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ENGLISH CABBAGE, TURNIP SEED, &c.
THE undersigned has just received direct from
l. the growers, a well selected stock OF the fol-
lowing Early York, Large York, Flat Dutch,
Drum Head, Heart shaped, Enfield Marcel. Vic,
toria, with many other new and good CabbaoeS
Flat Dutch, Purple topped, Strap Leaved. Early
Snowfall, ,Dale's hybrid, with other leading tur
nips spinach, HALE, Lettuce, &c, all warranted
fresh, Of FIRST quality, and offered at lowest prices
JOHN SAUL,
du lI-eootN corner 9TH and ~ streets
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MEMOIRS OF JAMES GORDON BEN
WI nett and his Times, by Journalist
au II FRANCK TAYLOR
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CVn observation-disclosures from the SUBJ
- ~ scriber, on Tuesday, the 18th in a.
slant, light gray Horse, nearly white, is %oS
about IL years old, Is hands high, well made be
has the mark Of yoke on his neck, also between
the hoof and fetlock from wearing spancils; also,
crest fallen. 1 will give the above reward TO any
one who will return him safe to me.
THEO. SHEKELLS,
Grocer, Sl Seventh St, bet and X.
au 1T-3tS
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OLD POINT HOTEL.

VNHE above Hotel will be closed for the season
Il on Saturday, the 18th instant, in consequence
OF the prevailing epidemic at Norfolk and Ports
mouth.
Acknowledging the very liberal patronage ex
tended TO the hotel by a most fashionable and in
teillgent company, the undersigned take pleasure
In assuring them and the travelling public that en-
larged and extensive Improvements viii be added
for the next coming business season
G. c. WILLARD Il BROS.
OLD Point COMFORT, Va, Aug 10, 1s55.
au ll-Iw
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/ OST, ON MONDAY, August 18th, in going
h TO Georgetown in the Union Line, a Bundle,
containing two manuscript memorandum books
about coins, and an Acworh ready Calculator,
with owners name therein, and also small brass
spirit level. liberal and satisfactory reward
will be given by leaving them at the Bank Of
Commerce, Georgetown, with Edw. OBEY.
au l5-3ts
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SILVER WARE.

JUST finished large assortment Of elegant Sill
~ yer Ware Of the latest styles consisting Of SOL
id Silver Tea Sets, silver Walters, Pitchers Cob
lets, Cups, Salt Cellars, &c.
The above, with an unusually complete stock
Of Silver Spoons, Forks, Ladies' Dessert Knives,
Napkin Rings, &c, Of every pattern. are Of our
own manufacture, warranted pure, and offered at
the lowest rates.
Every description Of Silvervare made 10 order
from original designs, however elaborate.
VI. w. GAIT d BRO,
ai Pa. avenue, between 9th and 10Th sts.
1h-Gf
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PLEASANT RESORT.
RING GAR ID z Ms,

(FORMERLl fANlEk' - GAkDEN,)
On NJ Street, bet,ceea Seresteenfh E EigkteeHtk,
OPENED every day in the week, and on Sun
" day. No spurious liqrors allowed, but Cof-
fee, Chocolate, Ice Cream, &C, viii be for sale
Weber's Brass Band will perform every Mon
day and Thursday evening, beginning at about
o'clock Admittance free. au l6-3m
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EHOR THE HAlR.-Bsrry's Tricopherous,
II Swedish Hair Creator, LYONS Kaihairon,
Castor Oil Pomade, and Or Marrow at
au l5-a LAMMOND's, 9TH st.
ENRENCH DRAWING PENCILS from the
Il several manufactures Of Bassch, Hardmuth
Walter and C9ntee imported direct fiSm the ma
kers in Paris, by FRANCK TAYLOR.
IVES
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(TATER COOLERS,-s,

