northern ports...................   45,000
72,479
1,756,053
Deduct therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports........1,465,249
Less Texas and other foreign included. 10,393
1,454,856




280    (MRO)NOLO(GICAL      AND    STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Brought forward.................................          1,454,856
Stocks on band at the close of the
year (September 1, 1842)In the Southern ports..............  13,307
" Northern ports...............   18,500
_ —-.31,807
Burnt and Lost at New Orleans.......    950
"s        Savannah..........      450
"l       Charleston.........    140
1,540
-    1,488,203
bales.. 267,850
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of manufacturers, 1841-2.........bales..267,850'4... 1840-1.............. 297,288.. 4                           i1839-40.............. 295,193
1838-9..............276,018
1837-8..............  246,063.1836-7.........     222,540...            t...                1835-6..............  236,733.....'                                    1834-5............. 216,888. t..                1833-4.............. 196,413
o"         "    s       "   4 1832-3.............. 194,412
<'  "          s " <      1831-2.............. 173,800
1830-1..............  182,142
<'     " "  1829-30............... 126,512
1828-9..............  118,853...... t s                                 1827-8..............  120,593
t"             "< " i  4   1826-7.............   103,483
NOTE.-It will be seen that we have deducted from the New Orleans statement the
quantity received at that port from Texas-that being a foreign country.
Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption, does not include any cotton manufactured in the States south and West of Virginia, nor any in that State, except in the
vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond.
Of the new crop, now gathering, about 3,000 bales were received previous to 1st inst.;
of which 1,734 were received at New Orleans.
The general tenor of the accounts from the cotton-growing States leads to the conclusion that the crop now coming in will exceed that of last year by several hundred thousand
bales; but the article is subject to so many vicissitudes that no certain calculation can be
made as to the quantity that may reach the market.




CHRONOLO((CIAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY O0' COTTON. 281
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current-1841-42.
The market opened in the beginning of the season under rather
unfavorable circumstances, owing to the heavy stocks of the preceding crop which remained on hand, not only in Europe, but in
Northern ports, and on account of the general stagnation in trade
on both sides of the Atlantic.  In addition to these causes of depression, sufficiently important in themselves, there was another,
which likewise exercised a very unfavorable influence on the market, viz., an over-estimate of the crop of the United States, the
opinion being pretty generally entertained, until the season was
considerably advanced, that it would reach above 1,800,000 bales,
while, by reference to our table, it will be seen that the actual receipts at the various receiving ports will fall short of 1,700,000
bales. From the scarcity of fair Cotton, and qualities above, they
have experienced but little fluctuation in value during the season,
our quotations having seldom varied more than a quarter of a cent;
but for the lower grades prices have continued gradually to recede,
and ordinary Cotton, which was worth from 8 to 81 cents in the
latter part of October, would not, since the 1st of May, command
above 4- to,6 cents.  Several causes combined to produce this
great reduction in the lower qualities. Among the most prominent
were the unusual proportion of these descriptions in the crop of
the United States, the unprecedented depression in the manufacturing trade of Great Britain, where the poorer sorts of Cotton find
their principal market, and the competition of unusually large
supplies from India, growing out of increased production and the
war with China.  Until recently, the accounts from every section
of country tributary to this market were of the most flattering
character in regard to the appearance of the crops, and a most
abundant yield was very generally anticipated; but we regret to
say that the tone of the letters from our correspondents in the in
terior has of late materially changed.  It is now said that the late
heavy and protracted rains, which have extended a large distance
above this, have introduced the boll-worm and rust into many districts, and have also caused many of the forms to shed, in consequence of which the crop will be considerably diminished.  The
labor of picking has likewise been much retarded, and the early
Cotton greatly deteriorated in quality from the same cause. A return of fair weather soon; however, would do much to lessen the
effects of these unseasonable rains.




!fe semi-weekly Price and Weekly- Sales and          Receipts at New     York, Weekly Exports from        New   York and Bates of FreTight to
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop         Year ending September 1, 1842.t
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
i8Price of Price of Sales for Receipts __________!__                                        Rates of;
1.  New Orleans  Upland.,   week    for week.                                             Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great    To    North of   Other     Total  LiverpooL
Britain. France.   Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
October   5..   7i    li    7  10i     1,950      240........................................         5-16d
K8.        7j}il_114    7 _104                                                                            This crop year was devoid of any12..   74@11       7J104      2,400      909    4,269    5,288    1,724         9   11,290             thing of interest.   After March,
15..79       12    7   104                                                                             most of the suspended banks re19..   7A@ 12      7110       4,300       980    1,079    1,247................     2,326             sumed specie payments, which im22...  71   12     7   104                                                                              parted a healthier tone to business    >
26..   7|J12       7   104     2,300    3,494    2;391      846    1,106........    4,343             generally, though the tendency of      Z
29     7a@12       7   10-4                                                                             prices throughout the year was
Novem. 2..      7412       7i   104    3,600    3,263     1,997    2,003      691       82    4,773 t@.5-16d    steadily downward. The crop year 
tl        7-47|@12   71    01                                                                             was changed     at this time from      ^
9..   73@12       7I  104    3,750     2,638........   1,525      118........    1,643             October I to September 1.
512..7|@12         7j10ot
16.    8@12      7    104    3,700     3,840      354........     555      566     1,475
"     19..    8712      7~   104 
"     23..    8  12     74   104    2,700    8,142      522      413      479        45    1,459'26..    812       71@10                                                                                                                       630..       8   12     7j910       2,250    1,438    1,127    2,833...............     3,960
Decent    3..    8_12      7@j 10                                                                    5-16@pd
7..        8I1       7@9         4,850    7,592      980........       63.            1,043
10..    811t       71'94
W14..   8@ll      74494      4,450     6,698      813    2,389      471.......      3,673
(< 17..   71i   1      7@9i4
21..   7 1 @11      7     94  5,350     1,154      809      888.......       1,697
24..   7@11 72         91
t 28..  71T@11      7@91       3,400    4,341      564    1,704.........       2,268
31..   74@11        7@94
1842.
January   4..   7@11         7@91      2,700     8,730    2,690    1,728      163      781     5,362 5-16~@T.3
7..   7 -11()      7@94                                                               ~ 
11..   7(@11a       7,9       4,100     4,774      929    1,284................     2,213
14..   7    l74(92
2918.. 7ill        7@9j      7,400     6,625     374     2,706      188      962     4,230
21..   7@'11        79a




January 25      7~@11       7@ 9      3,800     6,241    2,417    1,206     464.....      4,087
28..   7111        7@9j
February 1..   7@(11        7(@9      4,350    6,312      733     3,701     132      158     4,724 5-16@,',
4..     6'11         @ 
8 1..  6@11       6291       4,850     4,925     620     1,532     446...    2,598
" 11..      6|   11    6 59,
"  15..   63|11       6(@94      4,600    4,458    2,305    1,723      822......     4,850 
" 18..       6]_11      68a92
22..     6@11        6jg91      3r650    6,620    2,442      700      679       88    3,909
25..   6:11        6@9s
March     1.   641jll      56@94      4,600     9,669   3,197     1,851....           5,048  V/d. 
4..   6(11       5~(j@9*                                                                      2
"   8..  6    11     5@95       4,200     6,663    1,269........    217..      1,486
". 116.6( /             115^@9I
"     15..5~2_@11        5(@i9i     6,300    2,618    2,132    3,449      611       89    6,281
18.    5~(11       5@9|"     22..   5_i,11      5@9        5,800    6,803    1,378    1,000      126..       2,504
25..   5(@11       5@93
"  29..   5211        5@9|       4,300    6,941    3,564    1,446      426...    5,436
April     1..  5@11         595.16jd
5..     5~@11        5@93      4,350   10,876    2,387      110      705       915    4,117  -6
K8..  5|@1       l 5@94
12..   5@11       5(_9|       7,350    3,999    1,504    1,264    2,014.......    4,782
" 15..       5~@11      5e,93"     19..   5~.10~     5(91        4,050   10,157    2,010........     741      137    2,888
22l.. 51     10     5'9
(< 22..5i~_lO~       56-..9~
"     26..   5 (104 o   5    9-     5,950   12,150    1,254    1,889    2,024........   5,167
" 29..       52(@10~    51@9-}
ail
May       3..  5( 10       51 @9      6,500    6,106    4,282     1,414     322        73    6,091 ~   5-16d 
"<      6..  51(10~     5~@9;
10.    5( 102      5@9-       5,400    2,393    1,688      694     1,344..        3,726
" 13., 51210.           5;,9;
17..  5410       5   94      6,750    7,743       10      734    1,741    2,261    4,746
20.    5il        51 r 9;                                                                                                                   h,
24..   5   10     5@9         3,400    1,953      716      656      563    1,000    2,935
"  27..   5.10      ( 54Q91 9
"  31..   54  Il     5i@9        6,030    8,494    2,862      542    1,951    1,054    6,409
June      3..   5   104      @ 5 9.                                                           -(3-16d                                           0
7..   5_ 104    5~(9~       5,022    3,557      921........      726........    1,647
10.       54@10      5 4.91
14..     54(q104    51@9I       4,600    6,264      607    1/,69      993      880    3549
17.. 5@,10J 5i@9 ____                                      _____ 




New York Statement for Year 1842-Concluded.
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                        -            Rates of
1842.   New Orleans  Upland.  week. for week.                                        Freight to       GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great   To   North of  Other   Total Liverpool.Q
Britain. France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. 
June    21..  54I104    5i@9i      5,500   9,298   1,545     87    1,601     132   3,365
24..  54i10i    5j@9i
"  28..  6 11   53 @9      6,700   4,882.  1,479      26     179     655   2,339                     Ehange. 
July     1.. |611        59        2                       i 23-16d Sixty days' Bills on London opened.
5..   6  11    54 9i      2,600   2,445   2,130   3,113     300     605   6,148           in September at 9@91 per cent.?
98..  6 11         o  A3 nn       qK?               ~       1^ ii                         premium, and subsequently. ad12..   6 11     5   94     4700    2,562...     432     165     563   1,160           vanced to 9-@94; in October the     z
15..   6  11    54 94
4q"  ft/^n  ^Hoi  ^ nnn  o ofio  i ^a  1 ^9  ^       I                    range was from 91 to 10~; in No19..   6 11     5a 9j      4,000   2,268   1,568   1,662     325   1,036   4,591           rnvember, wsr0; inDecembe9,t 0   i o
"  22..  6 11   5^Qt? 94?vember, 9~10; in December, 8_@
26..   6  11    5469 |     2,650   1,820   1,024   1,254     646........  2,924           9; in January, 814(74a; in Feb- 
29.. 611     1 9j      21                                66....2,4ruary, 7j@84; in March, from 7(@ ~
August 2..     6  11    5   94     3,550   2,737'  921     787    1,385........  3,093  j@-d.    8 d;; 5..  6C< 104l2ff  6  9                                                                in3,5500| 2,73794 | oo 921................  alb/-i |^ 3'0 9? | J-d' i n May, 7the 8;t in June, 8f61; i6n 
12..   6  10o   54  9      4,800   2,794     238     678 |..916                               to 5  6.in Aust, steady 
16..   6  104   54 -a9     2,600   1,267    | 504    471..-....   681   1,656           at 64@7; andn September, 7@7..;
19..   6 @10    54  9
23..   6  104   54  9      2,800   2,221   1,046     386   1,179   1,428   4,039
26..   6  104   5a9 9
30..   6  104 55     9     2,425   1,476   1,118     400   1,150........  2,668
Septem. 2..                                                                              3-160id 
6..   6  104   54@ 9      3,850    783      779     263     362........   1,404
Average prices
ecand totalae,  8.75     7.85    211,227 234,853  69,548  59,393  -29,897  14,200  173,038
exports.,,                                                                                         -______________ (_7~,, 19. 6 10~ 5~~9~~~~~~~~~~~~~




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1842.
UNITED STATES, 1841-1842.                   Stock 1stJan., 1842, in....... Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe. 
Stock, October 1,         Export...........1,466,000    United States.........Bales.   254,000   279,000     94,000    57,000     430,000 
1841...........  82,000 Consumption.      268,000    Brazil...               44,000    44,000      3,000     3,000      50,000   z
Receipts.......... 1,684,000 Stock, Oct. 1, 1842  32,000  West Indies.................  23,000    27,000, 000    9,000      42,000
----   -,-.-' —,East Indies.............    80,000   157,000      1,000     3,000     161,000   C
Bales............. 1,766,000 Bales............ 1,766,000  Egypt....................    29,000    31,000     28,000    19,000      78,000 
Bales....................  430,000    538,000   132,000     91,000    761,000 
CONSUMPTION.                                                                                              -   -
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.       IMPORT.
1,488,000   160,000    366,000   962,000    898,000....United States.........Bales;  964,000  1,019,000  381,000   159000   1,506000 0
90,000     7,000     13,000    70,000     70,000.....Brazil......................  86,000   86,000    12,000      8,000    103,000 
69,000     18,000    28,000    23,000     19,000....West Indies.................  16,00      2000      34,000     18,000     70,000 
240,000     68,000     5,000    167,000   135,000...East Indies.................  170000   255000       6,000    71000     264,000 
118,000    62,000     29,000    27,000     27,000....Egypt... 1.................  18,000        00     14000        000     108,000 
2,005,000   315,000    441,000  1,249,000  1,149,000..Bales....................... 1,254,000  1,398,00   447,000    332,000  2,051,000............................  126,000  79,000  Export.
807,000    108,000   138,000   561,000    456,000 Stock, Dec. 31....... Stock above,  430,000  538,000   132,000    91,000    761,000
2,812,000    423,000   579,000  1,936,000 1 1,684,000 Total supply, bales.....       1,684,000 1,936,000    579,000   423,000   2,812,000   h




COTTON ATLIVERPOOL. YEAR 1842.
RECEIPTS.                                SALES.                     STOCKS.            PRICES.
ENDING.~ACTUAL                                                                                                                         CON- 
Ameilc'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.    Con-   Specu- Export   Total. Amer'n. Other.   Total. Mid. Mid. Dhol1 EXORT SUPTION.
sumption. lation.                                       Up. Orl.
Jan.   7..   14,883... 2,022        1,028   643    18,576   22,880    750    300   23,930251,500173,910425,500 5*    55    3-     300    22,880 
"  14..  13,068 9,705......     4,217......   26,990   17,840   3,100   200   21,140249,500182,500432,000 5       5    3     200     40,720
21..     27,489 12,074  1,468     639    678   42,348   19,340    500   1,000  20,840259,000193,500452,500 5       5    3    1,000    60,060
"   28..    20,044  6,063......  4,466     23   30,596   18,510     450  1,190   20,150262,500199,000461,500        5    3    1,190    78,570
Feb.   4..   23,389............     674.......  24,063   24,380   2,500  2,830   29,710 264,500 193,000 457,500 4   5    3    2,830   102,950
11..    9,418............    1,916...... 11,334  23,970  2,900    850   27,720253,500191,500445,000 4       5   3      850    126,920
18..   29,174  5,655  1,312    796    467    37,404   18,870    500    260   19,630269,000199,500463,500 4       5   3      260   145,790
"    25..   38.336......    350   1,816    330   40,832   17,590   2,000 3,600    23,190 291,000 192,500 483,500 43  47   3    3,600   163,380 
M      4..   17,703.........................    17,703   23,900   3,600  1,100   28,600 287,500 187,500 475,000 4   4    3    1,100   187,280 
11..     43,159 4,368     911   4,812    772   54,022   20,150   4,200 2,450   26,800314,000192,500506,500,4      47   3    2,450   207,430    r
18..   13,719 6,753......     997     97    21,566   19,590  2,000  1,800   23,390 308,000 196,500 504,500 43   47  3     1,800  227,020     r
24..    16,404 4,339.............        8   20,751   15,370   1,800   800   17,970 311,500 197,500 509,000 4    4    3      800   242,390
April 1..    43,890  8,235   489.......     455   53,069   16,690   1,200  1,050   18,940 342,000 200,000542,000 4    43   3    1,050   259,080
8..    5,142............    3,059......    8,201    3,650  3,000 19,110   25,760 328,500 145,000 527,500 4     4  3    19,110  262,730
15..     6,595..........  1,345......    7,940   24,930 12,000  2,100   39,030 314,000 184,000508,000 43    47   2    2,100   287,660
22..    3,592 3,302......     2,388    696    9,978   23,570 14,050  2,300   39,920 300,500 192,000 492,500          2    2,300   311,230
29..    40,431 1,666............      221    42,318   16,210  2,000   1,700   19,910 327,000 188,500 515,500 4   4    2    1,700   327,440
May    6..   88,642.......... 10,759..    99,401   16,330   1,2001,000     18,530402.500195.000597.5004       4    2    1,000   343,770
13..    56,285 3,200..................     59485    23,390   1,0501,800    26,240436,000194,000630,000 4       4    2    1,800   367,160
20..    23,045................         875   23,920   24,150  5,0002,100     31,250434,500 180,500625,0004       43   2    2,100   391,310
27..       44,237  1,479......     90.114   45,920   32,030   9,2001,100     42,330452,000 186,000638,000      44    2    1,100   423,340
June   3..   29,954......1,335..                 31,289   26,810   6,5001,140     34,450 457,500 182,000 639,500.  47   2    1,140   450150 
10..      6,470...................      214   6,684   22,400  2,500  1,710   26,610443,000178,500621,500         4    2    1,710  472,550
17..     3,181.........................       3,181   11,850  5,500 3,560    20,910434,000176.000610,000 4       4    2    3,560   484,400
24..    36,535 12,104...................     48,639   22;990   1,400  2,150  26,540 450,500 182,500 633,000 44        2    2,150   507,390
July   1.......... 4,773..........  415    5,188   24,410   1,500  1,540   27,450 456,500 188,000 644,500   4      2    1,540   531,800
"   8..   36,070 5,379.          2,507......43,956       21,340  1,5001,400     24,240473,500192,500666,000         4   27    1400   553,140
15..    33,006..................      663   33,669   24,250  4,300 2,000    30,550 486,500 187,500 647,000      44  2     2,000   577,390
22..   10,255...... 1,539     1,202   127    13,123   23,190 11,800 3,000    37,990 476,000 184,500 660,500      43  27   3,000   600,580
t 29..  9,637............   2,041 2,053    13,731   30,950  3,700    820   35,470 458,500 183,000 641,500 4    4   2      820   631,530
Aug. 5..      1,030  1,420.............     10    2,460   40,360 13,000     700   54,060 428,000 175,000 603,000 4-  4    3      700   671,890
< 12..  28,122  2,554  1,046  1,232......    32,954   23,010 11,250  2,200   36,460436,500174,000610,500 5 5         3    2,200   694;900
"  19..     5,754...................     408    6,162   10,740 14,400  1,030   26,170 433,000 171,500 604,500 5    5j   3W   1,030  705,640
"   26..    11,110 4,505..................     15,615   22,680 20.4001   690    43,770 427,500 170,000 597,500 5: 5     31     670   728,320




Sep.  2..    1,480 2,536......     781   292    5,089   15,470  4,950   680   21,100 418,000 168,500 586,500i 5*    5 3    680   743,790
"    9..      225 4,990......   2,762    92    8,069  11,670   1,200 1,200   14,070 408,000 172,500 580,500 5  5~   3i 1,200    755,460
"  16..  3,852 16,765............  1,966  22,583  11,410    500    500   12,410 402,500 188,000 590,500 5j  51  3:    500  766,870
"   23..    3,606 5,573......3,697 2,124      15,000  12,010.......   700   12,710 396,000 197,000 593.000 5W  54  3     700   778,880
"   30..    1,575....   2,294   1,089   452    5,410  15,070   1,300   450   16,820350,500 190,000540,500 50   5   3-     450   793,950    f
Oct.  7............... 1,180.......  1,116    1,296   13,280  2,500   700   16,480 340,000 189.500 529500 5   5*   3     700   807,230 t
t  14..  2,431  6,678 2,852......   153   12,114  15,290  1,600    350   17,240 331,000 194,500 525.500 47  5  3      350   822,520
21..   3,661 3,295............. 3,354   10,310  136,030 323,500 198,000 521,500 4-                       5   3      500   836,450 t
Ad  28..    4,770 3,070......    3,676    52   11,568  17,560 10,000    300   27,860 316,000 196,000 512,000 5  5   3      300   854,010 
Nov. 4..       532..............  15     547   19,590  3,700   470   23,760 300,000 192,500 492,500 5  5[    3    470   873,600 
11..    1,263 1,968...................   3,231   29,120  3,500    200  32,820 278,500 189.500 467,000 47  5   3      200   902,720 z
18..   5,077 6,203......   6,653 1 154    19,087  24,360  2,000    400  26,760 265,500 195,000 460,500 4   5   3      400  927,080    5
25..      6,698 6,081  1,070  3,688......   17,537  33,690 15,000......   48,690 247,000 198,000 445,000 54  51  3......   960,770 
Dec.  2..   11,917 1,593......   2,095    54   15,659   27,850 19,100   100   47,050 240,000 190,500 430,500 54  54  3     100   988,620'
9..        27,838 5,241 1,807    1,620   374   35,880  16,150   6,500   500   23,150 254.000 195,500 449,500 5  5   3      500 1,004,770 
(    M16..  21,463 3,459......   320    884   26,126  20,320   1,750   200   22,270 260,500 184,500 445,000 44  5  3      200 1,025,090   Z
23..    14,481...........   6,962   929   22,372   26,800  6,500    150  33,450 254.000 197,500 451,500 47  5   3     150 1,051,890 t
30..      30,874....................   330   31,204  29,300   6,500   300   36,100 255,000194500449,500 44    5   3      300 1,081,190 w
0
totlsalesr- 931,61216502617,34080,662 22,620o1,217,260o1,081,190o258,950o78,2801o,418,420                 4.86 4.98 2.9878,2802,079,300
--------------------------------------------------------— 0




288    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1843.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1843.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1842.
NEW. ORLEANS.                      -       -         -
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports.................................  954,738
Coastwis................................. 134,132
Burnt and damaged..                                      500
Stock on hand 1st September, 1843.................    4,700
1,094,070
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1842.................    4,428
Received from Mobile..............................   10,687
Florida.............................    3,381
"<     Texas..............................    15,328
--         33,824, 1,060,246  727,658
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  366,012
Coastwise;............................ 115,882
Stock in Mobile 1st September, 1843................   1,128
483,022
DeductStock in Mobile 1st September, 1842............422
Received from Florida.............................       886
----        1,308
- 481,714   318,315
FLORIDA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports................58,901
Coastwise........................................  102,237
Stock on hand 1st September, 1843.................      200
I —--     161,338
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1842.........................      250
161,088 114,416
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Upland...................     186,655
"i        Sea  Island...................       6,444
Coastwise-Uplands..............................      86,681
Sea  Islands...........................    1,046
280,826
Export from DarienTo New York and Providence......................     13,656
Stock in Savannah 1st September, 1843..............   3,347
" Augusta and Hambro', lst September, 1843..       7,401
-__- 305,230
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st September, 1842.    5,110
Received from Florida.............................      629
5,739
299,491  232,271




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 289
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1843.-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1842.
SOUTH CAROLINA.                     -
Export from CharlestonTo foreign ports-Uplands......................... 257,035
Sea Island.......................  16,351
Coastwise-Uplands.........................          78,523
Sea  Island.............................     681
352,590
Export from GeorgetownTo New York and Providence.......................   13,042
Stock in Charleston 1st September, 1843............  8,274
-     373,906
DeductStock in Charleston 1st September, 1842.............  2,74
Received from Savannah.........................      14,916'"      Florida and Key West...............    4,585
22,248
----- 351,658 260,164
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo-Foreign  Ports..................................     512
Coastwise.................................8,577
btock on hand 1st September, 1843.............   200
9,289
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1842.......................    250
9,039    9,737
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports...................................  1,917
Manufactured....................................    9,347
Stock on hand 1st September, 1843..........       975
12,239
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1842............................  100
12,139   19,013
Received at Philadelphia and Baltimore, overland................   3,500    2,000
Total crop of the United States.............................. 2,378,875 1,683,574
Crop  of  last year............................................. 1,683,574
Increase..............................................   695,301
19,




-290    OHRONOL     GI(CAL AND     STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
Export to Foreign Ports, from     September 1, 1842, to August 31, 1843.
To Great   To     To North iFreihgn  TotaL.
PROM                     Britain.  France. ofEnrope. Ports.
New Orleans (bales)...... 679,438  180,875   50,882   43,543 954,38
Alabama................................    283,382   55,421    8,032   19,177 366,012
Florida.......................                                         1,700  58,901
Georgia (Savannah and Darien)..........    169,676   15,126    6,621    1,676 193,099
South Carolina....... 201,645                        53,725   15,646    2,370  273,386
North  Carolina...........................    512................    512
Virginia................................  1,735.  182........  1,917
Baltimore.........................24.............              246
Philadel  phia........................................    1,059
k...............................  79,259   36,796
New Yoi k..79,259 36,796 35,340 6,311 157,706
Boston.........................                                  845 1,716 2,561
Grand total........................ 1,469,711 346,139 117,794     76,493 2,010,137
Total last year..................... 935,631 398,129     79,956!1,531 1,465,249
Increase............................   534,080.37,838          24,962 544,888
Decrease..................................  51,990..................
Mr- The shipments from Mississippi are included in the export from New Orleans.
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5...... bales.  560,000 Total crop of 1834-5......bales. 1,254,328
" 1825-6............  710,000       "      1835-6............ 1,360,725
1826-7........   937,000        "      1836-7............ 1,422,930
1827-8............   712,000        "      1837-8............  1,801,497
4"    1828-9...........    857,744         "      1838-9............ 1,360,532
1829-30...........  976,845        "       1839-40........... 2,177,83;5
1830-1............ 1,038,848         "      1840-1............ 1,634,945
4"     1831-2............  987,477         "      1841-2............ 1,683,574
1832-3............ 1,070,438        "       1842-3............ 2,378,875
1833-4............ 1,205,394
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated................ bales.      2,378,875
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1,
1842, in  the Southern  ports....................................  13,307
"  Northern ports....................................    18,500
~ —-.31,807
Makes a supply of... 2,410,682
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 2,010,137
Less-Texas and other foreign............................    20,070
~ —-- 1,990,067
Stocks on hand at the close of the year, September 1, 1843.
In the Southern ports................................   26,225
In the Northern ports.                                  68,261
94,486
Burnt and lost at New Orleans............................       500
"        New    York..............................      500
1,000
2,085,553
325,129.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.        291Quantity consumed by and tn the hands of Manufacturers.
1842-3............. bales    325,129   1833-4..................bales.   196,413
1841-2........       267,850   1832-3....................   194.412
1840-1........................  297,288   1831-2........................  173,800
1839-40.......................   295,193   1830-1........................  182, 1-'1
1838-9....                       276,018.  1829-30...............   126,512
1837-8........   246,063   1828-9........................    118,853
1836-7........................   222,540   1827-8........................   120,59:3
1835-6........................   2 6, 733  1826-7........................   103,483
1834-5........................    216,888
Note.-It will be seen, that we have deducted from the New Orleans statement, the
quantity received at that port from Texas-Texas being a foreign country.
Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption, does not include any cotton
manufactured in the States, south and west of Virginia, nor any in that State, except in
the vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond.
Of the new crop, now gathering, but little over 300 bales had been received previous
to 1st inst.
The general tenor of the accounts from the cotton growing States leads to the conclusion, that the crop now coming in will not reach that.of last year by several hundred
thousand bales. The article is subject to so many vicissitudes, that no certain calculation
can be made as yet as to the quantity that may reach the market.




292  CHRONOLOGIOAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTDN.
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1842-43.
Among the peculiar features developed during the past season,
we may notice the increased activity and extension of our home
manufactures, consequent upon a more favorable adjustment of the
tariff and the opening of a trade in goods and cotton with China.
This last new resource' has already attained some considerable importance, in view of the brief period that has elapsed since its commencement; and a spirited rivalry appears to be maintained between our own country and Great Britain for ascendency in the
markets of the Celestial Empire. Already, as we see stated in the
Northern papers, have cotton goods to' the extent of 15,000,000
yards been shipped from  this country to China, while only
12,000,000 are known to have gone from England; and if the success of the American manufacturer in this enterprise be equal to
that which has attended him in other parts of the world, in his
competition with the British for the supply of heavy fabrics, the
rivalry will not be of long duration, unless some modification of
the duties on the raw material should give a more favorable position to the manufacturers of Great Britain. From our own port,
two cargoes of raw cotton, amounting to 4,303 bales, have been
shipped to Canton, and other shipments, though we know not to
what extent, have been made from the ports of the North. With
regard to the coming crop, we shall venture a few brief remarks,
confining ourselves to those sections of the country which find an
outlet in this market. We believe it to be generally conceded that
the late spring which prevented planting at the proper period,
and subsequent heavy and long continued rains during the growing season, have retarded the maturing of the plant some three to
four weeks, a fact which may prove of essential detriment, as we
believe it to be established that, however favorable other circumstances may be, the extent and quality of the crop mainly depend
upon the duration and character of the picking season. From
some sections also, complaints are made of attacks from the caterpillar, etc.; but these are only partial, though there seems to be a
very general impression that, under all the circumstances which'
are known to have transpired, and to which we have above referred, no future union of incidents even the most favorable is
likely to swell the production to an amount equal to the extraori
dinary yield of the past season.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1843.
UNITED STATES, 1842-1843.                    Stock 1st Jan., 1843, in...... Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock, Oct.,'42..  32,000 Export......... 1,992,000    United States......... Bales.  260,000  282,000   109,000    57,000     448,000 (
Receipts........ 2,379,000 Consumption....   325,000     Brazil......................  57,000  57,000  2,000    4,000      63,000 
Stock, Oct. 1,'43  94,000    West Indies..................  18,000   22,000     12,000     9,000      43,000   0
~~_________,    *    ^      0*      East Indies.................  101,000   178,000     2,000      6,000    186,000 (
Bales............ 2,411,000 Bales........... 2,411,000  Egypt..................  20,000    22,000     13,000    32,000      67,000 (
Bales.....................  456,000    561,000   138,000    108,000    807,000 (
CONSUMPTION, 1843.                                                           - 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.    IMPORT, 1843.
1,689,000   193,000   351,000  1,145,000  1,045,000... United States......... Bales. 1,287,000  1,397,000  334,000  200,000  1,880,000 (
99,000     8,000      8,000    83,000     83,000.... Brazil......................  99,000     99,000    12,000      9,000    115,000 (
61,000    13,000     20,000    28,000     23,000... West Indies...........   15,000     20,000    17,000     12,000     49,000 (
171,000    52,000 I    4,000   115,000     89,000.... East Indies................  111,000   182,000     5,000     51,000    186,000 (
135,000    71,000     23,000    41,000     39,000...-.Egypt......................  46,000  46,000  21,000  116,000    173,000 (
2,155,000   337,000   406,000  1,412,000  1,279,000..................   Bales, 1,558,000  1,744,000  389,000  388,000  2,403,000..            0,00....... 108,000      81,000 Export. 
1,055,000   149,000    121,000   785,000   654,000 Stock, Dec. 31.     Stock above,   456,000   561,000    138,000   108,000     807,000 (
3, 210,000  496,000    527,000  2,305,000  2,014,000 Total supply, bales.............. 2,014,000  2,305,000  527,000  496,000  3,210,000   0
0




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1843.
RECEIPTS.                                SALES.                    STOCKS.            PRICES.
WEEK____________ ________________________ ___________ ____ACTUAL CONENDING.                                                                                                           --        EXPORT SUMPTION..
Americ'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.   Con-   Specu- Export. Total. Amer'n. Other. Total. Mid. Mid. D)hol
- -rcn E.__ I, _  Egysumption. lation.                                                  Up. Orl.
Jan.   6..   18,201..........     459    959   19,619   19,470  4,000    500   23,970263,500193,000456,500 4      5   3      500    19,470
" 13       16,116  1,714 2,458    7,438.......  27,726  22,200   4,600   450   27,250255,000200,000455,000 47     5    3      450    41,670
20.. 24,221....................     24,221   17,140  3,500    550   21,190261,500196,500 458.000 4P    4i   3     550     58,810 
27     47,568............      897     79   48,544   23,280   2,0001,400    26,680 286,500 194,500 481:000 4   4P   3    1,400    82,090
Feb.   3..   63,451............   5,448    515   69,414  23,600   4,000 1,200    28,800 326,500 197,000 523,500 48  4   3    1,200   105,690.       9,910..       1,258.........     11,168   28,130  9,500    700   38,330 309,500 194,500504.000 4z   45   3     700   133,820 
17..       907......    987   1,178......   3,072   22,910   4,000  1,000  27,910 289,500 193,500 483,000 4 143    3    1,000   156,730;
24................ 1,297  1,220...... 2,517  31,480.14,000  400  45,880264,000 190,000454,000 41    43   3      400   188,210   Z
Mch    3      5,923...... 1,297    1,220......    8,440   12,390  3,000 1,300    16,690 258,500 189,500 448,000- 41 41 3     1,300   200,600
10..    60,2373,437                    164   63,838   18,130  4,000    500   22,630 301,500 190,500492,000 1 4   3   3     500   218,730
17.     177,256 2,172.        1,625  2,3621g3,415     23,160  3,300    400   26,860 456,000 192,500648.500 4    4    3     400   241,890    H
24..     28,581 3,143......    1,480     15   33,219   37,850 14,000    300   52,150 446,000 193,500639,500 4    4    3     300    279,740
31..    4,333 3,607...................      7,940   29,630 23.000 3,400    56,030420,000189,000609,000 1      4 4  3    3,400  309,370
April 7..102,680............       2,625  1,108106,413     17,690  5,300  1,920   24,910 504,500 189,000 693,500 4- 41 2l     1,920   327,060
13..    35,611..... 3,493     2,348   590   42,042   19,480   9,000  1,200  29,680523,000189,500712,500 4k     41 2l 1,200       346,540
21..    56,726 2,216 2,042    2,658......  63,642   26,230   5,000 2,800   34,030 553,500 191,000 744.500 4k  4-   2|   2,800   372,770
28..     76,673............    3,137 1,189   80,999   19,230   5,000  1.900  26,130 607,500181,500 799,000 4    4.1 2     1,900   392,000 
May    5..   11,859..............       877    12,736  25,850 12,000 3,370     41,220591,500188,000 779,500 4    4I   2    3,370   417,850
12..     13,588 1,639......    2,767     87   18,081   16,600 31,700    700   49,000592,000187,500779,500 41     4           700   434,450
1..   13,588               52,   0   0 87  1                                                                   4- i2    - 700! 434,450    j.
19..   18,165 5,770 2,661.......      554   27,150   22,930 11,500    750   35,180587,500191,000778,500 4      4   21     750   457,380
26..   68,520  2,489 1,400   1,258    106   73,773   17,860  4,700 1,250    23,810 638,500 193,000 831,500 4*  4    2    1,250  475,240
26.     6852    23,48961,400                                         44121!,258506                                               475,40 
June 2..     38,908 8,729..... -3,971       316   51,924   25,620  2,000  1,000   28,620650,000198,000 848,000      144  2    1,000   500,860 
9..        77,093  2681 3,290     1,997   760'85,821  22,700   1,000  1,000  24,700 706,000 204,000 910,000 4   41       2 1,000  523560
9.. 77,093 2,681329      197      764'4
16..  43,488................      1,400   44,888   21,800    500    900   23,200730,000201,00931,500 4       4    2     900   545,360
23.    23,295................... 1,836    25,131   20,410   1,700   300   22,410 736,000 199,500 935,500 4   4    2     300    565,570
" 30..  22,090...... 1,752             20   23,862   22,870  1,000  2,500   26,370714,000198,000912,000 3      4    2    2,500  588,640
July   7..   74,066 1,909......    2,815    227   79,017   25,930    750  1,350   27,030 764,500 199,000 963,500 3   4   21    1,350  614,570
14..      8,728 14,350.       4,060......   27,138  20,200   2,600 3,000    25,800 754,065 213,349 967,414 3  4    21   3,000   634,770
21..    17,961...... 1,760    3,280......   23,001   26,700   2,500 7,350   36,550744,500211,500 956,000 4     41   2~   7,350   661,470
28..     22,713...... 3,103     3,759......   29,575   22,870   3,600  1,900  28,370 748,500 213,000 961,500 4   41.21    1,900   684.340
Aug. 4       12,554...... 1,110    1,128    121   14,913   27,110  3,500    850   31,460732,500208,500 941,000 4    4'   2      850   711,4.!
11..     19,683...      1,499    900..... 22,082  20,340   6,600  1,650  28,5901735,500205,000940,500 4     41 2      1,650   731,790
18..    5,277 5,454   1,616......    622   12,969   36,940  9,500    750   47190710,000 204,000 914,000 4     41 27      750   768,730
"  25..   5,401 4,095 2,256     1,830   105   13,687   30.4601 17.000  1,150  48,610690,500197,500898,000 4{     4 4  2    1.150   799,190
"                                                   4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~8,069,0




Sep...     6,168...............  3,020  9,188  31,680' 29,300  2,150   63,130'670,500 201,0001871,500 4   4~    2|  2,150    830,870
8..    6,698  2,457.....    600......    9,755   25,430 12,200   1,830   39,460 654,50200,000 854,500 4      41   2     1,830   856,300
15..    2,637 4,152......    1,042  1,353    9,184    27,990 20,200  1,500   49,690638,000196,0001834,000 41 41 2           1,5001  884,290
22..    1,762 12,644......  2,958    450   17,814    21,910 18,000    570    40,480 622,500 207,000 829,500 43  4-   24    -70     906,200    n
"   29.....     1,698...   3,315.       5,013   21,090   2,500    700   24,290 604,500208,000 812,500 4]    41   23     700   927,290 
Oct.   6..      750...... 5,376      952    880    7,958   41.580 31,000   1,500   74,OSO 571,500 206,000 777,500 4[' 4     3    1,500   968,870     ~
"    13..      721 4,337......    1,666.......   6,724   39,180 52,400......    91,580 545,500 200,000 745,500 5    51   3...... 1,008,050 3
20..    1,817............   1,803....   3,620    17,770 11,000    300    29,070 533,000 198,6000731,000 4g   5   3      300 1,025,820     Z
t   27..      632 2,763   1,377   3,342......    8,114   15,080   3,000    200   18,280 521,000 202,000 723,000 43   47   3      200 1,040,0 
Nov.   3..      716 2,622.......   4,532...      7,870    11,050  5,000.......   16,050 511,000 167,500 718,500 4   4    3...... 1,051,950     0
"  10    1,284  2,699......  1,831    268    6,082    24,240  3,450    300    27,990 490,500 209,500 700,000 44  49   3      300 1,076.190., 17......................  2,906     62    2,968   19,580 11,000......    30,580 474,000209,500 683,500 43    47   3.... 1,095,770 
"   24..     5,411 3,149   3,672   5,414......   17,646   20,630 11,000......  31,630 463,000 227,000 680,000 4  4    3...... 1,116,400    >
Dec.   1.     6,090..      385     614    643    7,732   25,360 17,000......    42,360450,000211,500661500 4. 5          3... 1,141,760
8.8.        9,868 4,212......    1,228......   15,308   19,710   5,000......   24,710 443,500 203,500 757,000 47   5    3... 1,161,470.
15..        7,611 6,478...................  14,089  26,140  8,100......  34,240 429,000216,500 645,500 4     5    3...... 1,187,610 %
"l  22..     9,528  1,560  1,560.........       12,638   19,730   4,000    550   24,280 423,500204,000 637,500 4     5    3      5501,207,340 
"   29..   18,231............   1,876  1,988   22,095   30,660 12,700           43,360        211,000......   5    5    31,238,000 n
Aver^piees |e 1, 291,807 108729 45,649 97,004 19,679 1,562,868 1,238,000 486,200 59,290 1,775,490                  4.37 4.5 2.83 59,290 2,380,769 
eeipt &  stocks..
H
s-4
0




lThe semi-weekly Pr7ie and     Weekly Sales and Receipts at New        York, Weekly Exports from       New   York and Rates (of Freight to
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop        Year ending September 1, 1843.
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.                                                               C>
Price of Fair Price of Fair Sales for Receipts  _                                    Rates of 
184.     New Orleans  Upland. w    eek.f                                                 Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
To Great    To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.                                       0
Britain. France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.                                                 ^
Septem. 6..     0@9        0@8*       3,850     783..........................,....... 3-16@d 
9..    0(9        0  8i.                                                                        In December, 1842, advices were re-     0
13..    09         0@8       3,250      357    1,543........      440........    1,983            ceived from England of a conclu-.
16..    0@9        0   81                                                                            sion of a treaty of peace between    >
20..    0@94       0  84     3,000    4,215      673........  1,079........  1,752            that nation and China, and the con- 
23.     0  9       0@8i                                                                             sequent opening of five of the north-  >
27..    0 @9       08        2,950      414    1,124.................    237     1,361            ern ports of China, hitherto closed X
30..          0 @9       0  8.                                                                            to foreigners; this enlargement of    t
October 4..     0(         0  8~      2,300    1,226 1,2 156      133      614      134    2,037 3-16@d     markets to    manufactured go6ds      t
"      7..    0@9        0@8                                                                              gave an impetus to the demand for     e
11.     0@9        08        2,800    2,595    1,062      754      125........  1,941            cotton, and prices at once advanced   >
14..   0@9        0@8                                       2i cents per pound.                                                           4
I 18 1  09.  00@98t          1,500    5,250      878      406      103........   1,387          The early part of the crop year was
21..        99         88 9very unfavorable for the staple, the o                                                                              -
25..    9@94       8@8       2,400    2,823    1,121       99      207     175     1,602            season being wet and very back- 
28..      9  94      8(8I                                                                             ward, the bloom not appearing in     I"
Novem. 1..      9   9      8@8        3,220    2,940    1,204     491      209........    1,904 1@5-16d    Georgia until June 12, and in Lou"      4..   8a  9      7,                                        isiana June 9; speculation in conse- 
8..                  8      3,100    1,694.................................         quence was rife respecting a short 
11..   84~8       7   8.crop, as the crop of 1838, which did
15..   8@8k       7   8      5,550   13,772      927      779      533      358    2,597            not bloom through the cotton belt     X
18.. o~8          7   7.                                                                            until June 14, was 446,000 bales less o
22..   8          7   7      4,700    7,326    1,090      492      142........    1,724            than the crop of the previous year;
"  25..  8@ 8,7  7later in the season frosts occurred ~
29..         88        7    7      4,850   5,754    1,513      918      279........    2,710            early, October 14 and 18, which asDecem.    2..  7( 7a        7  74i@id.                                                                       sisted in curtailing the crop, and 0
6..  7@7         7 @7      5,050    8,095    1,385    1,062       48........    2,495            through a considerable portion of
9..   7@79        7@ 7                                                                             the year there was a strong specau
13..   7@0         7(0       2,940    8,247      526      608       50........    1,184            lative feeling, though prices did not
16..   7t@0        7  0                                                                             vary very greatly.
"  20..   7@0         7  0      6,550    6,230    1,614    1,260      272........    3,146
23..   7,@72       7  7
27..   7|  7}      7@77      8,950    7,238    3,118      602........      482    4,202




Decem. 30. 7@7    7@7t,7
1843.
January 3..7 ~     7 7    4,350 13,066  4,827  2,710  989  927  9,453 @.-d.
"   1 6.. 7 @6   7 7j
10..  77|   6   77.7,650  12,742........................................
"   13..   7    6  7
17.. 7  7   6  7    6,20o  13,874  4,831  1,208  635........  6,674
" 20..    7     6 @(6
24.  7 7;   6 6     7,650  8,977  3,929  1,255  1,005..  6,189
"   27..  7  7     6*7
31.  7  737 6  6j  9,300  4,966  3,368  1,369  842........  5,579
February 3..77    6 6
7..    7  7   6  6    7,250  9,666  3,038  320  3,755.......  7,113 
It  10   7 7    6 @6*
14   7  7   6  6    5,950  10,539  3,040  2,444  987  62  6,533
"   17..  7  7  6  6
1 21..  7  7  6  6 7 5,000  5,277  4,891  891  2,791  876  9,449
24.   6|J7   6  61
28.. 6| 7   6   6   6,500  4,931  997  673  1,590........  3,260 
March  3.. 6@7    6 63Id.
1 7.. 6| 7  6@6     5,150  1,145  2,584.......  377.......  2,961 
10. 6 @7    6@66
14..  6 @7  6  6    2,700  8,770  1,627  1,753  699  121  4,200
17..    7     Q66
21.. 6a 7    0@6    5,800  7,745  1,007  395  2,205.... 3,607
24.. 6       0@7 6
283..  -6@7  6  76  7,150  3,236  4,041      805........  4,846
"  3l..6, @7 6 7 @6|i@d.
April  4..  64@7  6  6@6  4,800  7,594  2,668  1,169  1,729  80  5,646 
"  7.. 6,,@7                " 64@6|4
" 11..  6|4G&7  616@6  7,050  4,427  774  960  1,737........  3,471
*' 14..  6|@7 6^ 6
18..  7@7-  6j@61   5,950  2,143  887  791   602    95  2,375
21..  71@0  6 _17
25..  74@7i  6(7     8,050  5,175  3,878  1,298  544......  5,720
28.. 74@74   64@7 
May   2..7@7      7@7t    6,550  3,942  1,816  1,407  910  1,419  5,552 -@5-16d
5.. 7 1~734  7@7C'    9..  7'  74  7 7   6,550  2,898........  817  466.......  1,283 
"   12..  7(7    7 74
16    7   (7|  7@7;  2,950  9,184  1,088  62  450   370  1,970
" 19.. 77                   __ 7     ___________________ 




New York Statement for 1b43.-Concluded.                                                    t
EXPORTS FOR THE WVEEK.
Priceof Fair Price of Fair Sales for Receipts __Rates of
1843.   New Orleans  Upland(.  week.  for week.                                       Freight to       GENERKAi REMARKS.
To Great   To    North of  Other  Total Liverpool. 
Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Porte Exports.                                         o
May     23..7 7@7        7  7      3,450   7,091     595      94    1,960........  2,649                                               C
"     26..  7    4 7|  7@7I                                                                                 Exchange                 c
" 30..- 7a 8     7 17      8,750   6,138     437     980      526........  1,943   16    Bills on London ruled, hrough Sep 
June     2..  7   8      7  7                                                               1   iils on London ruled, through    ep- 
6"    7  8      7t      | 7150     8138     907      879      60            1846           tember, between 7 and 81 per cent. 
16..  7@t7J     717        4,250   7,850      31     577      413     322   1,343m 5T to                                       >
20..  W          7@ 74     2,200   7,736     416 *135                 618   1,169           64;in December, 6wto 5k; in Janu" 23..  71i 7a   7 72      2,2000   7736 |   416 |...    135 |   618   1,169 a|ry, 5t@5j; in February, 54 to 6; t
"  30..  7'7l     77|      4,450    6253    1,195      10     982    |       2,187           went up from 57(_j6 to 56( 7; in -
July     4.   717        7  74     3,600   6,750     575     412      860      45   1,892 3-16@ld   May, the range was from 7i upto 
" 7..       717       6*@7                                                                        9; in June, the quotation was steady 
11..  74  7l     6|@7      3,350   4,763     494    1,561     270........  2,325           at 8@8; in JuInri 84@9; i A        O
14..  71  71     6@7                                                                        gust, 6g8 9; and i   eptember, 9 i
18..  74  7|     6|@7      3,500   5,541     615      61      459........  1,135           @91 per cent premium. 
"  21..  74  74    63@7 
"  25..  7 i 7   6   7     4,750   7,804    1,312    846       99........  2,257
28..    7   71    6|j7                                                                                                           H
AugustI   1.  7,90                        64,495    1,950  4, 382  2,622  256........  4,260 3-16@d.. 7~@7t        67@7 O
8..   7  @ 7      7  7@7i  4,650   6,378........................................ 
" 11..  71@7| 7    @7t
"  15..  7j  7w    74i7k      6,800   2,891     358     587    1,294........  2,239                                              C
"  18..  7   8     74Gq74 7
22     8  8t     7i@7~     6,300     533    1,205    523      537........  2,265 
25..    87  8     7(@7{                                                                                                          H
29..  8i@8*      7@7      12,700   2,903    1,502    518      270........  2,290 
Septem. 1..   84@ 8     74@8                                                              3-16@,d                                      o
Average price
and total sales,  7.74   7.25    267,360 304,320  79,249  36,796   35,340   6,321 157,706
receipts and 
exports.         _____        __________________._._.._.._._,_.-.2,_..._.._.                                             -. 2,




CH:RONOLOGIC(AL AND STATISTI(AL THISTORY OF COTTO)X. 299
The expansion to which I leave already alluded, as having commenced in 1842, showed itself at once by building cotton factories.
Ili New England this became the rage.
Of course the politicians who passed the highly protective tariff
of 1842, like the fly on the chariot wheel, thought they had done it
all. It was even thought that under the fostering care of a high
protective tariff, we could beat England in the markets of the
world, especially in China, the trade of which was then'attracting
much attention. We might have done so if England had maintained still higher import duties than we; but by abolishing all
protective duties, she has not only driven our manufactures out of
nearly all foreign markets, but has replaced our ships with her
own in nearly every sea.
The politician is fortunate who passes his measures and incorporates his policy into the laws at the commencement of a period
of expansion. Reputations are sometimes gained in that way, but
they do not endure. Sir Robert Peel effected the repeal of the
corn laws in England a short time previous to the revulsion and
famine of 1847. It was a severe ordeal, but both the statesman and
his policy stood it triumphantly.
The largest increase in the cotton crop in any one year, in proportion to its total, was in 1839, when it reached nearly 64 per
cent. The percentage of increase in 1842, was about the same as
in 1870.




300    COHRONOLOGICAL AND) STATISTIOAL              HISTORY      OF COTTON.
1844.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
S.tatement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1844.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
NEW-ORLEANS.
Exportlo  Foreign  Ports..................................  718,417
(Coastwise........................................  176,958
Burnt and lost....................................    7,245
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1844...  12,934
-_-       915,554
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1843.................   4,700
Received from Mobile..............................   47,596
" "        Florida..............................  12,916.*..   Texas................................   18,170
-----.. 83,382
ALABA —--  832,172 1,060,246
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  269,526
Coastwise............................  195,679
Stock in Mobile, 1st September, 1844......   4,175
B urnt.............................................     473
469,853
DeductStock in Mobile, 1st September,, 1843...........    1,128
Received from Florida...............735
1,863
467,990  481,714
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  29,393
Coastwise........................................  116,069
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1844..300
145,762
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1843........................       200
-----      145,562  161,088
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................ 127,410
Sea  Island......................   3,554
Coastwise-Uplands................................ 111,460
Sea  Island.............................   2,151
244,575
Export from DarienTo  New   York.....................................   1,411
Burnt.............................................  700
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1844.............   2,161
"    Augusta and Hambro', 1st September, 1844.     17,498
-      266,345
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st September, 1843..........  10,748
255,597  299,491




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON:.      301
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year fnding August 31, 1844.-Concluded.'Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  perio(
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands......................... 166,290
Sea Island.......................  15,043
Coastwise-Uplands................................   123,023
Sea  Island............................   1,148
305,504
Export from GeorgetownTo  New  York......................................  15,391
Burnt..........................................      1,066
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1844............  13,536
335,497
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st September, 1843..........     8,284
Received from Savannah...........            20,699...       Florida, Key West, &c........1,644
30,627 
----- 304,870 351,658
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportCoastwise........................................     8, 618
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1844................      200
---         8,818
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1843.........................     200
8,618    9,03 )
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  2,638
Manufactured.....................................   10,687
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1844.................    2,150
15,475
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1843........................  975' —-,      14,500   12,139
Received at Philadelphia and Baltimore, overland....................    1,100    3,500
Total Crop of the United States................................ 2,030,409 2.378,s7Crop  of last  year..................................................... 2,030,401.)
Decrease......................................                  348,466




:302   CHRONOLOGICAL        AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Export to Foreign Ports, from September 1, 1843, to August 31, 1844.
To Great|  To    To North  Other   Total.
FROM                    Britain. France. of Europe. F'n Ports.
New Orleans.................. 527,675 119,980   17,907  52,855 718,417
Alabama.................................  204,140  53,005   6,578   5,803 269,526
Florida......................537                1,507... 26,537  1,349  29,393
Georgia (Savannah and Darien)...........   119,873  8,134  1,617   1,340  130,964
South  Carolina...........................  137,389  36,620  7,324..     181,333
N orth   Carolina..................................................................
Virginia...............................  2,330........  308........  2,638
Baltim ore....................................        147........    147
Philadelphia..............................  5,022    503     595      454    6,574
New York........................... 176,778       62,936   34,179  13,408 -287,301
Boston.................................. 2........  398     45    3,197
Grand total.............          1,202,498 282,685  69,053  75,254 1,629,490
Total last year....................  1,469,711 346,139 117,794  76,493 2,010,137
Decrease..........                 267,213   63,454  48,741    1,239 380,647
The shipments from Mississippi are included in the export from New Otleans.
Growth.
Total crop of 1824-5...... bales.  560,000 Total crop of 1834-5....... bales. 1,254,328
1825-6............  710,000              1835-6............. 1,360,725
1826-7...........  937,000       "      1836-7.............. 1,422,930
1827-8............  712,000              1837-8.............  1,801,497
1828-9............   857,744              1838-9.............  1,360,532
1829-30............  976,845              1839-40............  2,177,835
1830-1............  1,038,848            1840-1.............  1,634  945
1831-2               987,477              1841-2............. 1,683,574
1832-3............ 1,070,438             1842-3............. 2,378,875
1833-4............  1,205,394            1843-4.............  2,030,409
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated......................2,030,409 0ales.
Add —Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st September, 1843.-In the Southern ports................................  26,225
" Northern    ".............................  68,261
94,486
Makes  a  supply  of..................................................  2,124,895
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 1,629,490
Less Texas and other foreign............  21,695
1,607,795
Stocks on hand at the close of the year,
1st September, 1844In the Southern ports..........  52,954
"   Northern   ".................   106,818
159,772
Burnt and lost at New Orleans............................   7,245
Mobile                                       473
M obile..................................    473
Savannah..............................    700
Charleston.............................   1,066
New-York.......................       1,100.-... 10,584
---- 1,778,151
Bales.......................   346,744




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY                  OF COTTON.      303
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of Manufacturers
1843-4................... bales.  346,744  1834-5...................bales.  216,888
1842-3........................  325,129  1833-4........................  196,413
1841-2................  267,850  1832-3.........       194,412
1840-1........................  297,288  1831-2.......................  173,80.0
1839-40.......................  295,193  1830-1........................  182.142
1838-9.......................    276,018  1829-30.......................    126,512
1837-8                           246,063  1828-9........................   118.853
1836-7.......................  222,540  1827-8........................   120,593
1835-6.......................  236,733  1826-7........................   103,483
It will be seen that we have deducted from the New Orleans statement the quantity
received at that port from Texas-Texas being a foreign country.
Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption, does not include any cotton
manufactured in the States south and west of Virginia, nor any in that State, except in the
vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond.
Of the crop now coming in, it may be remarked that the picking commenced three
weeks earlier than last year. An increased quantity of land was put under cultivationand unless some extraordinary fatality should occur during the remainder of the season,
the quantity will probably exceed that of any previous year.
The quantity of new cotton received at the shipping ports up to the first inst. amounted
to about 7,500 bales, against only 300 at the same time last year.




304 CHRONOJLOGICAL AND STA'TIS'TlAL i1ISTORY OF GOTON.
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1843-44.
In regard to prices, it may be said that the market opened with
favorable prospects; and had business, particularly in our great
export staple, been suffered to move forward in its legitimate
course, there is reason to believe that a steady, though moderate
improvement upon the rates of the previous year would have been
maintained. But at an early period of the season's progress low
estimates of the amount of production, founded upon accounts
from the interior, of extensive damage from various causes, induced
a series of improvident speculations, which were soon found to
have been started upon a mistaken basis; and the natural consequence has already been seen in a great and disastrous reaction.
About the period in November, just referred to above, a speculative
demand, which had its origin in New York, and which was based
upon estimates of a very short crop, sprung up and continued to
prevail to a greater or less extent until about the 1st of March.
Under the influence of the excitement created by this demand, and
aided by some operations on European account, prices rapidly
advanced, attaining their highest elevation on the 20th December,
middling being then quoted at 8W and 9, and fair at 9' and 10~
cents, and they did not recede more than half a cent before the last
of February, although the demand at times was very limited, as
factors, for the reasons previously stated above, held on to their
stocks with great tenacity, notwithstanding that the market was
burthened with a supply, large, we believe, beyond precedent;
extraordinary facilities being afforded for sending the crop forward, owing to the fine stage of water in all the streams tributary
to the Mississippi. Judging from the information now in our possession, there is every prospect of good crops being'produced in
all the sections of country tributary to this port, except on the
rich bottom lands on and adjacent to the Mississippi, where irreparable damage, and to an enormous extent, has been done to the
crops, in consequence of the almost unprecedented overflow of the
rivers.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1844.
UNITED STATES-1843-1844.                       Stock Jan. 1, 1844, in........ Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
United States......... Bales.  441,000    483,000     92,000     67,000     642,000    3
Export..........1,617,000      Brazil..                   68,000     68,000      6,000      5,000      79,000    o
Stock, 1st October,         Consumption.....347,000       West Indies.................    10,000     14,000      9,000      8,000      31,000 
1843.94, 000 Stock, 1st October,                        East Indies.......   108,000    193,000      3,000      5,000     201,0000 
Receipts.........2,030000  1844....... 160,000  Egypt......................    27,000     27,000     11,(100    64,000     102,000
Bales..........2,12     Baes......... 2124Bales................   654,000    785,000    121,000    149,000   1,055,000
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.          IMPORT.
1,643 000    179,000    335.000  1,129,000  1,038,000... United States.........        1,159,000  1,248,000   295,000    179,000    1,662,000 p
133,000      8,000     10,000    115,000    115,000.... Brazil.......................  112,000    112,000      8,000      5,000     123,000    H
44, 000    13,000     13,000     18,000     13,000....W    est Indies                 15,0(00    1,, 000    17,000     12,000      47,000    H
198,000     65,000      6,000    127,000     94,000.... East Indies.................   143,000    239,000      5,000     66,000     242,000    H
109,000     33,000     24,000     52,000     52,000.... Egypt.....................  63,000     66,000     20,000     40,000      99,000
2,127,000    298,000    388,000  1,441,000  1,312,000......................Bales.. 1,492,000  1,683,000  345,000   302,000    2,173,000   f
27,000..........    130,000     85,000 Export.
1,101,000    126,000     78,000   897,000    749,000 Stock Dec. 31.       Stock above,    654,000    785,000    121,000    149,000   1,055,000    C
3,228,000    451,000    466,000  2,468,000  2,146,000 Totalsupply, bales............... 2,146,000  2,468,000    466,000    451,000   3,228,000




COTTON'AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1844.
RECEIPTS.                                   SALES.                     STOCKS.             PRICES.
W EEK     ____________     ____                                                              ____________    _____       _______  A CTUAl   CON- 
ENDING.                                                                                                     - Bra            z   il ----- - -- EXPORT SUMPTION,
Americ'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.    Total.    Con-    Specu- Export. Total. Amer'n. Other.     Total. Mid.Mid.Dhol
____sumption. lation.                                      Up. Orl._
Jan.   5..     6,359............    2,219  2,779    11,357   40,920 23,300      100   64,320417,500207,000624,500 5j       51   31     100     40,920    p
"    12..   22,446............     2,210  1,197   25,8-53   13,100 32,800     450   46,350431,000205,500 636,500 51      55    3 3    450    54,020     0
19..    25,025.................2,781.27,806             36,58056,000......      92,580 434,500 196,000 630,500 53    5^ 1.90,600 7
I~~~~~~~~~~
t     I    ]...
26..     6,416................. 1,912          8,328   25,880 16,900......      42,780420,500192,000612,5005         5    3...31116.480        Q
Feb.   2..    28,896 4,458......    5.262    522    39,138   25,370 84,200..        109,570 430,000 194,000 624,000 5*    54   37            141,850    >
9..   25,600   3,394......    3,780  1,108    33,882   30,680 24.600     200    55,480 431.500 195,500 627,000 53    57   37     200    172,530
16..     9,899.................. 1,338        11,237   23,410 17,100......     40,510 422,500 192,000 422,500 53    57   37            195,940.
"    23..   18.702............     1,000......    19,702    12,930   4 500    100    17,530 430,000 190,500 620,500 53    5|   34     100   208,870     Z
Mch    1..    16,635  2,112......    4,559    338    23,644   21,890   9,500.....     31,390427,500 193,000 620,500        5    3......    230,760
8..     6,576............    6,623......     13,199   11,870   4,000     160   16,030 425,000 197,000 622,000 54    5A   3|     160    242,630    ^
15..    5,014............     2,741......     7,755   18,800    7,500    500   26,800 413,000 196,000 609,000 5     5t   31     500    261,430    H
"    22..   11,601......  1,674.         13,275    12.800   4,100    700    17,600414,000195,000609,000 54       54   3J     700   274.230     ^
29..    21,351  3,498......   2,900    480    28,229    2,410 11,200      500   14,110425,000200,000625,000 54       53 33       500    276,640     M
April ~~~m 4.                                                                                                                            ~ 31
April 4..    -12,705........~.     810   2,7181  15,696 11,470  3,200...... 14,670428,000201,000629,000 54       51 3      -        288,110 
"    12..   45,390   1,223...... 3,253,2193  51,159    26,580   7,000    500    34,080448,000203,500651,500     4    5    3      500   314,690 
19,060/478,000 200,500 ~67,500 5/       I31      450/ 40 2
19..     46,679.......46,679             17,060   1,200    800   19,060478,000200,500678,500          5    34      800   331,750 
26..       9,547    188......       980     16   10,731    18,290   4,500  1,300    24,090 470,000 199,500 669,500 5     54   3    1,300   350,040 
May    3..     1,767  2,711..............1          4,479   24,470   4,000   1,200   29,670 450,500 197,500 648,000 5     54   31    1,200   374,510. 10..     5,803  4,521.....      962......    11,286    32,640 20,200   1,400   54,240 428,000 197,000 625,000 5     54    34   1,400   407,150
17..    26,637  6,534......    9,529    443    43,143   15,250   3,000     350   18,600 442,500 210,500 653,000 43    5    34     350    422,400 -
~~~~
"  24..   21,367  3,021.....    4,201....       28,589    18,690   1,000    300   19,990448,015004214,0006625,00   41  4     27     300   441,090 
31..    28,503     50    389   4,591.....      33,523    15,860   1.000  1,800   18,660472,500215,500688,000 4        43   27    1,800   456,950     ^
June   7.. 111,640    7,192  3,426   3,985   1,059  127,302   33,370     500     800   34,670 560,500 225,000 785.5004      43   23     800    490,320
"    14..  139,869   7,827......    3,395    868  151,959    24,810   4,400  1,500    30,710 679,500 231,000 910,500       43  21    1,500    51.5,130 
21.      39,49.....    1,500.............   40,995    37,690 10,600   2,760  451,050 683,500 224,000 907,5004      4     23   2,7600  552,720 
28.      51,700  2,747......     685     182   55,314    28,480 11,500   1,520   41,500704,500217,0009210,500 4        5    2  12520     581,300
July   5..     8,7)3............    1,222......     9,975   33,060    8,800  2,170   44,030688,000209,500897,500 4        5    243   2,170   614,360 
12..117,872     2.809...   9,408  1,809   131,898   28,030   1,500   3,500   33,030778,000220,500998,500 4        4    2     3,500   642,390 
( 19..  14,746.............    136    14.882   27,970     500   1,150   29,620766,500216,500983,0004         4     |    1 150   670360 
"    26..   27,124 11,604   4,508   2,559    254   46,049    43,080   7,100  2,550    52,730 756,000 227,500 983,500 4     44   2    1a,1550  670,360    H
Aug. 2..      35.870  8,358  4,752     878    217    50,075   32,610    3,000  1,120   36,7304756,5007236,500993,0004       4    21    1,120   746,050
36,730756,500236,5009930001 42461,12          46,05
9..        17,801   3,496    757   1,630......     23,684   35,610     350  6,700    42,660739,000235,000974,000 4        4    2    6,700    781,660
0 741                 4 7  2a~~~~ 50o    80,7
"  16..    21,935  3,635......   2,840    731    29,141   25,710......       500   26,210741,000 236,000 977,000 4      4    2       500   807,370
"    23..   16,299....................... 1..       6,299   28,340..          750    29,090 736,500 228,000 964,500 4     43   2      750    835,710




Aug. 30.      6,542 1,998.         1,253......     9,793   25,550  2,000  6,300   33,850 712,000 225,500 937,500 4       2    6,300   861,260
Sep.   6..    1,780 4,353 2,766....    200    9,099   17,990...... 2,000     19990 697,500 229,000 926,500 4   4    21   2,000   879,250
13..    6,41510,687   2,088.......     90   19,280   20,640   3,500  1,880  26,020686,500237,000923,500 4      4    2    1,880   899,890
20.      13,013......    831....... 1,919    15,763   16,980   1,500  2,650  21,130 684,000 235,500 919,500 41  41   2~   2,650   916,870
2 27..    2,481...... 1,276............        3,757   21,700   2,600  1,800  26,100668,500231,000.899,500 4;    41   2i   1,800   938,570 
oct.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4  9,71 g 
Oct.   4.     9,472 4,579    926   5,116   416    20,509   22,200  1,400  1,370   24,970658,500238.0001896,500 4Q    4a  2[   1,370   960,770 
11..     6,83813,864     119  5,689    627   27,157   21,990   3,200  1,350  26,540646,000254,000900,500 41     41   2    1,350   982,760    0
18..     5,425 8,952 4,115     1,565   270   20,327   31,910   1,400  1,300  34.610626,500 262,000887,500 4,    4    21   1,3001,014,670 
25..     6,883 4,104 1,284    3,354......   15,625   20,200   4,900 1,120   26,220615,500 266,000 881,5004 42         2] 1,120 1,0:4,870 
Nov. 1..        714...... 2,453    2,121...     5,288  34,000   2,700    200   36,900590,000 262,500 852,500 44   43  2}     200 1,068,870 
8...    1615.......            1,615   30,630  5,000    500   36,130 564,500 258,000 822,500 4   4    2     500 1,099,500 
15..   18,426 9,260..        0,837...       38,523   33,080  8,500    260   41,840 556,500 271,500 828,000 4~  41   2{    260 1,132,580 
22..      9,961 2,108......    2,592.664  15,325   36,390   3,000   300   29,690545,500272,000817,500 4      4    2;     3001,168,970 
29..    16,346 3,484............      372   20,202   27,160   1,200   800   29,160 540,500 257,500 808,000 37  4    21     800 1,196,130 
Dec.   6..    3,041 1,788 2,450.............      7,279  31,270 12,000......    43,270 514,500 265,5001780,000 3   4   2...... 1,227,400 
t  13..   7,380............   865    8,245   27,120 10,000......   37,120499,500262,0001761,500 3     4    2.        1,254,520 
20..      1,766:..       553            510    2,829   24,600 10,500    950   36,050 483,000?56,000 739,000 3-  4   24     950 1,279,120    0
"   27..   15,636    100 1,733......     240   17,709   31,400 16,000    100   47,500476,000249,000725,000 4      4*   21     1001,310,520 
&    av    g 1,028,811 145165 37,551 116,333 28,018 1,355,878 1,310,5201475,750 58,260 1,844,539               4.71 4.91 2.9 58,260   252,023 
ceipta & stocks.                     7                                                                                             I_ 
]1H
H
H
0
z
~.p




'The semt-weekly Price and      Weekly Sales a:d Receipts, at New        York, Weekly    Exports from     New   York and    Rates of Freight      o
to Liverpool 1st of each M3onth, for the Crop YIar ending September 1, 1844. 
Prire of   Price of                              EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Fair       Fair    Sales for Receipts  _____    --  ___ _Rates of
1843     New OrleansUplnd.       week.  for week.                                          reight to           GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool                   To Great   To     North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Olassificati'n Classificati'ln           Britain. France.  Europe. Fo'n torts Exports. 
Septem. 5.. 8~(S'    I 8'j-          11,078    1,004'...............................nt.....                                          in''  - -
8.    8"R84      848                                                                             The speculative feeling Doted in the
12..  8IP        8(o8i4    18,500    2,718....         810.........              810             previous crop year, based upon the 
"    15..  8   92      48..8.                                                                           short yield of th;s year, ran through 
15,.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /~  I CO 1'784I
19. 8"9           8468A      7650     2780                442    1,230     112     1,784            a considerable portion of the crop
22..   94^914      3(%9^ 8 9                                                                        year under review, most markcd in     >
26"    94   4     8-!(o9    18,5(i    1,769      117........      295........    412             November, December, January and       g
October 3..    914@9      8(@9        6,560    4,791     852      206       67........    1,125  A    d.   unsettled, and the advanced rates 
6..   7t@8 8     71?7ayinterfered with the foreign demand,                                                                              H
10.    7@7a       71(Q71     5.550    2,871..........................               so that stocks accumulated hrough- 
a13..  747,'@7 ot      F                                                                    out the country more than ordi- 
17..~   7|7~ 7~>712,850        4,956     323    1,570........1,893                       narily.  It will be seen that the re- 
~~~~~y ~~82                           206 4.
A 20..  71 w7i     7@74-suit justified genteral expectation, 
24"..     7   7       771       4,600    5,473      991      698................     1,689            as when the crop was made up,
27..   7@7J       71 Q7 ISeptember 1,'44, it proved to be                                                                                ^
31..   7-71       74 ~7|     7,800    2,651      908    1,523................     2,431            2,030,409 bales, against a crop of
Novem. 3.      7    @ -    7@(7.                                                                      (Id.  2,378,875 bales the pervious year, h
7..   7-7          @7 (     4,350    9,100    2,278    2,799................     5,077            being a decrease of 348,466 bales.    H
10..   7(@7'      70)T74
7`3 Qc                    1,263  ~~~........  /........
14.. 7- 7@7 7.             10,200.   3,881    2,731    1,263........994
17..   7 @7 7     7c7 
21..   7 @7|      7    47    3,000    9,787    1,301      814      609.....   2,724 
24..   7A@8         7^@7|e
28..   7 @8       7    _@7a  10,300   8,019    1,843    1,262      618...     3,723
Decem...  74@8       7i @8@ t 
5..    8( a8,    7   7 ci,08  12,650  3,359   2,299    2,197              799                b  e5,295                                   H
8..    8  8      7|3 8
10 7~ ('~:7a  7~(b73):7,61
12..    8    78 7-   @8      10,350   9,565    4,154      464................,618
15..    81    4(7  8(8
-219..  878~      8    38   15,050    7,0036   4,418    1,028................    5,416          * From   October  6, the   quoaon
22.. 24      7~G(-48  871' 3_722..   84@8E      8    48                                                                           changed to "Middling" on both de26..   81@9       8   83    16,700    6,707    2,736      826     400........     3,962            scriptions.




Decem. 29..    84@9       8    48
1844.
January 2..    8   9      8~(8      13,300    3,720    2,930     186       27........    3,143  |@d.
" 5..       9~(9~          9 9_" 9..9           9     94@( 9     36,400   20,522   6,255      862................    7,117                                                  c
I   12..9' 9   99     94@9'
16..    9          99 9,9     32,950  16,796    3,507      187      77........    3,771 
19..   9~  9       9- 9
23..   95@9i       9@9       7,500   15,248    2,448     771................    3,219                                                  o
26..   9_@9a      9~@9. 
30.    9   91  9_     9i    15,950    7,498    2,061   1,450................     3,511 
February 2.. 91    9      9   9@4d. 1 3
6..     9   9j     9j-       11,000    6.238    3,594   1,464................     5,058
It.    9..  9    9i    9    -
It   13.1.  91 @9|     9i   -    10,350   21,280     832     1,186................    2,018
" 16..      9    9i    9    9
20..    91   91    9()9i      14,327  32,360    2,060      879     164........    3,103
"     23..   94@9~      9~&9~
"     27..    9v9       8 (9      21,700   28,212   1,533    1,398      531........   3,462 
March    1..   8-j9       8~  8-                                                                 ]~1d.
5..     8(8.       8 @,8     11,400   12,608    4,579..         371      250    5,200 
8..   8~@8i      8   S ~8
12..    8(8~       8(j8-      1 4,650  21,489  13,176    2,549     196      956   16,877
15..    8&8t 4     8|@8458c
19..    8(@84      8j@84      11,450  22,672    6,214    3,069    1,062........ 10,345
22..    8(@8i8     84(88
26..   7&@7-      7   7@1    8,800    8,002   12,549   3,795    1.400     847   18,591                                                  4
29..  7~@ 77-     Th
April    2..   7@-        7 7   -   15,450   15,726    4,189   3,056    2,175..        9,420 i'r. O
5 (.: _@8-  73  8 8
" 9..       73(~8      7|@7      14,919   13,667    5,892   2,309    1,233........    9,434
"  12.    7|@7|      7(a77
16..   7 J      7           10,850   11,184   8,024    2,033    2,289........ 12,346
12..     7j@7       @7ja    1
"~~~~~ 19. 7(j7      7~D7
"     23..  7 07       7(@7*      11,000   1,692   10,595    5,855     748      242   17,440 
26..7     j77     7-@ 71
" 30..     77 7            -    13,800   10,116   5,647    2,364      646    1,744  10,401 g                                                Hd.
May      3..   7(7        7~@-                                                                                                                  0
7..     7~(74       7@71      9,100   10,400    1,713   1,790      543    1,038    5.084
10..   7j 7        7@714..    7j@74       7@7t      10,600   5,829    4,920     433      804..       6,157
"     17..  7k@7t       7@710
21.. 6@7- 6(@7                11,900   9,374 10,259        579     819 4,381 16,038__________




The semi-wcckly I'rwe and      Weekly Sales and.Receipts at New       Yobrk, Weekly Exports from       New    York mand Hales of    Freight 
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop         Year ending September 1, 1844-Concluded.
Price of   Price of                               EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Fair       Fair    Sales for Receipts                  ___________                Rates of
1844.   New Orleans  Upland.    week.  for week.                                            Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool                   To Great    To    North of I Other   Total. Liverpool.
Classificati'n Classificati'n            Britain  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
---- -____ ---- --- —..____ ___                                    ______ ____ ____ ___________ ______z
May     24..   6k@77      6Qe7
28..   67@7k      6|     7   10,150   7,669    5,772    1,190    1,193      902    9,0570
30..   6(@).7k 67                                                                                               Exchange.
June     4..   6-74       6|@7       10,450    3,622    5,336    1,537     651........  7,524  (@|d. The quotation for 60 days'. Bills on
"7..     6_j 6-(       ~-4
6.7..                                                                202 76348               London through September was 9( 
11..               4   -      7,900   5,486    5,031      834    1,281      2029 per cent. premium; in October
14..    7  71     637                                                                               it fell from  99 to 81~8-; in No18..    7         67 6 7      9,300   3,741    3,479    1,275    1,788....     6,542            vedeclined to 7                 8,
21..    7  7t     634  7                                                                            at one time afterwards rising to 8j
25..   67  7      6   7 7     3,850    6,485   2,571      898    1,275........                              em     er    h rng 
28..   6|v7       6it 7                                                                                               rthe range wast
Juy  28..  6k7        6~7from 8 to 91; in January, 8-a91; -
July     2.     6  7      6k@7       3,550    3,750    4,425........   1,305........    5,730   @-d.     Fru          to 9    Mc         7 t
5.. 6..7         647                                                                               February, 9 to 8; March, 76 to
9..   6 _7       6|7         1,600   1,467      536      204      259      277    1,276                  prl      8; in M      i
12..  6i@7   647steady at 8(@9; June, 8-@9.                                                                                      H9
"~~~~-       12      6-a 7                                                    64_/7
126~..  6  7~  6|7    8,500    2,584      674      234     393.....         1,301            July 9@9     August, 94@10, cs"16.      6'  7'~
19.. 6i@7 6d7                                                                                       ing September 1 at 9-@10 per cent;.90~~~~~ 1,0 prmim
23.    6k@7       6|  7       5,350    2,086   3,552       90    1,329...    4,971            premium.
26..   6   77     6a  7
30..   6k -7      63  7       4,400    2,077   1,755........ 2,362    980    5,097    @-d.
August    2..  6                                 o7 6a-7
6..   6. -         61  -    3,600      935    1,320      810      736..        2,866                                                  o
9..   6j@67      6@67 
13..   6@6        6@6        5,200    5,521    1,002    1,181    1,168........    3,351
16..   6 @67-     621@64
20..   6j@6^      6   6| Q   3,000    2,406    1,128      605    1,521      280    3,534o
23..   6R@7       6   -.0
27..   6 @H6       6@1        6,200   3,641    1,335    1,314    1,825.4,474H
30..   641(6k      6@1_H
Septem. 3..    5aJ6       5k@6        5,250    2,540     935      647      789      398    2,769  T'@.d.
Average price
and totalsales.   7.90       7.73   561,444 435,110 6, 176,779  62,936.34,179  3,408  287,302
receipts and
exports.                     o__11____




CHRONfOLOGICAL ANID STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 311
1845.
This was a harvest year for cotton manufacturers. They paid
~10,000,000 for raw cotton, receiving ~45,000,000 for yarn and
manufactured cotton goods, leaving a margin of ~35.000,000 for
machinery, fuel, dyeing, bleaching, printing, wages, interest of
capital and profit. (See year 1857.)
Importation of cotton into Great Britain, 722,000,000 lbs., of
which 43,000,000 lbs. were re-exported; cotton yarn and twist
made 495,000,000 lbs., of which 131,000,000 lbs. were exported;
piece goods exported, 1,092,000,000 yards; value of exports,
~26,000,000.
The price of cotton fell in Great Britain this year to a level never
before known, which was one cause of the large importation
(722,000,000 lbs.): Average United States cotton was 3-T9Ad.; Brazillian 61d, and East India 2ToLd. per lb. A year of large profits
among the Lancashire manufacturers; they had an abundance of
cotton at low prices and sent out their manufactured goods to all
accessible quarters.
Number of cotton mills in Massachusetts, this year, 302, with
817,483 spindles.
The convention of American Geologists and Naturalists, who
met at New Haven, Conn., in May of this year, were invited, together with their ladies, by Mrs. Whitney, the widow of the inventor of the cotton gin (see years 1793 and 1825), to attend an
evening party at her house, which invitation was accepted.
Cotton crop of the United States, 2,100,537 bales.
The supply of American cotton imported into Great Britain this
year was 1,499,600 bales. (See year 1846.)




312    CHRONOLOG(ICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for
the Year ending August 31, 1845.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1844.
NEW ORLEANS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  836,401
Coastwise...........................       148,215
Stock on hand 1st September, 1845                     7,556
992,172
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1844.................  12,934
Received  from  Mobile...............................  12,123
Florida.............................   12,830
Texas..............................   25,159
63,046
MOBLE     929,126 832,172
MOBILE.
ExportTo  Foreign Ports...............................   390,714
Coastwise.........................................  131,282
Stock, 1st September, 1845.........................     609
522,605
DeductStock, 1st September, 1844.........................   4,175
Received from   Florida.............................    485
<"      Texas..............................     718
"      New  Orleans........................      31
5,409
-     517,196 467,990
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  64,853
Coastwise........................................  124,040
Stock on hand 1st September, 1845.................     100
--        188,993
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1844..........................     300
188,693 145,562
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands....................       175,965
"(     4  Sea Island....................     6,108
Coastwise-Uplands..............................    120,570
Sea  Island.............................  1,901
304,544
Burnt in Savannah................................    1,900
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1845............   2,736
Augusta and Haimbro', 1st September, 1845..   5,919
315,099
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta 1st September, 1844.........   19,659
SOUTH  CAROLINA295,440 255,597
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands....................... 288,870
it        Sea  Island.....................  20,905
Coastwise-Uplands............................... 111,698
Sea  Island............................   423
421,896




C(HRONOL(O(GiCAL AN1) STATISTICAL ]IISTOIRY             OF COTTON.        313
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1845-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1844.
Export from GeorgetownTo  New  York....................                    15,395
Burnt in  Charleston............................    3,481
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1845...........  10,879
_-   ---  451,651
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st September, 1844...........  13,536
Received from  Savannah..........................   10,911
Received from Florida, Key West, &c..............      843
_____ 25,290
426,361 304,870
NORTH CAROLINA.
Export —
Coastwise......................................  12,587
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1845................     100
12,687
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1844.........................     200...._    12,487   8,618
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  3.823
Coastwise.........................................  6,609
Manufactured.....................................  14,500
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1845.................  2,418
27,350
DeductStock o0I hand 1st September, 1844.........................  2,150
25,200   14,500
Received at Philadelphia and Baltimore, overland............................   1,100
Total crop  of the United  States................................. 2,394,503 2,030,409
Crop  of last year............................................ 2,030,409
Increase.............................................  364,094
Export to Foreign Ports, from      September 1, 1844, to August 31, 1845.
To Grpat   To    To North  Other    Total
FROM                     Britain. France. of Europe. F'n Ports.
New Orleans................   Bales 585,888 125,020  33,035  92,458 836,401
Mobile.......................... 268.849    68,929  24,843   28,093 390,714
Florida..................................  49,460   7,660..       7,733   64,853
Georgia (Savannah and Darien)......... 164,085      14,071   1,214    2,703 182,073
South Carolina.....................       218,618   72,221  15,877    3,059 309,775
N orth  Carolina...................................................
Virginia.................................  1,158     423    2,242.......  3,823
Baltimore...............................     246....        3;5             621
Philadelphia.............................  2,237    183.      641   3,061
New York................................ 145,614    69,962  49,795   14,173  279,544
Boston..................................  3,151     888    7,120    1,732  12,891
Grand total............... 1,439,306 359,357 134,501 150,592 2,0~3.756
Total last year..................... 1,202,498 282,685  69,053  75,254 1,629,490
Increase.....................    236,808  76,672   65,448   75,338 454,266
~- The shipments from Mississippi are included in the export from New Orleans.




314    CH-KUN OLO(GICAL AN.D      STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Growth.
Total crop of 1825-6...... bales.  710,000 Total crop of 1835-6...... bales.  1,360,725
t"    1826-7............  937,000      "     1836 -7............  1,422,930
1827-8............  712,000        "     1837-8............  1,801,497
1828-9............  857,744,      1838-9............  1,360,532
1829-30...........  976,845        "     1839-40...........  2,177,835
1830-1............  1,038,848      "     1840-1............  1,634  945
1831-2.........   987,477        "     1841-2............  1,683,574
1832-3............  1,070,438      "     1842-3............  2,378,875
1833-4............ 1.205,394       "     1843-4............  2,030,409
1834-5............  1,254.328      "     1844-5............  2,394,503
Consumption.'Total crop of the United States, as above stated.........................bales. 2,394,503
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1, 1844In  the  Southern  ports........................................  52,954
In  the Northern  ports........................................  106,818
159,772
Makes a  supply  of...................................................  2,554,275
Deduct therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports............ 2,083,756
Less Texas and other foreign.........   29,194
2,054,562
Stocks on hand at the close of the year, Sept. 1, 1845In the Southern ports...............           30,317
In the Northern ports.........................  63,809
94,126
Burnt at Savannah..................................    1,900
"    Charleston.................................   3,481
" New      York................................  11,200
16,581
2,165,269
Taken  for home use.............................................bales.  389,006
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of Manufacturers.
1844-5..................bales.  389,006  1835-6.................. bales.  236, 733
1843-4........................  346,744   1834-5.....................   216,888
1842-3........................  325,129   1833-4................  196,413
1841-2........................  267,850  1832-3........................  194,412
1840-1........................  297,288  1831-2........................  173,800
1839-40.....................   295,193   1830-1...............           182,142
1838-9........................  276,018   1829-30................  126,512
1837-8..                             246,063  1828-9........................  118,853
1836-7......................  222,540   1827-8......................   120.593
NOTE.-It will be seen that we have deducted from the New Orleans and Mobile
statements, the quantity received at those ports from Texas-Texas being a foreign country.
Our next annual statement will probably include Texas in the crop of the United States.
Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption, does not include any cotton manufactured in the States south and west of Virginia, nor any in that State, except in the
vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond.
The quantity of new cotton received at the shipping ports up to the first inst.,
amounted to about 7,500 bales, same as last year.
In regard to the crop now gathering, we have loud complaints of injury from drought
in certain sections, while in others the yield is represented as good. It is too early yet to
form any reliable conclusion as to the quantity that may reach the market.
In the New Orleans statement, we notice an allowance of 6,000 bales for cotton sent
up the river to the Western States. As it is probable some of this cotton reaches Philadelphia and Baltimore "overland," we omit the overland item in our statement of the crop for
this year.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 315
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current-1844-45.
The season commencing on the 1st of September last, may be
said to have opened under circumstances not at all encouraging to
the planting interest, and the progress of the market for a lengthened period, but too clearly verified the most gloomy anticipations.
A period of inordinate speculation had been succeeded by disastrous reaction, and heavy stocks with large (and, in some instances,
extravagant) estimates of the coming crop, enabled consumers to
dictate their own terms-all speculative spirit being prostrated,
and the markets of this country and of Europe at the mercy, so to
speak, of the manufacturers. As regards the extent of production,
it was early conceded, notwithstanding the immense damage
known to have accrued from overflows, in some sections, that the
crop would in all probability prove a large one; and although at
an early period some estimates carried the amount much beyond
that of any former year, yet as the prospects became more fully
developed the general impression seemed to be that the production
would not greatly exceed that of 1842-43, or at all events not be
more than 2,400,000 bales in the United States. About the 1st of
January, the greatest depression took place, the immediate cause
being further discouraging accounts from Europe, and the prices
of middling to middling fair, fell to 4` to 51 cents, the extreme
being 3 to 7a cents, for inferior to good and fine. These remarkably low rates, however, soon induced a disposition to operate
more freely, and under the influence of an active demand, assisted
by mbre favorable accounts from Liverpool, the market began
gradually to recover from its deep depression, and by the latter
part of March, prices had improved to 4 to 8 cents extremes, the
quotations for middling to middling fair being 53 to 6. At this
point the important intelligence was received from England, that
the British Ministry had recommended a total repeal of the duty
on raw cotton, and as the mere recommendation was looked upon
as tantamount to its passage into the law, the immediate effects
here were increased activity in the demand, and an advance of ~ to
f a cent per lb. Prom this point the market continued steady,
with well sustained prices, until the early part of May, when in



