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ATLANTA WEEKLY STJ 1ST013118. 1873.
TH E A FLA NT A SUN ! stru £g le for office, and the question-
~ able means that are used to advance
xriHir of tub gborgu prbss. |. .. , . . _
individual interests. Continues the
The llomc Commercial condemns
(Jen. I’. M. B. Youn£, and some few
other Democrats, for taking the
u want of jurisdiction dodge’’ in Con
gress recently, to prevent meeting a
plain duty, and voting as they did in
the Credit Mobilier transaction. The
Commercial says it was pretty hard
to excuse them for that; but when
they deliberately cast their votes to
increase the pay of public servants
who already get far beyond what
their services are worth—the case
« fatigues indignation.” That paper
says:
The people have to suffer for all snch
votes cant by our Representatives. Th*
burden o tbe public debt is em>rmou*—
the tav H upon the couu’ry grinding—
and yet «ur Representatives, holding the
Bacred trusts of the people.’s welfare in
their hands, deliberately go o work to
increase the burden—and what is the
worst jeature of the whole affair, they
rob the p. ople to enrich themselves. A
more shameful piece of cool, baitfnced
impnde. ee we have not kuowu, than
this voting, by our He presen latives,
money to themselves that they have not
earned and which must oogruuuu out of
the peopl
The Savannah News, in comment
ing upon the increase of the Presi
dent's salary, says it will give him a
fraction over one hundred and sixty
dollars per day, (not, counting out
Sundays and holidays), or six dollars
and sixty cents per hour. The News
concludes:
Gen. Grant may be right after all in
his opinmu that “ the theory of our Gov
ernment is changed,’’ for c. rraiuly in the
purer uml hotter d ye of the Republic u '<
Cougr.hH would have dared to pass a bill
appropriating to its own members more
tLiuii a million of dollars of extra pay,
and tio President would have bad t e
Bhum« leanness to nflix his official sigua
tare ioa law doubling liis salary during
tho term lo which he hud been tleered.
A Washington special to the New
York Sun states that on the night of
the adjournment of Congress and
just before adjournment, General
Butler introduced and bad passed a
resolution paying General P. M. B.
Young for the full term of the Con
gress of 18G8-’09, and then intro
duced another resolution paying the
entire delegation for the whole term
of the Forty-first Congress. The
Chronicle and Sentinel comments
upon this statement as follows:
Our readers will remember that on ac-
couut of the seccud reconstruction ot
tho Slate our delegates to the Forty-tirs'
Congiei-B were not elect* d until the laftei
part oi Dt oemb-r, 1870 The Congress
txpirid on the 4th ot March, 1871, aud
Constitutionalist:
But the time has come when a new and
purer system ran»t be inaugurated, if
we would save the Republic from de
struction. That party which is willing
to lead in the great work of regeneration
will bo the party of the period. No cit
izen baa a right to oomplain of the fes
tering corruptions around him if be re
UccUloma or the Supreme Court of A. B. CulbersOD, A. T Altar men, for I A Sympothtilng Letter.
ucorqio. plaintiffs in error. — The following letter was received by
^ J - Crawford, R. J. j Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Turner a few days
einoe. The soothing balm offered by
Park A Iverson vs. Tho Piedmont and kind frieijd * in their boor of deep afflic-
Arlington Life Insurance Company. I tion will be lead with tearful interest by
AMampait^from Muscogee. many in this community to-day. Death
nas visited many households recently,
Ddittred al Atlanta, March 11, 1S73. | \ivp p TTr’i,- '' .
From tbe AtlautaConstitution. ! ^t 0688 * ”. *• Williams, contra.
! Wm. Dougherty vs. Jacob Fog!e. Mo
tion to dismiss writ of error.
Wm. Dougherty, Assignee, vs. James
Birber, et al. Motion to dismiss writ
of error, from Muscogee.
WARNER, C. J.
When the Supreme Court was origi
nally created by an amendment of the
State Constitution, all cases in that Court
JX) TEACHER S.
And the Publi Generally.
fuses to aid in their purification. Ab- had to be disposed of at the first term,
staining from personal action, and leav
ing tbe manipnlation of public affairs to
others known to be unworthy of confi
dence, is not the proper way to secure
reform. It mav be pleasanter and more
agreeable, but a frightful responsibility
now tests U| on those who “play the
spendthrift with this great occasion,”
and prefer their own ease and comfort
to a little earnest work in behalf of thiir
country. Tbe post of honor may be the
except for Providential cause. Tne Court
cou*d not, in its discretion, withhold its
judgment unt.l the next term after the
the case was argued. To enable tne
Conrt to do that, the power do to was
granted, as we find it in tt ei .iLsbtntion
of 1868. The Constitutin' . i - < ad of de
claring that all cases show .. i»e disposed
of at the first term, except lor i’rovideu-
lial cause, now Declares that the Supreme
Court shall dispose of every case at the
private station; hut it is only so because hrst or second term after tne writ ot er-
inosi nf ttiem were admitted ufter the 1h>
of January. They were paid the full
solar.) ol the year—five thousand dollars.
