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: AN ATHENIAN ANALOQY. Athens'' Wide Awake Georgian. . "Kip Van Winkle, when he awoke fnm his twenty years' sleep, found that the world had marched steadily on, while he had not kept up with the procession. ; Amusement mingles with pity as we look upon this character of gt-tion habited in the condition of an affe long past. We, the people of America, boastful of ourjprogressive ncss, leading the world in ingenious inventions, have been as though sleep jag, concerning one of our vital in terests, and that for a period of time in comparison with which Rip Van 'Winkle's was but "40 winks" of a summer afternoon I See the American ginner and cotton man sending to market, year after year, the irregular, ragged, unsightly cotton bale covered sometimes with three strips, often with none, or worse still with old second-hand bagging, sometimes hard, sometimes soft, oc casionally broken in two, but always irregular. In comparison does not. the shiftless Rip seem a progressive citizen t Our consuls at every port of the world have endeavored for years to awaken us to our lownj interest and to remove i the reproach from our svstem of baling the greatest product of the country. This awakening was first evi denced by the announcement that a round bale system had been invented by means of which compressing would be done away with, insurance and freight rates reduced, and many other advantages derived. Europe aud America welcomed the news and were leady to unite to introduce the improved system. It stion developed, however, that the invention, with its merits or demerits, was not. for the people, but was to be held by and operated for the benefit of a corpora tion which sought to monopolize the entire cotton trade, to control its movements and regulate its prices. Under the contract of the corpora tion, the ginner cannot own the plant; he must lease it ; must guarantee the corporation a certain sum ; must hold all subject i to the orders of the cor iinr;Uiou. and five it all un whAntvcor the corporation shall demand. .In other words, must put himself entire ly in the hands of the corporation. Alluring (pictures of largely increas ed business, due to advanced prices foj cotton in the round bale, were painted, and by their attractiveness caused many an unsuspecting ginner to sign the contract and begin operat ing the round bale press. Their ex periences are written with a pen mightier than a sword, dipped in the black ink of disappointment. A few of these are told below as a warning to our people J But the writing of the history of the round bale has not all been dark. The cry of disappointment has aroused our people to a movement, which promises to fulfill the hopes awakened by the glowing promises of the round bale people.. After much study and exper iment, it has been proven that the ex penditure of a few dollars is sufficient to produce i in the existing presses a standard bale of uniform size, which will secure; for the people all of the promised advantages claimed for the riinnrl hcila onH al Iaot thorn fn walain their liberties and rights of which the round bale contract sought to deprive them. i "Against the millions of money be Tfnid the round bale system, we can only oppose our sound judgment and united action. Let every ginner adopt the standard press box, 24 by 54, inside measurement, and every farmer insist upon having his cotton packed with only two strips (six yards) of new, sound bagging, and our liberties are assured." . UNEARTHED AT SEVASTOPOL. Gigantic System of Fraud by Russian Offi cials Forty-three Arrested and Will be Tried by Court Martial. By Cable to the Morning Star. Odessa, October 25. A gigantic system of official fraud and corrup tion has been unearthed at Sevastopol. Forty-three government officials have been arrested and will be tried by court martial December- 2d. Among the accused are many high naval offi cers, including the former senior port officer, Commander Relitsky, several well known constructors, nearly every chief engineer of the ships in Russia's Black Sea fleet, the commissary officers and others. ' It is reported that several .of th" accused have committed suicide rather than stand trial, for, if found guilty, tLey would be banished to Siberia, i Vice Admiral TyrtofF, the Russian naval commander in the Black Sea, is responsible for the arrests. He alleges that the officials of the various gov ernment departments from Sevastopol to Nikolaiev have for a long time been engaged in a huge conspiracy to mis appropriate funds and sell government supplies, covering their defalcations by forgery and suppressing informa tion by widely distributed bribes. The affair has i created the greatest sensa tion, t ADVICES FROM MANILA. Arrival of the Twenty-sixth Infantry - -In surgents Return to Calamba. By Cable to the Morninz Star. Manila, October 25. The funeral of Capt. Guy Howard, the assistant quartermaster, son of Major General O.O. Howard, retired, who was killed October 22d near Arayat, took place to-day and was largely attended. A procession of troops escorted the body to the wharf and placed it on board We transport Belgian King. The Twenty-sixth infantry arrived here on the transport Grant yester day and sailed for Iloilo v to-day with out disembarking. The insurgents have returned to the vicinity of Calamba. They have in creased in numbers, and are surround ing the town on the land sides. At San Isidro, thirty hours rain has raised the river and supplies are ar riving there in the cascoes of the natives, i . The health of the returning columns is excellent. KENTUCKY FEUDISTS. Companies of Militia to Attend the Court .1 in day County. By Teiearapn to tne nornlng Star. London, Ky.. October 25. Three companies of militia have been re quested from Governor Bradley pend ing the trial of the Griffins and Chad wells for: the recent killing of the Phil pots. Judge Everson has made a state ment about the armed feudists assem bling for the trial at Manchester, Clay county, and about the witnesses being' afraid to appear, and it is thought that troops will be secured, the same as for the Baker trial. Even with the troops present it is probable that there will