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Sale*, per aquare - ... Pur,-cloture Mortgage, per square, each time. ... Kxcmption Nottcoa (in adraoee) Bute Nlil’i. per aquare. each lima ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY", DECEMBER 7, 1875. OLD SERIES, YOL 55. A CO.\ Si AN I' BE A OKU. bt nmrn xu. The overworked acribe of the “ Mndville Gautte" Sat wondering—monevlcta wight— If his office would ever be-cleared of its debt, With the times so deplorably tight— When the tramp of old leather was heard on the at And a stranger stepped into the room, Who salted, with the “don’t let me bother yon ” ai ; WhichUm boro toaoapt to anoint— “How are yet” Tbe editor rose with a smile ‘ And plesssntly yielded his chair— Placed the visitor’s sadly unbcauiiful tile (Which exhibited symptoms of a ear) On the top of the dealt, s-ongside of his own (A shocking old ping, by the way), And then asked in a rutucr obsequ.ous tone, “ Can we do any thing for you to-day <” “ No—I jest called to see yo the visitor said; “ I’m. ihend to the newspaperman.” ... . . litre btras a red haixlUrriiSi' oxer his head, And ncoaptod the editor’a fan— “1 bey ruad ad the ^ Ana tuuj are yon’ve writ for your sheet, it to the pint, 1 comas — [Business and ProfessionalCards. COBB, ERWIN A COBB, attorneys at law, ATHENS, GA. Office in the Dcopreo Building. wTr. little, attorney at Z,an>, CARNESVILLE, GA. J. k DORTCH, Attorney ai Z,aw, CARNESVILLE, GA. .4. o. McCURRY, attor.ye it «ar l,i rr, HARTWELL, GEORGIA. j\Y ILL give atrict personal attention to all business en- gtruileil to his care. Aug. 4 40—ly. I Asa M. Jackson. L. W. Tiiomas. JACKSON A THOMAS, A ttorneys at Law, Athens, Georgia. i >. A. Lochsajci. John Millsi>os. LOCHRANE A- MILL EDGE, Attorneys at Law. Atlanta, Georgia. (ifflee So. !; • Pryor street, opp. Kimball Houto. June 2,187.1. SI—6m. JOHN W. OWEN, Attorney at Law. TOCOOA CTTT, GA. Will practico in all the counties of the Western Cir cuit, Hsrt and Madison of the Northern Circuit. Will k vu r[H*cial altemon to till claims entrusted to his care. ixtiOwly. P. G. THOMPSON, Attorney at Law, f Special attention paid to criminal praotioc. For refer- Ifnou sppTto Ex. Gov. T. H. Watts and Hon. David |Ooptou, Montgomery Ala. Office over Buny’a Store, | Alliens, Ga. Feb. 3—tf. JOHN T OSBORN, Attorney at Law. ELBERTON, GA. [ Will practice in the counties of the Northern Circuit, |Kai.k», Krunkliu and llabcraham ot the Western I Circuit; will #ive special attention to all claims entrust- |f-ti to 1» cure. Jan. 10, 1874—ly. FRANK HARRALSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEVELAND, GA. I Wii; pranioe in the counties of White, Union, Lum pkin, Tonus, and Fanning, und the Supreme Court at I AiUdu. Will give special attention to all claims en- 1 hosted to his cure. Ang. 11 1875—41—tt E. SCHAEFER, COTTON B UYER, TOCCCA CUT, OA. Highest Cash Price paid for Cotton. Agent for Win MupsJbnsaudPresa. octSOwti. E. A. WILLIAMSON, PRACTICAL Watchmaker and jeweller, I M, Dr - f 1 ?* s ^ ,ru K Store, Broad Street, Athens, Ga. i ah work done in a superior mannar and warranted to s satisfactlen. Jan. 8—tf. MISS C. POTTS, Fashionable Dressmaker (Over University Bank.) Broad Street, -, - - Athens. inform the Ladies and hsr Irienda i o."!?. ■ of A th * n * * nd v trinity, that ahe is now pre- [ I >-ed to do Drew making in the Neatest and most fashionable styj.es. N -jh her experience in tho business, aha feels sure of rnuTMtafscHon. May 14.1S75—28-tf. Tuat ur asp you giu Ksyaar waaaantnly i You’re au oniymeut, «r, to the press "Iamgladyouaiwplriusd,”saidtimwriter, “indeed; But you praise ui. too highly, by tar— By tne wuy, I’ve a melon und up lor a treat, I’ve been keeping ii nestled iu ice, It’s a beauty, air, tit for un angel to cat— Now, peruaps, you will rel.i»h a olios I” Then the stranger robed up half a dozen or mure Of tue cuuicet t excuni-gea uT ail— Helped liiinnclf to the iruit, threw the rmds on the flour, Or flung them at fl.eo on the wail. He bsoureu his new friend that his pieces were wrote In u manner oucomiuonly ablo n — As he wiped his red bauds over the editor's coat, That bung at tne aide of tue table. “ ty. wa >’i I’ve neglected to ask you your name,** Suid the scribe as the stranger arose ; That’s a luvu” ho replied; ‘‘I’iu Abiinalech Buine, iou have iitur» o tuat name, i supjM;»e i I roa-bvin’ out here ou the Fiddletu*n Creek \\ here 1 uwu a good house and u lot; l'be Gazette gets mound to me once every week— I’m the cohstautest reader you’ve got I” 44 Abimalech Ba e,” mused tbe editor, 44 B-a-m-e ”— (Here bis guest begged a chew of bis twist) * Vf 31 6orr J lo **2 ^ our me lhfluou» name Doesn’t itanpen to honor my list!” 44 *Sposc not,” was tbe answer— 44 no reason it should, x or you see 1 jiue lots with Bill X'hiu— iie'a a reg’Iur subscriber and pa>s in wood, Aud 1 borry your |>aper o’ him J” [Bric*a-Brac, fecribner .o December. . EDGAR ALLAN POE. — m+i 1 THE BYRON OF AMERICA. The fiml Southern Pocl—” ketch ol his Life. [From the New York Herald, 18th ult.] Edgar Allan Poo was bom in. Baltimore, in 1813. His parents belonged to the stage; but, both dying; when he" was young, :a kind-hearted niercQmt ixf Richmond, Air. John Allan, adopted the orphan boy. and did much for him. He took him to Engi land and put him to school there at Stoke Newington. On returning to America, Poe entered the Un vendty of, Virginia. It is not true, as most df life biographers' assert, with the exception of . r. R. A. Stoddard, whose memoir of the poet is correct and painstaking that Poe, after leaving the University, starred on a, visionary mission to Europe to help the G.ceks to win their freedom; but he had a brother who did, William Henry Leonard Poe. Edgai, goodbye for a temporary separation, was thirsting for military : .glpry,. was sent to bring cold in death in a Baltimore 'ijspital, TUE OLD PAPfcKHILL. BY UBS. 8. 