"ATER COOLERS.--Some of the hand
w soonest and best everyway In the CITY. will
be sold az reduced prices ~ -"
Also, Double Ice Pitchers, lower than ever. M
the HOusekeepers' Furnishing Store, 400 seventh
sueet; g. FRANCIS.
STEWART'S skYLIGHT GALLERY
IN AGUERREOTYPES taken FOR so cents ana
upwards, and fitted in splendid cases. We
nave the finest light in the city, which for son
ness and distribution OF shade Is NOT surnassed n
equalled in the United States
we invite all who want good Pictures 70 call
al o<i "a; avenue, between 9th and 10Th streets
au 4-lm
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How Know Nothingism Works -Yester-
day the Know Nothing loungers around the
grog shops Of this city were in a terrible state
Of excitement over the rumor that the Irish
had attacked a Know Nothing club from this
city, who were down at Pope's Landing, eighty
miles below, on the Potomac, and that positive
information of the fact had come by telegraph
with request for the aid of one hundred
armed Know Nothings from this city. Though
every man who knows any thing, knew that
there is no Geographic station within fifty miles
of Pope's Landing, that in Alexandria being
seventy four miles off, but most convenient
and that there are not one hundred Irishmen
within a circuit of fifty miles around Pope,s
Landing, this absurd story found ready Gre
dence here, superinducing terrible excite
ment and the punishment of large extra
quantity of execrable whisky in the groppe.
ries aforesaid. Had steamer been on hand
to convey them, five hundred half drunken
rowdies could have been had to have gone on
the expedition in two or three hours.
News from Fort Riley.-Those connected
with the army in this city have been under in.
tense excitement for some days past over the
current accounts by telegraph from For,
Riley, Kansas, where the cholera was said
to be bad among the troops. This morning
authentic accounts from Fort Riley up to the
lst instant, were received at the War Depart
ment, from which we gather that Major
Woods and Armstead are not dead, as ha,
been reported, but the wives of those officers
are, with the two children of Major Woods
The report of the death of Major Ogden is con
firmed; the Quartermaster's sergeant at tn,
post, Francis W. Allen, and number of tn,
men, mostly laborers in building and enlarg
ing the post, are among the dead from the ter
Iitla scourge.
There were two or three hundred employed
tuurs, tY have the enlargement Of the pos
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Appendicitis. Thomas K Wallace, Of
Texas, has been appointed to be first class
clerk in the Office of the Register of the Trea-
sury. Salary 1000 per annum.
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DROyERs' REST

RY consent OF the Drovers and Butchers attend.
- ing the markets Of this vicinity thec5-.ss-'
salesday for Cattle al Drovers' Rest has n kc-Sfs
been changed from Wednesday TO FRI-TIQ
the oath instant. LEWIS d. MFARS
au ll-6t%
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ATTENTION, FRANKLIN-T THE
6\A members Of the Franklin Fire COMPANY
are respectfully requested 10 attend called meet
ing THIS (Friday) EVENING, August 18th
As business Of importance is to be transacted
Punctual attendance is requested.
X. E. DOYLE, Presic ent.
u X. CROssFIELD, Sec. an lit
ATTENTION, UNION GUARDS-You
"a ~ are hereby req ueSted to meet at your armory
M M Sth street, on FRIDAY, the 18th instant
~ w IL is earnestlyresired that every member
will be punctual In his attendance as business Of
importance will be laid before the Company.
BY oder: JNO. SHEA, Sec.
au l6-2t
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How to get up Roorbacks-If any tyro of
the press desires to accomplish himself in this
now so popular art of journalism, he has but
to take as model Washington letter pub
lished in the telegraphic columns of the New
York Herald of the 18th, which did no. 20
over the wires The pretense that it was Sc
received, in order to cheat the public into a
foOlishly exaggerated idea Of the Hsrala's en-
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NELTEkS~W A II II h.-Just received rom
- the Spring 300 jugs, pints and quarts, OF the
wholesome Water
have also received Longworth's Native Ca
tawba, in bottles, and weller's Scuppernong
Wines, in wood.
Also on hand, Heidsieck Champagne and differ
ent kinds Of Clsret. Il. gOST,
Importer Of all kind Of Wines and Liquors. Isl
Pa. avenue. au l6-3s
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-07-13

