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AN IScl ESr.-T'he Lawrence Con-
ricr saws that some weeks since a stra =.
gel VS. seen in the middle Of the Mer-
rimack river, doIs ing about in the wa
in the most comcal manner 4 boat
was sent out after him and being evil
IDENTIFY out of his head he was taken to
the watch house. The sum o { six hun
drci dollars was found in his pocket II
afterwards appc arcd that he had been
travelling from the west to his home in
Maine. aad being unwcll upon the rou'
had ,loscd himself with opiatcs until
they affected his reason. and he had
fed into the river under the full convic-
ton that several persons were cnl-av
oring to shoot him. His queer an.icks
in the water were nothing more or less
than attempts to dodge the bullets of
his assailants. On the following day
being somewhat recovered he was sent
to his home under care of an officer. and
a few DAYS since Mr. Clark the Assistant
CITY Marshal of Lawrence received n
letter from him thanking him and 9TH
crs for their care and kind attentions
during his confinement
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NOW READY
TIE STATESMAN'S MANUAL

Containing the Presidents Messages. 10.
au.ural. annual and special. from
ihusc oil Washington 10 ,hs presen, time:
with their Memoirs aud Histories OF
their Administrations. Also, valuable
Documents aud Statistics. Compiled
from Official ,outce,.b, EDWIN WILL.
Ans. he new edition brought down
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TIN. great national work has received
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from some OF The most distinguished
per>orascs connected with the Federal
and State governments. /, is indisp.n.
sable 10 all persons in any Nay connected
"Iih Official or governmental affairs. A
iuii analytical Index accompanies the
work, By which immediate reference can
be made To any grea, ques,lou political,
social, or legal.
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BOOKS FOR THE SONS OF AMERICA
VOICE TO AMERICA;

Or, the Model Republic, is Glory OF its
Fall. with q Review OF the Causes Of
the Decline and Failure Of the he
pubIics of South America, Mexico. aud
Of the Old World, applied TO the Pres
en-, Crisis in the United States. Oae
Volume, I2mn. about 400 pages, cloth
gilt, q %. ss-a'@aa-
CONTENTS OF THE WoRK.-The United
S,a,es-Pro.peclive and Retrospective;
The Ancien, Republics--Early Civillza.
ton; Sparta and Athens; The Fail OF
Rome; Ital all Liberty in the MiddleAges;
Mexico, and the South American States;
The Heroes Of Liberty; The boundaries.
how established; The Anglo Saxon race,
the only one capable Of sustaining Free.
dom; The Rights Of Conscience; Re-
liginus federation /; The Bible. the Char
ter OF Liberty; The Principles and Perils
of our Common Education; Wha, con-
sti,u,es the right TO vote; The righ, Of
the Majority to rule; The effects OF R"'
manism and Professionalism on Civilization;
The Political power of the Pope; Roman.
ism aud Freedom: Folly Of surprising
American Institutions need no safeguards;
American Ci,lzens-na,ive OF adopted
Romis, or Protestant, equally interested
in resisting foreign influence; Evils Of
Military organizations exclusively Of
naturalized citizens; Secret Societies,
their use aud abuse: The Citizen Of a
Republic; Naturalization laws ~ the
United States: American Nationality;
The Common Cause.
This work written IN an earnest Amer.
lean spirit, by able and experienced
writers selected for their eminent fitness
ior the task, will be found worthy the
attentive perusal of the whole American
people condenses a prodigious .moun,
OF mos, valuable information relating TO
cur socis aud political economy, ani the
dangers 10 which our civil and national
liberties are exposed. together with Illus.
tratlons drawn from the history ot cIasse
and mndTen republics. Thu. production
mast bccom, The great ieri book tat liner
! icaa Ci,i.tns;s,nce ii is 70 ihornush IN It,
Investigations, aud OF such deep. siittlug
interest, i,,at II caauo, fail al ma. ias lis
d,rec, appeal 10 the heatts. oi the
people.
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A Tunnel UNDER N,AsAaA.-Ths
Buffalo Democrat ssys that a railroad
tunnel under the Niagara ~ eosness wiA
Waterloo. has been proposed. The plan
is though. to be entirely feasible. and =.
compor atvely moderate expense. say D
bout half q million Il dollars. The
average depth Of the river between Bird
Island and the ferry, is said 10 be thirteen
feet. The roof Of the tunnel need not b
more than twelve fee, thick Of the solid
rock. The he,sh. Of the tunnel from the
ais to the roof would be about eighteen
feet. A grade Of from forty.,htee 10
forty ave fee, would be oil !ha. . train
would have to overcome: Such . tue.
mel it is thoasM " Mld be good invest.
ment.
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- Hon John NJ. Niles, Postmaster


