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NEw BooKs--we have received from rravlo,
Maury, Life and Liberty in America; a,
Sketches Of Tour in the nited States and "a,
ada In 1875" BY Charles Mackay. LIN p
: A. With ten illustrations Harper BJotbe,s
New York. Batting his tedious moraIizfny upon
the slavery question: topic which most Enoifsh
travellers fancy themselves competent 10 discuss
after flying railroad trip through the south-tbe
volume Is not unfair or unkindly The PhiIadel-
Pnians, we believe, a little dsgruntled by tn.
laih' praise bestowed by the writer upon tf.r rec
angular city; but they should remember that
however much they have grown IN admire ~.
Pfisoh-hke white shutters and r,onotonou. ste,ao-
type houses and streets of the citv az p,o,,..,,,
Love, these are apt TO strike zr,nge, ,,,,,,,...
antly enough. ~ -r.-r- IS :, I,
Also, from the same, The Life q, t,,,a.
ing, DID," with notices Of eontemno,,,,, 80
and events by his son, Thomas PercivaI p,p,.,,
volume i; Harper Brothers, New york r,f,
book Is dedicated to f.The people called Mo-
distsI 10 WHOM Jabez Bunting owed so NM \
and IN whose fellowship and service he live, ,n,,
died II embraces history Of BIS par.n,a.s
ehlidhood, conversion, medical education an
70 the christian miaistry, his early ministry n,
London early IniBistry In Manchester early min.
Isuy IN shefheld, and early ministry in Liver
pool ana an appendix, consisting Of interestinp
productions Of his pen. q . = Sse-'rs
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1.-THE New York people are in trouble over
the Croton water. 1t has become thick and slimy
smells bad and tastes execrable. Some think il
unhealthy and refuse to drink it, Its bad eond-
ton is attributed to the heavy and large de
g. -
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Personal.

Mr. Bayle st. john the well known author,
died August I. r
Hon Daniel f. Sickles is said to have
bought a farm near Schenectady, n. Y, and
intends TO become a" tiller Of the soil.r -.
Professor Agassiz is now in Switzerland,
and is expected home about the middle Of Sep
teinber ~
1.-THE fiftieth birthday of DIR. o. w Holmes.
Autocrat and Professor, falls on the 29th instant
His friends celebrate this golden wedding Of his
life by dinner to him at the Revere House.
'.-'A correspondent of the Beston Post learns
that, until within few days, Mfchelet's L'Amour
has been ruled out OF the purchase list Of the Mer-
camille Library.
....Mr. WIN. Hewitt writes through the Lon
don Literary Gazette, TO assure the public " that
he and Mrs. Hewitt are not George Eliot nor is
man, their offspring o.. .r.
-. Albert Smith, the novelist, Panoramist.
Punch-writer and general genius, has just been
married To charming Mary Kelley, late of the
Adelphi Theatre London. Mary has been dead
IN love with Albert for many year, and has won
him at last.
49, The conclusion of the courtrnartial on nj al
Cross took place in New York Yesterday as far as
the published proceedings are concerned During
umentary evidence of the high esteem in which
he had been held public officer, and had read
for him a written defence prepared by w. b. Is
Cross Esq, Of Washington.
1.-THE announcement that Charles Dicken.
Intends to visit this country in the fall for the col
lection of a new batch of American Notes - 4,
more than mere rumor. The distinguished antho
isnnder engagements to give sixty - Readings
according to prearranged programme, at variou,
points, for the very reasonable remuneration o.
