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EVENING EDITION. - - " 1 fesrfKyTheS ; prospect ' is that 'wheq the 5 iCongress reassembles on the 5th:of - January that the debate on the silver - question will open in earnest. I We ChaVeKheard 't that there ; were. , f t .-i Democratic Sejiatorslwho were pre pared to follow op Mr." Beck's blows pjaimed the lesiSent an2""cretafy Manning; - If .so, 'fit may come to' pasl that the v main. defencVoi the President's ; pblicyVon. the . coinage question, shall ; be iby "Republicans. ; This will be a" curious spectacle and Jwill augur bo good for the future of the Democratic party. " . I H : But the;8ilver questioff is not the only question that promises to cause d ivision among Democrats. ' The ap propriations, Civil Service, the:: Blair. bill, the readjustin g and reductidn of 'the Tariff, and. "perhaps others, jnay ; witness . al divided party in one or - both Houses. : It is very certain that there is a majority of Democrats in Congress who are not with tthe Presi., iienitnjtbe Silver, Civil Service and lariff questions. It is bad f or the : Administration if it has not its party back of it to sustain it. For some months the Chicago ,owjtct( ns oeen crnicismg snarpiy destroyed by fire a few years since. rhe financial operations of Mrf Man- The copy we "read had a photograph ning,r We confess we did not under-, of The! Hermitage," the "elegant stand the point of objection it urged home where hospitality was dis d thoughtit originated inpartwan niHIfor venerations and whence antagonism possibly. But we . find - went out sons and daughters to adorn the same objection presented by both Democrats and - Republicans. Sena tor Beck seemed tQ, regard the Sec retary of the Treasury: as; merely the. agent of the gold bugs and capital ists. ' Mr. Evarts,one of the Repnb- lican leaders, is said to approve; of r'-m'W . irt it Dy a speecn oi ms own. " '' Am?-; . uiiauuiAi x ; uiauagcuicuk ; t of Secretary Manning is certain to ;be o v e rhaule d. ; It is cl ear from ? his ?re4 V cri alrdybraitte'dTthfelieh itrack out some nOvel methods of pis I i v?n and taat.be has ; departed from I :':'', vplan of, hia predecessors in. fen- -rtant particulars in using the pub- noney. The PhiladelphiA JLmeri. by thelinaneialcidas. ofj tne. sgold men, has this view, audit w. worth at-, tentioa because of the ability of Hhe paper and its 'party '; afiiliation. Vlt ; av; - :0M:MiM:0M "The points of difference are first, and amount of cash fa the Treasiiry thnsi in- voiving, ue suspension of calls for ni"irt(?H An4 nnrmlttinn 74V.1i.iimu.. .r :. ttie amount of the gold item as part of the cash on handr Mr; Manning- has set out . with the idea, apparently, that there will be greater safety for the public interests in; proportion as the amount of teady money v m his hands is increased, and that Mr. Mc Culloch and Jlr. Folger did jxotl lock, up enouRh. s , hi .' i A ,'T,hu3' appears that Ur; Manning h&s Called no bonds at all : Thn ?ntawotKa ing public debt, which was $1,260,772,612 meia oi fiiarca, 1885, was $1,250,778.- I C12, on the 1st 6f .-November5S5ei teing actually 'z. smairnet: Jnereas canted l-y eo.j8SU3 of bonda inarch an go ior;' re fusdir - certicates.M.': V i- The blunt ripsa and Rfiteritv of Mr. ; Beck's speech in Rfitprltv sa Rpnatfl rv have startled the Secre tary, but he could hardly ' anticipate that bis policy cf increasing the vast sum' or idle money should go unchalenged amongst the very men" who had been complaining or what had been done in' that direction by Ms predecessors. it possible- that Mr. Manning fails.t&compreuenu any feature of his business except that of hav- ing a large sum or money iy uk iu - uo yanltsr ; -rzc: y cv7 e;; ;;;v j f : '-5.' British sfev mjAiSoN s. : ; ' Speculations' in' Eogtand are ad- . n the success of anY Plan to ... . . -. - . . .. -"'-. - sive Ireland a Parliament of its own. . r . . . . . . , It ia said that Mr.'" Gladstone ' would not be able to carry oat the plan with which he was credited because of the incurable split in ins" party. But there are? others who hold that I he. Will be - able to SOildlfy tne JjID I , - .... . . i a erais upon any piau tie. may pi vpwoo. It is not probably to say- the least, that the Tories will be able to hold office many, months longer. ; It wil then devolve upon the. opposition to form a Ministry and it is almost per tain that Mr.' Gladstone will . have to be invited to .assume:, this . grave re sponsibility. (IThere will scarcely be -any other alternative. .The Tories will be almost certain to be defeated up on some measure and not necessarily Irish, for England has a complex pol icy, and a great many interests, to be consultedheHlrishanayJnot find it t4 their- intei est to support the Toriesi'itf the domestic and foreign. policy, lid so f w of the ftrnell drive the - Ministry from power. ?. In that event? it .would be ? inevitable that Mr Gladstone should be called upon to form a new Ministry, : as he is the only man in opposition wha could - rally the forces and -give a guarantee o anything like a success ful term of office, f . ,' " . -;' ' ' .': In the ..meantime Mr.Parnell is "the uncrowned -King of Ireland," and holds the balance of power in the British Parliament. . He can kill and he can make alive.;.