316  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY Of COTTON.
creasing supplies of Tennesssee and North Alabama cottons, and
advices of a decline in the Liverpool market, caused prices to recede again to 51 to 61 cents for middling to middling fair Louisianas and Mississippis, the extremes for Tennessees and North
Alabamas being 41 to 63 cents. Thus the crop of 1844, has been
disposed of; and it affords us unfeigned pleasure to state that the
market opens upon the new crop with more encouraging prospects
for ready sales, at fair prices in the regular and legitimate course
of this important trade, than have marked the advent of any similar period, at least for many years gone by. All the millsoof Enlgland were working full time, with orders in advance of production,
and new machinery was being put in rapid operation, the manufacturing trade appearing to be in a more healthy and prosperous
state than at any former period known in its history. A corresponding degree of prosperity is also observable in the cotton manufactures of the continent, and there seems a strong probability that,
notwithstanding the material increase in the supply during the
past season, the leading markets of Europe will enter upon 1846
with smaller stocks than they possessed at the commencement of
the year. To this gratifying picture of the state of the cotton trade
in Europe, we take pleasure in adding that the manufactures of
our own country present a condition of activity and prosperity,
which is without a parallel in the annals of any former period.
Every loom is in active and profitable employment, and new mills
are springing up in nearly every section of our wide extended land.
Nevertheless it is our province to speak of present prospects, and
we have to remark that though excessive drought throughout the
season in Georgia and South Carolina, and latterly in Alabama, will,
doubtless, considerably diminish the crops in those States, particularly the two former, yet from present indications, it seems likely
that, with a favorable picking season (a contingency upon which
the extent of the crop now mainly depends), the production of the
rich region of the Mississippi Valley will fully compensate for' any
falling off in the States on or near the Atlantic.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 18415.
UNITED STATES, 1844-1845.                    Stock Jan. 1, 1845, in........ Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France  Continent. Tot. Europe.
~~~~~Stock 1st October,  i ~Export  ~... 2,071, ~000. ~United States...............  493,000  542,000  52,000  67,000  661,000 
1844.... 160,000 (onsumption... 389,000..Brazil.....................    62,000     63,000     4,000      2,000      69,000   t
Receipts.         2394000 Stock O........  1845  94000   WesL Ilndies................   12,000     14,000     13,000     7,000      34,000   0
Receipts.........2,394, 000Stock lstoct., 1845  94,000
__.._,_,___,East Indies..144,000               237,000      2,000     6,000     245,000 t
Bales.......2,554,000     Bales........2,554.00    Egypt.......................   38,000     41,000     7,000     44,000      92,000   $
Bales....................  749,000    897,000    78,000    126,000   1,101,000   p
CONSUMPTION.                                                                     -.                              -
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.        IMPORT.                                                        |
1,870,000   228,000    351,000  1,291,000  1,179,000....United States................ 1,376,000  1,502,000  353,000  220,000  2,013,000.
131,000      6,000     7,000    118,000    116,000....Brazil......................  111,000  111,000      3,000      5,000    115,000    H
51,000     13,000    21,000     17,000     13,000...West Indies.................    7,000      9,000    12,000     12,000     33,000    g
166,000     62,000     3,000    101,000    74,000.... East Indies................... 79,000   155,000      3,000     61,000    166,000    H
138,000     48,000    36,000     54,000    55,000....Egypt......................    79,000    81,000     38,000     42,000    147,000
2,356,000    357,000'  418,000  1,581,000  1,437,000........................ Bales. 1,652,000   1,858,000   409,000    340,000   2,474,000 r....-.....   14,000...           119,000   79,000 Export. 
1,219,000    95,000     69,000  1,055,000   885,000 Stock Dec. 31.      Stock above,   749,000    897,000     78,000   126,000   1,101,000
3,575,000   466,000    487,000  2,755,000  2,401,000 Total supply, bales.............. 2,401,000  2,755,000  487,000  466,000  3,575,000 s....          g




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1845.
oo
RECEIPTS.                                SALIES.                     STOCKS.             PRICES.
WETK.                                                  CUL                            CON-.
ENDING.          -      -                                               - -                                              ---------- ACTUAL CON- 
ENIN Americ'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.   Con-    Specu- Export  Total. Amer'n. Other.    Total.  Mid.Mid. Dhol EXPORT SUMPTION.
sumption. lation.                                         Up. Orl.
Jan.   3  13..   87................. 1,187  5,640  3,500    150    9,290.......................  3  4    2      150     5,640
10.      61,368.....'  1,085   8,057     16   73,526   27,000   1,000   300   28,300 530,500 257,500   788,000 37   44   24     300    32,640 
17.    24,087 2,367 2,178     5,854   238    34,724   37,610  6,000    300   43,910 523,000 260,000  783,000 3-4   44   2/    300     70,250
24..    37,391 2,285......    3,627..    43,303   41,300   3,000   300   44,600527,000257,000     784,000 37   44   24     300   111,550
31..    21,849...........     1,018......    22,867   27,120   4,800  1,600  33,520521,500250,500     772,000 34   4[ 24     1,600   138,670
Feb.   7...   7,355 2,223     432    774......    10,784   30,150   8,900    800   39,850 501,500 249,500  751,000 34    44  24     800   168,820
"14..   36,466  1,674  2,035   2,649    770   43,594   30,500 25,300    150   55,950 513,500 249,000   762,500 4    4    2      150   199,320 
21..    35,956............   3,476......    39,432   20,270 15,000    450    35,720533,000249,000    782,000 4    43   2-     450   219,590 
28..    28,213  6,045...................   34,258   23,880 17,750    450   42.080538,500 249,500    788,000 4    43   2'1    450   243,470 
Mch    7.    28,274  4,401..........   60   32,735   37,020 33,000   1,500   71,520540,500241,500    782,000 41 44     24   1,500.  280,490    Z
"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8124                                                                               301,8065[
1. 14   5,065..............      5,065   21,400 12,000    300   33,700529,500236,000    765,500 4     4-1 2      300    301,890    -
20..    5,142...1,257.                 6,399   12,750  5,500    700   18,950524,000 234,000   758,000 41    4    2      700   314.640
28.     74,437 3,812......    1,107   114   79,470   26,070   2,500    350   28,920574,000 234,500   808,500 4     44  2      350   340,710
April 4.     39,359............  4876      57   44,292   38,500   9,500  2,450   50,450576,500234,500    811,000 4    44 24    12,450   379,210
" 11..      7,005 3,106    152      19    181   10,463   29,700   8,700 3,130    41,530549,500 232,500   782,000 4    4    2    3,130   408,910
782,             3~~,13  4408,820
18..     68,655  2,921......    475.....    72,051   31,910   7,500  2,500   41,910585,000 230,000   815,000 34   4    2'   2,500   440,820
25..      24,694   611......   1,408......    26,713   38,040 39,100   1,060   78,200584,000 224,500   808,500 44   44   2-   1,060   478,860
May    2..  71,622    816  1,662  4,678    642   79,420   20,670 29,700     850   51,220 638,000227,500   865,500 4     44  24     850   499,530
~l,~o~,ooo~    o     o    o     8,oo/ 4, - 1,,o  531,660
9.".  17,675  7,741 1,677    2,648   219    29,960   32,130 27,000  1,980   61,110 628,000 234,000  862,000 4     43   2'   1,980   531,660
( 16..  48,390............   1,337...       49,727   18,800  5,200  1,400   25,400 658,000 232.000  890,000 33    44   24   1,400   550,460    G
23..   21,340   1,155  1,953  2,805......   27,253   31,420   5.000  1,000  37,420 649,000 234,000   883,000 34   44   2    1,000   581,880 
30..  20',829.....    20, 829  33,990  5,000  1,200   40,190 639,000 229,500   868.500 34        2    1,200   615,870
June   6..  105,723'5,236.....    5,731.57 1.16,747       25,540  1,750  1,710   29,000 24,500 233,500   958,000 3     4   2     1,710  641,410
13.. 102,581......' 915                 38  103,534   32670    8,100  3,100  43,870 799,000 227,500 1,026,500 34   4    214 3,100    674,080 
"   20.     44,284   663   1,800  3,002    150   49,899   35,370 11,000   1,500   47,870812,000227,000 1,039,000 34    44.2    1,500   709,450
27..    8,638...... 4,082     1,568......    14,288   27,070 11,900   2,700  41,670 798,500 225,000 1,023,500 34   44   2    2,700   736,520
July   4..   60,554....    1,033   1,412   928    63,927   39,910 19,000  2,080   60,990 820,000 218,000 1,038,000 4    44  2    2,080   776,430
11..    35,531 2,213 3,746     3,236  1,129   45,855   35,320 26,900   2.800  65,020823,500 220,500 1,044,000 4     43   2    2,800   811,750    H
"   18..    39,415   124  4,061   1,011    221   44,832   27,360 37,100   8,230   72,690835,500 219,000 1,054,500 41   44   2    8,230   839,110
"   25..   19,723...... 1,800.......    350   21,873   29.300 12,300.5,180    46,780826,000214,000 1,040,000 4     4    2    5,180   868,410
Aug. 1..     37,631 3,410......    9,215   202   50,458   22,600   7,600  2,770   32,970844,000223,000 1,067,000 44     44s  2   2,770   891,010
8.       17,560           100           799   18,459   24,860   8,400  3,700   36,960837,000 220,000 1,057,000 4    4    2    3,700   915,870
15..   18,610.       1,878   1,677.....    22,165   31,290  8,400  2,300   41,990 826,000 219,000 1,045,000 44   4    2    2,300   947,160
2 2..       7,527..  950.............  8,477  23.540   6,350, 3.150  33,040812.000216,000 1,028,000 4      44   2    3,1501  970,700




Aug. 29..    22,354  2,982  3,542    742    534   30,154   33,330 13,700   1,900   48,930 804,500 218,500 1,023,000 4k   43  2     1,900 1,004,030
Sep.   5................ 1,871    1,169   364     3,404  31,750 31,300   1,200   64,250 777,000 214,000  991,000 4C    4   2     1,200 1,035,780
<   12..       589...... 2,289     895......    3,773   18,530 14,000     450   32,980 765,000 211,000  976,000 41   4    2      450 1,054,310
"   19..     9,938  2,655  2,847  2,706  2,672   20,818   26,300 11,700     500   38,500 753,000 216,500  969,500 41 4C      2     500 1,080,610
"   26...... 3,050...........     63    3,113   19,100   6,500    800   26,400 743,000 207,500  950,500 4    4    2      800 1,099,710 S
Oct.   3.     1,424  3,889  1,866   2,616   275   10,070   22,230   1,500    200   23,930 726,500 220,500  947,000 4~   43   2      200 1,121,940      J
"    10.    2,016.....        385......    2,401   13,550   2,500    700   16,750717,500218,000    935,500 4~    4'  2      700 1,135,490    0
"   17..     1,618  1,693   843   4,019    228    8,401   14,800   5,000    200   20,000 706,000222.500   928,500 4~    43  2      200 1,150,290 >
"   24..     3,233  3,807.....  2,938          9,978   12,840   4,500......   17,340 700,000226,000   926,000 4*   4.   2... 1,163,130  L
c"  31..     3,121 7,898 2,360    1,789...       15,168   12,420   5,500    150   18,070693,000235,500    928,500 4C   41   2      150 1,175,530    0
Nov. 7..      5,203         1,918.......           7,121   14,870  1,000    100   15,970686,500235,000    921,500 4     4C  2      100 1,190,400 s
"    14..    6,932  2,972 3,430.....       80   13,414   23,560 12,000           35,560 674,000 237,500  911,500 4    4    2...... 1,213,960 Q
"   21..     5,164  1,030......  4,874     30   11,098   12,540   3,000          15,540 671,000 239,500  910,500 4    4    2.        1,226,500 
"   28..    30.240  1,660.....   6,982    507   39,389   25,370 12,500.         37,870 678,500 245,500  924,000 38   4    2          1,251,870
Dec.   5..   19,543..      2,232  3,528    148   25,451   24,960      00..       25,460 677,000247,500   924,500 3    4d     2.        1,276,830.
"   12..    11,374.        1,344.......    487   13,205   25,840     500    100   26,440667,000 245,500   912,500 3"   4o   2        1,302,670,
"   19..     7,736 2,848 3,982    1,193......   15,759   19,690     740.        20,430 658,500 249,500  908,000 3    4    2...... 1,322,360 C
"   26..    19,825...... 1,457     867.        22,149   21,920   1,500    100   23,520 659,000 249,000  908,000 3       " 4) 2   100 1,344,280 2, 31..      33,009  1,601 1,250     688......   36,548   16,970   2,500......   19,470...................... 4      4    2...... 1,361,250    g
totasales re 1,370,455 86,888 64,127 107,051 11549 1,640,070 1,361,250 563,990 68540 1 993,780                    3.924.312.11 68,540 2,568,396 
ceipts & stocks.
0
Hi




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts at New York, Weekly Exports from New York and Bates of Freight to ~
Liverpool 1st of each month,for the Crop        Year ending September 1, 1845.
Price of   T'rice of
Middli' g  Middli g                             EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.                    oi
1New Orleans Upland, Sales for Receipts                                                      Rt ______o________________________ 
14      Liverpool  Liverpool  week.   for week.        -                                    reight t         GENERAL REMAKS.
Classifica-  Cla-sifica-               To Great    To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool.
tion.      tion.Britain. France.                       Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
Septerm. 6..   5|a6       54a6'5-16@ —d
10..  516        5j   6     15,200    2,343........~................................            This crop year was one of unmitigated 
13..   5@6        5j@5                                                                              dullness  and   depression, prices    c
17..   5          5@5        9,250........    5,470    3,375    5,995    1,010   15,850            touching lower points than ever bc20..   5-a6       5 @5|                                                                             fore, or since, known in the annals
24..   5|@6       5@5|      12,900    3,336    4,046    1,275    2,104       20    7,445            of the trade. The stagnation that 
27..   5a5 6      5f57                                                                              ruled for much ot the time was only 
October 1.5. |5     6      5@5(       4,300      764    6,177    3,434    1,078........ 10,689 5-16@|d   relieved by two events, one of which 
4..   54( 6      5 5  5                                                                            was the reception of advices, on the
8..   5|@6       5@613,800           2,111    3,000    4,353    2,684     424    10,461            20th March, from England, relative 
11..              5   6                                                                             to a proposed abolition of duty
15.. 651- 6       5|6        4,750      589    1,667    1,279      638      619    4,203            there on the article, which caused
18..    66        51  6                                                                             large speculative purchases in Liv22..    6         5   6      6,500    1,411      703........    1,212........     1,915            erpool, and put prices up here I@~_
"  25..    6@6[ 5[ 6                                                                                   cent. and the other was the excite6~~~~~~6~~1o
29..    6@6       5   6      3,200      210      944    1,007      905      439    3,295            ment that prevailed in England con- 
Novem. 1.        6@61      53  6                                                                  165-16d    sequent upon    President   Polk's
4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4
~5..  6  6   5|@6       3,800    6,839    1,325    1.043     529       26     2,923            course on the Oregon question, fears
8..    6@61      5 46                                                                              being entertained that hostilities
12..    66        5|  6      5,350   10,863    2,824       88     381      889    4,182             would ensue; subsequently, how"     15.    51@6       5    5                                                                            ever, the public mind became more 
19..  545|       5@5|       4,500    2,145      457      518      234........   1,209            calm, and the market returned to 
" 22.. 5 54@&55@~5f                                                                                 its former lethiargic condition.
26..5      5|       @5      10,250    6,875    1,417      891      191       25    2,524.29..  5 51    5        535
Decem.    3..  5    51    5@51        5,350    7,176    1,926    1,663     287      230    4,106 5-16@|d
6..  55    5       @w/o 5
D   ece. 9.                                                                            4,106   ]d59
10..   5~(@5|     5~~51      7,650    7,089    1,728    1,304     363      436    3,831
"' 1   3.    5~~5~      515
13..5'515^'51/
17.. 5,5,         5 @5       5,550    5,592    1,880    1,291.......     754    3,925, 20..       5t~5       5~5.'   24..    5  51      5     5t  4,650    6,691    2,802    1,829     204.......,835
27..    5~5k       5~5




Decem. 31..  5@5-   ~5@5     4,450  12,758  1,501................  151  1,652
1845.
January 3..  55     5@5'-@7-16d,,   7..  5  55      5     5,650  5,476   964    762     40........  1,766
10.. 5        (5 54
145..  55    5(5'    7,450  8,675  2,307   778    722    797  4,604 
17..5 ~(5       5;~5
"    22..  5  (5|  54 5    9,500  3,044  1,295   759   1,299.....  3,353
"    24..  5~5-   5@~5~
~,,"   28.2  S61 5~          6,550  10,093  1,589  1,620  333    656  4,198
31..     6    5i  6
February 4.. 5j764  5   6    7,800  3,080  1,793  1,901   897   963   5,554 (57-16d
7.. 5_       S6 75 @6
4 11..5  6    5  5    4,150  6,586  1,285  1,180   570    214  3,249
"  14.. 5  6    5  5i
"    18.. 5       5 6 5 5  5,500  24,227  1,310  1,605  1,255........  4,170. 21.. 5     6    54.54
25.. 5   6    54 5    12,650  11,103  2,042  1,668  254   844  4,808
28.. 5  6    5i  9
March.4..      55         S 10,550  10,974  3,803  1,662  444..     5,909 4(7-16d
Mac  4.. 5          54   0,5
7..5    6    5   45
"  11.. 5j 5    5  55   10,150  18,774  2,818  869    222    66   3,975, 14.. 5     5     5i~5|
18..  51 64   54 5     9,150  8,521  4,118........  926...  5,044
21.. 6 @6i      i@6
25.. 64 6    5~6     is 700  7,908  7,065  1,526  2,401   4911,041
25.. 6~a6f    5|6     18,700  7,908  7,065  1,526  2,401   49  11,041
"    28..  6: 6   5 6J 5   6
April  1.. 6, 6     546     12,500  25,001  9,837  1,007  420   900  12,164 5-16-@4d' 4.. 64 6      51464
8..      64    54_64  15,600  4,591  3,409  3,338  2,185    56  8,988
11.. 6464        5   6
"   15.. 6 6     5|_6i    5,000  9,658  6,618  1,618   623......  8,859'    18.. 64 64    5_j6
22..   6  61   5~_ 6    7,550  11,687  4,620.......  1,622  97  6,339
"    25..  6 616   5(. 6
"    29..  6 6'   5j6     13,500  13,400  3,244  845   1,286   758  6,133 
May    2..   6,61   5  64@5-16d
"  6..  6 64    5j@6     6,750  13,058  6,485  2,033  1,769  75  10,362                                     z
"  9..  6,6j    5 @6    17- 5
"    13..  66k     5@6j   10,775  4,936  2,821  1,374   394    927  5,516
"    16..  6 6    5,@6j" 20.. 6 6Y 5@6j 9,800 7,885 4,732 518 126 500 5,876____________________________




New York Statement for Year 1845-Concluded.                                                   W
Price of   Price of
Middling  Middling                          EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
4   New Orleans Upland. Sales for Receipts _____F__reg_______ ___ERates of                                                      0
1845.    Liverpool  Liverpool  week. for week.-                                       Freight to       GENERL REMARKS.
Ciassuica-  Classifica-              To Great  To    North of  Other   Total Liverpool.
tion.     tion.                    Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.                                          0
May     23 6(...6|@6                                                                                                                   0
27..        6  6               13,800   5,618   2,462    1,141   2,468     287   6,358                     E    ange.
"  30..   6        5    6                                                                                 Exchange. 6
June     3..   66                  8,050   4915     6,334   1,477   2660      845   11,316   56d Bills on London ruled steady through   0
6s 10..- 61  67  58@lSeptember at 9-4a10 per cent. pre10..| 6j_6j     5W76 6  | 13,750  8,803    3,642   3,508   1,031...        8,181          nmiu      Ocbas
"     13..  6k667                                                                                   fm     10   iN       ben
" 17..   6          6  6k6   5,850    6,740   4,096   1,173   1,580     365    7,214           from         in November 9
"     20..  6| 7       6_6~                                                                       10; December, 10o104; January, 
8..  6@ 7       6|@7      6,850                                                                   4,357  2,125  481  757  3363  berlatthat uotation.  >
24..   7       7 6         4,550     719    3,525 2,407  13,077  842  257    7,701                  A
827..  6  7       667                                                                                       4
July     1.. 62    7    6 @7'      5,250   4,092    2,463   1        1,542 860                              1       0  July,     1 
4..   6. 7      64~7 
298..   @77      6k(@7     6,850 4,357      2,12    1,605  43,363                            ber 1 at that377  quotation.
1August1.    7  7     63-16d 
15..       7C 7      7 617     4,550    6,415 2,407     1,163   1,346      51    4,967
"   18. 725.7.@7 6~.7
22..  7                             5,061   1,542........    860     443    2,845
29.. 71   7k 7    1 7  @7  4,600    2,568    302 1,  605      469       1    2,377,205 
August   1. - 7   7     7     )72                           773-16d
5.   74 ~7~    71@74      4,500   6,446     589   1,714     325.2,628
8..7Oa, 7      @7a.......
12.   7i 7-      7j~7~     4,750    4,843   1,795   1,561     471........  3,827
12..19..   1     7 @7~     3,300    2,739    924      771     545........  2,240
26.   74   71    7~47~     2,600    3,914   1,630     959     616........  3,205
"     29.   7j  7k     7  71
Septem. 2.. 7|@7k        7(7|      5,450   3,472   1,755    1,681    411........   3,847    5-16d
Average prices
and total sales.
receipts an d  6.22      5.63    394,525 356,171 145,613   69,962  49,805  14,174  279,554.exports.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.        323
1846.
Remarkable ravages by the cotton worm this year. (See years
1800, 1804 and 1825.)
Messrs. Du Fay & Co., of Manchester, England, at considerable
personal expense, obtained some valuable statistics referring to the
cotton manufacture, from which it appears there were in Great
Britain, this year, 17,500,000 spindles at work. (See year 1856.)
Estimated number of operators employed in cotton mills in
Great Britain, this year, 316,327.
The supply of East India cotton received in Great Britain this
year reached but 49,000 bales, while the imports from this country
was but 932,000. (See year 1845.)
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1846.
Same
Bales.   Bales.  Total.   period
1845.
NEW ORLEANS.                                        -       -
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports.................................  834,775
Coastwise........................................  220,082
Stock on hand 1st September, 1846.6,332
D c1,061,189
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1845.................   7,556
Received from  Mobile............................    6,356
Florida.............................  5,884
i      Texas..............................   4,249
MOBIE-  24,045
MOBILE.                                --        1,037,144 929,126
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  301,735
Coastwise........................................  115,898
Stock on hand 1st September, 1846.................   7,476
*425,109
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1845.................     609
Received from wrecked ships.......................   1,275
" Texas..............................            666
New  Orleans........................     593
---         3,143
FLORIDA.                                 _-'-    421,966 517,196
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  49,981
Coastwise........................................  90,215
Stock on hand 1st September, 1846.................   1,088
i —-/ 141,284
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1845.........................     100
-----     141,184 188,693
TEXAS.
ExportTo Foreign  Ports..................................  11,324
Coastwise.....                                 14,184
Stock on hand 1st September, 184#.................    1,500
27,008




324    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1846.-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
18X5.
GEORGIA.                       -.....
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................    69,380
t" Sea        Island......................   8,472
Coastwise-Uplands...................               106,229
Sea  Island.............................   2,225
186,306
Burnt in  Savannah................................   1,848
Stock in Savannah 1st September, 1846..............  5922
"   Augusta and Hambro', 1st September, 1846..     9,906
-      203,982
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st September, 1845........    9,071
194,911 295,440
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo foreign ports-Uplands......................... 160,233
"'       Sea Island.......................  19,527
Coastwise-Uplands...............................    87,841
Sea   Island.............................    476
268,077
Export from GeorgetownTo  New   York......................................  3,852
Stock in Charleston 1st September, 1846............  8,709
-     280,638
DeductStock in Charleston 1st September, 1845.............  10,879
Received from Savannah..........................    16,397
i"      Florida, Key West, etc.1,957
29,233
-  251,405 426,361
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportCoastwise....................................................  10,637  12,487
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  1,308
Coastwise........................................   3,505
Manufactured....................................  10,787
Stock on hand 1st September, 1846.................     100
--    15,700
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1845.........................   2,418
1-  ---    13, 282  25,200
Received at Philadelphia and Baltimore, overland................      3,000
Total crop of the United States............................. 2,100,537 2,394,503
Crop  of  last year............................................ 2,394,503
Decrease...................................................  293,966




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.       325
Export to Foreign Ports, from    September 1, 1845, to August 31, 1846.
To Great   To    To North    hn     Totalr
FROM                     Britain. France. ofEurope. Ports.
New Orleans (bales).......................562,320  159,528  28,841   84,086 834,775
Mobile..................................  208,082   66,821   15,974   10,858 301,735
Florida..................................  42,844   7,137...............  49,381
Georgia (Savannah and Darien)............    67,117   8,813........     1,922  77,852
South Carolina..................   117,070  50,980    5,118    6,592  179,760
N orth   Carolina..................................................................
Virginia..................................     630      250      378      50    1,308
Baltimore................................   1,494......    319.......   1,813
Philadelphia..............................                                     1,723
New  York................................ 94,292   65,438   26,556   11,464  197,750
Boston..................................  3,973     736    3,506     556    8,771
Texas...................................    2,824..6,000            2,500  11,324
Grand total.......... 1,102,369 359,703                86,692  118,028 1,666,792
Total last year.......... 1,439,306 359,357 134,501 150,592 2,083,756
Increase....................................    346....... 
Decrease...........................  336,937........  47,809  32,564  416,964
At- The shipments from Mississippi are included in the export from New Orleans.
Growth.
Total crop of 1826-7...... bales.  937,000 Total crop of 1836-7...... bales. 1,422,930
1827-8............  712,000       "      1837-8............ 1,801,497
1828-9............  857,744      "      1838-9............ 1,360,532
1829-30...........   976,845        "      1839-40........... 2,177,835
1830-1.......... 1,038,848          "      1840-1............ 1,634,945
1831-2............  987,477       "      1841-2............ 1.683,574
1832-3............ 1,070,438               1842-3............ 2,378,875
1833-4............ 1,205,394        "      1843-4........... 2,030,409
1834-5............ 1,254,328        "      1844-5............ 2,394,503
1835-6............  1,360,725              1845-6............  2,100,537
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated................bales.     2,100,537
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1,
1845, in  the Southern  ports....................................  30,733
"  Northern  ports...................................   67,687
--          98,420
Makes  a  supply  of.................................................. 2,198,957
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 1,666,792
Less- Foreign  included...................................     349
1,666,443
Stocks on hand at the close of the year, September 1, 1846.
In  the  Southern  ports...............................  41,033
In  the Northern  ports................................  66,089
107,122
Burnt at Savannah.......................................    1,848
"   Philadelphia.....................................      347
"   New  York.......................................       600
2,795
- 1,776,360
Taken  for home  use...................................................  422,597




326   COIRONOLOGICVAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY               OF COTTON.
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of Manufacturers.
1845-6..................bales.  422,597  1836-7..................bales.  222,540
1844-5........................  389,006  1835-6........................  236,733
1843-4.......................  346,744  1834-5........................  216,888
1842-3........................  325,129  1833-4........................  196,413
1841-2........................  267,850  1832-3........................  194,412
1840-1........................  297,288  1831-2.......................  173,800
1839-40...............  295,193  1830-1................  182,142
1838-9........................  276,018  1829-30.......................  126,512
1837-8........................  246,063  1828-9.......................  118,853
*** By the foregoing statement it will be seen that the crop falls short of last year's, by
293,966 bales-add to this the quantity put down for Texas, and the actual difference is
320,974.
Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption, does not include any cotton
manufactured in the States, south and west of Virginia, nor any in that State, except in
the vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond.
The quantity of new cotton received at the shipping ports up to the 1st inst. amounted
only to about 200 bales, against 7,500 bales last year.
In regard to the crop now commenced picking, it may be remarked that it is about
three weeks later than last year, and consequently more exposed to injury-while the fact
is very generally conceded that in parts of Alabama, and in Mississippi, Louisiana and
Texas, much injury has already been done by wet and by worms. In the Atlantic States,
however, appearances indicate a full average crop.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 327
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1845-46.
As the season advanced the cotton demonstrated a very material falling off in the amount of prod action, as compared with the
previous year, a circumstance which would unquestionably have
led to an important enhancement of prices, under a continuance of
the favorable features which marked the opening of the commercial year. But before this conviction became strong enough to act
upon to any important extent, a variety of adverse elements were
brought into operation, which tended in a material degree to disappoint the flattering anticipations that were indulged in in the
early part of the season.  The most prominent of these obstacles,
to a prosperous progress in the market, were the partial failure of
the grain and potato crops of Europe; the inordinate speculations in railway shares, both in England and on the continent, and
the consequent tightness in the money market; the agitation of the
Oregon question; the glutted condition of the Asiatic.markets, and
a variety of other impediments which were not calculated on, and
which need not here be. enumerated.  The excessive depression of
the previous year, however, has been avoided, and the closing
rates are a fraction higher than those which prevailed at the opening of the season. As regards the crop of 1845, it was early manifest that excessive drought, at an early period, had materially curtailed the extent of production in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, etc.; but at the same time an impression prevailed that the
increased yield in the sections of country bordering on the Mississippi River would go far to counterbalance the deficiency in the
States on the Atlantic. The result, however, proves that this calculation was widely erroneous, and is another among the many
instances on record which evidence the futility of early estimates.
Apart from this backwardness of the plant-a point which is fully
established-there appeared, up to some four or five weeks past, a
tolerable prospect for something like an average yield, provided a
favorable picking season should ensue; but since then the caterpillar, or army worm, and boll worm have made their appearance,
to a greater or less extent, in most sections of the cotton-growing
regions, including Texas, and are said to be making great ravages,




328 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
on some plantations nearly destroying the whole crops. The appearance of these destructive agents seems to have created more
alarm among the planters this season than usual, from the fact
that their advent has been about a month earlier than in previous
years, while the crop generally is said to be full three weeks later,
thus making a difference of seven weeks in the position of the plant
when first attacked, and rendering it much more susceptible of
injury. Heavy rains have somewhat destroyed the caterpillars,
by beating them off the plant on to the ground, and the prospects
thus far present a marked contrast to last year.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR- 1846.
UNITED STATES, 1845-1846.                  Stock 1st Jan., 1846, in....... Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.  co
Stock, October 1,         Export........... 1,665,000  United States......... Bales.  624,000  691,000  54,000    59,000    804,000   0
1845...........  94,000  Consumption....  422,000  Brazil......................  52,000  52,000..........  1,000     53,000   Z
Receipts.......... 2,100,000 Stock, Oct. 1, 1846 107,000  West Indies.................  6,000  6,000     4,000      6,000     16,000 
~ —.... —        East Indies.................  141,000  238,000     2,000     5,000    245,000   0
Bales............. 2,194,000 Bales........... 2,194,000  Egypt......................  62,000  68,000   9,000     24,000    101,000 
Bales....................  885,000  1,055,000    69,000    95,000  1,219,000 C
CONSUMPTION.                                                              ______
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.     IMPORT.
1,859,000   220.000   369,000  1,270,000  1,170,000.... United States......... Bales.  932,000  991,000  340,000  188,000  1,410,000 
114.000     8,000     1,000   105,000    105,000.... Brazil......................  84,000  84.000     1,000     8,000     86.000 
41,000 i    12,000  15,000     14,000    12,000.... West Indies.................  9,000   13,000    11,000     8,000     31,000 
181,000    65,000     4,000   112.000    87,000.... East Indies.................  50,000   95,000     4,000    63,000     98,000    3
128,000    40,000    16,000    72,000     70,000.... Egypt......................  59,000   61,000     9,000    31,000    101,000 
2,323,000   345,000   405,000  1,573,000  1,444,000.... Bales.................... 1,134,000  1,244,000  365,000  298,000  1,726,000..............................  i81,000  136,000  Export.
622,000    48,000    29,000   545,000   439,000 Stock, Dec. 31....... Stock above,  885,000  1,055,000  69,000   95,000   1,219,000
2,945,000   393,000   434,000  2,299,000  2,019,000 Total supply, bales............... 2,019,000  2,299,000  434,000  393,000  2,945,000  r,




COTTON AT LIVERPOOL. YEAR 1846.!~~~~~~~
RECEIPTS.                                 SALES.                   STOCKS.            PRICES.
WEEK C_____                                           _____                        ________ _____AUALCON- Q
ENDING.                                                                                                         --- ---  — EXPORT SUMPTIONN.
American  E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.   Con-   Specu- Export. Total.  Amer'n Other. Total. Mid. Mid. Dhol
sumption. lation.                                      Up. Orl.
Jan.   9.. —  41,321 9,080......  1,072 1,045    52,518   34,590 14,400....  48. 990 636,500 266,000 902,500 4  4    2             34,590   ~,,                          99,
16..   13,981 2,191     999  1,962    800   19,933   28,500  8,000    100   36,600 626,500 265,500 892,000 41  43   2      100    63,090
"  23..   11,404..... 1,524.......     648   13,576   29,520   8,000......  37,520611,000262,500873,500 4W     4    2             92,610 
"   30..   29.313...... 2,253     4,853......   36,419   32,760   6,000   300   39,060 614.500 262,000 876,500 4    4   2      300   125',370 
Feb.   6..   22,757 2,488 2,092    2,270......    29,607   38,580  7,000    700   46,280 602.500 263,500 866,000 414      2     700   163,950 
"  13..   15,833...... 1,788.............    17,621   26,450   2,400 1,210   30,060595,000260,000855,000 4      4    2    1210    190400 
t  20..   1,990...... 1,631.......     41    3,662   25,340......1,700     27,010573,000259,000832,0004       4    2  21700     215740 
27..    5,107......1,434........     6,541   26,410  3,700 2,700    32,810 551,500 256,500 808,000 4   41   2    2,700   242,150 
Mch    6..   26,185..     1,860   5,736   307    34,088   18,720  6,000 2,800    27,520 502,000 259,000 821,000 414     2    2,800   260,870    3
"9  13..   37,542...... 3,532.............    41,074   19,020   3,900 4,400   27,320 578,000 258,500 836,500 41 49    2    4400    279.800
20..     9,792 6,955   1,268  2,915......    20,930   24,230   2,250 2,200   28,680 565,000 266,000 831,000 4 4      2    2200    304,120 
"  27..    4,737 2,468 2,348      650    120   10,323   22,930   1,500 3,200   27,630 547,000 268,000 815,000 4]4 P    2    3,200   327,050 
April 3..     6,674  1,672  1,229.......   425    10,000  30,830   3,000 5,200    39,030 525,500 263,000 788,500 44      2    5200    357880 
April 3..  6,674 1,672  425                                                     11  4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2  5,2001 357,880  4
9..      4,851......     22     629......    3,502  22,930   6,000 1,750   30,680 510,500 259,000 769,500 41   41  2    1,750   380,810,', I 4   ~z    7      ] 380,810Y
" 17..  34.787...... 3,574.............    38,361   32,860 10,600 9,900    53,360 510,000 255,000 765,000   4 41 21 9,900      413,670
t 24.. 100,580 3,860  5,868.......1......110,308    25,350  5,800 4,100    35,250 584,500 259,500 844,000 4[ 4     2    4,100  439,020
May    1.     6,861.............  2,610......    9,471    6,250 33,000 6,410    45,660551,000254,000805, 000 4     41 2     6,410   445,270 
8..     25,649...................   230    25,879  30,790   4,900 4.110    39,800 515,000 279,500 794,500 4k  4l 21    4,110   476,060
15..    18,288...... 1,415    1,274     60   21,037   28,470 22,000 5,400    55,870 539,000 243,000 782.000 45  43   21 5,400    504,530 
< 22..  28,468...... 6,220.............    34,688   23,690  4,330 1,320    29,340 545,500 245,500 791 000 41  4    2   1 1,320  528,220 o
4
29..    11,542...........    1,448......   12,990   20,850  3,400 2,400    26,650 539,000 241,500 780,500 45  4    21 2,400    549,070 
June 5.....................1,3251,325         26,020 10,000   2,000  38,020 515,000 239,000 754,000 45  4    2    2,000   575,090 
it  12..   36,814    195......    8,609   484   46,102   24,705   4,000  1,370  30,075 528,500 245,500 774,000 4   4    21   1,370   599,795    4
19................ 1,303.............     1,303   29,500  1,500 1,900    32,900 503,500 239,000 742,500 4   4   21    11900  629,295
26..    44,787...... 2,718.......       77   47,582   20,980    500 3,190    24,670528,000 238,500 766,500 42   41 21     3,190   650,275   2
July   3..   28,529............   5,953......    34,482   34,590  3,250 2.500    40,340 523,500 237,500 761,000 41  4   21   2,500   684,865
10..    51,300............   1,242......    52,542   37,470  1,000 4,650    43,120537.500 234,000 771,500 4    4    24   4,650  722,335 
17                            0
17..    19,109 1,210 2,601       35    149   23,104   30,230  3,700 2,850    36,780530,500234,000764,500 41     4    24   2,850  752,565, 24..      60,226 1,319......    2,509......   64,054   29,810   3,700 3,200   36,710559,000 234,500 793.500 4'4    2    3200    782,375 
29..    17,965......    866....... 2,970    21,801   18,270  4,200 4,030    26,500560,000233,000793,000 4      4   2     4030   800645 
Aug. 7..     11,357...... 1,924    1,100   129    14,510  31,100   8.000 4,510   43,610536,500229,500766,000 4k     4    21   4,510   831,745
14..    33,326 2,855 1,745    4,343......   42,269   23,719  2,500 2,620    28,839546,000233,000 779,000 4     44 21    2,620   855,464
21..   31,008......   101   1,276     75   32,460   24,080  {i,000 3,170   33,250 557,500 22,500 786,000 4    4   2    3,170   879,544
" 28..  15,677   976   883.......     376   17,912   27,450  3,800 4,020    35,270546,500225,500771,000     44     21   4,020   906,994




Sep.   4     16,208...... 2,34:4    863    360   19,775   46,460 16,400 3,870     66,730521,000?20,500741,500 4a     5   2    3,870    953,454
11 t   21,496 3,220......    3,657   326   28,699    32,070  8,500 3,740    44,3101516,000 219,000 735 000 4    5    21 3,740     985,524'   18..     3,237...... 2,936.............- 6,173     38,540 41,800   1,810   82,150j491,000 209,000 700,000 51  5  1 2i 1,810 1,024,064
"   25..     6,6901 2,163.....      6621    90    9,605   35,280 34,810   2,720   72,810}467,000 205,000 672,000 5   5    2k   2,720 1,059,344
Oct.   2".    9,796............  4,532         14,628   27,910 21,700   2,180   51,7901452,0001205,0001657,000 5 |  51   23   2,180 1,087,254
9"          16,677...... 5......  22   661   17,860   27,570 22,500 2,730     52,800445,500 199,500 645,000 51   5    27   2,730 1,114,824
"  16   4005     580.....    1,146    96     5,827   30,240 38,700  1,960   70,900 426,000 192, 000 618,000 5k  51   3    1,960 1,145,064!
" 23.. 1,019   753.......  2,868    128    4,768   27,170 32,300    390   59,860 406,000 192,000 598,000 5i   53   3      390 1,172,234    Z
"  30   5,219..........  1,030          6.249   23,550 23,600  1,550   48,700 393,000186,500 579,500 5s    51   3    1,550 1,195,784 r
Nov. 6..      5,121     32.......  2,689   239    8,081   12,460   6,300  1,400   20,160 387,500 187,500 575,000 5    54  3     1,400 1,208,244
13..' 357 2,164.............   287     2,808   22,460  8,000  1,750   32,210 369,500 184.500 554,000 5A   54   3    1,7501.230,704 
" 20.        1,857 1,174    249   2,587......    5,867   21,100 11,800    950    33,850 354,500182,000 536,5005 5k 54    3      950 1,251,804 a
is  27        992           277     710    149    2,128   25,390   5,300   730    31,4201335,500177500513000 5       5    3      730 1,277,194    }
Dec.   4.......| 1,630.............   1,630   30,890 46.600     530   78,020 311,500 172,000 483,5001 5301,308,084
11.................   702     173......      875   54,320 67,450    200  121,970 272,000 158,000 430,000 6    6    3      200 1,362,404    I
" 18..       3,169...........    1,723......    4,892   36,520 93,700          1    30,320266,000 152,000 418,000 6  7  31     100 1,398,924,
24..     19,850........   2 169    303   22,322    8,120 13,170      50   21,340281,500151,000432,500 64     7    3       50 1,407,044 C
"   31.      8,957 4,166        1,431_1 2,461...7,015  1.. 1 1,66                                              7      341,0  250 1,418,704 0
^taleale    933,8331 9,521 60,767 77,9 9810,578 1,132,694 1,418,704 720,860 126820 2,266,384                     4.8 5.00 2.44 126820 2,728,276
ceipts & stocks.                                                                                                   -
Cto''~~~~~~~~~~~~~




The semi-weekly Price and       Weekly Sales and Receipts at New         York, Weekly Exports from       New    York and Bates f' Freight to         c
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop        Year ending September 1, 1846.
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                        EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair Sales for  Receipts                                         Rates of
1845.    New Orleans  Upland,          week for                                                Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool   we.frwe.Lvrol
livepoll olt1  LivepoiTo Great                       To    North of  Other     Total  Liverpoo
_ C___ lassiflcat'o. Classificat'n.       Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. 
Septem. 5..     7   4       7  74                                                                    @5-16d
9..     7    7       7  747    5,450    4,561     1,846     877      400........   3,123
"     12..   74   74     7   74
16..  74  74      7   7      3,400    2,059    2,807      645    1,363      420    5,235           An event that had an important bear19..      8(84      7@74                                                                                ing upon the future cotton supply,
23..   84@9       74 ~8      10,875    4,308    3,105    1,119      374      822    5,420             occurred during this crop year; on
25..  8@9        7 @8t                                                                               December 22, 1845, the Republic       Z
30..   8 @9       74 @84      8,400    3,464    1,834    2,981      614.......     5,429             of Texas   was formally admitted
October 3..    8    9      74 @8/                                                                  5-16@(d    into, and became one of, the United
7..   8   9      74@8        9,200    3,728    3,123........   1,685........   4,808             States; this measure was followed
o10..  81  9           8by a declaration of war between
14..   8494      47 8i        6,000    3,757      747      826      447........    2,020             this country and Mexico on the 13th
17..   84  94     7    8J May, 1846, and this had an unfa-'
21..   81  9      7   8       4,350     959     1,551    1,673      264........   3,488            vorable effect upon business gener24..  8   94     74a 84                                                                              ally; for a time, cotton being much
28..   84  94     7a   js     5,750      771    5,216    3,115    1,772      110   10,213             depressed; the unsettled feeling, 
31..  8   9      7!@81                                                                               however, was much mitigated by
Novem. 4..    8   18a   7  (8      2,850     6,248    1,403    1,024     591      819     3,837 5-16@(d    the fact, that early in the season,
"      7..    8   81    7;1 77                                                                             it became apparent, that the crop      T
11..        88A       74 @7       5,450    8,324     840      506      580........     1,926            coming in would not come up to
14..      8  8      7~;74                                                                               previous expectations; the receipts 
7  1 4,450I            2,211     9      2                  456
18.   7'^  84     7@74       4450     6,292    2,211    1,702      111      536    4,560             at the ports steadily fell off when
"     21.    7   84      7@7i                                                                               compared with the previous year,
(    25..  74   8       7@ 71     5,800     5,056     559      854................     1,413            and prices, with one or two brief
" 28..        8a8       7    7                                                                              exceptions, steadily  appreciated,
Decem.    2..   FP@8       74a7        6,000    2,931    2,378    2,008      174      771    5,331 5-16@_d    closing at an advance of 14a@2 
"      5..    8  8      71   74                                                                             cents per. pound above those cur9..    8@84      7j   7      3,400    4,826    1,503    1,345........     644    3,492             rent at the opening of the crop
" 12..       81  81     7j@7year.
16..   8 @81      7@8         3,900    8,383    1,677      428       93    1,134    3,332y,, 19.. 8' @8      7 @8
*42';..  ^(,8     7-@7:




Decem. 30      8@8k     7-@7t      1,800   6,052    1,181    768................   1,949
1846.
January 2..   7@.8-      7-@74                                                            3-16(@d,, 6..      7@84-_    7@7-       2,450   3,892      59    1,260.1,319
"      9..  74i.88    7 @7 
"    13..  7|84.   74  7     2,400   5,840     471     304........      28     803 
"     16..  7,@8   74@7i                                                                                                          O
"     20..  7if,8i    7~(7       4,309   1,400     394     978.............  1,372
4     23..8@8( 7(.@7 
"     27..  7j-^8~    7~@7       3,370   7,403     801........................     801
"     30..   8~81     7It7Q
February 3..   8 @8_    7   7      5,100   6,130   1,195    1,479................  2,674 3-16@_d Q
6.. 88i       7 8 @8 7~7>
"     10..   88(.8~   74@7{      5,750   2,037   1,849   1,665     135........   3,649
"     13..   8@8k     74(7~
"     17..   8,8.     71i7I      5,400   7,316   1,589     934      26........   2,549                                              z
"     20..   8@!8~    74@17J
24..   8         7@7@      7,700   5,683     264    1,615      81........   1,960
27.. 8~~9        7g@8
March    3..  8@_9      7s@8       7,000   4,799   1,253    1,184............  2,437 t@5-16d
6..  8i(941     7i@84 
10..  8'@91     7i@8       6,300   6,994     947    1,299........    524   2,770
13..  89I        8@9                                                                                                           H
"  17..  8  4     @S91  8(iJ88  5,100  11,890  106  1,350     132     532   2,120                                              0
20.. 8R&9        8i@8 
24..  84  93      8@ 84    3,500   4,172...............    147....    147
27.'.  8@9-       8  88
31..  829         8@8      4,150   17,364...............     233      69     302 
April    3..  8/9        888                                                              3-16@id 
"" 7.  819       8@.88   4,450    1,732    433      934     696........   2,063
10.   8(9        8   88
"     14..  8 (.94     8(@8      5,000  22,169     565    2,585     88........   3,238
4  17..  889     88k
21..  8'_9@      7-i84     2,950   10,575    804    1,222.........  2,026                                           0
24..  8_@94      74@8 
28..  8"  9      74a@S     6,850   12,684    554      698      94....       1,346
llay     1..  8(i9      7i@841                                                            i   -16d 
5..  8 @94       8@8f     9,500   10,925   1,471   2,031     736........  4,238
"      8'..  Si~9k    7J484
"  12..  81@9   7(3 8_     9,300  11,280    2,231    848      143.......   3,222
15    8(1@9      7_@8. 
" 19..      8j@9      7s@,8 7,700        9,806   1,434   3,581     769........   5,784  _____    _




The semi-weekly Price and       Weekly Sales and Receipts at New         York, Weekly Exports from         New   York   and Rates of    Freight       g
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop          Year ending September 1, 1846-Concluded. 
Price of Mid. Price of Mid                          EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair Sales for Receipts _______                                  Rates of
1846.   New Orleans  Upland,     week.  for week.                                             Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool                    To Great   To     North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classiflcat'n. Classificat'n.             Britain  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. 
C
May     22..   8   39      7 @8~
26..       8 @87      7 P 8       6,400    8,461    3,328    1,538     891      713     6,470
tl  29..  8,  8-9  7   8 8Enxchange.
Jue29.. 8i4~8j 7 ~8
June      2..   8,)9      7   8      10,500    3,219    4,201    1,083    1,082    1,228    7,594 7-16@%                    e'"     5.. -8i    9     7|.@8                                                                             The course of exchange varied but 
9..   8'  9      7-a@8k     13,400   11,381    7,640    2,181      596........ 10,417              little this year; the range for bills 
"  12..   8   9      7|J8k                                                                               on London in September, was 94@ ~
16..   8   9      718]        9.550    1,964    4,066    2,460      750      776    8,052             101 per cent. premium; October,       t
19..   8!  9      7~ ( 814                                                                            91@10; November, 91@8k; Decem- 
"  23..   8k  9      74     8    5,600    5,115    4,196    1,446    1,260      102    7,004             ber, 8@9; January, 8i@84; Feb..
" 26..  8:@9      7~(@j8t                                                                             ruary, 8@8~; March, 84 up to 9?;
Jl 30..  8 9      7-78-4      6,200    2,914    6,015    1,353    2,536      462   10,366             April, 9   10;  May, 89; June, 
July      3..  8~ @9       7    @83                                                                1~5-16d    8|@7j; July, between 7 and 8; and
7..   81  9      77@8        1,500    6,791    1,277    1,013      298........   2,588             in August, the quotation advanced 
"  10..   8   9      7|@8from                                                                                  741@7, up to 8k@9, which 
"  14..   821j9      7 @8        5,700    3,877    3,219    1,129      834........   5,182             latter was the closing rate, Septem- 
17..   S'@9       74|@8                                                                               ber 1, 1846.
21..   8      9   7    8-     6,100    1,652    5,098    1,220    1,551........    7,869
24..   8|~9*      8s81
"  28..   8 j@94      8   8i     8,250    4,289      780........     643........   1,423 
31..   S@91        8~8~                                                                                                                     o
August    4..   8 ~9        8(8k       6,700    2,619    1,627    1,965     521     1,265    5,378 7-32@~
"      7..   8|~9-       4@8
11..   8     8  94,700                 3,908    2,141    1,882      669      509    5,201                                                   o
14..   8|(9-      8@8~
18..   84@9t      81   8      4,700    9,989      546    1,206      517........    2,269
21..   8~-(9]     8A8_8~
25..    9  9_         88-a    8,300    2,286      858    1,738    1,676........    4,272
28..    9(9s      8   _94
Septem. 1..      9@91      8@9j      10,800    4,335      570     1,386     984........  2,940 4@5-16d
Average price
And totalsales,  8.59       7.87     307,504  313,063  94,289    65,438   26,556   11,464  197,747
receipts a n d
exp orts.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 335
1847.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1847.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1846.
NEW-ORLEANS.
ExportTo Foreign Ports...............                     565,007
Coastwise...................... 159,501
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1847...........  23,493
Deduct-   748,001
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1846.................  6,332
Received from Mobile..............................   16,379,"   "     Florida..............................   16,966... Texas...............................    2,345
--- -. 42,022
MOBILE.,     705,979 1,037,144
Export —
To  Foreign  Ports..................................  190,221
Coastwise.........................................  116,801
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1847.................  24,172
331,194
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1846.................  7,476
Received from New Orleans.........................      256
7,732
323,462 421,966
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports...................................  36,726
Coastwise........................................    90,00;
Burnt at Apalachicola.............................      100
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1847................  2,108
128,940
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1846.........................   1,088....-     127,852  141,184
TEXAS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................    543
Coastwise.......................................  9,242
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1847.................      32'____ -- 9,817
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1846........................      1,500
8,317   27,008
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands.................... 113,656
Sea  Island......................    5,665
Coastwise-Uplands............................... 113,300
Sea  Island.............................   1,530
234,151
Export from DarienTo New York.                                               5
To    New   York.....................................  5
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1847......7,787
"    Augusta and Hambro', 1st September, 1847.     17,233
-... 259,176




336    (HRONOLOGICAL         AND   STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1847.-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1846.
Deduct3tock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st September, 1846.   15,828
Received  from   Florida.............................  559
16,387
SU   242,789  194,911
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 179,467
Sea  Island.....................  10,869
Coastwise-Uplands.............................. 156,064
Sea  Island.............................   698
347,098
Export from GeorgetownTo New York, Boston, &c..........................     2,000
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1847............  29,655
-----     378,753
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st September, 1846...........   8,709
Received from Savannah...........................    18,408...       Florida.............................   1,436
28,553
350,200 251,405
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportCoastwise.........................................................  6,06  10,637
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................    152
Coastwise.......................................  3,000
Manufactured-Taken from the Ports...............     10,491
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1847.................     448
14,091
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1846.........................     100
---— re   rtt13,991  13,282
Received  overland  last year........................................         3,000
Total Crop of the United States................................. 1,778,651 2,100,537
Received at Philadelphia and Baltimore, overland....................  1,828
Crop  of last year................................................ 2......  100,537
Decrease.............................................  321,886




CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.       337
Export to Foreign Ports, from September 1, 1846, to August 31, 1841.
To Great   To    To North  Other   Total.
FROM                    Britain.  France. of Europe. F'n Ports.
New Orleans....................... Bales. 385,368  95,719   26,297  57,623 565,00i
Mobile.....................................  131,154  39,293  5,293'  14,481  190,221
Florida..................................  30,896   2,592........  3,238   36,726
Texas....................................................  543........  543
Georgia.................................  107,227  11,150....44....  944  119,321
South Carolina........................    121,662  51,452    8,794   8,428 190,336
N orth  Carolina..........................................
Virginia................................   152................      152
Baltim ore................................    30      425................    455
Philadelphia..433...................     433
New  York...............................   53,638  40,798   32,074   7,998  134,508
Boston..................................     349       57    2,688     426    3,520
Grand total.......................... 830,909 241,486   75,689  93,138 1,241,222
Total last year....................... 1,102,369 359,703  86,692 118,028 1,666,792
Decrease..........................  271,460 118,217   11,003   24,890,425,570
jfz- The shipments, if any, from Mississippi are included in the export from New
Orleans.
Growth.
Total crop of 1827-8...... bales.  712,000'Total crop of 1837-8.......bales. 1,801,497
1828-9............  857.744            1838-9............  1,360,532
1829-30...........  976,845            1839-40........... 2,177,835
1830-1...........  1,038,848            1840-1.............  1,634  945
1831-2............  987,477              1841-2.............  1,683,574
1832-3............  1,070,438            1842-3.............  2,378,875
1833-4............  1,205,394            1843-4.............  2,030,409
1834-5............  1,254,328      "     1844-5.............  2,394,503
1835-6.......... 1,360,725         "     1845-6........... 2,100,537
1836-7............  1,422,930      "     1846-7............  1,778,651
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated...................... 1,778,651 bales.
Add —Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st September, 1846.-In the Southern ports................................ 41,033
"  Northern   ".............................  66,089
107,122
Makes a  supply  of...................................................... 1,885,773
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 1,241,222
Less, foreign included...................   353
------ 1,240,869
Stocks on hand at the close of the year,
1st September, 1847In the Southern ports..................  104,928
"   Northern   "..................  109,909
214,837
Burnt at Apalachicola....................................     100
"    New-York......................................    2,000
2,100
-      1,457,8016




338    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY                  OF COTTON.
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of Manufacturers.
1846-7................... bales.  427,967  1836-7...................bales.  222,540
1845-6........................  422,597  1835-6........................  236,733
1844-5...................  389,006   1834-5.....216,888
1843-4.........................  346,744   1833-4......                     196,413
1842-3........................  325,129  1832-3........................  194,412
1841-2.................  267,850  1831-2.......................  173,800
1840-1..................... 297,288   1830-1.............    182,142
1839-40.......................  29.5,193  1829-30.......................  126,512
1838-9........................  276,018   1828-9........................  118.853
1837-8................          246,063   1827-8............             120,593
NOTE.-By the foregoing statement, it will be seen that the crop is 321,886 bales less
than last year, and 615,852 less than the year before.
Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption in the cotton growing States,
does not include any cotton manufactured in the States south and west of Virginia.
The quantity of new cotton received at the shipping ports up to the 1st inst. amounted
to 1,121 bales, against about 200 bales last year.
We have this year made up our Statement of the Crop of the United States, without
including the quantity received overland at Baltimore and Philadelphia, it being almost
universally conceded that it has already been included in the shipments up the Mississippi
from New Orleans; to show a fair comparison, however, with last year, we have appended
the amounts so received at those ports.
The shipments given in the above statement from Texas, are those by sea only; a considerable portion of the crop of that State finds its way to market via Red River, and is
included in the receipts at New Orleans-upwards of 4,000 bales, it is supposed, have thus
been received during the season.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 339
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1846-47.
It is, of course, familiarly known to all that a large deficiency
in the crops of Great Britain and Ireland, and of many portions of
the Continent of Europe, produced an extraordinary demand upon
this country for various articles of food; among the most prominent of which are flour, wheat, Indian corn, and corn meal; and
the remarkable increase in the receipts and exports of these articles
-as shown by our tables, and particularly referred to in another
place, under the head of Western Produce-forms a feature of
commanding interest in the trade of the last season. This famine,
however, in foreign lands, while it has added largely to the wealth
of the producers of grain in the Northern, Western, and Middle
States, has had a contrary influence upon the prospects of the
cotton planters of the South, particularly those of Louisiana
and Mississippi, who being deprived of full crops by a dispensation of Providence, had looked to a large advance in prices to remunerate them for deficiency in quantity. In this, however, their
too sanguine hopes have been disappointed, and must ever be, under
similar circumstances; for dear food and dear clothing cannot be
maintained at the same time among such a population as constitute
the consuming masses of Europe. As a general remark, their
means are too limited to purchase both; and, as food is the first
necessity of life, it absorbs all the earnings of the laborer.
The backwardness of the plant generally, and the destructive
ravages of the caterpillar, which had but just commenced, led to
serious apprehensions of an important curtailment of the product,
particularly in the Southern Valley of the Mississippi, and also in
South Alabama and Texas. These apprehensions rapidly gained
strength as the season advanced; and it soon became evident that
the hopes of the planter had been blasted to an extent which had
never before occurred by a similar agency. For a considerable
period many parties continued sceptical in regard to the representations of damage to the crop; but their correctness has long since
been conceded, and the demonstration is established by a reference
to the receipts at this port, which show a falling off of 334,069
bales, as compared with the previous year: The conviction of a




340 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
large deficiency in the expected yield soon led to speculative movements, and induced many planters to place high limits upon their
crops, as they forwarded them to market, under the reasonable
expectation that when this fact should be known in Europe-where
the stocks were already comparatively limited-a material enhancement of prices would be the natural result. These expectations
have been partially attained, and under ordinary circumstances
might, perhaps, have been realized to'their fullest extent. But it
has happened, in the course of events, that the same cause which
was most prominent among those which produced disappointment
and disaster in 1845-6, has exercised a most powerful and extended
influence during the past season, viz.: famine in Europe. It is
beyond question that this has been the main obstacle to a much
more considerable advance than has actually occurred in the
market abroad, for, as we have already remarked in another place,
dear food and dear clothing cannot be maintained at the same time
among the consuming masses of Europe-those who usually take
the great bulk of the supply; and consequently we see that the
quantity taken for consumption'in Great Britain, including all
descriptions, from January 1st to July 1st of the present year, has
been only 590,657 bales, against 775,509 bales during the same
period in 1846, showing a decrease for the six months of 184,852
bales, or an average weekly decrease of 7,100 bales. During a
considerable portion of the time, however, the ratio of the decrease
has been much greater, and for some weeks-say in May and June
-the sales for consumption scarcely amounted to one-half the
average of the previous year. A similar state of depression, and
from similar causes, existed on the Continent; and our home consumption, which it was expected would be similarly increased,
will be found to have scarcely reached the extent of last year,
when it was put down at 422,597 bales.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1847.
UNITED STATES-1846-1847.                     Stock Jan. 1, 1847, in........ Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
United States........ Bales.  270,000  303,000     25,000    24,000    352,000
Export......... 1,241,000    Brazil.......................   24,000    24,000..........     1,000      25,000
Stock, 1st Septem-        Consumption......421,000    West Indies.................     2,000     4,000........       2,000       6,000 
ber, 1846.......  98,000 Stock, 1st Septem-           EastIndies..................    92,000   157,000      2,000     2,000     161,000 
Crop........ 1,779,000  ber, 1847....... 215,000  Egypt....................  51,000    57,000      3,000    14,000      74,000 
Bales........... 1,877,000 Bales........... 1,877,000      Bales...................   439,000   545,000     30,000    43,000    618,000 
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.       IMPORT.
1,265 000   190,000   249.000    826,000   792,000... United States...............   831,000    874,000   266,000   209,000   1,237,000 
74,000     8,000      2,000    64,000     62,000.... Brazil.                      110,000    111,000     4,000      8,000    111,000
21,000     8,000      4,000     9,000      7,000.... West Indies.......            6,000      7,000     7,000      9.000     23,000 
258,000    87,000      5,000   166,000    133,000....EastIndies.........           121,000   222,000     4,000     90,000    228,000 
127,000    45,000     33,000    49,000     47,000... Egypt..                  20,000     20,000    44,000     57,000    119,000 
1,745,000   338,000   293,000  1,114,000  1,041,000........................Bales.. 1,088,000  1,234,000   325,000   373,000   1,718,000.............................  214,000   122,000 Export. 
0
591,000    78,000     62,000   451,000    364,000 Stock Dec. 31.     Stock above,   439,000    545,000    30,000     43,000    618,000 
2,336,000   416,000   355,000  1,779,000  1,527,000 Totalsupply, bales............... 1,527,000  1,779,000  355,000  416,000  2,336,000   t, —* —----                                                                                                              -     - 0_._._.
SH
H-~




342    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.
WEEK._____-___-___-__ -_____- _________________.__                ___________
ENDING.
Amerlc'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.Total.    Con-   Specn- Export  Total.
sumption. lation.
Jan.  8.     5,126...................,126  22,880  1,750    550   23,430
15..   10,623..........    3,883......    14,506   25,800  1,600 1,850   29,250
22..    20,089...... 1,532    1,182.......  22,803   14,850  3,600   850   19,300
"  29..  39,122...........   4,440   202   43,764   22,320  1,100 1,170   24,590
Feb.  5..   14,977........................ 14,977   17,270  8,200  1,570   27,040
" 12..     10,300  1,313......   677......    12,290   10,660  8,000 1,200   19,860
"  19..  39,848 5,744......    2,240   259   48,091   11,270  1,200  1,050  13,520
26..    14,823...................  4,004  18,827   18,290  6,500  1,400  26,190
Mch   6..    3,702 2,414    317     800......   7,233   18,000  7,000 1,200    26,200
t   12..    2,354.........................    2,354   14,950  2,000  1,150  18,100
" 19..     11,168 1,674......    4,129......   16,971   12,850  1,000 2,600   16,450
"   26..   32,374 3,452 1,810    5,292 1,138   44,066   19,910  9,700 3,200   32,810
April 1.    33,710  1,784......   1,797......37,391      18,100  9,600 3,100    30,800
9..  19,790  2,125......   1,408......   23,323   19,310  5,000 1,200   25,510
16..    36,704 2,169......    1,351......   40,224   33,860 30,200 2,100   66,160
23..    36,579..........     3,215    30   39,824   18,150  4,800   700   23,650
30..     46,318 3,172......     130    100   49,720   21,550  1,900   350   23,800
May   7..    9,710 2,315 1,232    1,605......   14,862   23,270  3,300    500   27,070
14..    10,306 4,744............  16  15,066  25,690   800 1,800   28,290
"  21..  29,563 8,279 1,155    1,712   104   40,813   20,120  1,850 7,520   29,490
28..     1,916..................     150    2,066   23,620  11,000  4,380  39,000
June  4..   18,818 2,891......    2,207   645   24,561   23,660  5,400 4,280    33,340
11..   15,493 1,814......    716...... 18,023  16,015  5,850 5,265   27,130
18..   30,378 3,576......    2,235   224   36,413   26,400  5,600 4,400   36,400
25..   15,112 1,628......      59    185   16,984   39,070  9,800 5,530   54,400
July   2..   7,864......      3......     25    7,892   43,280 28,700 4,720    76,700
9..    8,725 4,122......    2,652......   15,499   26,560 10,660 2,050   39,270
16..     11,946 3,325......    2,751    66   18,088   21,170 11,300 7,700   40,170
23..    10,434.........    123      3   10,560   21,420  1,800 2,370   25,590
30..    21,360............   1,005    48   22,413   14,470  2,700   960   18,130
Aug. 6..     7,286 1,753...         20......   9,059   24,200  3,900 1,870    29,970
1: 13..    17,197 2,287......    2,695......   22,179   17,840  1,000 3,690   22,530
<  20..    5,552...........      5,552   18,730  2,900 2,500   24,130
27.     21,174 1,818......    3,261    16   26,269   17,130  1,900 1,680   20,710
Sept. 3..   21,137 5,525......    1,784     1   28,447   18,120    650 1,830    20,600
10..   5,978............   672.....    6,650   14,000    700  3,810  18,510
17..   30,454 7,867    321   2,066......   40,708   11,710    120 3,050   14, 880
24..    2,956 5,890......    1,000......   9,846   19,500  2,000 3,200   24,700
Oct.   1..   3,738 5,583......    3,373    11   12,705   19,210    800 2,200    22,210
8..    2,964...... 2,185      87     23    5,259   17,720  3,500 1,150   22,370
l 15..  31,103 10,864......  5,619......  47,586   16,520  3,900 1,280   21,700
< 22..  17,442............    19      2   17,463   10,840  1,900 2.420   15,60
" 29..  12,237............  5,326    85   17,648   15,070  3.000 4,130   22,200
Nov. 5.      7,035............   3,273    83   10,391   16,510  1,100 3,980    21.590
12..     3,21011,343 4,521    7,670......   27,244   19,920  1,850 4,630   26,400
19..     2,273...........    2,100   540    4,913   17,920  1,000 3,510   22,430
26..    2,281 1,942          5,080   100    9,403    2,560    700 2,500    5,760
Dec. 3..    19,500 3,376 3,005    1,464...      27,345   21,800.......   800  22,600
I   10..    7,286 1,204   1,482......    21    9,993   21,250.......    650  21,900
"  17..  13,504  4,030......   7,903......   25,457   20,850.......  750  21,600
24..    5,158............  7,638......  12,796   19,870.......  650  20,520
31..   11,212 1,529......    2,915    20   15,676   17,450.........    17,450
&    tota ae.res 809,809 114730 21,712 113,747 8,099 1,068,147 1,023,485 232,180 1269901,382,655
ceiptsa &  stocks.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.                                  343
POOL. YEAR 1847.
STOCKS.                 PRICES.
_________________________ACTUAL CONSUM P-.______ _  _EXPORT.           TION.            REMARKS.
Amenri-  Other.   Total.   Mid.    Mid. Surats.
can.                      Up.     Orl.
258,186 162,480   420,666 6 @74 6 @9     41@64       550    22,880
257,666 162,673   420,339 6@7 7~@7|        5       1,850    48,680
265,715 161,727   427,442   64      64     4R        850    63,530
293,527 162,289   455,816    6      64     4.      1,170    85,850
293,714 155,709   449,423    6      6a     44      1,570   103,120
153,069 296,784   449,853    64     6      4t      1,200   113,780
327,492 157,132   484,624    6     * 6     4     I 1,00    125,050
326,345 157,426   483,771    6      64     41      1,400   143.340
308,137 152,667   460,804    6      61     4       1,200   161,340
295,281 151,777   447,058    64     64     48      1,150   176,290
295,499 153,672   449,171    5i     6      44      2,600   189,140
310.283 159,844   470,127    64     64     4P      3,200   209,050
325,673 157,775   483,448    6      6 4    4       3,100   227,150.329,893 156,368  486,261    64     6      44      1,200   246,460
338,077 151,548   489,625    6      7      44      2,100   280320
367,529 149,325   516,854    61     64     44        700   298,470
390,947 148,757   539,704    64     64     43        350   320,020
382,207 148,589   530,796    54     6      4         500   343,290 Financial difficulties, &c.
369,683 148,689   518,372    54     57     45      1,800   368,980,
378,306 153,239   531,545    57     6      4       7,520   389,100
359,222 146,389   505,611    6      64     44      4,380   412,720 Favorable weather, &c.
358,210 141,472   499,682    61     64     4       4,280   436,380
359.103 137,322   496,425    61     6      44      5,265   452,395
369 541 132,497   502,038    6      6      4P      4,400   478,795
355,293 119,039   474,332    6      7      4       5,530   517,865
331,767 103,367   437,104    7      74     5       4.720   561,145
925,652 105,341   430,993    6.     7      5       2,050   587,705
317,456 102,733   420,189    7      74     54      7,700   608,875
310,730 96,611    407,341    67     7       54     2,370   630,295
318,321! 94,545  412,865    6      7      54        960   644,765
306,356 89,498    395,854    6      7       54     1,870   668,965
307,683 88.820    396,5u3    64     7      54      3,690   686,805
296,775 84,050    380.825    64     7      5       2,500   705,535 1
303,679 8. 605    388,284    6      64     5       1,680  722,665
318,986 87,435    406,421    6      6      5       1,830   740,785
312,074 83,187     395,261   6      64     5       3,810   754,785
330,618 90,591    421,209    6-     64     5       3,050   766,495
314,914 93,441    408,355    6      6      44      3,200   785,995
300,732 98,368    399,100    5o     54     4       2,200   805,205
287,356   8,133   385,489    5      54     44      1,150   822,925   Many failures in Lon304,949 110,326   415,275    54     54     44      1,280   839,445     don and elsewhere.
314,021 105,457   419,478    4      5      4       2,420   850,285
307,228 110,651   417,879    4      5      4       4,130   865,355
294 693 109,507   404,200    4      41     4       3,980   881,865
278,603 128,291   406,894    41     4      4       4,630   901,785
263.747 126,631   390,378    4      4t     3       3,510   919705
245,698 126,523   372,221    4      47     3       2,500   922,265
246,988 129,978   376,966    44     4-     34        800   944,065
236, 804 128,255   365,059. 4       41     3         650   965,315
233,828 134,068   368,896    44     4      3         750   986,165
223,346 137,826   361,172    44     4      3         650 1,006,035..                363,530   4..........1,023,485
6.03   6.18    4.57  126,990   196,824




The semi-weekly Price and      Weekly Sales and Receipts, at New        York, Weekly    Exports from    New   York and Bates of Freight 
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1847.
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                        EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair Sales for Receipts ____          ___                      Rates of
1846.    New Orleans  Upland.   week.   for week.                                           Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool                   To Great   To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classiflcat'n. Classificati'n           Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
Septem. 4..     9@9       8j@9j.@.08..  q9@9^      82  9      3,150    4,533     178    2,123    1,211     546    4,058           This was the period of the great fam11..      9(9~      8   9                                                                            ine in Ireland and suffering in EngI 15..  9@9|      82 @9      3,950     974    1,663    1,146      276........   3,085             land occasioned by the failure of
18..     9~@10       9@91                                                                           the crops.    Shipments of bread-     -
22..   94@10       9@9      11,100    3,030     680      101      735      653    2,169            stuffs hence to the United Kingdom
i   25.   9@101      91@9a                                                                            were of unprecedented magnitude.     t
29..   94@10      9@9|      11,450    3,026    1,189   1,268      587........   3,044             Exchange rapidly fell, and the ordiOctober 2..    9@(10      91@10_                                                                ~1@  d.    nary ebb tide of specie from this 
t ~ ~   ~   ~   490 5492            4I1     42                524i 3,055
6.. 10|@11       10l10j    14,900    5,409     549    1,452      530     524    3,055             country was arrested, the current
9.. 10~10       9i  10i                                                                          now flowing in full volume this way.
13..   10@10A     9|@101     3,800    5,340     796      215      218      81    1,310             These causes brought on astagna16..   10)10a     91@10k                                                                           tion of trade in England; money
20..   10)10.     9@10       3,550    3,966     191      653      967.......      1,811            affairs became much deranged, and.~~~~~
"  23..   1010N     9   10j                                                                          the rates of interest were higher 
27.. 101    103]  9]t_.1
27.. 10@1~0|  9|@a10     13,100   4,174      137    1,335     156        1    1,629            there than before, since 1837 and     t
30.. 101610       93@101                                                                           1839. The manufacturers curtailed
40  10 4     ~104
Novem. 3.. 10j10          9@10       5,600    1,420      90    1,173      312........    1,575 ~I@d.      largely their working hours, and
6.. 104 10| 94        410                                                                           the consumption of cotton fell off   m
10.. 10~1(103     9     3 10  5,850   5,503   1,068    1,526      362........   2,956             10,000 bales per week, though early 
13..   10@10      9k@10                                                                           in the season advices from     the 
17..   10R10|a    9|@10k     4,750    6,069   2,364    1,035      747........   4,146             Southern States represented the
" ~20.. 9.....          I 
9          10    9    10crop as at least three weeks later
I 24..  91  101  9j@9|     9,900    9,218    1,802........     272       57    2,131            than usual; that the army worm
27..   9     10   9j@9                                                                             had generally appeared, which, toDecem.    1..  10  10     91@10      6,700    3,788    1,843    1,772     573........     4,188 -@7-16d    getber with heavy rains and floods, 
"    4..   10  10     9   10                                                                           augured ill for the incoming crop.   H.
8..   10@(10     91@10J     9,400   10,550   1,772    1,097      234........   3,103             The  English  markets, however, 
C
"  11.. 10    ioa 10  1010                                                                            under the difficulties mentioned,
15.. l"i 1        10@ 105   13,000    2,649   3,227      681    1,029........   4,937             responded very feebly to the specu18.. 10L11        10@10j                                                                          lative feeling  inaugurated here,
A 22..  11@11j   105@11     11,800    4,896    1,467........   1,504    1,804   4,775             until toward the latter part of the
i   25..   11(11    10~@11                                                                            season, when it became apparent




Decem. 29..     11@11&     10@11        4,300     9,594    3,717     2,437      163........   6,317              thatthe crop would not come up to
1847.                                                                                                          early  expectations.    There was
January   1..   11(11      10  @11@ W]                                                                       d.    then a more lively movement in the
"   5..   1l111      10all        6.200     4,441    1,691      784       732........    3,207              English markets, being assisted by
8.. 11( 12           11   1                                                                                some little alleviation in financial 
12.. 11@12       1l4.11      8,300     3,368    1,582       147      166........   1,895              affairs there, though the improve- 
15.. 11ft12         11:   11t                                                                                ment was very brief, as will be seen    0
"  19.. 11j12j       1l-it11      11,800    7,177       916    1,050        50    2,471     4,487             by the events of the succeeding 
4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
22.. 12~@13       11Q~.121                                                                                 crop year.
26.. 12@ 13j      12~@123     18,200     7,450      562       100................       662                                                       0
29.. 13         131  124a.131
February 2.. 13(.    13    12|(131     23,500     6,190      713     1,245      128       453    2,539   A@~d.
I I    5..    13@13l    121@13
9..      13    1:3  12~@(13      8,100    7,354       500      856       661........    2,017
" 12.. 1212@            1123lj121
16..   12@12    11~     12     5,500     9,890     1,128      925      597........   2,650 
19.. 11~    12     11@111O
23.. 11     12     11l l       5,000    5,089     1,420                 66    1,131     2,617
"  26..    11  11j   10_10a 
March     2.   1?    1
March   2.. 11~(.12      10(111       9,700   19,063       687      187       622......      1,496    @  d.
5.. 112 2j       10    l-4W11 
" 9..11|12             1 (-11   1  9,400    11,335     1,656      943      163....       2,762 
12.. _11    13(123  11x(lli
"16.. lli@12       111l1     5,400     3,567    2,811       818     1,148........   4,777 
19.. 12j    13    11 112i
23.. 12@,13       1 1(12,     5,300    10,029........    1,593       829......      2,422
26..   12@12|     11    12
30.. 12(    12|   l 1(@12       7,800   13,741      334...      765             1,099 
April     2.. 12(O 12a     11(@12 
6.. 12~    123   11|   12     6,600     3,561      293       104      812........    1,239
9.. 121(   12|    l sa@12:1
13..   12   12|   111(12       2,950     5,812      589       408      107......        1104
f16..  12(12|     l@ 11 12i
20.. 12       13    11@121       4,700     2,575      673       432      807........   1,912
" 23.. 121 -_131        12~(@12|
27.. 124ai13~     121(13      12,450     6,874      136........     335........     471
" 30.      12.    (13  121@1341 
May       4.. 12       134a  12~(133     6,550    5,657      762       410      225........   1,397 (4Ad.
" 7.. 12~~.y13:1i             1i 
11.. 12-a  131   12      3a
1.12 1             2k@13       5,250     4,498................     2,303........    2,303
14..  12  k@ 13 4  12. 12      2_
" 18.. 12j@131l@12                 2,700       168       1                                     10                                                      da




New York Statement fbor lb4i.-(    onciuded. 
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                  EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair Sales for Receipts                                   Rates of 
1847.   New Orleans Upland.   week   for week.                                        Freight to       GENERAL REMARKS. 
Liverpool  Liverpool                To Great   To    North of  Other   Total Liverpool.
Classificat'n. Classificat'n.         Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Porte Exports. 
May     21.. 12k@13     11@120,, 2         2g13    1la8..l72             i      Bills on London were quoted, through
June     1.   12~j13    1~
25.  12@13      1|@12    23,700   14,182    316........    6.d.
"une  T   l11li      12li   3,700  14182      331.38                          712.....       September, at from  8] to 91 per   j
C. 1 1-4~12 j113_2/
8.   118@12                                                                cent. premium; in October the quo"    Il      12112     115  3,650  4,869     855........     123........    978                                              "I
11.1 11jl2-   11d   8   360     4,6        5.       2                7            tation fell from 8'X~9 down to 6i@.15.. ll|12J   lll|     3,450    6,420    276.......1......                2  72; in November the ranrige was be-             -
18..  1 2G12    ll~ 1@12-.tween 7t and 6 per cent.;in De-                           Z
I 22..  12@12|ll|@12;.     4,650    5,408     61....         277             338            cember the quotation dropped to 56
25.. 11~       12.. 1 2; in January it ranged from   c
121  11 J1
4                                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5 to 69.; in February, between 6 
29.. ll|%-(12i  11|@12     4,400    2,396    329      447........ n.......n 7in                           rc76  tt; in qet n 
July"2.    184(~l2~ 12~ ~ 12                                                                 f    fell fro4'n  51 down to 3'@~; in
y  6:'. 11 4~ 1 Is11@12      3,950    3,166    183........     644.......     827   ^~       felfo      25 ont       @,i 
6.. ll~l       15i  2     3,950    3,16     183.644827April it began to rise, and went up                                  ^3
"  9..  1 4@Y~1  41i l19                                                             from 41J5 to 6cebe7; in May the 
"     23.   12~12~   11~sl2
13.. 11J@12    1llS11llJ   4,000   15,373    151      479     455........   1,085           f                                  n
161. ll~12 (-11;  lirangewas6to7in June, 5ar i
236 1212311           4                              7930 212|......... 244 05  f   e   l   n  from   5|@d6o up to 7j48 pern
11 1_/
30..  12 I~b~l2 11il 2 8                                                                    the rate current on September 1,    3
"0.       12  121~ 113_ll123...
August   3.. 12@ 13     121@121    9,400   3,644    2,403   1,152   2,377........   5,932  i@i.
6.. 123@131    12 @13
10.. 12~(~l31   122@13    10,800    9,518    784    1,561     663........   3,008
13.. 12@13~     125@12                                                                                                          g
17.. 1234@131   121@\12    9,300    1,892   1,937   2,213     687........   4,837
-4a ~ ~ ~,00 15,1713
20.. 12 @13     12i@13                                                                                                          0
24.. 12 @13     12|@12 @jl  7,100   2,753   1,231   1,306   3,015........   5,552
27.. 121@13     12 @,12-1
"  31.. 123.12     12 @12     7,700   2,959   2,967    3,381   2,159........  8,507 A@d. 
and totalsale.  11.71    11.21   397,000 312,448  53,638   40,798  32,074   7,998 134,508
receipts and
exports.              ________________________ ___                                         ________




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 347
1848.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and     Total Amount of      the Cotton   Crop  of  the United    States, for
the Year ending August 31, 1848.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.   period
1847.
NEW ORLEANS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  949,858
Coastwise..................................... 252,039
Stock on hand 1st September, 1848...................  37,401
1,239,298
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1847.................    23,493
Received from Mobile..............................    10,857
Florida.............................        4,208
"(     Texas..............................     10,007
48,565
-_   -   1,190,733  705,979
MOBILE.
ExportTo Foreign Ports........................ 319,081
Coastwise.........................................    118,168
Stock on hand 1st September, 1848.................  23,584
_ —--    460,833
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1847..................  24,172
Received from New Orleans........................         275:' Key West.................        50
24,497
-     436,336 323,462
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................   50,050
Coastwise.....              105,327
Coastwise........................................  105,327
Stock on hand 1st September, 1848.................       507
-      155,884
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1847.........................     2,108
---— ___  153,776  127,852
TEXAS.
* Export to Foreign Ports.........................   772
Coastwise........................................   38,255
Stock on hand 1st September, 1848.................       747
39,774
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1847.........................         32
39,742    8,317
GEORGIA.
Export irom SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands......................... 120,502
"( 4Sea        Island......................     7,258
Coastwise —Uplands............................... 114,220
Sea Island......,,,,,,,..,.........  1,253
Sea                                          1,253
243,233
Export from DarienTo  New   York...............................     9
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1848...... 10,050
" Augusta and Hambro', 1st Sept., 1848. 26,553
36,612
Deduct-                                                  -   279,845
Stock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st September, 1847..           25,020
254,825  242,789




348    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY        OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1848-Concluded.
Same
Bales.  Bales.   Total.  period
1847.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 183,501
i"        Sea Island.................  15,345
Coastwise-Uplands...............................    98,061
Sea  Island......................685
297,592
Burnt at Charleston...............................  1,392
Export from GeorgetownTo New York and Boston..................     228
Stock in Charleston,, 1st September, 1848...  14,085
14,313
313,297
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st September, 1847...........  29,655
Received from Savannah...........................  20,851
it      Florida.............................  1,039
51,545
NORTH CAROLINA.                                       261,752 350,200
ExportCoastwise........................................             1,518    6,061
VIRGINIA.
Exportfo  Foreign  Ports..................................  556
Coastwise........................................    520
Manufactured (Taken from the Ports)...............  7,880
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1848.................   444
9,400
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1847.........................   448
8,952   13,991
Total crop of the United States............................... 2,347,634 1,778,651
Total crop  of 1848, as above.................................... bales.  2,347,634
Crop of last year........................................ 1,778,651
Crop  of year before..................................................  2,100,537
Increase  over last year.......................................  568,983
Increase over year before......................................  247,097




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.       349
Export to Foreign Ports, from September 1, 184T, to August 31, 1848.
To Great   To    To North   Other   Total
FROM                     Britain. France. of Europe. F'n Ports.
New Orleans........................Bales 654,083   140,968   50,056 104,751 949,858
Mobile..................................  228,179   61,832   16,153  12,917  319,081
Florida............................        42,376    2,212    1,732   3,730   50,050
Texas.......................................            772......        772
Georgia.................................  121,172    5,177     424      987  127,760
South Carolina.................  153,090   29,579   11,390   4,787 198,846
N orth   Carolina..................................................
Virginia.................................     268......        254       34      556
Baltimore...............................  60.................       60
Philadelphia.........................    3,375................     80    3,455
New York............................... 116,061     37,992   37,541   6,650  198,244
Boston..................................,601    1,412    2,026     540    9,579
Grand total....................... 1,324,265 279,172 120,348 134,476 1,858,261
Total last year..................... 830,909 241,486   75,689  93,138 1,241,222
Increase......................... 493,356    37,686   44,659  41,338 617,039
Growth.
Total crop of 1828-9...... bales.  857,744 Total crop of 1838-9...... bales.  1,360,532
1829-30...........   976,845       "      1839-40...........  2,177,835
1830-1............ 1,038,848              1840-1............  1,634,945
1831-2............  987,477      "     1841-2............  1,683,574
1832-3............ 1,070,438              1842-3...........  2,378,875
1833-4............ 1.205,394             18434............  2,030,409
1834-5............ 1,254,328       "      1844-5............  2,394,503
1835-64............ 1,360,725            1845-6............  2,100,537
1836-7........... 1,422,930        "      1846-7............  1,778,651
1837-8............ 1,801,497       "      1847-8............  2,347,634
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated........................ bales. 2,347,634
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1, 1847In  the Southern  ports........................................  104,928
In  the Northern  ports........................................  109,909
-----     214,837
Makes a  supply  of....................................................  2,562,471
Deduct therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports............ 1,858,261
Less Foreign included..................     372
1,857,889
Stocks on hand, September 1, 1848In the Southern ports......................... 113,471
In the Northern ports.........................  57,997
- 171,468
Burnt at Charleston.........................................    1,392
2,030,749
Taken for home use............................................. bales.  531,772




350    CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of Manufacturers.
1847-8..................bales.  531,772  1837-8.................. bales.  246,06?
1846-7..427,967                  1836-7.......................    222,540
1845-6..422,597                   1835-6........................  236,733
1844-5..389,006                   1834-5........................  216,888
1843-4........................  346,744  1833-4..196,413
1842-3.......................  325,129   1832-3...................   194,412
1841-2........................  267,850  1831-2........................  173,800
1840-1........................  297,288   1830-1...............           182,142
1839-40.......................   295,193   1829-30........            126,512
1838-9........................  276,018  1828-9........................  118,853
NOTE.-Our estimate in this statement of the quantity taken for consumption, in the
cotton-growing States, does not include any cotton manufactured in the States south
and west of Virginia, but it cannot have escaped observation that the consumption at
the South and West is gradually increasing, and it seems proper in making up an account
of the production of the country, that some notice should be taken of it. The following
estimate, from a judicious and careful observer at the South, of the quantity so consumed
(and not included in the receipts at all), may not be devoid of interest. Thus, inNorth  Carolina........................................bales. 15,500
South  Carolina..............................................  6,000
Georgia.....................................................  6,000
Alabama................................... 5,000
32,500
Sent up the western rivers and consumed, sayReceived  at Cincinnati....................................... 12,500
" Pittsburg and Wheeling.... 12,500
"     Kentucky....................................... 5,000
*   30,000
"     Missouri, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, &c................ 12,500
Total.......................................bales. 75,000
To which may be added the quantity burnt in the interior, and that lost on its way to
market; these, added to the crop as given above, received at the shipping ports, will show
very nearly the amount raised in the United States the past season.
The quantity of new cotton received at the shipping ports up to the 1st inst., amounted
to about 3,000 bales, against 1,121 bales last year.
The shipments given in the above statement from Texas, are those by sea only; a
considerable portion of the crop of that State finds its way to market via Red River, and is
included in the receipts at New Orleans.
The receipts at Philadelphia and Baltimore, overland from the West this season, were
1,479 bales, against 1,828 bales last year.




CHRONOLOGIOAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTO. 351
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 184 7-48.
The early prices obtained in this market were highly satisfactory, and the trade gave high promise, until the latter part of
October, when the commercial revolution which prostrated credit
in Great Britain, and which subsequently spread to nearly all
parts of the Continent of Europe, and to the Indies, put a sudden
check to our prosperous course, and produced a more rapid depreciation of prices than we remember ever to have witnessed, in an
experience of many years, as an observer of the varying phases of
this most important and most sensitive of our commercial interests.
After recovering materially from the shock produced by the state
of things just enumerated, a still more severe blow was given by
the startling intelligence of a revolution in France, and the overthrow of the monarchy. This movement of the people in favor of
popular rights rapidly spread to other countries of Europe, and
in the tumultuous state of political affairs, commercial credit was
completely overthrown, and trade in a measure annihilated. In
this general prostration of credit and commerce, probably no interest, connecting our own country with Europe, was more severely
affected than the cotton trade, and prices here were at times depressed to within a fraction of the lowest point reached in 1843,
while at Liverpool sales were made at lower rates than were ever
before known for American cotton.
This depression, too, both in its causes and effects, presents a
marked contrast to that of 1843; for in the latter instance it was attributable solely to an excessive accumulation of the raw material,
which gave the manufacturers, particularly those of Great Britain,
wholly the advantage, and enabled them to prosecute an active
trade, at immense profits; while during the past year the stocks in
Great Britain, at least for the greater portion of the period, have
been unusually low; but so great have been the derangements of
trade, that the manufacturers could not work with profit, even
upon a lower cost of the raw material than was ever before known;
and many mills were stopped, while many others were compelled
to resort to short-time working. Speculation has been comparatively unknown, as will readily be seen by the fact that, during the




352  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
first six months of the present year, the quantity taken by speculators at Liverpool was only 27,800 bales, against 228,400 bales for
the same period in 1847. Having thus given a rapid summary of
what we conceive to have been the prominent causes of the extraordinary depression of the past season, we proceed to a brief review of the course of our own market. We may venture a few remarks touching the prospects of supply in this region, as they appear at present, avoiding-as it has ever been our custom to doanything like a definite estimate in regard to a matter that is involved in so much uncertainty, at this early period of the season.
We may then state that, up to within a few weeks, the crops gave
highly favorable promise generally. The plant was well advanced
and healthy and little or no complaint was heard from any section.
True, the rains commenced early in June, but they did not appear
to be of that general and severe character to cause injury, but on
the contrary, while the plant was in progress, their influence was
favorable, particularly in the uplands. When, however, the plant
was well matured, and the season for the commencement of picking arrived-say in the latter part of July-the rains lost their
beneficial character; and as they have since continued, and become
more general, attended in one or to instances by severe storms of
wind, they have for some weeks been productive of injury, by retarding the ripening of the bolls, beating the cotton from those
fully opened, and promoting the ravages of the boll worms, which
are said to be quite destructive in several districts.




LIVE HPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1848.
UNITED STATES, 1847-1848.                  Stock Jan. 1, 1848, iln....... Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock 1st Septem-        Export...         85800........1, 0  United States...............  215,000  239,000  42,000  43,000  324,000
ber, 1847........ 215,000 Consumption.... 534,000  Brazil......................  59,000   59,000     2,000     1,000      62,000
Crop.............2,348,000 Stock 1st Sept.,'48. 171,000  West Indies..................1,000  2,000    3,000     3,000       8,000
_ ___, East Indies.................   66,000    125,000     1,000     5,000    131,000
s    Bales........2,563,000   Bales........2,563,000  Egypt.....................   23,000     26,000    14,000    26,000     66,000
Bales....................  364,000   451,000    62,000    78,000    591,000
CONSUMPTION.                                                    -
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.     IMPORT.
1,745,000   250,000   277,000  1,218,000  1,157,000.... United States............... 1,297,000  1,374,000  255,000  246,000  1,752,000
96,000    12,000     4,000     80,000    79,000.... Brazil......................  100,000  100,000  2,000    12,000    103,000
26,000     9,000    10,000     7,000      6,000... West Indies.................   6,000     8,000     8,000     8,000     24,000
221,000    58,000     1,000   162,000    119,000....East Indies.................  136,000  228,000    1,000    58,000    232,000
71,000    22,000    11,000    38,000     38,000....Egypt......................  28,000   29,000     4,000     9,000     42,000
2,159,000   351,000   303,000  1,505,000  1,399,000..........................Bales. 1,567,000  1,739,000  270,000  333,000  2,153,000..............................   189,000  139,000  Export.
585,000    60,000    29,000   496,000   393,000 Stock Dec. 31.      Stock above,  364,000   451,000    62,000    78,000    591,000
2,744,000   411,000   332,000  2,190,000  1,931,000 Total supply, bales.............. 1,931,000  2,190,000  332,000  411,000  2,744,000
_                                                 I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o




354    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.
WEEK ____......._ - _________________
ENDING.
American  E.I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.   Con-   Specu- Export  Total.
sumption. lation.
Jan.   7..   17,593 2,193    262  4,035     32   24,115  24,580    300......    24,880
14..     3,476 3,170.....     784    151    7,581   24,975  1,250     75  26,300
21..   6,047............   1,500   707    8,254   28,510    100    100  28,710
28..  13,236  2,767......   5,203......  21,106  25,010.......  570  25,580
Feb.   4     7,277    296......    967    100    8,640  31,140   3,300   190   34,630
" 11..      8,309    930   945   2,238 3,458   15,880   26,940  3,100 1,630    31,670
" 18..     14,500  2,151......  2,708    306   19,665   17,890  2,400 1,550   21,840
" 25..    32,132  1,410...................  33,542   18,380    500    350   19,230
Mch   3.    12,213 8,361      10    900    926  22,410   16,410   1,000   400   17,810
10.     15,802   254......  1,453.....  17,509  23,080    400   560   24,040
17..  14,462 5,249......   1,000......  20,711   22,010    300   700   23,'010
24..  17,331...... 1,225    1,012......  19,568   22,000    600 2,180   24,780
31..    12,464 9,889 1,774.......      12   24,139   20,570    600 3,500    24,670
April 7     54,902......    146  1,599......    56,647  19,660    100    970   20,730
"   14..   40,964 4,218......       74......   45,256   21,680    250 3,420    25,350
"   21..   26,914 9,833    778   9,273......  46,798   18,880    500 5,070    24,450
28..   40,522...................   100   40,622   26,100.......  4,840  30,940
May   5..   13,316........................    13,316  33,160   1,000  5.050  39,210
1     12.  73,200 5,595......  2,716   987   82,498   22,440.......1,680     24,120
19..  40,513...................     21   40,534   26,020  1,200 2,500   29,720
26..   79,257...... 1,284    2,942   299   83,782   25,750  1,200  1,240  28,190
June 2.     68,699...... 3,751    3,736     12   76,198  25,830   2,700  1,550  30,080;'   9..   20,625....................  747   21,372   28,260  1,700  1.400   31,360
16..    12,571...... 1,285      20......    13,876   21,350  1,300 3,150    25,800
23     43,491...... 1,172............. 44,663  24,315  2,800 5,855  32,970
"  30. 149,630 2,076.............    371 152,077    22,210  1,200 3,420    26,830
July   7..   19,340 6,285......   2,855    371   28,851  28,810   3,300 7,100   39,210
14..      22,046 4,523 1,507      769......  28,845   37,590  8.500 5,240    51,330' 21..     14,911 3,382 1,753   1,290......   21,336  40,990   5,150 4,490   50,630
28..    39,088 2,897  1,898    900    241   45,024   25,380  2,700 6,100   34,180
Aug. 4.     37,191............   2,107......  39,298   25,300   2,8003,700    31,800, 11..  30,123...... 1,557  607     51   32,338   21,200  1,800 6,290   29,290: 18.   7,310.........................   7,310   24,895    500  3,045   28,440
25.     35,686...... 1,723    1,667......   39,076   27,500  1,100 4.850   33,450
Sep.   1.   11,977 1,428...................     13,405  32,240   1,000  6,170  39,410
i    8..   18,526......   500   4,333   241   23,600   21,930  1,100 3,700    26,730
15.     14,602 4,081 1,682    2,657    48   23,070   21.120  1,300 6,400    28,820
22.     1,553......   199   2,394    22    4,168   20,700    500 3,830   25,030
29.       24,994............  1,479   6   26,479   21,020    800 4,450    26,270
Oct.  6     20,908 7,786...................    28,694   19,860    600 3,330    23,790
13     29,586 18,327 2,772   2,928    13   53,626   21,080    500 6,310    27,890
"   20.   3,076  1,247...................   4,32.1  19,820    100  4,940   24,860
" 27..      9,548............  2,237  50   11,835   26.650    500 1,450    28,600
Nov.   3..    9,776 5,555......   5,490......  20.821   28,230   5,500 1,450   35,180
" 10..      3,126............  2,196...... 5,322   24,900  2,700    520   28,120
17.      462.........................      462   29,210  1,450  1,700  32,360
" 24..     18,656........... 6,812   581   26,049   37,870  8,150    520  46,940
Dec.   1    29,157 18,265   365   8,682......   56,469   26,800   7,000   100   33,900
" 8.       13,894......    530   1,958......   16,382   19,700  7,500 1,450    28,650
15.     11.000.........  3,815   104   14,919   50,980  2,600 2,050   55,630
"   22..   19,077......   722   2,131......  21,930   29,760 15,500 1,490    46,750
"   29........................................................................
A         veal es 1,284,689 133168 27,840 99,467 9,948 1,555,112 1,271,965 110,450 144625 1,527,040
ceipts & stocks. I....




CHRONOLOGItCAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 355
POOL. YEAR 1848.
STOCKS.                PRICES.
ACTUAL   CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.         REMARKS.
Amer'n. Other.    Total.   Mid.   Mid.  Dhol.
Up.    Orl.
213,133 149,932   363,065  41     44     3.......   24,580
198,459 147,137   345,596  41     4      3.        75    49,555
182,196 143,044   325,240  4a     4      31       100    78,065
175,622 145,144   320,766  4~     41     3|       570   103,075
156,529 138,777   295,306  4K     43     3k       190   134,215
143,328 139,278   282,606  4t     5      3      1,630   161,155
142,988 139,843   282,831  47     5      3~     1,550   179,045
160,830 136,813   297,643  43     4      3        350   197,425
157,933 144,110  302,043   41     4      33       400   213,835
154,525 141,387   295,912  4j     4      34       560   236,915
150,697 143,216  293,913   4'     4      31       700   258,925
148,118 141,183   289,301  4      41     3      2,180   280,925
140,302 147,828  288,130   4j     43     3      3,500   301,495
177,874 146,273   324,147  4k     41     3        970   320,155 Manchester. districts, dull
197,968 146,335   344,303  4      4k     3~     3,420   341,835   accounts.
205,032 162,119   367,151  3j     39     3~     5,070   350.715
216,944 157,609   374,553  3|     3-7     33    4,840   376,815
197,030 152,629  349,659   4      4*     34     5,050   409,975
249,450 158,587   408,037  4      4k     33     1,680   432,415
275,003 145,048   420,051  3k     4      33     2,500   458,435
321.580 155,263   476,843   33    3k     33      1,240  484,185 Heavy receipts, large ship362,529 158,502   521,031   33    3'      3j    1,550   510,015   ments to Britain.
355,425 157,007   512,432   3-    37     33     1,400   538,275
346,816 154,992   501,808   3      34     33    3,150   559,625
364,307 151,994   516,301  33     3t     3      5,855   583,940
487,177 148,821   635,998   3t     3      33    3,420   606,150 Heavy receipts.
475,937 152,831   628,768   3     3      33     7,100   634,060
460,553 154,230   614,783   3     4       33    5,240   672,550 
436,304 154,335   590,639   3     4      3      4,490   713550     heerful accounts from
433,712 152,771   586,483   3k    4      34     6,100   738,930 J     oninent.
446,693 150,898   597,591   37    4       31    3,700   764,230
453,136 149,293   602,429   34     3k     33     6,290  785,430
436,116 145,693   581,809   33     37     33    3,045   810,325   Bad harvest accounts,
444,172 144,363   588,535  34      3'     3     4,850   837,825     bad weather, etc.
419,899 140,461   560,360   34    3      3      6,170   870,065
417,315 141,015   558,330   3      3a    33     3,700   891,995
409,367 144,513   553,880   34    3      3       6,400  913,115
390,550 142,968   533,518   3     33      33    3,830   933,815
387,534 140,303   527,837   35    3       3     4,450   954,835
388,208 145,096   533,304  3      3      3      3,330   974,695
398,684 160,856   559,540   3     3      31     6,310   995,775
376,990 162,113   539,103   3'     34    33     4,940 1,015,595
361,358 161,480   522,838   3      31    33     1,450 1,042,245 
344,244 168,045   512,289   31     34    3-     1,450 1,070,475   Better  accounts   from
325,836 164,896   490,732   3      3  r 3  3      520 1,095,375     Manchester.
299,828 160,456   460,284   34    3      34     1,700 1,124,585
286,894 160,049   446,943  3      3'     3J       520 1,162,455
294,731 179,961   474,692  3      34     33       100 1,189,255
290,075179,849    469,924  3      3i     3      1,400 1,191,225          f
268,065 176,348   444,413  3      4      33     2,050 1,242,205     faBectuer ing distr manu-icts.
267,692 167,401   435,093  4      4k     31     1,490 1,271,965 J
K3...........  144,625  2,494,048.......................
3.93    4.1   3.48 144,625 2,494,048




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and         Receipts at New   York, Weekly Exports from       New   York and Rates of Freight to         C
cyl
Liverpool 1st of each month,for the Crop       Year ending September 1, 1848.                                      M
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                      EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair
^rt~~i'Sir' ^r^Fa^'~EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.Q
New Orleans Upland, Sales for Receipts ______                                       Rates of
1847.     Liverpool  Liverpool  week.   for week.                                           Freight to        GENEARL REMARKS.
Classifica-  Classifica-               To Great   To    North of  Other    Total. Liverpool.
tion.      tion.                     Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
Septem. 3..    12Q125    1 3|12|                                                                 ~M?,d. This crop year was crowded with the 
8  4~~'30'8     1        1....
7.. 12   12   113  121    9,300    4,810............................I............         most stirring  events thatinfluenced, 
10.   12@123      12@12~                                                                          more or less directly, the value of
14.. 125@13- 12(@13         12,400     401    2,808    2,532     848.........   6,188            the staple. The dullness that was
17.. 12 313-     12@13                                                                            a leading feature during the previ21.. 123@127      12@125     4,050    1,936   5,289    2,066     499........    7,854            ous crop year, caused by the exces24.. 12i@123        12@12~                                                                          sive money pressure in England, 
28..     12@121    113@12|    10,150     934      313    1,368    2,866........   4,547            was intensified early in the crop 
October 1.     12(@12    11@12-                                                                 j3-16d     year under review, by a renewal of
15.. 113121     113117      5,800    4,924     911    2,988     405             4,304            the stagnation and embarrassments 
8..111@115     11b111before prevailing in Great Britain.
12..11@11        107~11      6,050    3,476   1,080    5,203       42........   6,325            Business there became paralyzed,
"     15..   1111      10@11A                                                                           and the pressure and derangement
19..   9j@10      91         4,150    1,447    2,622   1,623    3,025........   7,270             was unexampled, so that failures
22..   9@10       9@9                                                                             throughout the Kingdom were nu26..   9 @9        9@9      12,200    3,417     373    1,683    1,433........    3,489            merous, even the oldest houses, and   -
29..   9193        9@9                                                                             those of most wealthy repute, sucNovem. 2..      9(91      8|9        6,700    2,365    1,180   1.195    3,119    1,060    6,554-@d.        cumbing, one after another, to the
5..    9@91      85@91                                                                           severity of the times, the Royal Bank
9.    839        8@83       5,600    3,036     388    1,467........     573    2,428            of Liverpool, among others, sus- 
12..  8@87       8 @81                                                                           pending payment. Atthis time or16..   8   83     77j81      6,500    8,585    1,733     201    1,859    1,188   4,981             dinary to middling upland cotton
i 19..  8@808     7_@8                                                                            was dull of sale in Liverpool at 3d
23..   7@8I       72@7i      5,500    2,059    1,618     366    1,636........   3,620             @4d per lb., the Bank of England 
26..     7@8        7 @74                                                                           having advanced its discounts to 8
30..    8@8  73      @8-     5,600    2,930     715      462    2,383     484    4,044            @9 per cent.
Decem.   3.     8  8        @ 7@8~                                                              1@3-16d During   September,   October,   No7..    8   38    7 @8       2,950    6,737     480      926 I................  1,406            vember, and December, these disas- 
10..   77@8~      7@8'                                                                            ters continued causing the return
14..     8@8 3     738k        6,900   8,327    1,201 I 1,000      125      715    3,041            here of large lines of protested pa17..   8i  j8     7 7~@8-                                                                         per; a feeling of depression and
22..   8@8    \ 7@8{        5,700    1,853     782      540       15    1,210   2,547            gloom in this market was now uni24.       8(@8|      7@8+                      I                 I                                 i versal. leading to the failure of sev



Decem. 28..    8(&@8   1   8(@8j     4,600     213     412      188.............         600(           eral baniks, baunking houses, and
1848.                                                                                                  mercantile firms, though to a conJanuary 1      8~. 9  8@9   @81                                                                 @-d.     siderable extent confined to parties
4..   8@9       8q@8o       3,000   1,185     680               168              848            engaged in the grain trade. After
7..   8|8'-      8@8a                                                                           December and January, the worst      S
11..   8g@87      8@8|      4,650    1,696    1,211   1,482     383..          3,076            appeared to be over, and business
14..   8|@8g     8^@8^                                                                           began to improve in Great Britain,   O
t18..  8a @8     8487       5,000    8,234     611                30     257      898            the Bank of England reducing its' 21..  8 4@9 89    @8                                                                           discount to 4@5 per cent.
25..   8@87g       8@8       6,950    5,558   1,848    1,976     784..          4,608         As regards cotton, the article so far  C
28..   81@87     8I@8|                                                                           had stood up pretty well amid the    Z
February 1..   8@88       8g@8|      4,100   6,225    1,198     336.91                 1,625 3-1C6-d    general prostration, the market re4..   82@8a       8@81                                                                          ceiving some strength by continued
8..   8@8|       8()@8      7,300   7,779      673    1,840     330..         2,843            reports of injury to the growing
"     11..  8(@ 8-     77@8j                                                                           crop, so that the foreign accounts
15..   8j81      7@8         3,600   7,351    1,044...15              1,059            were in a measure counteracted.      t
18..  8s@81       7|@8                                                                           As the season advaficed, however,    t
22..    8@8|      7@77       6,550  15,275    1,812    1,761     209..         3,782            the receipts became larger, the Fall
25..    8@8       717                                                                            being one of the most favorable on    2
" 28..       8&@8      7 @7 7     8,600   7,082    3,485    1,081     713      50    5,329            record for field work, and prices reMarch    3..   81@8       7|@8                                                                 k@5-32d   ceded very rapidly, say 4@4~ cents   5
"7..  81@8-     81@C8      12,600  10,149    2,261   1,175      526..         3,962            per lb., from those current at the
" 10..  818       8@8                                                                            opening of the crop year. The im-    -
14..   8(@8s      8@83       6,700  15,985    5,633              312..          5,945            provement in business affairs, on
17..   8|@8      8@8g                                                                            the other side, noted in January,    "
21..   74@81     7 @7|       5,800   8,491    1,332    2,540   1,041..         4,913            was of short duration. On the 18th
2 -
24..   7@81      71@7|                                                                           March, accounts came to hand rela28..   71@73     7o@7|       6,150  14,196    3,155    1,308     623            5,086            tive to a revolution in France and   ^
31..   7@7       6@7j                                                                            abdication of Louis Philippe; af-    O
April    4..   7@7'       67~@      10,100  11,536    3,680..        1,123..4,803 3-16~@d             fairs in France became very much
It     7..  71@7^     6~77                                                                            unsettled, and a money and com-      <
" 11..       6|@7      6g@63      5,200    4,469    4,569     438      573     653    6,233            mercial panic set in: throughout
14..     6@7      6@6                                                                            Europe; the Bank of France and       rn
" 18..       61@7      6@63       7,200    8,195    4,201..        1,092.......  5,293            other banking houses suspended
"     21..   6@7       6(@6|                                                                           payments, anct the financial state of'
"     25..  6;@63      6'@6'      5,900   16,198    3,913..         1,729..5,642                     that country had not been in such    i
"     28..   6 @64      6@61. an alarming condition since 1789, 
May      2..   6I@63       6-63      5,950   8,631    5,390              691     118    6,'199      d.   so that there was scarcely any busi"<     5..  61 @6a      6@63                                                                           ness going forward in France or the
9..   6i@7       6it)6     10,500  12,213    5,156......       368........   5,524            Continent generally   This.alarm"     12..  61@7       6|@6                                                                            ing state of affairs was reflected   cZ
16. 1 6@,7        6i@6       8,300   4,424    4,038........     104......    4,142            throughout Great Britnin, ai'gra-.




Ne-w York Statement j ol'   i car i848-CCu.luded.                                                    ";
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.EXPORTS FOR THE W
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair                         XPORTS FOR THE WEEK
New Orleans  Upland,   Sales for Receipts       -                                    Rates of
1848.     Liverpool  Liverpool   week.  for week.                                            Freight to
Classifica-  Classifica-               To Great    To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool.
tion.      tion.                      Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
May     19..   6R@7       6|@6-                                                                             vated by gatherings of Chartists
23..   6!@71      6 Q@6i    10,800    7,646    2,718........      232........    2,950            and the unruly spirit manifested by   -
" 26..       6:@7_      6@7                                                                               the population of Ireland; all these  0
30..4 6|@71       6|@7       8,300    6,159    2,008               120             2,128            causing the greatest uneasiness and
June     2..   6@j7~      6|;,7 i7-@5-32d                                                                   general stagnation of trade.          0
6..   6~7@7      6|3@7      4,650    5,779    4,609       31       71       87    4,798          These foreign difficulties continued   >
"     9..   6@7        6| 637                                                                            with more or less intensity, until
"  13.. Q6@75      6126k      6,400    1,893    2,767      187      696........   3,650            about the close of the crop year,
16..   6@ 7       6 @6                                                                              when, quiet being     restored  to
20..   6-@4v7     6 @67_ 9   6,300    6,041    2,084................   2,084            France, and the war between Prus-     e
t  23..  6@77     6   7                                                                            *sia and Denmark apparently draw-     ou
27..   67@H7      6j~7       5,000    8,103    2,288.359..                       2,647            ing to a close, a more cheerful feel30..   6@7k       6i?7                                                                              ing obtained in manufacturing cirJuly.4.. 16@71        6 @7        3,350    3,202    1,167              930.2,097 -@5-32d              cles in Great Britain, and was re7..        6   7 64_    6@6                                                                             sponded to here. Our own war with
11..   6 i 73     6 @669 5,700        4,216      850........      295      39     1,184            Mexico was also now brought to a
(    14..   63  7_-    6167                                                    ~                         successful close by the cession of'    -
18..     6 @77       6-@6      14,300    6,005    1,780...1,780                        California, &c., and the markets       "
21..   6@77       6167                                                                              here assumed a much more cheer(    25..    77        6@7         5,900    3,853   2,865........    1,297........    4,162            ful tone.
28..     7@7!       6@7 7
August   1..   74@7~7 6k@71           7,100    4,625   3,801               669.4,470 -@5-32d                         Exchange.                  C
"     4..   7~@7|      6_@74                                                                           The quotation for bills on Londoun      t
8..   7@7|       6~77       3,700    4,197    2,638       29    1,056     110    3,833            through September ranged between      ^
11..   7 @7!      6j7         3       5                                                             71 and 9 per cent. premium; in Oc-    C
15..  7@7        6   7      3,000    5,604      679........     301               980             tober, 8   9; in December, 9@ 
2 18..  7 @74     61@7l 6710'; in January, 9-                                                                            11; in Febru-   C3
22..   7~4j73     6_@7j       6,700   5,303    2,267........      835........    3,102            ar, 910      in March, Ndownto        c
it    25.7ary, 910; in Mar                                                                                                       10down to      C
25..    747i      67 87; in April, up from 81 to 10I11;                                                                                   3
29..    7_7       6sj6       4,250    5,187    4,667.1,292.                       5,959            in May, 102@111; in June, 10o     
Septem. 1..     7     -7 _ 6j6                                                                   -@3-.316d  11      _ to 9@j10; in July, 9(@1 0~; in  Z......Average prices  ------------     -----                                    ____- -  -  --              August, 8@39|, closing September
and total sales,                                                                                            1 at 9@93 per cent. premium.
receipts and    8.39       8.03     343,750  310,135  114,983  37,992   37,207    6,650  196,832
exports.




(1HirtOOLOGICAL AND          STAtISTICAL 1-tISTOIY o0 b CuOTON.              359
1849.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1849.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1848.
NEW ORLEANS. 
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports.................................  961,492
Coastwise...................... 205,811
Stock on hand 1st September, 1849.................   15,480
De t  11,182,783
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1848.................   37,401
Received from Mobile..............................    35,164'(     Florida.............................   5,065
Texas..............................    11,356
88,986
MOBILE. 
Export-                                                             1,093,797 1,190,733
To  Foreign  Ports..................................  396,341
Coastwise........................................    141,090
Burnt at M obile...................................     400
Stock on hand 1st September, 1849.............        5,046
--    542,877
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1848.................   23,584
Received from New Orleans................                587
----    24, 171
FLORIDA.
Export-                                                              518,706 436,336
To  Foreign  Ports..................................  79,739
Coastwise........................................  120,339
Stock on hand 1st September, 1849.................       615
D-_-      200,693
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1848.........................      507
TEXAS.                                           200,186  153,776
ExportTo Foreign  Ports..................................    2,495
Coastwise........................................  36,627
Stock on hand 1st September, 1849.................       452
Deduct-                                                      39,574
Stock on hand 1st September, 1848.....................         747
GEORGIA.                                            38,827  39,742
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 207,043
i"        Sea Island......................    10,622
Coastwise-Uplands............................... 186,853
Sea   Island.............................     938
Export from Darien-                                405,456
To  New   York.............................   none.
Stock in Savannah 1st September, 1849....... 11,500
"   Augusta and Hambro', 1st Sept., 1849. 13,819
25,319 430,775
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st September, 1848.   36,603
Received from Florida.............................     2,800
/ —-/ 39,403
-  391,372  254,825




360    CHRONOLOGIC(AL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY          OX' COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton        Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1849.-Concluded.
Same
Bales    Bales.   Total.  period
1848.
SOUTH CAROLINA..-                   —.
Export from CharlestonTo foreign ports-Uplands........................ 280,671
" 4      Sea Island.......................  18,111
Coastwise-Uplands............................... 163,356
Sea  Island.............................     813
462,951
Burnt  at Charleston..............................  150
Export from GeorgetownTo New York and Boston.................... 3,285
Stock in Charleston 1st September, 1849...... 23,806
27,091
490,192
DeductStock in Charleston 1st September, 1848.............  14,085
Received from Savannah..................       17,990
E-pr  O32,075
NORTH CAROLINA.                                        458,117 261,752
ExportCoastwise......................................................  10,041,518
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports..................................    1,406
Coastwise and Manufactured-taken from the ports..     14,838
Stock on hand 1st September, 1849.................    1,750
17,994
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1848.........................      444
17,550    8,952
Total crop of the United States.............................. 2,728,596 2,347,634
Total crop of 1849, as above.................................. bales.. 2,728,596
Crop  of  last year...................................................  2,347,634
Crop  of year before................................................  1,778,651
Increase  over last year.........................................  380,962
Increase  over year before......................................  949,945




(C1HR)NOL()(OICAL AND       STATISTItAL     HISTORY    (OF (C()TON.     361
Export to Foreign Ports, from. September 1, 1848, to August 31, 1849.
To Great   To    To North  Other [.FROM                    l Uritail.  France. To NorthForeign.Total.
FROM                   [ Britain. France. ofEurope. Ports.
New Orleans (bales)...................... 645,018  154,647  61,062  100,765  961,492
Mobile.................................   290,. 83  61,597  16,822   27,539 396,341
Florida..................................  62,734   5,721   6,836    4,448  79,739
Texas..................................      7.50         1,745........    2,495
Georgia.................................  195,443  18,458  3,764........  217,665
South  Carolina...........................  206,109  48,768  26,242  17,663  298,782
N orth  Carolina...........................................
Virginia..................................    242     108    1,056.          1,406
Baltim ore................................. 106......  106
Philadelphia...................'...........   2,819................  484  3,303
New  York..............................  132,612   78,037  44,893    5,101  260,643
Boston..................................  2,435    173    3,038      226   5,872
Grand total.....................   1,537,901  368,259  165,458  156,226 2,227,844
Total last year................... 1,324,265  279,172 120,348 134,476 1,858,261
Increase..........................   213,636   89,087  45,110   21,750 369.583
Growth.
Total crop of 1823-4...... bales.  509,158 Total crop of 1836-7...... bales. 1,422,930
1824-5............     569,249       "       1837-8............ 1,801,497
1825-6............  720,027             1838-9........... 1,360,532
1826-7..........  957,281               1839-40........... 2,177,835
1827-8..........     720,593               1840-1..........  1,634,945
1828-9...........    857,744                1841-2........... 1,683,574
1829-30..........    976,845               1842-3...........  2,378,875
1830-1............. 1,038,848               1843-4........... 2,030,409
1831-2............     987,477                1844-5............  2,394,503
1832-3........... 1,070,438             1845-6............ 2,100,537
t"    1833-4........... 1,205,394                1946-7.........   1,778,651
1834-5............  1,254,328               1847-8............  2,347,634
1835-6............. 1,360,725                 1848-9............ 2,728,596
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated................bales.     2,728,596
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1,
1848, in  the Southern  ports....................................  113,471
"  Northern  ports....................................  57,997
---   171,468
Makes  a  supply  of................................................ 2,900,064
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 2,227,844
Less-Foreign included..................................     1,122
--— 2,226,722
Stocks on hand September 1, 1849.
In the Southern ports..............................  72,468
In  the Northern  ports................................  82,285
-  154,753
Burnt at Charleston and Mobile............................  50
-   2,382,025
Taken  for home use...................................................  518,0.




362    CIHMOU  OLOGlOCAL AID      STATISTICAL ItISTOR~Y      OF COTTcON.
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of Manufacturers.
1848-9..................bales.  518,039  1836-7..................bales.  222,540
1847-8........................  531,772  1835-6........................  236,733
1846-7........................  427,967  1834-5........................  216,888
1845-6........................  422,597  1833-4........................  196,413
1844-5........................  389,006  1832-3.......................  194,412
1843-4........................'  346,744  1831-2........................  173,800
1842-3........................  325,129  1830-1........................  182,142
1841-2........................   267,850  1829-30......................  126,512
1840-1........................  297,288  1828-9........................  118,853
1839-40..............  295,193  1827-8.......................  120,593
1838-9........................  276,018  1826-7.......................  149,516
1837-8.......................  246,063
NOTE.-In our last annual statement, the estimate of cotton taken for consumption for
the year ending Sept. 1st, 1848, in the States south and west of Virginia, was probably
below the mark. The following for the past year is believed to be very nearly correct.
The number of mills has increased since that time, and is still increasing. The following
estimate is from a judicious and careful observer at the South, of the quantity so consumed, and not included in the receipts: thus in
North  Carolina..........................bales..  20,000
South  Carolina.................................  15,000
Georgia........................................  20,500
Alabam a.......................................  7,000
Tennessee......................................  12.000
Kentucky.....................................  5,000
Ohio............................................  9,000
Pittsburg, Wheeling, &c......................... 12,500
Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, &c...................  9,000
Total to Sept. 1st, 1849................. 110,000
Same time, 1848........................  75,000
Virginia manufactures more than 20,000 bales, and obtains a portion of it by importations from the southern and northern ports.
To which should be added the quantity burnt in the interior, and that lost on its way
to market; these added to the crop as given above, received at the shipping ports, will
show very nearly the amount raised in the United States the past season, say, in round
numbers, 2,840,000 bales.
The quantity of new cotton received at the shipping ports up to the 1st inst. amounted
to about 575 bales, against about 3,000 bales last year.
The shipments given in the above statement from Texas, are those by sea only, a considerable portion of the crop of that State finds its way to market via Red River, and is
included in the receipts at New Orleans.




CHRONOLO((IC~AL ATD1 ST1ATISTTICAL I HSTO.RtY CO (OrTTo). 363
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current-1848-49.
As regards demand and the course of prices, they are, as must
be apparent to every one, involved in a variety of contingencies
which preclude the possibility of definite calculations. The unsettled state of the continent, which seems tending more and more
to a general war among the great nations of Europe, and which
by possibility may yet involve our own country in the spreading
vortex, is a formidable obstacle in the path of commercial enterprise, and greatly increases the maze of uncertainty which ordinarily envelops the chances of the future. Apart from this
difficulty, however, there would seem to be fair encouragement for
the anticipation of a rather prosperous trade, if prudently conducted. The consumption of our great staple, cotton, even under
what appears not to have been the most favorable circumstances,
has within the past six or eight months somewhat exceeded the
maximum of any previous period; and, with a reduced supply of
the coming year-of which there seems to be little or no doubtand the promise of abundant food crops in the principal countries
of Europe, there would seem to be a fair prospect for the realization of more remunerating prices for this grand product of
Southern industry. We think it may be safely asserted, however,
that, what with the frosts of April, which, by rendering replanting
necessary to an important extent, retarded the progress of cultivation several weeks in some sections, and the excessive rains of
July, which washed the hills, flooded the lowlands, and kept the
grass and weeds rank in the fields-and still further, the recent
destructive overflow on Red River-there can hardly be a doubt
that the total product of the present season will fall short of the
last by several hundred thousand bales.




The semi-weekly Price and      Weekly Sales and Receipts at New       York, Weekly Exports from       New   York and Rates (of' Freight to
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop       Year ending September 1, 1849.                                     x
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                      EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair Salesfor  Receipts                                        Rates of 
1848.    New Orleans  Upland,   week.   for week.                                           Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool                   To Great   To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'o. Classiflcat'n.           Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
Septem. 5..     77        6i@7       7,900    4,197.....3-16d. Though this crop year opened more
8..  66@79      6j@66                                                                            auspiciously, still the markets of
12..   6@75       6_@63      5,600    5, 571  3,289    2,441    1,169..6,899                     Great Britain had not yet recovered
" 15..  63@7k     6|@64                                                                            from the shock of the previous year,
19..    7@7|      6          @7  8,400  7,875  1,242              906        4    2,152            the unsettled  state of political 
"  22.  6(J7I 67@d    6                                                                            affairs on the continent operated to.
26..   6|73       6j@67      9,200    6,997    1,149   1,383       73...   2,605            the prejudice of the staple, the 
"29..      7 6 _@7  6|6                                                                            stock of which had accumulated to
October 3..    6467-3 6|@67          6,000    1,953    3,430   2,804    1,184      195    7,613  i'7 32   large figures owing to the stagna- 
6..   6i 71      61636                                                                           tion   existing  in  manufactured
10..   6@7.-      6    1@6|  6,100    6,197    1,963........   1,599       99    3,661           goods from the disorder reigning in
13..   6@7        6~6o                                                                             much of Europe, and the markets
17..   61@7       61@6       4,400    2,412   1,544    2,239    2,362...    6,145            there for them  being partially or
20..   6| @.6 67@6i                                                                                wholly closed at this period, Oct., 
24..   6|@63      6   6      7,100   13,755   1,200      661    3,024     558    5,443            1848. Good ordinary and middling,
27.    61(@6      6@6-                                                                             Orleans was quoted in Liverpool at
31..   6   63 66 @6          8,600    6,142     795               483      50     1,328            31@31d., -while the inferior deNovem. 3..     61@6 66@6                                                                           id.     scriptions of North Alabama and
7..    6@61      57_@6      6,000    8,099   1,614    1,226      546     348    3,734            Tennessee, were unsaleable at 24d.    o
"     10...66        5@6                                                                             In November and December, the
t 14..  6 @6j     5@6!      11,000    6,858   2,011    1,676    1,682....   5,369            Liverpool market with more set-       t
17..   6@6|       64@6:                                                                           tied state of continental affairs, re21..   6@74       6|@6       6,750    1,929   1,622      998    2,321......    4,941            covered from   the previous great
24..   6@71       6@6                                                                             depression, and an improved feeling.
28.. 6t@7         64@16s     4,800   16,344   1,382..       1,749..3,131                     both there and here was visible;
Decem.    1..  63@6.      6k@6i                                                                 5-32(@jl   our market at once beginning to 
5..   616 66@66             6,800   12,540   2,976    1,085     493..        4,554            rise and the period of the great      3
8..     6_6     6s16 @                                                                           paralysis passed  The gold discov-    O
"  12..  61@7     6@61 1     8,300    9,429   1,154    2,516      163     975    4,808            eries of California at this time, also
15..   6          67  66                                                                          imparted much activity and buoy"     19..   6 _7       6-@6'     10,300    5,688   1,460    1,802.......3,262                        ancy to trade gene-ally
22. 6.    @7 6@ 3Q6
26..   65@7       63@~61     5,100    4,319   2,712    1,574      268........  4,554




Decem. 29  64~j7    6|16
1849.
January 2..77         67    7,800  11,238  700..............        700 ~d.,, 5    7   7-|  67 78 60710
9.. 7|73 7     7-@7  14,100  4,658  1,898  2,486.11         4,495
" 12      71(,   7715
" 16.     77      7@73    9,500  20,552  1,608  2,206  905   312  5,031
19,. 7"~1~ 7i~ 8 77   9          I
237 -.. 71d73t  7-   1,2,00054                   1,0926 2,72             On April 20, accounts were received
23. - 71~73  774            2      3       7       27
"    26.. 74~8    7@74                                                         from Georgia and Alabama, of a
30.. 7   _j8  74J7    7,950  8,046  2,097  2,010  203.       4,310        frost so severe as to kill the plant,
February 27             1 77 7@  09               11                      5-16d.  and the market became excited,
8      7]7     o8,300                       510    126 71724         prices at once advancing 4 cent
6. - Ta8~8  7W~73    8,300  9,399  1, 088........  510  126 1,724
69" 7~7@7lj 8               9,9    1,881724                               per pound.  Subsequently, how-.
13. *    719      7  71  10,500  10,441  1,100  1,819  1,078                  ever.h3,997e rising tendency was
" 16..s 9 74                                                              checked by advices from Liverpool, 
c 20.. 71@8j  717i  9 400  4643   9440  1,380  0,004       13,824        unfavorable, owing to a renewal of 
" 23.0.  78  778  9400 4643 9440 1380 3,........1382hostilities between Denmark and
"    27.. 78      71 7  7 7 12,000  7,374  4,178  1,787  1,045  246  7,256     Prussia, troubles in South Italy
March  2.. 78_~ 7'7a                                                5-16d 9grave differences between Austria
6.  77               9,00   1,086  3,989  1,261  390..        60          and Sardinia, supplemented by the
6   7i1 7        i7  7 9,800  1,086  3,989  1,261  390...... 5~640
9.. 7s(_81  7 C71blockade of Venice.
13   74@     717     10,500  17,503  5,397        3555, 752              These discouraging. advices were,
16., 7@8    r 155                                                         however, partially relieved by the  S
-2  ~, 7                                                     short crop accounts that were cur"    20.  71@8    73@71   13,700  33,070  7,660  1.664  852..    10,176       s
1" 1123.748 ~      4@                                                          rent throughout the year, affecting
-2  4   8   8                                                        this and the Liverpool market to a
27   71,8     71_7'   10,200  17,772  6,070  2,022  1,630  455  10,177     teas 
30   7j I87                                                                greater or less extent, and causing
Apnril  3.. 7      7    5  11,450  2,566  8,926  179    852.       9,957 7-329~d an advance in the prices of the
"    66.  7.4 808                                                           4   staple  of 4 @43  cents, from  the
10.  7-7i    71@7 4   6,000  23,543  4,770  6,312       437  11,519       lowest points touched during the
13..   7      7@                                                           crop year.
17..  74_@74  7@71    8,900  8,137  3,016......  102..3,118
20.. 7@7|4    74@7
24..  73@8;  7@7-    18,100  8,353  2,945  4,374  3,021..  10,340
27.. 71@8     71~@71
" 30.     72 8    71@77    5,200  11,802  3,327  2,049  1,013  20  6,409
May     4.  71 8     775                                                  5-16d..   7  8 788  @7     6,600  11,100  3,558.......  1,212  38  4,808
"  15.. 7j@8.  7j@73   8,900  9,257  3,978  4.452.  163  47   8,640
" 18    7  87 I 7_@




The semi-weekly Price and       Weekly Sales and Receipts at New        York, Weekly Exports fromn       New   York   and Rates of    Freight M
to' Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop        Year ending September 1, 1849-Concluded.
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                         EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair Sales for Receipts ___                                     Rates of
1849.   New Orleans  Upland,    week.  for week.                                             Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool                   To Great    To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'n. ilassificat'n.            Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
May     22..   7_J81      7g(74      11,500    7,256    4,805    1,869   1,265.7,939
25..          8@8        8  8
29..   8  8      7|38        6,200   3,170    3,182      242      809..4,233
June      1..   8   81     7|8     /@5-32d
5..    8  8      7|-8       5,800    8,849      779    1,567       45..2,391'
8..    8  81     738
12..    8  8i     73@8       4,500    6,107      612    2,981      741       99    4,433
15..    8  88     73@8
19..    8@84      7@8        3.800    6,943    1,734.......       417       54    2,205                       Exchange.
22..   84,@8  8,@8
"  26..  8(@9     8k@8j     11,000    4,637    1,638      552      985       20    3,195          Bills on London ruled steady through
29..   8a@9        8@81                                                                             September, at 9@9k      per cent.
July     3..   8          9@91  81@8|  10,700  9,990    3,195    1,125     824      406    5,550    id.      premium; in October, the quotation   g
6..   8|@9k     8s@9                                                                               fell from 94@93 to 84@8k; in No-      m
10..   83@9k      8@9        16,500    2,035     557      100      283               940             vember, the range was 8~@9; in
13.-.  9@9| 94        94                                                                            December, the same; in January,       Q
17..   9-j@10      9(@9a    13,200    7,714    1,344    2,675    1,188..          5,207            the quotation dropped to 7@84;
20.. quto dp to                                                                                                                     4
20..  9@     99 99                                                                                 in February, 7@8; in March, it
24..   9~l104     9          11,300   4,798    1,275    1,629      492..          3,396            further declined to 63@7; April       X
27..  9 10                                                                                   opened at 5@6, but closed at 7@ 
" 30..       10@10      9i@10     14,600    3,517      795    1,522.......     263    2,580            73; in May, the quotation advanced    ^
August   3..   10@10'     9|@10                                                                     id.     from 7k@8 to 81@8a; in June, the
"   77.. 105@11         10@103      7.400   3,918      540    2,535...          3,075            range was from 8..9; July, 83 
10.. 10@'11       10@105                                                                            83; advancing in August, from   84
14.. 10@11      10@10     114,400    5,978      178    1,536      942........    2,656            @83 to 9@93 premium, which was
17.. 102.@11     101@10~                                                                            the quotation September 1, 1849.
21.. 10I@10       100101     4,550    1,932      583    1,464      269             2,316
"  24.. 10I@11      10 @10|
28.. O1Ai-l      10@-105     8.600    3,058      818..           1,084........     1,902
331.. Io            l@j
10Septem. 4..  10  10,500  4,798  1,363  1,080    100      238    2,781.   id.
Average price
and total sales  798       7.55     477,800  447,185  132,612  78,037   44,893    5,101  260,643
receipts a n d.exports.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1849.
UNITED STATES, 1848-1849.                   Stock 1st Jan., 1849, in....... Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.  ^
Stock, September 1,       Export...........2,227,000    United States......... Bales.  235,000   272,000     20,000    39,000    331,000 3
1848..........  171,000  Consumption.....~ 518,000  Brazil......................  68,000    68,000..........    1,000     69,000 
Crop............. 2,729,000 Stock, Sept. 1, 1849 155,000  West Indies.................   2,000     3,000      1,000     2,000      6,000 
East Indies.................    74,000   136,000     1,000      5,000    142,000 
Bales............. 2900,000 Bales............ 2,900,000  Egypt....................      14,000    17,000      7,000    13,000     37,000 
Bales.................     393,000    496,000    29,000     60,000    585,000 
CONSUMPTION.                                                                                               t__
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.       IMPORT.
Liverpool.           IMPORT.. 
1,958,000   315,000    364,000  1,279,000  1,199,000.... United States.........Bales. 1,383,000  1,478,000  379,000  297,000  2,000,000 
144,000    20,000      4,000   120,000    120,000.... Brazil......................  163      163         8,000 163,000       175,000   5
25,000      6,000     9,000    10,000      8,000.... West Indies.................  8,000      9,000    10,000      5,000     24,000   n
228,000    99,000      3,000   126,000     97,000....East Indies.................  107,000  182,000  2,000  96,000    194,000 
122,000    52,000     19,000    51,000     51,000.... Egypt.................    71,000     73,000    17,000     56,000    145,000 
2,477,000   492,000    399,000  1,586,000  1,475,000....Bales....................... 1,732,000  1,905,000  416,000  474,000   2,538,000..............................  257,000  182,000  Export. 
i iC
646,000    42,000     46,000   558,000    468,000 Stock, Dec. 31......Stock above,  393,000   496,000    29,000     60,000    585,000   0
3,123,000   534,000   445,000  2,401,000  2,125,000 Total supply, bales.............. 2,125,000  2,401,000  445,000  534,000   3,123,000 C
03
-3




368    CHRONOLOG(ICAL AND STATISTICAL            IrISTORY   OF COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                             SALES.
ENDING.
American E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other. Total. Consump-' Specu- Export  Total.
tion.  lation.
Jan. 5..    27,682     7 2,403  1,755......  31,847  27,860 13,900 2,300  44,060
12..   38,574.............  1,053......  39,627  22,210  5,300 1,100  28,610
19..  62,952 2,316 1,068 11,613     60  78,009   25,640  9,800 1,880  37,320
26..   1.1,527 4,134  100  3,701    58   19,520  40,630 14,200 3,460  58,290
Feb.  2..   26,561  400..       3,530......  30,491  39,740 26,500 1,610  67, 50
9..   24,832 1.595 2,836  3,172......   32,435  35,520 19,500 6,100  61,120
16..   12,978  932......  2,884......  16,794  43,260 41;100 4,860  89,220
23..   31,746...... 3,469..........    35,215   25,950  6,140 1,810  33,900
M arch   2......................................................................
9..   44,825...... 1,295  1,518  615  48,253   17,650  3,560 1,000  22,210
16..   16,806............  1,060..'.   17,866  20,330  8,090 3,270  31,690
23..   18,517............  4,780......  23,297  22,890  2,570 3,830  29,290
30..    8,198............  2,030......  10,228  18,650  2,050 5,310  26,010
April 5..   74,947............  7,236......  82,183  29,670  1,930 2,980  34,580
13..   35,064............  2,090......  37,154  17,220  580 4,300   22,100
20..   27,311............  1,100......  28,411  25,570  2,380 4,850  32,800
27..   98,407 4,023......  3,664...... 106,094  28,650  2,500 3,580  34,730
May   4.. 104,248 3,907......  4,419   703 113,277   41,100  2,260 2,830  46,190
11..   22,429 2,180....................  24,609  34,040  3,670 4,970  42,680
18..  52,401...... 14,053  6,225......  72,679  28,940  6,340 4,320  39,600
25.. 113,463 1,542 3,820   6,674   230 125,729   30,490  4,470 5,360  40,320.ui:e 1.   15,961......   70    180    54   16,265  30,550    760 4,480  35,790
8..   21,896   194    60  2,406   845   25,401  48,730 24,300 4,790  77,820
15..    7,828............  6,914   16   14,758  24,330 13,800 2,560  40,690
22.    27,690...... 12,560  2,912....  43,162  23,110 14,450 4,530  42,090
29.. 101,690 3,445 2,846   4,057   342 112,380   50,110 20,020 4,060  74,190
July  6..   52,740 1,350   193  8,121    93   62,497  36,930 16,530 5,390  58.850
13..   23,206 2,660......  2,360    60   28,286  50,450 27,360 4,720  82,530
20..  29,188...... 2,676.......   948  32,812   45,430 23,560 7,500  76,490
27..   32,493 3,730   941  2,602    90   39,856  31,080 16,740 7,520  55,340
Aug. 3..    29,006 2,381......  2,393.....   33,780  27,080  9,360 5,760  42,200
10..    5,217 2,661...    2,559......  10,43.7  48,220 24,600 5,990  78,810
17..   16,619 11,878 2,430  3,919  172  35,018   37,770 38,330 7,090  83,190
24..    5,096.............    6....     5,102  28,410 32,090 6,480  66,980
31..'10,800 4,263......     747   301   16,1111 20,360 10,370 5,100   35,830
Sep.  7..    6,044...................    49    6,093' 18,080 10,230 7,970  36,280
14..    5,188 2,753 1,490  2,589    89   12,109  22,520  5,240 3,940  31,700
21..    2,492 12,272 1,435  1,363.....   17,562  18,150  7,600 2,450  28,200
28..     322........................      322   17,150 13,200 2,670   33,020
Oct.  5..    5,639............  7,246   76   12,961  21,490  5,700 1,800  28,990
12..    6,321 1,298 1,935 10,027   460   20,041  66,750 48,300 1,720 116,770
19..    2,742......    47  1,216......   4.005   64,520 65,900 1,170 131,590
26..   13,001 2,858......  1,443......  17,302  27,810 33,700 1,200  62,710
Nov. 2.     1,711 12,292 1,113  2,952  374   18,442  19,320 19,810 2,790  41,920
9..    2,520...... 3,571  5,538   521   12,150  25,690 31,180 2,960  59,830
16..   3,768......   834  1,086......    5,688  19,474 30,766   730  50,970
23..    5,270 2,981   863  1,402......   10,516  11.,930  9,340  160  21,430
30.      533..... 4,082.......     46    4,661  13,880  4,540   580  19,000
)Dec.  7..   5,221 2,041 3,927  5,782   307   17,278  12,780  5,830   300  18,910
14..    6,388 6,699...    4,962......   18,049  25,150  7,390    90  32,630
21..  40,141 10,175......   710......  51,026  19,860  8,230   250  28,9340
28..    2,402............  1,000  561    3,962  31,470 17,130   420  49,020
Aveerae prices  3
total sales re.1,342,771 106177 70,117 168,046 7,0701,694,1811,516,594 786196 176890 2,479,680
ceipts & stocks.




CHRONOL(OG(.ICAL        AND     STATISTICAL       HIISTORYt     (OF  COTT)N.       369
0)OL. YEAR 1849.
STOCKS.                  PRICES.
___ACTUAL CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.          REMARKS.
W;ier'n  Other.   Total.   Mid.    Mid.   Dhol.
Up.    Orl.
237,442 157,585    395,027   44      44     31      2,300    27,860
258,076 153,268    411,344   4       4j     3       1,100    50,070 1
i297,9281163,905   461,833    4      44      3      1,880     75,710 | Large receipts at United
1271,675 165,588   437,263    4j     44      3      3,460    116,340         S ate     rts!256,526 159,078   415,604    44             3      1,610   156,080          States Ports.
1246,098 162,087   408,185    4-     41      3      6,100    191,600 J
1221,156 155,803   376,959    4/     4       3 34   4,860    234,860
1231,352 153,062   384,414    4-     44      34     1,810    260.810
265, 893 15i,717   417, 610   4      4      3       1,000   278,4601
263,629 148,247    411,876   4    4   3     3J      3,270   298,790    Better   accounts   from
259,086 149,367    408,453   41      4      3       3,830   366,970        Manchester, &c.
245,614 149,207    394,821   44      4      3       5,310   317,440 
292,571 151,783    444,354   4-      44     3       2,980   347,110 Hostilities between Den308,0 5 151,933    459,988   4       44    33       4,300   364,330    mark and Germany.
309,416 148,473    457,889   4       4      3       4,850   389,900
379,053 152,690    531,743   4       44     3       3,580   418,550
443,691 157,399    601.090   44      44     3       2,830   459,650 
433,560 153,129    586,689    44     4       3      4,970   495,690    Frost accounts damag-!456,381 169,727   626,108    4      4       3      4,320    524,630           ing crop.
1542,114 173.873   715,987    44     44      3      5,360    555,120
1526,245 170,977   697,222    4      4       3I     4,480   585,670
501,291 167,812    669,103   4 I     4      3.      4,790   634,400
48, 449 168,522    656,971   4'      4      3       2,560   658,7301 
4                                     I67243 40 4  Crop  accounts  more
492,839 179,654    672,493   4       4      3       4,530   681,840           favornble.
549,699 181,004    730,703   4-      43-    3       4,060   731,950
568,0291182,851    750,880   4       44 3-          5,390   768,880 
550,145 173,871    724,016   4       4      34      4,720   819,330    Unfavorable     weather
537,463 166,435    703,898   47      5       3      7,500   864,760            for crop.
538,923 1.67,613   706,536    47     4      4 4     7,520   895,840
541,556 165,947    707,503   4.      44     4       5,760   922,920
508,463 155,267    663,730    5      54     4       5,990   971,140    Better  accounts    from
492,752 161,136    653,888    5L     5      41      7,090 1,008,910 1  manufacturing districts.
471,988 152,112    624,100   53      5-     44      6,480 1,037,320
462,818 152,333    615,151    5|     52     44      5,100 1,057,680 
448,552 146,642    595,194    58     5      4 44    7,970 1,075,760
434,050 146,793    580,843    54     53     43      3,940 1,098,280    Small estimates of crop.
419,012 158,928    577,935   5-      5|     48      2 2,450 1,116,430
404,694 153,743    558,437   54      5      43      2,670 1,133,580 J
391,253 156,855    548,108   5-      5      4-3     1,800 1,155,070 More     encouraging     ac348,074 151,605    499,679   54-     51 4           1,720 1,221,820 counts from Manchester.
298,186 139.808    437,994   6       6      4-      1,170 1,286,340
288,247 138,039    426,286    6-     6-      44     1.200-1,314,150 
273,638 148,980    422,618   64-     64     44      2,790 1,333,470 
254,488 151,234    405,722    6'     6      4       2,960 1,359,160         Better eeng.
246,176 145,024    391.200   63      6-     44        730 1,378,634
24#2,176 147,650   389,826   64      6      4         1601,390,564
231,399 148,628    380,027   64      6      44        580 1,404,444
226,840 157,405    384,245   54      6      4         300 1,417,224
214,348 162,706    377,054   5       6       4         901,442,374         Large demand.
240,159 168,411    408,570   64-     64     4        250 1,462,234
219,970 161,672    381,642   64.61     4-       420 1,493,704 
4.09    4.95   4.02  176,890 1,516,594
24




370 (CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1850.
]Uensus returns for this year place average crop of cotton and
seed per acre in United States as follows: South Carolina, 320 bs.;
Georgia, 500; Florida, 250; Tennessee, 300; Alabama, 525; Louisiana, 550; Mississippi, 650; Arkansas, 700; Texas, 750. Seed
constituting 50 to 60 per cent. of above averages.
Cotton consumed in Great Britain, 588,200,000 lbs.
Importation of cotton into Great Britain, 664,000,000 lbs., of
which'102,000,000 lbs. were re-exported; cotton yarn and twist
manufactured, 529,000,000 lbs., of which 124,000,000 lbs. were exported; piece goods exported, 1,358,000,000 yards; value of exports, ~28,000,000.
Cotton mills in Great Britain, 1,932; moving power therein,
83,000 horse power; spindles, 21,000,000; power looms, 247,000;
children employed, 14,993; total hands employed, 330,924, of
whom 189,423 were females. (See year 1856.)
Number of cotton factories in 25 of the United States this year....  1,074
"    spindles running  "        I"'....  3,633,693
" hands employed   "t.         (....    94,956
(32,295 males and 62,661 females.)
Value  of raw  material consumed............................. $37,778,014
"  manufactured  cotton  products........................  65,501,687
it" "mixed            "........................  3,693,731
Number yards cotton  cloth  made..............................763,678,407
"   pounds  "  yarn batting.............................. 30,000,000
"   factories making mixed goods.........................  103
Value of mixed goods made...............................  $3,693,731
Aggregate  capital invested...................................  76,032,578
It was in this year that the French Government first began to
direct attention to the cultivation of cotton in Algeria, a portion of
the coast having been found to possess a soil and climate fitted for
the plant. (See years 1855 and 1856.)
The number of spindles in New England this year has been
estimated upon reliable authority to have been 2,751,078. (See
years 1840, 1860 and 1861.) Population 2,728,106, an average of
1,008 spindles to 1,000 inhabitants. In England, Scotland, and
Wales the population was 20,793,552, and the number of spindles
20,857,062, an average of 1,003 spindles to 1,000 inhabitants.
The following table sets forth the actual crop per acre, on the
average, in the States named, this year:




CHRONOL(OGICAL AN1) STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 371
South Carolina........................ 320 lbs.
Georgia...................          500"
Tennessee......................... 300 
Florida............................  250 "
Alabama................................  525'
Louisiana.................................  550
M ississippi...............................  650 
Arkansas............................ 700"
Texas.................................  750 
Frost in Spring, heavy rains, overflow of the Mississippi, Red
River, etc., during the Summer, in the United States.
Home consumption of cotton by the United States this year, in
bales: States north of Virginia, 487,769; States south and west of
Virginia, 107,500; total, 595,269; weekly average, 11,447.
"Self-acting temples" unknown in England at this period only
as a novelty, (See years 1805, 1816, 1825, and 1855.)
Total number of slaves in the United States this year, 3,204,000,
1,943,000 of whom were in the cotton States alone.  (See years 1790
and 1830.)




372    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
COTTON CROP OF THIE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1850.
Same
Bales.   Bales.  Total.   period
1849.
NEW-ORLEANS.
ExportTo Foreign  Ports..................................  624,748
Coastwise.                                           213,843
Coastwise........................................  213,843
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1850................   16,612
-     855,203
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1849.................  15,480
Received from Mobile and Montgomery, Ala.........     41,148'"      (  Florida..............................  10,601..      Texas.............................      6,088
73,317
781,886 1,093,797
ALABAMA.
ExportTo' Foreign  Ports..................................  214,164
Coastwise........................................    128,872
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1850.................   12,962
355,998
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1849.........................   5,046
350,952 518,706
FLORIDA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.................................    48,934
Coastwise.........................................   131,877
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1850................    1,148
181,959
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1849........................  615
181,344 200,186
TEXAS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................     513
Coastwise.......................................   30,937
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1850.................    265
31,715
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1849.........................      452
-     31,263 38,827
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 144,540
Sea  Island......................    8,603
Coastwise-Uplands............................... 186,721
Sea  Island.............................   1,839
341,703
Export from DarienTo  New  York..................................       22
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1850.............  9,599
"    Augusta and Hambro', 1st September, 1850.    19,470
29,091
370,794




C(HRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         (OF COTTON.      373
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1850.-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  per1io
1849,
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta, Ist September, 1849.  25,319
Received  from   Florida.............................  1,840
27,159
343,635 891,372
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 213,205
Sea  Island....................  14,366
Coastwise-Uplands.............................. 152,122
Sea Island.....                2,071
381,764
Burnt at  Charleston...............................   6,146
Export from GeorgetownTo New York and Boston..........................    1,449
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1850............  30,698
32,147
-     420,057
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st September, 1849...........  23,806
Received from Savannah...........................   11,647'l'"   Florida.............................   339
35,792
384,265 458,117
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportCoastwise........................................................  11,861  10,041
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports................................  183
Coastwise, and................................     12,067
Manufactured-Taken from the Ports.............. ) 
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1850.................  1,000
13,250
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1849.........................   1,750
11,500   17,550
Total Crop of the United States.................................2,096706 2,728,596
Total crop  of 1850, as  above...................................bales.   2,096,706
Crop  of  1849........................................................  2,728,596
Crop  of  1848........................................................  2,347,634
Crop  of 1847...............................................  1,778,651
Decrease from last year.............................bales.   631,890
Decrease from year before.....................................  250,928




374  C'H1ROl'OLOGICAL AND           STALISTICAL fHISTORY         OF COTTY1ON.
Export to Foreign Ports, from       September 1, 1849, to August 31, 1850.
To Great    To    To North  Other   To
FROM                     Britain.  France ofEurope. F'n Ports.  ot
New Orleans...................... Bales. 397,189    117,413   25,196   84,950  624,748
Mobile................................. 162,219      39,968......     11,977  214,164
Florida..................................    39,594.......     7,165    2,175   48,934
Texas.................................         513...................         513
Georgia.................................  137,185   14,110    1,848........  153,143
South Carolina............................  165,623   33,082    8,944   19,922  227,571
North Carolina.
N orth   Carolina..........................................................
Virginia.........5                                                                18...............................  133  0  183
Baltimore.202........                                            230........ 0   432
Philadelphia..............................    3,454........            599     4,053
New York............................... 200,113    85,054   27,726    1,907 314,800
Boston..........................      679........       914      21     1,614
Grand total.......................... 1,106,771  289,627   72,156 121,601 1,590,155
Total last year............. 1,537,901 368,259  165,458  156,226 2,227,844
Decrease........................... 431,130    78,632   93,302. 34,625  637,689
Growth.
Total crop of 1823-4...... bales.  509,158 Total crop of 1837-8.......bales. 1,801,497
1824-5...........  569,249               1838-9.... 1,360,532
1825-6............      720,027               1839-40............ 2,177,835
1826-7............     957,281               1840-1............. 1,634,945
1827-8...........     720,593               1841-2............. 1,683,574
1 828-9.........        857,744               1842-3............. 2,378,875
"      1829-30..........     976,845              1843-4............. 2,030,409
1830-1............ 1,038,848                  1844-5............. 2,394,503
1831-2...........       987,477               1845-6............. 2,100,537
1832-3........... 1,070,438                   1846-7............. 1,778,651
1833-4........... 1,205,394                  1847-8............. 2,347,634
1834-5........... 1,254,328                   1848-9............. 2,728,596
1835-6........... 1,360,725            "      1849-50............ 2,096,706
1836-7.......... 1,422,930
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated......................2,096,706 bales.
Add —Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st September, 1849.-In the Southern ports...............................     72,468
"  Northern   "............................    82,285
154,753
Makes a supply of.............................................  2,251,459
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports.............  1,590,155
Less, foreign included...................    1,341
1,588,814
Stocks on hand at the close of the year,
1st September, 1850In the Southern ports..................     91,754
"   Northern   "..................    76,176
167,930
Burnt at New York and Charleston........................                 6,946
- 1,763,690
Taken for home use...............Bales.    487,769




CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.               375
Quantity consumed by and in the handg of Manufacturers.
1849-50.................. bales.  487,769  1837-8................ bales.  246,063
1848-9................          518,039   1836-7......................   222,540
1847-8.........................  531,772  1835-6........................  236,733
1846-7.........................  427,967  1834-5....................   216,888
1845-6..................  422,597   1833-4........................   196,413
1844-5.......................  389,006   1832-3.....................  194,412
1843-4........................  346,744   1831-2......................  173,800
1842-3.......................   325,129   1830-1........................   182.142
1841-2.........................  267,850  1829-30.............   126,512
1840-1.....................  297,288   1828-9....................    118,853
1839-40..............   295,193  1827-8.......................  120,593
1838-9........................  276,018   1826-..............  149,516
NOTE.-In our last Annual Statement, the Estimate of Cotton taken for Consumption
for the year ending Sept. 1, 1849, in the States south and west of Virginia, was probably
over-estimated-the following for the past year is believed to be very nearly correct. The
number of mills has increased since that time, and is still increasing, but the quantity consumed, as far as we can learn, is, owing to high prices, &c., less than the year previous.
The following estimate is from a judicious and careful observer at the South, of the quantity so consumed, and not included in the receipts: Thus, inMills.    Spindles.    Quantity consumed.
North Carolina.................... 30......        20,000 bales.
South Carolina...................... 16      36,500        15,000  "
Georgia............................. 36       51,150        27,000  "
Alabama..........................  11     16,960         6,000  "
Tennessee....................... 30        36,000        12,000  "
On the Ohio, &c....................30       102,220        27,500  "
Total to  Sept. 1, 1850................................107,500  bales.
Total to  Sept. 1, 1849.................................110,000  "
Total to Sept. 1, 1848....................... 75,000   "
To which should be added the stocks in the interior towns, the quantity burnt in the
interior, and that lost on its way to market; these, added to the crop as given above,
received at the shipping ports, will show very nearly the amount raised in the United
States the past season-say, in round numbers, 2,212,000 bales.
The quantity of new cotton received at the shipping ports up to the 1st inst. amounted
to about 255 bales, against about 575 bales last year.
The shipments given in this Statement from Texas, are those by sea only; a considerable portion of the crop of that State finds its way to market via Red River, and is included in the Receipts at New Orleans.




376 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON'.
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1849-50.
Cotton-This great staple of the South, and leading article of
our own varied commerce, has been an object of unusual interest
during the past season. We closed the year upon a crop of nearly
2,730,000 bales, or an excess of.330,000 bales over any previous
crop, and yet the aggregate of the stock at Liverpool and at the
shipping ports of the country did not vary materially from the
quantity on hand at the same time the year previous; thus demonstrating the important fact that consumption had more than kept
pace with production; for it is well understood that fully 200,000
bales of the crop above referred to was of the product of 1847.
The demonstration of this interesting fact respecting consumption,
coupled with the certainty that the then growing crop would fall
short of that which immediately preceded it, caused planters generally to raise their expectations of prices to a high, and, in some
instances, to an extravagant standard; and thus it is probable that
some parties have met with disappointment, though the average
return to the producer has been greater than any year except 1839.
The same considerations that operated with the planter early gave
rise to a speculative feeling, but the opening prices were so much
above those of the previous year, and so much uncertainty existed
in regard to the real extent of the crop, though known to be materially short, that it was not until near January that speculators
began to operate freely, at which time many parties had made.a
considerable reduction in their estimates of the supply. In the
latter part of December, the estimates of the crop being quite generally reduced, speculators entered the market freely, and prices
continued to advance until in the latter part of January the quotations were 11 and 12 cents for low middling to good middling.
At this critical period of the market, when parties were looking with
confidence for a material advance in Liverpool, with a stock in that
port reduced below the figures of many previous years, the annual
cotton circulars, which are there made up to the close of the calendar year, came to hand. By these it appeared that upon investigation it had been discovered that the actual amount of cotton on
-hand at Liverpool on the 31st of December, 1849, exceeded by




CHRONOTLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 377
nearly 100,000 bales the quantity stated from week to week in the
General Brokers' and other circulars, ppon the faith of which.
speculations and operations to an important extent were based.
Instead, therefore, of a stock reduced to a lower point than for
many previous years, this extraordinary discrepancy showed the
current year to have commenced with 489,000 bales at Liverpool,
or an excess over the previous year of nearly 80,000'bales. This
gave an important advantage to consumers, and was productive of
disappointment on this side, where confidence had been placed in
the accuracy of the published statistics, as they had reached us by
each successive steamer. And thus it was, notwithstanding the
same circulars that noted this great discrepancy in the stock, also
advised of an advance of a R and 3d. per lb. at Liverpool; and,
notwithstanding further, that there was unshaken confidence here
in the reduced estimates of the crop, which had formed one of the
bases of the then recent operations, our market exhibited a slight
reaction, as speculators mostly retired for the time being, and
nearly all European orders were at limits too low to admit of their
being executed.




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts, at New            York, Weekly    Exports from    New   York and Rates of Freight        C
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1850.
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                       EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair Sales for Receipts                                      Rates of 
1849.    New Orleans  Upland.   week.  for week.                                           Freigh t to       GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool                  To Great   To    North of   Other   Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'n. Classificati'n           Britain. France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. 
Septem. 7.. 10~11        10@10|                                                                  d.c
l11.. 10|@11    101@10'     9,000    3,637.......................................            Though the foreign markets remained 
"     14.. 10@10j      10o 10-                                                                         very dull, this crop year opened 
18.. 10l@11     10j1@10|   13,900    5,443    2,454   1,415    2,348     357    6,574            with a very firm feeling, based upon
"     21..  1111      10O@11                                                                           the unfavorable reports from  the
25. 11j@11       11@11{     16,370   3,190    4,721   1,534      999........   7,254            growing districts, noted in the pre-  ~28.. 11   11-3@l l 11@11{-   -vious year; early in the season, the
October 2.. 11@113        11@l11     7,900  10,07-4   1,597   3,858    1,482........   6,937      d.    receipts at our Ports showed a large 
5.. 11~111     11    11                                                                        falling off as compared with those of
9.. 11    12    11   11     8,00    5,793    1,243              174........   1,417            the season before, and at one time,
12.. 11@12      11^11@                                                                           (January,) prices here were 2 cents
16.. 11@12      11j        10,900    2,919    1,384   2,404       94........   3,882            per pound above those current in 
19.. 11l11      10 @j11I                                                                         Liverpool, the advanced rates hav-   c
23..   11@11a   104@11       7,500   6,883    1,628   2,116      145........   3,889            ing largely checked the consuinp- 
26.. 11@12      11(@113                                                                         tion in England. This market, for
30.. 11 @12       11113     16,900   4,779    1,711              693.2,404                      much of this year, acted independ- 
Novem. 2.. 11 @12        11ll@11                                                                  d.     ently of foreign accounts, and at
6.. 11 512     11 @l11      9,600   8,805    1,213   1,121      810........   3,144            times, notably in January, was 
"  9.. 11U@~11|~11j113                                                                          much excited
13.. l@12          1      311 12,800  12,597     533    5,770      281........   6,584          The falling off in receipts continu'ed
16.. 11@113      11@11                                                                           to grow larger as the year wore on, d
20..        1111      103107      4,700    2,682    8,991   1 786      794........ 11,571             but the Liverpool market for the 
t     23.. 10 111    101@10                                                                           most pait responded very feebly,
"27.. 111             103@11*    16,150   11,710    2,859........   1,282........   4,141            owing to the low prices ruling for 
30.. 113         ll   11@111                                                                    Id    manufactured goods, the markets
Decem.   4.. 113@113      1111       7,000  11,167    5,438    3,990................    9,428           of India being stagnant, so that
i  7.. 11j@111      11@11                                                                           spinners bought only lor immediate 
11..  11@11L   10|@11      5,500    9,885    2,459   2,626................   5,085            wants, and consuming much Surat 
14..   1111 -   10 @11                                                                           and Brazil descriptions, at the same 
"     18..   11@11}   10|310-     3,300    4,684    6,209     115................    6,324            time very generally curtailing work.
1     21.. 11011      116,115                                                                        In June, however, when the falling
25.. 11812      11@2 11     10,700  9,290    2,704   3,543      319........  6,566            off in the receipts had reached over
"     28.. 11    121  11@1 11@                                                                         half-a-million bales, there set in an




1850.                                                                                                          active speculative demand in LivJanuary   1.. 11@,12I      11@1111       6,000   14,304     3,105      388........       78     3,571    Asd.     erpool, with    considerable excite"<      4.. 12 112f      11-  12                                                                                  ment, and a decided advance in
"       8.. 121@13       12~412-     12.500    4,766     1,828     1,867...                  3,695              prices both there   and   here was
"  11  13@131- 12       13                                                                                 realized.                                0
15.. 13(_14       13;~13      25,100   29,567     2,328    1,669       840.4,837                      The spring months of 1850 were also
<"    19     13|@14i     13~ @13|                                                                                 characterized by late ungenial wea" 22.. 13@ 14            13_@131     21,100    3,370.....      1,831.....                1,831              ther, with rains and floods, which,
" 25.. 13 @133            13@133                                                                                  in connection with the short crop       0
29.. 13i    133   13@13         9,400   18,981     1,867.337                   113     2,317             now   being  marketed, proved an
February 1..   13|13|      13@13                                                                         s@rd.      important element in strengthening       Q
5.. 13     133   13@133      11,400    12,615     1,833    1,254      259        29     3,375             prices.
8.. 131       13 1 313    13- 
12..   13@ 13~    12@13        8,600    17,472    2,908     1,135       74               4,117
15..          1313  12@123
" 19.. 131@134            13131      15,300   17,632     3,626    2,469.                       6,095
22.. 13~(@14        131@131
" 26..        13@133     12713k      12,100   14,699     6,229    2,926       529.9,684
March     1..   13@13      125@13                                                                              d. d
"l      5.. 124   13     121@128     8,100   16,803       628    1,103..1,731
8..     122 312   C121
12.. 12'.  _       12-12       7,800    7,112    4,225     1,820      897               6,942                                                      C
15.. 125_  124     12(  12@ 1
" 19. 123a,131   12~@123     12,700    12,608      247........      51........     298
22.. 12    13     12-@12 
26.. 12124        12_J12     5,500     8,221     6,277    4,217      213             10,707
29.. 12@13          12^@12s
April     2.. 121@131      12-123      10,100    13,719    1,808                535.2,343               @   d.
" 5.     12 @13t      12   12(
9.. 121(131       12@121      5,400    19,524    3,722     2,034...............      5,756
12.. 1212   13     12l125
if 16.. 12  13    1213  125    9,200    11,220    2,561     1,365     1,358........   5,284
"     19.. 122@131       121@121
23.. 123@13}      12@_13        9,500    7,320     2,940    1,122       252.4,314
"     26.. 12a@13~       12@13'
30.. 124313j      12@123        8,300   10,726    2,497     1,025      112.3,634
May       3.. 123@13~      12@13                                                                           id.                                              H
"       7.. 12|313'      12 @13      10,900    7,493     3,890    1,050       428.5,368
10..   13@ 5131   128@13
14..    31313     123(@13W    16,400     6,316    3,234       439       17.3,690
17.. 13(1@13-a    12@13J                                                                                                                            3
" 21.. 13I@13-          123@131      13,800    8,164     5,329    1,281       910........    7,223        _____   __




New   York Statement for 1850. —     Concluded.
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                       EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair Sales for  Receipts                                         Rates of
1850.    New Orleans  Upland.    week    for week.                                            Freight to 
w8 ^ " 8L^~l eek.r~~~~~~~ fo Iw —eekg. —--                            GENERAL REMARKS. 
Liverpool  Liverpool                    To Great    To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classlflcat'n. Classiflcat'n.             Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Porte Exports.
May      24.. 1.31@134    12(@13J3k
28.. 13k@134     12-@"13k    17,400    2,869    5,523    1,412      288........    7,223                       Exchange.
31.. 12~13             1 121'~13
June      4.. 12413       12    13       200    7403     5,126    1,188      455      101    6,870     d     The range for Bills on London in Sep- 
It         4                    2         9,                                                    tember was from  9k110 per cent. 
11..       3     1213        21,600    9,763    5,567    1,795      741....,103             premium; in     October, 9    10;
"t            4     4     4                                                                                 November, 9410J down to 83139;
18.. 13       14    l3l3       21,000    6,302    9,547..       593......1........ 10,140                     0     
"      1.. 1314                                                                                             in December the quotation fell from
21.. 13'C14       13l133,14                                                                      1'8(9 to 7^(8-,      which latter was  t
25.. 13*  @14    138J133     18, 900   9,763    5,700    1,409      409      219    7,737             th  e price thoru  h    J anu ary; in Feb28.. 1314        1313gh January; in Fb19  1                                                                             ruary the range was 8k@9a;   March,
July      2:. 13@141k     13~13       13,100   10,288   13,656    2,858      535........ 17,049    3'_d.              April, 8    94; 
5.. 13-4a@14t   13    13~.                                                                                 npr       Til    v (
it_14~         13~~1 3                                                                             10; June, 9-410k; July, 9@14; 
9.. 13      14'  131@ 13     5,100    8,816    6,366.6,366                                           August, the same; closing at 10...
"           12 3_14    13~1366                                                                              10~ per cent. premium September
At    16.. 13:  214    13( ~13     13,300    7,344    1,552    1,969    1,013......     4534                       cent. premium  September 
19.. 13 214        13;@13. 
23.. 13    14    13    13    14,100    5,776    1,455    1,626      330........   3,411
26.. 131@14      13_   13.
<  30.. 131@14   13    13    16,000   14,092    3,787    2,135       59........    5,981
August    2.. 13@ 14      13~@l13
l  6.. 13@ 14   131@13      17,800    5,976   10,412    2,211    2,421      100   15,144  A@I~d.
9.. 13~(14       13_13i
(l  13.. 13  14   13@13      16,600    2,646    6,915    1,395      959........    9,269
(     16.. 13i(@141    13@13                                                                                                                       C.    20.. 13^   14k   13k@13|     19,000    4,192    8,508    1,667    2,612      910   13,697                                                   he,
"     23.. 13    14t   13 (  134I
27.. 13|@ 14k    131@13i     1.9,300   7,841    3,812    2,573      311....... 6,696
30    13..   141  13~ 4 133
Septem. 3.. 13I@14        134_j13      6,900    2,697    5,961    3,543      767........ 10,271       d.
Averagedl  e    12.76       12.34    628,020  481,938  200,113   85,054   27,726    1,907  314,800
receipts and
exports.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1850.
UNITED STATES-1849-1850.                     Stock Jan. 1, 1850, in........ Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
United States......... Bales.  278,000   317,000     35,000    21,000    373,000
Export.......... 1,590,000   Brazil.......................   95,000    95,000      4,000     1,000     100,000 G
Stock, 1st Septem-        Consumption..... 494,000      West Indies.................    2,000     2,000      2,000     1,000       5,000 C
ber, 1849....... 155,000 Stock, 1st Septem-          East Indies............   58,000    106,000..........    2,000     108,000   0
Crop........... 2,097,000  ber, 1850....... 168,000   Egypt...............    35,000    38,000      5,000    17,000      60,000 C
Bales........... 2,252,000 Bales............ 2,252,000    Bales...................  468,000   558,000     46,000    42,000     646,000   2
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.       IMPORT.
1,714.000   332,000    305.000  1,077,000  1,004,000.... United States             1,126,000  1,183,000   313,000    336,000  1,682,000    3
229,000    45,000     10,000   174,000    168,000.... Brazil......             171,000   172,000     7,000     48,000    203,000.
36,000      8,000    23,000     5,000      5,000....West Indies............     4,000     500,000  23,        7,000     34,000 
276,000   100,000      1,000   175,000    129,000...Eastlndies...............   193,000   309,000     1,000    101,000    314,000 E
196,000    85,000     29,000    82,000     80,000.... Egypt....................   79,000     79,000    31,000     86,000    196,000
2,451,000-  570,000    368,000  1,513,000  1,386,000........................ Bales.. 1,573,000  1,748,000  375,000  578,000  2,429,000  h
* —......................     272,000   200,000  Export. 
624,000    50,000     53,000   521,000    455,000 Stock Dec. 31      Stock above,   468,000    558,000    46,000     42,000    646,000 
3,075,000   620,000    421,000  2,306,000  2,041,000 Totalsupply, bales............... 2,041,000  2,306,000  421,000  620,000  3,075,000 
--
1o
a)




382     CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
COTTONT AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                                SALES.
WEEK_____ _____ __ _________
ENDING.
American. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.    Con-   Specu- Export  Total.
sumption. lation.
Jan.   4..   20,959..........    955......   21,914   13,640 11,360     60   25,060
11..   27,834 3,221 1,437     9,710...... 42,206  28,570 39,920     770   69,260
18..     21,887.........................     21,887   28,200  12,090   770   41,060
"t  25..    29,113 2,176 2,849    5,738     24   39,900   40,820 40,860  1,710   83,390
Feb.   1..   25,267  2,881......  5,569......    33,717   17,600 13,520    700   31,820
"  8.'   29,955 4,386       1  6,084......   40,436   27,190 17,400 1,730    46,320
15..   21,729...... 2,726' 15      52   24,522   15,930   5,140   950    22,020
"  22..  14,424...... 1,482     7,295......    23,201   13,020  6,110    950   20,080
Mch    1..   19,270........     398    172   19,840   20,985  4,885  2,070   27,940
1 8..  13,288............   606......    13,894   18,710   3,210  3,700   25,620
15..    1,222......   671.............   1,893   19,060   3,980  2,730   25,770
22..    9,747............    3,435......   13,182   19,880   3,590  7,020   30,490
29..   16,036...... "2,549   1,049...... 19,634  17,920   2,610  1,890   22,420
April 5..    24,651 5,254 11,629   5,508     12   47,054   25,600 14,600 3,680    43,8,0
12..   59,051 17,561  6,339 10,146     64   93,161   28.900 10,210 3,990     43,100: 19..      34,563 8,735    236   4,746......   48,280   40,480 12,380  8,330   61,190
"  26..  22,577............      600     4    23,181  45,660   7,020 4,150    56,830
May    3..   22,017 10,596......  2,660......    35,273   48,460 37,570 4,610    90,640
"  10..     5,737 7,220...................     12,957   34,630 12,190 3,350    50,170
t   17..    27,773  9,055 2,919   2,196......    41,943   30,110 15,730  2,800   48,640
it  24..      691......3,287......              3,978   23,660  5,800  2,500   31,960
it  31..    63,892 2,055 4,481 10,947      168   81,543   40,080 21,750 3,510    65,340
June   7..   48,319............      7......    48,326   41,950 13,060  5,290   60,300
14..  22,711............   4,313     50   27,074   16,640   3,920 4,790    25,350
21..    12,601 6,350     943   2,571......   22,465   18,630   5,070  4,840   28,540
"  28..  21,610......1,938.....   23,548   32,620 22,000 10,750    65,370
July   5..   17,862 7,340 4,483    7,515      1   37,201   36,710 17,620  6,120   60,450
12..    29,451 6,567 5,321.......       34   41,373   47,710 28,290   9,610   85,610
19..     6,092..................       23     6,115  42,430 52,010 16,600   111,040
26..     40,056 6,715   1,302   8,994   169   57,236   17,640 13,740   8,330   39,710
Aug. 2..     34,102 4,468......3,571         90   42,231   33,99070,91011,810116,710
1    9..    19,346 2,849 1,393      600......   24,188   23,630 27,230 8,160    59,020
"   16..    21,996 6,351......    9,213      1   37,561   18,280  6,800 14,210   39,290
"  23..   40,602    375.         2,240......43,217       19,08015,150 2,820     37,050
"   30.     21,294...... 1,242    5,861    103   28,500   16,260  5,270  1,680   23,210
Sept. 6..     9,054...... 4,373    3,792......    17,219   20,170  3,290  7,380   30,840
13..   10,199............   1,580......   11,779   17,560   3,550 3,530    24,640
20..     6,352...... 1,629     1,860   172    10,013  34,280 25,980   6,660   66,920
27..   44,280 4,166 6,276     2,547    12   57,281   22,330 15,610 2,420     40,360
Oct.   4..   20,768 10,045   757   1,386     38   32,994   31,250 10,700  2,650   44,600
11..     14,762 11,060......   2,297    72   28,191   29,760 11,150 2,550     43,460
18..    3,653 2,996..... 2,607       199    9,455   21,930   3,950 4,400    30,280
25..    12,711    518 1,860.............     15,089  26,740   8,290 3,360    38,390
Nov. 1..     28,100  5,084 3,813.......     106   37,103   28,410   7,190 4,180   39,780
8..     23,389 5,703    711.......      259  30,062   21,860   1,350 2,590   25,800
" 15..       3,853 2,506    722   1,300......    8,381   23,300  7,960  1,480   32,740
22..    3,286 3,645     548   2,641......   10,120   29,180   5,500  1,950   36,630
29..    7,434 10,187  1,232   6,870    11   25,734   19,190   1,720  1,400   22,310
Dec. 6..      5,361 2,350......   1,122    967    9,800   28,630 11,530  1,190   41,350
"   13..    16,406 10,861   497   4,668    170   32,602   32,730  6,500  1,950   41,180
20..    31,319 14,862  1,427   2,819   501    50,928  50,70013,680    1,280   65,660
l  27...... 19,358.1,067                 346    20,771   34,190  8,590  1,210   43,990
Averg. ries 1,084,644 198138 83,052 152,498 3,820 1,522,152 1,436,885 722,365 217160 2,376,410
ceipts &  stocks.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 383
POOL. YEAR 1850.
STOCKS.                  PRICES.
]___         _~  [~~ACTUAL CONSUMPEXPORT.       TION.             REMARKS.
Ameri-   Other.    Total.   Mid,    Mid. Surats.
can.                       Up.     Orl.
289,371 187,018    476,389    61     6'      44         60    13,640
296,419 192,836    489,255    64     6       4         770    42,210
298,056 184,116    482,172    61     6       44        770    70,410
298,809 180,733    479,542            6      5       1,710   111,230
308,916 184,043    492,959    6       6      5         700   128,830
318,451 186,027    504,478    6       6'     5 5     1,730   156;020
327,980 184,140    512,120    6       6      5         950   171,950
331,244 190,146    521,390    6|      6   4  4         950   184,970
332,894 185,281    518,175    6       6      44      2,070   205,955
343,320 181,110    524,430    6- 6-           4-     3,700   224,265    Bad     accounts    from
329,690 174,840    504,530    64     6;      4       2,730   243,725      Manchester.
319,930 170,880    490,810    6       6   4  47      7,020   263,605
320,470 170,160    490,630    54      6   4  44      1,890   281,525
327,420 183,610    511,030    6    i 6       41      3,680   307,125
362,050 209,250    571,300    6       6      4       3,990   336,025
365,290 205,480    570,770    6       6      4'-     8,330   376,505 Deficiency in receipts, &c.
359,930 189,710    549,640    64      6      44      4,150   422,165
350,240 181,600    531,840    6       7      5   4   4,610   470,625
330,450 176,090    506,540    64      7      54      3,350   505,255
333,030 182,560    515,590    6   7   7      54      2,800   535,365
313,690 179,720    493,410    6       7      54      2,500   559,025
345,960 185,410    531,370    7       74     5       3,510   599,105
362,280 170,180    532,460    7       7*     55      5,290   641,055    Better feeling in Man370,920 169,480    540,400    6    7  7      54      4,790   657,695      chester.
364,350 175,070    539,420    6   7   7      5      4,840    676,325
356,530 163,090    519,620    7       7 7    51     10,750   708,945
343,090 170,980    514,070    7       7      5       6,120   745,655
332,570 167,020    499,590    73      74     5       9,610   793,365
299,140 147,550    446,690    7        4 7   6      16,600   835,795    Excitement in Manches320,870 156,720    477,590    7i      7      6       8,330   853,435      ter.
324,110 150,270    474,380    7      7       6 6*   11,810   887,425
323,020 143,760    466,780    7      7       64      8,160   911,055
321,240 150,980    472,220    7    ] 7'      6     14,210    929,335
344,000 149,590    493,590    7H     7       54      2,820   948,415
352,010 152,140    504,150    74-     7      5'      1,680   964,675
339,740 153.980    493,720    7      7       5       7,380   984,845
333,940 150,470    484,410    7*     74      54      3,530 1,002,405
311,540 141,960    453,500    74     7       5       6,660 1,036,685
337,340 148,691    486,031    7*      7      5       2,420 1,059,015
334,468 150,657    485,125           7      7        2,650 1,090,265
326,350 154,656    481,006    7       74     5       2,550 1,120,025
311,433 152,698    464.131    71      7      5      4,400 1,141,955
304,604 144,516    449,120    7      7Y1     5      3,360 1,168,695     Account    of frost    in
310,504 143,129    453,633    7-     7-      5      4,180 1,197,105       Tennessee.
315,463 144,382    459,845    74     74      5      2,590 1,218,965
301,976 141,470    443,446    7'      7      5       1,480 1.242,265
283,702 138,734    422,436    7      79      5      1,9501,271,445 
276,699 151,601    428,300           7       5      1,400 1,290,635    Unsettled state of things
4       1,400q, 290, 635
259,367 148,913    408,280    74     74      5      1,190 1,319,265       in Germany.
250,043 156,119    406,162    7,1    7 T     54     1,9501,351,995        tt           t
242,642 162,468    405,110    731    7l1     6      1,280 1,402,695       Contine nts 
237,850 152,631    390,481    7 1    74      6      1,210 1,436,885)       ontnent.
7.1    7.16   5.22   217,160    276,324




384    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1851.
Yarn as fine as No. 600, was exhibited at the Great Exhibition
by the Messrs. Houldsworth of Manchester, England. (See years
1840 and 1841.)
Cotton mills in Great Britain employed 470,317 operatives.
Spring backward, partial overflow of the Mississippi, drought
in summer, picking late.
Number of hands engaged in the cotton manufacture of Great
Britain, 470,317-149,214 men, 143,268 women, and 104,437 girls;
beside, 13,263 men as cotton and calico printers and 3,024 men as
dyers.
18,811 power-looms in Lanarkshire, Scotland, 85 factories;
864,088 spindles; hands employed, 22,463-5,013 males, 17,450
females.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for
the Year ending August 31, 1851.
Same
Bales.  Bales.  Total.  period
1850.
NEW ORLEANS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports...................................844,641
Coastwise............ 152,817
Stock on hand 1st September, 1851............... 15,390
1,012,848
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1850................  16,612
Received from Mobile and Montgomery, Ala.........  42,524
Florida.............................  11,091
Texas.............................  9,252
79,479
933,369 781,886
ALABAMA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports....................... 321,777
Coastwise.                                      114,451
Coastwise........................................  114,451
Consumed in Mobile........................  685
Stock on hand 1st September, 1851...............  27,797
1 464,710i
Deduct-:tock on hand 1st September, 1850.....................  12,962
451,748 350,952
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  70,547
Coastwise....................... 111,532
Stock on hand 1st September, 1851.................  273
182,352
DeductStock on hand  1st September, 1850.........................  1,148
181,204 181,344
___________________________________'....




(!I[R()N(OLo((I(CAL   ANXI  ST'ATISTICAL ]HISTORY        (Fv (!()lTTON.   385
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1851-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1850.
TEXAS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  2,261
Coastw ise......................................  43,014
Stock on hand 1st September, 1851.................      596
- -  45,871
Deduct
Stock  on hand  1st September,  1850.........................    51
_     45,820  31,263
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahT'o Foreign Ports —Uplands........................ 145,150
Sea Island.....................        8,497
Coastwise- Uplands..............................   160,642
Sea  Island............................  3,145
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1851.........      4,500
Augusta, 1st September, 1851...........    29,511
351,445
Deduct —
Stock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st September, 1850.......    29,069
322,376 343,635
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 254,442
Sea     Island.................   13,576
Coastwise-Uplands...............................    138,429
Sea  Island...........................   2,210
408,657
Export from Georgetown —
To  New   York...............................  1,812
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1851.....10,953
12,765
_ —     421,422
Deduct —
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1850............  30,698
Received from Savannah...........................    3,649
-    34,347
387,075  384,265
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportCoastw ise.......................................................  12,928  11,861
VIRGINIA.
ExportCoastwise, and.................................. 
Manufactured (taken from the ports)..............    2,
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1851..................   620
-    20,940
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1850.........................    1,000
19,940   11,500
Received here by New York and Erie Canal.......................    797
Total crop of the United States...............................2,355,257 2,096,706
Increase  from  last year..................................bales.  258,551
Decrease from  year before...............................  373,339
25




386    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
Export to Foreign Ports, from      September 1, 1850, to August 31, 1851.
To Great   To    To North   Other   Total
FROM                    Britain.  France. of Europe. F'n Ports.
New Orleans........................Bales 582,373    130,362   47,786   84,120  844,641
Mobile.................................  249,897   45,460    6,084   20,336  321,777
Florida................................   56, 67    7,805    6,575........  70,547
Texas.................................................  2,261.....   2,261
Georgia.................................  137,143  11,826    2,993    1,685  153,647
South Carolina...................    203,970   25,608   13,159   25,281 268,018
North Carolina..........................................................
Virginia..........................................
Baltimore...............................     206.......     200      75      481
Philadelphia........................      2,691......................   2,691
New York............................... 184,815     80,297   48,713    7,970 321,795
Boston..................................   1,003........  1,721     128    2,852
Grand total....................... 1,418,265 301,358  129,492  139,595 1,988,710
Total last year..............       1,106,771 289,627  72,156  121,601 1,590,155
Increase........................ 311494     11,731   57,336   17,994 398,555
Growth.
Total crop of 1850-1......bales. 2,355,257 Total crop of 1836-7......bales.  1,422,930
1849-50...........  2,096,706        "     1835-6............   1,360,725
1848-9............  2,728,596             i834-5............   1,254,328
1847-8............ 2,347,634               1833-4............  1.205,394
1846-7............ 1,778,651          "     1832-3...........   1,070,438
1845-6............ 2,100,537        "      1831-2............    987,477
1844-5............ 2,394,503          "      1830-1............  1,038,848
1843-4............ 2,030,409               1829-30...........     976,845
1842-3............ 2,378,875               1828-9............     857,744
1841-2............  1,683,574              1827-8............     720,593
1 840-1............ 1,634.945                1826-7............     957,281
1839-40........... 2,177,835               1825-6...........     720,027
1838-9............  1,360,532              1824-5............    569,249
1837-8............ 1,801,497               1823-4............     509,158
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated........................bales. 2,355,257
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1, 1850In  the  Southern  ports.......................................  91,754
In the Northern ports.......................................   76,176
167,930
M akes a  supply  of....................................................  2,523,187
Deduct therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports............ 1,988,710
Less Foreign included..................    1,077
1,987,633
Stocks on hand, September 1, 1851In the Southern ports.........................  89,044
In the Northern ports.........................  39,260
128,304
Burnt at New York, Boston and Baltimore...................      3,142
---- 2,119,079
Taken for home use.....................  bales.  404,108
r~r++~~~~+Cl~r~)~t~~r~~~~~~r~r....




CHRONOLOGICAL        AND   STATISTICAL HISTORY        OF COTTON.      387
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of iManufactuerers,
North of Virginia.
1850-1..................bales.  404,108  1837-8.........        bales    246,063
1849-50......................  487,769  1836-7......................  222,540
1848-9......................  518,039  1835-6........................  236,733
1847-8........................  531,772  1834-5......................  216,888
1846-7........................  427,967  1833-4.......................  196,413
1845-6........................  422,597  1832-3........................  194,412
1844-5........................  389,006  1831-2........................  173,800
1843-4........................  346,744  1830-1........................  182,142
1842-3.......................  325,129  1829-30.......................  126,512
1841-2......................  267,850  1828-9.......................  118,853
1840-1........................  297,288  1827-8........................  120,593
1839-40.......................  295,193  1826-7......................  149,516
1838-9.......................  276,018
NOTE.-It will be seen that we have materially reduced our estimate of the amount of
cotton consumed the past year in the States south and west of Virginia-the capacity
of the mills has been very nearly the same as before, but the high prices of the raw material for the greater part of the season, and the low rates obtained for the manufactured
article, have rendered the business unprofitable.  The following estimate is from  a
judicious and careful observer at the South, of the quantity so consumed, and not included
in the receipts: Thus, inMills.    Spindles.     Quantity consumed.
North Carolina.............. 30......     13,000 bales, of 400 11.
South Carolina.............. 16      36,500     10,000   "       t
Georgia.................... 36       51,400     13,000   "       (
Alabama...................  10       12,580      4,000   "  of 500 lb.
Tennessee..................  30     36,000      8,000   "       "
On the Ohio, &c............. 30      100,000     12,000   "         "
Total to September 1, 1851.................. 60,000 bales.
"'         "     1850.................. 107,500  "
(.         "     1849..................110,000  "
1848.................  75,000  "
To which should be added the stocks in the interior towns, etc., the quantity burnt
in the interior, and that lost on its way to market these, added to the crop as given
above, received at the shipping ports, will show very nearly the amount raised in the
United States the past season-say, in round numbers, 2,450,000 bales.
During the year just closed, there have been received here, chiefly, it is believed, from
Tennessee, 797 bales by way of the New York and Erie Canal, which we have added ill
another place to the crop of the country. This route, however, is not a favorite one, and
no further supplies of moment are expected.
It may be remarked in this connection, that some of the cotton received overland at
Philadelphia and Baltimore is doubtless unaccounted for elsewhere, not being counted in
the receipts at New Orleans, but as we have of late years omitted this item from the crop,
in deference to the views of judicious friends, it is not now added, though it may be advisable to introduce it hereafter.
The quantity of new cotton received at the shipping ports up to the 1st inst., amounted
to about 3,200 bales, against 255 bales last year.
The shipments given in this statement from Texas, are those by sea only; a considerable portion of the crop of that State finds its way to market via Red River, and is
included in the receipts at New Orleans.




388  (HR)N)XOLO(1JAL AJNI) STATISTICALM ]-ISTO()RY 0 (' COTT'ON.
ANNUAL IREVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1850-51.
It is well known that in this leading branch of our commerce,
the season opened with high hopes on the part of both producers
and dealers. The previous year had closed upon greatly enhanced
prices which had given large profits to shippers, and this success,
together with calculations of another short crop, stimulated speculations to an imprudent degree, and the result has been a reaction
more disastrous than any that has occurred in the cotton trade
since 1825. For a month succeeding, the rates fluctuated between
10~ to 11 cents, when in early May the market was again affected
by the character of the foreign advices, and also by the large increase in the receipts at the ports, as compared with the previous
year; and as nearly every circumstance that has arisen since, has
been of a nature to increase the depression, there has been a constant yielding of prices, until they reached 6" cents for middling
Louisianas and Mississippis, or a decline on this description of
nearly 7 cents per pound from the highest point; being more than
fifty per cent. We have thus rapidly sketched the course of the
market during a season of extraordinary vicissitudes, and such a
one we hope never to witness again. In glancing at the peculiarities of the season, it may be safely remarked that its prominent
feature has been an under-estimate of the production. This, as
we have already intimated, led to the opening of the market at unfortunately high prices, which, under speculative action, were subsequently carried to a higher point than they have reached since
1839. These under-estimates were to a greater or less extent general, and we think it may be safely asserted that a large majority
placed the crop at or under 2,200,000 bales, while the bulk of the
business during the first six or seven months of the season was
done upon a basis of 2,100,000 to 2,150,000 bales. The estimates
of very few parties were beyond what the actual crop is likely to
be, and these were looked upon as so extravagant that their
opinion provoked discussion and animadversion to a degree that
has given them wide spread notoriety. In viewing the causes of
this astonishing reaction, the leading ones, of course, are the underestimates of the crop, and the consequent elevation of prices to




(UtRON()LGoIAL AND sTATISTItcAL 1rISTOR1Y >F c(OTTON. 880
what has proved to be an extravagant point, But as a collateral
one, growing out of these, we may mention that the entire or partial stoppage of many of our home mills, owing to the high prices
of the raw material, and excessive stocks of manufactured articles
on hand, threw an undue proportion of the supply on the European markets. Thus Great Britain' alone has not only taken the
whole excess of our receipts over those of last year, but nearly
100,000 bales more, that with moderate prices, would have been
consumed in the United States.
To Great Britain, therefore, the crop has been equal to one of
about 2,450,000 bales, while at the same time there has been a
material increase in her imports from Brazil, Egypt, and the East
Indies. It is understood that there was considerable increase in the
breadth of land planted, but an unusually cold and backward spring
retarded the growth of the plant; and it had made comparatively
little progress up to the early part of May, when a favorable
change in the character of the weather gave an impulse to vegetation. From this time up to the 1st of July the accounts from the
country, with some exceptions, were favorable, though from the
uplands there were some complaints of a lack of sufficient rain.
The plant generally, though small, was said to look healthy, and to
give good promise; besides which, the crops were usually " clean"
the very lack of rain complained of, favored cultivation by preventing any excessive growth of grass and weeds.




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and        Receipts at New   York, Weekly Exports from      New   York and Rates of Freight to 
Liverpool 1st of each month,for the Crop       Year ending September 1, 1851.
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                     EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair                       EXPORTS FOR THE    EEK.
1850.    New Orleans  Upland,  Sales for Receipts                                          Rates of 
1850.     Liverpool  Liverpool  week.  for week.                                          Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
Classifica-  Classifica-              To Great   To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
tion.      tion.                    Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports. 
Septem. 6..    14@141   135@14?@Md. Early in September, 1850, heavy rain 
10.. 141@14a     14@14~    17,500     287.....storms prevailed at the South, and
13.. 143@14           14@14|                                                                         considerable injury to the crop was
(    17.. 14~@15      141(@141    6,000   7,959   11,199   3,293    7,040     987   22,519            reported, which had some effect 
20.. 14    15    14@14                                                                           upon prices, although the foreign
24.. 14'@15      14114-      9,200   5,367    5,654    2,075   1,493........   9,222            accounts were unfavorable. Sub- 
27.. 14,@15          141@14y                                                                         sequently, however, upon the re- 
October I.. 14h@15      14,l141      6,300   3,690    4,259   1,130      196........   5,585   3-16d(1.  ceipt of these advices at Liverpool, 
4.. 14(@15      144@141                                                                         that market became excited, and
8..   15@15j    141@147    13,000   5,552      799   4,676........     119    5,594            higher rates ruled there as well as
11.. 143@151i 14 @14                                                                             here.
15.. 14315j     14k@l4 7     8,500   4,350    5,249........     584........   5,833          On October 26th and 27th, frosts oc- 
"     18.. 14-   15g   14-@15                                                                          curred in Georgia, Alabama, &c.;
22.. 14|@15k     14@214{     6,800   4,751    2,248   3.288    1,361     628    7,525            which gave a further stimulus to the 
" 25.. 143151   141@14                                                                           market. In the mean time political 
"     29..  15(15     14@14.12,200    9,634    1,147   2,275     381.......     3,803            affairs on the Continent had become 
Novem. 1..     15@151    142@143                                                                id.      unsettled, and the European mar5.. 144@15i     142@14a     8,100   2,893    1,757     973..........          2,730            kets, for a time, did not respond to
"      8.. 14a@15;    14 @14!                                                                          the advanced rates ruling here, and  c
" 12.. 14@151         143@14|     6,250    2,210     948    1,871     354      134    3,307            prices yielded in this market. In
15.. 14a@15;     14-@14-                                                                          December, German affairs wore a 
I     19.. 14|15     -143@14|     5,800   11,365    2,936   1,611     855........    5,402            more pacific aspect and a buoyant 
1    22.. 14a315~     14~@14                                                                          feeling prevailed with higher values
I    26.. 14ai  15I   1441@14~    4,100  13,355    1,659   3,878       50     200    5,787            ruling toward the last of the month.
(    29.. 14 ~15       14@14-                                                                       On the 1st of January the account of
Decem.   3.. 141~15       14@141     5,200  10,700      142   2,659...............     2,801    Id.     stock was taken, as usual, in Liver"9     6.. 14g~143     14@144                                                                          pool, and was found to be about      i
10.. 14-14       133@14      8,100    5,738   1,054      494     687.2,235                      70,000 bales larger than the previ13..  14@14    123@13                                                                           ous running account; this had a
" 17..      1414      123@13      5,500    8,290     828    4,622......         5,450            depressing influence, the effect of
20..   14@14~    13@13-                                                                          which was ielt there and here for
"    24.. 14-@144     13'@133     8,600  10,244      562........................      562            two or three months.
27.. 14l@14      13@(137                                                                       In February, the receipts at our ports




Decem. 31.. 141@14@       137@141      9,100    8,977    2,117     4,162      519      117    6,915             were large, the crop estimates adJan1ar8y 3    1414            ~                                                                                 vanced, and with dull foreign marJ y  3                                                                                       J13146  5-32d  kets prices here rapidly receded.
7.. 14Mao151     14__14      10,000   12,142      637    1,734       53      198     2,622           In March, the receipts fell off and the
10.. 14     ~151  14q~14'                                                                              market   rallied  somewhat.    The
~               14'1 I      9       15,0.......                4 9r7
"14 1..5    1         414     9,000    15,090    3,486    1,352      129...   4,967             weather in early May was very un17..l4@lt       I4@14                                                                                favorable for the plant, with frosts   a
21.. 143    157    14~141    ]1,000     6,138      437    1,953    1,034.......      3,424            in some districts, and prices went
i  24. 14215        13   141                                                                              up   4  cent; toward the latter part
28.. 14(15        13*;13.7   3,000    10,151    3,231    1)686      667              5,584             of this month, however, the im31...141-14a    13'137                                                                                mense receipts at our ports, and 
February 4.. 133141        13~133      5,200    7,435     1,533    3,713      208...   5,454.      the probabilities that hitherto the 
7..   14@14]     13  13-                                                                               crop estimates had been much too
11.. 13a14{       13@13I       5,200   20,246     3,210      835      871      242    5,158             low, caused an uneasy feeling, a
14.. 13   (141     13,13a                                                                              panic prevailed in Liverpool, and
" 18.. 134        14    12 C12{,    10,200   14.835    1,755.......      1,495....     3,250             prices gave way there and here
21..   13@13y      12( 12'                                                                            Prices in June having touched low 
25..  12 ~13'   1   e 13121,  7,800s   8,677    5,881      762.........             6,643            lpoints in Liverpool, that market
128.. 11312           l ~                                                                             and this became more steady for a 
March     4.. I 1j12      10    11    10,500   19,339     1,181    2,950    2,043      544    6,718 I-5-16d     time, but in July there was again
7.. 12  132           2 111,12'                               ]much depression abroad, owing to -;;  l^     4@l3       1  123    15,100    7,209     1,9842                      3419    3,205 
I ~  11..  12aj13~  11b~12g   15,100  7i,209 1, 944                   842      419    3,205             the continued free receipts at the
It   14.. 12 4 13~3   11-7rp 12-1                                                                           shipping ports, and accumulation of
18.. 12     13    11          15000    14,029    8,744     2,299    2774       304   14,121             stock in Liverpool, now larger than
21.. 12 -(133     1    l               1 52 12                                                          before in two years; but in August
25.. 12113        1     12    17,000   11,572    7,512      779       561........    8,852             there was an improved demand, and
28.. 12l133       11 @128                                                                               with considerable activity, both on
April   4.. 12   13     11-'121s      8,500   14,442    9,842l.........  1,184....      11,026 3-160@d    the other side and here, there was      M
" 4..  2  413A   1-1Q122                                                                               at the close some advance estab8..   13@14       1212-    21,300     8,031    6,824    1,191      918      122     9,055             lished on the previous quotations.     "
11.   12 i133     1 H     1 12-~ 
15.. 121    13|   11@12-     11,454     3,638   10,620      100    1,253...     11973
"    18.. 12^@13a     11a   12.
"     22.. 12-@13'      114@12j     12,300    7,668    2,142      432    1,970     1,255    5,799
"    25.    12@13       1111a
"     29.. 11~1-3       l 0-(.11-a  12,100   15,739    9,400    3,034     1,063      154   13,651
M ay      2.. 113@13      l11113      1i5-32d 
6..   12@13- 11-      11    18,100    6,118     7,870    1,152    2,352      568   11,942                                                    ~
1 9. 1   11C12     104@11- 
13..   11   12   10(@4 11     6,000    11,791    5,341    1,243      291.......     6,875
16.   1 1112     10@      10-,
20..     11(12      1021@n1    12,300     8,313    2,784    1,458      907........    5,149 
~ ~-         --  ~ ~ - - -  - - -  -'  --'      ------!  ---  __   -— _____        _   __I  5,    1 4




New   York Statement for Year 1851-Concluded.'
Price of Mid. Price of Mid                        EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair                              RTS FOR THE WEEof
1851.    New Orleans  Upland.   Sales for Receipts                                             Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool   Liverpool   week.  for week.
Classifica-  Classifica-                To Great    To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool. 
tion.      tion.                      Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
May     23.. 103|113      101~103
27.. 10@1         1010        5,800    6,909   1.1,095   1,832    1,849....      14,776                        Exohange.
It    30.. 10@11i       10@10~                                                                            Sixty  days' bills on London were
June      3.. 10    11     9@l0       9,200    9,044    2,486     1,015     976........     4,477  7-32d.    steady through  September at 10o
"  6..  10@11     9@94                                                                               101 per cent. premium: in October.;
"  10.. 101@ 9@10t            7.800    9,889    4,103    1,371      984      211    6,669             10 @10|; in November the quota13.. 10@11              9@104                                                                               tion fell from 104 310a down to 9@     -
"     17.. 10@11        9J@10.      5,500    5,293    8,222      548    1,085      934   10,789             9k; in December it advanced again
20.. 10     ll  91      0                                                                             from  91@97 to 10@10|; in Janu-       t:
"     24.. 10@-12       94310       9,700    5,229    3,633       68      291..          3,992             ary rates were steady at 10@101,      -
27.. 10 @12        9@101                                                                              declining in February to 9|@10; -
July      1.. 10312        91@10I      8.600    7,737    1,855     630     1,126........    3,611 j@3-16d    the range in March was from      9|   S
4.. 1]0312        9~@10i                                                                             to 10A; in April, 93@10; in May,     0
"  8.. 10|@12    9@ 610      6,100    3,383    1,673               373      216    2,262             10"@10~; in June. 101@103; in
11.. l0   11   9      94-                                                                            July, 93@10~; and in August, 9~ 
15.. 10iL@113      9(97 a     9,300    3,302      765      562    1,668      269    3,2640
S,668             3,264 4  910) 4
(     18.. 10@111.        9  94
22..   10@11      8|@9'       7,100   12,275    1,885       86      629........    2,600'     25..   9    43103  8;@9
29..   9    10     8   9     10,400 10,400  10,489  1,971  1,944    815........     4,730
August    1.    9@97       83@91                                                                     id.'      5..   9@10~      8~@9        5,700    3,830    2,097    1,503    1,832.5,432
8.    91@101     8@9 
"     12..    9@101     8@ 91      10,175    3,023    2,453      863    1,939.5,255
15..   9'@10i     8793
19..   9@10|3     8@9|        7.700    2,883    3,306      897      376........    4,579
22..   9      10.9                                     1C
26.   91@10 -      @99      11, 500   6,131      559    3,813      518      349    5,239
29..   10 11         @S
Septem. 2.. 10'211         91@10      6,700    2,360    1,482    1,485      117.3,084              id.
Average prices
and totalsales,
receipts and     12.99     12.14     482,579 429,742   184,517.  80,297   48,713    7,970  321,497
exports.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1851.
UNITED STATES, 1850-1851.                   Stock Jan. 1, 1851, in.......  Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock 1st Septem-         Export..... 1,989,000.. United States...............  261,000  273,000  43,000  25,000     341,000 
ber, 1850....    168,000 Consumption... 406 000       Brazil......................  69,000  69,000      1,000     4,000 |    74,000 
Crop.......... 2,355,000 Stock 1st Sept.,'51. 128,o000  West Indies.................  1,000   1,000      2,000.0 3,000
-_;_____                 __  L__ -    East Indies.................  92,000    143,000.......     3,000     146,000
Bales....... 2,523,000   Bales........2,523,000  Egypt......................    32,000    35,000      7,000    18,000      60,000   ~
Bales....................  455,000    521,000    53,000     50.000    624,000;
CONSUMPTION.                                                                             _         _     _   _ -  - _
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.       IMPORT.                                                                     4
1,959,000   363,000    324,000  1,272,000  1,220,000....United States............... 1,339,000  1,397,000  297,000  361,000  1.903,000 p
154,000    30,000      8,000    116,000   115,000...Brazil......................  109,000   109,000     9,000    32,000     137,000'
18,000     5,000      8,000     5,000      5,000.... West Indies................   7,000      8,000    10,000      7,000     25,000 w
301,000    104,000     3,000    194,000   152,000.... East Indies.................  233,000  326,000     9,000    103,000    335,000    Y
186,000    81,000     30,000    75,000     75,000..Egypt.....................     62,000     64.000    32,000     88,000    183.000 n
2,618,000   583,000   373,000  1,662,000  1,567,000..........................Bales. 1,750,000  1,904,000  357,000  591,000  2,583,000  t...............................  269,000   214,000  Export.                                                                                t
589,0                          I                                          I          5,000
589,000    58,000     37,000   494,000    424,000 Stock Dec. 31.      Stock above,  455,000    521,000    53,000     50,000    624,000 
3,207,000   641,000   410,000  2,425,000  2,205,000 Total supply, bales.............. 2,205,000  2,425,000  410.000  641,000   3,207,000.z 




394    CHRONOLOGICAL AN]) STATISTICAL 1HISTORY                 (F COTTON.
COTTON' AT LIVERn
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.
WEEK_________ ________
ENDING.
American  E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Con-  Specu- Export. Total.
sumption. lation.
Jan. 10..   13,137 8,662    773   1,707    74   24,353  25,890   1,590  1,280  28,76(i0
17..   17,653 2,988.        1,453      1  22,095   18,700  1,920   480   21,100
24..   30,386......    180  2,622    218  33,406   22,150  1,250    230  23,(;0
31..    8,444.           2  1,037     89   9,572   22,960  2,290  1,290  26,540
Feb.  7..................................     20,947  20,620   1,720  1,010  23, 0
14..   10,963 3,144 1,324.......      27   15,458  22,410  1,390    900   24,700
" 21..     29,934 9,160    983  2,841     54   42,972  27,390  5,430    790   33,610
28..    9,159 1,958!   100  2,112     75  13,404   27,100  9,810 2,550   39,4(0
Mch. 7..    47,990...... 4,325    2,884    72   55,271  27,240   6,610 1,790   335,640
14..' 54,530  6,484   750  2,419    128  64,311   26,940  2,990  1,250  31,180
"   21..   13,326  7,051   166.............  20,543  30,350 10,100 2,180    42,630
28..   48,476 10,897   837.43     32   60,285  31,390 14,360  1,960  47,710
April 4..   49,028 3,100......    6,420    38   58,586  29,670   4,420 3,290   37,380
11..   17,885......     83    520    108  18,596   26,110  1,600   890   28,600
4 17..  22,888............  1,250......  24,138  21,650  2,500 1,250  25,400
25..   39,074 13,734 7,108  5,055     29   65,000  23,010  2,700 3,060    28,770
May   2..    6,18.4.........              57    6,241  23,020   3,510 2,520   29,050
9..   92,648 5,430 2,658   2,256    467 103,459   26,860  3,010  2,830  32,700
16..   68,531   200......     827     76  69,434   33,200  8,120 4,430   45,750
23..   78,872 11,929 3,649  7,045     16 101,511   31,730  4,860 4,680   41,270
30..  15,079..............  13   15,092  37,130  4,950  9,000  51,080
June  6..   18,541............    100......   18,641  34,870   4,630 5,730   45,230
13..      70,898   901 8,382   1,002    332   81,515  37,620  3,200 5,990   46,810
4   20..   62,093 4,277 6,185   5,982      5   78,542  37,230  8,010 8,360    53,600
"   27..   18,023......    253  4,243     20   22,539  25,930  1,450  6,970  34,350
July   4..  17,614............    426     25   18,065  24,190   1,130 5,350   30,670
11..   25,279  1,752 2,821  1,262   407   31,521   26,470  1,300  6,460  34,230
l  18..  73,047...... 3,934  1,477   22   78,480   31,490    470 7,250   39,210
25..   33,319......    876   1,225   136  35,556   35,810   1,480 8.330  45,620
Aug. 1..    35,352 8,545......    3,392    25   47,314  49,290   9,730 10,750  69,770
8..   26,642...... 1,431    953     64   29,090  41,430  8.580  9,180  59,190, 15..     13,521...... 2,936   3,198    132   19,787  28,730  7,830 10.530  47,090
" 22..     26,388 20,562   884  3,711     36   51,581  41 210 10,27016,500    67,980
"   29..   24,128 8,801    955.......      6   33,890  34,850 14,290 8,130   57,270
Sep.  5..    2,481 5,222...........    76    7,779  24,585   3,585 8,400   36,570
"  12..  2,605...................  15   2,620   30,845 11,985 8,810   51,640
19..    9,067 2,703    150  1,679     85   13,684  27,170  2,320 7,370   36,860
26..   17,491 13,181 2,021  6,276     42   39,011  25,990  3,580 9,790   39,360
Oct.  3..    6,497 9,234 1,496    2,022    68   19,317  22,930   2,900 7,850   33,680' 8..      10,825 7,205  1,240  4,258..        23,528  24,170  1,820 4,000   29,990
17..   13,941 18,428   801  2,788    45   36,003   23,970    680 4,960   29,610
"   24.     4,926 2,783    281  4,590     36   12,616  33,010  1,960 5,970   40,940
"   31.......... 1,953   1,355  1,100     34    4,442  38,550  1,850 5,700   46,100
Nov. 7..     3,424 4,607 1,156...........       9,187  48,000   5,880 4,940   58,820
" 14..      3,565...... 1,517.............    5,082  49,830 15,550 5,260   70,640
"   21..   10,943 2,754.....    4,248......   17,945  28,920  6,960 4,770   40,650
"   28..   28,801 21,611 1,222  2,891    732  55,257   39,540 17,390  2,310  59,240
Dec.  5..    4,576 4,589    756..........       9,921  29,580   8,710  1,080  39,370
12..   25,543 4,264    682  2,584......    33,073  24,120  6,380  1,28   31,780
19..  22,828......   909  1,183....    24,920   19,510  6,120 2,400   28,030
24..   19,960......    593  3,214.....     23,767  26,110  5,920 2,330   34,360
gAs'prie e 1,346,505 227604 65,674 108,295 3,917 2,772,942 1,521,470 259,120 244410 2,025,000
ceipts & stocks.
* Circular missing for this week.




(-IRONO(LOGICAL AN]) STLATISTICAL HISTORY OF (~)OTTON.                              395
POOL. YEAR 1851.
STOCKS.                  PRICES.
_ACTUAL CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.           REMARKS.
Amer'n. Other.     Total.    Mid.   Mid.   Dhol.
Up.    Orl.
255,601 196,461    452,062   7k      74     6       1,280    25,890
258,644 196,333    454,977   7-      7      5         480    44,590        e
273,880 192,123    466,008   74      7-.    5-        230    66,740     ner         ate 
263,744 187,579    451,323   7-      7      5       1,290    89,700      in Liverpool...............   450,640    7       71     5,010   110,320 
257,540 185,238    442,778   63-             5'     900   132,730
266,914 190,666    457,580   6-      78     5-        790   160,120
254,103 187,231    441,334   71      75     5       2,550   187,220 Better demand.
282,913 184,712    467,625   7       7      5       1,790   214,460
317,413 186,333    503,746   611     7-6    5       1,250   241,400
306,619 185,140    491,759   7       7 —    5       2,180   271,750
332,385 186,309    518,694   7       7    1 6       1,960   303,1401
358,203186,117     544,320   7       71     5       3,290   332,810 
356,908 178,952    535,860   6       7      5         890   353,920    Smaller demand.
361,966 175,192    537,158   6       6      5       1,250   380,5701
381,380 194,708    576,088   6-      6      51      3,060   403,580
367,434 189,355    556,789   5 7     6-     5       2,520   426,600
411,588 190,141    601,729   55      5-     5       2,830   453,460
450,239 185,874    636,113   5       5      5       4,430   486,660
502,381 198,833    701,214   5       5-     43      4,680   518,390 Heavy receipts U.S. Ports.
479,120 191,146    670,266   5       5      4       9,000   555,520
465,691 182,616    648,307   5       51     43      5,730   590,390
501,009 185,203    686,212   5              4       5,990   628,010
529,582 189,582    719,164   5       5      4       8,360   665,240
522,825 185,978    708,803   5                      85 4, 6,970  691,190
518,289 179,109    697,398   4.      5      41      5,350   715,360
516,178 179,802    695,980   4       4      41      6,460   741,830 
557,065 178,664    735,729   4       4- 4   44      7,250   773,320 
554,474 172,671    727, 145  4' —    43     4       8,330   809,130    Small manufacturing
538,886 175,533    714,419   43      4      33     10,750   858,420      demand.
524,578 168,321    692,899   47      4      34      9,180   899,850
505,419 168,007    673,426   4       4      3      10,530   928, 580
483,747 183,550    667,297   4-      5      33     16,500   969,790
474,571 183,632    658,203   5       5      33      8,130 1,004,640
449,351 172,698    622,049   44      54     37      8,400 1,029,225
420,616 162,893    583,509   5       5A     3       8,810 1,060,070
404,143 158,510    562,653   4 13    5-     4       7,370 1,087,240
394,594 171,290    565,884   411     5      4       9,790 1,113,230
376,481 177,940    554,421   41-     5      4       7,850 1,136,160
365,176 184,603    549,779   4-1     5      4       4,000 1,160,330 Royal visit to Liverpool.
357,647 199,205    556,852  44       4 4-   3       4,960 1,184,300    (holiday market.)
334,353 196,135    530,488   4.   4      34      5,970 1,217,310
298,173 192,507    490,680   4       41     33      5,7001,255,860
260,447 186,480    446,927   4-      43     3J      4,940 1,303,860
224,652 172,267    396,919   4-      4-     3       5,260 1,353,690
210,505 170,669    381,174   4       44     3       4,770 1,382,610
206,826 187,755    394,581   411     51     3       2,310 1,422,150
190,162 183,680    373,842   4I-     411-   34      1,080 1,451,730    Frech Revolution
196,495 185,027    381,522   41I     4"1    3-      1,280 1,475,350evou
201,403 183,129    384,532   49      44     3 -     2,400 1,495,300
199,273 180,586    379,859   44      41     3       2,330 1,521,470
5.51    5.67   4.44  235,230 29,832.74




396    (1HRONO()LOGIC(AL ANDT) STATIST14TL(ATI'STt     ORY    (' (Y C'OTTO)N,
JNEW ORLE:ANS-SEASON 1850-51.
EXPORTS.
London Ex- Liverpool
1850.  Receipts.                _-             Stock. Middling.  change.  Freights.
Great  Conti- Nrth    Total
Britain. nent.    a. Exports.
Sep.  7.     1,943  3,950..          14    3,964 14,591 121@12| 8      I@91 pr. 3(Ci-e,1.
14..    2,698.0....    80       1      804 16,485 122@13
21..    4,914  4,919.......    82    5,001 16,898 125~13
28..       8,992............   406      406 24,984 121_@12a
Oct.  5..   13,478   5,706  2,757.......   8,463 29,999 12I@13' 81@,94 pr. 3@13-32d
12.    17,546  2,396   1,245  1,483   5,124 42,421 13g@13|
19.   22,445  1,779   2,247  1,817   5,843 59,023 13l@138
26..    32,218  9,163   7,237  2,721  19,121 71,120 13'@13j
Nov. 2.    23,729   1,503  2,779  3,343    7,625 87,224 13'@133 7G)8 prem. 11-32@3d
9..   38,579  8,606  8,855   2,981  20,442 105,697 131~J13
16..    21,654 12,225  5,232   5,217  22,674 104,677 13@134
23..   31,354 13,617   8,093  2,11.2  23,822 111,309 131g133.'  30..   33,853  8,180  4,666   2,585  15,431 129,931 13A@138
Dec.  7..   28,482   1,063 11,623  9,430   22,116 136,297 13@131 73-@8  pr. (32ld1.
4   14..   21,751  2,210   9,437  1,524  13,171 144,877 127@13J
21..    14,969 10,048   9,654  3,786  23,488 161,609 123@12|
28..   35,584  6,449 10,367   3,598   20,404 175,653 1212@12i
1851.
Jan.  4..   25,738   8,468  4,481  2,416   15,365 185,570 123@13  7148 pr.. @13-32d
11..      38,522 11,642   5,043  5,770  22,455 201,637 12-G@13i
"   18..   47,455 14,203   7,539  2,673  24,415 227,783 12'(123
25..    40,767 18,365   7,041  5,242  30,648 237,932 12g@12 
Feb. 1i.    44,512 22,254 11,384   3,255  36,893 245,451 1212j    7@7| pr. @9-16(d.
8..   41,227  3,160   6,426  6,896  16,482 270,196 11i11.i
15..   33,536 13,949  7,693   5,597  27,239 276,593 1111
22..   37,956 22,267 12,118   1,113  35,498 279.051 10o21G
March 1..   30,374 14,168   7,735  9,559  31,462 277,963 91 @10k 7I @8  pr. @13-16d
8..   26,166 20,138   9,045  3,266  32,449 265,740 9|@10k
15..    25,254 10,207 10,814  3,752   23 773 263,221 921104
22..   22,732 22,704  5,036   1,687  29,427 256,526 10 @11
29..       24,638 14,746 11,782   5,490  32,018 249,146 10@10a
April 5..   25,814 20,205    913   1,898  22,116 252,874 10(l. 1  9 (@10i pr  -d.
" 12..   15,977 24,062  2,800   2,659  29,521 239,390 108w11
19.   23,559 11,118  9,736   9,455  30,309 232,641 10G10
26..   19,350 16,421   5,857  1,395  23,673 228,317 91O101
May   3..   13,918 25,164   5,663  3,763  34,590 207,729 9@9) 91    @10~ pr    id.
10..    18,104 18,106  4,882    922   23,910 201,923 8|8@9
"   17..   10,139 20,422  4,317   3,869  28,708 183,454 8~487
24..    7,412 13,412  4,716   1,073  19,261 171,605 81@87
"   31..    7,901 26,084  2,687   2,102  30,873 148,633 81@9
June  7.    3,192 18,387   5,189  3,344   26,920 125,505 [    88. 9a@11 pr. 3@,7-16d.
14.      3,134 13,776  3,548   1,366  18,690 109,949  8s 8"   21..    4,510  9,575  5,879   4,481  19,935 94,524   8@81
"   28..    2,808  8,889  1,811   4,250  14,950 82,382 73   88
July  5..    4,139   9,382  1,421  3,577   13,880 72,641 73i81 8:104 pr 5-164    @d.
12..     1,894  7,330  3,981. 1,234   12,545 61,990 7V@8
"   19..    1,112  8,696  2,632   1,913  13,241 49,831 71@8
26..     1,367  9,556   2,138  1,391  13,085 38,113   7@7]
Aug. 2..     1,147   7,414   963   1,415    9,792 29,468 62@71 8~@10 pr.     7-16d.
"    9..      642  4,972    851   2,020   7,843 22,267 6ji  7
"'16..     711  6,100    872     13    6,985 18,885 6f(7
"   23..    1,013  5,374     21    335    5,730 14,168 6-@7i1
Totals.. 995,036 582,373 262,268 152,817  997,458              Av. pr.11c.




(1,l,1tN()NL,( OIAL AND) STATISI''CAL HISTr() Y  (,F (OTT''(,N. 397
I give the New Orleans movement and quotations this season,
because that market was the centre of a very remarkable and very
disastrous short crop speculation, in which the whole trade of that
city, led by the factors, engaged with perfect unanimity of conviction and purpose. Early in the season they had formed their estimate of the crop, based upon the correspondence of planters with
their factors, in which liberal allowance was made for the bad
weather of August and September and the early killing frost.
At no time during the season did the receipts seem to justify
the small crop estimate, but there were always plausible reasons
at hand to explain the discrepancy. Long after, Liverpool, New
York and nearly all other centres of the cotton trade began to
doubt, New Orleans laughed their doubts to scorn. New Orleans
had had two or three years of great prosperity and was therefore
puffed up-in fact infallible in her own opinion. The leading house
in the trade in New Orleans at that time, was Hill, McLean & Co.
The head of the firm, Harry Hill, as he was generally called, was
quite a noted personage. He was at least as eccentric as he was
supposed to be rich. He was the leading spirit in the short crop
speculation of that season, and he had a large following, a great
many of whom were influenced mainly by their confidence in his
judgment. Instead of yielding to the current, accepting a moderate loss, factors and speculators generally refused to sell; prefering to consign to northern cities and to Europe. The losses in
consequence were very heavy. Mr. Hill about the 1st of July sold
a lot of about 1,000 bales, deliverable in Philadelphia to R. R.
Graves of New York at 61 cents for middling. I find that no such
price as this is shown in the recorded quotations, but I know it to
be a fact, that cotton cost 131 cents in New Orleans. The losses
were of course very heavy, especially in New Orleans. I know of
cotton shipped from New Orleans to Liverpool losing over 70 dollars per bale. How it was is more than I have ever been able to
understand clearly, though I saw the account sales and paid the
loss. One cause of the total failure of the speculation this season
was, no doubt, the fact that it was in the midst of a period of contraction, which in the natural course of events ended in 1852, hav
ing commenced in 1847. There was considerable perturbation in
financial circles in 1854, the immediate cause of which was the
commencement of the Crimean war, but the recovery was immediate and rapid, the period of expansion having commenced in 1852
to 1853.
The mining,speculations of 1850 and 1851, caused by the gold
discoveries in California were short lived and generally abortive,




398   CHRONOLO(;I~AL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
If they had commenced with          the general expansion in 1852, they
would probably have been more successful. The main element in
all such enterprises is the condition and tendency of the public
mind, which seems to have successive moods of elevation and depression, of sanguine hope and unreasoning distrust, in successive
periods of about five years.      It will be seen hereafter, that cotton
is not always under the dominion of these general influences. The
period from 1857 to 1860 is a notable exception, which will be considered when we come to it.
1852.
Mr. Thomas Clegg began encouraging the natives of Sierra
Leone to raise cotton, providing them with gins and other apparatus.   Result of the first six years' work:-Shipped to Manchester as follows-1852, 1,810 lbs.; 1853, 4,617;          1854, 1,588;    1855,
1,651; 1856, 11,492; 1857, 35,419; 1858, to April 15th, 96,470.
Lowell, Mass., had 12 manufacturing companies in operation
(see year 1822), 51 mills, and gave employment to 12,633 operatives.
The following Table sets forth the number of hands and acres
employed in the United States this year in the cultivation of
cotton:
Acres susceptible
STATES.               Acres in Cotton.  Hands Employed.  of cultivation in
Cotton.
Florida............................  160,000         20,000      6,000,000
Texas..........................   200,000         25,000      10,000,000
Arkansas.........................   200,000         25,000      3,000,000
Louisiana........................   400,000         50,000      3,000,000
Tennessee...................    440,000         55,000      2,000,000
South Carolina....................  620,000         77,500        200,000
Mississippi........................  1,300,000     162,500      6,000,000
Georgia...........................  1,480,000       185,000      3,000,000
Alabama..........................  1,500,000        187,500      6,000,000
Total.......................  6,300,000     787,500      39,200,000




CHRONO(LOGICAL ANI) STATISTICAL HISTORY                   OF COTTON.       399
COTTON CROP OF TIIHE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1852.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1851.
NEW ORLEANS.
ExportTo Foreign Ports................................. 1,179,103
Coastwise.......................................    256,712
Stock on hand 1st September, 1852.................    9,758
--— 1,445,573
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1851.................   15,390
Received from Mobile and Montgomery, Ala........     37,366
c      Florida.............................   4,807
"      Texas...........................       14,546. ——! 72,109
ALABAMA.                                   7    10 1,373,464  933,369
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  430,846
Coastwise.........................................  143,804
Consumed in Mobile..............................  842
Stock on hand st September, 1852.................     2,319
Du —ct — 577,811
DeductWrecked Cotton returned.........................    344
Received from Texas and New Orleans..............       221
Stock on hand 1st September, 1851.................  27,797
TEXAS.                                           549,449 451,748
ExportTo Foreign Ports..................................     7,235
Coastwise.................................  57,096
Stock on hand 1st September, 1852.................      317
— D        64,648
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1851..................       596
64,052   45,820
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  64,492
Coastw ise........................................  123,829
Stock in Apalachicola, 1st September, 1852..........     451
---       188,772
DeductStock in Apalachicola, 1st September, 1851.2..7.......           273
188,499      181,204
GEORGIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 111,249
"'       Sea  Island......................   7,605
Coastwise-Uplands.......................... 224,958
Sea  Island...........................    3,656
Burnt at Savannah................................     5,600
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1852.............   2,950
Augusta, 1st September, 1852..............       3,707
_ —--     359,725
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st September, 1851.......     34,011
_ —-- 325,714 322,376




400    CHR(iONOLOGI( AL AN I) STATISTIC AL          I} STORY    OF' ( )'LT()N.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton        Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1852.-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1851.
SOUTH CAROLINA.                     -      - -.Export from CharlestonTo foreign ports-Uplands......................... 270,427
Sea Island.....................        19,008
Coastwise-Uplands...............................     199,605
Sea  Island.............................  3,305
Burnt  at Charleston..............................    300
Export from Georgetown-                           492,645
To New York and Boston.................... 2,535
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1852...... 11,146
13S,681  506,326
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st September, 1851............  10,953
Received from Savannah.......................  18,759
1 —-- 29,712
-       476,614 387,075
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo foreign ports...............................      424
Coastwise......................................  15,818
16,242   12,928
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................    35
Coastwise and Manufactured-taken from the ports..     20,955
Stock on hand 1st September, 1852.................     450
21,440
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1851.........................     620
20,820     19,940
Received by New York & Erie Canal................                        175     797
Total crop of the United States.............................. 3,015,029 2,355,257
Increase from last year...............................bales.      659,722
Increase  from  year before.....................................  918,323
Growth.
Total crop of 1823-4...... bales.  509,158 Total crop of 1838-9......bales. 1,360,532
1824-5.........      569,249        "      1839-40........... 2,177,835
1825-6............   720,027        "      1840-1........... 1,634,945
1826-7............    957,281               1841-2............  1,683,574
1827-8............     720,593        *      1842-3........... 2,378,875
1828-9............   857,744        *      1843-4............ 2,030,409
1829-30..........    976,845' 1844-5............ 2,394,503
1830-1............ 1,038,848'      1845-6......... 2,100,537
1831-2............    987,477 " 1846-7............ 1,778,651
1832-3..........  1,070,438     "        1847-8............ 2,347,634
"     1833-4............ 1,205,394         "      1848-9............ 2,728,596
1834-5.......... 1,254,328          "      1849-50........... 2,096,706
1835-6............ 1,360,725         "'     1850-1............ 2,355,257
1836-7............  1,422,930;      1851-2............  3,015,029
1 837-8......... 1,801,497




C HRON()oLOI)((CAL AND      STATISTICAL HISTORY          ()  COTTON.      401
Export to Foreign Ports, from    September 1, 1851, to August 31, 1852.
To Great   To    To North  Other
FROM                     Britain. France. ofEurope. Ports.
New Orleans (bales)...................... 772,242   196,254. 75,950  134,657 1,179,103
Mobile..................................  306,002   97,753   8,826   18,265  430,846
Texas..................................     1,338   3,202    2,695......    7,235
Florida..................................   48,6;38   1,560   9,840    4,454   64,492
Georgia..................................   109,378   12,593   2,483........  124,454
South Carolina.......................... 207,220    43,950   16,240   22,025 289,435
North  Carolina...........................    419......        5.......     424
Virginia..........35.................                                             35
Baltimore......                                 71........    100........    171
Philadelphia............................    4,619      55........    422    5,096
New,York.............................. 218,772     65,973   50,536    4,491 339,772
Boston..................................      50........   2,200     333    2,583
Grand total................... 1,668,749 421,375  168,875  184,647 2,443,646
Total last year.................... 1,418,265 301,358  129,492  139,595 1,988,710
Increase............................ 250,484 120,017   39,383   45,052 454.936
Consunmption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated................bales.      3,015,029
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1,
1851, in  the  Southern  ports....................................  89,044
"  Northern  ports....................................   39,260
---      128,304
Makes  a  supply  of................................................. 3,143,333
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 2,443,646
Less-Foreign   included...................................     543
--    2,443,103
Stocks on hand September 1, 1852.
In the Southern ports...............................   31,098
In the Northern ports...............................  60,078
-91,176
Burnt at Savannah, Charleston and Providence.............    6,025
- 2,540,304
Taken  for hom e  use...................................................  603,029
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of Manufacturers,
North of Virginia.
1851-2...................bales.  603,029   1838-9..................bales.  276,018
1850-1........................  404,108   1837-8........................  246,063
1849-50........................  487,769   1836-7........................  222,540
1848-9....................   518039    1835-6.....................      236,733
1847-8........................  531,772   1834-5........................  216,888
1846-7.......................    427,967   1833-4........................   196,413
1845-6........................  422,597   1832-3.......................  194,412
1844-5........................   389,006   1831-2...............    173,800
1843-4........................  346,744   1830-1........................  182,142
1842-3........................  325,129   1829-30.....................   126,512
1841-2........................   267,850   1828-9........................   118,853
1840-1........................   297,288   1827-8........................  120,593
1839-40.......................   295,193   1826-7........................  149,516
NOTE.-We give below our usual Table of the amount of Cotton consumed the past
year in the States south and west of Virginia, and not included in the receipts at the ports.
2I




402   CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY                OF COTTON.
We have increased the estimate somewhat from the year previous, though the number and
capacity of the mills have been about the same, but give it only for what it purports to be,
an estimate, which we believe approximates correctness: Thus, inNorth Carolina.............................  15,000 bales, of 400 lbs.
South  Carolina......................    10,000   "      "
Georgia................................  22,000  ".
Alabama...................................  5,000  "  of 500 lbs.
Tennessee..................................  7,000 
On the Ohio, &c............................  16,000  " "
Total to Sept. 1st, 1852................  75,000 bales.
"       <" 1851................   60,000   ".".       1850............... 107,500  ".(.         1849................  110,000  ".. "           1848................  75,000  "
To whiqh, if we add the stocks in the interior towns, &c., the quantity burnt in the interior, and that lost on its way to market, to the crop as given above, received at the shipping ports, the aggregate will show very nearly the amount raised in the United States the
past season-say, in round numbers, 3,100,000 bales, against 2,450,000 bales the year
previous.
During the year just closed, there was received at an Eastern port, 175 bales by way
of the New York & Erie Canal, which we have added in another place to the crop of the
country.
It may be remarked in this connection, that some of the cotton received overland at
Philadelphia and Baltimore is doubtless unaccounted for elsewhere, not being counted in
the receipts at New Orleans, but as we have of late years omitted this item from the crop,
it is not now added.
The quantity of new cotton received at the shipping ports up to the 1st inst. amounted
to about 5,125 bales, against about 3,200 bales last year.
The shipments given in this statement from Texas, are those by sea only, a considerable portion of the crop of that State finds its way to market via Red River, and is
included in the receipts at New Orleans.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY O(' COTTON. 403
ANNTfUAL REVIEW.
From the NeLw Orleans Price Current, 1851-52.
Cotton has long been, and is likely long to be, the leading
staple of our commerce; and that its importance is not waning is
evident from the fact that the receipts of the past year, at our own
port alone, reach nearly a million and a half of bales; or an
excess over any previous year of nearly two hundred and fifty
thousand bales. Yet, with this large increase, we have the pleasure of saying that there probably has never been, in the whole
history of the cotton trade, a season more satisfactory in its general
course and results than the one just closed. Thus the largest
crop ever produced in the United States has been disposed of, and
with results more satisfactory than we remember to have witnessed
any previous year. The circumstances which have tended to these
results present some remarkable peculiarities, and we propose to
touch briefly upon a few of the most prominent, among which we
may mention the policy of the factors, generally, of meeting the
market freely, and thus guarding-against any unwieldy accummulation of stock, which would tend to break down the market. In
this course they have been aided by circumstances, which to many
were a momentary evil of magnitude, though they contributed
favorably to the general result. We allude to the remarkable
drought, which, while constituting a season of the most favorable
character for picking, at the same time kept all the tributary
streams too low for the purposes of navigation; and thus the
great bulk of the supplies which come from the banks of the main
river had been received and disposed of before the tributaries
were in a condition to contribute to the stock. We would also
refer to the great abundance and cheapness of money in Europe,
which brought speculators into competition with spinners, and to
the remarkable increase in the consumption. This is most prominently shown by the half-yearly returns from Great Britain, by
which it appears that the quantity taken for consumption, for the
six months ending on the 1st of July, was 1,031,763 bales, against
776,120 bales for the corresponding six months of the previous
year. This made a weekly average of 39,683 bales, or an increase
of about 5,000 bales per week over any previous period.




The semi-weekly Price and       Weekly Sales and     Receipts at New    York, Weekly Exports from        New   York and Rates of Freight to          ^
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop        Year ending September 1, 1852.
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                        EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.                                                                n
Fairto Fair Fair to Fair Sales for  Receipts                                           Rates of
1851.    New Orleans   Upland,   week,   for week.                                             Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool                    To Great    To    North of  Other     Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'n. Classificat'n.             Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
Septem. 5.. 10~i11         9~@10 o                                                                     d.   This crop year was without points of
("     9.. 103 11      10o101      8,500    2,983    2,719    1.615       10       44    4,388             interest; the market here was re12.. 103Gll      10(J@103                                                                             markably void of sensational crop,
16.. 10)11        10@10|      6,600    1,075    1,895    1,773.........    436    4,104             &c., reports, the weather, both in    ~
19.. 10    11i    10o  10I                                                                            the spring and autumn, belng favor" 23.      105@11       10 10o    4,500    1,898      886      435........1,321                         able for the plant.
26.. 10@11          93Cot@10" 30.. 10@c,11    9|@10       4,000    1,864      265      803..............  1,068
October 3.. 10i    11      9)10                                                                       id.
7.    10@10-     9@93|       3,600    4,403      675      689      509.......     1,873
10..   9|@101      91@9. 
14..   9@10    9(@9}          3,200    3,877      297      830                20    1,147                                                   -
17.    9 @1 01     4a 1
21..   910' 919@              7.900   10,112    2,355    1,465      266.....       4,086
24..   94~@0 O     9   9 
28..   9(@10       9@9 99     9,600    3,878      853    1,044       51             1,948
31..  9 @            3 GO)..s
Novem. 4..      9 @10      839         8,000    9,739    1,680.77                          2,457    Qd.
"7..  91@ 10o 85
11..   9@10       81@99       9,500    9,502      554    2,018       28      150    2,750
14..   9~@10      8X79g
"  18..  9@10     8    9      9,400    8,865    1,325    5,276.1,129               7,730
21..     9@10       839
25..   91@10      8791        9,300   11,694    1,078.....     373      752    2,203
28..   91@10      8(1@9
Decem.    2..   9@.10   83   (9       5,000     6,902   4,043     2,185      38      212     6.478  3-16d.                                           0
5..   9~@o10     839'
9..   9.@10      8@9k.11,800   15,685    1,310    2,096...       3,406
12..   9(@10      8 @9 
16..   95@10      81@9       14,000   19,679    2,723      582      473       50    3,828
23..   9   9      8@8         6,100   13,987    5,994    2,273       90........     8,35
" 26..       91(09 81 8~8        |




Decem. 30      8~9i        81@81     10,200   17,809    1,443...786........                2,229
1852.
January 2..    87@9                                                                                   3-16d 
"(<r   6..    9a9       8    8      9,000   13,469    4,193    1,510.5,703                              Ind September; the   domestic   and
9                8~@9~ 8% ~foreign markets were very dull,
849 8T ~     @h8                                                                              and with a stringency in financial,13's..  9  |9    8,88   19,600   16,259    2,936    1,803................   4,739
163..   9@9~s     8J                                                                                  affairs here, aggravated   by the     5
failure of several country banks,
20..    9@9       8J@8a       6,600   18,227   11,200    3,106    1,212........ 15,518             failure of several country banks, t
i    23t. 9  9h      SS^ I'                                                    and very fine weather for gathering 
27..    9@9        8281       7,000   13,144    1,384    2,276      104      654    4,418.            and marketing    the crop, prices
" 30:.        9   91    S 8  8                                                                              generally were weak until NovemFebruary 3..     9@9k      8J@8|     12,100   13,409     2,645   4,954     1,174      24     8,797 5-32@     hber, when there was a better feel6..    9@9'      8a@8s                                                                              ing, though no advance in prices.
"10..; 8@9J        88       13,400   18,748    6,935    1,772      269..       8,976             About the latter part of December,
t  13   9^91..  994   8 8o   1340accounts                                                                        came   to   hand  from
ll    13..                    3
17..    9@9'      81@83      20,000   17,359    6,204    1,734      987........   8,925             Europe, advising an unsettled state 
20..     91     8   8                                                                               of political affairs in France, with
" 923                                                                                         an attempted revolution, and prices
24..   9'9'       8@83       16,000   13,121    3,571    1,259      439..5,269                      an attempted revolution  ndrices
~ 27.  s@9ife)984                                                                                     of cotton at once fell off I@' cent   O:
March     2..  94(9~       8 @83     15,500   34,403    4,105.......    3,101..       7,206     5-d     per pound;     but th    difficulties
5     91 891        @8                                                                               proved to be of short duration, and
9(    9^93       8@87       21,500   11,738   11,747    2,361       27      100   14,235             in January, the markets partially     G
1   9  9(9 3 898recovered their tone and remained                                                                                     -
12..   9~9        ~150                         1,4                                 14253              pretty steady until the latter part   ~"
16..:94j94       8@8-       19,200   19,742    7,949    2,040    6,418........ 16,407
"ti  19..  ~~9~~9~ (a~ 81)87of March, when the crop estimates
23..   91;9-      8-@83      16,500   10,193    7,633    2,037      856      443   10,969             bean  to enlarge their proportions,
9 2699i;and the markets on both sides the                                                                                             h
30.. 9,98                                                                            7 7 0 1840
30;..   9@9       8@8|       17,500   18,657    7,683........   3,787      370   11,840             water became for a time quite dull. -
~April  2.. 99      8J83                                                                    4@(9-32d   During the last three or four months 
"d      6..   9~9       8A@83      21,000   20,506    9,735    2,538      659       10   12,942             of the crop year, there was con"~     9      9fa)9^    8'^82 4                                                                             siderable activity, easy money in     ^
13..         9@9         @8-      12,400    7,950   11,978    2,188    5,710........ 19,876               England, low prices for the staple
16.. s9193        8    8-7'-                                                                          and cheap food stimulated the con20..         9             @8       9,600   16,254    6,504    1,758    3,581....... 11,843               sumption, the   Manchester mnills
*<  230..  91   9                                 5804   1were full of orders and prices closed                                             ^
"     27..   9@10        9Q9|      24,000    9,988   10,715             3,643            14,358             higher here than at any time during   2
30..   9 3  I 0   9 1  9the year.
May       4..  9a@10~      9@94      17,700    5,867   13,760    2,041      729.16,530              @7.32 3
7..   9~101      9419 Y
11..   93| 10     9 9 10     13,300    7,224    5,980    1,680    3,357.11,017
18.                       14,10211498,_10
"  18    10(.11      93(101     21,000   10,787    4,714    1,716    2,147........   8,577




T7te semni-weekly Price and     Weekly Sales and Receipts at New         York, Weekly Exprt3        front  New   York   and Bates of    Freight 
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop          Year ending September 1, 1852-Concluded.
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                          EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair Sales for Receipts                                          Rates of
1852.   New Orleans  Upland,    week.   for week.                                             Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool                    To Great   To     North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.                                        t
Classificat'n. Classificat'n.             Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.                                                O
May     21.. 103@111       10@1010
25.. 104@11{     104 @10s    18,500   13,111    7,727      100    1,485             9,312
(     28..   111 1      0~@11'4 I...
June      1..  1   11l     10@10     10.400   1-2,266    8,836     858     2,204..       1.1,898.5-32d 
4.. 103~111          10l10.                                                                  8/
" 8.. 1      10|@11 0   10 1  4,500  6,986    3,009    1,662      216       97    4,984
" 11        104@1j    10lo  0lo
15.. 10@11[       9-a10O      6,900    7.378    1,365    1,128      392             2,885
"     18.. lo,..     93@103
22..   11@11a    10(.10       6,600    6,778    5,227      835    1,560.            7,622
"     24..   li114     104j10'                                                                                            h                       q
29..   1111 i10oi101          5,900   16,61.3   1,748'772      678             3,198                         Echange.
July      2..     11       0 1@ 14o109                                                             15-32d
"      6..   11   111.101@105     4,800    7,378    2,557      202    1,430             4,189           The quotation for hills on London in 
"  9..1llll    1   0@10.i                                                                          September, was 10~@10k per cent, 
13..   11  11.   101@109      9,000    6,795    2,337       46      448......    2,831             premium; in    October,   the  ex- 
16..9       1      i @i10|'                                                                           tremes were 93103;- steady inNoit    20..   Hi111i    101_105      4,600    1,832    2,534       48                      2,582             vember, at 10@10;December, the
i"    23..   11i  1 Il 10)@1     0..                                                                        same; January, 9A@101; March,         X
27..   11( 11@   101(103      7,800    4,009    2,776                60             2,836             the range was from 9a4(10~; April,    g
" 30..       11@11       10  10........                                  between 81 and 94; May, 94a@10;'
August    3..,ll   |1 1  10{@10i    9,000    5,879    1,465      445      221              2,131     d.     Je, 10@102; July,        10@1Oj;       2
6.. 11~     411@   10.@11                                                                            and in August, 10~@10. 
t<    10.. 11          104@11~ 106,000       1,595    1,293                40             1,333
13.. lI           11@11.
"  17'. [1..    11@114     11,000    2,310    2,029                59             2,088
20.. ll..    11@11.
24.. 11     2 12  1111        4,700    2,583    2,741       15       51........    2,807
27.. 11~     12    107l11l   
(     31.. ll        _@ll 1 1( 11~  5,000      605    1,461        5       91........1,557        id.
Average price
and totalsalesd  10.20     9.50    568,800   537,115  218,771  65,973   50,536    4,491   339,771
receipts  n d
exports.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1852.
UNITED STATES, 1851-1852.                   Stock 1st Jan., 1852, in....... Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.  C
Stock, September 1,       Export........... 2,444,000   United States......... Bales.  236,000   246,000     16,000    23,000     285,000   O
1851.......... 128,000 Consumption.... 608,000       Brazil......................  50,000     49,000     2,000      6,000     57,000    Z
Crop............ 3,015,000 Stock, Sept. 1, 1852  91,000  West Indies.................   4,000     4,000     4,000      2,000     10,000    0
~~~ —-- --            -        East Indies.................   114,000   172,000      6,000     2,000    180,000    q
Bales............. 3,143,000 Bales......... 3,143,000  Egypt....................     20,000.23,000      9,000    25,000     57,000 Q
Bales...............  424,000    494,000    37,000     58,000    589,000 
CONSUMPTION.__ 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.      IMPORT.
2,391,000   495,000   388,000  1,508.000  1,455,000....United States........ Bales. 1,715,000  1,789,000  393,000  500,000  2,516,000 ~
162,000    31,000      7,000   124,000    124,000...Brazil....................   144,000    144,000     6,000     28,000    163,000'
41,000     16,000    15,000    10,000      9,000....West Indies................   10,000     12,000    14,000     16,000     42,000    4
272,000    104,000     8,000   160,000    135,000... East Indies...............  151,000   222.000     2,000    103,000    226,000   S
246,000    86,000     51,000   109,000    102,000.... Egypt....................   186,000    190,000    46,000     73,000    308,000   g
— _ - -.-, _                            -   __.                                                     ----— _          ____      _- -_
3,112,000   732,000    469,000  1,911,000  1,825,000.... Bales...................... 2,206,000  2,357,000  461,000  720,000  3,255,000 (.............................. i 283,000   227,000  Export. 
72
732,000    46,000     29,000   657,000    578,000 Stock, Dec. 31.......Stock above,  424,000  494,000    37,000     58,000    589,000 C
3,844,000   778,000   498,000  2,851,000  2,630,000 Total supply, bales.............. 2,630,000  2,851,000  498,000  778,000  3,844,000 
0
1
rt




