Newbern Journal of Commerce from New Bern, North Carolina • Page 1

4 ouvuat; of 1 i 1 Ratestif Advertising Revised. 1868 ttblfcaed DAIIjY, on Polljock Street, Hecbn Nerta -I i. CareliAa, by 4ft OOl 90 00 STEPHEN D. POOL SONS, 600 8 00 8 12 OP COj 35 00 it nn ii ft 25 0 oil CO CO 125 00 11 OO 15 00! 2.T OC 00 180 CO 15 00 20 00 80 09 20 00 SO 00! 40 00 27 00 45 00 BO 00 60 00 85 00 105 eo 225 0O 450: CO 160 00 PUBLISHED DAILY BY S. D.

POOL SONS, IN THE BRICK BLOCK, CRAVEN STREET. 40 00 60 00 i 100 001160 CO 300 00 TERNS SUDSCRIPTIOH ...........3 of tha Wlt-rs of orth Crolin. will strictly dHcrea i to at this office Bii month. VOL. 90.

NEWBERK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1869. 1 1 Jhibii Ptjce Five the4oplion th sahh Bjriem in Wrd JCPC" -Tert1ierant. and a rict d-erroe to their rpi rmtea uWTtiiiufj as a deviation xiom I i tilabs ten Lr fi i i ri 'iiir a rw isa ex i ei as j-a SV AU JUL UUltLlUll Ti 1 4 OO TO OO 33 OO rii- i From tke Charleston urier. Ih.ji Instruction; Dry Goods. Clothirg, Miscellaneous.

Ory-Gds, Clothing, ftC. The Lal Tender Act and Gold Contracts. As the subject one oi importance amd in A HAPPY HEW YEAR TO ALL TfllE jVEWBEUY ACADEMY iii II0LL1STER SLOYEIl, i terest, re recur again, to the decision of the I860 jr 1 is tj Supreme Court of theiUuited States, fimallj determining tho nature of contracts made payable in gold. And the announcement and Get COMMISSION MER CHANTS tlrmcn, both ytung end old, It appears that Christian' Metz, in Decem JLND ber, 1857, borrowed of Fredrick Bronson, Ex That the Cheapest 'and Beat Goods are ecutor of Arthur Bronson, the sum of Welnatela and Brothers Wholesale and Re'tailJ Dealers 400, and that, in order to. secure its pay- Mis; a niemt, he executued a bond comditioned for 9 IN the requirement of this sum, "with interest, in gold and silrer coin, lawful money of the "We would respectlally call tho attention all, to our fine and well selected stock ef GROCimiES, The First Session of the Newborn Academy, fo'f the rear 18fi9, wilbbcgin on the first Mond in Jahuarv.

The Male and Female Departments will 5f pamto. but both will be.ucdfT the iip-mediite and instruction of the The course of instruction will be thdr-oughiand practical, great 'attention will bo Rivenj to Composition, to Heading, pel-linganilAVritins. and every exertion -will bo madal to rendor tho Academy one of the first in the Mate. Th mode of Instruction will be larqcly orp.l, and lectures suited to the capacity and' advanee-mentlof the pupils, will be delivered during the term Asssooa as the patronage of the 'schools will warrant, arrangements will uiade.to havothe Gorman Language. JIusic, Dancing," Drawing, United States.

Ho also executed amortgage of certain real estates as a further security. 33 XT I XiZSXITG: OOXJ In January, IS60, payment -was tendered DRY GOODS, to Bromson in United States Treasury notes, for the sum of principal and interest due up a CLOTHING, on the bond and mortgage. 'I 1 r.J RE AT REDUCTION IN PRI C.E tender vas Bronson claiming that ho vras entitled to payment not in LADIES GKNTS'I BOOTS and SHOES; COTTON BAGGIKG, ROPE and TWINE, HARD and WILLOW WARE, iC. HAVE just received a full assortment of goods Treasury notes, but in gold or sihrer, as lawful money. FURNISHING GOODS, CARPETS, Fencictr.

