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WILMINGTON. N. C.
SrxDAT MoaxijfQ, December i
THE SOLID SOUTH
Some of the Republican politicians
are asjain discussinp- the '"'solid
South" as if the solid South were
a national calamity or a crime. We
nare a soiia -ortn now, but we
have no deprecating that. Tnat
seems to be all riht, because the
North is solidly Kepublican, but it
it is all wrong in the South, because
the South is solidly Democrati
Two years ago they rejoiced because
the solid South was broken. The
Republicans captured Maryland,
North Carolina and Kentucky, and
they hoped that the wedge having
been entered they could keep on
splitting and the ''solid South"
would be a thing of the past. They
were disappointed in that, and they
now behold a South as solid as it
ever was if not more so, far the
dividing factor, the Populist wedge
has been eliminated and will never
"Strain play a prominent part in the
politics of the South.
But why should not the South be
3olid when the issues presented are
of siirh a character as to make sol
idity not only desirable, but neces
sary? On the matter of tariff, for
instance, the interests of the North
ern States and of the Southern States
conflict, for there are more manufac
tories and of more varied kind3 there
than in the South. For this reason
the protective tariff is supported
there, and the manufacturing States
are solid for it, while for a contrary
reason it is opposed in the South,
and the agricultural States are solid
against it. Both are solid because
they think it is to their interest to
be solid: they both have a right to
be solid, and the South has just as
much right to be solid as the North
has.
We are siek of this assumed supe
riority of one section over another,
and this finding fault with and lec
turing the Southern section because
it entertains different opinions on
public questions and supports those
opinions at the ballot bos. The Re
publican statesmen started out just
after the war by trying to make a
solid Republican Softth. but only
succeeded in making a solid Demo
cratic South, and the policy they
have pursued since has been such a3
to keep the South solidly Demo
cratic. In all the legislation they
have attempted or effected their aim
was to benefit Northern interests,
whether Southern interests suffered
or not. The South's interests never
weighed much in their councils and
when the South may have benefitted
by anything they did, it was not be
cause they wanted to benefit it but
because some slight benefit came to
a few interests from enactments
that were intended for the benefit of
other sections, but the benefit that
may have come to these few inter
ests is not a drop in the bucket com-
te the
lrich-
P3t3 Of
ou their bagging, ties, &c.
benefit of Northern manufacturers,
and Southern cotton manufacturers
I
i made
2rn in
3f thc
ere has
to pro
mt the
South
nefit of
North .
Jb taxed
for the
f 'received practically no protection
while Northern cottCn manufac
turers who manufacture different
classes of goods do. They protect
only those things in che South
which they could not help protect
ing because the same things were
made or produced in other sections,
and they could not protect them
there without at the same time, pro
tecting them in the South. Is it
strange that the South is solid on
the matter $f the protective tariff?
And with this, too, they in their
effort to make the South solidly Re
publican by putting the negro on
the same political plane with the
white man, forced the better ele
ment of white men to act together,
giving them the alternative of
associating on political equality
with the negro or of surrendering po
litical supremacy to the negro, both
of which were repugnant. That of
itielf would havo mado the South
solidly Democratic if there had been
no discriminating tariff legislation.
They failed in that and would now
like to undo what they did- then if
they could, for they not only failed
in' their purpose but the negro
game proved a boomerang wnicn
hurt them more than the section it
was aimed at. They made the South
solid and "by enfranching the ne
groes gave it more representation
and made it stronger. If the South
is 3olid to-day and likely to remain
so for some time to come the Re
publican statesmen have themselves
to blame for it, for their scheming,
their blundering and their discrimi
nating legislation have made it so.
If solidity were not a matter of
choice it would be of necessity, for
uuder present conditions the salva
ion of the South depends on its
solidity. It realizes that and that is
why it is solid, and that is why it
will remain solid until these condi
tions cease to be a menace to its
safety or prosperity.
The time may come, and probably
will, when the solid South will be
broken, but the breaking will be
from within, not from without. The
greater the pressure from without
the stronger the solidity will be
come, and the sooner the outside
pressure ceases the sooner the united
resistance will cease. If the Repub
lican statesmen really want to see
Ihe "solid South" broken they will
drop the,negro question and let the
South manage that according to its
own judgment, and the conditions
as they present themselves in the
respective States. Some States,
where the negroes are few in
comparison with the whites,
would manage it one way, while
others, where they are more numer
ous, would handle it another way,
and thus that question would be
finally settled and the black vote
would cease to be a menace. This
would practically eliminate the race
question from our politics and leave
the Southern white man free to take
up and discuss other issues, on which
there might be a division of senti
ment, and the black man being out
of the way s a solid political factor,
the black vote might be divided and
then might c ome the division in the
white vote, which would be the first
step towards the breaking of the
solid South." There are some
fundamental principles upon which
the South will probably always be
united, but these principles- being
settled new issues may arise, as in
the life of the Republic new issues
must arise, on which there might be
a3 much difference of sentiment in
zhe South as in any other section,
and when that day comes, with the
solidifying causes removed, the
'solid South" may be broken, but
not until then. But when it does
come the break will be from within,
as we have remarked above, and not
from battering from the outside.
