Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-27

chants Of the North, perhaps We cannot do
better than to give brief history of the re-
cent transactions ofthe house Of CLArLIS& Co.
1t is model az well as a monster concern,
and presents fair reflex of the dry goods
market.
Some idea can be formed Of the magnitude
Of the business Of this house, without enter
ing largely into the details Of Its internal
working, when the facts are known that the
building occupied by CLAFLIS 4 Co. covers
sistssn ordinary building lots, which Is one
hundred by four hundred feet. 1t fronts on
Church and Worth streets and West Broad.
way. 1t is nve stories high, with basement
and sub-oellsr, and Is as beautiful in its archi.
tectural design and exquisite finish as It is
spacious, substantial, and useful. This struc-
turo not being sufficiently large even TO ac-
oommodate the house at present, they have
purchased large estate on Thomas street,
adjoining the present building, and are max
ing the necessary additions.
The sub-cellar," so called, under the
phseLncnt, eAtenus unuer ehe btieets nhmou
above, and covers exactly one acre of ground.
This is occupied with packages Of unopened
goods, which are subsequently distributed by
steam power to different parts Of the building
for sale.
The basement, next above, is Of the regu-
lar sire of the main building and contains
woolens and Aannels.
| The first floor is devoted exclusively TO
prints, dress goods and silks.
| The second story is devoted wholly TO
hosiery and great variety Of useful Yankee
notions, white goods and laces.
The third story is devoted to the business
of boots and shoes.
The fourth and fifth are filed with dupli-
cate goods of the departments before men
toned.
During the year ending May, 1865, the
trade Of CLArLrN 4 Co. amounted to forty
two and half millions Of dollars. The in
crease this year will be over twenty-five per
cent. This is not owing however, altogether,
to the demand from the South consequent
upon the fall Of the rebellion. A portion Of
it is directly attributable to such cause. But
II is fact that the demand for goods is great
from every part Of the country. This springs,
in part, no doubt from the generally conceded
fact that the entire country is at present
highly prosperous, and also because there is
positively no surplus Of goods in the Western
country and none 1Ohatsver IN the South.
Traders here understand, and are acting
upon the fact, that while the rebellion leaves
the South poor in certain localities, IL
is, as q whole, reasonably wealthy, there
being between one and half and two mil
, lion bales of cotton remaining in possession
of the leading traders and planters Of the
South, which, at present prices, is equal in
value to six million bales before the rebel.
lion This, it is believed, will give the South
q large margin with which to pay of old
debts and procure new supplies. If the South
will reconstruct their system Of labor in good
faith, doing justice to the freedmen upon the
basis indicated and sincerely hoped for by
Presidents LINCOLN and JOHNSON, it is esti,
mated by those who are good judges in such
matters that in ten years they will be worth
more than they were before the war, ant
: with a much brighter prospect ahead
shrewd business men here argue that, as thu
t war forced q wonderful and unexpected de
r velopment Of resources in the rebellion
States, as surprising to the Southern people
I themselves as to any others, that they viii
' heed the lesson administered, and turn it T.
good account in the future. They have bee
+. forced to learn that they can produce some
I thing besides cotton and tobacco, and tha
\ they can produce it thsmseiVe,, if necessary
S without the aid Of slaves.
b. 1t will surprise many to learn the real fac
t about the present development of Southern
= trade. The larger proportion Of the presen
: security. This is not only good sign of tn
times, but We are able and permitted to say
;, from having seen the figures, that Of tn
o very large sum due CLAPLIs, MELLEs q Go
# (now cLAFLIs 4 Co.. from the rebellion
G States at the outbreak Of the rebellion, abou
d seventy five per cent has already BEEN rea
j. ized, and about fifty per cent has actual
v been pad, This is good record, and look
like an earnest determination on the part {
IS Southern merchants, not only to restore tn
Ia Union, but to re-establish that confdenc
among the business community which fol
q merly existed There is another reason 70
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