- Hon John NJ. Niles, Postmaster
general under Mr. Van Buren,, has writ
ten letter to the Hartford Republican
upon the political events of the day. He
as recently travelled extensively in the
West, and says: =
The Administration must be sunk
very low with the whole people, when
on a tour of four thousand miles, en-
bracing ten States and one Territory.
and conversing with all sorts of persons
and hearing conversation among Others,
we in no instance witnessed defense
of the Administration by single indi-
vidual We saw and converscd with
several persons, some centlcmon of dis
tinction, whose position is such that
they may be regarded as giving their
support to the Administration but
they did not defend it--and one dis
tinguished editor in Ohio, seemed to
admit that this Administrator was the
heaviest burAen his party had to sus-
tain.
The Hon. gentleman uses the follow
ing language to express his views of the
course of the President in regard to
Kansas affairs:
The law organizing the territory is
not local act, but a law of the United
States, which the President has taken
an oath TO support: yet he permits it to
be violated. and the federal authority to
be overthrow. In this extraordinary
course is not the President making him
self parry to these outrages: and if
civil disorders come and blood is shed,
will he not, in moral point of view, at
least. be responsible for it The peo-
pie of Kansas appeal to him for protec-
ton in vain he cannot hear them he
can only hear when Stringfellow and
Atchison speak.
The neglect of the Executive to en-
force the laws and repress violence and
outrage upon the rights and liberties OF
the people OF Kansas, is as much ana
buse of power, rs the commission OF
positive acts of oppression. BY organ
izing the territory of Kansas, and ex-
tending the laws of the UnitedS States
over it, the government invited settlers
there. and pledged its faith to protect
them in the enjoyment ofall those RICH 5
which the act of organ. zation allowed
them. and not to do so is a breach Of
faith towards the people Of the territory
as we'll as a gross derelietion of duty.
| In regard to the course to be pursued
by the people of the North, Mr. Niles
says;
IF it is asked what they do. answer
lie; the people of the free States assume
such an attitude in relation to this law
less wickedness. AS the occasion demands
and the President will faint-whethc,
he did in Mexico or not-bcfore the
moral power of a free and indignan;
people, and come up to his first and
highest duty, enjoined upon him by hi,
oath Of Office, to sac the laws aithful
ly executed.
Mr.. Niles has the reputation of beins
a far-seeing and sagacious Democrat
and such sentiments uttered bold ant
fearlessly. will cause a shaking OF th'
dry bones in the already shattered rank
of the Democracy.
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PRoRashE FAMINE AMONGST THE Nor
MoSs.-The several accounts (says the
Caitago PrcsS) which We have publish
Ell al the ra,ages Of grasshoppets and
cricket. in SsA, lake Valley poia, to The
strong profanity of fam,ne among the
-sin,s during the coming winter. This
j. not the first instance in which the
Mmmoas have had their crops destroyed
Nv ,he-e alldevouslug insects, The first
YEAR Of their settlement there, the crops
were estel, up by crickets, which left a
,yack behind them as II wasted by FIRE.
The observations OF Col. Fremont In
the Sal, Lake Valley in iS41 indicate
TIA, these cricketsand grasshoppers are
likely to prove a chronic plague TO the
Mor.n.ns He states TINT from time Inn
,ne,ner ial the native Indians have been ac-
tus,sal.,! TO regard them as part of 'her
,,.,.,eufe. They make cakes OF grass
Acpne p, ard ericke,s. They drive Them
MO ,r.neAes w4th hot FIRE at the bot
t,n. where their w,nss and legs are
burned and they are roasted alter the
asslan q, the iocnsts OF Africa.
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Henry Clay and American Sentiments

Sunlry n,i-American orators and ed.
tors are searching Henry Clay's speeches
and letters to find il possible something
that may be tortured into seeming oppnsi.
ton to the principles Of the American
party and the best interests of the cou,,.
Try; bu, none of them have yet quoted
the noble senlimen, which be uttered iii
his great speech in the Senate against
\ boli,ionlsm, and IN the following words:
Il prefer he liberty of MY OW n
COUNTRY to tina, OF ANY OTHER
PEOPLE; and the liberty of MY OWN
RACE TO that Of ANY OTHER
RACE,"-Lilc and Speeches Of Henr,
Clay, vol. 9, p. 3755.
The sentiment of this declaration Of
Henry Clay's Is the grand basis sen,i.
ment Of the whole American movement.
We have no hatred. no hostility TO forel.
sners. We wish them 10 enjoy every
privilege and every blessing not incompa,.
able with ,he welfare OF our own country,
aud the supremacy, the full development,
and the highes, happiness Of our own
race OF native-born Americ ans, upon the
soil Of their blrlhrlghi. Blu, we prefer
our own country and ouf own race TO any
other country aud any other race; while
our opponents disscn, in pratice from Mr..
Clay's noble sen,iment,and show by their
action that they prefer the Irish, Ger.
mans and French to their own native.
born complementary prefer men Of
other races to men OF their own race
Uniontoun Citizen.
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Escision reua,ng.