408    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATiSTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON,
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                              SALES.
ENDING.
American  E.. Egypt. Brazil. Other. TotaL  Consump- SpLcu- Export  Total:
tiou.  lation.
Jan.  2..........
9..   47,389 3,116    7&3  1,156......  52,449   41,210  3,960 4,770   49,940
16..    6,053   150......  5,9341......  12,137   33,380  4,370 2,840   40,590
23..   33,458...... 3,940  3,8041......  41,202   34,550  4,960 4,220   43,730
30..   48,411' 1,815   158  1,610    374  52,368   42,830 16,340 9,510   68,680
Feb.  6..   43,443 2,711    878.............  47,032  30,040  6,130 6,380   42,550,13..  23,441 2,6111......  2,017.....   28,069   43,280  7,320 6,720   57,320
20..   24,623..   }   852.......[.......  25,475  46,800 22,810 4,690  74,300
"  27..  13,288..........  2,015   25   15,328   40,930 10,170 2,940   54,040
March 5..   43,093   100 1,062     600.....    44,855  53,810 19,500 4,230    77,540
t  12..  30,267......  405  1,775......  32,447  34,683 17,030 4,190   55,903'   19..   10,706 2,766    220.......    38   13,730  30,200  8,600 6,000   44,800
26..   12,5061...... 8,01.3.          17  20,536   27,521  6,300 3,029   36,850
April 2..   32,493 2,715 5,988    1,2721......  42,468  24,850  2,170 3,730    30,750
8..   32,246...... 7,247  3,360......  42,853   20,960    760 2,660   24,380
16..   34,380...........  1,240   258   35,878   38,010  4,450  6,590  49,050
23..   75,701 2,189 3,539   4,608    292  86,329   48,280 13,130  6,490  67,900
30..   67,490...... 6,175  2,767.....   76,432   41,700 18,100 10,110  69,910
May   7.. 136,549...... 2,128   6,073    105 144,855   53,340 23,650 11,190   88,180
14.. 131,218 4,529 3,517    5,497   353  145,114   51,510 41,710 18,680 111,900
k  21..  62,080  343 2,156  2,632     25  67,236   46,990 28,780 13,660  89,430
28..    8,409......              8,409   56,524 31,790 16,406 104,720
June  4..   20,575...... 1,154    6,564   179   28,472  34,250 20,58   8,010   62,840
11..   25,736....... 10,958............. 36,694   33,280 23,670 12,060   69,010
18.. 107,588.....     722  3,941   319  112,670   28,400 15,540  6,600  50,540
25..   77,351.....    792  2,111  1,222  81,476   29,970 10,100 4,340   44,410
July   2..  41,434 2,700 1,254    1,902     6   47,296  35,770   9,700 7,280   52,750
9..   27,160 2,124     56  2,172   133   31,645   24.620  6,140 5,960   36,720
16..   35,596 2,124    929  1,514    39   40,202   30,780  6,310 4,960   42,050
23..   48,284...... 16,605 10.357   666  75,912   39,330 17,250 7,610   64,190
t  30..  8,149..... 9,150  3,788    192  21,279   93,124  8,336 13.290 114,750
Aug. 6..    44,515......7,117    3,654    34   55,320  37,950   9,84    270   57,060
13..   27.150 5,337 9,830   1,770     40  44,127   37,300 16,340 5,110    58,750
20..   16,002...... 2,214   4,449     60  22,725   44,980 36,760 10,080   91,820
27..   16,426 2,843......  4,943......  24,212  30,920 11,140 5,470   47,530
Sep.  3..   10,106 5,636......   1,252   458   17,452  32,440 12,970 5,460    50,870
10..    5,791 2,599 3,2731.......   134   11,797   31,020  6,400 3,590   41,010
17..    4,211.... 6,426    922    71   11,630   26,330 17.470 3,050   46,850
24..    6,166 5,372112,740   2,282   350   26,910  28,910   8,340 3,180   40,430
Oct.  1..   10,947 7,928 4,739......       76   23,690  48,550 43,550 4,130    96,230
8..      169 17,541 2,890  4,074    115   24,789  46,000 30,690 5,060    81,750
15..    4,159 10,024 2,163  2,070    54   18,470   43,410 26,310 4,410   74,130
22..    1,378...... 10,082  3,789     5  15,254   51,060 40,720 3,090   94,870
29..   11,658 11,33011,074  9,831     73  43,966   56,180 57.220 4,160 117,560
Nov. 5.     9,198110,028 9,626   1,540....    30,392  30,780 19,800 3,820    54,400
12..   10,429 17,874   649  2,060    962  31,974   17,230 12,040 2,810   32,080
19..    1,068........ 1,068  12,400  5,590 2,810   20,800
26..    5,797 3,843 1,696      47......  11,383   20,080  2,490   870   23,440
D)ec.  3..  22,567.....   1,453  8,677.....    32,697  29,130 16,810  1,920  47,860
10..   29,693 10,192   187  5,255.....   45,327   21,110  3,180   910   25,200
17..   36,396 10,158............. 1,303  47,857   28,950  6,620 1,300   36,870
24..   63,863   286 2,243   4,234......  70,626   29,320  2,210  1,300  32,830
sver  e price 1,646 804 150064 1760881139,558 7,978 2,121,402 1894,969796,146 3009452,992,060
ceipts & stocks.




<^1t110T(rO LGotCA.(A    ATM) STATISTtOAT, I-HtSCTO       Y    lC      T        409
POOLI. YEAR 1S52.
STOCKS.                  PRICES.
ACTUAL     CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.         REMARKS.
Amer'n   Other.   Total.   Mid.   Mid.   Dhol.
Up.    Orl..........................................................
248,229 183,970   432,199'45       4      35     4,770    39,210
225,022 183,094   408,116   4-     44      3      2,840    74,590
226,540 184,008   410,548   4-      44     3      4,220   109,140
233,911 176,665   4                 4      3      9,510   151,970   Favorable crop accounts
249,144 172,044   421.188 41        41     3      6,380   182,010]    from United States
250,6011165,958   416,559   44      4T;    34     6,720   225,290
234,803 157,452   392.255   47      5      4      4,690   272,090
214,591 152,122   366,71.3  4       5      4-     2,940   313,020
209,664 139,864   349,528   51i     5      4 44   4,230   366,830 J
205,927 131,840   337,767   413     5 5 4 4-      4,190   401,510
191,959 125,894   317,853   41     51-            6,0001  431,710
179,916 128,757   308,673   44     41      4      3,029   459,231
190,849 132,712   323,561   44     4{1    44      3,730   484,081
359,569 141,003   500,572   5TA     54     4     11,190   686,371
448,165 140,747   588,912   54      5^     4-    18,680   737,881
469,517132,743    602,260   51      51     4     13,660   784,871 1
429,496 107,971   547,467.  5I      5      4     16,406   841,395   Encouraging reports of
413,601 115,938   529,539   53-     5      4|     8,010   875,645     growing    crop   from
399,997 120,606   520,603   515     5      43    12,060   908,925     United States
478, 135 126,618  604,753     5T     s     4       i6,600  937,325 
524,297 123,836   648,133   51-     5      43     4,340   967,295
538,331 118,010   656,341   51 4     8     4      7,280 1,003,065
541,691 1.16,165  657,856   54-     5A     4      5,960 1,027.655
550,940 110,648   661,588    TJ 513  3     43     4,960 1,058,465
564,290 130,610   694,900   5       5      4      7,610 1,097,795
521,073 130,897   651,970   5       5      4     1.3,290 1,190,919 ]
534,005 132,238   666,243   5       5 -    4      9,270 1,228,869
526,955 139,365   666,320   5M      5f     442    5,110 1,266,169 
504,732 135,908   640,640   5       51     43    100801,311,149       e    encouragmg     re[486,7081131,754  618,462     tv 59        4      5,470 1,342,069        ports       p.
470,900 146,490   617,390   5       5      44     5,460 1,374,509
442,920 144,451   587,371   64      54     44     3,590 1,405,529
422,716 144,370   567,086           5      43-    3,050 1,431,859
405,352156,724    562,076   5       5      4      3,180 1,460,769 
378,97911.54,107  533,086   5       5      4      4,130 1,509,319 1
337,0391169,655   506,694   5       5      4-3    5.060 1 555,3191  Damage done to crop
306,4241170,456   476,88    54101,598,729                            through terrific storm.
268,4861169,504   437.990   5-.    6-      4      3,090 1,649,789
236,964 186,252   423,216   6 1     61-    5      4,160 1,705,969
223,543 199,474   423,017   6       6 1    5      3,820 1,736,749 1
219,742 215,506   435,248   53      57     48     2,810 1,753,979   Heavy receipts atUnited
211,2351209,860   421,095   5J     5 5     43     2,810 1,766,379         States Ports.
200,6421210,386   411,028   5|     195! 4         870 1,786,459J
200,769 211,856   412,625   5a      53     4 1    1,920 1,815,589 1
214,462 121,470   43,932    53     5       48       910 1,836,699   Report of frost amolng
226,2481227,291   453,539   5      5't' 4    1,300 1,865,649            crops.
265,531 228,014   493,545   5       5      4{     1,300 1,894,969 
5.05   5.39    4.37 300,945   36,441.7




410     CI-1RONOLOGICAL      A   D   TATIST'ICAL      tISBTORY  O1F  f'rOTTON,
1853.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.!Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1853.
Same
Bales.   Bales.  Total.   period
1852.
NEW-ORLEANS.
ExportTo Foreign Ports......................             1,378,285
Coastwise........................................  266,696
Burnt at New Orleans............................     20,000
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1853................  10,522
1,675,503
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1852.................    9,758
Received from Mobile and Montgomery, Ala.........    62,319.. "       Florida..............................    7,866...   Texas..............................    14,685
94,628
1,580,875 1,373,464
ALABAMA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports..................................   345,930
Coastwise....................................... 195,271
Consumed in Mobile...............................      1,239
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1853.................   7,516
549,956
Deduct
Wrecked Cotton returned..........................      2,530
Received  from   Texas..............................     78
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1852.................   2,319
2-,19 4,927
545,029 549,449
TEXAS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  16,346
Coastwise.......................................  69,333
Coastwise.                                            69,333
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1853.................    428
86,107
DeductStock on hand; 1st September, 1852.........................    317
85,790   64,052
FLORIDA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  54,397
Coastwise........................................   125,007
Stock in Apalachicola, 1st September, 1853.........    523
179,927
DeductStock in Apalachicola, 1st September, 1852.................     451
179,476  188,499
GEORGIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports-Uplands.......................     135,565
Sea Island......................     6,731
Coastwise-Uplands.......................            194,727
Sea Island..............................  6,140
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1853.............   5,150
Stock in Augusta, 1st September, 1853.........         7,834
-  -  356,147




CltRONO1MOICAT, AND         STATISTICAL HISTORY         Ol   )O   t(oq.  411
Statement and Total Amount of the Gotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year endiny August 31, 1853.-Concluded.
Same
I Bales.   ales.  Total.   period
1852.
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st September, 1852.........  6,657
349,490 325,714
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands.......................  279,961
Sea Island.....................  17,848
Coastwise-Uplands.............................. 166,649
Sea  Island..............................  2,128
Burnt at Charleston..................................  325
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1853............  15,126
482,037
Export from GeorgetownTo Northern Ports, &c.............................  5,000
487,037
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st September, 1852...........  11,146
Received from Savannah...........................   12,688
23,834
463,203 476,614
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports......................................
Coastwise........................................  23,496
23,496   16,242
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports.................................
Coastwise, and...............................        833
Manufactured-taken from the ports................,
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1853.................    400
- ---   26,233
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1852.........................     450
25,783      20,820
Received at Boston by New York and Erie Canal.............................      175
New York by New York and Erie R. R...................   640........
"      Baltimore and Philadelphia, overland.............       100........
Total Crop of the United States........3......................  3,262,8823,015,029
Increase from last year.............. bales................ 247,853
Increase from year before............................   907,625




412    CHRONOLOtGIUAL       AND) STATISTICAL HISTORY           OF COTTON'
Export to Foreign Ports, from      September 1, 1852, to August 31, 1853;
To Great   To    To North  Other  Tro
FROM                    Britain.  France. ofEurope. F'n Ports.
New Orleans...................... bales. 922086  211,526   95;635 149,038 1,378,285
Mobile.................................  237,292  87,824    8,447   12,367 345,930
Texas..................................    5,617    6,342   4,387.....  16,346
Florida.................................  43,708'  5,565    5,124.....   54,397
Georgia................. 122,492                   15,059   3,481    1,264 142,296
South Carolina...........................   191,306  59,502  19,319  27,682 297,809
North Carolina................................................
Virginia..........................................
Baltimore.....175........                                      471........      646
Philadelphia...............................  3,514............  137    3,651
New York............................. 207,647  40,910   32,720    2,763 284,040
Boston....................                  3,023.......     1,592     385    5,000
Grand total:......................1.,736,860 426,728   171,176 193,636 2,528,400
Total last year...................   1,668,749 421,375 168,875  184,647 2,443,646
Increase............................  68,111  5,353    2,301   8,989   84, 754
Growth.
Total crop of 1823-4...... bales.  509,158 Total crop of 1838-9.......bales. 1,360,532
1824-5..........    569,249              1839-40............ 2,177,835
1825-6..........    720,027             1840-1............. 1,634.945
1826-7............      957,281              1841-2.............  1,683,574
1827-8...........   720,593              1842-3............. 2,378,875
1828-9..........   857,744             1843-4............. 2,030,409
1829-30...........    976,845             1844-5............. 2,394,503
1830-1....   1,038,848             1845-6............. 2,100,537
1831-2............      987,477             1846-7............. 1,778,651
1832-3........... 1,070,438              1847-8............. 2,347,634
1833-4............    1,205,394             1848-9.............  2,728,596
1834-5............. 1,254,328             1849-50............ 2,096,706
1835-6........... 1,360,725                 1850-1............. 2,355,257
1836-7... 1...  1,422,930            1851-2............ 3,015,029
1837-8............    1,801,497              1852-3............. 3,262,882
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated......................3,262,882 bales.
Add —Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st September, 1852. —In the Southern ports................................ 31,098
"  Northern   ".............................      60,078
91,176
Makes a  supply  of...............  5.....................................   3,354,058
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 2,528,400
Less, foreign included...................  1,855
2,526,545
Stocks on hand at the close of the year,
1st September, 1853In the Southern ports..................  47,499
"   Northern   "..................   88,144
135,643
Burnt at New York, Charleston and New Orleans...........             20,861
2,683,049
Taken for home use................Bales.  671,009




CHRONO(LOGIC(AL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY               OF COTTON.       413
Quantity consumed by and in the hands of Manufacturers,
North of Virginia.
1852-3................ bales.   671,009  1838-9..................bales.  276,018
1851-2.........................  603,029  1837-8........................   246,063
1850-1.........................  404,108  1836-7........................  222,540
1849-50........................  487,769  1835-6...................   236,733
1848-9.................   518,039  1834-5.....................   216,888
1847-8.........................  531,772  1833-4......................  196,413
1846-7.........................  427,967  1832-3.....................   194,412
1845-6.........................  422,597  1831-2...............  173,800
1844-5.........................  389,006  1830-1........................  182.142
1843-4.........................  346,744  1829-30..............   126,512
1842-3.........................  325,129  1828-9................   118,853
1841-2.........................  267,850  1827-8......................  120,593
1840-1.........          297,288  1826-7.......................  149,516
1839-40........................  295,193
NOTE. —We give below our usual table of the amount of cotton consumed the past year
in the States south and west of Virginia, and not included in the receipts at the ports.
We have increased the estimate, as a whole, from the year previous, being satisfied that
our figures for the consumption "On the Ohio, &c"., have heretofore been considerably too
low, while on the other hand, for some other parts of the country they are slightly reduced,
as it is well known that less mills have been in operation the past, than the previous year;
but give it only for what it purports to be, an estimate, which we believe approximates
correctness: ThusQuantity Consumed.
1853.      1852.
North Carolina........................ 20,000     15,000 bales, of 400 lb.
South Carolina........................ 10,000     10,000  "      "
Georgia...............................  20,000  22,000 ("
Alabama.............................  5,000        5,000'   of 500 lb.
Tennessee.........................  5,000      7,000  "      "
On the Ohio, &c.............. 30,000      16,000. " "
Total to Sept. 1................. 90,000  75,000
Total to  Sept.  1, 1851......................................  60,000 bales.
Total to Sept. 1, 1850......................................107,500 
Total to Sept. 1, 1849.....................................110,000 "
Total to  Sept. 1, 1848.................................. 75,000  "
To which, if we add the stocks in the interior towns, &c., the quantity burnt in the
interior, and that lost on its way to market, to the crop as given above, received at the
shipping ports, the aggregate will show very nearly the amount raised in the United
States the past season-say, in round numbers, 3,360,000 bales, against 3,100,000 for the
year 1851-2, and 2,450,000 for the year before.
During the year just closed, there was received here 640 bales from Louisville by way
of the New York and Erie Railroad, and 7,000 at Baltimore, and 2,100 at Philadelphia,
overland, from the West, nearly if not quite all of which, it is believed, came from Tennessee. This last item we have of late years omitted from our Annual Statement of the
Cotton Crop, owing to its insignificance; but the increased facilities of transportation afforded by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, having rendered this a favorite route for shipments from Tennessee, &c., the amount coming from that quarter, the past year, has largely
increased, and we have now added it in another place to the crop of the country.
The quantity of new cotton received at the shipping ports up to the 1st inst. amounted
to 716 bales, against 5,125 bales last year.
The shipments given in this Statement from Texas, are those by sea only; a considerable portion of the crop of that State finds its way to market via Red River, and is included in the Receipts at New Orleans.




414 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL  ISTSTORY OF COTTON.
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1852-53.
Thus the largest crop ever produced in the United States has
been disposed of, and at a very favorable average of prices, though
besides the material increase in our crop, the lower grades of
American cotton have had to contend with unusual imports into
Great Britain from India, the quantity received from that source
during the first six months of the present year being 266,603 bales,
against 44,019 bales in same period last year. According to the
semi-annual circular of Messrs. Hollinhead, Tetly & Co., Liverpool, which we have been accustomed to take as authority, it would
appear that the total supply of cotton in Great Britain, for the six
months ended on the 30th of June, 1853, was 2,182,250 bales,
against 1,895,963 bales for the same period last year, and that of
this quantity 1,496,595 bales were American, against 1,470,662
bales last year. The quantity taken for consumption in the same
time was 1,131,763 bales, against 1,040,150 bales last year, which
shows slight increase, though in the quantity of American amounts
being 825,412 bales in 1852, and 806,295 bales, in 1853. As to the
quality of the last crop, the great bulk of it was of a low average,
and we had occasion frequently through the season to remark
upon the unusually wide difference in price between the lower and
better grades, owing to the abundance of the former and comparative scarcity of the latter.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1853.
UNITED STATES-1852-1853.                     Stock Jan. 1, 1853, in........ Liverpool. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
United States......... Bales.  339,000   361,000     21,000    28,000     410,000   W
Export..........2,528,000    Brazil....................    54,000    54,000      1,000     3,000      58,000   ~
Stock, 1st Septem-        Consumption..... 691,000      West Indies.................    6,000      6,000     3,000     2,000      11,000 
ber, 1852.......  91,000 Stock, 1st Septem-           EastIndies..................   80,000    133,000........   1,000     134,000   o
Crop.......... 3,263,000  ber, 1853....... 135,000   Egypt......................     99,000   103,000      4,000    12,000     119,000   t
Bales........... 3,354,000 Bales............3,354,000       Bales...................  578,000   657,000     29,000    46,000     732,000   2
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. Liverpool.       IMPORT. 
2,260 000   463,000    389.000  1,408,000  1,341,000.....United States............... 1,460,000  1,532,000  394,000  473,000  2,223,000   s
153,000    30,000      4,000   119,000    119,000....Brazil..                       132,000   132,000     3,000     28,000    145,000 
34,000     11,000    12,000    11,000      7,000... West Indies.....          8,(00     9,000     11,000    11,000     31,000
344,000    147,000     1,000   196,000    162,000... EastIndies................    324,000   486,000      1,000   151,000    486,000    2
222,000    61,000     41,000   120,000    120,000 1....Egypt..................   104,000   105,000    59,000     59,000    220,000 O
3,013,000   712,000    447,000  1,854,000  1,749,000......................Bales.. 2,028,000  2,264,000   468,000    722,000  3,105,000   F..............................  349,000   260,000  Export. 
824,000    56,000     50,000   718,000    597,000.tock Dec. 31.     Stock above,   578,000    657,000    29,000     46,000    732,000'
3,837,000   768,000    497,000  2,921,000  2,606,000 Total supply, bales............... 2,606,000  2,921,000  497,000  768,000  3,837,000 
Cy
o?




416    OHRONO)L(OO(ICAL ANI) STATISTICAL HISTORY             OF (COTTO() N.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                             SALES.
WEEK
ENDING.
Americ'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Con-  Specu- Export  Total.
sumption. lation.
Jan.  7..   26,233 3,997 2,705   1,600......  44,535  31,860  2,190   850  34,900
14..   43,287...... 2,266  2,858......  48,411  34,480  6,860 2,360  43,700
21..   20,978 2,712 5,851 12,707......  42,248   40,614 11,090 6,686  58,390
"   28..   21,1.62 4,918 1,506    44    50   27,680  36,880 14,200 4,570   55,650
Feb. 4..    29,776 2,864   759   1,909......  35,308  39,410 18,820 7,090  65,320
1 1..  68,936.........................  68,936  27,120  19,540  3,490  50,150
18..    7,077  1,095...................  8,172  28,520  7,190  4,170  39,880
25..   28,391.........................  28,391  26,690  4,880  2,860  34,430
Mch. 4..    77,511   280   269   8,794......  86,854  27,960  3,220 4,390  35,570
11.. 107,491124,366 2,506   6,207   414 140,984  34,890   1,410 4,580  40,880
" 18..     63,491 2,838 5,977  1,500.....   73,806  44,323 10,230 3,787   58,340
it  24..    9,386..................   9......  9,386  32,200  2,920 8,420  43,540
April 1..  18,327............  4,226...... 22,553  39,350 28,560 14,710  82, 620
8..   65,279133,607 2,679  5,835  151 107,551   30,340  9,390 9,690   49,420
15..   36,502 3,521 1,220.......   45   41,288  37,710 10,800111,460  59,970
22..   14,054...... 3,133   398......  17,585  33,130  5,250 3,110   41,490
"   29..   69,761 9,104 2,078  4,038.....   84,981  34,240  2,940 5,160   42,340
May   6..   22,231110,382 1,163.......  381  34,157   45,600  4,950 4,120  54,670
13..   18,574 3,350 3,604.......    67  25,595   34,880  6,360 5,620  46,860;'  20..   20,927...... 5,439.......   7   26.373  31,970 13,490 5,870   51,330
27..   64,228 14,237  240  2,256 2,696   83,657  42,410  9,380 2,750   54,540
June 3..    84,801 12,935 1,242   474    103  99,605   37,480  9,820 3,470  50,770
10..   42,553'.....  1,863  3,373  284  48,073  29,350 11,190 2,970   43,510
"   17..   27,029 18,361  100 17,057......  62,547  39,870 20,390 6,240   66,500
24.    48,358...... 2,499  6,215......  57,072  41,530  8,010 7,440  56,980
July  1..   40,417 15,404 3,507  3,794    35  63,217   45,510  8,710 6,100  60,320
" 8.  62,492   203 8,026   2,740   15   73,476   40,050  3,630 12,050  55,730
"   15..   46,919 8,647 5,906  1,599.....   63,071  33,180  3,560110,030  46,770
22..   22,411 11,741 2,758  2,863   442  40,215   57,310 16,630 12,560  86,500
"   29..   55,670...... 4,614   560   150   60,994  49,070 16,870 11,950  77,890
Aug. 5..    13,451 2,368 2,277   2,964     7  21,067   33,390  32960 6,860  44,210
12..        5,575..... 1,749   1,786     7    9,117  28,020,060 7,410   41,490
19..   14,846 2,868 1,360   3,887......  22,961  25,400  3,680 5,820  34,900
26..   33,259  5,616 5,767  2,081   15   46,738   22,590  4,240 4,880  31,710
Sept. 2..   16,404......  503.............  16,907   27,760  3,480 5,730  36,970
9..   16,404......  503    615......  17,522   24,470  2,490 5,630  32,590
"   16..   19,031133,379 1,910 10,795   39   65,154  20,190  3,610 4,400   28,200
423.. 16,073 5,524 1,740   230    16   23,583  20,740  1,960 4,330   27,030
30..   5,854 7,181 2,570   2,527  183   18,315  26,810   2,820 4,420  34,050
Oct.  7.     1,004 7,604   481   3,310    10  12,409   31,120  3,450 1,600  36,170
" 14..      5,384 5,640......     98......  11,122  30,470  3,660 3,170   37,300
(   21..   13,368 4,473 2,399  1,800   -62   22,102  32,910  8,120 4,690   45,720
28..    5,406 7,881 3,184   5,385    86  21,942   27,520  9,030 3,540  40,090
Nov. 4..     2,940   281   535   1,541......  5,297   24,610  4,250 4,020  32,880
11..    6,159 3,011..................   9,170  12,160  9,100 3,060   24,320
18.     3,296 3,689.............  577'7,562  31,350  4,090  1,910  37,350
25..   10,823 17,379 1,428  4,301   37   33,968  32,690  5,740 2,750   41,180
Dec. 2..     8,190112, 86 4,202  6,6761......  31,954  37,310  6,310 2,760  46,380
9.     3,219 11,450  179  3,809   403   19,060   32,610  4,250 2,220  39,080
16..   4,744...........     672......   5,416  34,910 15,860 3;930   54,700
23.......................................     32,930  9,740 2,790  45,460
eiaps, ck1,479,731 315652 102697 143,524 6,282 2,047,886 1,697,887 408,380 274473 2,380,740
ceipts& stocks.




(lRO()NO()L(4I(cAL     ANI) STATISTICAL HISTORY             OF  CO(TON.      417
POOL. YEAR 1853.
STOCKS.                PRICES.
___________________     _          ___ —-..  ACTUAL CONSUMP-           REMARKS.
EXPORT.   TION.MAKS.
Ameri-  Other.   Total.   Mi  Mid. Mid.  hol.
can.                     Up.    Orl.
349,083 240,882   589,965  5g     5,- 43          850    31,860
363,500 239,536   603,036  5|-     5     4t     2,360    66,340
354,708 248,859   603,567  51,     5     43      6,686  106,954
345,840 247,237   593 077  5       5     4      4,570   143,834 ) Favorable acc'ts from
346,866 240,819   587,685   5      5i    4J-    7,090   183,244 
392,902 234,109   627,011  5~     5-     41     3,490   210,364   manufacturig districts.
377,209 227,244   604,453  5T}     5If    4   [ 4,170   238,884   Heavy     receipts   at
385,020 216,274   601,294  5,j9   5       41  4  2,860  265,574       n  d   atesorts
436,551 220,247   656,798  5      5a     4    } 4,390   293,534     United States ports
514,682 247,130   761,812  5T     51     44     4,580   328,424
532,293 247,814   780,107  5      5J     4      3,787   372,747   Good    crop   accounts
527,248 241,237   768,485  5-     5-     42     8,420   404,947     from Unted    ates
514,124 234,450   748,574  5      58-    44    14,710   444,297 
553,593 266,302   819,895  5-     5-     4-     9,690   474,637
558,634 259,757   818,391.  51    5It    41    11,460   512,347
542,419 251,717   794,136  5-     5'     41     3,110   545,4771
516,034 253,537   769,571      5'5n     43-    5,160   579,717
498,015 250,364   748,379  5      5*     43     4,120   625,317
480,934 248,061   728,995  5'     5'. 43    5,620   660,197   Smaller  estimates    of
467,471 243,027   710,498  5 3    6      4      5,870   692,167     crop.
497,819 247,416   745,235  511    6      44     2,750   734,572
549,520 251,370   800,890  5}     5I 535  4     3,470   772,057
569,213 246,230   815,443  5 4-          4]     2,970   801,407
561,792 256,331  818,123   511    6T'    4      6,240   841,277 Probabilty of war in East557,130 255,235   812,365  5tI'   6T1-6  4A     7,440   882,807   ern Europe.
558,667 267,905   826,572  6      6*     41     6,100   928,317
583,740 269,708   853,448  6      64     4-    12,050   968,367
600,908 277,921   878,829  6      64     4-    10,030 1,001,547
576,391 280,444   856,834  6*     6J1    4-    12,560 1,058,857 
588,021 274,588   862,609   6     64     41    11,950 1,107,927   Unfavorable reports of
576,072 271,457   847,529  6      6      4      6,860 1,141,317     gowing crop.
541,589 258,032   799,621  6T,-   64-    4      7,410 1,169,337
529,115 255,517   784,632   6      64-   4.     5,820 1,194,737
540,049 262,779   802,828   6     64     41     4,880 1,217,327
524,400 255,590   779,990   6      614   4      5,730 1,245,087 1
507,510 251,972   759,482  5S 6I         44     5,630 1,269,557   Unfavorable    political
509,561 291,970   801,531  5,s     6     44     4,400 1,289,747                  P    cai
508,554 294,200   802,754   511    5 7   4-     4,330 1,310,487       W
493,218 299,381   792,599   5     5      4-     4,420 1,337,297
468,632 299,136   767,768  5      5      44-.   1,600 1,368,417 Bad harvest accounts, &c.
452,084 301,618   753,702   5     5      4.     3,170 1,398,887
436,082 302,922   739,004  51-     6     44.    4,690 1,431,797
419,618 309,568   729,186  54a1   6      44-    3,540 1,459,317   Wages    agitation   in
400,218 307,035   707,253  5-a     57    44-    4,020 1,483,927     manufacturing     dis380,727 300,236   680 965  5       6     44     3,060 1496,087)     tricts.
358,943 296,322   655,265   5      6     44     1,910 1,527,437
345,856 308,337   654,193 51      6      4      2,750 1,560,127   Frost in cotton districts.
324,156 322,921   647,077  57     6      4      2,760 1,597,437
302,125 329,412   631,537  5      6      4      2,220 1,630,047   Outbreak   of   war  i
280,939 316,964   597,903  5      6      4      3,930 1,664, 957    Estern Er
354,280 303,660   557,940  5-     6      44     2,790 1,697,887     Eastern Europe.
5.54   5.94   4.38 274,473    332,919
27




The semi-weekly Price and       Weekly Sales and Receipts, at New        York, Weekly     Exports from    New   York and Rates of Freight         ^to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1853.
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                         EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair Sales for Receipts__                                       Rates of
1852.    New Orleans  Upland,    week.  for week.                                            Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool                   To Great    To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'n. Classificati'n            Britain. France.  Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.                                                Z
Septem. 3.. 11-@113       11.11i. 
"  7..  11@114   10|@311     3,000    3,800................                                     The fluctuations in prices were not
"     10..   11i@11|   10   11  I                                                                         many or wide this crop year. Early    r
14..  1 111|  0j   1  6,800  1,415   3,782........     124........   3,906            in September there were reports
"     17..        11 @1    11l                                                                            current of injury to the crop, and
21.. 111@l114 &       11     9,300    2,041    2,461      709.......    435     3,605            again in October, but the amount of.
24. 11@113      11  11                                                                            damage proved to have been exag-      t
28.. I    li]   10_@11     3,350    2,581    1,738      332      293..2,363              kd.     gerated.  In January, again, there    t
October 1.. 10311   a  10- 3 @11                                                                          was found to be anothei error in
5..   11~1-     10@11       5,100    1,209    4,147      930      310........   5,387            the Liverpool stock of 46,000 bales,   3
8..   ill        j 10o@107                                                                        which had an unfavorable effect
12..   11 11     l   10 10   4,600    7,226    1,676      971..            551     3,198            The receipts at the shipping ports 
159..  11@ 11ha  103l@ 11  1                                                                      fell off considerably in April, and   O
19..   111|      103@11     11,000    2,951      726      205       60........     991             prices advanced' both   here and 
22..   11   i4 1  0i o10~~                                                                          abroad.   Through the next four l
26..   11@,11|   10@10|      6,100    2,979    3,097      961      167..4,225                      months the market was very steady,
29..    IIllj    10o@10|                                                                            though a feeling of caution began
Novem. 2..     11(11-    10o@10{      8, 200   8,920   4,437               703..5,140              Id.     to obtain in the latter part of June,  M
5..   1111'     10    10| |and continued during the residue of                                                                           Go
9.. 11^11@     i1010@       9,300    4,593    2,860........      319..3,179                     the crop year, consequent upon the
12.. 11j@12      10o(lli                                                                            menacing aspect of affairs between
16.. 11    113   10al11      8,900    8,772    6,151      772........     683    7,606            Russia and the Porte.
19..     111l         0 5 l 1031
23..   1111      10( l.0|     7,900   9,366    1.968    1,363.............  3,331
"     26.. 10ll11      10@(10|
30.. 10~@11      lo0 103    4,600   15,452    2,012....         565.........     2,577
Decem.   3.. 10~11      10Oj                                                                       -ad.                                          H
7.. 10    11     10~l101    7,600   10,029    4,255.......                25    4,280
o.. 10Ill                10_1 9...
14.. 10}(11       9_i97      8,600   15,192    2,745    1,665      379.......     4,789
17.. 104   11                              9 10
21.. 10@(114     9i410      11,500    7.192    4.226.80                           4,306
"  24.   103('@11109




Decem. 28.. 10~ 11    i 9 @9|      6,800   9,891 1 3,946.......      26.
" 31.     10N  1      -9| @10                                                    3,972
1853.
January 4.    l         1o@1o      8.400   7,204   3,550.36                        3,586  Id.
" 7..       11( II11  10@10|             7
1-.   11( 12    10@10A     6,500  10,761   3,092    2,037                   5,129
14..11(12       104@10i                                                                    I 
18..  11-( 122I  10 @11    8,800   1,742    2,196    165...............   2,361
21. 1l_12        1 1( 11i 
"     25.. 11l12A    11j@113     7,800  16,217   1,330     289     691.2,310 
28.. 11@12A      11@11- 
February 1.. \11412A   101ll~      4,850  13,063   2,663........   1,325     594   4,582. 
"      4.. 111@121   10a11i
8.   114@U121  107@111    9,100   10,006   1,578   1,380     569........   3,527
11.        11.@12    Io0j~nI
15..  11  121   10 @1 1    5,700  13,502........................................        j
18..  11@121    10@ 10|10
"     22.. 103@12    101_ 10a    6,400   6,311   3,219   1,676     729..         5,624
("    25.. 103@l11   10I@10s 
March    1.. 10311i     10A@101    8,300  22,380     776    2,120......      54   2.950    1d.
C.       11J12    105~11
8.   11@12     10 11   11,800   19,608   3,920.1,124..  5,044
~'    1 1.  11@12    10~_11
(     15    1112    10@2l 11    8,400  14,909      49            1,296     50    2,089
18.. 1     118( 121  11Oll1
"     22.. 11(@12~    11@11A    17,300  13,474   5,425    6.089    253..        11,767
25.. 11@12       11@111 2
29.. 11292112        11 111     8,200  18,692   3,577    2,767   1,788      67   8,199         i
April    1.. 112@12A    111 }11I                                                              & 1d.
(      5.. 113@123   11}@11|    13,300   5,740   5,686   2,888    1,351..9,925 I,, 8..11a_12|        11rll1 4a
"12. 1112            1112127,000      15,416   9,634     635     658.         10,927
15.. 113|@123    11i11|
19..  12@13    113@113   16,200  12,377    5,681    215      894            6,790
"     22.  114313    11 l13
26.  11@13      11   113  10,000   14,417   5,895     141     152      45    6,233                                              H
29.. 11@13      111(~114
May      3.  11. @12a   11 111    17,900  10,986   5,314......     1,776..        7,090   @sA, d.
6..11@4a(123   11(11
10.. 11A@1121    11@11    13,000  17,775   4,151   1,797   2,100..        8,048
13..  11,;12g 11'i1-      0     
"7 17.     11   12i   11@11-    10,300  12,760   4,791   2,72     2,024     43    9,579                    _




New York Statement for 1853.-Concluded.                                                             "
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                      EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.               Rates of
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair Sales for  Receipts                                       Freight t         GENERAL REMARKS. 
1853.    New Orleans  Upland,   week    for weekight t                                                         GENERAL REMARKS.
Liverpool  Liverpool                   To Great    To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'n. Classificat'n.            Britain.  France. Europe.' Fo'n Ports Exports.
May     20.. 11A@12~      11   11                                                                                                                 z
24.. 11-_@12i     11@11     11,100   12,614    7,425.2,827                      10, 252                      Exchange.
27    11|@12|    31 I  l-Ig
31..   12@13:10,100               6,171    4,950      626    1,531            7,107           Bills on London were steady throughJune     3..   12@13     1~1~~11~ ci@od.                                                                   out September at 10I@10A per cent.
"c     7..   12@13     lle(11  1  14,500  10,659    8,827    1,760    1,465..        12,052             premium; October, 10@10~-;    No-     r
10.    12@.13    ll@ll                                                                              vember, 93410-1; December, 9~~
14..   12@13     ll11l       7 600    7.483    7,024       65    1,351........  8,440             10-; January the range was from 9
17..   12413     1    11l-                                                                          to 9; February, 9|-@10{; in March,    g
21..   12@13     11i  11-    9,200   13,437   10,933               788      50   11,771             the quotation fell from 910 to 
28..   12G13     11113                05        7
~24..                             912(@1311-@1| 4j91-; in April it was steady at 9@ _
28.   12(@13    11I@( 11    6, 300   9,125    3,799      318      75.4,192                        9   May, 9|@10; June, the same; 
July      1.   12@13 1      -11@ 11(                                                                   d.   July, 9'a97; and in August the
5.    12    1213  11l11-   10,500    8,184    4,596    1,606     728........    6,930            range was between 8 and 9| per 
8..  12@13     11|11|                                                                             cent. premium.                       H
" 12.  12 1 13   11   11|    9,000    8,391    7,847.....       1,078.8,925 
"    15.   12@,13    11|@11`3I
19>.   12@13     11@11-      3,400    5,062    5,908.......      94             6,502
22..   12 @13    ll |@3  lI 
26..   12@13     1I- 11     10.400    6,995 6,283          66      219..6,568
29..   12@.13    11-  ll| 
August    2..  12@13     1l-11I      10,550    7,673    1,350     278      100........    1,728    id.
5.    12@13     1~,1{
9..   12@13     11i-114     8.400    3.332    3,807      298     514       50    4,669
12.    12@13     1l@11-3|
t16..  12@13 ( 1l1@1-3       5,600    2,591    4,182.........             4,182
19..  12@13     ll1@ll|23..   12@13     l|11 1     3,500    3,734    3,579........   4,063
26..   12-13     11l@ 11!                                                                                                                 H
30..  12@ 13    11|@11a     8,100      682    4,322      801    1,124.6,247
Septem. 2.     12@13    11l1l| II
Average price                                                                                            i
and totalsales,  11.81     11.02   470,150 487,082 207,586     39,340   32,554    2.763 282,243 
receipts an d
exports.j                                                                  j                                      _




iCHRONOLOGICAL AND) STATISTICAL HISTORY OF' COTTON.               421
1854.
The following table shows the number of mills, spindles and
looms, using cotton wholly, in operation in New England at this
time (see year 1840):
STATES.                       Mills.   Looms.   Spindles.
Maine....................................     15     3,439     113,900
New Hampshire...............................        40     12,462    440,401
Massachusetts......................................  165  32,655   1,288,091
Verm ont............................................  12    345      31,736
Rhode  Island........................................  166  28,233   624,138
Connecticut.........................................  109  6,506    252,812
Total........................................  507  82,640  2,754,078
The cotton manufactures of Ireland-centred almost entirely in
Belfast and its neighborhood-at this time employed 5,000 persons. (See years 1770 and 1790.)
During the twenty years preceding this date, the American
settlers of Liberia established communication across the country
to Timbuctoo, and have found there a considerable market for
cotton goods.
The value of the annual production of the cotton manufacture
of Great Britain this year, was estimated at ~54,000,000 sterling, of
which nearly ~33,000,000 was the value of goods and yarn made for
exportation.
Backward spring, unseasonable rains, yellow fever very prevalent, average picking season in the United States.




