J fcoTTtrtr db*Buk|j:ioH8 tt THB uniteb "WHAT TUB NORTHERN MILLS HAVE DONE, AND >yUAT TUE SOUTHERN MILLS CAN DO. Tho New York Financial aud Comuicroial Chronicle, of tho 7lh instant, contains an artiolo ou tho abovo subject, a brief syuopals of tho main points of which will bo of interest: In July, 187-4, tho cottou mills and their agents found, that thoy had a largo surplus of stock ou hand, and it was at onco claimed that there was an immense ovor production I. - manuliicturod goods. In July, 1875, howevor, it was ascertained that though the ... 11- U.J 1 1- . illino itau uscu up aa UiUUll UIHIOII US CVCr, jjk . -still they held, at that duto, a decreased stuck : >p? gootb*, thug disproving, to a groat oxtcnt, ?onol?9^ of tbo previous jour gogardiDjyuliegeuoverproduction. Agniu iu July, ? 1876, the stock of goods hold by manufacturers was still furthor reduced, although more raw cotton was consumed thau iu years past, and hcuco it was shown that the country was really steadily absorbing inoro ihau the current production, notwithstanding the uuivevsal businoss depression which prevailKJ An investigation into tho actual "number of pounds of cotton worked up duriug tho past six months by Gfly-oight of tho larger cotton manufacturing establishments of New England, shows stih an increase over ore # W . # a 4"" vious years in the consumption of raw material. Comparing tho consumption of ihcso mills for tho first six months of 1877 with tho & xno period of 1876, it is shown as follows : Pounds. In tfa? first six months of 1877 the 68 mills consumed 94,650,874 In the first six months of 1876 the 68 mills consumed 91,469,447 Increase in the last six months... 2,181,427 or 2:48 per cent. Commenting on this, tho article referred to sars: "Ihese fifty-eight mills uso about four hundred aud nine thousand bales of cotton each year, which would bo about thirty-throe aud ouc-oighth per cout. of the entire Northern consumption ; and, as they represent a fair r.verago of all tho Northern cotton mills in styles of production and in other particulars. \vn irsntr s.nfYdv tnhn tlm innrivien ?.?\ " 7 ?J J ?y " tainod abovo as representing the actual iucreaso this yoar iu the consumption of cotton by our Northern mills as compared with last yoar Oao further fact of importance is also brought out by this inquiry, and that is that tho goods manufactured from this coltou have all disappenrd?having gone into actual homo consumption or been exported?iu the face of tho very dull trade during all the early months cf the year. Could wo havo more positive proof that at low prices consumption has outrun production, and is constantly increasing? The population Uys increased since tho 1873 panic; tho buying capacity of our people, under tho recuperating iuflucuccs of good crops and past economies, is rapidly on the increase ; the export demand is also decidedly larger and at paying prices; altogether giving to the manufacturing outlook an extrnmnlv favnrnliln oannol nnoai' nmi-A ; . j ? v???"t ?v>.w. ising, unless prices bo run up to a point which shall chcok consumption.". Comparing these facts with last year's transactions will give an insight into the future. Various causes led to a dccliuo in prices gcuerally last season. During that dull time, spinners almost universally adopted the policy of working up their cottou and pushing the sale of their productions. In Europe stocks are uow about oxhausted, and what is hereafter consumed must be taken from the market out of the visible supply. It will therefore be interesting to seo what of last year's crop of 4,000,000 bales will be kept for export after deducting what is needed for home wants. From the figures givcu above it is estimated that our Northern mills will yet require this year 139,000 bales additional to what t&y h ave already consumed and have ou hand. Hearing this fact in mind, then, the following is shown : Stock in ports June 29, as above 257,000 Receipts at ports and corrections after June 29, estimated 50,000 Hf Axln..,l n f. 1 - Of* 1! ?