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The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-20

THE SUFFERERS At THE HosPITALs.-TwO deaths &C.
cured yesterday The balance of the wounded doing
we'll and several Of them have already left for their homes
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NOman's Book and stationery Eestabllshrnent,
B. NJ. NORMAN, ''' 81

Is NOW RECEIVING h usual large gomplste The
season, which be odsn City Country trade prices
As LOW IS ANY OTHER MOUSE IN TINS CITT-und
the quality style The stock superior every
respect ol5 gpu
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MI RS. BLAl u opening her splendid assortment OF Mil q
u lney Goods Of the latest style. Every variety Of = N
Straw aud sih BOnuet, VevetH, Feathers Flowers, RIB N
bons .A orders strictly attended 10, and eomrleied
a the sheTteHt possible notice MA I'm
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q 7E.ra - ~ 90 Wv, %.
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EaRA1uN.-Ihe Memphis Enquirer makes the
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~ he facilities afforded by change our buai
ness enabled sell all the articles enumerated above beng
ouy portion of s,ook the liberal terms, and
vie the mercantile community generally examine selection be-
DAVID FELT s. co.
nj lmeod&W SasoNsrs' Hail. No a Clarirss street.
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Staple and Fancy STATIONERY

~, - 77TV 7III TVT sue on T915Onl6e farms bV
rs" !" MCDOWELL & PECK SO Ciravier st
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J.B. steers Book 8 Job Printing office,

~ Country Merchants supplied Favorable terms
MO ST 2ip wv j. b STEEL a Camp street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-09

A CASE IN PoINT.-LIeut. Maury, Of the Navy,
is practical man, clearheade thinker, and
constantly at work. In his address to the Mem
phls Pacific Railroad Convention, after pleading
the advantages of ship canal, he contends that
the proposed railroad will also be very useful
Take one item The Ohio seventy four, Is on
the Goa of California. and Ia soon to come home be
the times Of her about to expire. She
has q Of 500 all told, 1t will take her
l-ss than 100 days to make the passage At
rsge Of goo per day Another chip of equal
force will probably be cent to take her place. At
expense Of getting that ship home and sending out her
relief $40 900 Nov, II the railroad across Panama
in operation, the Ohio could touch there, meet
frcm this eide Of the isthmns aud send her
old home by the same transport from Chsgres at
. saving Of four or nve months Of time, and some
$500 co Of money.
The main question, however, is, of what use is
the soho" seventy four, either at home or IN
California; She can drift about before high wind
but IN calm she must lie as dead As log on the
water. The best policy would be to discuss the
mass Of the crew at the gold mines, and bring her
home TO be sold off at auction to the highest bidder
A lltile steamer, with a crew Of fifty men, would
be worth a dozen of such ocean losfers as the
Ohio, with their eight hundred beefeaters on
board. This reform is wanted az badly as the
Panama railroad.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-09
TELEsRArHic INTELLIGENCE,