422    CHRONOLOGICAL          AND) STATISTICAL HISTORY            OF COTTON.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITTED STATES.
Statement and     Total Amount of the Cotton Crop         of   the United    States, for
the Year ending August 31, 1854.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.   period
1853.
NEW ORLEANS.
ExportTo Foreign Ports................................. 1,236,653
Coastwise................. 192,527
Stock on hand 1st September, 1854.................    24,121
- 1,453,301
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1853.................    10,522
Received from Mobile, Montgomery, &c.............     64,806
Florida.............................      9,368
Texas.............................        21,680
-     106,376
-----    1,346,925 1,580,875
MOBILE.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports.................................  336,963
Coastwise.......................................   178,668
Consumed in Mobile...............................  1,465
Stock on hand 1st September, 1854.................    29,278
546,374
DeductReceived from New Orleans........................         63' Texas..............................     111
Stock on hand 1st September, 1853.................     7,516
7,690
-       538,684  545,029
TEXAS.
ExportTo Foreign Ports..1..............................     18,467
Coastwise.....................................        90,081
Stock on hand 1st September, 1854.................     2,205
110,753
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1853.........................       428
110,325   85,790
FLORIDA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.................................     49,190
Coastwise....................................   106,194
Stock in Apalachicola, 1st September, 1854..........      583
-      155,967
DeductStock in Apalachicola, 1st September, 1853...................      523
155,444  179,476
GEORGIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................      98,580
Sea Island......................  3,861
Coastwise-Uplands.............................       203,363
Sea Island............................    11,667
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1854............     3,200
"   Augusta, lst September, 1854..............      8,318.
328,989
Deduct —
Stock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st September, 1853....         12,984
I  -      316,005  349,490




CHRONO(LO(GICALf AND STATISTICAL HISTORY                 (' C(O)TTON.      423
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of/ the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1854-Concluded.
Same
Bales.   Bales.   Total.  period
1853.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................ 217,603
Ci        Sea  Island...................   18,154
Coastwise-Uplands..............................     190,675
Sea Island............................    6,612
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1854.........  17,031
Export from Georgetown-                           450,075
To Northern Ports.................................    3,209
-      0- 453,284
DeductStock in Charleston, 1st September, 1853...........  15,126
Received  from   Florida............................. 4,133
" Savannah..........................   17,271
36,530
416,754 463,203
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports..................................
Coastwise...................................... 11,524
--........  11,524   23,496
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................    500
Coastwise, and..................................        086
Manufactured (taken from the ports)...............    21,
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1854.................    750
-      22,336
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1853.......................       400
21,936   25,783
Received at New York by New York and Erie Canal................        1,182
New York by New York & Erie R.R.....................            2,258     640
Baltimore & Phila. from Tennessee, &c................    8,990    9,100
Total crop of the United States.................... 2,930,027 3,262,882
Decrease from last year.................................. bales.  332,855
Decrease from   year before......................................  85,002




424    CHRONOLO)GICAL AND         STATISTICA T J1ISTOT)I-t    ()Y  (0r)rTTll)N.
Export to Foreign Ports, from September 1, 1853, to August 31, 1854.
To Great   To    To North  Other   Toa
FROM                    Britain. France. of Europe. F'n Ports. ota
New Orleans..................Bales 813,736 193,571   93,375 135,971 1,236,653
Mobile............................. 231,230   76,752  14,466   14,515 336,963
Texas............................  6,191   4.275    8,001.......  18,467
Florida...............................  43,086    1,965   2,429    1,710  49,190
Savannah................................  92,363  6,487   2,921     670  102,441
Charleston............................... 162,970  41,245  12,641  18,901 235,757
North Carolina.............................................................
Virginia...........................         500.....................    500
Baltimore...............................  2,159........    200      52    2,411
Philadelphia............................  3,490................  1,472    4,962
New York............................. 245,746      49,763  29,845    2,742 328,096
Boston..................................  2,279........  1,294     135    3,708
Grand total......................,603 750 374,058 165,172 176,168 2,319,148
Total last year..................... 1,736,860 426,728  171,176 193,636 2,528,400
Decrease........................ 133,110   52,670   6,004   17,468 209,252
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated........................bales. 2,930,027
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1, 1853In  the  Southern  ports........................................   47,499
In  the Northern  ports...................................... 88,144
135,643
Makes a  supply  of...................................................  3,065,670
Deduct therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports............ 2,319,148
Less Foreign included..................  1,565.... - -_-  2,317,583
Stocks on hand, September 1, 1854In  the Southern ports.........................  85,486
In the Northern ports........................  50,117
--        135,603
Burnt at New York and Philadelphia..........................  1,913
—.     2,455,099
Taken  for home use.............................................bales.  610,571




tlltHROULOGIOAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF ()'OTTON. 485
ANsNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current- 1853-54.
Towards the close of November, however, the market rallied
again, under the influence of an improved demand, which was instigated by more favorable advices from Europe, and by accounts
of frosts through a large portion of the cotton region, which would
materially reduce the crop in quantity, besides injuring it in quality. At this juncture the prices again gave way, under pressure of
the unfavorable aspect of European affairs and unusually high rates
of freight, and with various fluctuations, taking an extreme range
of 1~ cents per pound; the lowest point of the market, was reached
in the latter part of May, when the quotations were for low middling 6` to 7, middling 7~ to 7A, good middling 8; to 8j cents per
pound. At this period the quotation for freight of cotton to Liverpool was 11 to Id. per pound, with little or no room immediately
available, even at these high rates, and the operations of purchasers were checked by the impossibility to effect prompt shipments; while, at the same time, a large stock had accumulated in the
hands of exporters,. who had bought from time to time and held
their purchases in store, in the hope of shipping on more favorable
terms. Prices rallied again in the latter part of May, and during
June; there were some sales in July, which showed a recovery of
1 cent from the lowest point, the stock on sale being much reduced;
the advices from abroad, rather more favorable, and freight to
Liverpool down to awd. In August the transactions were comparatively unimportant; and thus closed a season which, we suppose,
has proved little satisfactory to any of the parties interested, the
perplexities and uncertainties growing out of the European war
question having led to fluctuations that baffled all commercial calculations. The crop in quality, as we have already intimated, was
of a very low average; resulting partly from unseasonable rains
and partly from frost damage, but mainly from careless and hasty
picking, which looked more to quantity than quality, and thus the
proportion of the finer grades has been unusually small, while the
lower qualities have been abundant. The proportion of froststained cotton has been greater than ever before, and factors have
found much difficulty in disposing of it, as most orders prohibited
its purchase. The import of Surats into Great Britain in 1853 exceeded the import in 1852 by 264,114 bales.




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and        Receipts at New    York, Weekly Exports from      New    York and Rates of Freight to
Liverpool 1st of each month,for the Crop       Year ending September.1, 1854. 
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.                      E
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair                       EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
New Orleans  Upland,  Sales for Receipts                                            Rates of 
1853.     * Liverpool * Liverpool  week.  for week.                                         Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
Classifica-  Classifica-               To Great   To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool. 
tion.      tion.                     Britain. France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
Septem. 6.. 125@13       11   11-   10,600    3,420    2,588     236      348.3,172 I@9-32d
9.. 12113      113111                                                                              After November 1, 1853, New
I     13..  12@13     ll14ll     4,300    2,550    3,072     505      291       25    3,893          York Classification. 
"6          1213 1213        1l
20..   12@13    ill11@l      2,400    6,097   7,473      674    2,703        2   10,852          The heavy rains in August and Sep23..   12@13     11-113                                                                            tember, 1853, with picking two       >
27..   12@13     11 @11 3  6,950    2,732   7,546       28      192........   7,766             weeks later than usual, and then     Z
30..   12@13     11311i  3early frosts-a killing frost in GeorOctobel 4..    12@13     llj |11 3   3,700    3,498    2,751      12    1,279      276    4,318   id.      gia, October 25-for a time, in a     co
7..   12@13     11i 11                                                                            measure,'sustained  the  market11
11..   1213      11          2,900    4,726   2,962........      405.......   3,367            against other adverse influences.
14..   -   --    10ill                                                                           Early in October, the Russian-Turkish
17..   -   -      -   -      9,204    6,029   5,005       51    1,083........  6,139            imbroglio assumed a grave aspect,      j
21.    — @-      10o@10jo besides which the poor crops, both w, 25..      -   -     10@10q     10,204    5,798    3,935     606                      4,541            of England and France, proved tohe
~, 19217.........
" 28.. ll@12     10|@111                                                                           be below an average, all tending to  t1
Novem. 1.. 11|@12^       a11@111    11,841    4,870    4,203              289........    4,492 X@J9-32d, repress buoyancy in    the cotton
4.. 113122       112111                                                                        I markets; the money market here 
8.. 11|@121    11@11       7,528   3,7971   2,610     231      573.3,414                       became more stringent, and a want
11.. llj@12      1l   l@l                                                                       of confidence was observable; on      o
15.. lli@121      11@113     9,114   10,097   3,010       44......3,054                          the 18th of this month (October),
18.. l5@12^       11@11- 4accounts reached us of a declara-'
^    22.. 113@121      1l611      11,568   7,688    5,614      37       64........    5,715            tion of war between Turkey and       o
25.. 11@12             11@119                                     mRussia, and business at once came 
i  29.. 113@12l      1}@11     9,693    4,698   2,170.......     278........   2,448            to a stand, prices falling off'eI 
Decem.   2.. 11|a@12     l i11 t@5-32d                                                                     cent per Ib.                         0
6.. llj@12       11@11      9,976   10,039   4,960      787      141........   5,888          It was during October a Cotton Bro- 
9 ~2 llt@12   Jll                                                                          kers' Association was first formed   0
i13.. 113@121    1ll113     15,566    8,965   2,933      450............   3,383            here, and market quotations thence- 
16.. Il1 @12s 5 lI 1~.l ll                                                                      forward were based upon a New
20..   12@121     11(@9113  16,059    7,771    1,516     256      148........    1,920            York classification, which classed
23..   12-12V     110~111                                                                         middling half a grade higher than
It  27..  12@12   11@1      10,023   17,727   5,981      136..6,117                          before.




Decem. 30..    12@12      11(1l]                                                                      In November, many mills in the manu1854.                                                                                                 facturing districts of England closed
January 3.. 113       12y  10j(11   7,007  12,006    1,443      48      728........   2,219  5-16d.    -on account of strikes, and   all
6.. 113 l 12     10 11@                                                                        through the Fall, yellow fever pre10.. 11    124z  1043  1~    9,933  18,782    1,355   2,056      732..4,143                     vailed with more or less virulence   c
13.. 11a12-    103.1 1                                                                         in New Orleans and Mobile.
17.. 11112       10 I 11    13,142    8,344   5,140     823      259      231   6,453          In January again, another error was    ~
"     20.. 1121       10s  11ascertained to have been made in                                                                              z
"     24.. 11j121     10@   1j   13,133   13,838    5,249     149     534      202    6,134            the Liverpool stock, of 50,000 bales.
"  27.. 11@12    10-4l11'                                                                        the supply being that much in ex31.. 11@12;      104h1k      9,715   5,131    2,952    1,456...     19    4,427            cess of the previous estimates..
February 3.. 11a@12)    10|~119                                                               ~T'd. In February, dear food, and the corn7.. 113@124    104I11k. 13,085  12,384    4,470     901      694........   6,065            plications of the Eastern question,
" 10.. 11(@121  10311                                                                            caused great dullness in the Eu-    ^
14.. 11 ~12I   10l11        4,111  17,210    9,541      32    1,230........ 10,803             ropean markets, though the effects
"  17.. 111@12  lO  1                                                                            were partially counteracted here by  ^
21.. 11.12      103@107     10,624  12,783    5,914.......     140.6,054                      the large falling off in the receipts  g
" 24.. 111i      12;  10- @ 107                                                                        at the ports.
28.. 113l12~.   10|@ll      18,839  10,391    5,457      70      886.6,413                    On the 4th of April accounts were reMarch    3..   1@12k     10@a11J                                                               Ta'ISid.  ceived of the rejection, by the Czar,.
7.. 11|12J      11@11~     19,244   8,418    7,130     683      654........   8,467            of the ultimatum of England and,~
10.. 1l|(@12    11(11                                                                          France, and on the 14th, of the     C
14.. 11a12      104@11      10,407  13,176    5,887     388      677            6,952            declaration of war between those    g
"     17.. 11@121     10@1114                                                                          powers and Hussia; which had a      o
"     21.. 114a12      11@11~    15,445   13,722    4,433........      79.4.512                      depressing' effect upon the market,
t     24.. 11@ 121     11 11j followed by a considerable decline
28.. 11~( 12~   104a@11~     7,787  10,167    6,609........     579.......  7,188           in prices.
"     31.. 111@121    10@(11~                                                                        Frosts occurred in Georgia, and as
April    4.. 11    12   10    11     8,396  19,529    7,290    1,020........      17   8,327    Hd.     far south as Louisiana, in the latter  )
7.. 114   12V  10@(11J                                                                          part of April, so severe as to make  ~
"  11..  1112- 10|10k       5,610   18,807    5,675     575      131........,381            replanting a large portion of the
14..   11@121    1010@10                                                                         plantations a necessity; but the
" 18.. 104@114         10@10'    10,467    3,793    8,039......     656........   8,695            very heavy stock in Liverpool, and
215.. 101@117 102@,10                                                                                 dull markets in Europe generally,'5
25..11@12       10@11       10,060  18,117    2,192........................    2,192            militated against any substantial    5
28..       11@121    10@11                                                                            rise; these unfavorable crop prosMay      2..   11@12     10  (10     7,092  10,714    3,024    1,078      99     179    4,380 5-16@d     pects continued through May and
5..   11@12     104~104                                                                         June, the plant suffering up to that
9..   11@12a   10-  11      8,420   4,456.   4,325     625    1,444........   6,394            time from excessive rains, and the.
"     12..  11@121    10I@11                                                                           course of prices was gradually up16.. 11@12      10@i11J     11,896  15,498    8,723   1,212    1,607.......      11,542         ward.'      
" 19.. 11-g12~        10~j11          __ 




New   York Statement for Year 1854-Concluded.
to
Price of Mid. Price of Mid.
Fair to Fair Fair to Fair                         EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
NeW Orleans  Upland,  Sales for Receipts  T    a      o        h                      Rates of 
104.    Liverpool  Liverpool   week.  for week.                                             Freight to         GEERAL REMAKS.
Classifica-  Classifica-To Great                    To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool.
tion.      tion. ~Britain.                      France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. 
^__   ____   ___^  _____   ___   __   __  _______ _____       _ _  ____ ___     t — z —i...........
May     23.. 11@(121      10;  11     9,450    8,257    4,464...     1,132........   5,596          About this time, say July 8, a money 
(<  26.. 11@129  10]_11                                                                               panic was precipitated, owing to      0
"     30... 11   121   10 @11       7,166    5,261    5,642    2,496      511..8,649                      the discovery of the large issue of
June      2.. 11-  @12    10 (11                                                                     id.      stock of the New Haven Railroad;
It     6.. 10|(12      10      a 10  10,000  3,398    9,443    2,446      330..        12,219             confidence, for a time, was unset- 
Is     9.. 104@12      104@10a                                                                              tied, and business restricted.
13..                   10@10l      9,500   12,431    2,372    3,961    1,319..7,652                    August opened with a subsidence of 
It    16..   11@12     104@_10j                                                                             the stringency in financial affairs,
"     20..   ll@12     103@103     15,000   12,395    5,426      160      437             6,023             and the market became steady, 
"4    23..   11   12   10I@101                                                                              though at the close, the crop pros-   w
1~ 27.. 11  0    (12 1 o0@11  7,000    1,683   11,085    3,925      315      697   16,022             pects being good and the foreign 
July      1.. 114@124     10i@11                                                                    3-16d.    markets dull, prices fell off a little.
"      4.. 11~(@121    10@11        9,400    3,647    4,884    2,781      503       42    8,210
7.   11112      loj   llI                                                                                      Ex10(nge.
11..  11@12      104a( 11    12,500    4,915    3,628    4,289      127      869    8,913           Bills on London were steady throagh
1 14.. 11i@12    10|@11j                                                                              September at 82@94 per cent. pre-     g
<     18.. 111@121     lOpll       14,000    3,493    3,234       68      513........   3,815             mium; October. 9@10; in November:
21.. 11l@121 I40|11i                                                                                 the range was from          to r9
(  25.. ll^@12l 10y@11      9,000    7,903      424........      1,907      72     2,403            10; in December the extremes were
it    28.. 111    121  10@11i                                                                               9 to 10; JanDary, 8A@9i; Febru-       1
August    1.. 11@121      10J@111     6,100    4,915    7,352    4,158      458........ 11,968     id.      ary, -8i@9j; March, 81@9; April,
4.. 1l @12      10@11 l8i@9-; May, 9@91; June, 9@9-;a
8.. 111@12-        10|@11       6.500   5,947     6,390   2,987      968........ 10,345              July, 9(; aad Agut, 9     M9~. 7
11.. I@1 12     104311r44
I  15.. 111@ 1      10|@11       9,000    4,114    2,722........     927....        3,649
(<    18.. m1   1in    i o|4@n 1,
22.. 111121        1 0711       4,000    9,209      773    2,863      663..       4,299                                                   o
25..11 ( 121     104@2110 ll
I 869
29.. 1la 121     103l11      4,300    5,137    4,605    4.460      812      111    9,988c
Septem. 1..    11@12210^@ll                                                                           d.
Average prices
recand totaales, 11.85     10.97    498,955 450,473   245,621   49,763   29,845    2,742   327,971
exports.________________________________________________




LIVERPOOLI STATEMENT FOR 1854.
UNITED STATES, 1853-1854.               Stock Jan. 1, 1854, in............................. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
StockSept.l,         Export......2,319,000    United States....................................   309,000    26,000     38,000    373,000 
1853......  136,000 Consumption.  611,000   Brazil..........................................     49,000..........     1,000     50,000
Crop..      2,928,000 Stock Sept. 1,           West Indies......................................     4,000     2,000      2,000      8,000
1854.......  134,000    East Indies......................................   271,000.........    5,000     276,000 
Egypt............................................  85,000  22,000    10,000     117,000
Bales..3,064,000    Bales     3,064,0003 0 
Bales........................................  718,000     50,000    56,000     824,000 
CONSUMPTION.
IMPORT.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain.
2,381,000   469,000    385,000  1,527,000....United States................................. 1,667,000  432,000  468,000  2,430,000
121,000     18,000     2,000    101,000... Brazil..................................   107,000  2,000   25,000     126,000 0
30,000     10,000    11,000      9,000... West Indies.....................................      9,000     10,000     12,000     31,000
371,000    163,000     1,000    207,000... East Indies......................................   308,000      1,000    169,000    308,000 
213,000     65,000    43,000    105,000....Egypt...........................................     81,000     27,000    59,000     165,000
3,116,000   725,000    442,000  1,949,000........................................... Bales. 2,172,000  472,000  733,000  3,060,000..............................  | 317,000  Export. 
768,000     64,000    80,000    624,000 Stock Dec. 31.                           Stock above,   718,000     50,000    56,000     824,000
3,884,000   789,000    522,000  2,890,000 Total supply, bales................................... 2,890,000  522,000   789,000   3,884,000 
0



430    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
COTTON' AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.
WEEK
ENDING.
American  E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Con-  Specu- Export. Total.
sumption. lation.
Jan.  6..    6,637  6,722.....    2,883.....    16,242  23,450   4,230  2,210  29,890
13.    30,448 5,212  1,127  7,591......  44,378   33,330  3,920  1,790  39,040.202.   85,348 17,035......  6,040...... 108,423  35,890  5,590 3,620   45,100
27..   12,018   667    838  4,415   225   18, 163  29,340  3,350 3,930   36,620
Feb.  3.    21,619............  1,171   429   23,219  34,850   3,370 4,350   42,570
10.   27,830 3,0281.............    308  31,166   41,530 12,340 5,630   59,500
"   17..   16,454 2,895.....     201......   19,550  45,360 20,800 3,440    69,600
24..   38,677 5,689 1,778    1,918......  48,062  31,340   5,580 3,120   40,040
Mch. 3}, 36.131 5,924 2,282         23......   44,360  26,210   1,680 3,830   31,720
10..   31,798117,566   696.............. 50,060   27,970  6,140 7,210   41,320
17.    55,632 6,615    763.............  63.010   27,660  2,620  2,170  32,450
24.     6,625 5,022 1,336............     12,983  28,940  1,760  1,490  32,190
" 31.      44,533 5,111    512  4,162......   54,318  25,910  1,120 3,440   30,470
April 7..   68,814111,428 2,821    102......   83,165  29,610   2,810 2,060   34,480
13.   12,235......   319  3,173......  15,727   30,490  7,450 2,450   40,390
21     43,683 5,872................   49,555   33,080  5,570  1,910  40,560
28.   21,641 1,879    991    356......  24,867   28,380  7,060 2,030   37,470
May   5...171,480 8,627 2,696    6,299...;..  189,102  30,120   2,240  1,990  34,350
12..   52,898 4,416 1.327     347     9   58,997   42,430 41560   7,570  54,560
19.. 11,874 2,019 3,0.48........... 16,941   37,940  2,900 4,290   45,130
26..   61,7741...... 1,860    751....../64,385    33,730  2,370 4,950    41,050
June 2.    14,116 9,600  2,282   3,908].:..... 29,906  43,730   6,330  6,410  56,470
9.     1,4361......   394....... ]......  1,830  46,290 19,190  7,450  72,930
16.  107,119 2,155  5,944  1,850.....  117,068   31,350  4,570  6,920  42,840
23..   41,021 4,440    788  1,290......[47,539    45,400  6,530 8,300   60,230
30/    71,405 3,965  1,514  3,763......  80,647   54,970 16,500 5,780   77,250
July   7.  25,514 4,725.....  4,260......  34,499  38,880   5,540 5.240   49,660
14..   32,795...... 1,188  3,511......  37,494   29,800  3,890  6,830  40,520
21..   71,481...... 7,057   3,832    58   82,428   37,710  5,680 7,850   51,240
28..   10,531......   524   2,899......  13,954  48,520   5,140 8,300   61,960
Aug. 4..    14,234 6,313 1,801............     22,348  42,950   3.420 6,870  5&3,240
11.. 12,234 5,496 1,174   1,100......   20,004   37,780  4,860 4,000   46,640
18..   70,533 3,989 5,553   3,500    89   83,664   30,400  2,500 4,910   37,810'   25..   19,828 3,095  1,500  3,506.....    27,929  27,210  2,050 4,450   33,710
Sep.  1..    9,448..............          34    9,482  41,830   8.290 7,120   57,240
8..   19,790...... 1,336   1,910.   1  23,037   34,040  4,350 4,930   43,320
15..   21,711120,997 3,547  2,803 1,247   50,305   31,520  1,160 8,460   41,140
22..   24,535 3,448 5,197   3,526    205  36,911   30,090    670 4,750   35,510
29..    4,318 2,570    813    575......   8,276   44,000  2,190 7,540   53,730
Oct.  6..    4,856................   4,856  45,050   7,600  8,310  60,960
"   13..   10,615 4,496 7.853   4,063......  27,027   31,770  3,130 4,520   39,420
20..   13,548 9,871    733  1,9201   43   26,115   36,930  4,110 5,360   46,400
27..   12,041 2,765  1.515  4,271    616  21,208   33,160  2,670 4,200   40,030
Nov. 3..     8,054 7,165 1,324    1,680......  18,223  40,190   2,550 4,180   46,920
<  10..  4,406 4,421   110   1,100    33   10,070  41,990  2,580 4,500   49,070
1 7............ 2.272..............    2,272  32,930  1,950 4.250   39,130
24..   10,444 5,397  1,279  2,175    540   19,835  30,090  1,280 4,380    35,750
Pec...   11,026......   746     69.....    11,841  32,900    920 3,940   37,760
8.    38,154 9,173    374  1.766   587   50,054   38.020  1.480 3,110   42,610
~:  15..   28,815...................  403    29,218  33,190  1,410 3,690   38,290
22..   12,345 2,556    569  6,912......   22,382   37,430  1,020 3,460   41,910,tolaere 1,584,502232364 79,781 105,620 4,824 2,007,091 1,811680 241,020 2434902,296,190
ceipta & stocks.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 431
POOL. YEAER 1854.
STOCKS.                PRICES.
ACTUAL    CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.        REMARBS1
Amer'n. Other.    Total.  Mid.   Mid.   Dhol.
Up.    Orl.
275,887 312,295  588,182   57     6}     4}     2,210   23,450
281,135 316,303  597,440   6      6|     4j     1,790   56,780
338,303 330,180  668,483   5      6      4j     3,620   92,670 Heavy arrivals of cotton.
327,401 328,675  656,076   5      57     4      3,930  122,010
322,650 319,445  642,095   5i      -     4      4,350  156,860
314,100 315,226  629,326   5      6      4      5,630  198,390
294,954 304,941  599,895   5r     6      41     3,440  243,750
308,391 306,906  615,297   5      5-i    41     3,120  t75,090
320,982 310,135  631,117   5      5i5    41    3,830   301,300
328,580 317,417  645,997          53 5   4      7,210  329,270
357,802 717,628  675,.430  54 5          4      2,170  356,930
339,835 316,558  656,393   5      5-     4-     1,490  385,870 1
363,578318,274   681,852   5k     51     4     3,440   411,780   Unfavorable reports,
406,602 326,574  733,176   5t     5 5    4      2,060  441,390     from United States, of
392,377 323,586  715,963   5|     519    4      2,450  471,880 |   the cotton crop.
409,330 321,198  730,528     5    5      4      1,910  504,960
404,861 317,924  722,785   5      516    4      2,030  533,340
551,321 327,456  878,777   5i%    51     3-     1,990  563,460   Better accounts   from
569,059 324,715  893,774   51f3   51    3 —     7,570  605,890     United States.
548,543 322,442  870,985   51     5-     3-     4,290  643,830
581,647 317,633  899,280   5      5}     33    4,950   677,560
555,743 323,253  878,996   5      514    3a     6,410  721,290
515,910 311,186  827,096. 516     51a    3-     7,450  770,580
610,718 312,946  923,664   5L%    5A6    34     6,920  801,930
610,199 307,944  918,143 -5       517    33    8,300   847,330
634,154 305,866  940,020   5      51     33     5,780  902,300
625,068 305,491  930,559   5i     5      31    5,240   941,180
630,873 303,350  934,223   5f     5 6    38     6,830  970,980
668,734 301,567  970,301   513    51,    31    7,850 1,008,690
637.115 294,320  931,434   5-     5      37     8,3001,057,210
613,639 290,124  903,763   5      5      3     6,870 1,100,160
594,363 286,144  880,507   51%6   51%    31    4,000 1,137,940 1
636,736 289,755  926,491   5}     5{     31    4,910 1,168,340 | Favorable accounts of
632,204 290,396  922,600   5      5      3     4,450 1,195,550     crop   from   United
604,562 281,560  886,122   5      51     31    7,120 1,237,380     States.
594,122 277,407  871,529   5      5      3     4,930 1,271,420
587,403 296,141  883,544   5      5-     3      8,460 1,302,940
584,878 300,137  885,015   51     51     31    4,750 1,333,030   Contradictory accounts
550,886 293,065  843,951   51     5-     33-   7,540 1,377,030     of crop, &c.
520,252'280,195  800.447   51     5,     3-    8,310 1,422,080
504,977 286,307  791,284   516    5f'%   33    4,520 1,454,850   News   f victor of A
480,835 281,974  762,809     55 51,      3-     5,360 1,491,780  Nes f victoCry 
457,496 279,261  736,757   5,16   5,1    34    4,200 1,524,940     lies in  e     ea.
431,560 279,060  710,620   5      5f     33     4,180 1,565,130  Rumor    of heavy fail
398,016 273,184  671,200   51     5      3j    4,500 1,607,120     ures about to take
371,566 264,726  636,292   5,1    5 A    33    4,250 1,640,050     place, &c.
354,824 264,801  619,625   56     51%    3-    4,380 1,670,140             c.
337,130 256,996  594,126   5      56     3     3,940 1,703,040 1 Increased estimates of
342,974 260,076  603,050   4x1    51           3,110 1,741,060     crop     in New  Yor
342,059 253,329  595,388   41     5      3      3,690 1,774,250    circ la 
321,704 254,486  576,190   4+-.5        3      3,460 1,811,680 J  crc
5.31   5.43   3.88 243,490 35,523.14




432    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HFSTORY                  OF COTTON.
1855.
Mr. John D. Prince, who superintended the introduction of
calico printing    into the United      States (8ee year 1826), was retired
with an annuity of $2,000, settled upon him by the company who
had employed him.
Cotton consumned in Great Britain, 839,100,000 lbs.
Number of cotton mills in Massachusetts, this year, 294, with
1,519,527 spindles.
There were 150 exhibitors of Algerian             cotton at the Paris Industrial Exhibition, and about 9,000 acres of land in Algeria
were under cultivation.         (See years 1850 and 1856.)
COTTON CROP (OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Atmount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1855.
Same
Bales.  Bales.   Total.  period
1854.
NEW ORLEANS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports................................. 1,067,947
Coastwise........................................  202,317
Stock on hand 1st September, 1855.................  39,425
- 1,309,689
DeductReceived from Mobile Montgomery, &c..............   32,087
Florida.............................  4,147
Texas..............................  16,690
Stock on hand 1st September, 1854.................  24,121
77,045
_' —--- 1,232,644 1,346,925
MOBILE.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................  340,311
Coastwise................................. 112,792
Consumed  in  Mobile...............................  1,683
Burnt at Mobile...................................    603
Stock on hand 1st September, 1855................  28,519
-—. 483, 908
DeductReceived from Texas and New Orleans..............     35
Stock on hand 1st September, 1854.................  29,278
_ —-      29,313
454,595 538,684
TEXAS.
ExportTo Foreign Ports..................................  16,160
Coastwise.............................             64,720
Stock on hand 1st September, 1855.................  2,06
82,942
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1854....................   2,205
]__________ -_- 80,7371 110,325




CHRONOLOGICAL AND            STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.        433
Statement and    Total Amount of the Cotton       Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1855.-Concluded.
Same
T~FLORIDA.    ~Bales.             Bales.   Total.   period
FLORIDA.                                                     1854.
Export —To  Foreign  Ports..................................  35,018
Coastwise........................................    101,996
Stock on hand 1st September, 1855........                 166
--         137,180
DeductStock in Apalachicola, 1st September, 1854..................      583
136,597   155,444
GEORGIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports-Uplands........................      176,194
4" Sea         Island......................  6.993
Coastwise-Uplands.............................. 195,714
Sea  Island.............................   7,474
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1855.............    2,130
Augusta, 1st September, 1855.............       1,707
390,212
DeductStock in Savannah and Augusta, 1st September, 1854.........    11,518
SOUTH CA A  378,694  316,005
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo foreign ports-Uplands.........................     296,798
I(       Sea Island.......................  18,680
Coastwise-Uplands............................... 198,453
Sea  Island.............................   5,771
Burnt at Charleston...............................       371
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1855............    2,085
522,158
Export from GeorgetownTo Northern Ports................................      4,500
-    526,658
DeductReceived from Florida...........................    2,887
" Savannah.......................       7,468
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1854............  17,031
-      27,386
NORTH CAROLINA.                                    --     499,272  416,754
ExportTo  foreign  ports..................................      59
Coastwise........................................     26,080....  26,139   11;524
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports...............................    1,459
Coastwise and Manufactured-taken from the ports..      29,741
Stock on hand 1st September, 1855.................       550
-    ---    31,750
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1854........................        750
31.000      21,936
Received at New York by New York & Erie Canal............                  377    1,182
"     New York by New York & Erie R.R............684                  2,258
"     Baltimore & Phila., from the South & West........6,600                 8,990
Total crop of the United States............................ 2,847,339 2,930,027
Decrease from last year........................ bales..             82,688
Decrease  from   year before......................................  415,543
28




434    CHRONOLO((ICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Export to Foreign Ports, from September 1, 1854, to August 31, 1855.
To Great   To    To North           Total
FROM                     Britain.  France. ofEurope. Fortl.
New Orleans (bales)...................... 717,328  178,823   62,632  109,161 1,067,947
Mobile............................... 215,248      111,090    8,257    5,716 340,311
Texas...................................  8,926   1,570    5,664.......  16,160
Florida..................................  28,068   5.320    1,630......   35,018
Sava  nllah.............................  171,993  8,106    3,088........  183,187
Chalesto.........................     204,102  70,656   13,700   27,020 315,478
North Carolina.............................    59.......................         59
Vir-iniil..................................................  1,459........  1,459
Baltimore..............................      1,491.......       91.......    1,582
Philadelphia......................300.................  300
New York..........................  200,967  34,366   37,124    7,378  279,835
Boston..................................   1,234........  1,555     84    2,873
Grand total........................ 1,549,716 409,931  135,200  149,362 2,244,209
Total last year..................... 1,603,750 374,058 165,172 176,168 2,:19,148
Decrease...........4034............                    29,972   26,806  74.939
Increase...................................  35,873........................
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as above stated.............. bales.      2,847,339
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1,
1854, in  the  Southern  ports....................................  85,486
" Northern ports....................................      50.117
-  135,603
M akes  a  supply  of.................................................  2,982,942
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 2,244,209
Less-Foreign   included...................................      891
-    2,243,318
Stocks on hand September 1, 1855In the Southern ports.....................   76,644
In  the  Northern  ports...............................  66,692
---       143,336
Burnt at New York, Boston and Philadelphia........................    2,704
2,389,358
Taken  for hom e  use...................................................  593,584




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 435
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1854-55.
The prospect of the market for our leading staple at the commencement of the past year was decidedly favorable. Although
the growing crop was rather backward, compared with the large
crop of 1852-53, yet, in most districts of the cotton growing region,
it gave a fair promise of an abundant yield, and it was generally
anticipated that the result would exhibit a considerable excess
over the product of 1853-54, if it did not reach the extraordinary
returns of 1852-53. At the -same time, there appeared to be but
one discouraging element to bear down prices, with the exception
of the uncertain influences of the Eastern war; all the ordinary
causes that affect the market seem to be favorable to remunerative
prices; reduced stocks, an increased demand for consumption, the
probability of abundant supples of food in Europe, and the prospects of lower freights, all combined to act favorably on the
market. With regard to production, the event has proved, that
although in no case could the yield have been as liberal as anticipated, yet, had it not been for the prejudicial effect of the low stage
of water in the Southern and South-western rivers, it would have
given a material excess over last year; but, unfortunately, extraordinary droughts, have prevented the usual rise in the rivers, and
a large amount, reaching about 145,000 bales in the Mississippi
Valley, and some 100,(,00 bales in Alabama and Texas, has been
retained in the interior, thus reducing the apparent amount of the
crop, to swell to that of the present year.




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts at New           York, Weekly Exports from      New   York and Bates of Freight tof
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1855.
Price of   Price o]f                          EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Mid. Fair  Mid. Fair Sales for Receipts_                                         Rates of
1854.   New Orleans  Uplaid,    week.  for week.                                          Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New Yiork  New York                    To Great   To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.]
Classificat'n. Classifcat'n.           Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports. 
Septem. 5..      10~       10       4,200    2,291    5,562   1,697      187      48    7,494    id.   This year opened with the prospect of
8..     10;        9|                                                                           an unprecedented crop, and with      z
12..     10j        91      5,200    6,149    1,424   1,806      262....... 3,492           unfavorable foreign accounts, and 
15..     103       10                                                                            stagnation here in the goods mar19.      10         10       5,500   5,716    2,557.......................   2,557            ket, cotton was very quiet and a
22.      10i       10little lower; on the 13th September,.
26..     10|       10o       3,600   7,850    2,009   1,495    1,066..         4,570            advices were received by telegraph,  z
29..     103        10o                                                                          of injury to the crop, which gave 
October 3..     10|         10; -    5,000   4,853    1,963     323      689..2,975 i@5-32d             more tone to the market. Early in
6..     11        o10                                                                           October, the money market became 
10..     103       10|       4,300   7,865    2,880     264      142     190    3,476            very stringent, the shipments of    >
13..     101       103                                                                           specie were large, a city bank sus17..     11         10       5,300   2,473    6,328........     216........   6,544            pended   payments, followed   in 
20..     11         10i                                                                          November, by the failure of numer24..    o101        103      4,500   4,771    1,743   1,126      319..3,188                     ous Western banks; some failures[
"27.. 10 10                  4,500 10 
"  27..  103        10                                                                           also occurred in Liverpool, and      t-l
31..     101        10| 1    4,000   5,949    2,153.......      563      84    2,800            some   here, and  with favorable
Novem. 3..       10         10k                                                                  id.     weather for picking, the market 
7..     10|       10g       3,500   8,514    4,671     686      536      20    5,913            was very dull.
10.     10        10                                                                         This partial stagnation   continued 
14..     10        91       3,000  15,569    2,444     111      400       4    2,959            through December, aggravated by 
17..     10         9                                                                            the Russian-Turkish war in Europe,
21..     10*         9-'2,400   9,288    2,711      91      100     110    3,012            dear food, and consequent slack
24..     10          9^                                                                          demand for more goods.
28..     10          9       5,500  14,656    1,972........     253            2,225          On the lst of January, the stock in
Decem.   1..     10          94                                                                @5-32d    Liverpool was ascertained to be      2
5..     10          9      3,500    7,356    3,546     336      471........   4,353            45,000 bales less than the previous 
it  8..  9|         9~                                                                          estimates, which, with an easier     -
12..      9f        9        8,100   4,747    5,333      16      616      52    6,017            feeling in money, strengthened the
15..      9         81                                                                           market.
"     19..     9          81      2,400    4,330   4,567    1,003     753      313    6,636
"     22..           9
"  26..   91        91       5,600   9,953    3,467     704     378      326    4,875




Decem. 29.        9f         9 
1855.
January 2..       9          8       3,000    9,418    5,862......       71....  6,533 5-32@(% The business in February was light,
5..      9'         9                                                                             owing to a change in the British
9..     91          9       8,000    5,501    3,748    1,081................    4,829             Ministry; unfavorable prospects for   r
12..     10          9'                                                                             peace there; tight money markets      I
16       10          9      11,00     5,631     89........   2,209........    3,098            abroad, and English manufactories
19..     10          9                                 I                                           working short time.                   Z
23..    101         9      10,000    9,171    1,514     721     1.26:........   3,498          The death of the Emperor of Russia       r
it    26..     10          91                                                                            in March, encouraged the hope for
30..     10          9       7,000   11,251    3,600     505      197        1    4,303             peace and there was temporarily a 
February 2..     10          9}'                                                              ld.    better feeling.,
6..     10}         9k     11,000    9,177    4,330     349    1,363........   6,042          In May, the extreme low stage of the    >
9..     10}         9,                                                                            Western and South-western rivers,     t
13..     10}         91      3,500    4,600     596........    560........   1,156            detained supplies in the interior,;
16..     10          9                                                                             and consequently, receipts at the     z
20..     101         9j      7,000   28,880    2,199........    584.......   2,783             ports, and exports thence, largely   &
" 23..   10          9                                                                              fell off; free speculative purchases
27..     10}         9       7,400    7,675    5,136    2,713    1,035      72    8,956             were made, both in this, and the Liv-:
March    2..     10}         9|                                                                  5 32@1i%   erpool market, at advanced prices; -
c      6..     10          9      10,000   13,186     891
6..     109                10,000   13,186      891    1,785     713........    3,389            in June, the same features were 
9..    101 i       9prominent, and it was estimated
13..     10j         9      12,500   17,104    1,504            1,242.           2,746 j          that at one time, 800,000 bales were
16..     101         91                                                                             waiting, detained in the interior.   9
20..     10         10      25,000   12,564    2,542........    872.......    3,414           The great drought also had an unfav23..     101        10       6                                                                     orable effect upon the growing crop,
4 27 10    10       6,000   10,359    5,904    2,769     760.  9,433             and prices rapidly advanced; to- c
l     30..     11          9             i                                                               ward the latter part of June, timely  S
April    3..     103         9- 7    8,000   13,662    6,288    2,800    2,01,2........ 11,100 I@3-16     rains swelled the rivers to some ex6..    101        10I                                                                            tent, and supplies came forward
10..     10I        10      15,000   14,208     492      149      114               755            more freely.
13..     11         10                                                                            In July, the appearance of the grow17..     11         101     20,500   18,900    4,259...4,259                         ing crop was much more favorable,
20..     11         101                                                                             and prices shaded a little, though
24..     11         101     13,500   20,311    6 124      905      78    1,231    8,338             the prevalence of the yellow fever
27..          11         101                                                                             at New Orleans in August, interfer-  c3
May      I..     11         103     16,000   11,759    5,790    1,309      934    1,037   9,070 3-16~ah     ing with shipments, prevented any     ~
4..           11         10                                                                  I           serious decline.                     0
8..     IIk        10|     14,000   13,234    3 455    3,609    2.892     875   10,831
11..    11         10
15..     Il1        101     22,000   12,223    5,833       12.....       85    5,930
18       11 -       11 
------------- 4 —------------------------—.                   - -   - - ------------------—.-                       -. ]




The semi-weekly Price and      Weekly Sales and Receipts at New        York, Weekly Exports from       New   York and Rates of      Freight     ^
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop        Year ending September 1, 1855-Concluded.                                co
Price of   Price of                              EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Mid. Fair Mid. Fair Sales for Receipts __                                          Rates of                                       2
1855.   New Orleans  Upland.   week.   for week.                                           Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New York   New York                    To Great   To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'an. Classificat'n.          Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
May     21..     12         113     16,000   20,737   4,718    3,716    1,580     300   10,314
25..     12         11                                                                                                                 C
29..     12^        11      20.000    8,517   9,839..       1,190......   11,029
June     1..     13         121                                                                 J@5-32d 
5..     13         12l     28,000   15,363   4,118      262    1,086.....      5,466
8..     14         13
12..     14         13      26,000   14,259   5,454        1...............     5455                                                  >
15..    14         13 
19..     14         12      12,500   10,331   4,772........     209........    4,981                          hane
22..     13'     12~ 4
26..     13         12       8,000    9,082   2,446........       97........   2,543          The quotation for 60 days' bills on
29..     12         114                                                                           London ranged in September, from     S
July     3..     127        Hi4     -5,500    8,540   5,344      123      880     750    7,097   3-16d.   94@10 percent.; October the same;;
t  6..  12         11I rNovember, 9@9i; in December, it
L    10..    12         11       9,000    7,690    3,785.................       3,785            fell from 99@4  to 7y@8; itn Jan-    r
13..     12         n 114                                                                         uary, the lowest. price was 6 @7,   >
17..     121        11:     11,000   3,152    3,953      102    1,215.    876    6,146            and the highest 87@9; in Feb- 220..     121        11                                                                            ruary the quotations fltictuated be24..    124         114:     3,500   6,095    5,720      360    1,015..7,095                     tween 8s@94t and 9p@10; March, 6
27.      124        11                                                                            94@101; April, 9@7101; May. 92@ 1
30..     12        1l        6,500   10,941   4,962      150    1,800      75    6,987            104; June, h9@s10g; July, 9@10k; n
Aulust   3..     121        114                                 rd.                                       and August, 9t10i; or the samte e
7..     121        12      11,000   3,981    8,943    1,123     989........ 11,055              as July.      2
10...    121        12
14..  12       12        7,000   7,690    2,192      26      780      600    3,598. 17..12           12
21..     123        1        4,500    2,305   3,906      138     119       29    4,192 
24..     12 1211
28...    12         11       5,000    9,309   4,451........     1,474.........  5,925
31..     12         11|                                                                 3@3-16 l
Average price
and total sales.  II.16   it.:-39  479,500 | 509),136 200,889   3     36,884    7,078  279,217
receiuItst. n II
exports.                                            Ia




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1855.
UNITED STATES, 1854-1855.             Stock 1st Jan., 1855, ill.........................  Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock Sept. 1,       Export.....2,244,000    United States.............................Bales.  311,000    73,000     38,000    422,000 
1854.... 134,000 Consumption 594,000       Brazil..........................................   48,000.......        7,000     55,000    t
Stock Sept. 1,           West Indies......................................   4,000      1,000     4,000       9,000   0
Crop........2,847,000  1855......  143,000    East Indies......................................  202,000..........  11,000   213,000 
- -   --   Egypt...........................................  59,000     6,000      4,000     69,000 
Bales......2,981,000 Bales.......2,981,000 
Bales.......................................   624,000     80,000    64,000    768,000 
CONSUMPTION. 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain.                 IMPORT.
---- ---                                                                                      I         I         I          I             g
2,461,000   446.000   437,000  1,578,000....United States..............................Bales. 1,623,000  422,000   428,000   2,352,000 P
153,000    37,000      2,000   114,000....Brazil...........................................  135.000    3,000    32,000     165,000 
31,000     13,000     9,000     9,000... West Indies......................................   9.000    12,000     9,000      31,000   H
470,000   193,000........   277.000..East Indies...................................    396.000..186,000                393,000   g
201,000    49,000     31,000   121,000.... Egypt..........................................  115,000    30,000    52,000     194,000 
3,316,000   738,000   479,000  2,099,000....Bales......................................... 2,278,000   467,000   707,000   3,135,000
H..............................  317,000  Export. 
0
587,000    33,000     68,000   486,000 Stock, Dec. 31............................Stock above,  624,000   80,000    64,000     768,000'!
3,903,000   771,000   547,000  2.902,000 Total supply, bales.................................. 2,902,000  547,000   771,000   3,903,000 
0




440    CHRONOLOGICAL        AND    STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVTER
RECEIPTS.                              SALES.
WEEK __ - ______ ______________
ENDING.
American  E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other. Total. Consump- Specn- Export  Total.
tiou.  lation.
Jan.  5..   14,207 9,932     85   2,083......   26,307  34,200    820    880  35,900
" 12..     12,210 4,090 2,468   1,066......  19,834   53,320  5,770 5,180   64,270
19..    1,592......   448.............  2,040   39,460 10,250 6,300   56,010
26..    5,738...................  3    5,741   33,080  3,450   940   37,470
Feb.  2..   22,604......  546.............  23,150  31,160  1,310  4,590  37,060
9..   11,671.....  1,171    8621......  13,701   32,360  1,170 2,350   35,880
" 16..      3,150 2,591    506...........    6,247   32,740    830  1,750  35,320
23..   12,198...... 1,652  3,574......  17,424   29,710  2,710 1,330   33,750
March 2.. 189,828   1,75Q 1,398   3,544......196,520    31,700   1,070 3,780   36,550
" 9.. 138,807 14,011 2,515      8,683    35 164,051    57,940 17,140 12,090  87,170
16..      52,571...... 2,377      21......  54.950   52,290  3,690 11,230  67,210
23..   56,542 9.6491......  3,245    936  70,372   50,140 14,620 12,900  77,660
1, 30..  3,517 14,489......  702......  18,708   56,510 11,200(15,290  83,000
April 5..   53,505 8,088 2,626   7,307    270  71,796   52,600 18,840 10,720  82,160
it  13.. 100,904 2,382   1,642  1,356    667 106,951   49,610 15,640 7,790   73,040
1' 20..  19,761 22,154  769  1,292.....  43,976   35,890  6,490 7,200   49,580
27..   15,601...............    15,601   60,970 31,980 10,040 102.990
May   4..   21,634 3,572    670.............  25,876  53,820 48,730 4,240 106,790
"   11..   39,638...... 5,359  5,887......  50,884   47,050 53,570 5,280  105,900
1' 18       6,356 17,912 7,041  5,739......  77,048   58,480 49.210 4,980  112.670
25..   39,446   383 2,859   4,007.....   46,695   69,980 76,010 7,090  153,080
June  1.   26,491     70 3.906   2,928......  33,395  65,600 81,600 5,200 152,400
8..   33,972...... 3,333  2,818    44   40,167   41,860 62,930 2,530  107,320
15.    35,208   974  1,613  1,476......  39,271   19,650 17,060 2,000   38,710
22..   30,557......   178  1,643......  32,378   19, 690  3,780  940   24,410
29..   52,398...... 3,475  2,921......  58,794   23,430 17,960 1,950   43,340
July  6..   43,034 4,925  2,137   2,856......  52,952  31,300 11,780  2,330   45,410
13..   19,996 1,437 3,817   1,901    30   27,181   23,260  4,120   820   28,200
20..   43.109 3,538111,077  4,587     11  62,322   36,480  6,980  2,870  46,330
27..   23,945   454    749  1,160.....    26,308   28,160  3,690 2,820   34,670
Aug. 3.     19,537 8,817....    4,408......   32,762  27,260  3,340 4,260   34,860
"  10..  9,139...... 3,112  5,991......  18,242   31,590  3,900 3,250   38,740
"   17..   14,386 2,695  1,447  2,880.......  21,408   51,740 24,340 4,560   80,640
" 24..     15,437 6,562  1,814  2.423    104  26,340   35,630  4,710 4,610   44,950
"   31..   28,426 7,355 6,854   4.568.....    47,203   40,690  5,080 5.700   51,470
Sep.  7..   11,476 5,018    592..........      17,086  43,5601  7,020 5,720  56,300
14..   14,011.....  1,074    2401......  15,325   34,500  5,930 5,900   46,330
"   21..   34,500 18,878 2,501  6,858    183  62,920   26,650  1,390  4.710  32,750
28..    1,865.8,805 3,'712   862....    15,244   30,430  2,300 3,230   35.960
Oct.  5..   12,935 2,416 2,189   4,981    800   23,321  33,390  1,740 5,750   40,880
12.     23,464 13,789 3,578  3,.649    15  44,495   26,030  1,400 3,620   31,050
"   19.       108 2.869  1,098  3,198......   7,273   43,020  5,090 5,990   54,100
26.    11,102 11409 1,575   2,016    63   26,165   30,700  1,400 6,710   38,810
Nov. 2      10,349 16,287   885   1,053......  28.574  50,150  7,800 7,770    65,720
9.    11,223 11,760......  1,987  587   25,557   52,630 17,390 7,560   77,580
"   16..   39,228 11,275 4,079  3,203    139  57,924   33,020  9,110 6,600   48,730
23.   14,399 3,806    497......    139  18,841   28,300  1,600 5,110   35,010
"   30................  214............   214   40,780  2,900  5,790  49,470
I)ec.  7..  18,880    25 4,424     923......    24,252  40,040  5,920 4,840   50,800
14..   17.228..'......,....  715......  17,943  41,200  9,510  5,490  56,200
21..   26.817 14.526 1,218  1,218   440   44,219   31,050  2,660 2,420   36,130
28..   83,099 11,172 4,797  8,642...... 107,710   19,700  3,860   540   24,100
"   31...........................   19,161    1,590  1,340   250    3,180
et isie  I     1,587,99 279 65 110077 131,43  4,466  132,802 2,046,090 714,130 267780 3,028,000
ceipts &   stocks.




(CI-LRONO(IA)(;t  AL AND      STATISTICAL       HISTOIY     OF   CO(TTON.      441
POOL. YEAR 1855.
STOCKS.                 PRICES.
___ACTUAL CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.         REMARKS.
Amer'n   Other.   Total.   Mid.   Mid.   Dhol.
Up.    Orl.
281,777 260,790   542,567   44    - 5      3        880    34,200
250.607 256,194   506,801   4+     54      3      5,180    87,520
218,9191246,262   465,181   5      5f      3      6,300   126,980
198,3271239,375   437,702   5      51%     3        940   160,060   S    l 
195,181 230,921   426,102   5             3       4,590   191,220    mal       a    esterly
Winds'
181,022 224,834   405,856   5              3      2,350   223,580           wns.
157,6501221,077   378,727   4{     5i     3       1,750   256,320
145,698 220,073   365,771   4+     5       3      1,330   286,030
310,586 217,925   528,511   5       5 5I   3      3,780   317,730 Overdue    ships  arrived;
405,813 228,219    634,032   5      516    3     12,090   375,670       large receipts.
415,104 220.358   635,462   4i      5      3 3   11,230   427,960
421,946 222,398   644,344   5      51,6    3     12,900   478,100
378,657 223 341   601,998   5      5,1     3     15,290   534,610
387,372 228,062   615,434   5is     5i     3     10,720   587,210   More favorable accounts
449.046 220,929   669,075   54     54      3      7,790   636,820     from   manufacturing
438,237 235,224   673,461   54      5{ 3/         7,200   672,710)    districts.
396,938223,514    620,452   5 1    5,1     34    10,040   733,680
372,234 214,150   586.384   51     [ 5,   4 4    4.240   787,500
374,352 210,588   584,940   5f     5       4lL  4*  5.280  834,550 Large deficiency of stock
373,288 225,360   598,648   54     5j      41     4,980   893,030       at Liverpool.
359,024 210,589   569,613   6      6       4      7,090   963,010, t, J~980 a9                0   La    rge consumpton.
332,095 196,853   528,948   61%    6t      4 44   5,200 1,028,610    arge consumpton.
343,437 188,698   532,135   6,%6   61      4      2,530 1,070,470 [ Small receipts at United
361,865 287,571   549,436   66'6t-     41    2,000 1,090,120        States ports.
373,652 181,732   555,384   64     64      44       94011,109,810
405,580 182,228   587,808   6      6       41     1.950 1,133,240
423,134 173,996   607,130   6i.64     4      2,330 1,164,540
420,556 185,235   605,791   613    63     41       820 1,187,800
434,055 195,208   629,263   61tj 6         44     2,870 1,224,280
434,160 208,631   624,791   64      64 4[         2,820 1,252,440
431,727 197,466   629,193   6      61      4      4,2601.279,700 
414,146 197,449   611,595   5+6-   6       49 43  3.250 1,311,2.90
384,522 190,481   575,003   61     6f1     4i     4,560 1,363,030   Strikes in manufactur372,8091190,094   562,903   64     6       44     4,610 1,398,660     ing districts for short
367,075 208,681   575,756   6,1    61      44     5,700 1,439,350     hours.
345,221 190,781.  536,002   6,%     616    43     5,720 1,482,910
329,972 183,705   513,677   64      61     44     5,900 1,517,4.10
343,602201,965    545,567   6       6&6    44     4,710 1,544,060 Fall of Sebastopol, &c.
318,9671207,994   526,961   53      6      43     3,230 1,574,490
302,902209,760    512,662   5              44     5,750 1,607,880
302,636222,661    525,297   54      5      4      3,620 1,633,910 
269,6341216,466   486,100   513    5       4      5,990 1,676,930
Favoraole     reports  of
256,126 222,179   478,305   5i     51f     4      6,710 1,707,630    avorable   reports   of
225,5551228,384   453,939   51     5    45 44     7,770 1,757,780        growing crop.
196,818 224,848   421,666   5      54      41     7,560 1,810,410
209,186 231,414   440,600   5      54      4-     6,600 1.843,430
199,315 226,187   426.502   5      5      44      5,110 1,871,730
166,9651216,311   383,276   54     51, 41      5,790 1,912,510
154, 875 208,963  363,838   5    1 5  5   44      4,840 1,952,550
135,3731197,918   333,291   5      5      44      5,490 1,993,7.50
128,850 183,092   311,942   5      I 51   4       2,420 2.024,800
191,309 191,093   382,402   5I     5 +    48        540 2.044 500.............  428,810..................  250  2,046,2(0
5.6    5.78   4.19  267.780 39,346.08




442  CHRON(OLOGICAL AND) SrATISTICAL hIISTORY OF' (COTTON.
1856.
During this year and the one following, the production of Algerian cotton fell off in quantity, owing to a rush of cultivators
into the trade, who had neither the requisite capital nor skill. (See
years 1850 and 1855.)
Cotton mills in Great Britain, 2,210; moving power therein,
97,000 horse power; spindles, 28,000,000; power looms, 299,000;
children employed, 24,684; total hands employed, 379,249, of
whom 222,027 were females. (See year 1850.)
The Factory Commissioners of England, in their returns for this
year, estimate the number of spindles at work in Great Britain at
28,01(),217. (See year 1846.) The number in the United States was
estimated at 3,950,000.




;HRO()NOLO(   ICAL AND      STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON,       443
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1856.
TOTAL.
Bales    Bales.
1856.   1855.    1854.
NEW-ORLEANS.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports........................ 1,572,923
Coastwise.............................  222,100
Burnt at New Orleans......................    1,200
Stock onl hand, 1st September, 1856........   6,995
_ --- 1,803,218
DeductReceived from Mobile, Montgomery, &c....    73,573.. (. Florida.....................        5,186
(      (.  Texas......................   23,601
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1855.........  39,425
141,785
1,661,433 1,232,644 1,346,925
MOBILE.
i;xporltTo  Foreign Ports..........................  485,035
Coast wise.................................  196,286
Consumed in Mobile......................     1,936
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1856........   5,005
-     688,262
DeductReceived from'New Orleans..............         5
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1855.........    28,519
28,524
659,738 454,595  538,684
TEXAS.
ExportTo  Foreign Ports..........................  34,002
Coastwise..................            83,515
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1856........     623
118,140
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1855................   2,062, —..116,078  80,737  110,325
FLORIDA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports —Uplands................    35,858
Coastwise- Uplands...................       97,738
Sea  Island....................  10,900
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1856........     74
---- 144,570
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1855................     166
144,404  136,597  155,444
GEORGIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................ 177,182
Sea Island..............   8,138
Coastwise-Uldands.....................      00,426
Sea  Island....................  7.346
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1856....   1.550
Stock il Augusta, 1st September, 1856....     1,781
- _'7-   396,423




444    CHRONOLOGICAL        AND    STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1856.-Concluded.
TOTAL.
Bales.  Bales.
1856.   1855.    1854.
DeductReceived from Florida-Sea Island.........   2,755
Uplands..........       386
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1855.....  2,130
Stock in Augusta, 1st September, 1855.....   1,707
6,978
S     389,445 378,694 316,005
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................ 352,346
Sea  Island.............  18,765
Coastwise-Uplands...................... 133,451
Sea  Island....................  9,286
Burnt at Charleston.......................    751
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1856....  3,144
517,743
Export from Georgetown, S. C.To Northern Ports.......................    2893
-  520,636
DeductReceived from Florida-Sea Island.........    6,027
Uplands..........       578
Received from Savannah-Sea Island.......    2,689
Uplands......     13,281
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1855...  2,085
24,660
N —--     495,97(; 499,272 416,754
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports..........................    96
Coastwise.........2                          0................   26,002.-.......  26.098  26,139  11.524
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports......,....................    70
Coastwise, and.                         l   20,748
Manufactured-taken from the ports....
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1856........    842
21,660
Deduct —
Received from Mobile.....................      652
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1855........     550
1,202
_ —       20,458  31,000   21,936
Received at New-York by New York and
Erie Canal, &ce...............................................  305  377  1,182
Received at New York by New York and Erie
Railroad.............................................  1,781  684    2,258
Received at Baltimore and Philadelphia, from
the West..................1.........................      12,129    6,600   8,990
Total Crop of the United States........................ 3,527,845 2,847,339 2,930,027
Increase over  crop  of 1855....................................... bales.  680,506
Increase  over crop  of  1854.............................................  597,818
Increase  over crop  of  1853.............................................  264,963




C HRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.       445
Export to Foreign Ports, from      September 1, 1855, to August 31, 1856.
To Great   To    To North  Other    Total.
FROM                    Britain.  France. ofEurope. F'n Ports. ota
New Orleans...................... bales. 986,622   244,814 162,675 178,812 1,572,923
Mobile..................................  351,690   96,262   29,016   8,067  485,035
Texas...................................  19,661    5,166    9,175........  34,002
Florida..................................   30,899    2,939    2,020........ 35,858
Savannah................................ 162,748    16,857    2,907   2,808  185,320
Charleston............................ 180,532       87,396   49,727  53,456  371,111
North Carolina..........................  96.........          96
V irginia.............................      70........................     70
Baltimore...............................    424       48.........      472
Philadelphia.............................. 178..................  178
New York............................... 181,045     27,155   42,893   5,371 256,464
Boston..................................   7,421             5,592      64   13,077
Grand total..........................1,921,386 480,637 304,005 248,578 2,954,606'Total last year.................. 1,549,716 409,931     135,200  149,362 2,244,209
Increase........................ 371,670  70,706 168,805  99,216 710,397
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated......................3,527,845 bales.
Add —Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st September, 1855.-In the Southern ports................................  76,644
Northern   ".....................................  66,692
143,336
Makes a supply of.....................................                 3,671,181
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 2,954,606
Less, foreign included...................    835
2,953,771
Stocks on hand at the close of the year,
1st September, 1856In the Southern ports.................  20,014
"   Northern   "..................  44,157
64,171
Burnt at New York and Boston............................                 500
- 3,018,442
Taken for home use................bales.  652,739




446  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
ANNUALI REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1855-56.
And, first we have to congratulate our planting and commercial
friends upon the pleasing and profitable contrast presented by the
course of business, as compared with the season which immediately preceded it-a season which was marked by extraordinary
fluctuations and disasters, resulting partly from the existence of
a European war, whose duration and possible complications were
out of the reach of human foresight, and partly referable to an
extraordinary prevalence of drought, which rendered the tributary
streams unnavigable for a length of time seldom, if ever, before
known, and kept back, for an unwonted period, an immense
amount of produce, which had been mostly advanced upon, in the
usual course of business, trusting to the receipt and sale of the
produce in question to reimburse the factor. But the good faith
of both planter and factor was, to an important extent, baffled by
the operations of nature, and several of our promninent and respectable commission houses were compelled to suspend payment of
such acceptances, as had not, to some extent at least, been provided for by the drawers. The past season, however, we are happy
to state, had been favored with a fair average of natural facilities
for reaching market; and, with a promptitude characteristic of the
New Orleans merchants, the suspended houses, almost without an
exception, availed themselves of the earliest moment of returning
prosperity, to resume payment in full, with interest.. We have already stated that the early receipts of the new crop were unusually
abundant; and we now add that they were also of an unusually
high average of quality, up to the latter part of September, when
the effects of a storm that had previously occurred were prominently presented in a'sudden and remarkable falling off, in the
character of the receipts; and this change, aided by subsequent unfavorable circumstances, such as severe frosts, etc., has run through
the remainder of the season, reducing the' general average of the
crop below middling. And thus it has been that for the greater
part of the year the supply of middling to good middling descriptions has not been equal to the demands; and for months-past, the
market may almost be said to have been bare of them, as they




CIRONOLOGICAJL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 447
could only occasionally be met with, in limited parcels. Indeed,
for the period last mentioned, the scarcity has embraced middling
fair, and several Spanish vessels, which usually take good middling
to middling fair, and which arrived in the latter part of June, are
yet here awaiting cargoes; these qualities having been exhausted
in the old crop, after reaching the high figures of 11: and 3 2 cents
per lb. early in July. We may note, as a prominent feature of the
season's operations, their more than ordinary speculative character.
The probability of continued war, or a restoration of peace, entered
largely into the calculation of chances, while a wide diversity in
the estimates of crops constituted another element, among the incentives to action or inaction. And thus it was that many of the
accustomed operators were comparatively sparing in their purchases, while other parties, more confident, came forward and
operated freely.




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts, at New           York, Weekly     Exports from   New   York and Rates of Freight 
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1856.                                       0
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts         EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Middling   Middling   week,  for week,                                           Rates of0
1855.    New Orleans  Upland,  including including                                         Freight to       GENERAL REMA[KS.
New York   New York   lots in  lots in  To Great  To   North o~  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'n. Classificati'n transit. transit. Britain. France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.]
Septem. 4..      11       11       6,000    1,026   3,905      297..........     4,202   3-16. The year opened with favorable crop
7.~    11       10j                                                                           accounts, both as regards quantity
11..     114       103      2,000    4,651    1,836.......................     1,836            and quality. The drought of the
14..     103       101                                                                           summer had interfered with our own    j
18..     10        10      10,500    2,243    4,586........     54........    4,640            consumption, stopping many New
21..     10o        10                                                                           England mills, while the consump25.     10        o10      7,000    1,420    2,181   1,086........       1    3,268            tion in England, notwithstanding
28..     10       10                                                                            the war, was 160,780 bales larger,
October 2..      10-        9       4,500    9,079   4,889      448     822........    6,159 7-16@1d    from  January 1 to September 1,
5..      93        03                                                                           1855, than for the like period the
9..      9         9       5,000   12,611    3,503     668................    4,171            year before.
12..      93       99                                                                          On the 28th of September, accounts 
16..     94         9i      5,000    7,839   3,591      592    1,208..         5,391            were received of the capture of     q
19..     9         94                                                                           Sebastopol, which was expected to 
23..      91        9}      6,000    7,681    3,324   1,282    2,158.6,764                      end the war in the East; but the 
26..      9         9j                                                                           English money markets were now
30..     9,        94      7,000    9, 672   3, 642    506     400........    4,548            becoming very stringent, owing to
Novem. 2..        9         9W 9@5-16d                                                                  the heavy drain of specie to the
6..     9s         9 7     5,000    4,532   8,430    1,333    3,770..        13,533            Crimea, and this with a continua-   q
9.. 9'             9                                                                            tion of the high prices of food,    0
13..      98        91      7,500    2,712   4,347      637     410..    5,394            tended to depress the markets, both 
2   16..,        9 90                                                       of Great Britain and this country.
20..                 t      6,000    8,975   3,996    1,520     522      148    6,186          The weather during the fall was very
23..     10         90                                                                           favorable to picking and field labors, 
27..  7    9       8,000   12,8~43    918    1,393     482........    2,793           in this direction, were two weeks
30..      9^        92                                                                           earlier than the previous year.
Decem.   4..      9|        9       5,000   11,904    2,519      10    1,721      12    4,262 7-32@id In December, the suspension of inter-  i
7..      91        9                                                                            course of our Government with the 
11..     9|         9W     12,000   10,490    1,271   1,022    1.266     128    3,687           British Minister, in connection with  Z
14..      93        9j                                                                          alleged attempts at enlistments
18..     9         91      9,000   14,012   3,848      200     463........    4,511           here, for the British army, in the
21..      91         9                                                                           Crimea, caused a little flurry, which,
25..     91        9       5,700    5,799     869      169    1,939.......    2,977           however, soon subsided. In early




Decem. 28..         9~         9}                                                                                  February, peace rumors, in connec1856.                                                                                                         tion with   low  water in WWestern
January   I..       9          9        6000     6,866     2,437      514       128...         3,079 7-32@d      rivers, and decreased receipts at the
4..         9           9                                                                                   ports, affected the markets favor-       ^
8..       91         91       7,000    4,532     2,561       95     1,790      535     4,981             ably, both here and in England.
11..          9           94                                                                                In March, the receipts increased again,,
15..         9     -    9        5,000     5,060    1,451........      231........    1,682              and with unfavorable accounts from      C
"  18..       9.         9}                                                                                   abroad, prices yielded a little.
21..       99}                14,000   11,551     3,397      501       685........    4,583           Peace was proclaimed in Europe, in 
25..         9           9                                                                                   April, and the markets on      both 
29..         9           9       5,000     5,857    4,138       882      280........    5,300              sides the water became buoyant,         g
February 1..      10           9                                                                        3-16  32   with considerable speculative busi5..        10           9       20,000   14,590      778        91      870........    1,739             ness at advanced figures..
8.. 8       10           9                                                                                 Our relations with England were es12..      10         10       16,000    14,106    2,121........      824.......    2,945              teemed to be critical during May.
15..        101        10}                                                                                   and June, owing to the Central 
"     19..      10          10      25r000.8,135    3,180     2,098    1,839       678    7,795              American dispute, and there was a
"    22..     10          lo        0                                                                          very unsettled feeling in commer"    26..     10          10       20,000   15,616     3,828........    1,168........    4,996             cial circles, with some shrinkage in 
"     28..      10          10]                                                                                  the price of cotton; but, in July, 
March     4..     10          10       14,000   15,946     4,029........      237.......    4,266     9-32d   these   difficulties  were  amicably
t     7..     10          10k                                                                                  settled, and from thence,to the close 
t 11..    10          9       10,000     9,876    4,766       652    1,501       102    7,021              of the year, the market was quite
" 14..          10           9                                                                                   steady..
18..                 10       17,000   12,570     4,357........    1,328.5,685 
21..        10   -     10
"     25..      10          10      22,000    18,378    4,859       474    1,485.          6,818
"     28..      101         10' 
April     1..     110                  27,000    8,746     4,789    3,538     1,414       60     9,801    id.
4..     10|         10"   8..     101         10       19,000   20,597     3,888....    3,185..    7,073
11.       11         103
"  14..      Ilk        I0       26,000     8,312    2,773     1,066    1,574........    5,413
18..      11         11k
22..      11|        11i      25,000   14,043     7,072.......      422........    7,494
25..      11}.11 
"  29..      11i         11k     16,000     7,745    3,561      486       806      722     5,575
May       2..     11i         11:@3-16d
"6..    11          10~       6,000    6,274     5,998    1,057     1,191    1,202     9,448
9..        Ilk         107
"     13..      11          10|     11,000     9,912    2,217......       877      362     3,456
16.. 10 10 ______________________________________________________
4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i




New York Statement for 1856. —Concluded.
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts i     EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Middling   Middling   week,   for week,                                           Rates of
1856.   New OrleansI Upland,  includingT including                                                            GENERAL EXArKS,
New York Newas   York  l       lots i n  To Great  To   North" of  Other   Total  Liverpool., 
Classificat'n. lassificat'n. transit.  transit.  Britain. France. Erope. Fo'nPorts Exports.
May     20       10         10-      9.000    8,261    4,155     812      126     480    5,573 3
23..     11         10.. 
7   1-10'-         10,000    6.228    2,224........     14..     2,367                                                 0
June     -3..    11         10,500     9,031'7035     9     3.056........ 10,582    3-16d.
6        1 I.. I  1I-_
10. i     I         10      12,000   4,457    4,768      396     495........    5,659
13       11'        11      *' <                             I       I
17.      11'        11-     12,000   8,896    5,301      175     281.......     5,757
20..     11-          11.Exchange,.
24..     II)-       II       5,000    7,854   3,708      901     567      446    5,6 22
27         11-t-                                                                      Bills on London ranged through SepJuly     1.      Il         11       4,500    9,457    5,581     787       24     475    6,867       -    tember, at.9@(10'; October, 8-       E
4..     11-i-      11^....                  -                     9j-i' Novemnbelr 79(',88-; December,
8..     I          11-e     3,000   4,643    4,457      228     285.........    97              89; Januar 7            February,
I"  1      4 11. t.; ar,'' 9'April, 9' 
15..     11   7     1-      11,000   1,581    3,962.................   3,9(;2            @9; May,.r 910;" June, 9-pic10;
1          11.. 1800         893|fj                                     2,174            July, the same; and "August the
21..     11 7!Ai-     8.000    8,593   2,174..........                   2,174            same 
25..     11         1 is
29.      11-I-             2,500   2,723    1,349.....            1,349
Au-ust   I..     II-        11 
5      11         11'-3,000     508    2,525       68     255       20    2,868
8..    i1 -        11'      *  *0!,                     8
12..    11                  2,500    3,016   1,310        8.................  1,318;15..(   H11;J1     11
19., IP     I-      7,500    1,098     114                              1,114
19 ll-3- H A-     7,500    1,098   1,114...................
22..     I 311-     11.l
26       11'  -     11'-     3,000    1.067     627      154................      7S1 I
29.      I          11 
Septema. 2.      i    i       -       7,500  1,098     900      518     611             2,029 -
Average  price,                ]_ _     _  _  _              _ 
an totl fsa    10 55   i  10.0 0  5j31,200 424,712 181,045 | 27,155   2, 893   5,371  256,464
receipts an cd                                      i       I                 I
exports.                                                          ___ ________            _____                                    __ ____




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1856.
UNITED    STATES-1855-1856.                Stock Jan.1, 1, 856 in.................   Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe. 
United States.............................Bales.       236,000     58,000     19,000      313,000 e
Stock Sept. 1,        Export...    2,954,000    B..azil.........................                63,000      1.000      3,000       67,000    0
1855...... 143,000 Consumption     653,000     West Indies.............                                 4,000      4, 000     1,000        9,000 
Stock Sept. 1,             EastIndies..................................... 133,000                       3,000     136,000    t
Crop.......3,528,000     1856......   64,000    Egypt....................................     50,000      5,000      7,000       62,000
BalBales....... 3,671,000                            Bales......4.....................     486,000     68,000     33,000      587,000 
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain.                      IMPORT.
2,875,000    710,000    478.000   1,687,000...United States.............  1,758,000    464,000     729,000   2,822,000 
190,000     38,000       4,000    148,000....Brazil...............................                122,000       4,000     42,000     158,000;
38,000     10,000      14,000     14,000....West Indies.....................               11,000      10,000     11,000      31,000 
499,000    216,000       2,000    281,000.... Eastndies.........................            464,000       2,000    222,000     472,000 
211,000     49,000      28,000    134,000....Egypt.............,,,.,........       113,000      26,000     45,000     182,000
3,813,000  1,023,000    526,000   2,264,000...........................................    Bales. 2,468,000    506,000   1,049,000   3,665,000.....................   358,000  Export. 
C
439,000     59,000      48,000    332,000 Stock Dec. 31-                             Stock above,    486,000      68,000     33,000     587,000
4,252,000  1,082,000    574,000   2,954,000 Totalsupply, bales.............................. 2,954,000       574,000   1,082,000   4,252,000 e
_  _     -..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



453^   CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL ILIST(,ItY (OF COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                              SALES.
WEEK
ENDING. 
Americ'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Con-   Specu- Export ITotal.
sumption. lation.
Jan.  4..   21,064 3,724 4.....     03....2. 25,191    21,140   1,200 1,380   23,720
11..   26,954......   5301.............  27,484  38,380   2,756 3,890   45,020
"   18..    5,840......   515.......   249    6,604  44,700  8,930 5,120    58,750
25..   52,933 6,941 3,892   3,131    924   67,821  49,550 10,400110,270  70,220
Feb.  1..   78,438 6,545     47   6,650   212   91,892  58,030 14,380112,090   84,500
8..   10,101.........................  10,101  36,040  10,380110.920  57,340
(, 15..    70,203 2,465 2,824   3,6531......   79,145  55,100 27,530 9,440    92,070
" 22..     50,6751.....  2,532  4,403......    7,610  39,540  7,420 3,900   50,860,, 29..    23,990[.....  2,551  2,318     27   28,886  49,010 13,320 3,250    65,580
Mch. 7..    31,388......   423   1,100   613   33,524  53,560   8,540 2.110   64,210
"   14..   14,728110,600  2,078  3,033......  30,439  42,140  2,400 2,300   46,840
"   20..    5,9631...... 2,129.............   8,092  27,790  2,400 1,660   31,850
it  28..   64,237 5,269 3,836   3,738......   77,080  29,800  7,340 4,570   41,710
April 4..   68,345 5,221 4,298    5,837......  83,701  49,800 13,980 3,120    66,900
11.. 159,16i5 17213    285 11,454    115 188,232   42,390 23,320 4,230    69,940
"   18..   44,240115,146 1,514  4,6'76   365   65,941  117,230 39,930 5,010  162,170
i   25..   18,768 11,108 3,739.............  33,615  52,690 38,210 7,160    98,060
May   2..   48,307112,538 3,034   1,164....../65,043   31,850   7,070 2.760   41,680
t    9..   15,570 4,243......  2,920.....     22,733  30,050 12,760 4,680   47,490
"   16.. 131,105 2,553 4,670    3,540     42 141,910   27,850  7,770 3,210    38,830
" 23..     69,748  6,097.............  100   75,945  29,580  6,130  1,730  37,440
"   30..   42,833 4,069 2,313.......      5   49,220  33,030  3,400 3,980   40,410
June  6..   32,937 4,069    540.......    16   37,562  41,810   6,780  1,510  50,100
13..   79,034...... 2,758   1,090   211   83,093  32,680   8,560 3,290   41,530
20..   46,316 7,508 1,089      65    211  55,189   45,720 17,560 2,800   66,080
27..   46,645 5,883 2,528    4,379......  59,435  41,820 12,240  1,700   55,760
July  4..   17,591...... 3,784.......     24   21,399  62,970 15,180 3,570    81,720
11..      21,137 5,901 2,459   1,195    681   31,373  28,340  2,980 3,830   35,150
"   18..   81,922 17,584 4,013  6,124    213  109,856  30,010  2,570 5,500   38,080
"   25..   36,295 1,699  1,624  1,966     58   41,642  35,830  4,860 4,580   45,270
Aug. 1..    45,666 4,062  6,406   1,309......  57,443  49,810   9,980  9,800  69,590
8.. 8      37,110 4,178    693...........   41,981   40,460  5,090 7,780    53,330
15..   38,389 16,103  9,510  3,958......   67,960  26,750  3,140 7,260   37,150
"   22..    5,187..... 2,454...7.......    7,641  3&5,650  2,340 9,330  47,320
29..       4,008 11,776 2,676  4,821    280   23,561  31,690  8,440 8,440   48,570
Sept. 5..   27,706...... 1,868.......     3   29,577  6.3,560 14,650  6,200  84.4o10
12..    5,393 7,056    623...........    13,072   36,040  7,580  6,550  5f,,170
19..      11,064 8,224 3,137   3,024    897  26,346   35,790  6,240 6,550   48,580
i   26..      420117,323  1,661  3,569    10  22,983   47,290 20,140 5,320    72,750
Oct.  3..    7,039 23,627   476   3,6581......  34,800  44,060 12,190 4,390    60,640
10..         366 6,563 3,575   1,574......    12,078  40,150 13,010 10,570   63,730
17..   11,416 7,017 1,665    4,998    40   25,136  50,390 14,450. 8,160  73,000
241..   2,050 10,399   988  1,576   344   15,357   58,580 59,160 12,150  129,890
"  31..  4,101......  1,027.............  5,128  36,080  8,870  8,160  53,110
Nov. 7..     2,882 5,422    426   2,566......   11,296  23,830   2,300 3,130   29,260
it  14..  3,210  200   633   2,677.....    6,720  33,520  5,280 2,360   41,160
21.     4,316 3,996    838............     9,150   27,540  1,930  2,130  31,600
28..    7,485 27,451 2,692  2,841......  40,469   31,010  2,180  1,070  34,260
Dec. 5..     5,982 *7,237 2,777  3,992......    19,988  48,620  9,380  1,600   59,600
12 | 19,963 13,002     200  2,555......  35,720   39,710  8,570 5,530   53,810
"   19..   29,447 24, t21  1,674   37......  55,779   42,840  9,690 3,380   55,910
24..  13,941 5,275    448  5,821......   25,485   89,410 27,980 7,070 124,460
31...........................4......     4,324   26,450 18,820 5,330   50,600
Aies 1,703,613 359908 98,661 121,815 5,640 2,293,961 2,239,660 611,690 276120 3,127,470
ceipts stocks.                                                ______      __________




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL H]ISTORY 0O' COTTON. 453
POOL. YEAR 1856.
STOCKS.                  PRICES.
_ACTUAL CONSUMPEXPORT.    TION.            REMAKS.
Ameri-   Other.   Total.    Mid.   Mid.    I)hol.
can.                       Up.    Orl.
235,554 195,537    431,091   5       5 8    4W5     1,380    21,140
232,518 186,437    418,955   5A      5     4W      3,890    59,520
202,678 175,971    378,649   5J      51     4A      5,120   104,220
222,161 168,509    390,670   5Ar     5T     48     10,270   153,770
253,929 165,703    419,632   51      51     4%     12,090   211,800 Small estimates of crop.
236,260 154,771    391,031   54      5Ti    49     10,920   247,840
264,383 145,853    410,236   5j      5T     4       9,440   302,940 Peace news from      Conti283,808 135,638    419,446   51      5      4       3,900   342,480      nent (Crimea).
270,788 125,184    395,972   5       51"    4       3,250   391,490
257,056 114,430    371,486   5       6      4       2,110   445,050
235,504 121,051    356,555   51      5 5H   4    12,300     487,190
219,567114,390     333,957 5,        5      4       1,660   514,980
258,164 121,413    379,577   5       5      4       4,570   544,780
285,869 124,649    410,218   5       6      4       3,120   594,580
412,934 141,466    554,400   511     6W     4       4,230   636,970
396,344 142,257    538,601   6       6      4       5,010   754,200
372,722 145,524    518,246   61      61     4       7,160   806,890 Less favorable    accounts
396,469 152,330    548,799   6       6 61   4       2,760   838,740           of crop.
386,599 150,473    537,072   68      6 6W   4Y      4,680   868,790 Large receipts at shipping
489,164 152,578    641,742   6WT     6 6s   4       3,210   896,640            ports.
533,752 148,045    681,797   6J      6J     4       1,730   926,220
595,385 148,212    693,597   61      6.     41      3,980   959,250
543,972 137,818    681,790   6Tir    6I     4j      1,510 1,001.0(i0
596,806 130,637    727,443   61      6 6    4 4-    3,290 1,033,740
603,982 130,059    734,041   6WlI    6T     4       2,800 1,079,460
616,317 132,714    749,031   6-J     6      47      1,700 1,121,280
582,398 121,542    703,940   6A      6t3 4          3,570 1,184,250
583,385 123,098    706,483   6       6W T    4      3,830 1,212,590
638,697 140,522    779,219   6^I     6r     4, 5,500 1,243,600
645,702 135,109    780,811   6r      6T5    4       4,580 1,279,430
650,688 133,086    783,774   6A      6      5       9,8001,329,240
654,138 127,097    781,235369,700                                     Very bad     weather   or
669,157 149,998    819,155   6       6W     5       7,260 1,397.450          harvest, &c.
641,924 138,762    780,686           61     5       9,330 1,433,100
619,192 148,667    767,859           6-     5       8,440 1,464,790
595,658 132,816    728,474   6       6      5 5     6,200 1,528,350
569,231 129,345    698,576   6       6              6 5  6,550 1,564,390
548,685 131,637    680,322   6       6      5       6,550 1,600,180
505,055 142,320    647,375   6  6J          5       5,320 1,647,470
473,234 155,991    629,225   6       6X     5       4,390 1,691,530
443,670 152,013    595,683   6.    6I       51     10,570 1,731,680 
415,526 140,743    556,269   6    J 6       51      8 8,160 1,782,070  Bad   accounts of crop
371,106 122,250    493,356   61      615    5      12,150 1,840,650      from United States.
345,8371107,347    453,184   61     61     58      8,160 1,876,730 
328,917 104,151    432,870   6.61 61        5       3,130 1,900,560
303,929 197,461    401,390   6-      61     5       2,360 1,934,080
285,375 90,145     375,520   61      GT6    5       2,130 1,961,620   Alarming    accounts    of
267,100 116.489    383,589   6t, 6 4   5       1,070 1,992,630      cropfailure, disturbed
235,752 116.345    352,097   6g      6*5 5'         1,600 2,041,250      stateof    ngs on te
842,080,9                  Continent, &C.
224, 65 117,612    342,477   67      6      5       5,530 2,080960J
222,002 1;9,764    351,766   6 1     7.    5       3,380 2,123,800
206,253 120,928    327,181   7a      7?7    58      7,070 2,213,210
281...................    5,330 2,239,660
6.22   6.31    4.91  276,120 42,238.87




454  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1857.
A contrast was this year presented to the harvest year (see year
1845), of English cotton manufacturers. They paid this year for
raw cotton, ~26,000,000, receiving for yarn and manufactured cotton goods, ~56,000,000, leaving a margin of ~30,000,000 for machinery, fuel, dyeing, bleaching, printing, wages, interest on capital,
and profit. They had done much more business than in 1845, but
under less favorable circumstances.
"The cotton supply Association," of Great Britain, was established this year, the cotton manufacturers of the United Kingdom,
"feeling it to be a duty to inquire whether an increased supply of
cotton can be obtained from other countries, so as to lessen the dependence of Great Britain on the United States."  (See year 1858.)
Alderman John Bayrus, in a lecture delivered at Blackburn,
England, this year, gave the following statistics as to the number
of spindles in use in the cotton manufactories of Austria:
Lower Austria................................   569,979
U pper  "..................................  83,590
Styria..........................................  25,464
Krain  Gorr......................................  30,300
Tyrol.........................................  214,094
Bohemia..................................  449,906
Lombardy................                     129,046
Venice.............................      28,464
Hungary......................................  2,400
Total in  Austria................... spindles. 1,533,24 3




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY -OF COTTON. 466
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for
the Year ending August 31, 1857.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales. 
lb57.    1856.    1865.
NEW ORLEANS.                                   --         --
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports......................... 1,293,717
Coastwise...............................    223,204
Stock on hand 1st September, 1857........     7,321
— _ 1,524,242
DeductReceived from Mobile.....................    41,040
"(     Montgomery, &c............     18,996
Florida....................     4,708
Texas.....................       17,503
Stock on hand 1st September, 1856........     6,995
_ —-- 89,242
MOBILE.-  1,435,000 1,661,433 1,232,644
MOBILE.
ExportTo Foreign Ports..................           314,989
Coastwise..............174,055
Manufactured in Mobile, &c..............       2,246
Burnt at Mobile..........................    12,700
Stock on hand 1st September, 1857........     4,504
508,494
Deduct —
Received from New Orleans................        10
Shipments to Boston, returned............       302
Stock on hand 1st September, 1856........     5,005
5,317
-     503,177  659,738  454,595
TEXAS.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.........................    20,907
Coastwise.....................68,636
Stock on hand 1st September, 1857........       962
_-... 90,505
Deduct —
Stock on hand 1st September, 1856...............         623
89,882       116,078.;80,737
FLORIDA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports-Uplands...............      30,889
Coastwise-Uplands......................      x2,636
Sea  Island.....................  20,365
Burnt at Apalachicola                          2,472
Stock on hand 1st September, 1857........        56
-     136,418
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1856................         74
-   136,344  144,404  136,597
GEORGIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports-Uplands............... 152,228
t"         Sea Island.............    6, 611
Coastwise-Uplands.................... 158,791
Sea Island.............           10,028
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1857...     1,926
"   Augusta, 1st September, 1857.....     2,747
332.331




456    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1857-Concluded.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales.
1857.    1856.   1855.
Deduct-                                ---. —-- ----
Received' from Florida-Sea Island........   6,889
Stock in Savannah 1st September, 1856.....   1,550
"   Augusta,. 1st September, 1856....   1,781
_-   10,220
322,111     389,445 378,694
SOUTH    CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands............... 212,604
"         Sea Island..........      16,581
Coastwise-Uplands...................... 162,541
Sea Island...................    6,908
Burnt and Manufactured at Charleston.....      461
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1857..  5,644
404,739
Export from Georgetown, S. C.To Coastwise Ports.......................    9,500
414,239
Deduct —
Received from Florida-Sea Island.........     8,307
Received from Key West and Nassau, N.P..
(wrecked)-Uplands...................        431
Received from Savannah-Sea Island....       1,589
"            Uplands.......     3,437
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1856.   3,144
16,908
_-TC O-   397,331  495,976 499,272
NORTH CAROLINA:.
ExportTo Coastwise  Ports.......................  27,147
I..........  27,147  26,098   26,139
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign. Ports.........................    200
Coastwise........................             5,454
Manufactured (taken from the ports).......  18,541
Stock on hand, lst September, 1857........    420
I|~~~!i~~~ -----                 24,615
Dediuct 
Stock on hand lst September, 1856................      842
A ~ ~~~~I l~~ -----                     23,773   20,458   31,000
Received at Ner York, from       Memphis,
Nashville, &c, ~enn............................    2,022    2,086   1,061
Received at Philadelphia, from   Memphis,
Nashville, &c., Tenn............................       1,236    7,938   3,100
Received at Baltinmore, from Memphis, Nashville,  Sc., Tenn............................        1,496    4,191   3,500
Totl crop of the United States...............   2,939,519 3,527,845 2,847,339
D crease from crop of 1856.............................. bales.  588,326
In rease ov r crop of 1855..................................    92,180
In  crease  over crop  of 1854.....................................  9,492




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.       457
Export to Foreign Ports, from      September 1, 1856, to August 31, 1857.
To Great   To    To North   Other   Ttal.
FROM                     Britain. France. of Europe. F'n Ports.
New Orleans........................Bales 749,485 258,163     156,450  129,619 1,293,717
Mobile............................ 211,231   84,840   16,570    2,348 314,989
Texas.....................           9,792    4,428    6,687.....     20 907
Florida..................................  29,125......  1,764...     30,889
Savannah...............................   138,694    3,504    5,976   10,665  158,839
Charleston............................... 138,876   40,821   28,296   21,192 229,185
N orth  Carolina................................................................
Virginia.................................  200.................      200
Baltimore................................................................
Philadelphia...............................            820
New York............................. 145,984       21,601   28,600     808 196,993
Boston..................................   4,663........  1,455....   6,118
Grand tot'al....................... 1,428870  413,357  245,798 164,632 2,252,657
Total lastyear..................... 1,921,386 480,637 304,005  248,578 2,954,606
Decrease........................ 492,516    67,280   68,207   83,946  701,949
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated........................bales. 2,939,519
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1, 1856In  the  Southern  ports.........................................  20,014
In the Northern ports........................................  44,157
64,171
Makes a supply of.................................................. 3,003,690
Deduct therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports............ 2,252,657
Less Foreign included..................    1,161
2,251,496
Stocks on hand, September 1, 1857In the Southern ports.........................  23,580
In the Northern ports.........................  25,678
--- 49,258
Burnt at New York and Baltimore......................    798
- 2,301,552
Taken  for home use............................................bales.  702,138




458  CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current-1856-57.
In the early part of October, there were accounts of killing
frosts, which had more or less influence, and at the same time supplies were interrupted by unusually low waters, even the main
channel of the Mississippi being so shallow that the packets could
only bring in parts of cargoes. Under these circumstances prices
were run up still further, and on the 10th of October, the quotations
for middling, were 12 to 12 cents, but at this point the first reaction of the season took place, the demand not having fully responded to the increased supply. The month of April, witnessed
quite a severe struggle between holders and purchasers, but the
remarkable frosts of the 5th, 13th, and 23d of the month, put beyond all question, that the crop of 1857-8, whatever might be its
ultimate extent, must be a late one, and this conviction, with a
rapid falling off in the receipts and reduced rates of freight, tended
to the advantage of holders and enabled them to maintain still
further advanced prices, with remarkable steadiness throughout
the month. This question of crop is one which we have always
touched with great caution, and we can only speak in general
terms of what are understood to be its present prospects. We will,
however, promise that, beyond a doubt, preparations were made
for the largest crop ever grown. There was every motive for such
a course, and such is understood to be the fact.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1857.
UNITED STATES-1856-1857.               Stock Jan. 1, 1857, in...........B............. t. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
United States.............................Bales.  178,000    44,000    38,000    260,000    5
Stock Sept. 1,       Export....2,252,000     Brazil...........................................  27,000     1,000      7,000     35,000 3
1856......  64,000 Consumption  702,000    West Indies..................................     1,000.........      1,000      2,000 
Stock  Sept. 1,          East Indies......................................  99,000..........   10,000    109,000  o
Crop........2,939,000   1857......  49,000  Egypt..........................................   27,000     3,000      3,000     33,000   3........_..........
Bales.....3,003,000Bales.......3,003,000        Bales....................................   332,000    48,000     59,000    439,000    g
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain.                 IMPORT.
2,224,000   494,000   378.000  1,352,000....United States.................................. 1,482,000  394,000   504,000   2,275,000 
186,000    24,000      7,000   155,000....Brazil...........................................  168,000    8,000    19,000     190,000 
29,000     8,000     14,000     7,000....West Indies.....................................  11,000   17,000     10,000     38,000 
608,000   223,000     23,000   362,000....East Indies......................................  680,000    39,000   245,000     738,000   3
137,000    27,000     26,000    84,000....Egypt..............................      76,000     26,000    29,000     130, GO0 
3,184,000   776,000   448,000  1,960,000............................................Bales. 2,417,000  484,000  807,000  3,371,000'..............................  337,000  Export. 
626,000    90,000     84,000   452,000 Stock Dec. 31.                          Stock above,  332,000     48,000    59,000     439,000    -
3,810,000   866,000   532,000  2,749,000 Totalsupply, bales.................................. 2,749,000   532,000   866,000   3,810,000 
C
------------------------------------------------------------------------- 




460' CHRONOLOGICAL AND             STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
COTTON' AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.
WEEK
ENDING.
American  E.I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.   Con-   Specu- Export. Total.
sumption. lation.
Jan.   9..   36,872  6,521   722  4,778......   48,893   59,810 18,740 8,230   86,780
" 16..     56,214 2,267 4,293 11,932      48   74,754   21,970  2,970 2,460    27,400
"   23..   34,689............ 11,098     34   45,821   33,960  5,520  2,240   41,720
t   30..    6,826...... 2,379    2,420......  11,625   42,690 12,220  6,450   61,360
Feb.   6..   18,808 6,675.....     780    155   26,418  33,480   9,020 3,160   45,660
" 13..     56,420 22,811   775 13,161    413   93,580   36,210 25,100 5,440    66,750
"   20..   11,1261...... 3,922   1,419......  16,467   40,180 16,950 4,770    61,900
" 27..     53,437 2,932    332   1,744   410   58,855   31,080   6,320  6,350  43,750
Mch. 6..     37,118 10,738   735.............    48,591    9,770  4,700 5,070   19,540
" 13..     24,396 7,542 3,242    6,435......   41,615   40,730  2,480 5,440    48,650
"   20..   65,413 18,253   906   9,776.....    94,348   33,450   6,220 4,260   43,930
It  27..   29,773 5,841......       14......   35,628   39,140    470 3,580    43,190
April 3..    64,672 22,584 2,615  3,082......   92,953  44,500   4,160 4,370   53,030
it   9..   79,155 26,856 1,816   2,468   332  110,627   33,590  2,430 4,330    40,350
"   17..   66,763 27,175 1,194   2,365......   97,497   34,770  2,120 5,620    42,510
24..   43,539 12,543    761  1,830     64  58,737   37,710   1,850 4,060   43,620
May    1..   8,189 7,241     832  2,228      2   18,492  43,440   4,750  5,180  53,370
t  8..  7,342...... 1,697.............    9;039  46,430   7,020  6,700  60,150' 15..     41,619 8.610 5,574    3,334   170   59,307   38,710   6,930 5,750   51,390
22.. 184,967 17,266     970  8,192    352 211,747   28,420   1,950 4,450   34,820:   29..   58,798     57 2,038   3,044   186   64,123   34,370   1,420 4,820   40,610
June   5..   19,333 14,589 2,635    124......   36,681  34,880   4,380 5,820   45,080
I   12..   25,092 23,794 2,051   7,055   406   58,398   53,900 12,780  7,960   74,640
"   19..   17,561...... 1,167.......    19   18,747   34,720  3,380  5,100   43,200
I   26..    7,637...... 1,442.............    9,079   55,440   7.760  7,500  60,700
July   3..   36,578 8,304 2,024    7,124......   54,030   54,960  8,010 7,150   70,120
1" 0..     34,997 2,916   1,107  4,440    70   43,530   53,550  7,110 7,640    68,300
"   17..   13,648 8,210     733  1,518......   24,109   63,750 10,000 5,240    78,990
24..   15,661 10,613 1,192     590......  28,056   58,890 11,950 4,620    75,460
31..   16,053 21,008  1,988  1,343......  40,392   48,750  9,230 4,480    62,410
Aug. 7..     13,800  7,179  1,263  1,219.....   23,461  27,110   2,500 3,410   33,020
" 14..     11,597 11,646......  1,490.....   24,733   28,710   3,630  6,310  38,650
"   21..   19,468 7,727...................  27,195  64,040 17,070 5,600  86,710
" 28..      4,632 19,404 1,254   2,000     3   27,293   73,830 33,700  3,030  110,560
Sep.  4..     1,342 3,776 1,061   1,574     80    7,833  47,360 15,480   2,250  65,090
Ad  11..    3,928 16,634   729   2,160......  23,451   56,950 28,040  2,080   87,070
"   18..   12,806 33,009  1,215  2,728   540   50,298   42,370 29,500  1,710   73,580
"   25..      557 7,255.....     2,070   370   10,252   22,780  4,410  1,710   28,900
Oct.   2..    6,052 48,605   788  5,428 1,198    62,071  17,410   6,710  2,650  26,770
"    9..      987 8,758    108      37   325   10,215   43,050 13,280 2,790    59,120
"   16..    4,533 18,500......  2,540......  25,573   15,470   9,410   500   25,380:' 23..     7,004 9,718    663   7,899   400   25,684   17,580  2,870    790   21,240
"   30..    8,633 1,899 3.006      123     9   13,670   12,030   1,400   840   14,270
Nov. 6..      9,585 17,079 1,460.............    28,124  19,750   1,370   710   21,830
"   13..   11,012 2,240 1;023      627......  14,902    9,020  1,600    310   10,930
" 20..  5,651...... 2,469    3,071   366   11,557   13,800  3,480 2,250    20,530
"   27..   14,482 4,366 3,908 12,296......    35,052   19,960  1,590  5,070   26,620
Dec.  4..    13,770   704      7  1,290    281   16,052  31,310 10,360 4,420    46,090
11..   41,582  6,209   483   4,562......  52,836   17,670  1,640    990   20,300
"   18..   23,503 34,115   413   3.688......  61,719   24,020  3,130 1,170    28,320
24..   22,502 2,207   1,285  1,776    27   27,797   25,000  9,930 4,070    39,000
"   31...............................  33,752   32,550  5,470  2,170   40,190
Averpics 1,410,122 556376 70,277 468,872  6,260 2,545,659 1,885,030 424,510 213070 2,522,610
ceipts & stocks.




CHRONOLOGICAL           AND     STATISTIC(AI, ]iSTO()RY         ()F  C(OTTON.      461
POOL. YEAR 1857.
STOCKS.                  PRICES.
ACTUAL     CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.           REMARK8.
Amer'n. Other.     Total,   Mid.    Mid.   Dhol.
Up.    Orl.
169,552  99,271    268,823   7-      7      5       8,230    59,810
209,4861109,053    318,539   7 6     7      5i      2,460    81,780
216,675 117,333    328.408   7l.b    7      5~      2.240   115,740
191,531 103,792    295,3231  7       7           52 6,450   158,430
188,209  97,962    286,171   7       7I     5       3,160   191,910
220,909 121,042    341,951   7,a     7      5       5,440   228,120 )
202,115 113,973    316,088   74      7      5       4,770   268,300     avorale crop     ac
233.542 106,061    339,603   7 fj    7I4    5       6,350   299,380)     couns
239,7301102,004    341,734   76      7+1    5       5,070   309,150
232,496 102,663    335.159   71      7-     5       5,440   349,880
274,139 117,848    391,987   7       744    5       4,260   383,330
276.312 108,731    385,043   7t9     7+-    5       3,580   422,470
307,824 121,712    429,536   7,      7+     5       4,370   466,970
363,179 139,534    502,713   7,     7 7'   5.      4,330   500,560
400,632 164,878    565,510   7       7       5      5,620   535,330
418,561 162,586    581,147   71f     71L    5       4,060   573,040
390,520 158,469    548,989   77,    7i      54      5,180   616,480 Dullness of trade in Man359,912 142,836    502,748   71      7      5       6,700   662,910    chester districts
368,901 143,244    512,145   7              5       5,750   701, 620
527,288 156,144    683,432   7.      7a     54      4,450   730,040
553,916 148,159    702,075   75      71     54      4,820   764,410
541,049 154.197    695,246   7       7 a    54      5,820   799,290
526,071 167,623    693,694   7Pa     7i.    5       7,960   853,190
515,622 154,739    670,421   7iS     71     5       5,100   887,920
490,689 135,191    625,880   7       8      5       7,500   943,360
492,237 131,973    624,230   77      8      54      7,150   998,320
483,414 120,176    603,590   8       8t     5       7,640 1,051,870 Bad news from India
451,232 104,338    555,570   8t      813   54       5,240 1,115,620
426,353   98,973   525,326   8,t     8 &    5a      4,620 1,174,510
406,786 100,642    507,628   8       8      6       4,480 1,223,260
399,346 97,663     497,009   8       8a     6       3,410 1,250,370 
382,733 100,589    483,322   84      8       64     6,310 1,279,080    Uncertain character of
360,881  88,246    449,127   8 6     8      64      5,600 1,343,120      news from India.
315,'883 82,657    398,540   8/      8-I    6A      3,030 1,416,950 
281,565  73,918    355,483   8,      8      6+ 6k   2,250 1,464,310
244,083 74.781     318,864   9       9      6 6k    2,080 1,521,260
221,889 103,023    324.912   9/      91     67      1,710 1,563,630 
209,806 99,428     309,234   9       916    6       1,710 1,586,410         e business in Ma
92                                 chester and distrcMts.
201,958 150,187    352,145   9       9,    64      2,650 1,603,820      chester and districts.
172,245 145,635    317,880   9i      9      6       2,790 1,646,870
166,698 159,865    326,563   9,      91     6         500 1,662,340
162,542 168,095    330,637   8s      9X     6         790 1,679,920 1,              
163,835 165,742    329,577   8t      8      5         840 1,691,950    Unfavorable    financial
161,710 175,191    336,901   7       8      5         710 1,711700       accounts from United
166,152 174,511    340,663   7       7      5         310 1,720,720      States.
160.123 176,537    336,660   6       6.....     2,250 1,734,520
160,953 189,462    350,415   6       6.....     5,070 1,754,480
153,665 179,022    332,687   6       6      44      4,420 1,785,790    Financial crisis in Lon182,997 183t156   366,153   6       64     44        990 1,803,460      don and elsewhere.
187, 9P0 214,212   402,112   54      5   4  4-      1,170 1,827,480
190,982 210,567    401,549   54      6      44      4,070 1,852,480.........................................  2,170  1,885,030
7.73    7.93   5.51  213,070   36,250.6




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and         Receipts at New    York, Weekly Exports from       New   York and Bates of     Freight to
Liverpool 1st qf each month, for the Crop       Year ending September 1, 1857.
Price of   Price of                            EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Middling   Middling  Sales for Receipts                                            Rates of
1856.    New Orleans  Upland,    week   for weel-.                                           Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New York   New York                    To Great   To     North of  Other    Total  Liverpool. 
Classicat'n. Classificat n.             Britain.  France  Europe. Fort Ports Exports.o
Septem. 5..      11 -|      11-                                                                    -.
9..     12         1.1     12,000    2,089     239...............        2            Owing to the falling off in the receipts 
12..          12         114                                                                            at the ports, and accounts of frosts
16..     12         11       7,000    1,406   1925........      292.....       2,217            in the growing    sections, prices, 
"     19..     12         11-                                                                            early in September, ruled higher
23..     12         1        6,500    4,011     878      165      165             1 20             here than in England, and the busi" 26..         12'        129                                                                            ness in consequence was almost 
30..      112                8, 000   3,849    1, 99      61       95.......     2,105            entirely for home use and on specu()ctober 3       12'        12                                                                     d }(    lation. 
197.'     121     16,000    7,010.   1,443        I     265.              72 (;:eay shipments of specie were now 
-........5 I
10..    13        1.2'                                                                            made, and there was some strin14..     13-                11,000    6,933    1,363     41. 8    298........    2,07!, gency in the money nmarket.
" I 17   ]'.. 37,   12                                                                           i Throughout October and November,
21..     12         1,500   11027     1, 921......................    1,921             nancial afais    ot   in    ll 
"  24..  12   -     12                                                                             and France, were much deranged,       >
28..    192 -      12'      6, 000   8. 977   1, 1'S     98      2157             1,4......;      owing to the continued drain of 
31       12'        12:-                                                                           specie'then-ce to -the East.
N-ovetol. 4      12:        19 2     58,000 2t2, 8935  2,520     231      190........    2,941     5-32d in November, the receipts at the ports 
"  7     2         12"                                                                            began to increase,.and this, to- 
"         1.  1.2    -    12-               7,    8,79.,01  27   300-            2,(;8.                    lg.ether with tihe- money troubles in
14.      1.2-       11-                                                                            Europe, had for a time a depressing'
18..     129        11',000     6,i662 j5935       820.............        6;,755         effect; but subsequently, unfavor- 
"     21..     12-        11 —                                                                           able reports as to the crop neutral25.5.    12         129     11,500   14,064    3,555..       49........    3,(;04           ized. all other influences, and, as
28..          12.-       12                                                                             the year wore on, the tendency, for
Decem.   2..     12         129'    10,000    8,373    3,587........     959........    4,546   3-16(d.  the most part, was steadily upward,   o:I"    5   1    2.   12   12                                                                             checked only now and then by un9.       9   12'12-        292,000  10,755   3,1539   1,044      179.......   4:,762            favorable news from Europe or oc"     12..     12'        12'.     -                                         casionallv a slight increase in re16..     12'129      6,500   21,419   4,901      596      280........   5,77             ceipts at the shipping ports.
19..          12-   12                                                                           n sMarch again, prices were higher
93..     13         12   1   5,000    8,501   4,141      480..............      4,621            here than in Liverpool; in April,
"     2        13'        12frost accounts gave a further stimu



Decem. 30..       13,        13       17,500    7,241     3,973..............    3,973             lus to the market.  April also was
1858'7.                                                                                                        characterized by the same features,
January   2.      13          1'                                                                -d.      annulling the unfavorable position
13I        13'      18,000   10, 483    1,414      680      397........    2,491             of the European market.
"9.       -         13-                                                                              In May, prices fluctuated somewhat,
1.  I       1],)500     9,                           22136  2,435  223. 2,658          as the accounts relative to the crop
1():v'          1 2;                                                                               were more favorable, and the war
20.      13'         13      12,000     9, 791   2,016...                             2;016             now going on between China and
23       113-       131                                                                                England had the efi'ect to depress      o
2         31         127     22,000     8,648        6........      412.               4-18            the Liverpool market, the demand        ^
". o30. 13'l   127                                                                                 for manufactured    goods for the
February 3        13          12- 1,03         14,0167    5,003      947..                  5,950   5-16d.    former country having largely fallen    M
6;      13:         13'                                                                                off.
^..  10  13    3      -    18,000    14747     5,683      970     1,192........   7,845           The weather in July was very favor-'   1.3.   113W                                                                                         able to'the growing crop, but ac13  131  25.000   4310     8,549      134     1,775.....,               counts came in better from abroad,
20        48 11      3d                                                                                 and prices gradually advanced.
24       14          13'     24,000    17,976    4,843    2,003      772..7,618                    In August, toward the latter part of
2c7.'     14         1.33"                                                                               the crop year, a severe storm swept     o
Marclh    3       14          14      17,000   10,426     1,196               351      780     2,327 3%-   (1.   over the Southern States, inflicting    d
6.       41         13                                                                                 much damage, and stiffened further
101.                 13      15,00      8,049    3,105    1,222     1,654....      5,981             the ruling prices.
1. o. 14'            13' 1
17.      14          13      19,000    14,158    7,72...        2,141.10,013,20.      14         1392f4.    141'        13-     21,000    11,900    3,402      203     2,870       20    6,495
27.      14|        14.       14.1       19,000    8,178     3,388    1,419      740.......    5,547 
April     3        4..       14'4 I.:d.                                                                                                                  H
7.    j41 4.        14[-    22,000     5,965    3,66........    2,226......     5,895 
10.      145         14`3
14.      14          14"     13,000     3,572    1,675      380      176........     2,231
17..     14'         1421.      14-         13       7,000    11,189    3,096                53..3,149
24.     14          13-                                                                                                                        C'28.     14 14              10,000    13,.530   11,943                                                                                         H_
May       1.      14'         14-                                                                            d                                           HI
5.      141        13        9,000    9,555       743      390    1,956........    7,089                                                     0
8       141         13' 4
12.      14'         13       5,000     3,392    1,691.492              2,183
15.      14          13- A'H
19. 14'              13' 7,000 7,570.455........1........ 4,840._______ 




New York Statement for Year 1857 —Concluded.
Price of   Price of                             EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK
Middling   Middling  Sales for Receipts ___eighttoGENERALREMARK.Rates of
1857.    New Orleans  Upland,    week.   for week.                                            Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.
New York   New York                     To Great    To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'n. Classificat'n.            Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
May     22..      141        14
" 26..         143        14       10,000    6,155    1,943      969      676........    3,588 
" 29..         14         14                                                                                          Exchange
8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
June      2..     14         14       4,000    8,454    2,022      744      123........   2,889    kd.    was remarkably steady throughout 
"      5..     14}        14                                                                               the crop year.
9..     14k        133      3,500     1,528    4,062........     864........     4,926          The quotations for 60 days' bills on
12..       141        13k                                                                              London, in September, ranged from 
16..       141        14        6,000    5,294    3,406     883       613........   4,902            93@10 per cent. premium; in Oc- 
" 19..         14         14                                                                               tober, 91@97; in November, 8 @7
23..     14'        141       6,000    4,975     953.......       233........   1,186            9|; in December, 8|@9~; in Janu- 
26..     141        14                                                                               ary, 81@84; in February, 8@8{; 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4x~ 4;
30..     147        14        9,500     712     4,324    2,113    1,260........   7,697            in March, 7o@8~; in April, 8@9~; 
July      2..     147        14^ d.                                                                           in May, 9@91; in June, 9@9@; in
4iJuly,                                                                                                              2. 14~  7
7..     15         14       5,000    2,796.........968........       8      976             July, 9@9~; and in August, 93 
10..       15         145.....
"     14..     15         14        5,000    5,041    1,409........................     1,409
d     17..     15}        14k
4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"     21..     15k        15        4,500    5,337     760     1,419     589........     2,768
24..     15}        15
28..       15         15k      4,000    5,290    4,125........................     4,125
"     31..     15'        15;0
August   4..      151        15       5,500    1,378    2,309    1,449................    3,758    1d.
"      7..     153        15i, 11..         15]        15]      5,000    2,024      706........       77........      783 
14..     15|        15.
18..       15k        15i       6,000    1,094     835........     462........     1,297
21..       157        15k
"     25..     16         15        3,500    2,102    2,355     409      200........     2,964
28..       161        15J
Septem. 1..      16         15       3,000    1,272      737      102      966........   1,805    id.
Average prices
and t otal sales. 
receipa s  nd  13.83      13.51     573,500 402,625   143,938   21,C02   28,207      808  194,555
exports.                __________ ____ ________ ________




cI-RON(,L(,(I(CJA. AND STATISTIOAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 465
The season of 1856-57, is worthy of some special remark, because it illustrates some principles of general application.
Careful observers were very early satisfied that the crop was
materially short of the previous one. A short crop speculation
commenced as soon as that conviction became general, but it soon
broke down and was a total failure. There was no change in the
crop estimate, among well informed parties, and consequently the
speculation was resumed with the new year. Even that was too
early, for it was only by the greatest efforts that a break down was
prevented in the spring. By the most determined efforts on the
part of holders, disaster was prevented and the price sustained,
until even Liverpool and Manchester were convinced, and holders
realized handsome profits.
The panic of 1857 did not reach Liverpool, until the latter end
of October, when the old crop was almost entirely disposed: of.
The season had been a very profitable one; and consequently cotton recovered from the effects of the panic sooner than almost any
other article. Cotton was, in fact, considered an exception to the
general rottenness. This gave impetus and confidence to trade
and manufacturing, while the high price stimulated production of
the raw material, and was the beginning of that movement which
culminated in the great crop of 1859. From 1857 to 1860, the stimulated trade and the stimulated production contended against
each other.
During the three years named, the cotton crop of this country
increased more than 20 per cent. per annum, -and the cotton manufacturing machinery was increased with almost equal rapidity. In
Great Britain the increase averaged, in 1859 and 1860, nearly
40,000 spindles per week.
It is generally believed that, when our war broke out, the whole
world was over-stocked with goods.
The five years, from 1857 to 1862, was the periodical term of
contraction, to which I have before alluded, but it was probably
one of the mildest we have ever had; as the circulation and deposits only declined below 14 dollars, per capita, a short time, and
were up again to the dangerous figure of 15 dollars, in 1859. This
was, no doubt, owing to the fact that our banking system had been
greatly improved, and went through the panic of 1857 triumphantly. Very few of the banks were even under the necessity of
passing a dividend on account of their losses.
30




466 oCH RON(OLO)I(CAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1858.
Dr. Livingstone, the celebrated explorer, went to Africa in
March, prepared to prosecute cotton culture, having recently explored the country, and decided that the American cotton plant
had there become perennial.
July 12th, Lord Palmerston, in the House of Commons, prophesied that the western coast of Africa would outstrip all other
cotton districts in the world, excepting only the United States.
The "Cotton Supply Association " -held its first meeting, April
9th, at Manchester. The object of this association is to "engage
in gathering and distributing information respecting the capacity
of various districts, and furnishing the best seed, tools, and other
implements, wherever they are likely to be advantageously employed."
The "Cotton Supply Association" of Great Britain held its
first anniversary meeting in April of this year (see year 1857) A
general opinion prevailed that India was the source to look to. A
project was drawn up to propose to the government an expenditure
of ~20,000,000 in that country during five years, in the construction of roads, bridges, railways, tram-ways, piers, landings, ships,
irrigation canals and navigation facilities, the interest of the money,
and, possibly, a redemption fund, to be provided for by tolls.
Whether such a large demand would have been acceded to, under
any circumstances, is doubtful, but the whole movement was
speedily checked by the formidable mutiny.
At this time there had been, in England alone, no less than 256
patents granted, relating more, or less to the cleaning, spinning,
separating, scutching and batting of fibrous materials; 82, containing provisions relating to the carding, combing, drawing,
doubling and roving of the materials thus prepared; and, the
enormous number of 1,376, touching in a greater or less degree,
the processes and apparatus for spinning, twisting, and threadmaking. Not all of these related solely to cottons, but those
which did, were some hundreds in number.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 467
OOTTON CROP OF'THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1858.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales. 
1858.    1857.   1856.
NEW ORLEANS.                   -
ExportTo Foreign Ports......................... 1,495,070
Coastwise...............................  164,637
Stock on hand 1st September, 1858........    30,230
1,689,937
DeductReceived from Mobile......................  67,451
Montgomery, &c....................
Florida.....................  9,160
"'     Texas...................      29,596
Stock on hand 1st September, 1857.........   7,321
113,528
MOBIE.  1,576,409 1,435,000 1,661,433
MOBILE.
ExportTo Foreign Ports........................ 387,032
Coastwise.............................. 128,013
Manufactured in Mobile, &c................   1,807
Stock on hand 1st September, 1858.........  10,495
527,347
DeductReceived from New Orleans................      479
Stock on hand 1st September, 1857.........   4,504
-_-     4,983
522,364 503,177   659,738
TEXAS.
ExportTo Foreign  Ports.......................   50,338
Coastwise (and burnt, 70 bales)............  94,011
Stock on hand 1st September, 1858.........   1,899
--- _146,248
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1857..................     962
145,286        89,882 116,078
FLORIDA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................    25,737,, Sea Island..............             34
Coastwise-Uplands......................     70,305
Sea Island...................  25,651
Burnt at Apalachicola.....................     600
Stock on hand 1st September, 1858.........      80
-      122,407
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1857...............      56
122,351  136,344 144,404
GEORGIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................    159,141
"(        Sea Island.............   8,561
Coastwise-Uplands................ 117,680
Sea  Island......................  7,417
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1858.....     684
" Augusta, etc., Ist September, 1858..    1,901
-     295,414




468 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Statement and    Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1858-Concluded.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales.
1858.    1857.    1856.
DeductReceived from Florida-Sea Island.........     7,768
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1857...., 926
"    Augusta, &c., 1st September, 1857.    2,747
-          12,441
-  282,973 322,111   389,445
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from CharlestonTo foreign ports-Uplands................     276,547'       Sea Island..............   22,857
Coastwise-Uplands...................... 115,158
Sea Island...................   2,806
Burnt and manufactured at Charleston.....      771
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1858....  11,715
429,854
Export from Georgetown, S. C.To Coastwise Ports-Uplands..............      1,918
-  431,772
DeductReceived from Florida-Sea Island.........     7,519
c'      Savannah-Sea Island......      1.575.4        4   " Uplands.........   10,783
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1857.      5,644
-   25,521
-     406,251  397,331  495,976
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo Coastwise ports...................        23,999
VIRG I........     23,999   27,147  26,098
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.........................      495
Coastwise.................................    8,942
Manufactured-taken from the ports........     15,088
Stock on hand 1st September, 1858.........      600
25,125
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1857................   420
-    ---   24,705   23,773   20,458
Received at New York, Overland, from Tennessee,  c..........................................3,363            2,022    2,086
Received at Philadelphia, Overland, from
Tennessee,  &c........................................     3,275    1,236    7,938
Received at Baltimore, Overland, from Tennessee, &c.........................................  2,986    1,496    4,191
Total crop of the United States............ 3,113,962 2,939,519 3,527,845
Increase over crop of 1857............................... bales.   174,443
Decrease from crop of 1856...................................    413,883
Increase over crop of 1855.....................................    266,623




CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.       469
Export to Foreign Ports, from   September 1, 1857, to August 31, 1858.
To Great   To    To North Foreign  Total.
FROM                    Britain.  France. of Europe. Portei
New Orleans (bales)...................... 1,016,716 236,596 116,304  125,454 1,495,070
Mobile...................................  265,464   89,887  21,462  10,219  387,032
Texas...................................  33,933    1,689  14,716.......   50,338
Florida..................................  25,771....................  25,771
Savannah................................ 149,346     7,376   7,680    3,300  167,702
Charleston...............................  192,251  35,503  33,126  38,524 299,404
N orth  C arolina...............................................................
Virginia...................................   495.......495
B altim ore................................  164........................  164
Philadelphia.............................    995...................       995
New York...............................  110,721   12,951  20,308    3,841 147,821
Boston.................................  14,110......    1,549       4   15,663
Grand total.-.............1........1,809,966 384,002 215,145 181,342 2,590,455
Total last year.................... 1,428,870 413,357 245,798 164,632 2,252,657
Increase............................  381,096...............  16,710   337.798
D ecrease..................................  29,355  30,653................
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated................ bales.  3,113,962
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1,
1857, in  the  Southern  ports....................................  23,580
N' Northern ports...................................   25,678
---       49,258
Makes  a  supply  of................................................. 3,163,220
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 2,590,455
Less-Foreign  included...................................    723
2,589,732
Stocks on hand September 1, 1858 —
In  the  Southern  ports..............................  57,604
In  the Northern  ports...............................  45,322
-.-,102,926
Burnt at New York, Apalachicola and Galveston............     711
Burnt and Manufactured at Mobile and Charleston..........  2,578
Manufactured in Virginia.................................  15,088
18,377
-...- 2,711,035
Taken for home use north of Virginia...........................bales..  452,185
Taken for home use in Virginia, and south and west of Virginia..........  143,377
Total consumed in the United States (including burnt), 1857-8.....  595,562




470 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1857-58.
The year opened with great buoyancy in prices, and flattering
prospects with regard to the business of the season. The crops of
cotton and sugar, it was known, would not be large; and, in view
of the injuries suffered from late spring frosts and subsequent unfavorable weather, it was apprehended that the former would fall
short of the crop of the preceding year. But it was expected that
this deficiency would be counterbalanced by a continuance of a
high range of prices for that and other staples. This favorable
prospect, however, was changed by the commercial and financial
revulsion, which, originating at the North, spread disaster through
the country, and resulted in a general change of market values
and prospects. There were some weeks of gloom and depression,
many losses, and some heavy failures, but the crisis here was
soon passed, and trade had resumed its usual channels by the time
the active business season had fairly opened. Business became
settled on a more secure basis, and the feverish and excited condition of the markets, which had prevailed for some months preceding the revulsion, gave way to a healthy system of trade, prices
having fallen from the stilted position which they had occupied,
to a more reasonable and natural level. With a favorable autumn,
the cotton crop recovered, in a measure, from the disasters of a
late spring, and has proved larger than had been anticipated, exceeding that of any previous year, except 1855-6 and 1852-3. In
valuation it exceeds last year's crop, $1,872,261. The opening
rates for October exhibited a decline of 2 to 2~c. Our quotations
on the 3d being for low middling, new crop, 137 to 14c.; middling,
new crop, 14A to 141c.; good middling, new crop, 143 to 141c., and
the tendency continued downwards, sterling exchange falling off
during the first week of the month to 2 and 4 per cent. discount
for clear bills, and the best sixty days' bills on the North being
usually unsalable at 4J to 5 per cent. discount. On the 17th, we
reduced our quotations to 9 and 9ic. for middling to strict middling, showing a decline within three weeks, of fully 6|c. per lb.
exchange on London giving way to about 5 to 10 per cent. discount, and sixty days' bills on the North being entirely unsalable.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 471
The gloom of this period was increased by advices from New
York on the 15th, of the suspension of specie payment by all New
York banks, producing a panic with us, and resulting in a run on
our city banks, three of which, working under the free banking
law, stopped specie payments the same day. A slight reaction
followed, and, with some limited facilities in passing exchange,
the cotton market attained a somewhat steadier and firmer position, and the rates for middling improved to 93 and 10c. per
pound, the average prices for that grade during the month being
about 10( to 11ic. The reported sales for the month were 79,300
bales. Early in November, the market was further relieved, to
some extent, by some arrivals of specie, and by the middle of the
month, bills on London had advanced to par, having ruled below
that rate during a period of six weeks, and sales being made in
some instances as low as 15 to 174 per cent. discount. During the
severity of the pressure, many planters withheld their cotton from
the market; and, up to the end of October, the total receipts at
this port were only about 194,500 bales, against 314,700 bales for
the same period of the previous year.




