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The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-21

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SMALL THINGs.-A Small hand
blu on the street corners, and promi-
nently in the coffee houses, attracted
our attention on Sunday evening, and
we notice, for no other reason than
because Of its smallness. The small
bill read thus: Democratic Members
OF the House, are requested to meet
this evening, Sunday Jan. 14th, at
the office Of I. G. Davidson, Laurel
street, back Of the post office, at half
past six o'clock" To which might
have been added for peace sake,
bring no concealed weapons" Ia
former days, large poster, in flaming
colors would have announced the fact
that the democrat members are re-
quested to meet and the name of
some responsible member, of some re-
sponslble vigilence committee would
have been appended but now, we
bavc a very modest timid suspicious
looking 4 by 6 affair; coming-no
one knows from whence, and what for.
Something private-something at
cost Of four bits to the pocket Of some
individual who expects to receive
benetice Of dollar. A corporal's
guard respond to the call, and what
has done to affect the destiny of the
nation, is yet mystery profound -
without a whispered word for its solu-
ton. Evidently, enough, is it visible,
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The GREAT SOUTHERN CosyEv-
T1oN.-ln the proceedings of this lody
we notice the following resI)dtions in
troduced by our fellow citizen, Dr. J
| W. P. McGimpsey, delegate from
East Baton Rouge j;
Resolred, That tn is Convention
strongly recommend the Chambers
of Commerce and Commission NIer-
chants of our Southern and Souhwes-
tern cities to adopt such system of
laws and regulations as will put stop
to the dangerous practice, heretofore
existing, of making advances to plan
ters in anticipation Of their crops; Il
practice entirely at variance with any
thing lie safety il business transac-
tions. and tending directly TO establish
the relation ,f iuasta- and slave be-
tween the merchant anl planter, by
bringing the latter into the most ab
Ject and servile bondage.
ResoI,ed, That this Convention rec
ommend in the most urgent manner,
that the planters of the Southern aud
Southwestern States patronize exclu-
sively our own merchants, and that
our Chambers of Commerce and
INGREDIENTS generally exert all their in
fiuence to exclude foreign agents and
sale of produce in any of our Southern
and South western cities
Resolvea further, That this Conven-
ton recommend to the Legislatures of
the Southern States to PASS laws max
ing it penjtentiary offence for the
planters TO ask or the merchants to
make such pecuniary advances. Re-
fered TO General Committee.
This. rather takes us aback. There
NUT be some mistake in reporting
The Doctors resolution. If it is to be
a renitientiary offence, to ask advan-
'es, then it should be hanging, to re-
seite; and we should have few days
notice, SO as to import a few hang
men. Then the law should fix gen.
sral hanging day, and have a commit
o to see. that the violators of the
aw, are well hung. By the way,
Doctor, the dimensions of that excel
ent mor4l suasion establishment,
he State prison. should be enlarged,
1efore such bill passes.
REslGNATroN OF MI. S1cKLEs.
The Washington Star says the return
# DANIEL Z. SrcKIEs, Secretary OF
legation at London, was preceded by
lis resignation.
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The Superior Court on the Sth inst.
granted an injunction against the
Commercial Bank Of PHILADELPHIA.
which was charged with violating its
charter BY discouuting paper after
bank hours at usurious rates Of inter-
81.
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ArsTRAIlA.--T far Of British coloncv is
lust now the scene Of much political trouble.
Having secured what is called responsible
government the people have set at work to
cnt Gown the expense Of She Executive. The
estimates appropriations Icing bcfrc The
Legislature, at Sydney one item Of 80, goo,
for Tie formation Of "A colonial artillery corps,
was strenuouSly, bnt vainly, resisted; but at
length, finding the majority determined On
carrying 1t, the opposition withdrew in a body
from the house. The government, having
framed its estimates, firmly stands by them,
Notwithstanding that the position of affairs
looked vcTy?tllCatcning in consequence. 1t
is becoming more and more evident from the
coru SC Of things in Australia that the dis
covcry Of gold has thoroughly detnoc,ai2cl
the colony. So large an influx Of population
of the lower order has taken placs, chat moth
ny short ola sweeping .chanao will satisfy
them. The Infusion Of Americans has prob
ably selyed TO give an intelligent direction to
the movement, which is of much importance
in the present .unciure Of British affairs
Should serious struggle for independence
take place there, it woald operate as a diver
sion to the concentrated operations in the
Cmmca. a war of that kind in Australia
would necessarily be a protractod one.
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AGE.-nut fcM mon die Of Old ace :.

