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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-04-08

April l--Haw'n VIII bark Kanehameha V, Long, from Cal.
Coast.
Steamer kuaGea, NcGre-Or, from Wiudward ports.
Am VII bark VIM Thompson. Smith, . mos out
from home with go bbis sperm and % whale.
G-Schr Emeine, Lambert, from KOna and kau-
3-Schr Mary, NIka. from MaliSO.
&Schr Prince. Hatfield. from Iiaualei-
Am clipper ship Western Continent, - days from
san Francisco, she Ief- the mail bags and went
r1hLol FOR China.
Am VII bark Canton Packet, Allen, from Cal. Coast,
with 80 bbIs oil.
G-SchT Moi Rski. from hahului-
G-Am VIII bark OrOe. JsrnegaD, from Cal coast, via
Kawaihae, with $50 bbs oil
5-schr Msuuokawai. NarcLaut, from Maizena, AID
Maae5.
1-Schr Kaiama, MeIish. from Naal1ea.
-Schr NaTIda, Howard. from HIC-
7-SchT Hannah. from SawiiwIli.
T-Schr Helen, Johnson. from Mako
Steamer kfauea NcireECr, from WiLtgarl pcrtf.
S-Schr. ka MOI, Wilbur, fDom klhuluI.
S-Steamer Annie Laurie, Mitchell, from KO!ol-
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EXPORTS.

For SAS rs A~~Cfscu-pcr Comet, April 3-5f7S kegs sugar,
ti3I252 lbs- 565 pks- refinery sugar, (625+I lbsJ 49, hbls
noix--cs. 1900 empty bottles. - bales VuIu, (6J72 lhs) C per
f1mery, . bags coffee, I6O lbs, 100 punches bananas, Ss35
specie. : C gin. I cs whiskcy- Value OF domestic produce,
s52471 %. value % foreign produce, STA So
For B1xEE's IsIASD-psr odd Fellow, April 81 anchor, )
tubs t5xline. s bxs tea, = b5Is vinegar, ! fish net, > psEs sugar,
set q oars. 81 Ibs tobacco. lot spuuyarn, l key lime. 3 TECs
pitch and tar. I hawssr. Il cans paint. 20 bbs poi, 5 hbis &C.
ment. I Dbl pitch. I bbI salmon, lO bars IRON lot Of iron
works, 5 bbis four. ! boxes bread, I boat, 10 hbls beef, lot q
shacKs-, 800 lbs rice. 3 gross matches, 2cs matches, ) bales
bagsinE, = bLIs p1ck, 5 bales cakum, l ton horse feed
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DEPARTURES.

ApriTN Am wh ship Cornelius Ho~laaI, Homan. FOR Arctic
S--Sicamcr kIau-a, NcGreECr, fr Wjuiward ports.
5-Am bark Comet, Chase. Tor san Francisco
5-Steamer Annie Laurie. Mitchell for Kauai.
3-Schr N0 WahIue, kuheanl- for k8loA-
-J-Schr Mary. NiSs. for Au1hJiI-
sam wh bark Martha, NacombeT, for Arctic
Am VIII ship Jrryh Perry. HaI-ey. for Arctic.
DAM VII bark Nile. Fish. fr R1IlIc-
5-Schr Prince. Hatfield. fr Iiluaisi.
5-Schr Emciue, Crane, Gr RCua and kau-
5-Schr Old Fellow. Bush, for Bakers Island.
6-Am VII ship Europa, Crosby, for Arctic Ocean
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90 L TO
PLANTATION USE.
VsNIE UNDERSIGNED HAVE on HAND
800 TONS BEST LEHIGU COAL.
300 Tons BEST WELSH TEAM COAL.
100 Tons NAINAINO COAL.

