, 1864-10-25

"McGQRmICK'S KEaPER,n
: General Explosion Of b1cCay
t mick'S Pretended Inventions.
!. HIS PIRAclEs aNo Hi
FicTi1ious CLAIMS.
HUSKY ", necon oK-me c JOE
MICK vs.. NANNY
Dec1sions AID op,niors OF tho q,
cahcuAA ana supreme Courts.
, The "doGumentary evidence'' which II
Chicago Isme promised to furnish six weeh
ago to prove Mr. McCoruick'a "comple,
propzietorship By original title OF inveutio
In the resping machine which bears his name
Is published In that paper of yesterday.
occurs to us that Mr. Mccormick has bee
tedious IN getting his documentary eYl
cence together, considering that he is proba
bly, In possession Of all the facta, that max
|
that pass and proceed to consider the cyl
dcnce-,: As The article In this T51ses tells vi
what Mr.. Mccormick thought, and intended
and believed at various times we shall trea!
1t as his production The editor of the 1.uae.
viii be Obliged to us for SO regarding 1t, be-
cause any competent journalist could have
done better, even with the slender material
| furnished, and the Times always does better
without facts than with them
In relation to the Hussey case, Mr. McCor.
mick says:
'.1he Hussey case has also been paEaeed a. dam.
H. aeof@ex pstd Ssa 4 au:es1 oo
losing bis sutt with him. The case Was compro-
nised e prevent :, an appeal TO The sapteme Court
eieTen and twelve thousand doiivs II the wsT s of
lceI &c On so1oe ten thousand machines inside after
nuefeya pstept nd beioFs u expiration
advance for the whole extended time OF Husseyss
patebt tor seVen 5ears-And which compromise the
mating that It would cost at least this sun to 90
to the Supreme Court The improvement in coa-
s,overey was but s,ng1e point IN the cutting ap.
never felt any Doubt thst be would have succeeded
in the Supreme Court"
Considering the fact that, If Mr.. McCor
mick had successfully prosecuted an appsa,
to the Supreme Court, he would not on1v
have saved all the money which be was com.
PEELED to pay Mr. Husscy, but have thrown
upon HusBey all the costs Of both parties In
both Circuit and Supreme Courts, {as NANNY
threw them upon Mccormick We think The
economical views here urged might as well
hare been omitted. Considering, also. that
a successful appeal would have removed the
stigma which now rests upon Mr. McCor.
mick, OF pirating the invention of another
man, and claiming It as his own, we think
that he eets low pecunIary estimate upon
his oW:. character. In point OF fact no such
compromise Was made by Nj. Hossey, or en-
te1tained by him for amoment. Mccormick
clustered considerably about an appeal, and
hla antagonist told him to 60 ahead, Re
knew he would have been beaten If he had
done 20, and therefore he concluded to nav.
He does not deny that he paid the $50 ooD.
though he appears to deny 1t BY admitting
that be paid some $4,000. he attempts to
belittle the case by ing that 81 the i'm prove
mint In controversy vas but single point
IN the cutting apparatus OF the mschlne.n
1t is sufficient to remark, what every peeson
acqualnted d with the subject knows. that Mr..
Mccormick never could mike reapar that
would work until he appropriated Hussey's
cutter, and that he cannot make dpcaot
machine without 1t to-day. Mr.. Mccormick
has always displayed one commendable oua1-
ity. He knew good thing when be sawt
He always has the faculty Of picking up anr.
thing that he d1ds lying around loose, but
that ia perhaps more remarkable than com.
mendable, when applied to the property Of
other people.
For the purpose Of refreshing Mr. McCor-
mlck's recollection, and sho wing the general
reader whether it Was, or was not, q small
part Of the reaper which be took from Mr.
Husscy, We reprint the folio wing documcn,a.
"TUEsnA1, Sept. 20, 1859.
"Coun met pursuant to adjournment
Present, The Hon. John Mclean. Presiding
51dse; IL h9P; IT. Thonas prnmmoad, Associate.
GIN. n. Il H:oonn,s.. In oA'nssv. |
"Ihae cause haring been brought to hea.inc
upon the peadinga and proofs, and counsel hi ths
ssi1es respectively hay1ne been heard thsreupon,
n ~ tn9 ssme nsnng been duly considered ty he
FinsT, That the patent granted to obed uus-
eey; dattd & re 11th Day Of ApEll, ose thousaad !
