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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1869
Page
4
Spirits turpentine sold 85 casks at 40 cents per gallon while crude turpentine shows 172 barrels sold at Rostn with 1 754 barrels received and no reported sales. Prices for soft and hard spirits and a ros t aggregate appear with spot figures. Cotton receipts stand at 127. no sales reported.
A list of prices for market goods including meats vegetables dairy and fruits. Lice at 24 to 16 cents per pound, mutton 12 to 16 cents, veal 20 cents, fresh pork 15 cents, sausages 20 cents, hogshead cheese 25 cents, eggs 30 to 35 cents a dozen, oysters New River gallon 1.00 to 1.50, fish 50 cents per bunch, potatoes sweet 1.00 per bushel, Irish 1.00 per bushel, celery 0.25 per bunch, apples 2.50 per bushel, oranges 0.75 per dozen, poultry 60 to 80 cents, turnips 1.50 per bushel, onions 0.10 each quart, eels 1.46 per dozen, turkeys 0.25 to 0.80 each.
The North Carolina Senate and House convened December 14 1869. Debates cover repealing acts on Western North Carolina Railroad plans and Planters Railroad, sheriff pay settlements, debt relief, and a bill authorizing militia use to quell insurrection, with strong partisan clashes over habeas corpus suspension and executive power.
The North Carolina House debates tax arrears collection, sheriff relief, and county governance. A substitute limits per diem and mileage for county commissioners and township trustees, with various county exceptions and a militia amendment under consideration.
Amid a militia or county session, a motion to limit per diem to 15 days failed but then prevailed in adopting a substitute. The substitute text was adopted and the bill moved to third reading as lawmakers debated officials from Alleghany and related districts during the session.
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