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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-11-10
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Hougs OF LIFE and other Poems, by
S, rah Helen Whitman. Providence
George II. Whitney. 1853.
Mr.. Whitney has performed an ex-
celcn, act in giving 10 the pubic 10
collected aud substantial form the beau
riu and highly polished productions OF
this gifted aulhofess. Mrs. Whitman
is a lady OF rare genius and many ac-
complishmenls she possesses a singu-
arly ideal mind, and she delights con-
sranlIy to dwell! in lha. word oil spIfn
which her own warm heart and high
intellectually create. Scne OF the po-
ems IN this collection have long been
known by tn. world, having been pun
!ishcd some years ato, in variocs 'iteru-
ry magazines, ANIMALS, &c. those wh"
are familiar with thrse gene will only
be anxious to peruse the present vol
ume, as they will Daturally expect rich
gems alter years Of cxperlenca and
constant thought.
The longes, poem Il entitled "hours
", l..ie,' and is divided into three parta,
--MornIng, Noon, Evening. 1We quote
tDg following lines from Noon, which
will give some idea OF the style and
strength Of Mrs. Whitman's mind -
Near me pressed a vassal thIons,
Slaves to custom, seal Is to wrong
Hollow hearted, vain and cold,
Mnlons OF the earthly mouldi
Holding in supreme derlsiUn
Memories of the life ely sian,
Reckless oi the brih-Iight lost,
Needless Of the hcavenl, host, ~
Traitors to the Holy Ghost
Her lines 10 the "TraiIpg Arbutus'
have seldom been equalled by any poet
ic wri,er the closing portion is espe-
claly beautiful -
Now az Iingor, mil crowds alone,
Haunted by echoes OF music flown.
When the shadows deepen around my way
Aud the light uf reason but leads astray,
When affections, nurtured with iondest care
In the trusting heart, become traitors there,
When, wear, oi all that the world besto~ss
! ! turn to nature Tor calm repose,
| How fain my spirit. in some far glen.
Woald told her wings, mid thy flowers again
We could fill columns with exrasis
from this volume, which would delight
the reader who is fond Of poetry but
tie better way is to obtain the book and
read the W ole, and you will be al ad-
mirer of the authors genius.
Mr.. Whitney deserves many thanks
Tor the fine sly lie in which lie hus got up
the work. For s,le at the bookstore II
w. II. Peek, % Thames street.
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ErrrcTs OF THE VINE DISEASE IN
CARGO Accounts Of the 2lst ultms
trom CcphalonIa inform us that the
currrui crop Of this year has been very
abort, aud OF very inlerior quality
throughout the islands and the cont-
n.nt of Greece. The beautiful isani
of Zan,e yielded only enc twentieth oil
her average crop that lie, live hundred
thousand pounds OF marketable iruit.-
THIS is the second year Of this vine dis
ease visitation. heanwh lie tie agrl-
cultural districts in which this luxury Is
raised are in the lowest ebb of poverty
and indulgence, AID the courge prom,s-
es to hold out Tor many year to come.
Should this he the case, the sutfcrlngs
Of the people inhabiting that interesting
part Of the world. bound 10 the whole
human family by the mos, sacred ties,
must be beyond calculations. Consider
inp the strictly agricultural habits o'
those people, and the entire absence oi
all other means of livelihood, we can
scarcely hope that their condition WI l
be anv better than thai of Ireland dur
is- t.. potaroto,. Those who look Up
,g Greece .s the source oi the hoblcst
iucilons ol the human III nj cannot
au, symparhise with this deep afl ct'on
.r nor children.-Hosioh Trdv.
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Proriied houever, that the said dele
gates elected on the 2sih day Of June
last. shall assemble in Convention unless
n number of the qualified electors OF the
State, greater than one half the number
of persons Young in the last general
election shall vote afirmativrly upon
the proposition submitted by the provi-
sIon OF this act"
The House was called ana the amend
ment lost-ayes 81, noes 36.
