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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-09-25
GEN. W. T. Cox,
q. W. PoU,
". Il. DoKrCH.
l.. RICHMOND WADDEfL,
l.. Il. SANDERS,
Conn. on /,FSGItJfjG0S,
% ID =
ssssGfIC Meeting.

NORTHWEST, BRUNSWICK 60.
Pursuant to a call meeting Of tie
citizens Of the above township WAS
| held At SummcrviIlc, on Saturday.
| September 10Th, 1874, to express thcir
views as to the action OF the County
| Commissioners in their recent change
Of the boundaries of the township.
S. r. Chinnis was called to preside.
and II. Spencer chosen Secretary.
The following preamble and resoln-
tons were submitted to the meeting
and unanimously adopt d:
| WHEREAS, The recent action Of the
! Commissioners of Brunswick county,
in changing the boundaries Of the
township of Northwest, is considered
impolitic and premature, and not in
accordance with the wishes of the resi-
dents OF said township; therefore
RcsOircd, That we, residents of said
town, do hereby express our lnquali-
fed lisapprOval of such action, and
shall use all lawful means to have re-
scinded the action Of the Board III
changing the boundaries Of the same.
Hcsolrcd, That it is not expedient,
at this time, to make any change in
the boundaries Of townships in the
county, as no benefit to the harmony
anu great UNSATISFACTORY W Ill itSIllG by
effectipg such changes. That we will
never consent to the establishment of
a principle that the boundary of a
unless By the expressed will of ma
iorIty of the citizens OF the same, and
that constitutional law should govern
all such proposed changes.
Rcsoivcd, That by the recent action
Of the Board the important object OF
education is interrupted, and the
moneys raised for that purpose are not |
legally applied, as designated by the
law regulating the distribution of
school money.
Lcaoi"cd, That in the present inan-
cial condition OF tie county we can
conceive no act of folly more fragrant
than the one increasing the expense te
the people by burdening them with
another township. That such action
is not the wish OF the people, bnt must
originate in the selfish desire OF indi- /
viluals for Office. That we have 10
sympathy with such individuals.
On motion, = petition to the Com !
missioncr5 from residents of The town !
was presented and adopted, rs follows: |
We, the undersigned petitioners, ito +.
hereby express ourselves, TO the hon /
CrabiC BDafd o. county CORNERSTONE !
ers, il regard to the late act |
of changing the township, as
VIC are greatly opposed to said |
change, it having been done without |!
our knowledge and consent. We, there
fore, 90 respectfully ask that the mat
ter be reconsidercd by the Board of
County Commissioners and the town
ship remain as it was before said &C
ton.
On motion, it was resolved that q
copy ef the petition, with the sig
natures of the petitioners attached, be
forwarded to each Commissioner, and
that copy of these proceedings be
forwarded to the Wilmington papers
for publication.
After some desnltory remarks, the
meeting adjourned.
$. r. CHISSIs, Chairman.
IT. SPsSCER, Secretary.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-09-25

