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Tin 1 Daily Loyal Georgian. AL'(iI'STA OA.. JUNK 1, 1867. Di Kj< IAI. OHUAN V. S. (iOVEKNMK.VT. O/jicial Organ of the (ieortjia Ktl acailonal Association. UNION REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. tn jMtrsicHicc with :i ICesolutiuii necutly :iilo|it<vi by tli<‘ “Erxeativ/ Ciiiu/niUij: nj tjn l iiinn llc-publican Party in ticvryiu” there will lie n Stati Mans tjani'cntioii bold in the file of Atlantii, oil the “fourth day of July” next hy the friends and suji jiort.ers of the National Union 1• <■ | >1 1 1 >- lican jtai'ty. Tin- fiends and :U[rjiorti;r.s of that !>arty thiouyhout the entire State, without logon! to color or former con dition, are cordially solicited and ex |ieoted to have ( heir counties re]ire,sell tOil. A |>latfonu of |»riuei|iles will lie adopted upon which to conduct the appmaeliine political campaign. It w ill not lie the ‘‘w hite man i Convention” nor the “colored man’s Convention,” lull that of the friends of “universal education, eijual justice, and the politi cal rights of all.” Several distinguished Statesmen from dillereiit portions of the Union have consented to he present and ad dress the ('(lnvention. All the friends of the movement are invited to attend. Wvt. id VnKnAm. Chairman, IliM.v I’. l'Aitiioxv, Secretarv of the h’xecutive ConimiUee of the I’nion In piiiiliean Forty of Gforgfti. Vj'J.AM'v, (ii., May 20, Isii7, All i*l» ls tn the State friendly to Hit: lime rail are i i-qnwtcd to pubfmb il state Items. Ni vv se.xfHii Ciuxia:. The Daily i >/iinin)i. of this city of Sunday morn ing announces that its late proprietor has disposed of his interest to the ‘‘Atlanta liepuhliean Association,” h\ wliindi is will hereafter he conduc ted: . . Nii editor is announced, hut the motto of tic ((pinion is “ The Liberty, education am! Politic. 1 Kpuality of the p> ople, r gorilk'ss of color or for mer C'lii.jll iop, ad the perpetuity of I lie Uuj< ui.” We wish the new proprietors a la; yet share of ease and prosperity than usually falls 1o the lot of news paper publishers. The Opinion will liol accept the ituatcm merely as the host that can hi done, but as tile situation that ; liotild have lieeu accepted. Atlanta Era. 'isth. ("mu's in Pi k k.—We copy the follow iny letter from Pike countx id ui tlie Ciifliiu Star, which says the facts are true, and applicable to that cut ire sect ion of the State: Kitix.Cv, May l7th, 1867. Edi t.trs Star According to )>roniisc, 1 will snv to you that the farmers and crops are doing w ell in this part of the territory ol Pike. In all my life i never s.ivv men more determined to do their duty. They rise early, work hard, and have their crops ui a tine ■ indition. Kvon the women and children are tohe found at work in the cotton tic Ids. Tile freedmen, too, arc doiny well. Wheat is ns good as the land will produce; corn small, tliouyh it looks well; oats sorry; col ton look.- bad, and it poor stand; gar den'. Irish potatoes, Ac., arc splen did. So, upon the whole, a kind Prov idence seems to favors us so far. l ast year this time the country was theided with vv ater and the crops de toxed hy grass. Sacanneth /\i/titb firaa. , .. ~ General News. Si r.v i r's ThlAl.. l —The trial of John 11. Suratt, indicted for milder, and for entering into a conspiracy to mur der the late President Lincoln, was fixed lasi Monday in the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, fudge Pislier presiding. Tic . ouiiscl lor the prisoner. Messrs. If. T. Mcrriek,J. Il.T.radley, Sen., and 11, Uvadley, Jr., were present. The counsel for the prosecution, lion. K. < . Carrington, District Attor ney ; Nathaniel Wilson, Assistant Dis trict Attorney , -V. <l. Riddle. Esq., ami Judge Kdwartls Pierrpont,of New York, appeared and took their seats. Jiulgu Fisher said this was the day set apart for the trial of John 11. Sur ratt under an indictment for murder, and lie asked if counsel were ready. The counsel for the defence respond ed atlirmativcly. ♦ District Vttovncy Carrington said lie regretted exceedingly that several dif liotylth.'s were presented in the way