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BY WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Sattjrdxt Mommro, Jajt. 13.
TAKE OFF THE SHACKLES.
There is 4-general agreement by
those who giro such subjects any
thonght that a great commercial
country like this, with its vast
range of coast on two oceans and
ita numerous seaports, should havel
a respectable merchant marine, one
numerous enough to do our ocean
carrying and make our shippers in
dependent of the ships of other na
tions. This is generally admitted,
but the question is, how are we to
get such. a merchant marine? There
are some who contend that the only
possible way to get it is by bounties
and subsidies from the Government
running through a series of years
r and amounting in the aggregate to
many millions of dollars, enough to
build a fleet that would surpass
those of some of the principal ship
ping nations. r
The Hanna-Payne bounty bill
calls for bounties amounting to $9,
000,000 a year. This sum of money
ought to build a good . many ships
such as would be adapted to the
needs of our commerce, which needs
serviceable rather than imposing,
costly vessels, while these latter are
the kind that the bounty advocates
probably have in- view. It isn't
Oceanics that we need just now,
but serviceable ships of reasonable
speed and build at moderate cost,
such as we now hire from other
countries to do our ocean freighting
for ns. This is the kind of vessel
tha$ pays best, and this- is the rea
son why England and other Euro
pean countries have so many of
them.
There are others: who oppose the
bounty plan and Contend that the
speediest and cheapest way to get a
merchant marine would be to re
move the shackles from American
enterprise and let Americans who
wish to invest in ships buy them
where they can buy to the best ad
vantage and then have them regis
tered as American ships and sail
bem under the American flag. In
JLiscussing this question a few days
'ago we remarked that this would
not only be the speediest way to
secure ships but that it would spur
American1 ship builders to put them
selves in a position to supply the
demand for ships when they saw
Americans going abroad to buy
them. Mr. Lewis H. Spence, a
prominent shipping merchant of
New York, takes the same view, to
which he gives expression in the
following- interview with a repre
sentative of the New York Times,
in which he said:
'The present laws have .not added
one ship to the American flag. You
have practically not a tramp steamer
that is, the freighter which is really
the steamer that earns the money, and
which really constitutes the merchant
marine of Great Britain. The British
passenger vessels are insignificant in
number compared with the tramps.
They can't build a freighter here at the
cost for which they can be built in
England. Here the shipbuilding plants
are generally established for building
a high class vessel passenger vessels
or war vessels. In the British isles
there are any number of plants which
build only tramps, and some of them
only the hulls, the engines being built
at other plants. These concerns are
satisfied with very moderate profits,
and in dull times are glad to operate
without profits simply to keep their
plants going.
"There is no reson why we should
not have such plants here, once com
petition is established. The few plants
here very expensive have sufficient
work from the Government and the
coasting trade, which gives them a
handsome profit. Suppose, however.
tuo umieu Diaies uovernment were
to allow vessels to be put under the
American flag, no matter where built;
this would result in the formation of
American companies to own vessels,
who would be in the market for ves
sels, and that would result in plants
being established to build in competi
tion with British builders a class of
freight steamers the building of which
under present conditions it would not
pay our present companies to bid for.
Ton can see that if American capital
ists were in the market for vessels it
would not be long before such a aan
mfactunng country as this would de
velop plants to bid for the work of
construction.
"There are plenty of Americans wil
ling to uivest in shipping. We have a
company to day in which Americans
nave invested, but if we could have
farmed that company under American
wocouianavegota great many
more into it. VThe capital was ready;
in fact, m almost unlimited quanti
ties. But we could not form our com
pany that way, and ban ken and others
are not inclined to- loan on British
stocks" If we were formed under the
American law statements would be is-
ueu snowing earnings ana the condi
tion of the company. Besides, the
method of transferring stock under the
British law is so crude and cumber
some as to be forbidding. Here stock
is transferred by an indorsement. Brit
ish, stocks are transferred under condi
tions of so much red tape that the
TOttsfer sometimes takes two months.
takeS Spiuli" not indited to
SSJor800-1 of whica U
.uomia t no reason wh ,
(Jt I .
charier are enormous, but were like
tenements instead oi belli? landlords.
Little Norway, with her ;small popu
lation, ha a larger foreign goine mer
chant marine than has the United
States-a source of large. inooraa.;to
Norweigan owners. These vessels are
nearly all built in England in. British
shipyards; and as Norway's trade is
not large, they are engaged away
from home, many of them - between
United 8tates ports and the ports of
other foreign countries, such as the
fruit carriers between New York, Bos
ton,. Philadelphia and Southern ports,
and the West Indies and Central
America. 1
There is no reason why Americans
should not derive the profits of such
business, and for reasons which I have
shown it would not be long before
this country, with its progressive
manufacturing interests, would build
the vessel itself instead of continuing
as Norway A non-manufacturing
country in building outside.