This resolution provided for tho pajm> ut
of mi uililitijuu[ five tbounumi dollars to
each member for the session ol 1869-’70.
Mr. Riiulail object* d, but uuuvatliDgly,
and i he resolution was carried. Each
ReprcM-ntative for wL.Ht is known as the
short term has received ten thousand
dollars for his services, and one fortu
nate individual—Mr. R. H. Whiteley, ot
the Second District—tots fifteen thou
sand dollars, iu return for which, we
believe, he sut in the Honse ol Repre
sentutives not exceeding two weeks. It
1870, wnen the Bullock L* gislature
amused itself by electing Seoatois,
Whiteley was elected for the term end
ing March 4, 1871. He also ran for
Representative and was elected. The
■Senate refused to recognize his claims
and udmitted Dr. Miller, but gave him
five bousand’dolluis for “the expense<-
of the contest” He then took his seat
in the Honse just before the adjournment
aud diew live thousaud dollars addi
tional. Under General Butler’s rtsoln
tion he gtts still another five tbousam
dollars, or fifteen thousand in all
Pretty good pay for foarteeu days or
evuu a month’s arduous labor at tbe capi
tal.
Replying to a letter published in
the New England Farmer from South
Carolina, pretending to give the
Southern feeling about slavery, the
Macon Telegraph, admitting some
truth in the letter, says the true
hearted aud loyal sons of the South,
though they have succumbed to the
government, crushed by the weight
of numbers, still regard their quarrel
just, and consider the emancipation
of their servants as one of the foulest
wrongs ever inflicted upon a con
quered people. The Telegraph says:
True, as • law-abiding community they
will not keep punic faith with tboee to
whom they surrendered, and have ac
cepted the situation. Nor is it ever pro
posed, or even at this late juncture is it
desirable, that the negroes should be
remanded back into servitude. Bat this
should by no means be oonstrued into a
con tension that that institution, for the
origination of which the Nortn is itselt
responsible, was, or is in contravention
of divine law. We have no disposition,
however, to ievive discussion upon a
Mioject which, so far as we are concerned,
is disposed of, practically, forever.
The Augusta Constitutionalist
thinks that one of the most fatal
signs ot the increasing demoraliza
tion of the times is the refusal of
pure aud honest men to take part in
public affairs. Instead of the best men
in the community being willing to
accept official positions, those who
should do so, shrink from the respon
sibility on the grouud of fearful cor
ruptious which pervade the political
arena. This is easily accounted for,
when we see the class of men who
those who should be found in the trout
retire to the background, and let o'l-er-,
whom they openly condemn, monopo
lize the Legislative and Executive de
partments of the GrAernment.
"I wo Fuaerslt.
The following sharp parallel is from
the Baltimore Gazette, which finds Vice
Presidential honors no p&iiation for
Credit Mobilier shortcomings:
On a sharp November day, only three
months ago, there was a simple and
solemn faneral pes-ing through the great
avenues of New York. It carried to th*-
grave at Greenwood an amiable, erratic,
able, and perfectly honest man. He
died ftom disappointment, a high und
extravagant ambition frustrated, and
tnose who won tbe victory followed as
mourners. In the same sombre carriage
sat two Vice Presidents, in esse and posse,
fcjchnjler Colfax aud Henry WilsoD. He
was dead, and they were tnnmphaut.
Rut how was the victory won? There
had been an active canvass, in wuich all
manner of missiles hurtled in the aif.
Among them was one which criminattd
cerium prominent R-publicau leaders as
connected with a fraudulent concern
called the “Credit Mobilier.” Of tins
Mr. Greelev, in a speech at Indianapo
lis, had said:
These gentlemen contracted with
thimselves to pay themselves twice toe
fair cost ot entirely budding and equip
ping the road; and, building the road wit h
the pr Cceds ot the m< .uey lent by toeGov-
rument, they proceeded to divide among
themselves the other bauds, equal to the
amount for which Congress had made u
nortguge of tue entire road. By theso
means 820,000,000 were divided among
the parties, auu all that money s > divi
ded we all calle 1 npon to pay. Bo that
tod»y the people of this country are
paying some millions per annnm out oi
their hard earnings for interest pn those
oonds lent to the Pacific Road—paying
this money as interest to meet the vust
sums divided by these gentlemen among
iDemselves, as the dividends of the Credit
Mobilier of America.”