The ac, was then passed, ayes So,
noes 2l, as follows
Ayrs-M ssrs. E. Angel, ii. J. An
gel, Arnold. BaIlou Burroughs, Chace,
Coe, DJdge, Eddy, Fenner, Gallup,
Gavlu, Harms, Hazard, Hoxle, Humph-
rey, Kenyon, Ly on, Owen, Peck, Perry,
Pierce, Potter Remington, Rose, Sleere,
TAFT, Thayer, Thurston, Titus, True,
Tucker, j. II. Weeden, w. A. Weed
en- j.. w. W nipple, Whi'iord-3G.
NoEs-Messrs. Anthony, Bateman,
Boeworth BroWnell, Bush, p. Clarke,
Cranstcn, Dixon, Durice, Holden, How
ard, Hunter, Johnson, McGregor. Man.
chester, Munro, Shearman Shippee,
Spencer, Ward, c. Whipple-2l.
Adjourned ill O'Clock.
AFTERNOON.
The act calling the Convention has
/ in 81 aseed the Senate, 10 10 Is. The
/ Governor voted in the affirmative and
/ the Senate cOncurred.
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We are told that Martin Kos is on
his way 10 this country. II is 10 be ex-
pected,o course, that he will be lioDized
when he arrives. Tie clIzens Of New
Yoik will take cure that that matter is
attended 10, inasmuch as they never
lot on opportunity escape TO get up
JWor over the arrha al OF any II torlous
character from foreign parts. kosZta
viii furnish them with capital subject
Tor momentary ebulltlon oi feeling
and grand display, after which he
will be forgotten like some OF his Illus
trious predecessors, and the excllabllry
OF the New Workers " i'll settle down 10
wait lor the next arrival OF II subjeci 10
loulZe. A combination Of circunlstan-
ces has given noloriety TO Martin kosz-
ia. Lie has I cen Oh American soil once
before, has been charged with aiding IN
purlolnng Hungarian regaln, and upon
leaving our shores has been made prs-
oner by Austrian authorities has gwen
origin TO n most voluminous and mean.
lngless document rom the pen OF The
Piem!er,as any other previously obscure
individual might have done III like CIR
cumslances, but certainly nothing Tor
Americans to make themselves loo
over, as they have the reputation OF do
ing whenever sucn an opportunity is
presented So tar as kosZta was entl-
lied to American protection we cordial
ly congratulate HIM upon having re-
clevcd IT,. The cost OF 1t here was Ger
talny upon very cheap terms, alter all
the noise that WAS made: However, II
will never do to let such an occasion
pass without an effort to make some po-
ltical capital out OF 1t, and we may look
out for some grand demonstrations upon
HE arrival oi Koszta, to make hero OF
hln so lar It's 10 suhserve such purposes.
- Richmond Whig
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INTERESTING TO THE Army An in
le. esring question TO Army officers is
likely TO be raised by the Court Mar
trial trial Of Surgeon Steiner U. ). A.:
for the killing of Captain Arnold, late
in command Of Fort Graham, Texas
Steiner gave himself up 10 the civil au-
,horities of Texas, by whom he was
dicharged after examination, on the
ground that the homicide was commit
ted in self defence, and Unsuitable.
Steiner had just obtained six
months leave Of absence, winch reached
him The day before the homicide and
Immediately upon being discharged by
The civil authorities. he left the post and
lis vicinity. The order that has gone
out Tor his trial by court martial, COL
templates his arrest wherever found.
The War Department understands
lin view Of the Supreme Court Gcci-
sion in the case of Moore We. the State
of Illinois, in Howard's Reports OF last
term) that man may be tried Tor both
civil and military offence. The 7ih
Article of war provides the penalty oil
death for mutinous conduct and that
charre. il is helencd, will lie against
Stei, er, in consequence of his threat
uttered against Arnod's life the night
preceding the homicide.