S25OOU cash at the start, and fourth of the ne
prohts OF the exhibition SO says the n. Y. Post
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U-Th Committee on plans for the erection Of
a monument in Independence Square, Philadel-
Phia, to commemorate the Declaration of indie
Pendence, will convene in the city of New York
the last Of this month"; for the purpose of adverts
ing for plans and estimates
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FROM MKxICo.-Mr. Charles Whitehead one
Of the English residents in Mexico who was ban
ished for protesting against the outrages at Tacu-
baya, has arrived at New York. He had resided
in that country for forty years, was formerly a
merchant there, and is at present the agent of the
English bondholders He came from the city Of
Mexico to Vera Cruz in a diligence in which
were nine other passengers, all of whom We're
robbed by three bandits, armed with blunder-
buses. He states that this is the greatest danger
and worst feature Of the Mexican country Just
now; and as everybody there expects to be robbed
between those cities, they had prepared them
selves accordingly. They surrendered all thew
had, and were not made to suffer any extraordi-
nary indignity. He represents the whole country
The American Legation was temporarily So
journing at San Andres, where Mr. Nc Lane was
~ ,'t'nk reply To his recent dispatches home
anan bspT In Vera Crpz that President Buch-
Lower California TO the United States but fiat
Juarez persisted in his refusal to ALLEVIATE any DOR
ton OF the territory of his country as such an az
on ms pdrt, even had he the power to perform IT,
woHld be suicidal to the cause Orders Were re-
ported to have been received from his Govern
ment by the British Admiral at Vera Cruz TO post
pone Tor the present any coercive measures against
that place, previously determined upon for paw
ncnt OF British claims against the Government of
Mexico. =
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AN ORDINANCE for the improvement OF Second
street

AN ORDINANCE for the improvement OF Second
street 80
w hereas majority of the lotbolders On Second
street have petitioned to have the sidewalk. inn
proved on said street Therefore,
BE ~ ordained by the Board of ALdeymfn or5
board or Common COnncu of the Co,po,atio. n,
That every proprietor of lot or pa :,
OF lot OF ground on either side of second st,.e,
rom High TO its western limits, shall. with n
thrty DAYS after the passage Of THU nave
or cause TO be paved in front of all the lots and
paris OF lots Aforesaid not heretofore paved and Of
tIose which have been paved and not now i'm good
order, TO the entire width Of the footway wbere
improved. and where not improved TO the width
OF SIX feet with good hard brick and sharp sand
ana in accordance with the established rradr Of
said street and entirely replace or repair the curb
stones fronting the same and the sum Of 81 xtv
cents upon each and every front foot on both sides
of said Second street is hereby i'm nosed and i.is5
ioI Tue purpose OF paying for the same.
SEC. :. And De H further ordained, That IL the
owper or owners of any Of the lots or parts of lots
ai"fesald shall not have the footways nayed or re-
paired within the period required by the first sec
non OF this then the said lots or narts
OF lots are declared Liable to the tax levied and
imposed by the first section Of this ordinance or
80 much thereof as may be deemed sufficient by
the commissioner hereinafter appointed for such
paving or repairing. -
Sec 3. And BE- IL further ordained, That the Col
lector snail be allowed the usual Commission Tor
connecting said tax, and the Mayor be- and he Is
hereby, appointed Commissioner 70 carry into ex-
ecution the provisions Of this ordinance = : .
approved July %. 1859. t.- d.. .r. ..
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u As stated by telegraph on Tuesday. the
New York Herald of that day publishes all the
messages (some four huRdred) that were sent over
the Atlantic telegraph during the time il was in
working order Among the number are those Of
TIE queen and CT the President, tic private dis
pa'cnes OF the British government countermaud
ing the order FOR the shipment of troops from Hal
i lI ana Montreal to India, (by which dispatch
uhe herNd estimates that S2JO,Od0 were saved 10
tue bfluSh governnent) the messages between
Tue directors OF the company In New York and
those in London and the conversation. be,vcen
the electricians IN the stations at Trinity gav and
Valentia
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II The Massachusetts, State Reform school
building for boys at WestbOro, was DESTROYED by
IRE on Saturday morning last, it having been g,
ON IRE by one Of the Juvenile inmates. There
were about I'VE hundred and eighty boys in tie
Institution, not one of whom at last accounts had
escaped, having all been taken and confined in
the barn. The building cost, when finished and
furnished, S6J,5l6. II has since been ENLARGED
and improved The cost Of the entire institution
TO the State up to last year was for buildings and
lands, Sl65,OCO.