be a motion for a change of venue. If you wish to sell a farm or city property place it in the hands of the East Carolina Real Estate Agency. .G. Grady & Co., Burgaw.N.O. MORE FIGHTING AT LADYSMITH. Gen. White Reports Thirteen of the British Force Killed and Ninety-three Wounded. QEN. YULE'&COLUMN IS SAFE. Skirmishing at Kimberley The Boers' Forces and Their Movements Total of the British Losses in Battle. Complaint In London. By Cable to the Morning Star. London, October 26. With uncon scious humor, a Cape Town correspon dent telegraphed yesterday: "The censorship, which is always-a delicate matter, is working smoothly and without a hitch." This exactly hits off the state of affairs to day. An ominous veil is still drawn over the movements of General Sir George Stewart White and Gen eral Yule. Beyond belated Ladysmith dispatches concerning the Elands laagte fight, which are still filtering in, the British public is left in com plete darkness and to conjecture over "cooked" War Office dispatches. The officials of the War Office last even ing said that very few dispatches have arrived and that nothing further was to be expected until morning. Since it is practically certain that General Yule has now effected a junc tion with General White although this was not brought about Tuesday night as announced by the Daily Mail, but some time on Wednesday and as both are now in a position of safety, conjecture concerns itself chiefly with the manner of General Yule's retreat. That it was hasty is evident. Was it disorderly? Was any considerable camp equipment abandoned? Was there any fiehting on the way? Such questions, and others like them, the public are anxiously asking. Since the receipt of General White's curious first description of the Ladysmith fight, in which the British lost a hundred men, little reliance can be placed on the official dispatches. While the concealing of the facts re garding General Yule's retreat can be amply justified on the eround of keen ing the intelligence from the Boers, the hiding of the news respecting the hus sars and f usileers, who were apparently captured in the battle of Glencoe, is severely crisicised, no intimation hav ing even been given that the officers were missing. The heavy losses of the British troops in facing only some 8,000 Boers are commented upon as showing what rifle fire means to-day in the hands of even undisciplined men who can shoot fairly straight and stand their ground. General Sir Red vers Buller is ex pected to arrive at the Cape early next week, and the indications are that some troops have already arrived at the front and been in the fighting whose arrival has not yet been an nounced. There is every'probability, therefore, that reinforcements are moving up. This is calculated o hasten Commandant General Joubert's attack on Ladysmith and news of a big. battle is daily expected. About half a complete army corps is now afloat, and a lull has occurred in dispatching the remainder of General Buller's forces, owing to some diffi culty in obtaining troops. Although news has arrived that General Sir Wil liam Penn Symons is doing well, there is no indication of his whereabouts. It is presumed that he is at Dundee in the hands of the Boers. London, October 25. The War Office this evening made public the following dispatch sent by General White from Ladysmith at 3.50 this afternoon: i, ' "The advance! 'guard of the "forces' sent out by me tMs morning to get in touch with and help General Yule's column was within three miles of that column which had temporarily halted at Sundav river, about noon. I have occupied all the strong positions on the road to Ladysmith and 1 have no fur ther anxiety about them. I have re ceived from Lieutenant Kendrick, signalling officer of the Queen's regi ment, who has ridden in, and also from Colonel Dartnell, of the Natal police, who accompanied the column, the best account of the spirits and effi ciency of tne troops, wno are very anxious to meet the enemy again, Gen. Symons Doing Well. Cape Town, October 25.AIntelli- gence received here yesterday from Natal says the bullet has been extract ed from the wound of General Symons who wa3 struck down while leading his troops at the battle of Glencoe, and that the patient is cheerful and doing well. Advices from, Orange river, Cape Colony,, near the Orange Free State border, ' announce that the Boers have taken Kripdam, near Barkly West, north, of Kimberley, and that Assistant Magistrate Harms worth and his clerk are prisoners. It is supposed that the Boers are advancing on Bou glass further west, the inhabitants of which place are asking for protec tioh. - Advices From Kimberley. London, October 25. A dispatch to the Morning Post from Kimberley dated October 21st, via Orange river, October 24, says : . "An armored train was engaged this evening. One of our men was killed and two trucks of dynamite were removed from the town for safety and were blown up by the Boers. The Boer loss is uncertain. The Boer ar tillery moved around, trying to draw the force from covering the town. It was a small engagement but nothing of consequence has happened. "We are completely isolated, but as safe as a bank. Not one man has left. Rain is approaching. " " "Our troops met the enemy cutting the line to-day, and a Maxim gun on the train did good work and cleared away the wreckers." Another Battle at Ladysmith. i London. ' October 25. A special dis patch from Cape Town, dated 9.10 this morning, says there has been another battle at Ladysmith and that the Boers were repulsed. The British casualties were placed at four killed and seven wounded, rank ,and file. General White has telegraphed to the War Office from Kietfontein, un der date of October 24th, saying that in the fighting near Ladysmith thir teen of the British force were killed and ninety-three wounded, and that three are missing, the casualties be ing mostly among the Gloucester regi ment. A Squadron of Hussars Captured. London, October 25. The War Of fice this afternoon issued the follow ing: ' The is nothing to add to General White's description of to day's engage ment as given in his dispatch, except that we learn the following casualties - (here follows the list of casualties.) "We learn from unomciax sources that the following officers whose ab sence had not previously been notified to us, are prisoners in the enemy's bands: Eighteenth Hussars, Lieu tenant Colonel Mollor, Major Gre ville and Captain Pollock; Dublin Fusileers, Captain Lonsdale, Lieuten- ant Liemeseurier, Lieutenant Garvice. 