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If accept able in every other way, they will Invariably be -elected If the real name of the author ls wtthneld Advertisers should always specify the Issne or ssues they desire to advertise in. Where no 1s ?ne is named the advertisement will be Inserted n the Daily. Where an advertiser contracts for the paper to be sent to him during the time his advertisement is in, the proprietor will only be responsible for the mailing of the paper to his ad dress. Vj ii'-.s... . -J. The MorningStar. By WII.I.IAM H. BERNARD, WILMINGTON, N. C. Satukdat EvKjriJfQ, Dec. 20, 1884. EVENING EDITION. THE FIRST STEAMBOAT AN ER ROR CORRECTED. , The first steamboat that;, was ever built in the world was constructed by James Ramsey, of Maryland, and was exhibited before General Wasb- A ington and others, on the Potomac river near the Capital of the Union' ; in 1784 and 1787. It was calcu .lated to carry 100 barrels of flour. There is no doubt of this well at tested fact. In Vol. 0 Reports of Congress, page 6, there is a record of the event. Her speed was 3 miles an hour. The report saysr. .'6en. Hoiatio Gates, who was nearsighted, had intently watched the boat by the help oi his glass, exclaimed: She goes, by - , she goes.' He ap peared in ecstacies. The boat hav ing run up the river about half a mile, returned amid the tumultuous joy of the crowd." We know what the prevailing idea is and that Robert Fulton is usually credited with the invention of the first steamboat and the books- are full of the error. Jkt this is like many other discoveries, the true authorship is lost and a 1 new name subtitntedrf Morse is immortalized as the discoverer of the telegraph system, but this is not true as we have shown before with care and elaboration. The telegraph is at least as old as the dawn of the French Revolution. Arthur Young; we 'be lieve it was, but we have no time to examine,saw one in Pans and the in ventor fell a victim to the guillotine. Professor Joseph E. Henry, of the Smithsonian Institute,, experimented in that direction before Morse ever tried his" 'prentice hand." But to the steamboat. Experi ments to apply mechanical force to a boat were made as early as A. D. 1543, in Spain. - In 1665 similar at tempts were made in ' England, as may be found recorded ina book en titled "Century of Inventions," by Marquis of Worcester, published in that year. In France, in 1600, Denys Papin experimented in the same di rection, and in 1736 Jonathan Hulls, in England, tried his hand and failed , like. all the others. Some doggerel verses have come down, which run ' thus: "Jonathan Hulls T With his patent skulls, Invented a machine To run against wind and stream. But being an ass ' ' Couldn't bring it to pass, ' r Ana so was ashamed to be seen." Many other Hulls attempted to , make the same discovery. In 1759 Genovois; ; in Switzerland, and in 1774 the Perier brothers, in France, experimented, and "failed. Rumsej, Fitch; Fnlton and other, Americans have all made experiments in the ap plication oft steam to vessels, and yet to James Rumsey unquestionably be longs the honor of the first success in funning a boat by sttam. The records of the 24th Congress, Secbnd Session, report 817, House, gives this: - , V "That about the beginning of the year 1784, James Rumsey built a boat at Shep herdstown, in the county ' of Berkeley, "Vlrgmia, intended to be . propelled .by steam; that in the fall of that year, the ma chinery and .the boat being . ready, said Rumsey, : his brotherD7-law (Chas. Mor row) and Nicholas Orrick went on board the boat, when the same was pushed into the stream, the machinery was - put in mo tion by the application of steam, and tta boat mm actually propeBecL by it agency t al though not to the satisfaction of the invent or. -Ga, WassNOgton gave an affidavit to the same effect on the 7th day of September, 1784, and written in the townt)f Bath, county of Berkley, in the State of Virginia. . In this cer tificate, a copy of which is before us, Washington said that he had "been an eye-witness to an " actual experi ment" to run a boat against-stream "by mechanism.' Thej f t3x$r of Tins country jarther eays that "he had lit tle faith before' he gawthe suooess fol experiment, and that Rumsey has made a "discovery pf vast impor tance" and that ir may be of the greatest usefulness in inland naviga tion." This was -in 1784. After wards Rumsey improved his boat and in 1787 made a success on the Potomac. In 1785 he had a boiler construct ed in Fredericktown, Md., and he "wrote to Gen. Washington