AGG.-Dut few men die Of old age
Almost all die Of disappointment, pas
sional, mental, or bodily toll, CT acct
dent. The passions kilimcn sometimes,
even suddenly. The common expression
'Echollcd with passion" has little cxag-
@craton in it, for even though not sud-
denly fatal, strong passions shorten life.
Strong bodied men often die young
weak men live longer than the strong,
for the strong use their strength, and
the weak have none to use. The latter
/ take care Of themselves, the former do
not. AS it is with the body, so it is
with the mind and temper. The strong
are apt to break down, or like the can
die, to run: the weak burn out. The III
fcrior animals, which live, in general,
regular and temperate lives, have gener-
ally thcir pro5cibed term of years. The
horse lives % years; the OK Is to 20,
Ii lion about 90; the dog 10 to 10; the
rabbit 9; the guincapig 6 to yoar5.-
These numbers all bear similar proper
ton to thc time the animal takes to grow
to It's full size.
When the cartillagnous parts of the
bone become ossiIcd the bones cease to
grow. This takes place in man at
about twenty years on the average; in
the camel at eight; in the horse at five;
in the OK at four; in the lion at four; in
the dog at two; in the cat at eighteen
months; in the rabbit at twelve; in The
guineapig at seven. Five or six times
these numbers give the t3rn of life; five
is pretty near the average; some animals
greatly exceed it. Bat man, Of all the
animals, is the one that seldom comes up
to his average. He ought to live hun
dred years, according to this phyaiologi-
cal law, for five times twenty are a hum
dred, but instead of that, he scarcely
reaches on the average four times his
growing period; the cat six times; and
the rabbit even eight times the standard
ofmcasurcmcnt. The reason is obvious
-man is not only the most irregular and
che most incorporate, but the most la
borious and hard worked of all animals.
lie is also the mcst irritable of all AMI
mails; and there is reasonable to believe,
though we cannot tell what an animal
secretly feels, that more than any other
animal man chcrishcs wrath to keep it
warm, and consumes himself with the
fire Of his own secret reflections.
BiachWood'S .NagGeiae.
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New MEXICO. have given the dcc
ton returns of the recent contests for a mem
Der of Congress from this Territory. The
total vote foots up 1920. This is larger
than the vote po!lcd in any Of the organized
Territories of tic United States. At the re-
cent contest in Minnesota, about 9,000 votes
were polcd and in Oregon over 10000. A
census, just taken, in Minnesota shows that
Territory to have 55 900 inhabitants. The
vote there seems to be in the proportion of
one voter to every six persons Of the popula-
ton. Apply this same proportion to New
Mexico, and it shows an aggregate ropula-
ton of S2,314 in that Territory. Il is more
than probable however, that the number of
voters in New Mexico is in the proportion of
one to seven or eight but taking it at the
above figure, it shows that the Territory has
good reason to demand admission into the
Union as State prior to or at least as carly
as any other. Oregon has polcd this year
something over 10 Geo votes, which, is the
ratio be the same there as it is in Minnesota,
would give that Territory n population Of
between G0,0O0 and 70 COO inhabitants.
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3)olititol.

! WHO DID IT ?-Since the election we
have heard many persons ask the 'qucs-
ton, who did it! Re. The anti-Amcri-
cans charge the foreign born voters with
having proved trcachorous and voted the
American ticket. We do not believe
this. The vote cast for the American
candidates, came from the outside con-
sentative Wings and Democrats, the
weil-disposcd, naturulized citizens, and
the members OF the American Ordcr.-
The anti-Americans, in the opening Of
the campaign, were loud in their cries
OF Owing Trick" &C., but, finding that
would not do, they resorted to hattery
and persuasion, hoping thereby to secure
the outside Wing vote, ii they could not
cnticc the honest Democrats who had
joined the American party, into their
la ks. Bat this too failed. They also
cndcavorod to excite the prcjudices of
the foreign and Catholic vote Of the
country i'll which they only partially sue
cccded. Many Of the more intelligent
of our naturalizcd citizens voted with
us, and those who did profess to belong
to the anti-Amcrican party, are charged
with being traitors, by that party. But
1t is not hard for the matchmaking por-
ton Of our naturalizcd citizens to dis
carn who are their real friends, and we
thank them, we thank the honest out
side Wings and Democrats who voted
thc American ticket, and we feel well
SatilIGd that no future REGRETS will lie
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Select 1a!ieecIlonl,.