of. preceding to trial. Alter ronsidemblc argnmaiit.,,for nd mm ist t rial, Judge Fi*htr ;«;hI that ill view of the staUttic dor the eircumstain e's H'e did "ttu that fmvthiug could he done other than tb' po' tpone the ease until to-dtty two weeks, vvliieli would ho tju 1 titJi of June. The prisoner vnts rmnamled toAinty custody of the AffieSltAl and Was fjttoiL hack to jail. Mil Tlli:it\ Nil* I t;i.si‘i:( T. Our contcmpM'ariVs ui the Pi' ‘ seem to lie vying with each other lor pre-eminence in the refined occupation of abusing the Yankees in general, and the “school irianns” in paitietihu We have dreadv had occasion to not ice the < 'onrtitationali.il s stricture on otu thieving propensities, and now close on its heels comet* this elegant para graph which we clip from “the t'hrri <■!( otai Saitivd" <d May doth "A llottf.i: I’i.am, Tlie Uadi*-ill missionaries nix'coniplainnie of the "Xtivaic heal of this fccti'ie, anti nir prefi.iiuite for a summer tour at 1 lie North. Thov had 1s t ter accustom Uiemnelv i to heal a- ilh-v m sure to hiivc a holler limy bUoyy OKI WuJ i hot a mat ell on fire mid biiiu: fotKywJichfljtd uj> in due proportion by tticii master, old Nick. Won’t they have a jolly thu< r lint we don’t envy their pro-pi* l.' If our neighbors imagine that Urn Yankee school inarms, or Radical missionaries, ;ui they are pleased to sty le us, are either intimidated of di tressed hy any such attacks, vve can assure them that they are completely mistaken. We who come into tlie South to i labor as we conceive it to he our duly, ; for the benefit of the neglected and ignorant, come with a full appreciation i of our position. We expect no favors I at the hands of the lichells andj no desire none. We are thank-j iul that our calling is ot svc li i nature as to exempt, its Irum tlye ;ujaieot smooth and Haltering tongues. We 1 rejoice that our occupation is so lowly, so displac'd, that vve are accounted un worthy of association with the loftv chivalrous, puremimlcd people among whom we live autl Jailor'; for the, very isolation thus 'enforced itfiwr nk on sures fidelity iy out work and purity of motive in under taking it. Wlmt then have the people of the South to gain hy tlie indulgence nf such a spirit ot hatred? for editin' would not dare to print such things did they not know them to hi acceptable to their readers. They cannot frighten us away, this is certain, they • .11 mot hope hy such measure' to sciuire bet tin terms for thcmselvc with (.'ongn s; this, wi*presume, tliev do not expect N and most assuredly they vvill md gain the respect, of the eivil.i/ed nations who look on from afar. We read a good deal in Southern journals about “self-respoct,” hut We confess that vve sec very little of it- put into practice. l’eople of these lately rebellions •States, listen to the truth Tci? ome! AVe have sutiered your luenucis long enough ! For years vve have borne disgrace in the eves of the good and humane of all tuition?, because of our com plieitv with you in your infamous, 1 soul destroying traffic in human bodies 1 and souls. To purchase, not your good vvill, for this vve never had, since the i day|when slavery drew mystic Mason I and Dixon's line across this broad! continent, hut the bare permission to ! be tolerated in existence on the singe 1 soil with you, vve stooped to com pro , niise upon eomproiui.se, until vve were j so low, that tligre was no fin us to stoop tower. Listen to onr Avoi ds, now f l!y all that is holy op earth and in heaven, by all that is pure and noble and virtuous among men, I by all we hold dear in life, and bv all > we ho|'e for in death, ici uficeyr (fait tn l wifi tierer oyttiu f Yon M aged ' vv a t against us and were oompiered.j Wt IS ever, eompiered people dealt with j sogently t You starved our prisoners of war by thousands, you murdered our men in cold blood, and your poets sang the deed and your women applau ded, yet we have not taken veiigence Yes, vve have had our revenge. We have sent our bread to food your hun gry ones, and our clothes to cover your naked ones. We have opened our schools w ithout money ami' with; out price, to y.ynr