HAO- NsshA"SsoH-o SPehAoH-AOAS
Trouble.
No Speaker yet in the House-more trouble IN
Congress. Six ballots were taken yesterday
without any result, and then the motley group Of
members elect adjourned over, TO pray prayers or
play cards to-day, and to meet again on Monday
Mr.. Winthrop sticks firm at lO2 and lOI. The
other candidates are legion in number, and no.
thirg In votes Perhaps gong to church to-day
may bring some of the members TO their senses.
We are S i'll of opinion that Mr. Winthrop has
the best chance, and that the democrats of tho
North and South will let him BE- elected, by sort
of default 1t their best policy to do so, because
the wing party would then nave to take the respon-
sibihty Of legislation, SO far the House Is con-
cerned and that responsibility, applied to the set
tement Of the slavery question, may save the
county, but break down the party and the men
who assume the act. 1t Was so in the Missouri
excitement, and will be so in the present. The
cabinet, or the administration, shown TO be in
a decided minority but the election of Winthrop.
would throw upon them the responsibility of all
regular aaton, without any force to sustain it-s
most weak and uncomfortable position for any
party, or any administration.
Sone begin 10 think that the voting may 90 on
as 1t has done, for the next week, or two weeks,
or month, moDthsla short, till all adjourn sine
die. Ii the various parties and cliques maintain
their present pos tons with obslnacy, it is very
easy to keep Congress for a state of dlsor-
ganiza,iop, and thus abolish the general govern
ment, by species of suspended animation. The
two ultra parties of the North and South, by re-
naming firm to their purposes, can eflectually abo
sh the power Of Congress, and The Executive, too,
ill either one or the other shall have compelled
one Of the old parties TO succumb TO their views.
In this view of the matter, we see no end to the
present dilemma bat compromise or confusion
subuss on, OF final subverson.
In the meantime, is there no possibility of get
ting hold of the Message, or the report of the Sc
cretsry of the Treasury! Can none of the valua-
bic Washington correspondents tap Secretary,
or printer, and spring leak somewhere Mr..
Csliamers report, without the tan, has been well
received all over Try again, Mr.. Leaky.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-09

ANNEXATION 70 rng CRY. -Some OF our eo'em-
porsyies occasionally throw out an idea about the
annexation Of BROOKLYN to New York. while Others
laugh Al aud ridiese the project. u - very ditfi-
cult 10 say what idea is ridiculous or SILLY nj the
present day. The issue determines everything.
But If Bra.Alyn should be annexed TO New York,
we do not zee Why should not. at the same
time. and while our hand is in, annex alec Will
hsmsbuIsh end Astoria, sad Hoboken and Jersey
City, and Commusipa~, ssd perhaps part OF
Coney leland, with abe clans. All these little
towns, villages. places. and sand.bars, are quite as
accessible to New York I. Brooklyn rs; and, in
deed, they might be placed under the same govern
ment, and ferries could be established between
Manhattan island and its dependencies, wilh the
came ease, under general system ofgoverns'ent,
az they are now, divided and separated,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-09