:, Inc boy Credan, Implicated 10 the burning O
the building, has made full disclosure of ali The
circumstances attending the Transaction TT.
serts that other boys were concerned in the crime
and he has disclosed their names 1t seems that
the act had been contemplated for some time. and
the eombustible material with which the Are was
set In the ventilator, had been conveyed from the
chair factory In the poe kets Of Credan.
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IL The Holiday street Theatre, Baltimore,
having. it is said been converted into frst-class
establishment in all respects, is to be opened on
Saturday evening next, under the management of
John 7 Ford. Esq. r
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IL At meeting Of the american party Of
Camden. IN J - the Hon. Willard Fillmore was
nominated as candidate for the Presidency in
I-Gu
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WRECK OF THE LExINGIoS.-Full particulars
Of the wreck of the whaling ship Lexington, Capt
Fisher, Of Nantucket, which occurred on the LIST
of April last at Suong's Island, are given In the
dispatches received at the Navy Department from
the Fennimore Cooper. The vessel was cast upon
rock, her keel was torn out, and her cargo of oil
proved total loss. The violence of the sea stove
every boat launched, and il was only by the effort
of the Christian native, who, urged by the ev.
Mr. Snow, missionary, swan with a rope TO the
vessel that the crew were saved
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The wEArHER-The following report Of the
weather for this morning 10 made from the Morse
Telegraph line TO the Smithsonian Institution.
The time Of observation is about : o'clock:
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by Telegraph. ]
sEORGETOwN CORPORATION LAWS
An ORpIxANcE relating 70 Prospect ,trent

'eioinS w Tfospect sueet-
Be at ordained by fhs Board of Aldermen ono
Board Of Common Council Of the Corporation O
Geor sstorn. That there be, and hereby Is Imposed
and Levied Ill the Iots and parts Of lots on Pros
peel. on both sides, between Fayette and Linpar
aeet, .ne sum OF forty-eight cents, and on all th,
lois and parts of lots. on both sides between Fred
erck and Fayette Streets thirty-se cents 70 b.
collected In accordance with the charter Of IN,
Town, and TO be applied to the payment Of the con-
tween Frederick and Lingan streets-the collecto,
10 be allowed the usual comm ssion.
And be az further ordained, That the ordin,nc,
OF the 10th July, 1889, levying tax of sixty-one
Genus Tor the Improvement Of Prospect street. be
and The same is hsreby, repealed, SO far as the
amount OF said tax Is concerned
Approved July %, 1889
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The STOcKBRIDGE INDIANs.-The Commissioner
of Indian Affairs who was few days since visited
by Messrs Hendricks and Slengerband. agents
for portion of the Stockbridge Indians Of Wis
consin, relative to the payment Of the annuities Of
that tribe, declined to communicate with them
officially because Of having no positive assurance
OF their right to represent the tribe. The Govern
ment sometime since provided reservation for
those Indians, with which the tribe in council es-
pressed entire satisfaction. and agreed TO remove
immediately from their old location and settle on
the reservation, but as yet only small number
have done SO. The Commissioner informed these
gentlemen that the Indian agent in charge of that
tribe had been instructed to hold a talk, with
them, and inform those who had not cpmnled
Nth the stipulation ar -omoval, - unless they
ala so, they would be excn<t1u from the benefit
OF the annuities, and the money expended for the
benefit of such Stockbridge Indians as removed
to the new location
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ARTILLERY COMPANIES ORDERED.-Capt Rob
er'S' company OF the Fourth Artillery. now at
New York, has been ordered TO the school Of prac-
lice at Fort Monroe. Capt. Buttons company OF
the Third Artillery, whenfull, will be ordered to
the same port, to complete In garris,n --r
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INTERNATIONAL ExCHA of the De-
partmcnt librarians has received letter from
Mons Va'temare, the originator Of International
Dook exchanges, &c, concerning his PROFIT
Though he Is apPrehensive that its complete sue
cess at the present time may be prevented by the
many obstacles which are likely to present them
selves, still he trusts that there is better day in
the future for his plans
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ANNUAL REaITrAYcEs TO IADIASs-The In
dian Office has made its animal remittanccs for
the Indians in Minnesota and w iscopsin, and for
those Immediately west Of Arkansas II is now
engaged in the usual preparations for remittances
to the Indians within what is termed the Central
Superintendency, west of the States of Iowa and
Missouri. These latter Indians mbrace the Oma-
has, otoes, Missonres, Kickapoos, Pottowatanies
Shawneos, Sacs, and Foxes, M;amies and some
other tribes. The last advices from the Pacific
fought no intelligence of the Indian outbreaks a
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Nm. j.. @. AVER q CO.,
Itf ~ I.OWEIy MASS las 51s q : i

LOWELL, MASS. - !