poor w Urti ' and hl uks. We hastened into tlie breach to bind up the broken hearts which your w ickedness had made, and to do away as rapidly as possible with tlie ignorance and crime which your moil-; stroii' law s had brought upon you—ari curse too heavy for you to hear-—and 1 yon turn round and spit in the face of your eoikjUerol.s and your bt si j'rtemir. i Take heed; least the fate which over took that nation, oucc favored aVive | all others ou the earth, be wt vows! : ' f EdueatioN kv -|fc j funding in tliemmUl of ,i. cruvvd, whilw ere listcningto a speech, in front 1 id the (,'apitol ot thevhitO'“(.'i>iifede ; (si,-eahe<l) We heard thtS ; nan ark ; “ The speaker must be a Yankee a Massachusetts maxi—fliey are lorever talking ol public schools ’ and education for the peoiile. Their - ( duetition of the people The l eiiiark was eharncteris • tic an i wtggestdva. Nothing more truly mid certainly indicates tlie eliar- Actct of a jicojile ;md the principles of the government which they' approve mid maintain, thau their idea of educa i tion Docs tlwidea of educating men ! jirpvtril, and modify and control organi zations and ».rr,mgwm"iils' for instrue . t ton of she ppyjjv, Chen the governmimt j is lor'the people, and usually of them, i Witness the Proteafant Swiss Cantons and the Novfhern United Statps of America: In tlie empire and theking d nit. on the 'ontrirv, the idea of edu j is the preparataon of instrumen tnlitics f»,r the defence, administration auil support ol the government; which is established and sustained for the holt'll amt interest ol a mat}, a family, ora class.—the aristocracy. In this ya»«. the educated are machines, run by the power and under the control of Hie will, iii that each man thinks, j speak" .md act, for himself. With j others he acta in great multitudes, per- I haps because they think and feel so' I nearly alike flint they agree to act to- gether. All despotisms decline toedu cate men. There schools are establish ed, uni vei sities founded, and learned men are trained and sent forth, as in the propaganda at Rome, or from Jesuit colleges in many lands. But these me not independent men, who think and speak freely on the great malleus o| govemmennt and religion. Wc an- under the shallow of the des potism ol slavery, and expect, what we so often see in this State, a hitter hostility to ducat ion of men, to giving all access to books, to tlie free thoughts and free utter ances of the living and the dead. The pulpit and the press declare their inte rest in the elevation oi the colored people the spiritual instruction ofthe | t ace. A tew Christian women, | intervals, are teaching little children to read ; hut w here, in all the South, in any "rvantetfion or institution engaged '"m educating colored men to think and act for tic inselres in this great crisis J then liistoi v. except such as arc -ii - trim J by fund' and conducted hy j Icaehe.rs from abroad? In which of ! these institution', or schools, has there i been anything unjust or unmanly • laugh* V Why, then, this malignant, 1 ' ovvariuy attack and constant defama tion of those engaged in this work of enlightening the minds of the ignorant, without regard tu, race of cart 2 It is the old method -of etl'ete despotisms, and altogether too lutn in the world’s historv and progress t,> obtain favor, ex " p! from thy ignorant and unmanly. Let ..ua educate nun. )»end out the 1 light. LITtIKK. 1 i. VM'tj op THK t'NITKI) STATK». it Hu IVi a Sntsiui, t*f thf Ti. ,; .j >ijt(i.iil njra*. OIIAPTRIi J.XNXiI 1 .t« Art jntju.i ~rj ! Itirt;, «/t tit'c Aliil/nlh. I /*. 'V oit i.u ft.. .N, Uj.n llt.iltfi nj It'i M-H&rtf,:.. nf't:.!' I 'itif J. ,sy ‘ti.\ftj Anerira i in 1 '■ That on ami after the fiaswigC ixf il'i" ici. tlicr< shall I* levied, eolhx ted. and paid, on alt lior-c . milks, tayic. .'iiecp., liog'. and ytUri Jive aiiiiuflis iifalHii; •(! from son ierr' comftrawl'ii duty of R?V,i!y ]«•!■ efIiUUU OIKi ' (dopeui. / 'fnritf. (t, Tlwt ..ay such animals now hnna Me 4’vviird !