RAILROAD FOR BRoADwAY.-Among other city
improvements, PROPOSED in various schemes aud
experiments, a railroad through the whole length
of Broadway has been warmly advocated IN GER
tain quarters. Recently, in the absence oi the
editor, a paragraph advocating the project. was
published IN the Herald. We are altogether op-
posed to the project, and believe that any plan of
Broadway railroad that could be adopted, would
only blockade TIE street, aud lumber 1t up worse
than ever What we want Is the Russ pavement,
through the whole extent Of the street. IL il al
most as smooth as a railroad, and Thousand times
superior, for all the practical purposes of Broad
way Ii we must have a railroad, let that Of Gen.
ire street be extended to Broadway. aud another
be opened through the line of West Broadway to
Foriy.,econd street. This would afford sufficient
rh,fto our main ,horoughfare. As for the Broad
way railroad, We consider It Of a piece with the
schemes for the enlargement Of the Battery and a
bridge over the Fact River. Some nineteen coa-
tractors have ut IN for the Battery business, at
bids ranging from thiIty.erght to hty.eight, aud
from fity-eieht TO hundred thousand dollars, to
extend and Gil up the sea-wall. The Battery,
which Is the most beautiful place in the city, a. It
ia. seems to be quite large enough for the numoer
Of yisiters who 20 TO inhsle Its refreshing
breezes During the last summer, there was
scarcely single fine morning in which 1t was pa
tronized by over halfs.dozen aauquated gentle
men, and few intoxicated ioafers, VINO had stray
aled in over night, to sleep on the grass. WHAT,
then, 10 the use of enlargIng the place, when II is
slr,ady too Target Why shut up, with loe Of
warehouses;, the only ialet fer The city, aud the
oty ,pot TO our invalds and children, for the bene
1T - fresh Sirl But the contractors are ready for
the work. ard So we suppose it will be with the
Broadway railroad. We shall have the cheapest
hind Of bid., from Tom Thumb, John llumbng,
and SAMMY Shave.l; but when once uoder way,
the ff,y ilousand will roe to half a million. and
mill,on to three or four millions, tor the Battery
and rallsnad together. Give US the Russ pave
uept for broadway; open the side streets through,
with raIsosd up West Broadway, ii necessary;
but le, the Battery alone, sao We shall do very
well BY nescing our cliizens little al time, We
thall find we are adopting the best policy.
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Before chief Iustice Oakley
DC e-tl n,iicps noticed f,f TO dav we're a5iour,.
ed over ~ the C,prt uii next Saturday
H. hs tase y John ELr,sse IS " = Sill sM sns
=. ke' sle. the larry Wrought Ia s-..d verdict ssy
ing the several sues In favor ~ plaintiffs except the
last isfue, vb'ch thsy hod for the d.,eudsuts and
usrsppup they hud for the plaintiff 5000
n ~ hgr,,f fer he .4msgrt II Account, Ssasei N
Per s's e'hosts W = bsyies. the Jury end n YER
dict FOR che plsinun ~ $50 sad cots
mn red Iibei ~ the cut Of philanJsr r T,ps, p,
Gage U,Us Cot .8urgsd Jbsi in ne Polits gazsrs
Tlie cau,. berg CALI In its regular der and N.
plaintiff 'silitg 20 spp~sr N ordered on uot-u 81
def bdsnts sttorb.p that the come In the above
action he disini.,.d With cots
Isuis Gy,G~ Jane. PeHine THIS vas an a..
ton fer amount ~ draft for tbCe and there vas q
verdict FOR plaintiff for $3.50, damages and costs.
Riehsrs wayne democrat, has been elected Mayer
Of Savannah, Ca
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been received from London. eve have received
this book, and we can reprint it for nothing. You
must be paid for yours. Now, as this is more
luminous than we like, we wish you would take it
aud cut IL down, Ia very significant phrase, by
the by.) and bring it within the requisite
number Of pages, and we will pay you TWEEN
y-fve dollars. The American author pro-
tested" You have a right, SIR, to refuse my
book; but you have no right to cut down foreign
author canrst do such piece Of work-it is
moral wrong on the writer" every well, sir we
can't help the right or wrong of the thing-it
must be cut down, and If you can't do 1t, we
must find somebody else who will" And the
thor lel IN disgust. he went through the trade
nobody would touch his Ms. Two weeks went
by, and his board bull in arrears-it was FRI
day morning. Unless he paid his host by Satur-
day night, he and his wife, and her young child,
would be turned into the street He went to the
house already alluded to, and asked them il the
Rovtl had been prepared. "Prepared Oh ! God
bless you, it's cut down and sold, a week ago. But
this steamer has brought us another, and if you
will cut it down, you shall have the job" The
author took the sheets home, and worked all night
1t was night Of suffering and shame; for he was
All honorable man. The next day he got his money
paid his bill, and slept as such man could sleep
after conscious degradation. But his wife and
babe were sleeping sweety-they knew nothing
about their fathers troubles. And ever since, this
generous but unfortunate man. has been trying to
find publisher for his own novel-and every two
wee ks compelled to cut down an English novel, to
keep bis wife and child from the streets. This 10
peculiar case, you say. We know of many that
are far worse and at our leisure shall relate Them
Now, what do our authors ask or want! Nothing
but law by Congress that the authors of all TO-
reign countries shall enjoy the same copyrights
to their works, in the United States, which
they have at home provided the same prlvl-
leses are extended to American authors, ON the
other side of the Atlantic. The English govern
nent has repeatedly proposed such measure, and
we have as often rejected it. But public sentiment
is stirred on the subject. The nation Is beginning
to see how Its authors and itself outraged by
the Wholesale piracy, and there be little doubt
that something will be done this session.
In our next article this subject, we shall
answer the objections which have sometimes peen
urged against an International opyright, and show
that there Is, in reality, no valid objection thar can
be urged against so just, polite, necessary, and
sanitary a measure.
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Tneafn silih Ballot.