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts, at New         York, Weekly    Exports from   New   York and Rates of Freight
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1858.
Price of   Price o1  Sales for Receipts        EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Middling  Middling   week,  for week,                                          Rates of
1857.   New Orleans  Uplnd.  including including                                        Freight to       GENERAL REMARKS.x
New York  New York   lots in  lots in  To Great  To   North of  Other   Total Liverpool.
Classificat'n. Classificati'n transit. transit. Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.                                 C
Septemn  4..    16         15|                                                                ~d.   This crop year opened amid some 
"1     8..    16        15k      4,000   3,652    1,214........    131........   1,345           gloom; early in September, a moneii 11..  16        153                                                                        Lary panic pervaded financial cir-  C
15..   15h        15      3,500    2,203   1,724........................   1,724            cles, caused by the unexpected 
" 18.    15j       151                                                                        failure of several prominent houses;
22..     16        159     3,000    3,439   1,428      30     841........   2,299            great stringenicy was felt, and sev- 
25       16        15                                                                         eral banks, here and elsewhere,
29..     16        15      2,000    1,828   2,731........      67........   2,798            suspended; rates of interest went
October 2..     16         154a                                                            7-32(@d   up to 3@5 per cent. a month, and    wD
6.. Nominal. Nominal.     1,500    1,261   4,179.......     148........   4,327            business was of course brought 
"  9.... almost to a stand. In England,
13..-'                 1,600    1,145   5,113     100...........        5,213           the revolt in India also caused some.16..uneasiness and great caution was
20..                       1,000    2,493   1,567     236     104........   1,907            observed.
23..                                                                                        The above noted unsatisfactory state 
27..                         500    1,559   2,538........    100    3,568   6,206            of affairs continued through Octo-  L
"     30..                                                                                         ber, and the banks throughout the
Novern. 3..     13        124        600   3,438    1,883.......................    1,883   5-32d.  country generally suspended specie
"r     6.. Nominal. 121@12~                                                                        payments; many     manufacturers 
10..    13-        13      3,500    3,627   1,864     228     439            2,531            stopped their mills and shipped    C
13..   13         13                                                                         their cotton to Europe; trade was
17..    13         122     1,500    4,518   2,601      60.............      2,661            entirely paralyzed, and failures were
<  20.   13        121                                                                        numerous.
24.. Nominal. Nominal.     3,000    6,459     325..........325.    The panic, and financial embarrass-  s
"  27..  12        11                                                                5-32d.   ment, now  extended to Europe, 
Decem.   1..    12    1   lit      2,500   2,713    3,442........    339........   3,781           money became scarce, as well on the  C
4.. Nominal.   11@11                                                                         Continent, as in England; the Bank 
8..            Nominal.   3,000    3,629   1,386.......      50            1,436            of England advanced its rate of    H
11..     i         11                                                                         discount to 10 per cent., and sev-  4
15..    it         11-     2,000    9,267     550     658..1,208                        eral bank and mercantile failures
"     18..    "      Nominal.                                                                      took place, business there being at
22..     103       104     2,500    3,611   1,996.......................   1,996            a stand, as well as  here
25..    104         94




Decem. 29..                 9       2.000   10,398...........    287       41     328
1858.
January 1.. Nominal.        9                                                                  @5-32d In December, a better feeling began
It    58..                87      6,000    7,800     961...............    961            to obtain, and it was evident the
"~     8..     9.9-98                                                                        worst of the storm was over; some    t
12.  Nominal.       9       6,500    4,189   1,241    1,476      56........    2773            of our city banks resumed specie     p:
15..       lo        101                                                                          payments, but the accounts from      0
"19..    11        10      10,000    8,348   2.121     566................     2,687           Europe were still very gloomy and 
22..     10        10i                                                                          unassuring. 
26..       10        101      4,000    7,741   2,559      115     936........    3,610         A better state of things, however,     t
29.       10 1   0     k~                                                                         prevailed, as the new year opened; 
February 2..    10         10      11,000   3,777    1,526    1,356     425     494    3,801   3-16d.   early in January, the panic in Eng-  C
5..  1i          11                                                                           land exhausted itself; the Bank of
9..     1         11       9,000    8,977   1.869........     414.......    2,283           England rapidly reduced its rate of
"  12..  12k       12                                                                           discount, from 10, down to 3j per
16..     12        12      13,500    4,267   1,377                       123    1,500           cent., our mills resumed "half time," 
"  19..    12          l                                                                           and cotton began to rise.
23..     12'       11       9,500    8,780     893    1,098     280.......    2,271          In February, the banks throughout     r
26..     12        12                                                                           the country resumed specie payMarch    2..     12        12      17,000   12,993     818              122              940 k@5-32d    ments, and, though the receipts at
5. 5    12   ~    11 7the ports were large, the more
9..     12        11      14,500    7,367   1,118........     892      912    2,922           favorable condition of our own and
1" 12          12        11j                                                                          the  foreign  markets   sustained
16..     121       12      21,000   22,302     598     586      365........    1,549           prices.
"  19..  12        11 7Towards the latter part of April, the,23..     11        l        6,800   14,541   2,843........    1,730........   4,573           receipts at the ports fell of; and
26..    117       11                                                                           with an advance abroad, and tele30..    121       12      17,000    8,852   4,879      432    1,168       9    6,488           graphic advices of danger to the     g
April    2:      12k       1                                                                   3.16d.   growing crop by frosts in Alabama    O
6      12        12       5,500    9,096   4,708......    1,145......      5,853           and Georgia, the market was a ris-   W
9..     12~       12                                                                           ing one.
13..    12         12      14,000   20,582   1,553........     248      268   2,069          Through part of May and June, the
16..      12         121                                                                          receipts were larger again, and.
20..    12        121      7,000   13,278   1,290    1,910      86........    3,286           prices here being relatively higher
"     23..    12         12                                                                           than in Liverpool, he market was
27..     13        12      20,000    8,540   1,871........    3.858........    5,729           weak and softer.                     H
30..     13        12                                                                         June, July and August, the situation   H
May      4..     13        12      12,800    8,383   1,897........     506........     2,403  5-32d.   was constantly favorable to holders, 
7..     13        12                                                                           the crop accounts being discourag"11.    12j        121      7,000   13,790     794........      60     602     1,456           ing, owing in part, to the overflow
t.    1214       1 2                                                                          of the Mississipri and its tributaries. 
18.. 12 121 7,500 14,242 1,284 205 234........ 1,723____________________________
"}




New   York Statement for 1858.-Concluded.
Price of    Price of  Sales for Receipts         EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.                Rate
Middling   Middling    week,   for week.                                              FRates of 
1858.   New Orleans   Uplan,    including icludingFreight to                                                       GENERAL REMARKS.
New York   New YoI.k   lots In  lots in  To Great    To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'n. Classiflcat'. transit.  transit.  Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Porte Exports.
May      21..     124        12
25..     12          124     10,000    14,031    1,410........         9.1,419
28..     12          11( o0
June      1..     124        114       6,000    7,579      632      979       452........   2,063   7-32d.
4..        12         ii
8..     12         III       7,000    8,260     4,404..       348......       4,752c
11..                11
17..                                      8 12  11                                                   was very much      disturbed  by the
i  15-..  12450001888                           2689*              1245 12           3, 934            money panics here and abroad.
8..     1"2        12                                                                               The quotation for 60 days' bills on Lon- 1
22..     12          124     11,500    2,825     4,113               136........    4,249             don opened in September, at 8@ 
i      "25..  12        121301378                                       9.                         91 per cent. premium, and decliued     H
29..       12          124       6,000   10,952    9,397    1,378      208            10, 98$            to 4@63, October, opened at 5 per       >
July   2.      12         12        407                                   443-16d8                           cent. premium, touched 2 per cent. 
6..     12k        12        4,000    2,322    2,057      870       404........   3,331             discount to 2 per cent. premium, 
9..     12         12                                                                                 and closed at 3  7 per cent. prem- ~
13..          12      4      10,000    1,898    2,126.2,126                                            ium; in November, the fluctuations,
16..     127        129                                                                                were between 5 and 9 per cent, 
20..     12          121     14,500    3,901     3,732               709..4,441                      premium; in     December, 8@9j23..     1249                                                                                          January, 8Jc10; February. 
27..     124         12       5,500    3,137     1,507     296       183........    1,986.0; March, the quotation fell from 
30..  124  124                                                                              81~96, down to 61br7, and then         H
August    3.      124        12        8,500    2,957      258........       358........    616    3-16d.       anced^ to 710 Gc_^8;   ther
i10..    12         12                                                                                 April, was 719; in May, 8?^@10; 
10.  127        -12-     4,000    6,458    1,832      372      210        32    2,446             in June, 8R49'; in July, 9yJ10;
17..  134         12       500      212       164.1,7                                               and in August, 9h@94 per cent.
t     17:      13          1245,000        2,102     11,674                              1,674             premium.
20..     13          12
24..     13          12t      7,500    1,901     2,602.              481...         3,083
27..     13          12| 
31..     13         124       7,000    1,401    1,547........        534             2,081 j.@5-32d                                           H
Average price                                         110.721   12,951   20, 300    6,049    150,029
and totalsale-.  12.58     12.23     368,800  351,597
receipts and
exports.       _




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1858.
UNITED STATES, 1857-1858.             Stock 1st Jan., 1858, in............................ Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock Sept. 1,       Export......2,591,000   United States............................Bales.   202,000    61,000     48,000    311,000    o
1857......  49,000 Consumption  469,000    Brazil...........................................  36,000     1,000      2,000     39,000    t
Stock Sept. 1,           West Indies..................................    5,000     3,000      3,000     11,000    0
Crop.... 3,114,000    1858...... 103,000     East Indies......................................  191,000    16,000     32,000    239,000 Y
_ —                   -_        E    t10Egypt..........................................  18,000  3,000     5,000     26,000 
Bales.......3,163,000 Bales....... 3,163,000 —----                                                     __ —---- -----        -----
Bales...................................  452,000     84,000    90,000    626,000 
CONSUMPTION. 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain.                  IMPORT.
2,677,000   594.000   444,000  1,639,000.. United States..............................Bales. 1,863,000  494,000  578,000   2,778,000 
138,000    20,000      5,000   113,000...Brail..........................................   106,000     7,000    23,000     126,000 
39,000     12,000    16,000    11,000....West-Indies.....................................    7,000    14,000     13,000     34,000 
627,000   273,000     32,000   322,000...East Indies.................................      361.000     26,000   247,000     460,000   M
143,000    33,000     20,000    90,000....Egypt..........................................    106,000    23,000    35,000     157,000.
3,624,000   932,000   517,000  2,175,000....Bales............................................ 2,443,000   564,000   896,000   3,555,000..............................  348,000  Export.                                                                                 H
557,000    54,000    131,000   372,000 Stock, Dec. 31.........................Stock above,    452,000    84,000     90,000    626,000'!
4,181,000   986,000   648,000  2,895,000 Total supply, bales................................... 2,895,000  648,000  986,000  4,181,000   h
Q
O
H4
0




476    CHRONOLOGiCAL AND           STATISTICAL HIISTORY        OF COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                              SALES.
WEEK
ENDING.
American  E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other. Total. Consump- Spec- Export  Total.
tio.j.  lation.
Jan.   8..  19,35   2,147 1,180   7,089......   29,771  38,920   5,220 5,650   49,790
15..   51,761......   378  4,361   506   57,006   30,250  1,310 3,840   35,400
"   22..   17,723......   758............   18,481   47,870 15,350 4,160    67,380
29..   20,802 6,588...     2,155    493   30,038  49,920 11,390 3,330    64,640
Feb.  5..   12,218   157 1,455    2,865   104   16,799  45,540   5,450 3,190   54,180
12..   12,269 4,154    533.....     146   17,102   60,710 10,610 7,510   78,830
" 19.      63..........................     63   50,280 12,560 5,760   68,600
26..    6,904 9,402 1,092     409   255   18,062   38,430  9,760 3,100   51,290
March 5..    4,372.........................  4,372  29,610  4,570 1,570    35,750
12.. 102,011...... 3,026   6,779     13 111,829   16,080  2,480 2,580   21,140
"   19..   85,446114,909   911  5,424...... 106,690   24,470  3,960 2,840   31,270
26..   96,865......    72  3,050.....   99,987   51,170  4,340 9,410   64,920
April 1..   82,234 7,400 3,774    1,107   888   95,403  31,680   6,480 8,880   47,040
9..   18,097 7,871 1,238.............  27,206   54,670 13,870 8,060   76,600
"        16..  19,092 4,280 4,450  180......  28,002  32,430  4,450 7,480   44,360
23..   56,937 7,326 2,250   3,385......  69,898   65,090 14,270 8,760   88,120
"   30..   99,762 10,887 2,594. 3,922      8 117,173   44,720  5,770 4,600   55,090
May   7..   86,405 3,948..................    90,353  62,470 11,480 7,310    81,260
14..   14,563 9,056 2,973.............  26,592   41,290 12,360 4,180   57,830
21.. 126,826 11,691 4,686  2,991    130 146,324   33,820.1,620 1,640   37,080
28.    83,718 5,91/ 1,286   2,809    665   94,396  27,240  3,210  1,670  32,120
June  4..   55,402 9,016.....      831......   65,249  43,910   1,890 3,430   49,230
11..   49,202 2.744  2,480  1,556......   55,982   42,650  3,020 3,870   49,540
18.    15,967 3,274. 6,161  1,959    16. 27,377    32,180    930 5,800   38,910
25..   19,419 4.818 3,706   2,337     66  30,346   35,030  3,240 7,010   45,280
July  2..   44,564 1,........  1,358  17   47,397  58,320 10,940 8,040    77,300
9..   21,592...... 1,011  1,087......  23,690   46,270  6,650 6,690   59,61.0
It  16..   28,355...... 5,499  4,721     22  38,597   31,560  1,830 3,530   36,920
it  23..   60,771 4,808 3,583      12     45   69,219  38,950  1,540 4,100   44,590
"   30..   20,044 1,506 4,132     110......  25,792   31,660  1,900 4,850   38,410
Aug. 6..    19,300 2,110 2,601    2,711   110   26,832  54,480   9,520 5,840   69,840
"   13..   30,550111,364 2,409    425.     1  44,749   38,450  1,260 5,500   45,210
"   20..   41,342 5,436 1,431   1,720......  49,929   30,630  1,290 4,460    36,380
it  27..   43,453 8,467 1,808   1,844.....   55,572   50,700  4,700 11,000   66,400
Sep.  3..   28,820 8,467 4,942.2,075]......    44,304  49,480   1,440 3,760   54,680
t  10..  14,854 21,401 1,259  3,969  172  41,655   54,570  4,630  8,760  67,960
17..    3,605 3,391......    1,550......   8,546  56,220 17,270 9,280    82,770
24..    6,952 4,571 1,812...........      13,335  44,160  4,700 9,410   58,270
Oct.  1..   12,958...... 6,606    1,995    27   21,586  32,780   1,590  6,600  40,970
8.    21,78616,274 1,301   6,056    160  45,577   39,700  2,530 3,210   45,440
"  15..  4,127 32,008  399  3;049......   39,583   37,150  1,440 4,680   43,270
22........    7,175 2,221   1,108   549   11,053   40,910    420  6,280  47,610
"  29..  4,541  1,704.....     5......    6,250   26,980    480 5,250   32,710
Nov. 5.      8,326 7,968 1,374    2,279   185   20,132  36,410   2,270 8,340   47,020
12..     2,279 4,370    379..........     7,028  37,700   3,350 7,800   48,850
19......   454     77  4,106......   4,637   46,730  4,370 7,170   58.270
26,.     158 3,300 3,870............     7,328   36,860    490 2,540   39,890
Dec.  3..   60,460 7,613    804   3,107.....   71,984  34,510   1,040 3,620   39,170
10..   43,341 4,814 1,466   1,495    45   51,161   37,360  2,110 2,590   42,060
"   17..   13,767 3,161 3,229   1,847......   22,004   58,050  6,590 2,750   67,390
23..   65,110 2,142 2,859   3,603     10  73,724   38,130  3,320 4,410   45,860
"   31.................................  46,331........    790  2,930   3,740
&spaiLs;^1,758,468 289548 100075 103,441 4,633 2,302,4962,119,150 268050 279040 2,660,981
ceipts & stocks.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.                                 477
POOL. YEAR 1858.
STOCKS.                  PRICES.
ACTUAL     CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.         REMARKS.
Amer'n   Other.   Total.   Mid.   Mid.   Dhol.
Up.    Orl.
190,825 198,825   389,650   6,     66      4      5,650    38,920
222,126 193,070   415,196   6A      6-     4      3,840    69,170
205,449 177,778   383,227   6,,     61     4      4,160   117,040
196,091 164,204   360,295   61      6%7    5      3,330   166,960
175,579 164,585   330,164   6.      67     5      3,190   212,500
147,938 137,468   285,406   7i      7%     5      7 7,510  273,210  Small tock ofAmerican
116,171 114,878   231.,049  7      7       5,     5,760   323.490
99,845 107,966   207,711   7       7 7!   5 5%   3,100   361,920
84,327 96,356    180,683   71%     77 7   5%     1,570   391,530
175,318 97,344    272,662   71      7i4    5      2,580   407,610 
242,094 110,358   353,452   67      7      5      2,840   432,080   Tremendous arrival of
299,169 102,630   401,799   64      7l     54 9,410       483,250        overdue ships.
356,503 107,519   464,022   6j      61.    5:  8,880   514,930
330,040 104.718   434,758   6a      61i    5%     8,060   569,600
324,212 100,558   424,770   6X      64.    5%     7,480   602,030
327,339  97,679   425,018   6.      7      5      8,760   667,120
389,911 101,510   491,421   67      1,     5      4,600   711,840
426,556 86,988    513,544           7      5      7,310   774,310 Unsettled state of political
405.709 81.417    487,126   7       7 b    53     4,180   815,600           affairs.
500,225 88,955    589,180   7       7.     5      1,640   849,420
559,503 91,623    651,126   7       716    5,     1,670   870,660
574,575 90,490    665,065   61%     7      5      3,430   920,570
585,917  86,550   672,467   61      616    5      3,870   963,220
574,224 88,160    662,384   6*-4     6     5      5,800   995,400
559,633 89,460    649,090   6t      67     5%     7,010 1,030,430
555,837 76,560    632,397   6       7      5      8 8,040 1,088,750
578,066 65,428    643,494   61-    77      5      6,690 1,135,020
574,871  66,280   641,151   67      7      54     3,530 1,166,580
602,572 62,298    664,870   61      61     5-     4,100 1205,530
591,636 77,088    668,724   63      67     55     4,850 1,237,190
562,426 72,822    635,248   6}      7L     5      5,840 1.291,670
558,776 77,859    636,635   6       71'    5      5,500 1,330,120
571,628  78,386   650,014   6%,1     5a     4,460 1,360,750 1
571,061 79,5i5    650,646   6+      7*     54    11,000 1,411,450   Favorable news of crop
563,271  75;392   638,663   6       7 I    5      3,760 1,460,930    from India and China.
532,625 87,873    620,498   7       7I     5      8,760 1,515,500
482.430 77,674    560,104   7%      7 7    5      9,280 1,571,720
449,263  69,627   518,890      7        7  5 54   9,410 1,615,880
432,271  68.315   500,586   7,%.    7,    54     6,6001,648,660
417,757 80,226    497,983   7%t    7T      5      3,210 1,688,360
388,144 103,212   491,356   7       7      5      4,680 1,725,510
363,364 104,910   468,274   7-      7%     5      6, 280 1,766,4201
346,119 98,175    444,294   64'     7 i    57      5,250 1,793,400
323,251 99,945    423,196   6i      61     5      8,340 1,829,810   Less   encouraging   ac288,760 95,164    383,924   6 -     61j    5      7,800 1,867,510     counts from manufac251,120  84.101   335,221   6       7      5      7,170 1,914,240     turing districts.
220,358 79,361    299,719   6%      7      5      2,540 1,951,100
251,578 80,955    332,533   6-      6%     5      3,620 1,985,610
261,199 78,305    339,504   6       6- 6t  5      2,590 2,022,970
222,406 70,672    293,078   6+i     7      5      2,750 2,081.020
253.986 71,546    325,532   6%      641    5      4,410 2,119,150........................................  2,950.........
6.91   7.07   5.56 279,040 41,551.96




478  CHRONOLOGICAL AND) STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1859.
The Cotton Supply Association of Great Britain (see years 1857
and 1858) held its second annual meeting. It had, during its second year, received two thousand communications from the Government departments, the new Indian Council, the British Consuls
abroad, and societies and individuals in various parts of the world,
relating to the encouragement of cotton growing in places suitable
for it. Grants of cotton seed, varying from one bag to two hundred bags each, had been iade and forwarded to Bombay, Madras,
Calcutta, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Malabar, Ceylon, Singapore,
Sydney, Savanilla, and Baranguilla, in South America; Honduras,
Guatemala, Cuba, Jamaica, Hayti, Tunis, Lagos, Fernando Po,
Sierra Leone, Cape Coast Castle, Natal, Monrovia, Macedonia,
Aleppo, Jaffa, Sidon, Kaiffa, Broussa, Salonica, Constantinople,
Messina, Attica, Argolis, Laconia, Arcadia, Achaia, Eubaea, and
many other places. Cotton gins were forwarded to several of the
above towns and countries, and cotton presses were sent to Cape
Coast Castle. Medals and prizes were offered for the best samples
of cotton grown in Liberia. A periodical, called The Cotton Supply Reporter, was established and regularly forwarded to all associations and individuals likely to be able to aid in the general object. Public trials of cotton gins were held, with the view of concentrating the attention of machinists and inventors, in the hope
of ultimately obtaining machines of a more efficient character than
were then in use.
The same kind of yarn which sold for 38s. per lb. in 1786, could
now be sold, with a profit, at 2s. 6d. per lb,




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 479
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1859.
TOTAL.
Bales    Bales.
1859.    1858.   1857.
NEW-ORLEANS.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.........................1,580,581
Coastwise............ 196,590
Burnt at New Orleans.....................    11,335
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1859.......    26,022
1,814,528
DeductReceived from Mobile......................   59,703..'. Montgomery, &c...........          13,540
":      "  ~ Florida.....................  6,684... Texas......................          35,097
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1858.........   30,230
-. 145,254
1,669,274 1,576,409 1,435,000
MOBILE.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.................           514,935
Coastwise.................................   179,854
Manufactured in Mobile, &c................  1,120
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1859.........   20,106
716,015
DeductReceived from New Orleans...............        782
(..     Texas..................      154
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1858........   10,673
11,609
704,406  522,364  503,177
TEXAS.
ExportTo Foreign Ports-including 2,000 to Mexico    79,534
Coastwise......................              111,672
Manufactured in Galveston.............    100
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1859........    2,655
193,961
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1858..............       1,899
-    192,062  145,286   89,882
FLORIDA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports —Uplands................    40,102
Sea Island..............     750
Coastwise- -Uplands..................... 112,873
Sea  Island....................   19,603
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1859........      236
173,564
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1858................       80
173,484      122,351  136,344
GEORGIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................ 253,743
Sea Island........       8,298
Coastwise-Uplands......................     197,266
Sea Island....................    8,493




480     CHRONOL(OGICAL AN1) STATISTI(AL HISTORY                OF CO(TTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1859.-Concluded.
TOTAL.
Bales.  Bales.
1859.   1858.    1857.
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1859....   9,320
Stock in Augusta, &c., 1st September, 1859.  9,063
-     486,183
DeductReceived from Florida-Sea Island.........    7,349
Uplands..........      461
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1858.....    684
Stock in Augusta, &c., 1st September, 1858.  1,901
10,395
475,788 282,973 322,111
SOUTH CAROLINA..
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................ 316,585
Sea Island.............   23339
Coastwise (including 1,242 bales from Georgetown, S. C.)-Uplands................... 150,955
Sea  Island................   3,680
Burnt at Charleston.....................      22
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1859....  17,592
-  512,173
DeductReceived from Florida-Sea Island.........    8,733
Uplands............     754
Received from Savannah-Sea Island.......       895
Uplands........    8,863
Received from Savannah, per steamer Huntsville, and reshipped-Uplands............    560
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1858...  11,715
31,520
480,653 406,251 397,331
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo Coastwise Ports........................  37,482........   37,482  23,999   27,147
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..................................
Coastwise.............................. 21,537
Manufactured-taken from the ports......  11,699
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1859........     375
33,611
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1858................      600
33,011       24,705   23,773
Received at New-York, Boston, &c., from
Tennessee,  &c........................................  47,175   3,363   2,022
Received at Philadelphia, &c., from Tennessee, &c..............................................  29,463  3,275  1,236
Received at Baltimore, &c., from Tennessee, & c...............................................    8,683    2,986    1,496
Total Crop of the United States........................3,851,481 3,113,962 2,939,519
Increase  over  crop  of  1858....................................... bales.  737,519
Increase  over crop  of  1857...........................................  911,962
Increase over crop  of 1856.............................................  323,636




CHRONOLOGICA:L AND          ST'ATISTICAL I IST'ORY      (    (COTTON.    481
Export to Foreign Ports, from      September 1, 1858, to Auyust 31, 1859.
To Great   To    To North  Other   T
FROM                    Britain.  France. of Europe. Fn Ports.
New Orleans....................... bales. 994,696 256,447 182,475   146,963 1,580,581
Mobile..................................  351,384  105,770  38,287   19,494  514,935
Texas...................................    46,623  7,875   23,036    2,000  79,534
Florida..................................  40,801........      51.......   40,852
Savannah...................2....         238,402   7,815   11,264   4,560 262,041
Charleston.............................    218,047  42,284   40,590  39,003 339,924
North  Carolina..................................................
Virginia.................................................................
Baltimore...............................     20.........    84      104
Philadelphia...715...................1,715
New  York...............................  122,234  30,505   31,417    9,304  193,460
Boston................................       5,330........    2,892      35    8,257
Grand total......................... 2,019,252  450,696 330,012  221,443 3,021,403
Total last year....................  1,809,966 384,002  215,145 181,3422,590,455
Increase..........................  209,286  66,694  114,867  40,101  430,948
Consumptzon.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated......................3,851,481 bales
Add —Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st September, 1858.-In the  Southern  ports................................  57,604
N orthern                                         4.................................  45,322
-----     102,926
M akes  a  supply  of...................................................  3  954,407
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 3,021,403
Less, foreign  included...................  884
--    3,020,519
Stocks on hand at the close of the year,
1st September, 1859In the Southern ports..................  85,369
"   Northern..................   63,868
149,237
Burnt at New Orleans, New York and Philadelphia..........   11,492
Burnt and manufactured at Mobile, Charleston and Galveston   1,242
Manufactured  in  Virginia..................................  11,699
24,433
- 3,194,189
Taken for home use north of Virginia...........................bales.  760,218
Taken for home use in Virginia and south and west of Virginia..........  16,433
Total consumed in the United States (including burnt at'the ports), 1858-9....  927,651
31




482 (HI O(N()OL()(OGLAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
ANNUAiL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1858-59.
With favorable promise for abundant crops, the world at peace,
and confidence restored, the season opened with high hopes and
flattering prospects, and these have, in the main, been realized.
It is true that in the very flush of apparently prosperous progress,
the world was startled by a few words from the lips of the Emperor of the French, the meaning of which has since been practically interpreted on the bloody fields of Italy. Sceptical as many
were in regard to the actual breaking out of a war, but few, we
think, were prepared for so just an adjustment of a treaty of peace.
This startling episode has been, to some extent, a disturbing element in the commercial and financial world, and its introduction
has not been unattended with disappointment and disaster in some
communities. Our leading staple, cotton, felt a most depressing influence; but, nevertheless, the result of the season's operations in
this article, taken in the aggregate, should, we think, be highly
satisfactory, at least to the planting interest; for we find by our
calculations that, although the crop. of the year just closed has
exceeded the one immediately preceding it, in the large amount of
upward of 680,000 bales, yet the aggregate price obtained in value,
for the total crop received at the ports, exceeds thirty-four millions
of dollars. In February, the political affairs in Europe, tending to
apprehensions of war in Italy, began to exercise a more marked
influence on the European markets, and that influence was brought
to act here at a period of heavy receipts, and an accumulation of
stock beyond all precedent, the amount, including all on shipboard,
having reached 534,380 bales. Our receipts at this port having
reached about 1;475,000 bales, against 1,164,000 bales at the same
time the year previous; and our general cotton table showed an
increase in the market, at all the ports, of 1,019,000 bales. Under
these circumstances, the market for all qualities gave way, but the
heavy weight of stock consisted of low-running mixed grades, embracing an unusual proportion of dusky and sandy cottons, which
were wholly unsaleable, and for which no quotations could be
given.




IIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1859.
UNITED STATES, 1858-1859.               Stock Jan. 1, 1859, in.............................  Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock Sept. 1,       Export.....:3,021,000    United States....................................   269,000    111,000    32,000     412,000 t
1858...... 103,000 Consumption. 784,000      Brazil........................................       19,000     3,000      5,000      27,000    Z
Crop.......3,851,000 Stock Sept. 1,            West Indies......................................     1,000      1,000     4,000       6,000
1859......  149,000    East Indies.......................................   56,000     10,000     6,000      72,000 t
-        Egypt................................   27,000      6,000      7,000     40,000    $
Bales....3,954,000  Bales...... 3,954,000                                                                            - 
_____________       Bales........................................ 372,000 131,000 54,000 557,000 >
CONSUMPTION. 
IMPORT.                                                                       t
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain. 
3,068,000   708,000    453,000  1,907,000.... United States.................................... 2,086,000  379,000    707,000   3,030,000
124,000     14,000     5,000    105,000.... Brazil...........................................  125,000     3,000     10,000     130,000 
32,000      9,000     17,000     6,000.... West Indies.....................................      7,000     16,000      7,000      30,000   H
442.000    250,000     15,000   177,000....East Indies.................................   510,000     7,000    269,000     514,000 t
173,000     38,000    36,000     99,000.... Egypt...........................................   101,000     31,000     32,000     149,000 
3,839,000  1,019,000   526,000  2,294,000..........................................Bales. 2,829,000       436,000  1,025,000   3,853,000   6..............................  437,000  Export. 
C
571,000     60,000    41,000    470,000 Stock Dec. 31.                            Stock above,   372,000    131,000     54,000    557,000 
4,4.10,000  1,079,000  567,000  3,201,000 Total supply, bales.................................. 3,201,000     567,000  1,079,000  4,410,000 (
co
i ---------------------------------------—.,,~~~~~~~
~x




484    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.
WEEK____________- _______
ENDING.
Americ'n. E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Con-   Specu- Ekport  Total.
sumption. lation.
Jan.  7..   21,317......   531   2,016    14   23,878  31,607    670 2,213    34,490
14." 33,964 1,698      452  5,504    214   41,832  35,101   1,530  9,359  45,990
" 20..     52,246  1,185 3,406.............  56,837  41,208.   430 2,572'44,210
" 28.. 124,482      167    385    659...... 125,693   36,133    970 2,897    40,000
Feb.  4..   49,816...... 1,079    2,30.....    53,197  51,719   7,510 2,691   61,920
11..  16,644 9,941 1,347   3,363    105  31,400   52,330  9,630 5,'750   67,710
"   18..   21,719 9,841 2,007   2,0161......  35,583   69,584 14,810 4,036   88,430
"   25..   44,865 1,804 3,372   2,400......   52,441  35,481  3,710 2,859   42,050
Mlch. 4..   36,125    310  1,263   300     63   38,061  62,005 12,490 3.395    77,890
11..   47,011 1,725 3,253   1,673    136  53,798   48,006 16,380 6,854   71,240
i   18..   29, 82......  2,445  1,206   113  33,646   32,201  7,670 2,289   42,160
25..   34,446 6,006    210    995     84'41,741  58,292  9,650 2,928   70 870
April 1..   21,925 4,186    157    977.....    27,245  51,726   9,070 2,464   63,260
8..   45,701 25,804 4,809  1,499     83   77,899  33,634  2,410 2,986   39,030
"   15..   60,023 10,901 2,532  4,238......   77,694  34,726  3,190 5,404   43,320
21..   36,27i 14,440 1,693    599     70   53,073  23,849    870 4,491    29,210
29..  18,8t2......  5,417............ 24,229  20,881   600  8,539  30,00
May   6..    9,961......2,802..............  12,763  22,702   1,100 4,888   28,690
13.. 220,998 15,659 5,295   3,205    302 245,459   34,535  4,580 14,225  53,340
20..   32,531 7,621......  2,659......   42,811   26,203    200 11,927  38,330
27..  94,)13 5,514 3,139   4,922     52 108,140   43,738  1,470  6,782   51,990
Juno  3..   13,942   585    790.............115,3171  78,285   9,160 9,865   97,310
10..   83,764 9,840 2,486   2,639......198,729    24,270    460 12,960   37,690
17..   71,462 6,747. 3,244   358     78  81,889   49,886  4,880 10,944  65,710
24    141,267 14,144 1,223  2,689.....    159,323  23,118    920 9,442   33,480
July   1..  24,473 13,676  1,613   923......140,685    48,881   1,500 6,089   56,470
8..   32,512 11, 857 1,778  1,032    25  47,204   56,158  5,350 8,082   69,590
15..       43,346 3,523    803  1,110     16  48,798   77,329 19,460  9,991 106,780
22..  34,908   872 2,649   2,053......  40,482   39,140  6,580 4,620   50,340
"        29..  31,879 1,224 4,850  1,407  12   39,372  49,597  5,380 1,393   63,'370
Aug. 5..    21,840   592  1,891   6,876   137   31,336.31,260  3.670 11,270  46,200
12..   14,735  1,663   642  1,099      6   18,145  32,481  2,760 8,069    43,310
19..      35,634 14,647 4,925  4,959......    60,165  21,457  3,740 8,773    33,970
26..   22,330 6,577 2,337   2,3471'115    33,706  31,093  2,670 5,897    39,660
Sept. 2..   17,200 28,005  2,153  3,542......  50,900  46,595   4,070  6,495  57,160
9..   16,568 18,601......  2,516   129   37,814  48,996   1,230  6,484-1  56,710
16..        8,877 6,246 3,162   5,109    159   23,553  34,423    910 9,357   44,690
23..   11,969  8,538   622  1,035     70   22,254  44,090    980 1,500   46,570
30..   14,467 29,881 2,646   5,160......  52,154  37,353   3,680 9,237   50,270
Oct.  7..    5,390 19,866 2,766   1,573   146   29,741  41,955   3,150 9,615   54,720
14l..   4,066 5,882  1,199  2,635    18   13,800   44,279  3,110 12,161  59,550
" 21.      5,363 26,667  1,280...........   33,310  54,610  2,300 1,900    58,810
28..   22,023 11,666 2,668   2,947   109   39,413  60,631 10,360 16,999   87,990
Nov. 4.     19,155 20,189   382   7,627    86   47,439  53,852   7,760 8,438   70,050
11.    17,564 10,732  1,285  2,218   132  31.931   31,675  3,120 13,855  48,6:)0
"   18.     8,610  7,286  1,218'4,801  247   22,162  36,808  1,740 5,952    44,500
"235   23:,598 5,461......  7,691  1,117  37,867  31,349  1,050 5,411   37,810
Dec. 2.     22,535 7,596 1,482    1,397   171   33,181  39,276   3,440  8,734  51,450
9.    48,658 4,998 1,822    1,619    57   57,154  35,661   1,330 5,016   42,010
it  16..   21,633 8,6591..............   207   30,499  36,116 10,320 16,324   62,760
23..  65,733 7,082 2,340.......7......  75,155  35,009  1,810 7,741   44,560
30...................................  84,282  34,852  5,530  5,588  45,970
& total a[,.. 1,958,736 430124 99,850 117,895 4,273 2,610,898 2,157,249 241,460 374751 2,773,460
ceipt &  stocks.




CHRONOLOG)ICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 485
POOL. YEAR 1859.
STOCKS.                  PRICES..____....___......:__ ___. ACTUAL CONSUMP- 
EXPORT.    TION.             EMARKS.
Ameri-   Other.   Total.    Mid.   Mid.    D)hol.
can.                       Up.    Orl.
258,417  80,751    339,168   6       6      5       2,213    31,607
254,741  77,129    331,870   6       51     53      9,359    66,708 
272,417  73,430    345,847   6       61     5-      2,572   107,916
365,479  67,501    432,980   6       6I     5:      2,897   144,049
362,755 60,622     423,377           6      51      2,691   195,768    Good   accounts     from
331,229 62,778     394,007   6       6      5       5,750   248,098      Manchester and else300,288 58,752     359,040   64      61     55      4,03    317,682      whr
317,683 58,748     376,431   6       7          5s  2,859   353.163
302,538 50,904     353,442   7       73     5       3.395   415,168 
313,122  43,701    356,823   611           55       6,854   463,174   Unfavorable accounts of
319,334 41,055     360,389   7 g     7      53      2,289   495,375      crop.
308,240  38,600    346,840   74      7      57      2,928   553,667
292,575 34,930     327,505   7,-     7,-    5-      2,464   605,393
311,139 58,495     369,634   7       7              2,986   639,027
341,512  C5,916    407,428  G6;1      i     5       5,404.  673,753 1
358,323 73,698     432,021   6-      6      5       4,491   697,602   Oubreak      of war    on
351,555  69.065    420,60            6      5       8,539   718,483      Continent.
336.626 66,157     402,783   6       6}     5       4,888   741,185
509,334  78,828    588,162  G6       6-     5      14,225   775,720
502,995  81,918    584,913   65 6-          5      11.927   801,923
554,108  86,625    640,733   6'      6-     5t      6,782   845,761
492.550 73,090     565.640   6       6 7    5       9.865   924,046
540,684  79,225    619,909  G6       6      5      12,960   948,316 ) Anticipating       speedy
557,726 78,642     63(;,368  6,      6      5      10,944   998,202      conclusion of war on
671,33: 84,588     755,921   6,     6      5       9,442 1,021,320      Continent.
656,946  90,100    747,046   6       6- i   5       6,089 1,070,201
634,508 90,462     724,970   611.    6      5       8,082 1,126,359
609,164 79,544     688,708   74      71f   55       9,991 1,203,688
620,892  72,848    693,740   7       7      5-      4,620 1,242,828
608,691  65,921    674.612   7       73     5 5-    8,393 1,292,425 
594,061  63,817    657,878   61-     74     54     11,270 1,323,685   Favorable       accounts
577,506 55,457     632,963   61l     71     51      8,069 1,356,166      from India.
588,950  69,158    658,108   68      71^   5. I     8,773 1,377.623 
583,230  70,974    654,204  G6 76,4         54      5,897 1,408,716 J
556,390   96,166   652,556   6       71     5       6,495 1,455,311
533,154 106,712    639,866   6       7T     54      6,484 1,504,307
511,250 107,122    618,372   63      7      5    I 9,357 1,538,730
490,654 101,844    592,498   6       6      54      1,500 1,582,820 
475,282 124,513    599,795   6       6      54      9,237 1,620,173   Inclination  of consum446,103 133,488    579,591   63      7      5       9,615 1, 662,128     ersto  uy.
410,221 125,989    536,210   64      7      5      12,161 1,706,407 
372,670 146,460    519,130   6       7      5       1,900 1,761,017
337,632 136,002    473,634   6       7      54     16,999 1,821,648
308,684 149,521    458.205   7       7   [ 5        8,438 1,875.500   Favorable       accounts
294,641 141,910    436,551   6       7- 5|   T     13,855 1,907,175      from Manchester.
269,949 144,222    414,171   64      7      5       5,952 1,943,983
266,728 158,879    425,607   61-     7   / 5        5,411 1,975,332
256.287 154,517    410,804   64      71     4       8,734 2,015,608
276,8451151,357    428,202   64      53     4.   5.016(;,051,272
262,327 138,560    400,887   6-      74     4-     16,324 2,087,388
296,068 134,083    430. 11   61      6,i    44      7,741. 2,122,397...............  441,710................. 5,588  2, 157,249
6.68         6.93   5.25 374,7 5142,254.79.6s* 6.93      5.25  374,751 42,254.79




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts at New          York, Weekly Exports from      New   York and Rates of Freight to
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1859.                                       Q
Pric,: of  Price of  Sales for Receipts      EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK. 
Middling  Middling   week,   for week, ipts_                                    Rates of
1858.   New Orleans  Upland,  including   eFreight to                                                      GENERAL RAKS.ding
New York   New York       lots in     To Great   To    North of  Other   Total  Liverpool.
Classiflcat'n. Ciassilcrat'n. transit.  transit.  Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
Septem. 3..     13         1                                                                   iJ@5-32d It was generally anticipated that at
7..    131        13      10,500   2,105    2,182.2,182                                      the conclusion of the war between1
" 10..        131        13                                                                          England and France against China,
14..    131        131      9,800    3,327     490............        2      492           there would be much more activity
17..    13         13                                                                          in cotton; but accounts were re21.     131        13       4,000    1,279     870              100      25      995           ceived early in September of a con- 
24..   13^        13h                                                                         ctlusion of a treaty of peace between 
28..       13H        1       11,200     573..............       95.......       95           those powers, and the news had but
October 1..     13         13                                                                 5-32d.   little perceptible effect, either in  o
5..    13         13      20,000    3,918   1,202     782      503...   2,487           Europe or here. 
8..    13         13                                                                        The receipts at the ports, in October,
11..    13         13      12,800    7,565     987........     252........   1,239           were large; the weather for pickinDg
15..     127        12 1very fine, and with only a moderate r19..          121       12      17,000    5,084     599     223      657            1,479           demand for home use, and discour- 
22..      12         12                                                                          aging advices from abroad, prices
26..    121        12       9,000   4,557    4,194........   1,368........   5,562           yielded.
"     29..    12         12There was a better feeling i NovemNovem. 2..      121        12      10,000   12,707.............     699...       699   Gj)32d.  her, partly caused by accounts of 
5..       12         ll                                                                          killing frosts on the 5th, in Louis- 0
<4    99..    lt         11l     12,500  14,882    1,032     122     646      50    1,850            iana and Alabama; the season,       o
i     12..     114       11                                                                          however, was four weeks earlier     W
<  16    1         111      8,800    6,513   2,492    1,602   1,138     149    5,381           than the previous one, and then
"     19.    11         iamount of crop outstanding was 
23..    12         111      7,500    7,941   1,933..         1,405       1    3,339           comparatively small.
26..     12.    12                                                                         The receipts increased in December,
30..     121       12k     16,000   12,004   2,188....       2,188           and, with estimates of the crop en-.       12         11                                                                        In January, the manufacturing indus14..    121        11 7    10,000  12,101...............     655........     655            try seemed to be in a more ffourishW
17..    12         12                                                                          ing condition, and, with easy money
21..    1i         12       9,500   12,741   1,563   1,061     840      600    4,064           market, here and abroad, the staple
"     24..    12         117                                                                         rose.




Decem. 28..      12         11 7     4,200   12,912    1,344........     420    2,372    4,136          In February, the apprehension of war
"     31.      12                                 1                                                       between France and Italy. against
1859.                                                                                                   Austria, depressed the English marJanuary 4..      124        12      10,100    3,486     6(54               286               940 @:.d.  kets in a measure, though counter"      7..     121        12i                                                                             acted to some extent by the in11..     12         12       7,500   19,757    1,571...........     468    2,039            creased demand in England for
14..          12         12                                                                              goods from China and India, and       O
18..          12         12      11,800   11,207      218........    830........   1,048            the falling off in the receipts at our  Z
21..          121        121                                                                             ports. This market responded, and
25..     12         12      23,000    7,203       81               416              497             the business was light at lower       C
28..           12         12i                                                                             prices.
February 1..     123        12       6,500    7,527    3,405    1,065       61     804     5,335    4'1.  Mrch and April were pretty active
"      4..     124        11                                                                              months, the dealings being largely
8..     12k        11a      5,500   14,086      100     830      459.1,389                       on speculation, owing to reduced
11..     12         11l                                                                            receipts.
15..     12         11       5,000   10,256     101.1,134               1,034    2,269          In May and June, the conflict between
18..     12         11.                                                                            the Allies and Austria unsettled      C
22..     12         11I      6,600   21,619    2,121              683..2,804                       trade, the fear being generally en-  0
25..     124         il                                                                             tertained in England, that this was
March    1..     121        12      15,000   13,725      791               861             1,652  _  Atd    but a precursor to a general Eu4..     123        121                                                                             ropean war.
8..     124        124     30,000    9,181    2,015    1,297    1,433   1,054    5,798           Toward the close of July, news was
~11.     124        121                                                                            received of an armistice between      Y
15..     123        121     17,000   10,992    5,878              609      110    6,597            the contending European powers,.
" 18..   12         12                                                                              which was succeeded later by a        -
22..     12         124     21,500   10,327    1,350.1,988               548    3,886            treaty of peace, and a stimulus was
25..     12         121                                                                            given to trade, both at Liverpool
29..     124        121     49,000   20,975    5,377.5,106                 1   10,484            and in this market, which continued   S
April    1..     12|        12'                                                                   3-16d.    until the close of the crop year.'. 5..              121     24,400   11,593    5,126    1,152     640      547    7,465
8..     124        121 
12..     121        12k     30,900    8,330    4,218     811.                     5,029
15..     121        12}
19..     124        12      11,250   10,894    3,001.........  1,381........    4,382
22..     121        12
26..          12      k      5,150   11,081    3.462               59             3,521
29..     12         12
May      3..     12    -    11.      4,000    7,709    5,129    1,000     960      448    7,537 A(Ad I
6..     12         11
10..     12         114      5,000    5,050    2,480    1,680...        4,160
13..     11         11
17       11         11       4,800      446    2,028              901             2,929




New    York Statementfor      Year 1859-Concluded. 
Price of    Price of  Sales for Receipts            EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Middling    Middling    week.  for week,                                                Rates of 
1859    New Orleans   Upland.   including including                                              Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.                w
New York    New York    lots in  lots in  To Great   To     North of   Other    Total  Liverpool, 
Classificat'n. Classificat'n. transit.  transit.  Britain  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.  -
May      20..    I11         11 
24..     ll-         111       7,000   15,608    2,007       906..............       2,913                                                    r
27..     li          11                                                                                               z      e                  o
31..     11          11        5.000    1,494     1,104........     624      473     2.201    id.                  dthroua 
June      3..     11          10was quite steady throughout the year.
J    7..     11          10k       5,500    3,747    1,409     2,060.....3,469                             The range for sixty days' bills on
cc    10                     i0.                                                                               London, in September was 9@1l01;
121October, 9~@10; November, 84(
14..     113         11       11,450    4,724    1,393     1,126..2,519                        October, 9i@1      Nomber, 8@e 
"2 17..1                                                                                              94a; December, 9(@9a; January, the
21..     12           113     5,000    5.548    4.929     2,108       83........    7.120             sam  Fe   ruary,   99;   March
24..     12          ll4                                                                                 9   91;   April, 9|@10j; May, 97@'
28..     12          11        6,000    4,535     6,808       30      657              7,495             1;      ne, 94@10; July, 10@10.; P
July      1..     12          11                                                                          d.     and in August, 9@410.
8     5..     12          11        6,200    5,182     2,710    1,860      679........    5,249
8..     12          11
12..     12          11        5,600    8,625    2,925     2,274..........   5,199 
15..     12          112
19..     12k         12a       6,500    4,753     1,725      768       20........   2,513
22..     12          12 
26..     12I         121      14,100    7,880     6,053    2,762       70........    8,885
29..      12         121
At-u ust  2..     12          121      9,600     2,522    3,499      428...........   3,927
5..     124         121:@,,d.
9..     12~         124       2,500    5,099    5,653.    1,130      409.......    7,192
12..     12          12
16..     123         l 11%     6,000    5,606      657       661      407........     1,725
19..     121         11 
23..     12          11L       7,500    2,658    5.525       494      253      130     6,402                                                     ~
26..     12     1     1                                                                                                                          3
30..    124    1     1-       4,700   10,372:3,502    2,009      425       29     5,965
Septem. 2.       12     1     1@ 3                                                                        2d.
Average price
e toalisa s      12.36      12.08     575,450  435.26)   120.648  31,335    30,790    8.845 i 191,618
exports a.  d
exports.                                                                           [         I




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 489
1860.
The census taken this year reveals the following statistics touching cotton manufactures:
NEW ENGLAND STATES.
(Maine, New     Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.)
No. OF HANDS
0=     Capital   Cost of raw  EMPLOYED     Anual cost    Annual
MANUFACTURES.       5     invested.  material. _                of labor.  value of;~^~~~sB~~~~ S   ----   --— products.
i~__g^~  ]            Male. Female.
Calico engraving......     1       $100       $500       1       1      $840      $1,400
printing........     11   1,730,000  1,798,577  2,086     290    608,980  4,332,256
Cotton bags...........     3     92,700     83,620     113      83     40,380    177,000
batting.........     37    274,000    473,370     266      32     91,020    747,797
cordage........      22    166,300    144,476     133      82     45,240    256,650
gins..........         2     70,000     28,950      62.......      34,680     78,600
goods.......        359 65,947,819 34,559,883 27,584 49,045 15,702,888 73,638,957
lines and twine     21    201,900     211,455    128     118      52,488    344,230
thread.........      5    281,000     73,548     173     253     84,864    427,148
yarn...........   24    335,700     399,295    261     305     124.224    698.321
et tc........    59  1,230,000  1,028,990     782   1,066    364, 20  1,890.516' thread, etc.   40     730,860    696,145    451     533     215,796  1,178,281
Total...........   584 71,060,379 39,498,809 32,040 51,808 17,365,420 83,771,156
MIDDLE STATES.
(New    York, New     Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, MKaryland           and District
of' Columbia.)
NO. OF IIANDS
o- 2    Capital  Cost of raw  EMPLOYED.    Annual cost   Annual
MANUFACTURES.       ~~     invested.  material.                  of labor.  value of
o c: a                                                  products.
Male. Female.
Cotton batting...   14    $85,200   $130,899     101      34    $28,620   $207,630
braid..........        1      1,500       1,550      8       4      2,160     20,000
"  coverlets.......   17      33,475     44,020      66     18      20,628     99,675
flannel carding..     3      6,000     23,973      29......        4,836     54,482
gins..........        1     15,000     10,200      25.......      13,500     45,000
goods..........     270 17,140,719 12,507,907 11,202 15,563     5,052,836 24,031,639
lamp wick......        2     70,000     52,909      43      30      8,700    119,124
mosquito netting       2     53,000     32,720      58      71     25,956    138,392
table cloths....    13     23,550     18,127      68       6     15,900     40,318
" thread.........       1      2,500     12,500      16     30       6,000     22,000
"  twine..........      2       1,800      2,900       4      4       1,560      5,000
yarn..........       35  1,410,800   1,169,159    708   1,124    323,040   1,950,597
Total........... 361 18,843,544 14,006,864 12.328 16,884      5,503,736 26,733,857




490    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
WESTERN STATES.
(Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Missouri, Kansas and Kentucky.)
X,.             NO. OF HANDS
MANUFCURS.-     o.    Capital  Cost of raw  EMLOYE      Annual cost  Annual
MANUFACTURVES.    i. Q    invested.  material.                of labor.  value o1
products.
^~~z ~' ~Male. Female.
Cotton batting........    1     $3,000    $13,500      3......        $864    $18,000. & wadding       2      3,200     10,530      8......        1,980     15,987
ginning........       1        200        612       1               240      1,050
"goods.........       17    926,000    915,280    761    859    307,068   1,595,120
Total...........   21    932,400    939,922    773     859    310,152  1,630,157
SOUTHERN STATES.
(Virginia, North      Carolina, South     Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee.)
%: c aq No. OF HANDS
Capital in- Cost of raw  EMPLOYED.   Annual cost  Annual
M~ANUFACTURES.  0    vested.  material.                  of labor.  value of
ad 2E.products.
Male. Female.
Calico printing........   1     $1,200     $6,400      3.....       $1,200    $9,000
Cotton ginning........   88     92,457    367,134    264       6     52,404    552,585
gils...........    54    673,225    248,338    527       2    217,980  1,028,715
goods........    157  9,129,221  4,683,631   3,859  6,082  1,425, 70  8,072,067
pressing.......     5    149,700      3,610     64.......      25,920     89,650
"    yarn.........      2     37,000     11,600     14     11      4,428     23,000
Total........... 30710,082,803    5,320,713  4,731   6,101  1,727,702  9,775,017
TERRITORIES.
(Utah, New Mexico, and Washington.), ~ _;~~~No. OF HANDS
Capital in- Cost of raw  EMPLOYED.  Annual cost  Annual
MAIUFACTURRS..   z     vested.   material.                 of labor.  value of
S                             --       -              products.
Male. Female.
Cotton yarn...........     1     $6,000     $6.000      4       3    $3,420    $10,000
Total..........   1      6,000      6,000      4      3       3,420    10,000




CHRONOLOGICAL         AND    STATISTICAL      HISTORY      O)' COTTON.      491
TOTALS IN THE UNITED STATES.
2W4 0i aoNo. OF HANDS
MANUFACTURES..'' Capital in- Cost of raw  EMPLOYED.   Annual cost  Annual
MANUFACTURES.          a                                                   value of
M  o  vested. material. ______             of labor. value of
Co;~~~~~~~~~~~ ---          — products.
Male. Female.
Cotton bags...........     3    $92,700    $83,620     113      83    $40,380   $177.000
batting and wad'g.    54    365,400    628,299     378     66     122,484    989,414
braid, thread, lines,
twine and yarn...   191   4,239,060  3,613,142  2,549   3,451  1,182,000  6,569,093
cordage..........    22    166,300    144,476     133     82     45,240     257,650
coverlets.........   18     34,975     45,420      68     19      21,288    102,675
flan nel carding....  3      6,000     23,973      29......       4,836     54,482
ginining...........  89     92,657    367,746     265       6     52,644    553,635
gins............     57    758,825    287,488     614      2    266,160   1,152,315
goods.............   803 93,143,759 52,666,701 43,406 71,549 22,488,562 107,337,783
"lamp wick........      2     70,000     52,909      43     30       8,700    119,124
mosquito netting..     2     53,000     32,720      58     71     25,956    138,392
pressing........      5    149,700      3,610      64......     25,920      89,650
table cloths........  13    23,550     18,127      68      6     15,900     40,318
Totals.......... 1,262 99,195,926 57,968,231 47,788 75,365 24,300,070 117,581,531




492    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for
the Year ending August 31, 1860.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales.
1b60.    1859.   1858.
LOUISIANA. 
Export from New OrleansTo  Foreign  Forts......................... 2,005,662
Coastwise...............................  208,634
Burnt at New Orleans....................     5,240
Stock on hand 1st September, 1860........   73,934
2,293,470
DeductReceived from Mobile....................    34,179
It'    Montgomery, &c............     28,473
"      Florida....................  16,335
it     Texas.....................  49,036
Stock on hand 1st September, 1859........   26,022
154,045
ALABAMA.                            ----    2,139.425 1,669,274 1,576,409
Export from Mobile —
To Foreign Ports.........................   659,481
Coastwise...............................  158,332
Burnt at  Mobile..........................   3,387
Manufactured in Mobile...................  1,220
Stock on hand 1st September, 1860........  41,682
864,102
DeductReceived from New Orleans................     984
Stock on hand 1st September, 1859........  20,106
21,090
TEXAS.                            --         843,012  704,406  522,364
Export from Galveston, &cTo Foreign Ports (including 1865 to Mexico) 111,967
Coastwise....................              139,767
Manufactured in Galveston.............    177
Stock on hand 1st September, 1860........    3,168
255,079
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1859................      2,655
252,424  192,062  145,286
FLORIDA.
Export from Apalachicola, St. Marks,&c.To Foreign Ports-Uplands...............     58,353
i"        Sea Islands............     755
Coastwise-Uplands..................  117,394
Sea Islad................  14,200
Burnt at Apalachicola.................    1,394
Stock on hand 1st September, 1860........      864
Deduct-  -  192,960
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1859................      236
_-   192,724  173,484  122,351
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands............... 331,159
t"        Sea Island.............   6,596
Ooastwise-Uplands...................... 190,937
Sea  Island....................  18,345
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1860...    4,307
"   Augusta, &c., 1st September; 1860    5,252
_   556,596




CHRONOLO(ICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.       493
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1860-Concluded.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales.
1860.    1859.   1858.
Deduct —--                                                -       
Received from Florida-Sea Island........     6,308
"            Uplands..........      686
Stock in Savannah 1st September, 1859.....   9,320
"   Augusta, &c., 1st September, 1859.   9,063
-    25,377
SOUTH    CAROLINA.                       --       531,219 475,78    282,973
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands............... 365,654
t"        Sea Island...........    21,116
Coastwise-Uplands...................... 153,393
Sea Island...................    5,946
Burnt at Charleston......................     284
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1860.    8,897
Export from Georgetown, S. C.To Northern Ports-Uplands.............         801
-     556,091
Deduct —
Received from Florida-Sea Island.........    6,844
t" Uplands...........                539
Received from Savannah-Sea Island......      1,411
"1           Uplands........  19,596
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1859..  17,592
---      45,982  510,109 480,653   406,251
NORTH CAROLINA.
Export —
To Coastwise Ports.......................  41,194........       41,194   37,482   23,999
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports.........................    3,259
Coastwise................................   33,462
Manufactured (taken from the ports).......  17,841
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1860........   2,800
-    57,362
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1859..............        375
56,987   33,011  24,705
TENNESSEE, &c.
Shipments from Memphis................. 391,918
"' Nashville.................  23,000
("      Columbus & Hickman, Ky.       4,500
Burnt and manufactured at Memphis.......     1,482
Stock at Memphis, 1st September, 1860....    1,709
422,609
DeductShipments to New Orleans................ 263,589,, Norfolk.....................        160
Manufactured on the Ohio, &c.............  49,000
Stock on hand 1st September, 1859........   1,184
_ —--- 313,933
-      108,676  85,321    9,624
Total crop of the United States........................ 4,675,7703,851,4813,113,962
Increase over crop of 1859.......................... bales.  824,289
Increase  over crop  1858.....................................  1,561,808
Increase  over crop  of 1857.....................................  1,736,251
Iucrease  over crop  of  1856....................................  1,147,925




494    CHR(ONOLO)GICAL AND         STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON..Export to Foreign Ports, from     September 1, 1859, to August 31, 1860.
To Great   To    To North  Other    Tt
FROM                    Britain. France. of Europe. F'n Ports.  o
New Orleans....................... bales. 1,426,966 313,291  136,135 129,270 2,005,662
Mobile..................................  445,663  148,918  21,806  43,094  659,481
Galveston...............................  83,972   5,471   19,569    2,955  111,967
Florida..................................  52,986   1,420   2,634    2,068  59,108
Savannah...............................    291,403  20,422   24,809    1,121  337,755
Charleston............................... 240,151   64,895   47,056   34,668 386,770
Virginia...........3,259.......................                3,259
New York............................... 121,200     35,110  39,916    6,802  203,028
Baltimore...............................      29      60       50      18      157
Philadelphia........................         289.......        3      292
Boston................................   3,514.......   3,097      83    6,694
Grand total.......................2,669,432 589,587 295,072 220,082 3,774,173
Total last year................... 2,019,252  450,696  330,012  221,443 3,021,403
Increase........................  650,180  138,891...............  752,770
Decrease....................................  34,940  1,361 
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated........................ bales. 4,675,770
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1, 1859In  the  Southern  ports........................................  85,369
In the Northern ports...................................   63,868
149,237
Makes a supply of.................................................. 4,825,007
Deduct therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports............ 3,774,173
Less Foreign included..................     917
- 3,773,256
Stocks on hand, September 1, 1860In the Southern ports......................... 142,613
In the Northern ports.........................  85,095
227,708
Burnt at New Orl., Apalachicola, Charleston & N Y...   7,415
Burnt and manuf'd at Mobile, Galveston & Memphis...    6,266
Manufactured in Virginia...........................  17,841
31,522
-   4,032,486
Taken for home use north of Virginia............................. bales.  792,521
Taken for home use in Virginia and south and west of Virginia..........  185,522
Total consumed in the U. S. (including burnt at the ports), 1859-60....... 978,043




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 496
ANNUALI REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1859-60.
The production of cotton for the year now under review has
shown a further.large increase, in amount and value, and with the
return of peace in Europe, and prosperous manufacturing interests
at home and abroad, the crop has been disposed of at an average
range of remunerative prices. An important feature in the operations of the season, was the depressing influence.of large stocks of
our leading staple in Europe of which the accumulation was rapid
from December to June. On the 2d of September, 1859, the stock
at Liverpool was estimated at 653,000 bales, including 557,000
American, from which time there was a gradual falling off, until
the beginning of December, when the estimate was 411,000 bales,
of which, 270,000 were American; the stock at all the ports of Great
Britain being 441,000 bales, including 263,000 American. By the
20th of January, these figures had swollen, from Liverpool alone,
to 606,000 bales, including 452,000 American; and, with a rapid
increase during the next five months, on the 8th of June, they
had reached 1,358,000 bales, of which 1,154,000 were American.
At the end of June the stock was reduced to 1,333,000 bales, of
which 1,038,000 bales were American. With us, the largest stock
appearing in our tables, was 573,000 bales, at the beginning of
March, from which time the amount fell off to 470,000 bales, on
the 1st of April; 285,000, on the 2d of May; 119,000, on the 2d of
June; 69,000, on the 1st of July; and 54,000, on the 1st of August.
As respects the coming crop, we may remark that the planting
was to an increased extent, and preparations were made for a
large crop, the expectations in that regard being encouraged by a
favorable spring. As the season advanced, however, the absence
of rain diminished the prospects considerably, and, during the summer, intense heat prevailed, with an atmosphere almost destitute of
moisture, some sections of the cotton region being without a shower
of rain for upwards of three months. In the upland portions of the
country, the crop suffered materially from this protracted drought,
and some injury resulted in the bottom lands, though in the latter,
comparatively little damage has been experienced. The plant
matured rapidly, and the picking season having opened much
earlier than usual, the receipts thus far have been larger than any
previous year, for the same period, but the under-growth has been
light, and is not expected to hold out for a late picking season, and
it is now very generally conceded that a large crop cannot possibly
be made.




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and         Receipts at New    York, Weekly Exports from       New   York and Bates of Freight to
Liverpool 1st of each month,for the Crop        Year ending September 1, 1860..
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts        EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Middling   Middling   week, for week,                                              Rates of
1859.    New Orleans  Upland,  including including                    - _ —--— Freight to                      GENERAL REMARKS.
New York   New York   lots in  lots in  To Great  To     North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'n. Classificat'n. Transit. Transit.  F       Europe. ton Ports Exports.~
Septem. 6..      12}        11       2,400    3,882      866........       96              962'r s5Wd.
("     9..     12j        11                                                                            No very remarkable event occurred 
13..       12k        11       5,800    1,775     587      471........        2    1,060             this crop year, and prices varied but 
16..     12k        11                                                                             little, its entire course. Early in
l 20..   12k        11       5,300    2,689    7,373     953     1,230........  9,556             September, the free receipts at the
23..     12k        11ports caused a (lull, heavy feeling
"   27..     12         11       3,000    3,252    1,867    1,318........    102     3,287            here and abroad wich continued        Z
30..     12         11th                                                                                 gh-    l      About the 1st
October 4..      11         11       3,500    4,819    1,933             1, 546........  3,479     d.       f November, accounts of frost
"      7..     11         11                                                                              stiffened the market temporarily,
11..      itp       113      2,500    4,736    3,053     293       40........   3,386             but with subsequent fine and very
14..     114        11                                                                             favorable picking weather, prices
18..     11         11       3,500    5,710     459..         831........    1,290            soon fell off again   Owin g     a-a 
"     21.. 12        117                                                                                 rise in the Souiitrnrtrvers,  te re-n
25..    14         11  9   11,200    8,060,752     318........              4,070            ceilts for a time in December were
28..       11         ll                                                                             larger than ever before known, but    ~1
Novem. 1..       12        Jll      10,700    9,603    2,315........      683........   2,998  a~ad.      under an improved demand, prices
4..     14         11                                                                             were sustained.
8..       114        11       16,500    9,935   1,388      777      331........    2,496          In January, there was a more cheer1      t11..   114        113                                                                            ful feeling, and prices advanced.
15..     14         1lI     17,000    9,252      690     527      932........    2,149            In February and March, the large 
tt    18..     11         114                                                                            receipts and exports were adverse
22...   I14         14      15,000   19,875    2,8183    887      522........     4,292            to the article, and it was barely
25..        Il         i1l                                                                             steady; the stocks in Liverpool in    1
29..       11          Ilk    8,500   16,456    2,194    1,008     560........    3,762            April were double the quantity of
Decem.   2..     Ilk        11                                                                   7-32'@d    those on hand at the same time the 
it     6..     11         11      11,700   13,350    1,505..        2,603..         4,108            previous year, reaching near a mil- 
9..       Il        11                                                                             lion of bales of all kinds.
"  13..  11          lk     15,500    9,422   4,826    1,160........5,986                      In May, there was a better feeling, 
16..       11          i              I                                                              both here and in Europe, and prices
"l    20..     11         11       8,600   13,006    5,059     738    1,308........    7,105            advanced.   The political troubles
t  23..  Il         11                                                                             in Sardinia and Sicily, and the ap27..     11k        11      16,500   15,674     385........      616      788    1,789            prehension that the disorders would




Decem: 30..      1~ 11                                                                                      spread to other parts of Europe,
1860.                                                                                                     seriously interfered with trade in
January  3.     11         11       5,500    6,470    4,920    4,030      825........    9,775;Y(4d.     the Summer months, and depressed
" 6..         11        11                                      l                                       prices, assisted by the very large
" 10..         I    11     4 Il   7,000    6,520    1,676      733      921.3,330                       stock in Liverpool, and the small     2
13..     11         11                                                                              demand at Manchester for goods 
"    17..     1ll        11       6,300    8,148    1,437    2,173      446      746    4,802            from   the East.        f
20..   1il         118                                                                           There was at this time a great drought
24..     11l        11     22,800   12,594    6,232              881..7,113                       experienced at the South, more       0
27o..2  11    1    1                                                                               severe in its effects than any that  B
11       31..     11         11.     10,0o0   18,829     560     1,234     528      700    3,022            had occurred before, in many years,
February 3..     11         114                                                                  f@,~d.     the crop of Texas especially suffer7..     11         114      8,800   10,491    2,459    1,102    1,816..5,377                    Ing; but these accounts had but       ^
"  10.    11         l1                                                                              ltile effect, as against the continued; r
"     14..     11         114     10,500    9,716    3,433........   1,496.......    4,929             unfvorrable position of the    ia17..    114        11                                                                              ropean marier
21..     11         11~     16,500   14,977    1,501...       891    2,392           The menacing aspect of affairs be-      g
"     24..     11         114                                                                             tween Italy and Austria occasioned
28..    11         114      8,500   18,764    3,542              525..4,067                       much   concern   in  trade circles    ^
March    2..     11         11                                 (@9-32t1                                     abroad; great caution was ob-;
6..     11         114      9,200   14,900    2,525    1,425    2,684........   6,634             served, and but little disposition to
" 9..   11         11                                                                              operate in any of.the markets here  co
13..     11         11i     17,000   14,233    3,953..          2,323            6,276             or in Europe beyond the exigencies    ^
16..     11         11                                                                              of the time.                          d
20..     11         114      5,500   10,693    4,896.1,932                       6,828
23..     11         11k
27..     11         114      6,100    8,847    3,226      550    1,708     498    5,982
30..     11 |       11
April    3..     11         11       6,000   11,539    5,218      659      921......     6,798    d. 
6..    11     1    14.
"     10..     11         11      10,100   10,302    1,092     967     2,128..        4,187
"     13..     11         11
"     17..     11         11       8,000    6,490.   7,465     921      768             9,154
"     20..     11         114 
".24..    11         114      5,000    4,804    1,812     314      766      948    3,840
27..          11         114
May      1..     11         11       5,300    5,164    3,527      140      852...   4,519  3-16.
"    4..     11         110
"..   11         11       9,000    6,848    1,350     765      177........    2,292                                                  M
11..          11         114.    15..  11        11       9,300   11,517      694      661.222.......   1,577
18.. 1              1___




New.York Statement for Year 1860- Concluded.
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts       EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK 
Middling   Middling   week,  for week,                  _Rates of 
1860.    New Orleans  Upland,  including including                                         Freight to        GENER.AL REAKs.
New York   New York   lots in  lots in  To Great  To    North of  Other    Total  Lverpool.
Classificat'n. Classificat'n. Transit. Transit.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
May     22..     11o 11~             9,000    8,670   1,615      376     493       40    2,524
25..     11        11i, 29..        1Il         11       9,500   7,273    1,701    1,945     275........    3,921                       Exchange,.
June     1..     Il1        11                 i3d.                                                      Sixty days' bills on London were
5..     11                  8,500   9,132    1,278........     859........    2,137            steady in September at 9@(10~ per
8..     11         11'                                                                           cent. premium; in October, 9-(@
" 12..        ill. 111      7,000   6,084      342      982     737........    2,061            101; in November, the same; in
15..     11l        11                                                                            December, the range was from 9@       Z
19...   11         11       6,600   18,628     692       76     500........   1,268            10; in January, 8@9~; in Febru-     t'22..     11        107                                                                            ary, 81@9k; in March, 8J@9; in
26..      101       1        5,000   2,337    1,184      185    1,406........   2,775            April, 8,(@9k; in May, 9 @9a; in     H
29..     11        10                                                                           June, 9|@9s; in July, 9~(9@; and (
July     2..     11         10       2,400    8,265    1,937     975       44........  2,956   5-32d.   in August, 96l10.
6..     11i       104
10..     11        10      3,200   11,428   1,360      547     263       40    2,210
13..     11       io0
17..     11        10       6,000   3,737      741........    1,102      59    1,902
20..     11         10 
24..     11         10      6,000    3,590   1,636    1,286...      2,922
27..     11        0lo
31..     11         10       7,500    6,073........   1,285........    767    2,052                                                 0
August   3..     11         10                                                                   3-16d.                                         ~
7..     11         10k      5,500   3,067       35........     980      771    1,786
"     10..     11        100
14..     11~        101      7,500   5,604      376    1,119........    450    1,945
17..      1         lo10l
21..    1l          10      10,800   4,703    1,146    2,210      40........     3,396
24..     11t        10
24..     11~        10       7,300   1,500      934                                                                                    H
28..    1l          101      7,300   1,500      934.934.................        934 
31..     11        104                                                                 7-32@id                                        z
Average prices
and totalsales,  11.61    11.00    445,400 463,433  117,630   35,110   39,916    6,802  199,458
receipts an 
exports. __________ _____ _____ __________ __________




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1S60.
UNITED STATES, 1859-1860.              Stock 1st Jan., 1860, in...... Gt. Britain.                  France.   Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stdck Sept. 1,       Export...... 3,774,000  United States............................. Bales.   306,000    38,000     30,000    374,000    ~
1859...... 149,000 Consumption 823,000     Brazil...............................                31,000      1,000      1,000     33,000 
Stock Sept. 1,           West Indies....................................    1,000..........     3,000      4,000 
Crop..... 4,676,000  1860...... 228,000   East Indies.....................................    116,000     2,000     26,000    144,000    g
__    __                _____     Egypt....................................       16,000................    16,000:-                    -- Egypt.16,000.......... 16,000 C
Bales..... 4,825,000 Bales......4,825,000                                                                      -;...........
~____~________ _____________       ~Bales........................................ 470,000 41,000 60,000 571,000 
CONSUMPTION.                                                                                  --
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain.                   IMPORT.
3,481,000   688,000    551,000  2,242,000....United States........................ Bales. 2,582,000   610,000   707,000   3,648,000 (
125,000      9,000     3,000    113,000....Brazil...........................................  103.000    2,000    10,000     106,000
46,000     14,000    26,000      6,000.....West Indies......................................  10,000   26,000     11,000     47,000 (
524,000    340,000     8,000    176,000.... East Indies......................................  563.000   12,000   344,000     573,000 (
145,000     16,000    33,000     96,000.... Egypt..                                          110,000     35,000     17,000    158,000 (
4,321,000  1,067,000   621,000  2,633,000.... Bales..................................... 3,368,000  685,000  1,089,000  4,532,000..............................  610,000  Export.
782,000,82,000   105,000    595,000 Stock, Dec. 31........................... Stock above,  470,000    41,000    60,000     571,000 (._ _       _._      0O
5,103,000  1, 149,000  726,000  3,838,000 Total supply, bales...................................... 3,838,000  726,000  1,149,000  5,103,000 
Q
0




500    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
COTTON' AT.LIVIER
RECEIPTS.                              6ALES.
WEEK 
ENDING.
American  E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Con-  Specu- Export. Total.
sumption. lation.
Jan.  6.. 111,063 16,608 4,213 10,390      34 142,308   53,680  1,890 117430   67.000,, 13.. 103,157 8,347 1,268     4,210    296 117,278   63,515  5,010 7,517   76,042
"   20.. 103,471 4,320 3,399........       9 11,199    83,846 14,350 5,584 103,780
" 27..     42,662   145 1,276   1,005.....    5,088   58,879 15,950 8,231   83,060
Feb.  3..   61,374 10,461   926   4,502 1,295   78,558  64,072 11,490 8,718   84,280
10..   81,642 5,976... 13,871...... 101,489        44,340 16.680 16.940  77,960
"   17..   47,091...... 2,414.......    252  49,757   35,817  3,510 11,043  50,370
24..   33,432 19,240 1,784    618......   55.074  51,100  2,540  6,720! 60,360
Mch. 2.. 171,803...... 9,007     2,002    29 182,841   50,208   1,860 8,502  60.570
9.. 118,872   1,844 35,200   173.....  156,089   41,718    960 4.472   47,150
It  16..   20,077 7,542 1,137.......    102  28,858   44,613  3,580 12,827  61,020
23..      73,005 17,958 4,166  1,371     18  96,518   48,768  5,230 9,762   63,760
<'  30..   39,481 23,018 5.532  1,053     23  69,107   55,019  1,140 5,841   62,000
April 5.   67,920 22,199 3,491 20,470...... 114,080   34,672   1,140 4,738   40,550
13..   69,110 23,648 1,503  2,018......  96,279   34,461  1,260 9,369   45,090
20..      95,534 5,159 8,627   2,800     50 112,170   49,416  3,370  6,624  59,410
27..   68,871 9,587 2,642   1,823.......82,923   71,830 11,740 7,980   9r,550
May   4..   32,855 18,011 3,149    510    230   54,755  61,165  4,480 7,815    73,460
11..   67,300 4,587 4 720   2,303     85   78,995  44,476  4,380 16,894  65,750'   18.. 104,930 22,467 4,461   1,051     31 132,940   30,774  2,720 14,346  47,840'   25.. 122,307 1,588 1,353    3,596    129 128,973   32,993  1,820 8.017   42,830
June  1.. 138,231 4,106 3,781     3,326    48 149,492   42,739  1,050 10.971  54,760
8.. 101,904 4.674 3,120     2,091     8 111,797   36,648    770 10,192  47,610
"   15.    26,864 2,205 33,088    940     17  63 114   31,478  1,710 16,662  49,850
t   22..   18 424 6,795    358    186......  25,763   52,237  2,040 9,923   64,200
"   29..   64,305 8,811 1,335   6,734......  81.185   47,229  6 980 10,061  64,270
July   6..  18.481 3,936    719    957......   24,093  60,345  2,170  6,625   69,140
13..    4.885......    389............   5,274   47,520  5,640 22,700  75,860
"   20.. 101,199 3,206     699  3,863    210 109,177   47,180  4,040 10,430  61,650
"   27..   40,571 2,728 1,480.............   44,779   32,142  1,610 13,938  47,690
Aug. 3.     9,055 4,209 5,099    5,484    60   23,907  53,713  5,920 11,787   71,420
10..   12,527 9,824    576  6.647......  29,574   54,484 10,740 17,136  82,360
"   17..   10,177 18,437......     3      2  28,619   54,964 15,960 19,506  90,430
" 24..      4,571 27,640 1,324  1,849    20   35,404   38,091  6,860 18,129  63,080
31..       3,591 10,201    88  1,289    10   15,179   31,880  2,160 17,720  51,760
Sep.  7..    2,769 4,122....     1,914    112    8,917  47,199 28,950 18,771   94,920
14..      706 10.493......  1,743......  12,942   75,218 24,720 16,282 116,220
"   21..    9,616 43.759   648  2,076    183  56,282   33,418 14,900 7,992   56,310
"   28..    2,909 6,458    364.............   9,731   53,512 18,790  8,218  80,520
Oct.  5..    3,836 4,773    504   7T9......     9,872  68,907 32,580 9,873   111,360
"   12..    2,517 13,651 1,513  1,395 1,378   20,454   55,917 20,61l 15,593  92,120
"   19..    8,570 11,416   534  1,738         22,258   54,707 17,470 5,963   78,140
"   26..   12,756 2,107 1,699     315    356   17,233  43,540  5,780 4,160   53,4g0
Nov. 2..     1,220............    1,449......   2.669  57,340 46,970 7,160 111,470
" 9..       8.652.....     937.............   9,589   31,457 41.320 12,693  85,470
"   16..    2,613 2,006    817    891    40    6,367   19,980 11,940 12.240  44,160
" 23..     13,089 4,388 1,255   3,977 1,232   23,941   22,441  3,885 6,544   32,870
"   30..    8,107 3,138    158     10    128  11,541   57,746  8.:7:i0 4,464  70 940
Dec.  7..   97,158 2,352 2,982     852    355 103,699   40,297  3,220 5.843   49,360
14..      38,610 8,112,lt34   4,833    196  54,685   44,387  7,450 6.373   58,510
"   21..   46,438 3,587 4,387     517    79   55,008   97,817 31,930 3,673 133,420
"   28..   41,830.....,771  1,933  20  47,554   50,30i 20.180  1,799  72,280
Atoa pricS'es 2,492 138 449839 174847 131,537 7,037 3,255,398 2,540,196 522,175 526791 3,589,162
ceipts & stocks.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 501
OOL. YEAR 1860.
STOCKS.                  PRICES.
ACTU AL    CON- 
EXPORT. SUMPTION.        REMAIKS.
American.   Other.   Total.   Mid.   Mid.   Dhol.
Up.    Orl.
366,329   160,401  526,730   64     67     44    11,430     53,680
418,492   157;519  576,011   6,i    65     44     7,517    117,195
452,303   153,504  605.807   667    67     43     5,584    201,041
446,273   140,851  587,124   61     61     44     8,231    259,920
449,304   145.230  594,534   6 76 6        47     8,718    323,992 1
476,993   139,470.616,463  6 6    61     41    16,940    368,332
4'3,647  129,370)  613,017  67     6      4     11,043    404,149
478,879   141,122  620.001   6i     6 614 44      6,720    455,249   Large receipts at
609,534  140,226   749.760   6A     6      43     8,502    505,457     ports in United
696,543   133,166  829,709   61     68     4A     4,472    547,175     States.
674,858   126,351  801,209   61     61-    43    12,827    591,788
702,832   136,563  839,395   6      6      46     9,762    640,556
691,412   155,189  846,601   61     6      4 5    5,841    695,575 
731,272   174,388  905.660   63     6      4      4,738    730,247
766,081   189,159  955,240   6 6    61     41     9,369    764,708
825,295   190.611 1,015906   6      6 -    44     6,624    814,124
836,099   190,780 1,026,879  6 6    63     41     7,980    885,954
818,021   198,201 1,016,222  6-     6      44     7,815    947,119
833,626   193,107 1,026,733  6-1    6      4-    16,894    991,595 ]
904,542   206,325 1,110,867  61     63     41    14,346   1,022.369 
995,751  204,582 1,200,333   6      6      48     8,017   1,055,362  Unsettled state of
1,088,891  206,303 1,295,194   6      63     4     10,971  1,098, 101    foreign politics.
1,154,240  203,999 1,358,239   5      61     4'    10,192  1,134,749
1137,197   197, 134 1.334,631  53     6      41    16,662  1,166,227 J
1,114,004  193,467 1,307,471   5-     61-    4-     9,923  1,218,464
1,132,412  201,003 1,333,415   5-i    6      4     1.061   1,265,693 
1,102,530  195,563 1,298.093   54     6      4      6,625  1,326,038
1,019,553  178,034 1,227,587   5<1    53     4     22,700  1,373,558   Rumors of possible
1,110,132  176,988 1.287,120 51       6      4     10,430  1,420, 38     failures, &c.
1,113,751  169,080 1,282,831   5,7 54        3- 13,938     1,452,880 I
1,076,420  164,551 1.240,971   57     5      31    11,787  1,506,593 J
1,035,994  167.355 1,203,349!  5      6      31    17, 136  1,561.077 
986,409   170,793 1,157,202  54     62     37    19,506   1.616,041  Reported    injury
940,558   187,249 1,127,807  5 I    6      4     18,129   1,654,132     done to crops by
906,4('3  181,383 1,087,786  51     6-     4     17,720   1,686,012    unusually    hot
855,268   166,664 1,021.932  6      6-     41    18,771   1,733,211 / and dry weather.
784,075   157,307  941,382   61     63     43    16,282   1,808.429
759,454   195,388  954,842   61     63     41     7,992   1,841,847
715,918   186,837  902,755   61     61     43     8,218   1,895,359
660,541   173,673  834,214   641    6      4      9,873   1,964,266
616.396   169,656  786,052   6 I1   64 46         15,593  2, 00, 183 1
580,991   173,346  753,437   6'-    6 63   4'     5,963   2,074. 890 
558,361   168,399  726,760   62     65     43     4,160   2,118.430  Injuring Stmes. in
511,448   156,098  667,546   63     7      5      7,160   2,175,770     o     tenttes.
477,144   140,898  618,042   6      64-    5   1 12,693   2,207,227J
447,505   135,415  582,920   63     7      5     12,240   2.227,207 
436,674   138,482  575,156   63     61|    5      6,544   2,249,648
390.640   134,013  524,653   61 -   7      5      4,464   2.307,394                 h
449,754   129,405  579,159   64     6 67   5      5,843   2,347 691     tiesat  in of hos
443,918   137,053  580,971   6-     6      5      6,373   2,392, 078in hina.
404,603   137,098  541.701   6   7 7-      54     3,673   2,489,895
402,891   138,595  541,486 71       7      54     1,799   2,540,196 J
5.97   6.53   4.50 526,791    48,849.92




502   CHRONOLOGtCAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1861.
The population of Great Britain was 23,266,755, and the number of spindles about 33,000,000; an average of 1,418 spindles to
1,000 inhabitants.   (See years 1840, 1850, and 1860.)
During this year the production of cotton was as follows, in the
designated sections:
Greece.................................      8,300 lbs.
Turkish Dominions.........................  12,660  "
Egypt...................................  7,302,160  "
Western Coast of Africa.....................  27,780 "
Mauritius...................        145,760 "
Madras................................... 3,513,640 "
Bengal...............................,     9,240  "
New Granada.....................  27,660 "
Brazil.................................... 3,087,560 "
War with the South, (See year 1862.)




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.       503
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1861.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales. 
1861.    1860.   1869.
LOUISIANA.                     _ —
Export from New OrleansTo Foreign Ports......................... 1,783,673
Coastwise...............................   132,179
Burnt at New Orleans....................      3,276
Stock on hand 1st September, 1861........   10,118
1,929,246
DeductReceived from Mobile......................  48,270
44     Montgomery, &c............    11,551
i(     Florida..........            13,279
" -Texas....................         30,613
Stock on hand 1st September, 1860........   73,934
-----     177,647
L  -----  1,751,599 2,139,425 1,669,274
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo Foreign Ports........................   456.421
Coastwise...........  127,574
Manufactured in Mobile (estimated).........  2,000
Stock on hand 1st September, 1861.........   2,481
588,476
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1860..........    41,682
-  546,794 843.012 704,406
TEXAS.
Export from GalvesLon, &c.To Foreign  Ports.........................  63,209
Coastwise................................  84,254
Stock on hand 1st September, 1861.........     452
-     147,915
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1860...........          3,168
144,747      252,424  192,062
FLORIDA.
Export from Apalachicola, St. Marks, &c.To Foreign Ports.........................   28,073
Coastwise.................................  85,953
Burnt at St. Marks........................     150
Stock on hand 1st September, 1861.........    7,860
-     122,036
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1860................     864
121,172  192,724 173,484
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................ 293,746
i(        Sea Island.............   8,441
Coastwise-Uplands                           170,572
Sea Island...............   11,512
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1861.....   4.102
"   Augusta, etc., 1st August, 1861....  5,991
494.364




04: CHRONOLO)GICAL AND             STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
Staement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1861-Concluded.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales.
1861.    1860.   1859.
DeductReceived from Florida-Sea Island..........    1,033
{a,        (      Uplands...........     6,188
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1860.....   4.307
I(   Augusta, &c., 1st September, 1860.    5,252
-   16,780
477,584 525,219 475,788
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from Charleston and Georgetown —
To foreign ports-tUplands................    199,345.'; Sea Island..............  15,043
Coastwise-Uplantds..................... 121,663
Sea  Island....................  8,355
Burnt at Charleston......................     564
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1861....  2,899
-      347,869
DeductReceivedi from Florida  Sea Island.             255
and Savannah- 
o: c       ( "  Uplands..........     2,378
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1860...   8,897
-   11,530
336,339 510,109 480,653
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo  Foreign  ports......................       195
Coastw ise............................     56,100
_........   56,295   41,194  37,482
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports........................  810
Coastwise.................................  61,129
Manufactured-taken from the ports........    16,993
Stock on hand 1st September, 1861.........   2,000
_ -   80,932
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1860................     2,800   78,132   56,987  33,011
TENNESSEE, &c.
Shipments from Memphis, Tenn............ 369,857
" "<     Nashville, Tenn...........    16,471
("     "   Columbusand Hickman, Ky.       5,500
Stock at Memphis, 1st September, 1861.....    1,671
-.... 393,499
DeductShipments to New Orlans................. 196,366
Manufactured on the Ohio, &c..............   52,000
Stock on hand 1st September, 1860.........   1,709
250,075
-    143,424  108,676   85,321
Total crop of the United States..................... 3,656,086 4,669,770 3,851,481




CHRONOLOGICAL AND- STATISTICAL HISTORY                   OF COTTON.       85M
Export to Foreign Ports, from September 1, 1860, to August 31, 1861.
Other
To Great   To    To North    r        tal
FROM                     Britain.  France. of Europe.  i    Tota.
Ports.
New Orleans, La. (bales).................. 1,159,348 388,925 122,042  113,358 1,783,673
Mobile, Ala............................... 340,845   96,429    6,601   12,546 456,421
Galveston, Tex...........................    4Z,229   3,640   12,315       25   63,209
Florida 2......................   27,140              933.......   28,073
Savannah, Ga.............................   282,994   10,061   6,165    2,967 302,187
Charleston, S. C........................ 136,513     29,886   24,401   23,588 214,388
Virginia.................................   810........................  810
North  Carolina...........................    144...............     51      195
New York............................... 158,415  49,122  35,197  5,315 248,049
Baltimore................................   975........   2,483      87    3,545
Philadelphia...............................  3,793 3,
Boston..................................  17,019.......  6,113  1 93  23,225
Grand total....................... 2,175,225 578,063 216,250   158,030 3,127,568
Total last year..........           2,669,432 589,587 295,072   220,082 3,774,173
Decrease........................... 494,207   11,524   78,822   62,052  646.605
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated................ bales.    3,656,086
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1,
1860, in the Southern ports...........................  142,613
Northern ports...................................  85,095
227,708
M akes  a  supply  of................................................ 3,883,794
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 3,127,568
Less-Foreign   included...................................     701
3,126,867
Stocks on hand September 1, 1861In  the  Southern  ports...............................  37,574
In the Northern ports..............................  45,613
-   83,187
Burnt at New Orleans, St. Marks, Charleston and Philadelphia,  4,390
Manufactured in Virginia and Mobile.......................  18,993
-   23,383
--- -3,233,437
Taken for home use north of Virginia............................bales.  650,357
Taken for home use in Virginia, and south and west of Virginia.........  193,383
Total consumed in the United States (including burnt at the ports), 1860-61....  843,740




606 CHBONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY    0'F COTTON.
ANNUAL REVITIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current-1860-61.
The sales in January amounted to 320,000 bales, while the
receipts comprised 393,200 bales, and the nominal stock had been
reduced to 247,566 bales. We say the nominal stock, because
towards the close of the month heavy clearances, amounting,
during the week ending on the 27th, to 242,367 bales, had been
made in anticipation of the custom-house being transferred from
the old Federal Government to that of the Confederate States, and
a vague apprehension that there might be some delay or disadvantage in clearance, after the change. Many vessels, indeed, cleared with hardly a bale of cotton on board, but specifying as cargo
the amount engaged, or on the wharf for shipment. The blockade was fully enforced on the 10th of June, since which, operations
have been confined to filling small orders for Southern manufactures, or picking up trifling lots offered, to close consignments, at
very low figures.




LIVERPOOLj STATEMENT FOR 1861.
UNITED STATES-1860-1861.                Stock Jan. 1, 1861, in............................. Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
United States............................Bales.   395,000     97,000    49,000     541,000   X
Stock Sept. 1,       Export......3,128,000   Brazil......................................  12,000.......  2,000    14, 000
1860....... 228,000 Consumption  673,000    West Indies.4........................     4000                 1,000       5,000 
Stock Sept. 1,           East Indies.......................................  157,000    6,000    30,000     193,000    0
Crop......3,656,000  1861......  83,000   Egypt................................   27,000      2,000.........      29,000 
Bales.......3,884,000 Bales....... 3,884,000    Bales.........................5...........  595,000    105,000    82,000     782,000 
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain.                  IMPORT. 
2,732,000   547,000    494.000  1,691,000....United States................................... 1,842,000  521,000   516,000   2,620,000    3
88,000      5,000     1,000     82,000....Brazil..........................................  99,000      1,000     4,000     102,000 
40,000      4,000    22,000     14,000.... West Indies.........................   11000      22,000     5,000      37,000 
794,000    420,000    19,000    355,000.... East Indies.....................................  986,000    19,000   408,000     999,000   2
177,000     24,000    42,000    111,000....Egypt.....................................   97,000  41,000    27,000     163,000 
3,831,000  1,000,000   578,000  2,253,000.............................................Bales. 3,035,000   604,000    960,000   3,921,000..............................  678,000  Export. 
0
872,000    42,000    131,000    699,000 Stock Dec. 31.                          Stock above,   595,000    105,000    82,000     782,000 
4,703,000  1,042,000   709,000  3,630,000 Totalsupply, bales..............................   3,630,000   709,000  1,042,000   4,703,000   t
0
0
_.            g~~~~0
0t




508    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.
WEEK
ENDING.
American  E. I. Egypt. Brazil. Other  Total. Consump- Specula- Export  Total.
tiou.   tion.
Jan.   4..    9,224......   725.......  45    9,994   18,544    1.640 2,706   22,890
11..   45,664 7,728   5,764  1,263  671   61,090   47,683   8,540 3,197    59,420
18..   58,483...... 1,047....... 209     59,739  93,428   36,590  1,532 131,550
"   25.. 103,186 9,854    1,320  4,742   91 119,193    56,623  29,230 1,787    87,640
Feb.   1..  71,278 11,296 2,256   2,370   31   87,231   30,115    2,310  1,975  34,400
8..   95,059 2,191 2,014............    99,264  39.355    3,700 5,735   48,790
15..   32,978...... 1,738.......    42   34,758  22,473    2,670  6,977  32,120
22..   92,319...... 2,270   2,798  699   98,086   10,728   1,970 13,202  25,900
March 1.. 110,824..... 6,375     1,839    6 119,044    56,312    2,300 5,278   63,890
8..   69,365 14,388 3,802   1,142  346   89,043  49,581   16,030 15,949  81,560
(' 15..    72,756...... 1,810   3,632.....  78,198   33,395   9,570 15,165   58,130
"   22..'66,420  9,412 1,434........      77,266   97,938  26,210 8,772   132,920
"   29..   67,707......    866   1,'779  830  71,182  48,384   12,620  7,866   68,870
April 5..   64,246 6,690 2,695    1,553   20   75,204   21,139    6,080 19,141  46,360
12..   12,379 10,774 4,125   1,707   13   28,998  52,428   18,850 23,752   95,030
19..   21,015 22,899 2,257    800    30   47,001  43,291   15,400 9,949   68,640' -26..   117,395 22,573 5,100     386   99 145,553    56,276  13,050 10,744   80,070
May   3..   87,877 3,794 2,245    2,604....   96,520   57,985   23,350 8,525   89,860
10..   49,102 13,792 4,285....      10   67,189  49,451   20,950 23,529   93.930
"   17..   79,300 23,016  1,762  3,797   41 107.916    30,501   9,390 7,259    47,150
24..   93,674 21,582 4,380   5,287  205  125,128  43,617   18,960 17,943   80,520
" 31..     41,272 52,616  1,823  1,446...   97,157   45,022  10,220 12,018   67,260
June   7.   45,439 13,025 3,112.... 238      61.814   56,792   16,590 5,118   78,500
14..   19,413 21,905 2,980......      8   44,306  30,780    8,450 19,290   58,520
"   21..    8,601 15,330   795     614..   25,310   31,387  10,400 13,033   54,820
"   28..   42,719 31,679 4,626   2,402  206   81,632   48,326  16,910 14,714   79,950
July   5..   7.1,545 6,588 1,594......        79,727   97,004   49,330 12,216  158,550
12..   42,189 6,446    179   2,912   50   51,776   52,916  13,200 14, -74  80.990
"L  19...  17,763 9,878   1,640  2,405.....  31,686   77,275  22,610 13,235  113,120
" 26..     21,893 28,263 2,741   3,175.....  56,072   85,434  37,680 21,176 144,290
Aug. 2..    34,255 40,208  1,506 12,304   21   88,294   36,056   12,200 21,254  69,510
"    9..    3,226 13,660   671   3,924   49   21,530   24,586  19,200 19,294   63,080
"   16.......... 3,706     584   2,304   37    6,631   20,390   5,580 20,220   46,190
" 23..        165 25,095 1,430   5,779  343   32,812   56,326  20,930 12,614   89,870
"   30..     35,324  1,236    549   15   37,124   58,434  49,770 11,8961 120,100
Sep.   6.......... 46,657 1,018    695  386   48,756   42,188   24,510 10,792  77.490
" 13..     75 33,270   530     50   605   34,455  33,832   16,960 15,638  66,430
"   20..       24 15,253   464...... 138     15,879   76,540  56.850  9,860  143,250
27..        6 2,155    251   1,518  122    4,052   74,597  84,560 13,203 172,360
Oct.   4..       5 4,129     563.......   54    4,751   25,109   28,910 13.311  67,330
"<  11........ 17.966  241  1,293  661  20,161  40,350   63,790 16,500  120,640
18..       48 14,006   721   6,572  137   21,484  44,673   55,980 15,847 116,509
"   25.......... 52,317 1,571     285  228   54,401  49,342   82,090 14,378  145,810
Nov. 1........         11     17............     28   27,391   28,280 6,879   62,550
8..      408 66,627    86     675   90   67,886   17,281  36,290  6,769   60 340
"   15..       46 24,258   576   2,264  163   27,307  44,646   50,530 10,194 105,370
22..      588............    491.....    1,079   15,038  20,490 5,452    40,980
"   29..      789 18,355   100   2,303  106   21,653   12,671   4,520 4,639    21.830
Dec.   6..     298 32,403   505   4,886   25   38,117   12,807    9,170  6,913  28,890
" 13..        352 11,341 4,044   1,652  505   17,894   21,478   8,800 5,142    35,420
it  20................    1,919    617   12    2,548   17,981   7,360 2,989    28,330
27........   400......     30.....     430   13,146    9,520 8,464   31,130
"   31..............................          3,109   28,140  11,430 4,750    44,320
Avera prices 1711370 823660 95.898 83,850 8,087 2,725,954 2,277,195 1,173,160 605453 4,055,808
ceipts & stocks.                                                             I




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAJ; HISTORY OF COTTON.                                 509
POOL. YEAR 1861.
STOCKS.                  PRICES.
ACTUAL    CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.         REMARKS.
Amer'n   Other.   Total.   Mid.    Mid.   Dhol.
Up.    Orl.
371,644 157,829   529,473    7      71      54     2,706    18,544
373,504 166,752   540,256    71     76     5   -   3,197   -66,227
364,572 155,301    519,873   71     74      54     1,532   159,655
431,796 163,933   595,729    7      7      5       1,787   216,278
484,779 175,046    659,825   7      7      5       1,975   246,393 Cotton advancing in N. O.
546,948 172,486    719,434   7      7      5       5,735   285,748 Heavy receipts.
558,342 168,153   726,495    6      7      5       6,977   308,221
628,543 162,716   791,259    616    6+     5      13,202   318,949
693,536 160,969   854,505    6i     64     5       5,278   375,261
717,972 163,357   881,329    6      6      5      15,949   424,842
750,535 156,357   906,892    6      6-     5      15,165   458,237
738,627 156,329   894,956    7      7      51      8,772   556,175
768,074 152,078   920,152    7      7 7    5       7,866   604,559
790,571 151.814   942,385    7'     7 7 6  5      19,141   625,698
735,944 148,967   884,911    74     7,    5      23,752   678.126
712,462 161,691   874,153    71     7 -    5       9,949   721,417 Receipts fell off in the S.
777,457 176,535   953,992    7 1  i 7      5 5    10 744   777,693 Rumors    of war    in  the
818.196 172,541   990,737    7      7      5 7     8,525   835,688       United States.
803,097 172,760   975,857    7+     7              85 23,529  885,139 Civil war in United States
859,027189,587 1,048,614     7      7      5       7,259   915,640        commenced.
90;. 640 206,919 1,110,559   7      7      5      17,943   959,257
899,261 250,807 1,150,068    7      7      5      12,018 1,016,049
898,199 249,405 1,147,604    7     57i.            5,118 1,046.829
873,064 256,976 1,130,040    7+*    74     5      19,290 1,078,216
843,929 261,878 1,105.807    7 j    7       5     13,033 1,126,542
834,549 288,473 1,123,022    7      8       5     14,714 1,223,546
838,054 269,2091,107,263     7 +    84      54    12,216 1,276,462
841,168 253,897 1,095,065    7+     8       5|    14,874 1,353,737
798,656 254,010 1,052,666    8 6    8 %    5      13,235 1,439,171 Warlike    accounts   from
745,776 254,256 1,000,032    84     84      5     21,176 1,475,227       United States.
737,999 280,943 1,018,942    81     8k      5     21,254 1,499,813
709,837 279,071    988,908   8      8       5     19,294 1,520,203
678,909 264,420    943,329   8      8       5     20,220 1,576,529
630.741 281,226    911,967   8      8      5      12,6141,634,963
588,510 297,565    886,075   8      9       5     11,896 1, 77, 151
553,366 332,273    885.,639  8      9      5      10,792 1,722,173
521,176 346,035    867,211   9      9             15,638 1,756.005 Unfavorable      accounts
487,301 329,959    81.7,260  9      91      5:     9,860 1,832,545    from United States.
444,859 305,700    750,559   9     10       6*    13.203 1,907,142
418,823 293,066    711,889   9     10o      61    13,311 1,932,251
386,453 288,817    675,270  104    101      6     16,500 1,972,601 No hope of early settle350,696 280,881    631,577  10     10       6 6   15,847 2.017,274        ment of war.
321,642 300,327    621,969 11i     11       74    14,378 2,066,616
311,428 275,290    586,718 11       li4     7      6,879 2,094.007.
300.304 330,791    631,095 114     12       7      6,769 2,111,288   Warnews indicates long
281,521 324,197    605,718 11*     12       74    10,194 2,155,934           struggle.
273,594 311,231    584,825  11     11       7      5,452 2.170.972
264,117 325 091    589,208  11     11       7      4,639 2,183,643
253,6771351,095    604,772 10      10|      6      6,913 2,196,450   News of the "Trent"
240,434 354,450    594,884  10     10       6      5,142 2,217,928     affair caused decline.
230,777 348,630    579,413 104     104      6      2,989 2,235,90S
216,317 340,172    556,489  11     11       6      8,464 2,249.055    More    peaceable    ac-..............    622,565  11      11      6      4,750 2,277,195            counts.
8.5    8.8     5.61  605,453 42,965.75




7he semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts, at New          York,'Weekly   Exports from    New   York and Rates of Freight 
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1861. 
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts        EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Middling Middling week, for week, __                                            Rates of                 ]
1860.    New Orleans  Upland,  including including                                       Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.             O
New York   New York  lots in  lots in  To Great  To    North of  Other   Total  Liverpool.
Classificat'n. Classficati'n transit. transit.  Britain. France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
Septem. 4..     11         10       5,500   4,114...............................d.               This crop year ushered in the Ameri-  0
"      7..    11t        10o                                                                         can civil war, though it was not     -
" 11..        11j        10       7,300   1,802     457........................      457            until towards its close that the    o
14..    11        10i                                                                         gravity of the crisis seemed to be 
"     18..    11         10       6,700   4,256    1,378   1,527      60      134   3,099            fairly estimated.                   t
1 21..   11         10                                                                        In September, 1860, this market re- 
25.     11        10      12,500   6,995    1,520     922      129     150    2,721           mained very dull, the English food
28..     11        10                                                                          crop prospects were discouraging, 
October 2..      11        10      13,600   4,862    3,479             800........    5,142  7-32d.   business in Liverpool was very stag5..     11        10                                  863                                     nant and the supply there of cotton
9..     11        10      20,000   7,504    2,935........    256........    3,191           was "enormous, being over a mil12..     11       o10                                                                          lion of bales."
16..     11         lk     28,000   8,923    2,452   2,945     722      121    6,240         In October, the Foreign advices were
19..     11        11                                                                          more cheerful, and accounts from
23..     12        11      34,000   9,779    7,173........   351........    7,524           the Guff States were received, not-.
26..    12       11                                                                          ing much damage to the crop by a    t1
"  30..  121       11      14,500  23,623    2,401.....      547........     2,948           hurricane, which imparted a feeling 
Novem. 2..      12         11                                                                  id.     of excitement to the market; a fur6..     12        11       9,000  17,427    5,340     555     559      150    6,604           ther impetus was given to the ad9..     12k       11                                                                          vancing prices by cold weather and  0
13..     12k       11      16,000  12,482    4,091   1,896     888........   6,875            light frosts at the South, as early as 
" 16..   12         11                                                                          the 17th of October, and sustained  0
20..     11        11      12,000  20,021    5,238   1,378    1,140........   7,756           prices until about the middle of No- 
23..      1        11                                                                          vember, when political affairs here
27..     11        10       9,000  17,215    2,937........    907........    3844            began to assume a serious aspect.
30..     11        o10k                                                                        Foreign and Domestic Exchanges      o
Decem. 4..       101       10       6,500  11,411    1,964'819    1,252   1,000   5,035 i@9-32d    became deranged, great caution      H
7..     10        10                                                                          and stringency obtained in financial
11..     10k       10       6,200  13,471    4,437             892      132    5,461           circles, and specie payments were 
14..     10        10o.                                                                   suspended in Philadelphia, Balti18..     11        10      14,000  11,052    6,042   3.013    1,360........ 10,415            more, and some of the Western and
21.. 1    1         10                                                                        Southern cities.
25..     11        11       9,500   6,604    6,836.1,411                 84    8,331




Decem. 28..      lit       11i                                                                         Stagnation continued throughout De1861.                                                                                               cember, but up to this time, in
January 1..      121       12      15,000    7,995   5,276    1,556     536........    7,368     d.     Europe, very little stress had been
4..          13         12a                                                                          laid upon the accounts relative to
8..    131       12w     28,000   10,368   5,895    1,737     594........     8,226           our political troubles, they being
"     11.     13         126                                                                          rather incredulous as to any serious  p
"     15..    13         121     12,600   12,811   5,771........     250    1,068    7,079           results. 
18..      1          12 1In January, the English markets be"    22..     12         121     14,500  20,039    3,028   2,912       78........   6,018            gan to feel the effect of the Ameri- 
25..      12         12                                                                           can accounts, and bought freely; 
"     29..    12         121     23,000    9,073   3,548     820    2,128........   6,496            the  demand   there   being  also 
February 1..               12 1                                                                   d.     strenghtened by the conclusion of. 5           12        12*     16,000   19,516   7,366      918     324........    8,608            peace between England and China;
8..         1        12                                                                            money here was now more accessi-    t
12..        12.       11       7,700   16,057   3,541    2,205    1,457........   7,203           ble, and. with free receipts of specie, >
"     15..    12         1                                                                            the market became buoyant, not-      t
"     19..    12         11       8,800   21,832   5,424    3,767   1,898...... 11,089            withstanding the Southern States 
"    22..     12         11                                                                           were passing ordinances of seces- 
"     26..    12         11      16,000   20,965   4,754    5,406     790       47  10,997            sion.
March    1.     12        11                                                                    id.   February and March, there was but
5. 5        12         11       5,500  16,092    3,908     814      257........   4,979            little activity, the Liverpool mar"      8..    12         11                                                                           ket becoming very dull, upon the
12..    12        12       6,700   14,994   2,427    3,525    3,974........   9,926            advance there in bank discounts. 
1     15..    12         12                                                                         The bombardment and surrender of       c
19.      12        12 1    13,000   10,133   3,807    3,298    3,099........ 10,204             Fort Sumter in April, brought trade 
"    22.      13         121                                                                          to a stand, and, amid much excite26.      13        12      17,000   19,018     870      402      72........    1,344            ment, cotton was generally held out 
"     29.     13         12                                                                           of the market, and the subsequent 
April    2:      13        12      26,000   14,060   3,923    2,178     652       72    6,825  3-16d.   great rise in prices was now inau- 
5..     13        129                                                                           gurated. 
9..     13        12      19,500    6,053     558      728    1,218......    2,504          In April and May, the market con- 
12..       13         12                                                                           tinued in a feverish unsettled state,
16..        13        12i      9,500    9,196   3,432      209     690      103   4,434            Foreign exchange was very difficult
19..      13         13                                                                           to negotiate, which interiered with
23..      13        131     24,500   11,874   2,685     356    1,956........   4,997            exports, while money became very 
26..     14         14                                                                           stringent.
30..         14         14      19,500   4,368    2,589       3    1,055.......    3,647          In May-and June, the troubles here,
May      3..     14        13                    -                                            7-32@Id    caused a panic-feeling in Europe,   ~
7..       14~       133      9,200    2,412   5,838    1,145      81........    7,064           as the demand for goods both from
10..     14        134                                                                          the Continent and England for the
14.       14         131     13,000   3,165    6,417    1,055   1,757........   9,229            American markets was very light.     0
17.. 14           13 ___
_..   8   8.              *.         _  _                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




New   York Statement for 1861.-Concluded.                                                           at
Price of   Price of  Sales for  Receipts        EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Middling Middling week, for week, ____                                               Rates of
1861.   New Orleans  Uplano,   including including                                            Freight to         GENERAL REMARKS.0
New York   New York    lots in  lots in  To Great   To    North of   Other    Total  Liverpool.?
classificat'n. Classlficat'n. transit.  transit.  Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Portie Exports. 
May      21..     14         134      8,500      371    3,957      816      303.5,106                    From this, until the close of the year,
24..     14         13{                                                                               the business was mostly of a specu- 
"  28..  14         13 7      9,500      343    3,621      783.4,404                               lative character, prices for a time    o
31..     14         13                                                                               being higher here than in Liverpool,   Q
June      4..     14         13       5,000      878    3,978      172       53.......    4,203   5-32d.    so that in August, an import of 494    o
7..     14         13                                                                               bales was received from that port.
11..     14         13        5,200     416     1,906      260        8........    2,174                                                    4
4..         1       14Ex 1change.
"  18..  141        14        6,500      713    2,583        6       89........   2,678
21..     144        14~                                                                            The occurrences noted above unset- tI
25..       14          141     10,000      113      868       50       36........      954            tied the market, and prices fluctu-    o
28..     15         14                                                                               ated considerably.
July      2.      15t        143      7,200........       460........      274      400    1,134   5-32d. The range of bills on London in Sep5..     15i7 1.                                                                                     tember. was from 9@10.0 per cent.
19..     164        15       748                   3483, to par to 4 per cent pre- 
23..    16. 1.......................        34mium; in December, the range was
""*       ~v,04       r. Iq                                                                  from par to 5 per cent. premium; in 
30..          16          16       8000         2      165................     1,003    1,168January, the rate advanced from 2
August    2..     16         161                                                                    5-32d.    January, the rate advanced from 2      1
August-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6..  Ifr 16iper cent. premium, to 53@7; in                                                   C
6       1....................................                                   4
17             17       11,000February,therange.wasfro                                                                          5;7
93..    18         1.7.in March, the extremes were 5@8 
13..     18.      18       13,500................       800      800             per cent. premium; April, opened       o
13..     181         i        A ^n       91-at 7k@8k, and fell off to 5                                                            6; in
20..     18         18        4,500      213......May, the range was from 34J                                                 6 per n
23..     18         18                                                                               cent. premium; June, 4l@6; in          C
"  27..  19         18k      12,000      503       24...........                      24            July, 5   7; and in August, 6
"5..     15teet.20                                                                                            w    fro 9~_0 per cent. premium.  0
Septem. 3..       22         22      17000        50                50..........        50 Nominal        per cent. prem m.
Averaged tsaie  13.53      13.01    666,300  435,261  157,381   49,182   34,903    5,254  246,720
receipts and
exports.                 __
~-                    - dop                   d         f    o            9   (    9,dw to                                   8_j_




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.             513
1862.
During this year, the production of cotton was as follows, in the
designated sections:
Greece................................  37,300 lbs.
Turkish dominions........................    824,240 "
Egypt...............................  10,537,940 
Western coast of Africa....................    67,600 "
M auritius..................................  353,760
Madras.............................          6,708,640 "
Bengal....................................    1,845,840  "
New Grenada.......................     206,840 "
Brazil...................................     4,167,680 "
China....................,    293,900 "
War with the South. (See year 1861.)
33




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts at New         York, Weekly Exports from      New   York and Rates of Freight to
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop      Year ending September 1, 1862.
lEXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
PrPrice    Price of   s for RRates of 
1861.'Middling  Middling   week.  for week.                                          Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New Orleans (Upland.                   To Great   To    North of  Other   Total Liverpool. 
Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports. 
Septem. 6..     22         22      16,600     250.......................................
13..    22         21k                                                                       This, and the succeeding three years,
17..    22         21k      2,500     992...................                                  the absorbing question was our own
20.     22         214                                                                         domestic troubles; comparatively.
24..    22         21k      2,000     582       95..2                     97           but little attention was given to
27..    22         21.                                                                         foreign markets; and, after the susOctober 1..     22         211      1,800     418........       8...............        8            pension of our banks, and the.issue
4..    22         211                                                                         Of paper money by the Government, 
8..    22         21k      4,800    1,699.......................................          the  market  for  this, as well as  all  o
11..    22         21                                                                          other articles, fell into a chaotic 
15..    22         22       5,500     957........................................        state, values  rising  or falling  with 
18..    224        22                                                                          the great fluctuations in the gold 
22..     22        22       3,300     266........................................         premium, not unfrequently several
25..    22k        22                                                                          cents per lb. in an hour.
29..    22         22       4,200     945      200.......................      200          In September, this market was very
Novem. 1..      23         221                                                                 h  d f- dull, the European accounts being,
5..     25        24      12,500     887      300........................     300            unfavorable, the demand for goods   w
8..     25        241                                                                         for the States; as well as for India, 
"     12..    25         24       7,000   1,010...having largely fallen off.
19..    24         24       2,200       1     562........................      562            mand, the Liverpool market being 
22..   241        24                                                                          excited by large speculative pur26..    25         25     12,500      497      88...............          88            chases; toward the latter part of
29..    27         26                                                                          November, the market was unset- 
Decem.   3..    29         28      11,000     931........................................ 3-16d.      ted by the arrest of Messrs. Mason
6..     31        301                                                                         and Slidell, on a British mail steam- 
10..    31         30      13,500     131...................................                  ship, and when the account reached   3
13..     344       34                                                                          Liverpool, there was great excite-  H
"     17..    38         38      12,500     975      11........................       1             ment in that market, in the pros- 
20..     38        38                                                                          pect of a war between England and
24..    37         37       4,500     390      54......................         54            the United States; on the 28th De27..    36         36                                                                          cember, our city banks suspended,
31.     36         36       2,500     770........................................          and foreign and domestic exchanges




1862.                                                                                                     became very much unsettled; in
January 3..      36k         36                                                                     3-16d.    January, gold began to command a
(      7..     36k        36        1,600      417....................................            small premium, which soon largely
"     10..     36         36                                                                                advanced; the surrender of'the
"     14..     34         34        1,500    1,227................................             Confederate Commissioners to Eng-     c
17..     33         33                                                                               land dissipated the fear of war be21..    33         33          900    3,297       46                                  46            tween the two countries, and the       o
24..                33                                                                                public feeling became more calm;      Z
28..          33'33        2,800    1,993.....................................          at this time considerable purchases    ~
31..          32         32                                                                               of cotton were made in Liverpool,      O
February 4..     31I         31       2,000    3,320..........to come here.
7..           30 *       3                                                                               The expectation of considerable re-     o
11..          30         30        1,300    1,728................................                  ceipts, here and at Boston, from      >
14..     28~        28                                                                               England, caused prices, through
"     18..     -          -         2,000    1,891      131.131                                            February, to run down very rapidly.
21..     212        20                                                                             In March, there was more activity,       z
"     25..     21j        20        4,300    6,505      957.................               957             and prices advanced again; April      t
"     28..     22         21                                                                                was steady; the receipt of news
March    4..     24          22'      6,000' 492   1,102..................     1,102        d    early in May, of the capture of New    A
1 7..          27         257                                                                               Orleans, caused prices to droop,
"     11..     29         27        7,200    2,379    1,049........       20........   1,069             but at the close of the month, un14..     29          271                                                                              favorable accounts from the army      ^
"     18..     29         271       2,000    5,402      241..241                               in Virginia counteracted this news,    B
21..    29         27                                                                                and prices advanced again; June a
25..     29          27~      2,300    4,127      660                                 660             was quiet until toward the latter
"     28..     29         271                                                                               part, when the further issue of
April     1..     29         27k      5,800    4,813      295..........                 295 (@3&d.      United States Treasury notes put
s      4..     29         27k                                                                               up'the gold premium, and cotton      W
*"     8..     29         28        5,000    2,321      263.                                263            largely advanced with it.              H
11..     29         28                                                                             The battles before Richmond, that oc15..     29         28        6,700    2,379      579.579                                            curred in July, with results so un-    0
"     18..     30         29                                                                                favorable to the Government, un22..     30k         29i     11,500    1,438      283...................      283             settled gold and exchange, and cot-.     25..     30k        29k                                                                               ton  was   feverish, and   steadily
"     29..     30         29        4,500      496.......                                                 tended upward, and when, upon
May       2..    28k         27k                                                                              this, advices were received from      ^
I"     6..     28k        27}       1,300    1,254...........................                   Liverpool noting "the wildest ex-     H
9..     28         27k                                                                               citement there," three-fifths of the  ~
"     13..     28k        27k       3,600    1,582..........entire stock changed hands in a few
"     20..     28k        27         2days, and large purchases to arrive;
"  20..    28         27        2,200    2,877      469........................       469             prices here rapidly advanced.        C:
t 23.. 29            28                  S_____________                    __ __ubsequently there was a reaction,




New   York   Statementfor Year 1862-Concluded.
-Price of  Price ofEXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Price of   Price of                                                              Rates of 
1862.    Middling   Middling  Sales for Receipts                                         Freight to        GENERBA REMARKS.
New Orleans  Upland.   week.   for week. To Great  To    North of  Other   Total  Liverpool.                                     Q
Britain  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.    -
May     27..     314       304     1.3,000   2,873     309.................           309            and values fell off again; in Au"     30;.    32         31                                                                            gust, the market was not active, 
June     3..     32        31        7.500   2,872       64      10................       74  3-16d.    and in prices there was consider- 
"      6..    32         31                                                                            able fluctuation.
"  10..  32        31       4,500      590      30.....................           30
13..     32        31                                                                                      Exchange.
17..     32        31       4,000    2,401     364........................       364          Quotations for 60 days' commercial
"     20..     321       314                                                                           bills on London-the range in Sep- 
" 24..                   334     10,500    2.654     236........................       236            tember was from  648k per cent. 
" 27..   38        37                                                                            premium; October, 64@8; Novem-r
July..     38        37       11,000   2,699       71........              71  3-16d.    ber, the extremes were from 6@       (
t"     4..    39         384                                                                           74 to 84i@9; December, 84 to 104;   >
8..     41        40       4,600    1,671      29.29                                           in January, the lowest price was
"  15..  4         44i      10,500   3,965      26........................        26            in February, the range was from 12'
"     18..    50         494                                                                           to 154; in March, the quotations
22..     50        50        6,300   5,273      87........87                                    dropped to 1112; in April, the       t
25.. 4*   7        47                                                                            range was 114 to 124; in May, 12}. 29..       42         42        1,700   5,496      58........................         58      (       15; June opened at 13@(14j, and
August   1..     50        49i                                                                     d.    steadily advanced to 19}@21; in      2..      48-        48       7,800   8,354     317.........................      317            July, the rate opened at 19~ @21,.    48'        48       4and went up to 26@29; in August,                                                                        W
48                       4500.......................................              the lowest quotation was 24@26       c
15..     47        4947'                                                                         and the highest 261@28 per cent.     o
19..      47         46       4,300    3,924     129........................       129            premium. 
"     22..    46i        46
44    26..    48         474      8,000    2,909      35..........             35O
"     29..    484        48
Septem. 2..      52        514      13,500   6,436     117       31........1........     148  1@id.
Average price
and totalsales.  32.06    31.29    305,100  1.15,427  9,257      49       20       2     9,328
receipts and'
exp orts.                                                                              ~9,328




LIVERPOOL STATEMELNT FOR 1862.
UNITED STATES, 1861-1862.              Stock Jan. 1, 1862, in............................. Gt. Britain.  France  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock Sept. 1,      Export......unknown      United States...........................   283,000   124,000    22,000     429,000   O
1861....   83,000 Consumption.             Brazil..........................................   27,000........     1,000     28,000 
Crop.......unknown Stock Sept. 1,             West Indies......................................   1,000               1,000       2,000   O
1862......           East Indies.....................................  378,000     6  00    14,000     398,000 
---.   ----        Egypt............................................  10,000    1,000      4,000     15,000 1
Bales...........    Bales..............                                                       -                --          -.... - _
Bales.......................................   699,000    131,000    42,000    872,000 
CONSUMPTION.
-----                   IMPORT. 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain.
440,000     98,000   143,000 | 199,000.... United States....................................  72,000    24,000    84,000      94,000 (
135,000    24,000      8,000   103,000.... Brazil...........................................  134,000    11,000    26,000     145,000 
40,000     8,000      8,000 f  24,000.... West Indies...............................     32,000      6,000     7,000      40,000 
1,131,000   326,000    95,000    710,000.... East Indies...................................... 1,072,000  138,000  316,000  1,075,000 
216,000    49,000     57,000   110,000... Egypt.......................................    5,000     59,000    45,000     232,000 
1,962,000   505,000   311,000  1,146,000............................................. Baless. 1,445,000  238,000   478,000   1,586,000 0...............................564,000  Export.                                                                                        c
507,000    15,000     58,000   434,000 Stock Dec. 31.                           Stock above,  699,000    131,000    42,000     883,000 (
2,469,000   520,000    369,000  2,144,000 rotlJ sup!l3y, bales................................... 2,144,000  369,000  520,000  2,469,000 
h-^




518     QHRON     LO()GI(CAL A,AND   STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                                SALES.
WEEK _                                             _
ENDING.
Ameri-  E. I.  Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.   Con-    Specu-  Export.Total.
can.                                        sumption.  lation.
Jan. 10*.     436  4,247   4,685  3,636     76   13,080   67,197   89,960 11,453  168,610
i   17..     65 19,059   4,181   3,806......    27,111   13,015  17,700   9,675   40,390
"   24.. 1,246    7,094......    5,613    800   14,753    4,414   10,540  9,376   24,330
St  31..    814 13,324     101     4141   135   14,788   25,624   14,560  5,776   45,960
Feb.   7.. 1,129 17,330    7,543  3,992    713   30,707   16,140    3,630  8,060   27,830
"   14..    398   1,801  3,501     140    253    6,093   32,270   16,850  4,400   53,520
"   21........      276  6,534   1,016  1,233    9,059   57,544  22,060   5;416   85,020
"   28..    913......   7,979     838           9,730.  33,686  14,640   5,924   54,250
Mch. 7..      926......7,251     1,001     61    9,239   16,722    6,000  8,878   31,600
"   14.. 1,160    5,297  8,853   5,780     15   21,105   17,080    9,200  5,940   32,220
"   21..    266   3,538  4,314     560     53    8,731   20,239   4,230   4,881   29,350
"   28..     69 12,880   2,325     206     25   15,505   16,617   4,500   2,363   23 480
April 4.. 3,603 60,246     3,288  9,741    431   77,309.. 25,500    5,350  1,380   32,230
<'  11.. 1,131    5,437  9,518   3,732    451   20,369   40,693   16,750  4,517   61,960
"   18..     79      99  2,858   1,109......    4,145   46,398  28,820   5,162   80,380
25.. 4,465 32,274    7,467   3,631.651     48,488   33,176  19,820   6,444   59,440
May    2..    632......   2,379    754......   3,765   24,605    7,210  7,905   39,720
9..............   5,422    703.....     6,125   19,383    2,470   5,797  27,650,,   16.. 2,639 34,272   3,006   3,723    142   43,782   14,063    6,460 10,097   30,620
23..        17 26,099   2,692 10,010     254   39,072   17,713   10,360  5,807   33,880
"   30.. 1,584 18,482    5,598   3,773    105   29,042   30,479   10,920  5,031   46,430
June   6..     69    200   2,818.............     3,087   55,254   14,290  2;776   72,320
" 13..  494   5,894. 1,103   1,232    177    8,900   54,2311 22,660   6,739   83,630
"   20.. 1,797 20,247      950   3,591     73   26,648   7.1,969  44,840  7,901 124,710
" 27.. 2,173      4,928   1,222  9,294    477   18,094   77,117   69,690 12,063  158,870
July   4.. 1,171   5,725   1,183  1,851           9,930   36,112 104,920 14,138 155,170
"   11........ 13,600    1,749  1,421    283   17,053    2,523   38,240 28,237.69,000
"   18.. 1,747 21,707    2,119   2,486     60   28,119    9,448   24,710 18,702   52,860
"   25..    395 31,308   1,730   1,711    213   35,357    3,150    9,320  8,970   21,440
Aug. 1..      462 16,996   1,116  1;560     19   20,153   18,013   20,020 13,667   51,700
"    8.. 2,296 19,981      933   2,068......   25,278   20,466   11,500  9.094   41,060
it  15..    537     100   -633     314     58    1,642   23,073   13,070 13,477   49,620
"   22..    188   5,285    677   4,612    115   10,877   44,332   54,990 13,508  112,830
"   29..    777......      47   2,944     77    3,845   17,266   65,610  8,444   91,320
Sept. 5......... 14357      296......       20   14,673    1,327   49,990 11,923   63,240
"   12.. 1,388 29,302      424   5,302     25   36,441    6,480   10,550  1,700   18,730
"   19.. 1,427    9,787   1,463    590    539   13,806    5,377   12,160  7,063   24,600
"   26..  2,244............  337...... 2,581  5,200    2,230  2,780   10,210
Oct.   3..    305131,334   1,347  3,623...... 136,609     9,177   14,310  3,403   26,890
"   10..    794 11,417     611   3,892......    16,714   15,796   20,280  8,494   44,570
"   17..    601 74,824     630   1,355    163   77,573    2,289    6,170  7,031   15,490
" 24.. 3,54~ 55,237        558.......       2   59,346    9,357   10,340  9,243   28,940
"   31.. 2,136    8,369   1,798  1,439     12   13,754      828    2,060  9,582   12,470
Nov. 7.. 2,783     3,086   1,908  4,262      5   12,044   21,628   18,220  6,762   46,610
"   14.. 3,322 10,873     1,494    733    131   16,553   10,740    2,510  1,840   15,090
"   21.. 3,598 15,203      977   1,712  1,076   22,566    5,510    5,160  6,450   17,120't  28.. 1,778    2,318   1,249    174......    5,519   21,478   14,380  2,952   38,810
Dec. 5.. 2,816 17,269      2,501  2,290......   24,876   34,17,6  16,960  1,574   52,710
12.. 2,288 15,917    3,362   7,125     18   28,710   28,355  30,890   6,935   66,180
"   19.. 1,258    3,442  4,105   1,448  2,215   12,468   35,345  37,020   2,975   75,340
24....                     107....        107   14,203   18,380  1,937   34,520
"   31................................    51,320   23,191.26,920  3,569   53,680
^&J^KaK? 62,903 783,461 139,290 136,151 11, 156 1,184,281 1,250,476 1,114,250 44,411 2,808,137
I o                f figurespt, fro  1st tocls.
* In first line of figures, from 1st to 10th January, is included.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.         1
POOL. YEAR 1862.
STOCKS.               PRICES.
____ ____      ACTCAL CONSUMP-           RMARK.
EXPORT.   TION.         JiBaBKS.
Ameri-  Other.  Total.   Mid.  Mid.   D)hol.
can.                   IUp.   Orl.
248,016 317,596  565,612......  13     84   11,453   67,397
235,586 331,212  566,798......  13. 84   9,675   80,212
227,817 333,828  561,645......  12     8 8   9,376   84,626
216,9511329,336  546,287......  12     84    5,776  110,250
205,049 34.995  550,044......  12a    84    8,060  126,390
194,554 330,243  524,797......  12     8     4,400  158,660
177,959 301,131  479,090......   121   8     5,416  216,204
170,858 281,201  452,059.....    12    8     5,924  249,890
166,061 263,789  429,850......  12k    8     8,878  266,612
158,095 265,400  423,495......  124    8     5,940  283,692
150,036 253,169  403,205......12       84    4,881  303,93 1 Prices steady.
144,148 254,759  398,907.....   12. ]  8*    2,363  320,548
142,442 313,104  455,546......  12     84    1,380  346,048
134,010 295,308  429,318.....   12H    84    4,517  386,741
126,690 262,491  389,181.....   134    8     5,162  433,139
124,393 272,922  397,315......  134    8     -6,444  466,315
118,698 248,217  366,915......  13     8     7,905  490,920
115,071 232,602  347,673.....   13     8     5,797  510,303
114,4151249,733  364,148......  124    84   10,097  514,366
108,695 268,508  377,203......  121    84    5,807  532.079
103,409 266,185  369,594......  12. 8    5,031  562,558
97,374 226,561  323,935......  124    8k    2,776  617,312
91,632 196.744  288,376.....   13     8     6,739  671,542
82.228 175,51   259,4791......13       9    7,901  743,512
71,356 137,914  212,270.....  14  11  12,063  820.629
62,024 122,158  184,182......  17    14    14,138  856,741 Poor prospects of supplies
52,034 103,694  155,728.....   17.   13*   28,237  859,264   from United States.
47,430 107,315  154,745......  184   13    18,702  868,712
42,920 127,257  170,177.....   184   13     8,970  871,862
36,303 123,920  160,223......  184   131 13,667    889,875
33,547 124,470  157,917......  194   131    9,094  910,341
27,493 97,009   124,502......  19A   13    13,477  933,414
19,588 61,583    81,171......  23k   154   13,508  977,746 Owing to improved state
17,501 44,661    62,162......   26    17     8,444  995,012   of Manchester market.
16,082 41,260    57,342......29       184   11,923  996,339   Small arrivals of ships;
15,401 60,117    75,518.....   274   17     1,700 1,002,819    east winds.
15,413 74,308    89,721......  27    174    7,063 1,008, 196 
16,445 67,243    83,6S8.....   254   17     2,780 1,013,396  Large arrivals of over3,534 197,460  210,994......  27     17     3,403 1,022,573    de Bombay    ip
12,179 197,865  210,044....    274   174    8,494 1,038,379
12,531 263,845  276,376......  26    16     7,031 1,040.668  Conflicting   accounts
15,910 298,769  314,679......25      161    9,243 1,050,025   from United States.
17,366 293.685  311,051......  22    15     9,582 1,050,853
19,189 275,084  294,273......  23    15     6,762 1,072,481
21,203262,9(;9  284,172........  22  154    1,840 1,083,221
24,121 265,467  289,588......  21    14*    6,450 1 088,731
22.904 247,321  270,225.....   22    144    2,952 1,110,209  Manchester market flat
23.523 238,484  262,007.....   23    154    1,574 1,144.385
23,39' 227,991  251,382......  234   16     6,935 1,172,740
21,572 207,551  229,123......24       17     2,975 1.208,OF5
20,531 193,742  214,273.....   24    17'    1,937 1,227.288..............  392,461...... 244    174    3,569  1,250,476.......18,375 12.42 443,411 24,047.61




1863.       The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts at New York, Weekly Exports from                New   York andlo
Bates of Freight to Liverpool 1st of each month,for the Crop. Year ending September 1, 1863.
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.                                                             2
Price of   Price of  Sales fo r R pt                                              Rates of[
ling.  Sales for IReceipts                   Rates of
1862.     Middling   Midd       week   for week.                                           Freight to        GENERAL REMAws.,
New Orleans  Upland.                   To Great    To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Britain. Frajice  Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
Septem. 5..      53         52}                                                                      d.  Accounts were received here in Sep- 
9..     58j       58       16,500   4,118      236.........................     236            tember, from  Liverpool, noting a
"     12..     576       57                                                                             very excited market, prices there 
16..     57        56        7,100   6,180      917........     414........    1,331            having advanced within a week 4@
19..     53        553                                                                            4d., arid more than the entire stock
23..     551       55       3,200    4,380      774........................       774            there turned over; this had the ef26..     561        566                                                                           feet to put prices up here, and there
30..     56         56       6,500   5,472    1,325........     312........    1,637            was some excitement.
October 3..      56         56                                                                   5-16d. Part of October was dull, but later,   W
7..     55        55       3,400    4,513    1,447      74......   1,521            with an advance in gold and ex- 
10..     56   ~    56k                                                                            change, prices largely appreciated. 
14..     61         61      16,500   4,188    1,923.................  1,923            December was quiet.
17..     61        61                                                                           In January, the market was greatly      -3
21..     60,       60        6,400   4,716    2,542      78................' 2,620               unsettled, by the passage through 
24..     60        60                                                                             Congress of the "Legal Tender"       >
28..     59        59        7,500   3,694    1,420........     150........    1,570            Act, everything advanced, cotton 
Novem. 1..       60         60                                                                   id.      among the rest.'
4..     60         60       4,500   2,270    3,784..........          3,784          The market was greatly excited in
7..     62         62                                                                            February; very favorable foreign 
11..     621       62}      10,600 [  1,215     742..........742                                 accounts were received, the English  C
14..     64        (64}                                                                           market being full of orders for
18..     69k        691     17,000   1,881.....                                    goods for India; added to this, the
21..     67}        671                                                                           President's "Proclamation of Em-     c
25..     66         66       3,400   1,855       71..                      71            ancipation," caused the greatest
28..     66         66                                                                            excitement there, with respect to 
Decem.   2..     68         68       5,000    2,829.186.........          186    id.     future supplies, as it was supposeOd
"      5..     68        68                                                                             cotton could be only successfully
9..     67        67       3,700    1,585       24..24                                cultivated here by compulsory la-    C
"     12..     67        67                                                                             bor; these advices, however, had     X
16..     66         66       2,000   1,241               25..25                            less effect here than might be su!"     19.;     66        66                                                                             posed; for this market v as now no
23..     66         66       2,500    2,499.....longer governed by Liverpool pri"     26..     666        66}                                                                           ces.