1 Lieutenant Grimshaw, Lieutenant Ma jendie and Lieutenant Shore. 'It is presumed that the whole squadron of the Eighteenth Hussars, under the command of the officers named, were taken prisoners." A squadron of hussars usually consists-of three troops of twenty eight men each, so that about eighty officers and men of the Eighteenth Hussars are supposed to have been captured. A special dispatch from Ladysmith, dated October 23d, says the group of the Eighteenth hussars, which sot astray in pursuing the Boers after the battle of Glencoe, has arrived at Ladysmith, the troopers having fought their way through with the loss of three horses. Doctoring Reports. London, -etober 25. The com-mander-in chief, ield Marshal Lord Wolseley, has apparently been now convicted of "doctoring" official re ports from the front, and there is a strenuous demand on all sides for a reversion to the earlier practice, when the reports of General Sir George Stewart White, the British commander in Natal, were aiven out textually as soon as received. The commander in chief's summary, read in the House of Commons yesterday, spoke of General White having fought a suc cessful action, whereas General White's own account puts an entirely different complexion on the situation and reduces the movement to its proper proportions and shows that further exciting intelligence may be expected from the same quarter at any moment Boers Are Not Discouraged. It is quite evident that the war in Natal has only commenced and that the Boers "are by no means discour aged at losing the first two battles, and many experts are satisfied General Joubert iSTBven now close to the heels of the British and that a decisive action may be fought to day or to-morrow. Later estimates of the Boer losses at Elandslaagte give 300 killed. Their coolness, bravery and good aim .can be judged from the fact that out of the seventeen or eighteen officers with the half battalion of Gordon High landers, four were killed and thirteen wounded, while the casualties among the rank and file were 27 per cent, during less than three hours fighting. Lieutenant Campbell, of the Gordon Highlanders, has since died from his wounds. A dispatch from Cape Town to-day says that General White has engaged the Orange Free State Boers, who were advancing on Ladysmith, about seven miles northward, and that it was believed the advance had. been re pelled, This is probably another ver sion of yesterday's fighting, already known. Situation in the West. The situation in the west is becom ing complicated. The Boer proclama tion of annexation and the claims of a victory at Glencoe are likely to induce the Dutch to side with their country men already in the field. It is said, for instance, that the Boer forces have i evacuated Vryburg, which, it is ad- ded, will be garrisoned by the local Dutch, among whom are prominent Bunditesand government employees. It is also believed that the Dutch be yond Griquatown are only awaiting encouragement to declare for the Transvaal. Advices from Phillipstown yester day say that the searchlights of the Kimberley defences were visible the previous night and that therefore Kim berley is still intact mi l i , - . i ... tti i i Alio latest uispaicu iroul i-imueriey; gives details of the arrangements made by the British Commander, Col onel Kekewiche, for defence of the town. The meat consumption is lim ited to a pound daily. A dispatch frbm Maseru, dated Oc tober 24th, says Commissioner Iagden was then starting to meet Lerothodi and other Basuto chiefsat Putiatsuz river, where the chiefs have assembled at the request of Lerothodi to pledge their loyalty to the Queen. A dispatch from Durban, "dated October 22 says authentic information has reached there from Molmoth, Zululand that on Sunday a large Boer force was approaching. The inhabi tants forthwith entered fort Maxwell, anticipating an attack, at dawn on Monday y The Boer Forces. According to a Brussel's dispatch, Dr. Leyd's, the diplomatic agent of the Transvaal in Europe has issued a statement that the .Boers have now nearly one hundred thousand men in the field, made up as follows: Boer regulars.35,000 ; artillery 1, 250 ; Police, 1,750; Orange Free State Boers, including Outlanders, 35,000; Natal Boers, 3,000 ; Bechuanaland and Rhodesian Boers, 8,000; Foreign le gion, 600; Americans, 1,000; Germans, 6,000; Dutch-Belgians, 2.000; Irish, 1,000; Scandinavians, 600; French, Swiss and Italians, 600. The Jews, it appears, are doing police work. A special dispatch from Pretoria, via Lorenzo Marquez, dated October 24th, purports to give an interview with one of the highest Transvaal executives, who is quoted as having urged that while the Boer successes were yet un important, there was still time for an amicable settlement, as he believed the Boers had been misled as to the issue. Total British Casualties. London, October 25. The War Of fice returns show that the total British casualties since the beginning of hos tilities reach 597. Eighteen officers have been killed and fifty-five wound ed, and seventy-six men killed and 435 wounded. There are thirteen un accounted for. This total, however, does not include the squadron of the Eighteenth Hussars which went astray near Dundee and the officers of the Dublin Fusileers. The report of heavy losses sent from Reitfontein came as an unpleasant sur prise, as General Wnite's telegram to the War Office yesterday gave the im pression that there was merely a brush. A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Ladysmith, dated Monday, says: "Thirty of the Eighteenth Hussars, who were sent from Glencoe to inter cept the retreat of the Boers from Elandslaagte, were cut off by . the enemy.