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The whole TO be we'll seasoned, in - or Ia feet
lengths, and clear Of wind shakes, splits, knots
other defects, per NJ feet, board measure.
Glass No. 5.-Uhite Pine Lumber.
~, 600 superficial feet l-inch common cuttings, 10
feet lengths
5000 superficial feet 2inch select cuttings, 10 feet
lengths
10000 superficial feet inch prime cuttings, 10 feet
lengths
10 900 superficial feet inch prime cuttings, l6 feet
lengths
6s 900 feet, per NJ feet, board measure.
Glass No. 6.-Black Walnut and Mahogany
Lumber
1000 superficial feet l-inch black walnut in ~
10 feet lengths
1000 superficial feet finch black walnut in ~
10 feet lengths
500 superficial feet inch black walnut, in IL or
10 feet lengths
500 superficial feet 3-inch mahogany, in 10 feet
leagtbs
500 superficial feet .-inch mahogany, in IL feet
lengths
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THE NEW YORK q LIVERPOOL UNITED
STATES MAIL STEAMERS.
The ships comprising this line
The ATLANTIC. ....... Capt. West.
The PACIFIC .......... Capt Nye.
The ARCTIC. ........,. Capt. Luce.
The BALTIC............ Capt. Comstock
The ADRIATlC... Capt. Grafton.
-S THESE ships. having been built by
81 Tfs contract expressly for Government
R2kHzt466 service, every care has been taken in
their construction and in their engines to ensure
strength and speed; and their accommodations for
passengers are unequalled for elegance and COM
fort.
Price of passage from New York to Liverpool in
fret cabin, ) 20 Exclusive use Of extra size
state rooms, ) 300; in SECOND cabins, $40. From
Liverpool To New York, & 80 and Ego
An experienced surgeon Is attached to each ship
No berth can be secured until paid for.
PROPOSED nATEs sAILIs6.
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II my bid be accepted. desire to be addressed
through the post Office at ---, aud the contract
20 bc sent to tho navy agent at ----, for eSecu-
ton.
Respectfully, your obedent sery't. Alb.
To Comno. W. Is. SHUBRIcK.
Chief Of Bureau Of Con truction, &c,
Washington, ID. Z.
We, the undersigned, residents Of ---, in the
State OF -, hereby guarantee, in case the fore.
gong lid OF ----- be accepted that The or tboy)
will, within ten ddys after tho receipt Of the con-
tract at the post office designated IN said bid, exc
cute the same, with good and sufficient surctics,
furnish the articles proposed in conformity with
the terms Of the advertisement under which IT was
made. e.. ID.
T. r.
hereby certify that, 20 the beet Of my knowledge
and belief, the above named guarantors are good
and sufficient. G.. H., Navy Agent.
FORM OF ENDORSEMENT on the envelope
transmitting the offer:
Proposals for Timber
Ciass No. -, at The Nary Yard, (name the yard.)
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1876 900 feet.
To be free from knots, shakes, sap, and other &c.
fects, per NJ feet.
IPhih Pine Plank and Boards.
Known as No. 2, or Second quality.
l0O00 feet, inches thick, board measure, per NJ
feet.
$1,000 feet. inch thick, board measure, per NJ
feet
To be free from shakes, &c.
Glass No. S.-Tiaemefac Knees.
100 hscmetac knees, to 4 feet arms, 5 feet body,
TO side from 10 inches. per knee.
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1850 poles, assorted, Of good length and size. per

$50 poles, assorted, Of good length and size, per
I, piece
The above spars to be straight, and with the
bark on. per piece
Hickory Bars.
200 rough bars, IL feet long, to square 81 inches
at one end, and 8. at the other, per bar
200 rough bars, . feet long, to square 81 inches
at one end, and p at the other, per bar
The above bars to be ofsplit hickory, straight.
clear of knots, and all other defects
Hhtte Ash Oms-By The Foot in Length
200 white ash cara, 10 feet long
300 do do Is do
800 do do Ia do
800 do do 10 do
800 do do IL do
200 do do ii do
100 do do 10 do
Say %. 600 feet, per foot
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WANTED TO RENT.

~. AFURNisHED HOUSE, with ten or twelve
Lii Rooms, IN the Second or Third Ward, near
Pennsylvania avenue. Apply to
HOOE, BRO. & co.
May4 TUnionl
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NAVY YARD. CHARLEsTowN. MASS.