rhicH, u rEH BorTLS; Six BorTLHs ron o.
~ S:crssssvn, ssd " ~ brssss s,sryvhsrs.,,
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LOST AND FOUND.

AVc4 ANU fOUQQ.
ZONE OFF-Three CANARY RIR ma .,,,n.5
on Moncay or Iuesday. ANY one SiyinSs4 -
.hhIornatlon ~ So street, or al the Store Al -
ne corner OF and 18th stIect. or the rfcoveT ~
rewarded. - "'''' VIII NC SUITABLY
SIM XIV D.-SHEEP STEALING I,
RAOO sHEhP. SFEELING .-Stolen, on Mon
gay nlEht last. 18th instant from nv elan. hter
house between New York and New Jersey aTsnuc,
Guy OF Warrington, eleven SHEEP, and with,n
shs Isse SIX weeks previous some twenty have nee n
IA, rnen; viii give the sbove reward foe the detec-
an l7-s1. loan HOOVER.
SSs,l-Qn Th9Tsday NOR. ing last, b, tween the
- SLeamts.st w hsrf and Pa avenue a nair ~
GOD SPEC rACLES. with nv ns%s Pan oi
aencs upon them The fnde wifi be suitsbl, re-
NaIc~a ~ leaving them al the office of the Sfa1
10 o. :. SHINN, AleSsndris.
.GS REwARD.-Left the City Common, Anon,
49, ,tnree weeks ago. small Red cow
S WIN Iame loot; big Joint on her left hind ~
thooG ano MAJ ked %" on her left hip; has
nv,rs, and IL very notable Cow. The above re-
Green. ~ W w Il henuhl
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IHE NEW CALIFORNIA MAIL CoNIRAcr-Else-
where to-day we explain that the story Of anotbe,
contemplated raid Of the fllibusters upon Mica.
ragua. Is neither more nor less than a falsebood
coined 10 induce the Nicaragua government 10
tdke measn Is to prevent the re-opening of the
Nicaragua route TO and from California TT a
parties for whose beneft il was started. ar. ,I.o
doubtless fairly at work upon the Post ONCE he.
Psfuhent here through indirect means to indnee
non-inihiinent Of its contract to send the mail.
