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VOL. X. NO. 127.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 18G9.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
A TRXBT7F7I2 TRAGEDY.
Attempted Assassination of One of the
New York Tribune Staff in the
Business Office of that Paper
Full Details of the
Affair, and What
Led to It.
Trrn the E. Y. Tribune of to-day.
At about flvo and a half o'clock yesterday
afternoon, Mr. Albert 1). Richardson, an old and
valued attaclie of tho Tribune, well known to
the country as one of the war correspondents of
the paper during the Rebellion, and as tho au
thor of "Beyond the Mississippi," and other
work, was fired upon and shot in the ofllco of
the Tribune by Daniel McFarland. Mr. MeKnr
Innd, It appears, had been in the ofllec about an
hour before Mr. Richardson's arrival, and seemed
to have known that the latter would call at or
about five o'clock. At the time of Mr. Richard
son's entrance into the room. McFarland was
anding behind the desk opposite the riht hand
door opening on Nassau St., and was therefore
concealed from view. Mr. Richardson, entirely
unconscious of the danger impending over him,
and ignorant of the presence of McFarland, ad
vanced to the lower end of tho counter, aud
asked for his letters Between him and McFar
land, and outside tho counter, a gentleman was
reading the paper, or searching the pages of the
Directory. As Mr. Richardson leaned over to
wards tho desk of the advertising clerk, McFar
land rushed from his hiding place, raised his
piBtol, und aiming directly over the head of the
stranger at Mr. Richardson, fired. The ball en
tered the body of tho victim at a point midway
between tho breast and tho abdo
men, and lodged in the stomach. The
wounded man turned, and for the firbt time
saw his assailant. Without speaking a word he
walked to the Spruce street door, thence into
the street, and up four flights of stairs to the
ditoriid rooms, where ho quietly lay down upon
a sofa, called a gentleman to him. remarked that
he was sadly wounded, and asked to hare a
surgeon sent for at once. In a few minutes a
physician arrived, and Mr. Richardson was re
moved to the Astor House. So apparently un
moved was he on leaving tho publication room,
that the fact of bis being wpuuded was not known
to the clerks until the arrival of the sur
geon. In tho meantime McFarland had es
caped. Detectives were put upon his track, and
at 10 o'clock he was arrested at the corner of
Irving place and Sixteenth street by Captain
Allaire, of the Fourth precinct, and Detective
Finn, who at once carried thoir prisoner to the
room of the wounded man, at the Astor House.
On being asked whether the prisouer was the
man who shot him, Mr. Richardson answered
Suietly In the allirmutive, and McFarland was
sen taken to the Fourth Precinct Station House
and locked up.
The trouble which led to this unfortunate oc
currence dates back to the spring of 18t7, when
Mr. Richardson occupied rooms in the same
house in which Mrs. McFarland, wife of Daniel
McFarland, was a boarder. The lady was a
member of a theatrical company, and was at
this time living on baa terms with her husband.
Mr. Richardson frequently escorted Mrs.
McFarland home from the theatre In which she
was employed; trod this fact, coupled with the
desire of his wife to bo separated from him, in
furiated McFarland. Ou the evening of the 13th
of March, 1807, as Mr. Richardson and Mrs.
McFarland were returning to the boarding
honse, they were met by McFarland, who, with
out a word of warning, drew a pistol and fired,
the shot taking effect In Mr. Richardson's thigh.
The affair created some excitement at tho time,
but as the wound did not prove fatal, and as it
was not deemed advisable to givo the matter
more publicity, the nssassin was not molested.
Long after Mr. Richardson's recovery, Mr.
McFarland asked for an Insertion of his version
of the dilliculty In the Tribune, The request
was granted. Mr. Richardson, a few days later,
published in reply the following card, which we
reproduce, as containing a succinct statement of
his position in reference to the assailant aud to
Mrs. McFarland:
The M'Farland Shooting Affair of lS?-Card
from dir. iUcbardnoM.
A statement has Just appeared from McFarland,
who attempted to assassinate me two rears ago. lie
al'eges tliat he was a 'temperate, kind-hearted, pood
man," and "a kind, affectionate aud generous hus
band," but that I "seduced the ail'ectlous of his wire"
. from blm, "and enticed her from his home." Both
allegations against me are utterly aud preposterous
ly false. These are tho facts :
1. With full sanction of her family and friends
Mrs. JIc far laud left her husband, charging him with
gross enmity during his paroxysms of intempe
rance; with neglecting to support her, and with
living upon and sometimes squandering her own
bard-won earnings. The charge of ill-treatment did
not rest solely upon her statement, but stood, and
yet stands, explicitly admitted in his own hand
writing and over his own slgnaturo, long before I
knew either of them. That will appear in due time
before the proper tribunal. At their last interview,
in presence of several witnesses, slie distinctly an
nounced that the separation was final and lrrevoca-
, blc, and ho as distinctly acquiesced.
2. After this formal and final separation, and
' while she was beginning lifo anew, wllti two little
children dependent upon her, it came to be under
: stood between her aud myself that whenever she
. should be legally freo she was to become my wife.
, Several of my friends and some of hers were fully
i acquainted with the fact:
' a. AlKHit three weeks after tho separation McFar
l lend Intercepted a letter from me to her such a
' letter as one would naturally write to the woman ho
expected to marry. McFarland claims that it "fren
sded" him, but there was method, not to say delibe
ration, in his "frenzy."
Instead of seeking mo face to face, he kept this
letter In his pocket for three days, and finally at 11
o'clock on a dark rainy night, crept up behind me In
Uie street, and with his revolver within fourteen
' inches of my back began to shoot. Before he could
fire ugaln. I succeeded in throwing him to the
ground, where I held him till the police came up and
secured him. One ball only took eil'ect, keeping me
In bed for a week. I refrained from prosecuting
him, partly because f knew I had lieon rash, but
chieny to withhold the lady's name from any addi
tional and avoidable publicity.
t 4. For weeks and mouths alter this he earnestly
sought to induce her to return to her "kind" and
"Affectionate" husband. Finding this hopeless, he
'ems since to have devoted himself chiefly to slan
dering her, and reading an alleged copy of my letter,
with many dramatic accompaniments, to every ac
quaintance or strui ger who will listen to It. Some
times he ends bis talc: "Aud now, alter all, I don't
believe the scoundrel will ever marry her." But bis
ommon peroration is that If I do, he will kill me
"ou Blgltt."