that one John Fitch was "coming around and endeavoring to take the idea of steam-boats from him." Maryland, Virginia and New York granted to him certain privfleges fof ten years. Rumsey was poor and by the "aid of friends went to ; Europe to-work up his engine. ? : , -i Fulton's honor consists in working up the principle discovered" by.Rum sey. and applying it successfully to the propelling "of v boats. In 1837, March JJ, Congress reported that "there was no. doubt" as to the fact that the labors of Rumsey were cal culated to direct the , attention -.of - - i. . -. those skilled in mechanical science to the subject of steam navigation." We have before us the certificate of Gen. Gates giving the particulars of what he saw "on Monday, December 3, 1787." He saw the "steam boat" "get under way and move against the current at the rate of three miles an hour, by the force of steamy with out any external application what ever." We have also a cut of that first steamboat now ' before us as we write. There are certificates filed in the State Department to the same ef fect signed by Charles Morrow, Ro bert Stubbs, Henry Bedinger, Thomas White, Abraham Shepherd and others. . ' The evidence, is most conclusive, and to James Rumsey, a Southern man, belongs the honor of .first dis covering, and successfully applying steam power to the propulsion of boats np stream. All other discove ries start from the experiments of Rumsey. T J It was on the 7th of August, 1807, that the "Clermont" steamed from the foot of ,Courtlandt street, New York city, up the Hudson river. It was built by Charles1 Brown, of New York, and was named "Katherine of Clermont," in honor of Fulton's wife, daughter of Chancellor Livingston. Fulton made five miles an hour, ran up 150 miles in 32 hours, and came down in 30 hours. It is interesting to know that Ful ton, when a young man, spent in the last century, some 'weeks in Gran ville county, this State, as the guest of Thomas Mutter, a wealthy Scotch gentleman. A portrait he painted at the time, of a fourteen-year old daughter of the host, is in Oxford, the property of Maji James T. Lit tlejohn, whose mother was the girl painted. - 1 THE DECLARATION OP 1NOEPEN - DEUCE AT NEW ORLEANS, A writer signing himself "A Na tive Mecklenburger" has a long arti cle in the New Orleans Timts-Demo-crat of December the' 15tb,ci "An Uistoncal Document.?' He opens his discussion by saying it is to be regretted that the teommis siouers of North Carolina to the Cotton Exposition, may omit to exhibit the origi nal or a copy of the first official declaration of independence, which emanated, from Mecklenburg county in May, 1775, four teen months before the immortal Declara tion of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, in July, 1776." Our readers know the matter of the our views in authenticity the Mecklen- and genuineness of burg Declaration that there was certainty a "Declaration on the 20th of May, 1775, at, Charlotte, but that there Js no extant copy, the present Declaration being the pro duction of J. M. Alexander, as he stated himself ina note attached to the document that first appeared in the Raleigh Register. iiT 1819 The fact of a Declaration is assured buf the ipsisima verba are lacking." 'i We refer now io the article in. the New Orleans paper "because of the blunder the author makes in con founding the Resolutions of the 81st of May With the Declaration, the 20thv He gives Mr. Bancroft's very interesting and important "letterano! then says that it "establishes the fact beyondialluestion thathfe dence was first proclaimed in fl ii 1775." He. shows, that -he. confounds the two documents by quoting . from .Sir: Jaroes,righSxleUeriin pw "he said: -';..:-'::-: "'t "By the inclosed paper your Lordship will' see" the xtraordinafy retoltU) of : hd people of Charlotte Town, in .Mecklenburg county; and I should not be surprised if the same kiiuuiu uv uuuc cror nucic u ." r - ' 1 Ji W. ' - :k - - 1 - ' - -fe f i Now the ,cresolves"5 are extant. .There are three copies known to be in existence in newspapers i, published J a few days after they were adopted. The; ''resolves" are not a declaration of "Independence," but they are very rebellious and a long way in advance of anything of the. kind thal'occur red in' any of the Colonies up ta that ttme..