- -? "AA v/iuiiauu UHVi .J 11 lit: AXt, CHUlUUieU OW,UOU Total supply after June 20 337,000 'The stock in ports 1st September is a varying quantity, larger or smaller as demand and prices may control it. I.nst year 120,000?suppose it this year 100,000 ^'he freight engagements at all I the ports for export June 20, ? wero about 36,000?135,000 Which leaves 202,000 To supply the home want for spinning...139,000 Leaving for export 01,000 And, uh the article referred to says in conclusion : "Labi Scptoinbcr our spinners vcro baro of stocks, having allowed tlioin to un down, as the growing crop promised during the summer a very full yiol l.? Should any circumstance load manufacturers to stock up til is year, of coarse to just that oxtont their demand would bo increased and the above surplus for export be diminished. The pccrct of niruing a boarding house probably, is to find out just what your boardors don't !!k;. .u 1 th?n food 'em !ot'; a! it ' % m FT 1 i* !?=J THE SITUATION. The close of the war found tho planter iu a most critical couuitiou. His plantation out of repair, his cotton screws aud gin houses tumbling to pieces, his laborers rendered unmanageable by tho iiltcrfereiiee of the United States military satraps placed over him, and without farm implements or horse power to operate with, lie was forced to use every expedient to raise moucy to make a beginuiug. lleucc ho gavo liens and mortgages to borrow means at most exorbitant iulercst, and made suelt contracts as he could with the nlnntimr no-Min 1?? I ?nwa that he will be provided for, aud wants only what he can readily convert into money.? Grocery stores with Western flour, bacou, aud corn, spring up at every railroad station and cross-road storo. The raising of stock is abandoned on account of bad fences and shot guns, and tbo wliolo energy of tho firmer is devoted to the production of cotton. Since tho war another iteui has entered the expenso account of no inconsiderable importance?commercial fertilizers. The use of it has couio to be so much the fashion that many farmers believe it is impossible to grow cotton without it, while some close aud cautious men entertain a different opinion. All agree, however, that it is a very troublesome item of expense. Every year has been but a repctitiou of this order of tilings, and it is not strange that the condition of the planting interest is worse now than it was at the initiation of peace, "so-called." A'o planter of experience will pretend that cotton can be grown at tbo present price profitably, and it is plain that no country cau prosper under a system of agriculture which annually only adds to the embarrassments, and must end in the ruin of the planter. We must avail ourselves of tho teachings of experience and change.?Jour, of Commerce. How Far will a Greenback Go.? Mr. Brown kept boarders. Around his table sat Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Andrews, the village milliner, Mr. Black, the baker, Mr. Jordan, a carpenter, and Mr. Iladloy, a flour, feed and lumber merchant. Mr. Brown took out of his pocket book a ton dollar note aud handed itto Mrs. Brown, saving; "II ore, my dear, arc ten dollars towards the twenty I promised you." Mrs. Brown banded it to Mrs. Audrows, tbo milliner, saying: "That pays for my new bonnet." Mrs. Andrews said to Mr. Jordan, as she handed him the note : "That will pay you for your work on my counter. Mr. Jordan handed it to Mr. Iladley, the flour, feed and lumber merchant, requesting his lumber bill. Mr. Iladley gave the note back to Mr. Brown, saying: "That pays tea dollars ou my board." Mr. Brown passed it to his wife, with the remark that that paid her tho twenty dollars he had promised. She in turn paid it to Mr. Black, to settle her bread and pastry account, who handed it to Mr. Iladley, wishing credit for the amount on his fluur bill; ho again returning it to Mr. Brown, with tho remark, that it settled for that month's board. Whereupon Brown put it back into his pocket-book, exclaiming, that he "never thought a ten dollar bill would go so C.r " Thus a ten dollar greenback was made to pay ninety dollars indebtedness inside of tivo minutes. Who says greenbacks are worthless : To Help a G'alla Lily to Bloom.? Be sure it