Finally be has brought suit against me for civil
damages, rating the money valuo of his affections at
txuctly $15,000. That at least ought to prove some
equivalent for being deprived of the "airectlonate"
privilege of striking a helpless woman In tho face, or
terrifying her wltii a brandished knife, and baillcd
In the "temperate" act of stealing up In the dark be
hind un unarmed man and shooting bim in the back.
Whatever the intercepted letter really contains,
tie would better print it, and save himself the trouble
of many future readings and declaiming. I wrote
It but for one person ; ret 1 did write it, and t pro
!f to stand by it. Whatever fault there was In
Uig such an attitude toward a lady who bad very
ully separated from her husband, was solely
'none, and 1 shall not try to palliate it. Whatever
u in twelve unbiassed men may determine that I
tb' "good" and 'temperate" antagonist I shall
with' alacrity pay. If it comes within my modest
meats And, 11 tially, whatever violence he may re
threaien or realtcinpt, should the lady ever be legally
Iree durlug my lifetime, she will certainly become
iny wile if she will accept so poor a man as I.
. . Al.BKKT I). ltlCUAKDSON.
New York, March 12, 1869.
Since that time McFarland has been heard fre
tieutly to threaten that when the opportunity
offered ho would kill Mr. Richardson; but within
the jwiht year, both before and since his trip to
lit Want, he lias often come In contact with
McFarland, who has never once In his presence
manifested the slightest desire to molest or in
jure him. Six weeks ago Mrs. McFarland
through her counsel, the Hon. A. O. Porter, of
Indiana succeeded is procuring a divorce.
Mrs. McFarland and several witnesses were
present at the trial; but Mr. Richardson was nt
this time on the Plains west of the Mississippi,
with Cyrus W. Fields buffalo-hunting party,
nor ha he, so far as is known, seen Mrs. McFar
land since. She has been living nt the West
ever since the affair in 1807, nnd has refused to
have any communication whatever with Mr.
McFarland.
At a o'clock this morning Mr. Richardson was
still In a very critical condition, but his physi
cians, l)rs. Sayre and Swnnd, entertained strong
hopes of his recover-.
ffl'Farlnnd In the Ntntlon Hourto.
A representative of tho Tribune called on Mr.
McFarlnud last evening, at the Fourth Ward
Stntion-houfc, where he saw him comfortably
quartered in Captain Allaire's private room. The
only person present was a policeman, who had
been detailed to watch tho prisouer. Mr. McFar
land was smoking, and seemed calm and qulto
unconcerned. He was indisposed to converse
about the shooting or tho circumstances attend
ing it, and remarked that the whole affair seemed
like a dream, and that he was very much con
fused at the time.
When asked if there was any additional pro
rocation for the deed beyond that which find
been made public by his shooting Mr. Richard
BOn In March, 1807, he answered that lie had just
been Informed that Mr. Richardson hud pro
cured for his wife a fraudulent divorce some
where in the State of Illinois, nnd that he
(Richnrdson) had been married to her. Not
having the means legally to prosecute Mr.
Richardson, he had been compelled to accept
the situation of aff airs, and content himself with
the possession of one of his children, allowing
the other to remain with his wife.
Being informed that Mr. Richardson
was making preparations to leave the
country, that he had sold his property in New
Jersey, and believing that he contemplated tak
ing with him his wife and child he became
frenzied, and committed tho deed which he
claimed was but the law of nature. Mr. Mc
Farland objected to being interrogated with re
ference to tho circumstances which caused him
to visit the Tribunu office last evening. He said
he did not notice which way Mr. Richardson
went after the shooting. On leaving the olllce,
which he did immediately after, he walked up
Centre street, and feeling weak and hungry ho
stepped into a restaurant he did not know ex
actly the location and partook of a stew and a
cup of coffee.
Proceeding up town he called on his brother,
and in company with him went to tho West
moreland Hotel, where he registered his name
and was given a room. He arrived at the hotel
at 7 o'clock, and was arrested about 10 o'clock
by Captain Allaire. Mr. McFarland received a
number of reporters last evening, to whom he
gave many particulars of his trouble with Mr.
Richardson. He inquired of tho. Tribune re
porter the condition of Mr. Richardson, it being
then midnight, and when told that he would
probably recover, he received the news with ap
parent indifference, although he had previously
expressed his sorrow for tho act he had com
mitted. Ho seemed quite comfortable, and
was smoking the entire time, nnd evidently
Bought to assume a nonchalant air.
IHr. IticliardNon as a Journalist.
Mr. Richardson is a native of New England,
and a brother of the editor und proprietor of a
religious journal in Boston. lie was the secret
correspondent of the 'Tribune in tho South while
the acts of secession were being passed there,
and the army correspondent of tho Tribune in
the West during tho war. While in tho dis
charge of tho duties of that position he was cap
tured, and suffered confinement for a time in
both Libby and Salisbury prisons. He escaped
from them, aud, crossing the country, roaelicd
the Union lines. Soon afterwards ho published
the "Field, Dungeon, and Escape," a book which
nas rcacnea the extraordinary circulation ot
510,000 copies. He subsequently published the
lite ot Uenernl tirant, regarded as one of tho
most complete of the many books written about
that distinguished General. On the opening of
the Puciflc Railroad, Mr. Richardson was sent
over that road by the Tribune, and gave to this
newspaper much interesting correspondence, re-
nletc with facts not previously known in relation
to the t ar w est. lie lias also published a work
entitled "Beyond tho Mississippi," which
already has obtained a circulation of 70,000
copies.
Recently Mr. Richardson was sent by the
Tribune to Chicago, St. Louis, and other places
in the West and Southwest, from whence ho has
only returned about a week, nnd the results o
his observations in those sections of the country
have appeared in these columns. Mr. Richard
son bos tor many years been known as one ot
the most industrious workers ou the press, and
his writings have always been noted for their
simplicity aud power of expressiou, aud for the
great amount of valuable and interesting infor
mation they contain.
EARTHQUAKE.
Cttime of the Commotion In Germany Alarm In
I HO (JIIICH.
