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jlST REGIMENT, N. C. TROOPS. Interesting Sketch of the Personnel and the Part It Took la the War Be tween the States. . uy N. A. Ramsey, Captain Company D. The Sixty first Regiment N. O. T., mis organized in Wilmington early in August, 1S62, with the following field and staff officers. , James LVRadcliffe, Col, New Han over county ; Win S IJevane, tit Col, jLjor, Beaufort county; Wm S An derson, A. Q M, New Hanover county; Oliver P Mearea, Com, New Hanover county; Alexander Rives, Surgeon, county; William .W Harriss, Asst Surgeon, New Hanover county; David Stevens, Sgt Major, Sampson ounty; Jos J Lane, Ord Sgt, Wilson county ; Chas H King, Q M Sgt, New Hanover county ;Wm Blanks, Com Sgt, Ne w Ilanover county ;Jno H Johnson, Chief Musician, New Hanover county; Wm II Eberstein, Drum Major, New LLuiover county. The various companies had officers ii ml men from first to last as follows COMPANY A; Captains Wm 8 Devane, Jos B Underwood, Geo W Marsh, James H Kobio son, Sampson county. Lieutenants Geo W Marsh, Wm F Smith, Wm A Mathis. Julius M Chest nut; Francis M Carroll,' Sampson county. With 104 enlisted men.l COMPANY B. Captains Henry Harding, Win M SlevensoD, Beaufort county. x Lieutenants T H Sat terth wait. David F Redditt. Wm M Stevenson, D W Jarvis. Thos D Wilkinson, Wm H Patrick, Beaufort county. With 1 enlisted men. COMPANY C. CaDtains Edward Mallett, S 3 Biddle. Craven county. Lieu tenants -S S Biddle, Jno F Guthrie. Thos O Jones, Edward F Story, Craven county. ' With 122 en listed men COMPANY D. Captain Nathan A Ramsey, Chat ham county. Lieutenants Wm S Ramsey, Jas R Ellington, Richard C Cotten, Chatham county. With 184 enlisted men. COMPANY E. . 1,'ant.ains Alien i I ; room, ireena county ; Wm S Byrd, Lenoir county. Lieutenants Wm, S Byrd, . S W Nobles, J Q Jackson, Chas T Croom, Alex Field, Jos E Kinsey, H H lias berry, Lenoir county. -With 119 en listed men. CUMPA3N x r. Captains Andrew J Moore,. New Hanover county ; W A Darden, Greene county. Lieutenants J H Exum, Andrew J Darden, Greene county; John R Bel cher, Jesse D Barnes, Wilson county. With 63 enlisted men. COMPANY G. New Hanover county. Lieutenants Stacy VanAmringe, A D Lippitt. N H Fennell, Daniel Shackelford. John B Fox. New Han over county. With 94 enlisted men.l COMPANY H. Captains John Lanier, William B Lnier. Johih D Biggs. Martin county, 1 Lieutenants John Manning, John D Bices. F A Rhodes. Henry Wil liams, Richard W Rufus, H H Lanier, Abner Alexander, Martin county. I With 133 enlisted men. -COMPANY I. Captains Aras B Cox, Ashe county ; W m T (Jboate, Alleghany county. Lieutenants Isaac C Huteins, Jno W Joines. Lowery Grimsley, Cotten. Soarks. W H Joines. Geo Grimsley, Joshua Cox. Callowav Joines. Alle- gnany county, (wun 127 eniistea men; COMPANY K. Captains F D Koonce. Thos G Henson, Onslow county; S W Noble, Lenoir countv. Lieutenants H C Koonce, Jones countv : J A Gallowav. Onslow county ; Sam'l L Gooch, Calhoun Hoskins, S E Koonce.. Jones countv. (with 106 enlisted men). Casualities of the foregoing: Edward Mallett killed at Benton- ville, 15 March, 1865; Wm 8 DeVane, wounded at Bentonville, 15 March, 1865; Jas H Robinson, prisoner, 3 Sept, 1864; Julius M Chesnut. missing at Tn. tt - nr n . -toe. I n k. lj Guthrie, wounded at Kinston (?), Feb. 1865 : Nathan A Ramsey, prison at Kinston. 14 Dec, 1862; Wm S Ramsev. lost left band at Fort Har rison, 30 Sept 1864; Jas B Ellington -ton, killed at Fort Harrison, 30 Sept, 1864: Rich'd C Cotten, prisoner at Morris Island, 26 Aug 1862; Jno Q Jackson, prisoner in 1864; L L Keith, wounded at Battery Wagner, Aug, 1863; Wm T Choate, killed, Cold Har b6r.IssacCHieeins.died atGoldsboro, 28 Dec, 1862; Cotton Sparks, killed at Petersburg. 30 June, 1864, Casualties among enlisted men ap proximately as. follows: a a o be od -Sit is a sc. Companies j iff a S 9 A 14 9 3 2 61 21 55 B 6 12 4 .... 11 6 39 C 13 5 19 6 .... 14 67 D "V 2C 10 1? .... 44 14 111 E. 0 8 3 .... 19 .... 36 F T T ? 4 8 12 U.. 18 4 9 .... 18 lis 69 H 11 17 2.... 11 1 42 T 18 7 9 1 8 26 69 K. 21 6 1 .... 18 15 li Orand Total 126 78 87 9 139 3Q5 534 After the organization or the regi ment as above stated, it remained at Camp Lamb, near Wilmington, until the 16th day of September, when it took a move on itself and went to Smith ville and remained there till the 25th, when, on account of yellow fever outbreak it moved to Camp Kadcime, three miles out. returning- to Smith ville on the 4th of October, en route to North East Bridge above Wilmington, which was reached on the 5th. We were really heading for- the Kinston battle field (our maiden battle), but did not know it at the time. The zig zag route taken by us, I gather from my letter published in the Standard on the 13th April 1863. We moved as follows: From-North East Bridge we went to Camp Collier near Goldsboro ua iua J. ill , tu xtiruvni vu tuo .iv.u, leftTarboro for the country around Plymouth on the 24th. constantly marching and counter-marching day and nierht. The onlv incident occur ring in this neighborhood, was the capture of the then notorious Buff a loe. Jav Bird Jones. We", left our camp near Plvmouth on the 2nd No vember, at 2.30 P.M. and made a forced march of 39 miles, arriving: at spring Green at daybreak on the 3rd. We next found ourselves at the Cross Roads on the 4th. A deep snow fell on the 6th, yet, with 100 barefooted men in the regiment, we weathered the storm and marched to the terminus oi tne xar boro Railroad. The writer of this ar tide felt very deep concern -on this cold bleak dav for thirteen of his own loved bovs. who were barefooted. and he begged them not to go on the marcti. that he would prefer their re maining behind and take the chances of being taken prisoners rather than to (?o with us and run the very great "ait or sickness and death. But no, they must m nlrm cr with tfiA hflTI. Four days later, on the lOtb, the first one of these noble heroes who gave im Vila amlAw JiJ mi . . 