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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-20
ADRIAN g. MULLER A1c5iooesT
EXECUTOR's SALE of VALUABLE PRO.

II DuCTlvE PROPERTY on aTLANrI ana aCIFfc 3
Srs. BRo0KLYs- ADRIAN MULLER will sell at AUG
I'D TUESDAY the 2ib dsy Of Apr 1855 at Ia O'clock
At tie Merchants Exchange 10 Tie c. New York three
Lots On the south side Of atlantic ~ Brootyn between Hicks
stch rs feet front by o. feet oerp ogshr with the sub
ssnt brick suoioss thereon about 10 feet In
each contsoi,e two desirable stores and houses X.o
two desirable three story bcs Houses and Lott the north
side Of Pacific denrys known Nos - aud az
M 20 feet BY 9 houses So feet deep besides extension oud
ipss Of one Story Twothirds OF b. parchse moaey
usn for four interest At cent
For further ipomston apply to NEVlNs Executor Of
R. H. Nevins deceased No 81 Merchant Exchange s29
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-20

DY JORDAN g. NORTON, Auctioneers and
- Commission Mercbsnts No. Broadway, (up stsirs)
between Frspkiin and Lcopsrdsts
CONTIN UATION SALE of ELEGANT
~ HOUSEHOLD FUaNIrURE-Tats DAY Aphi 90
q. II o'clock NJ. Way. Auc1opser will sell lbs emeI
bio0me and Mercer the bauce OF the Of
peIor Cabinet Fur comp sog general assortment Of
ht elsts stock made By SOmnsT who u retiring bas
nsm Alec. Toos. Hardware. Lumber, &c Catalogues
ready Gale positive
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-20

sAe ard IN points Wet and South West can obtain Throon
a iss.rT ..ss s9ssspirs t2aIss an W.
York CENTRAL RAILROAD, by application " the Con
,sny, OHss No 1875 Broadway. eor. DeysS TO
s>"' Holm PORTEH General Agent, or
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-20

JosEPH HscEMAS Auctenetr.
ON SATURDAY, April 81, at O'Clock A. NJ,
WplSs PLACE s,.o,SP E ss susa; X s!'@'n
SANE DAY, ct I o'clock p at Ne. zTs 6ridge-st !,
HOUSEHOLD FORSIrURE; also, . csbinst Of Shell. and
s<ve,el fpe Cspary Birds
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-20
Gtedmboats ann Railroads.

ISSS Spring ARRANGEMENT
1000 NYACK and HAvEasrRAw srEAnsoT
LIHE-ToachDs ct Rocklsnd Lake snd Permont Ia con-
nscfion 9TH the N. 4. 2 The elippsrs.esn-f
ISAAC p. SMITH. Capt I. Bianch, Will on and stsi
Tfuoiay March Is. 1885. leave Chsmssnst Pier EVERY
AFTEkEOON, 1t o'cioch. Retnnins. leave HAvs-trss
every morning $50 Rocklsnd LAKE as Nyses u.s. Pier
MOI 40
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-20

THE BRITISH and NORTH AMERICAN
ROYAL NAIL sTEAMsHTPa
IRON xEw-r0GK TO LIvEnooL -.
CHEF Cahia Passage.
ssccrS Cahfs Pssssse...................'s.s. %
FaoN BosTos TO LIVERPOOL ..
Chef Csbis rs.sfe ....................'..s'.sts
s.e1pd cabin Passage. -
~. .tlp. frog Bosfcr call ~ Hsif-x
ARABIA Capt Jaekina lAHEklCA Cspt Lsns
PERSIA C.pt Ryre tuHOp = Sep.. $3.50
G.r-i.oa lSTaGARA Capt Lsirch
These vessel cary eies white Lxns o. nsEeSsH' fs~
an ,t,rfosrc bov; red CT port bs~ ,,.. A.,
AsiA: ~. Bos-oo w-da.si.y. sd AsrL
49, fhis, .n. I..v. go-too W.fsesisy slh N.s
1870 AT a., N T-.vs Boston wse.vtsy sd A.y.
Bsrths Q secured until pad Tor
Ar ,1resierce; s.rseon On board -, 4. Ga
Ths % rem of these CD VIII not ee sccossssD ot
si,,r Eanion Spseie Je-ery, Preetsas Stones Or
sr,,, s Of ls1ss xse1 tesrrfor and Us vase
sefeio exFr-s-o
vor freight r.sssse srris % . ,t.-. ~--.-
TIRE VII - no re.rashs Of ina Tine fr'1 e1
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-20

