Iratelligeater 3ountal.
GEO. OANDERSON, EDITOR.
LANCASTER, DECEMBER, 5,1854;
1 Copies of this paper (Lswessiza IN
ntraciaNcza) can be had regularly at the
"Noisy Carriers," San Francisco, California.
The Conestoga Bridge Embankment.
' It is rarely that we speak of ourself, or of
our own conduct either in morals or politics,
preferring to let the public judge of us by our
actions rather than any professions we might
make—hence we have refrained from saying
any thing in reference to our connection with
the Conestoga Embankment. But the repeated
attacks made by Col. Frazer's Know-Nothing
organ upon - Col. Baker, the Superintendent of
the Railroad, in reference to this work, in
which we are made a party, nolens volens,
prompts us to depart from our usual rule as a
matter of sheer justice to Col. Baker, who has
been so falsely and villainously maligned by
the guerilla crew who scribble for the columns
of the above mentioned sheet. We, therefore,
proceed to give a brief but truthful history
of the whole affair, accompanied by the neces
sary vouchers and figures on file at the Parkes
burg office, where they can be seen by all who
desire it, and we challenge contradiction in
the slightest particular.
Some three years ago the Excavation of the
new road on the east side of the creek, and. the
Embankment at the Bridge, so far as the earth
and stone at the Cut would reach, were alloted
by the Canal Commissioners to Messrs. Dellet
& Co., at the following prices, viz: for exca
vation of earth 14 cents per cubic yaid, and
for embankment of same 28 cents per do.;
making 42 cents tier cubic yard which was
received by them for doing precisely the same
kind of work which was afterwards, as our
readers wilrperceive, undertaken and accom
plished by Messrs. Kautz & Co. at very little
more than half the price they received. The
rock was paid for at the rate of 43 cents for
excavation and 28 cents for embankment,
making 71 cents per square yard which that
part of the_ embankment cost the Common
wealth ; but of this i we shall not speak farther,
as the earth item is sufficient for our purpose.
On the final estimate, Dellet & Co. received
payment from the Commonwealth for 37,500
cubic yards of Embankment, of which 19,200
yards were of earth. This, at 14 cents for ex
vacation and2B cents for fillingth,amounted to
$8,064. At this time, a kind of rough esti
mate was made by the Engineer of the addi
tional filling required to complete the Embank
ment, and he set it down at some 18,500 yards,
in round numbers. •
Snob being the state of things, early in 1853,
a contract was awarded to Messrs. Kautz &
Co. by the Canal Commissioners, for complet
ing the work, at twenty-five cents per cubic
yard, and nothing allowed for excavation—
thus making seventeen cents per yard LESS
than was actually allowed to the former Con-
tractors for doing precisely the same kind of
work and having even a shorter distance to
haul the greater portion of the material. In
this way the Commonwealth effected a saving
of over three thousand dollars, even had it
required only 18,500 yards to complete the
job. But it was ascertained that either the
Engineer had miscalculated in the first in
stance, or else he had allowed Dellet & Co. for
more work than they were honestly entitled
to ; for, instead of it taking only 18,500 yards,
it was found that
. 25,832 yards of earth were
deposited there by - Kautz & Co. It is, how
ever, but justice to the Engineer to say that,
subsequently to his estimate, it was ascertain
ed that the Embankment, as calculated, was
too narrow at top and base for the height, and
two feet were added at top, and from six to
eight feet at base, so as to; give it more of a
slope, particularly at the two large spans.—
This addition alone would require several
thousand more yards than the Engineer's es
timate.
When Kautz & Co. finished their contract,
art accurate and doubtless honest measurement
was made - of the whole work (both contacts)
by the Superintendent himself, and it was
found, after making the calculation from his
drafts and measurements, which are on file at
Parkesburg, open to inspection, that in the
entire Embankment, from one end to the other,
there were contained 65,182 cubic yards;
from this he deducted 39,350 the final esti
mate for Dellet & Co., and that left 25,832
cubic yards allowed to Kautz & Co. as their
final estimate, and for which they received
$6,458, being at the rate of TWENTY-FIYE cents
per yard, and not one cent more did they ever
receive. The job lasted about eight months,
and those who know any thing about such
work, and recollect the rise in the price of la
bor and provisions during that season, can
judge of the profits to the Contractors after
paying all expenses. The measurement was
made by the Superintendent on the 28th of
November, 1853, and the•final estimate given,
since which time not a dollar's worth of work
has been done by Kautz & Co. at the Em
bankment—the lying insinuations and false
hoods of the Laneasterian to the contrary not
withstanding.
It maybe proper to remark, also, that, at the
commencement of the job, the contractors had
the Car beds measured by the Engineer,
Ache, (who, it may be well enough to state, was
the bosom friend of Dellet, and of the same
stripe in politics,) and had an exact account of
the number kept by the watchman and switch
turner, at the Bridge, in the employ of the
State, and by Robert King, Esq., in the em
ploy of the Company—both of which accounts
corresponded , exattly, and showed that (ta
king the measurement of the cars as the guide)
there were actually 27,414 cubic yards deposi
ted—or an excess of 1582 yards overthe quan
tity allowed by the Superintendent. Kautz
& Co. feel satisfied that they deposited more
earth than was allowed them by the Superin
tendent, and can only account for the discre
pancy between their estimate and his meas
urement, on the supposition that Mr. Dellet's
friend (the then Engineer) gave Dellet & Co.
rather store than they were honestly entitled to
receive in the final estimate. The truth of the
matter is, therefore, that (if the cars were
measured correctly) Kautz & Co. wereentitled
to receive pay for 1582 cubic yards of earth
(amounting to $395,50) more than were allowed
them by Col. Baker, who, in this transaction,
as in every other, showed his vigilant care for
the interests of the Commonwealth.
To sum up. A comparison of the prices that
Dellet* Co. and Kautz & Co. received for the
Name kind of work, will show that, if the lat
ter made tylittle money, the former's pockets
were well lined in the way of profit.