GLASS No. ~ tfe Odb.
30 900 cutie feet white oak plank stocks, per cubic
foot
900 cubic feet white oak butt pieces, from 20 10
81 feet long and from 10 20 "a inches
square in the middle Of the sticks; equal
proportions OF the various lengths and
sizes, per cubic foot
200 cubic feet white oak curve timber, or out.
square knees, in lengths Of from Is TO Is
feet, to be sided straight one way from IL
90 - nches, and to have n natural curve
or crook the other way from "a TO % inch
e in the length Of the stick. The width
or sIze the curved way to be the full size OF
the tree, and the most curving part Of the
stick or angle must be at least one thtrd Of
the whole length from the end. The va
rious lcngths, sizes, and curves in equal
proportions, per cubic foot
50pieces whteoak timber, from 3 20 10 long
20 be sided straight one way, from 10 TO IL
inches thick, aud 90 have fair natural
curve the other way from 80 10 30 inches
n the length ofthc piece. The curved way
may he from IL to 10 inches wide, or &C.
cordiug To the growth Of the tree. To be
tough, straight grained, and free from all
defects. Estimated at $50 cubic feet per
cubic foot
20 white oak check knee, the whole length OF
each body 10 be from to 10 feet, the
length Of the arm from the centre Of the
body TO be from 10 feet and TO form an
angle with the body from 10 TO 100 de-
gtocs, net siding 90 be from 10 ~ inches
The bodies 10 be sided 10 the diameter Of
the arms the siding way. The moulding
siZcs Of the bodies in the middle Of their
lengths 20 he from Is to 20 inches. Esti
mated az 30 noh6s net siding, per inch
net siding
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NAVY YARD BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Glass No. l.-JThie Oak.
900 cnhic feet white oak plauk atock pcr cubi,

Glass No. 1.-Whiie OAK.
10000 cubic feet white oak plank stock, per cubic
foot
TVhite OAK Dimension Stn6-Board Measure.
II pieces, 10 feet long, u in. wide, TO- in. thick
u do IL do 10 do do
do IL do IS do 10 do
do 10 do 10 do 10 do
TO be Of pasture oak, square e6ged, and straight,
free from large knots, and all other detects there
must be at least three inches sawed from the cen
tire of the stick to avoid the centre Of the heart;
say 1850 feet, per feet
Hphih OAK Boat Enea-By The Inch.
100 knee. from 10 o inches, To average inches,
say 2 80 riches, per inch
tyhifs OAK Boards-- Board Feet.
5000 feet inch clear boards, from Is TO % feet
feet long, per NJ feet
1900 feet aud inch clear boards, from Is to %
feet long, per NJ feet
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NAVY YARD. WASHINGTON, d. C.
Glass No. l.-White Oak Klees-Sguare
and Hl-sqndre.
50 knees to side, inches when finished, 400 inches
peri nch
80 knees to side, I. inches when finished,
675 inches do
100 knees to side, inches when Finished
| 100 inches do
so knees to eide, 81 inches when finished.
so knees TO side, inches when finished,
300 inches do
Arms to be in length from feet inches to
feet inches; bodies in length from to feet; in
all other respects in accordance with the "book Of
measurement"
Glass No. 2.-White Oak Plank Stocks.
u 500 cubic feet white oak plank stocks per
bic foot; 20 Of the longest pieces to be
straight, Is by II inches; the remainder
in accordance with the books Of measure
ment
100 900 feet boa rd measure, white oak plank. per
1000 feet; of this plank 65 900 feet will be
inches, 1000 feet inches, and 10000
feet 8 inches thick; the thickest plank must
be of the longest lengths; in other re.
spects TO conform to the "book of mea-
surement' above named.
CLASS No. 3.-Yello,c Pine Plank Stocks.
$4,000 cubic feet yellow pine plank stocks, per
cubic foot In the above amount 81 pieces
must be 80 feet long, sided straight, Is
inches in thickness, the other way III in
ches, with regular curve Of 6 inches; also,
80 pieces in length 80 feet, sided straight
Is inches; in THO ness / inches the other
way, with n regular curve inches;
also, Is of the longest pieces Of the plank
stock must be straight and square, 10
inches at the top end; in other respects
TO conform TO the book OF measurement.
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VNANTED-A NURSE; colored person pre-
w ferred None need apply without good re.
commentators Inquire at the corner OF Oh and
T. streets. Naval
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Sin: Tor we) agree to furnish and deliver at
the Navy Yard at -, IN conformity with the
requirements OF the Advertisement by the Bureau
Of Construction, Equipment. and Repair Of May
II, 1852, the several articles of (umber, lumber,
&c as the case may bc) enumerated in Class No
=, or classes No. and No. =, for that yard, TO
wit:
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NAVY YARD, KiTTERY, MAINE.

