IN THE EAST. KAfJVA AW.I rnz O.W3WEIAR-tI sLN 316 EBYE ITALY i CAW IIU 011 TU3 I LA] D. IL the I1gesn Sea--yra, the Pirneu and Athens--The Greeks at Home. tipe0al Oorreupondenoe of the Demoorst.) ATstaxs, Greece, Anu. 12, 1717. To take a steamer at Liverpool for the -taSvat is not the speediest way to reach It. bat It is the way to put in the longest pos eflbe stretch of salt water between England and Oreeee; and this was the oontrolling motive of My choloe of route. Bo the "Olympus," of the Cuanard line, starting from Liverpool to Con tetntinople the 2eth niut., had booked among her is passengers, bound for various points on the way. a oatizen of New Orleans. The run down the fBay of Biscay was pleasant, a fact that ap anoared t., strike every one as one of the most extraordinary in natural history: accepted, Iowever. with proper gratitude and com ~ster. In live days and a half we made Oibraltar. Staying there twelve hours, we etPaitaed on to Malta, where, having to discharge 4oal, We were detained two days, giving one ample opportunity of sAoolng everything of inter 4ed t On tae island. THE HARBorn OF MALTA 4,8 L exteptionally good one, resembling very mitch that of lavana. The fortifications which -oovOr its entranco are something appalling to .ook at, and, I dare say, mnpoussile of capture. lrom the time oTf la Vallitte, the Grand Master of the Knights of Ht. John of the slxteenth ca)n tury, to the present day, these defenses have been building; and as. the supply of stone is Very liberal on t he islnnd, the probability in the British engineers will cout.lu. c'eonstructing moles, bastions. curtains and buttresses for all the ages to cone.' Not that thtirslis the slightest toesible chance the pvrna will ever be attacked Though onu are given to understand the Italians east a longing eye upon it. as the Span .dirds do on OGibraltar. to assure you of his d pqV Athy with the English, a Maltese will gratvly give his opinion that he does not think 4zIbtraldl could pase the fort of Mt. Elmo with comfort. This in connection with the sup, pose. oomplications likely to arise out of the "eesnt war between IRussia and Turkey. The comn.motly received theory in the East is that Italy wishes to regults her borders ,y extend -I them itato the dominions of Austria; that 40oaeomplish this she is qulto willing to nm bark in a campaign against 'tht 'tht power on any pretext that may beP faneifli enough to be plautslble. In that event she would naturally mad herself opposed by England, and there fore under the painful neeos..ty of capturing lalta. 4*_1 1 Ar 0.r an quite') Oili fItLl IIUI'5LiIyU'' lilat any --iOn., unless it ie the ChIinse. hals men aOMagh to spare to fill up the harbor of La Val Besides, its possosion would have no more ftfet on the issue of a campaign or the fats of a '(fr tan holding the great pyramid of COboop. ~'o Englaind Malta, like Uibraltar, is taluable as a coaling station and a store house of suDplies. Neither Italy, Franceo or Spaln haanytsuch need in the Mediterranean. In deed, in these days of swift steam transporta tion, England herself could well afford to gave lpGOlbraltar and Malta without injury; just as 4he taeo up the lonian Islands, after spending ,1llijotn of pounls on their fortiflcations. The 7th inst. we again turned our prow East Ward, and Friday. tihe llthl. were AT AN.lCHOR OFF SYRfA. 4 ftty of Grece, on an Island of that name. I knew I had re Icehd a land of freedom at, once; IOr&Dpraticai looking native of copper color -ptt his head in my cabin through the window. r0 soon as it was light. by way of extpressing hii desire to be sociable and of manifesting his aative willingness to take absolute charge of meduring the remainder of my travels. Other members of this noble cllas of boatmen re peated the profess fromn timt" to time while I was dressing; 'each one apparently anxious to put In his oaveat fo tillhe exclusive ptrivilege of swindliag me. Bat the flrst buceaneur carried theday, and got about three times the foe he .hould have received for boating me to the Greek steamer lying near