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How TO GO THROUGH 4 CROWD. The
Salem Gazette gives the following Illus
tration ofthe ease with which dense
mass Of people may be separated, On
Thursday, while the people were making
a rush for tickets to the Lycsum, meal
man made his appearance pretty wen
covered with the dust of his profession,
and, marching boldly up, very soon ell
fectcd an entrance, us the crowd gave
way upon his approach, rather than run
the rick of being smo!hered in meal
which aew4prctty freely wherever the
powdered gentleman worked his way
along. & The exhibition was very ludi-
crous TO unconcerned outsiders, and
made no little sport.
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"Wednesday Morning, Nov. 9.

SENArE.-The Senate met al 10
O'Clock, Il. m, aud there being no busi-
ness before them adjourned 10 B o'clock,
p. m.
Afternoon.
A Resolut o. directing the Clerk Of
the Court Of Common Pleas, Providence
10 cause an index TO be made 10 certain
records in his office, was read and pass
ed.
The Senate concurred with the House
in the passage OF the act recommend-
ing Il convention for the purpose oil
revising the constitution OF the State
Ayes, 50. Noes, IA.
Report OF Town CounrIl of Newport
IN relation to the Jewish Synagogue
Fund, ordered to he placed on file.
Petition Of George Taylor tor liberty
to convey the dover oi his vile in ce'-
tam esta es, referred to the committee
on the Judiciary.
Adjourned to Thursday, at 10 o'clock,
a. IN.
Uousg.-Mr. Potter, OF Providence,
offered the following resolution, which
vas read and paesed.
Resovcd, That committee Of three
nc appointed to ascertain whether Tie
various manufacturing establishments
m this State, conform 10 the iaw passed
a, the January session, 1888, regulating
the hours OF labor. and that said CON.
m'tre be required TO report by bill or
otherwise. at the January session oil The
General Assembly.
Nlessrs. Peck, II. Y. Cranston and
Emor Coe were appointed sa'd commit
tee.
MIR. Weeden, from the Committee on
Judiciary, 10 whom WAS referred the
petition OF the mayor and city council OF
/ the city Of Newport, in relation to street
commissioners in that city reported an
act in conformity thereto which was
read and passed.
Mr.. Weeden, from the Committee on
the Judiciary, to which was referred the
petition Cato Brighlman for restoration
10 his clvll rights, rep0rled resouu"n
for that purpose, which was read and
passed.
MIR. Thurston, from the Committee
on Corporations, 10 which was referred
he petition OF Elan =. LlltletieId and
others, of New Shorrham, 10 lac moor
pora,ed as the Island Bank. reported an
act for that purpose
Mr.. Rose, oil New Shorcham, moved
as an amendment that the bank should
no, be required 10 redeem It's hlI's
when presented in sums over I'VE nun
drcd dollars, without having received
n five days, previous notice.
On the motion Mr.. Cranston demand
ed the yeas and nays aud were as io'
| lows:
i Ayes, %! Noes, 20.
II Mr.. Rose then moved that the act o'
continued until the January session o
the General Assembly, which motor
prevailed.
Adjourned until Thursday morning
! at lUo'clock.
i Thursday Morning, Nov. ..
| SENATE Petition OF Gearge IL. Cal
vert. in relation TO street commissioner
Of the city OF Newport, concurred'
II Petition of Cato Brightman for res'o
alton OF his civil rights, read aud col
Cured.
| The Senator from New Shorcha'
had leave Of absence ior the remand,
OF the session.
\ An act in relation 10 certain cast
where life is lost by the neghgence
Common.carriers aud Others. Rad al
j concurred 10.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-11-10

The ARMoGY CuMMissloN.-The Sec
retary of War, acting under authority
OF President Pierce, has taken IA some
what extraordinary course with the
Armory Commission. Dissatisfied with
their prolongaiion OF the Investigation
and their adjournment from October to
December, before proceeding to Har-
pers' Ferry, he has taken the rcsponsi-
bi.y of relieving them from further SER
gi;c, save ,hat Of repairing to Wash
iug,on early in November and making
their report TO him. 1t is further under
stool that another Commission will be
appointed to investigate affairs III l1ar-
pcrs' Ferry.
