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1018 pir - every afteroecn Saadays udfcT JAM BO, ,t,iTOK AHD FBpWXWtOfc CKlB.FOBTAGKPAm Six months, $2 W j Thr 38 7"' , One month. 60 cent. rill b delivered by carrier, ... . ftlt-r. at tb of ehtrf ; ia anj pi - . week. Te r" . lnr nd liberal Cwcriber. will pleM.report any and -lare. to retire their papers regularly. Eepublbhed. PRODUCE EXCHANGE. Report at the President, Mr K.E Calder. jnnaal annual meeting, of the Produce . rrr.jo hflH at the rooms of that . ..?. Tnesdav morning. 'Ibe meeting was called to order by the The roinate3 of the last aimaa! meet Kre read and approved. The Secretary acd Treasurer's annual ,.rrt properly audited, was read and received end orucrea iuu uuug minutes. ThP President read.his annual report, , 1 .1 a v. 4 In. A rhich exhibits a very satisfactory state 0fB2air3in commercial circles here, as follows: ijjrvTt.EMEx: I would take the occa 8ioo of the expiration of my terra of scr nce aDdofttatof your present Board nf Managers, to present a brief summary ot what has been doue during our term, tDd ot the manner in which we have dis ebarjred your trust.' I mat congratulate you on the greatly improved condition of the finances of the Kichacge, as evidenced by the report of 5our Treasurer. We are now out of debt and with sufficient income to meet current expenses. The Exchange is no ionger an experiment, but has become an acknowledged necessity to our mer chant!, aad we may hope Eoon to - nura tier unocz its members all who are in dj way interested in the trade in the nnv?iictj of this section. During the past two years we have gained seventeen tew members. The surplus fund has been increased in this time $122.12 and r.nw amounts to 605.30. We have secured the repeal of the order requiring the prepayment of freight rn ail shipments from this place over the W., C. & A. R. R , thereby avoiding the armecessarv use and risk of a large mount of monev to all the trade of the eitr. - In the absence of special provision in charter parties, fifty tons per day has been fixed as a' proper delivery of salt Ami nthf r similar canroes in bulk. In settlement of contracts for future delivery of spirits turpentine, forty-eight gallons has been fixed as the average gauge of casks, instead of forty-three as tormerly. , A, ,xr We have endeavored to Induce the W. 4 W. and the W., O. & A. R. R. Oom pauies to fix properly the crossing by their tracks of Nutt street, so as to make a smooth roadway for drays and other vehicles through this oar main thorough fare for the movement of merchandise. Our efforts have thus far been unsuccess ful, and the matter is unreasonably de layed. The present condition of this crossing adds greatly to 'the wear and tear on both horses and vehicles, and to that extent, increases the cost of moving goods. In this connection I would call attention to the inadequate arrangement for receiving and delivering goods at the railroad depots, and to express the hopo that the railroad compauies will make such improvements ss will lessen the cost and risk of handling freight?; since it is obvious that whatever can be saved in this way adds that much to the value of the article handled, increases trade, and thereby adds greatly to their freight receipts. The Board of Marino Underwriters in New York advanced the rate of insur ance early in the year on foreign car goes from this port, bntby prompt joint action of your board ot Managers and the Executive Council or the Chamber ol Commerce, by which it was shown there had been no marine loss for many years, either at the bur at the.moutn of the river or in ,the river itself,- the rate was reduced, ab,d we now have as good rates as at ports south of us. The rate ot premiums for fire insur ance ia now having the earnest attention of your Board of Managers, and we hope iaat a considerable reduction in these rats may be secured. With our great ly improved facilties for extinguishing fires, it is but reasonable to expect the lessening of insurance premiums. The rates now charged eeeA to us excessive, acd are a great burthen on the business c.the place. take the opportunity of thanking the toamittfes on Quotations for Cotton d tfaval Stores for the manner a which they have dis charged t duties, often difficult, and sometes disagreeable. On thfl irtdininna fusion of theS8 tWO COm- Qittees centers itfcch. of the interest of our Exchange, antf iae mo oi our mar- sets. I take particular pteamre in calling jour attention to the marked lcnrease in the trade of onr port in the main arti cles of produce belonging to this section, as will be seen by the following compar ison of receipts and, exports of cotton aod caval stores for the last two years: Receipts of cotton from April 1,1881, to April 1. 