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INSURERS RECEIVE TUB LARGEST A.RQNVS EVER GIVEN. DIVIDENDS MADE ANNUALLY ON it J IARTWIIATGtW8, I - ; 1 'A 'A 'V S. 'A A (Fil i if ' NO CLAMS UNPAID ILL KINDS OFNONFORFEIT NG POLICIES ISSUED, POLICIES INCONTESTIDLEt 3 5i Pwun Lm policies VLFTER -S. .i .51 f ;v i and ten Annii J n MiUAu wL tt wraii roncies, won 4 cja in 18G2, em.r?ormTunsAGo. "t;i All. 1,092. 708. 571. TO POLICY, TOTAL roL. v ; 8,000. 53,574. ; 2,708. 2,503. 13iS72." 10,848.' 10,208. .9,503. if .j- - 'iijif'T?"--:.:- , oiaue or. anr lmnin in .1: r i r i . . . t . 'MHOMte Nw IVaTwJ Toi lit g ; Taxes and Provicle 1 .t!c PP6rt or the City ;;.;Gpyei-nmeiit.:vb;;.;; J r'ri l j rw''? i tile . It U further nrrtnin ri.. 'II J . 1 " .1 rlT 5 P lbG8 nPcreoB, firmer, corporation shall l t,.." , :T r n"o. unuaajice, nniii ue or 5jyjJ Tdai,U!d'Th:it every person for per- ' . , " j i l -iicil uiiiic Ul PI VIC I , Be- it w-uu lounn, ii an inn-KeeiJcr, tbe lax herein tirOTirirat-chnll mat Ant nJ K. - ir c - y v UH T Ci: i 11 Cense ror Rlir h trl nriimimtinn l: ' i.n iDonttBne -in i force f or one Jiionth, at the place or prcjniB- Sec 4, it further ordained. That if nnv persons shall exercise or carry on any trade or business hereinafter mention far ih license is reoHired, without taking ont such license as Is in that behalf required, he, she, or or they shalL for guiree time. tlilaS. cd for sach license to the use of the city. Sec 5, And be it further ordained, That in evcrr ease where more than n v . . J decribe4haUtec tamo rtlnr-A . v 1 r 1 me "r ."' fis wue, wra as therein men tioned, license must be taken out for each, according Sw. AndJe U further ordained. That on and after the first dav of AnrlT. ixfH fnr ..ov, n " . V , sum herewith stated, shall be respectively and monthly . : v, . . , toviio vim j mi; uu any DUtiniES ,TO yui,rew uiiius orcunance, in part nership may trapsact such business at such place, under such license, and not otherwise, i (i . j uansers shall pay ten dollars for each license, and every person shall be deemed a banker w.thin the mean ing: Of tlllS OrdinanCA. whn k-oori a nla l x wnere credits , are opened in favor of any person or j i -pvsi r tuucciiuu oi money or currency and the some or any part thereof shall be paid out or rcmmittcd upon the draft or check of such creditor - (2) Auctioneers, shall pay ten dollars for license. Jlvery person shall be deemed an auctioneer whose oc cupation it is to. offer property for sale to tbe highest (3.) Retail Dealers In linn nra iriit,Jin pr lennented honors, and wines of every description, shall pay five dollars, for each license. Every persen BuuBuauuuerior saie sncn nqnors m less quantity than one gallon at one time, to the same purchaser. uou uc i oiuw o rewui uwuer ia nqnors. : , -- (4.) Retail Dealers shall pay one dollar for each license Every person whose occupation It is to sell or offer for sale groceries or any goods; wares i or merchandise, or foreign, or domestic productions in less quantities than a whole original piece or package, at one time to the same person (not including winesj spirituous or malt liquors), shall be regarded as a retail dealer. (5,) Wholesale Dealers shall pay four dollars for each license. Every person whose occupation or bnsiness It is to sell groceries or any goods,! wares or merchan dise, bv one or more original package or piece at one time, to the same purchaser, or wines and liquors in quantities of more than one gallon, shall be deemed a wholesale dealer. M f Hotels, Inns and Taverns, shall pay five dollars for each