- Under Sergeant Baldrey they brilliantly fought their way across the Biggarsberg, the enemy pursuing and firing at them at a dis tance of three hundred yards along the passes. They arrived here at 10 o'clock this morning. Three of the troop are missing, owing to the breakdown ot tneir norses. xne ruers used a Maxim. A lieutenant of the Hussars, with a party, was driven back to Glencoe. The Hussars were fired at as far down as Moder Spruit." BRITISH FLEET SAILS. Flye Cruisers and Eight Battleships Os tensibly for Gibraltar. By Cable to the Morning- Star. Queenstown, Oct 25. The British cruisers Furious, Pelorus and Pacto lus sailed from here this afternoon en route to Cape Clear, where they will meet eight battleships and two cruisers of the channel squadron, from the north of Ireland. The fleet will then proceed ostensibly to Gibraltar, but it ia thought that possibly the fleet's des tination is a Spanish or Portugese port, as the vessels have taken out bills of health from the consuls of those, countries. nTtTnmTsvvT it i wt i w - - OKI 1 NAVAL DEMONSTRATION. France and Russia May Take a Hand in the Struggle in South Africa. BRITISH 1 FLYING SQUADRON. Naval Reserves Ordered to be In Readiness to Rejoin Their Ships at Short Notice. Great Activity at Dock Yards. Mediterranean Squadron. By Cable to the Morning Bter. London, October 25. The extent of the British naval demonstration, re vealed by to day's information, causes a strong reiteration of. the rumors of serious foreign complications. It is now said ,that Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford will command the Mediterranean squadron and details of the activity at the dock yards and naval stations are coming in hot and fast. The Associated Press learns, however, that whether or not Great Bri tain seriously fears Russian or French aggression, the naval preparations have been ' under consideration for several months and - it was the admiralty's intention to put them in force as soon as was with the Trans vaal was declared, deeming it neces sary to increase the active strength of the navy in order to ensure the large fleet of transports against every possi ble contingency. Whether later devel opmerts have transformed the admir alty's precautionary measures into preparations for a naval demonstra tion, necessitated by European hos tility, is the question of the hour, and it is as much, a mystery to many high naval officers as to the public. The exact condition of affairs consists of ordering the naval reserves to be in readiness to rejoin their ships at twenty-four hours notice, while all the cruisers of the reserve class have been notified to be ready to sail in the same time limit These vessels, though at dock yards, are never out of commis siong and are always supposed to be ready for immediate manning. A dozen of cruisers, ranging from 6,000 to 11,000 tons, are now only waiting for the word to embark the crews. A Menacing Flying Squadron. In addition to these preparations, work' on the uncompleted Vessels is being hurried day and night. The special attention being paid to the cruisers is taken by many naval au thorities to indicate that Great Britain intends to form a menacing flying squadron, using the term "menacing" because the naval force at sea now is ample to convoy the transports and is thoroughly capable of preventing any interference in South African waters. While the British officials do not conceal their knowledge of German, French and Russian antagonism and their irritation thereat, they do not give the slightest hint that European hostility will crystalize into any prob able overt act But the belief that Great Britain is on the verge of a crisis or even a conflict far greater than in the Transvaal, has many sup porters, though the lack of all official confirmation favors the conservative view that the remarkable military and naval activity is due to a desire to take thorough precautions which, though ominous, have at present no special bearing upon Great Britain's European relations. Rumors of Intervention. Advices from the continent strengthen this view. For instance the Fremderiblatt, of Vie ana, to day says: "Nothing points to the eventu ality of the intervention of Europe in favor of the Boars." The paper adds that Germany, especially, has resolv ed "Not to depart from neutrality." On the other hand the Neues-Weiner Tagblatt publishes a telegram from the Transvaal legation at Brussels an nouncing that Dr. Leyds has received formal assurance that " France and Russia will not permit Great Britain to annex the Transvaal or the Orange Free State. This is discredited, how ever, as it is pointed out that even if this were the intention of the powers mentioned, they would not allow their hands to be shown prematurely through the medium of Dr.. Leyds. The Russian newspapers may be somewhat responsible for the general impression in regard to European in tervention, the St. Petersburg Rush Kija advocating that Great Britain be brought to her senses by a naval dem onstration in South Africa, in. which France would take the lead. London, October 25. The House of Commons by a vote of 234 to 24 passed the second reading of the appropria tion bill. ' Dispatches from the continent to the Daily Mail say that the French fleet has received instructions to watch the movements of the British Mediter ranean squadron, and that the Italian fleet is under orders to concentrate in the bay of Spezia. SCANDAL GROWS APACE. Charges of Sensational Character Against the South Carolina Liquor Dis pensary Officials. By Telegraph to the Merntne Star. - . Columbia, S, C, October 25. Judge Aldrich, in the Circuit Court to day. ruled that the State board of liquor control must exhibit to that court the records on which the commissioner, J. B. Douthit, was discharged without a hearing. The commissioner can be discharged for cause only, and Douthit demands a trial by the board. His leading attorney, Colonel George Johnston, was very caustic in his ar raignment of the board. The scandal grows apace. Mr. D. A. G. Ouzts, the discharged clerk, has disgorged a lot of information of a sensational character, accusing the ex-chairman of the board, J.. D. Haselden, With being influenced by wholesale liquor houses, and with re ceiving at his home quantities of liquor, a menace to the morality of the youth of the neighborhood. Cap tain John Black, shipping clerk, has accused Ouzts of being a. spy, a thief and a scoundrel. The little family fuss n "the great moral institution" is disgusting. As the State board does all of its buying behind closed doors, the public is led to infer that whiskey houses which use undue influence get the largest orders. The amount of liquor business last year exceeded a million and a quarter. Proof of the pudding lies In the eating of it Proof of ROBERTS' TASTELESS CHILL TONIC lies in the taking of it COST NOTHING if it falls to cure. 25 cents per bottle if it cures. ' Sold strictly on Its merits by ROBERT R. BELLAMY, mar 341y Wholesale and Retail Druggist. Read the advertisement of the East Carolina Real Estate Agency in this issue of the Stab. It offers for sale some very valuable farms. t COMMISSIONERS OF THE COTTON STATES. 