Great and sonorous was the echo ot
these accusations. Every one of the
Radical lead rs rushed into toe press or
the plutform. Colfax stood on a
siump at South Bend, aud Wilson
prompted Hawley in the shadow of the
Charier Oak. The popular sympathy
lor these persecuted saints was s>irred to
lis source. Kelley was elected b» a
nearly unanimous vote, and Mr. Greelev,
who denounced the Credit Mobilier
os a fraud, died, and was buried, and
two Credit Mobilier shareholders followed
nis corpse to the grave. Three months—
three of the shortest months too—have
passed, and the American people are
watening the funt ral of the living. Tbe
actual Vice-President returns to Indiana
uumourm d. The prospective Vice-
President steps into the s at of Calhoun,
and Gaillard, and Dallas, and Brecken-
ndge, with the consciousness that be
basely misled a political and personal
lnend, said, in fact, what was untrue, in
order to save himself, and had a share
in this money infamy. Wuen Henry
Wilson takes his plaoe as Vice-President,
we are very sure that two gallant Con
necticut soldiers, one a Senator and one
a Representative—Ferry and Hawley—
will not attend the ceremonial. This ib
the funeral of the living.
A Flghtlag t-arson.
The Edgefield Advertiser tells the fol
lowing aneodote of The late war:
Daring Longstreet’s campaign in Ten
nessee, while a portion of his army was
under a fearfm fire of shells from the
enemy at Campbell’s Station, a private
soldier, within a few feet of the Colonel
of his regiment, had both his legs torn
off. The regiment was not fighting, but
waiting orders. The wounded man was
lifted a couple of yards in the rear to die.
Another private now marched down the
line, nnder a hail of missiles, and Baid
to tbe commanding officer, “ Colonel,
may I have a few moments of prayer
with that dying man ? The Colonel
said, “ Are yon a clergyman ?” The pri
vate answered “I am.” “Then” said
the Colonel •* do as you desire.” And
the man of God knelt and prayed with
and for the dying man five or ten min
utes, without moving or swaying his
body, seeming totally unconscious of
storm of shot and shell, which, tue Col
onel tels us, he never Baw surpassed in
fury. In a few days the praying private
was announced ia the field orders as
Chaplnin of the regiment—“promoted
for gallantry and piety on the field.”
The regiment was at Hampton Legion.
Tbe Colonel was Gary. The private
soldier was the Rev. W. M. Thomas,
How pastor of the Methodist Churches
of our circuit.
a young lady writes to an ex
change giving a recoipt for having fun.
She says invite a naif dozen ooys and
girls to your house when your pa and
ma are away, put a half-dollar silver piece
in a dish with molasses an inch deep in
it, and offer it to the boy who gets it out
with his mouth. The more the buys try
to get it, tbe more fan there will be.
That girl sarely deserves a diploma.
tor is brought. The case is to be pros
edited, or argued now. at the first term
of the Court unless prevented by Provi
dential cans-e, just as was required to have
ween done under the original amended
Constitution c r eatiLg the Court, but un
der the power granted to dispose of every
ease at the first or second term afttr the
writ of error is brought, the Court
may, in its discretion, withhold its judg
ment until tbe next term after the case
is argued, which it could not have done
unless the power had first been granted
to extend the disposition of the case to
the second term of the conrt, instead oi
restricting such disposition of the case to
tue first term, as was done under the
original Constitution creating the Court,
und that was all the Constitution of 1868
intended, when it declares that the Court
shell dispose of every case at the first or
sacond term, after tbe writ of error is
brought, leaving the question as to prose
cuting the ease when prevented by Provi
dential cause just where it stood under
tne old Constitution. The cases on the
docket have been continued twice for
Providential cause; the plaintiff is now
dead, aud the question is, whether the
-ame shall be dismissed for want of juris
diction of the court to hear them under
the i Constitution after tne expiration of
the second term of the conrt.
It is insisted that the continuance of
tbe cases for Providential cause does not
take them out of the provisions of the
Constitution belore cited, which requires
the court to dispose of every case at the
first or second term after the writ of
error is brought; that Providential cause
alter the first Urm constitutes no excep
tion. This provision of the Constitution
saould receive a reasonable interprets
tion. Piovidential cause is recognized
by the Constitution as a valid cause
for uot prosecuting the case at the first
term, but does not rt strict the continu
ance of the case' for Providential cause
to the first term only. The case is to bt
iieard at tne first term, Out Providential
cause ie a good rtuson lor not bear
ing it at that term. Why should not
Providential cause be tquaily as good a
reason for no* hearing a case at the sec
ond as at the first term ? Tne Constitu
tion does not declare that cases shall not
tie, continued after the first term for
Providential cause, or that no case shall
be continued more tfian once for Provi
deutial cause. The iair and re sonable
interpretation of the Coustitution is that
tub court shall dispose of every case at
tne first or second term after writ ol
error brought, unless the parties are pre -
vented from prosecuting the same by
Providential cause. Providential cause
is the only exception recognized by the
Constitution as an excuse for delay.