- It is in his power to defeat "the "Tory. Ministry and to give the-Gbvernment to the Liberals' or vice versa. lie is an able,caatious, well-poised man, and will'use his great influence for the prosperity and of his own people, no doubt. What a tremendous State Txas is ! , It has territory enough to make a half dozen IJorlb Carolihas. It contains 270,000 square miies. It has 46,00,000 acres" of timber and 7,300 xnrfes'bf railroad. . Is crop capacities are simply. marvellous. The estiinate of her crops for. 1885, has been made and it is pat at 1,300,000 bales "of Cotton, and . 32,000,000 pounds of wool, 80,000,000 bushels of Corn, 4,000,000 bushels ofbeat It has 383 Varieties of grass, and. grazes an nually 12,000,000 head of cattle. Its population is now estimated at 2,500,-. 000. .t In 1870 its wealth was placed at ill5(),000,00dj ; in ; 1885, it is now given at the en'ormojas figure of $603,000,000. " Each county has' 20, 000 acres of land for Bchool purposes, andj each XTniyefsityl has ; 220,000 acres. . The school fund has already $7,000,000 in money . and securities. Truly a wonderful State; , : rWe have had the pleasure of read-; ing a graceful sketch of "Old Man sions of Cape Fear.', and more espe- ciaUy of "The . Hermitage," that was the State. From this ancestral home four- gentlemen were sprung who served their conntry gloriously twq, of r whom, fell upon the battle-field "namely,' "General George, Burgwin Anaer8on and Colonel Harry , King Burgwin: ' The sketch has been pre- parearjy one who is -familiar with I (ha 't.ralt.irna 'ovant. ot KnnlWmn the 'traditions, '-events and localities of this i section of Carolina and who tells in f elicitous English the story of .tfielt--Col; jajmes'. Burr, fnative here" and to the manner born.' There was a rapid.- rise in foreign exchange .last ; week. The s rise ;in I loans.X)f money was Vniost . marked, I the average being 4; per cent. This ators'and will not last probably. The wheat ; market is. depressed,; and prices for rye flour, corn meal' and buckwheat flour are barely sustained. eay speculations-have prevailed in wheat for future Melivery. . The i -W.PSS in 5tT8??8ra8llgt I but I . . - - - .. values .arecompara an- I Cnng- 'V-., .S X'""'i - JS ortn : Dakota, is . not satisfied." South Dakota is hamqiering away at the door of Congress Kjprth Dakota is vpposed to being ' lef t out in the' cold.; It desires to eo in as 1 a part of the whole. 1, .This is natural.- i,nV;t-i,...;.ti"-i:';",:''-!V-' -."J?"." population than the Southern; part has, ; : What, will 4 be, the;;' outcome decide.' U forVConsrresa o The people of" North Carolina may be too. much given to "old ideas and. old notions, Young America says '' - ; r : . . . lie - i:.i so, ; ana i oung r Amenqa, vii ; iitwc too "previous" sometimes and a little too bumptious f now-ana tnenKno ws. what iB what. -But'the people-)f iforth Carolina, ldjfogyi8h':afid backward are conservative and safe. They never run wild after sma and made-easy plans,; and are oia-jasn- loned enough to cling "to the. political institutions of the fathers and to re-. erenceLthe BibleeBoodf books. A That is going ou of fashion in some sections where the Golden Calf is more 'generally worshipper WellNoith Carolina held pn to the whipping post when it . was rlaughed at and ridiculed by the "smar Alexs" in the North just as they, are ,: laugh ing at and ridiculing now the hang ing of burglars. It is; a great-pity that the whipping post 4 not now the imDortant "institution" it was before the war. But we merely wish now to copy a paragraph from Mr. Randall's letter to; ' the Augusta ChronicU 'that . conoerns. .this very subiect as " wein as bur tState;f He says :i'';-';. . '.ml "A man at Goldsboro. N. C. was de tected picking' pockets,"; He was arrested and happened to be a Northern sharper. Entering Into conversation with his captors he asked what the penalty was, and when informed ' that' whipping happened to. be one of the consequences, . he said:. 