REPORTER:
Wand* April 24, 1844. ,
—Pot firsideat 1i 1814
BITIEN S
' - OF NNW YOWL
- For Vice Psi t,
tCbli. meninx, *. Jottlisolq,
1 OF KENTUCKY.
[Subject to decision of a National Convention.
Electors for - Preside ,
Wrr.soar PtCasa
Asa Dino*, .`.
1. George F. Le,
2. Chrittlasi
3. William H. Smith.'
4. John Hill, (Phila.)
5. Samuel'E. Leech.
6. Simnel Camp.
7. Jesse Sharpe.; !
8. N. W. - Sample. -'
9. Wm.
10. Conrad Shinier. -
11. Stephen Haldy. !!
12.'Jonah Brewster.'
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
For Governor,
HON. HENRY A. MIIHIENRERO
or siFREE.
For, Canal. Commissioner,
ICISIIIIA • ,IIARSHORNE, ,
OF CHESTER.
p As the Benior•Editor rouseneeessarily
- fie absent for, several weeks, the entire charge
and Aontrol of the alp will.devolve upon his
son, E, Q. Goonnicu, who is equally interested
in the publication, and to whom all payments,
communications, &c., can be made;
Dumocnwric MEETwo:—Let every.
democrft attend the meeting to be held
at the Court House this (Wednesday)
evening, to form a Democratic Aisocia
tier!.
Nailed and Clinched.
The ' igs, to their , shame and mor
tification; are ,staggering at the expose
which is made of the true position - of
their leader on the subject of the tariff.
We have said that the Whip would
stop'short of nothug but desperation in
their united-ettemirtu E ionCeal the real
issue of Bank or no" Bank, by raising
a false issue'on - the tariff. Every,eke
"don which, has gone in their favor, has
been - attributed by them, to their tariff
principles. Eulogies and panegyrics
have been made . without number, and
songs have been.sung, in honor of Hen-
rielay at the father of the American
system of a protective tariff.
In this way they have . succeeded
pulling wool over the eyes of some,
and chuckled at the prospect of attain . -
mg power, and establishing a National
`Bank. The Etrirr is s what they are
W I
after; unscrupa ' s of means, they
will succeed, if ud and 'deception
will do it. We have already called
upon the Argus to place .this matter fair
ly before the people, and frankly avow
it, as theipolicy of the whigs to estab
lish a Nation - al Bank; they are yet si
lent. ,
The almost daily • developements
which are made of the true poiition of
Clay, is placing this ,matter beyond
doubt.. We have repeatedly shown
froth Mr. Clay's own language, that he
is in favor only of a tariff for revenue,
and thathals as hostile' to
_protection
as anylnan who opposes _ it. We say
we haVe` proven this, and and to-day
we addx-clincher, ;whiCh will be satis
factory_to any one, except a wbig• who
is ready to sacrifice honesty ana truth,
rather than fail of success in electing
Mr. Clay and establishing a National
Bank. •
The following , in extracted from the
ipeech Of Henry Clay, in Benate, Fri
day January 2181 1842, from the Na
tion Intelligence of that date,' part Ist.
1842, in library , of the House. Mr.
;Clay wasreplying to' Mr. Woodbury
on therTreatury Note Bill:
But whence this new-born zeal
( r.. said M Clay) in regard to , taxation
.?
It was, he admitted, scandalous that this
government should have gone on for
four: years past, and was going on now,
by the expendituru of more than 'was
received.. Taxation, he knew, and had
before said, was the remedy for this.--
Carry out, then, said he the spirit of
the Compromise act. Look to revenue
akatefor the support of Government.
Do not raise the potion o f proteition
—tohieh (said the senitt?r from Ken
tucky) I had hoped had beenput to red.
,There is norzecessity of protection , far
protection. But what, asked Mr. C.,
*as the course of my holiorable friend
(thin New Hampshire, (foe I heartily
reciprocate the friendship he professed
forMe the other day,) whet, tre.tad 'a
tax bill under :Consideration? Where
yule then? - bid he vote teethe tax
bill before ue? .Did opt' rather
-choose to alp his tea and coffee a little
longer, and to withhold the tat front
those luxuries! And will he now
(continued Mr. C.) commit to tax these
article!? If fie will. Igo along with
'Min heart arni , handl.r ' • - - .