PES "LEXING aUE3TI02fS.
Already this government is begin
ning to have its attention called to
some questions growing out of the
expansion policy which, with
others that will doubtless be pre
sented, may" prove somewhat
perplexing. By assuming sover-
ignty over new territory we as-
ume the liabilities for which they
might be held justly responsible and
thus we may have to pay out a con
siderable pile 6f money which we
had not calculated upon.
One question presented is the case
f damages to British subjects dur-
idg the revolutionary proceedings in
Hawaii, for which this government
et the precedent by demanding dam
ages for some alleged American
citizens, which claims were after
wards abandoned because, it seems,
the parties aggrieved were not Ameri
can citizens. But the fact that we
made the demand sets a precedent
which this government cannot es
cape acknowledging.
When Hawaii was annexed that
liability, whatever it might be, was
transferred to us. But as this
country and Great Britain have i'or
some time been showing a very
strong mutual attachment, we sup
pose these little matters will be
amicably arranged.
The press dispatches inform us
that .AspPinaldo has now as prisoners
a number of friars and other persons
for whose liberation he demands the
sum of 41, 500,000. If this Govern
ment assumes sovereignty over the
Philippines what right will Agui
naldo have to hold those prisoners,
and will not the sovereign power be
come responsible for them?
There are both in Hawaii and in
the Philippines many thousands of
Chinese and Japanese. "When these
territories become part of the United
States what is to prevent these
Asiatics from coming to the States
if they desire? There is nothing in
the Chinese exclusion act to prevent
Chinese from migrating from one
part of this country to another, it
only prohibits them from coming to
this country from China or some
other country. They may not want
to come, but lltney do tnere is
nothing to prevent it.
There are about 7,000,000 people
in the Philppines. Suppose they
should catch the emigrating fever,
what would there be to prevent
thousands of them from coming to
the States, or what is there to pre
vent the importation of that cheap
labor? They may not want to come,
but if they do there is nothing to
prevent, it. These will serve as
illustrations of the tangle expansion
may get us into.
ADVICE WITH A STRING TO IT.
Nwrth Carolina has been tendered
a good deal of advice since the elec
tion by Northern Republican pa
pers, but the following from the
Philadelphia North American is the
first which we have seen which
counsels the enactment of qualified
suffrage laws for negroes, without
any reference to white voters. Under
the heading of "A Hint to , North
Carolina" -it says:
North Carolina should study thp sit
uation iu South Carolina, Mississippi
and Louisiana before proceeding fur
ther in its terrorizing of the colored
people. Those States got ashamed nf
the Reisrn of Terror policy for disfran
c'nisMijr the negroes, and did the much
nioi'w humane and manly thiug of
amending their organic laws, establish
ing an educational test for the negro.
This works a saving of life, which is
to be desired. It is not xiecessary for
the Democrats of North Carolina to
be,jiri at the beginning, as those States
did. They would do better to begin
where those States left off by restrict
ing suffrage by aii electional test for
the negro. That would disfranchise at
least half of.tho colored citizens, and
thus secure white men's rule for some
time to come. When the Southern
States- have actu-illy denied suffrage
to the colored people, the Federal
Constitution will become operative,
and the basis of representation in those
States will be the white population.
That seems to be the only true solu
tion of the race problem. The South
ern people are unalterably opposed to
negro suffrage, and they have an un
doubted right to deny suffrage to the
negro and to such white citizens as
they may dislike. But they will have
to pay the constitutional penalty loss
of power in the House. Thy may
think to escape the penalty, but they
have thought to escape many penal
ties for wrong doing in the past. They
will have to observe the ordinances of
the Constitution, however, a fact to
which they cannottoo soon make up
their minds. They can go on for a
few years without much risk, but when
they have disfranchised the negro they
will pay the penality.
It may not be out of place to re
mind our esteemed contemporary
that its advice about "proceeding
further in terrorizing" is somewhat
belated, as peace reigns throughout
this dominion and everything is
quite harmonious. Whether the
adviser be sincere in the advice
tendered or not, we have no doubt
that this article expresses the senti
ments of many of the leading Re
publicans in the North who would
gladly see the negroes disfranchised
if by that they could secure a re
ductjon of Southern representation
in Congress and in the electoral
college, a matter in which they are
much more interested than they are
in the suffrage of the negroes. By
the way, it may be incidentally re
marked that the negroes are learn
ing, since this discussion began, a
good deal about the interest that is
taken in them by their Republican
"friends' in the North.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE
Fair Bluff Times: A prominent
farmer from the Affinity section in
forms the editor that the farmers an
going to plant more tobacco and re
duce the cotton crop one half.
Greenville Reflector: The grand
jury of Beaufort county Superior
Court now in session at Washington
found a true bill for murder in tha
second degree against Ed Dudley for
the killing of the negro, Henry Wil-
kins. at Washington last Friday night
Goldsboro Argus: The home
of Mr. H. T. Davis, in Brogden town
ship, was eitered by thieves Thursday
while all the family were away and
fol, including a check for $18, and
some other articles were stolen. No
clue" has as yet been ferreted out as to
the culprit.