by. on which. I was to go to Athens, Byrais the centre of the trade In the geannu. roench, Italian. Austrian and Greek starotrs are constantly coming 1land1 going. The pilace. oomphratively new. is built of stone, on the sides of an amphitheatre of hills. that rise so abruptly) from the hartor it looks as if the houses would slide into thl water with the smallest encouragement, The city is nmoldrn in every respect. Thle people look very muchl like Italians, and tile Italian language is .spoken quttite freely. In tilhe evning I ha1 d an opportuntlly of "assisting" ait a prolnrlade In one of the public squares. and if otrerving the general style and alppearance of the citi -ens. The men were common looklilng enough; man generally are liable t o ta't objection. A .sugar-loafed hat and a cane se('Iedl to t' essen tiai to the "get up" of each one of the lords. You remember. in ancient remor,,a. a citizon was arrested anld fined who alrpcaredl In public without a walking-stick. Tilh ladies, who are 4iecidedly stout, are dlrossed just as ladles are with us. except they are given to perform on higher heeled shoes than I had sllupposed pos sible for any one out of acirulls company. I cannot say much for the beauty of tile ladies, thougll the children, romping about in high glee at the freedom of bteing out late. were ex oeodlngly lovely. The music of the band was Lormenting to an awful degree. It is a remark )able fact, the Grarks. lancient or modern, never excelled in music. I saw here in all his glory. that great product of the nineteenth century. A I.IVY NEWsBOY, dittingulshed, is he is in America, for strength -of lungs and gentleness of manners. Though the Greek is sonlewIlat. lacking in that insinu ating style of proffering his wares so well known in New Orleans, of thrusting them into your face and holding thelm there till yur sur tender and Hpurchase. Time. howeover, and the nfllenoli of stlrangars will soonal imDpairt this ad ditional grac, anlld tihe newsloy of tiLh Lvant. like him of tihe W.st, will to o)ne of those bone factors of his rlla that overybodly admires and 'wants to put a lIUnall alllont liver at once. The Epplan.so as .t ii little Greae.k ste-amer. 'was to-start early Nlitarday morninglll. tll' loth inst., fromn Syra for tia l'illlsi , the portl of Athens, and promlll.to thue minute site was ,under way. There were a great. many palisseelngrs on hIoard: nice-loking, respoerabl~ It,,apl,. all smoking (that sl, the men), ait if o)n i wager. You never see a ClOrak without a cigarette. 'Cigars are seldoni liused. ()Ol'iasionniily, at a ooffeehouse. you see a bubbleti-IIilbleo--an in strument of toirture. biy which you are exp.a.ted 'to draw the smnloke through three or four niles of pipe. and hi. rowardled by getting y ouir ma nuth full of hot water. There is a lustom ipculiar to the Greeks which I here observed. That is. the men carry in their hands a st ring -of beads, not for any devotional purpose. hut 'solely to have something to do by playing with them; as the German women have their knit tnag and the Sam tlicak Yankee has his knife and pine stick. On the street. in the shop, at lasoes of amusement, everywhere, you will see ,grave men toying with these beads, as if os088en tial to their peace of mind or to reaching correct tsental conclusions. The Greeks are GARAT TALKEI.R, 0tat is. for space and time. Their voioes, how ever, are not pleasant: not even thous of the a n. The th's occur so often you .a t e rIgiarý =01 d:- ..,F mo self, who spoke Awglish. He was a sailor, and had been in bmerioa, and knew a great deal about affairs there, as most Euopoeans do. iHe wanted to know if the war was over in the States, and if the slave trade was still kept up. The lnst inquiry was uttered with a sigh, as if it recalled many pleasant pas.ages connected with that romantic traffl. The transit of nine hours to the Plrrres was over a sea of glass. The quartermaster at the helm must have steered by Instinct. He made no use of the compass. And as he was at the stern and depended for his sight on looking through