ROSIN-In the Rosin market of
the present weeks resume, there has
been Il continued iirmnoss prevailing,
and strained us well as fine resins ex-
hibit further advance OF quotat.o ns.
The stock Of late has become consid-
erably reduced on account of the
heavy exports. The fact that the bulk
OF the present supply is III the hands
of exporters and that the receipts are
light, is tie principal cause of the
present GrmnesS, as 1t is estimated
that the supply on tie other side of
the Atlantic ;s Wei as IL the marlle is
North, is amply sufficient to meet the
demands Of the consumptive trade.
| However. that does not pei tain to the
week : business, which we propose TO
review. For the several days proceed
| ing the c;Us2 to-day Cf our writing
| there has been all unusual frmnesS in
the spot market ior strained, and buy
ers lave offered very freely to pur-
chase all The stock III first hands at the
prevailing daily quotations. Sellers
on the other hand have not been dis
posed TO sell their supply at the
| figures Offered. but have hci2 most of
| their stock for better figures. In fl-
| lures We have heard Of no transac-
| tons.
Foreign ireiallts are extremely low
nj present and it is difficult to dispose
al charters AZ the small rates asked.
The Last rates paid were Is. to any
port OF Great Britain or the Continent.
| The following IS ii synopsis of the
weeks sales
friday, 600 bbis Strained at 81 90;
Saturday, /, 2G0 bbl5 Strained at 81 30;
| Monday, 81 bb!s Strained at 81 90;
Tuesday, 900 bills Strained at 81 90,
800 bbi5 do at 81 95; leo bbls good
Strained ut 81 % and 80 bbls Low
Pale at 81 80 II Dbl "Wednesday, 200
bbls No =, at s.; % bbls Low No l, at
s. %; % bills No l and Extra No at
81 and 10 bbis Low Pale at 81 so r
Dbl; Thursday, 225 b!,is gool strained
at s. and 210 hbls No =, at 81; 100 bbls
G., at 81 50 r i,b
No 2, l, and iales-The finer grade
of 70 in are tirmer Than last week and
there was an advance Of quotations,
say - cents T Dbl. The demand is
not large and the stock is equal to the
requirements.
The receipts for the week, 8, AT
bbls, against 1913 bbls for last week,
show an increase of l, 493 bbls. The
exports for the week, -, S4o bbls,
against 9,S82 bbis fer last week, show
also an increase OF 1903 bbls. The
stock in yard is II, 493 bb,s, and afoat
6, 1872 bbls against q, 476 bbis in yard
and 3,S77 bbis atioat for last week.
The following were the quotations
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for eggs at the present and quota
tions are 25 to 80 cents per dozen by
the quantity.
PEANUTS-There is scarcely any
business doing in the market at pres
ent and prices are almost, if not en-
tirely nominal. In few weeks We
shall begin to receive the new crop and
until this begins to arrive we may ex.
pect quiet market. The following
are the quotations to-day:
Ordinary. 81 1902 90
Iflh1e. -.-......- !OQI 70
Fancy. 9 1902 SO
SHEEP AND LAMB-There was a
| fair market oil the week; receipts
ample and market firm and active at
the close. Quotations are entirely
owing to quality offered.
SALT-There is q good stock of
| domestic-rather free offerings and
only n fair demand. Liverpool and
American sells at 81 35@1 so per sack.
BEESWAX-The receipts are fully
equal to the wants of the trade, though
all offered finds a ready market and
prices are well sustained at 25@2S cts.
y 10 for prime.
DRY GOODS-There has been a
material increase in the volume of
business III this line since our last re-
port. Country merchants are coming
In and buying to q fair extent, and
general assortments, which shows that
the Autumn trade proper has actually
commenced. The weakness in fine
Brown and Bleached Cotton Goods,
previously noticed, has resulted in
decline of !@1 cent. per yard, but for
other goods, and even for these at re-
duced prices, there is firmer tone to
the market, and more confident feel |
ing prevails. In all branches of the |
Dry Goods trade, such as woolens,
clothing, dress goods, millinery, etc.,
there is more activity.
COTTON YARNS.-The market !
ruled quiet all the week, there being
only moderate demand for small lots |
to assert stocks: prices unchanged.
POULTRY-Good chickens have |
been in demand and the receipts of
such are only moderate, but small and |
medium were in liberal supply and |
only at low prices. We quote
small Spring chickens at 81 5O@2 90;
medium, 81 25@2 so; large, So 100
8 90, and some fine at So % - dozen.
Old do, sell at IS 50@4 25 p dozen,
as to quality.
CAIILE- The demand has been
fair for beef cattle during the week,
but the arrivals were light and the
sales small. Prime beeves sell at $50
} cents II 1b on the hoof.
MESS PORK-The stock of mess
pork is about exhausted, there being
out small amount in the hands of
obbers. and sales are made only in
small lots on consumptive orders; the
asst round lot sold brought S26 90, but
small orders lave since been filled at
s2S O0@$29 90; these prices would
hardly be maintained if shipments of
my considerable amount were received
rom other markets, and the price is
merely nominal.
FREIGHTS-The supply of ship
DOM during the week has been
,qual to the demand for berths. A
limited number of vessels for foreign
harter will receive the highest rates
'aid. Coastwise freights are unchang- {
d. See table below.
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Che Cotton rOps