WilKesooro uironine: Esquire
James Wellborn sent a drove of calvs.
numbering 4j, across the mountains
Monday to be wiatered. 'There are
droves of 20 to 50 going almost every
day. It would seem that every calf in
Wilkes will soon be across the moun
tains for winter quarters. This is pre
eminently the season for the migra
tion of calves.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: Ike
Young, brother of Colonel Jim Young,
inira isortn uaronna v olunteers, was
torn to pieces by a train on the At
lantic Coast Line on Friday morning
last. I he unfortunate man was drink
ing around town on Thursday night,
and was not seen again until his dis
membered body was found in the
morning, scattered from the freight
depot to Arrington's corner. It is not
Known now ne was uiueo, out it 13
supposed he tried to board a train aud
lost his footing.
Charlotte News,: In the Crim
inal annals ot Mecklenburg county
there bas been no such fiendish charge
azainst a citizen a3 was brought
against a negro by the name of John
Hart in Squire Maxwells court
Friday morning. Daura Williams.
colored, came in this morning accom-
pained by her farther and a three year
01a uaugnter. ine Williams woman
charges that Hartc mmitted an assault
on her child yesterday afteroon while
the child was playing in a small piece
or woods near its home. The t hild
siaies that it was Hart that committed
the outrage and several bruises on her
body go to show that; she has been
roughly used.
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OlNcovoroU by a Woman.
Another great discovery has been
mad", and that, too, by a lady in this
country. Disease fastened it clutches
upon her and for seven years she
withstood its severest tests, but her
vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three
months she coughed incessantlv,-Shd
could not sleep. She finally discov
ered a way to recovery, bv purchas
ing of us a bottle of Dr Jxing's New
Discovery for Consumption, and was
so much relieved on taking first dose
that she slept all niglafr, and with two
bottles has been absolutely cured.
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz ." Thus
writes W. C. Hamnick & ,Co . of
Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles free at
R. R Bellamy's drug store. Regular
size 50 cents and $1.00. Every bottle
guaranteed. t
Pains in the chest when a person
has a cold indicate a tendency toward
pneumonia. A piece of flannel damp
ened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm
and bound on to the chest over the
seat of pain will promptly relieve the
pain and prevent the threatened attack
of pneumonia. This same treatment
will cure a lame back in a few hours. 1
Sold by B. R. Bellamy, druggist, t
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, can always be de
pended upon and is pleasant and safe
to take. Sold by R. R. Bellamy,
druggist. f
MOTIIEH'S SOnG.
When the thrushes cease their singing
and the wild bees leave the clover ;
When the glory of the sunset fades
and leaves the heavens pale.
When above the hills and mountains
misty shades of twilight hover,
And the discords of the daytime far
away in the distance fall ;
When the rath wheat gently rustles,
and the timid aspens shiver,
Aud the west winds, singing softly
Scent from sleeping flowers bring;
When the peewits cry together plain,
lively by brook and river
Then it is that I hear the old song
that my mother used to sipg.
R'jund my neck I feel the pressure of
her fingers, warm and slender,
And in sleeping dreams and waking
I have felt it many times,
Just as when of old I listened to that
ditty, quaint and tender,
Till the boughs that waved above us
caught the cadence of the rhymes;
And my heart throbs' loud and quick
ly as I hear it rising clearer.
Youth is mine, its hopes and visions,
dreams and plans are mine again ;
Earth is fairer, life is sweeter ay, and
heaven itself seems nearer
To me as I list in fancy to that ne'er
forgotten strain.
Chamber's Journal.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
The secret of success in life is
for a man to be ready for his opportu
nity when it comes. Disraeli.
Between the great things we
cannot do and the small things we
will not do. the danger is that we shall
do nothing, Adolphe Monod.
Not until we realize that we
have exhausted all human resources,
will we realize fully the power of God
through Jesus Christ to save and sus
tain. Take the self-denial easily and
cheerfully; and let the sunshine of thy
galdness fall on dark things and
bright alike, like the sunshine of the
Almighty. James Freeman Clarke
Gmrd against the beginning of
evil. The leak in the dyke which a
child might stop at first, soon becomes
a floodgate, which thousands of strong
men can not stop.
Cheerfulness bears the same
friendly regard to the mind as to the
body. It banishes all anxious care
and discontent, soothes and com
poses the passions, and keeps the soul
in a perpetual calm. Addison.
A sinner must come empty to
receive God s gift of eternal life,
which is free to all. Jesus invites
you to come to him, and, as a child
of his, he will give you his orders, or
commands, which, if you love him,
you will delight to obey; and to such,
is the promise: "If you love me, keep
my commandments."
One of the common but foolish
criticisms of ministers is that they
preach over the heads of their congre
gations. Where one preacher really
does that nine fail to preach as high as
their congregations. It is noticeable
that this criticism of pulpit instruction
prevails at a time when popular educa
tion is more widely diffused than ever
before. Watchman.
TWINKLINGS.
"There goes young Skimmins,
the artist." "Artist? Black and
white ?"' "Ochre mediocre." Indian
ajiolis Journal.
The Limit: "What do you
think of Sunday-golf f "Well. I don't
think the clergyought to play.''
Brooklyn Life.
"Golf is a good deal like Wag
ner music, tlowisthat? Well.
it is most popular with those who like
it.' Detroit Free Press.