1 Convention in Atlanta Elected Officers Report of Committee On Organization. Cotton Growers' Association. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Atlanta, Ga., October 24. The Cotton States Association of the Com missioners of Agriculture effected a permanent organization this morning at the second day's session of its maiden convention, now being held in this city. The election of officers re sulted as follows: President O. B. Stevens, Commis sioner of Agriculture of Geogria. First Vice President Frank Hill, Commissioner of Agriculture of Ar kansas. Second Vice President S. L. Patter son, of North Carolina. Secretary Royal Daniel, of Geor gia. Assistant Secretary Frank Flem ing, of Georgia. Treasurer R. F. Wright, assistant commissioner of agriculture of Geor gia. The committee on permanent organi zation and by-laws reported as follows:- : First This organization shall be permanent and known as the Cotton States Association of Commissioners of Agriculture. Second. Its object shall be to im prove and promote the agricultural interests of the cotton States of the United States of America. Third. The membership of the as sociation shall consist of the commis sioners of agriculture and assistant commissioners in their respective States. - Fourth. Where there is no officer known as commissioner of agriculture, the head and his assistant of the de partment of agriculture of each State shall be members of this organization. Fifth. If there shall be any State without a department of agriculture or farming organization, the Governor of said State may appoint some person to represent said State, who is identi fied and in sympathy with the agricul tural interests of his State. A paper was read by Hon. S. L. Patterson, of North Carolina on "Cot ton Factories an aid to cotton fields. " A paper was also read by Hon. I. F. Culver, commissioner of agriculture of Alabama, in which he discussed at length the proper handling of the crop. At the afternoon session Colonel Charles Schuler, who was sent to ap pear before the convention as a dele gate from the cotton growers' associa tion at Shreveport, La., addressed the commissioners. He made an appeal for the association to? undertake some plan by which improved methods could be introduced on every farm. Following him came Dr. William Carter Stubbs, director of the Lou isiana Experiment Station. He spoke on the "Essentials of Education for the Farmer." His address was so favorably received that the Georgia members of the convention asked that he go before the General Assembly of this State and deliver an address on the same subject, in an effort to secure an appropriation for better agricul tural schools and colleges in Georgia. The paper prepared by Commission er Jefferson Johnson, of Texas, was read by Assistant Commissioner Wright, of Georgia, the former being unable to attend the convention. Mr. Johnson's subject was "The Cattle In dustry versus The All Cotton Plan." Cotton Growers' Convention. James Barrett, of Augusta, Ga., vice president of the State Agricul tural Society, called the Cotton Grow ers'' Convention to order in the Coli seum at Piedmont Park to day. In the temporary organization, Congressman L. F. Livingston presided. ..open ing the convention, Mr. Livingston ad vocated the adoption of some method by which the condition of the South ern farmers may be benefitted. The first address was made by Percy Thompson, of New York, who explain ed the operation of the bonded ware house plan and argued the aid these institutions are to the farmer in hold ing his crop when the market price is low. He said in order to perfect the warehouse receipt for the purpose of collateral it should show on its face these three things: 1. The amount of f roperty. 2. The kind of property. 3. ts grade or quality. 4. An adequate guarantee behind these things. Hon. W. C. Lovering, of Massachu setts, was introduced and spoke on "Preparing cotton for market and how to prevent its enforced sale. rne at tendance was not large. ON THE BORDER. Trouble' Between American Cowboys and Mexican Officers. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, October 25. The Secretary of War this afternoon re ceived a telegram from Governor Murphy of Arizona saying that con siderable trouble had occurred at Naco, on the border between Arizona and Mexico between American cowboys and Mexican officers. He recommends that a companv of troops be ordered from Fort Huachuca to remain until the trouble has subsided. He says that the civil officers will do every thing possible to maintain order but may not be able to do so. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning star. New York, October 25. Rosin steady. Spirits turpentine quiet at 5152c. Charleston, October 25. Spirits turpentine quiet at 48c; sales casks. Rosin quiet and unchanged; no sales. Savannah, October 25. Spirits tur pentine firm at.48c; sales 246 casks ; receipts abb casics; . exports auo casks. Rosin firm ; sales 1,256 barrels ; receipts 3,122 barrels; exports 955 barrel ; prices unchanged. . EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK. FOREIGN. Bremen Steamship Marian 6,236 bales cotton, 3,125,835 pounds, valued at $234,500; cargo and vessel by Alexander Sprunt & Son. COASTWISE. New York Steamship New York 235 bbls spirits, 39 bbls rosin, 512 bbls tar. 208.999 feet lumber. 