1. HEOAIIOEE. Thev may sing yon lays of all that is bright In tbe blushing inurn und tba star-lit night: They may tell of wondent beyond the sea, Of fragrant flowers they may whisper to thee ; But I’ll sing you a song with right good will. One you’vo ne’er heard—of tbe old paper mill. It is there you will see the garments old, Of tbe gentle maiden and soldier bold; Tbe fragments of linen tho rich man wore, And the coartor rags that poverty bore, Together heaped up, like some mammoth bill, Wlthin the walls oi tbe old paper mill. Aud there they are washed, until white as snow, In the cleansiug waters tlie^e old nurs grow; When next thev appear they’re a pulpv mass, Which is spread on rollers of steel or bras* ; Then soon it will be when snowy sheets fill The large press room of the old paper mill. And thus yon will find, in this dreary life’s spau, Heaped up together, the actions of man; Some are dyed deeply with guilt’s darkest hue, t Hhcrs are pure, but alas ! they are few; Together they mingle, this enrth to fill, Seeming like rags in the old paper mill. Bat ere man can reach his bright home above, His soul must be filled w ith sorrow and love « Fr°ni aught that can stain each thought must be freci And he become pure, in word and in deed, Aa sparkling waters fYom gurgling rill, Or snowy sheets in the old paper mill. [From the Sunny South.] ST AI‘SEE. As the green maize upward springs From tho warmth which Summer brings, Springs my Jove fro the—m'aimee ! As the swallows southward fly. When tho Winter’s chill is nigh, Flies my heart to thee—m'alnue ! Like an oak with vines caressed, With their fragrant blossom* blest, Is my life with thee—m'aimee! And aa with strong vines entwined, Oaks are safer from the wind ? So my soul with thee—m'tumte! life would be but one long sorrow, Like a night without a morrow. Parted still from thee— niaimee! And aa dleiui heart that’s broken, Slowly, without word or token. Dies ray ho-irt from thee—m'aimce! Wes'.- Point. thrilling particulars of his death in yester day’s Herald Poe was buried in the cem etery at Westminster church, Baltimore, aud t ere, twenty-six years after the end of his strange, excited life, a monument was yesterday erected over his grave. THE RIO GRANDE. Cattle Stealing by the Mexicans. [Extract from Correspondent New York Herald.] The crossings are made at any time from midnight to daylight. The following is the modus ojierandi : At a certain village, no tice is given that at such a time will be given a “ bailie,” or fandango. The only; thing that will keep a Mexican away from one is death; that is, he must be dead him self. Word is then passed around at the dance that a crossing will be made at a cer tain time and place, and men ate detailed to accompany the cattle and others to cover the return. The cattle thieves go armed to the teeth and well mounted. If forced a lo so, they can make an hundred miles ay. They make a descent on the broad pasture lands of a raqche, and, being among the most accomplished herders in the world, the desired number of stock is soon his wife consisted in a sweet face, a’ collected, and they start upon a sharp trot tor the river. The outside runner is started A. A. WINN, -With- GROOVER, STUBBS & CO., Cotton Factors, —And— General Commission Merchants, savannah, Qn. * nd oth,r Mtpp'ie* fhrnUhed. *??“•» «i*i*nmenu for Liverpool or NortLero porta. May 80-tf. l 1VEKY and sale stable mr i"get, Buggies and Horses for Hire. TERMS REASONABLE Washington, Wilks, Co., Ga. medical notice. ^U^olidtaUooof many of my former patrons, I ^actico of Medicine ri** «f pay especial attention to tha < 1,1 ' " nd Children, and the Chronio Diaei J-.* u WM. KING, M. D 'Mt, 5—S3-i y> A GARDNER, and General Jobbers, K *»l JP 1 *’oironiZ'riheir aervkaa to the oitixene of Athens s Loeetlon, two doom east of CoJtr-r ^h, * * * - Mr. L. J. Lampkin’e eolirited. March Id. 1875—ly. ^ T. A. SALE, *3 r%g own w M AL U> ‘S?Wo'S? > 7s*? 1 wnnud to give aatiefao- Ang. 25—48—tf. oS^£ffi Scrvieca to Hinge Roane—Nome Account of llcr/Lire. Richmond, Va., November 13.—The prop er name of the unfortunate girl who com mitted suicide at No. 180 Filth avenue, New York, was Minnie Roane. Site was a native of King William county, in this State, and belonged to one of the most noted F. F. V-.’s; Her parents were related closely to the tamily of H«n William Roane, a former Governor of Virginia, and her grand undo tvas a Judge of the Suite Court of Appeals, and at one time a United States Senator. Her mother died while herself and a sister named Belle were yet quite young, to which may probably be attribu ted the cause of their misfortunes and terri ble fat s. About six years ago these two girls, Minnie and Belle, ran away from their home in King William county, with the avowed purpose of beginning a life of shame and misery. They were pursued, however, and witli the aid of some distant relatives, living in this city, were captured and returned to their home, where for a time they wer- kept under the strictest surveillance. As soon as this was relaxed they escaped again, and bent upon lead ng a life