Ac, taught at very low rotes. CLOTHING AT 10 PER CENT. LESS THAN HEW YORK PRICES. The Court of Appeals, of the State of The Principal has had considerable experience I York, directed Bronson to satisfy the bond in and reierence, 103 nis uu.nn.- fir-nsJ is rradr to "Professors Charles i'Llliips avid and(mortgage upon payment in legal tender It DUO PRICES AT All these articles, and a great many more td i) Is A in tbeir line, which they offer at small advance on New York cost for cash. notes.

Mimjel Eetter, Lite ot" tho. University of North Carolina; also, to tho following gentlemen; of numerous to mention, we are determined to seill The case was carried, by writ of error, be Oct23-tf. ii Raleigh, whom he prepared, for College: Hon. fore tho Supreme Court of tho United AT VERY LOW PRICED Monii. lia-ersDr.

K. I.nrkc liavwoou, S0IIT8 OF GOODS ALL States. AT THK LOWEST PIIICES, David Jlinion arid Major IU S. "Tucker. JAMES REDMOND, The following question was thus raised for 1 PrJNCIPAL its consideration.

LOOK AT OUR WHITE FLANNELS FOR 20 CENTS PER YARD. and cheaper than any house in the State. Conte asJBronson bound by law to accept United WILLIAM J. CL.VItICK, A. M.

btates notes equal in nominal amount to the one, Come all, and judge for yourselves. Checked Store on the Wharf IiIALE DErAKTMITNT. AT OUR WHITIi 'FLANNELS AT 25 CENTS PER YARD A 4 sum due, as full perform ance and satisfaction of a contraction winch stipulated for the LOOK Assist inl "WlIJJAM E. ClVliKE. EINSTEIN i BFiO'S, Jan 1-if Cor.

Tollok and Middle Sts. payment of that sura in gold and silver com, lawfulmoney of the United States? i 1ST, fximaij: Drr.vr.Tiir.NT. McLBAN 'CO, It will" thus be perceived that" the issue Hfs. Maky Bayat.d Claeke. BAEE EPP LEE was fQuarelv made, and it has been as tf isn 1 Asslstant Miss P.

a AY EST. squarely decided. The opinion of the Court is before us. Chief Justice Chase h4dT TEKM3 insurance Companies. I-1 it a i 1st.

That the contract is to be enforced ac WHOLE SALE AND RETAIL DEALEI Elementary English Branches, I Per session' of ten weeks." andunderstandiac: of cording to the intent the parties. IF Ilighier English Branches, WHOLESALE i AND liSTAIL DEALE1 IN GROCERIES, I DRV GOODS, BOOTS SHOES, 1 if READY-MADE i CLOTHING, $100 SGOO es.00 Per session of ten weeks, 2d. That tho contract was upon its face llsh Branches with Latin. Greek Eng IF. payable alone in coined lawful money.

3d. That a cou tract to pay a certain num. or French And Tticroby fecenre a Competency yoitv Family In Case of Death. I- ber of dollars gold and silver coin, is BoKrd can had. in private families, for pu-' in DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, CLOTHES, CASSIMERS, i READY MADE CLOTjHING, in legal import not i redeemable by the ten nils it from $15 to $'20 a month.

KfillBOCKER; MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, KN der of a depreciated currency of any descrip Cepiti'ates of membership of any of i schools can bo obtained on npplicution to tho tion, equivalent only in nominal amount if OF NEW YORK, to the real value of the bullion of the coin undeTMi'ned. 1A) AHL) ii Sl'AALl, of the Trustees Dec 20-tf of' the Newbern Academy. dollars. Country i'rotlucc Bouglit anil 61 500,000. Annual 2,750,000.

Asset ver i Oct uii In the words of the chief Justice: "Our therefore, upon this part of the GENTS FURNISHING HDIES GENTS BOOTS SHOES case is nat the bond under consideration SELECT KALE -AHD FEMALE -SCHOOL. I Tho. Pvi v. A. D.