has a good rich soil; water with very warm water, with a little ammonia or bone dust added onco in a week or two.? Every morning pour boiling water in the saucer of the pot the lily is in, and give it plenty of heat and sunshiuo. I have two pots of lilies and have two ilowers on one and one flower and two buds on tho other. ?Ex. A fair reputation is a plant delicate in its nature and by no means rapid in its growth, ft will shoot up in a night like lira gourd if the pmphct ; hut, like that gourd, it .my t ' the ni; '.t THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE MONITOE AND HIE MEHKIMAC The death, at Schna, Ala., of Lieutenant Catesby Jones, recalls one of the most tuoincutous eveuis of the war of the rcbuttron, and the beginning of a uew era iu the his* tory of naval warfare. Licifteuaut Jones, who was a brilliant cliicer of our navy, rank- . iug with Dahlgreue as an authority iu ordinance and gunnery, took the side of tho South during tho war. It was ho who commanded the JMcrrimac, or Virginia, as sho was called by tho Cou federates, iu hor famous light with the Mouitor, and that is tho eveut to which wo refer. U)u the al'lornoou of the S?.h of March, 18Gd, tho improvised iron clad Merrimae, whoso appearance had long becu anticipated and dreaded, steamed down tho J'lli^abelli ltiver towanl NewpbrlfNfftfs.' TTcr uppoAr aueo was speedily signalled to the Union blockading squadrou iu that noighborhuud, which cun.iisted of the friiiaie Contrressaud o o the sloop-of-war Cumberland at Newport News, and ihe frigates Minnesota, lloanokc and JSt. Lawrcueo, at Fortress Monroe, sis miles distant. Lieutenant Calcsby Jouos was in counuand of the Merriaiac, which had been made into ?u armored vessel by razeeing to the water liuc the old and famous frigate Merriuiac, thou lying abandoned at the Norfolk Navy Yard, and building up on her an iron casement to protect her battery. This shield was iu the form ot a roof, and the plating, which was of railroad bars, was four inches thick, which would be considered au absurdly weak armor now-mdays.? Her battery consisted of eight 1) iuch L>uhlgreen guns, and four 73-iuch rifles of the J3rookc pattoru?a powerful armament for that time. The fleet at Fortress Mouroo slipped their cables and advanced toward the monster, while the Congress aud Cumberlaud stood ready to meet her. The three ships wero soou engaged in a hot fight; but our vessels saw to their dismay that thcii shots had uo more effect on the terrible Confederate than peas ou au elephant's hide, while the Merriaiac poured forth her broadsides with disastrous consequences to the wooden ships. The fight was a short one, the Merriuiac soon striking and sinhiug the Cumberland, whose gallant crew wcut down with her.? Tlio successful vessel then paid her attentions to the Congress, dealing out to iicr a raking fire of hot shot, for the heating of which -Lieutenant Jones> had prepared a furuacc aboard the MorriuifitV -which' tfas tinlirvmod by the shells of the wooden frigate. The Congress was soon in flainos, and the MerJuiac made for the other vessels, but owing to her great draught of water was unable to get near cuough to tlieiu to do tlio.n injury; and at seven in tho cveuing the Confederate iron-clad and her consorts steamed back to Norfolk. Lieutenant Jones, in an account of the battle, which he published long after, says ho was satisfied with tho day's work, as well he might have been, and had 110 doubt of his ability to start out on the morrow and clean out the rest of the Union fleet. Meantime a panic prevailed, at Fort Mouroc, and tho whole country held its breath. 