Wnere a party is p-evented from prose
cuting his case, either at the first or
second term ot the coa t, by Providential
cause, there is nothing in the Constitu
tion which imputes to him laches or de
fault on that acconnt. Tfie act of God
worketh injury to no one; and tuat is the
principle recognized by tne Constitution
in the prosecution of cases iu this court.
Unless prevented by Providential cause!
every case must be prosecuted at the first
term of tne court after the writ of error
is brought, and must be disposed ol by
the oourt at tbe first or second term, but
the court may, in it discretion, withhold
its judgment unti the next term a’ter
tue case is argued, under the power
granted# o dispose of it at the second
term of the court; and this may be done
without auy Providential cause being
shown. This grant of power to the court
to dispose of the cases in its discretion
at the first or second term, had no refer
ence whatever to the continuance of
cases for Pr >vidential cause; that ques
tion stands under the new Constitution
just as it stood nnder the old one.
If a case should be continued at the
first term for providential cause, and
just before the second term of the Conrt
the party should die, or should die dur
ing the seoond term, as in this case, and
his estate unrepresented the case would
have to be dismissed under the constrnc
tion contended for, tbe Piovidential
caose of the party’s death would not
save it. The death of the plaintiff dnr
ing the second term < f the Coart, or at
any other time, is not made by the Con
sutution an exceptional case of Provi
dential cause, and the Courts should not
make it one, and disregard all other
cases of Providential cause in giving con
strnction to those words. The fair and
reasonable interpretation of the Consti
tution in our judgment, is to nold that
when a party is prevented by Providen
tial cause from prosecuting his case in
the Court, that no laches is to be im
puted to him, and that tbe time within
which he is to prosecute his writ of er
ror does not run against Jam, that he is
excepted from having his case dismissed
on the ground of Providential cause—
Broom’s Legal Maxims, 171. The cases
oq tbe doexet having oeen continued by
thu Court for Providential cause at the
first at d seoond terms thereof and Mr.
Dougherty having died during the
secoud term of the Court, the motion to
dismiss ail the cases for want of juris-
WARNER, C. J.
This was an action brought by tbe
plaintiff against the defendants to recov
er a sum of money, alleged to have been
received by them as agents of the plain
tiff, in the life insurance business. On
the trial of the case the jary found a ver
dict for the plaintiffs. Thf main ques
tion in iasne between the parties at tbe
trial was, whether tbe defendants shonld
be allowed their set-oil to the plaintiff
demand, for commutation of renewed
premiums on polices obtained by them
after their discharge as plaintiffs’ agents.
The j-lamtiff proved by the swum an-
swei ot the defendants that the oontract
between them aud the plaintiff was,
that the compensation for their ser
vices vias to be twenty per centum ol
and upon all snms collected for first
year’s premium insurance, aud seven and
oi e-hulf per centum of and upon alt sums
ieceice<l by them for continued renow also!
policies. On the trial oueu: tnede end-
ants was sworn »s a witness in his own
behalf, and the question was propound
ed to him, “Whether he knew of any cus
tom or usage in the life insurance bosi-
.14 to tne commutation of the value
Of MHO -alt* on discharging agents.” Ob-
being made to the question oy
the plaintiff, the Court sustained the ob
jection, and the defendants excepted.
The defendants’ counsel alto asKod the
witness if he knew of any usage in the
life insurance business as to tue commu
tation of value of reuewals o-i the dis
charge of agents, aud what such usage
was if there was any ? which being ob
jected to, the Court sustained the objec
tion, and defendants excepted. The con
tract of the parties in this case was that
the defendants should receive for their
rvicts 20 per cent, on all sums collect
ed by them for first year’s premium in
surance, and 71 per cent, on all sums re
ceived by them for continued reuewals
ot pol'cies. This contract is plain and
explicit; there is no doubt or ambiguity
os to the meaning of it, or as to tne inten
tion of the paraes; but it is contended
the evidence was admissible to annex
an incident to the contract by
the proof of usage or custom. But in
ail cases of this sort tne rule for admit
ting the evidence of usage or custom
must, be taken with this qualification
that tne evidence be not repugnant to;
or inconsistent with the contract Al
though evidence of a general usage ol
custom oi business or trade when it is
of universal practice, may be admissable
to explain what is doubtful, it is not ad
missible to contradict what is plain,
when a policy was made in the usn .1
lorm upon a ship, her tackle, apparel,
boats, etc., evidence of usage that the
underwriters never pay for the loss oi
boats slung upon the quarter ontside of
the ship, would not bo admissible.