BEKRY 4. LEEDS, Auctioneer-sy II. LEEDS 4 Co.
On FRIDAY, April 2o-HOUSEHOLD FUR
4h sv consisting Of Tpesuy Insr.n and Venetian Carpets
Netting nshoeDy sofss Arm and Pslor Casls marble top
Cent- x,,tfs f,nfoa Tables Chair 10 hsirclo
m.hcssry o Tables Roskers velvet Rockers odsrts tes
Cbsndesrs on Cloths boore Hat Stands mshoay French
redUehds BolseU and Piloss, mahogany Bureau Wash.
stsn6s BooI rscb AID Table Window Curtains and Cornices
&C. With lot OF Kitchen Furniture Also, ons fine rose wood
Piano Forts OF ex sslest tone and 6u.h
UTSky r. LEEDS Auctiooeer-B By II. d LEEDs & Co.
ON FRIDAY, April 20-At ~ o'clock, at the
" sale,rooms No 10 Nassau ct -5uprb HARBLE NAN
fIts= sups.s hsntes OF the ns~est ana
ms st exosielte vorkmspshp Sale without reserve.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. In the SENATE to-day Mr.
Brodhead presented memorial from the Philadel-
phia Board of Trade, asking the adoption of meas
ures for the relief of DR.. Kane He also gave not
ice that he would call up the bill for the relief of
the soldiers of 1872 next week.
Mr. Sumner submitted a resolution that the Com
mittee on Commerce he directed to consider the
matter fany legislation is needed to secure the wa
ges of merchant seamen in of shipwreck. Pass
ed.
Mr.. Douglass introduced bill appropriating one
thousand dollars for expenses incurred over the an
nual appropriation of the current year. These ex-
penses were unavoidable. in consequence of the de-
cease of Gov. Burt, ofKansas. Passed.
A great many local bills were presented and re-
ferred.
In the House, Senate bill re-appointing Messrs.
Choate and Hawley, Regents of the Smithsonian
Institute passed.
Mr.. Bridges moved the passage of resolution
preventing Incorporation of foreign paupers which
was adopted.
( Mr., Hunt moved that.the Secretary of the Navy
enquire into the expediency of establishing Naval
Depot at New Orleans -
Mr.. Letcher offered resolution which was adopt
ed, instructng the Committee on the Judiciary to
enquire into the expediency of Bill making null
and void the law in Minnesota charterng the North
west Railroad.
Mr.. Cobb introduced bill amending the law of
last session graduating the price of public lands
Postponed one week.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03
DIE ED

On the 22d November after lingering Illness the
idence of her inaw, Gen. r. C. Martin the parish
of Assumption, Mrs. Mary Whmel Pugh, aged IS years.
rect of Dr. Whitmel r. Pugh, and mother ofHon W. w.
Pugh.
Born in Martin county, North Carolina, she with her hus
band and family settled the Laouche in the 1920
The most casual acquaintance could not fail to observe
the kndness of disposition which the peculiar charm
other character 1t spontaneous and showed itself
der all circumstances and situations in eher polteness
conspcu to old and young not the offspring of
conventional rules but the impulse of heart naturally
The gentle greeting, The courteous ad
dress she extended to all without reference to rank sta
tion.
"Be We kindly aectioned, to another" the guild
ing principle and spring of all her actions 1t this
deraton for Others that impaired sofened decacy TO
her manners the influence ofwhich felt by all who ap
preached her. Unselish in the extreme, she uniformly
consulted the comforts of others rather than her and
instead of exactng those attentions authorized by age she
more frequently bestowed them.
To her the unfortunate appealed in vain and the
bereave and afflicted ever received her warmest sympa
les Few live to her advanced age weep the death of
children lost Providence kindly spared hers to be solace
through long life and sootbe her declining years. She
lived to group of grand children spring up around
her-fesh objects of love and tenderness Happy in life
in her death she less The day before her dis
solution she partOok of the holy in
faith renewed in hope and trusting in the mercy and atone
men of our blessed Saviour she sank TRANQUILITY to rest
Humble in her unpretendng goodness she scaled life
of quiet worth by Christian end. II.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03