Y The CRoPs.-Joy and gladness
have followed quickly upon the gloom
and dependency which so long hung
over our planters. From every par,
of this and the adjoining parishes we
hear that the crops of corn and cotton
are now improving rapidly. and prom.
Use an unusually abundant yield.
The cane is also doing well. The
weather for the week past has been
mostly dry. yet we'll suited to the
crops. Opelousas Patriot.
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Ed. Comet celebrating The 4ah
was not confined to the "Spriogs /"
only. as you seem to think. o. the
morning ofthe ever memorable 4th,
my friend P"nch and l, smiled at one
other several times-took . buggy,
and after dashed round town, to e.
anime the architecture in the sub.
urbs; galloped through the crowded
taoroughfare of St. Charles St. aud up
boulevard, and at half past nine, w
left the noisy city, for the region Of
that "popular institution" a. you
call it, the Clinton plank road. Dooss
of the Strangers Home, open; we
could not pass it by, without looking
in. to sea if there we're any luckless
individuals there, in distress.-Talk.
ed to the landlsdy on merits Of dsw.
kins, shangbae, bantams, chickwigs
hard'igs. cdittagages and other foul
breeds. and mutually settled down into
the belief that the NATIVES ITO the
manor born, are after all the best
got on the road, and without any
great stretch Of imagination took t
t" be made Of shells; so did "bIue
dick and we sailed along at a rate
very little less than2 40 until blue dick
was startled to prick back his ears and
alter his pace. at sight of a small
party Of Erin Gobrahs. singing the
It Bowld Soger Boy" Was forced
to stop and listen to the patriotic |
embulitions. The declaration
would have been read. but was not
there. Mahoney spoke-cannot give
the whole speech, as my business
there was not that Of reporter
part Of the argument, however, struck
me, and Poncho alike Mahomey
said that General Washington's grand
Eaiher, was native of Erine-born ut
Kildare in the county Of Clare-went
% England rs an exile. where the
ather of Washington was born
Washington himself was an Irishman
n feeling if not by birth. As an evi.
'ence Of the fact, Mahomey said mo
nan in Virginia ever raised more DO
po:atoes-'han Mistrer
Washington. Poncho, Blue Dick
nd |, came home satisfied. Clio.
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GALLO ILLUSTRATION OF THE Pro
HIBrroRY LIQUOR LAw.-Le Progress
the spirited organ Of the more radical
among the French population, has a
piquant article on the new Liquor
law in New York, in that State. The
statesmen of New York, it says, like
those Of some Of the sister States,
have come to tho determination to
violate the liberty and the rights Of
al the world. in order to prevent the
abuse Of that liberty by the few. 1t
eongratulates the public, that our leg
islators have not applied the like
specific Of prevention against the
shocking crime of parricide. by en-
acting that, because children some
times horrify humanity with the MUIR
der of their parents. therefore We
xhall all turn Shakers, and henceforth
live in single blessedness-commenc-
ing on the Fourth Of July.
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A CARD,

~ Comet You will please announ.
&c y stupid public that neither my
co"'' Bottle Green, " OF myself are can
u''" Constable OF Governor. Our
'ae"'ve not been appreciated b.
e''"e. y, aud We fEd that honesty,
Inc ifs honor will not mend . Lex,
" HI PITY pocket look.
july1. Dru,,ous Io,,.
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STATE OF LOUI,IANA-sixth Judi.
cial District Court-Parish Of East Be.
ton Rouge, Succession Of LgwIs Pysuan.
decd. No. 40, "Probat~."l
pY virtue Of eommiasion issued il the
- above succession. and 10 me directed
from the Hon. the sixth judic,al district
court. in and for the Parish and State q.
toresaid I will, By virtue IT said commits.
sion, offer at publicsals At the court house
door, Of said parish, in the City Of Baton
Rouge, on MONDAY, tie 13th day Of .As-
ssa nezt, 1855, At the usual hours Of .aie-
the property hereinafter setforth and dss.
c'ibed, belonging to the succession Of LIZ.
Wis pYsuHn, late Of said parish, deceased,
to wit:
TOM, negro man. aged about 80 ysars.
and one STUD HORSE.
TExns o. SALE.-The negro mso slave
named ToM, 10 BE- sold for one fourth cash,
one fourth payable on the first day Of Jan.
uary next, 1886, and the other half on the
irst day Of January le57-in notes salts.
factoriIy endorsed, bearing eight per cent
interest pei annum from date until paid,
and mortgage reserved until final payment.
The STuD HoRse-for CASH.
july1o-y. H. v. BABlN, Sheriff
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WHERE 10 THE LIMIT "COfpO
rate bodies certainly have some limi
to thek authority, but it has beer
SO often transcribed, that the mari
is nearly, if not quite rubbed out
The legislature in granting charters
to towns. should simply say: Pom
peii flor instance), has right to
,egulate its external as we'll as in.
ernal policy, and with a board Of
Ommon council do whatever it pleases.
here is but little use in entering
no particulars, for charters in gen.
rI, are never read more than one
pc, and that by the proof reader.
There has always been an unde-
I'd and unsettled question in ref
ehce to the boundry Of this city !;
an although we dislike to agitate
the matter, still it ought to be de-
fine and settled, in order that the
tax Victor may 60 to its last limit,
and all be may. Pray tell US,
how gh up, and how low down;
how fAforward and back, does the
town 4? Tradition has fixed its
limits " mile square; but the old
gentlemavho measured it, has moul.
dcred a~ into dust and the pins
set by OF have decayed. On the
river, we entitled to a mile front,
but where commence with the
measure, nnan knoweth. A very
grave questi arises in reference to
the said fronwhich has called into
existence a siular suit VIM. P.
Coke. E.qr., wrf master, sues Rich.
ard MarkhamEsqr, because The
said Richard uses to pay the said
Coke certain an ts, claimed to be
due by the sa Richard to said
Coke. for wba'fa4 Richard refuses
and denies the b.ge. First, be-
cause the said Caeis bound down
and limited in hiA ght to collect
tribute, by the corp'fou lines mark
tbat-the corporatiornes) and he
has therefore no righo step over
on the Garrison battu,nd then ask
the said Richard, whsge for his
coal boat, there located Hence the /,
suit, and the firm resolve Richard
to contest the right, per ia bely.
The question is-aDd 8 a very !
knotty one: has the colation q :
right, beyond its right; l if SO, '
how far does it 60, in ong di. G
rectiou ?" This would b good
question for the Lyceum toke up t
and put to rest. |
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~ Capt. Joux CorroH. Of the
regular U. 8. Mail packet. Laurel
Hill, will allow US again, to thank
him, for repeated evidences Of his
favor.
~ The Phonsz Ledger.