"Married his servant girl?
Wasn't that a come down for him?"
;;No; it was a lift for her from
menial to bymenial." Chicago Tri
bune.
Signs Multiply "Here's an-
o.thpr sign of a hard winter." "What
is it?' "The holes in the doiiedinuts
are smaller than usual. Chicaao
Record.
Shivering Passenger "Con
ductor, you're two hours late. What
delayed you? The cold wave?" Con
ductor "No. Hot box." Chicaao
Tribune.
' There's a load of my mind."
said the Italian lady, as she deposited
th sven bushels of coal that she bad
picked up along the railroad track.
Coicago Neil's.
"The sheriff out our way has
the sinecure." said Texas Ted. "How
is that?"' "The mob iinerallv dos his
work for him.'- Philadelphia North
American.
Cohenstei 11 "I vonder vy volks
sav dot peezness vos peezness?" Mr3.
Cohenst in "Veil, ain'did ?" Cohen
stein "No; peezness vos bleasare!"
Puck.
Professional Methods: "Why
didn't Alice get engaged tj that
plumber?'' "He would propose only a
few words at a time and then go
away.' (jnicago Hecord.
"There is a theory, Marie,
that we are mentallv influenced bv
furniture." "Is that so. Theodore-
well you had better quit sleeping in
that brass bedstead," Chicaao Rec
ord.
Hackett "About your new
combine does it take in all of the
shops in town?" Hicket "My dear
boy, you don t seem to understand.
It doesn't take in any of the shops "It
merely takes in the shoppers."
"I think," said the Dear Girl,
"that it is a good rule to think twice
before speakinc once." "Yes," said
the Savage Bachelor. "I've had a dozen
married men tell me that same thing."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Two Pointed Qnestlonq Answered.
What is the use of making a better
article than your competitor if you
can not yet a better price for it?
Ans. As there is no difference in
the price the public will buy only the
belter, so that while our profits mav
be smaller on a single sale they will
be much greater in the aggregate.
How can you get the public to know
your make is the best?
If both articlts are brought promi
nently before the public both are cer
tain to be tried and the public will
verv quickly pass judgment on them
and use only the better one. .
This explains the large sale on
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The
people have been using it for years
and have found that it can alwavs be
depended upon. They may occa
tionaily take up with some fashion
able novelty put forth with exagger
ated claims, but are certain to return
to the ope remedy that they know to
be reliable, and for coughs, colds and
croup there is nothing equal to Cham
berlain s Uough Kemedy. For sale by
K. K. tJELLAMY, Druggist. t
'CASl'OniA'.
Bear- the s Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature
of
FRENCH GOWN OF CAMELS HAIR FROM HARPER'S BAZAR
One of the season's prettiest combinations appears in a French gown of
sacrfi o-rav rampl's hair, with nlastron. sleeve tops, and collar of pale blue mir
ror velvet. The skirt is of circular shape, closed in the back by means of
small tabs, and trimmed to simulate a , tunic, with double shaped rulfles cut
very scant, and producing only waving lines, which are finished with a nar
row stitched band of a darker shade of gray velvet Two similar flounces or
nament the bottom of the skirt, which measures four yards. The ruffles of the
tunic round narrowly up to the waist, which is stitched smoothly across the
bust, where it is cut in deep points, under which are dainty frills of taffetta silk
with needle-work edge. The shoulders are encircled by a deep shaped collar,
which droops 'over the closed sleeve tops, trimmed in corresponding fashion.
The same decoration is carried out around the collar, and finishes the wrists of
the very small mutton leg sleeves. Antique silver buttons adorn the points of
tliM corsage as well as the straps of the skirt. The proper cut of the gown can
be obtained only from the cut paper patterns, published by Harper's Bazar,
where the gown appears.
The gray French felt hat is trimmed with two long curling plumes of gray,
which are separated in front by a square bow of velvet.
Quantity of material Camel's-hair jroods, 10 yards;, gray velvet, 2 yards;
blue velvet, 1 yard.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Estimates run from 1,4-00 to
-2,000 as to the number of those
Philippines Islands. Why not let
some expert like Speaker Reed
count them and settle the question?
Philadelphia limes, lnd..
It costs twenty-five cents
per mile to haul a load over an
average country road. Is it the rail
road octopus or the dirt road octopus
that is throttling this blessed laud?
Louisville Courier Journal, Don.
Territorial conquest and ex
pansion seems to be practically an
accomplished fact. The fight is
goingto be ovei the kind of govern
ments we will give to our new pos
sessions, or what disposition we will
make of them. Louisville Dispatch, ;
Dcm.
A North- Carolina fusion
newspaper denies with indignation
the report that, under the Russell
government eight-tenths of the
county officers in eastern Xorth
Carolina are negroes, and says that
hardly one-fifth of those officers are
negroes. Well, that is 100 per cent,
too many. Atlanta Journal, Dem.
The latest outrage upon the
negro has been committed in In
diana, where one Joseph Baird,
colored, claims that ho was horse
whipped by white men for votingthe.
straight Democratic ticket at the
recent election, We would like to
know if the negroes up there hav
any rights the white bulldozers of
Indiana are bound to respect.