The Locos hold caucus to-nig to nominate Trus-
tees for the University! so heard it said Now
Holden will get an Office. Hurrah!
The above is from letter of the Raleigh CORES
pondent of the Wilmington Herald, who fourishes
like green bay-horse'' over the signature of Cos
NO." There are two ways Of avoiding the truth,
one by direct assertion and the other by nsinuaton
The latter is the more cowardly of the two, and of
course the one which "Cosmo" has selected for in
dnlging his propensity for fbbing. No caucus of
the Democrats has been held for the purpose of
selecting Trustees for the University. The allusion
10 the senior editor of this paper is contemplate in
'he extreme, and such as no man would have made
VINO mad any regard for courtesy Or decency.
True to his habit of fbbing by insinuation, "Cos-
mo endeavors to create the impression that he is
member of the Legislature. We have no idea that
ne Is but even if he is, his position does not justify
Ills asehoods, his indecent accusations, and his one
SIDED, warped, twisted and unfair account of mat
'rS and things. He will soon be tracked up, not
outstanding his doubling and twisting; and the
Sors! punishment We wish for him is, that he may
De made to look as ridiculous as do his staggering,
"ohsenscal productions The star of his glory shines
Win very sickly light.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03

GREAT FIRE-SrATEsv1LLE IN RUINS. We are
sorry to learn that very extensive and destructive
fire has occurred in Statesville. 1t originated in
old house btween Mr.. Bells Tavern and the resi-
dence Of thelate DR.. Moore, and from thence COM
municated with Mr.. Bells Tavern which was
consumed, together with the whole square, inclu-
ding the corner store occupied by Mr.. Grant. The
stables not burned. Mr. Bell lost all his urni
ture and papers. From thence the fire cmmunica-
to the Court House and Mr.. Stockton's store, both
(which were entirely destroyed 1t then sweptdown
the same side of the street, burning the brick
store and all the other buildings on Mr.. Simontons
lot, occupied, we believe, by Messrs Rosebro',
Carlton & Alexander; nor were its ravages stayed
until it reached the residence Of Mr.. Reynolds which
we understand, was saved. 81
The merchants saved good many Of their dry
goods The Records of the County were also saw
ed '.
Some of the lose-s were insured to small amount
The loss, we suppose, will fall most heavily upon
Mr. Bell, the obging and enterprising proprietor
of the Village Hotel, who had gone to considerable
expense to repair and fit it up, and who also own
ed the whole square including Mr. Grants store and
other buildings.
The above conaagration occurred on Monday
night tho 18th instant ....s -, = -
ISatisou,y Banner.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03
NoRTHseARoI1NA,s WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1855 .

Whitfield, the delegate from Kansas is here and has
taken his seat. The report that Gov. Reeder had
refused to give him certificate of his election prov
ed to be false, having had doubtless q down-east
origin. By the way the abolition candidate for del
egate from that Territory has returned to his home
IN Uniontown, Penn. Having been defeated in his
aspirations he seems immediately to have abandoned
his new home. As 1 have already remarked three
DAYS OF the present week have been devoted in the
House to District of Columbia affairs of no partic-
ular interest beyond its limits As next week is the
holidays, but little business will be done, many
members returning to their homes for q few days.
take pleasure in saying, however, that the bust
ness OF the session is remarkably well advanced,
never having been more So than at present
know-Nothingism has been the subject Of two
speeches in the House already, one by Mr. Barry,
OF Mississippi by way of assault and the other by
Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts,, in defence Mr. Banks
defended the right of each person to keep his own
views secret but attempted special defence of Sc
cret political societies have doubt the subject
WY Ae EespMed on some future occasion. an
have read with much pleasure the able speech
OF the Senator elect from your State, Hon. Asa
Blggs, in reply to Mr.. Graham's revolutionary pro-
position to call Convention to amend your State
Constitution. 1t is surprising indeed that so con-
S seiSat!e member OF the party that has always
Prded itself on its conservatism should wheel about
SO suddenly and espouse a proposition destructive
OF all stability in the form of your State government
Not only would it be unconstitutional to call Con-
ventlon in any other way than that pointed out in
the Constitution ITSELF but it is held that even laws
are unconstitutional that submitted to the vote
OF the people to go in force if sanctioned by
Jority. The law making power is entrusted to GER
tain agents-the people have distinctly pointed out
the mode of legislation, and other can be resort
ed to without change in the fundamental law To
leave matter in dispute to the vote of the people,
is one of the means resortcd to nowadays by timid
legislators to relieve themselves from responsibility
and evade the duties undertaken when they accept
ed the position of legislators.
MECKLENBURG
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03
North. Carolina Six Per Cent. State Stocks.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Raleigh, N. c. L
December 25 1854,
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL 3