55 bbls pitch, 40 pkgs cotton goods, 43 hales yarns, 135 pkgs mdse, 100 bales deer tongue ; vessel by H G Smallbones. MARINE. ARRIVED. Steamship New York, 2,111 tons, Ingram, Georgetown, 8C.HG Small-f bones. schr Georgie L Dickson, 510 tons, Anderson, Boston, George Harriss, Son & Co. Steamship Oneida, Staples, New York, H G Smallbones. Tug Alexander Jones, 69 tons, Tampa, T B Lasseere, George Harriss, Son & Co. I CLEARED. Steamship New York, 2,111 tons, Ingram, New York, H G Smallbones. Br steamship Marian, Martin, Bre men, Alexander Sprunt & Son. Steamship Unelda. staples, George town, S C, H G Smallbones. COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. STAR OFFICE, Oct. 19. . SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. i ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents : per bbl for strained and $1.00 for good j strained. i TAR Market quiet at $1.30 per 1 bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.50 per barrel for hard, $2. 80 for Dip and for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 3131ic; rosin firm at $1.0Q1.05; tar quiet at $1.10; crude turpentine firm at $1.20 1.80. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 76 Rosin , 237 Tar: 211 Crude Turpentine 106 Receipts same day last year. 48 casks spirits turpentine, 319 bbls rosin, 224 bbls tar, 79 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 7i cents per Sund for middling. Quotations: rdinary 4 11-16 cts $ lb Good Ordinary 6 1-16 " " Low Middling 6 11-16 " " Middling. 7H " " Good Middling 7H " " Same day last year middling 5c. Receipts 1,786 bales; same day last year, 3,619. ' COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime 85c. Extra prime, 90c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.05. Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c. CORN Firm: 52 to 52H cents per bushel for white, -; . ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10;" upland, 65 80c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 10 to 11c pr pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c; sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six-inch. $4.00 to 5.00; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. i TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 9.00 per M l STAR OFFICE. Oct 20. ' SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ! ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents per barrel for Strained and $1.00 for Good Strained. i TAR. Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. I CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.50 per barrel for Hard, $2.80 for Dip, and far Virgin. Quotations same day i last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 3231c; rosin firm at $1.001.05; tar quiet at $1.80; crude turpentine firm at $1.20, $1.80, $1.80. RECEIPTS. 1 Spirits Turpentine i 65 Rosin 462 Tar 300 Crude Turpentine. . . 33 Receipts same day last year. 65 casks spirits turpentine, 259 bbls rosin, 122 bbls tar, 25 bbls crude tur pentine, i . COTTON. I Market firm on a basis of 714 cts per pound for middling. Quotations : Ordinary 4 11-16 cts. lb Good Ordinary 6 1-16 " " Low Middling 6 11-16 " " Middling 7 " " I Good Middling...... 7 " " Same day last year middling 5c. Receipts 1,163 bales; same day last year, 4,515. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North ! Carolina Prime, 85c. Extra prime, 90c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.05. Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, 60c ; fancy, 65c. " CORN Firm; 52 to 52 cents per bushel for white. i ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 7 to oc; sides, 7 to 8c. SHlJNGLEB-rPer thousand, live inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six-inch, $4.00 to 5.00: seven-inch, 5.50to6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 9.00 per M. 1 STAR OFFICE, Oct. 21. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothing doing. ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents per barrel for Strained and $1.00 for Good Strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. i CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.50 per barrel for Hard, $2.80 for Dip and for Virgin Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, firm at 3433j4c; rosm quiet at $1.001.05; tar quiet at $1.10; crude turpentine firm at $1.20, $1.80, $1.80. 1 RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine t 203 Hosm.. no Tar J 304 Crude Turpenflne - 75 Receipts same day last year. 64 casks spirits turpentine, 328 bbls rosin. 193 bbls tar. 43 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 76c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 4 11-16 cts.J$ tt Good Ordinary...... 6 1-16 " ' Low Middling 6 11-16 " ' Middling 7 " Good Middling 7 " ' Same day last year middling 4?c, Receipts 2,734 bales same day last year, 4,0558. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North" Carolina Prime, 85c. Extra prime, 90c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.05. Virginia Prime 55c; extra prime, 60c : fancv. 65c. CORN Firm, 52 to 52 cents per bushel. '. i - ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90ca$1.10: upland, 6580c, Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON-Steady;hamsl0to lie per pound; shoulders, 7 to -8c; sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five- inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six inch, $4.00 to $5.00, seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 9.00 per M. . STAR OFFICE, Oct. 23. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 49 cents per: gallon for ma chine-made casks and 48 cents per callonfor country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents per bbl for Strained and . $1.00 for Good Strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.50 per barrel for Hard, $2.80 for Dip and for Virgin. Quotations same day" last year, Spirits turpentine firm at 3433ici rosin auiet at $1.00(1.05; tar quiet at' $1.10; crude turpentine firm at $1.20 1.80. ! RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine.... 103 Rosin i 312 Tar.. i. 84 Crude Turpentine.... 45 Receipts same day s last year. 85 casks spirits turpentine, 279 bbls rosm, 293 bbls tar, 27 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 7 per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 4 J 11-16 cts. lb Good OrdinaryJ.... 