It thus appears that Dellet & Co. were paid
$9490 for merely hauling and depositing
89,350 cubic yards in the Embankment—hav
ing been also paid for excavating this same
quantity of earth and stone, $10,557; Now
what did Kautz Co. do for the 25 cents they
received per yard? Did they only haul the
earth and put it into the Embankment? No !
they had to dig the earth, shovel it into oars,
and transport it a greater distance to the Em-,
bankment, and make the same by shoveling
the earth from the Cars to form the slopes.—
And what did Dellet &, Co. get for the same
kind ofworls only - hauling the earth a shorter
distance? riVhy, !14 cents for Jigging the
earth, and 28 oenth for hauling it to the Em r
bankment and tumbling it in, without any ad
ditional labor in ehoveling and making the
slope—in all 42 cents per culla yard, for ex
actly the same kind of work subsequently done
I .by Kautz & Co. at 25 cents per yard: .-.l>
If Dellet & Co. had finished the Embank
ment at the same prices theypissived for that
which they did do, it would have cost the
Monwealth $4,391,44 more thin it did. The
estimatir then:would have been—
25,882 cable yards at 42 mitt per yard. $10,84044
25,8:32 do..- at 25 6,458 00
Amount saved to the State,
The above is a plain, unvarnished state
ment of the facts—and if any one is still dis
posed to believe the lying assertions of the
corrupt and unprincipled demagogues of the
piratical sheet above alluded to, we ask them
to search the records in the Canal Commission
ers' and Auditor General's offices, at Harris
burg, and the Clerk's °See, at Parkesburg,
where they will find our statement verified in
every particular. We have made no charge
against the former Contractors, Messrs. Del
let & Co., nor have we any inclination so to do.
But if these false and unjustifiable assaults
are continued on Col. Baker and ourself, we
may, perhaps, "a tale unfold" respecting the
original contract, which will be anything else
than agreeable to certain gentlemen who are
doubtless at the bottom of these assaults upon
us. We know a thing or two respecting that
ciVntract, and the liberal estimates given by a
former Engineer, which they little dream of.
And now,4-in conclusion, for we have al
ready spun this article out to too great alength,
we ask permission to say a word about our
own agency in the business. In the last con
tract forcompleting the Embankment, Messrs.
Jacob F. Kautz & Robert J. King (not the
gentleman recently appointed Weighmaster
in this City, as the Lancasterian has lyingly
asserted,) were the principal parties. We
kept the accounts for them, and had a contin
gent interest only so far as to be entitled for
our services to a certain share of the profits,
provide.d any were made—if not, we were to
receive nothing for our labor. We are not
aware that in this we committed any moral or
political offence. The job lasted about eight
months—and• at the close, after every thing
was settled up, there were a few hundred dol
lars to divide between Messrs. Kautz, King
and ourself. This we can show from the books
and accounts still in our possession, if any
one wishes to see them. Had it not been for
the ifnexpected rise in the wages of labor and
provisions -during the summer and fall, the
firm would have probably cleared some $3OO
or $4OO more. As it was, we, for our ser
vices, received a small pittance out of the pro
fits, which did not pay us for our labor, but
for which we have been more slandered and
vilified than it is all worth and five times as
much.
Know.Nothingism Exemplified
We learn from the Pennsylvanian, that at
an election for Trustees in one of the Metho
dist Churches of Philadelphia; which took
place a few days ago, ohs of the candidates
(an estimable member and among the most
liberal in its connection in a pecuniary point
of view,) was defeated exclusively on the
ground that he happened to be of foreign
birth ! He was supported by the most re-
spectable and intelligent portion of the mem- ; '
bership, and would have been elected had it
not been for the insolent and unwarrantable
conduct of one of Mayor CONIWA Police Offi
cers, who belongs to the same denomination
of Christians, but not to the same congrega
tion. This man, it is said, stationed himself
at the door of the Church, on the day of the
election, and questioned every voter whom he
had reason to believe belonged to the KnoW-
Nothings; as to 'hat candidates he intended
to vote for. When informed by the person
questioned, that he intended to vote for the
proscribed Trustee, the Policeman instantly
threatened to have the delinquent Know-No
thing arraigned before the Order, on the charge
of voting for a Foreigner—and by this system
of intimidation succeeded in defeating the can
didate by four votes!
Comment is unnecessary.
Meeting of Congress
Congress met yesterday.' The Speaker and
Clerk elected last year hold over. The session
will be a short one, terminating on the 3d of
March by Constitutional limitation. In the
present agitated condition of the world, the
President's Message will be looked for with
more than ordinary interest. It will, doubt
less, be delivered to-day. We shall publish
the document entire in our next issue.
During the session, we shall endeavor to
keep the readers of the Intelligencer apprised
of every thing of general interest that occurs.
The Independent Whig, following in
the wake of the Saturday Express, Lancaste-
Han, and the other Know-Nothing organs of
this city, falsely charges a coalition between
the Democrats and Silver Grey Whigs, for the
purpose of influencing the election for Mayor,
in February next. •If such were the fact, we
do not know that any mortal offence would 1
thereby-btecommitted ; but as the Democrats
of thet•city (as well as the County) have here
tofore*hewed all coalitions with any other
party, prVerring to stand or fall upon their
own cherished principles, we have seen no ev
idence yet of any change of determination on
their part. If the Silver Grey Whigs choose
to cast their votes for the Democratic candi
date for Mayor at the next municipal election,
they will have a perfect right so to do, and
we shall he, thankful to them for their aid, but
that act would not necessarily prove a cosdi,,
tion in consequence of any previous under
standing or arrangement between the " loath
ere," as the Whig would have the public be
lieve. Least of all does it prove the existence
of "secret or lodge-meetings," such as chaxac
terize the midnight cabals of the Infernals.—
gar We direct the attention of our readers
to our first page, for a very able letter on the
subject of KNOW-NOTHINGIEN, frEm a diotin
guished Clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal
Church to 'a friend who belongs to the Catho
lic Church. It contains the sentiments of a
true christian and patriot, and is in striking
contrast with the illiberal and proscriptive
course taken by many Clergymen of the pres
ent day in the Methodist as well as other de
nominations.
,State Veasurer.—lt is stated that Amos S.
Henderson, of this County, will be a candidate
for the office of State Treasurer, at the meet
ing of the Legislature. Mr. H. is a highly in
telligent and respectable citizen, and if a
Whig is to succeed the present able and ef
ficient Democratic incumbent, we know of no
man who'is more worthy of the office.