which they offer for sale delivered on the wharf. at very
moderate rates.
y. BIN case where there is i short supply of steam or
boiling power, from damp wood, or from any other cause
the addition Of a few hundred pounds OF any OF the above
Coal viii add from % 70 80 per cent. To the eyaporating power.
The Lehigh Coal is eery clean and suokeless and gives a
great local heat.
III. Welsh Coal gives more flame and Is very clean. burning
70 a white ash.
The Naiuaino Coal IS smoky and more inclined 60 cInker.
but when supplied in small quantities at 4 tme and with a
good draft gives more fame than the others.
The undersigned confidently recommend 10 Sugar Planters A
TRIAL Of a few tons each Of the above, as IN many cases an
expense of say $40 per day may add from 70 10 80 pI cent.
to the daily yield Of sugar.
463-2m JANION. GREEN h ca
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COM III ER CIRL.
APRIL 5. Is5

UNI|N.NI 1T n T'
II. Au-rsra1 elmer ship Hests-1 Continent. arrived q
thu. rat Monday forenoon, 81 route fr H1a-s0u-, - days
f5a saa Fr-ac--o. al sat-! same day. l-aviag a email mai
Gcu S1a Frau-lscJ-
TIE bars Come. sailed on Monday with a tail freight and
passenger Est br San Frz1csc5-
whalsrs e9a,lz1e TO arrive hr= the Coa't Ct California. to
resr sd sizrt nor h sr the Arctic or OchOsk.
TIE l. T. EHrsgr Viii sal today, FOR Portland, Oregon
With . f1I freight % lsAuI PsJIEc=-
TIE bark Ka1sehzzsss1 =. aIv-Tt-s-i for sale a. auction
D.. teen purrhaszi by Nlessrz. Il. F0s.sr & Co, .; private sale.
Terms ~, ;rzasplrsi Sic wl Js Etsd a. = seaOOEeF ~ tie
casting trade
We lasrTt tbs week = correct table q exports fJT the quarter
--Il-y March aIst o. compiled y the hiGt5teT " finance
- II. -. q. ~ -..rrlar H.
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PASSEN

PROM wrSpwAED PoErs-per Ruausa, April Capt Y
Nakee, Ms " II Nakee, Mss Anna Paris, Mrs II Cornwcil,
Miss IoItic Alexander NT and Mrs l. l. ToThCr, and > children,
Mrs = SmitHjes and , children. J L0uz4da. } - CcruweIl. 4 :
Barrow. J Worth. J c King. \ ; Grinbaun, " I Roy. ?
wight. Jas Woods. Nr Williams. L Bailey Mr. lazarus.
AyOng-26 cabin and 30 deck.
I For WIspvAaD PoEIs-per Klzucs. April 3-Niss Hattie
BALDWIN. Wu Ap Jones. r Spencer, c Z Baldwin, Capt Foun-
tan, Rev Geo Mason. HE Mount. D L EhIsrs. T F.rnan-9
cabin snt 20 deck qassslEsTs-
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s-lle D'reftc ENpfi7' flrt GlET-'r' 7[,-----SOo2
value Domestic Exports Flrt Quarter, Issi---..-- ~i"3-5i3-e3
rncreasc value Domestic Exports Firs.QGarter- 1855. ~ssT.34s.s5
G. DE- yARuCsT.
The result Tor tie quarter iuss closed shows a most sa;isfac-
factory STATE of Affairs We hope 70 chrolicie a like increase
from quarter % quarter q the current year. \ table Of imports
arranged IN the sane manner would BE- Interesting, and might
perhaps help to discover the cause which leads 20 the shipmeL-
% % much coin to san Frarsfsco-a fact which canuo. be
Fainsa5I, and which Is much % Be dePlorei. We d. MT r.
member . quarter during the pas; year when collections we're
50 backward a. the present We understand that the treasury
vaults are well filed, and hope that the public works for
which moneys have been appropriated viii soon De Commenced,
that the c0in may get into circulation where i will DO much
god
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TO q

- PREMISES ON THE CORNER
Nil Of Nuuauu and Merchant Streets, opposite the Royal
.-Al. Hotel. Wei adapted for q Restaurant.
Apply to
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HOUSE AND LAND FOR SALE
IN MANOA VALLEY.

