toting flfpplt PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON (auKDATB ixoKrran), AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING, NO. 108 8. THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. The Price ia three cent per copy (double gheet); or eighteen cents per week, payable to the carrier by whom served. The subscription price by mail U A'ine Dollar per annum, or One Dollar and Fifty Cento for two months, invariably in advance for the time ordered. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1809. i'Kim cotton" ee a Ammo CROWN. HIS Absurd as the idea that "Cotton is king," waq In some respects, there was a substantial fcaais for the belief that the Southern portion Of the United States possessed an immense natural advantage over any other portion of the world for the culture of this tisof ul pro- UUCt. This belief is no longer a matter of theory, but a demonstrated fact. Groat Britain has spent millions of money in testing It. At one time she hoped to gain consider able Supplies from points adjacent to the eastern coast of Africa, but though the Roil find climate of that region are better adapted to the growth of cotton approximating in qTiality to that produced in the United States than the other fields of British experiment, it Is practically impossible to induce the natives to establish large cotton plantations, or to persuade white colonists to emigrate to a land where certain death awaits them. During the war great pains were taken to encourage cotton culture in South America, and money was liberally ad vanced to planters willing to embark in this Undertaking; but despite these incentives, added to the continuance of high pricos, tho whole crop of South America and the West ladies for last year is set down at 2".'5,.",()i) bales. Great hopes were also entertained of Egypt, but though the natives of that country were tempted to risk the dangers of starva tion by substituting the growth of cotton for their ancient staple, wheat, tho whole quan tity produced for export to England last year was only 193,000 bales. India, alone, has made important contributions to the British market. But despite the vast expenditures for railways to forward her crops to market, and despite the enforcement of tho cruel policy which resulted in tho Starvation of a million of her inhabitants in a single year through their sub stitution of the culture of the coveted article Of export for their usual crops of food, the largest yield yet attained was 1,810,048 bales Of less than 350 pounds each, and the Indian Cotton is so inferior that it could scarcely be Used by the ordinary cotton-manufacturing machinery, except in combination with a large admixture of the superior American product. In one sense, therefore, American Cotton is king, or at all events it can not only command the markets of the world by its superiority, but it is not possible for any Other country than the United States to fully and satisfactorily supply the world's demand for this great staple. Our capacity for production has been amply demonstrated. The whole quantity required is estimated at 0,000,000 bales, and in the year before the war our Southern States pro duced 4,GC9, 770 bales. Even this enormous yield, however, fell far below tho real capa city of our soil, for but a small proportion of the land well adapted to this culture was ever utilized, and if reliable laborers were abun dant, it would not be difficult, in a favorable season, to double the great crop of 18.V.M50, and thus to ensure a supply largely exceeding the entire demand. It is also now well de monstrated that cotton can be successfully cultivated in this country by free labor. The yield of the present year is estimated at 2,439,039 bales, which at present prices is worth more than double as much money as any Southern Cotton crop produced before the war, and which, in quantity, falls but about half a mil lion bales below the average Southern pro duction ten years ago. As compared with the Crop of 18C7-C8, however, there is a decrease of more than a hundred thousand bales, a corresponding increase of price, and a marked deficiency in the supplies required by cotton manufacturers and consumers of cotton; goods. There is also said to be a growing disposition among the freedmen to prefer tho Cultivation of food to the culture of cotton; and considering their past experience, this tendency