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ArRDGaExT OF THE DEBATEs OF CozeREss, FROM
1888 to 1856. Prom Gales & Seoton's Annals Of
Congress: from their Register Of Debates; and from
The official Reported Debates, by John c. Rfyes by
abe Author OF the Thirty Years View. Vol J. -'s9
I'D Appleton Go.
= public viii be pleased to learn that the hTst
me Of this interesting work has been issued nom
the press and is now ready for delivery. There nave
been fs productions Of political character OF such
magnitude or importance as the Arrangement Of the
debates Of Congress from 1889 TO 1856 These de-
bates have been accruing for nearly seventy years.
and M more than a hundred volumes and cannot be
purchased for less than $500, nor adyantageOusy
used, an account Of the quantity Of superauous mat
Ter which they contain.
These debates contain the history Of the working
Of our Government from its founiation--preserye
and hand down to posterity the wisdom Of ages
show what has been done aud how ii was d0ne-and
shed Light upon lie study Of all impending qusstionsi
for there is question Of the day, and viii not
lie while the Government continues which will not
be illustrated by something previously said in these
debates
"AlI-works consisting Of periodical sccumulations
require periodical abridgment, in which being re-
leved Of what is superfuous, the residuum becomes
more valuable from the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT easier
use to the rsader-aud more accessible to the com-
nunity from the diminutiOn Of price and quantity.
Even the reports Of the Supreme Court Of the United
States, though comparatively free from redundant or
obsolete matter, have undergone abridgment-three
volumes reduced to one-and become mora valuable
from the reduction. The same may be done with
these debates and with far greater license Of re-
duction from the very nature Of popular debating.
Some fifteen or sixteen octave volumes, double COLI
umss are expected to contain all that retains a
vving interest in the more than hundred vol
umes now surcharged with the fun debates"
Whatever else may be said Of Col BESToE he has
been always regarded as a living moving EncyclO-
pelia Of political and statistical information This,
IN connection with his known industry, admirably /
qualify him for the arduous and important labor he
has undertaken to perform if he can only lose sight /
Of himself in the pOnderous pile Of matter tAst sur
, rounds him. We don't know that Col. Benton, un- |
al he reaches the commencement Of his own " six |
Roman lustrums in the United States Senate, will
have any motive to be partial in his compilation.
That il viii be a most useful and entertaining work,
embracing an abundance and variety Of informa-
ton, hitherto, in a great measure, inaccessible,
placing it in a form convenient to every one there
can be no question. As far as we can judge from
TASTY examination Of the first volume its contents
are carefully and accurately compiled and viii fully
meet the expectation of the public.
For sale by ". 7. BERRY Co., Public Square.
SEErD's TEsyEssEE REPORTS, FOR 1866, Vol. g.
q. {. Torbett & Co., State Printers.
The Attorney General fog The State has laid upon
table a copy Of his third volume Of Reports. We
learn from those Of the profession who have had time
TO examine its contents, that it embraces number
Of important decisions, and viii prove highly useful
to the bar. We can say very much TO the credit Of
the compiler that no previous volume in the history
o. Tennessee Reports, has been carefully and con
yeuicuHy srrangedin its references abstracts, index
and analytical table as the present one for which be
will receive the general thanks Of the Bench and
Bar throughout the State
As 10 the Typography Of the work, it is no vanity
in to say ihat it Is equal if not superior, to any
thing Of the kind that has ever been done in Ten
uessoC.
The binding, executed by Mr.. J. C. FEHH, is in
keeping with the other features Of the work, and is
highly crcdi;abe to the mechanical skill and indus
try Of that gentleman. lie sends it out as a speci-
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