of sin they entered houses of ill fame in this city. Minnie left here nearly three years ago and went to St. Louis and from thence to New York, where her history since is well known; her sister went to Baltimore and threw herself from the win dow of a hospital in that city and was in stantly killed. A brother tvho was em ployed in a drug store in this city took chloroform, from the effects of which he died. The family history is replete with terrible catastrophes and misfortunes. The Island of Perim~-«IIoir John Bull Flank* ed Monsicar t’rapeau. An English correspondent relates how Great Britian obtained the important station of Peri in, at the eutrance to the Red Sea. About twenty years ago, one morning, four French men-of-war arrived at Aden. At that time the British Governor had no in structions to guide him, a d there was no telegraph between Aden and India, or Eng* land. He was convinced that the French were not on a pleasure cruise, tu d ha invited the officers to dinner. Meantime l<s order< d a British dispatch boat in the harbor _ to keep under steam all night After the wine had passed freely, the French officers drop ped some remarks which led the Governor to D, lieve that they had beeh seiit out to seise the island df Perira as a French station. He sent orders privately to the dispatch boat to make steam at once for Periui, and lake P'wsession of it in the name of the Que**n. While the English boat was on its mission the French officers caroused until daylight In the morning they started for Perim, to be greeted by the union jack and a British aen- tinel. A Co What does an honest grocer do with bis ' si-tf. ■’ goods? He gives them -way (a weigh). there as at the University, and was only a member of the Cadet corps for six months when iie was court-martialed and dis charged. Mr. Allan, who adopt.d him, li re many of his eccent rie and extravagant habits with extreme patience, until finally be was driven to give him up. Alter that, Poe was lost sight of for a time, until he appeared in Baltimore writing fugitive nieces for the magazines. From the djy lie embraced a li entry life in Baltimore un til he died there, some twenty years later, his struggles and misfortunes make the most pitiable and harrowing history in the literary annals of America. Of undo bted genius, and with a wonderful fertility of production, lie could at least have lived a life of competence, and even luxury, by his pen ab.nc, but be had some fatal flaw that frequently attends on genius, and all the glory of bis achievements w as darkened in the gloomy misery of the man. AS . N EDITOR. Poe was an indifferent editor. He lacked catholicity of taste and sweetness of temper. He was dogmatic, impracticable. Daring bis residence in Richmond he married his cousin, Virginia Clernin, who was as poor as himself, and whose chief qualifications for bei gentle temper and unlimited love for him. 'Die yonng couple flitted from Richmond to Baltimore, and soon after to Philadelphia and New York. Tbe longest of his fictions, ‘■The Narrative of Arthur Gordon'Pyin, of Nantucket,” was published in 1838. After this, Poe aud his wile went back to Phila delphia f om New York. There he took the editorship of The Gentleman's Maga zine, which was started by Burton, the actor. During his connection with this publication one of his finest stories, “ The Fall of the House of Usher,” appeared Ik was in 1841 he became acquainted with Dr. Rufus Wilmot Griswold, who was afterward to become his remorseless execu tor and biographer Dr Griswold succeed ed him as the editor of Graham's Maga zine. Gr swold wrote of Poe iu after years, “ Ilis manner, except during his fits of in toxication, was very quiet and gentlemanly. He was usually dressed with simplicity and * elegance, and when once he sent for ine to visit him during a period of illness, caused bv protracted aud anxious watching at the side of his sick wife, I was impressed by the singular neatness and the air of refin •- ! ment in bis home. It was a small house in one of the pleasant and silent neighborhoods far from the centre of the town, and though slightly and cheaply furnished, everything in it was so tasteiul and so fitly.disposed that it seemed altogether suitable for a man of genius. For this and lor most of the comforts lie enjoyed, in liis brightest as in his darkest ydhrsplie ifais chiefly indented to bis motlier-in-law, who loved him with more than maternal devotiun and eonstaucy.” WHEN “THE RAVES” APCKARKD. Poe c me back to New York in tbe au tumn of 1814. Since liis previous residence here, bis reputation imd largely increased. He became assistant editor to N. P. Willis in *hc conduct of the Mirror, and rema ned with that periodical for some lime. Subse quently, he connected himself with the Jiroudtcag Journal, which was commenced in 1845, and edited by Mr. Henry C. Watson, a young journalist from Phila el- phia, and Mr. Charles F. Briggs, author of “Harry France” and other stories Imme diately prior to this event, the most cele brated of Poe’s coimiositions, “The Raven,” appeared in the Felvuary number of the American litvieic. The sensation it crea ted was great, and, though his name was net attached to it, those skilled iu literary matters detected him as the author. For this unique poem, he received the sura of 810! At a later period, Poe, in a paper entitled “The 1 hilosophy of Composition,” explained how it was written, and seemed disposed to destroy the strange fascination that haunted the public