Speaking as a shipper Mr. Spence
calls attention to the fact that it is
the tramp steamer that is doing the
bulk of the ocean carrying business
for the world, and that some na
tions, like Norway, for instance, find
them such a good investment that
they go to England and buy them,
having no ship yards of their own.
They have even bought some vessels
in this country, had them remodeled,
and made profits enough out of. them
In a few years to pay for them.
"We- do not know what the ordi
nary tramp Bteamer costs, but prob
ably not more than a couple hun
dred thousand dollars, if so much.
This would build forty five of these
steamers for the ameunt of money the
Hanna-Payne bill proposes to give
in bounties in one year to the ship
building combines, for it is the com
bines that will get it. But very
good vessels could be built for much
less than that, perhaps half or less.
It is estimated that by the time the
bounty "period, expired the bounty
scheme would take out of the Treas
ury at least 200,000,000, which
would build a fleet of a thousand or
more steamers, even at a liberal esti
mate for construction. It is esti
mated that we pay for ocean carriage
to foreign ship owners from $180,
000,000 to $500,000,000 a year.
There is enough in that if invested
in American ships to give usjna
few years all the ships we might
need, a marine that would make us
completely independent of foreign
ship owners. ;i
Take off the legal shackles and
American enterprise will soon give
ns a merchant marine.
AH0THEB LEASE OF LIFE
When the national bank system
was established it was intended to
be only temporary, the object in es
tablishing it being to help the sale
of United States bonds by creating
a home market for them, and giving
inducements to capitalists to invest
in them. Under the present law
the system would come to and end
by 1910. as the last of the charters
would expire in that year, but an
effort is now being made by the
financial Schemers in Washington 'to
extend the system for thirty years
longer, which means that for thirty
years, under the new financial
schemes now before Congress, these
banks will have absolute control of
the paper currency of the country.,
As a matter of interest we pub
lish the following from the New
York Sun, which though a Eepub
lican organ is vigorously opposing
this scheme of perpetuation, show
ing the intention when the system
was established and the time at
which the charters of the banks now
in existence would expire by limita
tion: " j
"The National Bank act of 1863,
amended in 1864, limited the corporate
existence of banks organized under it
to the period of twenty years from
their organization. In 1882 a further
act was passed authorizing such banks
to extend their existence for an ad
ditional period of twenty years. The
result of these acts has been, that the
number in each year, up to 1910, of
banks, which, unless a new act is
passed to sire them new leases of life,
will have either to wind up or to rein
corporate themselves understate laws,
is as follows:
Year. Expirations.
1901 93
1902 186
1903 169
1904 135
1905 109
1906 : 127
1907 U6
1908 93
1909 ; 213
1910 .... 335
Total 1,609
"This is not quite half the number
of the national banks in existence,
but it is enough to prove that, with
out remedial legislation, the national
bank system will end of itself in a
comparatively few years."
The emperors of Japan trace their
genealogy back to Adam, but they
hare to stop there, like the rest
of us. .
A Life mud Itoath Vlcht.
Mr. W. A. Hines, of Manchester,
la., writing of his almost miraculous
escape from death, says: "Exposure
after measles induced serious lung
trouble, which ended in Consumption.
I had frequent hemorrhages and
coughed night and day. All soy doc
tor said I must soon die. Then I be
gan to use Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, which completely
cured me. I would not be without it
even if it" cost $5.00 a bottle. Hundreds
have used it on my recommendation
and all say it never fails to cure Throat,
Chest and Lung troubles." Regular
six 50 cents and si. 00. Trial bottles lOo
at R. R. BxXJLJJfY'8 drug store.
for vrmr jnfir Tears
Hbs. WnrsLOw'R ftvynmro Rv-rttp
has been used for over fifty yean by I
uwuwn lor uicir cmiuren
while teething with perfect success.