Greenieat’s evidence, vol. 1st, sections
292, 294. In tne case of the Schoon
Keeside, 2d Sumner's Trip., 467, it was
Held that an express contract of the par
ties is always admissable Jto supersede,
vary or conlrol a usage or custom, but
that an express contract conld not be
controlled or varied by or contradicted
by a usage or custom. The rule is 'hat
when parties make an express contract,
os iu tuis case, which is plain evidence
of usage and custom is inadmissible to
control, vary or contradict it. Nor do
we think tne questions propounded to
the witness weie strictly legal questions
(o prove a general usage or custom.
The ^questions propounded to the wit
ness were: Do you know auy
usage or custom, in the life
insurance business as to the commutation
of reuewals, etc. The proper question
wonld have been, what is the general or
universal usage and custom in tne life in
surance business as to te commutation
of renewals, etc. The usage or custom,
to be binding, must be a general one,
and of universal practice, as apphcaDle
to that particular business. (Code, sec
tion 1.) In looking tnroagh this entire
reo-ra, we find no error in the rulings ot
the court, or in its charge to the jury, or
iu its refusal to charge as requested in
view of th. evidence contained therein,
aud the verdict was right under the law
and facts of tue case.
L -t the judgment of the oourt below
Fun uffi rinnrl
tt. J. Moses, M. H. Biandford, L. T.
Dewing, for plaintiffs in error; Iugram A
Crawford, for defendant.
but none has been so sadly bereaved as
Dr. Turner.
Dawsok. G*_. March 8. 1873.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner—Dbab Fbiknds:
With sadness did we read the note of Mr.
Morgan annonneing the death of yoor
dear little Wing. No expiession of sym
pathy need be written to assuie you that
such feeliDgs are entertained by ns for
vou in thiB, your second recent sad sfflic-
tion. Death has claimed two jewels from
yoar household—an amiable, excellent,
intelligent and promising daughter, she
was indeed such—verging upon woman
hood—was fir*t summoned and breathed
her last in the presence of fond and
doting parents and friends, wLo wonld
have averted the fell stroke had the pow
er been given them; but fiere is an A -
mighty Providence wisely reserved in
Deity Himself, and to the behests of
HeaveD, man should ever in reverence
bow.
All had not yet been felt. Death
claimed another victim—a cherub babe
entwined aronnd a mother’s heart, was
called from her embrace and from its
fondlings npon a doting father’s knee.
The bitter cup of sorrow was so soon to be
drained again. Sad experience has told
ns of some of the hard les ons of Fate.
We, too, have been tanght in the school
of affliction, and heartily do we sympa
thize with you. Yours is a family truly
aud sadly bereaved. Consolation is of
Heaven. In the glorions doctrine oi
the Resurrection and reunion it ia found.
Death will claim us all—the world must
be given op.
The young when called leave the
walks of men with no record but parity
and innocence, and are transferred from
earth to Heaven—unschooled in the hard
lessons of lile, unpolluted by the crude
elements of a sinful world—striking emb
lems of purity suited for the abodes of
bliss. This world might be Lurid un
kind—its devious paths are unknown—
man is finite — Deity is all-wise — He
knows best—we must submit. We had
hoped that Wing wonld recover, and
were greatly surprised at the news of bis
death. But so it is—he is no more oi
earth, and your loss is his eternal gain.
Your sympathizing friends,
L. C. & M. E. H.
Eagle Manufacturing Company et al. vs.
Charles Wise. Reliei Act, irom Mus
cogee.
WARNER. C. J.
In this case the plaintiff made a motion
to withdraw his wnt of error. Tne de
fendant in error objected, and made a
motion to open the record for the pur
pose of claiming damages. On loosing
mrongh the record in this case, we arc
of tne opinion, in view of the previous
rulings of this court, that this case was
brought here for delay only. We there-
tore affirm the judgment of the conrt be
low, with tea per cent damages, as pro
vided by the 4221st section ot the Code.
Henry L. Benning, for plaintiffs in er
ror; Peabody & Brannon, for deiecdint,
Mrs. Jenks,” said a red headed
girl, witn a png-nose and bare feet,
“ mother sajs will yon obleege her by
seudiu’ her a stick of firewood, fill this
ci net with vinegar, puttiu’ a little soft
soap iu tins pan, and.please not ie. your
torkey-gobblers roost on our lence.”
S&" “ There were giants in those
days,” said Jones, speaking of the days
of Webster and Clay aud Calhoun.