There is Row no longer any doubt
that, Notwithstanding a prolific yield
of wheat, the money that the entire
crop of 1874 will bring will be far less
than the amount realized from last
years crop. In 1870 we produced
2S7. 745, 62G bushels Of wheat. This
wear We may safely estimate the crop
at $50. 600, 600 bushels. At the lowest
estimate the difference between the
price this year and the price last year
is about an average of % cents per
bushel, which will apparently reduce
the flrmers receipts from wheat alone
SS7. 100000. This is certainly great
deficiency. but it is entirely owing to
bountiful harvests, not only on the
Continent of Europe but ;,iao Ill ! .
land. which is the only customer for
American wheat.
We are appearantly threatened with
another and greater deficiency in the
amount of money to be realized from
orr cotton crops. There seem to be
several conflicting influences operating
on the price Of cotton. While private
advices generally and the official re-
ports Of the Bureau Agricul-
tural point to a reduced crop OF
B. OJU,UOU Dates, tIlO luOoI OUucOoAA1
and enthusiastic belief of determined
bear clique in a crop of a, 333, 900 bales
seems to be fully Endorsed by the low
price for cotton now prevailing. lie
cotton crop vitality differs from our
wheat crop in this respect: that where
as Of the $50, 900, 600 of wheat we pro-
duce, we only export some $4,000, 600
bushels, or about % per cent, we
exported during the cotton year Just
ended, 2,46O, 1881 bales out of Il crop Of
1000 bales, or nearly 70 per cent.
of the whole productios. The differ
ence then lies in this fact, viz: That If
a prolific crop OF wheat on the Cont
nent and in England reduces the price
of our surplus wheat, and consequent
" of our home-consumed wheat, 20
per cent, the foreign consumer gets
the advantage Of only % per cent. of
the whole reduction in the price of the
crop, while our home consumers en-
Joy the advantage of II per cent. But
if our great staple, cotton, is reduced
in price, 20 per cent, Europe gains to
the extent of 20 per cent. of the total
reduction resulting from the depress
ed price, and our home consumers
only gain 80 per cent. Hence the i'm
portance of fair or depressed price
in cotton is of immensely greater i'm
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A New EreeIove Com raunity.


Mr.. Orrin Shipman, wealthy gem
came across an article on. freelOve en-
terprise, written by Col. John Wilcox.
OF Wisconsin, and the ideas it contain
ed, made such favorable impression
on MIR. Sh1pman's mind, that he wrote
Col. Wilcox, offering to donate to q
company of the right kind. his prop
erty Oh Valcour Island. and his home.
farm, and all it's improvements. This
proposition was favorably received by
| Wilcox and others, and resulted in the
examination of the property by q COM
mittee, and the publication of the doc
ument by them, setting forth the plan
of proposed community. The COM
munity is to be an industrial organiza-
ton for people who wish to come
together and produce subsistence in
common, who will be expected
to work for the common good, and
whose sentiments are Of what the
proposers term the progressive, rad
ical order. Absolute social freedom.
and that sovereign right Of each indi-
vidual to control his or her destiny in
the sexual relation, will be fully recog-
nlzed. The community is to be divi-
NN>& tAoO Oi3ho S1oulJo, StAA CtaCA W OO
according to the law of as
sociated attraction. There is to be
presiding officer of each sex elected
annually, and harmony, peace and
happiness are to be everywhere pro-
noted. The property donated by MIR.
Shlpman consists of eight hundred
acres on Valcour Island and his home
stead farm in Winooski, containing
two hundred and ten acres, altogether
valued at 100000. The place is fine
y located in the loveliest section of
Vermont, and overlooks Lake Cham
plain. Already twenty persons have
and numerous letters from
other parties have been received ask
ng admission. The mon are described
IS being both intelligent and indus
rious, and the women bright and
handsome.
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portance to the country at large than
the fluctuations in the price of grain.