license. Every place where food and lodnn are provided for and furnished to travelors or 6oionn ers, in view pi Tpayment therefor, shall be regarded as a Jlotel, Inn or Tavern, m ? I (7.) Brokers and Commission Merchants shall pay tour dollars for each licene Any! person except one holding a license as wholesale dealer or banker whose business it is to purchase or sell stocks, money, goods or merchandise, or seek orders therefor in original or unbroken package or prod ace, or to manage bnsiness matters for the owners t of vessels, or consfjmora of frRlirht. nr n-hnso hnsinniQ i A n TV real estate for others; shall be regarded as a Canker or Commission Merchant, j . ;i t s(8.) Theatres, Circuses and Jugglers shall pay a sum apt to exceed two hundred dollars to be fixed by the City Conncil in each case. 3 f.)iBowRng Allies or Billiard Rooms shall nay four dol lars for each li cense, h 1 .i ; s -. t (10.) Horse Dealers and Livery Stable "keepers shall pay fohr dollars for eachlict nye. i ; , ; !i 41 .V-iPfWlrilAm stinll rw fift nf a.k i: t Any person, except persons peddling newspapas, books or domestic produce as their own producing, who sells or offers to sell at retail goods, wares or commodities, travelling from place to place in the streets shall be .deemed apeddler.i.4v if. r,i yi kiu ..:-:-. Ii r- (10.) Manufacturers; shall pay twof dollars for each IS censo. Any person. except one holding a license as wholesale dealer or banker or firm who shall mannfact--ureby hand or 'machinery, and off ef for sale any goods, wares or merchandise -ex eeding -ann-aally the sum of pne thousand dollars shall be deemed a manufacturer. QS-rLawyers, Physicians, ; Dentiits, Photographers nd Printers, shall pay one dollar for each license. !? (14,) Express Companies shall pay five dollars for each license : - ; Lt -rf- r,-- if .,'..-..!''; ? (15.) All nilblir. dmva eThnll nnv tw-nt w.fiir vrt ' f each license. -- ' '""'T-4! -.-. . ' y---r (1&) Cart-honscs shall ! nav two Idollars for oArh II. cense, i , . - ?.-. - , : r' . :l ; . ; .a- : ainanCCS and" narta hf OrdinaT.rpa f-nnfllrfintr 1, - m uvivniutt be, and the same are hereby repealed. - , v JOHN s; MANIX; City Cf erk. Newbern, N, C March 30th, 1C3, : v mi FASIIION: ft .;- k :.n.i it: r i iiOili-'kV?3'iyi! t ir , v v xnew ana Jfiieiranti . I k Call ahd'cxamiiic Liem at l ; I j ' Uiarcii 17-tf f ' -) r BAER & EPPLER's. :A FINE ASSjORTMEiTdFy ? S P B I N G C A SS I Itt E R ES, Just received at 'March I -tf. 4i 'BAER & EPPLERS. " '- RICES CUIIRE NT; i ifi ; Ilubbs A Brother. S - WhdUale Dealers in Groceries and Provisions -Dry Goods, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, &e., a vi Middie Street; Ne-Deme JN. iJ. ! " 'i.;""- GROCERIES. Coffee, Kio....... Iaguayra I ; .... " 23 28 20 25i 32 32 24 45 : Maracaibo . ... .......... .4 . . : t Java. . . i .-. . " -. . j, Teas, Toung Hyson . j . . ; ': . . , . 1 50 2 25 90 1 70 rDO 2 25 1 00 A 1 90 - A j ouu. ..-i.i. . ...4. - i . unpowaer ana imperial. . .. .. . Z 100 i 75. xaisrnsn ureaKiast . . . 1 25 2 25 .20 25 10 60 :r?,20 00 13 00 13 00 50 & : 651 '20 25' rr75 1 00 5' t503 GO io is: 13 (?a : 15" Jflour, from...,,.,f;.,.,. I A' fHllllJf ... ........ Gfbbed Herring per box.. : . : m Molasses, New Orleans . !i .. .. i lixni . .- . . . ... ' - - Sngars, Yellows:: ; .... i .1 4 ... Coffee A; i . .vi'J i 17X 10 17 W j-nx la- ' 17 19 17X' 19 2 60 3 00 -.10 12j 16K 20 ; fit: coffee B.., Powdered.. f;.-k:J: I Jf"Crnahl ? I ..ii - alt...' Apples, Dried;.. jirnTi - - TV " " ....... . , . . Beef, CornedAH-IA"3VfiL'l!l 30 00 S1 50 '15 ft1- 17 Uutterij.1.:'' - !.