44 Yes,” said Muggins, “aud there are
thieves in these days.” We remark a
Soft answer turueth away wrath.
x muv'OLVTiojs' ijy ihojt.
Important to Hachlnllti and ntnnfie
turers.
The following extract is from a letter
written by Mr. Speights, from Louisville
to the Griffin News. Mr. S. had been
shown through the mammoth Plow man
nfactory of Brinby, Miles aud Hardy,
and fiom them learned various things
concerning the immense amount of work
and labor expended in their business.
Among other things Mr. Speights says
Mr. Brinly called my attention to an
improvement in making plow points out
of steel, which is as wonderful an inno
vation in the working of steel, as it is
import *nt to those interested in the pur
chase or manufacture of machinery, and
will effeot tremendously the prioe of a
great many machines in use throughout
the country, from the heaviest rolling
mill machinery to the smallest wheels in
use for sewing machines, etc. All tbe
costly steel-cat oog-wheels used in saoh
machines can be moulded of steel as per
feet as tuey can be cat, and of better
materia], as this steel is more eidetic, at
from 18 to 20 cents per pound—a saving
of at least two-thirds in that class of
work, which is the most expensive. I
saw a small wheel, working in his drill,
which cost him focb dollars, which he
conld have had oast out of better steel
for 15 to 16 oents for the wheell Mr.
Brinly is now having his steel points
moulded or cast, and as cheap as the
common steel points heretofore need,
giving the planter great advantage, as
they can be worked and sharpened by
any coantiy blacksmith. Tnese points
are moulded from scraps of old oast-steel
ach as boggy springs, etc., cut up and
thrown into crucibles, and then ran into
dry ’and mould?. After moulding, tbev
are put through annealing furnaces,
where, after remaining several days, they
are taken oat perfect castings. This
annealing process gives to the steel that
elasticity which enables the smith to draw
it out, and work it like common iron.
You can weld it, and work it with the
hammer into edged tools. To demon
strate the working qualities of this steel
Mr. Brinly took one of these points, heat
it, and cut it up into small pieces, from
which he made a knife and chisel; he
then doubled it up, welded it together,
and drew it out and twisted it into the
shape of au augur bit, after which you
could not discern a crack or flaw. The
points can lie tempered very hard, and
made to wear muon louger than the
common Eteel, and must add greatly to
its value in sandy soil. This steel is
wnat is called Hainesworth’s process,
and I am certain it is a great success,
and will create a revolution not only in
the manufacture of plows, bat that of all
classes of machinery, as a vast amount
of labor will be saved by this process.
The manufactures are now moulding oat
of t’lis Steel, cog-wheels, axes, drawing
knives, horse-shoes, (and machinery to
E. J. HALE k HON, 17 Murray street.
New York, have just issued
ASCHOOLHISTORY
O/ the United States.
By HON. ALEX. H. STEPHENS,
Professor of History and Political Sci
ence iu the University of Georgia.
TESTtMONIALM :
A Review, by Rev. D. WIeLS, D. D.,
President of Oglethorpe University,
Atlanta, Ga.:
T&u Tsloaale work, which hu been auxl j«ly
looked for. hue leeenlly appeared in a deci !■ llj at
tract! Te and popular lorm. Ita typographyn end
mechanical cxecudoi reflect* credit on he ate
which has iaeued it, -nd ita convenient aize >ua
binding, and happ; t .-angement into chapter* nnd
auction*, admirably r lapt it to the use of arhnolg
and college*. As a l itbook. wo predict for this
compend a hearty and extensive adoption, and aa a
work for general in*traction no reader in the land
ought to be without a copy of it. The Southern peo
ple may be justly proud of this ncbla oout. luuuos
to their growing literature, and the grand >>ul com
monwealth of Georgia will doubtless evince a: ap
preciation ot the ludustry, patriotism aud tveuu- of
her distinguished eon by giving this rich > stored
volume a cordial welcome to the thousanua ol her
intelligent anil happy households. We believe that
this work of the gaeat Georgian ia destined to be
come the standard of histone truth and excellence
tor centuries to come, tuat as Mr-Step hens* nork oa
tbe War Between the States is acknowledged to be
tbe most complete and triumphant vindication of
the Southern people ever placed on record.
From Rev. J. J. BRANTLEY, D. D.,
Professor of Belles Leitres and Mi nlem
Languages, Mercer UDiversity, 51 noun,
Georgia ;
l tmnk you are tc be congratulated on bavins
Drought out a School History, which, on account of
its iaimesa, iu Soutuern origin, and especially die
fallens and accuracy of the later political history jf
the country, ought to supersede all others at the
South.