and around all the passengers on the quarter deck, it is a marvel how he brought ns aeross, for the sea here is as full of islands as a plum pudding of raisins, and all alike. Bold, barren rocks several hundred feet high, most of them uninhabited, ranging from half a mile to two or three miles in extent; few of them have any mythological or historical asso elation. though they relieve the monotony of the voyage and break its tedium by their fro. iuoney and Irregularity, and lend sometimtes a beauty to it, by the purple crowns they wear when in the distance. When Tui rithieS rose in sight with its cluster of glorious memo ries, I made sure I should experience an ex altation, an enthusiastic excitement, propor tionate to the scene, and domanded by the ac tual realization of long-chorished, romantic hopes. I felt nothing of the kind when we turned into that renowned harbor. One never is moved as one expects and longs to be at the first sight of at famous plauie. Whether the practical necassity of attending to my luggage. and guarding it from the pirates who boarded tile ship the instant she let go her anchor, engrossed my thoughts, or the appro hension of getting wet from the rain then be ginning to deselnd, or the admiration of the beautiful rainbow stretching rver Ihalerurn towards Aegina, or wonder.at the neatness and regularity of tihe stone buildingson the I'irmus, or an xlity to catch the train for Attlhens, or all combined, so it Is, I landed there the same as I would in -Genoa. Naples, or any other eommnr cial place. Prosaic as it was. the lanuding was effected in comfort, and in a few minutes I was seated in a railroad car bound for Athens, four miles distant. We had not long to wait. And over a plain flled with olive and cyproes; by orchards of peaches and long stretches of vineyards; and gardons of figs anti pomegranates; ac'ross sttny roads, bordered by sycamore and pepper trees. and gay with the oleander: skirting groups of factories, with long chimneys, plumed with black smoke; and flat roofed houses, before which children were playing and dogs hbarking; with marble wells near by, where donkeys, with heavy rlanniors, were waiting to be watered. we soon wire gliding smooth and fast. 'rosently, in one of the turns of the track. looking out of the carriage window. I saw on the summit of a lofty rock, towering high over ill things else in view, the columns and tedi ments of a Dorio temple. The spirit. of the spot then breathed upon me antd imagination asserted her rights. Twenty-three hundred years rollei back their scroll aind I was living and moving among the Atheniangs when Peri cles presented them the P'arthenon framed by Iotenus and adorned by Phidlas. Tlhe noblest representations in art, of grace, majesty and beauty. plaend on the most imposing site on earth, associated with the brightest Intullects that have ever shone, memorials of the birth. growth and death of races. I felt now, in the presence of the templneis on the Airopolis no lack of the piety and sadness congenial to the place. Alas, all In ruins! Turks. Venitlans, earthquakes and Elgia have brought them to this. But, thank God, though this upper city of beauty is in ruins, the spirits who planned it are immortal. No fickle Athenian Democracy man banish them from our memories, or hem lock them from our constant and perpetual worshio. At last I am In AthetnsI Yours truly. J. II. N. . .. .... • .41D .-- .... .. .. COTTON WORMS IN MOREHOIME. BAnTROP. MonEHoUriE PARTISH, Sept. 4, 1877. Editor Dmr,orait--I write to inform you fur thler upon the all absorbing tl.pi of worms. l'hey are destroying the cotton crops every where throughout this part of the State. The flies deposit their eggs, and in three days the worms are at work--but. st rtnge to say, the work of devastation goes on contlnunlly. There seems to h, no general periods for the hIat'hing of the lnw armins of worms; onl- glenrn lon iivotviaLling itself into the sutci'olding. eolltrnary t, the best worrm authorities. Thi armies seern to Inad and fire now by rilntons. This un r.asing