1882 . . 137,762 bales. Iieceipts of cotton from April 1, 1880, to April 1,1881 . . . US.876 Increase . Receipts of spirits terpen tine rrom April 1, 1881, to April 1,1882 . . 20,886 M 15,997 ca. r i -.j 4 VOL. VI Receipts of spirits turpeni to April 1, 1831 84,099 Increase . ! i.893 Receipts of rosin from. April 1, 1831, to April! ! I. 1882 . .1 . 454,917 Receipts of rosin from ' - bbls. April 1, 1580, to April 1, 1881 444,552 Increase J . ! 10,365 Receipts of tar from April! ! 1. 1881, to April 1, 1882 . I " . 68,653 Receipts of tar from! April 1. 1880, to. April i, 1881 . . . . 50.460 Increase ".. ! . 12,193 Receipt ot crude tarpen- tine from April 1, 18$1, to April 1, 1882 . j. 97,486 M Receipts of cruda turpeh- j tin from Anr 1 11 1880. i to April 1,188V j. - 92,101 Decrease 4,615 Foreign exports of cotton from April 1, 1881, to April 1, 1882 v i. 63,833 bales: Foreign exports of cotton from April 1, 1880 , to April 1,1881 72,182 Decrease . 8,349 Foreign exports of spirits turDentiue trom April i, 1881. to April 1. 1882 58,615 casks. Foreign exports of spirits ; tarpentme rrom April i, i 1880, to April !, 1881 63,199 Decrease . Foreign exports-of rosin from Annl 1. 1881. tb 4,584 April 1, 1882 r . 380,278 bbls. Foreign exports of j rosin from April 1, 1880, to , April 1,1881 ... i. . 392,317 Decrease i . Foreign exports of from April 1, 1881, . 12,039 tar ! to 12,757 tar I April 1. 1882 Foreign exports from April 1, April 1,1881 of 1B80, to 11,850 if Increase . . Domestic exports of cotton from April 1, 1881, to j April 1,1882 . . 1 Domestic oxports of cotton 907 71,694 bales. from Acril 1. 1880. to April 1, 1881 46,271 25,423 Increase . . Domentic exports of spirits turpentine from April 1, 1881, to April 1, 1882 : - . - Domestic exports of spirits turpentine from April 1. 1880, to April 1, 29,752 casks. 1881 .33,121 3,369 Decrease It Domestic exports of rosin j from April 1, 1881, to ! April 1,1882 . J 45,645 bbls. Domestic exports or .rosin from April 1, 1880, to April 1, 1881 52,793 - i 7,148 Decrease Domestic exports of tar from April 1, 188L; to April 1, 1882 . . Domestic exports of tar from April 1, 1880, to April 1, 1881 . . 43,356 i. t 38,517 4,839 Increase . . Total exports of cotton from Anril 1. 1881. to Anril 1-1882 . 135.527 bales. Total exports of cotton ''. from April 1, 1880, to ! A prill, 1881 . . 118.453 4t Increase . ! . Total exports of spirits tin-Dentine from April 17,074 1, 1881, to April L, 1882 88,367 casks. Total exports ol spirus j turpentine from Apil I 1, 1880, toAprill, 1881 96,320 4 Decrease . .' . 7, $53 Total exports of roein from April 1, 1881, to April 1, 1882 . . 425,923 Total exports of I rosin from April 1, 1S80, to I April 1,1881 . ! 445,110 Decrease I ! 19?lj' Total exports of tar from j ! April 1, 1831, to April 1 1,1882 . . . ( . J 56,113 Totl expor'a of tar; from 1880. to April i bbls. iSm' " . 't 50,367 T.iaeA 5.4 (46 Given by percentages the receipts oT - . iL. wAer worn. IT cotton increased during m h- per cent., spirits turpentine 2 per oenk, resin 2'per cent., tar "p , wk.-u t nrocAnt no statUuct as to timber, lnmber and riceit u welT known urooer, inmoer j.uu -Zum. that the trade in each of theae na large - ly increased in toW&ZEZS iT iS Utile to S l?u3 tli'ticle the indigent conduct of " Fwtv" r . - - i- Tk ha hPen received aa loru".. . . -M AkAMii all these orancnw w be represented oa our V hope to have tnera ai T ""7;1 ticTof all these articles ca rtjdily ktpt hire, to any txwn WIL.MINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL - deemed desirable by those particularly interested in them!. The increase in receipts at this port is particularly noteworthy, as it occurs in a year when all the great crops