IN MANOA VALLEY.
- 4 DIV EELiSG HOUSE AND OUT S5hS
E.ii buildings, consisting Of Carriage House, Cook kas
LII House, Servants House, and every convenience H..
Tor 4 family
Pasture and taro land in connection with the above. Terms
Liberal. Apply TO
463-3t CHARLES BRENIG, Nuuanu St.
ST. Georges Benevolent Society.
4 Of THE MEMBERS q
IA the transaction Of business viii be held at the PUBLIC
HALL. on Monday. the 1Oth inst. at ! P. NJ. 4 full
attendance is requested.
W. W. FOLLETT SYNGE
Il President.
/ NOTICE.
FENTE COMPREHENSIVE
q known as Thompson X Neville, expires this day, by mu-
tual consent. All the outstanding accounts will be settled by
J. A. Thompson or Il. b. Neville. The business will be carried
before by }. II. Thompson.
J. THOMPSON,
Il. Is. NEVILLE.
Honolulu, April Ist. 1888. 1885,
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NOTICE.

DURING MY ABSENCE FROM THIS
HS Kingdom. 1 have appointed John :. smithies by power Of
attorney TO act for me
A. :. CLEGHoRN.
Honolulu, 25h March, 1855. 4632t
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ARRIVALS

PORT OF HONOLULU. II. I.
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Dame.tic

DEPAFTNEST % FSASCE,
HoEJLCLr. March q. 1855.
Campanative statement o. DDmestic Exports from Homo
rrr ~ rF- lr1r Quarter of leJI.
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE AT
7

- L SHALL CAUSE TO BE SOLD n~
Ill. at Public Auction, TO the highest bidder. for &J1
~. cash. in the town Of Lahana, -.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

ordinary hackney-coach, with perhaps a
better horse than common in the shafts !;
while, as for the driver, he was 50 tho
roughly mufled UP, that it would have
been impossible to recognize him again.
He began to swear at Us, as soon as he
got near enough TO be heard, for having
kept him waiting so long; but at a few
whispered words from the stout man, his
ohjurgations lapsed into muttcred curse
or two, and then died away in sulky
silence. We three pedestrians, together
with the dispatch-box, were quickly inside
the cab; the windows were closed, and
the blinds pulled down; and we were
driven off at good space, which was
kept up without break or rest for what
seemed to me very long time, till at last
we ratified over the pave streets of some
town, and about five minutes later came
to a stand. | had some acquaintance
with that part Of the country, and knew
that within a radius Of fifteen miles from
the point where We left the engine, three
country towns are situated, all of them
busy, populous places. To which of these
three town had | been taken? On this
point was as helpless to form judgment
as if had been born blind.
(70 be Contiued.)
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

Landiady (defercntially)-''Mr. Smith,.
do you not suppose that the first steam
boat created much surprise among the
fish wVen it was first launched p
Smith (cur.ly)-"I can't say, madam,
whether it did or not"
Landtady-"Oh ! | thought from the
way you eyed the fish before you, that
you might acquire some information on
that point
Smith Uhe malicious villain)- -"Vety
likely, marin, very likely but its my
opinion, that This fish left it's native ele-
ment before steamboats, were invented"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

"No smoking allowed here" said the
steward OF a steamboat TO an IIishman.7-
Sim mt smoking aloud, yer honor" was
the reply.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

What is the difference between a
drummer-bcy and pound Of meat
Ans One weighs "a pound, and tho
other pounds away,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

When Benjamin parted with jeff Da--
Wis he said; "We're both going TO tho
same place GLOW is that p asked
Davis. "VcIl," said BENJAMIN, "rm
going to Europe, and you're going to
your rope"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

What is the differences between Noah's
ark and an archbishop Aus.-Noahs
ark war pretty hglr ark, but an arch
bishop is hiorarch. (higher ark
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

Whav is the difference between a church.
organist aud the influenza! Ans.-One
stops tho nose, and the other knows tho
stops.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