ra,t.esLrH.,, Aug. 2l.-Ihe dec's
s4p % the Saprene Court IN Passmore
W,llt.aisai,'s case viii probably be an.
,,,,as.crs il. o fewd,ys. The case was
a. t,.e.i on .se las, day. u the se'sIo" al
B.iforl TIE !ses aesi'eat"ex,H''F'e
the Authorities Yso,sd IN the a'ga~snis.
b lore deciding. Ths was impossible a.
Bedford. Thefe viii be no unnecessary
DELAY IN announcing the result VI The ap-
pl;ca,hs.
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Gopsy for September deserves NOR

Gopsy for September deserves more
than a common notice but we have al
ready said so much in its favor, tina, we
hardly know how 10 express our opinion
Of its merits al this time. But we cat
al least repeat wha, has been so often
said before: tina, Cooley is empha.lcally
tie Ladies Book above all competitors,
and is more suited to the wants Of our
lair coun,rywomen tn an any other publ.
cation OF the same nature.
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A VALUABLE FISH The smack 3. 4
J. Dickson Of New London, arrived here
on Wednesday evening, having in tow
large fish, known as the killer" cap,ur.
ed q, the south side Of our island. The
lish derives It's name from the fact ,ha, j,
often takes the life ola whale by getting
upon lis back and stopping its spout
holes, when j, consumes its tongue, and
hen abandons1n. These fish have BEEN
known 10 take whale from boat,
company. after il has been killed, BY
dragging i, under water. A, such q
time regular 6sh, s"ssss between the
harpoon aud killers. ''-'f
The killer, which 10 sei3sw sees in
our waters, is a very handsome fish o.
the whale species. Of most bsso,issl
proportions. It's skin is Of o very deep
black aud white color, as finely poli,hrd
a. the hes, pa,en. leather. and It's pure
ivory teeth con,ras, finely with the black
surroundings. The fish in question. will
make some two barrels OF oil, Of q ual,.
" nearly equal TO sperm. !, has already
been Gu, in," aud placed in the try
pots. - Edsartoro Ga:etts.
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ATTEMPTED MuTiNY. Sandy Hook
Aug. 10. This morning, while the brig
Abby Thaxter. Cap. Wiswell, bound for
Lisbon, was preparing 20 sah. with pi.
lot on board The crew attempted a tnutiny
bu, were subdued by the officers, and are
now in IRONS The reasons oil the muliny
are not known The brig is a, anchor in
The by, awaiting ASSISTANCE from tie
Revenue Gutter Washington, which has
been sent Tor and Is momen,afily ex-
rcted.
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HOUSEHOLD Wosos in il. September
number, presents an immense amount III
reading. both amusing aud Instructive
!, is the publication which furnishes lis
readers with the hes. light literature OF
England. in novels. tales. personal narra-
''ve., anecdotes, &c. A large and able
staff Of contributors is regularly engaged
upon this Journal and succeed in making
1t the mos, readable Magazine u the
DAY.
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SINGULAR ESCAPE ID. 4. Ilearn. q
Catholic priest. Of Taunton. = man
weighing about three huadsed poonds.
fell, a few days since. distance OF near.
y forty ieei from the tower ., the new
Calholic Churc.i To the h..o,. the
shock was, Of Course, severe. but not a
bone was broken. and he vas able, with
but little assistance. to walk to his house,
and Is NOW apparently doing well. Nav.
we appeal Ia our Caihoic friends, isn't
this miracle al,no,. equal to ,ha, 81 the
wink'ng picture Of the Virgin .l-Ls@ell
Cti-en.
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SArlsp.crroH-Ag good story is told OF
lnciedon, the ballad singer who was apt,
on .one occasions, TO give offence by his
heusque and almost rude department.
Bsing called on by person for satisfaction
'or an aiIfon,-probahy unln'ended BY
Iuciedun-he found him 4, breakfast.
Having heard his business, lncledon took
\ posture and executed "Biack-eyed
SasaaH in his unequalied style.
There" said he 10 his auditor. whc
,t,sni breaihless with surprise and adnira'
,loa II that does not satisfy you you
ree tie mos, unreasonable fellow ever
rnet with, for it has gwen complete salts
action 10 severa. thousands.
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THE AMERICAN AND ODD-FEL
LOWS LITERARY MUSEUM;