To this language we cheerfully gob
icribe; even Mr. Cal man. never went
farther; certainly no northern demo
crat ever did; it is, altogether, too-radi
cal for the- tariff MD of Pennsylvania.
Look to revenue alonefor the support
of government; do not raise -the ques
tion of protection ;" so say we; so we
have always said. 66 There is no ne
,
easily Ofprofection,forprofeefion."—
What democrat does not respond with
all his heart to this, doctrine? It is
What they !Ave ever, and are now A
la
boring to convince the people of. Thee
!why this great hlly under Clay the
champion of i protective tariff, and this
furious onset on. the demOcracy as epe
'4oo4 to , a protective tariff? is not the
, n k atik fallen ? is not the disguise torn
off, and the real gist of the bud° expos
ed ? 'Nothing an be more chylous,
than that the tariff is made the bobby,
while the minions of the mammoth
Bank wait in full promise at the. foot-,
stool. of power. This matter can be
no longer-disguised, and It becomes the
people to treat with just indignation the
authors of thie contemptible and base
scheme,to secure the election of Henry
And ..rice; -Presider
Senitozi4
_Sidiaorge :Schnabel.
B. Eldr ed.
1414143riiine
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19. John4l4llo*kr 7 *-
120. William Patlen#
21. Andrew Ifarke- • ;"
22.
'23. Christian Meyers.
124. Albert Orr. •
Muhlenburg grid the Germans
We extract from she - Democratic
Union, of the 20th ofApril, the follow.
ing remarks in reference to Mr. Muh
lenburg, and the Germans.
“Some of the Federal papers,are re
publishing a translation of a German
'letter, written by •KENItlf A. MuntEN
mato to 'Mr. Ram of the Reading
Alder, during his sojourn at Viennai in
the character-of Anibassador. A 4nore
unjust and dishonorable perversion of
motive and, meaning, than the whigs
commit jn regaid to this letter, we have
rarely witnessed. It is fully equal in
atrocity to the misrepresentation of Mr.
Buchanan by John Davis of Massachu
setts. The whole abject-of Mr. Muh
lenburt was, as must be evident to a
man possessing but a modieum of com
mon sense, to pourtray in lively colors
thedegradation and oppression endur-
ed, by the agricalturallind laboring elm
se?nder certain monarchial govern=
menu/ of the old world ' , and to contrail!
- therewith the frequent affluence and
uniform • independence of the• same
classes of citizens in our own country !
So far from intending the comparison
as a reflection ripen German manners
and customs, the design, was just the
reverse. It was Mr. Muhlenberg'a in
tention, by a lively Comparison to de
pict the superiority of free institutions
over aristocracies and monarchies—a
superiority, which cannot but be plain
ly perceptible even in the domestic
comforts and enjoyments of society.—
What purpose more patriotic and com
mendable, than thus 'to inflame the bo
som of the - oppressed and down-trodden
with a sense of the true dignity of his
own.nature, and inspire the indepen
dentfreeman with a true appreciation
of the 'value of political and religious
Liberty? , In his
had
travels,
Mr. Muhlenberg had doubtless ample
meant ofsbeholding the fruits of King- ,
ly oppression iii all their painful varies 1
y, and it was both a natural 'and hon
rable impulse. to seek relief in the
Contemplation of the solid prosperity
and freedom he had •so frequently ad
mired 'at home. _ _,.To accuse HENRY A.
MUHLENBERG with ". hostility to the,
Gerinan community, whose classic
language he so eloquently writes and
speaks, is as wicked as it is unjust
and untrue.';
‘ MORSE / 8 TgLEGRAP/I.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Philadel-
Chronick, says, Morse's magnetic
electric telegrapNis now being erected.
The Wires are conducted along the tops
'of posts running parallel with the rail
road to Be, ltitiOre. Two miles of con
cinuons limed wires, are now put up.
By means of this telegraph news may
be cenveyed. in art instant to Baltimore
along the wires. The telegraph will
be in. operation before the aktourarnent
of Congress.' Recent experiments up.
on theimished part leave no doubt of
its cotnplete success. ; - .
Fousto.--The lxidyofitnnes Burns,
drowned on Binder evening, 7th inst
•
'
Too _ ,
found on Wednesday Jolt - floating
in the Eddy, about Iwo" mills below
4bie place.