It soothe the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and
is the best remedy for-Diarrhoea. It
will relieve the poor little sufferer im
mediately. Solff by druggists in every
part of the world. Twenty-five cents
a bottle. Be sure and mm3c tnr " Mra.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take
no other. j
r ' POLITICS Iff IT j ; -
Senator Pettigrew, . of South Da
kota, was '"somewhat severe tin his
charges in. his speech Thursday
against the McKinley administra
tion when he accused it of manipu
lating the war m the Philippines
with a view to promoting the re-
nomination and re-election of. Mo
Kinley, but Senator iJeveridge, of
Indiana, who previously spoke as
the champion of the administration,
provoked sharp retort when he
dramatically declared that the blood
of the Americans killed in the Phil
innina war was upon the hands of
rr - ,
the opponents of expansion, who
by opposing it encouraged the
Filipinos to fight and keep fighting
That's rot, of course, uttered with
a view to creating a false impression
and making political capital.
But aside from this. Senator Pet
tigrew has grounds enough to stand
on when ne cnargea mat ponuuo
was a -Dotent factor in the war, and
that advantage has been and is being
taken' of it to aid the Eepublican
party and help McKinley and others
in their political schemes. In
his swings 'round the country Mr.
McKinley played this war for all it
was worth, and it has been played
in every State where an election was
held, and when after the election, if
the Republicans won, it was herald
ed as a vindication of the McKinley
eiDansion nolicv and an endorse-
ment of the war.
Another proof is the studied and
persistent suppression of facts that
would not help the administration
and the misrepresentation of the
condition of affairs. Otis' censor at
one end to suppress bad news, and
the administration at the other with
holding from Congress and the peo
ple information asked for, not as to
what is going to be done, but as to
what has been' done, as shown by
the official papers that have passed
between Washington and the com
manders in the Philippines.
Politics in it? Why, of course.
There has been politics in it from
the beginning. W ith so much evi
dence to support that, it requires no
argument to convince any fair
minded person of it.
FUEHITUEE FACTORIES.
Next to textile factories more pro
gress has been made in North Caro
lina in the establishment of furni
ture factories than in any other
kind. This is notably so in the cen
tral part of the State where attention
seems to have been turned more in
that direction, for the reason, per
haps, that in addition to a large va
riety of woods suitable for furniture
making, the transportation afforded
by the railroads is good. The fact
that the capital required to begin
with is not large facilitates their
establishment, and as they seem to
pay well when well managed, they
grow and the small establishments
become large.
High Point, which was one of the
first towns in the State to turn its
attention in this direction, has be
come a center of the industry, now
having several factories, some of
which make large shipments to other
States, even to New England. The
success of the factories there has
stimulated activity in other towns
in that section, and the result
has been the establishment of a num
ber of factories which seem to be do
ing a satisfactory business. There
is a good opening in the Eastern
part of the State for this industry,
especially in those towns which have
the advantage of both water and rail
road transportation.
Miss Mary E. Howe, of New York,
played "society coach" for Mrs.
Frances Augusta Skinner, who de
clined to plank down the $5,000 for
coaching demanded by Miss Mary.
She sued and the jury concluded if
coaching was worth anything the
kind of coaching Mary did was
worth $5,000 and gave a rerdict in
her fayor.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Chicago Times-Herald
thinks that Quay should not be seat
ed. The point is that if Quav is seat
ed,two or three Democratic sena
tors will be appointed to fill vacan
cies, and they will have to be seated,
too. We predict that Quay will
not be seated. Atlanta Constitu
tion, Dent.
Query: If the war in the
Philippines is really over, as Gen.
Otis says it is, why do we continue
to send soldiers by the thousand to
Manila? If- the truth has been
told about the matter the admins
tration is guilty of great extrava
gance. According to General Otis
the more fully we conquer the Fili
pinos the greater becomes the need of
troops for our army in that far
away land. Atlanta Journal, Dem.
The South African war is
beginning to affect the coal, and
iron business of Great Britain. The
supply of coal is daily growing less,
and prices are steadily mounting
upward. . Already several iron
manufacturing concerns have been
compelled to close their works owing
to the scarcity and high, prices of
coal. In this emergency the coal
miners, seeing that scarcity and
high prices mean better wages for
them, are so ordering their affairs
as not to relieve the present situa
tion until they shall have reaped the
the fruits of their- advantage.-
Savannah News, Dem.
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CmoB wltHMt tail.
IS tne beat for Bronchitis, Grippe, j
Hoarseness, Whoopin ff-Cou gh . and
for th Car Of raninmntlnn
Mothers praise it. Poctors prescribe it I
bmui aoses ; quiet, sure results.
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PANE'S CELERY COMPOUND
Strengthens Racked Nerves.