VS- Dr. BEALE, the Dentist of Philadelphia,
who was convicted of violating the person of
Miss Mudge, in his office, has been sentenced
to four years and six months imprisonment in
the Penitentiary. Previous to receiving his
sentence, he read an address to the Court,
strongly protesting hid innocence, and reflect
ing severely upon the conduct of the District
Attorney' and the Jury. Dr. B. has.a wife and
eight children, and had heretofore maintaned
an excellent character in the community.
Aoz op THE COMIIANDERS.—Prince MEN
SCHIXOFT, the Russian Commander-in-Chief in
the Crimea, is 74 years of age.
Lord RAGLAN, the British Commander in
the same quarter, is 72; and Gen. CISMOBERT,
who is at the head of the French, Arran is
about 50 years of age.
ite. Hon. HENRY A. WISE is the Demosrattic
nominee for Governor of Virginia.
A Year of Phaanelal Peenhithin.
The year 1854 will stand out in 'broad
reliaiupsaltihe page of history, says 'the Cin- '
citS4ti gktiirer, as one of une x ampled
fi
nanmal rascality swindling. 4:series ,of
bold; rascally, wholesale robberies'of thepub
,
lie have been perpetrated, of the most unpar
alleled character. The sums of money of
which the people have beet' swindled by rail
road presidents, - bankers, public and private,
merchants, and others, who have a control
ling interest in monetary matters, amounts
to many millions of dollars. The ball opened
with the discovery of the robberies of Schuy
ler, the President of the New York and New
Haven Railroad, in the over-issue of stock be
longing to that corporation, and was followed
by the disclosure of other frauds and pecula
tions of a similar characterAn New England.—
The country was startled by these develop
ments of rascality occurrinkin high andaristo
cratic circles, supposed to be governed by no
tions of morality and religion, and a new term
not hitherto found in the English language,
was brought into use to express the public
sentiment in regard to them, viz : "Schuyler-
ism."
Before the commercial and monetary circles
had revived in the least their confidence from
the shock which they had received from 'Schuy
lerism' in the East, there came upon them the
news of the rotten failures of banking institu
tions in the West, and losses by them to the
masses of the people of hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Simultaneous with the financial
developments in this quarter, there has occur
red upon the Pacific coast, in California, mon
etary fraud and'swindling more gigantic even
than the robberies of Schuyler ttnd his com
peers in the Eastern cities. Meiggs, the Al
derman of San Francisco, has far surpassed
Schuyler in the magnitude of the sums which
he has fleeced from the public and stolen from
their confidence. Close upon his heels is Clark
the clerk to the Mayor of San Francisco, who
has shown himself an, adept in "Schuyler" fi
nanciering to the extent of several hundred
thousand dollars. In the meantime, banks of
every description are "caving in," collapsing,
with scarcely any assets but any tunout of lia
bilities.
- The public journals have hardly room to
chronicle the names of the various banking in
stitutions which have broken, and whose notes
are uow as worthless as the paper upon which
they are printed. That one-half of these bank
failures are honest is not an idea to be enter
tained for a moment, and we doubt not that a
settlement of their affairs, and exposure of their
management in black and white, will make
a beautiful exhibit of financial villainy. In ad
dition to this, our exchanges comes to us la
den with accounts of "embezzlements" upon
the part of clerks or employees, and forgeries
in unprecedented numbers. Frwn their prin
cipals the leaven of dishonesty la thoronghly
imbued the subordinates. These developments
show such a shodking low state of honesty,
such a dim appreciation of that moral com
modity throughout the land, that a general
want of pecuniary confidence in everybody can
not fail to be the result.
The most of these financial ranalities have
occurred in quarters where they were little
looked for, the persons guilty of them occupy
ing, previously, a good position in society.—
Never have the masses of the people suffered
more severely. Hundreds, nay thousands of
persons have been reduced by them to penury
and want. To them their losses have not been
felt less acutely and severely, because in many
cases they have been robbed of their hard earn
ings legally, under cover of law, and can ob
tain no redress. It is indeed a painful reflec
tion, that the Meiggs, Schuyler, and others of
that link 'of "financiers," have not been
brought to the bar of justice to answer for these
gigantic swindles. How much less injurious
and pernicious to the peace of society, in ev
ery point of view, are the common robbers
and swindlers whose offenses come daily under
the cognizance of the courts ! and how 'sug
gestive are they of comparison, by no means
flattering, of the partial manner in which jus
tice is administered in this country! The vil
lains who have robbed the people of millions,
instead of doing penance in a striped suit, at
some penal institution, are luxuriating upon
the fruits of their larcenies in a foreign land.
Chief Justice Ellis Lewis
Gov. BIGLER has notified the Hon. ELLts
LEWIS that he has become Chief Justice of the
State, in the koni of Hon. J. S. BLACK, whose
term as Chief Justice expired on the Ist of
December inst.
That Judge LEWIS will fill his new station
with great ability and fidelity, says the Penn
syLvanian, no one who knows him can doubt.
He is now a Judge of great experience, of
habits of. ceaseless industry, of high literary
accomplishments, fine scholarship and eminent
attainments in the science of the law ; a bright
member of, perhaps, the brightest bench of
Judges in the United States. His elevation
to this high post is, too, a beautiful illustra
tion of the practical workings of our republi
can system of government, by which the way
to distinction and honor is as open to the poor
and friendless as to the rich and well-born.—
It is not half the life-time of an old man since
&us LEWIS was seen and known as an itin
erant printer, composing type by the thousand
ems, to secure what was necessary to compose
the urgent demands of nature. Without
money, or rich relations, he was taught, in
boyhood, to depend upon his own native ener
gies and genius for success against the rude
impediments of life. He soon became a lawyer
of good standing, then a Judge in the Lycom
ing District. He was afterwards transplanted
to the Lancaster District, and from thence to
the Supreme Bench, and now, by virtue of the
Constitution, to the summit of his profession
in the State. Nor is this all that he has
achieved in this brief period, for, in addition
to honor and distinction, he has earned what
is quite as comfortable, if not so enticing, a
fair share of this world's goods.
*a- Extract from a letter by the Rev. Mr. Churchill,
of Boston, who le now travelling for hie health in the
East.