inind in regard to the author. He explained in effect that it was a mere mechanical work, and owed nothing to inspiration or feeling. But no one ever accepted the explanation. where “tii* raven” was av it kn. The house where Poe wrote “ Th Raven” stands on a rocky and commanding emi nence a few hundred feet from the intersec tion of Eighty-fourth street and the St. Nicholas Boulevard, formerly the Bloom- ingdalc road. It is a plain, old-fashioned double frame dwelling, two stories high, with eigtit windows on each side and one at either gable. It lias a pointed roof, flanked by two tall brick chimneys. Old aud weather beaten, it arrests the attention of the passer-by in a neighborhood where most of the houses arc of modem construc tion and of clean appearance. No date can be found for the erection of this remarkable dwel ing, which almost a hundred years back, gave shelter to Washington and his officers. Mrs. Mary Brennan, who lived there for forty-seven years, knew it as bav in a icputation for antiquity when she first w. lit into it. It was to this lady that Poe, in the early part of the spring of 18,14, applied for lodgings during the season. At that -time the houses were few and ihr.be- tweeu, while the primeval forest covered much of the laud around, and the beauty of the scenery was uumarred by rock-blasting and street-cutting. CLOSING YEARS OF BIS LIFE In Jnmary, 184t>, the Broadway Journal ceased to existi Poo devoted himself to writing' n series of articles ftr the Lady's Book, ,a. Philadelphia magazine. One of them, “The Murders of the Rue Morgue,” was in Poii’s most sensational vein. His wife, Virginia, died in Ja mary; 1848, and her remains were interred in ;• cemetery at Fordhatn. Iu the same year, he brought out a work called “Eureka: aProsePoem.” He also r sinned his connection with the Southern Literary Messenger. In 1849, When he first sent it to the editor k con sisted of only eighteen linear a few'inoatha later he famished another etsfy, altered and enlarged, and finally he sent tho poem as it is. now printed. Tbe stanzas, “Fo.- Anne” and “Annabel Lee,” were afterward published in the • Messenger.. Gang to Richmond in the summer of this year, he fell in with some boon companions, and hi health suffered much. Finally, he Reached Richmond, renewed acquaintance ’.with a lady he had known in uis youth, and be came engaged tocher. He had two things to do before they were married. Cine was to go to Philadelphia and write s preface for a volume of poetry; the other was to go to Fordham ’ and .fetch Mrs. Citium to the wedding. He started from Richmond October 3. 1849, reached Baltimore safely, but there he relapsed into his eld habi.s m the course of a, very brief stay, and less than a week after he had bid his intended re the ahead to notity the covering party of the amount and probable time of arrival. When within a few miles, the inside runner is started, who gives precise news, and then they repair to tlte spot, and in a few min utes after, Texas is minus a herd of cattle of from 500 to 1,000 head. They speak of a herd here as a “ bunch”—:s, for instance, 4 a small bunch of fifty steers.” The “ raiders” are generally good fight ers. An ex-Confederatc told me that he t ad fought the best soldiers avc had in the last war and lmd fought the raiders, and he Avould rather have tbe odds against him in Americans As he expressed it, “They are fatalists. They will stand up to the rack and take it, and when they fall, they die without the quiver of a muscle; and when a man does that, it is all we can ex pect of him.” ■ - ' T1IK STATE TROOPS. Captain McNally is here at present in command of the State tro ps With dark hair an., complexion, a peculiarly fine blue eye, slim and active, he is the beau ideal of a ranger. With six of his men, he recently killed thirteen of these thieves, and hopes to kill more. He is worth about 8100,000, and receives Texas “ promises to pay” at the rate of 8100 per mouth, and cx[>ends in the prosecution of tbe thieves about $200 per month, in coin, out of his own pockets, all for the love of the State. His officers are all nten of position and generally wealthy. The navy has a hard task before it and a long one. Four hundred miles of a very crooked rii er affords many opportu nities of evasion. The lew companies of cavalry on the frontier are insufficient to operate with any degree of certainty. We arc surrounded by spies, who report every movement, and the only gnarantee we could have of information paid for, would be lo hold the informer subject to,.forfeit ure of life if incorrect The raider thinks little cf tbe life of a horse He rides it to death and gets a fresh one. The cavalry cannot do this. The officer who returned from a scout with half his men dismounted, woi Id probably bo interviewed officially. EXTENT OF THE INSPECTION. Our inspection was continued as far as Edinburgh, 170 miles from Brownsville. Launch No. 2 is on her way up to lling- gold. Cortinai is. expected back here. It is said that President L*-rdo desires tlie bene fit of his influence in Tnmaulipas and por tions of Nueva Leon during the forthcoming election, and that the redoubtable bandit » therefore likely to be set at liberty. Tbe feeling of indignation ainong the Americans on the frontier is intense, and one of those days will express itself in ac tion. Murder, robbery aud kindred crimes are among their grievances, and it wall be very li tie better as long as the river con stitutes tbe boundary here. The