Mobile Register, Dtm.
AMERICAN TOOLS ABROAD,
Purchasers Found For Them Nowadays
Throughout the World.
American tools are sold all over the
world. The New York representative 6f
au American tool manufacturing estab
lishment when asked where American
tools were sent ran over the xport or
ders received that day. They included
orders from Hungary, Austria, Ger
many, France, England, South Africa
and South America. There were alto
gether about 20 orders, and from some
of the countries named there were two
or three orders. The export orders of
the previous day included orders from
Russia, Australia and .New Zealand,
and these were not unusual orders, but
such as are constantly received. In thp
shipping room at. than moment stood
cases marked for Java, for Ecuador and
for Australia.
Many of these orders are small. In "
some cases there were orders for a single
tool, or for two or three; for some orders
of half a dozen or two or three dozen to
supply orders or to keep Hues filled.
These small orders are mostly from Eu
ropean countries, with which- commu
nication is nowadays quick and conven
ient. European merchants order; these
things just about as merchants injother
cities in this country would. It costs no
more to send to London than it, does to
Chicago, and it is as easy to send to
Berlin as it is to Paterson.
The characteristics that commend
these American tools to their foreign
purchasers are the same that mark
American machines and implements
generally lightness, fine finish and
perfect adaptability . to their several
uses. The exports of American tools to
all parts of tho world are steadily in
creasing. rNew York Sun.
Leather and Ker'osene.'
There is one uso of kerosene which is
seldom mentioned. It often happens
that when a heavy shoe or boot has been
wet it hardens and draws so that it
hurts the foot. If the shoe is put on
and the leather thoroughly wet with
kerosene, the stiffness will disappear
and the leather become pliable, adapt
ing itself to the foot. If oiled while
wet, the leather retains its softness a
longer time. The kerosene does not in
jure the leather at all.
At the beginning of this century-a
most peculiar cholera remedy was in
use inPersia. . It consisted in wadding
pp a leaf from the Koran and forcing it
down the patient's throat.
The medical department of the queen's
honsehold costs 3, 700 yearly and com
prises 24 persona. '
'v'ellou Jaundice 'nrod.
Suffering humauity should be sup
plied with every means possible for its
relief. 1 It is with pleasure we publish
the following: "This is to certify that
I was a terrible sufferer from Yellow
Jaundice for over six months, and was
treated by some of the best physicians
iu our city and all to no avail. Dr.
Bell, our druggist, recommended Elec
tric Bitters; and after taking two
bottles, I was entirely cured. I now
take great pleasure in recommending
them to any person suffering from this
terrible malady. Iam gratefully yours,
M. A. Hogarty, Lexington, Ky."
Sold by R R. Bellamy, Druggist.
OA,
Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
WHOLESALE PRICES CDEEENT.
f-'The followinK Quotations
represent
Wholesale Prices generally. In makl
ly. In making up
small orders higher prices have to be charged.
The Quotations are always trtven as accurately
as possihle, but the Star will not be responsible
far any variations from the actual market price
of tlie articles Quoted.
bagging
2 B) Jute.
Standard
WESTEKN SMOKED
Hams tb
Sides n ...x
Shoulders lb
DRY .SALTED
Sides lb...".
Shoulders $ fl
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine-Second-hand,
each
New New York, each
. New City, each . .'.
BEESWAX lb .
BRICKS
. 7
12
6 &,
12
8
H
5
6H
1 10
1 20
1 10
22
&
W ilmington M
Northern
BUTTER
v North Carolina V
Northern
CORN HEAL
Per bushel, in sacks
Virginia Meal
COTTON TIES bundle
CANDLES i lb
' Sperm..-
Adamantine
CHEESE ft
Northern Factory
' Dairy Cream..'.
State
(COEFEE lb '
Laguyra
Rio
DOMES 1 ICS
Sheeting, 4-4, yard
Yarns jJ bunch
EGOS W dozen
FIBHV-
- Mackerel, No. 1, $ barrel. . .
Mackerel, No. 1, hlf-bbl.
Mackerel, No. 2 ft barrel...
Mackerel, No. 2 hait-bbl. .
Mackerel. N . 3. $ barrel...
5 00
9 00
? 00
14 00
15 18
18 & 25
40 47
47 50
80 , 8'.
18 (Z&: 25
8 11
10H HX
& 11
4- lOJi
12 & 16
7H 9
18 20
& 16
22 00
11 00
16 08
8 00
13 00
4 00
3 00
5
4 35
30 00
15 00
18 00
9 00
11 00
4 35
8 00
Mullets, barrel f.
Mallets, $i pork barrel.
N. C. Roe Herring,
keg..
3 25
10
4 50
Dry :oa, n
Estra..-
FLOUR V
liow grade
Choice., ?
Straight
First Patent.
GLUE V ft -
GRAIN' $ bushel
Corn, from store.bgs White
Car-load, in brgs White. . .
' Oats, from store
, Oats, Rust Proof
Cow reas
3 75
4 50
-K-
3 00
3 50
4 00
5 00
47
4C
37 J,
4.-
1 '0
H
10
!)
75
.50
75
T5
75
HIPl!.S-$ ft
Green salted
l ry Hint .'