In the blu eet forth, 1s valid, and that ffs e,,
plainant thereby became and Is vested win the
s1sssi.s right thereby eEanted, as in satd piil a.
sEcoSn, 71ot Tie de7e,.aont, crrx. Il. Ne cnr.
r. mm'es, 1aA at1t4!oea. riota1<d and tnf,i,9sa UPON
bai: x sssf g. e ssfi IS 81 e. :, sx:'s III ''e H.sr ss'a
IT,. THIRD. That the complainant Is entitled to a
eitcaysty and account rom the defeI dant Cyrus
and recelVed IRON the fntrineeineuts 1fn+ess;T
Nd 70 recover the tane or euch Gums IS tue cvar
nay heraafter decree TO be recoverable b7 lin from
rfadt'ont Of The e1elusite rigAstef HscomDiqiaanI
= n'en 7. = as1no2ed have been 70 committed 81
FOURTH That It be, and ie hereby, Referred Ia |
=. Mention Esq~ aB master, to romputa. an1 |
ascertain, and stale an account Of the amount Of
psoas 40 A gains 1 50 had aad received By the de-
tnoant, and the damaRee fnstatned by The COM !
platnant, By 1eseon Of the Infringement af1resiI
va 70 nke proof ahd report fhe sane to tbe oonrt
noce for special distractions to sid e1urI npoa
reference to the taking Of aid account. ~
asf Fast And a. It !, orde1ed aaiudsed and de-
be Issued IN this cause. pusruant to pfs7er IN
aid .biu. enjotntng and restraining the estd de-
!. gaanL Cysas y. Mecotaiek. his agents and ser
hotlty, nom any construction Or nse in any way
4 manner whsssoe Ct the said Invention and
e~,ssued patent No. 449, granted to the said O,ed
inssey. and ss forth in aaln bill, and from doing
ny at OF thing to invade OF infringe sud patent
er: and as to the other defentants, W,iiiam 8
,eGotassk I and Leander J. Mccormick, the bll u
For the purpose Of allowing What part of
McCofmick'e Reaper was thus pisated
rom obed Husfey, we copy the follo6,ng
from his bull of complaint:
"S1xru-And your orator turthtr represents that !
he sald defendahts, without his AUTHORITY anil / !
galEEt htt will, have In their possession for saje
nd hare made and told, and are engaged IN ruao. 3
,annng ag ana !,g se;h,sg reaglnE maehlnss In ereat
housand machines, having substantially tie aiose.
a1d improvement patented to your orator, and I
esc1ibtd ana specified In SAID re-iesued Instant M
10. to Wit: The combination of a ylbra,ino acsJ.
,ped cutter, the tndenAdons Of whose edge act N
nerss s. a, o. m9y,ng n shear blades with slotted
ondirg str1es Of fxed ehesr blades, the parts Of
,ch ii tgers forming the slot bslIg congected st
ae tfont ends onl5. leaving the fear Of The eIot
pen AID free for the escape OF material that would
c.og the cutter. suostanualy as desc1ib-
in poseeeeio1 Of and made and sold by tie "
feIuants are, IN their corresponding parts. eub.
sntthlly the same in principle and mode of II
'cfalo1 ard effect az the Aforesaid improvement I,
scrlbed and specified in the said re-ts.uxd - -
o. 459, granted 70 yenr orator as aforesaid and Il
inir1ngt mcnt Of said re-1seued PATENT r,
We might rest the case here, aud leave a .,
ndid tublic to decide, upon the tdocu- .,
entary eEidence'' and the qutbbllng defense
loted above, whether our original state n
EFT is not made good. But We prefer to 70 /,
little farther into the history of the 1cap. :,
6 machine Mr, Mccormick sass: +
'The casc Of MI. Mccormick ae al est Johr M,,rv - -
= been pAraded to diec1edit Mr. MeCormiet;s II
Erlt ns the inventor OF the reaper. MIR, Mccor- l.
cE Has etmpty not able 10 recover from NANNY | 81
an ff3HgeT OF cauee OF detective specific .1one 5f
patents, while nEder his ten dna1 4eissued pa Il