Adjt. S. W. Groomes, 140 East Jones Street, Dayton, Ohio, Writes:
"I had great relief from Paine's Celery Compound last December. While living in Columbus I took a heavy
cold that resulted in the grip. I suffered intense pain with my head for three months. No medicine seemed to
do me any good until I began using Paine's Celery Compound. All the suffering in my head was soon gone, and
I have Celery Compound alone to thank for my cure." ' ' ' j
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Suffering has its first effect upon the nerves. When the body is not
sustained by nerve energy; indigestion, slow circulation of the blood,
and! an impoverished svstem result.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Scotland Neck Crmmomeedlth'.
The new 6hirt factory started up last
week with flattering prospects. It is
contemplated to enlarge the plant as
so -n as the work gets well started.
Fayetteville Observer: Sheriff
Burns received a telegram from Jus
tice Bornemann of Wilmington night
before last to arrest several members
of the Nashville Students' Minstrel
troupe, then in this city, charged with
an attack on a negro named Brown in
that city the day before. Sheriff Burns
could not identify them and so no ac
tion wa3 taken. ; .
Lexington Disjpatclr. Parties
from Silver Hill bring news of a rich
discovery of ore at the mines at that
place last week. Workmen struck a
new vein about one hundred feet from
the top of the earth , arid over fifty
pounds of pure, native silver was taken
out last week. Besides the silver, quite
a quantity of gold was found. The
find is a vry rich one ' and interest in
this well known mine is greatly re
vived by the discovery.
Salisbury Sun: Another rich
opper vein has been struck near Gold
Hill. This time it is on the land of
Mr. Walter dine, in No 7 township,
Cabarrus county, and the ore is as
rich as any yet taken out in the vicin
ity. One of the men who struck the
vein was here last night. He says
there was an old shaft sunk within
eighteen miles of the vein. This shaft
was sunk by Mr. Mauoey, of Gold
Hill, some time ago. The new pros
pectors dug in the wall of the shaft
through several inches of slate and
struck a vein, and they have already
gone eight feet and have not yet
reached the other 6ide of the vein.
Monroe Bnguirer: Mr. 8. Mor
ris Benton, a good citizen of Vance
township, died on the 5th inst. He
was 62 years old. - There was a
distressing accident at Mr. Milas
Helms, in the northwestern portion of
the county, early last Monday morn
ing. Mr. Helms was putting a pistol
in a bureau drawer and the hammer
struck the edge oi the drawer, discharg
ing the weapon. The bullet struck
Miss Bertha, a daughter of Mr. Helms,
just behind the left ear, and penetra
ted the outer bone of the skull. Dr.
J. A. Austin was immediately called
and extracted the bullet. The young
lady -had her hair braided and the
bullet struck one of the ; braids and its
force was stopped to a great extent by
the braid of hair. The bullet was flat
toned, and it took considerable force
to extract it. The young lady is doing
well and will recover.
j BY RIVER ND i RAIL.
Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton
Vesterdsy. t
W. & W. Railroad18 bales 'cotton,
W.C. & A. Railroad 39 bales
cotton, 6 casks spirits turpentine, 43
barrels tar.
A. & Y. Railroad 16 bales cotton, 19
casks; spirits turpentine, 114 barrels
rosinJ 15 barrels tar.
O. C. Riilroad 36 bales cotton, 80
barrels rosin.
Steamer Driver 3 bales cotton, 4
cask spirits turpentine, 66 barrels
rosin, 65 barrels tar.
Steamer A. J. Johnson 1 bale
cotton, 10 casks spirits turpentine , 50
barrels rosin, 25 barrels tar.
Schr. J. D. Pigott, 1 bale cotton, 3
casks ' spirits turpentine, 92 barrels
rosin i . ; .
C. Larkins flat 6 barrels tar.
Total Cotton, 114 bales; spirits
turpentine, 42 casks; rosin, 402 bar
rels; tar. 154 barrels.
Glorious iVews
. Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of
Washita, I. T. . He writes: VFour bot
tles of Electric Bitters has Cured Mrs.
Brewer of scrofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible
sores would break out on her head and
face, and the best doctors could give
her no help; but her cure is complete
and her health is excellent" This
shows what thousands haye proved
that Electric Bitters is the Best blood
purifier known. It's the supreme
remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum,
ulcers, boils and running sores. It
stimulates liver, kidneys : and bowels,
expels poisons, helps digestion, builds
up the strength. Only 60 cents. Bold
by B. R. Bellaky, druggist. Guaran
teed, i j t
Only three Uprights
and one Square
Piano left.
Several Organs,
AT PRICES
UNHEARD OF.
M. E. VANLAER,
409 North Fourth street,
tn thsa
dec S3 tf
BARIUM ROCK SPRING
WATER.