Class No l.-(By The piece.)
80 hickory capstan bars 10 feet long, 5, inches al
butt, and 81 at top end.
CLASS No. 2.
3 tons lignumvitn, Zone ton from 90 9, two tons
from D to 9inchcs,) per ton Of z, 2lO pounds.
Glass No. 3.-CWress.
900 feet, board measure in cypress boat boards
700 do do /! do do plank.
Per thousand feet, board measure.
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BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.
orRvxRv DESCRIPTIONS,
Executed afths Office of the Republic,
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CLASS No.

- cubic feet Of white oak plank stocks,
at - cent? per cubic loot .........S
--- sided inches vi white oak boat knee,
at - cents per sided inch..........
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whsHrsoros, SUPREME CouRr Roos,

10 great respect, am your ob,dicnt servant.
Il. X. CURTIS.
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bentham-through whose influence. we be-
heve, it was introduced into English jurispru-
dence, TO apply to cases of certain amount
500 and under Experience speaks strongly
in its favor, and it has an eloquent champion,
for its universal adoption, in the distinguished
Lord Brousham. lie gives it as his opinion,
founded upon the experience of many rracti-
TONERS, that thousands of cases which run
through the whole course of litigation, with
all its chances of miscarriage or misdecision,
would have been settled out of Court had the
parties been examined. Many cases are
brought into Court, we have reason to believe,
that never would be, if each party were sure
that his adversary could be heard. Many a
plaintiff persists in his attack, and many de-
PENDANT perseveres in his resistance. merely be-
cause each knows that the Others mouth is
closed. Would it not be well to have more of
an equity practice:
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Later from Europe.
Arrival of the Arctic,

The Collins steamer Arctic, from Liverpool
Feb. 25, arrived at New York, March S.
ENGLAND. The ministerial crisis absorbed
all The attention of The British public. Lord
John Rpssell's resignation had been defni,iyely
accspted by the Queen on the 2Ist of Feb, and
Lord Derby Qate Lord Stanley was SEM Cor
at once.
On Monday 23d, the latter Noblemarr sub,
united list of his Cabinet TO Her Majesty, and
kissed hands on his appointment to office.
Generally speaking, the new Ministry is
well received; reports prevailed, however, that
the opposition would not vote the usual SUD-
plies until Lord Derby had announced the
principles on which his administration would
act.
FRANCE. The alleged protest of the Auto
crat, addressed to Louis Napoleon, is suspected
TO be without foundation
Active negotiations are said to be gong on,
10 induce the Duchess of Orleans to consent
that the Count de Paris shall waive his right
as King of France in favor of The DUO de Ror-
deaux.
The Paris elections were to take place on
The 29th nit. and LIST inst. Detaehmeb pts from
all the regiments Of the Amy were TO be sum-
moned to Paris, to receive from the President
the new coors, surmounted by the Eagle.
The demand of France for the destruction Of
The Waterloo Monuments, has created great
excitement in Belgium.
Diplomatic relations between Belgium and
Russia are about to take place.
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Unknown REEF OF ROCKS IN THE JAVA
SEAS The following extract from the log
Of the ship George Brown, Of Baltimore, has
been officially communicated to the Navy
Department. II furnishes important infor-
nation OF the existence of an unknown reef
Of rocks not far from Tiger Island. The
George Brown was totally lost on this reef,
while on her passage from San Francisco TO
Calcutta:
Friday August Is, 1851. Lat. Mt noon.
6 deg. Al min. s.. lopg. l2l deg. 80 min. E.;
wind S. E., moderate, AS b. 80 min. (P.
MY struck on reef Of rocks lying S. f..
from Tiger Islant.' about Is miles from the
island. The islands were just in sight from
the deck. The next day the rocks went
through her bottom, and she filed with wa
| ter. BY The mean Of several observations
lnken the preceding DAY, the shoal is in lat.
& deg. "A min. S, long. l2l deg. E. We
left the wreck in our boats on the 18th, and
landed on the island Of 'Salayer,' after a sew
en- days passage"
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The Clipper Packet Ship sSTAFroRp-
sHIRE.-lt will be seen by our advertising
columns, that Messrs. Enoch Train g. Co.
intend sending This magnificent clipper 10
California This ship, we understand, &C
comedies about fifty cabin, and one hundred
and fifty second cabin passengers. and can
take from twenty-five hundred 10 three thou
sand tons of cargo. Her staterooms are lar
ger than are usually built, and her cabin is
furnished 10 most luxurious manner, not
emitting an elegant piano.
We should advise all those who wish 10
have their families 60 out in a pleasant and
comfortable manner, 10 take advantage Of
this pleasant conveyance, thus avoiding all
The annoyance ofthe lsihmus, and the crowd
ed decks OF the California steamers.
This clipper is tie largest Of the many ships
built by MIR. Donald Mckay, and he may just
ly feel proud Of his success in combined ca
pacliy and speed in such admirable proper
tons. e.t .s9
We shall anticipate for her rapid passage,
as she followed so close in the steamers,
wake on a recent passage to Liverpool, as to
to make the trip in something less Than four
teen days! When the Pacific sailed, the
| 'Staffordslire' was waiting with about fifty
sail of vessels for fair wind.-Boston Daily
| Journal. -,.4
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" Woolwich Rippings."