--! -. . f -i MISQEELAIEOUi ft Bi-Carb. Soda...;..., t . 4 . - - :" -; ' .f i 2S-IJ 38 . 11 -14 i 15 , 00 1 35 150; Blue Stono. . . .... CpmMjy quanUty...aih Flaxseed -.licr bushel .l . i I GuanD) Peruvian, per ton.. .,; 120 oo oti oo .;MVi''W."M'i;nVl-!iiM4 li'.OO , 1-10 1 k 1 i r V -vf NAVAJj .STORES.: ! Scrape. . i . v . ..i ; iil jV:i.v.. S 50 2 80 ? pmt8 Turpentine; tax paid by purch r : 45 50 Kosin.. ; 2 00r-4 00 Tar, as to-size Pitch........ 2 00f 2 25 !, 0al -2 50- MT--' ieo as m by.law provi j " MK Bae iuu property 10 De Dccupied for said parjo aod thereupon, japon paymcDfr to the City Clerk, or othc nonnit nnti5,,,f ii J. ii. r jSTE WtBERN E; SglgTKMyH -1 01 8G8. 'Protest "oiT"tliC liGipclicd ' Colored ITIcinbeVs or llici-CJcorgla House r,of Representatives. ,? j f r Atlanta, Gb. Sept. iSC&'l Speaker and Menibirs ( ' Svea'&er . 1 fThis Honsc having- dtcitlwlby a -otc thLs, day:lo:cxJcl. the;, undersigned mem bers from the seats to which lhov have Ibeeh legally elected, For no i!iproj)er,cbn- . uii viiv.ii ij iivj tur uiiiui j irjiii rtcAY4 mw . m.k4.t.1.fl ....... - . 1 . ivuovhj ui ivv.uui-( vrtiijr, cAci'iii viieir color, the uiiderslgnM ardeutly desiriijg the . peace; of -society and. tljc. prosperity bf,the State, and deiennined to do nil in their '.power to avVid bloodshed or war of uae ueciucu 10 suiier w rongs lor a time, rather than attempt to redress them in a manner that. may, in ; this tinie of highpolitical excitement, produce civil strife. For these considerations " the uiider signed will abide by the decision of this House, and will , peacefully retire from the seats to ? which they consider them selves legally entitled. f; But before doing so, the undersigned, as the representa tives ot tiieir race, consisting of over 500,000 citizens and over 90,000 leal electors of this State, in the name of 8ie State, whose peaceful citizens they are, whose laws they have obeyed, and whose white women aud childrch they supported and ; protected, when, their husbands, fathers and brothers were upon distant battle-fields in the service of the Confed erate States; in the name of justice and that equality before the laws to which they are ' entitled ; in the name of peace and humanity, without which anarchy and confusion must take the place of good government, stability and protec tion of life and property, and in the name of that friendship and good understand ing, which it is their interest and 'their ardent desire to cultivate with the white race, do hereby enter their solemn pro test against the outrage perpetrated upon their rights by the action of this House; and; they hereby give notice that they will appeal at the proper time to the Con gress of the United States and the justice of the' American people to redress the grievances to which they are subjected by: the intolerant and oppressive conduct of : the f dominant party in .this House; 'who. while part of their members wen? in danger of losing their seats on account of ineligibility and under the Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment, met the col ored .members of , this House in a spirit of conciliation and kindness .during the investigation, but who, when they had obtained an erroneous ' 'decision of the Honse in their favor; which enables them to retain seats to which,. under the. Con stitution of the : United States, they arc entitled on account of ; the ' participation in the rebellidii, forget that Congress has power tinder -said constitutional amend ment to pass all- laws and I establish all courts or tribuuals necessary to