What is the difference between stab
bmg a man and killing hogl Aus
OAe is assaulting with intent to kill, and
the ether is killing with intent TO salt.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

to act as / did. You are better already
| sec. And now | will yield up my post
Of driver to you, having every confidence
in your ability to conduct me and my
friend safely to our journeys end"
"And where may that be 20 asked
somewhat sulcnly. "rhis is not the
ro ID to Riminghurst"
"Just SO. 1t is the line TO the north
on which we are now travcling-l whist
led twice at the junction, according to
your instructons--and it is northward
that | wish to 90 My friend and
were too laie for the MALL we could not
afford to wait for the next tram, which,
in fact, does not start till six tomorrow
morning; SO we were compelled, in this
rude and violent fashion, to invent Il
special for ourselves"
Fool that was how cgrcg;ously had
| allowed myself to be deceivcdl had
actually taken one of these men for that
awful parsonage, railway director;
whereas the two of them were probably
nothing better than brace of swindlers.
With what dire punishment | should be
vitited when | gJt back to MeIl.ngshall.
| burst not just then pause to contcmpate.
Il was true that | was bcinu carried n,yav
against my will but | had been wrong
in the first place. in allowing stranger to
oct on to the cn,inc. and so render if inn
possible for nnv one TO usurn fine command
placed temporarily in my hands. The
mil would be dlaved; and when it was
/ discovered that | had abscondcd with the
enuiuc. they would mt me down as y
| luuntic at once Bnt - few ninufes
more Wo'',! "''''7 Us 10 / "'o"dlh; S'a,
'.o''' az az "i,'1'' ' P,'''o "o"'' S'oP 'n',
wv Wv '.o ~ '''''7''' ''''o '"''o ~ anu
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'",''i "'0' ,"I "'o''''t's y, 1o"' 7'''9'''r
o"n 'uc'' 'or L uoh ih'ehu 10 drlVe you
amy Iur'''cr'
our H'"e'c' my young TREND, Is
rcoi'y "mu'ih9' sald the stout stranger,
WIN erlh laugh "uhder'tand once
LOT "i'' 'l'"t l. ana not YOU, am master
oi inc S''ua'ion ana that 1t Is Tor you
TO ooey my orders lmPhci'Iy' heluse to
90 9o' OF attempt 10 pay any 1901 $ tricks
WIN inc engine, ana VIII scatter to the
rrlc WINS wiaI i',G hH, OrainS E04 noSsGSS ana
vonr own orn;no ~ Al tho souo ;rstnn,
+ fJt thn coli h,rroI or , ,,;s,nl ,,ros.oJ =,
nv tomnlos. and etarrirad h,ck ,rJ
.horlJ h,.o c,ll.n G.,,, ,,o o,,,,;,o LnJ
40, ,l,o s,,,,,t ,,., oo,,,,L, 49,, ~, H., aaI
I,r and dr,aooI ma h,cl,
,Thcronnv said ho roo1.hruorodl,,
..,,or o,,o ma soma thS,ls c,r Lar;n,
ssyoJ vonr lif, DnosItou Won yonn9
man 3nJ Won hovo no,hinn - f,3r
rInIaa vow r,, ,vnrd ~ ros,5,ro ,.,,,, ~ ,ha
nr,ns 81 vnu. Hscnnsol,,o f.;nnj. " " '
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

What is the difference between rnif-
Ter and 'matroni Ans.-One is a
moth, and the other is mother.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-21

Unsocial old soarl says tsst Ayswa.
conabinat;on Of 6isaases-an, s4astsaa os
the heart, AMI an inflammation Of the
brain.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-02
Eastern Finances.