(Old Poison Spring:), Is nature's specific for
everr form of skin disease and blood poison. It
does Dot, like soap and ointment, merely de
stroy for a time the external signs, bnt goes to
the root of the evU and drives out the poison In
the blood which causes the eruptions to appear.
MKTBODIST PABSONAGK,
Rockingham, N. C , Oct. 14. 1898.
I can bear testimony to the great value of
Barium Bock Spring Water for Eczema and
other eruptive diseases of the skin. I have
known mint casks curid, some of them of the
most stubborn character.
Truly, JESSE H. PAGE.
For sale In Wilmington bv
JAS. D. NUTT.
nov S4 tf
200 Boxes Tobacco.
400 Boxes Lye.
240 Boxes Laundry Soap.
SO Barrels Blee.
25 Barrels Vinegar.
2S BalT Barrels Cider.
SO Barrels molasses.
100 Boxes Potted Ham.
50 Boxes Corned Beef.
JOO Boxes Staren.
50 Boxes Bllxed Nuts.
SO Bac Coeoanntt, 1
lOO Barrels mullets.
Tobacco, Cigars, Cheroots and Quantities of
other eood
SAMUEL
CT2tf
BEAK, Sr.,
No. 13 Market street.
Ten beautiful Upright Pianos
i in fancy cases.
Bargains for cash. Four good Square Pianos.
One handsome Mathuahek Baby Grand in
Mahogany. All to be closed out
At Manufacturers' Cost
be "ore removal to our new store, 1C9 Market
street Can save you from 150 to $100 during
the holidays.
. SMITH,
109 Dock street.
deemt
RHEUMACIDE
GyBES
BHETJMATISM
TO STAY CURED.
All Druggists.
' For sale In Wilmington by B. B. BELLAMY,
novssiy . . tuthsa Wholesale and Retail Druggist.
3a;s t
saws
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"SEEING STABS,"
when not brought about through violence, is a
gronounced symptom, showing need of glasses,
right flashing fire-like, st-irs and spo.s, that
occasionally float before the vision, ME an
8 'METHING; mean there is some constant,
wearing, inslolons DRAIN on the surplus
nerve force of tbe physical system.
Nine times out or ten, this drain comes
th oogh defective eyes. If Y U "see stars," do
not you also see that the sensible course Is to
ascertain tbe cause? We can tell you If the
trouble be in your eyes.
DINGELHOEF BROS.,
SCIENTIFIC OPTICIANS,
Parlor No. 123 Market street
ja7tf
FOR THE HEW YEAR
We will offer to the trade at the
Lowest Prices,
Selected brands of Flour,
Water Ground Meal,
Soap, Sugar, Starch,
and other Standard Groceries,
including
Tobacco, Cigars and Cigarettes.
Thanking
past favors, we si
plylnz their wants,
continued support.
our customers for their
all by satisfactorily sup
endeavor to merit their
RICE STRAW.
WILLIAMS BROS.
dec 31 tf is and 18 North Water street.
Vegetable Baskets.
A CAR-LOAD JUST IN.
, SEED POTATOES.
Time to cast about for BEST SEED. "
WE HAVE THEM.
Get our prices on
MOLASSES AND SYRUPS
before placing your orders,
HALL & PEARSALL,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
decSOtf
Price $1,
Wood's Seeds ijz
and have achieved the highestreputation
for quality, productiveness and adapta
i buity to our Southern soil and climate.
m THE REW 0ENT0RY IS8DE OF WOOD'S
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE is fully abreast
of the times, and gives the fullest infor
mation about all
j Seeds For Southern Planting.
:It-should be in the hands of all who
' plant seeds," and we will mail it free upon
receipt of postal request. ; ;i
T- W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen,
RI6HM0HD, - VIRGINIA.
COMMERCIAL.
W l LMINGTON MAKIv ETT
I STAR OFFICE, Jan. 12
SPIRITS. ; TURPENTINE Market
firm at 50 cents per gallon bid for
machine made casks and, 4.9 cents
r erallon bid for country casks.
ROSIN Market firm at $1.20
per bbl for. strained and $1.25 for
good strained.
TAR. Market firm at $1.25 per
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE 'TURPENTINE. Market
steady at $1.60 per barrel for hard,
$2.90 for dip and for virgin.'
Quotations r same day last year.