-r f'vT 'Tf :H . Vr I We? would ,' be '" glad. to 'see. "the original or a copy of the first official Declaration of Independence which emanated from Mecklenburg, county in May, 1775," exhibited in New Or leans or in Raleigh. K Such.va docu ment would be,.' of supreme' valae. We would be willing to travel along way to;see;it ;We do not believe there is 'the slightest shadow of. a shade of, doubt as to the fact that a Declaration was made, but the origi nal was burnt when Mr? Alexander's residence' was consumed, as be states himself. But the' Resolutions of May 31st are extant,' and they are a glorious heritage and an honor to any people.1 The per cent, of illiteracy in the South is 25.38; in the North 4.69. "Knowlege is power." but it was not quite powerful enough this year. Canton (0.) Bepotitory, Rep. ;-,- ' .- y t r That looks bad for the South. But a Republican has no right to use it and why ? Because of the prepon derating illiteracy in the Republican party. The census , of 1880 shows that there were i2,57I,437;elector8. The number of illiterates was 1,871, 217. Of these 1008,802 were ne groes, most of whom voted with the Republicans. The illiterates are thus classified: Colored illiterates...... Dem. 11,83); Rep. White Illiterates 476,196; 907,472 586.713 Total Umorant voters 677,026 - 1,t94,19t So if "Knowledge is power" as Lord Bacon said, then the Democrats have the advantage and after March 4tb, 1884, having "knowledge", they will have "power" also. In the Union the per cent, of Democrats who can not write is 30.84, whilst the per cent, of - Republicans 7 who cannot write is 69.16. There is but 1 illit erate Democrat to every 2.24 Repub licans. We never knew personally , Rev. Edward - S.: Gregory who recently died at Lynchburer, but we ad mired his gifts, v He exhibited re markable., talents for journalism whilst conducting the Petersburg Index-Appeal. He was not only in dustrious and prolific but he was full of resource and wrote . with great facility and norlnfrequently with elegance r-MJorg l&tfhfaaUgi. poetic gifts that almost r amounted to genius. Indeed, some of his verses that have fallen under our eye - were redolent of genuine poetry - and; showed the true poetic art. ' -We, re gret to learn of the death of so gifted and promising a man. , He was still young and in his new vocation he had given earnest of both usefulness and distinction, lished a year or A sermon h. pub- vwu since in ine Southern wouldr-havet-done credit to any divhie t)f hTschirrch i n his State. It was ' all s eompact of thought and was admirably written Mr." George Parsons Lathrop, a Northern writer of gifts and son-in-law to the immortal Nathaniel Haw thorne, has i written a story entitled "True," the scene of VhTch ialaid in! North Carolina A Northern critic says of it that it is "romantic, inter esting and dramatic." Law and Bledlolnc. '? ''Stop that coughing over there!" cried a New York Judge. "Such coughing disturbs the business of the Court.",. : r:- r:f.y - . There was a short, painful silence, during which a pale, consumptive man strugg;ed f-with himself," then coughed again, and.'ontinued t it for several minutes, j - "Pm bound to stop that coughing!" exclaimed the Judge. -"Ill; fine you $10. I think that will stop it." -r;- "Jedge," said thecadaverous man, "I'd be willin'jto pay' $20.lta have, that couffh'BbonnedJl'Trivottcari a&rW it for $10, you'd- better get down off, inai oencn and go to practicing 4inedicine "There's money In" it, Jedge money in it!" - n - , - The press of Pennsylvania has little else "than praise fof jMn Randall. Even.the; Republican; pa pers have a good word to"say for him.. The Independent". and Demo-; cfatio papers take evftry opportunity to parade his virtues. . This is .bew cause there is practically -but. on6 iAntimMt lnPennflvTvania'"witbYe's . f pcfitcL tbe tarinaridVplls tljat it I oiightiQ be.pt uto extreme uigu pru-. teotive kinda Mr tUndaU isasJ much in savor of a 1iigh5rotectiv6 tariff as "PieTOnKelley isi TheCct that t:Mr;'ndUUwas infRed to visit At lanta a f ew weekiragp, and has been invited to visit Birmingbamt"Ala.,and other points i h xhe Southern States . during." the'; hblidaytrecess of Con gre8f,-is intefpretecl by certain Phil--adelphia papers to mean that there has sprung itp j suddenly n the. South, a very strong' and growing se'ntiment in favor of a high protective tariff. Thpr ia to ilav i stronflTfiX 8en- t.impnt in favor f taritt worm in the South than there was year ago; and it will be'muob stronger a year hence. ' There are florne protection ists in the South." they are interest. ed in soraspebial ihtersVwhtch tney think flourishes TinderJ a high tarifi: better than it would under a low ta rifM.They own-?rnills,: mines, rice and sugar plantations ? '1 hose of the mine animill Owners, however, who favor a "high V 5 