We extract the following from the Aka''
New York commercial letter of Jan. 4
Money has been active to-day at seven
per cent. on call, and first class CONNER
cial paper has been discounted at eight
and ten per cent, with exceptional trans
actions at short dates at seven and half.
The statement of the Associated Banks for
the week shows a decrease in loans Of
S4,O67, 1874, and in deposits of $934,23O.
These figures reflect the condition of the
money market at the present time.
As large amounts of the ten-forty bonds
are already held in the street, the holders
appear to be, to certain extent, tacitly
combined to take no more; and as the loan
is to be withdrawn on the 7th inst, they
hope to make larger profit by what they
have than if they increased their risk by
further subscriptions. ..-..r..-
The future policy of the Treasury De-
partment is still the most perplexing pro-
blem in financial circles. There is re-
markable unanimity of feeling with regard
to the ACCESSIBILITY of soon initiating some
change in the mode Of supplying the Trea-
sury with funds; and many who have all
along advocated the issuing of only gold
bearing bonds now advise the withdrawal
of these securities and the substitution of
long bonds-the interest payable in cur
rency and the principal in coin--into
which the Treasury Notes shall at all
times be convertible, as panacea for all
the evils which have sprung from an in
Aated currency. 1t is also advised that
the legal tenders be received in payment
for duties on imports. These changes in
volve congressional legislation, however,
the Secretary of the Treasury not having
the power to make them.
Foreign Exchange has been in very
light demand, at l08@l09 for merchants
bills, and 1o9a@1oeh for bankers bills, at
sixty days, and one per cent. advance at
three. al- s.t ..' .nrf :
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-02
CARSON DISPATCH.
Outbreak in the State PPiSOn-Mr.
Hunter, the Newly Appointed War
den, WOundod-Miller, a PrisOner,
MORALLY Wounded.

Outbreak in the State PPiSOn-Mr.
Hunter, the Newly Appointed War
den, WOundod-Miller, q PriSOner,
MortnIly Wounded.
CARSON, Beb. /, l865.-An outbreak
occurred at the State Prison this evening,
between four or five o'clock, while the
establishment and prisoners were being
turned over to Alex. Hunter, the newly
appointed Warden, during which Hunter
was severaly wounded, and prisoner
from Douglas county, named Miller, NOR
tally wounded. Bob Rowland, who has
been Warden at the prison for abont two
years, resigned the position to-day, after
which Hunter, of Virginia, was appointed.
While he was entering upon his duties,
some of the prisoners made rush upon
the guard, and secured pistols, with
which they attempted to escape. Hunter
succeeded in arresting the ringleader, after
which Geo. Kirk, prisoner, shot Hunter
in the left arm, breaking it and shattering
the shoulder badly. Lake, one Of the
guard, then drew hispistol and shot Mil
Ter, after which three prisoners, Kirk,
Gleason and Donnery, escaped. As they
came from Storey county, it is supposed
they have gone there to seek assistance
from their friends. Citizens are out in
all directions in pursuit of the escaped
conyicts. The Governor called out the
troops at Camp Nye who are now guard
ing the prison, and all the roads in that
vicinity. Hunters wound is severe and
painful, but not mortal. Lakes shot
struck Miller in the small of the back and
came out near the navel Union.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-02

THERE were more people killed and
wounded by railroad accidents last year
than in any preceding year since 1854.
One hundred and forty accidents occur
red four hundred and four lives were
lost, and one thousand eight hundred and
forty.six persons were wounded. The
transportation Of troops does not account
for this increase; for the railroads tran
sported quite as many soldiers in 1868,
and yet the number of accidents and the
number of killed and wounded were near
ly double those of that year. The steam
boat accidents in 1864 were less frequent
and fatal. They did not exceed the aver
age for the last ten years; but were more
numerous than-in 1858. ...
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-02
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.