13ut Lieut. Jones did not do any more cleauiug out. At 8 o'clock in the evening there appeared oil* Fort M011.00 a strangf looking little craft, which, two days before, had left New York. It was the Monitor, an experiment in naval construction, in which every thing was new and untried, l ' ? ?? * turrets, uiaemuory r.ua all. iter guns hud boon only onco tired ; she hud gone to sea from the slocks j the paint upon lie;- was scarcely dry, and her oflieors, except the two engineers, know nothing, by experience, of her working or capabilities. At 0 o'clock on tho morning of the 9th, (Sunday,) the watch-olliccr of the Minnesota espied tho Mcrriuiac stcnuiiug toward them from Scwall's l'oint, while tho mist overlaid the water. Tho Monitor was signalled, and promptly hoisted anchor, battened down her iron hatches, and prepared lor her maiJeu light. The Mcrriiunc hove in sight, and at once made for tho Minnesota, which she intended to capture and carry oil* s.s a pr'ze to Norfolk, where crowds lined the wharves, waiting to see her lowed into the harbor in triumph. Put, before the Minnesota was reached, the little monitor cuinc out from under her quarter, and David advanced tp meet Goliath. She ran down to withiu short range of tho Merriunac, which promptly gave her turrot throe broadsides, but the^ glanced oil' without doing harm. The Mod itor replied with her two eleven-inch gnus, and, beginning at S o'clock, the naval duel proceeded, lasting until noon, tho two contestants frequently touching each other, and sending their shot at so eioso quarters, while, through a largo part of the light, they wero only a few yards apart, in the excitement, tho Monitor at iirst 11 red wildly, so elevatiug her guns that most of the missiles were wasted, but, later, the guns wero depressed, and the shot began to tell. Mortally wouudal, tho Mcrrimac was towed to Norfolk, where she soon sank. If the Monitor had known, what was subsequently proved, thatTUfS clcven-insh guns could stand a charge of thirty pounds of powder with solid shot, inS stead of the small elm rue she used, tho fate el" tho Merriniae would have been decided after a lew rounds. The country took a breath of relief, for one <>!' the oravst dangers of the war had livi . . vet" .en-- .1' (ho Merirtnac had :")? i lowed up ou the Dili the astouishing success she achieved ou the 8th the whole ilcct at Newport Nows would have beeu destroyed a or eaptured. Fort Monroe would have ^ been at her mercy, the J nines River would ^ have beeu closed to tlio Uuion, and our I1 whole Allaulic seaboard would have been ^ iu peril. The little Mouitor had begun a ^ now era iu naval waifure, the era of tho 01 last fifteen years, aud tho ouo which is to ^ be succeeded by that of tho movable torpodo, which, properly dovelopod, will neutral- S1 izc.tbc great monitors that now form tho maiu strength of all modoru navies.? w "Lieutenant Jones at once recognized that J tho iinprcgunblo turret was henceforth to ll ^e the chief feature of naval construction, ^ nud did not hesitate to so express himself. ^ \ 'i'ha building of the ecrew steamer rriuccton was Olio of tho milestones of nrn. J gross; the use of 6hell guus was a second; ai tho Monitor was u third; aud now comes ^ iho movable torpedo, whoso successful ap- ^ plication will eventually make great navies al thiugs of the past, and the world will glad- S1 ly got rid of such enormously extensive mariuc establishments ol On the side of the Confederates, Lieut. J1 Catesby Jones in this historic battle bore P hiuisjlf with distinguished gallantry aud l' the success of the Monitor was chiefly due ^ to tho skill aud bravery of her two engin- w ccrs, Alban C. Stiuicrs aud Isaac Newton, ^ who believed in their untried vessel, knew ^ most about her, and dared to take all risks v inside of her plated turret.?aV. Y. Sun. G AN INDIAN ROMANCE. ai During the latter year of the war a part w of Spotted Tail's family was at Fort Lara- u mie, and with thcui was his favorite daugh- a ter, a young girl of eighteen, The Fort f; was then garrisoned by companies of an a Ohio volunteer cavalry regiment, and among o the ofliccrs was a haudsome young licutcn- h aut, of pleasant ma u no vs. Spotted Tail's r< daughter fell violcutly in love with this a young man. llcv passion does not seem to w have been reciprocated, uud it is said ho did all ho could to convince her ho could not c< marry her, and therefore it would bo wrong si for hiui to visit her or rcccivo visits froui her. 1; But the infatuated girl would not be convin- il ced and could not see why she, a Princess w and the daughter of the most powerful chief c< on the plains, was