is not at all surprising. In view of those circumstances, it is evidont that while emigration to the South is desira ble and essential to the national prosperity on many grounds, it is especially necessary for the utilization of the indisputable advan tages possessed by Southern soil for the cul ture of one of the most important articles of Commerce. Cotton lands which in the South Bell for a few dollars per acre would in al most any other part of the world readily com mand ten or twenty times their present valua tion; and if an abundance of laborers is supplied to the reconstructed States, their superior advantages for the growth of this great staple will constitute an endless source of enormous wealth. TORCHLIGHT PROCESSIONS. As a matter of course, there are two sides to the story of the disturbance between the In Vincibles and the Keystones, which oocurrod at Fifth and Chesnut streets, late last evening. From one standpoint, the Democratic club Was solely to blame; from the other, the entire responsibility rests with the Republican or ganization. But if there were no such ridicu lous performances as torchlight processions there would have been no disturbance, and it would not be necessary to attempt to sift the truth out of such a mass of conflicting rumor. The Legislature has wisely prohibited suoh processions within ten days preceding an election. At tho next session another step fthould be taken in this direction, and torch light processions of political clubs or partisan THE DAILY EVENING T ELEGRAPH F H organizations of any kind whatever should te prohibited altogether. It is abso lutoly impossible for such demonstrations to accomplish any good, while our past expo nence shows that they are fruitful sources of mischief and frequently tho occasion of bloodshed. It matters not which is the attacking party; the direct source of tho trou me is the system itself. The rival clubs are made up for the most part of young men who have not yet attained their majority, and whose judgment is quite as immature as their ago. Many of them carry deadly weapons upon their persons, and never start out on a march without anticipating and preparing for just such a disgraceful encounter as we are called upon to record to-day. Tho sufferers in this case, as in nearly every similar case, are principally unoffending poople who hap pened to be in the neighborhood of tho dis turbance at the timo of its occurrence, and who are thus made to suffer for the folly of others. The strong arm of tho law should be outstretched to prevent a recurrence of last night's scene by aiming at the root of the evil. CLOTHING. GUAM) OPENING DAY! EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY! OPEN ALL DAY. EVERY WEEK DAY! But every woek day we open a fresh lot of SUNDAY CLOTHES. The constant recoptlon of new and splendid instalments of FINK FALL GARMENTS Enables us to make every day a UKOEPTION DAY, Not only of Clothes, but nf Imim,- nr nnumn,. to buy clothes. IN FORMER SEASONS Wo have made nriat preparations to insure the largest satisfaction to our customers. But our arrangements tor THE PRESENT SEASON Are decidedly in advance of anything we hav ever heretofore dona. We cannot bo undersold! -We cannot be undersold! We cannot be undersold! Come to the opening of the (roods of R0CKHILL & WILSON, AT HIE GREAT BROWN STONE HALL, NOS. 603 AND 605 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. OGDEN & HYATT, MERCHANT TAILORS, No. 815 ARCH STREET. COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF CHOICE GOODS. TERMS MODERATE. 9 16 tlistu3mrp THE CHESNUT STREET One-price Clothing House, NO. COS CHESNUT ST., ABOVE SIXTH. COMPLETE NEW FALL STOCK. LARGE AND CHOICE ASSORTMENT. PRICES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST. )0 NOT FAIL TO CALL AND EXAMINE. STRICTLY ONE PRICE. 