'Had I known that noi North. , Carolinian ? would have .lost his pocket book or watch." : If this were generally known no pockets would be picked iu this part of the coun try. He was well ' lashed and afterward imprisoned. Crimes would become scarce if this punishment were commonly adopted and impartially administereo." - ? v : ;; : thb PKeiODica.i8.;; -; s-lf. -i!WcAZa' for January is jcertain- to maintain the high reputation'of the best of all magazines for the young folks. It is a gem in typography, paper .illustration's and reading' matter. r It has achieved a great success and it has richly deserved it. He is a fortunate boy who has the read ng of it for a year. Price $3 Address Century Company, Union 8quare,'N. T. ; The Atlantic Monthly for January opens strongly for the new .year. Miss Murfree begins her new novel, -MIn the Clouds." It has her most striking characteristics, but she is in danger of repeating herself. David Doge has a paper oq "The Free Negroes of North Carolina" which -we have not read. Who he is we do , not know. Th.e. editor Thomas' vB.;i Aldrich, has an' - exquisiteiy neatVand virile Jstory, with an ; unsatisfactory ending. . entitled 'Two Rites at a Cherry.".; John Fisk con tribates a f paper on" the "Political wCjmse queoces in England of Cornwallis Sur render at Yorkstown." ; jThere ia-ta clear and apprecia'i ve - pajser on 8 ted man's Poeta of America!--l Henry Jainjes-Mrs.-Qliphant and Dr. Holmes are jthe other story tellers of ; this iiumberJ?rice $4 a year. - Houghton, Mimin & Co., Boston, Masa." -;.. ' " v- ' i ' CURRENT COMMES T.' f We regret to observe the un worthy spirit in' ! which several of our contemporaries discuss the affair of Mr. KeileyV rejection by the court of Vienna. It is true that Mr. Bay ard might h a ve handled th e case more moderately, in hia; report, that Mr. Keiley hurt his own cause by ac centing the Italian mission when he must hay e known how unsuitable a aelecUoyiatJwaB; allowances have - been made, it' re main's, true that . Mr.l Keiley's rejec tion : at Vienna " was; an .indignity which tne J State ; Department, was htresentingr cf ajreputable American ' r-citizen ; is 'mot V 'good enouglufor their r European! courts, we - shall be obliged to go search ing the country f or an assortment of- diplomatic ;dudeR,!. whose pedi gree, marriages and manners are such as to furnish noground for objection. The German courts are much the worst in 7 this respect, and it is said that Mr. Pendleton's position at Ber lin has been; made, very offensive by the disdainful treatment his wife has received from the 'Jtoohl" gebohrene madams of Prussia,; A recent Ameri can; minister. to Copenhagen had a somewhat similar experience, and re signed the' commission , in .conse quence. : Perhaps the best "way would be to. abolish our missions' ;at every court where our ministers are treated with any want-of courtesy, as we .did the mission to the papal court, after the ; American K chapel jjWas closed. Russia' and England- are the 4 only principal capitals at which our repre sentatives are shown due considera-, iXon.-FhUadelphia American, Hep. v r-Thi8 talk of wholesale -.war, or of any war at r all, -onthe Presi dent's" appointments . is ; the most transparent rigmarole.; . . It is possible that here and there an objection may be raised on purely personal grounds, but that s all. We credit the Re publican ' Senators -with too much sense to suppose that they will fall into sor egregious a f oily; :-;The Presi dent has gone 'carefully and deliber ately about ? his ' ' app'oihtments, ; and. the-. country fully understands that be has acted in good faith and with patriotic pufposeirThefe is bo capi tal to be made for . the Republicans by seeking to "embarrass him. If his appointments afewi8 not "be justified in rejecting them. If they.are weak, the Republican Sana tors t will help theirs cause most effectually , by n winking r at; them. There are no conceivable, grounds for the. course Outlined -j.it. - thei sensa tional utterances ;alluded to. JVI : K -- t p ; -,vf-" i - -' - A OltHA T:;ZIA TU 'V 'Baltimore Herald -f .;:mX The Librarian o4.he United States Coast and-Geodetio Survey is an odd sort of person. The" only .name he personally 1 cares anything about is -Artemus Martin, cut ne nas a uan dozen prefixes and suffixes, all given him bv.learned societies. r Mr. .Mar- tinis one.of the first mathematicians in the worlds The problems of cal culus are to "him "mere child's play. Nothing short pf " i mathematical sophistries of the most abstruse ana impractical sort have any fascination for -himiVOddly enough, Mr. Martin was, until; hU; appointment . in th e United States Government service, a iriarketardeneiv He owned a small piece of land on ; the south; shore ; bf Lake Erie; withiu H . half dozen milesF of the citybf Erihich ; he 'tilled raisins mostly kitchen truck, for' the ..city market. ;- -Twice every 'week' he