Cohen havincr ehcracred the scr ALE OP! 11J5AL ESTATE' was in legal import precisely what it was in SOUTHERN iBRANCH HAS PAID $73,500 LOSSES IN TWO YEARS ONE TlllkliOV 7 HE PREMIUMJL OA NED 10 THE POLICY HOLDER. the understanding of the parties, a valil ob CLOTHING MADE TO OI5DDR, viceiof M. DeW. Stevexsok, and made, IV A. ligation to be satisfied alone by a tenure "By virtue of a deed of mortgoge executed by actual payment, according to its terms, and Adolph Uohn to Tnfft--, Bar'is Co, anl Cough arrangements wun omer compeieni inacners woulid respectfulh- announce tljaf he is prepared THE LATEST AND MOST land.

Beudle of New York, will be sold by im offer of mere nominal payment. llxo Knickerbocivcr is an old established Company. Its anairs are managed with great care and rnrlphcke its losses fairly aud honorably adjusted and promptly paid. On account of the liberal ij to take any number of male and female scholars ot the Court House door in Newborn, on the 2d 1 It cannot be maintain fcof all ages, to instruct in all tne lranencs qtian wolicv pursued by this Company towards its policy Holders in the bouth during the war, it certainly day of Februrry, 18G9, tw parcels of land in Elementary, Classical, and Mathematical educa ed iliftt a contract to pay coined money may fc Sratified byi tender of United States FASHIONABLE STYLES Craveu County, known as Nos. and 2 in the tion ivl'iv1 which is a BRAX Oil IS TIIK SOUTH where policies are issued aL lossrs-paid.

extra oi.nvUQ'for officers! of the Army or Navy, or First Class Steam or Sail Vessels, Railroad Con due This is not a performance of the con partition of the estate of the late Moses Eenel Terms cash. Instruction will be given v.ao Music, Qcr tr 1 MiV1aiMia AnnllMtinn fnr inonnnni f-v Vin i-. r. 1 1 tract within the'true intent of the Acts. man! 1 rencn ana lie ore w.

We keep a large andiwell selected stook coi ttC. NO reSCClCllOll Oil UVta icmuouvu. uuuL.ui.b uv mmiu l(J UU MANLY IIAUGIITON, IWl TERMS PER MONTH. willgivu necessary directions uio. innereut moues 01 insurance, Sc, Attorneys forUTuiits.

Burtis Co. and Cough gned, who stantly on hand, and prices will be as low Primary, S2.00 WILLI A'l II. Innd, Reudle Co. Jan l-9tw I llntermidiate. S3 any house in this branch of business.

Dlt. K. ITIedieal Exaraincr. Pernor, including the languages. S-iiUUi Ndv8-tL A.

Jai 25-tf HE NATIOITAIj RAKii. OlO 5EW UN '4. AVE SELL FOR CASH ONLY Ijle adds "It must be observed that the laws for the coinage of gold and silver have never been repealed or modified. They remain upon the statute book in full force, noil have tho-io provisions of the law which majke thoso coin a lognl tender in all payments been repealed or modified. It follows that there were two descriptions of money in iise at the time the tender, under consideration was made, both authorized by law, and both made legal tenders in payments.

The general denominations of both descriptions NOUADl KG II TO iv er a Life imsuran company, Through inadvertence, the late election of P.AEK EPPLER. A Jan 15-tf. Newbern. N. C.

ANEVILLE, Directors was 1 ot held on the day prescribed by the bye-laws, and is void. Therefore notice is Losse Thirty raid No Extra Charge For hereby given that a btockholiiers meeting for BISGHASI. W. B. liTITCH.

WM. IBIKGHAM. election of Directors will be held Days. Female opens Febmarv3d. rr cfitiiinn rccT ii The Si inn rtSL'Atv oensSca f.u one year, niciuutntr imuou MONDAY, FEBRUARY 35, 18G9 are but they are essentially unlike in nature.

It is impossible in the nature of things that tliese two dollars should be the ill 1 and washing. Bestriotion made sent on will open at 12 IL, and close actual equivalents of each other, nor is there The polls P. for Tiavel or No Cltargcs -bor Medical Examination or Stamps; anything in the Uiirreney Acts purporting II. Eli'scsllaneon to make thorn such. hat reason can II.

TIIOMrSON, Cashier. Jan 14-lm. bo for saying that a contract to pay CARD. coiu dollars must be by a tender of TICK an-equal number of note dollars, which is not equally valid, for saying tuat a contract to YORK. BERT STREET OF OFFICE NO.