~ The Phenss Ledger. has
learned, that a. far - the Modern
Athens, is concerned. the stability Of
the Union il not threatened by the
movement Of political parties there
The Ledger, chronicles the routing Of
midnight .conspiritors at Athens
in the following language: "The
democrats Of Jackson, La. have cleo.
ted their entire municipal ticket over
the Know Nothiugs!!! III ~.
nj consequence Of this, it is whisper
ed in Church Street, that there will
be 1t least twenty Withdrawals from
the central wigwam here, tonight
A paper is already in circulation
but We have no right to anticipate.
Tomorrow evenings Advocate will
post the public on the troubles that
ssxst come, in the natural course Of
human events.
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The local hemizer Of the Advotte

The local Aemizer Of the Advotte,
and author Of Things abont tow
says be passed an agreeable h'r
the other day in this interesting Sta
institution. OF the >ystematical ord
and discipline Of the Prison. unde|
the vigilant and energetic supervision
of E. Hiriart, E~qr, chief Warden
the writer speaks in merited TERMS
He says:
"There are 355 convicts. a mum
Der exceeding that Of any former pc
riod; aud Nj. II. finds great difficulty
in finding profitable employ ment fo'
them with tho present facilities
About $4,000 yards Of coarse cotton
cloth are manufactured here weekly
large quantities Of which are shipped
to St. Louis and other cities for sale
In the foundry we observed the
moulds for casting fluted iron columns
for the building in which is to b.
erected the statue Of Washington.
And here we should like to ask a
simple question. Under what author
ity has the commissioners acted, in
going TO the Penitentiary to have any
part Of the work done for the wood
and mud establishment designed for
the statue of Washington Is not
the appropriation Of $4,000 ample
II not, the amount might be used up ;
and then let the building stand until
the Legislature can make another ap-
preparation. Do the commissioners
design to have a marble table on
the inside. with the words THE pill
lars Of this beautiful edifice were cast
by the Peniteu'iary convicts ?" Ifso,
this will be very flattering TO the ar
tizans and mechanics Of the State,
who labor with unsnllied name. on the
side Of virtue. Would it not have
been we'll for the commissioners to
have saved the dear people" these
$4,000, and have turned out the
coDvicts 10 do the whole work ? Yer.
lily we think 80; and instead of send
ing to Florence for the statute itself,
ut an expense Of $4,000, it would
have been well for the Legislature to
have ordered the work from the peni-
leptiary, we have no doubt there are
gentlemen in that institution who
could have chiseled out the Father
IF his Country" andlgiveu him patri-
otic and virtu"us squint.
We have always thought it a very
great and useless expense, to codify
he laws every season; would it not
70 we'll to have sta ding codi6ca-
ing committee, within the Peniten.
larry; at no other expense to the
State than that of board? Honest men
all to make honest laws. then let us
zee what knaves and thieves can do at
t; if for nothing more than expert.
Dent.
We are opposed to leasing the Pen
Tertiary; and If the State cannot
manage it without conflicting with
he mechanical interest" then it
must be supported out Of the State
Treasury. Now, it is in open con-
lict with our mechanics; making
'hoes, Barrels, Casting, etc, indeed,
'early every branch Of mechanical in.
|us,ry is carried on there. The State
las no mnre just right to pursue this
ourse with her convicts. than she has
o send them out to practice law and
'hysic; or send them to preach the
modern gospel.
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~In the behalf of the citizens Of
Bayou Sara We return Capt. Gotten
Of the steamer Laurel Hill, their sin.
cere thanks for the kindness and
generous hospitality which he bestow.
ed upon them the morning, after the
late conaagration by preparing for
them an excellent breakfast. This
little act Of true and genuine hospi,a-
lily We trust will redown greatly to
the Captains credit, and we are sure
will long be gratefully remembered ty
our ci'izens.-B. S. Ledger.
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CANDID LAwYEK.-"Do you think
get justice done me p said q cul-
to biz counsel. II don't think
will" replied the other, "for I
stwo men on the jury who are op-
Peto hanging.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA-Sixth Judi.
cial District COurt-pa rish nf Cast n.