carry out sai,d4 amendment, and that, by the judg ment of such tribunals, they may yet be compelled to' vacate seats illegally held by them, and who now make War on the: right of colored members and drive them from the hall. The undersigned respect fully demancLthatjUns-their -protest may boeoteredupon tfce journal!, rbe. House. ; Hero follow, the names, of tNyenty-seren colored inembers Svho were, expelled: and of ; twelve; white .'radical members who join in the protest against tho expulsion -ir it.iilt: -LI:' -i-i'.r::' sjl,wv vxiWK. repi eseniauves. , -. . : ". - : ; t . . . . . . BniCK Pomeroy on Seymour and Blaiil This sagacious ''statesman" and editor is an authority in the Democratic , Party. His pa per of July C, when he was bitterly opposed to the nomination of Blair, said: ' t What have the Blairs in common with the Democratio Party ? They all contributed to the extent of their ability, to widen tho gulf and increase the bitterness between the North and the South, which led to the1 late tremend ous mnvnlsioTiS- - Tt "ia this vTHjiir f nmiW "Whose history is thus truthfully sketched nuiv.u r viaiuio jaoi aiiu u YUltu 1 11 me Democratic party, and even assumes to dictate its nomination for the Presidency." In fact, it has the modesty to claim the nomination for one of its own members tho butcher of St. Louis the nice young gentleman who : so ad roitly balanced between the speakership and a Brigadier Generalship, and to whom Lincoln so kindly tossed the latter 'when -tho former was not to be caught. Has the Democratic Party fallen so low as to be used by such crca- 4ures ? :- Is it so craven as to allow such : fel lows to say what it shall do, or what it shall not do.-' : ' ! 1 ' In regard to Horatio Seymour, thesamc wri ter in his paper of June 2, said: i - . -What a beautiful fixiwe should be. in Were we to adopt Governor Seymour's views, i reaf- firmino- 5n nVictnnoo ! .Tnmliin nlatform nn. on. the financial. question. ; How grandly wc couiu rauy iuo masses I uui upon me mougni i Spurn all such isuggestions ! : Treat as enemies all who would counsel such suicidal policy I- Away with the. insidious adrico of those who j would delude,- betray, and ruin us! - It is false to Democracy ! It is treason to the! country ! It is death to" liberty! ;. r - . j i learn that the Cotton Factories of Eagle Hills and South Troy,-Iredell County, burned down by Stonemau's. raiders, of April, 1865, have been rebuilt. The machinery for Eagle Mills has been delivered at theplace,'and will soon he set up and put in operaliou.. South Troy, half a mile below, is not so far advanced, The proprietors "of these 'Mills,' "we learn,' have erected better buildings than" those ' which were destroyed.SaJwJw fy North State. . rc;.f v-Vi' t v , ' ' ' '' -"J - tSFT'M.:S. Bobbins, of Randolph, has been selected as the Seymour and ;Blair candidate for elector in the 5lirDistricti : 1 - A -Tel. w-i 5 wmw ml IUUUU ' H HisTiitca witUatt Concerned.' and r.Sp.far, the miliLw mart. has. nrod Irrij rtwiK-m uvcry wain or notoriety i in our UrtVl!iW nfftinA r.TetnW tfiM.rTnn tf f..fli iif ihtusthixnEolt Into iho poniicnl coun 5Jl2f ?h. tory patting asidcold and trusted civ bans, qualiaedy,cxi)rricnce,nd spcakiug inho impudent itonct Of charht. on. thQ most intricate, toplc.t which Iiaye heretofore "baflled ' our mosfJducatcd stolesraurship;: tllo Ms loudJ Insolent,", corf. cct0d and bas all the confidence of; the raw adventurer in his nev profession." " t y' i ?,f nU thcsa exhibitions of Impertinence of. military .rucn. .we doubt whethcr'ahy has DSn.jluicabsnrd and