>y resident citizen' of the Fnilaxi State-, and liow m nnv ot till provinces of IkillJ-h; Amcuesv niayis* im|x'itcii into the Uniird Suite., lice of dmy umil the rxiiini iiwi Os t-.’u .hr, -on xl after tin uiv-tsureof ‘Tils niH. A eeriovro. .May If‘. I WHS. eHAI'TKI! T KNXTII. ,1c -h'; to .'lnitifjt ftn l‘itti-* i’J tn.l til no the r t. y\il, l t.iHji SitU(jfJu.’i/ht , ., .in tin in /1 ';- 'rt nj J.Vv-.V.'c ~,, l), :t en.t. US hy t'h, ■v .d/io crf li st of st-- oteiUt'i'e ot'tht Vnttert .'Vd/-, af T a trlni ’ f '«n//'(i" nmmtlot. ’ftmt the district court*' off lie t idled Sink s for the northern (jislrict of Mississippi, now required to lie Jietfl nt the Icw nol TNnitoloi. sliall iiercufier tic held at the tow n os Oxford, in said Stair. Arritovif n. May in. t*^fi v if At* IKK I.XNXI V. -1 Art to <to,vtu' "At A* >0 eetitHteh the i - t’fe n ITc y.l,..i'rot i>. thf f nit. ./ S/j/.v, Anr ” I Oi . ...fetal -hy the fie latte J.nl llooh ol • •/*/. '(<■•(»• s tmiteft St.itie of Aio.rieti ;.i, f '. ftn ~ .. a.-. e’/sos. Thill !hc second see : 'ton "1 -ci ;u m csLii'.j'h tic aindc oi ikf 1 chni:;. in Tin- TTuicd .'tales iiavy. approved ■ tV’ceiugi'i twei.i, lirst riitiifi'en hundred ; tiTid ki.\ty-iour," t «■s and the stiue is lu reliy. •uucndtu I'yiiildii',; liiercto. lilt folfowing; Vinl in -.shall hr ai! awed a Secretary, with flic rank and mu pay and allow,wees of a iuulciaiit in the nav v ." At-ruovia . Mnv ffi. IHBH v H.VPTKR LXXXV .1. .! t ..tkit., y ApitrapriniinM /-• the Sen .lire of lii foa tJJtifj Dt.pn.l: ~t *t c-'a/; tficf* ‘ ) Cite ■ h'llny iht toirtidJt of .lone, lijhl*.’ ■ t. 1 »'/ o- c .1 .. if./ .\t ren, itnd for [ /> ( cr-c.o. If’l s rrtlft .tori ijn'r .of I if m .-' tii/iet,' oj tin t ...ir*t stojee 'f Arteriett j ( -- c -.-- tjtlui. That the toffowing | yunis it md they arc lifcrehy. ijipniprialeo I for the service of the Post Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, egbteen Immlred Mid sixty-seven, out of any moneys in tin treasury arising from the revenue of mid department, in conformity to the act of 'he second of July, eighteen and thirtr six For tmiMportatkm of the mails, (inland, nine million five hundred and fifty thousand dollars. FortraMportation ot ilh- mail', (foreign, ) six hnndrea tlmuaaml dollar*. For ship, stenmlxiat, and way letter*, eight thousand dollars. For compensation to |»>stma*tcrs. four million two hundred and fifty thousand dol ls is. For clerks for post offices, one million nine Immlred and twenty thousand dollars. For payment to letter earrier*. six hundrtsi and forty thousand dollars. For wrappingimper, one hundred llemsaml dollars. For twine, thirty tlmusand dollars. Fyr hitter halariecs, six thousand dollars. For compenaalbm to liiank agents and as sistants. siglil thousand dollars. For office furniture, six thousand dollars. For advertising, eighty thousand dollars. For jsvstage stamps anil stamped envelojie*, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For mail depredations and ajs-cial agents, oiui hundred thousand dollars For mail flags, one hundred and tfilrtv thousand dollar*. For mail looks, keys, and stanqis. thirty thousand dollars. For payment of tialanees due to foicign countries, llirrs- hundred anti fifty tliousand (tollars- For miscellaneous payments, three liun dred and twenty thonsaiid dollars. To enable tlie superintendent of tin- Naval Observatory to carry out the object of iSamite resolution of March nineteenth, eigli teen hundred sixty-six, for retsirt of Ist limns routes to the Pacific (Mean, fifteen hundred dollars Skc. 2. And he it further ri.ttrfrd. Thai the following sums, or so much thereof s., may be necessary, lie, and the stone are hereby appropriated for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, out of any money in the teasury not .otherwise appropriated. For the mail steamship service lietvvecn the United States and Brazil, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; /WiV/wf That this appropriation shall take effect only when Brazil shall have performed tlie con dition on Iter pan provided in the law au thorizing said service. For the mail steamship service Mwecn Hah Francisco, Japan, and China, for six months ending June thirtieth, eighteen and