protective tariff are3' comparatively , few. Savannah TVetw, JJem. . . . - ; -,At some of the crack country 'houses of France there have recently been festivities in every way. worthy of arplace in the pages ofOuida's next noyeL,' At one chateau a hidden dinner, and-whenTdessert was put on the vtable a troop of beautifully dressed damsels appeared from be hind the curtains and danced .round the table, offering fruits and flowere to the guests.' At another house the shooting party were surprised, pn'ar? rivingr. at - the hotel at which they were to lunch, to find it converted into a country inn, where " the fair hostess and her friends, were waiting to attend on the sportsmen, elabo rately gotten up as waiting women. At another mansion the party.Vere diverted by a performance of a play, which "even the Paris ; censor ,: is scarcely likely to' permit to be seen in public, and at Charbonnie a ball was given, at which the whole of the gardens were brilliantly illuminated, while after the cotilion (whieb was more .. than usually prolonged and fantastic), the company marched past the hostess on' the teirace amid a blaze of fireworks. London Truth. OCtt STATE CONTJEMPOKABIES. Jlr. Holden's work will ODly cover the period from 1863 to 1S85. In confining himself to this period he has displayed rare good sense. His book will, ' it is fair to presume, consist mainly of his "version" of the "Holden and Kirk war," and like the work of Mr. Jefferson - Davis will be more of the nature of -a vindication than of a true historical narrative. No one" denies Mr. Holden's emioent ability as a writer, but historians must be1 something more than elegant rbetoridaos. The criterion by which to judge a historian who will stand the test of time, is his impartiality. It is this quality alone that distinguishes all the really great historians . of the past. Herodotus, who is perhaps the historian of all time, was great because impartial. Now I humbly submit that it is impossible for Mr. Holden to write a thoroughly impar tial history of this State, On account of his administration and the political events of that period. ' "When self the wavering balance shakes, Tia rarely rieht adjusted." Tar lied, m Charlotte Observer. We should like to see'a sincere and earn est effort on the part of our Legislature to improve ine system or trial by jury, It seems tq be a recognized fact that the pre sent method of administering justice in criminal cases needs amendment. It mar do in petty cases, but when a criminal with money and friends comes before our courts, for trial, then commences a series of strate gical movements conducted by able bcrs of the bar, by which justice is delayed and often prevented; HVice the alarming increase of lynch law. -Tile people,' despair ing of justice, take matters into their own hands. This is the truth of the matter. Te members of the bar are the Drooer Dersons to lake this matter in charge, but unfortu nately most of tne ablest criminal lawyers are directly interested In keeping up the present state of the law. Hickory Prm. As we have said before our present sys tern puts upon the people a great burden of costs and at the same time is onlv a mockery of Justice, f In point of fact, gin 1 oampson county, ana in many other places, we have no courts to decide between man and man. Let the civil and criminal courts be divorced. Then it would not be neces sary for the people all over the country who have cases on the civil docket to hang around the court house all the week year after year with their witnesses waiting for the completion of the State docket only to find that there is no time left to" try civil matters, Clinton Caucasian, THE DEADLY PARALLEL, Before Election, Au After ' Election, De 5 - gust 14. ; -iember 0j I have just now xe li is simply impos .ceived -the atrocious sible that I can have libel of theTndianap- a fair trial or that I olis ' Sentinel. 1 The can expect any other story is utterly and result than . that abominably false in which uniformly at-' every statement and tends a political libel in every implication, "suit growing out of Political; jSlanders I an exciting campaign don V stop to notice, In thlscountry. ' If but this editor assails I were unfair enough the honor of my wife to desire a jury- com and children. 1 de- posed, of my own par sire you without an tisans," I could not hour s delay to em- have it. A properly ploy proper attorneys constituted jury in and have the respon- Indiana would be sible publisher, of the composed of, mem Sentinel sued for libel bers'of both political m the United States parties ' in " about pisttict Court of In - equal - proportions.' diana. It is my only ; Tarn per remedy, . and, ; I -amfectly able to fight sure, honorable Dem-the Sentinel newspa ocrats alike with hon- per- in the Indiana arable -Republicans, court.