of I the country have been cat snort by bad sea am - m t ft M. 1 sons. I ne eneci or onseasonaoia weaiuer on the crop of cotton is well known to every one, wnetnor in or oat oi me trade, as statistics concerning tnis arti cle are more thoroughly disseminated than for any other, bnt it is not generally borne in mind that bad seasons cut snort the yield of the pine tree to as great an extent as that of any agricultural pro duct. i . The increased receipts in the article of cotton is peculiarly encouraging under all the circumstances, as H b38Jbeen gained without any new combination of railroad lines working directly to this end, all the railroads centering here faav ing connections which give them a longer haul by carrying cottou past us, and railroad managers naturally work for the longest haul, under the present system of railroading. This increase in cotton receipts at our Dort is the more striking when we com pare ours witn otner couon pons, ana I A a A 1 nod that Wilmington is tne oniy port which has gained during the past year By an examination of- the tables of re ceipts at the ports in the last issue of the Financial and Commercial Chron tele, the following percentages or losses and gains will be found to have occurred in the past year: At New Orleans re ceipts decrease 17 per cent.: at Sivan nah 14 per cent. ; at JNortolK ii per rant,. at (ialveston 34 per cent. : at Charleston 18 per cent. ; at Mobile 31 per cent. ; at City Point 9 per cent. ; at Port Roval 53 per cent. At tne i reported ports, North and bouth, the decrease is 15 per cent., while at ton receipts incaease 17 per cent. As the decrease in receipts at ports North of us is as marked as those to the bouth, u is evident that this difference does not arise from any change in direction of ship ments, bv which more cotton would have gone by interior routes to Northern poits than formerly, uur gam.inereiore is positive, and wo trust and think itwil increase as the years go on. I would socrsrest the advisability o developing and fostering near by trade by which I mean trade from counties contiguous to our own. Undeveloped lands are lving in waste almost at our verv doors, which Are as iertile as any of the rich fields of Texas cr os the famous Mississippi bottoms, free from the perils of the frightful overflows and killing 4,northers, una oiessea wnn a genial and healthy climate. iTobably the most effective way of developing this trade, would be by building short lines of railroad, which should be con trolled by Wilmington, and worked so as to make our market eailar of access for the trada that naturally seeks an outlet here. v " This vear. for the first time,1 a large at.PA.mer ha.a been dispatched trom this port with a full cargo of cor ton and nava stores direct across tne Atlantic. iet us hope that the trips of the steamship iU.nMmnn" to 1 .1 PflmflOl 18 DQl LQe precursor for us of continuous direct com . .. . . . i i - i raunication by steam witn tne grea maj-keta of Europe. The decided benefit to the port of the great work at the mouth of the river by the Government, is becoming aany more unnarent. &Bd we are probably on the eve nf rPfti;inor ftll that has been hoped for v. . . . . from it. Recently a vessel drawing 18 feet went to sea eafely over the main bar, and one drawing 15 feet was brought up hn ricprtft the citv wharves wiinout lightering or detention. Before the next r-ntton season opens, it is probable we trill ha At least 16 feet of water irom Wilmington to the sea. From all these facts we may feel aamr ed that the future progress ot w Uming inn ia int nrnhlematlcil. vvnat we mainly need now, is a continuance o W - W W' vicrorou8 work to deepen the water on our bar, and in our river, to foster near bv trade by building short, caeap roaas where and when possible, and to encour age in our town smau raanaiauiurero w 11 kinds. To tkis latter ena macn cuwu be done by inducing such legislation as wm.M PTPrant from taxation all new capital invested in manufacturing. tha ntv taxes nione couiu oe reuiuou from such enterprises it would be & grea step forward, and State and county taxes would be taken on as soon as pwn ble. i The thousands of new spirit casss that are old in this market should every one be mdae