From a A'orth German Correnjiondent,
We now learn that the shocks of earthquake of the
80th und 81st of October were most distinctly felt at
Franklort. Welsoaden. Darmstadt, Mayenee. Offen
bach, Eberstadt, and (Jiessan. A correspondent de
scribes the shock of the 81st of October, in Frank
fort, as follows: "At twenty-six minutes past 5
o'clock we experienced a shock of Buch severity that
every onjeci in tne room organ to oscillate in
strange and alarming manner. This continued for
three or four seconds, the direction being from cast
to west. The house was shaken to its verv
foundation." The writer or this letter adds that
he tottered ou his chair before the secretary
at which he was sitting. The movement, as well
as he could judge, was uudulatory. The shock
far surpassed in violence anything of the kind pre
viously experienced in that part of Oermany. We
llnd in another communication from Frankfort:
"Five of us were sitting at a round table in the
second-story of the house, when something like an
electric shock seemed to pass through ns all simul
taneously. At tho sumo moment our chairs and the
ground under our feet began to oscillate in an In
comprehensible manner; the windows of tho new
solid stone house clicked as if struck by a suddeu
blast from without, aud the doors creaked as if a
more distant door on the same floor had been closed
by some one with a violent claslu There was, how
ever, neither wind outside nor any person in the ad
joining room. Aftor giving vent to our astonishment
and altrlght in a cry uttered In unison, we observed
that the lustre In the middle of tho room was swing
ing like a slow pendulum. In Russelshelm ami
hcliwanhelm several chimneys were overturned by
tiie shock."
On the 1st Inst, another Bhoek of earthquake was
felt at Frankfort, aud Is described by u correspon
dent of the Cologno Gazette, in a letter dated '2d of
November, In the following terms: The Inhabitants
of Frankfort and Its neighborhood were startled
lust night at a quarter to 12 by an earthquake shock
more serious than any of the preceding. Your cor
respondent will not easily forget the feeling of ter
ror with which he awoke from sleep, nor the sensa
tion 6f gtddlkess with which he was suddenly seized.
Tbe shaking was so violent that the furniture rocked,
amV 1 have heard that in a house on the May.
encp road the plaster or the celling fell, and the
terrified Inmates sprang out of their beds, believing
tho house was about to fall, aud hastily struck a
light.
The grand focus of tho subterranoan commotion
appears, however, to have been (iross-tlerau, be
tween Slavenee and Darmstadt, as we learn by the
followInK Interesting details in the Frankfurter Xf.i.
tuna: "Tbe numerous shocks of earthquake to
which Gross-Uerau has been exposed for the last
six duys are beginning to assume an alarming char
acter. Hince the night of the 26th to the 87th Octo
ber, In which the first gentle heaving was percepti
ble, not less than Six) shockB, seven of them violent,
accompanied by subterraneous thunder, have been
experienced. On the mh the uudulatlous were
frequent, but more curious than disquieting. On
the evening of the aotli. however, a violent shock was
felt at 8 o'clock, which was repeated at half-past 11
and Biraln at 1 o'clock In the morning. On the 81st two
severe shocks occurred at quarter part lit aud a
quarter to 4 respectively, and a inuu at twenty
mlnntcs past Ave In the afternoon. The latter was
o violent that chimneys tumbled over, the planter
fell off the ceilings, and lamps and bottles on the
table had to be held fast by the hand. Dog ran ter
rified to their masters, horses broke loose from their
mangers, and men, women, aud children ran out
Into the streets. The wealthier Inhabitants took the
railway train to seek refuge In the adjoining towns;
the remainder passe) a weary and anxious night
listening to the low and continued rumbling beneath
their feet. After this the shocks, though frequent,
were less severe till a quarter to twelve on the night
of first of November, when a violent undulation was
again felt, followed by a succession of minor earth
waves. The Inhabitants are In the greatest terror,
and apprehend for their Uttio town the rate of
Lisbon.''
TIIE ST. LOUIS DISASTER.
Whnt 'aimed the llnlldlng to Full.
From the Miioiouri Democrat., Nov. 24.
It will be seen that the Inquest occasioned by the
terrible calamity of Friday last stands adjourned
until further notice. Tho amount or testimony
alreudy taken shows many points ol interest, and
throws light upon the facts. Influenced by the pul
llc discussion upon all matters relating to the Bad
amur, we took occasion yesterday to go down Into
the ruins and observe for ourselves what we could
and draw our owu conclusions as to the result and
Its causes. Among the de.brin we found tho co
lumn standing at an angle as It was caught when
It fell, with the top flange broken oil'. We saw
also the ends of the girders, with alKiut two feet of
both the under sod the upper channel plates with
their rivets sheared off as smooth as if cut by a
shurp knife, and the plates bent npwnrds by some
force that had driven some obstacle through them.
We noticed also the Jnckscrews, one In position a
nscd, and the other broken In two, and from a com
parison of all the facts and evidence about us, we
came to the following conclusions, which the evi
dence adduced yesterday convinces us Is the true
solution of the calamity.
The cause of the fall of the building may be re
duced to two connected fact si
First, the foundation of a supporting column had
settled slightly.
(Second, to remedy this, an attempt was made to
lift the column by means of jack-screws, that a new
plate might be inserted beneath it. , n this column
rested the ends of lateral girders that supported the
upper part tif Hie building. These girders were of
wrought iron, In the form of a square tube, the sides
of which were Iron plates, the top and bottom being
channel plates, which were inserted between the
side plates and riveted to them. The jack-screws
were of unequal threads, and as a result the column
was thrown out of the perpendicular, which broke
the flange on which the ends of the girders rested,
and then the broken column head tore its way
through the ends of the girders, the weight above
cutting off the rivets as the column passed through
as cleanly as If shaved off by a razor. The support
gone, the girders fell, carrying floorings, walls, and
roof in one general ruin.
The responsibility of the disaster rest In two di
rections. First, the Insecure foundation of the column
which hnd settled. Second, the throwing out of the
perpendicular the column by the unequal jackscrcivs.
We do not believe that any amount of testimony and
of discovery will ever show any other reasonable
solution to the disaster, and this accounts lor it all
upon scientific principles, wherever tbe blame may
fall.
Threats are made of holding the builders liable for
all pecuniary damages, aud with some show of rea
son, and there is not much Immediate prospect of
any great proilt to accrue to the owners of this un
fortunate building. The community may In the cud
bo benefited, however, If this event secures for us
safe and solid foundations lor buildings in the future,
for there has been enough of loss of property and life
from falling buildings aud walls the past year to last
for a geuenMion.