Spirits' turpentine nothing doing1;
rosin quiet at 97Jc$l 10 ; tar steady
at $1.10; crude turpentine quiet at
$1.352.40. :
r ' ! RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine "42
Rosin...... u 402
Tar .....154
Crude turpentine .......... CO
Receipts same day last year. 20
casks spirits 1 turpentine, 397 bbls
rosin, 214 bbls tar, 19 bbls crude tur
pentine, f j
-'; l . !M COTTON. f '
Market steady on a basis of 7Xc per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary ." 4 '13-16
Good ordinary., 6 3 16
Low middling ... - 6 13-16
cts
it
Middling 7 " " .
Good middling. 7 t "
Same day last year middling 5c.
Receipts 114 bales; same day last
year, 2o5. .1 I
' f COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS i North Carolina
Pniijfr, 85&. Extra prime, 90a per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $105.
Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime,
60c; fancy, 65c, '
CORN Firm; 52 to 52 cents per
bushel for white.
ROUGH ! RICE Lowland (tide
water) 90c$1.10; . upland 6580c.
Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to
tne ousnei. i
NJC. BACON Steady; hams 10 t
11c Iper pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c;
sides, 7 to 8c. ;
SHINGLES Per thousand, five
inchf hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25;
six-inch, $4.00 to 5.00; seven-inch,
$5.50 to 6.50. j
TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to
9.00 per M.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
i By Telegraph to the Morning star.
' s " .
Nkw YOEK, January 12. Money
on call was steady at 34 per cent.,
last loan at 4 per cent., ruling1 rate
was j per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 5 4 6 per ct. Sterling exchange
weak; actual business in bank
ers' bills at 486487or demand and
at 483483& for sixty days. Posted
rates5 484484 U and 487488. Com
mercial bills 482 X 483. Silver certifl
cates5859. Bar silver 58. Mex
ican dollars 47 14. Government bonds
irregular. State bonds inactive. Rail
road bonds strong. U.8.2's,reg'd, 102;
U. S. 3's, reg'd, 109&; do. coupon,
110 ; JLT. a new 4's. resr'd, 1331 : do.cou-
pon,fl33r;U.S. old 4's, reg'd,113; do
coupon, 113; U. S. 5's, registered,
112; do. coupon, 112 ; " N. C. 6's
127: do 4's. 106: Southern Rail wav 5's
1062 Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 69 ;
Chesapeake & Ohio 29 H ; Manhattan L
91Xi New York Central 134X; Read
ing if ; do. 1st preferred 51 ; St. Paul
117;; do. preferred 170: Southern
Railway 11 ;do. preferred 53 ; Amer
ican .Tobacco. $8H ; do. preferred 135 ;
People's Gas 153; Sugar 116J; do.
preferred off'd 111; T. C. & Iron 83 Hi
U. 8 f Leather 16 ; do. preferred 75 ;
Western Union 852.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York, January 12. Rosin
steady; strained common to good
$1 62jl 65. Spirits turpentine steady.
CHAfiLESTON, January 12 Spirits
turpentine quiet at 49c; sales casks.
Rosin firm ; sales barrels. Prices un
changed. Savannah, January 12. -Spirits tur
pentine firm;at 50c; sales 1,071 casks;
receipts 158 casks; exports 203 casks.
Rosin firm ; sales 3,176 barrels; receipts
2,155 j barrels ; exports 6,434 barrels.
A, B,lC,D,E,$125;F,$135;G,tl40;
H, $1 .70; I, $1 80; K, $1 90; M. $2 15;
i, $z oo, w iS lo; W W, f3 65.
i markets'
By Telegraph to thelMornlng star.
New York, January 12. The cot
ton market opened firm at an advance
of two to six points, but business was
not active, as there were rumors of
contemplated manipulation. During
the forenoon certain Wall street con
cerns; and Liverpool representatives
competed a little with local shorts,
but the demand was not active at any
time and business gradually tapered
off. By noon t most of the im
provement had disappeared under
local liquidation in the absence
of outside support, but the . local
contingent, while inclined to be a
little bearish on the apathy of the out
side traders, were not at all confident
in view of the strong statistical situa
tion, the small movement of cotton at
the ports and the firmness of, holders
of spot cotton in the more important
markets in the South. During the
afternoon the market was neglected
until just before the close when them
was a .sharp rally on covering. The
final tone was steady with prices two
to seven points net higher.
New York, January 12. Cotton
quiet; Imiddling uplands 7 He
Futures market closed steady : Jan
ary 7.34, February 7.30, March 7 34,
April 7-36, May 7.34, June 7.40, July
7.42, August 7.40, September 6.94, Oc
tober 6.83, November 6.78. December
6.75. j ;
Spots cotton closed quiet; middling
uplands 7H c; middling gulf 7 Ho; sales
213 bales. " .