Decem. 30..      67          67       5,500    2,770      284........................       284           In March, the market was a dull and
1863.                                                                                                       declining one, for the most part,
January 2.       67         67~                                                                     id.      owing to the lower range of the
6..     69         69       9,100    2,431       03      11........      344             gold premium. April.was charac-       ^
"      9..     69         69                                                                               terizcd by the same features, and in   X
13..     70         70       9,800     4,563      34..........            34             May there was a large decline;        g
16..     73         73                                                                               prices now   touching   the lowest
20..     75         754      12,700    6,628      36.                                36             point of the year, owing to the an-    ~
23..     76         76                                                                               ticipations of the opening of the      0
27..     77j        77j      7,500     4,036...................                                     Mississippi, at Vicksburg.             0
30..                                                                                               The market in June was much exFebrury 3..      88          88       9,200    3,818       33...............3........         33             cited, and prices rapidly ran up, in  0
it     6..     86         86                                                                               consequence of the     invasion  of    -
10..     91         91       8,800     2,834....Maryland and Pennsylvania by the
13..     92         92                                                                               Confederate armies.
17..     91         91      10,700    4,978        8........................           8           With the defeat of the Confederates      Z
20..     89         89                                                                               in Pennsylvania, and the capture of   *
"     24..     91         91        5,200    5,239........................................           Vicksburg, in July, gold dropped
27..     90         90                                                                               and cotton fell off.
March     3..     88         88       5,000    6,361       15........................         15    ~d.    In August, there was an improved        H
1      6..     84         84                                                                               spinning and speculative demand,
10..     86         86       5,500    3,501........................................             which carried prices up again. 
"     13..     85         85
"     17..     83         83       3,700     5,079.
20..     78         78
24..     73         73       2,000     5,862              100.100
"     27..     62         62
"     31..     70         70       3,300    9,517.
April    3..      73         73                                                                      id.                                            H
7..     70         70       3,600    4,305       10.                                10
" 10..         64         64
14..     69         69       1,800    7,017       61........                         61
17..     66         66' 
21..     64         64       2,500    6,784       74.................      74
24..     66         66                                                                                                                     o
28..     67         67        5,100    3,310      12................          12                                                    H
May       1..    67          67                                                                      id.
"      5..     65         65        1,300    7,028....................................
8..     65         65
" 12..   62         62       10,500   4,957       55.5.                              60
"     15..     60         60
"     19..     55         55        2,800    3,206       46.......................         46 




New York Statement for Year 1863-Concluded.                                                         O
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK
Price of   Price of  sales for Recipts ____     ____________Rates of
1863.                                                               -----— Middling  Middling  week. for week.  F —-— reight to  GENERAL R EMARKS. 
New Orleans  Upland.                    To Great   To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
May     22..     55         55
26..     51         51       4,000    3,450     445....................       445Exchange.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~29..  52  52  ~Quotations for 60 days'- commercial 
9..     57         57       9,000   4,095    2,914        50..............   2,964price, and gradually advanced
12..     57         57                                                                            to 33@354. October opened at 345'
16..     58         58       5,000   4,932      371        20..............       391              35, and went up to 444@7; in        z
19..     59         59                                                                            November, the range was not very 
23..     61         61       9,500    2,035   1,022..1,022                       wide, lowest, 42@431, highest, 45j 
26..     66         66'                                           i              2r        19        47. In December, the loWest was 
30..     75         75      21,000    5,237   1,155.......................      1,155            413@44-a highest, 44-@47t. The 
Jy     3..     69.69                                                                    Id. i   rate at the opening of January was
7..                         3,300    3,737     494........................       49446@47i per cent. premiume                   and
14..     63         63       2900     1          77                                               rapidly went up to 69@74. Feb14.                o5.  6                                                           77rtary opened at 69@77, and ad917      il..i               9 60  60                                                             vanced to 78@88. The quotations
21..     61         61       2,000    3,822     201..........             201            rapidly yielded in March, opening
24..     62         62 8 69 fi9^1               9~                                 oat 87@89 per cent. premium, it de-                  U
28..     62         62       5,800    3,361     231.........................       231            clined to 51@54; April, it advanced   5
31..     624 1      621Y                                                                          again, from 56@6t to 65@72; li
August   4..     65         65      12,000    2,146      69.......................         69    id.     May, itfell off from 68@70 to 563~i   t
11fIi                        ^0 (7..  68  68                                                      58. In June, prices were compare- 
11..     68         68       5,200    1,607     151........................       151atively steady, the extreme range
"     14..     68         68                                                                            being from 54@55i to 59@61l; in       S
18....  68       68       5,500    1,078      35..                           35July the decline was large, the
21..     67         67                                                                            month opening at 57@58, and the
" 25..   66         66       3,700   5,542..................................quotations running down to 35
Sne 1'28C..  65     65                                                                            39; in August, the quotations flueSeptemn   1..    67         67       4,100    2903       55         4..             59   -@-      tuated between 40@41 and 35.
Average prices-                                                        -   -      ---      — 364 per cent premium, the latter
receipis and   67.23      67.21    337,900 204,229,25,141   1,030      876        5   27,052belng the closing figure.
exports.        6         9         _4.Feb




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR- 1863.
UNITED STATES, 1862-1863.               Stock 1st Jan., 1863, in........................................  t. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock Sept. 1,        Export..... unknown       United States..........................Bales.  70,000     15,000     8,000       88,000   c
1862......unknown Consumption      "         Brazil..............................                 33,000      2,000      3,000      38,000    Z
Stock Sept. 1,            West Indies.............4,000.....................     4,000    O
Crop........    "        1863......   "        East Indies............................   301,000     38,000      7,000     346,000'
------       — ~ —-       Egypt..........................................        26,000      3,000      2,000      31,000 
Bales............... Bales.............. 
Bales..............................     434,000     58,000     15,000     507,000   p
CONSUMPTION. 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain.                     IMPORT
195,000     58,000     19,000    118,000....United States..............................Bales.   132,000      8,000     55,000     149,000 
178,000     52,000     14,000    112,000....Brazil.........................................      137.000     12,000     50,000     150,000    0
68,000     14,000      2,000     52,000....West Indies............................       66.000      2,000     14,000      72,000 
1,518,000    432,000    191,000   895,000....East Indies............................. 1,391.000      176,000    428,000   1,450,000    O
403,000     87,000    116,000    200,000... Egypt..........................................     206,000    117,000     87,000     398,000.
2,362,000    643,000    342,000  1,377,000....Bales............................... 1,932,000                  315,000    634,000   2,219,000 0.............................  662,000  Export.                                                                                        H
364,000      6,000     31,000    327,000 Stock, Dec. 31............................Stock above, ~ 434,000     58,000     15,000    507,000'
_... —         _.                                                     --   ---  _-    ---. _ —---.-...  0
2,726,000    649,000   373,000   2,366,000 Total supply, bales................................. 2,366,000   373,000    649,000   2,726,000    h
0o




524    OHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON,
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                              SALES.
WEEK__________________________-;_____ENDING.
Amrc'n   E. I.  Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Con-  Specu- Export. Total.
sumption. lation.
Jan. 9..      81   26,630 4,858  5,436......  37,005  21,490 22,270 7,530    51,290
"   16..    35    6,994 9,256   3,320......   19,605  22,810 26,270 5,340   54,420
"  23.     5   12,999 3,898     742......  17,644  13,140  7,900 2,520   23,560
"   30.   1,596   3,842 13,344  8,260   161   27,203  11,800  7,480 5,130   24,410
Feb. 6.      628     966 10.645  2,258......  14,497   16,130  7,750 6,720   30,600
13..       813   2,385 3,765   2,856......   9,819  11,850  4,930 8,900   25,680
20..   33   25,164 8,360     136   169   33,862  11,400  1,960 4,890   18,250
6   27.. 1,865    5,488 9,162   1,725     7   18,247  14,450  2,860 6,880   24,190
Mch. 6.. 1,283      9,407 3,540  4,544    11   18,785   14,830  5,020 8,290   28,140
13..        15  17,706 4,184   1,811......   23,716  16,140  6,190 9,750   32,080' 20.. 3,194      3,775 5,587     740.....   13,296  32,240 16,100 9,060   57,400
I   27..    247  26,673 3,198 16,123    349   46,590  22,200  4,780 8,640   35,620
April 2.. 1,000    20,998 1,485    508    24   24,015   29,060  8,710 10,900  48,670
"   10..    254   1,665 5,953   3,510......   11,382  23,590  3,130 8,680   35,400
"   17.. 2,559   15,168 8,045   2,839    49   28,665  30,530 14,190 19,520  64,240
2' 4.. 1,178   45,522 4,607   3,347......54,654    26,620 11,310 18,370  56,300
May   1..    511   26,309 2,117    891    61   29,889  14,940   2,120 7,390   24,450
8.    379   15,943 6,538     578    11   23,449  48,600 23,160 18,780  90,540
15........................857........8,27..0.............             78,270
" 22.. 3,208     28,129 6,346   4,052    36   41,771  19,820  1,880 6,510   28,210
"   29..      5   7,114 10,153.............  17,272  30,140 10,210 13,220  52,570
June 5.. 6,790     56,338 3,357 14,283     1   80,769   16,130 10,340 6,520   32,990
it  12.. 3,183   23,285 7,401   7,765     1   41,635  20,920  5,120 6,050   32,090
19.   6,440   6,727 5,230   2,414......  20,811  28,740  5,590 13,330  47,660
" 26.. 1,934     21,890 5,136   3,904     5   32,869  20,060  1,740 10,460  32,260,July  3.. 1,678   12,747 2,470  4,321    142  21,358   22,750  3,530 7,440   33,720
10..    507      290 5,180   2,106   213    8,296  27,390  3,090 9,010   39,490
17.:  616    2,639 1,225.......    60    4,540  17,750  1,570 7,700   27,020'i  24.. 1,195      116 1,457   1,689 1,738    6,195  31,640 11,410 9,190   52,240
31.. 4,083    26,400 2,078   1,064......  33,625  33,730 11,950 2,940   48,620
Aug. 7.. 7,483     60,108 1,766  5,867    37   75,261   19,560  4,100 3,140   26,800
"   14.. 6,929   20,632 1,633    353    122   29,669  37,240  9,730 12,500  59,470
"   21.. 4,303   26,350   735   5,774   643   37,805  42,630 16,890 19,530  79,050
28. 2,505       19,592 6,926     900......  29,923  56,080 39,45018,600114,130
Sep. 4. 2,372      24,971 2,469  1,028......30,840      24,970 10,140 11,870  46,980
11.. 3,262      27,847 1,185   4,352   725   37,371  55,690 58,040 19,190 132,920
1 8.. 5,352       6,887 5,245       2   193   17,679  42,790 56,856 10,960 110,606
"   25.   4,948  63,300 2,376     560    15   71,199  30,070 24,040 10,370  64,480
Oct.  2.. 4033     17,668 2,524    928......  25,153  25,540 13,340 9,620    48,500
9'.. 3,592     20,797 4,823     29   164   29,405   28,040 16,560 15,840  60,440
16.. 7,878   19,326 3,060   1,435   225   31,924  45,150 62,440 24,670 132,260
"   23.    387   57,048   974   3,170    99   61,678  30,240 56,580 14,660 101,480
30..  742   19,780 2,864.............   23,386i 21,740 31,530 10,550  63,820
Nov. 6.. 5,156     8,527 1,119   2,287   231   17,320  16.740   7,650 5,520   29,910,, 13.. 6,855    52,009 1,109   2,404   122   62,499  19,130  7,820 6,120   33,070
20.. 4,777   82,289 1,750   4,194    31   93,041   11,370 12,230 5,160   28,760
27.. 1,835    37,674 5,574  1,000......46,083     37,960 21,260 15,680  74,900
Dec. 4..       2  13,664 7,089      26......  20,781  25,670 15,220 10,690  51,580
11.. 5,252      10,834 9,584   1,227    15  26,912   15,690  5,160 11,370  32,220
"   18.. 3,045      380    25   2,996   438    6,884  14,420  5,180 10,310  29,910
24.  1,695  23,558 6,057   3,844   360   35,514  12,280  2,930 6,390   21,000
"   31.................................  38,998................... 43,020
Average price 127610 1,87,960 227422 143,588 6,458 1,686,895 1263,800 719,206 469100 2573486
& ptoe tal ok. __   ____    __     ___    __     ____     __sales,___  ___re-_ F




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY                 OF' COTTON.      525
POOL. YEA/R 1863.
STOCKS.                PRICES
A-OTUAL  CONEXPORT. 8SUMPTION, RIMARKS.
American  Other. I Total.  Mid.  Mid.  Dhol.
Up.   Orl.
67,522 335,284 402,806   24     24   17     7,530   21,490
66,551 328,493 395,044   24    24    18     5,340   44,300
65,165 330,516 395,681   23    24    174    2,520   57,440 Dullaccounts from Man65,901 340,259 406,160   22    22*   17     5,130   69,240       chester.
65,909 336,995 402,904   21i   22}   16     6,720   85,370 Small Continental de65,465 328,913 394,378   21    22    16     8,900   97,220       mand.
61,962 353,396 415,358   20    21    16     4,890  108,620 Flat accounts from In60,689 351,989 412,678   201   211   16     6,880  123,070        dia.
57,644 350,884 408,528   20    21    16     8,290  137,900
53,613 353,897 407,510.201    21i   161    9,750  154,040
53,102 325,192 378,294   201   211   17     9,060  186,280
50,359 343,283 393,642   21    22    174    8,640  208,480
49,073 334,052 383,125   21    22    17    10,900  237,540
46,800 316,721 363,521   21    22    17     8,680  261,130
46,527 304,380 350,907   21    22    17    19,520  291,660
46,088 319,004 365,092   21    22    174   18,370  318,280
45,790 323,912 369,702   21     2    17     7,390  333,220
43,150 285,076 328,226   22     22   17    18,780  381,820 Improved  feeling  in
i..i..l................................................  M anchester,  &c.
42,811 297,433 340,244   211   23    18     6,510  401,640
40,757 275,095 315,852   22    23    184   13,220  431,780
45,504 327,025 372,529   21*   221   184    6,520  447,910
47,048 339,136 386,184   21i   221   18     6,050  488,830
51,469 309,529 360,998   214   22    18    13,330  497; 570
51,388 312,983 364,371   20i   21    174   10,460  517,630  Rumors of an armis49,811 303,631 353,442   20    21    18     7,440  540,380         tice.
45,479 273,721 319,200   20o   21    18     9,010  567,770
42,914 254,419 297,333   201   21    18     7,700  585,520
39,872 222,824 262,696   21    22    181    9,190  617,160
39,935 217,767 257,702   22    22i   181    2,940  650,890
45;763 262,574 308,337   214   221   181    3,140  670,450
49,038 244,748 293,786       2222     184  12,500  707,690         demand   for
48,401 236,137 284,538   22    23    19    19,530  750,320  L  arge  demand  for
43,440 205,010 248,450   23    23    19    18,600  806,400      Manchester.
42,957 197,753 240,710   23    23    19    11,870  831,370
39,612 268,999 208,611   24    25    20    19,190  887,060
39,807 133,273 173,080   261   27;   211   10,960  929,850  Rumors of aprolonged
41,007 161,445 202,452   27    271   22    10,370  959,920    struggle in United
41,558 152,778 194,336     27      27 22    9,620  985,460    States.
41,729 143,598 185,327   26    27    21    15,840 1,013.500  atisfactor accounts
43,888 119,545163,433    28    28    23    24,670 1,058,6501Satisfactory accounts
38,396 140,241 178,637   294   29    24    14,660 1,088,890   from manufacturing
33,992 130,818 164,810   29    29    24    10,550 1,110,630   districts.
34,942 115,341 150,283   28    28    23     5,520 1,127,370 Bank  rate  advanced
38,241 144,653 182,894   28    28    23     6,120 1,146,500  from 4 to 6 per cent.
40,774 216.778 257,552   27    27    22     5,160 1,157,870  in the week.
37,530 222,782 260,312   27*   28    23    15,680 1,195,830
33,763 216,841 250,604   261   27    22    10,690 1,221,500 Bank rate increased to
36,251 218,319 254,570   27    274   224   11,370 1,213,190     7 per cent.................,..............................
35,591 216,022 251,6213  26    271   22     6,3900 1,263,890
22.46 21.2   18.43 469,100 24,305.57




626 CHRONOLOGICAL AlND) STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1864.
ANNTUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleias Price Current, 1863-64.
The accounts from New York being unfavorable, and the United
States Army having successfully penetrated up the Red River country as far as Alexandria, this was followed by a decided falling off,
which was still more marked at a later period, the market closing
at the end of the month at the following quotations, gold ruling at
the same time at 165k per dollar, showing but little variation:
Ordinary, 53 to 58 cents per pound; good ordinary, 61 to 64; low
middling, 65 to 67; middling, 70. The reported sales for the month
amounted to 7,000 bales, while the receipts embraced 16,809 bales,
and the exports 14,150. Early in April it becoming manifest that
the anticipation of liberal supplies from Red River, would be disappointed, and there being a marked falling off in the receipts from
other sources, prices rallied and continued to improve, from week
to week, until low middling had advanced to 82 cents, which being
materially above the New York market, was not fully maintained,
the business of the month closing at 70 to 72 cents for ordinary,
74 to 76 for good ordinary, 78 to 79 for low middling, and 82 to 83
for middling. From this time the advance was more rapid, and
by the close of June, low middling had risen to $1.50, and middling to $1.60 per pound, showing an improvement during the
previous three months of 128 per cent., or an average of about 80
cents per pound, equal to $360 per bale.
This extraordinary advance must be mainly ascribed to the
marked falling off of the receipts, both at this port and Memphis,
and the prospect of scant supplies, but was also influenced by the
course of the New York market and the rise of gold. Notwithstanding the tenor of most of the commercial correspondence from
this city, and the indications in our own columns, the spinners and
dealers at the North had confidently expected large receipts from
Northern Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, and further arrivals
from Mississippi and Tennessee. At last, when there could no
longer be any doubt as to the facts, and it became evident that the
supplies would be insufficient to meet the. indispensable wants of
4he spihners,:who would be compelled to add to their stock by
imports from Liverpool, the New York market became greatly
excited and bounded up with a rapidity and to an extent unprecedented in the annals of the trade.




LIVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1864.
UNITED STATES-1863-1864.                  Stock Jan. 1, 1864, in............................ Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
--------------       United States.............................Bales.      38,000      4,000..........      42,000    X
Stock Sept. 1,        Export......unknown        Brazil.........................................        9,000..........  1,000      10,000.
1863......unknown Consumption'        West Indies....................................         1,000....................       1,000 
Stock Sept. 1,            East Indies................,.....................     252,000     23,000      3,000     278,000    ^
Crop....                1864...              Egypt......                                           27,000      4,000      2,000      33,000 
Bales.....      "    Bales.                  Bales.......................................     327,000     31,000      6,000     364,000    ^
CONSUMPTION.
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain.                     IMPORT. 
238,000     60,000     19.000    159,000....United States...................................       198,000     15,000     61,000     220,000    3
251,000     67,000     28,000    156,000.... Brazil..........................................      212000      30,000     67,000     260,000
74,000     17,000.11,000     46,000....West Indies................................            60000      12,000     17,000      79,000    H
1,619, 000   476,000    184,000    959,000....East Indies...................................... 1,798,000     205,000    483,000    1,897,000 
542,000     92,000    164,000    286,000... Egypt...319,000                          167,000     96,000     552,000 
2,724,000    712,000    406,000  1,606,000 Consumption...............................Bales. 2,587,000         429,000    724,000    3,008,000    t.........  732,000 Export. 
648,000     18,000     54,000    576,000 Stock Dec. 31.                            Stock above,    327,000      31,000      6,000     364,000 
3,372,000    730,000    460,000  2,914,000 Totalsupply bales................................... 2,914,000       460,000     730,000   3,372,000.__ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _  _     _ _ _ -.0...-., _............ g~~~~~




628    CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.
ENDING.
Amer'n.  E. I.  Egypt. Brazil. Other. Total. Consump- Specula- Export. Total.
tion.  lion.
Jan. 8..     262    3,165  4,542  2,783......  10,752   26,270 13,986  2,924  43,180
" 15..    2,368    9,801  2,496  2,538....   17,203  21,680  5,040  2,920   29,640
"   22..  2,145   27,141  5,835  2,998  446   38,565   17,910  1,343  6,437  25,690
"   29..  1,672     153   6,149  8,575 1,041  17,590  23,250  3,342  4,698   31,290
Feb. 5..    7,826  12,008 10,628  4,681    27  35,170   21,310  4,367  5,423  31,100
"   12..    949    1,327  6,505  2,092...... 10,873  33,140   7,809  5,561  46,510
"   19..  1,466   25,955 12,948  5,383......45,752    27,790  5,510  6,130  39,430
26..     606    2,506  9,418  3,326  368   16,224  24,320  2,913  7,127   34,360
March 4..   3,724  29,611  8,412  1,291......43,038     26,890  4,628  6,082  37,600
11..  6,165   22,112  4,250  9,026   53   41,606  20,050  3,190  3,920   27,160
"   18..  7,787   40,624  6,610  3,305   252  58,578   49,420 21,877  4,653  75,950
"   24..  4,460   49,290 14,545  4,135......72,430     20,500  6,405  5,385  32,290
April 1..  2,281    7,270  9,616  5,450   732  25,349   27,269  2,284  8,436  37,989
8.   7,241   38,315  9,259  3,463   41   58,319   34,340  4,450  7,270  46,060
15..    7,771   80,208 11,181  8,850     1 110,011  44,870 29,899   9,741  84,510
"   22..  6,853   81,365 13,919  7/853   715 110,705   54,320 20,816  8,134  83,270
"   29..  1,990    2,246 11,256   642 2,210   18,344   53,680 31,215 11,525  96,420
May   6..   9,363  30,859  5,380 13,020 2,079  60,701   56,490 28,596 13,884  98,970
"   13..  4,606    7,400 13,475  1,611   234  27,326  46,640 27,940 17,810   92,390
"   20..  1,779   54,770 10,896  5,192    67  72,404   23,920  6,920 16,270  47,110
"   27..  6,886   22,418  5,912  3,185 1,465  39,866   26,590  4,790  9,650  41,030
June 3..    2,424  11,720 13,759....... 1,554  29,457  28,830  3,730 12,570  45,130
"   10..  3,081    9,561  1,110  5,663 2,190  21,605  36,310  5,730 10,820   52,860
/"   17.. 11,887   24,901  9,182 16,941 2,092   65,003  45,070  8,990 17,130  71,190
"   24..  3,122   34,048  6,395  5,293   170  49,028   30,360  3,190 11,200  44,750
July  1..   2,953  39,133  2,928  6,167 3,054  54,235   49,880 14,080 22,220  86,180
"    8..  3,147   17,162  6,942  7,014 1,517  35,782   45,630 14,670 24,580  84,880
"   15..    211    1,435  5,903....... 262     7,811   53,030 35,830 23,860 112,720
It  22..    538    4,542  5,005  1,620 1,301  13,006   30,060  7,340  8,990  46,390
"   29.. 11,634   68,110  1,881  8,894 1,055  91,574   23,670  2,900  7,070  33,640
Aug. 5..    5,032  49,151  5,137  3,041 1,607   63,968  24,760  3,490  5,680  33,930' 12..    2,465    4,137  2,963  3,861 2,858  16,284   21,960  4,230  8,830  35,020
"'  19..  2,276    9,878  6,497    30    986  19,667   37,400 11,770 15,470  64,640:'  26..  1,369   14,225   606   3,622   120  19,942   18,550  2,130  5,550  26,230
Sep.  2..  3,950   68,751  1,081  4,590 3,563  81,935   25,990  2,830 10,540  39,360
9..    1,210 100,029  3,759 10,014   176 115,188   16,100  4,210  7,810  28,120'16..  7,782  65,390  1,680  3,432 1,837  80,121  11,030  2,920  7,450  21,400
23..   4,309   16,537   943    391    910  23,090   16,100  5,440 15,480  37,020
30..   3,619   41,496  1,003  2,167   893  49,178   19,250  5,960  9,370  34,580
Oct.  7..    890   16,113   135.......     86   17,224  20,250  6,510 12,370  39,130
14..       142   10,106  1,159.......   190  11,597   12,660  3,270  8,480  24,410
"   21..  4,383   54,885  2,249  4,337 17604  67,458   16,490  7,190  5,840  29,520
"   28..  2,825    7,869  1,042  1,680    50  13,466   34,240 25,200 16,560  76,000
Nov. 4..     922   38,529   786    960 2,405   43,542   44,120 27,650 18,000  89.770
" 11..   1,264   13,154  1,064  1,325   120  16,927   39,440 19,690 12,950  72,080
"   18.. 11,305   44,264  2,744  3,585   437  62,335   49,080 24,250 11,410  84,740
"   25..  3,301   68,229  3,043  2,580 1,134  78,287   61,750 47,000 13,790 122,540
Dec. 2..    4,194  40,49   3,479  2,556   278   51,005  16,980  8,050  6,170  32,200
9..    1,299  28,187  6,952  8,006 2,866   47,310  37,240 25,000  6,230   68,470
" 16..    3,134    9,214  4,826  6,757   881  24,812   25,980 11,720  4,720  42,420
".23..    144    9,974  7,349  1,330   238   19,035  35,030 33,920  8,730  77,680
30..  4,144    2,834 17,907   583     10  25,47'8 24,9'70 11,960  6,960  43,890
t....iCO 186,956 1,396,856 312,641 219,378 45,775 2,161,606 1,632,850 626,570506,350 2,765,779
ceipt~ & stocks._____           __'          _




CIIK ON(L( )(I(CA AL A NI) STATISTICAL I IISTOr)I  Y (O   COTTON      5)29
POOL. YEAR 1864.
STOCKS.               PRICES.
___________________ _____ _____ ___ACTUAL CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.      REMARKS.
Anmer'n Other.  Total.  Mid.  Mid.  I)hol.
Up.   Orl.
I 33,976 228,919  262,895  271-  28'  2t3,  2,924   26,270
33,023 217.255  250,278  271   28    23    2,920   47,950 Disturbed state of Conti31,753 232,743  264,496  27    273   23     6,437  65,860  nental politics, &c.
29,174 224,864  254,038  27   27     2'    4,698   89,110       n toule
34,109 228,376  262,485  26-  27'    22-   5,423  110,420 i         o
30,439205,218  235,657  27    27-    2'1   5,561  143,560
27.340 219,445  246,785  2    27 27  23    6,130  171,350 1
23,852 207,710  231,562  26   27-    22-   7,127  195,670! UnsettledEuropean pol23,712 217,916  241,628  26   27i    22    6.082  222,560 f itics.
26,793 238,583  256,356  264  263   22     3,920  242,610 I
28,406 232,455  260,861  26-  27     22    4,653  292,030
29.805 277,601  307,406  261  26-   22     5,385  312,530 ( Unfavorable Indian tei27,912 269,147  297,059  26   26!   21'    8,436  339,799    egrams.
29,587 280,172  309,759  26   96     21'   7,270  374,139
29,934 336,375  366,209  261  27    211    9,741  419,009
28,045 386,415  414, 40  26   27     21-   8,134  473,329 Heavy import.
22,529 345,070  367,599  27   27!    211  11,525  527,009
24,438 333,488  357,926  271  28     22   13,884  583,499 Bank rate advanced froim
21,109 301,480  322.589 ^2    28     22'  17,810  630,139  7 to 9 per cent.
17,426 334,020  351,4461 28   28    222   16,270  654,059
I1S,707 322,903  341.610  28  28    22     9,650  680,649      e trade and ex
t15,642310,313  25,955  28    281   221   12,570  709,479   dem    and.
11,527285,957  297,484  28 —  284   22-   10,820  745,789   admad
17,664 287,060  304,724  2)   29.   225   17,130  790,859
16,384 295,167  311,551  28-  29}   22.   11,200  821,219
12,756 291,079  30 3,8355 292  30   22'   22,220  871,099
8,727 272,650  281,377  30'  30-    23- 24,580   916,729
1,721 210,455  212,176  30   31-    24   23,860  969,759
3,810 181,090  184,900  31  31     24    8,990  999,819
2.330 25,540  237,870  31    31    24     7,070 1,023,489
15,070/250,910  265,980  301  31    24     5.680 1,048,249
14.360 232,280  246,640  30   30-   23     8,830 1,070,209  Unfavorable  crop ac12,850 209,060  221,910  29   304|   23-  15,740 1,107,609        c      oun
10.250 196,370  206,620  2)   30 2|3       5,550 1,126,159 ]
10,050 240,840  250,890  30   31    23    10,540 1,152,149
8,600 338,390  346,990  284  29    221.   7,810 1,168,249  Severe money pressure.
11,800 381,980  393,980 27    281   192    7,450 1,179.279 1
12,330378,860  391,180  27    27     185 1,480 1.195,319 
12.880399,551  412,430  261   27    18     9,370 1,214,629
12 170 383.620  395,790  25   26    17i   12,370 1,234,879 Renewed depression.
10.850371,290  382,140  23   24     16    8.480) 1.247,539 
14300 4141,210425,510   221   23     14         1,264,029  Rumorsoflargefailures.
15,020 382,790  397,810  21-  22    15    1,560 1,298,269 |
13 530 376,720  390,250  23   23'    1    18,0011,342,389
11,170345,860  357,030  24    24-    16G  12,950 1,381,829
17,750 337,410  355,560  24-  25-   17    11,410 1.430,909
15,090 345,030  360,120  26 0 27'   18'   13,790 1,492,659 Strongwarlikeaccounts
16,310 367,4901 383,800  25:  26-  171    6, 170 1.509,639  from United States.
13,280 370,290  383,570  26   26:   17'    6,230 1,546.879
12.310 363,910  376,220  25-  26'1  171    4,720 1,572,859
8,940 346,220  355,160  261  27     18s   8,730 1,607,889 ) Rurored capture of Sa10,530 342,040  352,570  261-  27    18    6,960 1,632,859   vannah.
27.17 27.62 20.96 506,350 31,401.13
34




The semi-weekly Price and       Weekly Sales and Receipts, at New       York, Weekly     Exports from    New   York and Rates of Freight         C
to Liverpool 1st of each M1ionth, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1864. 
EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Price of Price of Sales for Receipts __Rates of 
1863.     Middling   Middling    week.  for week.                                            Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New Orleans  Upland.                    To Great   To     North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Britain. France.  Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.n
Septem. 4..      70         70                                                                   ----    The fluctuations in prices, this crop
8..           698        691     12,000    4,001...                                                    year, were many, and very wide; 
11..     68'68                                                                             toward its close the highest point
"     15..     69         69       5,400    2,910     118..118                               was touched, viz.: $1.90 currency
18..     70         70                                                                             per pound.
22..     754        75'     14,500    3,024     190........................        190          In September, there was, for the most
25.     74         74                                                                             part, an active demand from spin29..     83         83      16,200    1,015     126..................              126            ners and speculators, and, with 
October 2..      84~        84                                                                   -@-       very favorable European advices 
6..     87         87       8,000    3,872      96..96                               and advancing rates for gold, prices
9..     90         90                                                                             steadily ascended, an advance of 9
13..     93         93      10,000    2,879    1,218..1,218                              cents per pound being established 
16..     92         92                                                                             in three days.
20.      86         86       5,300    3,024.....Through October, there was also a                g
23..     85         85                                                                             good demand, checked for a time
" 27..         874        874      7,700    5,221     939..939                               by account of considerable receipts 
" 30..         87         87                                                                             at New Orleans.
Novem. 3..       81         81       5,400    6,089      678.....................          678  -    -  Advices of considerable receipts con6..     85   ~     854                                                                            tinuing at New Orleans, unsettled    c
10..     861        86       8,000    6,171     470..                              470             the market for a time in November,
13..     86         86                                                                             and prices were fluctuating, and, 
17..     86         86       8,200    5,819.....................................                 towards the last of the month, free 
20..     841        844                                                                            receipts and favorable war news de- 
24..     832        834      6,400    8,780       9........................         9             pressed the market. The market
27..     80         80                                                                            in   December, was comparatively 
Decem.   1..     80         80       4,300    5,537      196...................     196            steady; the receipts at New Orleans   ~
" 4..          80         80                                                                            fell off at one time and there was 
8..     80         80       8,500    5,666      88..88                                some advance. 
11..     80         80                                                                           In January, there was, for much of 
15..     82A        824      9,500    6,660       9..                                9             the month, an active spinning and
18..    814        814                                                                           speculative demand at advanced
22..     80         80       6.300    7,838      45..45                                figures, closing, however, dull and
"     25..     80         80                                                                             easier.




Decem. 29..                  81 81     8,000    3,097........................                        February witnessed a dull and droop1864.                                                                                                    ing market, the war between PrusJanuary   1..     81         81                                                                      -----     sia and Denmark, and high rates of
5..    8811        8s        5,100    4,545........................................discount              in   England,  unsettling
8..     80.        808                                                                               trade there.
t     12..     81~        81~       8,900    3,442....March was dull, until the latter part,
"     15..     82          82                                                                              -when an active demand set in, and      g
19..     84         84       12,300    6,838      44.44                                            values advanced.
22..     84         84                                                                              The market, in the early part of April,
26..     84         84        9,300    5,425....was quiet, but later there was much
"     29..     83         83                                                                                activity at a considerable advance..
February 2..      83~        83~ 7,200         2,160.                             -.-(-                     In May, more pacific foreign accounts
"      5..     83~         831                                                                              came to hand, and with large pur-,
9..     832        83U       5,400    7,048       64..64                                 chases, for export and on specula12..          82          82.                                                                              tion, prices again appreciated.
"     16..     81          81       4,800    7,075       51.....................            51           Through June, the market was much
19..     80         80                                                                                excited and very feverish, the course
"     23..     80         80        3,500    5,773        7       53...............        60             of prices generally being rapidly
"     26..     80          80                                                                               upward.
March     1..     79         79        6,500    7,341      42....................             42  -@-     July was less active, but high figures.
4..           78          78                                                                               were obtained.
4"     8..     77          77       5,300   12,576      664..664                              In August, the stock became much         c
11..     78         78                                                                                reduced, and the highest prices       Q
"     15..     77         77        6,500    8,883    2,062..2,062                               ever known before or since, were       a
"     18..     74         74                                                                                touched, though   the month    and'    22..      73         73       5,700    9,634      689       38.727                                  crop   year closed   comparatively'     25..     75         75                                                                                qhiet, with rather lower rates rul-    K
29..      76         76      12,100    5,462    1,810........................       1,810            ing.                                   C
April     1..     76         76                                                                    3-16@.6  
5..     76          76       5,800    7,190    1,202       60................     1,262                        Exchange
8..     761        75 
12..     80         79       14,800    7,574    1,116...1,116                        was very much      unsettled  by the
"     15..     81         80                                                                                course of gold. The quotation for,
19..     79          78      10,500    9,435    1,601...1,601                          60 days' commercial bills on Lon22..          81         80                                                                                don, at the opening of September,
26..     84         83       13,700    7,240    1,846........................     1,846             was 392G40~ per cent. premium,
"     29..     84         83                                                                                and steadily advanced until 53         H
May       3..     86         85      11,000    4,926    1,972...1,972              id.     571 was touched; October opened        S
"      6..     85          84                                                                               at 54        p57~ per cent. premium, and
"     10..     83         82        8,100    5,700    2,826       34       56........    2,916             advanced to 68k~721, then fell
"     13       86         85                                                                                back to 60@61; November opened          v
17..          88         87       12,000    6,465    1,565........   1,566             at 59(i,i6l per cent. premium. and     0




New York Statement for 1864.-Concluded.                                                          C
]   I iEXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                                         Rates of
1864.    Middling   Middling   week.   for week.                                           reight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New Orleans  Upland.                   To Great    To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool. 
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports. 
May     20..     91         90                                                                           the premium went up to 66-@168~;
24..     98         97      14,400   4,469    2,860      45................    2,905            in December, the range was not 
4     27..   1.03       1.02                                                                           wide, the lowest was 60@621 per
31..   1.08       1.07      13,700   8,848    1,344      50...........,394                      cent. premium, ind the highest 66
June     3..   1.08       1.07                                                                   -@-      @67; the quotation in early Janu"  7..  1.08      1.07       6,200   5,763    1,118      68.1,186                               ary was    65D@666,  advanced to 
10..  1.20       1.19                                                                           72@744, and closed at 71)72; ill
14..   1.30       1.29      13,000   3,798      701......................        701            February, the range was from 714 
"     17..   1.50       1.49                                                                           @721, to 74i@75; March opened 
21..   1.48       1.47       5,600........                                        152            at 73   74   an  went up to 79152
24-.   1.47       1.46                                                                           @82; April was very fluctuating, 
28..   1.47       1.46       3,600   3,400      213.213                                         opening at 734 74a and closing at    H
July      1..   1.55      1.4-~                                                                           95@98, touching at one time 98@1 4
5..   1.55       1.54! 6,700    3,520       42.42                                          100 per cent. premium; May opened
8..   1.66       1.65                                                                           at 694 @97, fell back to 84@86,.
12..   1.70       1.6     j  7,000   4,584......................................            and  Ihen  radidly  went  up  to  105@ 
15..   1. 62     I.1                                                                             110   per cent. premium; June
19..  1.62       1.61       2800    5,5.
22..9 —~~~~,~~1.62  1.61|' ~')2,800  5,237  998o............     998              penenl at 108110 per cent. prem- 
$u ly..2      i                                                     95G98ium, and steadily advanced to 135
26...62     i1 1        2,900   5,530       41       15........              56.@138.             The quotation 1st of July 
29..      1.63       1.62                                                                            was 170@195 per cent premium,
August    2..  1.66       1.65       6,700    2,296     528........      42........     570             then fell off to 158@168, then ad-  H
5. —  1.74       1.73                                                                         1 vanced to 198@210 per cent. prem- 
9..   1.77       1.76       5,500   4,457     434........................       434            ium, and then declined to 170@a 
1..  1.74      1.'73                                                                           174; August opened at 176@180 
16..   1.77.76      3,200    3,420      130.......................      130            per cent. premium, the ruling rate
4"    19..   1.81       1 80                                                                           went up to 179@183, then fell off
23..   1.90       1.89       7,000   2,342      147........       4........     151            to 152@168, and then advanced to
26..   1.88       1.87                                                                           160@17 per cent. premium. 
"  30..  1.80     1.80       2,700   2,514      37.37H
Septem. 2..    1.87       1.87 
Aver ge priceu;9n
and total sales,.02     1.011    413,200 281,794   30,488     363      103........30,954
receipts an(                                  t i
exports.




LIVER-POOL STATEMENT FOR 1865.
UNITED STATES. 1864-1865.          I   Stock Jan. 1, 1865, in............................. Gt. Britain.  France  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock Sept. 1,      Export...... knowl l   United  States....................................  23,000..........    1,000      24,000
1864.....unknown  Consumption.   ".      Brazil...........................................  16,000      2,000     1,000      19,000'
Crop.......        Stock  Sept. 1.           W est Indies......................................   5,000      1,000.....6,000             _
1865......             East  Indies......................................  502,000   44,000     10,000    556,000
Egypt.........................................   30,000      7,000      6,000     43,000 
Bales.............  Bales............... —                                                           ------    ------
___                  Bales.........................................  576,000     54,000    18,000     648,000 
CONSUMPTION. -
IMPORT. 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain...r
362,000 1   55,000    26,000    281,000....United States...................................   462,000   36,000    55,000    493,000     3
351,000     99,000    36,000    219,000....Brazil............                                 340,000    37,000     99,000    375,000    0
179,000    37,000     33,000    109,000...  West Indies......................................  131,000  33,000     38,000    187,000 
1,837.000   511,000    277,000  1,049,000....East  Indies......................................  1,408,000  253,000  508,000  1,491,000
716,000    143,000   197,000   376,000....Egypt...........................................  414,000   201,000    142,000    720,000    >
3,448,000   845,000    569,000  2,034,000...............................................Bales.  2,755,000  560,000  842,000  3,266,000     ~..............................  891,000  Export.'
466,000     15,000    45,000   -406,000 Stock, Dec. 31.                         Stock above,   576,000    54,000     18,000    648,000'
3,914,000   860,000    614,000  3,331,000 Total supply, bales................................... 3,331,000  614,000  860,000   3,914,000
CZ




.534    CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL              ISTSTORY O   COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                              SALES.
WEEK_
ENDING.
ENN  Ameri-  E. I.  Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Con-  Specu- Export. Total.
can.                                      sumption. lation.
Jan.  6.. 4,368   22,944 11,222  7,452   158   46,144  10,850  2,480  4,150  17,480
13..  7,036  16,721  9,957  4,097  2,632  40,443  20,240  6,700  5,640  32,580
"   20..  5,403   4,820  6,521  1,842   382  18,968  13,350  2,050  3,310  18,710
27..   2,453   3,621 12,929  4,127    91   23,221  26,460  1,900  6,860  35,220
Feb. 3.      294   2,846 21,169  3,146    40   27,495  20,370  6,540  4,680  31,590
10.. 10,514      29,452 16,355 18,183    23  74,527  33,080 14,810  5,390  53,280
"  17..  6,924     46 18,825   7,694  7,795  41,284  17,130  3,260  2,940  23,330
24..  8,647  28,184  1,848  9,111  1,734  49,524  25,780  7,160  3,580  36,520
Mlch. 3. 10,698   12,693  6,801 15,027  3,115  48,334  32,760  9,110  5,780  47,650
10..     5103   15,897  9,967  3,955   114  35,036   30,940  4,790  5,130  40,860
"   17..  1,319  18,549  8,866  5,295  3,503  37,532  49,790 15,490  9,720  75,000
24..     1,962  28,530  7,818 18,779    64  57,153   20,520  2,840  5,240  28,600
"   31.. 2,660    9,941  6,397  1,833   839   21,670  25,460  7,420  5,450  38,330
April 7.. 15,963  22,035  8,614 16,031   500   63,143  31,760  4,780  5,940  42,480
" 13..    2,383     510 13,150  4,194  2,660  22,897  22,510  2,000  5,360  29,870
"   21.   1,703  11,129  4,940  1,228  3,652  22,652  42,180 12,920 13,010  68,110
"   28.   2,898   1,419  7,210  1,061   190   12,778  62,980 17,820 25,100 105,900
May,  5.   6,938  31,326  6,365 12,535  5,231  62,395  35,900  4,800 18,890  59,590
4  12..  8,356  39,094  2,962  5,734  2,226  58,372  37,330 12,130 21,580  71,040
19..     3,897  10,190  5,871  4,400  6,103  30,461  46,820  9,210 32,010  88,040
"   26.   8,001  39,005  2,787 10,390  3,362  63,545  59,230 16,770 32,770 108,770
June 2.    5,715  18,112  6,470  1,017  3,834  35,148  62,810 21,740 23,790 108,340
9..  1,689  20,516  4,920  1,242   2851 28,652   38,660 14,730 27,370  80,760
"   16..  1,944  11,873  7,681  2,665  1,859  26,022  49,160 25,120 30,970 105,250
23.    1,822       2  6,064   500     33    8,421  64,000 45,600 30,230 139,830
"   30..  7,419  31,784  7,707  7,598  4,769  59,276  26,510 28,030 14,360  68,900
July  7..  3,193.57,113  2,444 13,939   956   77,645  17,910  6,740  6,870  31,520
14..  4,451  14,792  8,003  5,727  2,740  35,713  26,970  7,580 10,680  45,230
21.   3,945  11,197  8,519  2,318  1,657  27,636  48,030 22,390 17,390-  87,810
28..    7,041  15,019  7,303  2,785    55  32,203   31,970  7,310 10,200  49,480
Aug. 4.    4,847  43,932  5,552  2,000  7,661  63,992  30,220  3,100  8,790  42,110
" 11.   1,787  56,638 10,938 15,846    37   85,246  47,920  4,490 12,860  65,270
"   18.   4,179 119,743  7,401  9,099  1,961 142,383  32,070  3,440 14,200  49,710
"   25..  6,007   3,062  2,592   111  6,112   17,884  49,110 12,460 25,020  86,590
Sept. 1.   8,902  39,995  7,666  3,927   191   60,681  67,490 15.520 26,320 109,330
8.     3,027  16,075  9,036  2,503  2,596  33,237  63,990 21,330 28,360 113,680
15.    8,032  94,344  5,284 16,0011 3,216 126,877  40,250 10,820 19,630  70,700
22.    4,193  11,527  6,003  2,541: 1,293  25,557  84,720 64,430 38,820 187,970
" 29.     6,059   5,181  8,181  3,9091 1,511  24,841  81,430 84,230 23,170 188,830
Oct.  6.   8,519   6,946  8,066   8281 2,161   26,520  70,100 98,800 10,290 179,190
13.    4,179  33,345 10,401   484   1,438  49,847  55,780 54,100 12,250 122,130
20.. 23,877  83,493  5,416 12,543  1,427 126,756  34,590 32,260 19,,610  86,460
27.. 16,230   11,077 14,459   760   2,852  45,378  15,360 17,130 11,690  44,180
Nov. 3.. 19,313   14,708  4,620 13,300  3,798  55,739  22,080 15,920 13,130  51,130
10.  9,067  13,845  3,329  1,192   310   27,743  29,620 12,130 14,890  56,640
16.. 17,517  3,292  6,412  1,032  1,419  29,672  28,350  8,300  9,070  45,720
23.. 33,478   51,897  9,506 21,754  3,343 119,978  33,350  6,880 10,850  51,080;   30. 29,343   16,752  2,444  5,548   240  54,327  58,100 18,190 19,940  96,230
Dec. 7.. 18,264    7,554  3,184  7,899  3,417  40,318  45,840 25,140 28,120  99,100
14.. 17,840   27,794  4,556 14,211  4,097  68,498  46,360 11,770 22,260  80,390
21. 34,586    16,787  5,080  3,333  3,119  62,905  38,110  7,730 13,080  58,920
28.. 25,384  14,269 12,895 10,128   528   63,204  32,070  7,080  9,430  48, 580
Average prices
e'eipts &  stocks.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.          535
POOL. YEAR 1865.
STOCKS.               PRICES.
_ACTUAL CONSUMPEXPORT.   TION.          REMARKS.
Ameri-  Other.  Total.   Mid.  Mid.   Dhol.
can.                    Up.   Orl.
26,360 439,900  496,260  26     264   18     4,150   10,850
31,350 478,940  510,290  25     264-  18     5,640   31,090
34,440 474,900  509,340  241    244    17'   3,310   44,440 Limited demand.
34,870 464,480  499,350  234    241    17    6,860   70,900
32,930 467,110  500,040  22     223    16    4,680   91,270 Rumored peace negoti'ns.
39,870 496,790  536,660  22     224    16    5,390  124,350 Peace nego's unsuccessful.
45,490 511,480  556,970  204    22] 15       2.940  141,480 Important peace negoti-'50,970 506,690  577,660  18'   195    14    3,580   167,260  ations.
58,120 531,240  589,360  18     181    13    5,780  200,020
66,580 521,830  588,410  16     161    11~   5,130  230,960 Charleston evacuated.
55,420 516,090  572,110  164    17     12    9,720  280,750
55,400 647,630  603,030  16     16   I11     5,240  301,270
48,650 531,360  580,010  141-   151    10    5,450  326,730
61,880 544,040  605,920  144    144     9    5,940  358,490
62,070 538,460  600,530  134    14      9 9  5,360  381,000
58,730 516,750  575,480  1       3 13   9   13,010  423,180 Richmond taken.
54,760 465,390  520, 150  144   14      9   25,100  486,160 Surrender of Gen. Lee57,440 479,570  537,010  144    144    9    18,890  522,060   Pres. Lincolnassassiri'd.
57,050 484,720  541,770  14     141     94  21,580  559,390 Large destruction of cot51,480 454,940  506,420  144    14'     94  32,010   606,210  ton in United States.
49,710 444,740  494,450  154    154    10   32,770   665,440  Favorable   Manchester
46,540 393,560  440,100  1      16 16  103  23,790  728 250     re 
1 74,                           reports.
41,530 364,960  406,490  16|    17     103  27,370  766,910
36,360 322,460  358,820  174    18    12    30,970  816,070
29,600 247,390  276,990  19~    20    14   30,230  880,070 
28,480 279,550  308,030  194    204    144  14,360  906,550   Better feeling-larger
29,130 339,100  368,230  194    194   134    6,870  924,490     demand.
29,520 331,550  361,070  19     19    13 —  10,680  951,460 J
27,210 305,490  332,700  194    20     14   17,390  999,490
30,460 291,840  322,300  19 1 194      14   10,200 1,031,460
31,320 316,260  347,580  19     194    13    8,790 1,061,680
26,280 347,460  373,740  19     194    134  12,860 1,109,600
26,700 443,890  470,590  18~    184    12 2 14,200 1,141,670
27,250 402,810  430,060  184    184    121  25,020 1,190,780
29,980 381,780  411,760  181    184    12   26,320 1,258,270  G      a      
25,850 335,290  361,140  184    184    13   28,360 1,322,260    facturing districts.
28,4103 98,980  427,590  18-    184    12   19,630 1,362,510)      ur      Sinc
23,590 326,280  349,870  19     19-    14   38,820 1,447,230
20,710 240,790  261,500  215    214   144   23,170 1,528,660
22,690 195,270  217,960  24     244    17-  10,290 1,598,760
19,230 182,740  201,970  244    24[ 184     12.250 1,654,540
37,350 243,020  280,370  23'    24     184  19,610 1,689,130 Lord Palmerston's death
50,400 252,690  303,090  22     224    174  11,690 1,704,490  announced.
64,140 258,930  323,070  202    203   16    13,130 1, 726,570
64,170 242,090  306,260  204    21    16    14,890 1,756,190
73,990 220,140  294,130  19     20     16    9,070 1,884, 540t 
4  9,070 1,884,540  ted States.
97,770 272,050  369,820  194    20    15    10,850 1,917,890
115,100 241,110  356,210  204    21     164  19,940 1, 975,970
120,530 218,700  339,230  21-    214   17    28,120 2,021,830
126,960 221,130  348,090  211    214   18    22,260 2,068,190  Better feeling.
148,170 204,580  352,750  21     21    18   13,0802,106,300
163,410 205,080  368,490  204    204   174    9,430 2,138,370
19.11 20.71 13.87 786,110 41,122.5




The semi-weekly Pri-,ee and Week1dy Sales and Receipts at New      Ybr,, WI eekly Expor.ts from  Neiw  York and Rates o. f Freiuht to    w
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop     Year ending September 1, 1865.
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Price of  Price of  Sales for Receipts                                        Rates of
1864.     Middling  Middling   week.  for week.                                         Freight t        GENERAL REMARKS.
New Orleans  Upland.                  To Great   To    North of  Other   Total Liverpool.
Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
Septem. 6..1.82          1.82       3,900     788........               24........      24  -
9..  1.83       1.82                                                                        This crop year witnessed an immense
13..       1.76       1.75      1,00     3,735      2...........25                                 fall, as calculaed i curency  of
16..  1.76       1.75                                                                         the staple. prices running- down    >
20.      1.70       1.69       1,300   2,930........................................      from  183 cents  per  Ib. to 37 cents, 
23..       1.55       1.55                                                                         though subsequently rallying to 44'
27..   1.20      1.20       1,400   3,681     101       30................     131           cents. 
(  31..  1.20       1.20                                                                        Through September, tle market was
October 4..   1.20       1.20       1,641   4,719     127........................     127  -~-      very d(ull, with prices rapidly reced  - 
7..  1.15       1.15                                                                         ing, the fall, at one period, within
"     11..  1.05       1.05        800    4.941                                       47            three days, being 35 cents per lb.
14..  1.15       1.12                                                                        October was dull and very irreaular. 
"     18..  1.20       1.18      3,600    5,752...............................            An active speculative demand pre- 
21..   1.17      1.15                                                                          vailed through part of November,.
25..  1.24      1.22       2,200   1,272      49...49                      which rallied the market. Decem- Ii
28..     1.23      1.23                                                                         her was dull, and prices steadily   t
Novem. 1..     1.28      1.28       4,000   3,228.... —... —                          felloff:.
4..   1.27      1.27                                                                        The occupation of Savannah by the
8..   1.35      1.35       5,600   3,172      49........49                                   Government forces, early in Janu- 
"          l..  1.41   1.41                                                                         ary, had a most depressing effect,
15..   1.41      1.41       6,000   4,791.................                        and prices dropped 35 cents per lb.
"     18..  1.30       1.30                                                                       The receipt of about 20,000 bales from  <
22..   1.31      1.31       3,500   2.376     199........................    199            Savannah, in February, and the oc"     25..  1.30       1.30                                                                         cupation of Charleston by the Fed-  ~,
29..   1.30      1.29       3,500   5,679.................................-        -    era] army, still further reduced
Decem.   2..   1.30      1.29                                                                         prices; in March, the market was
6..   1.28      1.27       2,700   6,174........................................           very  unsettled, and  tle  fall of Rich9..   1.33      1.32                                                                          tond. with the accompanying cir-?
"     13..  1.33       1.32      7,800    3,955      14...14                     cumstances, in April. put values    4
16..   1.33      1.32                                                                          down to their lowest ebb for the
20..     1.25      1.24       4,200   6,816     874........................      874           crop year; at thle low rates now
23..   1.25      1.24                                                                          ruling, there set in a good spinning
27.    1.15      1.14       2,100   2643.......................................          and  speculative  demand,  in  May,




Decem. 30..     1.20       1.19                                                                               and during part of the nonth there
1865.                                                                                                     was much activity at better prices.
January 3.      1.21       1.20       3,800     7,607........................ —.......-                    Through the most of June and July,.
"      6..   1.20        1.19                                                                               the market was active-under favor10..   1.16       1.15        3,600    3,480        9......      9             able foreign  advices the export,
13..    1.11        1.10                                                                               spinning, and speculative demand
"     17..   1.02       1.01        2,400    6,248........             being large.
20..   1.00         98                                                                              In August, there was less, activity,
24..     85         84        3,400    4,244      540...................     540             and prices yielded.
27..     90         89
31.     86         85        5,000    7,221    1,263.....     1,263 
February 3..      80         787..     88         87        5.500    4,273      916.....      916
10..     88         87"
14..     82         81        4,300    2,921    3,147                89........   3,236
17..     85         84
21..     84         83        4.100   12,094    1,000.....   1,000
24..     84         83
28..     84         83        5.600   10,442      610....................     610
March     3..     83         82                                                                     Id   d
7..     81         80        3,700   14,864      533      324...857
10..     73         72
14..     71         70        2,800    7,100      434........      76.......      510
17..    60         58
21..     55         53        2,000    8,575    1,066...................     1,066
24..     47         45
28..     50         50        4,000   10,197      987....        987.
31..     48         47
April     4..     37         35        2,600    8.306     618        66       62              746'-d.                                         6
7..     37          35
"        11..  37         35        6,200   10.909 1 2,626                 15........   2,641
14..     37         35
18..          37         35        8,300    4,703      978........      78........   1,056
21..     41         40
25..     51         50        9,000    4,302      762................        762
28.      51          50
May       2..    45          45      11,400     1,669     149      250      126               525    5-32d.
5..     49         48
9..     57         56       23,500    1,203      113....................       113
12..     54         53
16       50         49        8,100    4,300      203................            203                                                   O.
19..     55         54___ 




New   York Statement for Year 1865-Concluded. 
00
EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Price of   Price of                                                              Rates of
1865.               Middling  Sales for Receipts                                          Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New Orleans  Upland.   week.   for week. To Great  To    North of  Other    Total Liverpool.
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
May     23..     55         54      17,300   9,449      219........................     219
26..     49         49                                                                                      Exchange.0
30..          48        48       4,800    4,772       28........       1........      29          The quotation for 60 days' commercial
June     2..     46         46                                                                 3-16@d     bills on London, at the opening of  0
6..     43         42      14,300   8,550.......................................              September, was  160@175 per cent.
9..     41         41                                                                           premium, but rapidly went down        - 
13..    43        42        6,100   8,062       96........................     96            until at the close it was 108@110
"     16..    42         41                                                                            premium; in October, the lowest      Z
"     20..    40         40        6,800   7,669    1,242........................    1,242            quotation was 105@108 per cent. 
23..     42         41                                                                           premium, and the highest, 118@130; 
"     27..    46         46      18,100    6,760     971      100      101            1,172            in November, the quotation was put 
30..     44         44                                                                           upon a gold basis, and henceforJuly     4..     50         50      27,500  11,176.....................................       3-16~@ d  ward the market was comparatively    5
7..    50        50                                                                            steady the rate of bills fluctuating
(     11..    53         52      10,100    9,941    6,172........................    6,172            between 83@10 per cent. premium, 
"     14..     52        51                                                                            gold; December, steady, at 9@9aq
" 18..        51         49      11,400   16,387    1,980........................    1,980            per cent. premium, gold; January,     4
21..     48        48                                                                            9@934; in February, the quotation
25..     47         46      15,700   12,790   1,215........                     1,215            declined from  9~@9| to 61@721 
28..           48        48                                                                            premium;  in March, the range was
August   1..     48         48      19,300  21,689    3,366.3,366 1@3-16d                               from  63@9 per cent     premium; 
4..     47         47                                                                            April, 72@9; May, 84 j97; in
8..     45        45       10,000  14,782    4,573     124...............     4,697            June, the lowest quotation was 8@
" 11..        45         45                                                                            9 per cent. premium, the highest,
15..    44         43      14,600  17,428    6,379........................    6,379            91~10; in July, the extremes were 
18..     44        44                                                                            75 up to 9 premium; and in August,
22..     46         45      16,500  22,046   -3,958      95       30.4,083                      the range was from 74@9 per cent..
"  25..  45        44                                                                            premium, gold.
29..     44        43       12,400  18,824    4,874........     100........   4,974
Septem. 1..      44        43                                                                 1@3-16d
Average price
and total sales,  84.22   83.38    380,341 391,635   52,512     989      702   -.     54,203
receipts a n d
exp orts.




CITR()N(OLO(:TCAL     AND    STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.          t39
1866.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and    Total Amount of      the Cotton Crop    of  the United    States, for
the Year ending August 31, 1866.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales. 
1866.    1861.    1860.
LOUISIANA.                  -._                               __
Export from New OrleansTo  Foreign  Ports.........................  516,188
Coastwise...............................  252,355
Stock on hand 1st September, 1866........ 102,082
-   870,625
DeductReceived from Mobile...................   26,483
"   Montgomery, Ala.........        4,378
Florida....................  12,785
Texas.....................   32,111
Stock on hand 1st September, 1865........   83,239.   158,996
_         ------- 1 711,629 1,751,599 2,139,425
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo Foreign Ports........................   270,934
Coastwise..............................   142,764
Burnt and lost..........................     6,307
Stock on hand 1st September, 1866........   29,009
449,014
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1865..............     24,290
-      424,724  546,794  843,012
TEXAS.
Export from Galveston, &cTo  Foreign  Ports.........................  64,308
Coastwise..............................    116,023
Stock on hand 1st September, 1866........    8,511
_.-      188,842
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1865................   13,857
--.174,985  144,747  252,424
FLORIDA.
Export from Apalachicola, St. Marks,&c.- 
To Foreign Ports.....................      37,9777
Coastwise...............................   123,650
Stock on hand 1st September, 1866........      162
161,789
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1865................    12,650
------ 149,139    121,172  192,724
GEORGIA.
Export from Savannah-                            I
To Foreign Ports-Uplands...............     90,425
Sea Island...........         4,937
Coastwise-Uplands......................    162,267
Sea  Island....................,020
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1866...    3,240
266,889
Export from Darien, Ga.To New York..........................          489
267,378
Deduct —
Stock in Savannah 1st September, 1865.............    4,005
----    263,373  477,584  525,219




54()   CITR(O N( )r,);ICAL ANTD    STATISTI(AL TItSTORY        O(F C(OTTON.
Statement and Total.Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1866-Conclhuded.
TOTAL.
Bales. Bales. _                    __
1866.    1861.   1860.
SOUTH CAROLINA.                -           - --— __
Export from Charleston, S. C.-                  i 
To Foreign Ports —Uplands and Sea Island.   53,807 
Coastwise-Uplands and Sea Island........   54,147
(Total export of Sea Island, 5,630 bales ) 
Stock in Charleston, 1st September. ] 866.   5,535
113.489
Exp't from Georget'n & Port Royal, S.C. —
To  New   York......................  1,645
Boston.......................     56
1,701
-___-     115,190
Deduct —
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1865.........   1,972
113,218 336,339 5,10,109
NORTH CAROLINA.
Export —
To  Foreign  Ports.........................     21
Coastwise................................   64,538
_ —--.......  64,559   56,295  41,194
VIRGINIA.
Export1'o Coastwise Ports......................  27,732
Manufactured (taken from the ports).......  6,333
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1866.......   3,466
-........  37,531   78,132  56,987
TENNESSEE, &c.
Shipments from Memphis, Tenn............ 218,504
other places in Tennessee.  35,000
Kentucky...............      5,000
Illinois, Indiana, &c.......    30,000 
Stock at Memphis, 1st September, 1866.     10,831
299,335
DeductShipments to New Orleans................   40,000
Manufactured on the Ohio, &c............   35,000
Stock on hand 1st September, 1865........  12,450
_-   ---   87,450
---  *211,885 143,424 108,676
Total crop of the United States......................... 2,151,043 3,656,086 4,669,770
Receipts at all the ports from close of the
war to September 1, 1865..............                420,000
Total Receipts at the ports since the close 
of the war-say from May 1, 1865, to September 1, 1866 (16  months).............................. 2,571,043
* Being the amount received at New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston, overland-say New York 136,517 bales, Philadelphia 51,002, Baltimore 3,300, and Boston
21,066 —total 211,885 bales.




CHRONL()OL(ICAL AND         STATISTICAL     IIISTOI1Y    OF C)TTON.        541
Export to Foreign Ports, from       September 1, 1865, to August 31, 1866.
To Great    To    To North  Other    Tota
FROM                     Britain.  France. of Europe. F'n Ports.
New Orleans, La.............. bales..358,878  134,510   5,422   17,378 516,18s
Mobile, Ala............................    229,171   40,184      270    1,369  270,934
Galveston, Texas.........................   59,435    1,739    3,014      120   64,308
Apalachicola, Fla.........................  37,977.......................  37,977
Savannah, Ga...........................     93,870    1,492................    95,362
Charleston, S. C.........................  46,935  6,050.......  822  53,807
Virginia..........................................................
Wilmington, N. C....................        21............                     21
New York.............................. 415,481        36,675   39,695    3,458  495,309
Baltim ore...............................  6,70..................     6,709
Philadelphia..................................................   2,035
Boston..............................       11,759........     246        9   12,014
Grand total 1865-66.................. 1,262,271  220,650  48,647   23,0.96 1,554,664
Total 1860-61......................2,175,225    578,063  216,250  158,030 3,027,568
Decrease..........................    912,954 357,413 167,603    134,934 1,572,904
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated........................bales.2,151,043
Add —Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st September, 1865.-In the Southern ports................................ 152,463
Northern    "...............................  95,662
--  248,125
Makes  a  supply  of..................................................... 2,399,168
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 1,554,664
Less, foreign included...................  7,763
--   1,546,901
Stocks on hand, September 1, 1866In the Southern ports..............................    162,836
Northern    ".............................    120,856
---  - 283,692
Burnt at New York and Mobile............................     21,590
Manufactured in Virginia..................................    6,333
- 27,923
-- 1,858,516
Taken for home use north of Virginia............................bales.  540,652
Taken for home use in Virginia and south and west of Virginia.........   126,640
Total consumed in the United States (including burnt at the ports), 1865-66...  667,292




542 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
ANNIJAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current-1865-66.
The accounts from the interior in regard to the maturing crop,
indicate that it will not exceed 400,000 to 500,000 bales.  A
much larger amount was left on hand from previous years, but,
from the best sources of information at the time, it was supposed
that it did not exceed 1,000,000 bales, while many authorites put
it down at 200,000 bales less. Had these estimates been correct,
the entire supply, from the close of the war up to the present date,
would have been from 1,400,000, to 1,700,000 bales, or about
850,000 less than the actual supply. This extraordinary discrepancy will be regarded as less remarkable, when it is considered that
planters, country merchants, newspapers published in the interior,
officials employed by the two governments, and traveling speculators overestimated the amount destroyed by the casualties of
war and. exposure to the weather, and equally underestimated
that which had been concealed from observation by the prudence
of its owners. Up to the middle of October, the course of the
Liverpool market had been well calculated to stimulate and
strengthen our own. Under a serious reduction in stock, a limited
amount at sea, and an active demand for goods, the trade entertained grave apprehensions of a cotton famine. Up to the beginning of the month the prevailing estimates of the stock in this country, and the incoming crop did not exceed one and a half millions
of bales, at least half of which it was expected would be required
in the United States, leaving but seven hundred and fifty
thousand bales for export. It is not surprising that, under such
circumstances, the Liverpool market should have been excited,
with a strong tendency to a speculative paroxysm. This spirit,
however, was checked by the bank of England having suddenly
raised its rate of discount, during the first week of October, from
41 to 7 per cent.; but still the movement continued with little
abatement, showing the great confidence of the trade in the future
course of the market. Towards the latter part of the month, however, unusually heavy arrivals-the heaviest since the commencement of the war-which, in consequence of their paying large
profits, were offered freely, caused a sharp turn in favor of buyers,




CHRONOL)GICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTT)lY OF (OTTON. 543
and the market lost much of its previous buoyancy. The downward tendency was increased by the growing conviction that the
estimates of the American supply had been much too low; this
change of opinion being predicated on the unexpectedly liberal receipts at the Southern ports, and the views of the Northern cor-respondents who variously predicated a supply up to the present
date, of, from two and a half millions, to three millions of bales.
February opened with a nominal stock of 178,480 bales, and with
rather more on sale than had been offered during the previous
month.
With no increase in the demand, nor other modifying influences,
prices would have consequently ruled in favor of buyers, without,
perhaps any material decline; but the downward tendency was
increased by a heavy reduction in foreign exchange, on the rates
for which all foreign orders were predicated. The large sum realized
from the sale of American securities on the Continent and Great
Britain, had gone far to liquidate the amount due from this
country for imports; the demand for sterling at New York fell off,
and the market was completely glutted with cotton bills, which
fell to two or three per cent. below the real par, while even at this
decline the supply exceeded the demand. Extending its influence
to our own market, commercial sterling declined to 143k to 145,
against 147 to 148, in January. The month of July opened under
the depressing influences of a net decline at Liverpool of Id., and
prices gave way 1 to 2c. per pound; the falling off being the
greatest in the lower grades, and as factors met the demand pretty
freely at the reduction, the business during the first week was, to a
fair extent, on the basis of 30 to 32c. for low middling; but the next
Liverpool steamer bringing an account of an advance of -d. and
anticipations of a termination of the Continental war, the market
rallied, and factors were enabled to establish an advance of 2c.
per pound, putting low middling at 32 to 34c.




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and       Receipts at New Ylork, Weekly Exports from       New   York and    Rates of Freight to'
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop     Year ending September 1, 1866.
I!~~ g             EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Price of  Price of  Sales for Receipts _                                       Rates of 
1865.     Middling  Middling   week. for week.                                           Freight to       GENERAL REMARKS.
New Orleansj Upland.                  To Great   To    North of  Other    Total Liverpool.
Britain. France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.3
Septem.  5..     44        43      13,600   23,173   2,615........................   2,615  3-16(1.
8..     441       43,
"  12..  45        444     24,200  26,102    3,985...3,985                     The perturbations in the market were -
15..     45,       44                                                                          less serious in this, than in the pre19..     46        44-.    17,500   23,198   6,025     500............        6,525            vious crop year, though still very
22..     46        44considerable.
26..     45        44      17,100  22,697    6,695              137,.......    6,832        IIn September, there was a good de29..     46        441                                                                          mand, at -higher Ilices than those
October 3..      45        44      30,000   24,630   5,582........    126            5,708 -@_7-16d  ruling the previous month.
"      6..    52     50 @51                                                                        October was very active, the demand
10.. 58@59         57      52,000   26,807  11,667.......     171           11,838            being heavy from all buyers, spin"     13..    61     59@60                                                                           ners, exporters, and speculators, 
17..     61    59@60       44,000  26,396    8,624........    249..           8,873           the foreign accounts being very ex- 
20..     60        58                                                                          citing, the deliveries at Liverpool 
24.. 59@60         57      24,000  34,074   14,133........   153........ 14,286             being "enormous," and the stock 
"  27..  60        58                                                                          there   greatly  reduced;  prices 
31.. 5859          56      29,800  19,483   13,784.            430....... 14,214              touched their highest point for this
Novem. 3.. 5859            56                                                                5-16-d     crop year this month.
"  7..     56    53@54       15,300   32,575  15,093    1,178     814........ 17,085           In November, the business fell off, and 
"  10..  53        51                                                                           prices yielded; in December, there 
14..     52        50      19,500   15,260  12,670     602      785... 14,057             was a better demand again, and the
17..    53         51                                                                          downward tendency was, for a time,   "
21..     54        52      24,000   22,258   8,871........   1,620........ 10,491             arrested.
24..     54        52                                                                        During a portion   of January, the
28..     54        52      19,000  24,105    5,742     387      614     169    6,912            market was dull and unsettled, but.
Decem.   1..     52        50                                                                 5-16d.   afterward there was considerable     6
5..     52        50      19,500  31,330   12,665.....       142.          12,807           activity, with  some advance in      3..      51        49                                                                          prices.
12..     49        471     12,000  30,342    6,038 | 2,090      633........   8,761          In February, the month, as a whole,   t
15..    51         49                                                                          was dull, and prices softened.'     19..    52         50      35,800  19,975   13,530........ 499........ 14,029     March was irregular, though for the
"     22..     53        51                                                                          most of the month there was con26..    5         51      20,700   18,983  11,064 j   518 i    844     440   12,866           sideranle:ativity.lheteneral course




Decein. 29.      531       5      1I                                                  i       I          of prices, however, being in buyers'
1866.                                                                                                  favor.
January 2        53         51      22,00   30,206,531    2,162     883........     576     7-16d In April, the market was unsettled, by
"5. 5   53        5                                    j 51                                     the apprehension of a war between
9"      551       49      2.5,300  16.676 I 7.306      431      875.......   8,612            Prussia   and  Austria, afterward 
12..    51        49                                                                            realized; and with a panic in the:7
16..     53        51      29,00    18093 18,093  11.325  771    424........ 12,520             Liverpool market, prices here rap- 
19..     53        51                                                                            idly fell off.
23..     52        49.1     15,800 t 34,889  12,213     787      792........ 13,792           Through the early part of May, the 
26.        50        48|                                                                           Continental war affected business
3 30.          51        49      22,000   17,084    7,014   1,074    1,664      42    9,794            very  unfavorably; the   financial
February 2..     50        48                                                                    -d.     panic now prevailing in London, in
6..     49        471     13,700   25,959   17,990   2,667    1,030........ 21,687             consequence of the prominent fail-;
9..     48         46                                                                           ures there, depressed the Liverpool
13..     47        45      17,200   12,081    6,969........     938.7,907                      market; but toward the close of the  >16..    47        45                                                                            month, these discouraging accounts 
20..    47        45       17,500  19.208    6,281     735    2,242.9,258                     were more than neutralized, by the
23..         47         45                                                                           unfavorable crop accounts from the    7
27..     46        44'     14,600   17.078    5,411    1,735   2,010.9,156                      South, the weather there being very
March    2..     451        44                                                                 5-16@|d   wet, and rivers overflowing..
6..     45        43'      19,700   8,429   15,210     529    2,568........ 18,307           In June, prices fell off again, the Liv-      9..     43        41                                                                            erpool accounts continuing of an 
13..     43        41'     15,000   12,304    5,411   2,372    1,246.9,029                      unfavorable character.
16..          43        41                                                                          July witnessed the close of the Austro-.
20..     41        39       19.800  20,108   14,172   3,117    2,507....... 19,796            Prussian war, and there was a bet23..     43        41                                                                            ter feeling, though not accompanied
27..     42         40      21,500  16,160   14,134    2,151   1,162.          17,447            by any very marked advance.
30.     43        41                                                                          Through part of August, there was
April    3.      4112       391.   20,700   21,468   13,784.863                 225    14,872 5-16@jd   more activity, buc subsequently the
6..    401        381                                                                           foreigin accounts were less assuring-,'
10..     39-       37      18,000   14,533   15,679   2,416    1,132           19,227            and the reports relative to the grow-,.
13..     392       37~                                                                           ing crop being more favorable,
"     17..     392       37      22,000   11,15i   19,049     485    1,688     145   21,367            prices receded.  This month wit20..     38-       361                                                                           nessed the successful laying of the
24..     37        35      10,000   12.,551  15,580   2,295    3,880     747   22,502            Atlantic Telegraph.
27..     341       321 
May      1..     36        34        5,000   7,990   10,140    1,895   2,371..         14,406   ~9-32d
4..     36        34
8. 36      34       9,800   9,262    9,675     213     1,751.          11,639
"   11..     36         34
15.     361        35      14,500    3,297    6,422   1,005      636.8,038
"  18..  38        36




New York Statement.for Year 1866-Concluded.
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK
Price of  Price of                                                            Rates of 
Sales for Receipts
1866.     Middling  Middling    eFreight to                                                               GENERAL REMARKS.
week. for week.
New Orleans  Upland.                  To Great   To    North of  Other   Total Liverpool.
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports. 
May     22..    40         38      19,700   4,443   2,774     383      619     350    4,126
25..    42     40@402                                                                                   Exchange.
29..         41        39      24,000   11,099      94........    300......     394          The quotation for 60 days' commercial  K
June     I..    40~        38                                                                 id.     bills on London ranged in Septem-   Q
5..     40        38       5,800   7,299      37     327       71........     435           ber from 72@99 per cent. gold pre8..    40         38                                                                         mium; October, 7@99; November,
"     12..    41        39'     20,800   14,020     474........................     474            7@87; December, 81@9~; January,
15..     40-       38                                                                         7@9; February, 6@81; March, 5 
19..    401        38       8,500   9,507     937     560       25     384    1,906           @8~; in April, the extreme range
22..    39         37                                                                         was from 5j@61 up to 71@8; May,
26..    39         37       6,500  11,038     732................     112     844            71@9I; June, 7@9^; July, 7@8;
29..     38        36                                                                         August opened at 6@7j, and de- 4
July     3..    38         36       4,250   5,477     381............          20     401     id.    dined to 4|@5' per cent. premium, 
6..    38         36                                                                         gold.
"  10..  37        35       3,900  10,468     626      46................     672 
13..      37         35
17..    37         35      6,400    7,993     804      34........      35     873
20..    379        36
24..    371        36      15,000   7,837   2,808........................   2,808.
27..    379        36 
31..    37~        36       8,300   5,987   3,451      75...............    3,526                                               0
August 3..      37'        36                                                                 id.
7..    37         351      6,500   7,657   3,199     460...............     3,659                      -
10..    36         340
14..    35         33       7,800'5,646   4,415     483................   4,898
17..    36         34a
21..    35^-       33'     12,000   6,462   3,350........     483     548    4,381
24..    351        332
28..    352        33~     12,000   4,707  13,320    1,533     318     241   15,412                                               0
31..    35         33                                                                5-32d. 
Average prices
eiand totasales  45.06   43.20    932,850 869,548 415,481   36,016  39,695   3,458  494,650
exports. an
e x p o r t s.~~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _l__ _   _ _ _   _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _




IVERPOOL STATEMENT FOR 1866.
UNITED STATES, 1865-1866.               Stock 1st Jan., 1866, ill...........................  Gt. Britain.  France.  Continent. Tot. Europe.
Stock Sept. 1,        Export..... 1,555,000    United States..............................Bales.    144,000     10,000      1,000    155,000 
1865....... 229,000 Consumption 544,000      Brazil...........................................    36,000      3,000      1,000      40,000 
Stock Sept. 1,            West Indies......................................    12,000      1,000      1,000      14,000   C
Crop.......  2,154,000  1866......  284,000     East  Indies......................................  183,000     20,000      7,000    210,000 
_ — ___.    -    _ -Egypt.......................................   31,000  11,000  5,000    47,000 Q
Bales....... 2,383,000 Bales....... 2,383,000.... 
_____ ____ ____      Bales......................................... 406,000 45, 000 15,000 466,000 
CONSUMPTION. 
Tot. Europe. Continent.  France.  Gt. Britain.                    IMPORT.
1,345,000    209,000   204,000    932,000....United States.............................Bales. 1,163,000     241,000    215,000   1,411,000 
488,000    135,000     63,000    290,000....Brazil...........................................  408,000     73,000    141,000     510,000    M
163,000     45,000     30,000     88,000... West Indies.....................................   111,000     36,000     47,000     173,000 
1,776,000    656,000   187,000    933,000....East Indies..................................... 1,866,000     210,000    658,000   1,952,000 
426,000    101,000    130,000    195,000... Egypt...........................................   201,000    128,000    101,000     416,000 
4,198,000  1,146,000    614,000  2,438,000 Consumption................................Bales... 3,749,000      688,000  1,162,000   4,462,000........................  1,137,000  Export.. 
730,000     31,000    119,000   580,000 Stock, Dec. 31...................  S...Stock above,   406,000     45,000     15,000     466,000 
4,928,000  1,177,000   733,000  4,155,000 Total supply, bales.................................... 4,155,000   733,000  1,177,000   4,928,000    e
Q




548     CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY                 OF (COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.
WEEK
ENDING.
American   E..  Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Con-  Specu- Export. Total.
sumlption. lation.
Jan.  4..   43,163  13,835  4,727  5,017   569   67.311  35,1106,820 13.4       55,370
11..   23,411   9,311  9,670  1,570  1.83(;  45.798  32,700  5,740 11,760, 50,200
18..  34,329   17,900  2,916 11335    711   70191   39,3003,340 14,250    56.890
25..   22,886  19,618  5,636 17,317   390   66, 247  39,700  4,790 13,860  58,350
Feb.  1..   17.315  11,494  8,298  2,470 5,5:32  40.109  35,740  3,920 11,780  51,440
8..   43358   12,871  8.450 12,193   951   77,823  43,350  9,260 16.970  69,580
15..  28,072   13,080  3,321 13,847 1.870   60,190  36,230  7,380 12,580  56,190
22..   21,141     340  4,251  2,028 2,865   30,625  44,160  3,440 11,000  58,600
M6h. 1..     3,003........4,206 11,551     92   18,852  52,060  9,760 14,180  76,000
8..   19,118   5,699 10,460  9,977   283   45,537  54,270  6.590 12,900  73,760
15.    23,426  13,137  2,222  4,047   231   43,063  58,260 16,310 16,720  91,290
22..   47,376  56,852 10,507 19,971 2,055 136,761   45,580 14,370 10,830  70,780
l  28..  59,170  67,018  6,817 16,5(3 2,143 151,651  27,120  3,270  8,100  38,490
April 5.53,575     51,637  7,350 25,223 1,257 139,042   28,360  3,360  9,780  41,500
12..   25,116  12,33815,790 12,053 1,894    67191   32,400  3,560 13,140  49,100
19..   45,048 108,307/ 10,287 22,792 5,493 191,414  39,850  8,710 19,280  67,840
26.    33,893  16,854  4,318  8,732 12,063  75,860  60,710 10.370 24,470  95,550
May   3.    16,502      13     32.16,567                35,430  4,650  9,550  49,630
10..  65,124  57,088  3,786 20812,141 150,951   38,300  3,520  4,010  45,830
17..   77,239  70,474    624 24,848   608 173,793   49.950  5,140  4,980  60,070
24..   15,293  58,584  1,246  3,293 1.838   80,254  36,210  1,520  6,110  43,840
31..  16,377  16,268    594  9,161   256   42,656  63,970 12,710  9,480  86,160
June 7..    23,145  52, 257   286  9,902 3,158   88,748  55,200  6,710  9,580  71,490
14..   60,690:36,282  2,632 12,898 1,581 114,083  56,600  4,710 10,400  71,710
21.    32,574  15,265    841  5,744 2,469   56,893  40,070  3,110  5,320  48,500
28..   13,226  30,054    711  3,950   165   48,106  62,270  5,360 10,450  78,080
July  5..   26,659  34,927  1,772 10,216   175   73,749  64,850  8,630 14,360   87,840
12..   8,104   1.9,123   190  2,785 1,836  32,038   64,520 10,370 23,180  98,070
19..   5,797   10,146  2.418.......2,679   21,040  45,440  5,030 20,420  70,890
26..    6,801  61,679.......  8,269 2,029   78,778  56,160 13,420 32.930 102,510
Augr. 2     10,585  61.707  2,881  9,766 1,392   86,331  44,750  5,070 24,780   74,600
9..   12,272  28,844  1,717  5,321 3,173   51,327  29.370  1,750 20,570  51,690
16..       8,416  54,580  1,571  1,927   889   67,383  57,230  3,790 24,200  85,220
23..    4,402  40,536  1.578  1,750   269   48,535  37,570  1,840 21,100  60,510
30 30   9,197  58,678  2,032  4,496 1,043   75,444  40,720  2,310 21,650  64,680
Sep. 6..    14,774   6,089  1,296  4,354   821   27.334  34,090  2,880 12,600  49,570
13..   4,108   41,482  2,970  4,230   536   53326   51,530  2,690 15,780  70.000
20.    13,140 105,744  1,593  8,353  1,541 130,371  68,230  6,800 29,490 104,520
27..   13,219  15,444     2   119 1,430     31,614  69,500 17,960 44,370 131,830
Oct.  4..    2,323  19,045  1,555.....     147   23,070  60,540 31,830 34.200 126,570
11..   4,355   22,388    975  7,158 1,463   36,339  49,420 18.480 27,580  95,480
4418.5. 5,502  13,970  2,200  3,537   910   26,119  46,320 32,030 25,460 103,810
25.    10,120  99,146  2,010  5,717   791 117,784   34,890  9,600 14,660   59,150
Nov...    7,702   3,412  1,089  4,357 3,151   19.711  36,150  6,920 12,280   55,350
"    8..    9,033  10,747  3,284  6,494   903   30,461  48,920  9,500 17,140  75,560
15.    13,927   4,293  5,351  4,328   284   28,183  28,980    940 10,990  40,910
22..   12,742  15,302  6,119  3,882 3,108   41,153  42,790  6,960 14,930  64,680
29.        6,508  20,941  2,376  7,168 1,191   38.184  51,540  7,370 13,260  72,170
Dec.  6     11,766   2,219  1, 31  2,871   568   18,655  46,660  4,800 13,900  65,360
13..   11,695   6,301  9,038  1,798    74   28,906  69,050 19.460 18,650 107,160
20.   18,986     87 11,662   2,808   925.34,468  62,390 26,190 22,660 111,240
27..   13,429  19,233  3789   2,316 1,495   40,262  45,010 13,470 12,500   70,980
Averprices 1,102828 1,515,769 200,608 383,,       633,429,520 448,670 845,580 3,723 770
ceiptotal sales, rc-     22.                             4 29 S23,440
ceipts &  stocks.




CHRO)roLOGICAL ANt) STATISTIWCAL HISTORY               OF (COTTONX     549
POOL. YEAR 1866.
STOCKS.              PRICES.
ACTUAL   CON
EXPORT. SUMPTION.       REMABKS.
Anieri- Other.  Total.  Mid.  Mid.  Diol.
can.                   Up.   Orl.
1~016E:~1~__....__.       __.             _
176,140) 226,490 402,630  202  21    17{   13,440   35,110
182,290 209,910 392,200  193   20    174   11,760   67,810
196,630 221,080 417,710  194   20    172   14,250  107,110
196,890 227,570 424,460  19    19,   17    13,860  146,810
194,980 213,220 418,200  18k   184    1 6  11,780  182,550 Stringent money market.
207,800 221,510 429,310  1')-  19-    16   16,970  225,900
215,160 227,810 442,970   9j 19-      16   12,580  262,130 Large rec'ts at U.S. ports,
214,650 204,030 418,680  18-   18'    15a  11,000  306,290
218,400 182,450 400,850  187   191    16'  14,180  358,350 Reduced receipts
203,850 102,900( 36(6,750  18'  191   16'  12,900  412,620
197,230 143,020) 340.250  19|  19   17    16,720  470,880
221,580 198,890 420,470  191   20     16/ 10,830   516,460 Large import.
267,285 285,498 552,783  18    191   15i    8,100  543,580
307,430 356,410 663,840  18    18  I15 l   97,800  571,940
1306,920 369,300  676,220) 15  16     13   13,140  604,340 Market depressed, conti1330,060 489,740  819,800  14'  143 I11    19,280  644,190   nental difficulties.
334,320 487,630 821,950  1   5 15      15 1  24,470  704,900.328,430 456,200 784,630  13   141    10    9,550  740,330 Stoppage of Barned's B'k.
368,200 501,730( 869,930  12'  13      9    4,010  778, 630
415,190 555,310 970,500  123   131     8    4,980  828, 580
411,360 593.970 1,005,330  12  12      8    6,110  864,790 Much anxiety, Continent.
399,800 575,230 975,030  13-   14      83   9,480  928,760
419,280 579,490  998,770  13   13      8-   9,580  983,960 Failure Overend, Gurney
440,790 599,160 1,039,950  14  141-'   84  10,400 1,040,560  & Co.
454,470 588,19011,042,660  12~  13     8 81  5,32011,080,630
444,950 513,720  958,670  13-  14      8'  10,450 1,142,900 Suspension Agra. &  M.
429,700 537,870 967,570  14    141     9'  14,360 1,207,750  Bank.
411,750 511,440 923,190  14    141     93  23,180 1, 272,270 Outbreak of hostilities in
397,790 480,380  878,170  13-  14-     9'  20,420 1,317,710  Germany.
401,350 481,480 882,830  14     4     101  32,930 1,373,870 1st message by Atl. Cable.
389,350 512,880 902,330  14    141    10.  24,780 1,418,620 Preston Bank suspended.
383,160 515,340 898,500  13-   14     10-  20,570 1,447,990 Peace declared on Cont'nt.
343,600 438,740 882,340  13-   14'    10'  24,200 1,505,220 Bank rate  10 per cent.
326,190 539,550 865,740  13-   14     10'  21,100 1,542,790 "   reduced 8
313,190 567,020 880,210  131   14     10   21,650 1,583,510             7
309,610 540,440 850,050  13    131-    9   12,600 1,617,600  ".         6
285,630 541,940 827,570  13    13      93-  15,780 1,669,130            5
266,700 605,260 871,960  134   14    101   29,490 1,737,360 Manchester accounts un268,990 505,490 774,480  141-  144    103  44,370 1,806,860  favorable.
253,020 484,020 737,040  144   15     11'  34,200 1,867,400 Unfavorable crop accounts
234,990 727,7312 692,720  13;  13o    11'  27,580 1,916,820  from United States.
218,550 428,45(0 647,000  15-  15     12   25,460 1,963,140
209,4401493,060) 702,500  15   15:    12   14,660 1,998,030
190,730 474.430  665,160  15   151    11'  12,280 2,034,1801
189,740 451.250 630,990  14-   15i    11l  17,140 2,083,100 L UnfavorableManchester
191,670 127,020 (618,670  14   14'    103  10,990 2,112,080   accounts.
188,180 41(i,530 604,710  14   14'    10-  14,930 2,154, 870J
176,930 401,250 578,180  14    141    10   13,260 2,206,410
172,830 366,180 539,010  137   14,    103  13,900 2,253,070
159,8601324,460 484,320  14    14-    11-  18,650 2,322,120
154,840 287,390 442,230  141   14-    12   22,660 2,384,510 I
150,700 276,050 426,750  1.    15     12   12,500 2,429,520  m
1 15.3  15.76 11.98 8S45,580 46,721.53
______ __ __________ _______________i




r50 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The season ending on August 31, 1866, was, in some respects,
one of the most remarkable on record. The war ended in the
Spring of 1865, leaving Southern society totally disorganized.
The railroads were torn up, or deficient in rolling stock, the planters were poorly supplied with draught animals; and besides, being doubtful of the policy of the General Government, many persons were in no hurry to expose any cotton they might possess. In
the meantime, a four years' blockade left the South destitute of not
only the luxuries, but the common necessaries of civilization..Four years of paper money ad libitum had upset all ideas of real
value. The people bought eagerly at any price. This caused
great excitement among the merchants at the North, who sent their
agents in hot haste to Europe to make purchases. The great object was to get the goods and have them here as soon as possible.
Price was a secondary consideration. In their turn, the manufacturers bought cotton with a somewhat similar feeling. In the
meantime, receipts at the ports were small, and there was a cry of
cotton famine. The result was an advance of 8d. in Liverpool
and 20c. in New York, in an incredibly short time. — It is a
curious fact that at the very beginning of a peace which opened
up to the world the best of all cotton producing countries, it should
also- have started a cotton famine panic; yet such was the case.
Throughout the whole winter, Liverpool held up to about
18d.; a price which was amply sufficient to draw to that market
every spare bale in the world-no, not quite! for people in this
country were as much deluded as in Liverpool. Large stocks were
retained in our ports, and a good deal on the plantations in the interior. Some of that old cotton never was sold until Liverpool
went down to the neighborhood of 7d.
The crisis was reached in April, 1866, when the market declined
6d. in a very short time. During the distribution of the small
crop of 1866, the decline was arrested; but, with the more favorable season of 1867, the decline was resumed, and continued until
Liverpool touched 7d., about Christmas, 1867. The revulsion
of 1866 was not confined to cotton. In fact, the catastrophe in
cotton was merely one of the symptoms of a wide-spread disease,
consequent to our civil war. Jt is probable that the losses in the
cotton trade, in 1866, were three or four times greater than were
ever before known in any revulsion in its history.




C'HRO)NOLO() GICAL AND     STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.        55
1867.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 186T.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales.
1867.   1866.    1861.
LOUISIANA.                          -
Export from New OrleansTo  Foreign  Ports........................  618,940
Coastwise.......................248,376
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1867........  15,256
-     882,572
DeductReceived from Mobile......................  36,676
Montgomery................  10,792..  Florida.....................   11,810
Texas......................   19,081
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1866......... 102,082
180,441
--  -  702,131 711,629 1,751,599
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo Foreign Ports.........................  153,424
Coastwise...............................  108,950
Burnt at Mobile,..........................  2,437
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1867......     3,714._  268,525
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1866...............  29,009,_ —.    239,516 429,102 546,794
TEXAS.
Export from Galveston, &c.To Foreign Ports-including 6,470 to Mexico  76,918
Coastwise...............................  113,936
Stock in Galveston, 1st September, 1867..   2,654
193,508
DeductStock in Galveston, 1st September, 1866..........   7,589
--       185,919 174,985   144,747
FLORIDA.
Export from Apalachicola, St. Marks, &c.To Foreign Ports.........................   3,019
Coastwise- -Uplands......................  42,875
Sea  Island...................  11,521
Burnt at Apalachicola, &c................   1,189
Stock in Apalachicola and St. Marks, 1st
September, 1867.......................        9
Deduct-                                ----        58,613
Stock in Apalachicola and St. Marks, 1st
September, 1866...............................     264
-_-       58,349 1X9,139 121,172
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................ 106,449
Sea Island............    8,053
Coastwise-Uplands......................   142,142
Sea  Island...................  7,058
Burnt at Savannah........................      51
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1867....     633
Export from Darien, Ga. —                264,386
To  New  York.............................      5
264,391.....                           -~6,~




.)5,2  CItlt}(ONI} (l GI;AL A Ni) STATISTI    AL It l STO()'Y  (1}F ()1TT1()N.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1867i.-Concluded.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales.__
1867.   1866.    1861.
Deduct-...             - __..___
Received from Florida-Uplands............     190
Sea Island.........  4,996
Stock in Savannah, 1st September. 1866....  3, 240
8_-,426
SOUTH CAROLINA.                                   255,965 263,373 477,584
Export from CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands...............    72,909
Sea  Island.............   7,987
Coastwise-Uplands.......................    80,942
Sea  Island....................  8,766
Burnt at Beaufort and Hilton Head, S. C.Sea  Island..............................     45
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1867....  1,228
Export from Georgetown, Port Royal, &c.-  171,877
To Northern Ports Uplands............ 915
Sea Island.......... 637
1,552
Deduct-                                -----      173,429
Received from Florida-Uplands............      258
Sea Island........     5,389
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1866..   5,535
11,182
NORTH CAROLINA.                         -         162,247 112,273 336,339
ExportTo Foreign Ports.........................     534
Coastwise..............................   37,988
---........  38,522   64,559  56,295
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports..........................  11,900
Coastwise........................ 96,693
Manufactured-taken from the ports........  15,000
Burnt at Norfolk.........................   2,500
Stock in Norfolk and Petersburg, 1st September, 1867........................   1,000 
-   127,093
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1866.........    3,466
---   123,627  37,531   78,132
TENNESSEE, &c.
Shipments from Memphis, Tenn............ 227,377
Nashville, Tenn..........   55,548
other places in Tennessee,
Kentucky, &c...........  66,531
Crop of Illinois, Indian? and Missouri......  20,000
Stock in Memphis and Nashville, 1st Septernber, 1867.....................  1,602 
1)educt —                                         371,058
Shipments to New Orleans, from Memphis
and Nashville...........................  49,615
Manufactured on the Ohio.................  49,000
4"     in Pennsylvania,New York,&c.   75,000
Stock in Memphis & Nashville, 1st Sept., 1866  11,731
--    185,346
-   *185,712 211,885  143,424
Total Crop of the United Statesl866-67.............. 1,951,988 2,154,476 3,656,086
*Being the amount received at New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston, Overland, from
l'ennessee, &c,




CHI-IONOLOG)(ICAL AND ST)ATISTICA L 11STORY               OF  COTTON..
rExport to Foreignz Ports, from   September 1, 1866, to August 31, 1.86.
Other 
To Great   To     To North
ToM   Nrit hForeign  Total.
FItOM                   jBritain.  France. of Europe. Ports.
New Orleans, La. (bales)................. 403,521 160,852     22,217   32,350  618,940
Mobile, Ala.............]..............   145,566    4,352      630    2,876 153,424
Galveston, Tex..........................  60751........     9,697    6,470   76,918
Apalachicola, Florida.....................   3,019.....I............    3,19
Savannah, Ga............................    111,993      959.............  112,952
Charleston, S. C......................  75,547    3,524....    1,825   80,896
Norfolk,   Va..............................  11,900......................  11,900
W ilmington, N. C.......................        34........................   534
New    York..............................   76,101  28,460   62,519    3,16   470,596
Baltimore..                                  7,82........     155......... 07,975
Philadelphia............................     2,650......................    2,650
Boston & Portland (Portland, 236 to Gt. Bt'n)  16,860........    124      266   17,250
Grand total 1866-7.................... 1,216,262  198,147  95,32  47,303 1,557,054
Total 1865-66...................... 1,262,271  220,650  48,647   23,096 1,554,664
Increase.........................................  4 695   24,207 202.390
Decrease..................            46,009   22,503.....................
Consumpition.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated................bales.      1,951,988
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1,
1866, in  the  Southern  ports....................................  162,836
"  Northern ports....................................    120,856
-  283,692
Makes a supply of................................................     2,235,680
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 1,557,054
Less-Foreign included...................................  3,709
--- 1,553,345
Stocks on hand September 1, 1867 —
In  the  Southern  ports...............................  24,574
In  the  Northern  ports..............................  55,722
-   80,296
Burnt at New York, Mobile, Apalachicola, Norfolk, &c........  13,672
Manufactured in Virginia..............................       15,000
-   28,672
— l- 1,662,313
Taken for home use north of Virginia..................................bales.   573,367
Taken for home use in Virginia, and elsewhere throughout the United States....  280,672
Total consumed in the United States (including burnt at the ports), 1866-67....  854,039




554 CH(URO)NOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OE COTTO:N.,
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 1866-67.
The severe drought which had succeeded the copious rains in
June, along the southern belt of the cotton-growing section, had
extended to the northern districts; there had been a general corn
plaint that the plants had shed their forms, and had been checked
in their growth, and caterpillars were doing more or less injury.
Such was the prospect on the 1st of September, and the accounts
which came to hand during the ensuing four or five weeks were
well calculated to confirm all its unfavorable features. The reports
of the ravages of the worm were more alarming, as well as more
general, and parties not addicted to extravagant views materially
reduced their previous estimates of the yield, as stated above. At
the same time, the trade generally under-estimated the amount of
old crops remaining in the interior towns and in planters' hands.
While such was the prospect on this side, it was manifest, that,
unless there should be a much larger supply of American, than
could be relied on, the diminution in the stock of long staple
kinds at Liverpool would cause a further advance in that market.
The movement in January was quite animated, but with a general
downward tendency in prices, resulting in a decline of fully 1 cent
per pound, caused by the unfavorable tenor of the accounts from
Liverpool, a continuance of the previous liberal receipts, and a
steadily accumulating stock. Up to this period there had been
few important changes in the Liverpool market, after the advance
established towards the close of September, by the prospect of
small supplies. Prices had ranged from 14 to 15, for middling
uplands.  The controlling elements were the state of trade at
Manchester, and the probable extent of future receipts.  The
highest point was reached when the accounts with regard to our
crop were the most gloomy.- The same causes had their influence
on this side, low middling ranging in our market from 28 to 29
cents up to 39 and 40 cents. But, from this time, the tendency of
prices was steadily downward, falling off with few or no interruptions, and causing heavy losses to all parties engaged in the trade.




(CHRO)N LOG(ICAL AN)D STATISTICAL T]HISTORY () PO C(TTON. 555
Thus documentary bills purchased by our banks, with a wide and
apparently safe margin, came back dishonored, and the proceeds
of the shipments largely failed to cover the face of the exchange.
Not only those who were proverbial for their prudence, but others,
who were equally cautious, and moreover fully advised with
regard to the marked prospect abroad, were sufferers by this
unexpected revulsion,




656    (CIARONOLOGICALC AN]D STATISTWICAL HISTORio)Y          OF COTTO-N.
COTTON AT LIVEI
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.
WEEK 
ENDING. 
American   E. I.  Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total. Consumnp- Specula- Export. Total.
ltion.  tion.
Jan.  3.    22,428   5,344  7,437  7,591  3,043  45, 843  45,710  9,790  8,350 63,850
10..   7,456    6,779 18,467  9,281....     41, 983  28,440  4,910O  7,570 40,920
17..    9,118     46   6,065  1,720    36;  16,985  27,260  6,810  7,560 41,630
24..    5,039   1,204  9,874   344.......  16,461  32,190  2,230  7,790 42,210
31..   65,369  21,369 10,977 16,212  1,320' 115,247  48,190  5,930 14,560 68,680
Feb. 7..    47,665   8,5691 10,057  5,054 10,057  81,402  31,180  1,520 10,260 42,960
1~4.   24,294   5,064  9.964  4,967  3,409  47,698  42,820  2,760 15,650 61,230
21.,.  25,064   2,572  9,933  6,495    120  44,184  38,890  3,800 14,100 56,790'28. 47,681   1,913! 5,741  6,356  2,350  64,241  38,290  3,370 11,070 52,730
March 7..   12,085     927    280  7,129  5,045  25,466   42,000  1,950 11,270 55,220
14..    7,614   2,364  3,302  4,857  1,139[ 19,276  46,100  3,840 12,760 62,700
21.     6,938   6,424 10,238  5,816  1,046  30,462  47,400  4,810 15,370 67,580
28..  124,065  36,038  5,037 29,912  9,638 204,690  38,140  2,240 10,000 50,380
April 4..   60,782   1,700    146  5,080  2,153  69,861   46,300   780' 12,860 59.940
11.   41,486   19,2141 7,912 26,507  2,202  97,321  41,860  3,410 12,670 57,940
"17.. 79,878   15,758  4,952 25,926  4,952 1,31,466  34,240  2,370 13,940 50,550
25..  43,746  16,687  6,011 11,790    234  78,468   39,230  3,280 13,050 55,560
May   2..   39,234  14,705  1,958 15,516  5,087  76,500   68,620 10,150 19,910 98,680
9.    37,839   6,445  1,025  7,757    297  53,363   51,600  2,300 19,250 73,150
"   16..   32,068  30,639  1,653 17,817[ 4,413  86,590   58,590  8,300 41,530 108,420
"   23.    19,202     697  1,380  1,750    846  23,875   47,990  1,830 19,640 69,460'   30..   45,251  45,866{   685 25,542  6,295 123,639   55,240  4,400 22,220 81,860
June  6..   68,433  56,270  1,597 12,466    743 139,509   71,170  5,400 18,900 95,470
13..  21,314  41.229    613 10,721  3,688  77,565  42,280  3,750 14,930 60,960
20..      17,159   7,756    679  4,050  2,801  32,445  47,000  2,120 16,090 65,210
27..   8,611  18,935    722  2,483......  30,751  43,860   3,190 13,770 60,820
July  4..   13,889   6,351  3,442  2,982  3,706  30,370   40,840  1,680 11,210 53,730
11..   25,959  31,911  1,605  9,672  5,399  74,546  43,180  1,030 12,140 56,350
18..   34,179  11,787    52   9,106   254   55,378  59,220  1,860 15,660 76,740
25..    8,428  14,910  2.087  3,109  2,588  31,122   51,620  3,850 17,000 72,470
Aug. 1..    10,355  22,132    725    578'   864  34 654   40,680  2,580 13,430 56,690
8..    7,290  97,967    296 11,655[  418 117,626    43,6100 1,810 20,370 65,790
15..   14,941  19,132    859   3211   457   35,710   70,910  9,080 16,710 96,700
22..   24,616 100,537    755 11,485  5,540  142,933  38,130  1,160 20,050 59,340
"   29..    6,809  70,937    221  2,835  2.072  82,874   35,680  1,550 14,890 52,120
Sep. 5       7,727  45,759    962  4,262  3,923   62,633  49,520  2,300 18,090 69,910
12..   5,648   82,642  1.012  7,397   587   97,286  45,310  4,510 16,780 66,600
19..    3,124  72,447     37 14,237  1,696  91,541   54,210  4,570 16,460 75,240
26..       2,087  41,849    446  3,765    884  49,031   44,200  1,690 20,010 65,900
Oct. 3.      2,699  29,887    3577  6,161  3,851  42,955  51,060  8,460 16,550 76,070
10..    2,222   3;701    954    793    854   8,524   47,660  3,520 18,590 69,770
17..  3,909   60,498   404   3,126! 1,467  69,404   66,160  6,380 22,710 95,250
24.        2,099  36,896  1,907  8,277     55l  49,234  75,730 11,800 28,0501115,580
"   31..    4,749   5,995    191......  3,067| 14,002   44,830  5,980 18,340 69,150
Nov. 7.      3,336  10,335  3,294............     6,965  53,590  5,190 13,040 71,820
14..    4,231   9,749  2,755  1,399   58' 18,721    48,540  2,240  9,590 60,370
21..    8,910   5383.     3,704  1,194  19,191   49,060  1,7'70  9,780 60,610
28.     5,786  20,764  4,160 13,528    565  44.803  47,680   2,450  7,320 57,450
Dec. 5.     11,002   3,385  4,994  9,396    711  291488   57,340  4,330 11,810 73,480
12..   21,603  30,792  7,965 10,238  4,038  74,636  52,570  3,650 11,570 67,790
19..   27,221  36,814  5,421 17,989   839   88,084  55,460  1,670 11,400 68,530
24..   28,240   2,787 10,458  9,606    841  51,932   29,450   820 10,370 40,640
31..   10,057  13,299  5,724  1,186..   30,266  28,550   530   5,910 34,990
Average prices 1221 722 1,57,170 19801446,86 118671 3343150 2,523 060 206,500 792,300
itotalsal sre.   2 1,  0              11,671 3,534,3
ceipts & stocks.




(CtIONOLO)(-ICAL      AINI) S'TAT'ISTICAL TIJSTO()II       OF C(OTTON.      557
POOL. YEAR 1867.
STOCKS.                PRICES.
___    ACTUAL CONer'n  Oter.  Totl.  d.  Mi.  XPORT. SUMPTION.  REMARKS.
Amer'n Other.    Total.   Mid.   Mic.   )hol.
Up.    Orl.
172.030345,030   517.060   15     15     124   8,350    45,710
167,270 462.740  520,010   14-    15     12-   7,570    74,150 Considerable demand, but
163,840 337,480  501,320   14     151    12'   7,560   101,410      freely supplied.
153,330 324,970  478. 300  14     15 —   12-   7,790   133,600
199,950 338,930  538,880   14     15'    12-  14,560   181,790
235,0701335,700  570,770  14'    145    12   10,260   212,970  i Heavy receipts; lower
241,420 324,080  565.500   14     14'-   12   15,650   255,790    American quotations.
248,060 308,880   556,940  133    144    12-   14,100  294,680
274,240 276,290  570,630  ].33    13'    117   11,070  332,970
262,270 271,560  533,830   16     16-    11|  11,270   374,970
245,830 251,390  497,220    m 134-  13   11D  12,760   421,070
227,800 239,900  467,700   13a  i 13     11i  15,370   468,470
332,210 312,070  644,310   13-    13     11-  10,000   506,610 Heavyimports; depressed
369,890 298,090  (;67,980  12-    13     11   12,860   552,910         market.
385.200 327.140  712,340   12     12-    1(0   12,670  594,7701
440.790 335,030  795,820   11'   1      10   13,940   629,010   Unfavorable   Manches454,720 371,390  826,110   10     10      9   13,050   668,240 t      ter reports.
455,480 367,590  823,070   I      113     91  19,910   736,860 J
459,450 353,600  813,050   11     11      9   19,250   788,460
457,010379,110   826,120   11'   1       9   41,530   846,990
439,500 334,340  773,840   11     11-     83   19,640  894,980
444,240 366,380  810,620   11-I   11      8-   22,220  966,150
463,550 389S,300  852,9 50  11    11-     s 8  18,900 1,008,430
451,490 410,000  861,490   118    1-      8    14, 930 1,055,430
438,780 385,6701  824,450  11 -   11 8         16,090 1,099,290
389,760 358,9101  748,670  11     11           73,7701,140,130
386,090 352,1101  738,200  10     1,1     8-   11,210 1,183,310
384.320 364,3801  748,700  101 0102       8    12,140 1.242,530
383,490 346,320  729,810)  10     101     8    15,660 1,294,130
362,660 334,730  697,390   101|;01          17,000 1,334,810
349,200132(i600)  675,8001 1    0 10i     8     13,430 1,378,420
332,240 401.450  733,6901   01    108     8    20,370 1,449,330 Large E. I. imports de315,540 364,5(i0  680,0100] I10   11-            16,7 i11,487,460  press markets.
323,230 443,410  766,640i   0 1   1   1   7    20,050 1,524,140 Very heavy import.
313,550 480,010  793,56(     10o   10      2   14,890 1,573,660
302,420 483,810  786.230   10     10}     7'   18,090 1,616,970
288,790 628,790  817,580 9- 9-             6-  16,7801,671,180
270,060 566,590(1  836,650   )     9-       1 16,460 1,715,380
253,360567,160I  820,520    8-     9      6  1 20,010 1,766,440
233,550 562,130  795,680    81     8      61   16,550 1,814 100 Suspension of Royal Bank.
215,580 521,420  737,000     I-'  8' 1   6    18,59011,880,260
193,110 524,890  718,000    8      8- Si  61  22,710 1,955,990
165,050 513,150  678,200    8  1   9      6 -  28,050 2,000,820
150,860 i476,6!-90  (;27,550  84   9      64-  18,340 2,054,410
133,190 438,610  571,800    8     o 9     64  13,54012,102,950
117,4101410,630  528,040    9'    10-     64   9,590 2,152,010   Strong desire to sell.
1.07,220 376,190; 483,410   81     8      6    9,78012,299,690
91,110 377,710  468,820                  5!7 7   7,320 2,357,030
78,050'353,640  431,690|          7- 7   58  11,810 2,409,600 
79,480 1363,980  443,460   91     9'     51  11,570 2,465,060 Increased desire to sell.
82,0601)387,310  469,370   7` 7.    5- 1  11,400 2.494,510
96,610 376,000  472,610           8 1    54  10,370 2,523,060
103,420 361,580  465,000   1       7      5-   5,910........
10.9811 -                          12   8.63  92,300 47,604.9 -  -  --
10.98 11.12   8.63 1792,3001 47,6049
i   I......    I      I




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts, at New           York, Weekly    Exports from    New   York and Rates of Freight         t
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1-8671.c
EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Price of Price of Sales for Receipts ___                                        Rates of 
1866.     Middling   Middling   week.  for week.                                          Freight to       GENERAL REMARKS.
New Orleans  Upland.                   To Great   To    North of  Other   Total  Liverpool
Britain. France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
Septem. 4..      35        33       9,800    6,161.5-32d. Early in September, 1866, the market                                             C
7..     35        33                                                                           was very dull, owing to unfavorable
11..    351       33j     16,700    5,891   7,333     289      524.....      8,146            foreign accounts; the low rates of  c
14,.     35        331                                                                          exchange, considerable specie com18..     361       34'     20,200   4,490    3,959     344                8    4,311            ing this way, and advices of ship-.
Y 21.. 37  35^                                                               ments of cotton from    Liverpool 
25.     39        371     21,000    4,682   5,174      49      251     771    6,245            hither; later, however, the crop
28..     40^       38                                                                           accounts were gloomy, and, with 
October 2..      44        42      29,000    7,731   2,537     144       75      16    2,772   5-32d.   some improvement in. Liverpool,
5..     42        40                                                                           prices here advanced.
9..     39        38       8,000   5,799    2,299........................  2,299          In October, the market was nsettled; 
"    12.      41        40                                                                           there were two or three spasms of
16..          44        42      21,400    8,686     677     521................    1,198            activity, but, on the whole, prices H' 19...  43       41                                                                           yielded, closing at 3 cents decline e
23..     42        40      13,300  12,465    4,653     100      133            4,886            from those current at its opening.
"    26..     41        39                                                                         In November, the market was unset-   ti
30..     41        39      14,700   17,477   4,242       74..4,316                        tied by accounts of frost in the
Novem. 2..       41        39                                                                  3-16d.   growing sections, night of October
6..     41        39      13,000   14,929   8,073     199      740........   9,012            31, but the foreign advices were 
"      9..     39        37                                                                           still unfavorable, not responding to  H
13..     37~       351      6,000   17,450   3,797........     692........   4,489            these frost reports, and with im-    t
16..     36        34                                                                           proved weather again, the market 
"    20..     36        34-     11,500   24,000   8,344     305      781........   9,430            yielded.
23..     35-       34                                                                         December    was   comparatively' a
27..    361       35      11,200   15,804   8,578........     740........   9,318            steady month, with a fair business.
30..     35        331                                                                        Through January, there was considDeceln.  4..     35        331     12,500   17,578   7,898      80      921.8,899 3-16@1d              erable excitement and speculation, 
7..     35        33~                                                                          but subsequently the stock at Liv-  ~
11..     35        333     14,700  20,609    6,101       5      617..         6,723            erpool being found to be 90,200
14..     36        343                                                                         bales in excess of the previous
18..    36         341     19.300  15,830    8,028     362    1,153      65    9,608            estimates, and larger receipts at
21..     36    i   34                                                                           our ports, the buoyancy was lost.
25..     351   |   34      13,200   15,643   7,567     284      825........   8,676




Decem. 28..      35         34
1867.                                                                                              In February, there was some specuJanuary  1..     361        355      4,500  11,820   11,166     316      829            12,311.5-16d    lative demand in consequence of
"      4..     36        35I                                                                           falling off in the receipts at the
8..     361       35~4    25,700   29,845    5,500.......    1,559........   7,059            ports, with a shrinkage in the crop 
11..          351       34~                                                                           estimates to 1,750,000 bales, but    X
"    15..     35'        34'      9,300  16,027   14,844     491    1,254.16,589                     the Liverpool accounts were un18..     36        35                                                                            favorable, the Manchester mills re-  z
22..     35         34       9,800  18.220    6,264     270    1,434.7,968                       ducing their time, &c., and prices   ^
" 25..   34~       332                                                                           yielded.
29..     35        34       11,000'2,637   10,466     472      767........ 11,705           March was for the most part dull,      ^
February 2..     34         33                                                                 j@5-16d    though for a few days in the middle.
"      5..     33'       32-      4,000   19,407    9,954..         1,060.11,014                     of the month, there was a specula"u     8..     34        33                                                                            tive movement.                       c
"     12..     34        33      10,200   30,915    8,697     397    2,703........ 11,797           The market in April was unsettled.
"     14..     34        33                                                                            by the drooping prices in Liver-     z
"(    19..     334       32'     13,950   25,696   8,142      790      620......    9,552            pool, consequent upon the threat-    t
22..          33        32                                                                            ening aspect of political affairs on
26..     32         31      12,400  23.213   11,530       65   1,880.13,475                      the Continent.
March    1..     33         32                                                                 5-16@3d The political skies of Europe became
5..     33        32      24,000   19,734   12,858   2,403    1,303........16,564              clearer in May, and, with more ac- 
8..     314       30                                                                            tivity, prices advanced again; the
12..     319       30      15,800   18,124   21,027     650    2,160.23,837                     feeling in June was less cheerful,
"     15..     33        32                                                                            and the course of the market was in  C
19..     334       32      29,500   15,897   8,091    2,630    3,135.13,856                     buyers' favor.' 22..   324       31                                                                          Early in July, the market was dull
26..     32        31      11,500    9,284   16,554     485    2,427.          19,466            and weak, but later there was quite 
29..     32        30~                                                                           an active speculative movement,      ct
April    2..     31~        30      12,800  20,454   14,131     578    3,354      800   18,863    4d.    which, with a small stock, carried   C
5..     30         284                                                                           prices up.
9..     29~       28      13,600   14,518   15,550   2,070    3,020........ 20,640           The market was considerably agitated
12..     28~       27                                                                            in August, by the unfavorable crop
16..     28-       27a     15,200   11,689    6,887     924    2,623........ 10,434             accounts; the army worm was re19..     26        25                                                                            ported as doing much mischief, in
23..     261       254     10,000    5,857   10,516   4,028    4,319....... 18,863              addition to which the Mississippi    9
"  26..  27        26                                                                            overflowed, and the culture gener-.
30..           30        28      18,200    6,332    9,805   2,197     723..         12,725            ally was said to be unsatisfactory;  H
May      3..     29         279~ 
~~May  3.. 29        2714! *~                                                          3N@3-16     these statements carried prices up 
7..     29        27       9,900    8,118   12,245     392    1,794........ 14,431             for a time, but foreign markets re10..     29        274                                                                           mained immovable, and the busi"     14..     291       28      11,500    9,529   7,335      567     536.......   8,438            ness was wholly for home use or on   z
" 17..   294       284                                                                           speculation.     ___




New York Statement for 1867. —Concluded.                                                        ~
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Prdice of  Price of  Sales for Receipts      ERates of
1867.     iddlin    Middling   week.  for week.                                          reighGENERAL REARKS.
New Orleans Upland.                    To Great   To    North of  Other   Total  Liverpool.
Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports. 
May     21..     281       27'     13,600    5,637   6,955    1,450    1,080     152   9,637
24..     28        271
" 28..        281        271     11,000   14,173   2,263     711      516.....       3,490
31..     281       271
June     4..     29        27      12,400   12,210   4,100    1,593    1,072..6,765            5-32d.
7..     28        27                                                                                     Exchange.
11..     27'       261     12,000   5,110    4,575     915      520..          6,010
14..     28        27                                                                         The range in September for 60 days''
18..          28        27      15,700   10,140  11,737     104    1,149........12,990               bills on London, was 43@5~    per   Z
~21..  28 ~   261                                                                          cent. gold, at the opening, and 7C a
25..     27:   1   26'      7,600    5,159   5,933     194    2,175            8,302            7  at the close; in October, the 
28..1   271       261                                                                         range was from 51~61, up to 81@
July     2.      271       261      9,300   10,814   7,982      274   3,662      991   12,909 3-16  d   9; November, steady    at 
5. 4 71   264                                                                          December, 8   9-3; January, 8( 9;
9..     274       26'      6,700   5,758    4,322     371    1,192...    5,885           7February, 718.; March, 7@8;
z1      zs                                                                           April, 71~9,; May, 8B9,; dune,
16..     271       261      9,900    7,061   5,101     742    2,447..         8,290; and Augusta 
19..     272 26'                                                                                 4943
23..     28        27      16,200    5,495   4,774..  1,023            5.797             4   4
26..     28        27'
30.      281       27.     10,200    5,723   2,180      30      484..          2,694                       (
August   2.      29        289  45-32d                                                                                  2
6..     30        29    j 14,300   5,523    1,715........     657     322    2,694
9..     291       281s13..    30        281      7,000   5,708    1,852.......      390      30    2,272
16..    291       28k
20..     29'       281      9,100    9,193     789......        66     105      960
23.      29        28
27..     28        27       6,300    5,207     930     116      495     197    1,738
30..     271       261
Septem. 3..      271.      26       5,700    2,759     864........     118      59    1,041    d.
Aver age price
and totalsales,  32.86    31.59    695,350  648,211 376,894  28,981  61,998    3,516  471,389
receipts and
exports.                                                            I.
I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.......