misplaced vi the scif-irnppyud;. mission r of ! a' ' certain Federal general of -.Chickaimaqga. mcmo'ry; to the mountains- of Virginia. Tli'clitail rer dezvou at tho Whiter Sulphur prinit. Ujis been constituted by sonic ndroit paragraphia m the newspapers one of the most foolish and exaggerated sensations of the timcV Geo KosccrMis ,and his. round table of imilitary men pfltting on a political manifcstol con T stitutmg themselves .counsellors of the na-' lion, presuming to represent public opinion1 in a httle coterie of epaulets, would havc; been thought years ngo an incretliblc ctTron- tery. in a iioliticnl camiign. . Who is Gcn.-i-Kosecrans, that ho should advise our nolitl-i cal subjects? .The war has made tmanyj changes,. and exhibited, some curious freaks! of foitunc; but It has been scarcely so'eiTcc. Ilvc in. its translations that tho public! mat. accept, as a high political counsellor, a man; who formerly a wandering fur-trader In the. mountains of. Virginia, and in the war was' best knoyn as thcs&ipcgarccof Chckauinu",a. Weregret to find Gen. Lee in the corripaliy of military, common -placers, weqk notoriety hunters, intruding themselves into political life. Even Gen. Lee has no riht to spejk for the public mind on questions of politics;) be ii! honored in a certain career sulllciently tnl. sat-1 infy the ambition of any man; and it is obvious' that he has placed himself hi a false and un I graceful position when he assumes to luakc one or a political council, and to publish Jnan ucsiuus iu a pariy campaign. Itis the sncctaclcof militnrv mm nfToMint 1 . - ... . .. . .. i an importance which publicsentimcnt will pot I uphold, and making themselves riflieiiloiia Inl an excess of intoxicating conceit. .!, Where did all these military wiseacres of the White Sulphur Springs obtain tho visions of statesmen, and by what title arc they qualified w lua&i- meuiseircs puuuc advisers? No matter to what side tliptn rnlitiri sels inclines, we condemn them as nn intrusion into the political arena, and wc repudiate; the practice of military. men uniting in political manifestoes. . : One difficulty in doing this Is the temper and vanity which the soldier unfortunately de rives from his profession. Those who have lcen successful In a mill tnry career, and have worn the garnish glories of war, arc scarcely content to be chimneys in summer. They pre fer to be statesmen, and ' legislators, and judges. PoUiirtT Political PumjtJdct..' A i l Mr. Botden on the Stump. We Icarn that; Mr. Hoyden addressed ibc icople of Davie county, at Jlocksville, on TMesJay, ih an able and ingenious speech of two hours length, devoted in a large measure, tov do fcucc of Iiis own course and liis own consis tency. : lie dealt both parties somo pretty hard- blows, expressed his npprolmtiou- of nearly allf the radical, measures, - but finally said that "this was a contest between Kudical Democracy-and lladical BeublicnnismJ, and tlvit brtween the two he rather preferred the latter. He 'said, as we' learn, that he Jiad been all, his life apposed to "the Democracy and that he was opposed to it yet. ,- (lis, pre judices against the name of Democrat seem to be so great that he cannot possibly overcome them, and in making these declarations many thought that he exposed the key to his whom course since the adjournment of the New York Convention. Wc lenrn th.it hia snii elicited , no applause except from now j and 1 men a scattering tiauical in thecrowud, who were pleased with his hits at "the Demo cracy." while they' were very ' sore at the thrusts; which ho made at radicalism. &iLlm. burn North State, lOti. . l i An Address . to tliG.FrccdniMi .tif ' " IVorth Carolina. .1 ;(: ,s- ..i! 1 1 i n . v.i r 'fr;r i Patriots 1 Bcpublicans I The country tsla danger: Thd times of 18G0 are again npon ua ; We are up6n the eve Of nnothcr War.