was to be touna in niSLStaii,-as ,utwe known to his customers o: people of the city as was theendor of poultry or the seller of beads and buttons in the "neighboring , stalls. -; One, day it? was announced, in the telegraphs news in the papers that 4 Mr. A marun, 01 Jrie, ;renu., uau - uceu elected ah honorary member of one of the leading learned societies of .Great Britain, the.Royal Mathemati cal or something of that sort I have forgotten just now 'what. Every body said : Who's Martin? Have we any such distinguished individual in our midst? " No one seemed to know. ; A fewdays Jater. the Uni versitv of Michigan Tconf erred "the dearree of A. M. upon Mr. A. Martin, of JErie, Penn. . Here was a fresh bit of news. Well,'j after awhile this learned but mysterious man .'was dis covered in the person of the garden er, who tended a- stall in the city market..'r'A man of- perhaps 45, he was tall and uneramlv. dressed as be came his calling looked as little like a Fellow tfi royal British society as like British royalty itself.; But fame made no change in the appearance or occupation; of the. market gardener. A CONSISTENT TAX HA TEE. ; '; '' ;'J,nVy. Star.'Dem. ;' -: ;V Hatred pf . taxes . sometimes - be 'comes aj monomania. ' - It . appears to have done so m the case of Henry Blocher, an old man Hying very hum bly in Indiana. So intense is Bloch er's hatred of taxes that he will give nis money . away raiuer , man pay taxes on it. He receives an income on about $75,000,; and does not 'own anything. Some time ago he began loaning money on thirty-three years' time, taking as security first mort gages, , which' provided that ati the expiration of . the time stated, the borrower,-if he.hadpaid his interest promptly, should be released from any obligation to repay the princi pal. - ' . ' . ;; iy-.: -, .. Had - the old; man's desije - been merely to assure himself a comforta ble income -foir life, and had he) en larged tJii9 income ; by his peculiar methods, his course might be explica ble. But such v as not his aim. i He lent, or gave awaly his money, for 6, per cen V interest on it, and lived on the smallest4 possible1 portion of the income of over $4,000 "a year thus received. The remainder, saved from his income .. by penurious living, he reinvested in thesame way.- His only object was - to" escape' the pay ment of - taxesS't-:":'1';'.-; IS THiS PROTECTION? v Louisville Courier-Journal J Every large firm v manufacturing sewing - machines (the sewing - tna chine is an American J invention and should be an Amencan product for export,) v has established shops in Scotland to supply foreign demand instead of manufacturing in America. This is one of the results of protect tion. Workingmen,'who is protected against the pauper labor of Scotland ? , Are you ? Is the city of Elizabeth protected? -What security have you against the pauper labor of Scotland ? If the. Singer 'company,- in dispute with the city of Elizabeth over a tax bill of $20,000, can profitably close its shops . in America and order its pauper laborers in Scotland to work double time,' what assurance have you that in case you should ask little better wages, or should 'protest against a reduotion, the same course would not be pursued? . - -w , ;; - . COTTON .-;' . -i r;.. N Y. Commercial and Financial Chronicle ; Niw Yoek, Dec. 24.- The move ment of the crop, as indicated by bur telegrams from the South . to-night, is given below. For " six days end ing this evening (Deo. 24), the total, receipts -havereached12XJ8,'58l' Bales,4 against 288,011 bales last week; 248, 134 bales ; the previous week, and 242,797 bales three weeks! since; mak ing the total receipts since the 1st of Sept; 1885; 3,286,205 bales, against 3,5 3 7,44 i bales for the same "period of 1884-'85, showing a ' decrease since Sept. 1,185, of 151i23&xbales. J The exports for the week ending this evening reach a total of 142,557. bales, of which 83,332 were to Great Britain, 16,551 to France and 45,694 to the . rest ? of the Continent. ! ;. i Yesterday there was a further de cline, in which,-the lowest; figures of the season were reaohed in options under weak foreign advices and ' a general ; movement , of r the bulls to "unload ." !. Cotton on the spot was quoted at l-16c. adyance on Monday and 1-1 6a. decline on Wednesday. The demand hasf continued very mo derate and stocks on this market be gin : to show some. accumulation, :To day the market ; was dull, and weak, but ? without ;; obtable -decline, and middling uplands closed at 96.. The total sales' for forward' delivery for ther week are 388,400 bales.; ;fef ifc Mr.; Walter Besant's new "novel j'Chlldren of Gibeon. ' will appear in Long man $ Modern Society. Is the theme. ALAETS 07.TKB WOULD . ;-'-; ;'; "? m t? mm tv ;si-4 Dl t urba neee A mo dc the , Coeal .; Fac tion in Ireland TheXopdon Econo mist on tbe Political Sltuatlon-Ilus-Ustaand Anstrla Secretly Armlns: ts&Br Cable to- the Moral gr 8tax. Vvttinxl "Dec f 27Evidences of more than ordinary bad feeling among the local factions : in Ireland - haver' forcibly shower ; themselves recently, "and continue to; give the municipal and police authorities? very, creat concern yAu example of tbe increas ing irritation manifested itself yesterday;- j - . . ' r i r . x 1 . n a w . wnen a oouse ia vreega uub, uiim 1 occupied by a man named Blake, was ; be-4 sieged by his political opponents. The as sault seems to have been expected, and. tbe friends of Blake were not slow; ia -rallying to his defence. They Immediately engaged; in a desperate conflict with the besieging fiarty. - Women as well. as mentook sides n the battle, and sticks, stones, guns and pistols ; were ' handled 7 with , , savage earnestness. .; It - was - fully- two-; hours before v the . police,; . who were .; called upon ; to disperse the Crowds and arrest, the rioters, succeeded in; restoring order. The latest accounts report at C least, twenty persons, including several women, dangerously, wounded, iu; the, battle. The, police; who were not at first, able to com- I mand the peace, were reinforced as soon as - .. : (j.ii. J 1.1. ' ' xnat ia,ct was enaen, na wim meir-augmented force succeeded in making, a large number of arrests. - ' Lohdoh, December 27. The Economist, referring to the , political situation; says: "The Tories and Liberals have drawn nearer together, and have resolved to reject the crude proposal for an" independent 'Irish. Parliament The British Parliament Is still master of itself. Parnell has undertaken a hopeless and impossible task in attempting to make 85 members dictate to 554 mem bers". ; - ? " ;;r-'' r W:- Londob December 28. It is stated here tiiat Russia'and Austria are secretly arm ing, and that both countries have sent or ders to; England ior large quantities of stores for their respective armies. 7" ; -: ; ' , NATIONAL OMMER CE. Statement of Exports and imports for ; tne ffllontn of PIoTember and ihePait f-'Yenri" ' Vn;-"tr'x?E' ' V5 - - ' r tBTTelesraph to the Morning Star.1 ' : Washiiigtos, Dec. 27. The values of exports : ; from the United States for the month of November. 1885. were $67,331, 839,; against $18,804,607 for the same: month in 1884. v For the five months end ing .November 80th, 1885;'-. $278,027,047, compared with. $314,509,758 for the same period in '88; and for tbe twelve months ending November SOthi 1885, $705,707,044, against $733,633,686 for the same time last year. ' ;v;i:v'; '"','-; ; y:yii?; ";-; The values of imports for, the same pe riods were as follows: November. 1 1885,': $50,574,710; November, 1884. $45,211,416. Five months endinz November 80thl885, $254,607,883; same time in 1884, $254.834,r 187. -Twelve months ' ending riovemner 80th, -1885. $577,801,025;; same period last year $641,076,618. K ; t r 1 1' v , MARINE DISASTER. . , Wreck of Veaeel off "Cape Henry '; The. Captain and Wife .and Crew ; Landed f n Safety ; ';- -;.'"' ; ' - ; By Telegraph to the Hornins Star. Washisotoh, Dec. 27 The Signal Corps station at Cape Henry, Va., reports, via Norfolk, that the two masted schooner Lena Hunter, of Philadelphia, from Roun dout, N. Y. , to Norfolk and Washington, is ashore three miles south of that station . Capt. James C. Fisher and wife and a crew of six men. were ' all landed ' in safety by the crew of the Life Saving Station No. 1. The condition of. theuye 1 m" f but no assistance Is required at present. ; Washtngtok, Dec 28. The Signal Corps Btatioa at Cape Henry reports that the schooner Lena Hunter, ashore in that vicinity, is fast breaking up.- Nothing can be saved except the rigging. .-; ; V . .iy -. -"; KENTUCKY. Fat ai shooMngt Affair at New Co- .' . v .::tK ' . : -inmbla. m. " - ; tByTelesraph to the Moraine Star.l " ; CoBiKTH. December 28. Particulars of a fatal shooting, affair, . which occurred at New Columbia, ' Saturday evening, have been received. It appears that while Law rence and Lloyd Kenny were attending to their farm duties, they were suddenly at taked by Brock ;. Davis ; and Granville Hughes, who ' opened fire - on them at short range without a word of warning. Lawrence Kenny was shot and felt Young; Lloyd returned the fire, shooting Hughes through the heart, when Davis beat a precip itate retreat,'eScaping unhurt. Lawrence Kenny died in his brother's arms a few minutes after he was shot. Lloyd Kenny was arrested.;-;' -" ;;;: ?;';i'V; :m-: . ; . X GEORGIA. The Local Option Contest Wore the ;':;iv-' m'mj-istmtp. conn, f-:;;,,.."