"It gives one an ever present idea of the . expansive en.
terprise of his countrymen, to And their commodities of
commerce continually in his path wherever he gdes. I have
not yet visited any considerable city of Turkey where I
did not food the Medicines of my country represented by
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. In Smyrna, Aleppo, Jaffa, Jeru
salem and Constantinople, we see in each, on the door post
of some bazaar, the peculiarly American looking Iron card,
of Dr. Ayer, saying in a language which not one in a thou
sand of passers by can read, "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for
Cough's, Colds and Consumption, Sold Here." On a shelf
behind the cross-legged Musselman are seen the bottles
with their English, Spanish, French and German faces
turned to the crowd, and on enquiring we are told that
foreigners are not the only purchasers, but the true be
lievers themselves WIIITO their trust In fate to try this pro
duct of American skill, when they find there is no other
cure for them."
•I was told here yesterday that the Cherry Pectoral had
been presented to the Sultan, and is now in constant use
in his harem, and In the Hospitals of the Empire"
Vll,. Governor BIGLER was again quite ill
with a billions attack last week.—but we are
happy to learn is now convalesc'ent.
sEir The letter of our Kansas correspondent
came to hand at too late an hour for this
week's paper.
Snow.—On Saturday night and Sunday
last we had quite a smart fall of , snow
in this region—since which the weather has
been exceedingly stormy and cold. Heaven
help the Poor, now that the Winter has set in
with unusual severity.
Vier The - "SivAN HOTEL," (Hubley's) was
sold at public sale, on Saturday evening, to
Col. Win. B. Fordney, of this City, at $lB,OOO.
Hon. Auxernprat L. HAYES, the recently
elected Associate Law Judge, took his seat on
th&Benoh, yesterday. Judge H. hab a high
reputation as a Jurist, and will prove a val
uable accession to the Court.
M . uaitimtion of the lielmoikit Bill.
The Remoerats rely upon the efficacy of the
y,scliond thought" in correcting the er
'inri,into which the popular mind is occasion : -:
1 ally lin/mica by passion and prejudice. Thee:
1 following extract from a" leochr:of ffienatoi I
Toucey, on the much misrepresented clause of.
the -Nebraska act in regard 'to the Missouri
Compromise, will be of service to those who
1 are desirous of forming correct opinions
I propose to address myself to the question
before us, and so to state it that it may be
1 clearly understood, and not misapprehended.
I will read the clause which, gave rise to it.—
I challenge attention to the clear and unequiv
-1 mil language in which it is expressed. I will
do the chairman of the cominittee (Mr. Doug
las) the justice to say that the amendments
which- have been introduced were not de
, signed to change the principle or the policy of
the measure, but to frustrate cavil and to leave
no room for doubt. I will read the section of
the bill :
"Sec.—. That the constitution, and all the
laws of the United States which are not local
ly inapplicable, shall have the same force and
effect within the said Territory of Nebraska
as elsewhere in the United States, except the
eighth section of the act preparatory to the
admission of Missouri, approved March 6th,
1820—
"Which, being inconsistent with the princi-
We of non-intervention by Congress with sla
very in the States and Territories, as recog
nized by the legislation of 1850 commonly
called the compromise measures, is hereby de
clared inoperative and void; it being the true
intent and meaning of this act not to legislate
slavery into any Territory or State, nor ex
clude it therefrom, but to leave the people
thereof perfectly free to form and regulate
their domestic institutions.in their own way,
subject only to the constitution of the United
1 States: Provided, That nothing herein con
! tained shall be construed to revive or put in
I force any law or regulation which may have
existed prior to the act of the 6th of March,
1820, either protecting, establishing, prohib
ting or abolishing slavery.
"This proviso, in my judgment, was entirely
unnecessary; and yet I have given it my sup
port, because it renders it perfectly clear and
I certain, it renders assurance doubly sure, that
by any vote we are to give we are not about
Ito establish slavery in these. Territories, but
to leave them without any law for its support,
unless, indeed, it be supported by the Consti
tution of the United States, over which we
have no control.
"The clause declares:
"Ist. That the Missouri restriction shall be
inoperative and Void.
"2d. That the bill shall nut have the effect
of legislating slavery into any State or Terri
tory; nor out of it.
"3d. That it shall not revive any old Span
ish or French laws which established or pro ;
tected slavery.
"4th. That the people shall be left perfectly
free to form and regulate their domestic insti
tutions in their own way, subject only to the
constitution of the United States.
"If the Missouri restriction was an assurup=
tion of unconstitutional power, or if it was
inconsistent with the principle of non inter
vention recognized in the compromise meas
ures of 1850, which so recently received the
most decisive sanction of the American people,
then, in the organization of new Territories
by the action of Congress, it ought to be dis
regarded and declared inoperative. If it be
declared inoperative, and these Territories are
left, as assuredly they will be, without any
law on the subject of slavery except the su
preme law of the constitution, two questions'
will arise: Ist. Whether slavery is the mere
creature of municipal law, which cannot live
outside of the State whose laws uphold it ? 2d,
Whether the constitution of the United States,
by, its own intrinsic efficacy, will carry slavery
into the Territories and uphold it there? One
is the preponderating opinion of the North;
the other of the South. Both involve mere
judicial questions, and the bill provides for the
transfer of them to the courts of justice, and,
finally, in the last resort, to that tribunal
which the constitution has established for the
adjudication of all questions of this kind.
And the honorable senator from Delaware,
who addressed the Senate yesterday, [ Mr.
I Clayton,] will have the principle presented to
him to-day which was advocated by him, and
incorporated in the bill reported by him six
years ago, by which these grave questions
were submitted, as they ought to be, to that
exalted constitutional tribunal.
"Whatever may be the decision of the Courts
upon these questions, the practical result of
non-intervention by Congress will follow as a
matter of course. If it should be decided that
the constitution, by its own intrinsic efficacy
will carry slavery into the Territories and
maintain it there, then evey "one knows that
any law of Congress, or of the territorial le
gislation, interdicting it would be unconstitu
tional and void ; because neither the one nor,
the other can repeal the necessary effect of the
constitution. lf, on the other hand, it shall
be decided that the constitutton has no such
effect, but that slavery is the mere creature o
municipal law, which oannot be maintained
outside of the State whose laws support it, i
follows necessarily that it follows necessarily
that it cannot exist or be maintained in thes
Territories, and that every slave carried ther
will of course be free, unless thepeopls of th
Territories, or of the States to be formed they
in, shall see fit to admit and establish it b
the action of their respective legislatures: an
thus to exercise the same power which belon
to the people of every State as reserved
them by the express provisions of the consti
tution itself."