For what cause these cumulative in
dgmties are heaped up the Comm s.
sion. we do not understand. Crrtainly
the tact that they had procraslnaicd
their lahors beyond the expectaIio or
wishes OF their superiors, is not sufficient
to account Tor them. a hint that ii was
d sired they Should work more rapidly
would surely have JtIiccd to remedy
cause for compliant OK that score. The
Commission had and exercised the
power Of stopping the testimony here at
any point they pclscL.-[SpringGeld
Republic.
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An cn re - Professor Silliman, IN
hls "Vinu to Eurorr,' Just Published,
relates The following an, cdotr
Ia the year 1898 Henry Cole, deaa
Of ST paul's, stopped AT Chester on lis
way to Ireland, commitsioned w
Qu,en Mary To persccute the Pro'es-
,anta. und eSulllngly showed las com
mssinn, winch he replaced ~ lbs bag
bat As sonn as he lett The room the goo.
indy OF the house ,ock oui The eommis-
,lon and replaced II with pack OF
cards. wlih ide knaye oi clubs upper
most. OF course the dean made
rd,culous figure when lac opened his
supposed commission ~ Dublin, To lhe
dign,iari,s; AID before a new one
could bo nbnmrd. ihe pstsecuiirg
May breath, j her lds,
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0y When | gaze lnio the stars
they look down upon me with pity,
from their serene aud silent places, like
eyes glistening with tears over the lille
lot OF man. Thousands OF generations,
all AS noisy as our own, have been
swallowed up by time, aud there re-
mains no record OF them any more, Yet
Arcturus aud Osion. Sirius and PIeiades,
are still shining in their courses, clear
and young as when tIie shepherd first
noted them in the plains Of ohlmar-
CdIiyie.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-11-10

MoRe DEATus FROM POISONOUS CAN
py.-Two brighl-eye ed little boys, one
aged two and the other about five years
SONS cia MIR Horton, ol Boston-died
q .aw days since from eating candy
" h,ch had been colored with some poi
slnous substance.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-11-10

HARD TO QuALlFy. A man once
wen, TO an eccentric lawyer, to be quaIl-
fled for some petty Office. said the
lawyer, hold up your hand, I'll swear
YOU bu, al. creation couldn't quality
yoo ?
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-11-10

~ We learn that Capt. Comstock
is now on his last trip in the steamship
Baltic, OF the Collars line. he will su.
pernrend the building Of the mamoth
steamer Tor the Fall River line, and
when put on the route, she will be ur-
der he command. Capt Comslock has
long been grea, iavorile on the Sound;
ne will be succeeded in tho Baltic by
Capt E'drid1e, late oil NanderbIts
"Noruh Star" who is agentleman every
way qualified for the responsible poi
ton.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-11-10

The Seaate took n rec ess unill TWO
O'Clock, p. m, when the joint resolutions
adiourning the two lluses was etncur-
re d in, and the Senate stood adjourned
accordingly to meet again i" Providence
on the second Monday Of January next.
HousE.-Mr. Peck, OF Providence,
presented II memorial OF Horace a.
Manchester and others, praying for the
passage Of AN act abolshing lmPrisoi
ment for debt which was received and
referred to the special committee ar
pointed yesterday under the resolution
OF Mr.. Peck.
The House, IN concurrence with the
Senate, adjourned 10 meet again on the
second Mondy Of January nexL
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-11-10

u- B,snor IvEs' Book, setting 'or'h
,.o.ons for transferring his allegl-
- r-o,, ,he Protestant Episcopal, TO
,bs Roman Church, is to make It's ap'
..,,onee in London this month.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-11-10

Uncle Toms Cabln-er is the new
name given to Presiden, Pierce's Cabi-
net. The name seems descriptive Of
he way That Cabinet mas aided Toms
.eopIe in the North.