An excitement quite unusual in our quiet
city, has recently been produced in consequence
of the alleged self-ripping of various articles
of clothing in the house of Mr.. John Hanson of
Woolwich. This operation is said to have
commenced about three weeks since, and has
been confined principally to the clothes of a
young woman in the famiy,-a niece, we be-
lieve, of Mr.. Hanson's ,-some of which ex-
hibited conclusive marks of the Obstructive
character of the spirits who have handled them,
being torn literally to shreds. Wonderful
stories are reported of,he tearing Of new cloth.
even before the eyes Of members of the family !;
but when visitors have wished to see the per-
formance, they are told that things won't tear
while they are watched" In this particular, the
spiritual rippers of Woolwich seem very OBJ
stinate; differing entirely from their sisters at
Rochester. Books, cards, &C., have also
been similarly affected, daguerreotypes turn,
face down, without hands; and it said, that
during temporary absence of the young wo-
man, affairs were ,corse than erer
But we are not about to rehearse half the
marvellous stories in the mouths of all, but
will simply state that we have seen books,
cards and paper torn, upon whose surface the
finger marks were not halfso easily discerned,
and daguerreotypes turned which fitted TO the
case much cluser than those we saw at this
house; and to our own mind the proof is con-
elusive of one of the mos; palpable humbngs
ever started. Mr. Hanson has ever sustained
high reputation for integrity of character,
and we do not pretend to implicate HMM
deed we think him sincere in his belief,-but
that any other than mortal hands have been at
work in his house, destroying the clothes, &C.,
of the family, we have not the first reason to
kbelieve. hs.4 t..e ..sf .4..
: Hundreds of people have visited the place,
but we have seen none who are believers in
the spiritual rippings." The proprietols Of
the ferry are not alarmed at all. .......e..
" In letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury, transmitting to Congress copy of
communication from that department, furnish
| ing information ia reference to the new custom
houses now being erected, it is stated that the
appropriation for Custom House in this city
is limited to 1926, O0O The site has cost Sill )
900, leaving only $4,000 for the building,
which is insufficient for suitable structure
Noprogress has been made towards erecting
this structure, and tits respectfully recommend
ed that an appropriation should be made for the
cost Of the site. leaving the original sum o.
SOS, 900 as exclusively applicable to the bull
ding.
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FREE NAVIGATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE
The Montreal Herald of Saturday contains the
following paragraph: asa a,o. d. -....
We have good reason for believing that this
concession will be shortly made to American
ship owners by our Government We learn al
50, that the American Government are expected
to abolish their late regulation, by which goods
catered at inland ports are charged advalorem
duties upon their value at the places of impor-
tation in The United States, and that hereafter
they will be charged only upon the invoice at
the place of shipment. This charge, it will be
seen, will be very advantageous to the trade
by the St. Lawrence. For, at present, goods
passing by that route, say to Detroit, pay duty
on their original value, on the sea freight and
on the Inland freight, whereas entered at New
York or Boston they only pay duty on their
value at Liverpool. ,. .... 3. ........ .-.
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SYMPATHY FOR CRIMINALs.-TheO swego,
N. Y. Journal COMPLAINS that the unfortunate
individuals who are at present soJournins 10
the Auburn State Prison are not treated win
the kindness and consideration winch is cue
10 the spirit of the age. Ii speaEs OF 'leroci-
Gus, vindictive keepers, but is an gentleness
towards the prosecuted inmates VINO are call
merce saws, TO crown the whole, petition is
actually in circulation asking the LegIsla-
ture 10 pay the prisoners 'odges for thier SER
vices in prison 4. .f-. .s...
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C. There seems to be some misapprehen-
sion as to the political platform occupied by
several of the officers chosen at the recent city
election. Our Wing contemporary placed the
names of Johnson Rideont, Esq, Edmund
French and VIM. B. Taylor as wings. They
are all democrats, and no doubt feel properly
" indignant" at the false view given of their
position.
PEI acTloNs.-That writer who aspres to
immortality should initiate the sculptor, if he
would make the labors of the pen as durable
as those of the chsel. Like the sculptor, he
should arrive at ultimate perfection, not by
what he adds, but by what he takes away
otherwise, all his energy may be hidden in
the superintendent mass of his matter, as the
finished form Of an Apollo, in the unworked
solidity of The block. A friend called on Mi
chael Angelo, who was finishing a statue;
some time afterwards he called again the
sculptor was still at his work his friend, look
ing at the figure, exclaimed, You have been
idle since saw you last By 10 means re-
piled the sculptor | have retouched this
part aud polished that have so!iened this
feature, and brought out this muscle have
given more expression to this lip, and more
energy 10 this limb Well, WE'LL said his
friend: but all these are trifes.' 1t may
be So replied Angelo /; but recolIect trihes
make perfection, and that perfection is no
trifie.' .r
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MURDER IN JAIL. One Of three prisoners
occupying single cell in the Jail at Three
Rivers, Canada, employed few days since
in making axe-handles, obtained small axe
as a pattern, which another Of the prisoners
conce led under his head. A fer the three
men had laid down for the night ne who
had concealed the axe, (without any previous
quarrel or notice ofhis Intentions struck The
other two with the nxe, cutting one Of them
omen in the side, and wounding the other Sc
vesely in the shoulder. The former died in
n few minutes,
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SEAsoNABLE ADvIcE.-The following 're-