1 ten, dying of pneumonia in the beau tiful town of Tarboro: Seven othr a UivUUlU ill n WflB I tiAmoa I of them in a fe davs wer nlnonH ht his side to sleen till CinA .alio Two others died in Greenville. It has ever been, and will ever be the case, to give all the glory to the command Ing and, subordinate officers for grand victories ;won ana heroic deeds per formed, with rare exceptions of indi vidual mention of A nrivatA BnlHia This world has never known, ami never will know, of any soldier to equal the Confederate boys in gray. These thirteen men. barefooted and poorly clad, rather than remain be hind, preferred to ero forward, and tan of them paid the penalty in but a few aays. xney were brave and true and faithful to the end. God bless their memory l History shall record the names of these noble fellows. Those dying in Tarboro were: Thos. Cotten. lutn or November; J. Carpenter and Monroe Thompson, 22d of November; Terry Poe, 24th ot November; Wyatt Carpenter, 26th of November; J. A. PUkinton, 29th of November; Wm. Gunter, 2d of December; Jefferson Womack, 29th of January. Dying in ureenvuie: n. l. Covert, 9th of De cember; Elias Fields, 25th of Decem ber. They were all from Chatham county and members- of Company D. We left the terminus of the Tarboro railroad on the 10 th and bivouaced at Greenville on the 13th; at Craddock's X Roads on the 14th; at Black Jack meeting house on the 15th; at Taft's Store on the 16th; back to Greenville on the 23rd, remaining there till the 7th of December, when we took up direct line of march for Kinston, ar riving there on the 2th. We found ourselves on the 12th, after crossing the county bridge over the Neuse, at Southwest Creek, near Kinston. The bridge crossme this creek had been completely destroyed by our troops. The Sixty-first Regiment was posted on the west side of the creek to check or delay the advance of Gen. Foster on the march from Newborn with 10,000 infantry, six batteries with forty pieces of artillery and 640 cav alry. Gen. H. G. Evans, of South Carolina, was in command of our forces, which numbered 2,014. Gen. Foster reached RnuthwMt Creek on the moraine of the 13th. About 9 o'clock one company of the ragtment had a little skirmish with the enemy at the bridge crossing,' with trifling casualties. Lieut. Col. DeVane, with seven companies, re paired to Hine's mills, about four miles distant, in double quick, and. on arrival promptly deployed the en tire force as skirmishers. In a little while the ball opened.. To us then the firing seemed to be rapid and ter rific. Minnie balls whistled through the air by front and cross fires from the enemy as if they had naught else to do. . For some time we held our ground, but were forced to fall back by the . enemy advancing -upon us in overwhelming numbers. We re treated towards Kinston and halted about one mile to the rear. Here we iormea a line oi cattle and a com pany of skirmishers moved forward to feel for the enemy. They ad vanced only about a hundred yards when they met with what they were looking for, nred one round and. had the compliment promptly acknowl edged in a double dose by the enemy. They retired as best they could. bringing the intelligence that the woods were full of blue coats, and that several regiments were flanking us on our left. Just then we had or ders from Gen. Evans to retreat un der fire in good order. We did our best. We fired and fell back, and fell back and tired. The next big field not far away we made another stand, taking advant age of the woods on the Kinston sido, Here we had a pretty lively artillery duel for about an hour, and I suppose about 2,000 well directed shots from small arms of the enemy. We quiet ly laid mighty low and did not return the fire, because our guns were in ferior and we could not reach them. The day's casualties were very slight, The first to give up his life in this our nrst battle was Albert Carpenter, a private in Company D, and he was at once buried on the spot where he fell. royally wrapped in his soldiers blan ket. At about o o clock that night we quietly stole away through swamp, mud and water to Harriet s Chapel. It was a bitter cold night and all the bovs were wet. half-frozen, hungry and worn, out, and yet no word of complaint was murmured through the lines of these splendid Tar Heel heroes. When we bivouaced we were in hearing of the enemy, and we had no camp fires till , past mid' night. About daybreak our most ex cellent commissary, Capt. O. P. Meares. gladdened