COL. J. B. BAKER.—It gives us much pleas
are to announce that the Canal Commissioner
have re-instated our esteemed friend, Col
JOSEPH B. BARER, as Superintendent o
Motive power on the Columbia and Philadel
phia Rail Road. Mr. BALER has filled the
station for the last three years to the entir:
satisfaction of all persons connected with the
road, and with great credit to himself. Th:
hue and cry of the mismanagement of the
State Road has gradually given way unde
his administration, and it is now considere.
one of the best conducted roads in the Union
There are, to be sure, a certain class of Whi_
politicians [ a home thrust at the owners an
controllers of the Lancusteriand‘ who abus•
and villify him at every sacrifice of honor au
principle, but the arrows which they aim a
him fall harmless at his feet. The peopl
along the whole line know him to be a higl
minded, honorable man, who discharges hi
duties with fidelity—they know him too well
to be led astray by misrepresentation an
abuse, by corrupt and designing politician .
ti t
The honest men of both parties, who have the
interest of the Commonwealth at heart—Whip
as well as Democrats—anxiously desired tha
re-appointment of this faithful officer, and
their wishes have been gratified by th•
Board—who know how to appreciate his we I
known character for honesty and intelligent-.
York Press.
The War'in the Crimea
War is assuming a stern and horrible real -
ty in the East, and, in its general phas - ,
appears to be against the allied powers. T e
governments of France and England, by t e
t
powerful reinforeemente whioll they are di -
patching to the scene of 'action, indicate t e
consciousness of the peril in whiCh the flowr
of their armies is placed. The obstacles pr
sented by Sebastopol are much greater than
could have been anticipated, and the fight
which the Czar is making in the Crimea s
1
of the most desperate character. England a d
France have embarked in a contest, the •e d
of which is beyond the ken of their wise t
statesmen to fathom. . They would, doubtlet ,
be glad to back out if it were possible ; , b t
they are in for it, and must now go ahead.--
It behooves Louis Napoleon to look out, tor
Russia will be the grave of another Fren h
army, and the disastrous campaign of 1812 e
re-enacted. Russia has never yet been co -
quered on her own soil. Pultowa, in 170 ,
and Moscow, in 1812, suggest unpleasant re -
iniscences to the allies. The end is not yet. , •
SNOW. -At Concord, on Thursday
last, snow had fallen to the depth of ten inches,
and sleighing was excellent. •
110 . Titaddens. Stevens. .
The Independent Whig is strongly urging
a.*. gentleman fora seat lathe T.J. S. Senate,
.dip the e fi ort Is aided and abetted by the
ettysburg tStar,';`the organ of Antbwonie,h ,
~ ..tv-Nothingiam, in Adams - , countij M.
versa is unquestionably a man of
,ahperioi
dents, and so far aslhat qualificaticin!goes'ie
ell; fitted for the Bost. • But what:are lits
rinciples, and would they reflect any credit
:,..
pon Pennsylvania in the highest branch of
e National Legislature? This is another
uestion, and one which should be well consid
red by the Legislature. He is well known
be a rank and avowed Abolitionist, and his
eats *mid be employed in disturbance and
gitation, and in arraying one section of the
i ,
nion against the other. In' addition to this,
e is also believed to have a Istrong affinity
'th proscriptive and intolerimt Know-Noth
• gism, and would, in all probability, be dis
•osed to carry out their nefarious doctrines to
.e uttermost.
'.f he Demberats being in a minority on joint
~ llot in the Legislature, of course precludes
he possibility of any sound Democrat being
' -elected for the Senate; but we hope there
• ill be a sufficient sprinkling of National
Vhiggery found at Harrisburg the present
• inter to select some able and true friend of
the Constithtion and of the rights of all the
the States—slave-holding as well as non-slave
holding. The bitterness and ill-feeling be
tween the 'North and the South, engendered
by Abolitionism, should be done away with ;
and it would be a source of regret, and a stain
upon the proud escutcheon of our. State, if
she should be made to minister to the flame
of civil discord that threatens to consume the
bonds which hold the UNION together. To
prevent this should be the aim of every true
friend of his country—be he Whig or Demo
crat. , M.
Can you ; inform your readers, Mr. Editor,
why it was that C.A. Frazer, one of the Mana
gers of the Safe Harbor and Millerstown Turn
pike, was so anxious to award the contract for
making that road to Messrs. Dellet & Co. at
their bid of $24,000, in the very face of the
bid of the Contractors, Messrs. Kuutz & King,
who proposed doing it for $2.0,000-? Here
*as an effort on the part of the gallant Col. to
take $4OOO from the stockholders, and place
it in the pocket of his bosom friend, Mr. Del
let—and the stockholder,s generally, of whom
I am one, would like to know the reason fyr
such conduct. If you cannot tellperhaps
the .I.A.Decu.sterian, known to be his mouth-piece,
and which makes such loud professions ofhon
esty, will give the desired information.
PBO BONO PUBLICO.
Lill?' We cannot answer the question of our
rreTondent, ns we are not iu the secrets of
the gQntleman above refered to, and must
turn his inquiry dyer to the Lancasterian fora
reply. The fact stated by "Pro Bonu Publico"
is, doubtless, true, as we have it confirmed by
one of the Managers of the Road.—. Ed.
THE BRIGHTENING FUTURE.—The Charles
ton. Standard, in the course of an article de
scriptive of the calamities of the. past, holds
this language: "It is nut alone by sickness
that the passing season has been marked. In
every aspect it exhibits calamity and gloom.--
In Europe, there have been wars and disease,
and blood and death, to mark the track of
armies. In this country, enterprises stagnate
and losses fall upon our people. Upon the
land, there have been fires, upon the rivers,
floods, upon the ocean storms, upon the breeze
the l seeds of pestilences, which at the North
and at the South, and upon the mountains
and the seaboard, with remorseless regularity,
have claimed their victims. The retrospect
presents, indeed, 'of ruined hopes, of blighted
prospects, of fruitless efforts, of sufferings, di
sease, despair, and death, a dreadful catalogue
But it is withhope, however, that_we approach
the brightening prospect of the future. Our
- mercantile interests have generally survived
the crisis, the crops through many sections of
the country are abundant, the manufacturing
enterprises of Europe would seem to be recov
ering from heir panic, and the pressure of the
pecuniary embarrassments of our own coun
try, it is hoped, have nearly worked their own
cure. There iehealth around us now, which
will certainly continue with us for the season,
, and thus, with an humble reliance upon the
overruling Providence, which never chastises
us without a purpose, without gladness, but
without 'gloom, we move with assured and
steady steps to the duties of the time before
TILE NEW YORK " VITRIOL " OUTRAGE.-A
man named Theodore H. Gray had been arres
ted in New York on the charge of having been
engaged in throwing vitriol on the dresses of
ladies on leaving the theatres and places of
amusement.. The Express says:
"By the operations of Gray, rich opera
cloaks, shawls, &c., to the value of many thous
and dollars, have been ruined, and in one in
stance the ankle of a young lady was severely
burned by this dangerous fluid, thrown by
Gray.