way the score is reckoned now, it stands about 200 Americans killed, many women outraged, countless thousands of cattle stolen, many ranches deserted. Per contra, thirteen thieves killed. REVOLUTION IN TRADE. ■ ’ ! ’ . THE EXPORT OF AMERICAN FABRICS. ‘ ’ Interviewing the “Package” Houses. It [Extract* from New York Timee.] The wholesale dry goods trade is just now in a ferment of excitement over tbe discovery of a probable means of relief from its long stagnation. Before the war, Amer ican dealers enjoyed a large export trade in cotton goods, sheetings rnd prints with India, Africa; China, and South America, where, the apparel of the natives consists mainly of this class of material. The rise in gold, the increase in the price of labor and of cotton, the abundance of money in ■ he bands of the people, and other causes consequent upon the civil strife, made it unprofitable to compete with the manufac turers of England, and this export business fell off to almost nothing. Tne home dry goods .trade, however, continued to be ex ceedingly profitable. Capital- flow ed into the channel solhat it is estimated that the number of cotton spindles has increased thirty-three per cent, in the last five years, while the population has not increased more ban twelve per cent, in the same period. Then came tbe panic, followed by the bard times, which occasioned a decrease of con sumption far greater than the increase of the population. The home markets became glutted, prices fell steadily downward until at the present time many grades of cotton manufacture sell for less in currency than they did in gold in 1861; to say nothing of forward dating, longer credits, the guaran tee system, and other modern innovations. In other words, manufacturers here have begun to experience similar disasters to those of the cotton manufacturers of France from 1827 to 1832. WIIAT TOE EXPORTERS SAT. Wright, Bliss & Fabyan, of No. 71 Thomas street, were found to be very en thusiastic in regard to the future of the new export business. They have shipped 4,500 cases to Liverpool, and have orders on hand that wi 1 keep two large mills going until December 10th. Mr. Bliss said that the subject was engaging tbe attention of deal ers in all directions, and that it bad already had a very beneficial effect upon the market. He had uo doubt that America would ulti mately secure through it the export busi ness she had lost by the war, and that thus there would be an era of prosperity conse quent upon steady employment to mill op eratives and large sales by manufacturers. He thought that goods can continue to be exported even at an advance upon the present prices, which, he confessed, do not pay the manufacturers. In regard to tlie surplus on hand at present, he said that the general notion of its extent is greatly exag gerated. The recent strikes and stoppage of mills rnd the new expoit business nave reduced it to a comparatively small quantity. He undoubtedly looked for a considerable stiffening in prices, but considered that it would not be such as would throw a damp er upon the export movement. He made a strong point of the relative superiority of American goods and was confident that once they should obtain a foothold abroad they would remain in such demand, even at a good advance on present rates, as would continue to insure a profit to the sit pper. Then he looked for a reduction in tne price of labor, arising out of tbe in creased value of greenbacks, a decrease in the price of living, and more continuons employment, that ivould enable manufactu rers to work more cheaply. With tbe in troduction of improved facilities in the South for tbe cultivation of cotton, larger crops can be produced at much lower prices. Skilled labor is not dearer here titan in Eng land. Our raw material is on the spotand of No North and .South In the Episcopal Chnreh. To the Editor of the Tribune—Sib: A striking instance of the extent to which among sensible people the late war is fors gotten, and the essential unity that has come to the country is recognized, is shown in two recent incidents of no political con nection, and in themselves u ; noticeable to politicians, and yet possessing much meau- k James Church, Chicago, remarkable among the Episcopal churches in the North west for tlie intensity of union sentiment of its parishioners, and in whose vestibule stands a costly and beautiful monument of the young men of the parish who foil fight ing for the Union, has just taken as its rector the Rev. Dr. Harris, frora New Or leans, during the war an officer in the Con federate service, who just after the war t<>ok orders in the Episcopal Church'; and dard price for the commencement of the next year’s business, to which they would be bound down. 