Containing Gems Of Literature. prose
and verse. by eminen, writers: with
over thirty engravings on steel. 9 vols.
Svo. muslin gilt, S. 90.
A nobler compendium OF choice li,era.
ture could hardly be coIlected-an eIe.
CANT book for the centre. liable and for
prese",a'ion-n is equ ally fitted for the
Iibrary.-N Y. Mirror.
Inactive and responsible Agents fo'
the above works wanted in every State
Of the UnIon-who will please address
EDWARD WALKER. Publisher,
ia Fulton Street, New York.
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EUROPEAN INTERCHANGEABLE steam
ship America arrived at Halifax, with
several days later news from Europe, or
The 18Th. The news by this arrival i,
of very little importance. There is ne
change in the aspect Of affairs before
Sebastopol The allies continue to pusi
forward their approaches towards the
MalahoiT. bat no Citing OF consequence
had occurred. A general engagement
hsweser, was soon expected. There
was rcpar, liz Paris on the 3rd' that the
b,mbardmenl had commenced, prepare
tory to All assault A dispatch from d
I.nId"n newSpape-, received AT Liverpoo
or the day Of the sailing Of the steamer
gave rep"r. that the siege OF Sebas,opn
was ahau, IL be raised, and also that i
es,mnllsi ea.i,,n had been received from
Germany, ~ the Western Powers, which
,e,.. lead 20 startling results. But these
r.por,s are of doubtful authenticity, and
should be taken into little account; how.
ever, the next arrival will he looked lor
wnh considerable anxiety.
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ELLSWORTH AMERICAN
Ellsworth, Friday Aug. q, 1856.

II We regret to announce that the
illness of the editor still continues ;
which will do away with the necessity Of
apolog,zing lor the absence Of the leading
editorial and ,ther customary Articles
But he is slowly convnIescing. and we
hope that he will soon be able to again
take his seat in the editorial chair.
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LADIES ENTERPRISE. This is a weekfv
publication. which is edited and publish>
ed by females. -Four young lsdiescoastr
tu,e the Editorial Committee, and sssiss-
ed BY many able Contributors. they fully
succeed in furnishing paper which every
lady in this great republic should PATRON
Use. The terms are - pss sanun, u
advance.
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The LADIES Wreath AND PABLO

The LANES WREATH AND PARLoR
ANNUAL for August is received with many
thanks. II contains a life.like steel Ell.
craving Of Alboni, the celebrated vocal.
ist; also, splendid coIored engraving oil
beautiful flowers; and is filled up with a
grea, variety OF interesting matter. II
is published by Burdick 4 Scoyille, 6
Spruce ST., NY.
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Oh dear, what caa the matter be, dear
dear.

When The cid line Wings and Demo-
Gratis become so hard pushed as 10 send
oct runners to drum up delegates to
their conventions, paying them for their
time, and Jefraylpg all expenses, the
query arises; Does the Mother Church
furnish the money! When the regular
delegates to the Wing Convention must
be men who never voted other than the
wildcat ticket; when such delegates
demurred a little and were quoted with
the assurance that by So doing they were
doing Catholic? Gods will-piouS souls!
Is rot tins doubly distilled Fusion, with a
vengeance. Go i, ye beauties We
wan, no such rar material in the Amer
Cab ranks. AMERICA.
Franklin. Aug. 81, 1876.
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NOTICE.

The Rev j C Ptras, relormsd RI.
naniss, hns . true Catholic, will preach
in Union Hail Ellsworth, on Sunday. the
2nd Of September, and Moadsy Evening
Be viii Iectare in Lords Hall on the
french Rexpls.,on, h which struggle he
wac OH active par,isimo', and on Toes
day evening on the subject II Roman
Catholicism Admission 70 said lect.
ure> II ~ cts each.
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Kentucky Elections.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 2i,-fuIl returns Of
our State Elections show the election of
six X. Ms. aud four anti-K. Ms. to Con-
gress. The State Senate consists OF
thirteen K. Ms. and seven opposition land
the House Of Representatives sixty lone
X. Ms. and 80 opposition. Morshe ads
K N. majority for Governor is about,
1000.
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ANEW AND ENLARGED EDITION {rHE 2OrH
7HousAND) OF
DIR. DOW ulNG'S HISTORY OF
ROMANlSM.