From Hon. MILLARD FILLMORE,
late President of the United BUie* :
1 think It exceedingly well written, and admirably
well calculated lor academies and school* it te ne
cesaarily greatly coud- nsed, but it seems to contain
tbe pith and marrow of our history, some what
tinged, as was natural, with Southern views. Dt.t aa
impartial aa any we can expect at this time, eitur*
irom the North or South. 1 regard Mr. Steplo :i* aa
ouo of oiir ablest statesmen, aud ccrtain'y very com
petent to write a history of the United States.'
From Hon. HERSuHEL V. JOHNSON.
The method of tho work 1* admirable. Each plo-
tnro is distinct; each is in its appropriate place; and
they are so connected and grouped as to pr< sent to
the mind’s eye a clear, intelligible aud turnciiuoua
sketch of the history of the United States, from col
onial mtancy to present development—accurute.ln
its delineations, aud copious, out still compendn ua,
in its details. The work is admirably suited to the
use of schools and the higher instit'i tioi s < >f learn*
ing. It would be unjust to omit to eay iha the
hook, aa to material, is gotten up iu most excellent
ctyle.
From Pkof. RICHARD M. JOHNSTON,
of Pen Lucy Institute, Maryland :
I regard the Compendium of the History of the
United States, by Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, a
most important addition to American literature. It
la a book for the Schoolroom, the College, the Uni
versity, and every library. Though aeverely con
densed, yet it Is most complete and perspicuous. In
my opinion it ia the only history in which an Amer
ican, whether youth or adultman, may llud a just
account of tne basis ou which the Coustitution aud
Governmeut of his country were founded. Every
one, aad especially every student, should hav a it
Prom Tkof. E. A. STEED, of Mercer
University :
Those Teachers in the South who have taught the
Hlatery of the United states since the war will re
joice when they see this book. They will be espe
cially pleased with that portion of tne History per
taining to the late war, because In tbia pan of the
work they will hud what has not yet before met my
eye in schoolbooks: s air, unprejudiced statement
of facts connected with the bloody war between the
States. Southern youth can read in thia book a
truthful history of our great struggle for free gov
ernment by one who is. of all others, most compe
tent to writs such a work. Let them read it, study
it, and heed its lessons of wisdom.
diction iu ilia Court to bear tfiem, j _
should, in our judgment ba over-1 wtmt.’s a stall at tue nopera ?
ruled. * The motion to dismba the cone | “Well, I can’t say, not for certain; but
of Wm. Dougherty, aaeiguee vb. Baroer, I sappose u’s wber* tney sell the hap-
et aL, ou the special grounds stated i j piet, Uonauges, gingt-r beer, and biaki'a.”
tea?-A stall at the opera-“Jewmy,! horse-slioea,) railroad picks, crow -
J ! bar?, car-coiiplinga, railroad frogs, and
various other article* formerly forged
An editor | the motion cannot ->« entertained now, j
on tbe fair
said. “Girle at seventeeu or eighteen are
i inasmuch as the plaintiff baa no legal
‘Home is the place for boys,’
r ^ of h«ax ” When the uape. | representative before the Court in ih-t I ^ 8{)iufc8 ^ Lw eldest pnde ^
very fond of benu _ K JX. I co*«-, but the defendants may suggest the , yjl „ tbe youngster, dutifnUy,
jx —■- -«—i—■-**' on the seeoud, and — -
issued, be waa rather shocked to dm- [
er that an nnfor 11111 * 4 '" 1 ?l K1 « r “take a e:b farther pio
a/1 A him SAY. (jUI^Ol MfVt 11 * . Ik
cover - -
error bad made him say, “Uiri
teen or eighteen are fami «»« i>*-au8.
■ “I d like to stay at home all the time;
proceeding - * »u the case j ba| 8end8 ^hooL”
aa authorized by the 2b n rule oitu si
Gone, if they snail thin* proper to do t * • " ~
^ . : r iiuuter aururised I - In *U tUe other ca-ea iu wbieu Mr. i teS“ A negro was pn' upon the Btaud
A fortune p c „ UuS ri only, iU»- p.riieejoa* witness, eu.l the JuOge inquired if
his menu, oy 1 ^iTprept^io profile .1^-me he utderaUou
ssra;.2sw<» -r 1 - ■ * “• ^ I i™
—some rich and love y widow a .weeoa.
from under the hammer,
people are not happy !
And still oar
sjslb or cit\' t-Morruts'.
Tall Prices a ad Spirited BMdleg.