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NERtLD OH THE 1INEy
CRANST0N & NORMAN.
TER NS--t2 in advance, or 81 %
at the end of lhe year.

SiGnrs IN SwEDrN.-There Is MOTH
Ing that strikes stranger more forei-
bly, il he visits Sweden NJ the season Of
the year when The days are the longest
countrymaa, Dr.. Baild, tells US that he
had no conception Of the effect produced,
before lis arrival n, Stockholm, five
hundred miles distant from Gottenburg.
He arrived in the morning, and IN the
morning, and in the afternoon went to
sec some friends. He had not taken
note OF time, and returned about night
it was as light rs il is here half an hour
before sundown. You see siislinc IT, "
But all was quiet in The streets IT
seemed rs it the uhabrtanls had gone
away, or were dcai No signs OF lite
the stores closed.
The sun in JuGe gees down in Stock
holm, at llIle before ten o'clock. -
There is II great illumination al! nigh,
as the sun passes rouni the earth to-
ward the North Pole; aud The reirac-
ton offs rays Is such that you can see
TO read al midui hl, without artificial
light. There is a mountnn al The head
OF Boihnia, where, on the 2lsi OF June,
the sun does not 90 down at all. T'av-
eIers 30 there 10 see l.. A steamboat
goes up from Stockholm ior the purpose
OF carrying those who are curious to
witness the great phenomenon. Ito =
c.rs only one night. When the SUI
goes down 10 the horizon, you can see
the whole face oiit, aud in five Riinutes
il begins To rise.
Al the north Cape, latitude az deg,
the sun does no, 90 down Ior several
weeks. In June il woIld be about %
degrees above the horizon al midnight
The way the people there know that II
Is midnight, ls-they see the sun rise
The changes in these high lalitudes
from summer to winter, are so great
that we can have no conception oil then
at all. la the winter time the sun dis
appears, and is not seen Tor weeks. -
Then il comes and shows lis face. AT
forwards. il remains for ten fifteen oI
twenty ninuns, and then desccnds an'
finally it does not set at all, but make'
almost a circle around the heavens -
DR.. Baird was asked how they managed
10 regard TO hired persons, and wha
they considered a day. lie could no
say, bu, supposed they worked by tn
hour, and twelve hours wou d be con
sidercd days work.
Birds and animals take thor accus
toned rest at the usual hours. LIZ
Doctor did not know how they Learned
the time, but they had, and go to res
whether the sun goes down or moi
The hens take to trees about sevrI
O'Clock, p. IN, and stay I'LL The sun
well up in the morning and tie pea
ple oct in 10 the habit OF late rising, too
The first morning DR.. Baird awoke l
S,o ckholm, lie was surprised to see IN
sun shining into hls room. lie locke
at his watch, and found 1t was onl
three o'clock the next time he awokt
il WAS five o'clock but there were II
persons in the street. The Swcdes !
The cities are not very induStrou
,,,,;no probably, TO The climate.
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nt- II is said that Col. Benton will be
a candidate for the Speakership OF the
U. >. House ol Representatives, at the
ensuing session.
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THe ALPINE HnGHrs.-Ihe pen a"u
tie pencil may attempt, aud not uhsuc-
cessiuly, to reproduce the soft grNdua
,ions of the beautiful, or the abrupt
contrasts OF the picturesque, hut h'y
are alike powcrless and paraIyscJ De-
tore The awful grandeur oi the Alpine
Heights, where there is neither lie OF
motion where stern, unsmlllng ~.