portance to the country at large than
the fluctuations in the price of grain.
Cotton is now lower than has been
at this season for three years past, by
from to cents n pound. The fol-
lowing We're the prices of middling
cotton at the beginning of September
for the past three years:
September. 1871 200 cents
| September, 1873 .213 cents
September, 1873. %! cents
The price ut the beginning OF Sep
teuber. 1874, and at this moment. is
about 10 !" lGs cents p pound for mid
| ding cation. Assuming, for argu-
! ine.ni's sake, that our crop prospects
promise more than 4 600, 600 bales of
! cotton, il NAV be said that there was
/ hardly any doubt in September, 1878.
/ that the crop would be over 4, 900, GOO
bales, and therefore. il the prospects
! are equally good now, Why is there
this discrepancy To be sure there
is the law of supply and demand,
which might give the desired explana
ton. Bat it is a significant fact that
there are daily sales of 5000 to 90
GEO bales Of cotton in Liverpool, half
OF which is generally American cotton,
and most of it for future delivery. That
is to say, Liverpool is securing $1,000
bales Of cotton q week Of our crop, that
IL now in process OF picking, at the
moderate price Of say 8 20 s. pence for
Iliddlirg, to be delivered to her dtl-
ring the winter months; and while size
is securing our crop at price which
Wonld be justified, at the lowest calc,l-
lation, only by crop Of 1883, 600
bales, We are, as 10 one will deny, in
great doubt whether the crop viii
yie;d $500, GOO or 100000 bales.
loss Of cents q pound on cotton
is, on short crop of 100000 bales,
a loss Of SOB, 100000, and loss of 3
cents pound is loss on the crop Of
So, 900, 900. II must be evident that
If we make q crop of 4,100,O bales |
we have to ship 2,SO0,0 600 to Europe,
and keep some 100000 bales for
home consumption. But if we only |
make a crop of $500, Geo bales and |
ship 2,8OO,000 bales to Europe we
should run short some 100000 |
bales for home consumption, or
rice Ct.'sa, we would ship less and re-
tain more for home consumption. But
iii either case the price must make up
for the shortness of the supply. The
most prudent thing at present would
be cot rechlessly to press sales while
tie crop is still SO doubtfully estlma-
ted. The large receipts of the new
crop TO-: September and October are
by no means criterion of the crop,
for it is obvious that one might ill q
bottle as fast from a one-gallon key as
from q fve-gallon key. The impor-
tant question is, how many bottles will
acll h"g fill ? The first picking of the
cotton fields will yield nearly equally
|
Der if the crop is 4, 800, 600 or only s.
800. coo bales. The question is, how {
on@ viii lie large receipts last ? tits
he -,rond and third pickings that fill
II thA deficiencies and make up
ss:&e crop. And, II any reliance is to {
,e placed Oh the reports of the Bureau {
# Agriculture, we fear after that first !
picking season the cotton yield will be 5
neagre. l
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CRUDE TURPENTINE.-Pric

ChUDE To E. PrlCeS
have ruled very steady during the
the past week, and there are no new
features presented of interest. The
late freshet in the rivers have brought
20 market considerable supply during
the week which has enabled our distil-
lers and manufacturers to work more
freely. At the close to-day the mar
ket is quoted steady at 81 25 for hard
and Sc % for yellow dip and virgin.
Thereceipts for the week, 3,215 bbls,
against 2, $50 for last week, show an
increase of 365 bbls. The exports for
the week 400 bbls, against 2S6 bbls
for last week, show also an increase of
Ia bbls. The stock in yard and afioat
as last taken was 1,721 bbls. against
$3.50 bbls for last week. The sales
for the week were as follows:
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-09-25
he Fairs in this state.
t0tsHty Conn