our hearts with an abundant supply of good, wholesome rations, just the thing we were long mg for and most needed, we were then upon the battle field of Kinston on the 14th of December, 1862 a bright beautiful Sabbath morning. uen. Evans with his a. u. brigade on the left, and the 61st N. C. on his right awaited Foster's attack. Foster sent in Wessell's brigade and batteries; supporting Wessell by Amory's brig ade, supplemented by Stevenson's. The odds were overwhelmingly against us, and after two and a half hours of stubborn resistance on our part, we were forced back across the Neuse, and were so closely pressed that we un avoidably lost 400 prisoners, all of whom were parolled on tne loiiowing morning. At one time during tne progress of the battle the 61st was compelled to fall back on account of the ammunition being entirely ex hausted, and on being ordered back by Gen. Evans, all hands wiUout a mur mur promptly obeyed and returned to within 150 yards of the enemy without a solitary cartridge and half the men without bayonets. A small supply oi ammunition soon reached us, which was speedily used to the best advan tage, and bein&r entirely out again and with.no hopes of a second supply, and being in a forlorn and helpless condi tion and being crowded so unmerci fully close by such a large force of the enemy, the better part of valor was to get away from there if we could, which we did m a quiet, orderly way, or as much so as pressing circum stances permitted. When we reached the bridge it was on nre, ana in aaai tion to the. trying ordeal of passing over the blazing bridge, we Were sub jected to a terrible cross-fire from the enemy who were arawn up in line oi battle 250 yards below. Here we lost several of our men and it is truly miraculous that half of them at least were not killed or burned to death, God was with us on this beautiful, lovely Sabbath day. After the battle of Kinston the regi ment under Gen. Evans was marched to Goldsboro. reaching there on the 17th of December. From Goldsboro we tramped every step of the way rioht down the railroad track to Wil mington, reaching that lovely city by the sea on the za oi January, ooo, re maining there till the 6th ot February, whan wd nitr.hed our tents on Mason- boro Sound returning to Wilmington on th 16th of February. From Wilmington we went to Charleston, S. C, landing there on the 18th of February, 1863. On the 2d of March we were ordered to Savannah, Ga.. and it was with many regrets when the order came for us to return to Charleston on the 9th. Every recol If c tion and association of our sojourn in Savannah is of the most pleasant nd delightful character. We were arAlnnmed most heartily by the noble men and women of that most beautiful nt cities and rovallv entertained. cn nui rfltnrn to Charleston we went into camp on James' Island, about four miles from the city and only a few f tiudred yards distant from Fort Pem reiou. Going from , Savannah, Ga.,' to Jaaiefc' Island, S. C, was about hat I would imagine with my limited knowledge of the two localities, very n- uch the same as dropping out of Parsdisa into Hell! We found James' Island a little Sahara, having plenty of wind; rolling and twisting clouds of sand; millions of black gnats (much greater pests than mosquitoes) and a very scanty-supply of devilish poor beef, that : a respectable Charleston buzzard would not eat. We had to sink holes here and there and every where to get a supply of tadnole water at the same time there being & well of good water at Fort Pemberton, which no Tar Heel was allowed to sample. In Savannah bacon sold for 85 cents per pound ; at Charleston it was b2 , cents, and North Carolina money couldn't buy it at any . price. Our money was refused at the post office, in the market, in the stores and on the streets. We didn't like it. The Fayette ville Observer of the 23rd of April, 1863, published a collection that had been made in that good old town for the suffering volunteers from Cum berland county, then doing duty on James Island, amounting to 13,408.55 in money and bacon. : This ought not to. have been, and woald not, had the boys been quartered and doing duty at Savannah. Some of the little delicacies that the boys sometimes liked to indulge in were sold at prices that were rather high. For instance, a small raw turnip, 15 cents;. a baked sweet potato, 25 cents, with ground peas at 40 cents a quart. On the 23rd of March, 1863, Company D threw away two days' rations of beef, which was totally un fit for the stomach of a cannibal, much less that of a Confederate soldier. The life of a soldier was anything but easy and pleasant. They endured every hardship and suffered under almost every privation without a murmur and with apparent cheerfulness. In this way, as much as in any other. they showed their patriotism and de votion to the Common Cause. From James Island we went to Sul livan's Island, date not remembered, but the change was gladly- welcomed oy ail. we were willing to go any where, to get away from James Island. While quartered on Sullivan's Island our regiment' did its full share of duty in the defence of Morris Island. During the four years of my experi ence in the army I found no place so un inviting as Battery