y
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
- at this office until 10 o'clock A. NJ of the 81st Janua
~ next for the purchase of three hundred and serenity thou
sand dollars in Bonds running thirty years These bonds
ton ofthe North Carolina Railroad and in addition the
faith of the State all the Stock held by the State in said
Road and the dividends arising from said stock pedg
Proposals will also be received at the same time for the
purchase of eighty thousand dollars in Bonds running ten
years issued by the authority for the construction of
the Weldon and Castor Railroad and REINFORCEMENT of
the navigation of the Neuse and Tar rivers.
Both classes of Bonds by express enactment exempt
ed from taxation for any purpose.
They will bear date the first day of January 1856, and
per annum payable the first days of January and July in
each Both interest and principal will be payable
the Bank of the Republic in the City of New York unless
where the purchaser to have them payable at the
Treasury of North Carolina. ..
They will be issued of thousand dollars EACH
"Proposas for HortI 6rrolina ois"to the undersigned
at Raleigh n c. and will distinguish in their bids the par
ticular class of Bonds for which they bid They will
state at what point and what kind of funds they propose
to pay
January next the presence of the Governor the Secreta-
ry and Comptroller of State and Of G.. W. Mordeca Presi
dent of the Bank of the State of North Carolina
The undersigned the of accepting such bids
in whole or in part as may be deemed most advantageous
to the State.
Successful bidders will be required soon as informed
of the acceptance of their bids 70 deposte in Bank the
amount of their bids with the accrued interest from the
first of January 1855 to the crdt of the Treasurer of the
State of North Carolina This depose may be made in the
Bank of the Republic New Yok-the Bank offhe State of
North Carolina -or the Bank of Cape Fear, Raleigh.
the small amount may be had at this Of
fee, application to Messrs Brown and DeRossette
City of New York. ..E
d. w. COURTS,
Prb. Treas. Of " Carolina.
December 90 1854 ltd
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03
NuMsEa 1855


New YORK, Dec. 26. The steamer George Law
arrived here yesterday with one weeks later adYices
from California. She brings San Francisco dates
to Dec 1st, with full complement of passengers
and one million and five hundred thousand dollars
worth of gold. @ = ...r2
The miners were suffering much for INT of rain,
and the yield Of gold had somewhat fallen OF
Business. however, of all descriptions was steady.
By great exertons, seventy thousand dolarA worth
OF gold, had been recovered from the wreck of the
steamer Yankee Blade, lost some time ago in the
San Francisco Bay.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03
THE "DEAD-iIEAD" SYSTEM.

This is the age of retrenchment and reform "
the "moncy pressure" is squeezing matters and
things into small compasses The Railroads have
abolished the " "dead-head" SYSTEM that is taken
,wav the privilege of editors and others of riding
free gratis for nothing on the iron horse. We are
rlad of tive like to economy, and have an idea
Of becoming economical ourselves. We have suf:
s,red no little from the "dcad-head" system, and
We saw down with it! An editor can now pay his
f,.e and steam it along without the unpleasant
fiction that he is expected to puff the Wheeling old
src;ne. praise grabbed conductor as gentleman
Of urbane Manners and extol the president and
directors as men of wisdom and energy.
Yes down with the Z" dead head system in news
rapers as well as on railroads. Away with puffs,
editorial notices, obituaries and subscribers that
never pay. Editors should longer be public pro-
perty-no longer make themselves ladders on which
political aspirants may climb to place, power and
honor. Henceforth let the word be, "pGy" Pay
for every thing Pay for puHs, pay for obituaries,
pay for all notices. and pay in advance for your
newspapers-and for riding on the railroad.
The cause of internal improvements must now re-
ceve an impetus that will drive it forward perhaps
alover the State and perhaps out of it. The dead
head system has had its head taken off, and of
course largely increased dividends must be the con-
sequence The State and individuals will willingly
invest their capital in railroads now, well assured
that it will prove profitable investment. Why
should editors ride free? What do they do pro bono
publicOe Make them pay, say we-make every
body pay-let there be no kindness, no courtesy,
no berality any where. Exact the uttermost farth-
ing in every transaction-do nothing for nothing,
and count nothing something except money-the
real rino, the-ragsed bank bills. Then VIC will all
flourish, we will all get rich and poor folks and ia
vors shall be banished Long has this dead-head
system hung like an incubus upon our railroads,
and we hail its removal as the dawn Of brighter
day, the commencement of new and golden era.
In little while every body snail have every thing,
ard we will all be prosperous and happy. "Pay,
is the word and the world will still continue to turn
over the sun to rise and set, and mankind generally
to ride on railroads and pay for it.
Wonder how many railroads there would have
been in North Carolina now if editors had never
published any thing about them except what they
we're paid fer Will some one make the calculation
and tell us? Who urged their importance upon the
people? Who showed their benefits? Who en-
couraged their construction? 1t matters not who
twas so as it was not the editors therefore let edi
tors pay say we. We trust the press will every
where respond "Amen!"
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03
Gbt StanDar6,
RALEIGH, SATURDAY. DEC. 30. 1854.
THE LEGISLATURE.