BOILED TO DEATH.
Two Men Fall Into a Vat or Hulling Oil.
The terrible accident in Louisville, Ky., was re
ported by telegraph a day or two since. The full
particulars of the ail'air we find in the Journal of
that city of the 14th Inst. :
Yesterday morning between T and 8 o'clock a dis
tressing accident, occurred at the pork-packing esta
blishment of O. W. Thomas & Co., No. 553 East Main
street, which resulted In the deuth of one man and
dangerous If not fatal Injuries to another.
In the "trying-room" of the establishment there Is
a large vat three or four feet deep, six or eight feet
wide, and about ten feet long, Into which the refuse
water nnd oil Is drawn from the tanks ufter the lard
had been drawn oil" for the purpose of being
skimmed. Two of the tanks of boiling water aud oil
had been emptied, when the foreman called to Ed
ward Welsh and Dennis (Jiiiulnn, "skimmers," who
were standing near the edge ot the vat, to get out of
the way. This they attempted to do; but the floor
being greasy and slippery, Welsh, vt In is quite an old
man, missed his looting and fell into tho vat., Qulu
lau immediately rushed to his rescue ami seized him
by the shoulder, but Welsh, frantic with pain,
seized Quiuian by the legs and dragged him
headforemost into the boiling caldron. Mr. Ci raves
aud Mr. Franklin, employes of the establishment,
hearing the shrieks or soil'ering, extricated them
from the vat as soon as possible and before life was
extinct. Both were horribly scalded. Quintan was
entirely submerged, and when his clothing was re
moved nearly every particle of skin came with it.
The men were removed to another part of the
building, Drs. Knapp and Bhadburn summoned,
and everything done that could be to allevlito their
suil'erlngs, after which Quinlain was removed to his
residence on Hancock, between Breckinridge and
I.amnton. and Welsh to ills home on Main, be
tween Preston and Jackson. Qulnlan lingered
in great agony until 6 o'clock last evening, when
death came to his relief. Welsh was living, in a
critical condition, last night, and, as he Inhaled the
steam, his recovery is considered doubtful. Both
were steady, industrious men, and had families de
pendent upon them. Their employers, Messrs.
Thomas & Co., did everything in their power to
mitigate their sufferings, calling in medical aid, aud
sparing nothing that would teud to their relief. They
also furnished money to tho afflicted families, aud
will defray the expenses of tbe funeral of ijmulan.
There were many rumors afloat yesterday as to
the cause of the accident, but we are satisfied, from
the statement ot Mr. Franklin, the only eye-witness,
that the accident was caused solely by the careless
ness of the unfortunate men in approaching too near
the vat while it was being filled, and the insecure
footing, rendered doubly insecure by the clouds of
steam from it, which prevented them from seeing
their way clearly.
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.
Terrible Enormity I'rnrtltied I'pon m Child
An Entire Town Turn Out to Capture the
Villain.
Kingston, N. Y., Nor. 84. Nsar the quiet, pence,
ful village of Fllenvllle lives a family named Mitchell,
and ou Saturday evening last, about 7 o'clock, Mr.
Mitchell, accompanied by his two bright-eyed Utile
girls, aged respectively eleven and nine years, went
into the village to procure a lew groceries. The
children started a little ahead of their father to re
turn home, he stopping for a few moments to get
some meat, intending to overtake his little ones on
Aftirfue children had gone a short distance out
of town they met the demon Schoepmans, who com
menced tulklng with them, and said he would take
them home. Schoepmans, catching tho younger
child, aged nine years, in his arms, put his hand
over her mouth to smother her cries ; told her he
would give her some candies If Bhe would stop her
crying, and would also take her homo. Instead or
do ug so he carried her across two large fields to the
woods, out of sight and hearlug of men.
The father returning home was much surprised at
not llnd ng both the chlHren; the older one being in
such a itate of fright he could only get from her the
Intelllgt nee that her little sister had been taken off
bv a man.
Mr. Mitchell and son at once alarmed the neigh
borhood, and a search was instituted In every direc
tion. After a search of nearly five hours, It then
btlng hall-past 12 o'clock at night, sobs were heard
und the cries or tho little one calling "Papa! papa!
come! oh! do come!" They hastened their steps
and the little one was fouud.
The tight which met their gazo was too horrible to
contemplate. It Would require tho pencil of an
artist to portray tho lleudlshucss of the work. The
little one was found entirely naked, bleudiug pro
fusely, bruised and mutilated, her eyes closed, black
aud blue from the demon's brutal blows, weak, en
tirely exhausted, shivering from tho cold and fear,
crsaed from the intense palu ft nd smferlng. I'pon
the approach of the party Bchocpiuanu made his
escape.
On Sunday morning intense excitement prevailed
In Elleiivllle; the news of the outrage spread like
wtlil ltr. mill anon hundreds were rtliril t,,,.i v...
and many were the threats ot vengeance uttered
against the culprit anouni no oe captured. Divine
service was suspended for the day. and the wtmin
village and neighborhood went In pursuit of the
criminal, ttucu uu imunsiiy oi icoiiug u seldom, if
ever showu.
The little one's description was such thaMKchnen.
mans was tracked down the canal, and about noon
tne brute was captured on ms way to Kurt IlmnL
After his arrest he was accused of the ( rime, and he
f, nfesped all, and gave a ret more sickening de- i
scrli tion of the transaction. The oitleers, fearing the
mob at Kllenvlllc, took the prisoner a round about
way to a barn on the outskirts of tho village. An
examination was held before the Police Magistrate,
where Hchoepmnns again confessed the crime, and
also said he intended to have killed her, but had not
the time to accomplish the double crime of outrage
nd murder. He was hurried on to the Kingston
Jail for fear of the mob, to await tho action of the
Grand Jury. On Monday he was indicted for the
crime of rape, and the case was tried at Kingston to
day, before his Honor August Schoonmakcr, Judge
or Sessions.
During the trial great excitement prevailed, the
court-house was filled to overflowing, ami as the
horrible details were brought out In evidence, the
audience stood with listed breath wondering what
new horror would be disclosed. It wns with the
greatest difficulty the prisoner wns kept rrom tho
hands of the enraged people, and had it not been
for tho extra roree of police, no donbt his body
would now be "dangling In the air," and his soul
have gone before the great Judge of all men.