The Board of Commissioners met
mere yesterday, persuant to adjourn
nit aG the previous meeting, pres
tht, Mr.. Wilson, the Chairman. and
commissioners Morris, Wagner Van
Amrnge and Nixon.
Ibe bond of A, II. Black, Tax Col
nylof, was presented and received.
WIN ). g. Heyer, Alex. Oldham, B.
Drown, ID. L. Durham, W. t. Ban
herman, JAS. o. Bows}en, John Nc
i l,'', james brown, Daniel Shaw. +.
t,."fIter, +. Ii. Bell. Aaron Davis.
,''n'rt /. Williams and w. +. Free,
,,l'n - suretles, who all justified for
Ill aggregate Of SO, 600. =
:. hjhd OF ID. OConncr, as Standard
ne,rptr, for 5000, was received and
ordered accepted. '
isaac II. Brown was elected Consta.
Die Tor Holden township.
a. hnmber OF applications for re.
luton OF taxes were received and
-'ttrffel to the Finance Committed.
1"e Board then adjourned.
NE HAE-RooM REMEDY for all all
I"'ii's IS hum Bltters, surcharged will
""f ~, deadly element, rendcre,
' n'fe active by the pungent astrinpent
Win which it is combined IF Tn1,
ais ,as;:cn IS weak and liver or bowel
tI ."o strengthen and regulat
vfl w "ith ' fNKGAR BIrTERs, a pure1
fna G from a cohol and capal le of in
Using ing new vitality into your exhaust
a' 4W
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-09-25

General Bakers declination of the
candidacy for the Governorship may
not be altogether disconnected with
desire to be the next United States
Senator from Arkansas. Mr.. A. II.
Garland, the present Democratic NOM
lnee, was member of the Confeder-
ate States Congress and a candidate
for the United States Senate at tho
time Dorsey, the present colleague OF
| Clayton, was chosen. He is spoken of
as q gentleman better qualified for the
| position of Governor than any person
who has lately been elected in that
State.
Mrs. Martha Flacke, an aged and
esteemed lady of Fayetteville, died in
that city on Saturday last at the adj
vanced age of 80 years. She had been
a member of the Methodist Church
siXty-fve years, and her great-great-
grandchildren attended her bedside
in her dying moments.
The japanese census shows only
5000 criminals in n population Of over
$4,000, 900 souls.
Clarke & Co., Georgia, have 1859
acres in cotton, II, $50 acres in corn,
1913 acres IN oats, and 3, 459 acres Ill
wheat.
The log cabin which Mr.. Lincoln
made when sixteen years old, stands
in seven different counties in Illinois,
and they haven't got through counting
yet.
Sothern has played Dundrcary 4 ,952
times. If he averaged $500 for each
performance he has received the enor-
nous sum of 81, 026,O for his efferts
in his own character.
Ten counties in South Carolina arc
now garrisoned by Federal soldiers,
viz: AbbeviIle, BarnWcll, Charleston,
Edgefieli, Newberry. Marion, Rich
lands and Spartansburg.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-09-25

s.War to the KSsiifc !,'-We have de
ciared war against CONTRIBUTORS, and we
mean TO fight it out. When diseases of the Kid
neys or OF the provocative organs PROSTATE yon.
bold's Bu"hu may be known by the private
pro prietary stamp OF II. Il. HeITnbo,d, on each
bottle. ana is fully warranted for diseases OF
the kidneys and urinary organs. Sold by
druggists everYWheTe.
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EXPORTS.
COASTWISE.