sixty-aeven, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars For the overland mail transportation tic tween Atchinaon and Folsom, and for marine mail transportation between New York and California, nine hundred thou sand dollars. Sec 3. And he it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General lie, and he ia hereby, authorized to employ sailing vessels for the transportation of the mails between the ports of flic United States and anv foreign {torts where the service may lio facilitated thereby, allowing and paying therefor a compensation not exceeding the sen postages accruing on the mails so conveyed. Hec. 4. And be it further enacted, That tlie Postmaster-General lie, and is hereby, re quired to report to live Secretary of tlie Treasury annually, prior to the first day of November of each year, his estimate of tlie money required for the service of the Post Office Department for the ensuing fiscal year; which eanmato shall tie reported to Congress with the printed estimates of appropriations required by tlie joint reolntion ox the seventh of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Sbc. 5. And bt it farther enacted. That the balance of the appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars under the thir teenth section of an act “to establish a pos tal money order system,” approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred ami sixty four, which may remain unexpended at the close of tlie current fiscal year, may be used as far as necessary to supply defiiciepeies in tin: proceeds ofthe money order system during the fiscal venr commencing July first, eighteen hundred and sixty six. SEC. ti. And he it farther enacted , That all advertising, notices, and proposals foroon tnu ts for the Post Office Department, and all advertising, notices, and proposals for contracts for all the Executive Departments of the Government, required by taw to lie published in the city of Washington, shall hereafter lm advertised liv publication in the two daily newspaper* in the city of Wa»hing ton having tlie largest circulation, and in no others; Prodded, That tlie charges fur Mich publications due's not higher than such <is are paid by inviduals for advertising in saiti papers; And prodded aleo, That the same publications thall lie made in each of said papers equally as io frequency, ami that tlie circulation of Mich pajiers shall lie determined Upon tlie tenth day of June an nually ; and the publishers of all papers competing for aueli advertising shall furnish a sworn statement of their buna fide paid circulation of each regular issue for the pres ceding three months; and shall in like manner certify under oath that »ucli circula tion has not, during the said three month*, been increased hy anv gratuitous circulation, by i reduction in price below tin ordinary ttrel itoial price of such paper*, or by any other means, for the purpose of obtaining the official advertising : Proritlcd, That llie charge for such advertising shall not lie more l han is paid for the same publication* in other cities, or ill a higher rate than is paid by in dividual* for like advertising. A ecu oven May 18, lhfifl. CHAPTER LXXXVI. .1/ Aet to prtreid amt ftanieh Kidnainmaj. lit it eroded hy the Semite and Iftotee of ttepreecnUitirea ofthe L nited Stated of Ato.iira in t ot.jtreee oeeeotbhed. That il anv pereon 'hull kidnap or carry away any other [verson, whether negro, mulatto, or otherwise, with tin intent that such other person shall he sold or carried into involuntary servitude, or held as a slave; or if any pcnavn shall entice, persuade, or knowingly induce any other jierson to goon board anv ves'sei or to anv other place, with the intent tliat he or she shall be made or held as a slave, or sent out of the country to be so made or field, or shall in any wav knowingly aid in causing any ol tier [verson to be held, sold, or carried away-, to fie arid or sold as a *lave. he or abe ahall be punished on conviction thereof, by a fine 'd not less Ilian five hundred nor more titan ; live thousand dollar*, or by imprisonment j n"t exceeding five years, or bv both of add i punishments