"Some of his friends, men of respectability,
claim that he is a religious enthusiast and par
tially deranged. Gray is a man of family and
a member of the Baptist church, and it is
said in good and regular standing. He has
been engaged in the printing business for five
or six years, doing a large quantity of printing
for various - religious associations. He is only
twenty-eight years of age, and noted for his
amiable and inoffensive character."
A large number of those who have suffered
at the hands of Gray have preferred com
plaints against him. The Commercial says:
"The prisoner admits that he is guilty of all
the charges thus far brought against him, and
says that he was led to commit these assaults
by a religious influence. Being bitterly op
posed to evil doers, he first commenced throw
ing vitriol upon the common street walkers,
such as females of bad character. He soon af
terwards was, convinced that persons who
went to theatres were almost as. vile, and he
was prompted to inflict this method of punish
ment upon them. He expresses much sorrow
for his conduct."
Messrs. Reeves, Buck & Co.—The creditors
of Messrs. Reeves, Buck & Co., representing
claims to the amount of about $700,000, held
a meeting last week, in Philadelphia, and
agreed unanimously to give the firm any ex
tension of time they may need to meet their
liabilities. Their assets.are ample to .far more
than cover every dollar for which they are lia
ble.
FOUR FABRICATIONS NAILED.—The New
York Herald speaks falsely, as usual, when
it says that Mr. Buchanan has spoken or
written of Mr. Sickles, his Secretary of Lega
tion, but in the language of the utmost fam
ilarity and friendship. Several letters recently
received from Mr. Buchanan refer to Mr.
Sickles in the warmest terms.
It is ah3ofalse that Mr. Buchanan condemns
Mr. Sickle's bearing at the Peabody dinner.
On the contrary, he has everywhere defended
it.
It is also false 'dlt Mr. Buchanan com
plained of Mr. Soule in the French affair.
The'very reverse of this is the fact.
It is immeasurably Wee that Mr. Buchan
an hai ever complained of the President: On
the contrary, his last letters to different friends
contain the most eloquent compliments to
President Pierce we have ever read.—Wash
ington Star.
Thieves About.—The Hen Coop of Jacob F.
Kautz; Esq., in West King street, was entered
on Wednesday night last, and robbed of 20
chickens and 6 geese. The thief, or thieves,
also plucked the eyes out of six chickens, and
let them run about the , yard. Such inhuman
wretches ought to be severely punished:
Fatal Accident.—A. man named I Henry
Metz, residing in James Street, in.this city,
on the 23d, ult., fell down .stairs , and broke
hie neck. Deputy Coroner Foltz being called
in, sumnioned , spry.,Who rendered a verdict
in accordance with t 4 facts. - The deceased
WU an inteiriperate ma:rind:Was intaicated
at the time. I ,
CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS.
J®' The recently elected County Officers
entered upon ,he 450ggitiatheir duties, on
Friday last.
Discontinued.—The train of cars, knoin as
theiAancaziter tribr,"liaa been discontinued.
,
SM. The MoUnt Jo Car MUnufacturing,
COnipant . ,::. at Mount Joy, in this county, is
about going into operation and is ready tore-.
&die orders, fot-the manufacture of all kind
of maehinery. They have completed their
buildings at a cost of $23,000. The company
is incorporated and the capital is all paid in;
and being in the hands of enterprising busi
ness men, it has every prospect of becoming a
flourishing concern.
Is.. The Rev. J. P. DURBIN, D. 1). will
preach in, the First M. E. Church on Sabbath
next, morning and evening, and take up the
Annual Missionary Collection. Dr. Durbin
is one of the ablest and most eloquent preach
ers in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ger Quite a number of young men have
embraced the opportunity furnished by Mr.
SHERBROO6Ii, to become acquainted with his
admirable. system of Penmanship, and their
improvement already has been very marked
and rapid. Mr. S. deserves encouragement,
and we hope to see him liberally patronized
by the Ladies as well as Gentlemen. His
rooms are nest door to the office of Hon. Thad
deus Stevens, in South Queen street.
Money Stolen.—On Friday last, about noon,
the residence of C. H. Rauch, Esq., was en
tered and robbed of about $3O in specie. An
other house was entered in the same town, by
the.same thief, and robbed of some money.
Horrible Accident. —A . colored man, named
George Taylor in the employ of Messrs. T.
11. Baumgardner, as agent, was thrown from
the cars on Friday morning while attempting
to detach his cars from the train, to run on
the sideling, fell npon the track and twelve
cars passed over himi crushing his legs and
arms horribly. No hopes aro entertained of
his recovery.
ADDRESS OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRIS
TIAN ASSOCIATON OF LAN'R. CITY.
A number of Christians belonV„V to the
various Denominations of Lancaster, Wive re
cently organized a Society for the iinprov*-
ment of the spiritual, mental, and social con
dition of young men. The object commends
itself to every Christian • and every citizen.
Who will have part in the good work?
Are you animated by the spirit of Him at
whose birch Angels sang "on earth peace, good
will toward men" you will not hold back; du
you care for integrity in your neighbor, in
telligence in your;clerks, industry, politeness
refinement in your children. Moral man—
fellow citizen--you will not refuse your name
and influence.
Communicated
If you are a Christian, you surely cannot
be in your place, if you are not sustaining, to
the measure of your ability, every cause that
is of good report. If you are a worshipper :It
a house of God, if you have children at a
Sabbath-school, if you have respect for Chris
tian institutions, this Association has a claim
upon you. .J
Even if you are concerned merely for your
own comfort and security, for the pleasures of
yuur own fireside, for the good reputation of
the Inland City, you cannot but be with us
. .
in the support of this Christian Association.
Good order and lasting prosperity cannot
e.tist without the prevalence of Christianity.