Iishest vote, intnrop .lO2
Dit. CitsIEs BurirE. (whig) Of Pennsylvania, after
tlis twepty.eixth Effort offered resolution that Mr
Robert &. winthrop be Speaker, and that the
Houte proceed % nsme tne Clerk daughter, and .
voice, a" You can't trade On that say.")
Nm. JscoB ruoArsoN. tdrm o. Mis'is'ppi suggestee
tina. Mr Howell cobb b. appointed Clerk Of tbs House.
Let us Ca a. Ia that sSy.
MIR Bu4ttH asked AIT would be acceptable to the
HCuse nths b. a hlrsein saij he =, cannot be pri.
,ale at all ore object Of the resolution is
that We have rpaaira,on tbas may get the Pub
lie Documents Ahd lay them before the couatry auo
that he IA. ss,dy gone such exp,ncs (o keep
itg oooLiotv. giues etr Arsll the Railroad depots
btt~,,n Whiiugtcn AID gostonl 20 have them dstri-
butsd through the cnultry. (Laugb,er)
hr Joffrs 3d. Eoor. tif-e soiD ct OhiD would like to
know vtsthrr the Po.trs tsr General contsmplatcs
any express other than 70 the East; ~hsther he In.
tcrds 10 send to The soulh the southeast
Nr. B,rLER sad he could not inrnrn sim.
MIR. FrEpEaicS T. sf,~rov, (ism) Of Tennessee
would AN whether there hal b-.n any engagement to
carry the report Of the Post Master General to Bs,i
mere (Laushter)
Mir. RoaEEr McL,sE. (dem } of Maryland, moved 10.
strife cut the Of hobert c winthrop in the.
RESOLUTION, that there might be- too blanhs for the
House 90 iii
A motion then made And carried to Law the IN.
SOLUTION the table ohlJ t~o voted la the negative
which produced some lansnter. a.
The House thea procss to balls. again for Speak
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The European Steamers.

No tidings of either the Hermann or Europa
when paper went 10 press this morning The
telegraph wires to Boston are IN good order, but
they are not workin eyond that point
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Highest vote flor winthrop. .l02
sTbis Az n.sp Mcdonald. Of Indiana; 10 dss-
ra'ch il ia trtlt eDowe In another keD0nns both,
however, srs tmocrsts.
After the third (25th) ballot Mr. HuoH A. HARAL-
sos (den Of Georgia, mo, ed adjournment re was
here reported through the House that Thomas Butler
King OF Georgia, had rssisord
The motion TO sojourn not agreed to, and the
ballotipgs were resUm.o-
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a..se OF REPRESENTATIVE.
VOTES FOR SPEAKER.

After the journal READ, the H,use Immediately
to ballot for speaker with the following
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The steamship Ohio is fully due with the Cali
fornia mails.
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TnIKTY-FIRSr CONGRESs.
FIRsr SESSION.
SN~O~~>~~~>o-N~NO~0~No~D,
SIX MERE BiLL0rlNgS FOR SPEAKER.
eON~~~~~o~~~~~~N>N~J~eO~~-
SOME FUN IN THE HOUSE.
s~~oe.Noo~N~o~~>~~O~o~
Scattering os the Democratic Vote.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 1S49.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 1S49.
Senate.
The Hon Mr.. PEARcE presented the credentials Of
David Stewart appointed by the Governor Of Maryland
in the place OF Mr. Berjs min C. Howard, declined.
Mr. Stewart took his seat Nothing else done; watt
ing for the organization Of the House.
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Riehsrs wayne democrat, has been elected Mayer
Of Savannah, Ca
Litchfield enquirer., 1849-11-08
Institute Lectures.