- but I would will 1 ustify me in de- stand no chance fending the honor ot whatever against thl my family it need he consolidated i venom with my hfe. , ; of the . Democratic Jamm Blaise, patty- of. the State. , ' . With these, surrdun -' ' dings and: withthis , . u -t PTOspect It is idle f or J f . :v . . ue to go mrougn ine T s , , . " trouble and annoy , : ; , J. 1 . ' anceof atriat-- James 0. Blaeji!; ' FEOII AIX PAIIT3 OP THE WOBTJW Tfre Military Academy ppropri"on Bill Tla Mlaaoirl - Coneae ;?Z. ilon Case rru;B Telerapa to the Mornloff Starr?- :y WasHrOTTON,Deceraber 8ftTbe Senate committee od Appropriations to day dacid ed4oeport4ackahs .HUUary, Academy, Appropriation bill, wiA one amendment. The provisidu for additional Jay ot protea sors forJengthof .wrftoa is reduced to In the contested election case of .McLean vs. Broadhead, ofms6uri,'the .subcom m ttee;brPrtV vote. bas decided to re--port ' to- the fail comnnaee In -fsTor of Proadbead.5 ? s: 5 - tpjiSf 'ffi rniLLiBi2tEisLJiyps: Fatal collJalo j4r Steaer--Tiwenty- z K ana Persona Drowned, si ' - i I ICV UTOloKTapa m m" ..j v . Sa Frakcisco," -Dec 20.i-The steamer Orty-of NewTbrk, fwhkh ajrlyedjhere yesterday from Hong Kong and - Tokla homa, brings advices o a collision which occurred on Nov, 5 between the .Span ish steamers Butnan and Maria, in the har bor 'of Manilla, Phfflipine Islands The Maria was cut In two 'and 'sank- within a tew : minutes. , Itia belieyed t.that twenty one persons perished- The captain of the Marie wassavedv"" . -'Wj:. V" ;'. Tbe Striking miners Of BtOfklPK Tl : : eytiaatte enairaW"-;,, i r ! ''Vf iBy'Telejcraph to'the Mondnc 8tar.T ;-' ; CoUBKBm? Dec. The striking mi ners attacked the guards at Murray City.: in Hocking Valley about 41 o'clock .last, night, and there was' some sharp' 'firing. When the patrol train brought relief to the guards the miners were tepu!sed without known loas.- "5 ?0O.rnua.- 1 COTTON. 8 V f n fc.,v. ; si ! '' 1 i ??.& -Hl.."- :'"? A Buiuttiarr otjt&e Crop to Date.,.'; r" . .iBy Teleicraph tosta Ifornlmr Btar.l , , New Yobz, Dec. '20. Receipts of cot ton for all interior towns, 184,653 bales; re ceipts 'from plantations 286,755 bales; total visible supply of cotton for the world, 3,053,531. bales, of which 2,689,431 bales are American, against 3. 800,539 and 2,772, 819 respectively last year; crop in sight 3,983.054 bales. . , Fiji ANCIA L, v- Naw York Stock jnTarketIrresnlarbat -A . v,: vtrm,' - i IBy TelecTaph to the Xornhut Star. '' J New Yobk. Wall 8treet,Dec 20, 11 A.M. Stocks are irregular this morning, but in the main firm. Lackawanna was erratic, opening c higher at 96981. declining to 95, and rallied to 96. Oregon Transconti nental was higher at 141; THE TrJEATIIEB Elsbln Decreea Below Zer In New Katfatf. .U-' IB TeleaTapn to the Mornlmr Star.l Boston, Dec. 20. Reports from various points in New England indicate an aver age temperature of 18 degrees below zero at 7 a. m. W. Rafle's furniture and toy manufacto ry, on Fourth street. Louisville. Ky.. was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss $5,000. POLITICAL JPOINTS. The opinion is being formed that it will be cheaper for this country to buy Cuba outright than to enter into that treaty with Spain.rCfesaland Herald. There are 1 objections to both the Spanish and the Nicaraguan treaties, but infringement upon the rights of the House is not one of them. Boston Herald. Minister Foster is too much of -a Spaniard in his sympathies to negotiate a treaty acceptable to the American Govern ment. His very diplomacy smells of garlic. -PA. Press, Mtfr'jd ij : y , f Mr. Blaine ha'withdrawn his libel suit. Of course he has; he never in tended to do anything else. It was simply a piece of bluff, and he got hold of a paper which wouldn't bluff-worth a cent. Boston Globe. J: We hope some good -friend of Mr. Evarts will dissuade him from writing a letter defining his views on the tariff. It is not a suject with which he is familiar, and he will probably overdo the thing. New York Times. , i Nevada continues to dwindle in population. Jn 1880 it had "some 17.000 voters. Now, it has not more than 13,000, ' and next year it is likely tohavt still less. But Nevada, with oneflfth as many voters as .the city of Boston has two United States Senators and a Congressman. Bos ton Post, Dem. , TWINKLINGS. ..The