Rrv salt
HAY f 100 fts
Clover Hay
Rice Straw
Eastern
Western
North River
HOOP IRON. ft
l?-S
LARD, lb
Nortnern ..
North Carolina
5
6
1 15
7
lox
1 85
LIME. 53 barrel
LUMBER (city sawed)
I M ft
Shin Stuff, resawed 18 00
90 00
16 00
18 00
2 2 00
15 00
Rough edge Plank 15 00
west India cargoes, accord
ing to quality , .. 13 00
Dressed Mooring, seasoned. 18 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00
MOLASSES $ gallon
Barbadoes, in hogshead... .
Barbados, in barrels
Porto Rico, in hogsheads
25
28
27
28
14
15
15
1 65
i'orto Kico, in oarreis
Sugar House, in hogsheads. 12
8ugar House, In barrels 14
Syrup, in barrels 12
JftAILP, 59 keg. Cut, 60d basis. . . 1 60
fuitu, ijj oariei
10 50 0 11 (XI
10 50 & 11 00
& 10 50
10 22
& 1 10
TO 6i T5
70 75
5 00 6 60
1 00 ?? 2 25
2 50 6t 3 50
5H
ffr 54
Gt- 5)4
.- i
6 00 tfi 14 09
10 00
9 00
7 00
& 0 50
4 00 fo 4 50
3 00
7 50 8 50
5 00 & 6 M
4 50 5 00
4 00 & 4 60
6 00 6 50
5 00 & 8 50
1 00 2 00
1 00 $ 3 00 '
10 (ft 11,
Rump
Prime
ROPE f I ,
SALT, r sack, AJnm
Liverpool
American .
On 125 $ Sacks
SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M.... ..
Common
Cypress Saps
SUfi R, $J Ibstandard Qran'd
Standard a
Whie Extra C
Extra C, OoWen
C, Yellow
SOAP. $ lb Northern
STAVES, ?J M W O. barrel. . . .
' K O Hoeshead
TIMBER. M feet Shipping..
Mill, Prime
Mill, Fair ,.
Inferior to ordinary.. . , .
SHINOLES, N.c Cypresssawed
ip M GxH heart
Sap
5x4 Heart
" Sap
6x84 Heart.....
' SaD
TALLOW, lb
whiskby, v gallon. Northern
North Carolina
WOOL,Ssr lb I7n washed
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET
r
STAR OFFICE. Dec. 3.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
firm at 36 X" cents for machine made
casks and 36 cents per gallon for coun
irv casus.
"ROSIN-Market firm at 97 'A centa
per bbl for strained .and 1.02i for
good strained.
TAR Market firm at $1.20 per bbl
ofZSOlbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Market
quiet at $1.30 per barrel for hard,
$2.00 for Dip and $2.00 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm at 30429 c
rosiu dull, $1.15, $1.20; tar firm.
$1.05; crude turpentine quiet,
$1.90,?$!. 90.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine. ,
Rosin
Tar
11.40,,
7fl
138
2S5
Qrude turpentine.,. , . 110
Receipts same day last year. 80
casks spirits turpentine, 321 bbla rosin
80 bbls tar, 107 bbls crude turpentine,
COTTOW.
Market firm on . a basis of 6J
per pound for middling. Quotation)
Ordinary 3 9 16 cts. J N
Good Ordinary 3 15-16 ' "
Low Middling 4 9-16 " "
Middling 5 " "
Good Middling ...A 5 5-16 " "
Same day last year middling 5c.
Receipts 2,170 bales; same day last
year, 3,838.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime. 45 to 55c per bushel of 28
pounds; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c
Virginia Extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c;
Spanish. 7080c.
CORN Firm; 52K to 65 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE-Lowland (tide
water) 90ca1.10: upland 65ti80c.
Quotations on a basis of 45 pound to
the bushel
N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 10 to
11c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
sides. 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five-
inch hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25';
six-inch, $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch,
$5.50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to
6.50 per M.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York. December 3. Mone
on call steady at 2J4 per cent , the
last loan being at 35i per cent. Prime
mercantile paper SUa4 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady ; actual busi
ness in bankers' bills at 484J4481 J'
for demand and at 481 481 . for sixty
days. Posted rates 482482J4 and
485 . Commercial bills 480'. Sil
ver certificates 60 J460H. Bar silver
5956. Mexican dollars 46 ?. Govern
ment bonds firm; U. S. new3's ; U,
S. new registered, 4"s, 1 27128 : da
coupon. 127 128!; U. S. 4 s 1 1 1 t5
lll4;do. coupon, 1124113; do. 2 s,
99;s; U. S. 5's, registered. 112?i 11 2 V :
do. 5's, coupon, 112i113k. State
bondssteady; N. C. 6's. 129; do 4's.
104.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, December 3. Rosin
steady. Spirits turpentine steady.
Charleston, December 3. Spirits
turpentine hrm at 37c asked ; no sales.
Kosm quiet and unchanged; no sales
Savannah. December 3. Spirits
turpentine closed hrm at 36Mc bid;
sales of 90 casks at 36c ; receipts 7815
casks. Rosin firm; sales 4,822 barrels;
receipts 5.575 barrels ; A, B.C. D E 1 00.