ceipe' commends itself to every reader
Of all the means Of curing colds, says an
exchange, fasting is The most effeclua. Let
whoever has cold cal nothing whatever for
two days, and his cold will be gone, provided
he is not confined in his bed, because by Ia
king carbon into The system by food, but con-
Stunning that surplus which caused that dis :
ease by breath, he soon carries off his disease
by removing the cause. This will be found
more ellectual if he adds copious water
drinking TO prolracted lasting. BY the time
person has tasted one day and night, he ex-
periences freedom from pain and cearness
OF mind, in delightful contract with mental
stupor and physical pain caused by colds
And how infinitely better is this method OF
breaking up colds than medicines
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POWER OF THE Pass. Newspaper cir
culations are infinitely more efficacious and
extensive than ever they were. And they
are more important instrument than gen.
orally is imagined. They are part of the
reading of all; they are the whole Of the
far greater number. There are thirty ofthem
in Paris alone. The language diffuses them
more widely than The English; though the
English TOO are much read. The writer's Of
these papers are like battery, in which the
stroke of any one ball produces no great
effect, but the amount of continual repetition
is decisive. Let us only suffer any person
to tell US his story, morning and evening,
but for one twelve month, and he will be-
come our Burke. .a fewh
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THERE'S A Sex IN THE Sour. '-Hornce
Mann says 'ihat the human sou; and tho hui
man feelings were created male and female,
as much SO as their bodies were.' he adds
Knives and forks aud hooks and eyes
might as we'll quarrel about equality AZ man
and woman. Equality in numbers 10 tho
| point whore the sexes are nearest alike; and
almost the only point.
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FIRE AT BELGRADE. On Thursday eve
ming last, the hardware md Stove Store of
MIR. Geo. Starett, al Belgrade Depot, was
burned, and its contents mostly rendered VAL
ueless The fire broke out between nine and
ten O'Clock. The building is said to have
cost $500; and the stock in store to be worth
$500. Insurance in the Lincoln Company.
Bath, for $500 on building, and $500 on
stock.-Ken. Journal.
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FATHER TAYLOR In the Seamen's chapel
in Boston, Father Taylor, WINS speaking Of
the great facilities of Massachusetts; the op.
portunilies for social and moral Improvement
and happiness which she presented. Said
he, Why, shipmates, ifa man went 10 hell
from New England, he ought to be ashamed
to look decent devil in the face raa sa
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NoRwAY.-At the annual meeting for the
choice of officers, holden on Monday last, the
town voted TO instruct the SeIectmen that no
Agen, should be appointed for the sale of al
coholic liquors the coming year in that town.
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Thirty-one newspapers and periodicals are
published in the Turkish Empire; and the
+ good old MussuImaas. complain that this
ssrnaii number are casting too-much light into
the public mind.