oldest .man in Kansas has frozerfto aeithf wasn't a veryj ebtd day either. The fashionable trip this winter will be the run to Florida, to New Orleans and to Mexiep, reUrraing by sxvjfll .Wash ington. Boston Post. One may be " very pious ' and reverent, but one must smile at seeing that Presbyterian blue is one of the new shades in hosiery. Baltimore Day. - The first lady teaoher of Latin and Greek in Rome has been "intrusted with a chair in the High School for Ladies." An observing young man offers to wager that she has already garnished her chair with an aggravating tidy. NorHstown Herald. f -5 First Coroner's Juryman This body was fished out of the river, wasn't it?? Second Juryman "Yes, and . look 1 there is a big bullet hole in his head." Third juryman'That's so. A bitf hole like that would let in a good deal of water, wouldn't it ? Fourth juryman' 'Yes ; it would let in about a pint easily." First juryman "The case is clear, gentlemen. The man died of water on the brain." Ver dict in accordance. PhiL Call. v SOUTHERN ITEMS, . - - Samuel Hill, a colored man who went to Liberia several years ago from York county, 8. C, now owns a coffee plantation of .700 acres. - : - i The citizens of Highland coun ty, Va., indignantly resent the story of a recent volcanic eruption, in that locality. Theirs is a landrofsteady habitsr If f Maj. John W,Daniel,of Lynch burg, Va., has been suffering severely of late from the effects of his old war woufids, but is now able to get about a UtUe. - . A Gen-r 3. M.; Prentiss; who re cently 'visited the battle-field of Shiloh.' urgesthat therbonesTPf the Confederate :?en0Tedtffthe natiohal cemetery.) oog :tb exexhibHs at New Orleans are five hundred Indian arrow heads, found near Antonio within the space Lm!? ltw - where batUehadVvi . aently been fought- ? . ' - . - 7x)MMERcial: if I N ' TON M ARKET '. ' f . STAR OFFICE, Dec. 20, 4 P. M.." : SPIRITS TURPENTINE The market wasoteteady iw7 cents per gallon, with sales reported of ,100 casks at that price. , -. . Vr" ' i ROSIN .The market was quoted steady at 95 cent for8jtraendtl 00 foji G6oi Strained; with Sales as5 offered. : " i ; TABrThe market wMtiostelrfyar! $1 ; l6 jeV bbl.' of 280 Jps. jwith laJeTat 1 : CRUDE TTJRPENTTNE-Market steady, with sales reported at $l00 for Hard and $1 60 for Virgin and Yellow Dip.' ; T : i J ' I COTTON The I market Vas - quoted firm, with sales reported of '150 bales 'on a'basis of 10 5 lft cents per ' Bi forMid dlinir. The foUowiher were rthe - 6fficialf Quotations: ' ." '? Ordinary.-.. It.vV-v' 8 1-16 cents lb Ordinaryv,..; 9 olfiL' ;.v T Xow Middling. yy.. ..40 -,.." ... . Middling. . . .7. ..J : .10 --t& " f Good Middling. , ;.10t iff "; y ; PEANUTS Market steady, with sales at 5560 cents 1 for Extra Prime,' 6570 'cents for Fahcyj and 7580 cents for Es-" .ira'PaiicyM - '" ': RICE. Rocott: " Upland -90cfl; 05; Tidewater $1 ;101 25. Cleans Common 4i cents Fair1 4J05i cenU; Low QooApi 5J cents; High Good 5j5i cents; Prime 5f5i .cents; Choicer'56 cents per lb;" Market steady. K'-y I . ' . - - - - . ' - ' ' . - . , 1 . a-P"' , . . .., ' -f . HECEIPTS. . . . O Cotton.. . .! ......r.'. '.v.. .. r303 bales Spirits Tuipentine. . . 427 casks Rosin. . . ,;, , ....v -718 bbls Tar ... .... . . , 827 bbls t Jrne Turpentine. . V46Y bbls DOMES TIC BI AREETS. , v ' . IBy TelegTaph to the Mornlnjt Star. ' . ' '' ' " - Financial. JMkw . Yokk..' Dec. 20, Noon. Money stronger at llf percent.7 Sterling exchange 481 481 r -and 485485. State bonds dull. Governments steady .y - , Commercial. ' Cotton dull, with sales to-day, of 1 bales; middling uplands llc do Orleans llic. Futures easy, with sales at the following quotations: December 11.00c; .January 11.11c: .February ,11.11c; March 11.22c; April 11,83c; May 11.44c. Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat lower and dull. Corn .steady. Pork., .quiet and steady at tl2 2512 50.. Lard , firm at $6 95. pirits turpentine steady at 31c. Rosin steady at $1 22il 27i. Freights firm. Balttmorb, December 20. Flour steady and quiet; Howard street and western su per $2 25 2 65; extra $2 753 87; family $3 504 50; city mills super $2 252 75; extra $3 003 75; Rio brands $4 62. Wheat southern easier and quiet; western higher and dull; southern red 8083c; do amber 8890c; No. 1 Maryland 85 8oJc; No. 2 western winter red on spot 78ic bid. Corn southern steady; western firmer and dull; southern white 4849c; yellow 4950a . KtlKBiRn mAKRETV IBv Cable to the Morning Star. 1 Liverpool. Dec. 20, Noon. Cotton steady and improving; middling uplands 5d; do Orleans 5 