(H IR()N() LOGICAL AND'STATISTICAL HIISTORY         OF COTTON.         561
1868.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total,Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1868.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales.
1868.    1867.    1866.
LOUISIANA.
Export from New OrleansTo Foreign Ports......................... 581,477
Coastwise............................... 100,215
Stock on hand 1st September, 1868........     1,959
-  683,651
DeductReceived  from  Mobile......................  67,043
"   Montgomery, Ala...........     8.659
Florida.....................  5,770
Texas.....................   7,692
Stock on hand 1st September, 1867.........   15,256
104,420
--   _    579,231  702,131  711,629
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo Foreign Ports......................... 236,511
Coastwise................................   130,893
Burnit  at  Mobile..........................   342
Stock on hand 1st September, 1868.........     2,161
D-edc   369,907
Deduct- -,
Stock on hand 1st September, 1867.................  3,714...... 366,193 239,516 429,102
TEXAS.
Export from Galveston, &c.- 
To Foreign Ports (including 6,168 to Mexico)  68,595
Coastwise................................    49,138
Stock in Galveston, 1st September, 1868....    166
De —-_- 117,899
Deduct —
Stock in Galveston, 1st September, 1867..........   3233 
--    114,666  185,919 174,985
FLORIDA.
Export from Apalachicola, St. Marks, &c.To  Foreign   Ports.........................    9
Coastwise-Uplands and Sea Island........     34,241
Burnt at St. Marks........................     398
Stock in Apalachicola and St. Marks, 1st
September, 1868.............................
34,648
Deduct —
Stock in Apalaclicola and St. Marks, 1st
Septem ber,  1867...............................    9
34,639   58,349  149,13!)
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................ 253,556
"Sea Island.............    6,048
Coastwise-Uplands..................... 235,708
Sea  Island....................  5,245
Burnt and manufactured at Savannah.......       98
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1868.....     696
_ --      501,351
36




562    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1868-Concluded.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales.
1868.  1  1867.  1866.
Deduct-                                  --      ------ -         i    -_
Received from Florida-Uplands.......      666
4"         "       Sea Island.........   4,997
From Mobile, by railroad...............  50
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1867....   6633
I --- 6,346
495,005 255,965 263,373
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from Charleston, S. C.To foreign ports-Uplands..........    99,847
"(       Sea Island..........      5,966
Coastwise-Uplands......................   135,031
Sea Island................   3,328
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1868....  1,945
246.117
Export from Georgetown, Port Royal, &c.
To Northern ports-Uplands and Sea Island.      133
--   246,250
DeductReceived from Florida-Uplands...........      180
Sea  Island.........  4,617
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1867....  1.228 
6,025 
240,225  162,247  112,273
NORTH CAROLINA.                I
Export- 
To  Coastwise  ports......................................  38,587]  38,522,  64,559
VIRGINIA.                          I
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports.........................  8,215
Coastwise.....................  160,111
Manufactured-taken from the ports........   20,000
Stock in Norfolk and Petersburg, 1st September, 1868................      1611
188,487
Deduct- 
Stock on hand 1st September, 1867.................   1,000
-   187,487  123,627  37,531
TENNESSEE, &c..
Shipments from Memphis, Tenn............ 254,2401... Nashville, Tenn......... 93.1261
"      "   other places in Tennessee,
Kentucky, &c.........    90,844
Crop of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, &c......  10,000
Stock in Memphis and Nashville, 1st Sep- 
tem ber,  1868...........................   107
--  448,317
Deduct —
Shipments to New Orleans, from Memphis,
Nashville, &c...........................  71,855 
Stock in Memphis and Nashville, 1st September,  1867...............................  1,602 
-.       73473,457
----     *374,860 185,712 211,885
Total crop of the United States, 1867-8................. 2,430,893 1,951,988 2,154,476
* Of which received at New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland, and Boston, overland  from   Tennessee,  &c............................................. bales.  204,337




(CHRONOL(OGI(AL AN1) S              _TATISTI( AT  HIS'TORY   CO OTTON.    )63
Export to Foreigqn Ports, from     September 1, 186t, to August 31, 1868.
To Great   To    To North   Other   Total
FROM                     Britain. France. of Europe. F'n Ports.
New Orleans.....................bales. 327,689 147,120   50,235  56,433 581,477
Mobile..................................  211,154  10,432    7,794    7,131  236,511
Galveston.......................           40,782    1,625   20,020    6,168  68,59,5
Apalachicola...........................        9.......................9
Savannah...............................   240,505    9,904    9,1951........ 259,604
Charleston...........................     89,651    2,936    3,710   9,516  105,813
Norfolk............................   8,215.................     8,215
Wilmington......................................
New York.............................. 291,663     25,498   50,935   5,414 373,510
Baltimore...............................  13,388.......   2,921........  16,309
Philadelphia......................,44........................  1.440
Boston and Portland   (Portland, 2,892 to
Great Britain).........................   4 100........     232        1    4, a 33
Grand total 1867-8................ 1,228,596  197,515  145,042  84,663 1,655,81(-;
Total 1866-7....................... 1,216,262  198,147  95,342  47,303 1,557,054
Increase....................   12,334.49,700            37,360   98.762
Decrease................................   63........
Consumptzon.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated........................bales. 2,430,89;;
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1. 1867 —
In   the  Southern  ports........................................  24,574
In the Northern ports............................   55,722
-  --     80,29(
Makes a supply  of...............................................  2,511,189
l)educt therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports............ 1,655,816
Less Foreign included.................     4,190
1,651,626
Stocks on hand, 1st September, 1868
In  the  Southern  ports....................... 7,195
In the Northern ports........................   30,203:37,398
Burnt at New York, Mobile, St. Marks, Savannah, Baltim ore,  & c........................................  2,348
Manufactured in Virginia..........................    20,000
22,348
-. —    1,711,372
Taken for home use north of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers.........bales.  799,817
Taken for home use south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers., and burnt....  168,348
Total consnumed in the U. S. (including burnt at the ports), 1867-68.......  968,165




564     ClION()L( )G(lCAL AND STATISTICAL HIISTOR)I'Y          OF C()TT(ON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                                SALES.
WEEK __ _________
ENDING....
American   E. I.  Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total.  Con  I Spec- Export. Total.
sumption. lation.
Jan.  9..   23,009   18,901  8,864  8,205 2826    61,805  90, 130  6,780 17,220 114,130
"   16..   47,178  26,5001 6.881 1.279 112  94,950  71210  9,130 17,450  97,790
23..   33,555   2,197  61,458 13, 52   191  56.153   70,870  9.870 20,150; 100,890
" 30..     62,916   4,8451 7.994  9, 345  557   85,657   0,990 12,270 19,390  112,650
Feb.  6..   20,526   5, 70  7.002' 7,004    62   40 859   77860   9.2 280 18.070  105,210
" 13..  24,346  2,403 10017i 1, 403   7781 38,9)47   69,680 25,060 19)'440I 114,180
20..   61, 810  2,0971 4.2741 1,773    78   70:832  79,540 40,940, 24.s860i 145,340
"  27.. 5 0,956  3,584  5,917j 91507 1.2    71,227'35,010  9.530  (;,870  51,410
Meh. 5..    53,832   7,017  4,.585 32,954 2,5071 100,89)  52,2(60 12,530 12,350  77,140
12..    9,68    4,818  6,548  6.630 4 73s   62,102    1, 630 19,,310 13.240)  84.180
19..   69,264   2.24:     74 10.22     50   85 953   52. 100 1,640 14,580  79,320
26..:3;,268      800  9,261 13 41    627   57,897   52,260' 10.801 11.370  73,010
April 2..   15,4783  7,513:1.897! 11.:33 8 12)1'36,350 100,780, 48,640' 13,71016,130
8..  (60,454  25,978  3. 4-)5 27,660  1.351 11.9,522  70,2301 29.380'  8 3201 107,930
16..  56,37    7,48481 IS' 12 1(8;s 594  88,459  32,6801 17,200  5.900  55.780
"  23..1 111.015  1, 8212 495' 1,868  420 132,630   49,370 24,5801  947(0  83,420
"  30..  46,317  21,291  1, 88123,127 4,0)77  96.690  52,010 23,320 11,140  86,470
M-fay  7..  26,123   17, 511  4.182  9017 2,257  59,090   34,990  6,980  5,670   47,640
14..   40,412   135201  4949  076    1 409  91051     2,310  8,170  6,590  47,070
21..   21.144   6,736  3,557 16,772   400   48, 609  137,500  4,0701 5,000  46,570
28..   27 58   13,702    38314,9    1 5,64  65,029   27,240  3.920  6.210  37,370,)uie 4.    32,577  25,132   1,174 1448   4,758   78,12 43,980    4.320' 5,500   53,800
11..30,563     6856   1 325  6,587   860   46,191    37080  1 9601 6,810  45,850
18.    11,217  6 119    615  8,671  1,89 3 28,515   62230 11,2101 15,330  88,770(
25..   27,420     69     84z2 16, )44 2,894  48,790  45,400  8,560 14.130  68,290
July  2..    7,405  15,231    430 22,5(60 4,985   50,611  44,400  4.1501 7,320   55,870
9..   12,182   3,   1  11,47 ) 4.181  41,280   51,620  8 900 10,330  70,850
16.     3,767   8,114    246..        983   1 1310   36,120  1410   8.860, 47,420
23..   10,188  50,8711   27!) 25423i 3,740i  9001    30,700  3.480i 10,3701 44.550
" 30..   440   19,740    641 16.501   930   38,252   44,330  7,250 11,480  63,060
Aug. 6(.     6,207  59,015    54!9 1 0,447  744  76962    49,730  7,900 10,820i 68,450
13.     2.369  59,796    54" 12 624 2,478   77, S10  68,440  5,520 15,100  89,06
20..    663    7,068    746  6,911 3,79    19181    72,62013,570 22,84i0 109.030
27..I   5.854  23,8183   169  5.14   2,70(   7,787    1,630 14,640 23.620  109,890
Sept. 3..      731  86,743    295) 24,717 1,653 114,33:9  45,740  5,160 18,2901  69,190
10..    4,.056  11,937    89 17,463   137   36,682   41,6601  4,080 15,770  61,510
17..    1.893  3 4,0(11  508  3,222 1,050   40,684   54,050 10,070 19,510  838,630
24.'776  24.257    574  7,208   884   33,69.)  47,710  5,890 13,820  (67,420
Oct.  1      4, 399  69,202   46    9,3321 1,348  84,744  68,850  8,820 17,180   94,850
8..      41   64,246    542  7,073   257   72,859   54,140 23,280 18,590  96,010
15..     819   40,5577   906  8,309 4,149   54,74o0  57,110 11,460 17,820  86,390
22.     1,573  75,320  2.961  4,093 1,017   84,964   59,5701 7,440 17,8301  84,840
29..    3,083 108,459  1',284 10,160.....  122,986  68,010 18,150 32,830 118,999
Nov. 5..     3,945  27,664   1,255  4,921 2,198  39.983   68,360 26,400 26,680 121,440
12..    6,296  16,768  7,292 11,128 1,296   42,780   41,770  71680 14,760  64.210
19..    8,453  11,892  2,57   3,825   415   27,132   32,1401 2,640  7,800  42,580
26.    10,069  20,209  6,093 10,002   310   46, 68(;S3  74,520 12,610 21.950 109,080
Dec. 3      31,545  32,366  9,709 21,191 2,002   96,813   48,9501 13,770 22,730  85,450
10..   20,543  19,487  7,016  8,298   315   55,659   45.7001 3.400 14,630  63,730
17..       19659   10,879  6,080 15,2835  245   52,098   46,820  2.200  7,860  56,880
"   I  26,114     613  9,606 11.995   168   48,496   53,820 10,660 16.260  80,740
30..  42,016   7,730  5,914   1,350 2,853  59,863   58,770 16,4:30 12,110  87,310
trete       1262,778 1,144,871 187,471 624,262193,361 3,3613,312,743 2,836,220 669,770 746,430 4,252,420
ceipts &  stocks. 




C()iROl- OLO()CAL ANI      STArTISTICAL HIISTOIY       ()F1 COTTON.     5O65
POOL. YTEAR 1868.
STOCKS.            PRICES.
____________                         ACTUAL CONSUMPTEXPORT.  TION.            REMARKS,
Ameri- Other. Total.  Mid. Mid. IFair
can.                 Up.  Orl. )ol.
Llo. _.
93,940325,260 419,200  7    7 i7  5,- 17,220   90,130 January  9th, market opened
111,890 322,400 434,290  7,   7   5    1 57,450  161,340  with  animation, buu freely
117,400 288,740 406,140  7i  8    61   20,150  232,210  supplied; 16th, reduced re146,700 249,970 396,670  7-  81-  6    19,390  313,200  ceipts, active demand; 23d,
134,290 205,860 340,150  71  8    6 - 18070    391,660  trade buying freely, large ar121,670 166,330 288,000  8.  8 -  7     1,944  460,740  rival business; 30th, quieter
142,770 124,010 2(6,780 101  10   8     2,486  540 280  tone, prices firm.
168,830 122,920 291,750  9   9 1-  S    6,870  575,290 February 6th, market steady;
186,310 138,680 326,990  9  10 i 8,2 12,350    627,550  13th, great excitement at 4@
192,970151,500 34.4400 101  10    I 843- 1:,240  6.9,180  ld. per pound advance; 20th,
228,8(60142,170 370,030 10}  10   8- 14,580    739,280  apprehension of insufficient
228,210 163. 320 391.530 10}  10' 8I    11I370  783,540  supplies, ld. per pound ad189,180 122,86(0 312,040 11  I 11  10 13,710   884,320  vance; 27th, heavier receipts,
196,550 116)0,000 356.550 j 11 2  10;-  8,320  954,550  decline of -d. per pound.
235.010 174.860 409.8701 121 12:  10 -  5,900  987 230 March 5th, market opened dull.
320,790 165.5101486,300 12~  12;- 10  I 9,70 1,036,600  but recovered; 12th, good de341,340 1848905i2.23 0 12 8412    10 -  11,140 1,088,610  mand; 26th, steady.
342,150 200,250}542,400l 12  12-  10-   5,670 1,123,600 April 2d, unusual excitement,
358.040 229,4001587.440 12  12 Ii 10-   6,590 1,155,980  through fear of short crops;
354,080 236,490 590,570! 11  1    9'    5.000 1,183,410  8th, gradual taming down to63,220 257,0301 620,20 11-  11.     t 6 210 1,2100,250  wards the end of the week;
371,170 277, 6506(48.820  11  1l  9j  5,500 1,254,230  16th, stock declared, 900 bales
381,390 271,3501652,740 11  ll.1  9     6,810 1,291,310  below estimate; 23d, fair de364,390 247,590 611,980 111-  11  9    15,330 1,33.940  mand; 30th, animated.
369,400 237,930 607,330 11  11'   9    14,330 1,398,940 May 7th, closes irregular; 14th,
353,3,00 249,880 603.180 11'  11'  8-   7,320 1,443,340  dull; 21st, declining; 28th,
341,360 240,510 581,870 11l  11'  9    10 330 1,494,960  limited request.
329,450 223,5501553,000 1'1 11 I  8-   8,860 1,531,030 June 4th, fair demand; 11th,
323,710 278,790 602,500 10-  10'-  8   10,370 1,561, 80  heavy tone; 18th, increased
278,300 274,770 553,070  9-  9         11,480 1,606,110  inquiry; 25th, no change.
266,290 314,340 580,6'30  9  9    7 L 10,820 1,655,840 July 16th, slight decline; 23d,
240,160 337,420 577.5801 10  10-  7   1 100 1,724,280  pressure to sell; 30th, heavy
215,090 295,1201510,210 1(1  101  71 22.840 1,796,900   and declining market.
193,080 268,280 461,360 11  11}   8    23.620 1,868.530 August 6th, actual stock 28,980
175,350 336,480 511,830I 10-  11  8    18,290 1,914,270  bales below estimate; 27th,
162,080 317,710 479.7'901 10 0 1i  7   15,770 1, 955,930  more  animation, hardening
142,990 309,3,60 452,3501()0  0  1 10  7  19,51012,009.980  tendency.
125,930 296,210 422.140 10  10}   7    1 3,820 2,057,(690 September3d,little or no change;
106,760 317,420 424,180 ( 01- 10. 1  7-  17,180 2,126,540  10th, dulland inanimate; 17th,
88,8701338,230 427,1)00 10- 10'-   7^-  18,590 2,180,680  depression continued; 24th,
67,700 339,300 407,000 10(  11'  8    1.7,820 2,237,790  further decline.
47,110 360,980 408.090 10,  11   S i 17,830 2,296,360 October 1st, good demand at ad31,700 413, 6901445.390( 111  11:  8}- 32,830 2,365,370  vancing prices; 8th, extensive
47.870 378,9401426.810  1ll1 11'  8 9 2G6,680 2,433,730  business; 22d, steady; 29th
144,110 361.350 405,460 10'  11-  8    14,760 2,475.500  general advance of -d. per lb.
39,960 340,070 380.0)30 10  1]   8'   7,800 2,507,640 November 12th, dull in tone;
27.640 302,8401330.480 11| 11,-  8,   21.950 2,582,160  26th, good trade demand.
44.200323,160 367,3601 111 1 1  S    22,730 2,631,110 December 3d, quotations barely
48,730 316270 365,000i 10 i-  1  8    14,630 2,676, 810  maintained: 10th, heavy and
50,780 303,.5001354,280 10  10'' 7,860 2,723,630  declining; 17th, quiet; 30th,
58,100 277,750 335,850 10  101   8   16,260 2,777,450  trade operating freely.
82,360 269;980 352,340 10-L  11  8-'  12, 110 2,836,220
10.52 10.76 8.48 746,430 54,542.68




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts at New         York, Weekly Exports fromv    New   York and Mlates of kFreight to       r
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1868.                                      z
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipts                                        Rates of
1867.     Middling  Middling   week.  for week.                   -                     Freight to        GENERAI REMARKS. 
New Orleans  Upland.                  To Great   To    North of  Other   Total Liverpool.
Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
Septem. 6..     27~        261. d                                                                    The fluctuations in prices this crop
"  10..  27        26       5,829   1,965................................                     year were numerous and with, the 
13..   26~        25                                                                          market being very sensitive as to
17..    26-        25       6,114   3,331    2,513........    361........   2,874           the crop reports.
20.     25-        24'                                                                       In September, the estimates of the
24..    241        23       5,084   4,597    1,411      22.......       1,433            crop then being picked were re4     27..    23         22                                                                         duced to 2- million bales, and the
October 1..     221        21}      6,721   4,129     920      120     374........   1,414:-l;d.  market, though quiet, was tirm; the
4..     21        20                                                                          goods market, both here and abroad,  7
8..    21         20       9,938   6,392    2,199      32     213........   2,444         1 was very dull, and though the wea"  11..  20        19                                                                         ther at the South was very wet and
15..    201        191     14,705   8,890    3,250........    648........   3,898         I unfavorable, the foreign markets
18..    20         19                                                                          were stagnant, and prices at length
22..    20^        191     13,393  10,864    3,759     132     688..          4,579            gave way here.
"  25..  21        20                                                                        Early in October there was a dull,:
29..     21'    20      17,766  10,103    5,739     526    1,148........  7,413            weak feeling, the supply of Surats
Novem. 1..      20-        19                                                               5-16@:-d  in the Liverpool market was large,
5..    19         181     11,585  20,459    9,054     135    1,811    850   11,850            which caused Americans to be neg- 
8..     201       19                                                                         lected; later, however, there was
12..         20         181     17,313  11,399   5,803........   1,546........   7,349           more activity at the reduced prices,
15..     19,       181                                                                         and better tone, with some advance.;t
19..     9         18      19,022  24,380    7,541   1,353   1,675........ 10,569           In November, the market was, for the 
22..     18~       17~                                                                         most part, dull and drooping.'
26..    1        16   17   15,520  17,872    9,883........  4,093     652   14,628          The repeal of the internal revenue tax 
29.      17        16                                                                          on cotton having passed Congress
Decem.   3.     16|        15|     19,667  24,958   10,192     339   2,503........ 13,034   @5-16d   in December, there was considerable
6.   I181         171                                                                         activity at better prices, (the opin"     10.     17         16      21,923  25,165  11,776    2,078   1,395    1,014  16,263         I ion hitherto being that the act
13..     16        15                                                                          would take immediate effect, but 
17..    16         15      15,068  18,244   5,026    2,383   2,458........   9,867           the bill only exempted cotton grown
20..   16         153                                                                         after 1867,) but subsequently the
24..    16        15~     14,692  18,719   11,895........  2,660     499   15,054            foreign accounts were discouraging
"     27..    16      15j@15'                                                                       and the improvement was lost.




Decem. 31..     17         16      20,438  18,312    8,260   2,513    2,798...... 13,571           }
1868.                                                                                            The light receipts at the ports, and
January 3..     17a        164                                                              5-16@|d   low prices ruling in January, stim7.. 7      173       16      30,487   22,232   4,149........   1,641........   5,790           ulated a speculative feeling, and
10.     171        163                                                                         prices advanced.
" 14..       17         16      28,979  23,478    8,348   1,590    1,958          11,896          In February there was much activity,   j
17.       18        17{                                                                         consequent upon    the continued    0
21..      18        17      34,270   16,655  10,062    2,140   2,911      18   15,131           light receipts at the ports, and
24..      18        173                                                                         stocks, both   at Liverpool and 
28..     19        18      40,734  18,240    6,925     780    1,942........  9,647            Havre, being much reduced, the
31..      20         19                                                                         market was buoyant, though -at the
February 4..    20         19      35,838  19,155   12,298   2,227   2,751........ 17,276 i           cSe     e  eand    subsided, and, 7..         21         20prices fell back.
11..         21        20      47,048   21,539  11,680     430    1,840      32   13,982         In March, favorable foreign accounts
"    14..     21        201                                                                         were received, which, together with  >
18..      25         24     59,491   21,841   8,375    1,943     903........ 11,221            light receipts, caused an active de- Z
21..      24        23                                                                i         mand at advanced prices.
25.       23         22      36,057  23,185   8,1 22224          655     550    9,618         The favorable position noted in March
i   28..    23         22                                                                          continued pretty well through April,'
March    3..    241        23      30,546  27,405   12,692   1,538    1,939........ 16,169 iSteam,    and prices advanced very consider6..        25         25                                                               7-16@~d    ably, with a very large business.
10 10...     25        25      49,048   20,799   5,052      61    1,097     590    6,800 iSail,  In May, there was an abatement in
13..    25        25 @4-d                                                                     the speculative fever, and prices
17..      25         25      23,347  21,827   10,200........    789     500   11,489            having been run up above those 
20..    25         25                                                                          current in Liverpool, and the pros-'  24..    251-       24      12,559  16,833   4,848       99     670........   5,617            pects for the growing crop good,
27..      26         26                                                                          prices receded.
31     27         27      68119   18,094   12,153            1195........ 13,348           During the early part of June, the
April    3..    29         29                                                               Steam,     market was comparatively quiet,
7.        291       28      56,014   12,544  12,603   2,095      916     1      5,723 7-16@5d   though the receipts at the ports
10..       30         30Sail.                                                                     were still light; but, later, the for- 
14..         321       31~     41,666   10,672   8,235........    759........    8,994 5-16@-d   eign advices were more encourag"     17..    31~        30'                                                                        ing, and there was more activity at  h
" 21..        32        31      13,052    8,770  14,126........    520........ 14,646              advanced figures.
24..      33        32                                                                        The market in July, for the most part,
28..      34        33      31,996    4,791  13,179     928      779........ 14,886            was dull; the growing crop looked 
May      1..    33         321Steam,                                                                  well, and, upon the report that pur5..        333        32      13,450   4,424    3,613     531     150........   4,294    3-16d.  chases had been made in Liverpool
"    8.     33         32                                                               Sail,     to come here, prices receded.
12..      31-        30      10,769   5,524   8,486........     173........   8,659  J3-16d In August, reports of injury to the
15        32         31~                                                                        growing crop, bv rains and worms, 
19..    32         31      18,302   4,277   3,192      820     815........    4,827
4,827~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/




New   York Statement for Year 1868-Concluded. 
EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
Price of. Price of                                                               Rates of
1868.     Middling  Middling  Sales for Receipts                                            Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New Orleans  Upland.    week.  for week. To Great   To    North of  Other    Totai  Liverpool.
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
May     22..     31y        30'
26..     31'        301      3,217    6,334    4,658........     641........    5,299             were received, and there was more
29..     32         31                                                                              activity at better prices, stocks
June      2..    32         31        9.287    3,537    2,013      51      149      600    2,813 Steam,     being light.
3 5..   3,1 30S ed. 
9..     31         30       6,662    6,161      287               72........     359 Sail,                  Echange.
12..     301        291                                                                   -C0- 
16..     30         29       9,173    2,564      471      115     310               896           The quotations for bills on London, in  ^
19..     32         31                                                                              September, ranged from   81 to 91
"  23..  31         30      12,797    5.393      815........       43            1,358             per cent. premium, gold; in Octo26.  32'  31,                                                                             b her, 8@9-1-; in November, 8@9; in
30..     32         31- -   15,628    4,770      567       31      100........     698             December, 8    10; in January, 
July     3..     33         32                                                                   Steam,        10;   ebruary          in March,
7       331        32A     16,691    4,631      871..........      71    3-16d.   99; in          9'3;  in   ay, 91 
9(79.,; in April,  9.9-; inl May, 91}
10       33         32                                                                  1 Sail,     @10;     June, 9@9; iln July, 9:
14..     32         32       9,204    6,526      555...116                         671             @10, and in August, 8@9a- per        p
i..      32         31                                                                              cent., gold.
"     21..     31         31       7,462    4,556      124                41........     165
"     24..     311-       31
28..     30         29        5,180   3,765       60  1.......     188........      248
"     31..     31         301
August    4..    30-        30       12,373    5,113     116..................... 116 Steaim,
7..     291        29                                                                      3-16d.
11..     30         291-     6,637    2.301      107................107;Sail,
14..     30         29-                                                                   -@"  is..  30         30      11,236    1,021       31...................       31
21..     30a        30
25..     30-        30       9,418    2.366    1.333      232.......              1,565
28..     31         30' 
Septem. 1..      31         30-      11,791    1,987    2,039      30        1..2,070 Steam:,
Average price                                                                                    Sail,
and total sales,  25 57    24.85    1,063,306 613,089 291,673   25,498  50.935    5,414  373,520    5-32d.:receipts a nd d'
exp orts.____ _______




C~1IRONL()i, ()GIAL A NI) ST'ATISTICAL HlISTO'R'Y ()IF ((TTl)N. 569
ANNUAL REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current, 186 —68.
During the month of September, the heavy losses on the year's
operations, unabated dullness in the manufacturing districts, and
the views entertained with regard to future supplies, kept down
prices at Liverpool, and caused a further decline in our own
market. Whatever doubts prevailed toward the close of January,
with regard to the course of prices, they were entirely dispelled at
the commencement of March. The supply question had assumed
features that made the markets extremely sensitive, and ready to
advance under the slightest improvement in the demand. Under
this prospect, middling advanced at Liverpool id. by the 6th of the
month, ad. and 1d. in the latter part, and |d. and Id. at the close.




670      C('11RONOLOG~I AL  AND    STATISTICAL HISTOR()Y OF c(OTTON.
1869.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and    Total Amount of the Cotton Crop       of  the United   States, for
the Year ending August 31, 1869.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales.                   ___
1869.   1868.    1867.
LOUISIANA.                  -                          —.!- - --
Export from New Orleans- 
To  Foreign  Ports.........................  619,534
Coastwise...............................   222,871
Stock on hand 1st September, 1869......      770
-  843,175
Deduct- 
Received from Mobile............    36,515 
Montgomery, Ala.........         2,373
Florida....................    747
Texas.....................    7,376
Stock on hand 1st September, 1868........   1,959
48,970
ALABAMA.                          ----       794,205 579,231 702,131
Export from MobileTo Foreign Ports......................  163,154
Coastwise..............................   84,194
Stock on hand 1st September, 1869........   1,169
248,517
DeductReceived from New Orleans..............    15,630
Stock on hand 1st September, 1868........   2,161
_-        17,791
TEXAS.                                     230,726 366,193 239,516
Export from Galveston, &cTo Foreign Ports (including 3,165 to Mexico).  83,376
Coastwise...............................   64,505
Stock in Galveston, 1st September, 1869....   202.-.. 148,083
DeductReceived from New Orleans...............     100
Stock in Galveston, 1st September, 1868....   166
-    266
FLORIDA.                           -----     147,817 114,666 185,919
Export from Apal'cola, Jacksonville, &c.To Foreign Ports...................           810
Coastwise-Uplands............   5,816
Sea Island...................    6,748
Stock in Fernandina, 1st September, 1869..     18
13,392
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1868........................
----       13,392  34,639   58.349
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands............... 161,516
Sea Island............       6,021
Coastwise-Uplands..................... 189,989
Sea  Island....................  5,174
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1869...    313
3C3,013
Deduct —
Received from Florida-Uplands..........      240
"           Sea Island........   4,824
Stock in Savannah 1st September, 1868,....    696
5,760
--    357,253 495,005 255,965




(:R() NK ( )ONOLO(IAL AND STATISTICAL       I ISTO()RY  ()  COTTON..571
Statemenrt and Total Amrount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1869-Concluded.
TOTAL.
Bales. i Bales._
1869.    1868.   1867.
SOUTH CAROLINA.                    ---- — __ _ _..
Export from Charleston, S. C.To Foreign Ports-Uplands................   52,814 
1" Sea Island.............         3,995
Coastwise-Uplands.....................     142,024
Sea Island................       3,313
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1869..   250
202,396
Export from Georgetown, S. C.To Northern Ports-Uplands & Sea Island..      348
202,744
DeductReceived from Florida-Uplands...........     156
"' Sea Island.........            1,700
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1868.   1,945._._.... 3,801
l -----  198,943 240,225 162,247
NORTH CAROLINA.
Export —
To  Coastwise Ports.....................................  35,912  38,587  38,522
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo Foreign Ports........................    6,258
Coastwise..............................   134,276
Manufactured (taken from the ports).......  20,000
Stock in Petersburg, 1st September, 1869...    50.Deuc-    160,579 
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1868...............      161
_  160,418 187,487 123,627
TENNESSEE, &c.
Shipments from Memphis, Tenn............    47,651
Nashville, Tenn...........     65,825
t" other places in Tenn., K'y,&c.    75,304
Stock in Memphis & Nashville, 1st Sept, 1869   94
/_ —-— j 388,874
DeductShipments to New Orleans, from Memphis
and Nashville.........................   30,767
Shipments to Norfolk, from Memphis and
Nashville..............................  34,707
Received from New Orleans..............     1,402
Stock in Memphis & Nashville, 1st Sept., 1868  107
----  _66,983
321,891  374,860 185,712
Total crop of the United States 1868-9............... 2,260,557 2,430,893 1,951,988
Decrease  from   Crop  of 1867-8.........................................  170.336
Increase  over Crop  of  1866-7........................................  308,569




572    CHRONOLOGICAL AND            STATISTICAL HISTORYt (01 (OTTOrN.
kExport to Foreign Ports, from      September 1, 1868, to Augtust 31, 1869.
To Great    To    To North  Other   T
FROM                     Britain.  France. of Europe. F'n Ports.o
New Orleans, La................... bales. 342,249   165,282   73,743   38,260  619.5314
Mobile, Ala............................. 137,484      16,133    2,981    6,556  163154
Galveston, Texas........................      7,582........    22,629    3,165   83,376
Jacksonville,  Fla.................................      810...........
Savannah, Ga............................ 133,678     20869    12,990........167,53
Charleston, S.C C...3,7 53...         652    2,404   56,80!i
Norfolk, Va.....................        6,253......................,2
W ilm ington,  N.  C..............................................................
New York....................... 246,311   21,433   54,093    5,863  327,700
Baltim ore................................  9,091.......    10,094.....       19,185
Philadelphia............................        9.................  98
Boston & Portland (Port'd, 1,695 to Gt. B'n.)  3,001................      186    3,187
Grand total 1868-69.................. 989,500   224,527  177,182   56,434 1,4.47,643
Total 1867-68........................ 1,228,596  197,15  145,042   84  3 1,
Increase...................27,012                       32,140..............
Decrease..........................  239,096...........     28.229 2, 08,17i3
Total crop of the United States, as before stated........................ bales.2,260,557
Add —Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, 1st September, 1868.-In the Southern ports...............................     7,195
Northern    "................................   30,203
37,398
Makes a supply of............................................. 2,297,955
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 1,447,643
Less, foreign included...................  2,975
-    ___ _ 1,444,668
Stocks on hand, September 1, 1369In  the  Southern  ports..............................  2,772
"   Northern..............................     8,388
11,160
Burnt in transit from Cedar Keys to Fernandina, Fla........      203
Manufactured in Virginia..................................   20,000
20,203
-      1,476,031
Taken for home use north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers........bales.   821,924
Taken for home use south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers, and burnt....   173,203
Total consumed in the United States (including burnt at the ports), 1868-69...  995,127




(IIRONOL()GICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OP' COTTON. 573
ANNIJTAL REVIEW.
From the Nef:i Orleans Price Current, 1868-69.
The rainy and unusually cold weather in the spring threw the
planting of the crop back about three weeks later than usual.
With the advance in the season, however, the weather became more
genial, and latterly it has been so hot and generally propitious as to
compensate to a great extent for the lateness of the planting. The
receipts at this port, the coming season, are expected materially to
exceed those of the one just closed, but the picking season has but
just commenced, and the crop is yet liable to many contingencies.
Experience has taught us the impropriety of making crop estimates
at this early period of the season, but we may say, nevertheless,
that the figures of those best acquainted with the subject, range
from 2,750,(000 to 3,000,000 bales for the crop of the United States,
the prevalent belief being that the larger estimate cannot be
reached, however, without considerable additions to the present
picking force, and without, also, a very favorable and protracted
picking season.




574      (H-IRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTOIRY             OF COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                  I            SALES.
WEEK______                             _          _ I ___                   _
ENDING.
American  E I.   Egypt. Brazil. Other  Total.   Con-  Speu- Export.  Total.
Bral. Or. Tl. sumption. lation.
Jan.  7.    28,197   5,628  4,662 11,161  4,050  53,698  49,460 13,410 19,610  82,480
14.    16,120   5,949  7,842  7,508  3,665  41,084  84,100 51,950 20,380 156,430
21..      25,757  17,072  7,456  7,667   819   58,771  55,620 18,310 13,020  86,950
28..    18,110.......   3,539 13,671   553  35,873   46,470 18,980 11,940  77,390
Feb.  4..    3,753   6,870  6,613  7,080  1,586  55,902  61,930 62,530 15,230 139,690
11..   27,398   3,243  5,840 16,367   933   53,781  42,710 22,210  3,860. 68,780
18..  93,973    5,214  8,873 16,046  3,036 127,142  32,480  7,860  4,270  44,610
"   25..  29,331    7,587  3,230  5,401  2,372  47,921  39,710  9,260  7,950  56,920
Mch..4     33,520  11,899  7,622 13,316  3,151  69,508  38,710  5,590  7,640  51,940
11.    11,354   4,260  2,686  8,989   181   27,470  47,880  9,230 10,580  67,690
18.    16,536   5,068  2,573  6,594   767   31,538  44,270  5,020  4,490  53,780
24.    28,723   4,763  1,168  6,561  3,589  44,804  45,090  9,790  8,300  63,180
April 1I    13,145   3,191  1,388  6,776  2,543  27,043  45,590  6,530  9,080  61,200
8.    51,824  36,643  5,312 25.105  4,947 123,831  35,520  3,330  8,500  47,350
15..  22,980   14,450  3,656 12,256  3,330  56,672  54,940 11,010  8,310  74,260
22..   46,315   25,083  2,083 16,258  1,633  91,372  37,970  3,900  8,160  50,030
29.       18,526............  3,089  9,687  31,302  39,020  5,870  8,960  53,850
May   6..   12,010  17,123  8,687 16,489  1,904  56,213  36,840  2,650  7,160  46,650
13..   38,197  17,156  1,230  3,644  2,576  62,803  42,150  2,980  6,380  51,910
"  20..   22,569  13,498  2,192  7,253  6,182  51,694  34,700  1,240  6,310  42,250
27.   67,252   6,283   741 16,091  2,418   92,785  47,450  4,660 10,140  62,250
June 3      20,908   7,013  2,667  5,384  4,146  40,118  64,000 11,090 15,060  90,150
10..  53,576  25,844  4,410 24,268  1,356 109,454  56,480  9,680 12,120  78,280' 17.   10,778  34,795  1,495 12,151  4,249  63,468  54,860 13,340 17,680  85,880
24..    88,972   5,113  3,254  6,895  3,549  27,783   57,000 12,370 15,690  85,060
July  1.     5,993  14,094  3,861   802   1,411  26,161  72,230 11,330 18,640 102,200
8    38,761   33,518  1,411 17,256  4,330  95,276  46,120  7,410  9,830  63,36(
15..  26,952  39,915  1,689  9,008  3,519  81,083  53,760  7,810 11,730  73,300
22..    544   13,137  1,954    70  5,912   21,617  35,320  6,820 11,790  53,930
29..     4,724  13,555  3,549 16,295  1,172  39,295  67,370 17,750 16,020 101,140
Aug. 5.     9,394  12,369  1,622  3,176  3,800  30,361  55,800 14,680 16,380  86,860
12.     5,177  15,272  1,999   685    535   23,668  49,280  9,990 16,220  75,490
19.    3,316   28,478  1,707  4,019  2,342  39.862  62,710 30,470 18,010 111,190
26.     3,217  42,059  1,481  8,074  3,580  58,41.1  22,870  6,170  9,270  38,310
Sep.  2     10,447 192,276  1,672  6,090  3,652 214,137  31,810 14,740 11,070  5T7.620
9.     4,623  50,665  2,038 15,390  1,272  73,988  29,950  8,620 11,450  50,020
16.    1,801  30,359   654 18,683  1,520   53,017  24.800 13,260 17,530  55,590
"   23..   2,026   25,462  1,101  1,125   466   30,180  28,090 11,040 17,100  56,230
30..      360   41,288  1,205 10,364   518   53,735  37,550 13,040 12,590  63,180
Oct.  7.     3,233  68,490   369   7,080  1,469  75,641  44,110 10,270 10,410  64,790
14.       6,832   7,072   757   7,005   417   22,083  40,210  8,130  7,590  55,930, 21.      8,037   56,210  2,263  2,702  1,401  70,613  53,650 21,300 17,010  91,960
"  28 |   7,244  33,624....... 13,014  2,545  56,427  49,860  7,780  9,410  67,050
Nov. 4      16,136  17,058  1,876  6,971  1,709  43,750  62,940 23,630 19,920 106,490
11..  13,404   53,015  6,648 12,770   274   86,111  38,020  4,220  7,470  49,710
18..  18,455   17,458  3,988 12,646   443   52,990  56,200  7,460 10,880  74,540
25..   10,384    1,973  4,926 10,663  5,223  33,169  50,940  4,910  9,970  65,820
)e..   12,810  17,832  5,112  2,829  1,393  39,976  82,580 28,250 16,990 127,820
9..   16,267  11,433  5,852   660    288   34,500  38,190  5,060 10,280  53.530
16..   61,950   8,628  9,143 17,423  3,603 100,747  60,530 21,260 15,980  97,770
22.    32,880  15,201 15,167 11,305  1,143  75,696  44,030  7,530  6,830  58,390
30.. 134,327   2,157  4,961  7,226  2,718  51,389  48,310  8,670 11,880  68,860
Aergepices 1109018 1144583189 12,
total salesi -1,109,018 1,144,583 189,124 499,358 1.29,987 3,072,070 2,592,170 754,290 621,070 3,967,530
eeipts & stocks.                                      I 




CHRONOLOGICAL AND         STATISTICAL HISTORY        OF COTTON.      575
POOL. YEAR 1869.
STOCKS.              PRICES.
ACTUAL   CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.       REMARKS.
Ameri- Other.  Total.  Mid.  Mid.  Fair
can.                  Up.   Orl.  Dhol.
193,590 258,500 352.090  11   11-    8-  19,610   49,460
78,650 221,890 300,540  112  ll   9I     20,380  133,560 Market opened strong and
81,880 212,850 294,730  11i  113    91  13,020  189,180  became very excited.
76,770 192,470 269,240  11-I  11i    9~  11,940  235,650
84,090 172,470 256,560  12-  127    101  15,230  297,580 February 4th, excitement,
93,210 167,180 260,390  12l  122   103    3,860  340,290  large demand from all
96,360 181,170 277,530  117  121    10    4,270  372,770  classes of buyers; 11th,
107,610 174,470 282,080  117  12'   10     7,950  412,480  firm market; 18th, mar120,910 189,060 309,970  117  12    10     7,640  451,180  ket heavy and declining;
108,680 174,860 283,540  12   12 1  101   10,580  499,060  25th, quiet but steady.
105,350 158,320 263,670  12   121   10     4,490  543,330
115,830 142,420 258,250  121  123   10-    8,300  588,420 Improved tone.
108,260 127,870 236,130  123  12A   103    9,080  634,010 April st, at first animated,
145,100 173,860 318,960  121  123   10-    8,500  669,530  then quiet, bank rate
141,750 172,830 314,580  12-  121   103    8,310  724,470  raised to 4 per cent.; 8th,
167,330 195,650 362.980  12   121   101    8,160  762,440  large  import, market
168,450 183,090 351,540  11 1  12-   10    8,960  801,460  dull; 15th, better feel165,080 196,660 361,740  11-  12    10     7,160  838,300  ing: 22d, limited de181,990 191,920 373,910  11   11 -7  9-    6,380  880,450  mand.
185,140 197,810 382,950  111 114i    93    6,310  915,150
231,380 191,600 422,980  11}  112-   9-   10,140  962,600
220,950 171,180 392,130  11   11l     97  15,060 1,026,600 Large business at har248,500 186,940 435,440  11-  12     10   12,120 1,083,080  dening prices.
229,280 299,180 428,460  12,1  12,5 10    17,680 1,137,940 Very active.
212,150 176,330 388,480  121-  12    10~' 15,690 1,194,940
188,340 144,080 332,420  121  12a    101  18,640 1,267,170
207,110 158,690 365,800  12A  12'    101   9,830 1,313,290 Steady prices.
210,310 171,300 381,610  125  127    10-  11,730 1,367,050 Bank rate reduced to 3 per
193,090 159,840 352,930  12~  12i    10'  11,790 1,402,370 Quiet tone.     [cent.
167,500 147,960 315,460  123  12'1  103   16,020 1,479,740 Good general demand.
150,4301126,500 276,930  12   13, 1  10   16,38011,535,540
123,270 127,030 250,300  13   13}    10' 16,220 1, 584,820 August 12th, stock declar105,470 122,120 227,590  133  14     10- 18,010 1,647,530  ed, proving 15,.930 above
| 95,430 152,200 247,630  131L  13'  103   9,270 1,670,400  estimate; 19th, large de93,8701325,510 419,380  134-  13-3 10    11,07011,702,210  mand and bare supply,
87.030 362,510 449,540  133  13I 10-     11,450 1,732,160  bank rate reduced to 279,520 380,450 459,970  13   13}    10 1 17,530 1,756,960  per cent.; 26th, without
69,210 372,820 442,030  12   121    9[ 17,100 1,785,050   animation.
56,510 385,500 442,010  124-  121    9I 12,590 1,822,600 September 16th, market
46,460 412,790 459,250  12   12 I    9   10,410 1,866,710  depressed and irregular;
41,840 483,590 425,430  12i  12  I   9    7,590 1,906,920  23d, further depression.
36,370 397,300 433,670  12   12}     94  17,010 1,960,570 October 7th, Arm for Am29,080 399,160 428,240  12   12}I   8-    9,410 2,010,430  erican, but Surats dull
30,680 367,820 398,500  124  12}     9I 19,920 2,048,450  of sale; 14th, dull in
30,870 403,930 434,800  11   11I     87-  7,470 2,104,650  tone; 21st, fair inquiry.
29,900 389,950 419.850  114  11     8a   10,880 2,155,590
24,600 363,460 388,060  11-  117    8a    9,970 2,238,170 Quiet, but steady.
18,630 316,400 335,030  12[  123    9A   16,990 2,276,360 Market very active.
21,230 297,990 319,220  11-  12      9   10,280 2,336,890 Cotton freely offered.
64,090 285,010 349,100  114  12     9    15,980 2,380,920
81,970 288,440 370,410  1 1} 1l1     93   6,830 2,429,230
76,900 260,860 337,760  11   11      9,' 11,880 2,592,170 Fair demand, prices firm.
I        12.12 12.29 9.875 621,070 49,849.88




The semi-wceegly Pric a,,nd iVWeekly Sales and Receipts at Nezw York, Weell! E;xports from N.w      York and   Rates of Freight to
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop    Year ending September 1, 1869.
Price of|                                         EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
PrMiddlingce  Price of                                                             Rates of
186.      NewT Middling    Sales for week  for week.                                       Freight to    GENERAL REMARKS.
Orleans. Upland.                         To Great   To   North of  Other    Total Liverpool.
Britain. France. Europe. Fon Ports Exports.
Septem. 4..    30      29                                                                      Steam,
8..   29       28        11,682        2,225   2,004       1     296........  2,01    I.
11..   27       266                                                                    Sail.   Early in September, there was a
15..   25       25         7,034        2,620   1,667........................  1,667   5-32d.  good demand at full prices, but
18..   27      26                                                                                later, the prompt arrival at the
22..   26A      26        10,789        5,528   1,864     400     146........   2,410 j         ports of new cotton, together
25..   26       251                                                                              with a dull market in Liver29..   26       26         9,814        7,964   1,495........     16     328    1,839 Steam,    pool, induced.more desire to
lctober 2..   27       27                                                                       3-1 d.  sell, and prices declined.
6..   27       27        15,538       12,054   1,070   1.099     111........   2,280 Sail,   October opened with a better de9..   261      26                                                                      i 3-16d.  mand from spinners and some
13..   26-      264-      15,039       12,791     793........    100........     893 j         speculative inquiry, and prices
16..    26      252                                                                            I advanced; at the rise, there
20..  26       25        16,306       23,731   3,081     691     456........   4,228           was some pressure to realize
23..   25       254I on speculative lots, and the
27..  26       25        23,707       18,134   4,346   1,386     882........   6,614           market fell back.
30..    26      25                                                                     Steam,   Larger receipts at the ports
Novem. 3..     26      25         22,644       20,113   7,070     759   2,190........ 10,019     a)@d.  caused a dull and declining
6..    25-     25-                                                                    Sail,,d.  market in November, though
10..   25       24        16,887       26,908   7,775...       2,795........ 10,570            toward the latter part there
13.    243      24-I was more activity, and prices
17..   244     241-       19,987       20,304   8,486   2,705   2,701........ 13,892            rallied.
20..   25       24   [                                                                         In December, there was a fair
24.. 25'      25'I      28,364       18,584   9,478........  4,004........ 13,482            demand, and prices, for the
27..  253      25-I'                                    Steam,    most part, were steady, though 
Decem.   1..   25   I  25'-       23,106      24,265   10.244   2,902   4,413     972   18,531       d tl.  occasionally affected by the
4..   25   I   25                                                                     Sail,     contracting for future delivery,
8..  25-      24-       15,437       21,377  10,941 i........  3,288.......    14,229 5-16@  d| which now began to be a fea- 
11..   25       2525                                                                             ture in the market, at prices 1
15.   2543    254        21,215       20,067  10,318   2,472   4,083........ 16,873          | @2c. below those current for
"     18..   25      251-                                                                              spot lots.
22..   254      254       20,262       19,014   7,981.......    1,856 I   926  10,763         January was a very active month,
25..  25       251i                                                                             the business being largely on




D)cet~im. 29..  25a    253        16.865 168,359        4,634     387,922....        8,943            speculalion and to cover con1869.                                                                                         Steam,.  tracis, the market bein- less
January 1      26       26I  Spot. c. ICo'itr:ct                                                3  7-_16d  influenced by Liverpool and
"5..  28       271    31.611   1,850  16,931    3,180.......    3........  4,567 S.il.      Manchester accounts than be8..   28{      273                                   {@5-16d                                     fore in several years.
"12..  29       28    31,967    4,600  20.276    8.681     72    1,250.......10,656           Early in February, the market
15..   30-      293                                                                                was excited, the stock in Liv-  o
19..  291      29    40,728    4,150  28.497    6,036........  1,722.......  7,758           erpool having run down to 
2 22..  30      29'                                                                                260,-000 bales of all kinds, and
26..   29       281    20,123   3,100  23,761    2,720     184     651     600    4,155           the purchases by speculators    C
29..   29~      29                                                                      Steam,     and  exporters  were large;
February 2..   301      29H   32,765    3.150  18,942   1,953.140.2,093 /@5-16d                         spinners here, however, hesi5..    303     301                                                                     Sail,     tated to go on at the ruling
9.    30a      301    42,826   2,800  18,022    5,661........     365.6,026              3-16d.  rates, and subsequently the    ^
12..   304      30                                                                                market became dull and prices
16..   30       291    14,291   2,000  15,329    6,812             714.7,526                     fell off.
" 19..  29{     28                                                                               The market in March was, for     y
23..    301     293    16,949   1,000  18,169   11.313     346     103.         11,762            the most part, dull and declin"26..     29a      29i                                                                     Steam,    ing.
March    2..   29-      29'    7,057    2,600  20,701   4,457              951.5,408 1@3-16d In April, there was a better feel-.
5..    29|     29{                                                                     Sail, }d.  ing, as the receipts at the ports
9..    29-     291    12,661   3,500  19,218    2,006     209     314........   2,529           fell off, and the accounts from  i;
"     12..   29      28~                                                                                the India crop were unfavor16..   29       281    10,435   2,800  13,535   4,759              143.4,902                     able; but the English manu19.. 29  28                                                                                facturers reduced their con23..   29       28'    16,514   3,000  10,619    5,647     509     120            6,276           sumption. an dour own pursued
"26..  29{      28|                                                                               a very cautious policy, goods   X
30..         29      29     18,251     750   10,092   7,642              137........   7,779 Steam,    selling relatively lower than 
April    2..   29{-     283                                                                     3-16@gd   cotton.
6..   29       281    13,725    900    9,127    9,907     291   1,378........ 11,576 Sail,     May was, on the whole, compara- S
9..   29       28                                                                        — @ —    tively quiet, but prices were  y
13..   291      283    23,619    500    8,334    5,625........  1,644........   7,269           steady, being strengthened to
i     16..   295     29                                                                                 some extent by the cool weat     20..   29      283! 18,677.......     6,039   8,665    1,536   1,198........ 11,399            ther at the South, which re23..    29~     28                                                                                tarded the growth of the plant 
27..   29~      283    10,851........  4,991   12,466........  1,444     862   14,772          In June, the market was active
30..    291     283                                                                     Steam,     and buoyant, with some adMay      4..   29       283   16,885     600    7,455   7,726      244   2.120........ 10,090    5-32d.  vance in prices.                0
7..    29'     28a                                                                     Sail,    The activity continued through
11..   291      28|    14,192     600   3,600    6,195..        1,943     824    8,962   -@-     the early part of July. the sup14..   29j      283                                                                               ply on both sides the water be18..    29~     28-    18,031........   7,823   5,290     676    1,499..       7,465           ing light, but later, with more




New York Statement for Year 1869 —Concluded.
Price of         SALES FOR WEEK.                    EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK
Middling Price of                  Receipts                                            Rates of
1869.  New  Middlingfor week. ------— I                                             Freight to      GENERAL REMARXS.
Orleans. Upland.                           To Great   To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Britain.  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.                                          ~
May     21..s291        282                                                                                   cheerful crop accounts, prices  0
25..    29'     283    10,510      300   3,416    5,909      930     933........    7,772            receded.
28      29.      28a                                                                       Steam,   The crop estimates began    to?
June     I..    304     29     17,155........    5,669   4,083      802     495    1,351    6,731       d.   widen in Auoust and settled
i4..   31      31Sail                                                                                down to 23@3     millions of    >
8..    32      31     16,998    1,000    4,966   1,204..          1,151.2,355              5-32d.  bales, and the market for fu- 
it..    321     319                                                                                  ture delivery was weak; spot
15..   33'      32|    20,669    1,700   7,449      538     482      648........    1,668           and transitu lots, however,
s18..   34      331                                                                                  were very firm, stocks every22..    331     33     11,740    1,750   8,515    1,206              20........     1.406           where being at a low ebb, and
25..    33      33                                                                                   a large advance was only pre29..    343     341    18,432    3,400  10,270      132      20................      152 Sieam.     vented by a general reduction;
July      2..   35      341                                                                             Id.   of the consumption.
(..    35      342    12,866    2,170   7,330      778     202..980 S:iil,
9 9    35      341                                                                           5-32d.         Exchange.
13..    35      34-     7,313    5,650   4,623      147      10.157                               The quotation in September for 
16..    35      341                                                                                  60  days' bills  on   London
20..    35      341     5,622    3,350   4,368    1,036...10........              1,046            ranged from  8,@8S  per cent.
23..    34i     34                                                                                   premium; in October, 8(@9; -
27..    34}     33a     4,860    2,900   4,555      143       7               150     300            in November, the same; in
3O..    34      33~                                                                        Steam. i December, 8%_9:; in January,
August   3..    34      331     6,762    6,320    2,460   1,164...                           1,164      }d.  the same; in February, 8@9i; -
6..    3f      33I                                                                        Sail,     in March, 7@8|; in April, the,..     34      33      8,451   11,150    2,130   1,879     524      174........     2,577   5-32d.  quotation advanced from 6-~
13..    333     331                                                                                  71 to 8@85; May, steady, 8~
"  17.. 3l 331         11,175   11,700   2,079    4,129     182..4,311                         9; June, 84@9~; July, 9@94';
2O..    353     35                                                                                   aind in August the range was 
24.          35      35      8,760    7,175    1,217   2,719      752.3,471                               9@93 percent. premium, gold.    C
27..    3       343                                                                        -tealm,
31..    35       35      5,416   5,200    2,290    1,256.......................    1,256      4d.                                   C
Sail,
Average prices                                                                                        3-164.
and totalsales,
receipts and   29.48   29.01   873,563  101,665 626,836 246,311   21,433   54,093   6,013  327,850
exports.




CHRONOLOGICAL        AND    STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.          579
1870.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States'or the
Year ending August 31, 1870.
TOTAL.
Bales.   Bales.
1870.   1869.    1868.
LOUISIANA.                   -- -—.- 
Export from New OrleansTo Foreign Ports......................... 1,005,530
Coastwise..........................        179.520
Burnt and Manufactured...................    2357
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1870........  20,696
-- 1,208,103
DeductReceived from Mobile.....................   49,890
Florida.....................        3,477. Texas......................     11,869
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1869......        770
66,006
---- 1,142,097 791,205 579,231
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign Ports..........................  200,838
Coastwise.................................  97,685
Stock on hand, 1st September, 1870......    9,743
- 308,266
DeductReceived from New Orleans................    1,141
Stock oil hand, 1st September, 1869.......    1,169
2,310
TEXAS.                            -----      305,956 230,726 366,193
Export from Galveston, &c.To Foreign Ports-including 5,522 to Mexico  152,559
Coastwise..............................     89,132
Stock in Galveston, 1st September, 1870....   4,795
246,486
DeductStock in Galveston, 1st September, 1869.. 1........     202
-      246,284  147,817  114,666
FLORIDA.
Export from Apalachicola, Jacksonville, &c.
To Foreign Ports-Uplands................       240
Sea  Island..............     16
Coastwise —Uplands....................   12,852
Sea  Island....................  10,097
Stock in Apalachicola, 1st September, 1870        7
_ —-  _ 23,212
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1869.................      18
23,194   13,392  34,639
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................ 259,102
Sea  Island..............  6,529
Coastwise-Uplands...................... 214,188
Sea Island..................   9,606
Burnt at Savannah (300 Sea Island).........     540
Stock in Savannah,. 1st September, 1870....   2,833
-      492,798
DeductReceived from Florida-Uplands............     417
Sea Island.........   6,377




580    (CI RONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY                OF COTTON.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1870.-Concluded.
TOTAL.
Bales.  Bales.
1870.   1869.   1868.
Received from Beaufort, S. C...............  317
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1869.....  313
7,424
SOUTH CAROLINA.                                  485,734 357,253 495,005
Export fiom CharlestonTo Foreign Ports-Uplands...............     89,851
Sea  Island.............  7,258
Coastwise-Uplands....................... 146,760
Sea  Island.....................  5,686
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1870....  1,399
250,954
Exportfrom Georgetown, S. C.To New York-Uplands....................      472
From Beaufort, S. C., to Savannah.........   317
-     251,743
DeductReceived from Florida-Uplands............  1,462
Sea  Island.........  3,438
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1869...   250
5,150
NORTH CAROLINA.                          -       246,593  198,943 240,225
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports..........................  50
Coastwise................................  58,834
58,884       35,912  38,587
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign Ports..........................  9,689
Coastwise..................193,357
Stock in Norfolk and Petersburg, 1st September,  1870............................  985
-   204,031
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1869...............       50
-      203,981  160,418  187,487
TENNESSEE, &c.
Shipments from Memphis, Tenn............ 286,457
Nashville, Tenn..........   58,263
other places in Tennessee,
Kentucky, &c..........   108,768
Stock in Memphis and Nashville, 1st September, 1870..........................   6,481
-       459,969
DeductShipments to New Orleans, from Memphis
and  Nashville...........................  45,462
Shipments to Norfolk and Charleston, from
Melmphis and Nashville................    92,027
Stock in Memphis and Nashville, 1st September, 1869........................    94
-     137,583
322,386 321,891  374,860
Manufactured  at the South.................................  79,843
Total Crop of the United Statesl869-70................ 3,114,592 2,60,557 2,430,893
Increase over crop of 1868-9...................................... bales.  854,035
Increase  over crop  of  1867-8............................................  683,699
Increase over crop of 1866-7.........................................  1,162,604




CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTTORY.(F (,()'TT()N.        581
Export to Foreign Ports, from   September 1, 1869, to August 31, 1870.
To Great   To    To North Foreign  Total
FROM                    Britain.  France. of Europe. Ports
New Orleans, La...................bales. 549,603 259,223  124,049   72,655 1,005,530
Mobile, Ala............................  165,989   15,910  10,413    8,526 200,838
Galveston, Tex.........................  122,106    7,939  16,992    5,522 152,559
Jacksonville, Florida.............................................  256
Savannah, Ga............................  204,570  43,796  17,265.....     265,631
Charleston, S. C.........................  87,287  1,825   1,338    6,659  97,109
N orfolk,  V a..............................  9,689........................  9,689
Wilmington, N. C........................      50............                    50
New York.............................. 324,421     17,757  60,516    2,446 405,140
Baltimore................................  7,494......    24,668      10   32,172
Philadelphia...............................................................
Boston & Portland (Portland, 2941 to G. Bt'n)  4,235........   74     276    4,585
Grand total 1869-70................. 1,475,444 346,706 255,315  96,094 2,173,559
Total 1868-9......................  989,500  224,527  177,182  56,434 1,447,643
Increase over 1868-9................ 485,944 122,179  78,133  39,660 725.916
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated................bales.  3,114,592
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1,
1869, in  the  Southern  ports....................................  2,772
Northern ports....................................   8,388
11,160
Makes a supply for the year ending August 31, 1870, of.............. 3,125,752
Deduct therefrom-The export to Foreign ports............. 2,1.73,559
Less-Foreign included..................................    3.301
—, —-  2,170,258
Stocks on hand September 1, 1870In the Southern ports...............................  46,939
In  the  Northern  ports...............................  18,386
- 65,325
Burnt at New York, Baltimore, &c..........................  5,422
Manufactured  at the  South................................  79,843
Shipped to Canada.......................................'27,563
-  112,828
---- 2,348,411
Taken for home use north of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers...............bales.  777,341
Taken for home use south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, and Burnt.........  85,265
Total consumed in the United States (including burnt at the ports), 1869-70....  862,606




682      CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                               SALES.
WEEK
ENDING.
American  E. I.  Egypt. Brazil. Other.  Total. Consump- Specula- Export. Total.
tion.   tion.
Jan.  6..   31,272  8,782  7.131 12,819   1,309  61,313' 48,110   8,120  9,390  65,620
I   13..   43,767  3,338  5,530 11,394  3,328   67,347  45,910  7,850 10,360   64,120
"   20..   55,240......2,349   2,405  1,752   61,746  73,100 17,360 13,990 104,450
" 27..      7,595  7,370  6,776  5,123  1,016   27,880  59,290 24,750 13,390   97,430
Feb. 3.    59,849  3,442  4,357 19,820  3,504   90,972  35,110 10,190   5,770  51,070
" 10..     30,150 18,197  6,487  8,810  1,138   64,782  50,120  8,920  6,100   65,140
17..      13,068...........  1,195  1,312   15,575  46,760  8,190  6,660   61,610
"  24..   16,030  3,648  9,762  7,442  2,023   38,905  42,310  6,260  5,080   53,650
March 3..    9,046  1,000  2,172  5,348   3,966  21,532  38,230  4,730  5,140   48,100
10..     9,612  8,106  5,101  1,256......  24,075  38,4400 2,980  4,900   46,320
C"  17..   32,289  8,032  7.801 12,931    566   61,619  48,930  5,100  4,590   58,620
"   24..   95,834  7,536  2,257 13,631  3,510 122,768   47,970  3,610  7,100   58,680
"   31.. 103,233 18,597   3,942  8,395  2,118 136,285   48,510  5,700  7,270   61,480
April 7..   53,616 10,125  4,117  5,515  2,473   75,846  63,320 16,540 14,610   94,470
13..   48,805 11,141    913  9,920    959   71,738  44,610  6,500  8,300   59,410
21.      19,965 29,517  1,930    400  1,218   53.030  39,600  7,060  3,840   50,500
28..    95,078 21,246  1,261 14,735.2,001  135,321  50,260  7,600  8,730  66,590
May   5..    8,319 16,271  6,071.....   2,189   32,850  48,540  6,970   5,250  60,760
12.  23,189  9,632  5,232 17,182    521   55,756  58,490 16,830  7,390   82,710
19.    95,207  1,385  2,062 17,755  4,289 120,698   46,000  6,220  6,580   58,800
26..    25,659 29,843  2,992  7,803  2,223   68,520  46,170  4,320  5,410   55,900
June  2.   21,325 25,357  1,158  2,651  2,580   53,071  42,470  4,690  4,400   51,560
9..  56,259  6,420. 771  5,391   578   69,419  39,600  2,080  5,040   46,720
"   16.   12,930 12,062  3,069  3,753  2,817   34,631  35,950  3,580  3,140   42,670
23.    36,342 15,792  3,187  5,870  2,004   63,195  -44,580  4,480  5,920  54,980
"   30..   12,412 14,831  1,322....    2,111   30,676  51,050  2,010  6,160   59,220
July  7..   39,618 25,340    968  5,316    650   71,892  52,750  5,610  6,990   65,350
14..    36,744 31,307    654  3,270    267   72,242  47,330  4,290  6,840   58,460
"   21..   25,492 12,774    319 16,960  1,760   57,305  39.050  2,970  1,030   43,050
" 28..   18,158  8,735  1,358  2,267  6,960   37,478  50,190  2,370  4,960   57,520
Aug. 4.     17,886  5,337    141  6,773    565   30,702  49,520  7,200   8,150  64,870
11..     21,802 37,426    803 12,632  1,752   73,415  65,850  9,560 21,410   96,820
"   18.     4,095  8,568    154  8,133    685   21,635  52,340  4,600 14,390   71,330
" 25..    8,801 35,331  1,554  5,209  6,394   57,289  48,760  4,330 11,570   64,660
Sep.  1..    6,835 18,323  1,883  6,048  1,877   34,966  50,020  4,210   9,020  63,250
8..    23,595 42,223     55   4,229   392   70,494   55,190  4,200 12,020  71,410
15.       9,517 39,127  1,947  7,263  4,131   61,985  58,200  6,760 11,660   76,620
22.      18,163 23,157  1,934  8,787    920   52,961  43,680  3,050 11,290   58,020
"   29.   17,079 64,533  1,080  1,531  4,758   88,981  43,590  1,730 13,160   58,480
Oct.  6.   38,664 40,427  2,300  6,720  2,092   90,203  62,160  2,610 13.570   78,340
(   13..    7,516 65,434  2,804  6,122  7,123   88,999  48,370  5,140 15,360   68,870
"   20.   24,858 28,022    925 10,194    439   64,438  73,780  9,450 19,250 102,480
"   27..   14,319 17,393  4,230 11,185  2,691   49,818  66,310  8,820 23,640   98,770
Nov   3.   21,557 13,722  4,358  8,264    545   48,446  74,010 10,700 25,460 110,170
10.      14,771 16,935  7,949  1,881  3,532   45,068  47,960  5,180 14,150   67,290
t   17.   18,958 16,253  9,598  1,245    633   46,687  58,860  5,210 12,160   76,230
24..    22,723 17,869    672  6,203  2,181   49,648  67,360 12,410 18,050   97,820
Dec.  1..   48,783 15,193 13,068  6,595  3,015   86,654  53,440  4,650 14,290   72,380
8..   26,262  3,842  9,378  3,769    169   43,420  51,800  3,470 15,800   71,070
"   15.    48,284  7.114 10.538 13.322    402   79,660  50,490  3,120 11,200   64,810
22..   52,927  1,246  6,177  7. 683[ 4,760  72,793  68,940  4.330 16,420   89,690
29..  75,224  7,788  9,707  1,419  1,251   95,389  42,610  2,060  9,060   53,730
Average price 1,678,722,898,089 202,034 374,804 111,449 3,265,098 2,645,990 348,650 52.5,410,520,050
ceipts & stocks.




CHRONOLOGICAL AND            STATISTICAL IIISTORY        OF COTTON.        683
POOL. YEAR 1370.
STOCKS.                PRICES.
____ACTUAL CONEXPORT. SUMPTION.       REMARKS.
Amer'n Other.    Total.  Mid.   Mli.   Fair
Up.    Orl.  Dhol.
90,930 261,000  351,930 11    11a     94     9,390   48,110
114,020 252,010  366,030 113    11     93    10,360   94,020
135,150 206,120  341,270 11-    11      9J    13,990  167,120 Market active.
113,670 188,680  302,350 114    1146    9-    13,390  226,410 Abundant supply; quota155,190 193,260  348,450 11     1116    9      5,770  261,520      tions reduced.
157,510 194,920  352,430 114    114     95     6,100  301,640
146,630 169,550  316,180 11    I11      9      6,660  348.400
139,200 171,740  310.940 1,lt   1116t   98     5,080  390,710
127.700 164,060  291,760 111l 1i976     93     5,140  428,940
115.190 156,020  271,210 11     11156   9 1%   4,900  467,380
111,070 183,900  294,970 11i    1196 94        4,590  516,310
183,110 187,670  370,780 1   1111       93     7,100  564,280
256,1(60 195,710  451,870 10    11136   94     7,270  612,790 Increased demand at hard273,820 181,730  455,550 111. 11      94    14,610  676,110       ening prices.
297,290 179,710  477,000 114    11i     921    8,300  720,720 Quieter tone
291,630 192,100  483,730 11  l 116     9      3,840  760,320
357,99) 204,800  562,790 11     11      94     8,730  810,580
334.890 205,000  339.990 10     11,     9,7    5,250  859,120
323.850 203,050  526,900 11I    1.1,  94     7,390  917,610 Better feeling.
388.002001.980   590,000 101    11      9A     6,580  963,610 Heavy import; market in381.370 222,010  606,380 1036   11 36   93     5,410 1,009,780         active.
377,140 232,03(0  609,170 10+,  11      94     4,400 1,052,250
397.090 230,930  628,020 103    10      8 8'   3,040 1,091,850
366,400 236,860  603,260  105   1 1     91     3,140 1, 127,800
402,83.0 239,520  642,350 104   103     83     5,920 1,172,380
310.130 244,500  554,630   9    10      84     6,160 1,223,430 July 21st, declaration of:314, 640 259,130  573,770  93  10      84     6,990 1, 276,180  war oetween France and
320,270 272,340  592,610   9     9      7      6,840 1,325,510  Germany; 23d,     bank
318.420 288,340  606.760   86 8         6      1,030 1,362,560  rate raised  to 4 per
310,070 278,960  589,030   74    8      64     2,960 1,412,750  cent., and on 28th to 5
286,89)0 278,460  565,350  77    84     6      8,150 1,462,270  per cent.
272,230 296,490  568,720  87     94     64     2,410 1,528,120 Hopes of an early peace;
246,200 282,730  528,930  87     9*     71    14,390 1,580,460  considerable advance in
221.570 302,740  524,310   9     91     74    11,520 1,629.220  prices.
195,420 298,930  494,350   9     94     74     9,020 1,679,240
186,400 307,500  493,900  91     91     73    12,020 1,734,430 Capitulation of Sedan.
168,450321,090   489,540  91     94     73    11,660 1,792,630
161,060 325,710  486,770  91     9      7a    11,290 1,836,310
150,600 370,230  520,830  84     9      64    13,160 1,879,900 Market irregular.
153,350 384.360  537,710  83     9      61    13,510 1,942,060
130,240 434,460  564,700  8      8 8    6 61  15,360 1,990,430
116,610 422,740  539, 330  8     8      6 61  19,250 2,064,210
75,660 433,810  509,470  8 1    9 I    6      2,364 2,130,520
64,300 399,200.463,500  9     9 7    7     25,460 2, 204,530 Hardening tendency.
51,770 387,050  438,820   9     9 3    6+-   14,150 2,252,490
43.100/365,020  408,120   9     9 976  6 16  12,160 2,311,350
38 250 335,670  373,920  91     9 7    63    18.050 2,378,710
61,800 331.830  393,630  9      93     6,    14,290 2,432,150
61,720 309,030  370,750  8      8      61 6  15,800 2,483,950 Dull market.
81,560 303,380  384,940  81     84     6 5   11,200 2,534,440
98,980 274,750  373,730  83     85     64    16,240 2,603,380
109,710 269,010  378,720  84     84     61    9,060 2,645,990
9.89   10.2   8.1  525,410 50,884.42




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipis, at New           York, Weekly    Exports from    New   Yorle and Rates of Freight      C(
to Liverpool 1st of each Month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 1870.
Price       SALES FOR WEEK.                      EXPORTS FOR WEEK.
of Mid-  rice __Receipts                                                          Rates of
of Mid-.fe
1869.     dling ol"'for week.                                                             Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New    plaiSpnots &  contracts g      To Great   To    North of  Other   Total  Liverpool
Orleans Uplandpot, c. Contracts         Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Pllorts Exports.
Septem. 3..   35'    35                                                                       Steam,  The market throughout this cropl
7...35     34!    3,753   4,050    1,288    1,382     766................    2,148      }d.  year, was a declining one, relievedl
10..  341   34                                                                       Sail,     occasionally by a short rally, but
14..  33     32     4,129   5,200    1,613     479.................      479    3-1;(1.  only to fall back to lower figures. 
17..   31}   30}                                                             I                  The elements of depression b)einm21..   29}   28}   1 1,985   9,731  12,722     400    1,        105.......  2,037           too strong to prevent the downward   >
24.   291   28                                                                                 tendency.
28..  29    28:   10,735   3,700   12,942   5,296      559      03 7.      6, 558 Steam,  These elements consisting of good
e1 
October 1..   28     27I d.                                                                             present, and   prospective crops,   r
5..   28    27    13,393    6,150  14,058   5,093      461    1.580........   7,1   Sail,.  taken as a whole; the unremunera"1     8..  28     27|                                                                                tive returns for Manchester goods
12..   27    26'   17.927   5,250   17,842   7,127.......    794........   7.921            and the European war existing to- 
"     15..  27     26'                                                                                ward its close between France and1 
19..  27'    26|   18,012   7,200   29,213   7,876     393    3,164           11,433            Germany.
"  22..  26'  26}                                                                             September opened very quiet, the 
26..   26'   261   13,944   6,700   22,184  10,971...  2,129            13.100           stock being light, and buyers wail-  I
" 29..      2652'  26                                                                      Steam,     ing for the new crop, which, toward
Novem. 2..     26'   261   14,913   8,075   12,238   8,832      744   1,441........ 11,017!@9-16d     the latter part of the month, beg:n 
5..   261   25'                                                                      Sail, }d.  to come forward in quantity, and   m
9..   25    25'   14,057   7,800   17,987  13,756........   1,745  1.......     501           prices dropped. 
"     12..  25'    251                                                                              There was but little cheerfulness in 
16.    25    25    15,667   9,975   23,703   6,480      664     781........   7,925            October, Liverpool accounts were
19..  254   253                                                                                unfavorable; great distress was re- 
23..  25    251   11,318    7,700  19,606    9,9033,18(........             13.089           ported inthemanufacturing districts  t
26..   25'   25'                                                                                of England; and, though the stock
30..   25    25'   19,783   11,425  19,452    7,151     440     756(   1,(654  10.001 StbIrm.   of Americans was small, prices 
Decem.   3..   25'   251'(5-161d there remained     drooping.  The
7..  25'    25'   15,426   6,000   17,191  11,049            2.572     104   13.725 Sail,       reat flurry that occurred about this 
"     10..  25     25                                                                         3-16d.  time in gold, unsettled exchange
14..  26    25a'21,219     4,000   24,931   9,532     332    1,240           11,104            and deterred  shipping, so  that
17..       26     25'                                                                                prices steadily receded.
21..   2.5   25'   13,532   5.500   25,303  11,219      160   3,296........ 14,675           In November, there was an improved
2."5         25425                                                                              demand, for a portion of the month,




Decem. 28..   25|   25    )9,037   7,350   17,421   7,461     150     394........   8,005           under which prices rallied a little,
30..    25'   25'                                                                              but, subsequently with accumula1870.                                                                                           ting- supl)lies at the ports, and unJanuary 4..   25    25    10,724   8,350   30,556   4,426.......     409........   4,835 Steam,    favorable foreign advices, the mar7.   25: 25'd.                                                                       ket a-ainl r ceded.
11..  25          12,128    8,400  24,902   5,902     512    4,743........ 11,157 Sail. Id. Prices in Dcecmber, were quite irreg"  14..  25    25                                                                               ular, thliere were occasional spurts 
18..  25     25   17,940   12,475  16,607   4,132.......     99........  4,231           of activity, with  some  speculative 
21..    25'   25                                                                               feeling, and values were better, but
25.. 25      253  20,119   10,900  16,636   4,680   1,295    1,805........  7,780           later the market fell back to about 
8
28..   26    25 7the same figures as those current
2                                                                                                                    ~
February 1..  26   25    12.785  13,475   21,590   8,856........  3,028........ 11,884 Steam,     at the opening of the month.
y~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                                                                   ~em at 7h  2peing ftemnh
" 4..  25   25                                                                     -@-     The receipts now in January, were
7.   25     25. 12,047  12,600  12,760  4,548   601    1,147     51    6,347 Sail,     about 10 per cent larger than those
8
"  11..  25    25132@3-16                                                                       of the previous year, at the same 
15..  25     25   11,307   14,375  22,960   4,425........   489........  4,914           time, and  prices fell ofl  a little, the  t
18..   24    24                                                                               crop estimates widening to two antid
22..    24    241   11,969  17,450   10,295   4,748     692   1,365.......   6,805           three-quarter millions bales, after"  25..  24    23                                                                               wards there was a better export deMarchi   1..  23    23    25,659  25,850   16,604   6,980........  2,373........    9,353 Steam,    mand, which carried figures up
"  4..  23    22                                                                     -@-       higher than before in three months.
8.   21     21   26,182   27,650  11,446  11,344   2,073    3,243........ 16,660 Sail,   The improvement was since lost, in 
11..  22     21                                                                    32@3-16   February, the market being unable
"~~~~~~~~~~ ~'
15..  22'    21   22,135   26,750   9,978  10,237........   1,924........ 12,161           to stand up against heavy receipts.
18..  24     23                                                                              and depressing foreign accounts. 
22..  23     22   11,807   24,375  15,108  11,304     569   2,320........ 14,193          The market was unsettled through
25..   23    22                                                                              March; at one time, there was much
29..  23     22   13,159    9,900   9,371   7,957   1,366   4,037........ 13,360 Steam,     pressure to sell, and prices rapidly
April    1..23'     229                                                                          d   declined; afterwards, with some
5..  23     23'   9,121   11,780  13,477   6,667   1,561     567........   8,795 Sail, id. falling offl in the receipts, there was
8.      24    23                                                                              a reaction, which, however, proved 
12..  23     23   11,516   10,800  12,566   6,515........  1,903........  8,418          but temporary.
15..    23    23'                                                                            The advices from  abroad were, in
19..  23     23    6,004    4,200  13,165   7,759     779   1,513........ 10,051            April, of a more favorable charac22..  24     23                                                                              ter, and there was considerable ac26..  24     23   16,478    9,550  12,479   5,967........   432........  6,399           tivity at rather better prices.
29..    23    23                                                                     Steam, The market in May was unsettled; at
May      3..  23    23     8,896   8.700   16,529   5,750   1,714     143..         7,607      1d   one time, with diminished receipts.
6..  23'    22 7Sail,                                                                       there was a better feeling, but ac4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10..  233    231  14,392   15,350  14.258   6,061...368...                 6,429 /@3-16d   counts from abroad were less en"  13..  2.4   231                                                                              couraging, and at the close prices  o
17..23       23   13,688  27.300   10,845   6,203     138     829........    7,170           gave way.




New York Statement for 1870.-Concluded. 
Price.   SALES FOR WEEK.                    EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
o       r MidPice _*Receipts                                                      Rates of
o   f Mid-.Freight to                                                   GENERAL REMARKS.
1870.    dlng ofMid-                   for week.
New   ctlig c    s       otTo Great              To     North of  Other   Total  Liverpool.
OrleansUpland Spots, &c. Contracts     Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
May     20..   23    234                                                                                June witnessed a steadily declining 
24..  231   23     7,116   10,850   15,437   6,473........     499........    6,972           market, the crop estimates had en27..   23    234                                                                                 larged to over three millions of 
31..   23    221   11,349   11,000   9,746    4,797.....        548........    5,345           bales, and with good prospects for 
June     3..   23    22 [                                                                      Steam,     the-growing plant, and dull foreign 
7..   224   224    8,640   10,400    7,390   6,792      59      249........    7,100      4d.  markets, there was scarcely an at- 
10.   22~   22                                                                        Sail,     tempt made to resist the downward 
14..   223   217    7,176   10,550  19,480    4,623      58      441........     5,122   5-32d    tendency
17..   22    214                                                                                In the early part of July, there was:
21..   21    21|    6,572   15,800    7,865   5,541........    1,010........   6,551             much depression, consequent upon    t
24..     214   21                                                                                  fears of war between France and,
I      21~/1,5                 047      577         1      20....,5
28..   21    21     4,780   18,750   10,467   5,757        1     280..       6,058            Prussia, but later, heavy rains,&c., 
JitIly   1.    21    201                                                                       Steam,     in some sections of the South, 
5..  204    204    2,869  12,850    8,407   6,750       99      50.6,899                  4d.  caused some speculative and spin- 
8..     20a   20                                                                        Sail,      ning demand, and prices recovered. 
12..   201   20     7,061    9,700   7,785    6,510      14      631........   7,155     5-32d The market in August became very 
15..   204   204                                                                                 dull, shippers were without mar19..   204   20     8,132   11,150    7,389   6,649........     190........    6,839           gins, prices here being higher than 
22..     204    20                                                                                  abroad, so that the business for the
26..   21    20     6,813   12,800    8,227   4,383........................     4.383            most part was for spinning and on 
29..    21     20                                                                       Steam,     speculation.                         H
August   2..   21    20     5,401   11,950   11,317   2,647...........     600    3,247      id.
5..   204   19                                                                        Sail,                Exchange. 
9..   20    194    3,599    9,900   5,933      214...............    214   -@12..   20    19s                                                                               The range of bills on London in Sep- 
16..   9 19         5,092    5,850    1,747   1,300.............       1,300           tember, was from 8@91 per cent. 
19..  20    194Ipremium, gold, down to 6(741; in 
23..   20    194    9,081   12,500    9,49    1,000..             37    1,037           October, 7@9; in November. 8@        6
26..   204   194                                                                       Steam,    84; in December, 7@84; in Janu- 
30..   20    194    5,843   11,500    6.718   1,599........................     1,599     1     ary, 8-@9; in February, 88y-; in 
Septem. 2..    204   194                                                                       Sail,     March, 74@8; in April, 74@84; i
--- — ~ --- __ ---- --- -- ---  --— ~ -.~ —~~ -- -------- —:9- ---    @-      in May, 82@9i; in June, 9@9s; in
Average price                                                                                                    l,     9 and in August, 8~(
rand totasle  24.4123.98 616,410 591,586 739,230 323,503      17,757  60,516    2,446  404.222           July, 9@      and in Au
receipa s an d                                                                                            91 per cent. premium, gold.
exports.                _________|_____________




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 587
ANNUALT REVIEW.
From the New Orleans Price Current-1869-70.
On July 11th, the telegrams from London and Paris assumed
an unexpected and warlike complexion. In our own cotton circles
they were variously construed, some regarding them as a merely
transitory excitement, and scouting the idea of war; but others,
viewing them in a much more serious light, and as well calculated
to make all prudent men adopt a more cautious policy; on the
assumption of the probability, at least, of the pending complications resulting in actual hostilities. While buyers were reluctant
to come forward, or had their orders cancelled, factors evinced
more disposition to realize, and prices gave way lc. in low
middling, with a greater reduction in the lower grades, while
stained and dusky lots were entirely nominal. On the ensuing
day the dispatches were of a more serious character, bringing
further cancellation of orders, reporting prices' at Liverpool unsettled and declining, and discouraging shipments. On the 13th
there was some revival of confidence, which continued on the 14th,
but, although prices recovered lc. at New York, the only response in our market was more steadiness in the better qualities,
while the lower grades, especially when stained and dusky, were
more than ever demoralized. On the 15th, all hopes of a pacific
solution of the European complications were dispelled, more
orders were cancelled, factors evinced greater anxiety to realize,
and prices gave way Xc. in the better qualities and gc. in the
lower grades, at which, moreover, the business was of very limited extent. After this period, notwithstanding the fluctuations
and general advance in gold and foreign exchange, prices have
continued to decline, giving way lc. during the third week, when
low middling ruled at 16 to 161, against 173 to 181c., at the commencement of the month, showing a total decline of 1lc.




588    CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
1871.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1871.
TOTAL.
Bales.  Bales.
1871.    1870.   1869.
LOUISIANA.                  -_               -_       -_
Export from New OrleansTo Foreign Ports................... 1,302,535
Coastwise...............................  238,824
Burnt and  manufacture..................   2,150
Stock on hand 1st September, 1871........  25,323
_ 1,568,832
DeductReceived from   Mobile......................  76,581
"      Florida.....................  2,691
" Texas......................  22,371
Stock on hand 1st September, 1870.........  20,696
122,342
-     -- 1,446,490 1,142,097 794,205
ALABAMA.
Export from MobileTo  Foreign  Ports.........................  287,074
Coastwise...............................  130,429
Burnt  and  lost............................  502         i
Stock on hand 1st September, 1871.........  5,466
423,471
DeductReceived from New Orleans...............   9,055
Stock on hand 1st September, 1870.........  9,743
----   18,798
TEXAS.                          --.     404,673 305,956 230,726
Export from Galveston, &c.To Foreign Ports (including 39 to Mexico).. 213,922
Coastwise...............................   94,867
Stock in Galveston, 1st September, 1871....  10,490
~-        319,279
DeductStock in Galveston, 1st September, 1870............  4,795
--      - 314,484 246,284 147,817
FLORIDA.
Export from Apalachicola, Pensacola, &c.To Foreign Ports-Uplands................       98
Coastwise-Uplands......................  7,931
Sea  Island....................  8,666
Stock in Apalachicola, 1st September, 1871..........
16,695
DeductStock on hand, 1st September, 1870................      7
16,688   23,194  13,392
GEORGIA.
Export from SavannahTo Foreign Ports-Uplands................ 460,676
("        Sea Island.............  2,835
Coastwise-Uplands..................... 260,529
Sea  Island.....................  6,839
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1871.....  3,215
---      734,094
DeductReceived from Florida-Uplands...........    1,300..".     Sea Island.........   3,968




CHRONOLOGICAL        AND    STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.       589
Statement and Total Amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States, for the
Year ending August 31, 1871-Concluded.
TOTAL.
Bales. Bales. _
1871.    1870.   1869.
Received from Beaufort, &c., Sea Island....    465
Stock in Savannah, 1st September, 1870....  2,833
8,566
-      725,528 485,374 357,253
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Export from Charleston, S. C.To foreign ports-Uplands................. 170,543
it 4     Sea  Island..............  5,107
Coastwise-Uplands...................... 172,359
Sea  Island....................  6,562
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1871....  3,443
358,014
Export from Georgetown, S. C.To New York and Boston..................       397
From Beaufort, S. C.-Sea Island..........      465
---- 358,876
DeductReceived from Florida-Uplands...........    1,593
Sea  Island.........  4,698
Received from Savannah-Sea Island.......      494
Stock in Charleston, 1st September, 1870..  1,399
/ —-/ 8,184
350,692 246,593 198,943
NORTH CAROLINA.
ExportTo foreign ports..........................      70
Coastwise................................  77,153............77,223  58,884  35,912
VIRGINIA.
ExportTo  Foreign  Ports.........................  5,417
Coastwise..................              333,906
Stock in Norfolk and Petersburg, 1st Septem ber,  1871...........................  837
340,160
DeductStock on hand 1st September, 1870.................   985
-   339,175 203,981  160,418
TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, &c.
Shipments from Memphis, Tenn............ 513,536.. "       Nashville, Tenn........... 114,829
<  (  Louisville................;  320,964."..     other places in Tennessee,
Kentucky, &c..........   93,604
Stock in Memphis, Nashville, &c., 1st September, 1871..........................  4,628
---      1,047,561
DeductShipments to Norfolk and New Orleans..... 193,137
Received at Louisville from Memphis and
Nashville..............................  267,130
Stock in Memphis and Nashville, 1st September,  1870...............................  6,481
--        466,748.-        580,813 322,386 321,891
Manufactured  at  the South................................  91,240  79,843......
Total crop of the United States, 1870-1................. 4,347,006 3,114,592 2,260,557




590    CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
Increase over  crop  of 1869-70...................................bales.  1,232,414
Increase  over crop  of  1868-69.........................................  2,086,449
Increase over crop  of  1867-68.........................................  1,916,113
Increase  over crop  of  1866-67........................................  2,395,018
Export to Foreign Ports, from     September 1, 1870, to August 31, 1871.
To Great   To    To North  Other   Total.
FROM                    Britain. France. of Europe. F'n Ports.  o
New  Orleans.......................bales.  823,032  19,171  242,981  117,351 1,302,535
Mobile..................................  240,660.......  32,558  13,856  287,074
Galveston...............................  179,916  5,637  28,330      39  213,922
P ensacola...............................   98........................   98
Savannah................................  350,546  7,532  105,433........  463,511
Charleston...............................  135,144........  22,895  17,611  175,650
N orfolk.................................  5,417........................  5,417
W ilm ington..............................    7........................  70
New  York...............................  585,390  6,529  48,445  3,778  644,142
Baltimore...............................  21,97A7........  15,690........  37,667
Philadelphia............................  806........................  806
Boston and Portland (Portland, 275 to
Great Britain)..........................  2,942........   45      293    3,280
Grand total 1870-1................ 2,345,998 138,869 496,377 152,928 3,134,172
Total 1869-70......................1,475,444  346,706  255,315  96,0942,173,559
Increase over 1869-70............. 870,554........ 241,062  56,834 960,613
Decrease from 1868-9................ 207,837........
Consumption.
Total crop of the United States, as before stated........................bales. 4,347,006
Add-Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, September 1, 1870In  the  Southern  ports........................................  46,939
In  the Northern  ports....................................  18,386
65,325
Makes a supply for the year ending August 31, 1871, of.................. 4,412,331
Deduct therefrom-The Export to Foreign ports............. 3,134,172
Less Foreign included..................  3,594
---— 3,130,578
Stocks on hand, 1st September, 1871In the Southern ports........................  53,402
In the Northern  ports.........................  55,265
108,667
Burnt at New York, New Orleans and Mobile.........   3,302
Manufactured at the South...........................  91,240
Shipped  to  Canada..................................  6,118
100,660
3,339,905
Taken for home use north of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers.........bales. 1,072,426
Taken for home use south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, and burnt....  94,542
Total consumed in the U. S. (including burnt at the ports), 1870-71....... 1,166,968




The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts at New          York, Weekly Exports from       New   York and Rates of Freight to
Liverpool 1st of each month, for the Crop Year ending September 1, 187 1.
Price of     SALES FOR WEEK.                     EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
ml     Price of                                                                    Rates of
1870.     New  Mdling                  fRe weep                                            Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New  Uland                 for week.                                          Lvrol
Orleans UplandCTo Great                            To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Spot,&c. Contracts  Britain. France. Europe. Fo'n Ports Exports.
Septem.  6..  20    20     8,790   13,800    5,167........................................ Steam,
9..   20    19 7id The events of this year are too fresh
13..   201   191    7,013   12,350   6,593    3,305........................   3305 Sail,      to need dwelling upon at length,
"   16..   20-    19~                                                                        -@-4     the chief interest centering in the 
20.      19|   18.   10,344   17,350  12,759    4,708.......................      4,708           growing crop prospects. The past
"  23..   183   18                                                                                  year having been an exceptionally
"  27..   18'   17-   10,743   32,500  12,574    4,767........................    4,767            favorable one, the yield large, and z
"30..  -     __                                                                        Steam,    the returns remunerative; it was 
October 4..    17    16}   14,252   36,550   23,805  10,630........................ 10,630 3~7-16d       given out, early this year, that the
7..   171   163                                                                       Sail,     planting would be for a very much
11..   163   16    14,994   15,050  15,833   11,759........      97........ 11,856     -(@)-   smaller crop; added to this, an un4~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
14..   161   153                                                                                 favorable, wet season, and the
18..   16    16    21,550   44,450  29,345   11,097........  363........ 11,460        present outlook favors a short cropl
" 1..    167   161   2150     4,5      934      107....
21..   17    16}                                                                                 -one unquestionably below that
25..   18    171   20,405   75,550  28,773   13,898.......    753........ 14,651             of last year; but the extent of the
"28..  17k   164                                                                       Steam,    decrease cannot now be closely
Novem. 1..     17    17    21,527   42,750   29,332  14,776........   2,171........ 16,947 ~@9-16d     estimated, as much depends upon
4..   174   17                                                                        Sail,     the appearance of early or late
8..   17k   163   23,182   48,200  27,976   17,557................  1,015  18,572 1@5-16d  frosts in the growing regions, and(
"  11..   164   16                                                                                  the weather during the picking
15..   174-  16-   23,830   40,100  34,912   13,516........     103........ 13,619             season. The full crop prospects, 
"   18..   164    16                                                                                  and weak foreign markets in Sep-.
22..   16    16,36tmecridpie on
22..  174   161   38,230   50,850  26,356   15,577........     789... 16,366              tember, carried prices down.
"25..  17k   16|'The early part of October was quiet,
29..   17    16-   24,888   28,350  39,411   16,250........   1,030........ 17,280 Steam,      but later peace rumors strength4~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Decem.   2..   164   154                                                                          9-16d.  ened holders, and there was con6..      16     15    23,717  43,706   33,926   19,848........   1,265       2   21,115 Sail,      siderable activity. In November, 
"9..  164   15                                                                        1-@5-16d  there was much fluctuation in 
13..   16    15'   21,886   45,450  32,324   22,717........   1,173........ 23.890             prices; the unfavorable attitude of
"  16..   153   15                                                                                  Russia to Turkey caused apprehen20..   16-   15}   28,821   62,025  38,427   23,655........   4,017    1,200   28,872           sions of further European conflicts,
"23..  164   154                                                                                  and there was considerable hesita-.
27..   16    153   20,278   41,550  30,408   21,125....................... 21,125 _____         tion.




New York Statement for Year 1871-Concluded.
Price of     SALES FOR WEEK.                       EXPORTS FOR WEEK.               Rates of
M'dling Price of ____________ Receipts -Freight 1o I
18d1liNewgWdling               for week.                                           Liverpool.       GENERAL REMARKS.
O15e1. s NepwM dS pon,  f.oron   week.sTo Great   To    North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
OrleansUplandSp, c.Contracts  Britain  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.                   _
Decem. 30..    16     154-                                                                              December was, for the most part,
1871.                                                                                      Steam,     dull and drooping.
January 3..    16    15    12,558   42,500   20,545  16,097........     896........ 16,993       9 16 In January, there was, at one time,
5    6..   15    15                                                                        Sail, a, little better tone, in consequence
10..   16    153   26,156   69,350   34,087  16,235........    1,067........ 17,302 5-16@gd     of the probability of a cessation of
13.  16  154,                                                                            8    the war between France and Ger"17    [  16  [ 1,06..5..14,2
17..   16    15    26,533   43,750  30,645   14,944........   1,076........ 16,020              many, and prices on the whole 
it    20..   161   15a                                                                                  were a little better, notwithstand- Z
24..   164   15|   12,913   36,600  26,139   13,942........     549........ 14,491              ing the receipts continued large.
27.  164   154                                                                                The market, throughout the most of
2" 31     163   15; [ 2, 7 7/56,   5    7 6 6/1,0
31     16    15    22,767   56,650   27,606  13,501........     759........ 14,260 Steam,       February, was dull, prices of good
February 3.    164   15                                                                          @'Id.    qualities being higher here than il
Februar3 2                                                                                      3[
7..   164   154   18,390   61,300  31,142   15,034........     150..          15,184 Sail,     Liverpool, while the crop esti.mates
10..   164   154                                                                       4@7-16d    widened to four million bales;
14..   16    1.54  20,217   56,600  28,695   12,323........   2,446       40   14,809           prices, however, were pretty well
17..      16    154                                                                                 supported, in the expectation thitt
4~~~~~~~~
21..   164    154  27,977   73,250   32.482  11,695........    1,302      60   13,057            peace in Europe, now    assure(d, 
24..        16    15                                                                                  would quicken the demand.      
28..   16    15    19727    49700    25070   17,406........    1,049      248   18,703 Steam, In March, the foreign advices were
March    3..   158   1443                                                                       @5 16d    construed morefavorably, and witli
7..   15     W 14  23,224  141,200'28,533  23,163.....    2,999      561   26,723 Sail,     now and then some little decrease
10..       15^^3' 14aI32                                                                          d.  in the receipts at the ports, and, so
14..   15    14    20,404 105,600   29,930   10.198........    3,538      141   13,877            far, very unfavorable weather for
17     2 s  154f'                                                                           planting, at the close the market
217    153 {  5
21..   it    15 1  24,407   99,700   28,629  19,615      666   4,487........24,768           was in sellers'favor.
24..   154   154                                                                               The equilibrium in prices between 
4~~~~~~~~
28..   15    154   21,166   76,000  25,564   18,731    2,058   3,121........ 23,910              here and abroad was not yet re31..   15l4   5 15                                                                      team,.   stored, and in April the market
April    4..   15    15i 21,192     46.300   18,171  14,509........    4,210........ 18,719 5-16@_d     was generally droo| ing.
7..       151   15'eZail.                                                                         In May, l he unfavorable crop reports
11..   15    15    14096    13,900   19,897  17,355     480      928........ 18,763       5-16d  began to outweigh all adverse in14'..     11     147                                                                                fluences, and prices steadily ad18..  154   14a   21,576   33,850   18,717  19,027........    2,872      411   22,310           vanced.
" 21..      154    144