'T. But the most sanguinejof all those with whom the writer conversed was Francis Baker, of No. 81 Thomas street. He predict ed that inside of fiv- years Americans will furnish the markets of the world/ Labor must constantly grow “dearer in England and cheaper here, and. With the probable increase in the production of cotton in this country, our manufacturers will be enabled to produce at such rates that no other country can compete with them. ,' A number of other firms were also con versed with, but their views were simply a repetition of those given above. The sen- timentsof the majority were favorable to the future success of the new export move ment. The long interval that has elosped since the dry goods merchanis did business abroad has rendered them ignorant of the details of that branch of trade, and they are therefore somewhat timid about engag ing iu new ventures where success may be problematical. A great, if not g eat- est, point in ita favor appeared to he over looked by all with whom the writer convers ed, and that is this: .The b ilk o’ the ship ment, so tar have gone to England, where, with freightage and other expenses added, they have successfully competed with Eng lish-made goods right on the spot of their manufacture. But the object of the move ment is not to compete with English goods in England. It is to wrest from them the markets of .China, India, South America, :md Africa,’where, if exportations were direct, the contest would be iu re equally handicapped and chances of success render ed proportionately greater. A profit in England means a much larger one in India, for example, whither English manufacturers are compelled to pay freightage as well as American. The movement, however, is yet in its iutancy, and within the next few weeks, should matters continue to be as encouraging as they now appear, a dispo sition exists to make the most of it. The feeling in Boston is as strong as it is here. Last week one sale was made of2,500 bales of Continental C and D fo export to Man chester, and an order by cable for 1,000 bales more was refused. The steamship Siberia, which left that port on Saturday, took out a large invoice of choice brands. Reminiscence— Heorjr Clay aud Governor Metcalfe. A relative of Gov. Metcalfe has furnished us with following in.ident, which will illus trate the habit “ Old Stone-hammer” had of playing practical jokes. Some time be fore the introduction of railroads, Gov. Metcalfe represented in Congress a district of which Nicholas county was a part. Mr. Clay was Secretary of State under President Quincy Adams. It was the custom to make the trip to the national capital in ] trivate conveyance. It was in the days ot Hr. Clay’s greatest popularity that the two distinguished politicians agreed to travel to Washington in Gov. Metcalfe’s carriage; and, all the arrangeine. ts perfected, they started together from the latter’s “ Forest Retreat” home, in this county. While passing through tbe State of Pennsylvania, Mr. _ Clajr told Gov. Metcalfe that he had received intimations that in a certain town they were approaching, he would be hon ored with au ovation by the citizens (they, like thousands of his fellow-countrymen, loved him, but had never seen him). Just before coming to town, Gov. Metcaifc, who had all along been driving suggested to Mr. Clay that he take the lines and drive, as he himself was tired. Mr. C. readily consented, whereupon the Governor took the hack seat in tho carriage. The hon ored statesman drove the team successfully lding an exquisite memorial of the Bishop-General, has just invited to its rectorship (he has not signi- fi -d his acceptance) the Rev. Dr. Thomp son, of this city, who, during the war, was one of the most outspoken Union men among the Episcopal clergy in the North west. In neither case, I believe, has there bee. any ignorance of the past on the part of those concerned. It is a pity the State _ cannot take a lesson firqiq the Church in that wonderful piece of verbal melody, “The i “ letting na have peace.” Churchman. Bells,'’:-appeared in Sartain's Magazine.' NewYork,Not. 12,1876. superior quality. Even should the price of labor continue to remain as it is, a manu facturer u.:n afford to pay higher wages than, for instance, before tlie war, at the same time that he rcc -ives less for his pro duct. This is for three reasons. Tne first is, that great improvements have been made in machinery, whereby, though labor may not be dispensed to any great extent, it can he modi better utilized than former ly,. Tite second is, that a continual saving is being made from year to year, by at' tending to a score of miRor economies in the mill. The wastage, as compared with English mills, is still marvelous, and for the next ten years one of the great elements of success iu the cotton mills will consist in a careful saving iu thia regard. The third reason is, that employees wn;k much hard er than before the war. In our print cloth mills the same class of weaver that tended four looms before the war, now tends six or seven. The machinery is run at mate rially greater speed, and altogether the work ot a weaver to-day is a very different thing from what it was fifteen years ago. Then, should the outward traffic assume the dimensions it surely will, some wide looms may ho taken off the manufacture of print cloths and applied to the production of brown shirtings and sheetings. In conclusion, Mr. Bliss said that H. B. Claffin & Co. had been exporting laigely, and that they would be able to give some in formation. Mr. Robinson, the head of the English department of that firm, was dispos ed to speak slightly of the movement It was true that he bad forwarded , a number of lots to Manchester recently, hot not mnch more than usual. The firm had been in the habit ofexporting small quantities right along. At present prices it was profitable to do so, but they could not last, and then the move ment would cease. Mr. Robinson also look ed tea speedy and a large decline in the price of gold, and that of itselt would put an immediate stop to export. With tbe present high price of gold and the low rates prevalent In the dry-goods market, cotton manufactures can be purchased more cheap ly than ever before in the history