The jury, without, leaving their seats, fonnd the
prisoner guilty of the crime for which he stood
charged, and ho was at once sentenced to hard
labor at Sing King for the term or fifteen years, and
to-morrow (Frldav) morning will bo on his way
thither, If ho Is not mobbed to-ulght. A large and
excited crowd surround the Court IIouso. and fears
are entertained that an attempt will bo made to
lynch the prisoner. Measures have been taken by
the Sheriff to frustrate any such movement. It is
hoped that reason and better judgment will prevail,
and justice, stern and unrelenting, will be adminis
tered in a lawful manner.
The prisoner Is twenty-seven years of age, was
born In Kingston, hnd served a short time in the
I lilted States army during the late war, deserted and
joined Moscby'a troops, aud since the war has been
working upon the canal. His whole make up showed
more brute than man-the forehead low and receding,
Hps sensual, and, all In all, Is one of the hurdeut spe
cimens of humanity ever beheld. Cor. A'. Y. Ilerahl.
TIIE SPANISH ARMADA.
The I'nlled Ntntrn Mnrtduil In Full lo-.enSon-The
Application to llond the Gimhont.
From the A". Y. llrraid of thut morning.
As YaR reported in these columns yesterday,
Vnlted'Htatcs Marshal Barlow took possession late
on Wednesday afternoon of all the thirty boats.
Athwart the dock, at the foot of Thirteenth street,
lay moored the United States gunboat Maria, Ensign
John Bleccker commanding, which had been sta
tioned there to watch the boats and prevent their
leaving. In the evening Marshal Barlow visited Ad
miral Godon, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in order
to make some temporary arrangement for the con
tinuance of that vessel at her post until f urthr orders
should have been received from Washington. 1'he
Maria remained there, in consequence or this ap
plication, during Wednesday night. Yesterday
morning Admiral Godou received instructions rrom
the Navy Department to place a sufficient torce nt
the disposal or the United States District Attorney
to keep guard or the gunboats. The navy yard
tug fatal pa was at once ordered into service,
nmler command of Knslgn Kelley, who reported
for duty to the District Attorney, aud ho again
placed the boat under the order or the United
States Marshal. The armament and nmmuuition of
the Maria were transferred to the tug Catalpo, and
tho former vessel relieved from duty at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning. At fi o'clock In the afternoon
the Marshal, undoubtedly under orders, had made
other arrangements. Ho had chartered the tug
Martin Kalbllelsch, said to be owned by O.K. Dela
matcr, placed her In charge or oilleers or his own,
ordered the armament and ammunition transferred
from the C'atalpa to the Kalbllelsch, and discharged
the Navy Yard tug from further service. The c'a
talpa obeyed orders and steamed back to the Brook
lyn Navy Yard, thus ceasing all connection of the
naval authorities with the safe keeping of the Span
ish gunboats, leaving Marshal Harlow in exclusive
aud full possession or them.
WORK ON THE BOATS TO BE RKSUHED TO-DAY.
It was also stated yesterday that upon the seizure
or the boats on Wednesday, work npon them was at
once stopped. Mr. Delamater applied to continue as
hcrefbsore the work necessary for the fitting-out of
the boats for sea; but Marshal Harlow said that he
must first eoufer with the District Attorney. He did
so ycBterday morning, and Judge Picrrepont, not
wishing to increase the hardship attending the sei
zure by any unnecessary severity, promptly gave the
Marshal written Instructions to that eil'ect. Mr.
Delamater wus notified or this, and was preparing
yesterday afternoon to resume work on tho unfin
ished boats this morning, and to proceed as usual
until the case shall have been dcclOcd one way or
the other.
THE AMENDED LlDKb.
Yesterday morning Judge Picrrepont received
rrom the proper department at Washington
letters or instruction upon various points involved
in the case; but upon that most important or all
whether the ruct that these gunboats are to be em
ployed by Spain In carrying ou hostilities against a
"colony, district, or people" with which the United
States are at peace to wit, the "colony, district,
or people" ot Cuba should be presented to
the court iu on amended libel and as an
additional ground ror the seizure the authori
ties at Washington seem as yet undecided,
for no definite Instructions have reached
the District Attorney on this point, and he Is unwill
ing to act on his own responsibility, nnd precipitate
matters, without the consent of the administration,
though he has laid the foundation of an amended
libel, with this additional count, in the aitldavit of
lgnacio Alfaro, which fully covers the point. The
supplemental libel Is already prepared, ami when
ever the Government at Washington decides to pro
ceed against the gunboats for this ground also, a
brier telegram to Judge Picrrepont will bring it at
once into court.
WILL THE GUNBOATS DE BONDED ?
It is understood that an unification will In nil nrn-
billty bo made this rorcnoou to Judge Blatchford,
either by Mr. Delamater or bv the representative of
Spain, that the vessels seized be released on bonds
given tbattuey shall not be used, on leaving New
York, in violation or the neutrality act. Inquiry was
muue yesieruay aitcrnoon oi judge riorrepont
whether he would oppose the application on behalf
or the Government. His answer was evasive, being
Biuifny "i uou i miow yeu no is awaiting instruc
tions from Washington how to act, and since he
looked upon it as being a matter rather of political
than or legal Import, to the political autnorities or
the country, to the administration at present, and
to Congress when it shall have met, must be left tho
uuui decision.
TriB "COMING" FLEET.
Some stir has been created In certain circles by the
sensational announcement that a formidable Spanish
fleet, under the command of Admirai;Maoalrnpo, Is
under orders to assemble In New York harbor, and
by the Insane outbursts of wrath and lury or a
Spanish sheet published in this city. "If it be true,"
said a prominent Federal officer yesterday to a repre
sentative of the Herald, "if It bo true, as some of the
Spaniards allege, that this announced arrival of a
strong naval force Is intended as a demonstration, it
may complicate matters very much. American spirit
and spunk are not given to tolerate nuyjsuch menaces
from a foreign power; aud if the courts should
decree the release or the gunboats under such cir
cumstances there will not be tew who may consider
it us a submission to threats a thing quite unpopu
lar with the American people."
TUE WAR IN CUBA.
Movements of tbe Nitnulxh Momiulto Fleet
Nou-eonibulanm Knot.