here, and this industry alone would support many people; oesiae wnica there should be shoe factories, j soap factories, candle factories, and numberless others, that do not require a very large amount of capital to conduct them suc cessfully. i . Death has taken from us two valued members in the past year. To mea in the constant activity and daily excite ment of business, these sombre yisits or the read messenger should aerie to warn us of the constant necessity of making preparation for that other life which i to eome, while making provis ion for the too engrossing present. . To the asiiduous induitry or our oec- ntu, wo ere Indebted for the rel.awe 1 "r'm . ,. . .,.. k,nt hT I Uiia l tho mnrlreu. l niva reawa w w i :r" . i and full reports . he vnaiT' Tnn ram ua :..nes fiH issues oa cotton and naval torea ihaye SonVnuch to attract attention to our l mBj intmita its foreign trade. Pdi taint w, ! ycu to this length, and thak ing you on bebali of the Board of Managers, as well as on my own, for your uniform courtesy and forbearance, I would now relinquish the b iton of office to my suc cessor, for whom I would only ask the same consideration you have so kindly extended to me. Robt. E. Caldkr, Presd't. April 10. 1882. . The report was referred to a commit ee of three, consisting of Messrs. C. H. Robinson, John T. Rankin and Wm. Calder, to make arrangements for having it printed. On motion of Mr. C. H. Robinson, the thanks of the Exchange were ten dered to the retiring officers. The following resolutions were, on motion, unanimously adopted, and the Board of Manarers requested to secure the joint action of the Chamber-of Com merce in carrying out tho views of the Exchange: Whereas. We believe that the com mercial interests of the country demand the repeal of certain taxes levied upon national acrd other ban Us, and Known as "war taxes:" therefore. Resolved, That this Chamber of Com merce respectfully petition Congress to repeal the laws levying First The 2 cents stamp duty on bank checks. Bv Second The payment of the tax of 1 per cent on bank circulation. Third The pavment or the tax oi - . . m one-half of one percent, upon all deposits in banking institutions. Resolved,2dt i hat our Senators and members of the House of Representatives be requested to vote for the bill to re charier the national banks, whoso char ters are about to expire. Resolved, 3d. '1 bat the secretary be instructed to send a copy ol these reso lutiona to our Senators and members of Congress, with the request that they use their influence and give their votes in favor of the repeal of these burdensome taxes upon the commerce of the country. " On motion the Board of Managers was instructed to take some action looking to the abatement of the tax on manufac turers of this city and ask for a suitablo and Post Office in this city. The Board then adjourned. LOCAL NEWS. New Advzbtisemewts. Fd R Brink, PM- Notice Wm L Smith, Mayor Bids HEiNSBEBGHa Ithica Organs OW Yates Peep in at Yates' Thos H Johnson Fx-ia Fine Beef Knights ot Honor SpecLl ? eetlng Mrs - A Lumsden At the Old Stand Dr Thos F WooD-MartluWaccine Virus Barque Glacier, Moore, hence, arrived at New York April llth. ! The police made three arrests since 1 o'clock, all for disorderly conduct. Schooner . A. Huddell, Tfenderson, hence, arrived at Philadelphia April 10. Steamship Gulf Stream, Ingram, left her wharf in this city at 2 o'ctoek thi3 afternoon for New York. Steamboitmen report a rise of about six feet of water on the 6hcals in the Cape Fear between here aad Fayette, ville. Rev. C. M. Payne, Pastor ' of the Second Presbyterian Church in this city, preached in Newbern on Tuesday night, and was to have preached again last night. Air. Thos. fl. Johnson advertises some extra fine beef, Iamb and mutton for sale at his market on tho North East corner of Market and Second streets. Leave your orders early and see adv. elsewhere. Mr. J. W. Coaoley, of this city, has removed to ML Olive, and will, in a few days, open a drug store at that place. We are sorry to lose so clever a gentle man from among us, and hope that he will do well in his new home. The new comet can now bo seen with tha first- time. It is wmw J ' low down in the northeast, midway be tween ho bright star