py that route, commencing some time in Oetofer
next They are representing that the parties who
have entered into heavy bonds to perform the
service are not able to procure the necessary
steamships to that end. We do not perceive ho,y
they can by any possible means succeed In tbei,
game The Government has all il can lawf,,llv
ask IN the premises in the way of security for the
faithful performance Of the service when the time
arrives We happen 70 know Of our own knowl-
edge Of the ability and readiness Of the parties to
comply with their obligations II 10 utterly i'm
possible we repeat that the carrent mae hinations
TO induce the Department in any manner to in
ilHge the legal rights Of the contractors can sue
eeeo' Tor the country at large has heavier inter
est IN The prompt re-opening Of the Nicaragua
roa'e 'han IN any other current American enter
ahd besides, the sffairs Of the Post O1aae
department are In the hands Of gentleman who
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THE FILIBUsTERs.-We have satisfied ourself
that the rumors of current effort to organize a
gang of flibusters for another raid Oh Nicaragua
is wholly untrue, and that II has its origin simply
in the desire Of steamship parties to prevent, by
hook OF. by crook, the proposed speedy re-oPening
Of the Nicaragua route under the Van Dyke-Wal-
lace contract with Nicaragua and the contract re-
Gently made by the Post Office Department with
Mr.. Johnson. The object Of starting the story is
to alarm the Nicaraguan government to the ex-
tent of procuring action on its part calculated to
prevent American passengers from crossing their
isthmus. more sweeping f,lsehood was never
published than this story to which we refer above.
However, its PRONUNCIATION at this time is in fair
keeping with the general policy long pursued by
those interested in perpetuatng a monopoly OF
the transportation Of passengers to and from Cali
fornia by steamship.
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comprehends the obligations Of legal rights so
clearly, as that no intrigues Of the archest in
triguers the mutations of American affairs have
brought into prominence-the California steam
ship business monopolists suffice to induce
him unwittingy to play In their hands in the face
of the plain letter Of the law. ~
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ONLY FEW DAYS LONGER AT T8F
-. sojs, Cot Rrisss SsoHsesssnty those PgIels
call e /. A. = early ds{ Terry 4 BRO.
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THAT LErTER.-In the whole course of our ex-
perience in politics we have never known any
other circumstance to transpire that has shocked
the American public's sentiment In favor Of right
and fair dealing, Governor Wise's letter to Mr.
Donnelly has done. With the exception of the
Richmond Enquirer (Which may properly be
called Gov. Wise's own paper and the Petersburg
(Va.) Press, not single other newspapers Of any
party has ventured effort to palliate its recon-
mendations. We have read hundreds on hundreds
to that end, IN the vain effort to discover another
American newspaper bold enough to endorse Its
sentiments In the face of the so evident unanimous
public opinion with reference to it. He who a
day before the letter saw the light in print would
have accused Gov. Wise of being the man to adj
wise any one to play for his benefit the political
game he chalks out to his correspondent, and to
assert such claim for himself to supremacy in the
affairs of the Democratic party Of Virginia and the
whole South as is virtually involved in that letter
would have been universally hooted as malicious
slanderer. . .-..... .-..
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1859-04-14
Genuine Copper Rod

with silver point, petiec,Iy insulated with g'aS -
Ii = agreed by PhilOso piers t1at Copper hAs from
eight 20 ten lime> The conducting power 81 Iron
and does net rust or CoIrodr. Iron rods, when
cOAtsi StIh rasi cease 90 bc a cuGtucter The
relative conducting puwers Of different metals -
bcst shown by reference o. the following table pre-
pared With great care ani fully eIfors 81 by Pro
lessor. Maup,n snt Smith. II the University al
Virginia; Wustt ani J W Marvin. OF Win.
chester and BushIuI Taylor a. BtTIyViiir. W T..
Prot. u Chemistry "a WincarsIcr Medical Col
l-gr
Il We tsse wires Of he following metals. OF
qua thicsurss and irue'h sHt pass through ihrm
the same amounts OF ccc'riri'y and repfe'ent he
conducting power % silver. 4htlI - The les, me
ial'ic conduc'oI kn]wn, - !O) We shall have the
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OPTICAL.
c,x.r no WITHOUT A rArSs.

CAx.r "ifhou'
u . siihout paper No,
- ID u to my sOTro~.
= describe for ose tilr
:, wait p1til to-mouo~.
cid lover, hsog OF drown 'ken'e'Ee',
Or other foolisi esPer,
1,v,r get to heat Of it.