3IAIE OF LOUIStANA-SixthJ Judi.
cial District Court-Parish Of East b.
ton Rouge.-NoLAm STEWART, Executor,
". JANE McCALos, vile. Of Paul Daigrs.
RY virtue Of writ Of 4. n. issued in the
II above entitled and numbered cause,
and to me directed from the Hon. Sixth
Judicial District Court in, and 70 the Par.
ish and State aforesaid-I will 0 er at pub.
lie sale ct the plantation wherein the de.
fendent now resides, on the Amite River,
in this Parish at about fourteen miles from
the CITY Of Baton Rouge on SATURDAY,
the 4M day Of .Axssst ~ezs 1855. ct IL o.
cock, NJ, oil the right, title, interest and
claims Of the defendant, in or to tie proper.
ty hereinafter setiorth and described. seix.
ed to pay and satisfy the judgment, interest
and cost in the above entitled and number.
ed cause, to wit:-The following negro
slaves for life:
Barton, 4 negro man, aged shout IS years;
Susan, . uegro woman, eyed 80 years, ard
her three children, viz: Alexander, aged
IA years, Albert, aged II years, and Dan.
lei, aged years; Frank, negro man, 50
years Nelson, IS years, and Benjamin. %
years. Also, l3O arpents Of Land situated
on the Amite River. 1t about IL miles from
the City Of Baton Rouge. and bounded -
follows: North by lands formerly J. H.
Rivers, South BY lands Of D. H. Penny,
East BY the Amite River and west by thoso
of Andrew Cooper, together with oil the
buildings and improvements thereon.
Teens Of Ssle-CAsn, with the benefit
of the appraisement.
july 2-ets-w. II. Y. BABIN, Sheriff.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-07-13

Dotted and ka swyao .sv,orvvo.
0"e'u OH" ct Muslins;
Embroidered s. M, n,>o.-
-.o iESSES with Flounces;
SILK BELTS Of all colours:
80 ~, 1al Wells;
800. and FANS;
sGkLAS ct
jsly19.y. ~ermv>>
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-07-13

: DARING RoBERY.-Some case-har.
dened william. came into our front
Office. the day before yesterday, and
whilst the craft was at refreshment,
stole our coat. The coat is a blue
coat, and as it is about half worm
should say it s worth about So. To
10 IF We had it, double that amount
could not make Us part with it) The
gentleman who has it. may keep it, if
he thinks to get more than $40 Of
service out of it. II on close
inspection he finds it is not worth
that amount. he can return it, and he
will find . $40 bill (current money!
nailed on the pickets; which shall
be his. We make this PROPOSE
ton because we love to reward virtue:
and Just now we incline to the fash.
ionable belief, that the man who steals
. coat aud returns it, is a better man,
than bis neighbor, who never stole a
coat. Do we not read" the lost
sheep which is found, is placed at the
head of the flock !" Think of this
you google eyed knave and bring us
our coat back.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-07-13

1t appears by an inquiry instituted
by Mr.. Horsman. sometime ago in the
English House of Commons that sew.
en- years, joint income Of the Bishop.
RIGS of London, Westminster, York.
Canterbury, and Durham alone amout-
ed 20 the sum Of S5.225 COS Sc. OF
this amount the largest sum was re.
ceived by the Bishop of Durham.
namely, ST, 1863 OF and smallest.
5000 .26S so. by the Bishop Of Lon.
don. Besides these epjs,al incomes,
the Bishop Of Durham owned 81 liv.
ings, the Bishop of London 1877 and
the Archbishop of Canterbury held,
PA. which brought his Grace q net
income of 100000 per auuum.
'The leased estates of the Bishop of
leicester brings him yearly income Of
es1.O0O; those of the Archbishop of
onork 1905, $50. and those of the
Ik 'cbbishop Of Canterbury $3.50, 900.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-07-13

L il said that Mr.. Max Maretzek is
wiring his biography, or the Expert
ence Of . New York Opera Manager
for mauv unsuccessful seasons, to be
nublished in German and English.