Havana, Nov. 20. From Manzanillo the news is
that the Spanish mosquito fleet tor the t'auto has
gone up the river as high as Etubarcadero, after de
stroying the obstructions placed on its route by tha
insurgents. Should this fleet succeed In preserving
the navigation or the river, It will be of great proiit
und importance to tho Spauiurds In rendering com
munications with Las Tunas and tho Guana country
much more racile for them.
Don Mateo Luis Perez, a Cuban non-combatant,
was shot by the authorities in Santo Esplrltu City ou
the 10th for disloyalty, and eight more Cubans, con
victed by a court-martial of the same oil'euse, are to
suiter tne same fate, unless petitions to Captain
General Kodas for a commutation or their sentences
are approved.
From cieuruegoB and Villa Clara come tho news
or greatest Interest. With the torch tho Insurgents
are warring more successfully against the Spaniards
than they ever .did with tho sword. No less than
eleven of the twenty-three sugar mills ordered to bo
burned by General Federlco Cavada, insurgent Commander-in-Chief
of the Cuban State of Las Villas,
have already been destroyed, aud the firing of the
others appears to be only a question of time. The
Spaniards view these burnlug tactics of their enemy
with anger und alarm, on Thursday night the
Guardian Civile and volunteers of Marianas, ten
miles from here, forced their way into a house of the
village In which a number of Cubans were as
sembled, and killed two of them, wounded six, and
captured six more. From discoveries made in the
house and elsewhere, It is established that the
Cubans had met to leave In a body to Join the in
surgent forces of Colonel Lamadrld, In the district
of Colon. Most of the fourteen were rrom Havana,
and among them are representatives or our best and
wuaithleat families the Ponces de Leon, the
IKodriguezes. the Abrens, aud M aclases.
CVr. M. Y. WvrM, MX C'ARADOH.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST SIT TTJL33QHAP2Z.
An' Accident on the MississippiA
Steamer Snagged and Sunk -The
Catholic Jubilee.
Several Persons Injured by the Fall of
a Bridge A Monument to Chris
topher Columbus to be
Erected in Boston.
FROM JVEW ENGLAND.
Monuments to be Frerted In Hoston.
DtnpauK to Tht Jivening Telegraph.
Boston, Nov. 2(1. The Italians of this city
have inaugurated measures to erect a statue of
Columbus in tho public gardens, and the citizens
of Cambridge last night decided to erect a
monumental memorial of the late Dr. Anson
Hooker.
A Robber Pardoned.
Edward P. Rockwood, sentenced to tho State
Prison from Fitchburg, for robbery, has been
pardoned.
Pcnxlon Fraud.
Bridget Dougherty, with half a dozen aliases,
was avrcste d at Winchester yesterday for fraud
upon the United States Pension Bureau, in this
city, and of subornation of perjury.
Nrrlonn Accident.
Di"pttch to The Evening Telegraph.
PoitT-MOLTn, N. II., Nov. 20 Alexander
Doe, a brakemnn on the Boston and Maine
Kuilroad, had both legs crushed last ovenlug.
He fell off the train.
FROM TIIE WEST.
Full ol a Brldwe Several Persons Injured.
Despatch to The Jivening Telegraph,
Lakatettk, In3., Nov. 20. At the battle
ground a few miles north of this city, on Wed
nesday night, while a party of young people
were gathering aud crossing a small foot sus
pension bridge over a creek, the bridge broke,
precipitating ten persons about fifteen foot upon
the rocks below. A son of Dr. Bioks had his
hend badly injured, nnd last night had not yet
recovered his senses; a young man, named Head,
had a leg broken in two places and several
smaller bones fractured; a young lady, a school
teacher of tho place, was also badly hurt. The
others were all considerably, but less severely
injured.
Catholic .lubllee.
Veapatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Latayette, Ind., Nov. 20 The Catholic Ju
bilee has been going on prosperously this week.
There Lave been daily four masses and four ser
mons, two of which have been preached by
Father Garcscuc, of St. Louis, whose eloquence
has attracted general attention.
Bishop Lucer6, of this diocese, has been part
of the time in attendance.
FROM THE SO UTU.
Steamer Hunk on the .HtuM'.uslppl.
DfijMtch to the Keening Telegraph.
Memphis, Nov.20. The steamer Only Chance,
with a cargo of five hnudred bales of cotton,
from Pino Bluff to New Orleans, struck a snag
near Douglass Landing, Arkansas river, Wed
nesday nli;bt, aud sunk in ten feet' of water.
The boat and cargo are probably u total loss.
The former Is supposed to be insured In St.
Louis olliccs.
The Tlntonvllle Outrage.
Further information from Tlptonviile repre
sents that section as iu the greatest imaginable
excitement over the tragedy reported; on Wed
nesday. It is stated that threats have been
made to drive all the negroes from that vicinity,
but thy will not be carried iuto execution.
At last accounts 6earch was bciug made for the
other negroes who were believed to have been in
tho cabin when the attack was made, but so far
tho search has proved unsuccessful.
Nlabbluff Affair.
A cutting affray occurred on the levee Wed
nesday night, iu which one of the combatants
had his left arm split open with a knife from
the shoulder to the wrist, severing the main
artery, and nearly causing death.
FROM BALTIMORE,
The Western Maryland Railroad.
Special Venpatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Baltimore, Nov. 20. A private despatch
from Annapolis states that tbe Court of Appeals
this morning decided in the case of the tax
payers of Baltimore restraining tho Mayor and
City Council from paying one million dollars to
complete the Western Maryland Railroad, sus
taining the injunction. This begets the neces
sity of preparing a new ordinance and having it
passed, conforming to the Constitution, which
will be done as soon as the Legislature meets.
FROM THE PLAINS.
8alia ot I.nnd.
Denpatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Omaha, Nov. 20. The Lincoln and Beatrice
Land officers report 52,000 acres of land sold,
20,000 of which were taken for homesteads,
25,000 pre-empted, and 740,000 acres selected as
railroad subsidies during the month of October.
The weather is warm and pleasant.
FROM EUROPE.
Thin JMorulug-'o Quotations.
By the A nglo-A merkan Cable,
London, Nov. 20 u A. M Consols open at U for
money aud account, American securities firm,
t nlted States live-twenties of 1S62, mi; of isrts,
old, ut ; of 18d7, 84 ; HMOs, 783. Erie, tlx ; Illi
nois Central, 0J !4 ; Atlantic and Great Western, 26.