of the trade; but a change most come as soon as the over production is worked off, as manufacturers can not afford to ran their mills at the pres* ent prices. Tbe movement is only tempora ry, said Mr. Robinson, and is of no conse quence. Other dfalere assert that it is Mr. Claffin’8 interest to have as much surplusage as possible come into bis hands for disposal. Lawrence & Co., of No: 109 Worth street, have been mostly interested in the German branch 7 of the new movement. The agent sent out from ti at country came accredited to than, and they express great hopes fo the ultimate success of his mission. One of tlie members of the firnl informed the writer that seme ventures from this city to England had returned a profit of eight cents per yard over all expenses. He thought a food profit could be made even at ea advance uu present rates; and mid that most manu* facturers would prefer to export their surplus at a loss than to sell it here at the regular prices. For instance, if goods are quoted here at ten cents, they prefer to sdl them abroad at nine cento than to take tea cents here, because,!]* latter sale would fix a stan- in‘ o the town, and they were met by a large concourse of people. Gov. Metcalfe alighted from the carriage, and being asked whether he was Mr. Clay, answered yes, that he was glad to meet them, etc.; and at this the crowd fairly hoisted him npon their shoulders and triumphantly started with him to the place ot reception. Look ing back at Mr. Clay, who still sat in the carriage sqmewhat nonplussed, the Gov ernor cried: “ Driver, take those hones to the stable and feed them.” Tho merri ment of the crowd when the joke was dis covered can better be imagined than de scribed, Mr Clay him elf as heartily enter ing into it as tho rest. Frequently after wards he would refer to it, and said it was one of the best practical jokes he had ever heard played off on a fellow.—Carlists Mercury. Au Ingenious Clock. An ingeneous piece of mechanism has been constructed by a gentleman residing at the southeast corner of Eighth and Arch streets, where the article is on exhibition. It is a clock in the shape of a pyramidal windmill tower, thirty inches high, having the dial plate on one of its faces and the works hidden at the base. A variety of curious and laughable operations can, by one winding up, be made to continue for twenty-four hours. On the platform, at tho foot of the tower, a band of rotund Liliputian peasants, clad in Continental costumes, are earning their bread by the sweat of their brows; one, with a formida ble buck-saw fo a match-stick frame is mak ing hopeless headway through an unpaint- ed pen-holder,and an assistant wood-butcher, with rapidly succeeding blows from an axe, is savagely cleaving a block just sawn from the log. A buxom kitchen lass is filling a water-pail at the pump, from the spoilt of whioh protrudes a round, corrugated bit of glass, made to revolvo rapidly, thus caus ing the illusion of flowing water. A sturdy chap with impatient grimace is hoisting a hogshead to the top of the tower by means of a rope and pully arrangement, while close by an an nous daddy is spanking a venturesome youttgster for standing in dan- S :r from the falling weight. Now and en a door fo the upper story slowly opens, and a cautions old granny peers out, looks down suspicion ly at things below, and, seemingly displeased, quieuy slams the door and disappears. Her jolly-featur ed “old roan” goes through a similar per formance on the other ride «f tbe house, leaning far oat over the window-sill, huge ly enjoying the contortions cf the wood cutters below, and then springing hack to ask the efift lady how things go qn her ride ot the Ijousc. No mean amount, of skill was required to make these cqhiical clowns’ movements so life-like and regular. A large wind-wheel is continually revolving, and tbe weather-vane at the summit veers around and twitches with' natural irregular- fty. Tlie inventor is not a Yankee.—J’Aifii- detphio Times. , , , . / .,; u Seth Green says that editors can never be successful fishermen. They get discour aged alter a few minutes, and throw down the rod to write aa abusive article oh the finny tribes , cr q j - CANNIBALS; AND GORILLAS mr UL PP „ How hewu Beselgedhjr the Dusky !Ffo Backs. [From the New Ytek^Herald^ ■ •. v JUi8t evening the Great Hall of the Coop er Institute was filled to overflowing ^by an- audience of earnest truth seekers to listen to M. du Chaillu lecture on his explorations in Africa and experience in gorilla hunting. The stage was oooupied by. many distinguish ed ladies and gentleman, and back jof it were displayed,illustrations of African life, ani mals, etc. At eight'o’clock M. da Chailln was introduced by Dr! Hayes, tile Arctic explorer. ” - ' - J - • • - The lecturer said he went into Afxican'4xs ploratiou because when he lost his father aqd mother he wanted to. get into some wild part of the'world, and he succeeded pretty, well. He commenced his voyages on tne West Coastof Africa and encountered mfiny strange adventures. He was fitet taken for a slaver, but whet) it was discovered that he neither wanted to buy people or gold dust, the natives of the village took him -for * a spirit. He described the shape asd size of the houses in the country and the rude idols, humorously giving the audience a description of an interview with a lung, dressed only fo a swallow-tail coat, and whose Prime Minister was in possession of a shirt otAjs' M. dtr Chaillu, after exacting