5
Thaeourax.'-lifinuanitN=.4. most de.
liberate'and fiendish murder wag Per
-.
petrated on Minday evening; . gth inst.
in' Philadelphia upon an Malian nem.
James Leminon, by an - itinerant
- clock vender, callinglintselflohn Far.
The Philadelphia,' papers
, "state
that-Parkin_ had called at -Leramon's
and repaired a clock on condition that
a week's trial was to. be given• to the
clock, but upon finishing, the job, de
`Mended hie pay, and started to an up
'per room declaring he would break the
dock in pieces. Lemmon ran up the
stairs by hini to close the wont deer to
prevent his going in, when he wasepen
by Lenimon's wife to draw a weapon.
'The wife - threw her child upon the lap
of a nurse, and sprang.bOtween them on
the - stairs, at the same iamant exclaim
ing to her husband that Farkin had a
weapon, - and resisted with her , own
hands the efforiaof thotatter to,6end
the stairs. Lemmon riiached over.her
head to assist her in keeping him ban,
and Vie' wretch
, pashing the woman
'aside, sent the instrument of death to
the heart of his victim. Lemmondrop
ped deadovithout breathing oruttering
a groan.
The murderer was arested, and his
demeanor was perfectly ruifiawlike.—
fie declared that he,was glad he had
killed him, and said he was sorry he
had not killed the wife and:child.
MAN DROWNEDo-.-The National In
telligencer states that the - body of a
than was found floating in the Potomac,
a short time since. On exa mining the
body and clothes of the deceased, he
Ivas found to be a man apparently of
about thirty-five or forty years of age,
sto&, well made, and fromfivefeetnine
inches to six feet high, with black hair
and "whiskers: The deceased was
without coat and bat when the body
was observed floating in the river. The
pantaloons, vest, scarf and boots found
on the deceased shoWed 'him to be a
person of genteel ilress. About two
weeks since, a colored man, named
Bliss, found a coat and baton the banks
of the Potomac, which are supposed to
have belonged to the deceased. In the
coat' ocket was found a card, printed
on one side " Eagle Hotel, Baltimore,"
on the other side, written' with ink,
" I. W. Willson, Carbondale, Luzerne
county, Pennsylvania," and above the
writing, in pencil, and in the same
handwriting, " This is my true name."
From these facts it is thought the un
fortunate gentleition committedisuicide.
• A DESPERADO.—The Louisville
Banner contains the details.of a horrid
attempt at murder in Mercer county, on
the 3d inst. .It-appears that one Tho
mas Simpson, who had just been bailed
out ofjOil, where he had been confin
ed on a peace warrant attacked his ivife
with an axe, without any other provoca.f
Lion than that which was given by her
tender importunities to come to sup
per," and inflicted three serious
wounds. The almost lifeless woman
was carr ied into the house by a lady,
who was there, and a negro woman ;
when SimpsOrt endeavored to beat
down one of the doors, which had been
barred. The inmates fled out ofanoth
er door and be followed. He overtook
his brother-in-law, John Cecil, and
struck him with his axe, fracturing his
skull so seriously that no hopes are
entertained of lis,recoirerv.
-
Siriipson
was pursued and with difficulty arrest
ed. After examination he was commit
ted for trial..
THE DEMOCRATIC CHAMPION.-- We
had occasion, some few weeks since to
caution our readeriagainst the attempts
of this paper to create a division in the
democratic ranks. We now append
the,following remarks from the Demo
cratic Union to show its standing where
it is known :.
" . DEMOCRATS Lows. otrr.--The "De.
mocratic Champion," a small disorgan
iiing sheet, sailing under false colors,
and professing to advocate the cause of
Deluocracy, is . SO* PUBLISHED
AT THE OFFICEOF THE PENN
SYLVANIA.- TELEGRAPH. This
fact should be sufficient to guard every ,
Democrat throughout the State against
its vile and slanderous attacks upon the
Hon. HENRY A. MITRLENBURE,"
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISIATTIRE.--
The ,per diem pay of members of
the Legialature, after the Session 'has
continued 100 days; is reduced one,
half for the remainder of the session.;--=.