THE Lecture on Monday evening. be-
fore the Young Mems Institute IN this
village, was given by the Rev. Mr.. HoYT,
Of the Methodist Church. His tn me was
F" Africa. a country in which the lecturer
had formerly resided as a missionary
The manners, customs, requirements and
religious rites of the people; climate,
soil and productions of the country; the
horrors ofthe slave trade the progress
and condition of the American and Eng
lish colonies on the coast, were all noted
and described in deeply interesting
manner. Several articles manufactured
by native Africans, including the costume
and weapons of war chief, were exhib-
tied to the audience.
The next Lecture will be delivered by
JOHN CArL1N, Esq, of Mortified, on
"The Probable Fate of Democracy" on
Wednesday evening, the 18th.
Litchfield enquirer., 1849-11-08

Hartford and Providence Railroad
Forty-.wo miles OF this line of Railroad,
extending from Willimantic through Hart
ford 10 Piainville, on the New York and
Pennington Railroad will be completed and
open for travel in the course of this week.
With regard 10 the extension 10 Providence.
the Hartford Times says: :
Whatever resources are left here, must
be devoted to the immediate extension of
the line Ten miles further westward, to in>
tersect the Naugatuc Railroad, which al.
ready has an extensive and lucrative traffic
to offer it. When i. reaches there, il will
stop until the Providence people have con-
s.ruclet their Legitimate PARTON of the work,
and then the whole line will meve onward
with an accumulated power and mass of
capital, towards its western terminus on
the Hudson river.
Litchfield enquirer., 1849-11-08
From the Nes0 Haven Journal.
Hon. Truman Smith.

1t is always pleasant to be able to give
indirect and and yet strong testimony in
favor of the virtues, strength, or influ.
ence of public, valuable men. The fol-
lowing is from private letter from a
gentleman in Washington to us, without
the slightest idea of publication. We
give it, because sincere, and also, in our
judgement, true:
. "The Wings here rely upon Truman
Smith to bring light out of darkness, and
he is the man to do it, if it can be done
at all. 1t is fact that there is not now
another man in the country upon whom
the Wings depend more than upon Tru-
man Smith. Even his enemies u. g. in
imical friends) are casting about with
anxious looks for his presence, and deem
it harbinger of good. AS judicious,
successful leader, he has not his equal in
America and abuse him as they will his
enemies will only add to his strength.
He is in double sense Irue-maan-
true to his friends-thorough with his
(opponents) enemies. If you were here,
and in the habit of receiving letters and
talking with men from various parts of
the country, what 1 have written would
be impressed on your mind stronger than
/ can present it to YOU"
Litchfield enquirer., 1849-11-08

New Explorations in Africa.-It is
stated that the Academy of Sciences and the
Geographical Society Of France have pro>
jec.ed an expedition on a grand scale for
penetrating the interior Of Africa to Tim
bucloo. II is to be conducted by scientific
men, and will have in view the two. fold
purpose of extending our knowledge of this
portion Of the continent, and of opening.
new channels for French trade and com"
merce. i! is singular fact that, no.with.
standing aLe several "a attempts BY MungO
der and Laird for the exploration of ,ha,
portion Of Africa which lies between the
GulfOf Guinea and the Mediterran nons
have yet reached TimbEctoo and retnrncJ.
The only European traveller who has reach.
ed 'hIs inland city and returned 10 give "a
account Of il is Caille, FrenchmaH. son.
ten years since. The expedition nov nros
Iecied, Il is said, viii have an escor, ofG0O
armed Europeans aud 400 Africans.
Litchfield enquirer., 1849-11-08
From the New haven Journal.
THE MURDERS