1'akis, Mov. 20, The Bourse opens dull. Keutes,
71f. 4iie.
Livkki'OOI., Nov. 2611 A. M Cotton steady.
Middling uplands, ll.Vl. ; middling- Orleans, 11. Vl.
The sales of tlie day are estimated at 10,1)00 bales.
The sulrs of the week have been 60,000 bales, of
wl.!ch 10,000 were taken for export and 6000 on
speculation. Stock, asOOO bales; of which 25.000
are American. Itecelpts of the week, B8,0U( bales ;
of which io.ikiO are American. California wheat, 9a.
6d. ; red Western, ss. 2d.(8s. 8iL
IIkbmbn, Nov. 24. Petroleum closed quiet last
nltftit at T tbulers.
lUuui'KO, Nov. 86. Petroleum closed quiet last
night.
Thin Afternoon's Quotations.
Lonpon, Nov. 261 P. M. Consols, 93.'f for
money and account. American securities quiet. Flve
twentics of lbO'J, 83,V, lhflBs, old, 8U; 1667s, B4.
Stocks easier.
LivBKi-ooi., Nov. 261-30 P. M The stock oflcot-
ton afloat Is estimated at 200,000 bales; of which
118 000 are American. Corn, 20s. I'eas, 40s. Rod
Western Wheat, 8b. 8d. ; red winter, 8s. Sd. Itecelpts
of wheat at this port for three days, 25,000 quarters ;
Of which 2'i,000 are American.
Fkankkokt, Nov. 20. United States five-twenties
opened tinner.
11 a v un, Nov. 20. Cotton opened declining and
I culet.
1 antwihp, Nov. 2.-Fetroicum opens fiat at 6'f.
FIN AN CIS Altl) COMilUiRCE.
OmoB or tri jtvRif uvq Tuxioaira,! 1
Friday, Nov. !W, IWfl. I
llicre Is very little Improvement In tho condition
of our local money market, except that the demand
for discounts Is Krsdnalljr falling off. htrluRency
v 111 probsMy continue to he the main feature for tbe
balance of the jciir, or until there shall be a spirited
revival In trade. The hl(rh rates of discount, noted
during the week, nro not the result i.f distrust on the
rnrt of lenders or mercantllu credits. These con-
urn"' "rll"mv f'Bun. h after a trying ordeal, but .
the dlitieuity consists lu tho banks being re&trloted,
or'nitlongCU 01 l'trcumu,u:e8 10 tloc held of
rnnnt1.Lift,',,?-?!"ctlv". Bt C(7 Vcr cent, and dla
tounts at 1 0ia in per cent, Recording to credits.
Hold suirered a further decllue, opening at 124V.
but clo.lnK rather steady at noon at about 14 V.
.nn.'TL'l".0 movt'menl '" onr niarket in Uovorn-
ttarijs? they -
There was quite nn active movement in stocks
n "hE",.0. !"0Rt of 11,0 "PenlMve shares were
higher. Mate loans were steady, with gnles of the
iirnt series ot 101 , and the secoud series at tosv
City (is were without change, selling at loa.
Heading Kallroad was In demand and advanced Vf
selling at 40;;iW), closing at nliout 4!)' ; Pennsylva
nia Railroad wus steady att4 ; Lehigh Valley iuii
roud atKi; and Oil Creek and Allegheny Kallroad
ut. was bid lor Camden aud Amboy;70!f
lor Norrlstown ; .18 for Catawlssa preferred ; and inu
lor Philadelphia and lirio.
Canal stocks were without essential change.
Lehigh Navigation Fold at 84.
In Coal, Hank, and Pussenger Railway stocks not
a single transaction was reported. I8tf wa offered
for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 43 for CT.esnnt aud
Walmit; 60 for West Philadelphia; 27w for Uirard
College; and 27 for Oermantown.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 8. Third street,
FIRST BOARD.
ivmioo pa cs, 2 sn....iof.vi 200 sh Read..,b5Al. 4!t
f:tiui .hi i.tmiiiiivl
400
2l'0
do Is. 40 'i
ItiKW City 6s,New.ls. loa
tm do 102
flOflO do 102
BshHk or N Ara.2!tl
21 sh Penna R..Ih. M-
10 sh Cam A H. 120
81 sh N Pa K.bSwn
20 sh LchV It .is. 63 w
0sh Leh N St.. Is. nt
100 shO C A A It... lis
200 sh Read K.. .18.49-81
100 do..esown. i
N)0 do..s6own.ls. 49
do ..labao. eo
do..soown. 4()'i
do....bfSAL 49jf
do ..ls.b80. 50
do b80. 60
do...trf.ls. 49;
do B10. 44 81
do BO.49'81
do. .B.tOwn. 4981
dO...lu.be0. 50
do 49J
do 830.49-61
do 49-81
100
100
400
100
1
100
10
2000
800
100
100
100
100
1UU QO..B30WU.
do....bWkL49-81
JAY COOKK A CO. nrmtn nnunmmnnt- .
follows : U. 8. 68 Of 1881, llOrj imt' J B-208 Of 1862.
114i.,114; do., 1804, 118,'112f ; do. 1860, 112ffl
1121,; do., July, 18C5, incurs; do. do., mr.
114?.&115!,-; do., 1S68, 114Jtll4,'i: 10-408. 107kfc
107)t ; Cur. 6s, 107 m ; Gold, 124. 9
Mkbsks. Db HAVEN A Bkotokr, 40 No. 8. Third
Street, Philadelphia, report the following qnotatlbna:
-U.H6SOf 1881, 1107,(117',; do. 1662, 114144114 ;
do. lS64,112Jt-112M ;do. 1806, 112,V(.4H2 ;' do. I860!
new, ii4,3iw;1i:do.i867, do. lune; do. lses,
do., Ii4,ii4 ; 10-408. 107 i (A 107 4, : U. a so Year
6 per cent Currency, 107u107Si; Due Comp. Int.
Notes, 19 ; Gold, 124., 125 ; Silver. 123(4124 .
Mksskh. William Painteb a Co., No. 30 S. Third
street, report tho following quotations: U. 8. s of
1891, 11I.',117 ; B-aosof 1862, Uimux; do, 1864.