Net receipts : bales: muarMAints
2,249 bales; exports to Great Britain
495 bales; exports coastwise 250 bales f
stock 1J8.048 bales.
Total to-day Net receipts 19,095
bales; exports to Great Britain 5,816:
exports w me continent o,7U7 bales:
stock 997,309 bales.
Consolidated Net receipts 144.392
bales; exports to Great Britain 43867
bales; exports to France 17,928 bales;
exports to the Continent 79.078 bales.
Totals since September 1st Net re
ceipts 4,196,199 bales; exports to Great
Britaini f 105, 008 bales; exports to
France 468,995 bales; exports to the
Continent 1,274,261 bales.
Jan. 1 12. Galveston, firm at 7Xc,
net receipts 1,425 bales; Norfolk.
steady at 7 7-16, net receipts 497 bales;
Baltimore, nominal at 7 He, net re
ceipts 862 bales; Boston, steady at
7c, net receipts 874 bales; Wilming
too, steady at 7c, net receipts 114
bales; Philadelphia, firm at 7Kc, re
ceipts 54 bales; Savannah, steady at
Zr 51, net rcPts 4,694 bales;
New Orleans, active at 74c, net re
ceipts 4,866 bales; Mobile, steady at
7&c, net receipts 2,3651 bales; Mem
phis, steady at 7c, net receipts 1,006
bales; Augusta, firm at 7 516c, net re
ceipts 457 bales; Charleston, quiet at
7&c, net receipts 402 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
Bv Telecranh to the HornlnK star.
New Yoek, January 12. Flour
?ripes. Wheat-Spot steady ; No. 2 red
sy c ; options opened weak at c de
cline owing to heavy Argentine ship
ments and disapDointinur- Liven!
cables.. Later they rallied on improved
cash demand and: sympathy with corn
and provisions, closing abVut steady at
unchanged prices t c i.-t deeiu
March closed 75 Xc; May closed 7Zc--July
closed 73Xc. Corn Spot firo.
No. 2, 41Xc; options opened steady
and quickly; advanced on proapt cits ('r
light receipts, tbe advance in provi
sions and steadier cables. Closed firm
at Ho net advance. January closed
40c; May!3939, closed 39c
Oats Spot firm ; No. 2. 29c ; options in-tcliv-.
Lard firm; refined stronger
Buiter unsettled and weak; Weit
efn creamery 2530q; State dairy 20
27c. Cheese firm ; fall made fancy small
12MSl3c; fall made fancy large 12
13c. Petroleum steady. Potatoes
quiet: New Jersev SI 25&1 75t w
I. York $1 501 87 ; Long lslaij $i 5Q
2 00; Jersey j sweets 2 503 00
Eggs easy; State , and Pfcnns ivM.,a
20c. Freights to Liverrcol" qui. i
Cabbsge quiet; Lonr Island $1 ui'vi
650poi 100. Riceste&dy. Fork feirortr
Cotton seed oil. verv ui.iu.itlt ... .!
firm with exporters -understood ti : ,.
buying ina fair wayand offem os'
only moderate at full quotations
Prime crude in barrels 32j 33-'
prime bummer jellow 36437cj off
summer yellow vomica ; butter grades
3839c; prime winter yellow 3940c
prime white 3940c; prime meal $25.
.v-v. pf.vv jiuir uicguiar; ill I Id Irri
Sugar Raw firm ; refiu d stead j -.
CHICAGO, January 12. Tr;e traci -in
provisions was the feature of th
bord of trade to day, light hooie i, -ceipts
and advanced prices at the jat ui
combining, .io , Kite the mark.f
a tone of decided strength ; May p r
closed 10c, May lard 25c and May
ribs 5c over yesterday. Wheai as
dull and heavy, weake td jt dis-ap
poiuliDg cables and the heavy Aie -tine
shipments, May closii g Jsc
down. "'Corn closed a sbade ingti-.
and oats unchanged.
Chicago, Jan. 12. Cashquit:u.,ug:
Flour steady, i Wheat No. 2-Tspi4Bg
c; No. 3 spring 6264Xc; Is' a
Tart f7l7t CI IZ n . v. u 01.,
Oats Np. 2 23Vc; No. 2-whit. 25 j
26c; No. I U while 2425t
Pork, per barrel, '$ 5710 15
Lard,- per 100 &s, $5 805 97K
emori no siaes, loose, $5 655 90
Dry salted shoulders, $5 50 5 75.