Wagner on Morris island. The bombproof, the only place of safety, cannot be well des cribed for all its dreary loathsomeness and horrors, and I will not attempt it. The following was published in the Wilmington Journal a few days after the occurrence. "During the bombardment of Bat tery . Wagner ' many little incidents have occurred which deserve a name in history. Among these is the fol lowing: On the 29th July, 1863, the enemy got the range of a ten inch Columbiad so completely as to render the place of extreme danger, and the South Carolina troops that manned the gun left it and ran into the bomb proof for shelter. Their captain or dered them back to their post, but they refused for a time to obey. While the men were wrangling with their officer, soldier named b teaman from Co. B, 61st N. C. T., by himself loaded, sighted and fired the abandoned gun, hitting the Yankee boat at which he shot, while a hundred balls were whist ling around him. Remember this was a North Carolina soldier. Let us be proud of him. I thank God it was my happy privilege and good fortune to witness the abandonment of this gun, and the magnificent heroic conduct of Robert Wins hip S ted man. There was no braver soldier among the hosts of the Confederate army than Winship Stedman. God bless his memory ! The following appeared in the Chat ham Record, 19th April, 1888: In the summer and fall of lee$, the 61st Regiment together with the bal ance of Clingman's Brigade performed as arduous services as any Confeder ate troops at any period of the war. Thev were stationed on James, Morris and Sullivan's Islands defending the citv of Charleston, and their endur ance of fatigue, hardships ana dangers during that period, week after week, for several months seems almost in creditible. In Dec, 1863, shortly be fore Christmas the regiment with the balance of Clingman 's Tngade was re lieved fromjthe arduous service at the siege of Charleston, and returned to North Carolina and for several months wasstationed near Wilmington. When Beast Butler in May 1864 made his memorable movement against Peters burg, the 61st was one of the regiments burned forward to cheexmate him, General Grant in his official report alluded to Butler's being "bot tied up bv our troops. The eist par ticipated actively in this campaign, and as it was wont to do, aiscnargea its every duty faithfully and well, and suffered fully its share in all respects, especially in the battles of Drewry's Bluff. Uhamn's Farm, tfermuaa Hun dreds, Cold Harbor and Fort Harrison. At Cold Harbor another brigade gave way, and through this break tho enemy passed ana aitacxea unng- xnan's brigade on the left flank. Gen. Clingman was in the trenches with the 61st regiment and seeing the enemy in our rear, he rushed iorwara ana was gallantly followed by the regiment. and the enemy was soon driven back from whence they came. The only weapon Gen. Clingman had on this occasion was a piece of a fence rail In addition to the varied and wide scone of duties faithfully, cheerfully and gallantly performed by the oist regiment in this and other States, Company D was petitioned for by the citizens of Chatham and Moore to be sent for protection to life and property against lawless deserters and conscripts. The petition was granted, and the company was promptly sent. The woods were scoured and cleared up of this lawless cang of marauders. Overr one nun dred captures were made, and they were sent back to their commands in the armv. Besides, in a skirmish with them, the two leading spirits of the cansr were shot to aeatn, ana mis re stored neace to the entire community Forever after all raiding and outrages from this source were unknown. The remment was returnea to Wil- mincrtrm from Petersburg and remain ed in the vicinity till after the fall of Fort Fisher and the evacuation of the citv. The war was speedily coming to a close, ana me. most nopeiui ui ub had Hotmnirpid of a possibility of sue cess, yet we pressed forward and fought on with the same iron nerve that had already immortalized our sol diery. - ' - ' . Dnr last battle was fought at Ben tinvillA on the 15th of March. 1864, Ana the writer of this article is still nroud of the honor conferred upon him nn that morninc in being -nut in mm mand of the skirmish line, with instructions to go forward. About this, our last battle, Benson J. Lossing wrote as follows: "Soldiers in that who have passed through this snnrn of battles will tell you they never saw anything like the fighting at Bentonville. Sherman said the Na tirtnnl forces received six distinct as saults by the combined forces of Hoke, TTnrdAA and Cheatham, under the im mediate supervision of General John ston himself without giving one inch of ground, and" doing good Avaontinn on the enemy's ranks, ASTuiAilv with our artillery, the enemy having little' or none. With SUCCESS-WORTH KNOWING, m vno.ra success in tne South, proves Hughes' SL i? ZSSZSillLn mr nhulRand all Malarial "Srtter thair Quinine. Guaranteed, try 1& At Druggists. 