-; 1 ,-;v. ; By Telegraph to the Mornlns Statl r " Atlajsta, Dec. 28.-i-The local? option election contest came up in the State Court, before Judge Clarke," again this morning. This was on a mandamus nisi, requiring the ordinary; to show cause Why he should not hear the contest which was filed ; after he had declared the result... As ; the case had not been set in accordance with the statute it was postponed until Monday next. 'y J': LITER ART i c i : Rev. Dr. Mulford, author I of "The Republic of God.'! and John Lanff don Sibley, Librarian Emeritus of Harvard College; died at Cambridge, Mass., on the 10th lnst. . -;';;;.v; -:;..v, ;:;f; .z - i Mr. Fronde is about to publish a volume of reflections on a holiday trip through Australia and America under the title of . "Oceano;, or, . England and Her . Colonies." .,...;:-- , ; ; m- Messrs.' Jansen, McClurg & Co!, will issue immediately an American edition of Mr. George Saintsbury's "Specimen's of English Prose Style," which has just been .lauched with considerable eclat in London. General Grant : in hia memoirs frequently shows a keen sense of humor. In fact, he seems, throughout the work, in clined to Bhow the reader he' was not the grim, matter of-fact soldier that the world believed him to have been Tfo Current, Gen. Bearegard, Canon Farrar," the Marquis of ' Lome. ColoheMngersoU. Millionaires Astor and Carnegie. an Irish member of Parliament-elect, John Boyle O'Reilly, Cassius, Sir John McDonald and Frank B. Sanborn, have articles in the Jan uary number of thQ North American Re view v , .v .-..-; ; Ic. "Mnniarw " W that co&sumptives should be the .least 'ap prehensive of their own condiUon.1 while all their friends are urging and beseeching them to be more careful , about exposure and overdoing. It may - well . . be con eidered one of the mostalarming symptoms of the disease," where the patient is reckless and will not believe that he is in4 danger. Reader, if you are in this condition: do not "neglect the only means of recovery. ' Avoid exposure and fatigue, x be- regular in your habits and use faithfully of - Dr. Pierce's 'Golden Medical Discovery." ; It has saved thousanas who were steadily falling. ' WJL MI N GT O .-KgM RXE T tm 5f STAIR FFICE; Dec?;4P. SPmiTS TURPENT1101--Quoted dull at 85 cents per. gallon. Sales of 250 casks at these figures, market'closing flrm;; ; BOSIN The market was quoted quiet. at SOnts ribbitforjitiain; ceuts for Good Strained, -"r,-. " TAIV-The market .was" quoted "firm at fl 00 per bbl. of 2olbs;with. sales of ; re ceipts at these figures.-;.; ;;; ,; ; : -1 ;'. "' ' CRUDE TUBPENTINE-Market steady at $150 1- f or Jirginrandello DipSand $1; OOtpr Hard.,:.; ;2 COTTON-MarketiMduli .anot nojtaiinaL; No sales reported, The following were the bfflciaf quotations:.; -;-'Cv.'-v! ; V ; iDrdfaiarv'; :5V2m--t:i.centa- W.lb Good Ordinary. . . .v V :-io - Tjo-w MindlinBr.i 'a .i ... o -oxo: Jffiddling.;."i.i.;ViV48 13-16fr?i .' i . uooaJuiuaune........ v RICE Market steady ; and unchanged. We'qupte: Rouoa;: . 'Upland' 80cts$l 00 per bushel; Tidewater $1 001 15.;Ciean: Common 4i cents i Fair "4J 5 cents G6od!j5Ji5y! ? Choice 66i cents per lb: V'',mi-1 ..TIMBER Market steady, with sales as follows; Prime.'aud .Extra Shipping, iflrstv class heart, $90010; OOiper.M. feet 5 Extra Mill, good heart, $6 508. 00; Mill Prime, $8 006 SOjGood Common llillf iOO 5.00; Inferior to Ordinary, $3 004 00. ; ; . PEANUTS Market steady, at 81 Cents for Prime, 85 cents for Extra Prime, . and 8940 . cents for . Fancy,:, per bushel of '23 Ife8.1V;.c BEOEIPT3. Cotton. ZJTl 698 bales 320 casks ......14393 bbls Spirits Turpentine.... Rosin..'. . i ij.."" x'ar. . ... . i.-. Crude Turpentine; . : r. ...'.-.v. 15bbls ;;; oo!BBsnc inABBJ5T8; . PZ Telezraph to Jtae Uornhu;.StarJ -i;':-"i-., WttflneaLK-; V' ":' Naw .YoBK. . Dec.'; 28, "Noon. Money active, heavy 'and easy at 23 per cent- Sterling exchange 4S&i4i. state bonds dull and 'firm, governments , dull , and steady. .;'"-; ; ; ;. . j' '.'.,';. -y ""'":'. ''.'- Commercial.' t " Cotton dull, ; with sales to-day of 848 bales; middling uplands 9 8-18c; middling Orleans wc Futures easy, with -sales at the following quotations : December 9.13c: January 9.15c: February 9.23c: March .85c; April 9 47c; May 9.58cv Flour dull and heavy. Wheat lowers Com better. Pork dull at $987i10 50 ; Lard firm at $6 80. Spirits turpentine firm at 88c Rosin firm at $ 1 02iI 07,; Freight steady, r - - ; .;v f : '.' Baltimork, Decv 28. Flour steady and quiet; Howard street and, western super $3 623 00; extra $3 25t 00; family $4 254 75; city mills super $2 503 00; extra $3 504 15;, Rio brands; $4; 75 5 00. ;w Wheat southern - steady; western lower and dull ; -southern - red . 