Short clear sides, boxed, $5 85 ;
5 90. Whiskey Distillers' finisfce i
goods, per gallon, tl 3 .
The leading. futures ranged as f;
lows-opening highest, lowest a;
closing: Wheat No. 2 Januarv
64M, 64f. 64, 64c; May 67, 67, 67
oc; juiy Do, panmoa, 68.
68J68Xc Corn No. 2 January'
30, 30, 30i 30; May 33, 33V'.
33tf, 33c; July 34, 34K34, 33
34, 3434Hc. Oats January 22,
22 tf, 22X. 22tfc; May 24, 24, 24, 24
Pork, perbbl January $10 72 , 10 72 ,
1072, 10 72 May $11 00, 1122,
11 00, 11 02. Lard, per 100 lbs Jan
uary $5 95, 5 95, 5 92, 5 92 ; May
$6 07, 612,16 07. 6 07. Short
ribs, per 100 lbs January 5 75,5 75,
5 75, 5 75; May $5 85, 5 90, 5 82, 5 85
Baltimore, January 12. Flour
steady, more active and unchanged
Wheat steady spot and month 70X
70c; February 71X71c;
73M73c; Southern wheat I
sample 6571Mc. Corn steady Sj-ni
and month . 37M37c; Febru.r
87J37c. Southern white t-oi .
33X38c. Oats steady No. 2 304
31 cents. .
FOREIGN MARKET.
, BTCahletotheMoroini' tfti:
LrvKEPOOTj, January 12, 4 P. i
Cotton Spot in fair demand; "price's
l-16d higher; American middling: fa r.
4d: good middling 4 9 16J; m ddJ, -44d;
low middling 4 ll-32d; go
ordinary 4 5 32d; ordinary 3 31 32a.
The sales of the day were 10,000 ha!-
of which 500 were for speculatict. . jl
export and included 9.500 Amenta .
Futures opened and closed steady
at the advance, j American middling
(L m. c.) January 4 21 644 22 64d
seller; January and . February 4 18 64
4 19-64d buyer; February and March
4 15-644 18 64d buyer; March and
April 4 12-644 13 4d buyer; April:
and May 4 9 644 10-64d sales; Mjtt1
and June 4 7 644 8 64d buyer; Juti" .
and July 4 5 64dj.value; Ju yand Au
gust 43-64d sales; August and Septem
ber 3 62 64d bjyer; Septe'mber and O ; "
tober3-54 64d seller; October and No . '
vember 3 47-64d buyer. .
ARRIVED.
StmrE AHawes, Creel,
Clear Bun,
James Madden.
Stmr AJ Johnson. Watson.
' Clear
xtun, J Li Watson.
Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson, Fayette
ville, James Madden. -
Stmr Seabright, Sanders, Calabash
and Little River, ! S C," Stone, Rourk
&Co. , I
CLEARED.
Stmr A J Johnson, Watson, Clear
Run, J L Watson.
Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson, Fayette
ville, James Madden.
Stmr E A Hawes, Creel, Clear
Run, James Madden.
Stmr Driver, Bradshaw, Fayette
ville, T D Love, f
Nor steamship Aduila. Andersen.
Falmouth, Alexander Sprunt & Sou.
.FOREIGN.
Falmouth Nor steamship Aqu i 1 n
-8,052 bales cotton, 3,908.304 bales,
valued at $302,900; eargo and vessel by
Alexander Sprunt & Son.
Arresta discharges from the urinary organs
In either sex in 43 hoars.
It B superior to Copaiba, Cubeb, car In
uoob, una ires xrom au Daa imeu or
tBKxrrenieiicea, ,
CtMules, -vidtA be&T the ubs is blackWUUI J
isftos. without which son m wnuina. '
A SKILLED TRIO.
Call at No, 7 8onth Front street, where you
will find K. W. Onion, Cornelius Davis and
Henry Harris, three of the moot accomplished '
Barbers in the city. Send your children to us
to have their haircut. Shave only io cetr
Boys' haircut 80 cents.
OCt 17 tf GUION DAVI2
The Wave of Prosperity
Heralded to sweep over the entire
land has evidently gone South, via
the Atlantic Coast Line Short Cct
Buyers of Holiday Presents can make their
own prices, if not below cost, till my
stock reaches its normal condition
N. F. PAEKEK.
Furniture ang Furniture Novelties;
No. 17 South Front Street.
' docsitf .
A shipment of. this
f UELE BRATED BUTTER
just received.
Also, several carloads of
other Groceries.
Here to do business.
Get my prices. ;
Wholesale Grocer,
: . Wilmlnston, N. O
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