Sec. 2. And he it further enadetf. That if ; tlie master or owners, or person having charge ot any vessel, shall receive on board nn v "flier [ktsob, whet tier negro, mulatto, or otherwise, with tlie knivivivlge or intent tlist such [verson shall be carried from anv HI ate. Teriuvrv. or district of the United Btates. to a foreign country, state, or plan, to be held or sold h? a slave, or sliall carry away from any State. Territory, or district of th< United States, any tuch person, with tin intent 'liar lie or she sliall tie no liehl or sold ns a slave such master, owner, or other person offending, shall he [Hmislied bv a fine not exceeding five thousand nor less than five hundred dollars, or bv imprisonment not ei ceedmg live years. ’ or by tioth of said punishment*. And the vcsmlss on Isian! whicli said person' ws.- received to lie carried avxav shall h* forfeited to the Uni ted States. Aitroveo. May 21. 1888. WILLSON’S SCHOOL AND FAMILY SERIES OF READERS AND SPELLERS. Will pint's l*r hoary Speller. A Simple mi.l firagrcssiv«> (cuisc of Lesson* in Sjicllim*. with Rctulintg ,imi Dictation Exorciw*, :nul the FJouicntbof Oral and Written ('onijMjsttion. ljv Makcu k AVii.i.so.n. Idmo., HO jiage*. 56Cut*. 15 rfnt*. Willson's Larger Speller. A Progressive t'otirw ot' laismui? iii Sjk'H in<f. arrana;e*i aecordinsf to tlie Pvim i|iU'* ot Orliiocjiv and (•fatnmar, with Exercises in Synonym* for Reading, Spoiling and Writing; and a new System of Definitions. Rv Majuti > Wiu.mi-n. 12mo, 16H |»:ig*'s, 36 Cut*. 35 cent*. Willson’s I*rinter. The School and Family Primer. Introductory to Serie* of School and Family Reader*. Ry March's Wu.i.hon. J 2iii<*, 48 pages, 107 Cuts. *25 cent*. Willsent's First Header. Tiie First Reader of tiie School and Family Serie*. lly Marcils Wn.t.no.v. l'diiio, 84 pages, 132 Cuts. 40 cent*. Willson's Seeond Header. Tin; Second Reader of the School and Family Serie*. Ry Mwitcu s Wili.son. 12in!i, is4prige*, fOO Cut*, liti cents. * A Third Header: Ldtnkttluitt Series. A Third Reader of a Grade littween the Second and Tiiird Readers of the School and Family Series. Ry M a lutes Willson. 12iuo, 216 pages, 70 Cut*. 80 cent*. Willson’s Third Header. The Third Reader of the Schooland Family Serie". Hy March's Willson. 12no, 264 pages, 142 Cuts. 90cunt*. A Fourth Header : /atenneiliate Srit.t. A Fourth Reader of aGI ade between the Third and Fourth Reader* of tlie School and Family Series. Jly Mak< ii* Willson. 12mo, 312 pages, 65 Cuts, kl 10. Willson’s Fourth Header. The Fourth Render of tlie School and Family Series. Hv Mari as Willson. 12tno, 360 pages, lot (•„[*. $1 35. Willson’s Fifth Header. The Fifth Header of tlt?School and Family Series. Hy March. * Willson. I Jmo, 540 pages, 208 Cuts. ho from .M«j. General Howard, Comimßvioner frc'-fmen's Bartau. “ Year excellent eerie* hue been received Mid examined with great Interest. I like the works very much, and am especially pleased with the Charts and Primary Booke, believing them unusually adapted to aid the child in making * start.” [Extract from Letter of Major Saxton, or dering Readers. J Wasiiikgroa, D. April 24, ISOo. # « * * * It was thought liy some tliat we had better get the Parker A Watson Series, which le tlie most nsed In the Schools, simply because torn* bad got It, for the sake, of uniformity; but my recommendation prevailed. One gentleman present, who had used both, stated that he tiad used tha other as long aa he eared to, andeoa *id«red tlie Willson Serie* a* rxn superior, giving an example of the difference of time required in teaching anew pupil, the prefe rence being decidedly iu fever of tiie latter series. So wt, starting this new movement, have decided togst the best book extant, so far ae we knew them. * * • • * (Signed) *. XVn.LXJin SiXTOa. From the American Freedman (Rev. Lihik Abbott.) “The pecnUar characteristic of this tttri** lies iu the fact that they aim to impart, ns far as possible useful information. For this pur pose they contain a series of article* on vari oua aiibjecta of science ami history, graded to the capacity of ditto rent pupils, and so arranged ; tliat