9094o ; southern amber 9698c; No. 1 Maryland 93yc; - No. 2 western winter red on spot 85i85ia Cornsouthern steady; western steady; southern white 4246c yellow 42 46c; western mixed on spot and Decern-; ber 45JC bid., f , ; ; "' r FKmw RsjassstuxBr'f ;ix;:;; IBr Cable to'Otie Morning Star.l dull, with prices generally in buyers' favor; middling -uplands 5d; middling ' Orleans 0 s-xoa; sales o.ouo bales; for speculation and export 500 bales; receipts 4,000 bales, 3,600 of which: were American. Futures dull; uplands, 1 mc, -December "delivery 4 59-64d; December and January delivery 4 59-64d; January and February delivery 4 60 6id, also 4 59-64d; February and March delivery 4 62-61d.also 4 61-64d: March and Ar5l Hoiivai-tr- k i-AAA Hit i I April delivery 51-64(3, also 6d; April andil ju-njr ucuTcrjr tt o-ou;. xu.ay ana iune ae llvery 5 6-64d. ": , . - c; ' '- Tenders of -cotton 400 bales; newl and .J,6Mold.dockeWn' 5 P. M. Uplands lm c, December delive ry 4 58-64d, sellers' option; December and January delivery 4 68-64d, sellers' option; January and; February delivery 4 58-64dr value: February; and . March delivery 4 60-64d, value; March, and April delivery 4 63-64d. sellers' option ; April and May deli very 5 2-64d, sellers' option; May and June delivery 5 5-64d, buyers option; Jane and July delivery CT964d, sellersr option; July and August delivery 5 12-64d, sellers' op tion; Futures closed easy. . ; -; v: ; - Bales of cotton- to-day include'4 7,800 Dates American. . . r ; Lohdos Dec. 28;;Ncn-h8ols 99 5-16; account 99 7-16.- '; 'r;;; ;;:,-4'.;'.. ;:;ssvranjnala;mce ' inwutl0s5 ..;;;-. K Savannah lews, Dec. 27.;:'frV ' v. The market was dull and inactive. ; ?The sales for the day were only 85 barrels at unchanged prices :. Fair 44fc; Good 5 5ic; Prime 5i5Sc. .;- ;t ?i Bough rice Country-lots 8595c; tide water $1. 00(1 20.;;.. :- ;; ''?;::; Mr. Thomas Hardy's new novel The Mayor of Oasterbridge,' begins with tne new year in the Liondon uraphtc ' 4 .; Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Bypophospbltea. ; 4 :;. ;- Wqtpmen.cU :-i- pr. S. W. Cohen; of Waco. TexaCssysl' ?1 have used your Emulsion, in Infantile wasting,, with good results, . It- not . only restores, wasted (issue,- but -gives strength, and I heartily jrecommend it tot diseases attended by atrophyg JOSL HINSS. . ; ' r - .v B.S. WHITS. s;;';SiAivm Attoraeys at lat'EDzatetlito, HC.; .tended to.- ' '. . . . ?. .--- . . r?- . T?er br permission to CJoL John A. MoDoweD. JohnD. cmrrie andDrNewtoniiobinsoni.; "7- B.;FiMo;vi?i;-: ATOBNSTS At I.AW. . 1 CLrSTTON. N. O, aetice in Sampson, Duplin, Bladen, Wafne toesu?tflr? andupremCourt mII T,Tnnfesiont6 rjtKJoknron Cashier C. L. A., Clinton, N. C. : K. J.Lillv Ev mlngton,N.C. . - ,. de 17 8m - -. P 3COTO PHAISSTOpESsiJ. bui at H. C. PREMPZETISL5 No 7 South Vrrsnt street, can certainly be found tiJ be-1 - ShVffi-' Hair Cnts, Ao.; Ao. In the City of -Umincton! : So give him a calL ',vp( :.VO0 k mington; every ;Monday ; and ; Thursday at 12 , Saturday at iuuriae.-'' L '';. : da 1 1 tr and. Mv iffanri ."Myrfarm in a . rather low aD(, J inauc suuaiioiv and ; : . . $ p!y?wifelM--i-, ' - '-".i . L"Was"a;vey pretty blonde!" Twenty; years ago, became igSallowli'S v ' i liHollow eyed!?! " ' "Withered and agedr Before net timelfrpm S "Malarial; yapors,-. though she m. particular "complaint, not being nf no grumpy kind, yet causing me great UneJ nessj? j.. l' the l aiiuri' ume-ago 1 Ptircha ' remedy for one of the children, who had jTyij v? v umousnesa, and it occurrea 10 me mat the. remedy might h 1 my wife, as' l found that our little girl n2, recovery Jiad t ; ' .Lostr; "Her sallowness, and looked as fresh a new-blown daisy: Well, the storv i. told. ; My wife, to-day, has eainert r,D. time beauty jWithcompound interest and s now as handsouie a matron (if ldoa it myself) ;;m can Jbe found in this count which is noted for pretty women. And t liave only. Hop Bitters to thank for it. "The dear creature just looked over m. shoulder, and says I 'can flatter equals the days of our courtship.' and that re. minds me there might be more pretty trlv. if my brother farmers would do as I hw! done.";pt'-.r, ; ayon8 spared to do good, I thankfully remain, , '': 0. L. James. ' ' Bkltsvillk, Prince XJeorge Co., Md ) g4;;;;:;y;'May 26th, 1883. s ' none uennlne without a bunch of tm Hops on the white labeL Shun all the tUbl sonons stuff with "Hop" or "Hops" in their San novSDAWn; ;tnthsat chnTK -!:- PROF.CHS.IUDWIG VON SEEGER, of Medicine at the Boyal Univcrtilv; - Anight of the Royal Austrian Order of the Iron "i Knight Commander ofthe Boy aX Spanish, : Order of Taahelbr ir.-ht rih r Zi r. :i OrderoffheRed Eagle; ChevaUer of the legion ctft r Honor, die, tfcc. Bays : - ja A i lilEBIQ eoasCA BEEF TOIffW -T t alio old not be confounded with the horde of trafehy .