6 9 ixouco is nereoy criven persons indebted to me ti i i i i- -1 ii i uer oi uiivuii.ii nuiuuui ui wiii uuiwia. vy uuho ur nucouni, 10 can ami seme tne same dv t. x-l ih isf. ntvJh'rr n.vf rPuocft "i But we need pursue the subject no further. i i i i a i uy ti i i A Allow ui1 to present our cbmpliments to the' then, will placed in the hands of an officer for.

11 us ik 7 i 1 "'f it St. 1 4 i 25 Ttie Original Joint Stock Life Insurance Company in the United States. the Act must receive the reasonable construc collection. Necessity compels me to this course. tion, not only warranted but required by the good people of Newbern, and thank themj for theit very liberal it remge during tho pastcar We also wish to ill tbeir attention to the -fact JNewbern, fan 17-2w.

GEO. ni nr confine the Insnrarceof First Class, healthy lives. i comparison of its provisions of other Acts WANT ED Nre shall sell, for the next GO days, all Tne Uist liK tlve Featir of the (Stock system of Ife ot.poBed to ihe Mutual; is a low rate of premium for Mitel sums i suved. which is IMMEDIATE. BECUKED AND CERTAIN, in lieu of a high rate of Dremlum.

andpirotaiAed dividend, which ia distant, con Uu gent and uncertain this so-called dividend being mer ely a return of cortiou of the excesaiva and unnecessary premium charged in the first instance. FOR SALE AT I that and with each other, and that upon such reasonable construction it must bo held to JESPOSSIOLlIi AOESTS sustain tho oroposition that express contracts 1, goods at very low prices, in order to make room, for olux Spring Stock, and would invite our lru3 To dispose of guarantees for the sale of landed to pay com dollars. These are not diltis vhicn ILLUSTRATION. rT--o of nncp lf-fnrfl nil fli Jr a LEAN and other valuable property in different parts of be satisfied ly tlie tender of United States Ask for our tne umtea states. 'ro fits very liberal, -sales note fhaf.

tin individual acred thirty desires to devtoe 3200 a year for the purpose of effecting 3-tf ar0 easily effected, aud on loss of time from other In this iudirment all the Court concurred. f- business. Address J. T. MILLER tO AND 23 CENTS WHITE FLANNELi, I Jan 20 law w.

Etx 14. P. O. 1 cit Deposit, Ud sen ted. NEW CLOAKS, AT i i It.

will be perceived that the constitution an insurance on his life; thi? amcunt will immediately secure him in th "Universal" the sum of $11,751, payable! on his decease. This sum is paid to a company charging the ordinary mutual rates, would seeijue him the suuvof $8,171. The dift'erencd between these sums (S3. 277) is exactly the same as an immediate boiitis or addi- the policV to be paid by the former office to the holder ef the policy in case, of the early death of the iiJsurecL. It is true that if the insured, in an oiSce charging high rates, live on7 enouqh, and havtt his periodical dividends added to his policy, the sum may equal or surpass that r.lxiv'e nnined; bM it must be forgotton that the dunce 0 early ueaih is the very thing tho ap- pi ccaiit desired tp insure against, and consequently the greater the sum immediately- secured, con- ality of 'the Act of Congress, making notes 'If CLOTHING AT AMAZING EC TRICES.

a -legal tender was not brought into the judg ilcLEAN i I ment. FOii 11F.NT. i The large and commodious private residence on Broad street well known as the "udge Green House, now occupied by I. Disosway. Possession will be given the first day of January.

For It was merely decided that the Act did net FOR apply to cases oi contracts payable upon their face gold or silver. Oil tblS event, LUB grettici uib iiutivutaigo iu uuuj-uuiuw. To illustrate Ithe importance" to the policy-holder of low premiums in more general terms, ii HOdDS, SQNTAGS, BREAKFAST SHAWLS, 1 This decision looses the hands of the coun mavlbe stated that' by a reduction of twenty-five per cert in the rate of premium, the same amount further, particulars apply to' nni. 3JoDre, The subscriber haJ on hand and will Fell at try. Parties are at perfect liberty to make ifmhiiev will sefeure a rolicv twentu-three and one third per cent gteater, and likewise that a teduc e.