- The Democratic party has, declared its; 1 tenlion to usurp power belonging to Congress and the 8upremc Court and to oTcrthrow the State government of.North Carolina by force of arms.' -This they will attempt to do: if Seymour and Blair are elected. This attempt will be resisted by every means both offensive and defensive which God-and nature hnVV given us.it If this war should be begun, wljo can 'say what horrors will not be enacted! : Friends of your country and government, hasten to . the rescue. Ye men who never faltered loyalty in the dark days of. tho Bo bcllion, rally once more In the defence of tlie Constitution, tho laws and tho flag. SaVe us from the -dreadful cnlamitics of another war. General Grant says 'Lct us have pcaocj" The Republicans says Let us peace." Let tHI good citizens say.Lct us have peace." t M On thc lCth of this month there Is t4 n State Mass Jrecting in tho city of Ualeiglil-i The object of that meeting is to organize more' thoroughly the friends of peace oid stable government, i The undcr&Jgricd have been appointed a Committcto invite all friendi of Grant and peace to attend that mcct.ng. j 1 .Then come one and ftlL i We shall not come together brcaUiing thrcaUof waraudeivil furyl " e shall, not stir up the evil passions of men toi excito them to crima Wc shall not oti tnmpt to intimidate or. disturb any one. All hope lies in reason and judgment and uot in tlie revolver and the bowie knife.' t r j One more effort and aU'will le. well .The election of Grant will gi ve us that long desired and expected blessing. Peace, i ; ? v t j r -Bcpublicans ! ,You have a duty Jo pcrforinj You have the power, and upon your heads will be :tho responsibility if damage comes upon the State. . Put forth that power. Work for, General Grant. ' Undergo fatigue, hardships and .danger, if. heed be? to sccuro his election Spar6 no pains. Avoid no labor. The issue is tremendous. "It is Peace or War. It Is prosperity or ruin. In one word it is Seymour4 and Blair or Grant and Colfax., There is na middle grond. There' can' be no neutral to tncn in. this contest, f Let tlie legions of loyaty, CrV to'vonr tnnta fl Tirri1 nil lf wvftr 1m T'nf .. . , - - , , -w - J . move down upon the enemy in solid column m novemocr. , j r.i 'pV t ifWfr? f CtoinmiUoc. '-'C : , v Harris, - J , , '7 ' . A DEMOCRTICtVlCTORT 3IEAUS THE, MOR- DER. OF 80TJTIIERK CiflOKlSTS.- The Chat: t TO(Tcn.n,-) ;hcl5th.f A?SWL. 18G8. admonishes thn rebel pcncrals and thplr I yembcrand then well, wc would rather bco nimble squirrel 'than a-wbitu lUdieaL' f iWrant-Lee j Alahifesto 3 fwfl2?5"ocr5.CoP.I' d friPlliia Tirkt (n lm fn f.ntr .ml t-.-VVO Cliffy 1 ..... "v. uum;f jC jS i recti irom anv ana all tannic of Ivmnnv tintil nftpr "Mti I : T - i f , - - ' : i '1. lave hicxi UadJ uicU.tliii xnbjoctj hiu Ik1 mean to enter at brrjo npon a discussioh3 which requires to Iks cjcmnino,! ; iIccis ami relations m'Ordcr Uiat an eti may bo made un. and nVi?J.nntr?, - . twin a Uiat I may not lead to any also infer icuccs of tU unprofiUblencv Dor'cncour-' ou y iaimcions-cxpcctauont as to any adyanUigc-I mean pccuniary- adnuitac r-to bo dcrircd froraiL r,? y : ITio erroneous opinions ' and calcula tions which havo-becn fonned in tliis matter, have led to most palnfol rwulu, id i serious losses, and to bitter rm.i tionta .; dtijiointrnonU,L.Ij knotr-a ircrt-1 mv'imu .. wtw larniin oil au CXtCliaivo and' Experimental; scale, who Li 'often quoted as having proved "that in ari culuirc two aud two'do not alivays make four." : :. . r . . . , . . , , I understand it to be implied by Uiis respecting tj,c profiu of farming, or a fair return for. the expen ditare ol labor arid the investment of cap ital, as not so likely to be verified as in tho other business pursuits of life. .1 do not admit this axiom in any fair sense. I do not believe that it docs justice to ag riculture, amTho small. experience ami some observation convinces me Uiat, cir cumsianccs being, cqiial, : fartmng will tumish as amplo a; compensation for la bor, as.amplo a dividend tnou capital in vested, as the common trades which men cng:igc in, and even the 6nlinary pursuits of mercantile and commercial life." Of courso I except all extraordinary caiVs of good fortune, and all matter of gambling nnd speculation. , Tlie returns of most crops strike one enmnf iM. nMM:v.. " ..1 DuuivviiiiM nun tiiAJuisijiijciiL. and wntiiii if tnVnn n n . L .!S ! j , ' . UkCn M. a.lWt Icd 1,10 raast dcla- sivc speculations. A crrain of m 41 - -m ill j- times returns ono hundral fold ; and Uiis being sown a second year, would perhaps give ten thousand fold, aud so on in co- iivbtiuai iauu. oevcniy uusneis ot ixAa- toes planted will yield four hundred, or twenty lor ono ; a bushel of wheat sown will yield thirty, bushels, or thirty for one ; a . peck of com. planted will yield sixty bushels, or l)vo hundred and lorty for one ; a' pound of carrot, bcet or nita baga seed will produce six to nine hnn drcd bushels, worth. one hundred dollars VTP procecilsin these cases seem to" be enormousyet they arc constantly real ized, anl Uiat too, in many cases, at com paratively small expense. But-no confi tent conclusions "of tho profits of farming rfro. to bo drhwn: from ' such results as tliesc, so many untold circumstances of abatement enter into U16 cost, that if these were the only elements given in the chso,,thc .solution .of :thc problem, would give . the most erroneous and deceptive results." ' ; s ? Wo arc not to look to1 agriculture for any extraordinary or suddeii gains; as for example tho drawing of ,a prixo in a lottery,, or a ..shrewd speculation in stocks. . 1 If wo wilVtake ten merchants ! with a fixed amount of vcapital, and ten farmers with tho same : amount, wo will find that at the. end of twenty years the fanners have the greatest increase of capital, and that the increase" is more cveiily divided among them than among' the' merchant. Farming is nUo far safer and nxre '-certain 4 Xo., Becuro; a, comietcncy,tlian mer cantilo pursuiu-r ,1 venture to ; say that lypnty( merchants fail in business to one farmer'' arid "Uiis'bught to open UkT eyes of young men' with small sapitals about going into business. Oermnnlotm ' Tel-9rph-A h I... .. j " ? The Starvation xr the .Ukiom Pmo. Eits. Hon. Leonard Myers. In a" srxrh .1 PhiladelphU last week, mado the folloIng statement : ( V "Tcy"0-51 lLInS Vet is the attempt to fas ten on Gen; Grant tho responsibility for the starvation of our prisoners, and to do It they call on the rebel Gen. Ould, who even inti mates that their prisoners were treated no bet ter. Now I want your attention to a state ment which has never before been made pub lic When J eft Thompcon, the rebel, was ex changed, be passed through Anderson rillc He had the heart of a man : he had been trea ted bjr us with great kindness, and ho Waited on JciTcrson Ivu to beg better conduct to ward our prisoners. Davis