60c and J1.00 bottles. the " : coming of - darkness ended the conflict known as the battle of Bentonville, which ' in brilliancy of personal achievements, and in isstingfr advantage to the cause of the Republic must ever be ranked among the most memorable and important contests of the war. Indeed, it seems proper to consider it the key battle of the Civil War. Had Johnston won there, the sad conse quences would probably have been the loss of the whole of Sherman's army, and the quick and fatal dispersion or capture ot Grant's army before Peters burg and Richmond by the combined forces of Lee and Johnston .attacking him in overwhelming numbers, in front and rear. In this view the solid importance of the victory of Benton ville cannot be over-estimated. After the lapse of so many long and weary years, it is a difficult task, with the historical data ob tainable incomplete as they are, to do justice full and ample to this, or - any other regiment of North Carolina troops who did service in the Confederate army. No better soldiers are known in the histories of the world than the Confederates, and if any of them were better than the others our love for North Carolina and her com mon glory is my excuse for saying that the Tar Heels were the very best God bless the memory of all of them who so freely offered up their lives upon the altar of- their country for a cause that was just in the sight of God and our own conscience. And to the noble, old veterans who still survive of the gallant old Sixty-first may they yet live for many days to instill into the hearts and minds of their descend ants the deepest love and veneration for the Confederate cause, which was crushed not by the people of the North but by the hundreds of thousands of foreign trash, who fought for money and not for the love of the union.: Night Sweats, loss of appetite, weak and impoverished blood, colds, la grippe and general weakness are frequent results of malaria. 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Americans Had Twelve Killed, Twenty-six Wounded and Five Missing. Dy Cable to the Mornlne star . Manila, September 19. In an en gagement between a body ot Filipinos numbering about 1,000 men and de tachments of the Fifteenth and Thirty seventh United States infantry regi ments, the Americans had twelve killed, twenty-six wounded and five missing. Oar Greatest Speciality For twenty years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway has so successfully treated chronic diseases that he is acknow ledged to-day to stand at the head of his profession in this line. His exclu sive method of treatment for Varicocle and Stricture without the aid of knife or cautery cures in 90 per cent, of all cases. In the treatment of Loss of Vi tal Forces, Nervous Disorder, Kidney and Urinary Complaints. L'aralysis. Blood Poisoning, Kneumatihm, Catarrh and Diseases' peculiar to wemen, he is equally successful. Cases pronounced hopeless by other physicians, readily yield to his treatment. Write him to day fully about your case. 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This shows what thousands have 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 the liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps di gestion, builds up the strength. Only 50 cents. Sold by K K Bellamy, Druggist. Guaranteed. t Raleigh Neios and Observer'. Mr. Robert Fulcher, keeper of the Forsyth County Home for the Aged and Infirm, was assaulted and stabbed Monday by an inmate named Brown. The wound is a serious one. The trouble arose over the keeper repri manding Brown for some baa conduct. While stooping over to get a stick. Brown, who is insane, rushed upon Mr. Fulcher with his knife, cutting a long and deep gash across the shoulder and back. CATARRH CLEANSING AND HEALING CUBE FOB CATARRH is Ely's Cream Bali Eay and pleasant to use. Contains no in lurions drug. Borbed. it is ' uuw&iy Gives Keuei at oncei T nnona an fl niAAnflAfl COLD 'N HEAD Heals and Protects the Membrane. Restores theBensesof Taste and Smell. Large size, 60 cents at Druggists or by mall; Trial size, 10 cents by mall. 56 Warren street, New York, sep 15 tf sa tu tli Wood's Seeds. Every Farmer Bhould have a copy of Wood's Autumn Catalogue of SEEDS AND GRAIN For Pall planting. It tells allabout GRASS & CLOVER SEEDS, Hairy, or Winter Vetch, Xrimsori Clover, "Seed Wheat, Oats, etc It also gives descriptions, best me thods of culture and muck special and valua ble information about all crops that can be sown to ad'antow In the FaU and early Winter. Catalogue mailed free. Writ? lor It and price, of any ch. seed drain required. T.W.WOOD&SbNS, SEEDSMEN, Richmond, Va. eep58t Wit Tli5! ab- I 1 Sk.V I COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON T?K7nv Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange. 1 STAB OFFICE, September 13. ' SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 85 cents per gallon for rda chine made "casks; dull and nothixg doing in country casks. ROSIN Market quiet at $1.15 per barrel for strained and $1.20 for good strained. TAR Market quiet at $1.40 perbbl of 280 lbs. ' CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet at $1.10 per. barrel for hard, $2.10 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 4544c; rosin firm at 9095c; tar firm at $1.30; crude turpentine quiet at . $2.502.50. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 62 Rosin 149 Tar 43 Crude turpentine : 81 Receipts same day last year. 118 casks spirits turpentine, 431 bbls rosin, 181 bbls tar, 49 bbls crude tur pentine. OOTTOJT. Market firm on a basis of 10 s per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 8 ; 5-16 cts 9 lb uooa ordinary 9 11-16 " " Low middling. . ... . . .10 5-16 " " Middling 10 - " " Uood middling 11 1-16 " " Same day last year middling nothin g doing. Receipts 4,032 bales ; same day last year, 1,740. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Commission Merchants. Vroduce COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 60c Extra prime, 65c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 70c. Virginia mme soc; extra prime, ooc; iancy, hoc. CORN Firm, 58 to 60 cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85 cents; upland, 5060 cents. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to tne bushel. . N. C. BACON Steady; hams 11 to 12c per pound; shoulders, 7 to 8c; sides, 7 to 8c. EGGS Dull at 1516 cents per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 27 cents; springs, 1020 cents. BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm at 5 6 cents per pound. Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange. - STAR OFFICE, September 14. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market steady at $1.15 per bbl for strained and $1.20 for good strained. TAR Market firm at $L40 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.10 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last-year. Spirits turpentine firm at 4544c; rosin firm at 9095c; tar firm at $1.30; crude turpentine quiet at , $2.502.50. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 101 Rosin 220 ;Tar.. 87 Crude turpentine. 247 Receipts same day last year. 83 casks spirits turpentine, . . 2 bbls rosin, 169 bbls tar, 61 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 10 jc per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 8 5-16 cts ft Good ordinary....;. 911-16 " " Low middling 10 5-16 " " Middling 10 " " Good middling 11 1-16 " " Same day last year middling nothing doing. Receipts 2,438 bales; same day last year, 1.214. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants COUNTRY PRODUCE PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 60c. Extra prime, 65c per bushel of 28 pounds; -fancy, 70c. Virginia Prime. 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm; 58 to 60 cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85c; upland, 50 60c. Quota tions on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 8c; siclftft. 7 to 8c ' ! EGGS Dull at 1516 cents per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 27 cents; springs, 1020 cents. BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm at 5J6 cents per pound. rQuoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange. J STAR OFFICE, September 15. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 34 j cents bid per gallon for machine made casks and 33 cents bid per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market dull at $1.15 per bbl for strained and $1.20 for fcood strained. TAR Market firm at $1.40 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market steady at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.10 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 45 45cfrosinnrmat9095c; tar firm at $1.30; crude turpentine very firm at $1.30, $3.502.50. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 89 Rosin Ill Tar , 48 Crude turpentine ... 31 Receipts same, day last year. 49 casks spirits turpentine, 256 bbls rosin, 125 bbls tar, 34 bbls crude Jur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 10Kc per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 8 1-16 cts. $ It Good ordinary 9 7-16 " " IiOonilldling ..10 1-16 " " MddEng....... 10 " " Good middling 1M3-16 " " Same day last year middling nothing doing. Receipts 2,941 bales; same day last year, 3,232. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 60c Extra prime, 65c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 70c. Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm, 68 to 60 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85 cents; upland, 5060 cents. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the busheL N. C. BACON Steady; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 8c: sides, 7 to 8c. EGGS Dull at 15&16 cents per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 27 cents; springs, 1020 cents. BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm at 56 cents per pound. f Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange. STAR OFFICE. September 17. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 34K cents per gallon for machine made casks., and 33 cents per gallon for country casks. ROSm Market dull at $1.15 per barrel for strained and $1.20 for good strained. . TAR Market firm at $1.40 pel bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.10 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at4746Jc; rosin firm at 9095c; tar firm at $1.80; crude turpentine very firm at $1.30, $2.502.50, RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 24 Rosin 186 Tar 51 Crude turpentine 70 Receipts same day last year. 104 casks spirits turpentine, 303 bbls rosin, 274 bbls tar, 52 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 10 cts per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 8 1-16 cts fl t3rood:ordinary..... 