Also, a conil proprietor ot the Gaston .11 on low price FOR CASH three the folic sbch i ricc3 as you will be fcure to. buy. 4 I it cotton plantation, together with two crops of their contracts payable either in gold and sil- msr description if turpentine lands, low bDxes. I -CI ot UcLEAN 0.x One large Hand Press (Washington) in fair ver, or in currency. Ana as tney are made, so they are redeemable.

Tun Nov 11-tf. order. One meJiuin Hand, rf ess in good order, f'r XT! The Supreme Court has authorized, and -I li tion of tweuty-liye per cent in the rate of premium neieely equivalent to an annual cash dividend of.Mrtv-lhree ank one third per cent, ytyaU in advance, -r to a dividend of forty-five per cent payable at the end of five years. i By iccJc jflah theui2 cash effect of the premium immediately secured tp the insured, the Cbinpany taking aTl the By the Mutual plan, th fell value ia insurance of the premium paid is not secured to the policy-holder, who takes a pai-tion of the risk himself. The PKEihuira charged by the Universal' as low as the actual experience of insured life in this country will justify, and on the ordinary Life aud ien-year Non-frftiture policies a.xe nearly jitthird lower than those charged by the majority of Mutual Companies.

WAXl'ED, 1X One No. 2 '-Liberty" Press nearly new and excellent order. declared valid gold and silver contracts, and this puts an end to this heretofore vexed question. i Those in want of one or all of above presgff By virtue of a deed in trust made to me" by Of George P. Taylor, formerly of Carteret It is therefore a mero matter of business will find it to their interest to correspond witaigfiiie Allen loison, tne ii.tn uay of May, 18G8.

i Site ii. 1 m. 1 1 i M. who lately resided t'olumbus. Ohio, transaction, whether contracts hereafter are me.

iney can uuy Uiim on octter terms tnaa.Ci wauscii to tue nigncsi ukkict, ior casii, at the and whd worked in West-Jefferson, Ohio, in elsewhere. 1 1 Court House dcori in Newbern, on the first dav Ten P.iyment Ordinary Life Ten Paymeats Kate8 Ordinary Li'e January, 1161, at house carpentenncr. His fath made upon gold or legal tender note3 as a basis. llates. i er died in October, 1853.

He will find it to bis STEPHEN POOL. li of February, at 12 o'clock. th'e 5-tf Ageut.il tiop on which the said Vine Allen Tolson re- This much certainly 'has been se ttled. 25 39 35 $33 10 36 44 4 53 45 51 45 55 6J $23 67 36 6 4G 38 $0 Si $14.92 17 62 19 78 23 47 9 16 69 71 83 80 faciies, more or less. Also, six Cows, me Mule.

advantage to communicate with his brother, D. Taylor, at Whiteoak, Carteret N. C. iii2l-3t. II.

D. TAYLOR. olumbns Ohio Statesmen copy 3t. F. BOESSElt.

HI lour bows ana eleven x'igs, six i5ec hives; two iloxEY for THE Sotjth. Mr. Forney, in its, one Bull, two Heifers; all of which can be AH the imnrbved descriptions of Endownent Policies' on the Stock plan at greatlv reduced rates his Washington Chronicle, publishes an elab j. Manufacturer and Dealer. seen on the Plantation before the day of Nefvbern.

Jan 12-td THOS. J. MITCHELL. eUcis issued at rates less than those charged by Mutual Comptunes, giarnteeing the retura of allrpremiums paid in addition to the amount insured, Policies issued at rates less than those, charged by Mutual Companies, guaranteeing a reduction orate letter upon the subject of the excess of money at the North, and the fine fieldi for IN ALL KINDS OF FURNITUIlEf of afty per ce.atj qi tne premium uiiex ui? iuuu aiiuutu ajxuuuu 4 rj'll 'HAP II A i jt Mr i By virtue of certain mortgage made to me by investment at th' South, up- Jabez W. Bell, the 23d -day of January 18G8, and xvi.ni.