-I care alls. It is in no sense of the word a potent remedy. I am thoroughly conversant with its mode of preparation and know it to lie not only a - Jeg'tiinatephannaceuticalpxodnet,bntal8owortli7 of the hign commendations it has received in all parts of the world. It contains essence of Beef, . Coca, Quinine, Iron and Calisaya, which are dis solved in pure genuine Spanish. Imperial Crown Sherry." Invaluable to all who are Ean Down, Kervon - Dyspeptic, Bilious Malarious r afflicted with weak kidneys.- Beware of Imitations. 1LUZSTTS 11T0SIZS C0SXSSI9 CLYCEHHI. "- V'sedbyBerB(aJBighneasthPrinoesofWalet and the nobility. For the Skin. Complexion, Ernp- tlona,ChapplRgrRnnghne8a. $1-00. Of druggist. 'trEBIGCO'S Gen nine Syrup of Sana. : parilla, is guaranteed as the best SarsaparUlsla r the market - , , -.- - , -, S"H.'-Y Depot; 38 MURRAY STREET," de87DAWly su tu th urm - Read tMstCarefnlly. t The t ollowinjr letter from a weu kn ern ladv explains itself and ia worthy -irual reading : . - - . - ' VI wish to say to tho slot and tho- - feeble and weak from any Hsause wba . c In all the vocabulary of medicines bev -vli. f.i the most -virtue ana the gieat?t v;r.-2f.n Parker's Tonlo.- I have been an ini- rn ,l or six years-past, and riven up to e by tut u; skilful phvBiclaua of Kansas and Ooiorado but Parker's Tonio has kept me alive, and raised me -zip alter everythlnir else failed. I have orgstiio heart diseaae. combined - with spinal and great -nervous debility, and have cold sinking speUt ; with no pulse, and the- only medicine that will ' v bring on a reaction Is Parker's Tonic. I have ne- - vernown it so iau in curing a- cold if take time, and it will relieve pain; quicker thau ver known it to iau in-curing a, cold if takea in . - id it will relieve sain anicker than out ' remeayz Jiave -ever tnea. isena you this oe canre rwonid like for others to know how much j good it has done me It is just as food for cell- dren. ' Try it and he - convinced. M RS. B. - oauxxzi. lxiuisvuie. hkdbbs. f. o. box ks - ' ;- ' ' ; l Prepared bV Hlscox M Co T.r s Sold by all Druggists-. In large bo ties at One Jioiiar. .a;.;. tuitt jTnnn v; noiiawnj PARKER'S . ', HAir? BALSAM the popular favorite for dressing! the bair, -Bestoiingr color when eray and preventing Daadroft It cleansee the" eealp, stops tte faalr faUiag, end is sure to pleuft 1 'ndDA7W4nr- -' tn th -. rnnn JV-;tor fjDatte expressly for . This T?KT.Tor FpffeDef- - of me jrenera tive organs. : -hei-e is no nustalct aboot -; tlus instrument, thecon--"tinuoiis stream of iLKC- . T R I C ! T Y -permuting T throuph- the- parts must . restoi-e them -to balthr Action. Do not confound ; this with Electric W -advertised to ure all ill . f rum head to toe. Itisfet.. the OME specific pm-BOSt ; :oreirenlars sMiie f uU information, address Cbdever Washington &IL, Chicaso, 111. an 21 ly tnthisat V- BEapimoscoue was deaf . twentv-eight7 years.. Treated. W most ox the noted specialists of the-day wttn . , . oenent uurea Mmeeif in three months, ana sic , then hundreds of others by same process, j Plain, simple and aneoepsfnl home treatme'i Address T. S. PAGE, 128 East 28th St., New VJ I City, vv- tu, th sat , - no S 1 ;.v KiacKDTFBX. Ariotimof youthful imprudegj ' .- eansing Prematore Decay, Nervous Debility, VPS Manhood. o., having tried in vain every kno . -. rem&dT.ha discovered a simple means of seli-crf'J which he wifl in(J FEx.3 to his fellow-snfFerf-. Address. JwiiVES,43 Chatham JIew Yd : nov29D&Wly i tuth sat r; . noV Mkimim (z f nanninj :.-. ; ;lnsuraneo IloQins, ; i-;- ' no; lis itosth watks stkkst. 5 , . ; -. ; TVUxalnston, N. C.;, r sgateCpiial Eeiiesented Over $100,000,, - Sifc-Prcbf:0il TS ESTTE3 -THAN "KEROSSOTt OIL, 0B any other Earning OIL Can be used to any Ian - ' Tor sale by . . HOL7IF3& WATTEBS.r KorthltontSt. . . - HlISiBY HAAK, 701 Chesnut &t. . i--t J VII. OTI SSSN, corner 6th and Market , ' - -GH :Ctt; -I & i ;;o., corner Cbesnut andMcBa8- -. P. H. ' rt, c-er 4th and Campbell. . J. C. SXi. vi. -O & CX5., 617 North Fourth W- . B. H. J. AHR2T 3, corner 7th and Market Sts. J. C. 8TEVI.NiC27," 1S1 LTarket St. , c. . H. FCHULSEN, corner 4ih and Walnut Sts. , J. II. I OI CH, Ho. 8ol North Fourth St. TO. 1L CB.A PON, No. 22 8outh Front St , - GiO.ArPI.CS-. No. 29 South Front 8t. , H. A. GLA1ISYE3, No 4 North Water St- , - mh 23 tf -r, -. .. ' '. -' ; ' sm n: ' 5V 7 ivv tr-' . ' SHIFTED TO U3 WILL BE CARWUi"- " oi died at' fall zaarket value.. --' iflin- V r ' Orde'3fDrr'?siiig,Ties,iHodp"IronandUiw, v filled at I0-.7 prices. ."o-orw -.'.'-T ; . : ' ; -; -,- Commission Merohan . - se!7tf - wUnungton.N.wf . v) , 1 r?;:, v 'x&p':'' p 'v ;;v. ' -V. ef
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