9 7-16 " 14 JjOw midonng. it) 1-16 " " Middling. 10 44 " Good middling 10 13 16 Same day last year middling steady at6c. Receipts 4,943 bales; same day last year, 1,539. v- Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants. -, COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70 cents ; extra prime, 75 cts. per bushel of 28 pounds;, fancy, 70c. Virginia Prime, 60c extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm; 58 to 60 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85 cents; upland 50 60c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the busheL N. C. BACON steady ; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 8jc; sides, 7 to oc EGGS firm at 15X16 cents per dozen. - CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 17 cents; springs, 1020 cents. BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm at 5$6 cents per pound. Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange. STAR OFFICE, September 18. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 35 cents per gallon for ma chine made casks and 35 cents per erallon for country casks. - ROSIN Market dull at $1.15 per "Barrel for strained and $1.20 for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.40 per bbl. of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.10 per barrel for hard $2.10 for dip and for virgin. . QU0tati011s same day-last year. Spirits turpentine steady at 47 46c; rosin firm at 90 95c; tar firm at $1.30; crude turpentine firm at $1.30, $2.502.50. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 82 Rosin. 409 Tar. 203 Crude turpentine. 49 Receipts same day last year 60 spirits turpentine, 171 bbls rosin, 112 bbls tar, 27 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 10ic pei pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 8 1-16 cts. lb Good ordinary 9 7-16 44 44 Low middling 10 1-16 44 44 Middling 10 44 44 Good middling 10 13-16 4 4 44 Same day last year middling firm at 6&c Receipts 4,864 bales; same day last year. 3,762. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime 70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds ; fancy, 70c. Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm: 58 to 60 cents per bushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85c; upland, 50 60c. Quota tions on a basis of 45 pounds to the busheL N. C. BACON Steady; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 8jc; sides, 7 to 8c. EGGS Firm at 1616 cents per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 12 cents; springs, 10 20 cents. BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm t. 5 &6 cents per pound. Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange. STAR OFFICE, September 19. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 36 cents per gallon for ma chine made casks and 36 cents per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market dull at $1.15 per barrel for strained and, $1.20 for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.40 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.10 for dip, and - for Virgin, t Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine steady at 47 46jc; rosin firm at 90 95c; tar firm at $1.30; crude turpentine firm at $1.30, $2. 50 2.50. Spirits turpentine 85 Rosin 261 Tar 61 Crude turpentine 44 Receipts same day last year. 73 casks spirits turpentine, 232 bbls. rosin, 123 bbls tar, 36 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 10 c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary. 8 1-16 cts. Good ordinary 9 7-16 44 44 Low middling....... 10 '1 16 44 44 Middling 10 44 44 Good middling...... 10 13-16 4 4 44 Same day last year miaaimg nrm at 6e. Receipts 2,432 bales; same day last year, 2,438 bales. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants.! COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel cf 28 pounds; fancy, 70c. 55c; fancy, 60c. CORN Firm; 58 to 60 cents per ushel for white. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 85c; upland 5060c. Quota tions on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. C. BACON-Steady ; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 8c; sides, 7 to 8c. EGGS Firm at 1616J4 cents per dozen. CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25 27 cents springs, 1020 cents. BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm at 5K6K cents per pound. tror VTor riftr Tear Mrs. Winslow's Soothing . Syrup has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while tee thine -with perfect success. It soothes 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 mediate! v. Sold bv drueeists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents . ... n , , . 1. t . a bottle. xe sure anu ass ior mxa. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other t o Bean the Signature of The Kind Yon Ham Always Bought A WHOLESALE PRICES CURfiEIT. rne auotations are always erven as accurately as possible, but the Stab will not be responsible for any variations from the actual market price oi tne article auoiea ' kw The ronawiiur auotations re; Wholesale Prices generally. In making small orders burner nrioes nave to do cnari BA.OGINO 8 Jute ....... Standard... Burlaps i WESTERN SMOKED Hams .1 IS i O o o & 14 8 no 1 60 1 45 t 45 Sides ft ..;... Shoulders V ...... ......... DRY SALTED Bides 8 Shoulders V BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each..... 1 45 Becond-hand machine New New York, each New City, each BRICKS . . . Wilmington yx..... 8 75 8 TOO 14 00 8 .85 80 . 58 68 1 40 e as o 11 Northern 00 BUTTER North Carolina V Northern CORN meal Pot bushel, In sacks ....... , Virginia Meal...... . COTTON TIEh v bundle...... CANDLES V Sperm Adamantine CHEESE t 80 85 65 IS 8 Mortnern ractory.. 18 18 14 18 IS 11 TO Dairy uream. State., COFFEE - 1 11 baguyra. 18 10 o o mo. DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, V yard........ Yarns. V bunch of 5 a .... riSH Mackerel, No. 1, V barrel... Mackerel, No. 1, 9 half -bbl. : Mackerel. No. 8. barrel... SO'OO O 15 00 18 00 0 00 14 00 a a oo Mackerel, No. 8 halt-bbl. . Mackerel, No. S, V barrel. . . Mullets, ? barrel Mullets, pork barrel N. O. Roe Herring, f) keg. Dry coo, v , IXOOB-V t Low grade Choice -Straight First Patent GLUE a RAIN bushel Oorn,from store,bgs Wnlte Mixed Corn Car-load, In bgs White... Oats, from store Oats, Rust Proof. . . . 8 85 S 75 400 460 8 80 1 10HO 40 Cow Peas HIDES V Groensalted. ........ ........ Dry flint i 10 Dry ealt..... BAY V 100 Da No lTlmothv.. Rice Straw. ........ Eastern Western , flpruiJMVw HOOP IRON, V 4- , LARD. - Northern ; ?K Nortb Carolina 8 LIME, m barrel 1 15 LUMBER (city sawed) V M ft-2 ship Stuff, resawed.... 18 00 Rough edge Plank 15 00 west India cargoes, accord ing to quality IS 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 MOLASSES V gallon Barbadoes, in hogshead. .... Barbadoee, in barrels Porto Rleo, in hogsheads.... 88 Porto Rloov In barrels 28 Sugar House, In hogsheads. 18 Sugar House, in barrels. ... 14 Syrup, In barrels 15 NAILS, keg. Out, 0d basis. . . PORK. V barrel . Citv Mess.. O IS 60 8 IS 85 18 85 Rump Prime i ROPE, SALT, V sack. Alum O 88 I 85 Liverpool , American.. On 125 Sacks 8UOAR. V a Standard Qran'd Standard A WhlteExtraO Extra O, Golden O Yellow ... SOAP, I Northern J.... 8TAVES, 9 M W. O. barrel-. . . R. O. Hogshead TIMBER. VM feet ShlDDing.. uommon mm w Fair mill 5;oo Prime mill Extra mill ......... BHINQLES, N.C. Cypress sawed V M 6x24 heart " Sap sxao Heart... " BaD. WHISKEY, p gallon Northern SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS Will Curtail Production of Yarns About - Forty Per Cent. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Charlotte, N. O., September 19. Tne recommendation of the Southern Cotton Spinners' Association that its members curtail their production of yarns as much as possible for the next sixty days has been complied with by enough mills to bring about a reduc tion in the Southern output of about forty per cent. Two large mills at Maiden, N. C, have suspended' alto gether. The Appetite of a Goat - Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King's New Life Pills, the won derful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound diges tion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great energy. Only "25c at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. t The Kind You Haw Always Bought Removal Notice. We will remove on or about the first of October, to the store. No. 18 Market street, formerly occupied by Sam'l Bear, Sr., where we will be more comfortably located to serve our customers. We will keep a full lino of General Dry Goods, Notions, etc , at Rock Bottom Prices. Also Jobs that ' will pay merchants to examine. We have no drummers, make our expenses small, and give you the benefit of tho saving. Send us your orders and call on us when In Wilmington. D. NEWMAN & SON, eep 31 it Wilmington, N. C. - - - NOTICE. - - I wish to inform my fr'ends and the public that on or about the 1st of October, 1900, I will be located on the wharf at Nos. 220 and 222 North Water street, where I will offer for sale a full line of GROCERIES at wholesale, and invite thelc inspection. Very respectfully, JOS. H. WATTEBS. sep 6 2 w t a Bath W4t STATEMENT OF 10 90 O 85 . 86 $ SO O 60 a SMS 4 6 00 5 14 09 O 10 00 8 oo a 9 00 o too a 600 6 60 a 7 60 8 00 O 9 00 4 85 O 500 5 00 O 8 85 8 85 Q 850 1 60 a 1 75 i oo a a io Atlantic National Bank. WILMINGTON, N. C. At the Close of Business Sept. 6th, 1900, Con densed from Report to Comptroller. RESOURCES. Loans f 840,613.28 Overdrafts 86.83 V. S. Bonds (at par)... 816,100.00 Banking House and Fixtures 10,000.00 Due from app'd reeve agt's f 88,488.49 Due from other banks. 163,146.08 Cash on hand.. 9692.78 293,221.29 Total 61,359,971.36 L,IA.BIldTIES. Capital.... ....I 196,000.00 Surplus and undivided profits 108,307.65 Circulation 96,100.00 Depositees Treaa. fl 30,875.00 Deposits from Banks 178,646.47 Deposits from individuals 731,048.88-1,081.668.70 - Total ...81,369,971.85 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. Bept 5 TW. Sept. 6,-99. Best. 6, 1900 ....8631,800 $867400 $1,081,600 Total deDOBlta. eurpius aou net r profits 8JJ200 - 96,900 08,300 U.8. bonds at par 46,100 96,600 816,109 Dividends Paid- Per Cent. Per Annum, or Last instalment of capital Paid in October 1892 seplStf 1