The spread of the Gospel has been the awaken
ing influence before which superstition, in
justice, and every form of iniquity have dis
appeared. At its approach the shadows have
fled from the mind; and the heart, before like
a cage of unclean birds, has glowed with love
to God and. man. Blot out Christianity now
—destroy her Sabbaths, shut her Bible, and
silence the living voice of the Pulpit, and who
believes that our Jails and Almshouses would
be so empty, our Court list so brief; that there
would be so_ few, assaults, thefts, murders, he
now. , -
And if charity is the good angel who holds
the shield before the breast of Society, while
with her right hand she pours forth her bles
sings, undutiful sons and daughters, in happy
homes, patriotic citizens, thriving tradesman,
academies, colleges, churches, sabbath-schools,
asylums, hospitals . ; in "whatsoever things are
true, toktsoever things are honest, whatsoever
thinds are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever, things are lovely, whatsoever.things
are of good report"—shall ,ve not come up to
help ; shall we not band ourselves to cheer
each other on the way, while we endeavor to
fulfil our duty, in bringing Christianity in a
most appropriate manner to bear upon the in
tellect and conscience of the youth of our city.
The old men are passing away; the middle
aged are rapidly lapsing into the vale of years!
And who shall fill their places? And how
shall the young be prepared to assume their
responsibilities, and bear on the Ark of the
Lord as His Providence opens the way; who
shall come up to befriend the poor, to advo
cate the right, to supply the Sabbath Schools,
to extend education, to support the churches,
if our Youth are drawn into dissipatiOn, licen
tiousness, and ruin ?
Young men—we call earnestly for your co
operation. Let our call be heard in every
family that owns a Bible; let it awaken mem
ories of mothers and sisters that have fallen
asleep in Jesus; let it be associated with the
whisperings of conscience; let it come over
the waves of the past . like a wind breathing
perfumes, as you think of the Fathers who
have departed, whose minds gave the influ
ence and whose character left the impress
which made our community even what it is.
We invite you to participate in our privi
leges, and to join us in our efforts. We offer
you a Library where you may increase your
store of knowledge; a Reading Room where
you may spend an agr . eettlie evening hour;
monthly literary exercises and weekly devo
tional m?etings; together with access to an in
teresting and instructive course of Leetureirto
occupy the Winter nights.
We ask your aid in extending a Christian
influence to young men who may visit our
city. Our committee will advise with them in
choosing Churches and Boarding Houses, so
as to keep them from the stream of profligacy
which runs so broad and deep in the midst of
this and other cities. We will introduce them
to our Reading Rooms and open our Library
for their use, and give them a place in our
warmest sympathies. Young men—Christian
young men—moral young men—come with
us and we will do you good; associate with us
and we shall do great good to others.
Christian men—moral men—of all ages;—
while we labor especially for the young and
especially seek their co-operation, there is a
hearty welcome, too, for you; gladly will we
open for you our Rooms and Library, our Lec
tures and meetings. While laying the burden
of active service entirely upon the young,
thankful will we be to enrol your names with
those of our Life and Associate members.
With objects so worthy; and conscious of a
strong desire for the welfare of the young of
Lancaster city, we hopefully commit ourcause
to the Father of all Good, and to the favor of
our fellow-men.
WALTER S. DRYSDALE, Cor. Sec'y.
By order of the Board of Managers.
Riverside Agricutural Society.—At a meet
ing of the citizens of - --4ancaster and York
counties, held in the Town Hall, in the bor
ough of Columbia,on Saturday, November 18,
1854, on motion, Prof. S. S. Haldeman was
called to the chair, and W. S. McCorkle ap
pointed Secretary.
The President stated the object of the meet
ing to be the establishment of a society for im
provement in the Mechanical and Agricultu
ral Arts.
On motion of P. F. Fry, a committee of five
was appointed to draft a constitution and by
laws for the government of the Society, and
to nominate permanent officers for the ensuing
year.
P. F. Fry, Coleman J. Bull, John B. Ed
wards, T. D. Cochran and Jacob Hinkle were
appointed by the chair, agreeably to the above
resolution.
The committee reported a constitution,which
was read, amended and adopted.
Riverside was fixed upon as the title of the
Society.
The following named gentlemen were then
elected permanent officers of the Society—
President—Col. Samuel Schoch.
Vice Presidents—John Griffin, Jacob B.
Gerber, Jacob Nissley, Joseph Detwiler.
Corresponding Secretary—Prof. S. S. Hal
deman.
Recording Secretary—lsaac Pusey.
Treasurer—Wm. Matbiot.
Librarian—Samuel -fawn.
Mana,gers—Dr. Amos K. Rohrer, Jacob
Hinkle, Abraham Shoch, Cyrus H. Jacob's,
B. Shuman, J. H. Mifßin, John P. Stehman,
John H. Hershey, Dr. Edwin Haldeman.
Resolved; That the proceedings of this meet
ing be : published in the Lancaster .and York
county paOrs.
S.'S: HALDEMAN, President.
W. S. McGoniai, Secretary.
Lat 4 Poie
The steamship tlfri
on Wednesday 44 1
EuropOree: ' laty
ally later or important
a paustihad occurred
thoughboth the 4ussi.,
say in their despdtehes
greasing with regutari
tions were being made
parties were in want
arrived a New York
bringing new from
There is nothing re
m Seltopol,where
the field operatiolis,
..'and British Generals
}that the Bike was pro_
and tliit prepara
or an assault. Both
if reinfore l ements, but
the beseigers most, whie the Ri&slang were
x'
beginning to feel the want of am ' unition.—
The allied army was reduced by , battle and
disease to 50,000 men, which was causing
much alarm in England and Fra4ce, and the
utmost efforts were beiiig, made ti send imme
diate reinforcements; fqr that pulpose all the•
British mail steamers ilre being used, and the
French troops withdra.4n from Italy. Two
Turkish frigates have been wreaked in the
Black Sea, one having on board the Admiral
and 700 men. The great hospital in' Sebasto
pol, containing 2000 tnded m,, has been
destroyed by the fire o the Mille army. A
large French loan was 'spoken ofl Since the
last accounts the firing l had been lack on both
sides at Sebastopol, and the allied allay was pre
paring to storm the town. Four Russian ships
in the harbor had beenisunk by the fire of the
allies. Water was exceedingly scat-ce in the
town; conflagrations caused by lie red hot
shots of the allies, and tlie typhus fever , has.
broken out in consequence of thq number of
the unburied dead. 41e Russians were pre
paring for street fightihg, posting cannon to
sweep'the streets, fortifying the 'irises, etc.—
Official advices state that three British Gene
rals were killed in the battle of tile sth,among
them being the brave old veterail Cathcart.—
The English loss was 2000 men killed and
wounded, the French 1500, arid the Rus
sians 450 u. 1
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Flour and Grain had declined rumewhat at
Liverpool when the steamer left, 1 and a still
further reduction was 'anticipated.
