Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-01-12

| NoN,INTERoouRsE.- Withthe North.
with the view of building up Southern trade and nan1'
features as we'll OF touching the pocket OF the
voters of the Northern States, is strongly adv0ca-
ted and something may be done but without W. estab
lish manufactures. and carry on imPoratons directly
from foreign ports any progress in the proposed
ton will be apparent than real for the goods ae
be consumed long people are able to pay for them
and although we may talk about buying in Charleston
or Richmond or elsewhere p the South, will find that
after all, we are only buying New York importa-
lions or Northern made goods at second hand We
want the direct trade and direct manufactures. In the
face of all these calls for intercourse The imports OF
Southern cities fall off, They maintain no lines TO Eu-
rope but daily steamers to New York Until some
change is made in this respect the talk of nonnerceurse
must be only talk unless indeed, our people are really
determined to do without the goods in question alto
gether, of which we see no manner of prospect.
There is this howeyer-unti what we have spoken
of is DONE our goods must necessarily through
their accustomed channels but they need not do so to
any greater extent than the immediate necessity quire
Thus no consumer buys directly from the importer, who
does not break bulk, neither do majority OF sorekeep-
ers The obbing business that is the distribution OF
imported goods to the retailers of the country not de-
pendent upon direct imporaons, and may be done just
as well on Market street. Wilmington, n. c., on
Broadway New York, and better perhaps, because rents
and expenses not so great and thus an Important
branch OF business may b" promptly secured without
waiting fer that direct trade and large manufacturing
power which will take time to deVtlope The whole
sale jobbing busntss will open the way for the import
ing business besides providing available agencies through
which to dispose Of the products of Southern factories
as such factories are made ready for market.
We do not make these remarks with any view of dis
couragng the movement for direct importations and
the development of Southern manufactures nects
sary preliminary to any real non-nercourse real
mercial independence but do make them in order to
show that these preminars must be first attended to-
and also that the flaming cards put out by trading par
ties in Richmond and Charleston, claiming exclusive
Souhernsm, rather too much on the Bunkum order
These cities import very little than we do our
Selves and have right 10 lay any higher claims to
Southern trade than any other communities. Let them
really establish direct trade, but until they do or make
the effort their professions must be injurious because
deceptive.
SOMETHING RARE-We have before good SIZED
dark-green watermelon, of the Spanish kind, We be-
eve which looks as fresh and well it could have done
in August. We are indebted for it to Miss Lucas, of
the Washington House, but how it was kept is more
than we know. ...... .... .....
Be3F~ A DIR. Mulroe, South Carolina planter was
recently taken up by Vigilance Committee at Eufaa,
Alabama, suspicion of being travelling Yankee, be-
he offering for sale the patent right OF plough
that he had been exhibiting Also, the Vigilance Com
mittee did not like the of his coat" Luckily tor
the Dr. the Alabama Methodist Conference was in s1s
sion and several of the ministers knew him be large
Shareholders and South Caronian This Vigilance
business may be carried too far. .