I on the tables ne uotes. he savs i 1 Of I vi BOARD OF D1HECTURS 4: Book, C-C. pae 231, 1 will sell at public unrv. "Ilere. aoart from the -picture of tho -nro- One Dollar will pay for one month's reading; at West's Circulating Library." Call and see bobks at 20 Pollok Stteet.

I' -k BE0ADAND MIDDLE STREETS, NEWBERK. SAMUEL W. To.iUEY, 22 Exchanpe Plac. i JOHN METOALF1U, i 43 Eaat Street. T'i'Vi imT tmT i si V.

A. tion to the highest biader for cash, at the court -neritv of the working classes of ihm Xnrtb. HURLBUT.law President Second house door, in the town of Beaufort, on the first stand? the fact- that there are nearlv three 1-tf Dec WALTER G. WEST. Refers to the citizens of Newbern generallyj 4 uayoi arca.

ic tttiao ciocK, a certain plan- nundred miUions of money on deposit in a as to the Quality and cheapness of his wares It IV Ii Everything in his bine, from the best to the sSe Part of the aaTing banks of only eight of Wl-LLIAI WALKER. Preeilent. HWRY ii. Arexiinder Green. KUBrT LKNNoX KKNNEUX, 99 ATe ue.

SAMUEL D. BAlGOCK, liros Co. WILLIAM G. LAMBERT, G. C.

Richirdaon Co. MARTIN BATES, 'Martin Bates, Co. JA8.IM. HALS TE AD. President American Fire Insurance Company.

1 1 'EORGE S. COE, President Am fincanl Exchange Bank. iiENRY DAY, Lord, Day Lord, CounseUors-at-Law. WILL I All V. UKAOY, Ex-Mayot City of New York.

GEORGE T. SOfE, President Coniinental Tire Iatir- 'mco Compauy. a JMASil- MAUKlOS, D. 1 East 7th 3lr.t. lauK.

i 1 CORNEUT3R. GNEW, M. 394 Filth Avenue. GEO. A.

PETERS. M. 20 West 29th Street. W1I. T.

BLOD4ETT. Wm. TUden Kephew. I J. GOOURIDGEj Brooklyn.

BUBH AKEilAN, President Harlem 3ai AD. IAN VAN SINDERLIS. 69 Wall street. I AHUuELdKEEM, Connsellor-it-Law. i vi- iin Sfatoo fiinH wh oh it- hml.

mniA che apest, lurnished at snort notice. I av kimiivu mm vv M. ti 141 Cm teret county, State of North Carolina Deol2-tf. I is only waiting for perfect security: ior in The Dwelling House, onKew Strett. kndwn as i THOS.

B. HENDERSON. Jan 23-lm. tne rotevr art House." vestment in the bouth to be transferred, the most of it, to that more profitable field of la ili T-Ia CT 1 IM n. El) W.

LAMUERT.M. MedioU Examinor. VI GALL AND GET YOUR BILL i ralrlv ornriAfl lw tha Ti- rv.l.A bor. These are the classes who ara to build j. yiiut.m Ylca-President.

JNO. H. BEWLEY, Secrtar PORCELAIN "For tprm Art1 in. up and restore that interesting section, even OFFICERS ec J. DFLANNER.

Lf gill I1ERX W. tllk.xw. -UwfUKcuwi, ARIP ALEXANDER A GREEN, Solicirrrs. JOHN H. BEWLEY, Secretary.

CHARLES E. PEASE, Assisut Secretary. BQ0TS SHOES QALL 1ND GET YOUit BILLS, McLEAN STEREOGRAPHS. -f i- i i i The nndereignecl having been Appointed General Agents for the States of Noeth and Sofifi fcr the above STEKLlNUr Companyj dcsjre Agents in all the principal Towns and sections in said Stated. To taer-gctio agents wkio itre willing, and anxious to work, libccal terms wilfc be entered into.

vOJ. At CLEAN CO'S Ik Lot of Low Piiced Flour, AT AT CLOAKS, AT Jurt BeciTed by F. S. DUFFY. Agcn3 NeiTHcrn; GALLERY iMORGAN'S Jan29-tfc: DUFFY, M.

Examiner. WALTER wh.ipearoe. ept 25-tf. McLEAN BARGAINS AT THE COURT HOUSE BUI I i- i 4.