F $1 05, Q $1 10, II tl 25, I 1 35. K
II 50, M fl 60, N $1 70. window glass
2 00. water white f2 25.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning 8tr
New 1 ork, Dec. 3. The cotton
market opened cteady, with prices one
to hve points lower. Following the
call there was a leaction to about lau
night's prices on local covering
This demand was supplied in pood
part bj .Liverpool representative
While not particularly active. th
market continued to show resistance
to any downward tendency. Spot
cotton in the South was reported to be
holding' its own on active export de
mand, ine market showed some
irregularity late in the session under
realizing periods 01 covering, with the
close steady at a net gain of 1 to 2
points.
New York. December 3. Cotton
dull; middling uplands 5 He.
Cotton futures market closed steady;
Uecember 5.41c, January 5.42c. Febru
ary 5.43c,March 5.45c, April 5. 49c, May
5.44c, June 5 57c. July 5.60c, August
5.64c, beptember 5.62c, October 8.64c.
Spot cotton closed dull; middling
gulf 5ic; middling uplands 6?c; sales
378 bales.
Net receipts 1,322 bales; gross re
ceipts 5,742 bales; exports to Great
Britain 500 bales; exports to France
464 bales; exports to the Continent
2,816 bales; sales 378 bales; stock 101,
554 bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 62 82
bales; exports to Great Britain 62,532
bales; exports to France 111,238 bales.;
exports to the Continent 28,573 bales.;
stock 1,255.977 bales.
Consolidated Net receipts 62.832
bales; exports to Great Britain 52,532
bales; exports to France 111,238 bales;
exports to the Continent 28,f73 bales
Total since September 1st. Net re
ceipts 4,429.753 bales; exports to GreaJl
bntain 1,582 50.$ bales; exports to
France 308,942. bales; exports to the
Continent 1,103,195 bales.
December 1. Galveston, steady at
5jc,net receipts 17.426 bales; Norfolk,
quiet at 5(4e. net receipts 3,177
bales; Baltimore, nominal at 5c, nei
receipts bales; Boston, steady l
5c, net receipts 2,187 bales; Wil
mington, tirm at 5c, net receipts
2,170 bales; Philadelphia, firm at
5Jic, net receipts 41 bales; Savan
nab. easy at 4ic, net receipts
4,290 bales; New Orleans, steady at
5c, net receipts 15,772 bales; Mo
bile, str-ady at 5c, net receipts 2,8 2
bales; Memphis, steady at 5"c, net
receipts 5.106 bales; Augusta, vtrv firm
at 5 7-16c, net receipts 5,198 "Kales;
Charleston, Arm at 4 15-1 6c, net re
ceipts 3,441 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
Bv Telesraph to the Mornlns Star.
New York, December 3. Flour
was quiet but' steady; winter patents
$3 653 85. Wheat Spot steady ; No.
2 red 76c; options opened easy uu
der bearish cables, rallied on covering,
but weakened again through dullness
and closed c net lower: No. 2 red
March closed 74c; May closed 7lic;
January closed 74$c. Corn snot
steady ; No. 2, 41c; options quiet but
steady ; closed Jc higher; May closed
39c; December closed 39L(C. OaU
Spot steady; No. 8, 31"32c; op
tionsdull. Beef dull; family $10 00
11 00; extra mtss $8 609 00; bef
hams 18 50. Cut meats dull ; pickled
bellies 5H7c. Pork steady: old
mess f8 509 00; short clear $10 75
12 50; family $10 5011 00. But ter
steady; Western creamery 15
23c; Western factory 12ai4c:
iClgins 23c; imitation creamery 13
l7ic; State dairy 1 522c. Cbees
firm; large white 9 0c. Potatoes
steady; Jerseys $1 001 37W; New
York $1 251 50; Long Island $121
31 75; Jeraejr weU $1 17,
Southern sweets 40Q8fa. Cotton
oil dU but stead j prime crude 17
18c; prime summer jel)owJl.K4Z2
butter grades 2527o. Ric firm. Cb
bage dull ; per 100, $1 K)Ol 80. Coffe
Spot Rio steady: No. 7inyok$Mc,
No. 7 jobbing 6ft c; mild steady J CW
dova 8 15a Sugar Raw flirra bat
quiet; fair refining 3 15 16c; oeotrifu
gal 96 test 4 7 16c; rrfloed dull od
nominal; mould A 6tfc; granulated
Chjcaoo, Dec 8. Eitrema dull
net of trade again milif-tad arint
wheat to day and tbe clearances
were the 1 arrest on roord, cloaiaff
pricrs showing io decline from yeaier
day. Corn shows no chance, nu ,
declined (A c. Provisions clod J
and 7ic lower.
Chicago, December Cash quou
lions: Flour steady. Wheat N
spring c; No. 8 sprinc fSt6!ko. N i
red TDc. Corn Ho.t 3.1J4C134 O.U ,
2, 27Ka28JC; No. S White. Jrrr ,,
board, .TOlc; No. 3 white.free on U.n,
2RH,29Xc. Pork. pr barrel. T
7 85. Lard, per UK) It. 4 "f.fetfl 1?',
Short rib sides, lorme. $4 5ft4 ) 1 . ,
salted shoulders. $4 2SCb4.17 M,,,,,
clear sides. boed. f 4 4 Kf.
key Distillers' finished (fxxl .r ,.