Vega and the head of Draco. It is moving at a little more than half a degree per day, towards the northeast. Mrs. E. A. Lumsden has just returned from the North with a large acd judi ciously selected stock of the latest novel ties ia her line. Mr3. L. is now in ber fJA stand rm Front street, aad will be pleased to see her numerous customers Due notice of her grand opeaing will be given ia a few days. ' Beautify your nomei by using tho N Y. EaamelPaint. ready mixed and war ranted, field cdj at JACW'a. t 13, 1882. NO. 88 Exports Foreign. Russian brig Atlanta, Nyberg, cleared at this port to-day for London, with 500 casks spirits and -.341 barrels rosin, shipped by Messrs. Alex. Sprnnt & Son, and German brig Aciiv, Lindtman cleared for Pernambuco, with 180,762 feet lumber, shipped by Messjs. E. Kid. der & Son. njmcneaL Mr. Frank B. Lippitt was married in Camden, S. C, on yesterday to Miss. Mamie M. Davis, a grand daughter of the late Bishcp Davis, and is expected to arrive in this city to night on a visit to his parents. We extend onr hearty con gratulations to the groom and wish the happy pair a long and prosperous life. til j Court- The cases against Messrs. Thompson and Gause were dismissed, as, (he grand jury ot tne unmmai uourt naa louca true bills against them. The cases of Daniel Oxendine, colored, charged with larceny, and Henderson Davis, trying to rescue a prisoner, were continued. Lewis Freeman, charged with abusing an officer, was discharged. Cigar Factory. 'We understand that Messrs. Brunhild & Bro. are making preparations for es tablishing a cigar factory in this city. Fhe factory will be under the charge of Mr. I. Hirschberg, and will begin work with lii teen experienced hands, j It, is thought that the factory will be in full blast by the middle of May. The Messrs Brunhild are gentlemen of enterprise and deserve the success we are sore they will attain. Concert at Fayctteville. Wo have before us the programme of a concert which was given in Fayette villelon Tuesday night by Prof. Fr. Rie man formerly of this city, atsisted by Miss Cynthia Hardin, an excellent pian ist, and a number of ladies und gentle men of musical attainments, resident in Fayetteville. Mr. H. D. Burkhimer, o this city, also assisted on the occasion We have no reports of the performancef bat the programme indicated a very en joy able occasion . Death of Col. James. Col. Robert W. J antes, a native of Wilmington, but for many years a resi dent ot Mississippi, died at his residence, at Biloxi, on the night of the 4th inst., in the 71st year of his age. Col. James was a younger brother of Mr. John S. James, of this city, and removed to Mississippi forty seven years ago, when but a young man of twentyfour. He was twice married, his fii st wife being from Onslow county. Ho leaves a widow and two sons to mourn their loss. Kidney Dlsrase. Pain, Irritation, Retention, Incohti- nence, ueposits, uravei, czc curea oy 'Buchupaiba." $1. Depot Jas. C. Munds. J To Lecture Here. Mrs. Gaylord Smith, known in this country and in Canada and in England her own country, as an exploratiro tour ist and lecturer, arrived in this city yes terday We are told that Mrs. Smith, seyeral years ago, undertook a tour ot study and exploration among the Indian tribes of the Rocky Mountains and for eix years, with her owu coach, horses and servants, traversed that vast country known as the Great American Desert at a very great expense, and no inconsiderable peril. Before leaving Wilmington she will deliver a lecture on that remarkable journey. Airs. Smith is comparatively a young woman and no doubt there are many here who' will be glad to hear her. , i Ashore and Abandoned. The schooner Minnie, 299 tons, Capt. Wicks, went ashore at 3 o'clock, yester day morning, 'five miles South of life savingstAUon No. 25, which is located on Bald Head beach at the mouth of the river. AH hands on board of the 2m nio were rescued by the crew of the life saving station. The schooner was loaded with guano and empty barrels and was bound from New. York to Charleston. Capt. Wicks says that the disaster was caused by mistaking the lights. The Pastport went to the arsistance of the Minnie on yesterday, but found that the crew had been rescued. The schooner is yery badly bilged aod will probably provt a total isrs. - - - ri ASS 2107102, v tiau cigiio, is recurs ccassussica froa cur fritadi ca axy tad 'all. tcijii; e C2erallsta8t but ...... '.'