1I2'0112,';; do. 18GS, lia'iSiemy; do. July, W6fi!
114toll5; do. Jnly, 1867, 114,',lt5; do. July,
1S6S, ii4,V3iir;; fts, imo. io7.'.fwio7,'. IT. s. Paciflo
Kit Cur. 69,107.1071,. Gold, 1246(124V.
' Naur Sc Ladnek, Bankers, report this morning's
Gold quotations aa follows ;
10-00 A. M 120tf 1 10-67 A. M 12!rf
10-01 " Vi6H 110-09 YMii
10-10 " 126 11-00 " 126V
10-Sft " 126, 11-07 " 1262
10-36 " 1 26 V 12-00 M 126V
10-68 " 120 .V
Schuylkill Navioation Coal Tradb for the
week ending Thursday, November 26, 1809:
. , Ton. Ciet.
From Port Carbon 9,943 1
From Pottsvlllc 435 14
From Schuylkill Haven 16,082 l
From Port Clinton 725
Total lor week 26,206 16
Previously this year 620,129 18
Total 646,336 14
To same time lust year M6,t. 08
I'liiludclplilii Trade Report, .
Fkidav, Nov. 26. The Flow market is without
special change. There is no demand for shipment,
and only a few hundred barrels were taken In lots
by the local trade at J5i3B-25 for superfine; 15 87
6C2;V for extras; 5-75-25 for fowa, Wisconsin,
and Minnesota extra family; g5-756-60 for Pennsyl
vania do. do.; 0o-75 for Ohio and Indiana o.
do. ; and 77-60 for fancy brands, according 10
quality. Rye Dour may be quoted at SO.
The Wheat market is without Improvement In
either price or demand; sales of Western and
Pennsylvania red at $l-34ojl-36; white ranges from
l-07(tf.l-10. Corn is quiet but Urra; salesof old yellow
11- 13; new do. at 87(f95c., and Western mixed at
C4l-e9ail'll. Oats move slowly, but prices are well
sustained ; 2500 bushels Pennsylvania and Western
sold at 60($62c
Barley is quiet. B00 bushels two-rowed New
York sold on private terms, und 1600 bushels four
rowed do. at 1 1-26.
Bark The last sale of No. 1 Quercitron was at 130
ton.
Seeds Cloversced is In good request at foil prices.
260 bushels prime sold at $7-50(38. Prices of Timothy
are nominal. Flaxseed Is wanted by the crushers at
12- 85.
Whisky is Inactive, and ranges from f 1-04 gallon
for iron-bound Western.
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.,
For additional Marin A'euxi nee Inside Pages,
(By Tr.loffra)h.)
Nkw Tons, Nov. 24 Arrived, ite&mshlp Wesw, from
Bremen.
(J3y Anto-American CaitU.)
BorrTHA mtton , Nov. 2ti. Arrived, stoainehip West
phalia, from New York.
Uijikoow, Nov. 2j. Arrived, sUtunship Cambria, from
New York.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. NOVEMBER 26.
TAX OF THERMOMETER AT TBI BVXNtNO TKUOBAPB
ornoa.
7 A. M 3d I II A. M 45 1 1 P. M
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Rtoamer E. O. Kiddle. McOue. New York, W. P. ClydeACo
Barque Loohee, Wade, Dublin, L. Woatergnwl (M. '
Svhr Boston, Niokeraon, Kait Cambtidiie, Uoott, Walter A
Co.
So.br A . H. Edwards, Bartlett, Charleston, do
Huhr W. B. McSbuin, amloy, Norfolk, do.
ISohr Hhckinah, Uoicora, Portsmouth, do.
ISclir Richard Peterson, Knnlit.li, Norfolk, do.
Barge Bob Davidson, Martin, New York. do.
Marge J. E. Barnard, Bitteluw, New York, do.
Barxe J. O. Rasbeck, Roberts, Brooklyn, do. ,
tarx David Lucy, Kagan, New York, do.
Tug Thomas Jefferson, Allen, Baltimore, with a tow oi
barges, W. P. Clyde 4 Oo.
Tuk Commodore, Wilson, Uavrg-de-Graoe, with stow of
barges to W. P. Clyde A Co.
ARRIVED ThTs MORNING.
Steamer Centipede, b'ontou, 48 hours iroin Boston, in
bsllaHt to W. D. Orune A Oo.
riteumcr A. C. Kt imers, Knor, 34 hours from New York,
with mdBe. to W. P. Clyde 4 Oo.
Tag Uuilnon, Nicholson, from Baltimore, with tow of
barges to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Tug Chesapeake, Werrihew, from Havre-de-Graoe, with
a tow of bargea to W. P. Clyde A Go,
Bperial Denpatch to Thf Evening TrlnffrapK
HAVBE-UK-tiBArK, Md., Nov. 26. Eight boat loft her
this morning, as follows:
Lebanon Transportation Co., Win. H. Lippiaoott. and
Danalughin, with lumber to Patterson A UppiuooU.
1 jroiuing, with lunibor to Mollvam A Huab.
O. M. Blunohard, with lumber to Craig A Blanohard.
Martha MoUonkey, wilb grain to A. u. Uattell A Co.
tiuaan.witb lumbur. for Cheater,
Charles A Wells, with lumber.
DISASTER, .
FoitTRiRS Mokrob, Nov. 2d. The scar G. W. Grant,
from Philadelphia, with ooal for Norfolk, want ashore oa
the night of th2Sd inat., on Maohapungo Hlioals, and ia
going to pieus. The captain and two men were drowned.
MEMORANDA.
BtAamBhip Brunette, Tomliu, hence, at New York e-
bteamshlp Arloa, Wiley, for Philadelphia, sailed frea
Boston imn mat,.
ting ooun uurn.ii
Brig Mary U. llaskoll, Haskell, hence, at Bavin ah jee-
teBrg Renshaw. Sylvester, henoe, at Charleston yesterday.
Hi-hr J. V. Wellington, Baow, for Philadelphia, cleared
at Boston 84th inst.
Bthrs Albert Mason, Rose; A. Bartlett, Bartlett; 11.
K Coraon. Corson ; Hannibal, Cos : llattle. Katun : Jobs.
Mo A dam, WUlard ; aud Kverglade, Leland, bene, at Bv
ton IHth inst.