not a suitable wife for the a young soldier. Pay after day she would h dress herself with scrupulous care and como 1 to the fort to see hor beloved. It was piti- p < > her as hour after hour shn n would sit on the door step of the officer's b quarter:':, waiting for him to come out. At other limes she vouM follow him about like c a dog, seemingly perfectly happy to bo near v him and enjoy the p.oor privilege of looking tl at hiui. si Spotted Tail, hearing of the strange con- n duct of his daughter, and deeply mortified u ;H her want of self-respect, hastened to the I fort and pu.ling her in charge of some kind p fViflnds bid them carry her into the llocky o M Antr.ius, where he had a little camp and fi a j&rtion of his people dwelt in the fall and o winter time. They were told to divert her li in every way, and, if possible, endeavor to b make her forget her foolish passion. She c went away meekly enough, but fell into a a deep melancholy, fiom which no effort of friends could rouse her. Presently slm re- d fused to take food and pined away until she tl was a mere skeleton. o One day a courier, whose liorse was cov- n cred with foam, sought the chief to loll him li his daughter was dying or a broken heart ti and wished to sec hiui ouee nioro boibre she n passed to the spirit land. Away, over Ji mountain and stream, hurried the great ai chief, and paused not by night or by day b until ho leached the bedside of his beloved ii child. He lbund her alive, bat sinking ti very last, and she bid him sit close beside w her and hold her hands in his while she told h him all the simple story of her love and suffering. and a broken heart. She said : "I 01 shall noou be at rest, niy father, and with d those of our kindred who have gone bef^.e. u In that beautiful land I will wait for you, ri and you will soon come to join mo, dear fa- J ther, for your hair is white with years of carc aud toil and you arc growing oid and ?: i v~.. ~ i i 1 nir-vi. AUU lUU 11 ^iU.ll 1/I11U1, auu iiuvu yvh *' many wa triors, but 1 pray you not to quar- ( rcl with the whites, who are more numerous n than the leaves on the trees of the forest. V Spare your people, my father, and rest yet w a little while in peace; when you will have reached the end of the journey of life and rj come to join uio in that happy homo where t< 1 am going. The pale faces are the people ^ of him I love so well, and between 3011 and ci ihcin J ltope war will never come again.? o And, oh, my father and my chief, when 1 atn dead take uiy poor wasted body and lay g it to rest on the hill beside the fort wheiu L " learned to love so well." e The chief promised he would do all as she B wished, but bid her live and she might yet 0 bo happy. Sho lingered a few d.ays and t then the faithful heart ceased to boat. Almost heart-broken, Spotted Tail bid his attendants prepare tho body for burial, and c bear it as rapidly as possible on their shoul- J ders to the fort. B We ought never to believe evil of any h one till wc a:c certain of it. We ought not g to say anything that is rudo and displeasing d even in a joke, and even then wc ought not p to cirr" tho j kc t*>< 0 * / PUBLIC HAHGIHG8. , Bill Bradley, n uegro, was tried lost May year ago, for the murder of llamp. Banin, his brother-iu-Jaw. Uo was found guilr, and sentenced to bo haugod on the fourth riday iu last July, with one Wesley lrook.es, who was convicted of murder at le same Court and scuteuced to be haDged a the saino day. Ou his way from the * ourthousc to tho Jail ho Baid: "Whea icy hang me, thoy will hang a d??d ood man." A short time bofore the day f cxccutiou he and Brookes broke jail; it as strongly suspoctcd at the timo that the ailor conveniently forgot to lock and bolt ic doors. On the day of their escape, thoy rokc open and robbed a store ou tno Pork '.oyal Kuilroad, Brookes was recaptured and hanged last * r . uly. Bradfey mado his way to Georgia ' . nd was caught iu Augusta, a short time eforo last May court, and lodged in the Liken jail. lie was resentenced and cxpitod his crime yesterday, uuder us boiliug a iu as usually visits us in July. It is estimated by the Sheriff, tho Clerk 1' the Court, and others well qualified to ldgc, that betwccu two and three thousand crsons wore present. There were not more jau four or live hundred whito people.? >F tho negroes, uioro tltau ouc-hulf were omcu. The prisoner was brought down om Aikou, ou the night train of Thursday. 