New York-Schr BeD- 2, $50 bbls
rosir, $50 casks spirits.
Baltimore-Steamship Raleigll-194
bbls rosin, 40 bales sheeting, 50 do
cotton, bags peanuts, 126 casks
spirits, 4 bbls peanuts, 148 do tar, IS
DO pitch. pkgs mdse. 1900
New YoTk-Benefactor- POI bbls
rosin, 135 do tar, 400 do crude turpen-
tine, 300 casks spirits; Ill bales cot
ton, 90 bushels peanuts, % pkgs mdsc,
bales hides, l box wax.
New York-Schr Paugassett-2,B eco
bbls rosin. .
New York-Schr larry Not-4s, 5O7
feet lumber, 378, 900 shingles.
Baltimore-SteamshipD j Foley
76 casks spirits, % bbls crude turpen-
pentine, 473 do tar, 10 do pitch, IA
pkgs mdse, 12S bales cotton, 10 do
sheeting, 700 bdls shingles, $1,000
feet lumber.
Acknowledgements Brig Rama
1,611 casks spirits turpentine.
Hayti-Schr Kate Grant-11O,O 900,
feet lumber, 10 bbls rosin, casks
spirits turpentine.
Antwerp-Br Barquentine Thomas
G Leed-2, 766 bbls rosin. --.--
Liverpool-German Big Frende-
2,600 bbls rosin.
Antwerp-German Brig Lillesand-
$50 bbls rosin, 1,013 casks spirits tur,
peptine, -
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Resolutions of II aspect 30 the Menu
DRY of Hon. Sion H. Rogers, AdOp-
ted at a Meeting Of the bar in the
Court House IL, Johnston, County,
~
September 20. .S?i.

A special reporter OF tic JOURNAL
who vas present Oh the occasion, has
banded rs the following resolutions o
Tie bar O. Johns or county, on the oc
casi"n 81 the death Of Hon Sion H.
Rogers:
WHGuaAs, since the last term oI
Ills Court, uur friend and associate ~
the har, tie Hon. Son Il: Eogess, has
boon removed by death from oar
midst. and we dem. it appropriate ~
som: ht:i:tr l.."Mnliai to express; or
scnsa al tiiG loss %e have Sustained,
therefore
i'es0iccd, That called to i'll high
| positions IN both tlte civil ai:.l military
! ervicc O! llis country III tines Of deep
| ct interest, lie was ever fou"i wise
! AMI prudent i'll council and faithful
! and fearless ~ AIMS
-, I3iat by the b." and the peopi"
Il this District he vii! long h" r,Incftl-
bcrrd for his fidelity 10 clienta, his
earnest and persuasive eloqncnca, his
uniform courtesy and gcitlencs3 TO-
wards ali with whom lie came III con
tact.
81. That HE tIonor, ). l.. Henry,
~ I, requested tn oI,!cr the proceedings
OF tins meeting spread Oh the MIN
utCs Of this Court, and that he Socre-
t"ry be instructed 10 forward copy
of than 10 til" family Of the deceased
and a copy II be published III tie
linh.ic press.
Gen. W. l.. Cox,
e. w. POT.
". L. DoKrCH.
T.. RICHMOND WADDEtL,
l.. b. SANDERS,
Com. on ECSOIutiojl8.
Solicitor J. C. L. Harris. for the
Committee, read the resolutions and
submitted few remarks, and was fol-
lowed by Mr.. A. NJ. Lewis, Captain
Joe Davis, Gen. w. r. Cox, Mr. Fab
ius Busbec, Mr.. Z, ". Pom and
Judge J. j.. Henry, AL Of whom spoke
IL The most touching manner of the
life, character ard virtues Of the de-
ce ;sed.
Judge Henry ordered the Clerk to
spread the resolutions upon the min
utes OF the Court, and on motion of
Mr.. 4. n. Lewis the Court then adj
journcd.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-09-25

New York is terribly excited over
the kidnapping business, and every
child which is absent for ten minutes
is first kissed on discovery, then fog
ged, and then tied to the bedpost,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-09-25

By the above it will be seen that tie
total receipts at the Atlantic and Gulf
shipping ports this year have been
1904, 900 bales, against 1901, 346 bales
last year. II now we add the ship
ments from Tennessee and elsewhere
direct to- manufacturers, we have the
following as the crop statement for the
two years
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-09-25

An amusing event occurred in New
Orleans during the coeq, d'etat. At a
late hour of Tuesday night scouting
party of citizens discovered that sew
eral large baskets of food, bread and
ham, were being conveyed to the Jail
birds in the Custom House. They
made raid upon this underground
commissary train near the COZ er of
Common and st. Charles streets, and
captured the whole of it. The result
was half rations among the imprisoned
carpet baggers next day.