promises from the King that he should not be molested^ landed his beads, colored doth, etc., and proceeded to continue his animal killing and bird col lecting in the interior. His explorations continued from two or three degrees north of the Equator to two or three degrees south of the Equator, where he saw trees 300 or 400 feet in height, imd amid jungles frightful to contemplate. He walked in the paths of ele phants. Starvation and hunger were contin ually before him. There were cannibals feeding on their fellow-men and always fight ing among themselves. When a great war rior dies the cannibals kill five or ten men/ when a poor man dies they kill two men; but wheu a woman dies they kill nobody. Polygamy is a common institution, and tne older the men get the more they want to get married; the King had 300 wives. Property principally consists of slaves. The King said bis property was at M. dtt Chaillu’s service, also his wives, which latter proposition did not seem to delight the en terprising traveler. When one of 853 girls of one village want ed to marry him the explorer hesitated; he told the King if he should marry one of the girls the other 852 would be jealous. After a great parley of the King with his counsel lors it was decided that he should marry them all. In describing the man eaters the lecturer said : A cannibal is tall, yellow, with a sin gle cue of hair; his teeth are filed sharp; he carries a shield of elephant’s hide and a sharp poisoned spear. Upon the explorer looking at him the cannibal took him for a spirit ana threw away his arms and fled. Then followed a description of gorilla hunt ing, which was graphic and interesting, but which has been published before. The lec turer gave a story of his entrance into a can nibal village. This was a marvellous history, and seemed almost like a traveler’s story or one of the romances of Huronn al-Rascbid. After th9 lecture woe concluded M. du Chaillu illustrated it by many interesting pictures. Paul Morphy’s Sad Story. Paul Morphy, the famous chess player, is in a New Orleans asylum, hopelessly in- . sane. He was born in that city fo 1840, of wealthy Creole parentage, and his adoption of the game of cness as a business not Only offended his relatives, hut occupied -the years in which he might have achieved success fo : some other career.' He .return ed to his home just before the., rebellion, suddenly and thoroughly disgusted with chess—so prejudiced against it that he has since never played. He has suhtequedtiy led an idle, morose life. “His daily routine of existence,” says the New Orleans Pica yune, “involved a walk on. . Canal street every morofog, where his dapper little fig ure—always scrupulously well dressed— became as- well known and as regularly looked for as the noonday, bell, After his daily promenade he retired from public gaze until evening, when he appeared fo his box at the' opera, where, it is said, he never missed a night It is farther related that during these years he permitted no friend ly acquaintance; he was never knowa to associate with anybody hat his* mother, and persistently repelled advances from those who, having been friends of his early yenth, desired to redew their associatfons. He - lived a strange, moody, and peculiarly mournful man.” /bout a year ago ho began to iose his mental control, ana Sev eral months ago was put fo a private asylum. Some of his friends hold tho theory that his malady had its start fo the strain upon his m nd in playing many and difficult games of chess. - • * ; Apropos of the announcement of the con signment of Paul Morphy, the once famous chess player, to an asylum in New Orleans as a hopeless maniac, an interesting sketch of his remarkable career as a chess player has appeared. For some time he has shown a taint of insanity, and of late years he has had anatteost morbid aversion to theiMBO in which he had snch world-wide triumphs. When a mere child he ehowed extraordinary powers in games of skill, and especially fo chess. He was trained to the law, receding a careful education, his family beiqg fo affluent circumstances, but, though he gave gave no prominence to his chess studies, it was soon apparent that no player in this country could contest his superiority at tbe game. Id 1858 he visited Europe and easi ly conquered the ablest players fo England . and on the continent. His remarkable powers fo playjng from memory blindfold created great astonishment. At Paris he played blindfolded simnltaneonsly with eight of the ablest players of Europe, won six of the games, the seventh being a draw, and losing qoly the eighth. His quiet style of playing, refined -courtesy of manner an4' SB- ‘ awamfog mrideitjr wader hte frimfipr aliiti" * made a most fimwabb fo>pteariao v fo £firov pean circles. On bis return to this conntjy j he was naturally a good deal of a hero, but modestly declining to be lionized, he return ed to New Orleans, his native city, to enter updn the practic, of his profession add tbe rea) work of life,which be did not consider chess to be, The wealth of the Morphy family was destroyed by the rebellion, ana since then Paul has been thrown upon his professional earnings for his support. 'His success has not been great as a lawyer, - find , doubtless his foilure to retrieve, his broken fortunes has had an unfavorable effect upon his already cloudedjnind._ ' . _ .. “The American girls,” says Von Bufow, “ put more soul into their playing than the English girls do.^ He earvs thst, in Ambries,