But little has transpired as yet to throw
any light upon this sad affair. 1t is gen
orally believed, however, that the per-
petrator of the deed is an Irishman, ma
med James McCaffrew, who is the same
person we alluded to yesterday, as hav-
ing been in company with Mr.. Smith on
the day of the murder. He is well known
in some parts of Massachusetts, and is
said to be a desperate fellow. The most
effectual means are being taken to secure
his arrest, and ii is not probable he will
escape the hands Of justice many days.
1t Is proper to state that in the trunk
which Mr.. McCaffrey in his haste left be-
hind was found bullet mould, the size
OF which exactly corresponds with the
bullet found in the person of the murder.
ed woman. ~ -
The above facts respecting the Irish
man were ia type for our yesterday
paper. but left out at the request of per-
sons interested. for fear they might re
tard the ends of justice.
BY reference to our advertising col
umns it will be seen that the town au-
thorities have offered reward of one
hundred dollars for information that will
lead to the detection of the person or
persons who committed the wanton act.
Litchfield enquirer., 1849-11-08

AwfuI Tragedy in 81. Louis.-On
the 18th inst. two well-dressed young
Frenchmen, of the name OF Mcntesqui, from
a western tour, put up at Barnum's Hotel,
and in the evening, as the steward and one
of the clerks were passing through the cham
Der gallery, they were fired upon. by these
Flenchmen, and seriously wounded. OH
ers who rushed to the scene were also woun-
ded. Two of them have since died of their
wounds. The scamps plead insanity
From letters found in their trunks, they
are of good family in France, and had plen-
" of money.
Litchfield enquirer., 1849-11-08
LitchfeId County COurt.-Oet. Term
.Tud0e GoODwTN pgesiIino

J. H. HUBBARD, Esq, States attorney.
G w. Knox an wIIe, vs. Henry Higley.-
Action for SANDER: verdict for plaintiffs to
recover 1897 damages and costs Seymour
and Peet for plfs Hubbard and Warner for def.
Wayne Handlir vs. Abiathef Chadwick -
Action for Assault. Jury disagreed. Orr and
Harrison tor plf. Seymour s. Hubbard for def.
w GranRis We George P TaIlmadge.-Ae-
tioH for Trespass. Verdict for plf. 81 dam
ages and costs. Eollister and Harrison for
pit, Seymour for def.
George Merchant vs Alanson Hail. Action
on the Case. Verdict for plf GIT and costs
| Hollister and Harrison for pit, G C Woodruff
| for defendant,
Thomas +. Biinsmade vs. Housatonic Rail-
| road Company.-Acton on the case, Verdict
| for plf to recover $50 and cos,s. Sanford
and Hollister for plf. E. 8. Abernethy and
Seymour for defendants,
Wales s. Porter VS.. Daniel Brewster
| Action of Trespass. Verdict, defendant to
recover costs. Norton and Peet for plf.
Hubbard for defendant.
Russell Gilbert VS.. Jonathan Bennett
Action Of Debt. Verdict for plaintiff, $14 80
and costs. Chittenden and Seymour for
plf Harrison and H. Fuller for def.
Susan Pettibone and another, executors
of the late Hon. Augustus Pe,tibone, vs..
Michael F Mills Action OF Debt. Yer.
die, for plaintiffs tosrecover $l452 81 and
costs. Seymour and Hall for plfs. Hubbard
and Sanford for defendant.
Miles Carey plead guilty of horse steal
ing, and was sentenced TO State Prison fol
3 years. Hubbard and Hall for State, W
K Peck for prisoner.
State ws. Della Patterson, charged with
an Assault Verdict, Guilty-senlenced t
workhouse fer 80 days Hubbard aud Bar,
bour for state, Peek for defendant
George Davis was tried for horse steal.
ing-verdict not guilty. Hubbard anc
.Giddings for the state, Hollister and C. E
Moss for defendant.
| William Anderson plead guilty of theft
fined $lQ and sent to the workhouSe tor &C
days. Hubbard and Graves for the state
w G Cee for the defence.
The case of NJ. B Bates appealed from
the justice cour, by which he was convict
ed of being common drunkald.) was trieC
but he jury disagreed, Hubbard and Todc
for the state, Hollister g. Moss for defence.
State VS. Mccain and Rilus.-Action fol
breaking windows &c. Mol. pros. as tc
Mccain. Rilus not gSl,y. Hubbard and
Chittenden for the state, Hollister and Har-
rison for Rius.