The 100 days expired on the 11th' inst.,
consequently our Solons are compen
sated for their services at the rate iof
one dollar and fifty enW pd. day.
,
a If pate= will not oil
BLACK 8111118, lin ma*
UM ONIfe—ROR, VIII '. , lu
flre4ood,' istlllack mill
our wives I aid daugliteii i
kitchen."' ` •-,- . I' l
i Let.every lahoring 'ma
;inns= notlatbued withlttu
tyranical feeling that dicta)
remark, reineni,ber as the
it was He n ry i Clay, th l p'
candidate (0. the Preside'
Y oUbt
h. If the d , our 1 i vi
s , .tt acetteehim of 'it, we 1
000 f 10 111 t 16th v,,olu+'
ister, and n the filih 'a
on which 4 ilitered thn a
the .17th oil February; 11
subject under discussionl
mission of the State of
he union.
FATAL ACCIDENT'. --A most distress
ing occurrence took ipla l n at Bartonville,
,Montgomery : county, NI *., ortYriday
last. 'The Schoharie cie k is crossed at
that place by a roPe fern ,Several per..,
t i
sons. were , crossing in e scow,..when
a snit' bontwas seen co ing down the
stream, which was swollen and rillid:
The attempt to secure 1 the email boat
caused the ;scow to tip 1 1 8 much that it
was instantly filled by it,e current and
i
capsized.: Three , of titer eonson board,
Messrs,. Wm. Ketcham, and John W.
Gage, of Duaaesburg, nd Mr. James
Lander OfFlorida, were rewired. ''Mr.
I .
Ketcham was one of the 'West and most
respectable inhabitants of he town. He
leaves eighteen children to mourn his
loss. i
1
ESPL9MON OF A POW3r. MILLer.
James Beatti's powder r t nills, near the
Susquehanna railroad, nine miles from
Baltimore, exploded on Saturday 6th inst.
There were some sixty or seventy kegs of
powder in, the building the explosion of,
which produced a tremendous noise,
and nearly raising the m m from its folio- ,
dation: A. number of panes of glass in
the dwelling house on the premises; not
far off, were - shatteredl to titan's by the
concussion. FortunitelY no one was is
the mill When the accid4it occured, nor
was there 'any injury dilute except to the
property. ; The accident is supposed to
havebeen purely accidental and unavoid
able.H • •
Futs,=-The bath of Mr. Jacob Hake,
in Manchester township York county,
was destroyed . byl fire nn Friday. His
loss is estimated at frOM three ta fou r
thousand dollars," incinding therein four
horses, fifteen or tUenty, head of horned
cattle, and a quantity oil ',hay and straw.
which were consumed in the flames. A
bout four or five hundred bushels of grain
were also! destroyed. lOtt Sunday night
last, atabout eight o'clock, a tenant house
of Mr. ‘ Hake, close by the dwelling, was
also consumed.. As it! was unoccupied
-
at, the time, there appearsio be no doubt
that it was the mirk oflan incendiary.
•
Cocos DELtoterta.— T An ark load of
Whigs from Binghamton, N. Y. to the
convention at Baltimor4 accompanied by
a band of music, singen r 3, &c arrived at
our town on Friday evening, and tarried
over night. In the evening a whig meet
ing was held in which he usual quantity
of wind was spent, in rather ordinary
speeches, first rate music, and excellent
singing. On Baturday morning they
took' their departnre fOr Baltimore, hay.
ing, we have no doubt, convinced the
whigs at least, ofthe infallibility of Henry
Clay.,
A PAINFOL ACCIDENT .-- The Rock
vilid (1114).tournal states that,,a few days
since, a young man, named Garrison Ig
lehaft, while blasting rocks near that
place, was dreadfully LiecraTi by the pre
mature explosion of the blast. He: will
l
probably lose both hi eyes, while his
arms are frightfully binned by the pow-'
der. The priming rod was of iron, and
it is supposed that it struck a flint rock I
and ignited the load. lt is 'a wonderful
escape even with his life yet he is depriv
ed of sight forever.