Tn to Thursday inclusive there was no quorum in
either House. 1t was expected that on Friday a
ouoruS Swould be in attendance, and the two Houses
would proceed to business.
Manv of the members availed themselves of an
invitation to visit Wilmington, and others seized the
occasion to make short visit to their homes. They
vii; all return refreshed and invigorated, and will
commence work in good earnest on Monday next.
The general impression is that the two Houses
MIL; not be able to despatch the business before them
ard adjourn before the middle of February.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03
MARRTEn.

On the 21st inst, BY Rev. James Wilson Henry Jones
to Miss Edith Simpkns All of Wake county. - -.'
By the Rev. ]. Olive the 18th inst the residence
of A. Hinton ESQ.,. Mr. A. B. Freeman to Miss Mary ].
Hinton All of Wake county.
In Philadelphia the Goth nst by the Rev. DR. Wads-
worth, James G. McPheeters, ESQ.,, OF ST. Louis No. to
Miss Rebeeca H., only daughter of the late Dr. Kesgy
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03

~ Christmas is gone, and we are glad of il,
al anu 'eel thankful that it comes but once year
-'o,sy crackers have impregnated the atmosphere
WIN scent like that we are told about down be-
o"' and bad liquor has been busy at its accustom-
W work of profanity, black eyes and skinned noses
l. nam and mud have joined in the revel, and, upon
VII "nole, the week has been saceet one.
ine old Year is departing and the New one is
.n'ns IN. The former IS the past the latter the
I,ure Ut, and We now stand between them-a favor
NOe uIne to look back with contemplation and for
g. :"'o With hope. Happy is he whose contempla-
sO"S are unmingled with reproaches, and whose fu-
"'e Is unclouded with gloomy forebodngs.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03

-hE EsTERN SURVEY. We shall lay before our
v"uers NJ. In our next. the Report of Maj. Gvynn,
'e' Engineer, Of the surveys of the North Caroli-
-" a'o Western Railroad and we shall follow this,
sum as we can make space for it, with the Re-
nv m ol the survey of the Railroad to Beaufort.
=. 1'Se are documents of much interest and impor-
T.., T, lhey have been printed and laid before the
s,S'ature; but We have no doubt that many of our
readers would be pleased to have them in the paper
r.. present perusal and examination as we'll as for
'Oture reference.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03
Arrest of q mail Robber

BALTIMORE, Dec. 26. Samuel Wilkinson, Mail
Contractor, has been arrested here for series of
mail depredations, perpetrated in connection with
Arthur Hughes, heretofore arrested. They are both
Eow in Jail.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03

. New YoKK, Dec 81. Flour is l2} cts, per barrel
higher. Southern sells at So 8 g. Wheat has On
upward tendency. Beef IS unchanged =
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03

H The Hon. David L. Yulee has been elected
to the United States Senate from the State of Flor
ida for six years from and after the 4th of March
next a. 5l ,s:-.-s.-
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03

T. BALrNoRK, Dec. "a. The market are dull Corr
has declining tendency; sales, It 50 . 80 cts
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03

Our UNIVERSITY. We understand that the Trus-
tees of the University at one of their recent meet
ings, have appointed Mr.. Ashbel G. Brown, who
has, during the last tsn years. been Tutor of ancient
languages, and discharged his duties with universal
acceptance, Adjunct Professor of the Latin and
Greek languages. -&-.
Richard H. Battle and William R. Wetmore were
at the same time appointed Tutors to supply the
vacancies occasioned by the resignation Of Kemp P
Battle ESQ.,, and the Rev. Richard Hines.
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-01-03

~ The Editor of the Raleigh Star, without the
slightest provocation the part of the senior Ed-
tor of this paper, says in his issue of the 21st De-
cember, that we deserted" the Wings under "sus-
picious circumstances" and in his issue of the 2sth
he imputes to US personal and party malice" to-
wards Mr. Graham and other Whg Senators. ''Hol-
den" seems to be the text upon which nearly all the
Whig scribblers are holding forth; and foremost
among this tribe, in venom and bitterness, is the
Editor of the Star. Now Holden" so long as he
knows he is right, does not groat for all that
may be said Of him by open enemies or pretended
friends; and as for the Editor of the Star, the Sc
nior takes occasion to tell him that if he feels at all
upon the subject he feels complimented by his abuse
and that he the Editor of the STAR has uttered de-
berate fasehoods in the expressions above alluded
to, in his issues of the 21st and 2Sth December.
That is all.