Ion. $1 26.
The leading futures rarr-l h. t.
lows opening, highest. Iiii ,,.,
closing: Wheat No. 2. Ihi tiUm , (,
65. 65H. 65H; Maj r,fiife.i.r .( ,,, .
66Xft66V. f.CVr (Vm IV, ,,,',
33H, 33H.33V(. S3j.'OS3tr ,, , ,
34. 3S.."4.4;,hiiy 35. a'.', ,-. ,-,
OaU iVcrmber 2fi. : -(
3Gmft26X; May 2,H?'!l
25,4tt26Sc. Pork, jwr mrrti (,,',,
ber$7 90. 7 0.7tK).7 $t..Jat, u.,M
27H. .9 17. 17S. i , : ,'v
9 47. . 9 4U I-artl. ,m , 1 . ,
Janaary $S 15, 5 15. 5 I" 1 y .,,
5 30 5 33,4. 5 25. ft 2r, K,u , ,
IT. De&mber $ 4' ; Jarnmr It 1;
4 67', 4 60. 4 ft". Mv i - ,
4 75. 4,75.
Baltimore," Deremu t i
quiet and unchanged. Vh , ,,,
spt71Xa71 r. tiioniliTi
January 72(72 14c. My Ti . ,1
Southern wheat h? nnif 7i .;. ,
Com firm jt 3 .':. n ...
December, .' W Hil
88 Southern while rem '
Oats dull and eaay . N '1 , '.
FOREIGN MARKET
!
Dt Cabl to tli Muf nltiK h
Liverpool, Drml -r :i
1 r
Ijotton qturi una prirr m,
quirt nr price
American middling .'t'il Th
the day wen 7. ('(Mi balm. f 1
wen for speculation snd M'"
included (i.4Hl lml A turn-in
ceirta 4H,3K1 hwW, ull Ainri.li;
I'Utur' rliiM'iJ burr I v
American middling (I. in 1 1 i
bcr3 2ld buT; Drr-emU 1 Mt.
ary 3 1 fi-ld bujrr. Jatiuurv m
ruary 3 1 Old burer. Ktru.
March 3 1-G4&1.1 2l t.uvt
ind April 3 2 C4l huy. r ;
Mar 3 3 f.Jd wllcr Va m -.1
3 C4i3 4-fiid buyer . .Iu in
4-6 13 :-C.4d M-I1.T. July nimI
3 5-64d buyer; Augul ;im-I -
3 4-f4ti3 ( 6td seller. S pi t.. '..
October 3 6 41 s llr. .-..
November 3 ft !(., S '. C l l -
1.1n !..
CI.KAKKH
Ik steamship MTittuif,
Liverpool, Alex Hprunt A Stri
or barque Amal. K tnil-ti I
don. I'aterson. Diwmn .V
EXPOKTS.
FOUKIGN
I)Mo Nor barti'ic Ami.' 1
bbls rosin, valued nt f V2r.l :.: r
son. Downing Co.
lj vkrpool Br t- ")ilni 1 11
4.781 ball's cotton. 2 31 1 7 p.,
valued at I l3i.St.Jn , Air Si n
Son
MA It I Mi l)lkMX70k'
LI at r ! I n ik rn
nlml . ., !'. 1. 1
SCHOONKlCs
Jnlis Klizsbrtli. Srftintf
(Jeo Harris. Sti A Co
Samh K Douglas. Hii-ir
i..iik
Hum. Son A' Co
Wwi F Campbell. Hi rout. If. 1 .1
T Hilev t Co
Gem. Fos. 439 lout, (o Ham. .1,
At Co
I) J Sh wyer Kelly. 327 It v ((
Harriks. Son A: Co.
Korer Moor (Br) Smsll. 277 i.n '
T lii lev Co
Krmna lvnowhon, Hudon .'!M tt h
George Harrit.. Bon i ('
C C Lister, 2C6 tons. Kobn.i ..,,
Harris. Son A Co.
Margaret B llonrr. 3U4 Iot Cunm
Geo Harris. Son A C
K O Gsles, 129 1on, "Langlrv ""
Fear Lumber Co.
Robert F Hmtlon. lUrri m i t.
(Jeo Ham. Son A Co
Regulator. Davis, f,H ton. Uro I lnt t
Son A Co.
Kmrnn C Middleton. 510 Ion L t l
cote, Geo Hsrri. Son A C. k
Lucy W best ley. JHO ton TfmJ..i
Geo Harris. Son t C .
STKAMSIII1S.
Hiiidoufctan ( Br
1,849 Ion.
J II Sloan
Rifuwood ( Hr ) Dixftn. l.lfC, l t
eid A; In.
Buckingham (Hr t olr . 17(.
ii'n
Alex SpruntAt Son.
Karoon Br Krortmn. 1.3I3
iiii
IW r. OibU A Co.
KrhmWh (Br) Brown. 2,437 ton
Spnmt & Sop.
' BARgtlKH '
Al
Vic-tor (N'or)
Hfid A Co
611 ton, Ofclrlk.
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