.''' " Tia nasis cf lis writer wtrt tlwajs tsU rliaed ta tit Editor. , easslie of t!ii ptpsr, T ; J " : rtrsoaigtist cxxt be avoliad Ard it is .erpwUH find p&rtl&larly csicr stood thit tie Edit does not always eadori tse views ct eorrapoa dtnii 'jzslta to rtal tn fee editorial eclat;,: ' ; - i : : The receipts of cotton at this to-day foot up 37 bales; ';- port , -v.. ' Wo republish to day the report of tho annual meeting of the Produce Kxchanga With President Calder 'a report, to fill an order for a large number of extra copifs to be sent abroad. .A telegram received here today froa Rev. Dr. Talnngo, who who is now ia Raleigh, announces that the Eubject of nis lecture nere next wees will be "xho Bright; Side of Things." ; 1 Back Again ; v The white woman who raaie her ap pearance in thi3 city somo eiht months ago end was supposed to be a roan, and who was subsequently crcorted to the city limits by a valiant knight of the star, put in an appearance again to-day, and was lodged in the city prison, on the eame old charge of drunkenness.. When she first made her appearance here, aha was "a lone 'oman from Russia,"! but now she has changed her nationality and courtesies to the sobriquet of Mademois selle Marie. The woman is eitner crazy or else she has struck some cf that whis . ii i key .which Revenue Inspector Belts sayi will "kill a mile off." ! The Proper, Par?, j We find the following in yesterday's News and Observer: .j. A gentleman residing in Maryland writes us, making inquiry about a Lieutenant Mettee, who served; in tho war und was wounded at Gettysburg. ii. i ....... ,7, . r. I io-d.iy met a gentleman named ! DrX Thomas Reeves, who, upon finding that I was a "tar-hcel," at once asked ma if I' knew a family in the State, Darned Met tee. I told bun that I j id Dot. lie then told me that his reason for asking was this: A day or so after the battle of Gettysburg be went'tbf re to assist in attending to the wounded. There he came across a young lieutenant irom North Carolina, Knnr Krvf 1 k tAtl n t V)A ' 1 tl T tfM This lieutenant had his sword which no knew would be taken from him, so be requested Dr. Reeves to take care of IL He did fo with some risk and has' it still- He says tlat the lieutenant got wards. If the lieutenant or any of his family should apply for it, they would get it without any trouble. 1 i Vnnra I fl TT. The officer referred to above is in all probability Capt. Jas. I. Metts, of tho Third N. C. Infantry, who was 9, Lieu " tenant at Gettysburg, tfnd was there shot through the right lufijjf'and captured He will take steps to recover thesword - DIED. i ' JAME3 At his reslJence ia Bllpil, MUs., ontbe night of the 4th inst..ln the 71-1 year v. I . fi1 T HE Lf TV T tl"9 If, Ul 1113 VU1. X.KJ itiilli IT. WAtfluw.' lewei a wife and two fon and mar y other ' relatives to mourn their loss. : New Advertisomeats : notice. LL MAIL, FOR BOXES TyTTJI "RLh'C unpaid on the 15th la-t., will: be pi act 1 la general uc.it ci j j ' a pi 13-1 1 ED. IL BRINK, P. M. " Knights of Hpnpi. CAROLINA LODGE j No. 434. SPECIAL M EETIKG this (Thuitdiy) Evening, a 7 30 o'clock, for the purpose of confenicg Degress. By order CL YTON GILES, Dictator Geo. N. IIarriss, Reporter ap 13-lt 5ztra Fine Beef , i T AMB AND MUTTON will be on sale at my place to-morrow acd Saturday. Leavt orders. I have whit I advertlje. TROS.R. J0HSpNt apU3-2t N B Corner Market & 2d aU MRS- E. Ai LUMSDEfl, AT THE OLD iTfJD ! ; . -.-.-- ' . inn ii " TXAS JUST AtfiuisLr jrnuji xtxtu M Knrth with a lull line of the latett Ztile la MiUInery, Ladle' and Children's Hats, iventning rew ana fciieafouoi pttces ' We are now in ou ULU oiapiu vrbere we wiilbc pleaded to tee all of our patrohi. L'ue notice will betlrenof the apl 13 2t . ; . - , , i : 'I City of Wilmmgton, 1I C. ; .J - ilayor 0i- - . AprMU'I:,- BlClSaV TOLL BS RECEIIIiy 210!- DAT, the 17th lasiirf('forifiLixg-a merUnif jrm cf Blue Hanntl tor the Police Force. Eariplej cf Cloth mat scccxapsxy Al o. for f urclfhing Hats for above Tcrc r ityle cf Hat to acfompanj bid pi 13 81 IYlLL.cMlintiayci