6 1-16 " " Low Middling. 11-16 " " Middling J 7 " r " -Good Middling J..: 7 " " Same day last year middling 5c. Receipts 2,549 bales; same day last .year, 4,125. i COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime, 85c; extra prime, 90c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.05. Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c. CORN Firm; 52 to 52 cents per bushel. i ROUGH RICE-Lowland (tide water) 90ca$1.10: upland 65&80c." Suotations on a basis of 45 pounds to ie bushel. N. C. BACON steady; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7 to oc. . SHINGLES iPer thousand, five inch, hearts and saps, $2.25 to $3.25; six inch, $4.00 to 5.00; seven inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steadv at $3.50 to $9.00 per M. STAR OFFICE. Oct 24. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Noth i n e doing. ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents per barrel for Strained and $1.00 for Good Strained. TAR Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. i CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.50 per barrel for Hard, $2.80 for Dip, and f or Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 3433c; rosin quiet at $1.00(105; tar firm at 1.10; crude turpentine nrm at $1.25 1.90, $1.90. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine. 43 Rosin ; 187 Tar...... 159 Crude turpentine 25 Receipts same day last year. 72 casks spirits turpentine, 441 bbls rosin, 186 bbls tar, 19 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 7c per pound for middlin g. Quotations : Ordinary L 4 11-16 cts $ lb Good Ordinary L 6 1-16 " " Low Middling.! 6 11-16 " , " Middling. ..... L 7 " " Good Middling. 7 " "- Same day last year middling 5c. Receipts 2,530 bales; same day last year, 3,19b. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 85c; extra prime, 90c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.05. Virginia Prime. 55c: extra prime 60c; fancy, 65c. CORN Firm; 52 to 52 M cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 65 80c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders," 6 to 7c; sides, 7 to 8c. JSUINGLEH-Per thousand, five- inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six-inch, $4.00 to 5.00; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 9.00 per M. ! STAR OFFICE, Oct 25. . SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market steady at 48 X- cents per gallon for machine made casks and 47 cents per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 95 cents per bbl for strained and $l.uo tor good strained. TAK. Market firm at $1.30 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.50 per barrel for hard, $2.80 for dip ana. for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 3434c; rosin quiet at $1.001.05; tar firm at $1.10; crude turpentine nrm at $1.25 1.90, $1.90. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine Ill Kosm 557 Tar 177 Crude turpentine 14 Receipts same day last year. 72 casks spirits ! turpentine, 441 bbls rosin, 186 bbls tar, 42 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market steady on a basis of 7c per pound for middling. Quotations : Good Ordinary 4 9-16 cts lb Good Ordinary 5 15-16 " " Low Middling, 6 9-16 " " Middling 7 " " Good Middling.... .. 7 " " same day last year middling iytC Receipts 3,463 bales; same day last year, b.lUb. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 85c ; extra prime, 90c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, $1.05. Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, ouc; fancy, 65c. CORN Firm; 52 to 5254 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel N. C. BACON Steady; hams 10 to 11c per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c; sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES -Per thousand, five- inch hearts and saps, $2.25 to 3.25; six-inch, $4.00 to 5.00; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6. 50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.50 to 9.00 per M. COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, October 25. Events of the day in the cotton market rather indicated that both bulls and bears were very undecided as to which way to proceed. The market in conse quence was almost lifeless with the greatest swing of prices not more than eight points, i Whereas holders had small receipts, bullish crop news, strong spot markets and good trade conditions generally in cotton pro ducts to fall back on, brokers were suDDorted in: their views by weak cables, reports that Neill has again come out with a 11,000,000 bale crop estimate and statements to the effect that exporters were withdrawing from Southern spot markets. The close was steady at a net loss ot tnree to six points. New York, October 25. Cotton quiet; middling uplands 7 5 16c. Uoiton tutures exosea steaay :uciooer 6.98, November , December 7.01, January 7.04, February 7.06, March 7.08, April 7.10, May 7.12, June 7.13, July 7.15, August 7.15, September 6.88. Hoot cotton closed quiet: miocuing uplands 7 5-1 Sc; middling gulf 7 9-16c; sales 473 bales. Net receipts 234 bales: gross receipts i.715 bales: stock 111.403 bales. Total - to-oay ixet receipts 4o,ofo; exports to Great Britain 17,517 bales; exports to France 12,050 bales: exports to the Continent 8,594 bales; stock 822,865 bales. Consolidated wet receipts i,uo bales; exports to Great Britain 56,139 bales; exports to France 31, 976 bales; exports to the Continent 45,985 bales. Total since September 1st Net re ceipts' 1,702,366 bales; exports to Great Britain 469,763 bales ;exports to France 170,029 bales i exports to the Continent 449,419 balesj The East Carolina Real Estate Aeencv has excellent iacimies ior selling i arms anu umuerou uumo. It advertises all property and makes only a nominal charge unless a sale is made. For terms etc., address R. G. Grady & Co., Burgaw, N. C. r Via PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegrach to the Morning Star. New' York, October 25.