At tne sale oi the old market bonne
lotB on yesterday evening, tbe following
prices were obtained. The Atlanta
8 reel Railroad Company were th® pur-
ciiatw-rs. The trgmal lot was Bub-d.-
»uie i mio’f »nr business lots tbe first one
From the N.Y. EVENING TELEGRAM
Ii is a notorious fact that even in colleges utllo at
tention is paid to the philosophy of politics. • *
Mr. Stephens supplies this knowledge. From the
discovery oi Coiambus to the establishment of
American Independence, he carries the reader
qai ckly and gracefully through all of tha leading
events that transpired, developing to ose foots in
oloniel history which led to the organisation an 4
rowth ot the present form ot government.
e e • • a
“In the treatment of these various subjects, Mr.
Stephens te not a partisan. He addresses his read
ers from e point of view far above the influence of
passion or prejudice, ana in the statement ol facta,to
which be mainly conhnea his work, there is an ex
hibition of impartiality that forbids tbe question
whether this man who thus summarizes the history
of his eoontry la from the North, South, Seat or
West
eeeeeeeee
The book is apropos to the times. It abounds in
information with which every American citizen
ought to be familiar, and which he will uot find com
plied elsewhere. For the youth of the laud It will
prove invaluable, and we believe that teachers
througnout the country will adopt it as s substitute
for all other histories of the United States, as soom
os they beoome familiar with its pages, aud observe
with whet tact end impressiveness the distinguished
author has arrayed hia knowledge to the end that It
may be most easily and eagerly acquired by the
young.
bom the eatonton PRESS AND MES
SENGER.
Let tt be Introduced into the family ilrole, into
the school-room—everywhere over this broad land.
For It not only is instructive as well as entertaining
to yonth, but U a most useful compendium for all
grown-up people who desire to be well informed.”
From the WILMINGTON STAR.
'As e school compend this work is a succeis Ea
every way. It gives a prominence to b’vliug politi
cal events, and these are made to sub*, eve no pacti-
san interes whatever. The book i* absolutely free
from sectional coloring, though it is the production
of oue of the great leaders of Ko'.tb-ri. .huught,
himself an actor in some of th * grau.i .reue» he da-
scribes. From a cioee pern* u of iuai .art of the
boo* commencing with the •:! vv-- u . an
ooxmntof Fierce’s odminuirsti" j. mu *n (uent
ensptera tnrough to the beglmi.iiu of tue correal
year, we are satisfied Mr. atep. , given a true,
unvarnished, lively picture oi ill* i,*-meniiou» agi
tation through which the couunhas j steed during
two decades of her history.
All the prominent occurrence*, civil »nd miUtxry,
of tbe war bet wee.' tne State*, are HLetched in rapid,
bat distinct outline. Mr. octph-r,*’ style is easy,
terse, pure, graceful and strong 11>- n, ,ke* no special
effort, aa mo*t of school-history wuust do, to write
down to the comprehension of h.» juv. uile r edera
But there It nothing Id style or details that the
simplest intellect canno> grasp.”
From tbe TOLEDO (Ol.io) SUN.
The wort m a Text-Iiookon PclmuU aua College*,
is one ot the beat condensed huium* 'he United
State* we have had the pleasure o* > pruning. It is
amply Illustrated with portrait* of *r!unjeutnu»n who
figure in American history, batu«; *ceB©s, and the
of arms of the difier* 10 *
NOTICE BY THE PUBLISHERS.
Thia Compendium of H -story should
be in everv Schoolroom .. u every Li
brary in the United »•«'<-. K lithe
Hietorv oftheeouutiv— u. im-uy toal
who wish to kuow wli , . •*»«-• cue
and whv it baa beet. -*<»*»,. tltose who
maa<kui:d tbnte wbu u .v vii^iiiisterd
the Government oi t i* * s it pre
sents not only the L of oar
History, bui iib pc-rvv. . . p*- und
will prove a Vade Mt-cuui *i> ’ < > ■ -'.udeut
and statesman. The *.»■ *iu'—I2ino.,
513 pages, with uatneri,n- . it.hi rations—
is beautilully printed *i..t - ru ply and
tastefully bound. Price, -i?l >0, Mailed,
postuaid, on receipt <>! tu»- F r,,,fc - To
teachers for exammatiiut >.ult price; DUt
wuen to be forwarded by mail, &, must
oenaaeu tor postage. \ery UK-ral terms
made for •etrounceoL bto -v :i'»ols and
Gohegea
E. •«’. faALE A fcO> 17 Murry street
UL'drf«!*o*i tne nature of au oath. . ».> .u_, * v* „ *
r certain bons.” said the citizen; “if b*»o fe iuK ed.ovU; *ec*ona 5-,165, tfie \, w \ork
3.7to W he, fmu»t s‘ick to him !” (tfie thud 62,200 and the fourth 83,351. j .>« York. Auc. 26. -*"*• *•