The champions of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company aver the increased
activity upon that line is not in conae-
quence Of the stirring up which mas been
given to railroad matters by the opposi-
ton of the Plscerville route. They say
that it is a mere coincidence" and that
the same activity would have prevailed II
not a word had been said. we snail ho'
pass our judgment upon that delicate
question. 1t is enough for us 70 know
that whatever may be the cause the WORK
on the Dutch Flat route is being hurried
forward in q most satisfactory manner
The american Flag says: ...
Quite large number Of men are az Pfesens
employed in preparing the grade OF TINS roau
from Newcastle to IlIinoistoWn' some are
engaged in leyeling the steep slae,hills,
others building culverts Of substantial ma
sonry, or blasting the granite from the grace,
which is used in the construction Oh these
culyerts. A great many hands are engaged
in getting out the timbers for the INTENDED
trestle. work, which will span the canon near
the present terminus, Newcastle. This tres
tie work will be sixty feet high in the center,
and nearly FIVE, hundred feet in length, and
will form quite curve in the road. The
foundation on which the timbers OF this work
will rest, will be Of masonry Of the most sub
stantial character, and the timbers OF extra
ordinary length. In fact, every portion OF
the work is being done i'll the most thorough
manner. It's calculated that the line will be
completed between Newcastle and Illinois
town by June next; calculation, judging
by the manner the work is at present pro-
crossing, far within the limits Of possibility.
We always did believe that the Dutch
Flat route was, if not the only practicable
route, at all events. the best one, and be-
lieve so still. We have said and written
much in favor of that route, and when the
company was striving for public aid in
California, we gave it all the support in
our power. Its dilly,dallying and stag
nation for some time past disguised us
and belied our former assertions; and
when we saw that the bird that could sing,
evinced no disposition to chirp, we talked
roughly about it. That they are making
rush now is evident; whether it is in
good faith or only spasmodic, remains to
be seen.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-02
Legal InielliReuce-SpeciaI Con.

ITdcIA4
The Philadelphia Ledger of December
Goth gives the following decision, which
is interesting as relating to rpecial con-
tracts:
On Saturday, in the Court of Common
Pleas, decision was rendered in a ground
rent case, under one of the forms of deeds.
The parties presented case stated as fol-
lows: Plaintiff claimed on two ground
rent deeds, dated October ~, l773, in each
of which there was reservation of a
ground rent of twenty-one pure silver
coined Spanish pieces of eight, and one
third Of such piece of eight, each piece of
eight weighing seventeen pennyweights
and six grains, or so much Of the lawful
money of the province of Pennsylvania as
shall be sufficient, from time to time, to
purchase or procure the same, with a
covenant for the payment of such rent by
the grantee, his heirs and assigns, in the
same words as the reservation.
At the time the annual rents fell due,
October IL, 1868, the defendants, who
were then owners of the lots out of which
the ground rents were reserved. rendered
twenty-one dollars and one-third in legal
tender notes of the United States, as salts
faction of each of said annual rents. The
plaintiff refused to accept the tender. The
case stated fixed the value of piece Of
eight, on October II, 1868, the highest
value since, and the value at the time the
case was submitted, and the plaintiff
claimed that he was entitled to a judgment
for the highest value of the piece of eight
between the time when the rents fell due
and the time of trial.
In disposing of the case, Judge Thomp-
son said there was no occasion to touch
upon the constitutionahty of the legal ten
der acts of Congress, but he held: .
/. That the covenant was not satisfied
BY the tender of the notes that the reser-
walton was of particular kind Of coin,
with the alternative of its value in lawful
money; and that the ground landlord
was entitled either to the particular kind
Of coin. or its real value in lawful money.
2. That the measure of damage was the
value Of the coin at the time the rent fell
due, and that the plaintiff could not re-
cover more on the ground that that de-
scription of coin had since been worth
more. . .... ...
Judge Ludlow concurred in the judy
ment, and called attention to the peculiar
ity of the reservation, in its alternative
clause, calling for lawful money of the
Province (now the. State) of Pennsylva-
MIA. Without considering the question Of
the power of Congress to provide what
money shall be legal tender in payment
of debts throughout the United States,
under the Constitution of the State of
Pennsylvania, its Legislature can make
nothing but gold and silver a legal tender.
The Judgment was for the value of the
particular coin on October IL. 1858, with
interest to date of judgment. ,....