LOO not take the rsreT'
way, here, M q, ,shscr, 10 cot,
Ue,lway, r,sts The new.
Ani, having nr~s 10 talk sbcui,
tie never gets The " blues
whIe others yswa in cnhai
uis. mind j. light .. ysPof.
The cause IL PLAIN 10 hail az eye
lie alaays tase' The pare
Wal, rcis bor 5, a'Ass-. a.. --s-'
Ard know, each current r''c-
And alsays IN md, ne p, s-- ~
Byusiss good siyi.-.
esnho, Ie 4 he pro, 50 s.s.s.
ofPoul,ry ecre a7e-
or sny Kidd o. msrchso So
Because iate pa.s
TsouEh have ,iui,.s Which r,Gl.o
MIrA i-n- -rt Ura,a, IsaO.
Yell can spare l''iie line
A,usIa, Stout, nv neirhbor
Thoush lime se precious. can u''
A longer midnight spsr.
And thus haa time 70 read lhs Irva-
Therefore IN take the saTei
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WASHING MACHINES.

WIZ nndetstgned having purchased the Patent
= o' hodR DAVIS Washing Machine, Tor
Jefferson County, are now engaged 10 manuisc-
tuf'aR ahd Wi be able IN lev days TO supply all
iL-sf 10 waat AttIe>s
JOHNSON STEPHENS.
Oct. :, sly. Cbatleslown. Va
CERTIFICATES.
C.AnItsTOvs, Va, NAtSa, Isss.
Msssrs. Ruhr s. Days-I have one OF YOUR
Wasbing NJ acLincs "a use ia nv ismty. and TN
u to ahsssr the PurpoS- admirably. I have Gsrd
several dtbsfcni ktLds OF Wa>hiny Ma chimes and
de>PaTrd OF ever g,tlng one to answer the Tuf.
pose. but hnc yOGfs Ia. removed every ri.lcu.Iy
washing. Cleaning, doing the woik quickly aud
econo nlcaliy a. 10 soap, &C, sui a. heal good
accounts OF hem wherever they are tf.et Goth.
cenily 'ccct, ne nj them 20 The puthc.
Years EsP s..S
L. Nj AISoCITH
Having used the tub aud Other uasAing ma.
chiRss WITHOUT hndins one 10 answer The pufpos,
:aiisaciofiy-l Wa induced ~ pureh ,ne
manufactured ~ RrhT & DAVIS add huJ Al t.g
superior, IN every tesp-ct Ia any have .yrt sen
aud nave no nes,iancy Ia accommodating a. 10 The
publtc, a. admirably adapted io ,he Purpose II
Washing snd eHan'nE clothes would not ts
without 0te TOT any cons drfatiub
fouTs Rrspe, uul.y. JAS Ill WEIGH.
HafPcfs Ferry. Feb. 5S
Msssrs. Rohr s. Davi, 90 Gentlemen Your
Washing Machine j. preferred ~ IN, lamily all
are much pleased Wuh u. trts,s grr.t saii.iac.
ton. One iAing know. tbe cIuthes come ~
ircued IN the middie 81 The Wrsk instead ui FRI.
tsV night o. Saturday. The black woman /, per.
ieetly pleased with Il Yours Re>p'iv
JAMES VI. BROWN
Having purchased one al Rohr & Davis Wash.
ing Msrhiues and Lsgi0g given IL isiT triaI I
have no hrsiisncy 10 prJnouHcinr u The best Ma
chloe 81 TIE Aind | ESy. ever seen aud recon.
mend 1t ~ The public a. such.
DAVID HOWELL.
We eheefiGlly certify. thatw have used In our
families Mc>sTs Rohr ID Davis wasbiUg Ma
chine, aud can recommend them 10 The public
Ia The labor saved. and 10 he qual,y OF the work
done, wS believe that they have 10 ,qral and We
would not be without one tn ten time, Us value.
e.. q STEWART
WM y CRAlEHIII