15 16d; sales to-day 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for specu lation and export; receipts 4.070 bales, all of .which were American. Futures steady at an advance; uplands, 1 m c, December and January delivery 5 55-64d : January and February delivery 5 56-64&5 57-64d; Feb ruary and March delivery 5 63-645 62-64d; March and April delivery 5 61-64 5 62-64d; April and May delivery 66-64 o 0-04i; May and June delivery 6 9-64 6 10-64d; June and July delivery 6 13 64d; July and August delivery 6 17-64d. . Breadstuffs firm and unchanged. Bacon short clear middles 33s 6d. - 2 P. M.r-Uplands, 1 m , December deuvery 5 56-64d, sellers' option ; December and January delivery 5 56-64d, sellers' op tion ; January .and February , delivery;, 5 58-64d, sellers' option: February -V and March, delivery 5 62-64d, sellers option r jnarcn ana Apmaeuvery 6 2-64d, sell ers option; April and May delivery 6 6-64d, sellers' option ; May and June deli very 6 10-64d, sellers' option; June and July delivery 6 13-64d. buyers' option; July and August delivery 6 15-64d, buyers' option. Futures closed quiet and steady. Bales of cotton to-day include 3,200 bales American. - . .' ,-' 'As to tbe miserable. If you want to be miserable, get your stomach aid digestive organs in bad con dition, and let them stay so. Get your liver out of order, and" be bilious and sal low. But if you want to banish the miser ables, take Brown's Iron Bitters, for that will tone up your digestive apparatus, cor rect your liver and enrich your blood, and make you bright and hearty. The Rev.W. B. Smith, of Grafton, Mass., says, "I de rived great " benefit from -using Brown's Iron Bitters for a low state of the blood." f The New -York i Sun. INDEPENDENT NEW8PAPER OF DEM oc ratio Principles, but not Controlled by any Set of Politicians or Manipulators. Devoted to Col lecting and Publisfilng all the News of the Day In the most Interesting Shape and with the great est possible Promptness Accuracy and Impar tiality, and to the Promotion of Democratic Ideas and Policy in the affairs of IGovernment, Society and Industry. . ' BATES, BY MAIL, POSTPAID: DAILT, per Year... $6 00 DAILY, per Month - 50 SUNDAY, per Year... t 09 DAILY and SUNDAY, per Year .. . . ..... ... 7'co WEEKLY, per Year. ........... .....,. 1 Co Address, : THE 8TJN, dec208t ; New York City. yyfvsii;:&6.'y.:yy Aft Bbls and Half Bbls MULLETS - ; 4?)iS m - and MACKEREL, 100 X6S CKCBBKS and CAKEsT" 100 80x68 Cream and Factorjr CHEESE,: JQQ Bags RIO COFFEE, ( JQQ Bbls Refined ST7GARS, " i 475 Cases PCSH and LYE,V s :" 150 '"?-S . &: pearsat;t; W80 DAWtf i. i . .; 0 . i iBend sli cents tor postage; o7 800. mom moner rtirht .vS.JSlff S5 SIt A P rUSTK b a fcrfr awayhanKL' mtLT0?6 await the worS.; Casta, Maine. vwq auuress XKLa a UO'An sa AM W m Bupq; OLiUiia Watj .J -.FOaMAfAKIAtOISOAlNt VS&pV'rS W:CA&H OF TEt.Lov. K, Vl - t "-.- .a I v J D W. T. Howard, o BAurmozr. Professor of Diseases of Women and ci.iw. I - the UniversltT of KnJ' sxP HwaIf. attf Ste lhe common af'anm;, IMS voter An "a wide range of cws"-S oj tbe far-famed White Hninhn,.L U l ua t brier county. West Virginia, and addV'th iu (r debifity attendant unl irom K"tvo avuie uiseases: and mnrA . ue . - . j . -vuuva PS,....- to tne vaeMxtaaaa Sequel ncident to ,7'. Fevers, lnaUjthelr-.jrrade8 and variM ' l? tain forms of Atonk Ispepsia, and anl h' U'.Wt lions Peculiar to WonJL tYtu Tareremedilbt A' bymtoeral waters. , In shortTl? Mtate from what mineral waters I have ; r"' 10 ett and most unmistakable amount of gnd tS the largest number of cases in a ruti,i Mecklenburg county,J ffaU sP9,in DB.O.F. Mahsoh. of Richmond va Late i Professor of General Patholoirv anfl vil , f lojjy In the Medical CoUege of MrginC-y 1 have observed marked sanative pfFr.. r the Buffalo Water in Malarial taJS Jrtm Dyspepsia, some of the PectdiarlffLf'f- nun,AjUBmia, Hypochondriasis. clrdlTpt tions, c. It has been especWly "fflcaHof'r Chronic Intermittent Fever, numJouswV character, which had obstinately withstood a?,, remedte, having been restored to permit in a brief epaceof time by a sojourn atiZJ. Da. JOHH W. WlLLIAMOS, JACK80S, Teks Extracts from Communication on the Tunn'-,-,,-. i AdlmofthfojroJ0.WhlaWaLin .TirgMa UMcal Monthly" ' for btWuary. 1877. rrhelr great value ta Malarial Dieses Sequela has beeD most abundantly and satisf tor Jy tested; and I have no question that it S have been a valoaMe auxiliary in the t4atm. of the epidemic of Yellow Fevir which bo terH?m afflcted the Mississippi Valley during ttZTl summer.