blmacy has moulded every ipfIn' ana
Stamped upon the scene Tie Iro"n ol
a perpetunl winter There IL hn'hlug
in tho ordinary aspect ol nature h'"'
prepares us Tor what we zee "heh we
have entered the region ol refpe'u''
snow Here il no huth ui insect no
rus,e Of foliage no pulse oi vitality
/ There il no provision Tor amman I'VE w
( the p,tiless granite. ice and snow 'i'H'
make up the Landscape. The solitary
ca,l,. whose slow circiug l"rn IL
rointed on the darR ekv above seems
/ bu, a momrntary presence, IKE our
selyes and not part OF the seeue'-
N,t,rr is no longer bJunieous and
tpniynani mother. bot slerh and ~ b
ful mower. before Nhth w bow az u
,,.n,blr and then ceases 10 be a man 9
i,rm and uarden AID b, comes ouiy Q
. rar, oi the soldt system --tlulai de Hay
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WAY TO WgALTH.--Dr. Franklin re-
marks, in causlic style, that there are
but three ways for a nation to acquire
wealth. " The first is by war, us the
Romans did, in pIundering their con
Quered ncighbors - this is robbery
The second by commerce, which is
generally cheating. The third 10y az
ricutnre, the only honest way, wherein
man receives u real increase Of the seed
thrown into the ground, IN kInd OF
continual miracle wrought by the hand
OF God in his favor as "a reward for his
iLuoccnt lie and virtuous industry"
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General Assembly,.
OCTOBER sEsslON-AT KINGSTON.
TUESDAY MonslNG, Nov.

TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. j.
SENArE.-The Senate met at ten o.
clock, His Excellency Gov. Dimond in
the chair.
Prayer was offered by The Rev. Joel
Mann.
Communications were exchanged by
The two Houses announcing that each
were organized, and ready 10 proceed
wNh the business ol the session.
A communication from the Depart
ment of State at Washington, recon-
mending the passage OF an act autI ori-
zing French aliens TO hold real estate,
was read and referred to the Committee
Oh the Judiciary.
Adjourned 10 3 o'clock p. Nj.
House. The House was called TO or
der at ten O'Clock, by the Speaker al
ter which, prayer was offered by Rev
Mr.. Mann.
Jeremiah S. McGregor, member elect
from the town Of Coves,ry, in place OF
Lew johnson, resigned, appeared, was
qualified, and took his seat.
The Speaker laid before the House
the semi annual report OF the General
Treasurer, showing his receipts and eX-
nenditurcs Tor the six months ending on
the Goth day Of October last, which was
read. The following is an abstract:
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Bol.sE. -. After considerable debate
and the rejection sol motion OF Mr..
Sleere upon the table, and motion to
adjourn, made by Mr.. Dixon, the mo-
ton of MIR. Stcere, suspcnding the rules,
was adopted.
The bill was then read by lis title,
and passed to a second reading.
Adjourned ill 10 o'clock TO morrow
morning.
WEDNESDAY MoRsiN0, Nov. 2.
UousE.-The House met at 10 o'clock.
the Speaker IN the chair.
The following petitions were received
and referred 4:
Petition OF George Taylor Tor liberty
10 convey his wle's right of dover III
certain estates. Granted and act pass
ed. c,.
Mr. Rose called up the petition oi
Elam p. Littefed and others Tor an
act incorporating the Island ank, ana
advocated the granting the prayer oi
the same. The act Vas read and re-
committed TO the Committee on CorpoT-
atoms.
Petition OF Wm. H. Greene Tor. remu-
ueration. Referred 10 n special com.
mi,lec. consisting oil Messrs. BosworIh,
Titus and G. Whppe.
NJ. A. V. Potter called up ihe act
recommending Convention oI the peo-
ple OF this State to revise the ConsIltu-
ton of The State.
The act was read, aud Mr.. Potter
moved It's passage.
Mr.. Dixon opposed the passage Of the
act in long speech. He was followed
by MIR. Cransion IN few more remarks
also in opposition.
Mr.. Boswor tn also opposed the pas
sage OF the act at considerable long'h
The debate was further continued by
Mcssrs. Cranston, Shearman, Bosworlh
aud others in opposition,and by Messrs
\ Potter and Titus IN favor.
N After several motions u adjourn ant
10 lay the bill upon the table, all o
which were rejected,
Mr. Dixon moved the following amend
! ment