dIestructin of the 'otton leaves will allow few bhlls under the halt grown sizm to mature. In four days the erop throughc.nt thits part of the State will be entirely stripp,,d of its fdliage. We will not maike. this year, mnorn tlhan half of our usual yield of cotton. I. T. ------·e - --- Amonng the advantages offlreld 1to passngers by this popular and reliable line are through I'ullinn a fala'e ars from tli foot of ('flnal strilt, daily, running to Mt. Louis witlhllth change. Thib is lhe line that introduc'!d the magnilleont rnd palatial slr ping oachi's "Eu rori"' and 'Tarthli ia."whihali .re now running sanl logether with othersof I'Ial pa slendor comprise, tilli line. Closeo -Oftlclit 'ins anr mnli't at HI. Louis fir all pioints East North and West, and baggaigei' i.'krl thronugh to distintatin. Ito sure Ind ask for til'kts via Mobile and Ohio RI.ti road. Pearl Soaplna. Ask for ,iiiiaptlia land vonll will get the host soap. iHoapi naneotintlrtng ni, roisin is the iest soap for washling woolen gioods, cain be found at 110 (Gravier street. Foe Tu'r .l4b.AR Ciuol.-Plaunturs, anti ill who have even the sllght'stl dealings in sugar. know Beck, the chamapion "op',,r of No. 27 Peters street. His bogsheads and barrels, his kegs and hoop-ples,. are too well known lby dealers to ncied eu llgim at our hands. By his 'enr'rgy and large faullitles at his manufal'tory on Carondeolt walk, near RHoiman street, he is now prepared to furnish his planting friends, at the shortest notice, with htog~lheids tandl barrl-s for the coming urop. 'T. A. IBei'k' make is known all along the coast. San his advertisement. GCETTIN REtADY FOR TnE FITLD.-Now that our game season is near at hand our sportsm''n are getting out their tbreenh loaders and preparing for the comlng sport.and taking time Iy the fore louk our friend Wallace Wood, agent, has pre pared for an active season. In order to mnleot at on"-e the demands of our knights of the gun. he has had loaded a largo quantity of shells with different "harges of pouwdier and shot, t.so that tho sportslanll need only to give his order and his ammunition is at hand. Both the powder and shot uscd are of the very best quality. as aire the shells. No. 3 Tu.houplitouls str't't will dIItibtletss bhcon'lll the gunnellrsl headquarters oe for, the winter is over. NeVvr LA PI'ERnaUr.--In all the late expositions in which samples of all the tobaeeos of the world wi'ri ofn exhibition. the peirique of ,Louisiana invariably carriedl off the first pre mnlullu for perfume. strength anti sweetness. Old smokers kuoiw this, and just noware on the qni ritce to gel their supply from the crop of '77. This ':rop. accordling to all a"counts, excells that of any other year since '72. and as the de Iand is htourly increasing, thosei, who desire to g.t the fintest should at onit' IeHav' their orders at that connoisseurs, Ettidmund Bourgeois, No. 44 I)Deatur stri't't. Mr. Bourgeois is the sole agent for the celebrated Grand Point tobacco. and, as the yield is far less than the demand. those desiring this aromatic weud should leave their orders early. See the advertisement in another column. D. Leech. No. 080 Magazine street. Is an ex cellent piano tuner, and only charges 1 50. aOall a.d see if ll Qiloskey' restanr nL . A WOMA1W'8 '"O." o not I 'ould not wed nyu, No; lut I hope you won't forget I Iovn you aR a sister shou Id 0 please. Will, don't go yet. Yew. love you as a sister should, Buit marry you? Al, no,, I'm griovnd you should have thought of it. Oh, Will! Don't learn me so Come hack. sit down and talk to me. Don't, don't frown, when you go, One cannot love just when she would. Though she's a girl you know. And. I don't think you love me much, I don't, upon my life; But If I really thought you didl- -Yes. Will. I'll he your wife. ---- ---rcf --- HOW TO BECOME NOBLE. A Paris correspondent writing on the subject of titles, and commenting some what bitterly on the way American girls throw themselves away on foreign no bodies who happen to possess an ances try and a name, says : Titlesl Why, at Fiesole you can or, at any