A SrxouLes DA L.--A duel took
place recently at Grand Cois, La., be
tween two colored ra n, one armed with
an axe and the,other kyith an adze. 'lt
seemedthat the green-eyed' monster was
the of the blc dy affray. They
are both. dangerously -wounded. The
hero f of,the adze beinpess so, has been
held to hail in $1000: i .
sr
imarnsox Comprs.--The Madison
county; referred to ;by our Harrisburg
porresiondent as having been defeated
in the. House, was not the Madison
county , comternplaAed pails of
Bradford and Viogs ( -
New' s'irpn k au BialtJll?*
w ne to have
Let Bubo
net ! eat is
oes t 'aftd haia
work in -the
The first bell in HaveThill,saye the Ss.
m in G aze tte, was purchased - in .1795;
barer° Mat-time theta was: X. singarar
, "
stibstittue as
_appears by a vote passed
in i 650: , tAbraham Tyler shall bloWhis
horn half an 'hottr{.before meeting, on
the Lord's and on lecture days and re.
ceive one . 'pound Of pork annually for
his service's from each fatnily."
The sexton of the 2d Presbyterian
church in Cincinnati had , a narrow
escape last-Sunday. The town clock,
weighing
,300 lbs., fell, grazing his
body in its descent, and alighting upon.
his foot, which Was terribly crushed:
The number of hogs killed in Cin.
cinnati, during the last winter, was
196.133. The whole numbei of hogs
packed there'daring the same time was, ,
io round. numbers, 240,000-10,000
lea than were packed there during
..the
previous winter.
The Bon. William Jay, now on a
visit to Europe, has been appointed by
the American Society, their delegate to
the British and Foreign Bible Society,
whese anniversary will betel') in May.
The British government are about
to send out a squadron of ten steam
vessels of war to•the. coast of Africa,
for the more effectual prevention of the
slave trade.' • - "
and
,eveq
e anetoeratie,
d the above
read it, tba
ederal Bank
ay, who said
efeity when
refer them for
of Niles' Re
ge. The day.
•
ntiment was
1319, and the
was, the ~ad
issouri into
From investigations made - by Rev.
David Abeel, missionary. to China, it
appears that probably about one:third
or one-fourth of all the female chilaien
of that country 'are slain' soon after
birth.
' Doctor John Stoughton . Walcott died
n Litchfield, (Conn.) tut *reek,' front
the effect of arsenic and morphine
-sap
plied to the cavity of two hollow teeth,
teethe purpose of destroying the sen
sitiveness of their nerves.
The Charleston Courier of Friday
last, says. The Right Rev. : Dr.
Reynolds, Roman Catholic Bislop of
Charleston, arrived in the WilmingtOn
boat yesterday, and took possession i of
•hia See.
A. number of the friends and admirers
.of Maeready, the distinguished trage
dian, in New Orleans, give him a din
ner in that city, on the 29th ult.
The last definition of Home Pro
,
tection" is, a closet in your parlor suit
able to hide away - in froin your credi
tors.
' A boy named Daniel Sullivan, was
seat to . jail at Newport, R. I:, on Sun
day last, for stabbing his mother, with
the intent to kill her; a ptirpose which
he probably accomplished, as the AvO
man continued'dangerously ill on Ned-
nesday. Daniel was eighteen years
old.
The church of St. Philip Neri, in
Queen'street, Philadelphia, was enter
ed last week by some sacrilegious vil-
lain, who poured a quantity , of oil into
the fpunt.of holy water.
The secon Congregational Chinch
of the Rev. Mr. Bond, at Norwich,
Conn., was entirely consumed on'Fri-
day night, with the valuable organ.
On the 29thult., sllo,ooo'in specie,
was received at ° Mobile,. from New
York.
An old and Wealthy citizen of Prince
George's ! county, Md., recently died
whose whole indebtedness amounted to
fifty cents.
The 'Maysville Eagle, of Saturday,
says 4 , m; the black tongue is raging
with great violence in Auguita,
,Certi7
A sailor boy was, of the th ult.,
stamped to death, in one of the stigma
of New Orleans, by four ruffians, who
were arrested.
A resolution against the • annexation
of Texas, which had passed the popu
lar branch of the Michigan Legislature,
was defeated in the Senate of that
State.
The large barn d Mr. Stephen H.
Dorsey, at Cecil; Md., was consumed
by fire on, Wednesday nightllast.
The Editor of the Pittsburg Penn.