'est moruiug he was brought iu from Blackille, and arrived here about teu o'clock.? , >u his arrival ho was lakcu up to the towu uardhouso. AYheu the rope was adjusted rouud his ucek, ho was perfectly cool, alkcd with a cpiick, firm step, held up his eck to have the rope properly fixed, and ppcared to be perfectly ready to meet his ite. As he reappeared, he was dressed in .black pair of pants and white shirt, no . thcr covering except a white cloth on his cad. The wagon in which tho prisoner jde, was guaided by the Bnrnville Greys, ud escorted by the motley crowd of men, omen and children. When llrudlcy arrived at the place of cxcutiou. he ascended tho scaffold withafirui !ep, addressed tho crowd, saying he did ill the man, hut that it was in self-defence; lat he had made his peace with God, and ould soon be with Jesus. After he finishil his short speech, he turned to tho Sheriff nd told him to proceed without delay, as o was anxious to be iu tho arms of his Jesus, lc was knocked off, and after hanging somo lYCuty or thirty minutes, the doctois proounced him dead and he was cut down and uricd iu the colored graveyard near by. Now, is it not time to cease these public seditions and slop the education of this ('ifitn 'I ItA imtuai'oul tv.x/MU . ?uvv. J UV UIIIIVI niXL O^llliuil HUIUU^ 10 negroes is, that this murderer has gone traiglit to glory. As I heard a negro woten say in the presence of sevoral other noma, ' there is no doubt he is with God."? ustcad of an execution being the just uuishuicut for the violated law, the prisuor is almost an angel; ho springs right roui the scaffold to llcaven, and nearly all f the negroes go away rejoicing in the beef, that a soul is saved and a good man as reaped the reward of the just. The ex.cution should be private, nud let tho imginutiou do its work. Jiut that is not all?at least fifteen hunred laborers wore drawn from the crops at lie most important part of tho season, some f them traveling from twenty to thirty lilcs to be presont. The cost of this pubc execution in tho loss of labor is at least >vo thousand dollars, to say nothing of tho toncy spent for provisions and whiskey.? i not this of itself a powerful argument gainst public cxccutious ? I beard a metner of the Legislature say be intended to itroducc a bill to cbargo each spectator WMlftf flpnts n In \?ill>/>ua n linnnlnr. j " ? liich ho thought would support the poorouso of tho county. Crops arc said (o be doing well, and ?no r two more good rains will secure an abunant yield. The fruit crop is very fine, but iclous arc backward. 1 have not seen a po watermelon in the market.?Pete, in 'our. Commerce. -? A passenger on one of the Midland Itailjsd trains has given to the Middletown N. Y.) Pr?ss a sensational account of a scent thunder storm. The train was near fait on, and tho storm was terrible. There as crash after crash of thunder, with blindig lightning, accompauied by a deluge of tin ami hail. Atone time the train seemed ) be enveloped iu a sheet of electrical fire. l fearful crash proccded, and iustantlj the ngino was in a volume of electricity, balls f tire encircling the driving wheels as :?oy revolved with lightning rapidity. Eniueer San ford beheld the phenomenon with, fonder and awe, and, supposing that tho ml of all things was at hand, involuntarily hut off tho steam. Nearly every person it the train experienced a severe shook.? i large tree by the track was shattered. lien Montgomery, a rarely successful find apabfc colored man, formerly a slave of e?T Davis' brother, has receutly died in. Iississippi. When a slave he was largely lie manager of his master's estate, which a purchased after the war for $350,000 in old. lie also became the owner of I'resient Davis' place as well as several other hntntions, and altogether this ex-slate had rrmr.rh .l.'y th ivi^g e.reer.