replied: "HVcaa luU thtm that iajr much quickrr than in bat tle." Ho Is the stern slaicsman who was fed on fried oysters, hat been cheered In England by our 'free trade friends, and stands'- about as much chance of, hanging as . John ,11. Sur ratt Let modern Democracy - call up Jeff. Thompson as their next witnets.J : 1 . . i t- ItEibk or Teuiior tx Arkaksas ID Re- rUBLICAXf AS.VSSnCATED lit O.VK COCSTT. Litti Rock, , Sept ,4.Ninctccn-I&cpub: Hcan8;haro been assassinated in Columbia County 'within ten days. One man was E-uot ith elevn bullets forsljoutmg for -.Grant. t A rcigu of terror exists,. in the few counties where there are large Rebel majorities, but all- b; quiet in cuulics where there arc Re publican majorities, and also In Ilcbcl poun t Ics' where tho Mountain Feds, lrrc. T - . ' f ' 1 ..' i.."i.-r,.r .t35T Horatio S.TXI0CR,8.fricndf,, In 1SC3 burned tbe colored ornhan ajrlnrrr'of ! Vp .York. In 18C3 they arc shooting down Union men io iuo aouui, wuiic ana UiacJc. cc ac counts from Arkansas, , Louisiana, and; Ten nessee. ''": l ..". 'i:: j ,1 : j ... i i . , . j KT" All doubt about tho rjo&ition of Gm John- A., Dix, oar Minister . to . France, has removed, by 'tho. receipt of a letter to VTashingtcm from him, In which he hopes hatGraatanaCJolfaxraayckxlL,!;.! i m lp-. be tendered the presidency of JtoloIph lS rn . 'trrit. r. xiButuuu, . v uioia, so soon as tnc icgai embarrassment by fettered. Prodi br.Farminir. i yruicu no is now. 1 " Let us have war Blair. ' Kriancial aniCoanerclaL: " Krif sEia Koicr JtiBcn rw irui, . c T 0 . 4vJ 'l.l UJ If In&k t JUrth Clrtatliu.' fctnr . ... r lUak rf tt-tv . ................... . - - . . .. ...... . . Ilnkl WUmltlm."r.!.V"III 1!! S runk or wiBs.;;;; - Rank of FtrrUHW .V.V.V.ir IUkAj .V.-.. .. IIL. IS ft -9 urormhoro'MatB&l.. . . g Wrrchant.' IUuk. New Heti.I!.".".I'l ti VlnH.I. rt.-V V... ................... l South CrolJn lUnk Zsolcm..., ..... ft to ha wurm .......... ....... .... D'tt 1)0 Trtmcrioi ttMk Notes ; 13 lo e iSir::::;:;::;;:r ih v;ia OMSlzoi r....jp. f-T"t ........ ........... . ........... c.i wHlM 11. 8. 7-3Ti U. s. s.wN of ea ..'...". ."I.".; jo! t . s. a-rr., f w ..........III.:". iSr rxQmTtlagtt V pcrorsu .V'VV : ,U1 FOR SALE A wR .RorutEL House. ECiTJinu: rmt A good for Mkddie or hxrncMk. ' fc AUo, one ooOcrDd tuiad haraoM a&d tontwrrr. AfP'l to A. XL blI.N.N'llX July 1 Mi. - ' BLANK HANTFEBTS FOP. SALE AT THIS OFFICII . . t - r ' ' GUT THIS OUT. ! Nineteen Dollars in Greenbacks; A?rp this lrjvrCTisiaiEST, k 1 ' t G00D:rOR'($20) TWEHiT; DOLLARS AT ' ' ',,:l I'tl. :'. t n ,t I . ':-.v politic ptuett, ' . , KXTXSfftlVJC PKAUCRS IX d izr GOODS, f.. CLOTIIIXG, ' ; r , . . ; . . . HOOTS. SHOES. ; HA TS9 caps; MOTION'S, Aftd a ccncrl arnrta of H k!b of Good fc2 krpttas' . . " ;' j " FIRST- CLASS DHT GOODS . - . : . , la oAKtloa. w tuiy ti ; TAILOBIXG ESTABLISnilKNP - - - t ' Ileadod j th contpctrtl cutter. i : 1 ", " 7; ,.! WU. A. SlcLAC KL A JT Afid.wli or Uiz9 Block of CASSIKEEtS CLOTCES,Wiftre . Prejarei la. nale CfclMiz ta Oricr ..latbeUiAtttTUaad ftbortkoOcc. 1 " Oad of tiese Adrertlscacst wfn bo accep ted &9 DOLLAR ca every 0AH HJE CHASE Ksonatffig ti Twcsty Dollxrx, tad u ti tsaa rslio ca lirgtr cr EiHer Pcrciun PRICES iWYSl . Til AX A?y OTHER HOUSE IN. TOWN v I i ... 1 i H f U n " si H 11 VI 'if : 1 r i r 'I 'I it 'vi 1 i f 4 - M I!1 li i ti i ;) it n i u i fl- i w ti n r 5J ti 1 aay u-00 imx. 1 m AT '
New Bern Republican (New Bern, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 16, 1868, edition 1
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