wlien the five volume* have been care fully read, tlie student, iu addition to * know ladge of reading, wit! have acquired a conside rable knowledge !» many depart ms n* -* us study, auch as will lay the foundation formore I eompirte instruction afterward." They are therefore peculiarly adapted t* tha presting needs and quick perceptive* ot the colored children. Each book is profusely and handsomely illMtratcd, and tha illustrations ate aw. Intended to render the comprehension oX the reading matter more easy. Tit* follow ing testiinoaiats have been selected from a large mass of a similar nature : Bi rbav R. f i*i) A. 1.., rtrrt' S Bcrt«li**hwn»HT Eoitatio*, Ku bmonh, V*.. Dec, 13,1866. Dear Sir—l have liefn familiar with the Readers from their tint paldication, anil am free to say to you, as I have uniformly aaid to teachers, »n)'frintsndenti, and others, that, ail things considered, I regard them aa thf beet Series before the public The leading peculiar feature bf thla Series was a happy in apiration ofthe author, and the execution of the plan so well don* aa scarcely to admit of improvement Mr. Willson's style of compo aition iu the lower numbers ofthe Series, and somethin* nf his plan in the higher numbers, have tiecn imitated by some later writera of school readcra with decided advantage to their works. Hence Mr. Wills,,vu ha» uot only made a peerless Serie* of his own, but has elevated the general standard of such works. When ever ray choice hat not been constrained by circumatancas, 1 have always te ed this Berios both in the white and colored schools with w hich 1 have tieen tn sny way connected. Tours, truly. R. m, Maslt, Superintendent Education. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK. HARPER A BROTHERS will acud any ofthe above work- bv Mail, postage free, to any part of the United States, ou receipt ofthe price. J. K. BRYANT, AOHfT Pea THE STATE IF SEQUOIA, AUGUSTA. GEO. From XT' M. Outfit, General Superintendent Freedman's fichools in Arkansns. I never made better readara than from IIiom; t looks. Tlie Charts are unsurpaaVecl liv any From , F Mitc hell, Superintendent of k rcedmen’s Schools (in charge of Pennsyl vania Freedman's Association.) for Middle l'cnncsaec and Northern Alabama. Willson’* Readers arc unsurpassed by snv In tlie English language. Copies will lie seat, postage paid, to parties desiring to examine them with a view to in trodnetion, on receipt of half [trice. HaUI'BK IlKOTueits also publish a Scries Os School and Family Charts. 1 went j-t wo in number, hj Mmuius Willson and N, A. <-aikin#. 1 !»ese Charts art designed, in connection with tine accompanying Manual ot Instruction b 7 Marti u« Willson (12ino, *1 ,V)) and the Primary Object Lessons hy \. A f-ialkins. (li?ino, $1 50) to furni>h the teacher with the retjuisjte aids for the practical application of n true system of Elemen tary Instruction. In the six Keadiug Charts the type is sufficiently large to he easi ly ruad at a distance of .twenty feet. These Charts will be furnished either separately or in full setta, either mounted or in sheets, and alao, for Family l se, in neat atlas form, at the following prices. When mounted, two are on a card af the size of each Chart, abaut inches. They are sent hy mail, in siiebtvTat the prices named : In Sheeth. I. Elementary : Sixty Illustrated Words a... Uscts. 11. Heading: First Lessons «scts. 111. Heading ; Second Lessons 55 cts. IV. 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Price of the entire £ett, in Sheets 611 70 “ ** *•* “ Mounted J 8 00 “ “ “ “ Atlas Form... 9000 Calki?»*s Primary Object Lessons *1 50 Willson’s Manual of Object Twt( liinp . iSO There has nothini; published in the edneat mne! line for years that, to our mind, i* sue h a mcao* of conTeylng knowledge as there Charts and tho Manual thst aecomi'anies them. (/owi Instructor. Willson’s Manual is the truest American ex pression {if the principh sos Pestalottezi that has yet been Made. Mr. Willson is legitimate ly carrying mtt in thb Manual and tlie aeeoin panying Charts, the ljasia of l»is admirable system of School Readers. t—-V. }' teat fur.