April    25    15,- I 15   18. 450  41,140 1  23,501   17,736 ]   439 I    915........ 19.090            Throuahout the most of June. the
28       15  5                                                                               Steam,     business was chiefly for home use
~~~May  92 15s!   7    6. 782 156.904   16,283   10.508' 1,125        61........ 11,694        -4.    and on speculation, prices being
" 5        15~iI 1'   |! -' I                                                   Sail, I:d.  too high to admit of shipments;
9     15    151   92, 951  68,117   10.178   16,745      205    2,851........ 19.801              and though prices continue( to be
12        16   15                    i                                                                 affected more or less by unfavorit)    16     15b   21,092  106.412   10,588   10144       150      629.......11.123               able crop reports, tihe general tend- 
" 19         I6     15                                                                                      ency was downward 
0  ( 23.. 1(6 16   16.567   48,400   13,932    7909 1     702        8.........   8,619           In July, the crop accounts were
26..  171    16^[                                                                                    "much mixed" and conflicting, 
< 30.  184   17k   31.004  100.550   13,331    5,531      204       99             5.834 Steam,      and with only a moderate demand,
June     2     18 I   17d I.   prices yielded, the decline for the 
"   7.   22k    22k    12,553  42.000     8,583    9,485      59      325........   9,869 Sail,       month being about 7 cts. per lb.
1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:
9.   20     193                                                                          o@    (1. August was dull. with prices in buy- 
13       20k    201   18,280   64,500   15,732    1,836........................    1,836. ers' favor, until later in the month,
16.^.  214.   204                                                                                    when, with small offerings and        Z
20..     21    20k   17,426   83,200    9,147    2,286........      143             2,429            further unfavorable crop reports,
23..  20[ 201                                                                                       values reacted a little, the prices 
27..  201    19     4,967   76,950   12,833      607................       100      707            at the close being only I cent lower
30..  21{    204a                                                                         Steam,     than at the commencement of the 
July     4.    -       -    12,846   41,250    5,516       70.......................          70         d. 70  month.
7 7.._     2      21                                                                           Sail,
"     11     21     21    19,880   78,350   11,277      544........................        544    5-32d.             Exchange.
"     14..   21     21                                                                                    The range for 60 days' commercial
18.   21     204    8.456   74,800    9,015      937.........................       937            bills on London, in September, was    t
"     2.. 212       20.                                            from  8k to 9j per cent. premium,
" 25.        213    20a   16,242   53,900    7,275    1,116................   1,116             gold; in October, 7@,9; in No"t    28..   20 7   204                                                                          Steam,     vember, 81-@9; in December, 8@9; 
4                                                                                       3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
August. 1.     20     19.    9,097   81,800     6,159    1.725.................   1,725       Id    in January, 8i@9; in February, 8 ~
4  19]    "4~~4 
ii 4   4..   20k    19k                                                                          Sail,      @9|; in March, 8a@9&; in April, 
g      8..   19     19     8,638   53,300    7,980    2,100.........                    2,100..2jd.      9i@j9; in May, 9@i10j; in June,
1I..         194    19                                                                                      91@103; in July, 9|~10|, and 
7, 
15.    184    188    13,836  66,750    4,711    2,162      200................     2,362             August, 84@94.
" 18..  194   18|4
"     22..   194    184   13,098   69,300    5,235    9,556........................      9,556
"     25..   194    19 
29..   194    19     5,769   98,350    4,649    6,496................  6,496 Steam,
Septem. 1..    20     19d.
-     ------   ---    ---     ----     ---       -. ---       ----      --       — a ---         Sai,
Average price                                                                                        3-16d.
and total sales,-6d
andeipttasnals,17.60 1695 954,987 2,962,804 1,049,698 586,453     6,588  48,141    3,778  644,960
receip orts.and                                6,,
exp  orts.                                                      _ _ _ _  _ _ _ __           _ _ _    _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _




594     CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL IIISTORY               010O COTTON.
COTTON AT LIVER
RECEIPTS.                              SALES.
WEEK ____________._____-______-_-___
ENDING.
American  E. I.  Egypt. Brazil. Other.Total.  Con-   Specu-Export.Total.
sumption. lation.
ian. 5.. 129,716 35,694   9,2595,0802,834182,583        41,6301,300   6,720   49,650
12.    63.191  7,589 15,078  7,456  1,793  95,107  64,690  4,010 10,640  79,340
19..  73,025  2,019  1,807 12,354  2,268  91,473  69,090  6,320 13,110  88,520
26..   34,751 12,527 16,487  9,114    424  73,303   68,080  7,920 18,950  94,950
Feb. 2..   42,828  6,559  9,290  8,634  2,063  69,374  44,880  4,790 16,460  66,130
9..       61,137 11,585  6,037 11,905  1,586  92,250  44,210  1,900 13,050  59,160
"   16.. 161,212 14,619  8,249  4,189  7,315 195,584  47,930  3,130 10,530   61,590
23..      52,750  4,428 14,527 20,703  1,126  93,534  62,360  4,830 17,390  84,580
Mch. 2.     18,515.......1,862  1,110    986  22,473   52,370  2,620 14,630  69,620
"     9 100,861 10,924  4,973 14,451  1,028 132,237  49,030  4,890 18,410  72,330
16.. 106,040 11,142   9,0661,829      191 128,268  57,580  6,700 14,510   78,790,23..    54,270 10,115  2,658  8,685  2,491  78,219  64,310  9,010 11,300  84,620
30..     17,223 18,742   797  9,869  3,437  50,068   57,520  9,020 15,120  81,660
April 5..   46,080     2  7,822 10,112  2,795   66,811  40,670  2,100  8,600  51,370
t   13.. 101,798 14,799  4,820  4,294     39 125,750   38,190  2,040  7,160  47,390
20.. 135,554 11,835   1,446 23,463  1,943 177,241   54,930  3,870 12,340  71,140
27..   43,708 31,525  5,479 14,300  4,780  99,792  57,830  8,180 15,690  81,700
May   4..   91,045  7,237  4,910  4,120  1,709109,021   54,310 10,800 17,520  82,630
11..    32,501  8,849........5,609  1,346  48,305  54,680 10,190 13,430  78,300
18..   24,973 16,406  8,745  8,894    756  59,774   64,970 22,190 19,420 106,580
25..    45,233    36  3,938  4,474    114  53,795   62,290 17,160 19,710  99,160
June  1..   93,500 13,619  2,531  8,199   548 118,397   45,700 17,660 19,300  82,660
8..    17,170  7,163   791 16,700    337   42,161  77,490 46,960 19,700 144,150
15..   93,546  1,929  6,760 20,657  1.900 124,792  71,110 36,590 25,930 133,630
22..    38,457 13,515  2,361  8,595  1,089  64,017  79,070 38,570 19,820 137,460
29..   15,970   107  2,362  7,868  2,051  28,358   71,380 15,010 11,620  98,010
July   6..  31.354 26,760  6,010 10,250  2,169  76,543  74,810 33,620 14,110 122,540
13..   10,888  3,777  1,780  6,258  2,709  25,412   80,960 38,250  7,770 126,980
20..    25,249 13,510  3,371  9,683  1,212  53,025  43,690 15,890  9,980  69,560
27..   28,926 49,686    912 13,122  3,241  95,887   54,330 15,500  7,820  77,650
Aug. 3.     16,336 11,805   758  2,383  1,250  32,532   51,580  7,330  5,150  64,060
10..   4,861  7,024  1,413  5,009    894  19,201  42,660  4,880  5,710   53,250
17.     1,762  1,214   558    812  2,941   7,287  49,660  9,170  5,830   64,660: 24..     14,837 46,325   962 14,808    245  77,177   64,190 27,320 10,500 102,010
31..    6,600 22,737    237  8,332  9,347  47,253   82,240 31,520 10,700 124,460
Sept. 7..   26,158  6,378  1,181 14,259  2,459  50,435  82,470 25,810 10,660 118,940
14..   14,233 1.0,194   176  3,328  5,667  33,598  52,900 14,480  9,430  76,810
21.    8,664  6,691  1,197  5,265    265  22,082   45,500 10,940  8,820  65,260
28.   8,496  2,682    415  4,028    422  16,043   52,310  7,480  6,050  65,840
Oct. 5      25,347 140,921  1,034 22,943  6,382 196,627 118,260 49,490 15,450 183,200
12.".  16,114 12,000  1,546  5,231  6,043  40.934  61.370 24,720 10,740  96,830
"  19..  10,998 15,297  2,329  9,179   580  68,383   56,540 17,740 10,270  84,550
"  26..  21,485 46,933  4,224  5,883  2,484  81,009  36,020  6,050 10,620  52,690
Nov. 2..   12,764 21,911  3,802 18,615  6,271  63,363  52,570 14,970 11,850  79,390
9..    18,211.......3,109 11,126  2,058  34,504  45,000  5,420  9,770  60,190
"  16..  15,828 59.982 18,918 19,342  6,474 120,544  71,930 12,900 13,820  98,650
23.     23,946 36,107  9,586  6,027    177  75,843   79,270 19,810 12,580 111.660
"  30..  18,436  9,612  2,772 13,685  1,688  46,193  78,060 22,980 22,380 123,420
Dec. 7..    20,844  3,994 11,419 11,285   744  48,286   75,960 19,380 20,330 115,670
14.     63,542 23,616 19,681  7,691  3,334 117,864  89,490 23,360 19,480 132,330
"  21.  36,323  3,393  2,915  5,676   433  48,740  58,300  7,700  7,860  73,860
28..   56,738  6,844 12,520 13,582  3,660  93,3441 38,900  5,540  8,640  53,080
Average prices                             94,55
&ttaalesre- 2222024 885,978 264,480509,46710,898 4, 003,027 3,135,270 763,700 676,580 4575,550
ceipts &  stocks.              I             I'     




CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.      595
POOL. YEAR 1871.
STOCKS.            PRICES.
ACTUAL CONSUMP-.           RMARKS.
EXPORT.  TION.
Ameri- Other. Total.  Mid. Mid. Fair
can.                 Up.  Orl. Dliol.
212,440 307,240 519,680 71.  83  61     6,720   41,630 January 5th, heavy import, mar234,460 315,630 550,090 71-  8  I 63   10,640  106,320  ket dull; 26th, aspect of for264,160 308,330 572,490 76  8   I 68   13,110  175,410  eign politics more favorable.
247,120 318,760 565,880 8 1 8'   6     18,950  243,490
255,320 323,480 578,800 7-  8- I 6 3   16,460  288,370 February  2d, market heavy,
276,730 333,660 610,390 75  77 6I      13,050  332,580  prices declining; 23d, better
400,350 350,470 750,820 71  7-1 61     10,530  380,510  tone, but checked by large re400,660 363,890 764,550 7I  76  66     17,390  442,870  ceipts at American ports.
369,740 340,560 710,3007 L  71   61    14,630  495,240 Market dull and freely supplied.
421,630 346,570 768,200 71  7 716  6   18,410  544,270
465,920 338,580 804,500  7   5   511   14,510  601,850 Increased demand, slight im452,460 327,890 780,350 71  73   6     11,300  666,160  provement.
415,200 335,040 750,240 7 16  73  61   15,120  723,680
417,470 333,760 751,230 7i  7 1  61     8,600  764,350 Market quiet.
479,150 334,280 813,430 71  71-,  6     7,160  802,540
569,850 353,740 923,590 71  7'   6     12,340  857,470 Depressed in tone.
562,680 388,940 951,620 7i  7i   57    15,960  915,300 Market steady.
607,300 386,990 994,290 7 5I  7  5_    17,520  969,610
592,240 373,860 966,100 73  75   53    13,430 1,024,290
562,150 375,100 937,250 71  7A   6     19,420 1,089,260 Strong feeling, prices hardening.
559,960 353,490 913,450 7"x  74  6,6   19,710 1,151,550' 6  8     3
611,560 355,930 967,490 77  8 1  6     19,300 1,197,250 Advancing tendency.
578,980 334,990 913,970 8_-  81  6 i   19,700 1,274,740
615,500 329,740 945,240 8   8   6     25,930 1,345,550
595,200 314,480 909,680 8   81iS  6 7  19,820 1,424,920 Large inquiry.
437,700 275,620 713,320 8  81   68   11,620 1,496,300
423,590 291,720 715,310 9"  93   74    14,110 1,571,110 Stock taken, proving 135,760
392,090 268,550 660,640 9   91   7176   7,770 1,652,070  bales below estimates, market
385,260 275,240 660,500 9   91   73     9,980 1,695,760  excited'
379,720 319,470 699,190 9   96 94  7    7,820 1,755,090
362,420 310,530 672,950 8"  9I   7      5, 150 1,7801,670
1 6  4Ii  7k    5,15 1,801,670
340,610 303,220 643,830 8   91   7      5,710 1,844,330
309,800 286,400 596,200 8   91    8     5,830 1,893,990
284,220 319,740 603,960 91l6  9.  7    10, 500 1,958,180 Good general demand.
248,920 312,660 561,580 9,%  9196  7  10,700 2,040,420
231,100 290,330 521,430 9   93   7-    10,660 2,122,890
221,670 276,470 498,140 9-  94   75     9, 430 2,175,790 Market steady.
207,800 259,910 467,710 9 1f6  9I1  71  8,820 2,221,290
184,710 239,170 423,880 976  9_1  71    6,050 2,273,600
156,120 343,430 499,550 9 8 10i  72    15,450 2,391,860 Market excited,prices advancing.
144,040 327,370 471,410 94  1016  716  10,740 2,453,230 Bank rate raised to 5 per cent.
131,110 342,530 473,640 91  9i   73    10,270 2,509,770
134,120 384,730518,850 9   9 3  7i    10,620 2,545,790 Tone heavy, supply abun ant.
117,520 399,540 517,060 91  93   7k    11,850 2,598,360
111,030 386,730497,760 93   9 1  717    9,770 2,643,360
88,370 450,580 538,950 9 2  91 1  7k  13,820 2,715,290 Firm market.
74,350 451,750 526,100 9,  9 6  71    12,580 2,794.560 Hardening tendency.
56,960 429,300 486.260 98  9L   7     22,380 2,872,620
41,230 403,990 445,220 94  10 6  7 7  20,330 2,948,580 December 14th, active market,
69,610 388,860 458,470 10  10'  71%   19,480 3,038,070  bank rate reduced to 3 per
77,190 360,800 437,990 911 1016  7 2   7,860 3,096,370  cent; 21st, quieter tone; 28th,
168,800 398,100 566,900 9+  101  72     8,640 3,135,270  Stock taken, proving 84,630
____ ____ ____ ___4_____  ___ bales above estimate.
8.55  8.8  6.73 676,580   60,294




1872.       The semi-weekly Price and Weekly Sales and Receipts at New            York, Weekly Exports from         New York' and
Rates of Freight to Liverpool lst of each month,for the Crop           Year ending September 1, 1812.
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Price of Price of Sales for Receipts                         |a__ __                Rates of
1871.      Middling   Middling   week.  for week. —------------------------------             Freight to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New Orleans  Upland... To Great   To     Nor  of   Other    Total  Liverpool. 
Briiain.  France  Europe.  o'n Ports Exports. 
Septem. 5.. 201-21       19(@,20| a
8.. 21i@ —      20,O@-      12,877    1,032   7,924........................     7,924 Steam,
" 12.. 21@211       207@21                                                                         d. 
15..  21@1  21   21  @ )21    9,512   1,024    3,644........................     3,644  Sail, 
19.. 21g@20,20,,      @20                                                                     3-16d. 00
22..  203@ 201   20  @ 193    8,348     910    5,009.......................      5,009
26.. 20o(K201    19@19|                                                                                                                  z
29..  204@-      ]9@) -      12,828    1,219   7,221........................     7,221
October 3.. 201@20       193@20W
6.. 208@205     201 (C20   16,491    1,157   11,405........      279........ 11,684 Steam, 
o 10..20~ -'     19   --                                                                       id.                                        >
13.. 205@20|     20  t20O    16,849   1,758   14,271........       57........ 14,328 Sail,
"i    17.. 20-@201     202@195                                                                    3-16d... 20. 20        19~   19@187      10,764    2,495  14,906       24................ 14,930
"     24.. 19    -     - 18@,27.. 19@    -    18-@,18|    11,765   3,439   13,873........      49........ 13,922 Steam, [
"     31.. 19    198l5 @18a                                                                           d
Novem. 3.. 191~I193      18@2182    14,952    4,168   11,267........    1,090.          12,357 Sail, 
"    7.. 193-        181.@-                                                                     5-16d. 
10.. 19    _    18 @-       14,387   4,984   13,104................ 13,104
14.19i@-        18 (@185 
" 17.. 19        --    185@-       21,431   4,552   12,241       29      443........ 12,713
" 21..19- -           183G@ -
24.. 19|@197     181@ 191    17,514   4,964   12,943........   1,311........ 14,254 Steam,
28.. 19@919|        19@419                                                                        3d.
Decem... 193197     19 @19k     12,598    4,345   11,401........     618....... 12,019 Sail,
5.. 197@20      191  19                                                                    5-16d. 
8.. 20 @208     19.@195    22,673    4,330    7,478........      573......    8,051                         C
12.. 20@207           20 @20 
" 15.. 20@_20          201@197     17,800   4,171   11,662               709........ 12,371
<    19.. 201@20 7   19~@o20
"     22.. 21    ---   20  i —     12,657   3,936    7,072........     200......    7,272
26.. 21    2     201 20J-20




Decem. 29.. 20|@-         20 OR-       4,359    4,146     3,646      160      200........    4,006 Steam,
1872.                                                                                                   Id.
January 2.. 20@213        20j(@)20
5.. 21-  21| -   20@214      14,629    3,401    4,694       48       25     1,196    5,963 Sail,
9.. 22|22W       21L@213                                                                      7-32(d.
12.. 22(@227      21 @221    17,392    5,051   10,111       61      505........ 10,677
16..22|@22       217@214a
19.. 225(227      217@22      15,757    4,334    5,806       71       23...     5,900 
23.. 22~221       22~@26.. 221@221      217@22|     10,971    4,131   10,475       79      122........ 10,676
"  30.. 22@23        22 @22g-                                                                   Steam,
February 2.. 23 @23i      22@22       23,715    4,818     7,780       19       75........    7,874       -d.
6.. 23@23~         23 @231                                                                    Sail,
9.. 23|@23         23|@23      20,525    3,185     7,831........       67........     7,898    3-16d.
13.. 23(@231      231@227
16.. 231@233      227@233      9.414    4,410   11,551        9      229........ 11,789 
20.. 234@235      23|C,233
23.. 23(    231   227@223     11,329    3,519    4,066........     155........   4,221
27.. 231@23         22@22j
March     1.. 22a@22      22@221       9,680     4,112    9,738      500       17........ 10,255 Steam,
5.. 23   2,23    2j22                                      22d.
8.. 23 ~2     22~@22         14,839    3,966    9,068........      30.......     9,098 Sail,
12.. 22@22g       221@22                                                                       3-16d. 
15.. 22@231       223@22       8,555    3,083    7,654........      19.......   7,673
19.   23 @227     22s  22~
22.. 222  @23     22~22       18,160    3,613    7,421......................        7,421
26.. 23 @235      22{@238
29.. 23@233         231@233     22,822    4,092   11,100........       26........ 11,126 Steam,
April     2.. 24 @237     23j@23'                                                                          id.
"   5.. 23(j-       23@-        13,436    3,043     5,844........      40........   5,884 Sail,   d.
9.. 237@-        23_@12.. 23 —-        23@-        10,074    2,922   10,622.......................      10,622
16.   24 @-       23g@-~
19.. 24 @-        235@-       12.186    2,678    6,513........................      6,513
23.. 23~-@-       23   -
26..    237   24    23 @ 235     6,335    2,135    3,996........................    3,996  Steam,
30.. 241@24       23-@23                                                                          id. 
May       3.. 24@-        23(@-        3,275      781       984.......................        984 Sail, 
7.. 24124        233R235                                                                      3-16d.
10 2            4(~3'7                3
IO.241k7Q24                 2.902      326
10.. 244@24       233@237      2.902      326      734........................        734
14.. 241    243   237  24
17.. 24    ~-    24 -4 -     3.047       689    2,657                                2,657  __




New York Statement for Year 1872-Concluded.
Go
EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK
Price of   Price of  Sales for Receipnt        -____-_______                         Rates of 
1872.      Middling   Middlilng   week.  for week.                                             Freighlt to        GENERAL REMARKS.
New Orleans  Upland.                     To Great I  To     North of  Other    Total  Liverpool.
Britain  France. Europe. Fo'nPorts Exports.
May      21.. 24j@251     241o247
24.. 25'@26      25*@26      10,862    1,043      459........        8........     467
28.. 26 @26A       26 @26j
31.. 26|@-         26|@-       12,332      466    2,076........................      2,076 Steam,
June      4.. 27(&27      27-@27                                                                        4Id.
7.. 26-~-          263@-        6,528    1,065    2,354........   2,354 Sail,
11.. 26-@,26-    261_@264                                                                     3-16d.
14..  264@ 26h   261@  26~    3,753    1,829    6,651.......................    6,651, 18. 261@ —           26@ —21..  26 @  -    26@   --     8,681    1,647    1,032........................     1,032
25.. 26~1@-      26'@ —
"  28.   26i@26|    26~@26       5,755             1,439051                            1,439
July      2.. 26 @25a     25|@251
"   5..  -@~-         -          14,305     901    1,646......................     1,64(; Steam, 
9.. 25(~@241-   25 @24                                                                         id.
44                                                                                      4
12..  21@  241   233@  24.    3,800      369      789........................       7 9  Sail,
16.. 24 @231     23-@23;-16d.
19.. 22~@22g     22|@22       9,754      382    1,551       65................     1,616
23.. 22@221 2223@22
26..  22   -     22    -      6,468      294    1,840.......................    1,840 
30.. 21j@21U      21@(21- 
August    2.. 21@a21a     21|@2l      14,590     351     6,950......................      6.950 Steam,
6.. 21j@22      21 @21- 5                                                                       d.
9    22  @ 224  215@  213   11,962      104    9,068........................     9,068  -ail,
13.   22@-       21@-3-16d.
16.   22 @ —     213@.-       8,266      190    7,688.....................  7,688
20.   22422,      21-( @-,22         2 1                                                                      1(2
23.  22~@22I' 2@22          11,558     297     5,570................    5,570 
"  27    227 @      22 @-              _ 
30    221@223    21@21       11,493      219    4,907...                         4.907.
Average prices
and totalsales,
receipts and                         616.955  127,127  361,732    1,065    6,870    1,196  370,863
exports,_________ ___




CIIHRONOLOGICAL A.ND STATISTICAL HISTORY               OF COTTON.       599
CONSUM/IPTION OF COTTON IN EUROPE,
INCLIUDING CONTINENT.
I bring    down     to  1867, Stolterfoht &       Co.'s statement of the
consumption of cotton in Europe; for the period commencing with
the   year ending      October 1, 1867, I present M. Ott-Trumpler s
statement, which affords a comparative view of the five years ending Oct. 1, 1871:
THE DELIVERIES IN EUROPE DURING THE YEAR FROM OCTOBER 1, 1870, TO SEPTEMBER
30, 1871, IN BALES.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Alrerican.| Indian.  Brazil.  Egypt.  Sundry.  Total.
Stock in the ports, Oct. 1, 1870.  14(6,000  303,000  54,000  20,000  36,000  559,000
Impl)orts during the season (49,000 bales from Continent).... 2.299,000  977,000  469,000  253,000  135,000 4,133,000
Total.................... 2445,000,000  523     273,000  171,0004,692,000
Exports to the Continent (962,000 bales, American 1,000
bales)......................  43,000  533,000   58,000  11,000   18,000  963,000'
2,10)2,000  747,000  465,000  262,000  153,000 3,729,000
Total in the ports, September 30, 1871.............  177,000  189,000  86,000  21,000   34,000  507,000
Consumption.....1,925,000               5582000  379,000  241,000  119,000 3.222,000
CONTINENT.
Stock in the ports, O()ct. 1, 1870.  100,000  55,000  18,000  2,000  25,000  200,000
Iml)orts of the season direct from
countries of production   at
Havre, Marseilles, Bordeaux,
Nantes, Antwerp, Rotterda m,
Amsterdam, Bremen, Hamburg, Trieste, Genoa, Venice,
and Naples.................  617,000   296,000  95,000  87,000  151,000 1.186,000
Export from Et gland to the (Continent, deduction being made
for 49,000 bales re-exl)ortation
froln Enll land, and 1,000 bales
to Anerica.................   314,000  522,000.  48,000   11,000  18,000  913,000
Total..........1......... 1,03,000  813:,000'  161,000  100,000  194,0002,999,000
tocks in the ports, Sept. 30, 1871  11 2,000  80,000  21,000  4,000  36,000  253,000
Consu pipltion..................   919,000  73,000  140.000  96,000  158,00012,046, 000
Tlle receipts at the ports of Spain, Sweden, and Russia, from
American and       other countries, and        the consumption       in Italy of
l'ative cotton, are not included in these tables of consumption.




00O    CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON.
ENGLISH CONSUMPTION.
American. Indian.   Brazil.  Egypt.  Sundry.    Total.
1870-71...............bales. 1,925,000  558,000  379,000  241,000  119,000 3,222.000
1869-70.................... 1,304,000  834,000  361,000  168,000   93,000) 2,760.000
1868-69...................   877,000.913,000  493,000  175,000  129.000  2,;87,.000
1867-68....................  1,197,000  799,000  533,000  182,000  111, (00  2.822.000
1866-67................. 1,016,000  815,000  298,000  160,000  125,00() 2,414,000
CONSUMPTION OF CONTINENT.
1870-71............... bales.  919,000  733,000  140,000  96,000  158,000  2,040(,000
1869-70....................  608,000  623,000  165,000   58,000   173,000 1,627.000
18,68-69.....................  545,000  850,000  191,000  61,000  269,000  1.91(;6.000
1867-68.....................  538,000  723,000  175.000   69,000  277, 000  1, 7,2000
1866-67....................  532,000  777,000  152,000   55,000   217,00)  1,733 000
CONSUMPTION OF EUROPE.
American  Indian.   Brazil.  Egypt.   Sundry.   Total.
1i70-71.............. bales 2,844,000 1,291,000  519,000  337,000  277,000 5,268.000
1869-70..................... 1,912,000 1,457,000  526,000  226,000  266.000 4.387.000
1868-69....................  1,422,000  1,763 000  684.000  236,000  398,000  4,503.000
1867-68....................  1,735,000  1,522,000  708,000  251,000  388.000  4.604. 000
1866-67.....................  1,548,000  1,592,000  450,000  215,000  342,000  4,147,000
STOCK IN ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 30.
1871.......................bales.  507,000   1868.............................  513,000
1870.............................  559,000   1867.............................  91,1 ( 00
1869.............................  489,000   1866.............................  945 000
DETAILS OF STOCK IN THE PORTS OF THE CONTINENT, SEPT. 30, 1871.
Havre............... bales.  102,000  Bremen..........................   35.000
Bor(leaux  and  Nantes.............  4,000  Hamburg........................  12,000
M arseilles........................  20.000  Trieste...........................   13.0 00
Anvers............... 15,000 Genoa...........................    8,000
Rotterdam.......................   5,000                                   -
Amsterdam..................  39.000  Total....................... 253,00
The following       is a recapitulation      of some     of   the  principal
figures:IMPORTATIONS INTO EUROPE FOR YEAR
American.   Indian.   Sundry.    Total.
1866-67......................   bales. 1,495,000  1.524,000  1,077.000  4,096.000
1867-68..................................  1,572,000  1,307,000  1,247,000  4,426,000
1868-69..................................  1,362,000  1,856,000  1.2541,000  4,472.1000
1869-70................................  2,084,000  1  419,000  1,060,000  4,563.000
1870-71..................................  2,887,000  1,203,000  1,180,000  5,270,000
STOCK IN EUROPE, SEPTEMBER 30.
1867...............................bales.  297,000  518,000  277,000  1,032,000
1868....................................  134,000  303,000   177,000    614,000
1869....................................   74,000    396,000   113.000   583.000
1870...................................    246,000   358,000    155,000   759,000
1871...................................  189,000   269,000   202,000   769,000




CHRONOLOGICAL AND           STATISTICAL HISTORY          OF COTTON.       601
CONSUMPTION IN EUROPE.
Total weight
Av. w't                       American.   Indian.   Sundry      Total.     in lbs.
bales.                                       -                 -     --
371 11s. 1866-67...... bales.  1,548,000  1,592,000  1,007,000  4,147,000 1,539 millions
364 lbs. 1867-68............ 1,735,000   1,522,000  1,347,000  4,604,000 1,676   "
355 Ibs. 1868-69...........   1,422,000  1,763,000  1,318,000  4,503,000 1,599 
374 lbs. 1869-70............   1,912,000  1,457,000  1,018,000  4,387,000 1,640  "
386 lbs. 1870-71............ 2,844,000  1,291,     1,133,000  5,268,0002,033 
The importations into Europe, as compared with the preceding
season, are as follows:
American.  Indian.   Brazil.  Egypt.   Sundry.   Total.
1870-71............... bae 2,887,000 1,203,000  564,000  330,000  286,000 5,270,000
1869-70.....................2,084,0001,49,000    532,000  226,000   302,000 4,563,000
Increase...............  803,000.......   32,000   104,000........  707,000
Decrease..........................16,000..............  16,000
RECAPITULATION.
Stock October 1, 1870....... bales.  759,000 Clsumption..............bales. 5,268,000
Arrivals....................... 5,270,000 Exported................   1,000
Stock. September 30, 1871.......  760,000
Total.......................  6,029,000  Total......................   6,029,000
The consumption         of Europe, estimated in pounds (see above),
this season shows an increase over last season of 24 per cent., and
over 1859-60 of 16 per cent.
Below is the proportion by weight which the different sources
of production have yielded for European consumption:
A m erica...............................................................  60  per  cent.
In d ia..................................................................  23 
Sundry................................................................  17
100 per cent.
CONSUMPTION PER WEEK.
England.  Continent.  Europe.
1866-67....................................... bales.    46,423     33,327    79,750
18, i7-68............................................   54,269     34,270    88,539
18(i -(i9.............................................  49,750    36,846    86,596
1869-70............................................    53,077     31,288    84,365
1870-71............................................      61,961     30,347   101,308




602 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
THE QUESTION OF ACREAG:E.
A friend, who has been traveling nearly all the past summer on
business among the planters of Mississippi, Tennessee, and North
Alabama, took pains to ascertain from every planter, with whom
he came in contact, how many acres he planted in cotton this year,
and how many last year; each time entering the facts in his
pocket memorandum. The following is the result:
In 23 counties in Tennessee, 358 small planters show an increase
this year over last of 75 per cent. In 21 counties in North and
West Alabama, 198 planters, small and large, show an increase of
36 per cent. In Mississippi, 1,287 planters, in every county in the
State, show an increase of 42 per cent.
I have long known that the returns of the Agricultural Bureau
were unreliable. The increase and decrease in acreage, with the
rise and fall in price, has been much greater than it has been estimated. I suppose that the increase or diminution is much greater
among small planters than large ones. I annex particulars of the
358 planters in Tennessee, with the names of the counties. The
facts are important, as illustrating the elasticity of the new system
of labor, and how largely the production depends upon the price;
or rather the relative prices of breadstuffs and provisions. No crop
estimate in the future should have any weight that is not based
upon a thorough understanding of the question of acreage:
Crop Statement of Tennessee for 1871 and 1872.
Plan-     County.    Bales,  Bales,  Plan-  County.  Bales,  Bales,
ters.                1871.  1872.  ters.            1871.  1872.
1 Benton County.........  3  7  26 Werkley Co., continued..  15  20
2                     5..........  5  27..........  10  12
3..........   G  10  28..........  15  20
4..........  4   5  29..........  10  15
5..........  8  15  30 "..........13         20
6.........  10  12  31 "........         14   20
7..............  6  8  32..............  9  12
8..............  3  5  33.........  6   15
9                     4    5 34..........           4   10
10 Werkley County......... 10  12  35..........  10  15
11         "..........  6   8  36 Gibson County..........  15  30
12..........  20  25  37..........  15  22
13........  24  30  38..........  10  25
14..............  10  13;: ).............  30  30
15...............  15  20  40..........  25  25
16................  1  41..............  10  30
17.....................  20  42.............  5  20
18....................             12   15
19 ".........44...........  7  15
20..........  6  15  45.9.........  9  10
21.............  10  2 G i 4()..........  10  15
22                     8..........   8  10  47..........  10  20
23..........  10  I  48   ".........  I   15
24                    1...........   18 10  -n  c- 1
25                    1.........  18 20  Amount carried forward..  4811  794




CHRONOLOGICAL AND          STATISTICAL HISTORY         OF COTTON. 603
Crop Statement of Tennessee for 18 71 and 18 7 2.-LContinued.
Plan-        County.         Bales, Bales, Plan-       County.         Bales, Bales,
ters.                        1871.  1872.  ters                        1871.  1872.
Amount brought forward.    481   794110 Tipton County, coutinued     12     15
49 Gibson County, continued   13     20  111...........  2     25
50..........    16     22  112....30             35
51........    17     20  113..........     20    30
52                            15    30   114 Lauderdale County......   10    17
53              ~..........   12     15 115             11..........    11    18
54..........    23    30   116..........     9    12
55..........    18     25  117.........    15    18
56 Lake  County................ 20  118..........    16    20
57..............      15  119..........    14    20
58'..........     6     20  120.........    20    15
59"..........        25  121..........     10    12
60................   20   122..........     15    12
61................    18  123..........     12    10
62              -...............  17   124.......... 8     10
63................   10   125..........      9    15
64................   15  126.......... 10    20
65..............   10   127..............   20
66................   12   128................    15
67..........   5     10  129..........   0...... 1
68..........  3     15  130................    12
69..........     4     10  131 Haywood County........    20    25
70 Oliver County...........          10  132..........    30    35
715                                   81  34.........                  4.   4..........  40 4
72..........     3      5  134..........    25    30
73..........                   3      8  135..........    27    35
74..........    10     15  136..........    22    30
75................     10  137..........     18    25
76................    12  138..........    15    22
77................    15  139..........     16    27
78..............    10  140..........   30    20
79.........6141                                        22..........   20
80................  5   142..........     18    25
81................143.........                         19    15
82..........     3     10  144.........      30    37
83..........     4     10  145..........     32    40
84..........     5     15  146..........     20    22
85..........     6     18  147..........    75   100
86..........     7     10  148..........     25    50
87       "..........  5    10  149..........  30    75
88..........     6     8   150..........     40    80
89..........   3     8   151..........    27    35
90             4..........     4    10  152..........     20    15
91..........     5    14  153..........     22    20
92..........           5  154..........    32     35
93..........    10    15   155..........     38    45
94.........12   18156                              42     50
95..........                  20    25  157 Fayette County......   27    30
96..........                  10    15  158..........                  25    35
97..........    11    20   159..........     30    25
98 Tipton  County.........    15    20   160..........    44     50
99..........  15   30   161..........     42    62
100               1.........12  25  162                            26     3
01..........    18    30   163..........    22     20
102.........     9    15   164..........     17    25
103..........    20    20  165                            23     30
104..........    10    12   166..........    28     35
105..........    11    15  167........     32     40
106..........    20    25   168...                        23     38
107..........    18    25   169........                   27     42
108.........     17    30,
109.........     15    20      Amountcarriedforward..2,3703,617




604 CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
Crop Statement of Tennessee for 1871 and 1872.-Continued.
Plan-     County.     Bales, Bales,Plan-  County.    Bales,Bales
ters.                 1871.  1872  ters.             1871.  1872.
Amount brought forward. 2,3703,617 231 Henry County, continued.  7 15
170 Hardman County....... 30  45. 232.........   8   10
171.......... 33  55 233...........    20
172.......... 37  60 234     "................ 15
173.........  22  30 235    "................ 22
174..........  28  40  236...............  18
175.......... 15  25 237    "............
176.......... 10  20 238............10
177..........15      239..........  5   15
178.......... 15  10 240     "..........  6   10
179.......... 20  35 241..........  4   10
180.........  2   30 242                      7..........  7 15
181                     1.......... 8 35 243..........  8  10
~ ~~~~..........o
182 Madison County.........22 30244                   5   10
183.......... 17  25 245     i........  10   20
184.......... 18  30 246..........  20  20
185.......... 25  60 247..........  5   10
186.......... 22  30 248..........           10   15
187.......... 18  35 249..........            6   10
188......... 15  20 250..........  4   10
189.......... 10  15 251                      5    8
190.......... 10  10  252 Perry  County...........  5  12
191...   12   17 2530..........         10   10
192.......... 8   18 254..........  7   15
1934"..........       40   75 255..........  8   10
194.......... 30  50 256.......... 10   15
195.......... 10  20 257..........  5 15
196    ".......... 15  25 258..........  5   10
197 Henderson County    6   10  25................   10
198..........  4  15 260............... 5
199    "......... 10  20 261................   10
200.......... 15  25 262 Dickson County.........  3 10
201.........  5   10 263..........            7   10
202..........  2...... 20 264 "..........  5   12
203................ 15 265,.........  5    8
204    "................  0 266..........         6   10
205                          52 7 4................     4   0
206..........  10 30  268.........  5   10
207         6.......... 20  6 6 269         0.........  I 0 15
208.........  5   15 270..........           15   25
209..........     25 25 71..........         20   20
210..........15                              1 272..........  18  25
211.......... 9  20   "              35.........
212.......... 11  20  274..........  5    8
213                     13  15 275..........  10  12
214 Carroll County..........   7  10  276........      12   20
215.......... 5   20 277.........   8   15
216.......... 20  25 278.........       10
217.......... 22  30 279................ 15
218........  18   25 280   "..........   10   15
219'..........  5 10  281'..........  5   10
220.......... 10  20 282..........  6   10
221.......... 6   12  283 Wayne County..........  4  12
222.......... 4    8 284...........  5  8
223         0.5...............  10 285..........   10   15
224.......... 22  35 286..........  5   20
225.......... 18  30 287..........            4   10
2260"..........       10...... 288..........  6   15
227.......... 5...... 289..........  10  10
228.10......... 20 290..........  10  18
229    ".........15
230 Henry County..........5  5   Amount carried forward.. 3,585 5,871




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON. 605
Crop Statement of Tennessee for 1871 and 13o;2.-Concluded
Plan-     County.    Bales, Bales,  Plan-  County.Bales,  Bales
ters.                1871.  1872.  ters.             1871. 1872.
Amnount brought forward. 3,585 5,871 326 Harden County, continued  4  25
291 Wayne County, continued  12  12  327.......... 6   15
292..........  8  10 328.......... 10  20
293..........           5   15 329.........            5   15
294..........           5   15 330.......... 8   16
295'..........  4  20  331..........24
296.........  6  15 332..........  5  10
297..........  7  10 333.......... 12  25
298..........  8  18 334'.......... 8   15
299.....    5   12 335'.........      5    8
300................ 10  336                  5    7
301................ 15  337 McNairy  County........   10
302    i................ 20 338' 31..........   6   15
303............... 15 339........  11   20
304................ 15  340..........       9   25
305    "............... 18  341.......... 1   22
306..............  17  342.......... 10  18
3072................ 20  3 3..........1  10
308 Harden  County.........  5 10  344.......... 5   12
309..........  8  15 345..........  5   8
3102..7.......   10 346.......... 10  15
311..........  10 20  347.........           6   10
312............ 10 348                    4..........15
313................ 20 349......... 5   10
314................ 15 350                 1.......... 10  20
315..........  8  20  351'..........  10  18
316..........           7   15 352.......... 20  35
317..........  5  10 353......... 15   30
318                     6   15 354.......... 22  50
319                     4..........  4 10 355        1.......... 18  20
320]            Hre 3Cn10356..........               10   15
321..........  7  15 357'.......... 12  25
322    9..........  4  10 358.......... 8   15
323..........  6  15
324..........  5  10     Total..........   3,943  6,907
325         0..........  10  25




PRICES OF BROWN SHEETITNG-S
(Standard weight) in New York at thefirst and middle of each month for twenty-five years.
SEPT.  OCT.  NOV.  DEC.  JAN.   FEB. MARCH. APRIL. MAY.  JUNE.  JULY. AUGUST.  O
YEARS.                               _______ ________________________________________ E
--------------------------------  -—!  -   |                                Y E A R.
t~ ~ ~  ~~~~is          Mid First M~id.d First M]id. IF~irsst Mid.'is d  ER
First Mid. First Mid. First Mid. First Mid.. First Mid. First Mid.   Mid. First
1847-8............  81 8  7  77 7  7  7  7. 77 7     6' 63 7  6j 7   7  7  7  7  7   61 6   7.23
1848-9         6'  6f  6' 6.  6}  64  6-/  6'  6'  6'  6'-  6'  6'  6j  6  64  6  6  63  6j  6  6  6  7  6.66
2-~~~~~~~~~. 4  2.4  2  4  8                             -   6.6
1849-50............. 1  7  74                                              71 77   1  7   7.74 
1850-1...  72  7, 7]   7 s  84  8'-  8'  8's  8'  8'  8'  8'  8  8  7}  74  74  7  6  6  6  6  6  6'  7.56.....1851-2.6    6...'...6  6' 6' 6' 6  6  6' 6' 6  6' 62 6  6  64 64 64 6  7  7 1 7' 7  7  7  64
1853-4         8  8  8 18 8 7,18  8 8  8  8  8  8  8  7i-  8  8  8  8  8  8  8 7  8  7- 8   7.98
1854-5.............  8 7   8  8  7  8  8  8  7 3  73  73  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7.76
~1855-6. 7  ~ 7    7  7i  7  74  71i  7'  71 ~ 77  73 72  7  74  7-  74  7~  7'  73  7  7  7  7  7.63
~1856-7.::7| 7,~  7'i6  8'  8'1   84  84  84  84  8'  8  8'  9  94 94  94  94  94  9  9  9  8'  9  9  8.60 5
1859-60..............  8-  8  8   8   8'   8'  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8'  8  8  8  8  8.59 
1860-1.     8'  8'  8'  8'  84  8'   84  8j  8'  8 4 8'  84  8'  8'  8j  8j  84  84  8'  8'  8  9  94 9  8.82 
18561-26.............. 11' 1' 11 12 13 13 
1862-3.    25  25  " 2) 25  25  25  25  30  35  374  424  45  45  37  35  33  31  25  27'  35  30  33  3"'  29.447 
1863-4.""" "  33'  3"'1 37'  40  394  394  40  41  4241 424  424  424  414  414  40  41  42  42  47'  55  65  70  67'  72'  45.83  ^
1864-5        57  55  55  624  60  60  60  60  53'  53  524  50  39  30  374  38  30  27'  39'  34  324  31..
1865-6."""  "361'37.'33"  37  33  33" 31  32  334  334  30  30  25  25  25  25  22  204  224  24'  23  94  22'  22  28.37  H
1866-7.............. 22' 22  23  22  22  21  22   22  21  21 22  20  20  20  20  17  1  17  18  18  17  20.36 
1867-8. 1" "  7,  16  164  151  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  17  19  18  19  19  18'  174  17  17'  11 7Is   1  17  16.778
1868-9" "'   " 164  15~  15J  16"  16  16  15  16  16  16  164  17  17  16  16  15'  15  15'  16  7 1  7 1  7 1.4
1869-70. ~17"  17  117  15, 7  15  15  154  16  16  16  164} 16}  15   15   15   15   15   15   15   14  14  14  14  1547
185. 7.............                                       5 -a 2  8 2              4_  4; 3 
71 71  ]8- 1  8 1 8   -1 8 1  81/8t/84- a  8ts 818~1  2  I8 ~   1 9  1 91  9 9 98v  1 9 
1857 8-...............  9~ 9-  91-  9  3  1  1                                   4  8:     8460
~1870-1. 14~~   14-~  14~'14" ~ 13   13  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  1242  12  124  12  12 13  13  13  13'  13'1  13
18571-26. 0   13 13' 13'} 13s 13 13 13 134 134 14 14 144 15 15 15 15 15 15 I14 14 14' 14' 14' 14  144
T  4     2           8 --  8,5  8.4~~ ~ ~~8 CT
1859060..............8' 8 8                                                f  4-1
]~~~~~~~~~~~1 81 {  8"{ 1 sL 8a'a-  83a  -3  38a83    38`
1 6 1..............  aa                    / 83-  4  4  4  21 4a 4  4  4  4  4~ 4  4  4'  8 2159~
8- a 81  8 83  a  [  Ia 
186142.............. I11, I 1,  II] 11, I 12'  13  1 3 - 1-1 i 6 1611 4  4  14  14  I4  14  /4  14  4]  - {   8.../2..
186243............. }25'  25 /25'  25-125  125  25 4125  / 30  22        2 5 15 10   3!:' 2~
15  17 1421  45  145  1371  135  ]33  131  2  7  - 0 3)7 
186~~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~3-4  3 3 3~ /31  37x /40  39' 1391- 40  141  42- 142  142~  42~  41- 141- 40  41  142 ]42  1471  55  65  70  J671-72-L  45.83
2'             2                  2: 2- i  
1864-5:j]]]i]]]]]]:[........J57~ 15.  5,5  625 ]60  60  J60  60  ]531 153  52~  5  91 0 13~18to 27-3234 32  l ]
18135-8   J36~ J37,; J33~  ~~37 13 313  /0            39  30  37;  33,8  330  0 2  2  515 12 IO  2 7~12  32-L34  3212 2 31."28.3
18 5 6..............  3 1                                       2    1    2  3   13 
~8 -7.............. 221/22' t22  23  22 2 ~  2  2  z~ 2~ 1  2 21  10 0  Io 10 17/ 717  7, Is  7
18674..............}~1L                                                       817a    03 /~6   ]~  5 ]6 5 /15  ]5  /lb  ]5  115  117  19  118  19  119  1~8~  1~7~  1]7  1~7'~ 117a  17~1 l7  t17  16.77
186 -.............  1 1 1   5 - 1   6 1  
1869-70............}1~~~I7" 17 / 1 5  15  15  /15  151 /16  16  116  116~  1616  I5  1 5  1 5  15  1 5  15  1 5  14  14,  14-  14  15-}
187014.............. 13  1431  14-  1 3~  1 3~  1 3 1 3 1 3  13~  13~1 4   ] 13}  ] 13  15  152  121  12  142  121  132  143  13'  143z  13
18 1 2.............. 13  13-  13  13 -  13  13  13 1 1 1 1 1 4 1'  5 1  52y3
~~~~ --                    ll — - -- - ------ ------------------- - - - - -- -
9~ 1__...                             ___ ___14_14 _1 __ __4 _ _1__14 _14 0
2 —--— 2 —-— 2 —-— 2 —---— H




PRICES OF PRINTING          CLOTHS
(Standard count) in New York at the first and middle of each month for twenty-five years.
I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SEPT.  OCT.  NOV.  DEC.  JAN.  FEB.  MARCH.  APRIL.  MAY.  JUNE.  JULY.  AUGUST. AV. FOR
YEARS. ______ ___ ______                  ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ THE
|m i l l          t    I     J~~~~~~~~YEAR. 
First Mid. First Mid. First Mid. First Mid. First Mid. First Mid  First Mid. First Mid. First Mid. First Mid. First Mid. First Mid.
1847-8.......   5a  54  51  53  55  51  55  53  51  54  47  43  44-  4  44  41  4'  4  I 4  41  41- 41  4  4  4.82
I4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1  8 o  23 I3 ]o 1  14- -  2-  4
1848-9...........4  4  4  44  3  37  37  34  4  44  44  44  44  4  44  44  41  44  44  41  4  41  4  4  4 45 
1849-50.............  4I 5   5   5   5   5  5 5  1  55   54  53  53  51   5   5   5   5   5 5  5  5   -  5.14
1850-1.............. 54  5  5  5  51  51 5 1 51-  51  51  51  51  5  5  4  4  41  41   441  41-4  41  4 41  4.46
1851-2..............  44  44  4-  4-  41  4143 43   4  4  43  41  44  44  41  41  44  43  41  45  41  41  4  5  4.41  Z
1852-3..............  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  64  64  6^  61  6  6  6  6  5.81
5~-~~~~~~~~~~~  4          4  4  4  4 +  4                4
1853-4..............  6  G-  66  6I  61  61  64  64  64  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  5"  53  5  51  5  5  6.
4 ~ ~ ~. i   44  44, 4   4'  g4
5 5  5  53  5  4
1854-5..............  5-1  51  5^  5A 51   5^  5"-  i  4 1  43  4* 5  5  5  5  5  5  5  51  5' 5 3 5 1  53  5  5.70
1855-6..............  5  51  5  5  47  4  5  5  5  5  5'  5'  54  51  54  54  54  54  5  5  5|  53  5  5 5.2 
1 I',1  7l ~   1, 
1856-7..............  53  51  5;  5.  5|  5  5'   54 5;  6  5  6  6  6  6  6 1  6 6   5  6  56  6  6  5  5.84 
1857-8..............  5  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  51  54  5  5  5  51  51  5  54  53  5 3
1858-9.............  53  5  5  54  5-1  51  5;1  5 4 51  5 4 5  5 55  53  5  3  5  5 5 3 3  53  51  5  53  5  57   5  5.67 
4  2  2  2  2 24  4  4  4  4 " 4 5  51 51 5 55 554 ~0
1859-60.............  5  5 51  55              4   4       4          31;  a  55  5  5  5 3 /   5 5  5  5   5.54
1860-1..............  51  55  51  53  5   43 |  4  4 1 4 1 41  41  44  44  48  4  4  4  4  3  41  4  4  5 4.74
1861-2..............  5  5  6  7  71  9  9  9  9  8'  8  7  7  7  74  74  74  7  71  8~  94  10  104  7
1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~857- 19:10
1862-3.............. 10 1  4  123  12  141  14'  14  13  14  151  18  18  19  18  143  134  124  12  10  12  141  13  134  141  14.17 
1863-4.............. 14  14  15  17  16  16  16  164  17  17'  171  17  164  16-  161  167  174  18  21  24  299  33 3 3  3   33 1967 
1864-5.384            25  281  26  29  27  25  22  20'  18  15  10  11  14  17  16  18  19  25  23  23......
1866-7.............. 13'  13'  14  14,  131  12  121  12  12  12  11'  11 l  104  10  104  91  9  9'  9  8  9  8  9  94  11.08
S:  o2  5  2  4  4~  ~   2~  s  8  8  4s[ ~   52-   5~]   945 [o [o  o ~ s/5 {
1867-8..............  8  81  7  67  6a  61  65  64  64  64  7   77  84  9  94  9  9  81  81  87  9  84  8  8.14  0
1868-9..............  8  71  73  73  73  71  71  8'  9  91  91  9  84  84  7  73  73  74  81  8'  83  84  84  8  8.18
4 5~,8 5. o   4~  q   2;  4  4; 4s  4  4;[g~ l~i /g   gl [n48 4 1 4 74  8
5 ~ ~~~~~~~~~ 1   1   ] 1 -,, 
1869-70.............  8  81  77  7  7  8  8  8  8  7  7  6  6a  6-  67  6'  C.  6  6'  6  7  7  7.39 
1870-1..............  7  77  73  6-1  6'  6a  7'  74  74  71  7 1 7  64  6A  64  63  71  7  7  72 1  70-  74  73  71  7.14 
1871-2.....                7     77 7.........4.. 7 7 8  7  7  7  8  7 8  714...8......
~~ —- 18 7         4   2         2 1 ~..       8_  4  9 




608    CHRONOLOGICAL AND             STATISTICAL      HISTORY      OF  COTTON.
THE PRICE OF GOLD
On each Friday,from the suspension of speciepayments to the present time, except
when Friday fell on a holiday, when the quotation of the previous day is given.
1862.              February 6...... 157@158 March 11........64             6413...... 1551@156           18......    163    -
January 17...... 101-@102        "     20..... 1622(_@163'         24........ 166(w -
24...... 103@10:;3.;    "     27...... 169@171J Apil 1...           166( cI168I31...... 1014@103-March      6........ 150 @154           8.........169i     -
February 7..... 103@(103-            13........ 159 0161-     "15.........1732@a1734a
14...... 104(@ 104 ". 20........ 154 ( 155      22.........173'@ 17321...... 1031 @1031         27........ 140 @140- 7       28.........177 @1804
28...... 102.@1024 April 3......... 153 @1534 May 6..........174 @1763
March   7....... 102 @1021          10......... 14621@149    "13......... 170 @,1733
14....... 101(@1014    "   17......... 1534@15334       20......... 181 (a,21........ 101    101        24......... 151 -@152        27..........186 @18628....... 10@101|a May 1......... 1504(@151 June 3.......... -                -
April   4........ 1013@1019" 8.......... 1544_8154             " 10..........1981@1983
I    11........ 101-@(102     15.......... 1494(150      "17......... 196@_19618........ 1014@101 2"      22......... 148@149           24.........213 @217
25........ 1014@101 -"       29......... 144 @&1451 July 1......... 222 @250
May 2.......... 10221025 June 5.......... 146             8146  "  8..........26G;@)276~
9.......... 1034@103       "  12......... 141 @1415<        15.......... 244 @256
16.......... 103 @103"          19......... 143 @143"         22......... 250(@257423.......... 103-,@10341        26......... 144|@145          29......... 250 @253k
30.......... 103@(103 July 3......... 144 @1441 August 5.......257-i2614
June 6.......... 104 6104      "   10.......... 132(@)132I     "    12....... 2554j2571
"13...          105@105     "   17.......... 1253@126          19.......257 @257
o~~~~~~~0-'             1.......19......27()257
20.......... 106i@106sa         24.......... 1261@1261      "    26.......253|@.256
27.......... 109g@109      (" 31......... 128'@129 September 2....248-@254~
July 3.......... 109@(1091 August 7....... 127 @(127            "       9.... 2344@256
11.......... 114G@(116        "    14....... 125(@1265       "      16....2244@228
18.......... 119 @1194        "    21....... 125{@1253              23....211 @_217
25.......... 114@1164        "    28...... 124 @1241 "            30....-     @ —
August 1....... 1l15 @1153 September 4.... 133_@1342 October 7.......198 @)204
8....... 112~@114         "     11.... 129@l129       "    14.......208 @21715....... 114-@.1155       "     18.... 133 @133       "    21.......207a@209
22....... 1154@116         "      25.... 138 @ 138     "     28.......215@2173
29....... 116 @116 October 2..... 142-@l1431 November 4....2311@2381
September 5.... 118i     I119-         9....... 143A@147               11....2364@244~
12.... 118'@118{ "         16....... 1544@1541              18....210 @219
19.... 116(@117          "   23....  145@146               25....216@22126.... 1201@120 "            30....... 146 @146j December      2....2301@2334
October 3.......       122122 November 6.... 148 @ 148         "       9.... 239(@_2423
10....... 1271@129               13.... 147 @ 147-             16....233-@2344
17....... 132 @1321              20.... 152',@1523             23....2204@2224
" 24....... 131 @!32           C      27.... 143 @1454      "      30....226 @2291
" 31....... 130'@130a December        4.... 1      52@152
November    7.... 131l( @132      "      11.... 151 @151,              1865.
14... 131'@132        "      18.... 151(152|1
"21.... 130{(I1301            24.... 1514(1513 January     6......227 @2284
28.... 129~@129     "         31.... 151@151        "     13......218a@222
December    5.... 131@1l32 "                                         20......2043@2074
"12.... 131@131              1864.                       27......208:5215
" 19.... 1324@132!                               February 3......205@2094"  26.... 1314@132 January      8...... 151-4@1524     "     10......210-@2117
15......  155  @ 155  4       17......  2031 (_204
1863.                        2 22...... 156G@ 1574        24...... 1)(   20
29...... 1563@157- March     3........198@199
January   2...... 1334@1337 February 5...... 1574@,158-       "    10........1865(~1914
9...... 138 @(138            12...... 159 (1594     "    17........160 (5),169
16...... 145-@1453            19...... 158 Ca1584-"       24........148@(1521
23...... 147 (148             26...... 1574@1583     "    31........ 1l@ 151
30...... 153 @158 March       4........ 160@l161 April 7.........147i@1504




(CHRON(OLOGIC(AL       AND    STATISTICAL      ITIST(O)IIY 1OF COTTO.         609
The Price of GolUd-Continued.
April 13......... 246    1471 Junel5.......... I    (7'3;149' August16.....  140'   140-1, 21.........   147i @ 149.'  22..........   I i  )t: 4  23.......  140 a1t407'28......... 14(;@148          29......... 153 (~1 15;     30....... 14t @d1421
May 5.......... 142      14)43 July 6......... 153        154' September 6.    142 |@1425
12.......... 10o1:33           13.......... 152@15~)               13      144@1 45,
" 19.......... 1.30O    131   *  20......... 149@1;)(15        "      20....142_ @1434
26........   135'@138       27.........   1497@i1500           27.... 1431@1431
June 2.......... 137 @138 August 3......147{@148 October 4....... 144a@1451
9.......... 1371@138            10....... 148'I@148: "        11....... 143|14316.......... 1431(-@l445'          17....... 1504@k15l1 "        1.8...... 1441443
"<23...... 141,)142'           24....... 148 @150 "          25....... 1415(@1424
"30.......... 139 @14 11           31....... 147|@148 November       2.... 140f@l1407
July 7..........139     139 September 7          145 @1461              9.... 138    139'       1392a )39September                             9     137Q 1391
11               1'1..........                1442 3  145.'          16....  140   141
4          2.                      8    8' 21.......... 142i@143               21.... 143 ( @144             23.... 138-@1391
28......... 144'@1461                 28.... 1447(@145, ")          30.... 139 @139k
August 4....... 143@)1444 October 5....... 1485@1491 December      6.... 1372@1377
11......... 140l(_ 41 7       12....... 150oI@153'       "     13.... 133L@.133118....... 1421@143i       t   19....... 147 @149       "       20.... 133@134
" 23....... 143}2!144        "   26....... 147 @148       "      27. -.. 133-@134j.
Septcimbr 1.... 14l<( 145 November        2.... 146(; (,147.
8.... 144(S 1444   "          9.... 146 @(146              1868.'     15.... 142|(c@ 143i,'        16.... 141.@,1435
"       1224....13~  143@ -   23.... 138e@139' January     3...... 133    134
29.... 143J@144       "      30.... 1401@141      "     10...... 137 @137a
Octoler 6....... 1461@149 December       7.... 138:@139       "     17...... 1381@130
1:;....... 14 ( 144a 4          14.... 137}@(13 3  "        24...... 140    1403
2....... 146 @146'               21... 133.@134       < "  31...... 140-@140A
27....... 145@),145 7            28... 132 @133- February 7...... 141G@142|
-8               8~         ~     ~     4 
Novmber 3.... 14G;      1 4 7                                 "     14...... 1393| 1403
10.... 146   146             1867                  "     21......140    (140
17.... 146|@u147                                    "     28.... 141(.1411
21.... 14(6 ~ 146b January  4...... 1335@1341 March     6........ 1411   1411
December    1.... 148 @148       "     11...... 1321(q134          13...... 1391(@140
8.... 145) 146          "     18...... 136|@1371     "   20........ 1381@138a
15.... 1416 (-146    "     25...... 133'@136-     "    27........ 138@1384
22.... 145)   146' February 1...... 135O@135' April 3......... 1373@138
2.... 1451@145       "      8...... 137_@138      "    9........ 138a@1383,15......136@~1363        17.         138~@138
1866.                       21...... 137@138       "24......... 139 @140
March   1........ 138 @140 May      1.          139@139s
Jaruary   5...... 1423@41438                  "    8........  1393@1397
2...... 138}@139   "   15........ 134 @1343     "  15.......... 139@1397
1)9'. 1371@13S           22........ 134-a@134    "   22           139_@140
2         1;...... 139 @139-  "  29........ 1341@131"  29.......... 139'@139{
9,c, tn';m' 2]..... 1'3971402 April 5......... 132'133   June 5......... 139@a140
1:9......  I: )@ 140  1  2........  136 @- 137 "  12........  139- 7 140j
1)...... 1371@137|        18......... 135@,137 e       19.......... 140(@1407
2;...... 136@(;(a)137','  26........ 138@139     "  26......... 140 @1401
Mrc    2..... 135@(136 May 3........135@136 July 3.......... 140'-@140'........  1"0 @ 131'    10..........  136 (@137   t " 10..........  140,@ 1407
1),.......  130 @ 131    17..........  136 @137    "   17..........  142g@ 143{
"2:;........ 126a@128"     24.......... 13718           24.......... 143'@143~
2)........    127 )1281     31..........  13  @ 137   "   31..........  144-@ 144f
April 6......... 17:G128 June 7..........'136@ 136 August 7....... 1473@1483
"13......... 126;'@127         14...    137 @137'      "    14....... 146(@,148
"20......... 126',(a127'       21.......... 137;@137'     "     21....... 1437@144a
27.......  128|-(2199"  28..........  137i@  13,         28.......  144  @145-g
May 4..........    71 ( 127 July 5......... 1387(~)1391 September 4.... 1433@144-.11.      1.".12................. 139 @19                     11     1437@144-.......       19.(,2  130'  <  19......... 139(k1 0               1       144|@143
~~~~~..........  I.3  ~   1i~9        (-f   t 4 2...... 
"....1911..., 1..............                                               @142
Ju:c I........... 140(,1 11 Auust 2....... 139'@7/140: October 2...... 139:@140,1. ~..........  13,, ^ 141  "    9.......  140  (@ 1401        9.......  138  @ 13939




610 0IRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF COTTON.
The Price of Gold-Contsnued.
October 16......137}@137' December  17.... 120@1207 January 20............  110
23......135 @136   "    24.... 120@120    "  27............ 1104
30......134  @ 134        31.... 1194@1203 February  3............1114
November 6....132 @132                           "  10........ 111
13....133~@134        1 870.               17............ 1 1120....  13441 34                        "   24............  111
"    27.... 135 @135i January 7...... 121@122 March 3..............111
December  4....1351j135 "     14...... 121j1 217  "  10..............   11}
11....  1354   1365  21......  120-@ 121   17..............1114
18.... 134j~ 135    28......  121-@ 121,  24.............. 110
~~~~~~~424.......
24.... 134j@1354  February  4...... 120- _@1204  31..............1103
31.... 134s@135      11...... 1197@ 1204  April  6................ 110
19......  119  @ l119|  14...............  1104
I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1869.                26...... 1164@ 117  " 21............... 111
March  4........  1124@ 114  28...............  1114
January 8......1344@1354    11........ 112(@.113pMay 5................1114
15.    1364@136   "  18........      1      2..11-.
2  2......13 135 13 5      25.......  111 112 "  19................112:'         8    -'117G
29......1361@ 1361 April  1.........  111 1@1114  26................1113
February 5......135 @1351  8......... 112@n112i June 2................1124;' 12...... 135 ~ 2 1.5..1.'.1.2}
12.    13513         1......  112|@113""    9................112
19.....1331 1341    22......... 112@113  " 16................1124
26......  1317@1321  29........ 114|@C115|-l  23................1124
March~~~~~~~~~         5......... 11 1
March   5...... 131  @ 131   May  6.......... 114j 114   30................113
"12........131 5 1335 8  13.........  114|@ 115  July   7................1134
19......  1305 @ 1315  20.......... 1142 @ 1143i  14................1124
25........131  @ 1311  27.........  1142 @   1153  21................112April  2.........1314@132  June  3.........  114G@114 I   28................112
M 9........ 1321@1331" 10.M      1136.@113| August 4..............1124
16.........132|@ 1333   1..........  112-@ 1137'  11.............. 1124
23........ 133g@ 13341  24.......... 111@, lll4  18.............. 1124
30.........1341  1341July  1..........  114@ 1125  "  25..............  112,
Maypi.........136@ 137 8.......... 7114@1124  September  1     8........... 112
I  94..........138j0@ 138|  "   15.......... 114 (ot15  " 8...........  1134
"21.. 1414@144{1"  22.......... 118-@119-4,' 15.1144
28.........1394@1394a' 29.......... 120|@121| "  22........... 1144
June 4..........137(@138} August 5....... 121@ 121  "  29........... 1144,, 11.....  138@139     "   12....117@(118 October 6......      1144
186..........136@137  "   19..... 11 1          1.. 116 16  13114
25..........137 3 137  "  26....... 116@1164      20............ 1127
July  2..........136 137  September  2.... 116@116  27............ 1112
9..........135  136'  "      9.... 113@ 114 1 SNovember 3...........  1112" 16..........1354@ 136        16....   114 114  1   0........... 111.
23..........135.135          23.. 11   11         1.. 113 13  174............111
"30..........136.136    29....     113114"        24........... 1104
August 6.......1367@136' October 7...... 113 @113 December 1........... 1104
"  13.......134@134   "  14.....113-113      8......... 1104
20..13...2j@133  21...116    1         1.. 1122112  15............1094
"  27.......132@1341   "  28... 111@111          22........ 10821
September 3.  135|@136 November 5.... 110 @1104]
10" l 135 @135}1       12.... 1104@1114       1872.
17  ] 1361_@136[ "     19.... 1124@1134
"24....133 @_162,,  26.... 111l@112 January 5,............. 1094
October 1.......130 @1303 December  2.... 1106@114  12..............1084
8.......130@131             9.... 110@110      19..............109
15....... 130. 1301       16.... 1103@1104  "26.............1094
"  22.......130@131         23.... 110@110 February 2............ 1094
29..1.....8@129           30.... 1103@l0         9..     110
13858 a12113                        17.............  110~November 5     12..241...12|37                                    110
3......136  t29....113241(  _............
12.126@126           1871.                23.........  110
"s.1    19....126 @126-.               March   1............1104
" 26...   1244@124~           Closing prices:  "  8..............110}
December  3.... 122@122  January  6............ 1104'  15..............1104
10       122501233      1..      1       2........... 1101  221094




CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTOltY OF COTTON.                              611
The Price of Gold-Concluded.
March 28.............. 110 May 31................ 114 July 26............. 1143
April   5........... 110' June 7..............     114 August 2.............. 115
" 12..............     110"     14................   113     "    9..............  115
19...........  1111  "  21.............     113     "   16..............  115
26..............  112' "   28................   113     "   23..............   1135
May   3................   1125  July   5................  1131   "   30..............  112"   10...............  114|'  12................   114  September   6.........  1127
t   17................  1138 " 19................    1141      "    13...........  1127
24................     1134
RATE OF DISCOUNT
for unexceptionable bills, at the Bank of England, for a series of years.
Mont h.           Rate. Month.           Rate. Month.           Rate. Month.           Rate.
1847.                  1850.                  1853.                  1856.
January......... 4 January......... 2k January......... 3 Jauuary........             6
February.......  4 February........ 2k February........ 3 February........          6
March........... 4 March........... 22 March........... 3 March........  6
April............ 5 April............ 2 April............ 3 April.........   6
May.............   5  May.............   2    May.............  3  May..........  5
June............  5  June............  2k June............   33 June............  4
July.............  5  July............  2    July.............  33  July..........  4k
August..........   6 August..........    2 August.......... 3 August........          4k
Sebtember....... 5k September.......      2~ September....... 5 September....... 4k
October......... 8 October......... 2k October......... 5 October........            6
November....... 7 November.......        21 November....... 5 November......          6kDecember....... 5 December....... 3 December.......            5 December.......     6~
1848.                  1851.                  1854.                  1857.
January......... 4 January......... 3 January......... 5 January........              6
February........ 4 February....... 3 February........          5 February.......     6
March...........   4  March...........   3  March...........   5  March...........   6
April............  4  April............  3  April............  5   April............   6~
May.............  4  May.............   3  May.............   5    May.............   6
June............  31 June............  3  June............    52 June............  6k
July............  31  July.............  3  July.............  5   July.............  62
August.......... 3 August.......... 3 August......... 5 August.......... 53
September......    3k September....... 3 September....... 5 September....... 51
October......... 3 October......... 3 October......... 5 October......... 8
November....... 3 November.......        3 November....... 5 November....... 10
December.......    3 December....... 3 December....... 5 December.......             8
1849.                  1852.                  1855.                  1858.
January......... 3 January......... 21 January........ 5 January......... 4
February........ 3 February........ 23- February....... 5 February........ 3
March...........   3  March...........    21 March...........    5  March...........   3
April.........  3  April............    2  April...........  43  April............  3
M ay.............  3  May.............   2  May............   4  May............   3
June............  3  June............  2  June...........   3    June............  3
July............  3  July.............  2  July............  31 July............  3
August......... 3 August.......... 2 August.......... 3 August.......... 3
September.......   2 September....... 2 September....... 5 September....... 3
October......... 21 October.........2 October......... 6 October......... 3
November.......  2 November.......2 November.......       6 November....... 3
December....... 2k December....... 2 December.......           6 December.......     2




612  (ICRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL H-I1STORY 0F COTTON.
Rate of Discount-Concluded.
Month.     Rate. Month.   Rate. Month.   Rate. Month.  Rate.
1859.     May.............  3  November.......  6 March.....  3
Jute............  2, December.......  7  April............  4
January........   2  July.............  2  M ay............  4
February.......  2   August..........  2  1866.  June............  3
Marchll...........  2   September....... 2  July.............  3
April............ 3  October......... 3  January.........  8  ugust.........  22
May............  42 November.......  3  February........ 7  September.......  22
Jue............  3  December.......  3  March........... 6  October.........  24July.............  2        April............ 6  November.......  3
August.........  2  1863.   May.............10  December.......  3
Septembcr.......             Jun............10
October.........  2  January.........  5  July............. 10  1870.
November.......  22 February........ 4  August..........  6
December.......  24 March...........  4  September.......  44 January.........  3
April............ 3  October.........  4' February........  3
1860.     May.............  3- November.......  4  March...........  3
Julie............  4  December.......  32  April............  3
January.........  3  July.............  4  May............  3
February........  4  August..........  4  1867.  J le............  3
March...........  4  September...............4 31 July.5
April        5  October......... 4  Jauary  2 Au ust..........  4
May.............  4.1 November...............  6  3 ebJruarl................Ju..e4 Decem..            Mr..          Octeber............  er......... 2
July.............  4Ap3                    November.......  2
~~~~~6FAugust.4r1.8.......  3 16. Mayh.2.December2.......  2
Juilo............  4 December.......  70ct(I)er.........  2 
Se~p~t ember..lA.....  4Mune.........  32
ctoer............  4  January.............. 8  November 1871.
Novemer..........5  Feruary........6.......        2
DecemPayber........     J...........anuary.             2
O   erApril........... 4186ue.r.............  2 
1861.     M...7 November.......2 March..3........ 2
Jbr......6 5 Feru yDecember.......2. 
January.........  J6 rly............  1 67 8tiya............... 2Ma24
February........ G August..........S 6 ooo. June.24. 22
leMarchber...................2
April.5 October......... 4  February2      August........  2
September........  3         July........  2
Octolber........... 3.42January. 5 Au.gust:....2  1 872.
November.......  3  February........ 5  6   u........... 2
December.................. 3
April. pml....... 24 Feruary........ 3
Juno..     3               Apr3il.........4. 2
J  nuarv............  2 er July...........   1869  May.......  4
Feruar..........  2  Auust.......... 4     June............  3
March............ 2 Sel)tmber.......4 January......3 July........  3
April............ 2 October......... 7  February........3 August.......... 3




CIIHRONOLOGICAL AND        STATISTICAL IIISTOIRY OF COTTON.             613
VALUE OF EXPORTS
(in wounds sterling) of cotton cloth and cotton yarn from Great Britain for
a series of calendar years.
Cotton Cloth.  Cotton Yarn.     Total.
1R56....................................  ~29,632,713   ~8,652,056     ~38,284,769
1857....................................  29,912,726      9,200,183     39,112,909
1858....................................  32,876,683    10,098,901     42,975,584
1859....................................  38,079,498     10,128,946     48,208,444
1860....................................  41,397,533     10,615,949     51,013,482
1861....................................  36,969,204      9,867,545     46,836,749
1862....................................    29,931,871     6,840,757     36,772,628
1863....................................  38,682,428      8,761,536     47,443,964
1864....................................  44,973,583     9,883,906     54,867,489
1865....................................  46,150,358     11,104,487     57,254,845
1866...................................  59,796.025    14,769,401     74,565,426
1867....................................  54,858,272     15,985,420     70,843,692
1868....................................  51,718,974     15,822,317     67.541.291
1869....................................  51,857,525     15,307,439     67,158,964
1870...........................   55,521,915    15,888,216     71,410,131
VALUE OF EXPORTS
of raw cotton and manufactures of cotton from the United States for fifteen
fiscal years, ending June 30 (in gold).
Raw Cotton.  Manuf. of Cotton.  Total Value.
1857.................................  $131,575,859  $6,115,177  $137, 691,036
1858....................................  131,386,661     5,651,504    137,038,165
1859....................................  161,434,923     8,316.222    169,751,145
1860...................................  191,806,555    10,934,796    202,741,351
1861....................................  34,051.483      7,957,038     42,008,521
1862....................................   1,156,973      2,888,690      4,045,663
1863....................................   4,855,770      2,121,468      6,977,238
1864....................................   6,343,496       933,911       7.277,407
1865....................................   3,384,356      1,708,693      5,093,049
1866...................................  199.563,988      1,262,535    200,826.523
1867....................................  142,886,828     3,268,252    146,155  080
1868..............................     109,143,383      3,479,321    112,622. 704
1869....................................  122,280,490     4,416,708    126,697,198
1870....................................  194,595,106     3,246,242    197,841.348
1871....................................  191,036,220     3,113,349    194 149,569
NoTE.-The above are from official figures, and do not, of course, include the cotton
which escaped the blockade of the Southern ports, between 1861 and 1865, inclusive.




614  CIIRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF' COTTON.
CONTRACTS FOR FUTURE DELIVERY.
This business commenced during our civil war. Some of our
manufacturers entered into large contracts with the Government,
and covered themselves by purchasing the raw material for delivery
at some future time. The price, within certain wide limits, was then
of much less importance than the certainty of getting the cotton
when needed.
The great convenience this system offered to speculators drew
them into it, and the business grew steadily during the war, and
still more after its termination. It soon became apparent that the
business could not be conducted without special rules and authority to enforce them. To this end, in the summer of 1870, an association of merchants and brokers was completed, and a convenient
room leased to serve the purpose of an exchange. Afterward a
charter was obtained from the Legislature of the State, and, the
success of the association being fully assured, a building was
bought, altered and enlarged at a total cost of about $160,000.
I append the charter, by-laws and rules of the association, as
they existed early this year. Some important changes in the rules
are now in contemplation, and many more may be made from time
to time. The business was entirely new, and almost every rule
was an experiment. It is hoped that in time they will be made as
perfect as man's work can be expected to be




CHARTER.
CHAPTER       365.
AN ACT
To Incorporate the New York Cotton Exchange,
PASSED APRIL 8, 1871.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The members of the Association known as the " New York Cotton
Exchange," and all other persons who may hereafter become asssociated with them
under the provisions of this act, are hereby created a body corporate, by the name
of the " New York Cotton Exchange," with perpetual succession and power to use
a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, to sue arid be sued, to take and
hold, by grant, purchase and devise, subject to the provisions of law relating to devises and bequests by last will and testament, real and personal property to an
amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose of such
Association, and to sell, convey, lease and mortgage the same or any part thereof.
SEC. 2. The property, affairs, business and concerns of the corporation hereby
created shall be managed by a President, Vice-President, Treasurer and fifteen
managers, who, together, shall constitute a Board of Managers, to be elected annually, at such time and place as may be provided by the by-laws; and the present
officers and managers of the said Association, as now constituted, shall be the officers and managers of the said corporation until their present term of office shall expire, and until others, under the provisions of this act, shall be elected in their place.
All vacancies which may occur in said board by death, resignation or otherwise,
shall be filled by the said board. A majority of the members of such board shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
SEC. 3. The purposes of said corporation shall be to provide, regulate and maintain a suitable building, room or rooms, for a Cotton Exchange, in the city of New
York, to adjust controversies between its members, to establish just and equitable
principles in the trade, to maintain uniformity in its rules, regulations and usages,




616              NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE CHARTER.
to adopt standards of classification, to acquire, preserve and disseminate useful information connected with the cotton interest throughout all markets, to decrease
the local risks attendant upon the business, and generally to promote the cotton
trade of the city of New York, increase its amount and augment the facilities with
which it may be conducted. The said corporation shall have power to make all
proper and needful by-laws, not contrary to the constitution and laws of the State
of New York or of the United States.
SEC. 4. The said corporation shall have power to admit new members and expel
any member, in such manner as may be provided by the by-laws.
SEC. 5. The board of managers shall annually elect, by ballot, five members of
the Association, who shall not be members of the board, as a committee, to be
known and styled the Adjudication Committee of the New York Cotton Exchange.
The Board of Managers may, at any time, fill any vacancy or vacancies that may
occur in said committee for the remainder of the term in which the same shall
happen. It shall be the duty of said Adjudication Committee to hear and decide
any controversy which may arise between the members of the said Association, or
auy person claiming by, through or under them, and as may be voluntarily submitted to said committee for arbitration; and such members and persons may, by
an instrument, in writing, signed by them and attested by a subscribing witness,
agree to submit to the decision of such committee any such controversy which
might be the subject of an action at law or in equity, except claims of title to real
estate or to any interest therein, and that a judgment of the Supreme Court shall
be rendered upon the award made pursuant to such submission.
SEC. 6. Such Adjudication Committee, or a majority of them, shall have power to
appoint a time and place of hearing of any such controversy, and adjournl the salme,
from time to time, as may be necessary, not beyond the day fixed in the submaission for.rendering their award, except by consent of parties, to issue subpcellas for
the attendance of witnesses residing or being in the metropolitan police district.
Witnesses so subpoenaed, as aforesaid, shall be entitled to the fees prescribed by
law for witnesses in the courts of justices of the peace.
SEC. 7. Any number, not less than a majority of all the members of the Adjudication Committee, shall be competent to meet together and hear the proofs and
allegations of the parties, and an award by a majority of those who shall have
been present at the hearing of thle proofs and allegations, shall be deemed the
award of the Adjudication Committee, and shall be valid and binding on the parties
thereto. Such award shall be mnade in writing, subscribed by the members of the
committee concurring therein, and attested by a subscribing witness. Upon filing
the submission and award in. the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court of the
city and county of New York, both duly acknowledged or proved in the same
manner as deeds are required to be acknowledged or proved in order to be recorded,
a judgment may be entered therein according to the award, and shall be docketed,




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE CHARTER.                     617
transcripts filed, and executions issued thereon, the same as authorized by law in
regard to judgments in the Supreme Court. Judgments entered in conformity with
such award shall not be subject to be removed, reversed, modified, or in any manner appealed from by the parties thereto, except for fraud, collusions, or corruption of said Adjudication Committee, or some member thereof.
SEC. 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW        YORK,       ss.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and
do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole
of said original law.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at the city of Albany,
[L. S.]             this twelfth day of April, in the year one thousand eight
hundred aild seventy-one.
DIEDRICH WILLERS, JR.,
Dep. Secretary of State.




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE
B Y-LAWS.
ARTICLE I.
TITLE.
The title of this Association shall be the " NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE."
ARTICLE II.
MEMBERS.
All persons, who, as principals, are permanently engaged and of good standing
in the Cotton Trade of the City of New York, and also, any person who has the
exclusive control and management of the Cotton business of any house in good
standing in the Cotton Trade of the City of New York, may be elected members
of this Association.
ARTICLE III.
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP AND RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MEMBERS.
SECTION 1. All applications for membership must first be made to the Committee
on Membership, and if approved by that committee, must then be referred to the
Board of Managers, and if recommended by the board by a two-third (2-3d) vote,
shall, after having been posted on the bulletin of the Exchange for at least five (5)
days (notice to state the time of balloting), be voted on by the members of the
Exchange. The balloting shall be at the general Exchange Rooms, and on Mondays only. The Polls shall be opened at 12 M., and closed at 2 P M. Each elector
shall cast one ballot; if in favor of the candidate, the word " yes," if against, the
word " no," written or printed thereon. Three-fourths (3-4ths) of the whole number of votes cast shall be required in favor of the applicant to entitle him to membership. The Secretary of the Exchange or his Assistant shall act as teller, and
register the names of voters as polled. Two members, either of the Board of
Managers or of one of the sub-committees, shall be present at the counting of the
votes cast, and they shall promptly post the result on the bulletin of the Exchange
over their own signatures. No name after being rejected shall be again proposed
within six months after such rejection. Each member shall, within ten days after




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.                     619
receiving notice of his election, subscribe to the Charter and By-Laws, and pay to
the Treasurer the initiation fee and the annual dues.,
SEC. 2. The Initiation fee for membership of the Exchange shall be five hundred dollars ($500), for which a certificate shall be issued, which may be transferred
by any member to any other member or member elect, upon payment to the Treasurer of the Exchange of the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), or the Exchange
will, unless otherwise ordered, accept the transfer of the certificate, paying therefor such sum as the Board of Managers may from time to time, in their discretion,
direct. The legal representatives of any deceased member, may transfer such membership, as herein provided.
SEC. 3. Any member failing to pay his dues and assessments within ten days
after the same shall become due, shall be notified by the Treasurer, in writing, of
such failure, and be deprived of the privileges of the Exchange until the same are
paid. One dollar per day shall be added to the amount of said dues and assessments for each day not exceeding thirty they remain unpaid, after such notice, and
at the expiration of one month from the notice, if they still remain unpaid, the
Board of Managers may order the rights of membership of such member to be sold,
and after deducting the amount in arrears, together with all penalties and charges
accrued thereon, place the balance of the proceeds to the credit of such member,
payable to him or his legal representative, on demand, without interest.
SEC. 4. When a sale of the rights of membership of any member is ordered, it
shall be made by the Secretary of the Exchange, to the highest bidder, at open
outcry, at the Exchange Room, after 10 days notice posted on the bulletin in said
room. Any member may purchase the said rights of membership of any other
member, which shall give him the right to sell the same to any other member or
member elect.
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Exchange may bid for and purchase for account
of the Exchange, any right of membership sold by him, at a price not exceeding
limits which shall have been fixed by the Board of Managers, and when so purchased, the member sold out, shall, if otherwise in good standing, have the right of
redemption, within six months from date of sale, by the payment to the Exchange,
of all arrearages, penalties and charges, and 10 per cent. on amount of sale.
SEC. 6. The payment of annual dues must be made by every member admitted
to the Exchange, whether by the payment of the regular initiation fee, or by transfer of rights of membership, and such payment shall only cover the current official
year of the Exchange, or unexpired portion of same. Any member purchasing
rights of membership, shall pay the same annual dues for each right so held by him,
as if each right was held by a different member, except that such purchased right
shall be exempt for the current year in which it is purchased, while held by a member who has paid the annual dues for the current year.




620               NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.
SEC. 7. Every transfer of rights of membership, whether direct, by one member
to another, or under sale by the Secretary, shall be recorded by the Secretary of
the Exchange, in a book to be kept by him, open to examination by any member.
Every member upon signing the Charter and By-laws pledges himself to abide
by the same, and also by all By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, which may hereafter
be adopted.
ARTICLE IV.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
SECTION 1. There shall be an annual election for President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and fifteen (15) Managers of this Association, to be held at the Exchange; on
the first Monday in June; at which time there shall also be elected three Inspectors of the next ensuing election. The polls shall be opened at 10 A. M., and
closed at 2 P. M.
SEC. 2. Each member not suspended shall be entitled to one vote, in person, by
ballot, and a plurality of votes cast shall elect.
SEC. 3. The Board of Managers shall enter upon the duties of their office on
the first Thursday succeeding their election, and shall continue in office until the
first Thursday following the election of their successors.
At their first meeting the Board shall elect a Secretary from their own
number.
ARTICLE V.
MEETINGS.
SECTION 1. An annual meeting of the Exchange shall be held at the general meeting room on the Tuesday preceding the election of Officers and Managers, at which
meeting shall be presented by the Board of Managers a general statement of the
affairs and finances of the Exchange, together with an estimate of the expenses for
the next ensuing year, and the amount of annual dues which the Board recommend
to be collected from each member for the next said ensuing year, which amount may
be increased or diminished, and shall be fixed by a vote of the Exchange at said
meeting; and the sum so fixed shall be due on the Tuesday succeeding the election.
The proceedings of said annual meeting shall be recorded in the book of minutes
of the Board of Managers.
SEC. 2. The regular meetings of the Board of Managers shall be held on the
first Monday of each month, and the President may call special meetings when
deemed necessary, and shall do so on the written request of three members of the
Board.




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.                    621
SEC. 3. The President may call a meeting of the Exchange whenever he shall
deem it necessary, and shall do so when ordered by the Board of Managers, or,
upon the written request of twenty-five members of the Exchange (which request
must. state the object of the call), and, when present, shall preside at all meetings
of the Exchange and of the Board.
In the absence of the President, the Vice-President shall perform the duties of
the President, and in the absence of both, a chairman pro tern. shall be appointed,
upon whom shall devolve all the duties of the President.
SEC. 4. No member shall speak more than twice on any question under discussion at any meeting of the Exchange, unless by the consent of a majority of the
members present.
SEC. 5. No notice shall be taken at any meeting of the Exchange of any resolution unless submitted in writing. Not less than forty members shall be a quorum
of the Exchange.
ARTICLE VI.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
The Board of Managers shall have general and entire management of the property and business of the Association not inconsistent with the Charter and ByLaws; shall adopt such rules and regulations as they may deem best to carry out
the purposes of the Association; have power to hire or lease, and fit up such
rooms as may be required for the purposes of the Exchange, and to appoint such
subordinate officers or employes as they may deem necessary.
They shall appoint the following Committees at the first meeting of the Board
after their election; and when by them deemed expedient, they may, by a majority
vote of members present at any meeting, change in whole or in part, the composition of any of the Committees (Adjudication and Board of Appeals alone excepted), viz.:1. Executive Committee.
2. Finance Committee.
3. Supervisory Committee.
4. Adjudication Committee.
5. Board of Appeals.
6. Committee on Classification.
7. Committee on Membership.
8. Committee on Information and Statistics.
9. Committee on Trade.
10. Quotation Committee.
11. Arbitration Committee.
And from time to time, such other Committees as they may deem advisable.




622               NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.
ARTICLE VII.
DUTIES OF COMMITTEES.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
SECTION 1. The Executive Committee shall be appointed from the Board of Managers, and shall, unless otherwise ordered, have the general supervision of the property, business, and affairs of the Exchange, and make such reports and recommendations as in their judgment will best promote its interests; shall have direction and
supervision of all appointed officers and employes in the discharge of their respective duties, and shall see that all rooms provided are suitably furnished and kept in
good order for the accommodation of the Exchange, the Board of Managers and
Committees.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SEC. 2. The Finance Committee shall be appointed from the Board of Managers, and shall audit all bills, exercise a general supervision over the financial
affairs of the Exchange, and audit the account of the Treasurer and Secretary of
the Exchange monthly; and shall also audit the annual accounts of Treasurer.
SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE.
SEC. 3. The Supervisory Committee shall consist of three members, who shall
be appointed from the Board of Managers. They shall, unless otherwise ordered,
have general supervision of members under Articles XI and XII of the By-Laws,
and shall enforce said Articles in all cases.
ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE.
SEC. 4. As soon as practicable after its election, the Adjudication Committee
shall proceed to organize, and appoint a Clerk, not of their own body, who shall
act as Clerk of the Committee. Before entering upon the duties of their office, the
members shall be sworn faithfully and fairly to hear and examine the matters in
controversy, which may come before them during their tenure of office, and to make
a just award according to the best of their understanding. The Committee shall
have power to adjourn the hearing from time to time as circumstances may require.
All persons who may desire the services of said Committee, shall file with the
Clerk an agreement in writing, to submit their case to the Committee, and to be
bound by its decision, which agreement shall be signed by the parties thereto, and
attested by a subscribing witness.
On such agreement being filed, the Clerk shall call a meeting of the Committee,
to be held as soon thereafter as may be convenient to the parties concerned, to hear
and decide such controversy; and the Committee shall render its award in conformity with Section 5, 6, and 7 of the Charter.
The Committee shall be entitled to the sum of twenty-five dollars and the Clerk
five dollars for each sitting; said sums to be paid by the party against whom the




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.                    623,decision may be made, except in such cases as the Committee in their discretion,shall otherwise decide.
The proceedings of said Committee shall be recorded in a book to be kept for
that purpose, in which shall be entered a summary of each controversy had before
them, the award made thereon, and at the discretion of the Committee, the grounds
for such award. Said book shall be the property of the Exchange, and subject to
the inspection of its members.
BOARD OF APPEALS.
SEC. 5. The Board of Appeals shall consist of seven members, who shall hear
and decide finally all controversies (except as provided in Article VII, Section 7
of these By-Laws), upon which an award has been previously made by an Arbitration Committee, and from which an appeal has been taken by one of the parties, as
provided in Article XI of these By-Laws.
Any number not less than a majority of the Board, shall be competent to meet
together and hear the proofs and allegations of the parties, and an award by a majority of those present and serving, shall be deemed to be the award of the Board,
and shall be binding on the parties thereto.
Such award shall be in writing, subscribed to by the members concurring therein, and within twenty-four hours from the time of the decision shall be given to the
Secretary of the Exchange, who shall record the same in the book of decisions of
the Board of Appeals, and serve copies on both parties to the controversy.
There shall be paid to the said Board, as compensation for their services in each
case, the sum of thirty-five dollars, to be equally divided between the members
present and serving, and the Board shall state in their award which of the parties
shall pay the same.
COMMITTEE ON CLASSIFICATION.
SEC. 6. The Committee on Classification shall, unless otherwise ordered, have
charge of all questions of Classification, grade, quality, and condition of cotton;
they shall hear and decide finally all controversies relating to the classification
and value of cotton (in connection with the classification), upon which a decision has previously been made by an Arbitration Committee, and from whose
decision an appeal is taken by one of the parties in accordance with Article XI of
these By-Laws. They shall also inquire and report as to the standards of classification of all principal markets, and provide and keep on exhibition samples of the
standards of such markets. They shall also procure information as to the practicability of making the standard of classification of American cotton uniform in all
principal markets, and report, from time to time, such recommendations on the subject as they may deem for the interest of the Exchange. They shall also examine
the references of such samplers and weighers of cotton as may apply for a license,
and report to the Board of Managers the names of such applicants as they recommend shall be licensed.




CG24              NEW YOTRK COTTON EXCTTANGL BY-LAWS.
COMI! 11TEE ON MEM'!3ERSHIP.
SEC. ~7. The Committee on Membership shall, unless otherwise ordered, have
charge of all applications for membership, and for powers of Attorney; they shall
decide finally upon all such applications within one week from the date of their reception, and within twenty-four hours after any decision, they shall, in every case,
report such decision to the Secretary of the Board of Managers, whether approving or disapproving.
COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION AND STATISTICS.
SEC. 8. The Committee on Information and Statistics shall, unless otherwise
ordered, have charge of all matters pertaining to the supply of newspapers, market
reports, telegraphic dispatches and statistical information for the use of the Exchange; and it shall be the duty of said Committee to organize plans for obtaining early, reliable, and regular information affecting the price of cotton from all
cotton producing, and all cotton consuming sections.
COMMITTEE ON TRADE.
SEC. 9. The Committee on Trade shall, unless otherwise ordered, consider and
report such rules and regulations for the purchase, sale, transfer, transportation,
and custody of cotton, as will best promote the interests of all parties interested in
the cotton trade of the city of New York.
QUOTATION COMMITTEE.
SEC. 10. The Quotation Committee shall, unless otherwise ordered, meet twice
daily, at the Exchange when the same is opened for business (except Saturdays,
from and including the second (2d) Saturday of June, to and including the third
(3d) Saturday of September, meeting but once upon those days), to confer upon,
and, by a majority of the members present, establish the market quotations for the
time being of the recognized grades of cotton, which quotations they shall immediately post upon the bulletin board of the Exchange.
ARBITRATION COMMITTEE.
SEC. 11. The Arbitration Committee shall consist of five (5) members, from
which the two arbitrators, chosen by disputing parties, shall, in all cases, choose
the third, as provided in Article XI. It shall be the duty of this Committee to
study the Rules and Laws of the Association, and to keep themselves informed of
all decisions made by Arbitration Committees, and to note particularly by an examination of " The Reports of Committees of Arbitration " upon file at the Exchange, whether the same case, in whole or in part, has or has not been adjudicated
within thirty (30) days.
THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.
SEC. 12. The Secretary of the Board of Managers shall keep accurate minutes
of the meetings both of the Exchange and of the Board; shall cause notices to be




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.                     625
posted on the bulletins of all the meetings of the Exchange, anrd give notice in writing of all the meetings of the Board.
THE TREASURER.
SEC. 13. The Treasurer shall receive all funds belonging or payable to the Exchange, and deposit or invest the same as Treasurer in such manner as the Finance
Committee shall direct. He shall pay all bills against the Exchange when certified
by the Finance Committee, or when authorized by the Board of Managers. He
shall have custody of the corporate seal, shall keep an account of all receipts and
disbursements in a book to be kept for that purpose, subject at all times to the examination of the Finance Committee and the Board of Managers; shall render a
report at each regular meeting of the Board, and a general annual report at the
close of each year, and at the expiration of his term of office shall transfer to his
successor all funds, books, papers and other property of the Exchange that may be
in his possession
DUTY OF SECRETARY OF THE EXCHANG(E.
SEC. 14. The Secretary of the Exchange shall keep the accounts, except those
of the Treasurer; act as the General Superintendent, and perform such other services as the Board of Managers may require.
LICENSES.
SEC. 15. Licenses may be granted by the Board of Managers to Cotton Samplers and Weighers on the recommendation of the Committee oi Classification. The
Board may also at their discretion, suspend or cancel such licenses.
ARTICLE VIII.
POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Any member may be represented by one Attorney (except where two or more
members of one commercial firm are members of the Exchange, there shall be but
one Attorney for such members), who shall be his bona fide recognized partner, or
clerk. on the following conditions, to wit:-On the annual payment into the treasury of the Exchange, of the same dues that are assessed against the members, and
filing a written agreement with the Secretary binding the member for all transactions of his Attorney. Said Attorney (who must be approved both by the Committee on Membership and the Board of Managers), shall be subject to all the rules of
order which apply to members, and may be required to withdraw from the privileges
of the Exchange, for cause, at the written request of five members, addressed to
and approved by the presiding officer. Attorneys are not allowed to vote or to
attend executive sessions of the Exchange.
ARTICLE IX.
REPORTING SALES.
Any member who shall be convicted of intentionally reporting false sales shall
be expelled.     0




626               NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.
All transactions in contracts for future delivery and free on board must be reported promptly to the Secretary of the Exchange, giving exact time and terms,
and name of party making the report, only.
Transactions between parties, neither of whom are brokers, must be reported by
the seller; if between parties only one of whom is a broker, by the broker; if between two brokers, by the selling broker.
The party whose duty it is to report any transaction, shall furnish a " stamped
contract" for same, and shall be responsible for any expense incurred by his neglect
therein.
All exchanges giving one time of delivery for another, and all transactions covering more times of delivery than one, and made at an average price, shall be reported strictly as they occurred, but shall not be used by the Secretary in making
up the daily averages. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep the reports on
file, and without charge, to stamp "Reported" on all contracts which have been
reported within twenty minutes of the time when the transaction was made.
No transaction not duly reported shall have any right under the By-Laws and
Rules of the Exchange; provided, that any buyer holding a contract which has not
been reported, may have it brought under the By-Laws and Rules of the Exchange
on application to the Secretary within ten days from date of the transaction, and
on payment of five (5) cents per bale to the Exchange, the receipt of which shall
be stamped on the contract, and the sum thus paid shall be repaid to him by the
seller.
ARTICLE X.
DUTIES OF MEMBERS FAILING TO MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS
Any member finding himself unable to meet his liabilities or obligations at maturity, shall immediately notify the members of the Exchange by letter addressed
to the Secretary, who shall promptly post the same on the bulletin of the Exchange,
where it shall remain five days; such notice shall be deemed sufficient for all the
members of the Exchange, and shall render it obligatory upon them to close all
contracts with such failing member, by settlement, at the average price for that day
for like deliveries; provided, notice is given before 3 o'clock P. M., otherwise, or.
average quotation of next day; and 0lo transfer of contracts, or settlement, otherwise than is herein provided, shall be accepted by any member of the Exchange
after such notice of failure.
Provided, That in any case where such notice is given, any member having a
claim or claims against such failing member, may demand an investigation of the
affairs of such member, by the Supervisory Committee, and if the Committee shall
report that, in their opinion, such member is able to pay all his obligations, that he
shall be debarred from the privilege of settlement under this By-Law.




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.                     627
All privileges to call, or to deliver Cotton in favor of or against the failing
member, shall be settled upon such basis as shall be fixed by a Committee of Arbitration.
Any member failing to meet his obligations at maturity shall thereby forfeit all
the privileges of membership, except the right of Arbitration on all claims resulting from business transactions made prior to failure, and the right to sell and transfer his membership to a member or member elect:
Provided, that if he shall have duly notified the members of the Exchange in
accordance with the By-Laws, and shall have made honorable settlement with his
creditors, or has offered to pay them pro rata to the full extent of his ability, he
may, within one year from the date of his failure, on application to the Supervisory
Committee, who shall report the same within one week to the Board of Managers,
be fully reinstated to the rights and privileges of membership by a two-third vote
of the Board at any meeting subsequent to that at which the Supervisory Committee may report upon the same.
If any member fails to meet his obligations, and does not give notice to the
members of the Exchange in accordance with the By-Laws, he shall not be eligible
to reinstatement, nor to be elected, nor to act as Attorney for a member. And it
shall be the duty of the Supervisory Committee, upon complaint and evidence that
a member has so failed to meet his obligations and to give notice as herein provided, to notify the members of the Exchange, by notice posted on the bulletin not
less than five days.
ARTICLE XI.
CLAIMS OF MEMBERS.
All claims of one member against another (unless arising from transactions
negotiated through brokers who are not members of this Exchange), shall be subject to arbitration by a Committee of three members, one to be chosen by each disputant, those two selecting a third (from the Arbitration Committee. See. Article
VII, Section 11). The award of a majority of the arbitrators to be binding, subject only to the right of appeal to the Board of Appeals (except such cases as are
provided for in Article VII, Section 4). In the event, however, of one of the disputing parties appointing an arbitrator, and the other refusing or neglecting to do
so for three days after notice in writing of the appointment, or in case the arbitrators appointed shall not within seven days after their appointment, make report of
their award, then the President, or officer presiding for the day, shall, at the request in writing of either party, appoint an arbitrator or arbitrators to act in the
case. Each arbitrator acting on such committee shall be paid five dollars ($5) for
each case, and the arbitrators in their award shall decide by whom the expenses of
the arbitration shall be paid.
All claims or complaints of one member against another for cause, must be preferred, in writing, within thirty (30) days from date of discovery of cause of ac



628               ANEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.
tion, and if arbitration is desired, notice of same, in writing, must be served upon
the opposite party within said period of thirty (30) days, otherwise they shall be
null and void.
ARTICLE XII.
COMPLAINTS OF MEMBERS.
SECTION 1. If complaint of improper conduct is made against a member of the
Exchange, it must be in writing, and addressed to the Supervisory Committee,
specifying the particular act complained of, together with all the documentary evidence bearing on the case that the complainant can furnish, together with a list of
the witnesses he desires may be examined on said complaint. The chairman of the
Committee shall cause copies of the complaint and evidence to be served on the
member complained of, and it shall be the duty of the said member within five days
of the receipt of the same, to return said documents to the Committee with his
written answer to the complaint, and all documents bearing on the case, in his possession, with the names of witnesses he desires shall be summoned. The Chairman
shall, as soon as expedient after the receipt of said answer, or if no answer is received after the expiration of five days from service of the copies of complaint,
notify both parties and witnesses named of the time and place at which the Committee will meet to act on said complaint. If, after examination, the Committee
deem the charges substantiated, they shall so report to the Board of Managers,
and deliver to the said Board all documents relating thereto.
SEC. 2. The Board of Managers may, at their discretion, act upon the documentary evidence alone, or may call the parties or such witnesses as they may desire to examine in the case before them; but one party shall not be called before
the Board of Managers, without giving the other party an opportunity of being
present at the same time.
SEC. 3. Such accused member or members may, upon a substantiation of the
charges, be suspended or expelled by a vote of two-thirds (2-3ds) of the Board of
Managers present, and voting at the meeting, when the same shall be acted upon.
SEC. 4. Any suspended member may be reinstated by a three-fourth (3-4th)
vote of the Board of Managers present, and voting at the meeting, when the same
shall be acted upon.
ARTICLE XIII.
SAMPLES OF COTTON.
No samples of cotton drawn in this City shall be arbitrated upon under the
By-Laws of this Exchange, unless drawn by samplers licensed by the Board of
Managers as already provided for. It shall be the duty of members to employ
licensed samplers only. The party employing a sampler in violation of this article
shall become responsible for any loss sustained thereby.




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.                     629
ARTICLE XIV.
WEIGHER'S RETURNS.
No weigher's return of cotton weighed in this City shall be arbitrated upon
under the By-Laws of this Exchange, unless the same is signed by a weigh-master
licensed by the Board of Managers, as already provided for.
ARTICLE XV.
VACANCIES.
All vacancies that may occur in the Board by death, resignation, or otherwise,
may be filled by the Board at any regular meeting. The Board shall also have
power to fill any vacancies of Inspectors of Elections.
ARTICLE XVI.
HOLIDAYS.
SECTION 1. All contracts falling due on Sundays, legal holidays, or such holidays
as are established by the Exchange, shall be completed on the preceding day, and
when notice of five (5) days is required, it shall be given five (5) days previous to
day of delivery.
SEC. 2. The Exchange may, by a two-third (2-3d) vote, at any meeting called
on one day's notice and held at least six (6) days previous to the date of the holiday, order a holiday which shall be binding upon all members so far as regards any
business upon contracts for future delivery.
SEC. 3. All Saturdays froim and including the second (2d) Saturday of June to
and including the third (3d) Saturday of September, shall be observed as holidays
so far as concerns the issuing of and transferring of notices and orders upon contracts for future delivery, and the succeeding Mondays shall be substituted for such
purposes.
SEC. 4. When the fifth day previous to delivery falls on a Sunday or a Holiday,
the next previous business day must be substituted for the issue of the transferable
order, and for the issue and transfer of notices, except as provided in section 3d.
When the day of delivery happens on the day following a Sunday or a Holiday
the next -previous business day must be substituted for the termination of the circulation of the transferable and warehouse orders, except as provided in section 3d.
ARTICLE XVII.
POSTING RULES.
All rules adopted by the Board of Managers, shall, after having been posted on
the bulletin of the Exchange ten (10) days, be in force and binding on the members, and shall govern all cases to which they are applicable.




630              NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.
Any alteration in the rules relating to contracts, made under the provisions of
this Article, shall be binding on all contracts entered into before as well as after
its adoption, provided said alteration does not affect the amount of money to be
paid, or the quality of the cotton to be received under such contracts.
ARTICLE XVIII.
PROHIBITED APPROPRIATIONS.
SECTION 1. There shall be no appropriation of money voted either by the Board
of Managers or the Exchange, except for the strictly legitimate business of the Association.
ARTICLE XIX.
PROHIBITED NOTICES.
SECTION 1. There shall be no notices posted upon the bulletin boards, or any other
portion of the Exchange building, except such as relate strictly to the legitimate
business of the Association. No notice of any kind shall be posted except by
proper authority.
ARTICLE XX.
SUSPENDING BY-LAWS OR RULES.
No By-Law or Rule of the Exchange, Board of Managers, or of any of the
standing Committees, shall be suspended at any meeting, except by the unanimous,
vote of the members present.
ARTICLE XXI.
VISITORS.
Complimentary cards of admission to the floor of the Exchange, not transferable, and extending not over two consecutive weeks, may be granted by the Secretary to non-residents of the City, on application of any member; but such card of
admission shall not be renewed to any individual within three months of the time
of its original issue, unless by vote of the Board of Managers.
It is distinctly understood that parties receiving such cards are not to engage in
any transaction on the floor, except through members of thu Exchange.
ARTICLE XXII.
Any proposed alteration of the By-Laws must first be approved by a majority
of the Board of Managers, and after such approval, a copy of the proposed alteration with notice of the time of meeting to vote on the same shall be posted for ten
(10) days at the general meeting room of the Exchange, and to be finally adopted
must have the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2-3ds) of the members of the Exchange, present at such meeting.




RULES.
FORM OF CONTRACT.
RuLE 1.-The following shall be the Contract in all cases, where no other form
of Contract is specified at the time of sale. Verbal contracts, when proven to the
satisfaction of arbitrators, shall have the same standing as if written.
[CONTRACT A].
OFFICE OF
NEW YORK,                    18 
SOLD for M_
To M_
45,000 lbs. in about one hundred Square bales Upland Cotton, deliverable from
dock or store in said City, between the first and last days of     inclusive.
The delivery within such time to be at seller's option in lots of not less than fifty
bales, upon five days' notice to buyer. The Cotton to be of any grade, from Good
Ordinary to Good Middling, inclusive, at the price of    cents per pound for
Low Middling, with additions or deductions for other grades, according to the
rates of the New York Cotton Exchange, at the time of delivery.
Either party to have the right to call for a margin, as the variations of the
market for like deliveries may warrant, and which margin shall be kept good.
This Contract is made in view of, and in all respects subject to, the rules and
conditions established by the New York Cotton Exchange, and in full accordance
with Article XVII, of the By-Laws.
Respectfully,
Cotton Brokers.
DEPOSITS ON CONTRACTS.
RULE 2. —Upon all contracts, either party, on signing a contract, shall have
the right to call for a margin of one-half ( ) of one cent per pound to be deposited
as per Rule 6 of the Rules of the Exchange, for the security of the buyer, and the
same sum per pound for the security of the seller.




63'2              NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.
CONTRACT BINDING.
RULE 3.-No transaction made by a broker shall be binding on the opposite
party until the name of the principal is given, unless by stipulation at the time, in
which case it shall be the duty of the broker to give a satisfactory principal, or
make himself principal, on the same day, before 5 P. M. If a broker makes himself principal in a transaction, he must pay the opposite party a transfer fee, unless
he gives himself as principal at the time of making the trade. All contracts must
be delivered by the maker at the office of the opposite party before 5 P. M. of the
first day after the transaction, under the penalty of the payment of a transfer fee
by the defaulter to the opposite party, and no contract shall be valid unless delivered before 5 P. M. of the second day after the transaction, the defaulting party
being held liable to the other for all damages arising from such default.
CANCELING CONTRACT.
RULE 4 -Either party to a contract may close or cancel the same by giving
notice in writing to the opposite party, any day before notice of delivery has been
given. The party to whom notice is given has the option either to make settlement,
or to receive a satisfactory contract made equal to that held by him. Any party
holding a contract against another, corresponding in all respects (except as to price)
with one held by the other party against him, may close, or cancel both, by giving
notice in writing (any time before notice of delivery) to the opposite party; or
where a "ring" settlement may be formed, all parties thereto shall be compelled to
settle upon the terms as hereinafter provided. The settlement to be made on the day
after notice. All parties paying differences shall be allowed a discount from the date
of payment to the 15th day of the last month, covered by the contract, at the rate
of seven per cent. per annum. Any party who, at the request of another, transfers
a contract, or substitutes another for one held by him, shall receive five (5) cents
per bale as compensation for making the change. All brokerages for making settlements, transfers and changes in contracts shall be paid by the party employing
the broker.
MARGIN.
RULE 5.-When a contract provides for requiring a margin, or for payment of a
variation in the market price, and notice in writing requiring the same is given on
any day before 12 M., the margin or difference must be paid before three o'clock
P. M. of the same day. When the notice is given after 12 M., the margin or difference must be paid before 12 M. of the next day. If a party fails to deposit any
margin called for and due, in accordance with contract (see Rules 1st and 2d), the
other party may, at his option, close the contract by giving written notice of his
decision to do so. The party in default shall then account to the other party for
the difference between the contract price and the average quotations of the Cotton
Exchange for that day, for like deliveries, with an allowance against the defaulting
party of one-quarter cent per pound.




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.                     633
The passing of the transferable order shall not prevent the calling of margins
on contracts any time before the day of delivery.
DISPOSAL OF MARGIN.
RULE 6.-Margins shall be deposited in a Trust Company by the Broker, or by
a person designated by the parties to a contract, he receiving a certificate of deposit made payable to the order of. the buyer or seller, as the Broker or person
depositing may direct. The certificate shall be deposited with the Secretary of the
Exchange, who shall deliver it only upon the order of the Broker or person depositing, and of the two parties to the contract. In case the two parties do not
agree as to the delivery, the matter may, by either of them, be referred to an Arbitration Committee for decision, with the right of either party to appeal from their
decision to the Board of Appeals. On the decision of an Arbitration Committee,
if not appealed from, or that of the Board of Appeals, if appealed to, the Secretary shall deliver the certificate to the Broker or person depositing it, who shall
promptly indorse to each party the amount to which each is entitled by such decision.
NOTICES.
RULE'.-Where notice of delivery on part of seller, or demand of Cotton by
a buyer, who has option so to do, is required by a Contract, it shall be given by
the party furnishing the Cotton in the one case, and by the buyer in the other case,
to the party requiring said notice, before 10 A. M. of the fifth day prior to the
delivery. The party receiving the notice may transfer the same by indorsement to
subsequent parties, and it may be given from one transferee to another. Every
transfer must be promptly made, and every person receiving the notice shall indorse
upon it the time lie receives it. Any party failing to forward such notice promptly
shall be liable to a penalty of one-eighth cent per pound to the party with whom
the notice shall lodge at the close of the day. All transfers shall be made previous
to 4 o'clock P. M. Should the office of the party, to whom notice is to be given,
be closed, it shall be a good service to give the notice to the Secretary of the Exchange. He shall'indorse thereon the day and time of its receipt, and post notice
thereof on the bulletin of the Exchange. When no notice is given, the delivery
shall be made on the last day stipulated by the contract. All notices must be for
45,000 or 22,500 pounds of Cotton, and must be a notice only and not connected
with an order. Every party, who issues an original notice of intention to deliver
before the last day covered by the contract, must either deliver to the party so
notified, a transferable order, as in Rule 12, or an order on warehouse or place of
delivery, before 12 M. of the day before the Cotton is due-or, in default thereof,
shall pay to the party notified one-quarter (4) cent per pound on the quantity of
Cotton designated by such notice. The contract to remain in full force.
SETTLEMENTS.
RULE 8.-When the settlement.of a contract depends upon the market price on
a particular day, the average quotations of the New York Cotton Exchange on
that day for like deliveries, as declared by the official record of the Secretary of the




634              NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.
Exchange, is to be taken as the basis of settlement. In case of failure to deliver
any portion of the Cotton named in the contract, when due, no obstacle being made
by buyer, the basis of settlement of Cotton due on such contract for default in delivery, shall be one-quarter (I) of one cent per pound above the average quotations
for spot Cotton of the day of delivery. And if failure to receive any portion of
the Cotton named in contract shall prove to be the fault of the buyer, the settlement shall be made at the average quotations for spot Cotton of the day following,
with the addition of one-quarter (1) of one cent per pound in favor of seller. Provided, however, that no seller shall be entitled to receive penalty, unless he has
given the stipulated notice of intention to deliver; and no buyer (who has not received notice), unless demand is made by him two days before expiration of the contract. Provided, also, that no defaulting party can claim settlement under this
rule, except upon evidence that the default was unintentional and not premeditated.
Nothing, however, in this rule shall be construed to prevent a settlement by mutual
agreement.
QUOTATIONS FOR SALE REPORTS.
RULE 9.-The reported sales for each month, as made each day from the opening of the Exchange until 3 P. M., shall be taken as the full day's report, and shall
govern the Secretary in making the average quotations of that day for time contracts. When no sales for any month are reported at the Exchange, the Committee on Quotations shall, if required, fix the quotations for such month.
TERMS OF DELIVERIES ON CONTRACTS.
RULE 10.-On all contracts calling for deliveries in lots of not less than 50
bales, the deliveries must be made in lots of not less than 50 bales on the same day,
and at one place, provided, that when a delivery has been made on account of a,
contract, the balance to finish the contract shall be taken as a proper delivery,
though it be less than 50 bales; and two orders given at the same time for delivery on the same day, making together 100 bales from two places, shall be taken as.
a proper delivery. No one order for Cotton to be delivered on contract shall be
for a larger quantity than 45,000 pounds. All orders on warehouse or other place.
of delivery must be delivered to the first receiver before 12 M. of the day before
the Cotton is due, but such orders may be transferred until 5 P. M. of that day,
provided the first transfer is made before 121 P. M. of that day, and every transfer must be promptly made, every party noting on the order the time he receives it.
Any party may reject an order which shows from the date thereon that it has been
unduly delayed in transfer, and the last transferee of an order which has been so
delayed shall be entitled to collect, from the party causing the delay, one-quarter
cent per pound on the amount of Cotton called for by such order, as liquidated
damages. And all contracts on which orders shall not be delivered in accordance
with these stipulations, and all transferable orders (under Rule 12), if presented,
on which orders on warehouse or place of delivery shall not be delivered to the receiver, as stipulated above, shall be settled at the average quotations for spot Cotton of the (lay the Cotton is due, with the addition of one-quarter cent per pound
against the defaulting party.




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.                    635
TIME FOR PAYMENT OF COTTON DELIVERED ON CONTRACTS.
RULE 11.-The contract price of Cotton delivered on time contracts and the
approximate value of any other Cotton delivered shall be payable on the day following delivery, provided, weigher's return and bill are presented before 12 M., of
said day, following delivery of Cotton, except where payment on delivery is required. Cotton shall not be-at the risk of the buyer, until it has passed the scale
in course of delivery, unless otherwise expressly agreed upon.
TRANSFERABLE ORDER.
RULE 12.-An order for 45,000 pounds of Cotton, in about 100 square bales,
at a price not varying more than one-quarter of one cent per pound from the average price for like deliveries of the day previous to its issue, in the following form:
Messrs.
On the              deliver to the order of, on account of our contract sale to them dated                 at          cents per pound, 45,000
pounds of Cotton, in about 100 square bales, to be any grade from Good Ordinary
to Good Middling, inclusive, which Cotton is to be received and held by the last
indorser hereon as custodian for us (insured for whom it may concern), and subject
to our order until we are paid at the rate of        cents per pound.
Drawn and accepted by a member of the New York Cotton Exchange, and
in(lorsed as follows:
In consideration of one (1) dollar paid to each of the subscribers by, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, it is agreed that the last subscriber
hereon will, on or before 12 MI. on the day preceding the, present
the within order to, receiving the Cotton named therein, and hold
the same as custodians and agents for said         (insured for whom it may
concern), and subject to their order as the true owners of the same, until they are
paid the full amount of           cents per pound, and to settle with them on
the basis of Low Middling, with allowance for variation of grade in accordance
with quotations of the New York Cotton Exchange on day of delivery. It is
further agreed that each subscriber hereon shall continue his or their liability to
each other for the fulfillment of the contracts referred to, and that the sum paid to
shall be accepted by each as payment on account of their mutual
obligations.
Agreement:
Stamp.
Transferred in the following form:
We accept the within order from, with all the conditions and
obligations thereof on account of our contract purchase from them, dated
at             cents per pound, we paying them             dollars, to
make price equal to            cents aer pound the contract price with




(63G              NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.
If tendered by the drawer before 4 P. M. on the fifth day before delivery of
Cotton is due, or if tendered by transfer before 11 A. MI. of the day before the
delivery of Cotton is due, shall be accepted by any member of the Exchange to
whom Cotton is due under any contract; and the price shall be made equal to the
price of the contract on which it shall be tendered, provided, that it is otherwise
in accordance with such contract; and the amount of Cotton delivered on such
order shall be accepted as so much received on account of the contracts specified
in the order and transfers. Any party holding such order and failing to present
the same before 12 M. of the day before the one specified in such order, shall settle
for such Cotton on the average price of that day, for the like delivery, with onequarter cent per pound in favor of the seller; and each party issuing or transferring
the same shall collect that amount from the party to whom they issued or transferred such order in settlement.
Any party delivering Cotton on such order, and failing to receive payment for
the same according to the terms thereof, shall give a written notice to the party
to whom he issued within 48 hours from the close of such delivery, and said written
notice must be promptly transferred by every party receiving such notice to the
party to whom he transferred such order.
SEEDY AND FRAUDULENTLY PACKED COTTON.
RULE 13.-Seedy or fraudulently packed Cotton shall be rejected and not be
deliverable; and where mixed-packed Cotton is in the bale, the whole bale shall be
deemed of the grade of the poorest quality, and if that is below the lowest grade
called for in the contract, or shown in the samples at the time of sale, it shall not
be deliverable.
CLASSIFICATION OF COTTON ON DELIVERY, &c.
RULE 14.-In determining the classification of Cotton delivered, the sand and
dirt shall be taken into account. If Cotton of lower grade than is specified in contract is delivered, settlement shall be made the same as if such grades had been ineluded in the contract; but nothing in this rule shall be construed as requiring any
one to receive other grades than those embraced in the contract. All Cotton shall
be classed within 24 hours after delivery, and in delivery of F. 0. B. Cotton the
samples shall be classed and passed upon within 12 hours after the samples are
opened. When sold on a basis, the additions or deductions for other grades shall
be according to the rates of the New York Cotton Exchange on the day on which
the Bills of Lading are dated, except when otherwise agreed upon. If notice for
arbitration is not given within 24 hours after receipt of the Certificate of Classification, the settlement shall be made in accordance with such certificate.
BANDS AND ROPES.
RULE 15.-Six iron bands or ropes, not exceeding in weight 12 pounds in the
aggregate, shall be considered sufficient for each bale of Cotton. Any excess shall,
at the option of the buyer, be removed from the bale, or be deducted from its gross
weight.




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.                    637
WEIGHT.
RULE 16.-No bale of Cotton weighing less than 300 pounds shall be deemed
merchantable, and any buyer may refuse to receive the same
HOURS FOR DELIVERY OF COTTON.
RULE 17.-The day on which Cotton is due the delivery shall not be required
to commence before 8 A. M., nor to continue later than sunset. Cotton shall be
delivered or received at the rate of not less than 20 bales per hour, from each
scale, when required by buyer or seller. When the seller requires the buyer to receive Cotton from two scales, at one place of delivery, on one order, it must be
noted on the delivery order.
WEATHER SUITABLE FOR DELIVERY.
RULE 18.-If the weather be deemed unsuitable for the delivery of Cotton, by
any party interested in a delivery, on any day, the Secretary of the Exchange
shall, at their request, obtain the opinion thereon of three Members of the Exchange (not interested in deliveries on that day), and if a majority decide that the
weather be unsuitable for the delivery of Cotton, the Secretary shall post their
certificate on the Bulletin of the Exchange, dating the time of posting, which shall
remain posted until a majority of said three members shall decide the weather to
be suitable, when it shall be taken from the Bulletin and filed, noting the time of
removal. During the time such Certificate is posted on the Bulletin, all deliveries
of Cotton may be suspended, at the option of either party to any delivery; and
any delivery suspended under this rule shall be entitled to an extension of timetwo hours more than the time such Certificate was posted. The Secretary shall
give a certified copy of said Certificate to any member requiring it, on the receipt
of 50 cents, and such copy shall be a sufficient authority for the suspension and resumption of delivery of any lot of Cotton by the parties to the delivery.
TIME ALLOWED FOR TAKING DELIVERY.
RULE 19.-All Cotton shall be received within ten days of date of purchase.
COMPENSATION FOR GRADES ON AVERAGE PRICE.
RULE 20.-When Cotton of various grades is sold by sample, at an average
price, and, for proper causes, rejections are made, and such rejected bales are from
the grades better than the average, the seller shall make good to buyer the difference in value; and if the rejections are from grades below the average, the buyer
shall make good to the seller the difference
SALES OF COTTON TO ARRIVE.
RULE 21.-The following shall be the contract in all cases, for cotton to arrive,
where no other form of contract is specified at the time of sale.




638              NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.
[FORM OF CONTRACT].
NEW YORK,                   187
SOLD for M
To M              __
Bales Cotton to arrive, to be taken from dock or
docks, depot or depots, by the buyer, after having been weighed by seller, upon
any day (Sundays and legal holidays excepted), if notified by the seller before three
o'clock P. M., provided the whole lot, or as much as twenty-five (25) bales are
ready for delivery. It is mutually agreed by both parties that if the Cotton covered by this contract should arrive in more than one parcel, each shall constitute a
separate lot, for which a distinct bill shall be rendered, and if desired, an independent arbitration.
In the event of the loss, from any cause, of the Cotton named in the contract,
said contract shall be canceled, without prejudice to either party; but if the loss is
only partial, the contract shall remain in full force and effect, to the extent of such
portion as may be saved, and arrive consigned to and under the control of the seller;
provided it arrives in merchantable order, or may be put into such condition, in the
opinion of three competent and disinterested parties, without an undue sacrifice
upon the part of the seller.
Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to apply to Cotton sold to arrive within
a stipulated period of time, provided such period of time has expired.
STAINED COTTON.
RULE 22.-Stained Cotton not exceeding 20 per cent. of the whole amount
called for on a contract, may be delivered, and, when so delivered, shall be classed
down one grade from what such Cotton would class if not stained.
CLAIMS FOR IRREGULARITIES.
RULE 23.-After Cotton has been examined, received and passed upon by the
Broker or agent of the buyer, no claim shall be made against the seller, except for
fraudulent packing. When claims are made they shall be in writing, stating the
particulars of the fraudulent packing, and the same shall be verified by oath or
affirmation. The claim shall then be deemed prima facie valid in favor of the
claimant, and it can only be defeated by the decision of an Arbitration Committee
or of the Board of Appeals. All claims for fraudulent packing, giving the marks
by which the Cotton was sold, and all other legible marks and numbers shall be
good against all sellers for nine months from date of sale, and without limit of time
against the original packer.




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.                      639
TRANSIT AND FREE ON BOARD COTTON.
RULE 24.-Transit Cotton, when offered for sale, should be accompanied by a
memorandum giving the name of the vessel, ports of loading and destination, rate
of freight, where insured, and rate of insurance, marks and quantity of each mark,
and total weight when known.
If the amount of insurance is not stated, the buyer shall consider, and the seller
shall guarantee, the cotton insured for not less than the price at which it may have
been sold. The seller shall cause additional insurance to be made when so requested
in writing, and in the event of loss or damage before the time named in the contract for delivery of the documents, the Cotton shall be considered the property of
the buyer, who must promptly pay for the same on presentation of shipping documents as specified in the contract, the seller then transferring the insurance to the
buyer, who from time of purchase shall accept the responsibility of the Underwriters.
If the buyer does not pay for the cotton at the time named in the contract, the
seller shall have the option to make other disposition of the same holding the
buyer responsible for any loss he may sustain
In case of the arrival of the Cotton at the port of destination before the seller
shall have delivered the shipping documents to the buyer, the landing expenses incurred at said port are to be borne by the purchaser, but it shall be the duty of the
seller, at the time of sale, to state (when within his knowledge) if the Cotton has
sailed from port or ports of loading, or arrived at port or ports of destination, or
if any accident has occurred to vessel or cargo; failing to do so, he shall become
responsible for all such proper expenses as may be incurred by reason of such neglect
on his part; and for neglecting to give such information, the buyer shall have the
option of canceling the contract before the documents are delivered.
The seller shall guarantee the correctness of the samples shown, and it shall be
the duty of the broker promptly to seal them, and they are only to be opened for
comparison with samples to be drawn at the port of destination, under the inspection of referees, whose names shall be specified in the contract, and whose decision
shall be final; all claims for difference shall be void if the samples are opened without the consent of seller or seller's referees.
Unsealed samples shall not be removed from the office of the broker in the
original sale, for re-sale through another broker or otherwise, without consent of
the seller.
All claims for difference in samples, if accompanied by proper vouchers, must
be paid by seller within three days from presentation.
A bill or invoice for the cotton must be rendered to the buyer as soon as practicable after sale, accompanied by a sworn or licensed weigher's certificate of




640              NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.
weights, and shall be paid for within seven days after sale, on delivery of shipping
documents.
Free on board sales shall be subject to the same terms and conditions of marine
insurance and guaranty of samples which attach to Cotton sold in transitu.
Settlements for difference in grades shall be determined by the quotations of
the Cotton Exchange, on the day the bill of lading is dated, which must be mailed
not later than two days after its date; payment shall be made on presentation of
the shipping documents, upon receiving one day's notice, unless otherwise agreed
upon at the time of the sale.
When sales are made for a specified grade, or by type samples, the buyer shall
have the right to reject the Cotton'tendered, if the quality falls off more than a
half grade, but in exercising this privilege he must release the seller from the fulfillment of the contract, unless the buyer is willing to receive it at a proper allowance, but no allowance shall be made to the seller if the Cotton proves to be better
than the grade or type stipulated, unless otherwise agreed upon at the time of the
sale.
When claims are presented for so-called "country damage" the certificate of the
weigher or shipping clerk at time of shipment, corroborated by the bills of lading,
shall be taken as "prima facie" evidence of the condition of the cotton. Failure
to obtain remedy from the vessel for delivery at port of destination in improper
condition as to exterior of the package, shall not invalidate the original evidence.
MODE OF SELECTING ARBITRATORS.
RULE 25.-When more than two parties are apparently interested in any difference arising between members, an arbitration may be called by any two members
interested, and every party they may require to be included in such arbitration,
shall be considered parties thereto, and shall be notified of the call for arbitration;
and each party shall nominate one arbitrator, and if any neglect to nominate, one
shall be nominated for each party neglecting to nominate, and the Secretary of the
Exchange shall draw from the whole number of names two, who shall choose from
the Arbitration Committee (see Article XI of the By-Laws) a third person to act
with them, and the three so chosen shall decide as to the liabilities of each party,
and as to the portion of the expenses to be borne by each; and either of the parties may appeal from such decision, in which event all the parties included in the
arbitration shall be included in the appeal for decision, as to the liability of each
party and the portion of expenses to be paid by each.
DECISIONS BY ARBITRATORS AND APPEALS.
RULE 26.-All decisions of the Board of Appeals, and of Arbitration Committees, shall be in writing, and shall be given to the Secretary of the Exchange,
who shall record the decisions as given and send copies to each party to the arbitration. The party or parties to pay the fees of the arbitrators, or of the Board




NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE BY-LAWS.                   641
of Appeals, shall, on receipt of such decisions, pay over the amount of such fees to
the Secretary, who shall pay same to the arbitrators. All appeals from decisions
of Arbitration Committees must be made within 24 hours of the date of notice of
a decision. In case no appeal is made in such specified time, the decisions of Arbitration Committees shall be final.
RATES OF BROKERAGE.
RULE 27.-The following rates of brokerage, as proposed by the Cotton
Brokers, are expected to govern all transactions made by Members of this Exchange:-For Cotton on the spot or to arrive, 25 cents per bale shall be paid by
each party to a contract, which shall cover the broker's services in attending to
receipt and delivery. For transit Cotton, or free on board contracts, 25 cents per
bale shall be paid by each party. For contracts for future delivery, 121 cents per
bale shall be paid by each party. For settlements of contracts, 6- cents per bale
shall be paid by the party employing the broker to make the same. When Cotton
is delivered on contracts, 12, cents per bale more shall be paid by the party delivering the Cotton, and 12A cents per bale by the party receiving it. Brokerages
are due, and may be collected, as soon as the contract for forward delivery is accepted, and after payment on all other contracts.
41




APPENDIX.
STATISTICS OF THE MANUFACTURES OF COTTON IN THE
UNITED STATES.
While this work was in press, statistics of the Manufactures of
Cotton in the United States, based upon the returns of the census
of 1870, were made public. They are semi-official in their character,
and are vouched for by so competent an authority as Mr. B. F.
Nourse, of Boston, as substantially correct. There has been barely
sufficient time to compile them in a comparative table with the
returns of the census of 1860, and in that relation they are printed
below. I have neither time nor room for comment, their obvious deductions must be left to the intelligent consideration of the reader.




APPENDIX.                                       643
Statistics of the Manufactures of Cotton in the United States.
1860.                    1870.
STATES.
No. Mills.    Capital.   No. Mills.    Capital.
Maine................................          19     $6,018,325        23        $9,839,685
New Hampshire.......................          47      12,586,880       36        13,332,710
Vermont.............................         8         271,200        8           670,000
Massachusetts...............     217      33,704,674      191        44,714.375
Rhode Island.........................  153  10,052,200     139        18,836,300
Connecticut..........................       129       6,627,000      111        12,710,700
Total New England States........       570     $69,260,279       508     $100,103,770
New York........................             79     $5,583,470        81        $8,511,336
Pennsylvania.................185                       9,203,940      138        12,550,720
New Jersey...........................         44       1,320,550       27          2,762,000
Delaware............................         11582,500                 6          1,165,000
Maryland............................        20       2,254,500       22         2,734,250
District of  Columbia...................       1          45,000......................
Total Middle States.............      340     $18,789,069      274       $27,723,306
Ohio...............................         8       $265,000         7          $555,700
Indiana.............................. 2        251,000        4           551,250
Illinois...............................4,700                          5           151,000
Iow a...................................................... 11,500
Utah.                                           1           6.000        3            42,000
Utah.................................         16,000342,000
Missouri.............................          2         169,000        3           489,200
Kentucky.............................          6         244,000        5           405,000
Total Western. States............      22        $939,700        28       $2,195,650
Virginia.............................         16     $1.367,543        11        $1,128,000
North Carolina........................        39       1,272,750       33         1,030,900
South Carolina.............         17        801,825        12         1,337,000
Georgia..............................       33      2,126,103        343433,265
Georgia..                            33       2,126,103       34         3,433,265
Florida...............................         1          30,000.................
Alabama.............................        14      1,316,000        13931,000
Alahama..                                      14      1,316,000        13           931,000
Louisiana.........................    2       1,000,000        4           592,000
Texas...............................          1        450,000         4           496.000
Mississippi..4                          230,000         5           750,500
Arkansas.............................          2         37,000         2            13,000
Tennessee............................         30        965,000        28970,650
Tennessee..                          30        965,000        28           970,650
Total Southern States.......          159     $9,596,221       146       $10,682,315
Total United States.............1,091        $98.585,269       956      $140,706,041




6344                                APPENDIX.
Statistics of the Manufactures of Cotton in the United States.
1860.                    1870.
STATES.               RAW MATERIAL USED.       RAW MATERIAL USED.
Pounds.      Value.      Pounds.      Value.
Maine...........................  23,733,165  $3,319,335  25,887,771  $6,746,780
New  Hampshire................... 51,002,324    7,128,196  41,469,719    12,318,867
Vermont.........................   1,447,250     181,030    1,235,652      292,269
Massachusetts.................... 134,012,759  17,214,592  130,654,040  37,371,599
Rhode Island..................... 41,614,797   5,799,223  44,630,787   13,268,315
Connecticut...................... 31,891,011  4,028,406   31,747,309    8,818,651
Total New England States....283,701,306   $37,670,782 275,625,278  $78,816,482
New  York........................ 23,945,627  $3,061,105   24,783,351   $6,990,626
Pennsylvania.....................  37,496,203  7,386,213  32,953,318   10,724,052
New  Jersey......................  9,094,649   1,165,435   7,920,035     1,964,758
Delaware........................  3,403,000     570,102    2,587,615      704,733
Maryland........................  12,880,119   1,698.413  12,693,647    3,409,426
District of Columbia...............   294,117      47,403......................
Total Middle States...........87,113,715 $13,928,671   80,937,966  $23,793,595
Ohio........................  3,192,500  $374,100   2,226,400     $493,740
Indiana.......................     1,813,944     229,925    2,070,318      542,875
Illinois..........................   95,000      11,930      857,000      177,525
Iow a.....................................................  20,000      4,950
Utah............................     12,000       6,600       23,500        7,051
Missouri..........................   990,000     110,000    2,196,600      481,745
Kentucky........................  1,826,000     214,755    1,584,625      375,048
Total Western States.......... 7,929,444    $946,710    8,908,443   $2,082,934
Virginia.......................   7,544,297    $811,187    4,255,383     $937,820
North Carolina.................... 5,540,738     622,363    4,238,276      963,809
South Carolina....................  3,978,061    431,525    4,756,823      761,469
Georgia.......................... 13,907,904   1,466,375  10,921,176     2,504,758
Florida..........................    200,000      23,000.
Alabama.........................  5,246,800     617,633    3,249,523      764,965
Louisiana.........................  1,995,700    226,000      748,525      161,485
Texas............................    588,000      64,140    1,079,118      216,519
Mississippi.......................   638,800      79,800      580,764      123,568
Arkansas.........................    187,500      11,600       66,400       13,780
Tennessee........................  4,072,710     384,548    2,872,582      595,789
Total Southern States.........43,960,510   $4,739,371  32,768,570   $7,042,962
Total United States...........422,704,975  $57,285,534 398,248,257 $111,735,973




APPENDIX.                                  645
Statistics of the Manufactures of Cotton in the United States.
1860.                    1870.
STATES.._           - 
No. Spindles. No. Looms. No. Spindles.No. Looms.
Maine..........................    281,056       6,877      459,772         9,902
New Hampshire..................    636,788      17,336      749,843        19,091
Vermont..........................    17,600         352       28,768           628
Massachusetts....................  1,673,498     42,779    2,116,521        55,343
Rhode Island.....................   814,554      17,315    1,043,242        18,975
Connecticut......................  435,406       8,675      597,142        11,943
Total New England States..... 3,858,962       93,344    4,995,288       115,882
New  York........................   348,584       7,887      492,573        17,218
Pennsylvania.....................   476,979      12,994      434,246        12,862
New Jersey..................  123,548     1,567      200,580         2,170
Delaware.......................   38,974         986       29,534           771
Maryland.........................    51,835       1,670       89,112         1,947
District of Columbia...............   2,560          82........................
Total Middle States............ 1,042,480    25,185    1,246,045        34,968
Ohio............................     19,664         540       23,240           208
Indiana..........................   11,000         375       11,736           448
Illinois.......................................            1,856            16
Iowa.............................................................................
U tah.............................    70............      1,020            11
Missouri..........................  5,000          89       16,715           415
Kentucky........................   8,192          76       3,526            152
Total Western States..........   43,926       1,071       58,093         1,250
Virginia.......................  49,440    2,160       77,116         1,310
North  Carolina...................  41,884         761       39,897           618
South Carolina....................   30,890         525       34,940           745
Georgia..........................    85,186       2,041       87,602         1,887
F lorida...........................  1,600         20........................
Alabama.........................  35,740    623       28,056           632
Louisiana........................  6,725         150       13,082           292
Texas............................     2,700         100        8,878           235
Mississippi.......................   6,344          90        3,526           152
A rkansas.................................................  1,125............
Tennessee........................     29,850         243       27,923          313
Total Southern States.........  290,359       6,713      322,145         6,184
Total United States........... 5,235,727    126,313    6,621,571     1,582,804




646                                 APPENDIX.
Statistics of the Manufactures of Cotton in the United States.
1860.                       1870.
STATES.           No. Or HANDS.               No. OF HANDS.
~.____O____- Cost of                           Cost of
Male. Female   Labor.   Male. Female Child'u  Labor.
Maine...................... 1,828  4,936  $1,368,888  2,606  6,246  5S7  $2,565,197
New Hampshire............. 3,829 8,901     2,883,804 3,752  7,490  1,300  3,989,853
Vermont....................    157   222      78,468   125    242    74     125,000
Massachusetts............... 13,691 24,760  7,798,476 13,694 24,065 5,753 13,589,305
Rhode Island................ 6,353 7,724   2,847,804 5,583 8,028 3,134    5,224,650
Connecticut................ 4,028 4,974  1,743,480 4,443 4,734 3,909    3,246,783
Total New England States.. 29,886 51,517 $16,720,920 30,203 50,805 13,757 $28,740,788
New York.................. 3,107    4,552 $1,405,292  2,608 4,546 1,990 $2,626,131
Pennsylvania............... 6,412 8,582    2,768,340  8,359 6,097 2,774   3,496,986
New Jersey................. 1,010 1,524      468,336  1,086  1,745  683   1,009,351
Delaware...................    520   589     218,352   225    286   215     190,069
Maryland................... 1,093 1,594      582,780   686 1,452    720     671,933
District of Columbia.........  70   25      19,800.............................
Total Middle States........12,212 16,866 $5,462,900 12,964 14,126 6,382 $7,994,470
Ohio.......................   372   468    $151,164   216    147    99   $113,520
Indiana.....................   177   190      84,888   119    179   206     113,200
Illinois.....................  10     1       2,640    26     31    41      25,500
Iowa............................  3....      2,275
Utah.......................     4     3       3,420    10      2     4       6,300
Missouri....................    85    85      30,600   107    154   100     120,300
Kentucky...................    130   116      41,280    77     71   121      57,951
Total Western States......   778   863    $313,992   558    587   571    $439,046
Virginia..............       694   747    $260,856   921    507   313    $229,750
North Carolina..............   449 1,315     189,744   258    916   279     182,951
South Carolina...............  342   549     123,300   289    508   326     257,680
Georgia....................  1,131 1,682     415,332 1,147 1,080    619     611,868
Florida.....................   40    25       7,872.............................
Alabama...................     543   769     198,408   303    445   289     216,679
Louisiana...................   220   140      49,440   123     57    66      60,600
Texas......................   130......    15,600   184     52    55      68,211
Mississippi..................  106   109      36,264    78     88    99      61,833
Arkansas.............      14    11       4,428     8      3     6       4,100
Tennessee..................    323   576     139,180   252    463   175     178,156
Total Southern States...... 3,983 5,923 $1,440,424 3,563 4,119 2,222 $1,871,828
Total United States........ 46,859 75,169 $23,940,108 47,288 69,637 22,942 $39,046,132




APPENDIX.                                647
Statistics of the Manufactures of Cotton in the United States.
1850.           1860.          1870.
STATES.             ___                            _
Value of Product. Value of Product. Value of Product.
Maine...........................    $2,630,616     $6,235,623       $11,844,181
New Hampshire...................     8,861,749      13,699,994       16,999,672
Vermont..........................     280,300         357,450           546,510
Massachusetts.....................  21,394,401     38,004,255        59,493,153
Rhode Island......................   6,495,972     12,151,191        22,049,203
Connecticut.......................   4,122,952      8,911,387        14,026,334
Total New England States.....  $43,785,990    $79,359,900     $124,759,053
New  York.......................  $5,019,323    $6,676,878       $11,178,211
Pennsylvania.....................    5,812,126     13,650,114        17,490,080
New  Jersey.......................   1,289,648      2,217,728         4,015,768
Delaware.....................        538,439         941,703         1,060,898
Maryland........................   2,021,396      2,973,877         4,832,808
District of  Columbia...............  100,000          74,400................
Total Middle States............  $14,780,932   $26,534,700      $38,587,765
Ohio.............................   $594,204        $723,500         $681,335
Indiana..........................     86,660         344,350           778,047
Illinois...........................................  18,987         279,000
Iow a..............................................................  7,000
U tah............................................  10,000          16,803
Missouri..........................    142,900         230,000          798,850
Kentucky.........................     445,639         315,270          251,550
Total Western States..........  $1,269,403     $1,642,107        $2,792,585
Virginia..........................  $1,446,109     $1,489,971        $1,435,800
North Carolina...................  985,411       1,046,047         1,345,052
South  Carolina....................   842,4 tO        713,050         1,529,930
Georgia..........................   1,395,056      2,371,207         3,648,973
Florida..........................  49,920          40,000................
Alabama.........................     398,585       1,040,147         1,088,767
Louisiana.........................................    466,500          251,550
Texas............................................  80,695          374,598
Mississippi........................    22,000         176,328          234,445
Arkansas........................      17,360          23,000           22,362
Tennessee........................    508,481         698,122          941,542
Total Southern States..........  $5,665,362    $8,145,067       $10,873.019
Total United States............  $65,501,687  $115,681,774      $177,022,422




INDEX.
PAGE
P REFACE.......................................................................   III
INTRODUCTION...................................................................   V
C I APTER  I- EARLY  HISTORY  OF  COTTON.........................................  1
CII. PTER II-COTTON IN NORTH AMERICA......................................   8
CHAPTER III-CHRONOLOGY AND STATISTICS OF COTTONF or  1519  to   1582............................................................ 16
For  1583  to   1621..........................................................  17
For  1631  to   1678........................................................... 18
For   1690  to   1703..........................................................  19
For  1704   to   1720............................................................ 20
For  1721  to   1734........................................................... 21
F or  1736  to   1739............................................................ 22
For  1740  to  1742............................................................  23
For  1743  to  1750............................................................  24
For  1751  to   1761............................................................ 25
For  1763  and  1764........................................................... 26
For 1765 to 1767...........................................................   27
For  1768  and   1769........................................................... 28
For  1770  and  1771........................................................... 29
For  1772  and  1773..........................................................  30
For  1774  and  1775...........................................................  31
For  1776  and  1777........................................................... 32
F or  1778  and  1779...........................................................  33
F or  1780....................................................................  34
For  1781  and   1782..........................................................  35
For  1783  and   1784...........................................................  36
F or  1785....................................................................  37
F or  1786....................................................................  39
For  1787...................................................................  41
F or  1788....................................................................  44
For   1789.........................................................46.......... 46
F or  1790....................................................................  48
F or  1791.................................................................... 51
F or   1792.................................................................... 53
F or   1793.................................................................... 54
For  1794  and   1795........................................................... 55
For  1796  to  1798...........................................................  56
For  1799  and   1800..........................................................  57
F or  1801....................................................................  58
F or  1802.................................................................... 59
For  1803  and  1804.........................................                 60
F or  1805.................................................................... 61
For  1806  and  1807...........................................................  62
For  1808....................................................................  63




INDEX.                                    649
PAGE
F or  1809....................................................................  64
For  1810  and  1811...........................................................  65
F or  1812...................................................................  66
F or  1813....................................................................  67
For  1814  and   1815...........................................................  68
CHAPTER IVY-CHRONOLOGY AND STATISTICS OF COTTONF or  1816....................................................................  70
F or  1817....................................................................  72
F or  1818....................................................................  75
F or  1819....................................................................  77
F or  1820....................................................................  79
F or  1821...................................................................  81
F or  1822....................................................................  86
F or  1823....................................................................  91
F or  1824....................................................................  96
F or  1825....................................................................  101
F or  1826....................................................................  110
F or  1827....................................................................  119
F or  1828....................................................................  128
F or  1829....................................................................  137
F or  1830....................................................................  146
F or  1831...................................................................  156
For  1832.................................................................    167
For 1833.................................................................... 177
F or  1834...................................................................  188
For 1835....................................................................  199
F or  1836....................................................................  210
F or   1837....................................................................  220
For 18378.............................................            220
F or   1838....................................................................  231
F or  1839....................................................................  241
F or  1840....................................................................  251
F or  1841....................................................................  263
F or  1842....................................................................  275
F or   1843....................................................................  288
F or  1844....................................................................  300
F or  1845....................................................................  311
For 1846........................................................        323
F or  1847...................................................................  335
F or  1848....................................................................  347
F or   1850....................................................................  370
For 1851.................................................................... 384
F or  1852....................................................................  398
F or  1853....................................................................  410
F or  1854....................................................................  421
F or  1855....................................................................  432
F or  1856...................................................................  442
F or   1857...................................................................  454
F or  1858...................................................................   466
F or   1859....................................................................  478
F or  1860....................................................................  489
F or  1861....................................................................  502




650                                   TINDEX.
PAGE
F or  18 6  2.................................................................. 513
For  1863....:.........................................................  520
F or  1864...................................................................  526
F or  1865............................................................:.......  533
F or   1866....................................................................  53 9
F or   1867....................................................................  551
F or   1868....................................................................  561
F o r   18 6 9....................................................................  5 7 1
F or   1870................................................................   5 79
For  1871....................................................................  5 8S
F o r   18 7 2....................................................................  5 9 6
CONSUMPTION  OF  COTTON  IN  EUROPE..............................................  599
THE   QUESTION   OF  A CREAG(E......................................................  602
PRICES  OF  BROW N   SHEETINGS....................................................  606
PRICES  OF  PRINTING(   CLOTHIS...................................................  607
T HE   P RICE   OF   G OLD...........................................................  608
RATES  OF  DISCOUNT  (BANK  OF  EN(LAND).........................................  611
EXPORTS  FROM   GREAT  BRITAIN...................................................  6 13
EXPORTS    FROM   t'NITTED   STATES...................................................  613
CONTRACTS  FOR  FUTURE  DELIVERY  (See  Rules)...................................  614
CHARTER  OF  NEW   YORK  COTTON  EXCHANGE.......................................  (615
BY-LAWS OF NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE....................................... 618
R U LES.......................................................................  632
CENSUS STATISTICS.................................................... 642