Compiled from Romish authorities:
with Supplement. bringing the history
down to the present time: with fifty en-.
cravings. vol. svo.. $40 pages, cloth
gilt. 50 90.
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PRINTER WANTED.

A goo Compassion, one that can dc
press wc'k preferred, will be given a per
manen, situation by applying immedia tely
q, lhi. office
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EDWARDS g. Cos ExrREss will please
accept our thanks Tor late Boston papers,
received through the politenes, Of Mr. 81.
Hale their Agent,
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Destructive Fire at Lewiston Falls.

A tie broke out this morning, al ~
minutes past IL O'Clock, in the drench
buildings a,tac!wd /" the old tannery, III
The ,eaf Of Union Hall, west side OF the
river. 10 which II rapidly communicated,
destroying in It's ccur-c, on Malu lv Elm
street. every hulldmg; aud on the opPo-
size side ot Main street, ati from Mr.. Ia
usl'- cor lee tionary shop TO The building
5-cunied by Me.srs. Gould j. Co being a
e eat portion oi the business part of the
village, on the Auhnn side.
Nearly all the buildings were wood, and
wire mostly used as stores aud Offices.
The large BRICK block on Main street,
fr,r xoo,len dwelling houses, large
Atinber of offices and shops, and f'cenfy
,tncS, ar. completely destroyed, So
tapi,i WIS The progress OF the hdnes That
bat small portion Of the good, IN the
At reg was saved. The Maine Hotel was
/, danger, but By great labor /, wa, saved.
lac progress of the ere down Main street
Wa here arrested.
lis progress up the north side of lh.
street va. only stopped by Elm street. It
extended up Elm street only As far as Au-
barn tIaEl pn the south side OF Nam
street. the further progress oi the fire was
arrested by differentiation ii the store oe-
cnpied bs Mr.. W ood.
ihe celinti,g room 81 the Auburn
l;.ak was ia the brick block, and was
onnpIeiely burned, bu, The bank papers
aaI salaab!es were safely secured The
p,t aiIi-e VAS also IN this block,
Frs is5m,cra,ic Advocate Office III
G,a : binding. WAS barned. Nearly
at otth. materials We're saved.
Il Is Ntpo-sti,le to ascertain the losses,
l..t they are very large. Many Of tae
t,-sf> we're entirely uninsaredi and very
,A .v.rcz insured to the whole amount 81
,h"ir Io>sts
The b. mt district covers several acres
aud comprises nearly all the business
p,r',". oil ths Aubur1 side at the FiVer
lIardtq .to:e remains.
We understand that one individual
whose natae we have been unable tu
barn. ha his leg broken by the falling o
It timber Two others were somewha'
bruised. Tie origin Of the FIRE seems It
Ia. uacertain. |, is said that IN the build.
tne ahera the FIRE was discovered, there
had been no fire for months; and there
was nothing IN the building which coule
hive .gnied the Are, unless It was somt
!ti.e stored there. LwiSton journal
Osf Hall boston --Th,s is the best es
,Ab,>hnent Tor Clothing IN the country
Every description Of Garments may bt
found at the above place and at the loves
prices. Being conducted upon the On
Priee Casa System you have the chance
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Arthur for September is received
with hearty welcome, as is ever the
case with all those who have the pleasure
Of perusing its interesting pages. Il is
truly, as its name indicates. a Home
Magazine. being more fitted for the en-.
ioyment and instruction oi the domestic
circle than any other Magazine now pub
I,shed. LIS open'n. engraving. entitled.
The Old Farm Gate" IS most perfect
repre-en, alton of rural quic.ude and hap.
plness The other engravinss aud num-
erou, articles are Of the mos, interesting
and instructive character Published BY
T. S. ARrmus l. Co, Philadelphia
Terms: 50 year in advance
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" We have received the last number
of Bi:mre Itisa publication Of sterl-
log literature and rich anecdotes. Ii
Numbers among It's contributors many oil
the frs, literary minds Of the age, and al.
ways large amount Of origin al. interest
ing aud spirited reading.
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FoRREsrER's PLAYMATE for August is
upon our table. Though intended for
and especially adapted TO the lads aud
misses of our land, i, contains many use.
full articles which would not inlure less
juvenile minds, and nigh, possibly be
beneficial to them. Il strives to eifec,
the laudabIe purpose Of raising the stand.
and Of morality among our you,h.and We
earnestly hope that il may succeed.