- I prescribed it myself, and it J prompt relief In a case of Suppression of Urii , yellow Fever, and decidedly mitigated othZ ',nU bretsing and dangerous symptoms. The natiert covered, but how far the water may have aintVT buted to that result (having prescribed iUn lm a single ease) 3, of course, cannot undertake tn. say. -Then is no doubt, however, about the fw-t thZ Us administration was attended by the rrmt V- l f dot results." - - 1 u,, Jl' Springs now opens for guests. water in oases of one dozen half gaiioa bottw $5 per case at the 8prines. Springs pamphlet mailed to any address For sale by W H. Green, where the s'prin-s pamphlet may be found. THOS. F.GOODB, Propriety aplOtf nrm Buffalo Llthla Spriiif8"Y ; Turpentine Stills. BURR & BAILEY, Successors to HART, BAILEY & CO , .19 & 21 SOUTH FRONT ST. MANUFACTURERS OF TURPEST1NSTILLS Worms, Sttf., Engines, Boilers, Iron and Fra. Castings, Dealers In Pipe Fittings, Beltins, Pftck Ing and MEl Supplies, Repair Work a specialty. nov :6 if New Goods Now Arriv&gf GOrt BUSH. VA. MEAL; 200 BBLS. FLOUR, all" OUU grades; 100 bbls. N. Y. Appes; 2,500 lbs. N. Y. and Penn. Butter; 50 boxes v Rk s: 1 no lbr Candies; 1000 lbs. ausaee; bagar-L'ured Meats, Bacon, Lard, Tobacco, Canned Gocds, Cabbage , Florida Oranges, &c &c. E. G. BLAIH. nov27tf No. 19 yorth ecoPd Si UNPARALLELED : With each number of DEMOSEST"S MOX'iK LY MAGAZINE will be eiven a full-size fashion able Pattern of any size or style selected, in ak ing twelve patterns during the year, or value of over three dollars, besides the mos popular, en tertaining and useful magazine. Miigie copies; 2Cc; yearly, $2. Address W. JESNINtiS DKMt REST, 17 East 14th Street, New York. nov 25 D&Wlm . Christmas is Coming ! AND WE Are Laying in a Stock ; OF FIRECRACKERS COCOA-NUTS, And Other . Holiday Goods. ; B?Order early and avoid the rush and prob able detention. ADRIAN &. TOLLERS, WHOLESALE GROCEKS. dec 5 tf S. E. cor. Dock and Front Sis. r IMPORTANT! A NEW AND VALUABLE DEVICE A PATEKT Water Closet Seat FOR THE CURE OF HEMORRHOIDS, (Commonly called "PILES,") Internal or External, and i. ' I PROLAPSUS ANItfor Chil- ' dren or Adults. NO MEDICmB OR SURGICAL OPERATION NECESSARY. I have invented a SIMPLE WATER CLOSET SEAT, for the cure of the above troublesome and painful malady, whioh I confidently place belore the public as a . SURE RELIEF AND CURE ! ' It has been endorsed by the leading resident Physicians in North Carolina. Is now being test ed in the Hospitals ot New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and we- are satisfied the result will be satisfactory, as It has never failed else where. Yon can write to any .of the Physicians or prominent citizens in Edgeoombe Co ,N. u These Seats will be furnished at the following prices: . , WALNUT, Polished, fo 00) Discount to rnysi-. CHERRY, - . 6 00 V cicians and to the POPLAR, - - 600) Trade. Directions for using will accompany each Sea.. We trouble yon with no certificates. We leave the Seat to be its own advertiser. Address LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN Patentee, . rarboro, Edgecombe Co., N. c. 1y l7 D&Wtf Favetteville Observer. ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 1883, THE undersigned will revive the publication 01 the FA YETTEVTLLE OBSERVER. The Obsxbvxb will be a large 28-column weeKiy newspaper, and will be muled to subscribers, postage paid, at $2 per annum, always in ad vance. It will give the news of the day In as ample form as its space will permit, and both re gular and occasional correspondents will contr, bute letters from the Capital on State politics and affairs. rjAmnm-aftn In nnllHna fha Ambuvek will la- bor, first of all, to assure the prosperity of toe Town of Fayetteville, to develop the vast agri cultural resources of Its own and the neighbor ing counties, and to promote all that concerns the welfare of the people of North Carolina. Opposed to such Innovations on the homely ways of our fathers as, in the guise of progrf ss. harm society, the Obsxbvkb will be found in fun changed oondltlon of the South which sound Judgment or enlightened experience find to oe aiso gooa. . r. As to the rest: It win Strive to deserve the re pntattop of the, name jit Inherits. , wlT T The Pamlico Enterprise l- . -. ;. : STONEWALL, N. C. -A FIRST CLASS WEEKLY PAPER, published Xk. In the GRAIN REGION of the State. Subscription $1.60 a year. Yearly Adverusws rates-One Sauare-112: Two Scuares, $18; Three, wv, uu VWAIUO, fw, vug win 111,1, - elation from above rates. " xAUJiawAt mhDWli. ,tr$tf - stonewalLN. C
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