- Flour ruled firm but was only moderately active; holders tried without much success to an advance of 510c ; closed with an upward tendency. Wheat Spot steady; No. 2 red 75c; option! opened quiet at a decline of yic under local selling in the absence of satisfac tory cables and outside support, fur-: ther declined o under bearish weather reports and continued liquida tion. Later-rallied sharply in sympa thy with the more decided strength in corn and closed firm at the previous day's closing figures: sales No. 2 red March closed ; May closed 79c December closed 72)c. Corn Bpot ' steady; No. 2 40c; options opened quiet and eased off Ho under disap pointing cables, but rallied He on speculative buying,- following small receipts, and closed firm at a net ad vance of HHo. May closed 38c; May closed 39c; December closed 39,5. Oats Spot steady; No. 3,29c; options quiet and steady. Lard firmer: West ern steam $5 60 j ; refined steady. Pe troleum firm. Rice quiet. Butter firm ; Western creamery 1724c ; State dairy 1622 Cheese quiet; large whiter 1212J. Cotton seedoil quiet;, prime crude 2526c. Cabbage quiet; Long Island $2 003 00 per 100. Pota toes quiet; Jersey $1 001 25; New York $1 001 25; Long Island $1 12 1 50; Southern sweets $112 1 25; Jersey sweets $1 502 00. Freights to Liverpool Cotton by steam 26d. Pork strong. Coffee Spot Rio steady and quieter; No. 7 invoice 6c; No. 7 jobbinsr 6c; mild steady; Cordova 6&ll$fc. Sugar Raw firm; refined steady, with a good demand. Chicago, October 25. Wheat got below the 70c mark;) for the December ' option again to-day, but corn came to the rescue and the loss was fully re gained, December closing a shade higher with 70170c. Buying by oversold shorts strengthened corn, and that i commodity closed with a gain of ic. Oats closed a shade higher. The strength in corn was re flected in provisions, and January pork advanced 20c, and lard. and ribs 5 to 7c each. ' Chicago, Oct. 25. Cash quotations: Flour steady. Wheat No.2 spring 69K 71c; No. 3 spring 64 70c; No. 2 red 71Jf 71Hc Corn No.2 32Jc. Oats No. 223c; No. 2 white 2526c; No. 3 white 24f 25c. Pork, per bbl, $8 00. 8 05. Lard, per 100 0s, $5 20 5 25. Short rib sides, loose, $4 75 5 15. Dry salted shoulders, $6 00 612J4. Short clear sides, boxed, $5 40 5 50. Whiskey Distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 24. The leading futures ranged as fol lows opening, highest, lowest and closing: Wheat No. 2 October 68, 69, 68, 69c; December 70X 70, 705$, 6970. 7070c; May 7474S, 74M74, 73. 74tfa Corn No. 2 October 31, 31, 31, 31; December 31M3134, 31, 31 H, SIX 3lc; May 32, 3333X, 32tf, 33ji33c. Oats December 22, 22, 22, 22Kc;May 24X24H,24J. 24X- 24. Pork, per bbl December $7 82, 8 05, 7 82, 8 05; January $9 40, 9 60, 9 37, 9 60. Lard.per lOOlbs December $5 12 j, 5 20, 5 12, 5 20; January $5 3, & 37, 5 30, 5 37 X. Short ribs, per3 100 lbs December $4 72 4 82, 472, 4 82 ; January $4 90, 4 97, 487X. 4 97. Baltimore, October 25. Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat very dull Spot and month 7070Jc; No vember 70c; December 72X72Jc. Southern wheat by sample 6571jc. Corn dull and lower Mixed, spot and month 3838Xc: November S8& 38c; December 3838ic; Novem ber or December, new or old 37 37 Jc; January 36 36 c. Southern white, now corn, 3638c. Oats quiet No. 2 white 3031c WHOLESALE PRICES CURREKT. W The roiiowine anotatious represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making uncr no small orders higher Drlces have to be charged. BAGGINO- 8 0 Jute Standard Burlaps WESTERN 8MOKEU - Hams V n Sides lb Shoulders ft & DRY SALTED Sides B Shoulders B ft 6 5 a IS BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each 186 Netf New York, each New City, each BEESWAX f BRICKS- Wilmington fM 6 oo Northern 9 00 BUTTER North Carolina V & SO Northern 25 CORN MEAL i & 1 85 & 1 40 & 1 40 Q 83 700 & 14 00 81 80 1 15 85 11 16 16 14 15 9 70 15 Per Dusnel, in sacks Virginia Meal.. '. COTTON TIEs bundle CANDLES V i Sperm.... 18 Adamantine 8 OHEE8E lb Northern Factory IS Dairy Cream State. 13 nOFFFR & ft Laguyra Rio... 7 O DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, V yard ........ O Yarns. V bunch of 5 lbs .... EGGS V dozen. -. 12H B'iBtt ! Mackerel, No. 1, V barrel.. Mackerel, No. 1, $ half-bbl Mackerel, No. 8, barrel.. Mackerel, No. 8 V half-bbl. Mackerel, No. 8, V barrel. . Mullets, V barrel Mullets, V pork barrel N. C. Roe Herring, V keg. Dry Cod, V 28 00 11 00 16 00 , 8 00 , 13 00 , 4 tO 80 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 14 00 4 50 FLOUR-V low graae w Choice C Straight 8 90 e First Patent 42S GLUE ft GRAIN bushel Corn,rrom store,bgs White Car-load, in bgs White... Oats, from store Oats, Rust Proof - Cow Peas. HIDES 9 ....... 53 55 ureensaitea Dry flint.... 10 ury Bnib HAY V 100 lbs Clover Hay. 85 Rice Straw 40 Eastern 80 western 80 North River 80 HOOP IRON, V ft 8H TT.T.T7M INAINf OIT.R Diamond White, bbls flgal Aladdin Security " Pratt's Astral " Carandlne e " LARD, - Northern' 7 North Carolina 18 LIME, barrel 1 15 LUMBER (city sawed) V M ft Ship Stuff, resawed 18 00 Rough edge Plank... ...... 15 00 West India cargoes, accord- lngto quality.. 13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 Common null 5 00 Fair mill 8 60 80 00 10 00 18100 89 00 15100 6 50 800 10 00 10 60 Prime mill 8 50 Extra mill 10 00 MOLASSES V gallon Barbadoes, in hegsheaa. .... Barbadoes, In barrels . . Porto Rico, In hogsheads.... 28 Porto Rico, In barrels 25 Sugar House, in hogsheads. 13 Sugar Homse, in barrels. ... 14 Syrup, in barrels. . . ......... 15 NAILS, V keg. Cut, 004 basis... 9 to PORK, V barrel- . - City Mess 10 00 Rump Prune ROPE. ......, " 10 SALT, V sack. Alum Liverpool 75 American - 70 On 125 Sacks SHINGLES, 7-inch, per M 5 00 'Common 1 60 S 00 Cypress Saps 8 50. SUGAR. V ft Standard Gran'd sh Standard A .- White Extra C Extra C, Golden O, Yellow notp. a lb Northern STAVES, J9 M W.O. barrel.... 8 00 i R. O. Hogshead.. M TIMBER, m M feet-Shipping.. 9 00 MuTTPrlme J 60 Mill, Fair 8 50 Common Mill.... 5 90- Inferior to ordinary 8 59 SHINGLSb. n .u. jypress sawed m M 6x24 heart " sap 7 50 5 oo oo 8 00 S 00 5 00. 5x20 Heart " sap 6x24 Heart.... " eap, TALLOW. ft.. whiskey, v gallon. Northern aiSKEY, y gallon, Northern 1.00 North Carolina 1 00 WOOL per ft Unwashed. 15
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