Our contemporaries 'of the new paper press,
says the Delaware It4ublican, a , e all begin
ning to feel that the demandi made upon
them by the paper Maker—wase products
now command an unenuseionahl price—and
other mechanics whd supply them with the
material fur the publication of (their paper,
are far more irksome itt present} than usual.
The neglect of subscribers to pay punctually,
occasions serious inconvenience th the printer,
and causes embarrassments iu his business,
which are perplexing in the extreme.. Two
or three thousand acpouuts in Ismail sums,
scattered far and widd r preclude plat possibil
ity of collecting, except at an expense which
can be ill afforded, and he often finds himself
without means to pay the nuitierotis bills
consequent upon the prosecution of his busi
ness. We have heed placed, On inure than
one occasion, in this unpleasant Position, and
know by experience the inconvenience result
ing therefrom. Newspaper re4lers should
always be prompt in their payn4uts, its upon
them the interest of the sheet they receive de
pends altogether. The city p4ess, with but
few exceptions, is co4ducted upon the cash
system, and whenever i,he countri press adopts
the same plan, di+ unpahle articles
known as newspaper - duns, will o banished
from their columns.
LAW RAMAJSO lATION.-1a adjourned
ourned
meeting ofthegentlemenof the prOfession,large
ly attended and byall tbeleadingiaembers,tuok
place on Tuesday evening, and Hie following
resolutions submitted ' by the Qummittee on
Ways and Means, were read and agreed to:
Ist. That a society be established in the
city of Lancaster, to be called te Lancaster
Law 'Library Association,to becomposed of the
Court and Bar of Lancaster comity.
2d. That the officer shall consist of a Presi-
Mat, Secretary, and Treasurer, Who shall he
annually chosen at a stated meeting of the
S ociety.i
. ,
3d. That a committee of three be appoint
ed to call upon each Member of the Bar, and
solicit a subscription Of a sumo money, (op
tional with the subscriber,) for the purpose of
raising a Law Library fur the '&ociety.
sth. That there be an annual subscription
and payment of $5 by each member of the So
ciety, applicable to the same piypose.
sth. That all arbitrations and audits, fixed
in the city of Laucasttr, be held in the Court
House, and the "rooM rent" therefor be paid
and applied to the same purp'ose: and that
the-Prothonotary, where the parties cannot
agree, be requested to fix all arbitrations in
the Court House.
6th. That a committee ofthree persons be
appointed, who,.afterl the sub4ription fund
shall have been collected, shall'Select and pur
chase law books. ! l
7th. That a Conunittee of three persons be
appointed to draft rules and iegulat.ions for
the government of the society,' and for regu
lating the mode and manner of usingithe Li
brary.
Bth. That a Committee of three petisons he
appointed, with reference to fhe lotion of
the Library, furnishing room, Its atte dance,
and also arrange the localities, fur holding ar
bitrations and audits' in the Co'prt House.
9th. That there Ibe an annual general
meeting of the mealbers 'ol the society, at
their rum, un the first of January of each
year, (unless on Sunday, then ion Monday.)
The Committees vvere appointed, by the
President, Hon. T. Stevens, and the meeting
adjourned to the third Mondaylin December.
Singular Fatality.—Near Lawrenceville,
Monroe county, Ark! Oct. 14, Aaron
lin, aged twelve years, was killed by the bite
of a rattlesnake. The head °lithe snake had
been severed from its body anoklaid on a log.
The little - fellow had forgottenl the head was
there, and laid his arm on its;mouth, which
was instantly closed on it, and was only dis
engaged by pulling it off with his other hand,
tearing a vein and an artery et his arm. He,
died in twenty-four hours.
a -
,gam' California pa l pere publish in full a
lon&speech delivers by Gen. Miller, the Brit
ish consul at the Sandwich Islands, protesting
that the annexation of the islaqds to the U. S.
would be a violation of the treaty of amity and
commerce with Urea Britain, 4nd also of the
subsequent joint delaration.of England and
France, and could nOt be regarded with. indif
ference.t. by Great Br ain.- Thi speech is most
a busive upon the ch actor an , aims of the U.
States. The presen eof threeilarge English
vessels of war was thought_to lave some refer
enco to the above protest. r,
„.4'elcool Commitleei.—The following are the
Co standing committees of the Common Schools
of the city of Lancaiter, according to the rules
adopted September 21, 1854, viz :
i g
Superintending Committee.— c -Messrs. Atlee,
Kline, Shultz, Crurabaugh and Wise.
800 Committee. Messrs. Keys, Steinmiin
and Slaymaker. i g
Finance Committee.—Meisrs. Jackson,
Holbrook and Darliiagton.
The following resolution was passed at the
last meeting of the board of thimmon Schools
of this city, viz: 1 I
Resolved, That the,Commoa School Teach
ers have permissionto close lieir schools on
Thursday, the 30th ult., and
lit
on Friday, the
lit inst., providedth ey attend the Teacher's
Institute at Mount oy on thole days.
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A Month Later om Sa . a Fe.—Heavy
Snow on the Rout Independ4ce, Nev. 21.
The Santa Fe m ' arrived at 5 oi.clook last
evening. There is .o news of kreat interest.
The trip from SOita Fe to_ River was
t ited
a bad one; the party had to au through snow
banks, averaging from seven nine feet deep.
The principal depth of sno between the
above mentioned places was tvfo and a half to
three feet. From Red River t i o this city the
roads were tolerably good. The party en
countered one Blllif . storm on thitjornada.
Met no emigrants. 1 L
The Osages andgriancheN .. ere encamped
on thellmerenel They all 'seenidirpetikeable.
Saw any quantity of 'buffilt4 loom the
crossing of the Big ILtimitM to thaloittle Ar
bum. • i