9 25 stutllSm PERRY & CO. WESTON & BROTHER, TAILORS, No. 900 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA, Invite special attention to their HANDSOME STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS, JUST RECEIVED. A 8LTERIOR GARMENT AT A REASONABLE PRICK SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 0 13 Smrp DRY GOODS. J- A. SO IJ T II W I ou, Io. 17 &. r.ililU Street, BELOW MARKET, Window with Rovolving Pyramid, Has one of the most completo stocks of LADIES' DKKSS UOOI Ever offered on Eighth street. The stock consists in part of Black and Colored Siiks, Silk Rolled Poplins, . Silk KpanRlinos, All-wool Corded Poplins, All-wool Kinpross Cloths, All-wool Plaid Poplins, All-wool Merinoes, All-wool Delaines, .., ,T , . ,, All-wool Stripe Poplins, Robaix Cloths, Valoncia Cloths, Alpacas, Cashmeres and in fact everything in the Dress Goods line that you can think of. OUR SIIAWI, DEPARTMENT Is replete with every novelty of the season in Broche, Cashmere, Paisley, Plaid and Stripe, Etc. Etc. Etc IN MOURNING (JOODs The stock consists of everything that is desirable. Auction lots of Black Alpacas always on hand from 35 cents to $l'6u per yard. The Genuine Jouvin Kid Glove at $1'80 per pair. F. A. SOUTH WICK, No. 17. S. EIGHTH St root, Bolow Market, 1 2 w-U Window with the Revolving Pyramid. BOARDINQ. BOARDING. -AN ELEGANT SUIT 1Tb' rooms with private bath, etc, on second floor also MiraS ,.',COIuuii;tin or inB1e.t No. 1402 WAL WU1 btreet. l0 2 Bt. TODGERS' AND WOSTENnOLM'S POCKET KNIVK8, Pearl and Stag Handles, of beautiful finish, RODGliKS'and WADK BllTOH KITS RAZORS and the celebrated LKOOLTRE RAZOR SUUShOKiloV the finest quality. Razors, Knives, Roissors, and Table Cutlery Ground aud PelishedatP. MADJilliA'Bo. 113 B. T1SJNTU b"r.2t, beluw ChsKuut, gg&pi STIIAAVBHIDGE xsLAixicis'r s. 3BI IXOrJLS, BLANKETS. QUILTS, QUILTS, QUILTS, QUILTS, QUILTS, QUILTS, We are again receiving the celebrated HURON BLANKETS which have here tofore met such unprecedented sale. Attention is Bpocially directed to the quality, size, and weight of these BLANKETS. They are manufactured expressly for our s&les, and will not be found in any other establishment. HURON COLD MEDAL BLANKETS. HURON SWANSDOWN BLANKETS. HURON PREMIUM BLANKETS. HURON EXTRA SUPER BLANKETS. CRIB BLANKETS, EVERY QUALITY. XIV CfcUIT-.TS. MARSEILLES, DIMITY, JACQUAED, LANCASTER, BRIDAL, CRIB, and HONEYCOMB. We aim, in the above goods, to bo able to show every customer the kind desired, and at the right price. STRAWBRIDCE CLOTHIER, CKATHAL DIXY GOODS HOUSE, CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET STREETS. LINEN GOODS. STRAWBRIDCE & CLOTHIER Invite the attention of Families, Public Institutions, and the Proprietors of IIotoLj, Boarding Houses, and Shipping, to their large new stock of HOUSEKEEPING DRY GOODS, Comprising all tho varieties of style and width in every description of Linen Sheetings, Pillow-Case Linens, Barnsley Table Linens, Piano, Table, and Melodcon Covers, Table Cloths, all sizes, Striped and Plaid TaZbe Coverings, Table Napkins and Doylies, Towels and Towellings, Real Russia Nursery Diaper, Linen Table Covers, Barnsley Crumb Linens, Richardson Sons' & Owden's Shirting Linens. SHIRT BOSOMS, MADE UP OUKSELVES FROM LINEN OF OUR OWN . IMPORTATION, AND O U ARAN 1 E ED TO BE OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY. STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER, CElVXKiVIL, 1)1 J Y GOODS IIOU8I3,' CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET STREETS, 9 29 wftfOt miLADELmiA, I L A D ELPHIA , SATURDAY, & CLOTHIER. ij i-iAinxxistss, 15 Tt A.TV K HTXS, QUILTS, QUILTS, QUILTS. OCTOHKlt 2, 1869. STBAWBltlDGE OPENING OP SILKS SILKS. SILKS GBLKS, BLACK SILKS, E LACK SILKS, BLACK SILKS, ONE CASE POULT Embracing the MAROON, MODE, PEARL, CHERRY, ONE CASE POULT DE SOIE 6T $2 50, In all the New Shades. ONE CASE VERY WIDE AT $3 00, Saine Goods sold recently at $350. . BLACK SILKS, Sl'87. BLACK S!LKs7$2aOO. BLACK SILKS, very cheap, $2'25. BLACK SILKS, $2"50. BLACK SILKS, $300. TWENTY-FIVE PIECES STXSIXli:X AMERICAN SILKS, A New Article, Very Desirable. ONE CASE VELOUK POPLINS, In Entirely New Shades, S200. ONE CASE VELOUR POPLINS, Entirely New Shade?, $150. ONE CASE VERY RICH LYONS SILK POPLINS. ALL-WOOX PLAID XOIJL,IlrS, All-Wool Plaids, 62. All-Vool Plaids, 75. All-Vool Plaids, 87. Rich Diagonal Plaids, SI'OO. Blue and Creen Plaids. Black All-Vool Poplins, 87, SI'OO, SI "25. After months of preparation our DRESS GOODS stock Is now complete, and our patrons have the opportunity to select their dress fabrics from an unsurpassed assortment the prices now, as heretofore, being always at the bottom of the market. STRAWBRIDGE ClSNTICiVH, CORNER EIGHTH AND & CLOTHIER'S AND DRESS GOODS, SILKS SILKS, SILKS, FANCY SILKS, FANCY SILKS, FANCY SILKS. DE SOIE AT $2 00, New Shades in LAVENDER, PINK, BLUE, GREEN. & CLOTHIER, EMPORIUM, MARKET STREETS. fir
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