Aurora, were last Wednesday convict•
ed of a libel on the Hop. R. C. Grier,
of . that,,state.'. ' ,
-The (rid of the Cordons, for the
recent murder of Mr. Sprag4, of Rhode
Island commenced on Blondiy7th in= t.
The testimony addueed bylthe pros-
cution was wholly of a careumstantial
character, but was very strong against
the - accused. The defence will up=
doubtedly - endeavor to establieh an
John Bird, •who was - rebently sent
from Pittsburg Penn. to the Penitentil
ry for burning his wife to . death, died
in prison a few dayisinte.!.
liasexavon "r Or
, ,
• Ex
loWittg is au attract Nip
Ge lt». l BCkSoll to a disti ll •
, gut
. ,
ofc,ongress, g i v i ng nis rim
annexation of Texas to ;'
.si The present o f
tabs - Texas must not be hi
must, from necessity b e
the artna'of Eng/mu/4_14
lost to the United States.
your attention' to the shun
United States. &gland ;
of Texasor in strict alliance
and defensive, and contendit
fornia - How easy we e k
Great Britain to interpose.,
cient to prevent emigration it
from the United and
garrison him 'Telati,t
1
Ameitcan, when: they, View
the danger to New Wean,
isle arms from 'feta, Meat
and hand in the annexation of
the United States. It wi ll tit
iron hoop around our tinier
bulwark against allforeigni
aggression. I say *ll l , l
opportunity slip to regal e I
may elude our grasp forever,
- oceans of blood, and millio ns
to frees us from-thi evils do
brought upoin us ! I hope so
will be as many patriots in
air will ratify the treaty, w 1
no doubt, wtybepromptl•
again say to you tin
must not be lost, or real
compel Texas to look e)
otection and safety."
ANDREW
The Correspondent of
phia Ledger, writing from
under date of of Wednesday
says: --
4 , The annexation of Ts,.
this session of Congress, v
come daily more and more
is believed now, now and rai
to assent to it, from what I
learn in different quarters,
persons whose statement is
on, that the treaty for the
will be signed and sent to the
this very week, and that in au
sion of the Senate such facts
siderations will be placed hi
august tribunal as will sat;
that it is not only the interest
duty of this country to put
obstacle in the way of earn
The interests ofirade, daunt
and of agriculture demand it
believed that; barring a lea NI
land Senators, the m ain
‘ hol
Senate will go -for the deasure.
TREMENDOUS Exmostox.—
from the N. Y. Herald,. that a
house in the vicinity of Norwid
blown up on Saturday Aunt'
ously injuring four boys, two(
will, probably die. These bo3
playing with some ppwder
house, when it ignited, coma
to that in the mill, and the of
dyed kegs stored therein went
one tremendous explosion.
HYDROPROBI4I.--A Child 01
acne'', residing in French
Exeter and Potter streets,
died under the most painful
evidence of hydrophobia. The,
erer was bitten by a dog in a al
a - few weeks ago, and on Thy
upon offering the child a drink
was seized with violent sps
gradually increased till death
od to its sufferings on Friday
TEMPERANCE LECTIIRE.--t
see Mercer, Esq., lecturedat
House on Wednesday erening last,
fore the borough Temperance Soc . .
The house was crowded in every ,
with an audience who weitaway )1
ly gratified at the able manner in sr ,
this trite subject was treated.
Correspondence from Harrisbo
ILLIIIIISBURG, APRIL 17,1:
The bill for the sale - of the Main LI,
for laying a tax of three mills on the*
State purposes is still under considenat
the House, that, portion of which
The sale of the Main Line having been
ed as also the most important tat scales
section was adopted giving it to the
decide at next October election 'whether
Main Line should be sold or not. Tbt
pression ie that it will now pass the Se.
The .Appropriatinallin has pod th t
ate, though not as reported bv !AL
nays. The modifications, however; tat
very important with the exception of the
sion relating to the payment of interett°
mestic creditors, Mr. Kidder moved to
tote a division appropriating $160,000 to
- payment of domestic creditors, which
ed. In-the same division the cancellatiobt'
'ef notes Was riductql , to $50,000 oft 11 :
on motion of Mi.Champneys.
The adjournment resolution has pose:,'
branches. The 29111, inst. is the day ° 1 ".
the final adjournment of the present -1'
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Yours, &C.,