rate but a few years ago, you could-have one by regular purchase for seven or eight hundred francs ($140 or $1(0.) The sale of them helped to keep the poor little place going at a most critical time. Fiesole was very hard up, and Fiesole wanted to mend its only high road. You know the proverb about necessity and invention. A townsman high in municipal office found that, by an old feudal instrument, the grant of the freedom of the Fiosole included the right to a title, and another townsman found a wandering Englishman who was prepared to pay a cool thousand or so for a noble natne. Victory The road was mended, and the English man became, I think, a count. The discovery served to keep the place in repair from that time forth; they swept the streets with it; they added to the number of lamps; they would even have improved the drain age, only life-long habit had left them in a state of invincible ignorance as to its defects. The tourist in search of a name to add to the other nick-nacks and curiosities picked up in foreign travel, sighted, scented Flesole from afar on its rocky perch; and the enter prising townsman, finding what a treas ure they had in their charter, were ready to ennoble everyone that came. They were sound political economists and philanthropists as well; they gradu ally lowered their prices, under the pressure of Irregular competition on the part of individuals in the trade, and they at length brought their merchan dise of honor down to a sum at which it was within reach of the small store keepers or the frugal working man." -r ----- I-4. ... DERTROYINi CHKRTNTUT TREELA. While the phylloxera Is ravaging the vineyards and the Colorado beetle threatening the potato fields of France, yet another plague is reported to have appeared in the Pyrenean districts. This time it is the groves and woods of chest, out trees which are threatened. Accord log to the Courrier de Bayonne, a large number of these trees in the canton of Espelette and elsewhere have been at tacked by small black insects, having shining bodies, with six legs and small wings, but apparently incapable of fly ing. these insects, it seems, eat their way in beneath toe bark of the tree at the level of the ground, and then work round the tree between the bark and the hard wood, up to a height of some ten feet. The conducting vessels of the sap being thus destroyed, the trees soon dry up and wither. The insects are gener ally followed by a species of worm, which ascends even higher than the former, eating channels not only be neath the bark, but even into the hard wood of the tree. The losses already occasioned by these two scourges are stated by the Courrtier to be very great. Entire plantations have been destroyed, the oldest and youngest trees being at tacked as well as the young and tender. -- --* .- SOUTHERN PATENTh4. Mr. H. N. Jenkins, Bolicitor of Patents, No. 27 Commercial Plae, oflioially reports to the DE.no C;AT the following complete list of patents granted Southern inventors for the week ending August 14, 1877: Louisiana--Michael Johnson, New Orleans, button fastee,ing; Frank Von Phul, New Orleans, and James Mallon, Baton Rouge, car starters; Jean N. Miller New Orleans, portable furnace stand; N. T. IEdon, New Orleans, tightening bale bands; J. 0. Gingras, Shreveport, plaiting irons. Mississippi -W. G. McOreigiit, Atlanta, wagon tire tighteners ; D. L. Murfl and D. Kyle, West Station, bee hives. Arkansas--J. V. Richardson, Tuckerman, fences. 1'EIt(QUE TOBACCO. THE CROP OF 1q,77, MADE IN nT. JAMES PARIMN, LOUISIANA, BUing the finest c 7rop ince 172. will exceed in aqunlity the crop of that years; the yield will also he larger. IPersoon who are delirous of obtainin a sMiDp ply should HEND IN THIEIR ORIDEI S AT ONCE. so as to niiake sre of gctting all t.hy want.. These orders will beo illled accordig to date. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. As soon as the process of nan lfet 'llre is c(omplete, by ordering lnow. better rates cnn Ie obtained. but to walt until the tob.,aeo is ready for delivery is to take the chance of a heavy rise in price,. The undersigned is the 8OLE A(IENT for all the planters and mllnufl turers of .HRAND POINT, nT. JAMES, 1PE. iQUE TOBAC(CO These gentlemen comprise all those whose tolbao took Prizes at all the World's Fairs, and have never yet bhen naproaehed ,y Imnitators. SEND IN YOUR ORDERS. TIHE DEMAND FOIR PERITOUE TOBACCO IS INCIIEASING( IAPIDLY, AND THE CR01 WILL BE A FINE ONE. Do Not Wait and Get the Refuse of the Crop and Pay Big Priees. ORDER NOW. AND GET THE CHOICE WHEN IT IS READY FOR DELIVERY. EDMUND BOURGBEOIS, TOBACCO AND SUG l1 FACTOR. we mismae ean " r ~ I I a ' 2ILp .~· I I ok4 tl 2 1 1. . I * s 4I II - : I ný1+I : I y I N "+ . 9 u r. 0 - ) -if I ' I;I j: :.Ii 5z I' .q. ;: : , -@ S * H s y n aý1 0 - 2 ILI !) r ýl ii t :o rI; II-, I %s I 'z IN lOG J W + ý ý I A r - a 0* '1 £9) Ct Q 1 ZI .r I ji t ias nr s,,: '4 -~ 4'T L JEWELRY AT AUCTION I Amimn t wa.r.s A r W ar= aAa. W s .nZ 1 I. C. LEVI, Auctioneer, 18 ............................ Canal Street..................... .:..i$A WILL OFFER, TWIOE A WEEK, HIS LARGE AND %EGANT STOCK OF JEWELRY AT AU(EIO , ", Lad Hall [ ll dell at Private Salea usual, from FIVE to TWUNIJ'I.Y31 . UEL5Sthan any other estaýbliahment which advertises daily., Watches Repaired and Diamonds Reset Only by skillful workmen. at the lowest rates. OU JCUAewe$ Tsm DUA . LEVI. n ON. A. ROCH'EREAU & CO., COMMI88ION MERCHANTS. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF CHAMPAGNE. IMPORTERLS OF' BRANDIa8, WINEP, .VERMOUTHS, OILS, ETC., SaSouth Willilan St., New .erk. IO and I. st. Louis Street, New ftul9m .In GRUNEWALD HALL, TIlE LARGEST MUSIC HOUSE IN TIIE SOUT GENERAL AGENCY OF THE LEADING PIANOS OF TIlE WORLD, STEINWAY & SONS, W. KNABE & CO., PLEYEL, WOLFF & CS (PARIS, ) And the Finest Parlor and Church Organs, Reduced Prices. . Accommodating T m DIIIECT IMPORTATION OF Musical Instruments for Bands, Strings, Accordoons, Music At Whelesals and Retail. special M ies to Country Mershaute. Sheet Music Below Publishers' Prices, And at corresponding low figures to Prolfssors, Sehools, the Clergy and Country TBIAL ORDERS SOLICITED. ESTIMATES FURNISHED AND CATALOGUES MAIL' ANY ADDRESS. LOUIS GoRUNEWALD, sel Brunewald Hall, 14, 1,1, 36 and 33 Dareane street, New eoMw5a PHILIP WERLEIN, 135 CANAL STREET, TOUBO BUILDING, LEADING MUSIC HOUSE OF THE SRRET, DZFIEB ALL 09Mu Best Pianos mad Orgi.s Lowest FrIes, N est Lberal Larve g o es t SOLE AGENTS FOR THE WORLD-RENOWNED CHICKEBINO The Best and Most Perfect Planes Made, ALSO, FOR THE ELEGANT UPRIGHT HARDMAN PIANOS, In tone and touch superlor to the PlM.yel Pianos. of n.qual durability and selling 100 le.s, ranted to give good satisfaction or the monoy refunded. Sold on small montl y pay very low for eash. Sole Agents for the elebrated Mason & Hamlin, Estey and New Eoa. land organs, JUST RECEIVED PEB STEAMER ALICE, Pivu C7wmer 2Mraiomcml aXntrwumanatr, The Trade Supplied below Northern Prlees. h'17 ....-0-- TO OUR NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS, FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC. -0 Having leased for a term of years the large and beautiful store in the MORESQUE BUILDING, forming the corner of Camp and Poydras streets, we will take poasealon 0o same during the MONTI OF SEPTEMBER, --with one of the- LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED ST -OF 1URNIT 1 R ,, . EVERI OFFERED TO THIS COMMUNITY. CONSISTING OF PARLOR, BEDROOM, DINING-ROOM, LIBRARY, HALL AND OFFICE FURNITURE OF EVERY STYLE, DESIGN AND QUALITY. FINE FRENCH PLATE MIRRORS, AND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF COMMON FURNITURE, OF EVERY GRADE AND PRICE. In the meantime we will REDUCE OUR PRICES on our stock In Armory Hall to obvnle exprense of moving. Parties wishing to take advantage of this reduction should call we move. Thanking the Public for their generous patronage during many years past, we hope by *$i attention to business and upright dealings, to merit a continuance of the sme in oar quarters. B. M. & B. T. NONTOONMERY. a 3.-we'w5*s Rt AIN £3 :HALL f eatr ACr !Ue sar. inki4~·-