| CAMELs FOR THE United SrATRs.- imcri-
cGns in tbe Crjmea. find the following
interesting letter in the New York Tribune
CoNsTANTINopLE, Oct. IS, 1855.
The American storeship Supply, command
cd by Lieutenant Commanding David D.
Porter, son Of the first minister to Turkey
the late commander David Porter, arrived
here some day ago. In her arrived also Ma
.or Wayne. Of the United States army. You
are aware that the Supply has been attached
to the War Department. by the Secretary of
the Navy. for the purpose Of conveying
number of camcls to the United States, In
! pursuit Of this object, she has visi Cd Tunis,
Smyrna and Salonica.
At the former place she took on board
| three camcls, one presented to the United
States government by the Bey. and two pur-
chased. These have already been on board
some sixty days and from their excellent
appearance clearly show that an ordinary
voyage across the Atlantic would not affect
their health in the least. They are growing
quite fat under the diet and idle life which
they lead on ship board. | hear that the
Sultan designs Offering Captain Porter, for
his Government. a number Of the best camcs
to be had at this place. Every person is
quite well on board Of the Supply. Captain
Porter, Major Wayne. and NJ. Heap, have
gone to the Cyimca to examine the Bactrian
| camclS with two humps, in use there. They
will also be able to visit the ruins of SebaSto.
pol.
The military commission, composed of Ma
jorS Drlaiirll and Mordrcai, and Capt. NJ
ClcllAnd, arrived here some days since, and
have also gone to the Crmca. These dstn-
| 81,
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NATIyEIsM IN IRELAND.-It will he seen
| by the following extract, says the New Or
leans Creole that IriShmen advocated native
principle many years ago. Daniel o 'Connell
! once said, "Lct English rule England French
men, France-Scotclnn,n Scotland and in
the name of God. let the IRISH rule Ir land -
"The head and front of our ctlcnling' is. that
We claim, also, that it is right, Americans
! should rule America: :"
tD''ed Eishmca.-Thc Society of United
lriSiimcn was formed in lI0i. lis sob;octS
were coed, and it was proposed to attain
them by constitutional means. The objects
were Of fair and equal representation Ct the
Irish nation in Parliament and to prevent
foreigners fem ruling Ireland. The Society
had a complete orgauiZaton,s q test oa,h, a
constitution, and modes by which tie mom-
bors were enabled 10 know one anothrr.--
The Society was composed at first Of persons
Of different religions I3piScopalians prcsby-
tclianS, and Catholics. The Etnmcts, Wolfe
Tone, Lord Fitzgerald Simon Batter, James
Nappcr Tandy, well known leaders Of tLc
United Ilishmcn, were EpSco alaus A
number of Catholic priests hconSc d 10 the
order, and took the test oath.
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THE MARYLAND + LECTION AND THE An
MINisTRATIoN.-Ihe defeat of the Democrat
lc party in the Maryland elections is unauey-
tlonably due TO the dead weight of the admin
lStratlon, which the party had to carry The
administration threw Itself INTO the canvass.
the party fought the battle in behalf of the
administration, and the result is before U.S.
Mr. Wise knew better what he was about in
old Virginia. He ignored and kept the ad-
milisiration out Of sight from first to last
The result in Maryland sustain our views of
the last two years in regard to the campaign
of Sc. Let the opposition national party
rally for new administration to the continu-
ance Of the general policy, foreign and domcs-
tic, Of Mr.. Pierce and his Cabinet, and new
administration will be the inevitable result.
The people Of New York, Massachusetts, and
Maryland spontaneously second the motion.
a. Y. UcrQH.
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\ Gclslt GtorD.
DEATH At TIE TOILET.
FROM THE r!ARY OF \ PHYSICIAN.

I, Sss~Iis no use talking to nc, mother, l
~ go to Mrs. P--'s party tonight,
IA die for it-that's fiat You know
j 5fwell as | do, that Lieutenant N
to be there, and he's going to leave
. own to-mo:row--so up L 60 to dress"
/ ECharlottc why will you be SO obstinate ?
you know how poorly you have been ali
Ele week, and Dir. - says, late hours
IRE the worst things in the world for
hou." "pshaw, mother nonsense, nom
ApSe." Such We're very nearly the
ls and such tie manner in which
/. ] \ T expressed her determination
1t in defiance Of her mothers wishes
Z Antreatlcs. She was the only child
\ Il widowed mother and had but Il
sccks before completed her Goth
For one or two years she had
IN occasional! patient of mine. The
apalior, the sAilowncss of her COM
conformity with other symptoms,
d the existence Of liver COM
q and The last visits had paid her
q consequence of frequent sensa-
oppression and pain in the chest
I clearly indicated some organic
of the heart. | saw enough to
~ me in warning her mother of the
lbility of her daughters sudden
b, frsm this cause, and the imminent
q. .sdto WITCH she exposed herself by
tisdancing, lat,hours, etc., but Mrs. IS
N remonstrance,' gentle and ahcctionate as
d they we're, al"ys were thrown away up
n on her headstror daughter.
% 1t was strllk,l.hhight by the church
sAock, when Miss :: =, humming the
BSy her mothers, al, Withdrew to her
girl by the way, for n'llaving starchcd
swe article Or other, VIII she intended
have worn that ev-no. As Ler
Act was usually long, 1abor;ous
gsstiness, it did not occasl, much sur-
k.4iso to her mother, who W. . s;t4;ns sI hv
II the fire in her little parlor f,;ua Son ~
M boult. OF hor devotion, that t"5 sonI
yhimcs announced the first qu.o luioi i
20 o'clock without her daughter'2 l' "a:
Al her appearance. The noise that SIlhg
made overhead in walking to and Hau
& her drawers, dressing table, etc.. -
IN ceased about half an hour ago, and =
mother supposed she was then engag
Nat her glass adjusting her hair and P.
1Saring her complexion.
Ss1aWell | wonder what can make Oh;
sNlotte so very careful about her dress
Might!" exclaimed Mrs. T-romoyi
Ter eyes from the book and gazi
To atfully at the FIRE; ooh it is
young Lieutenant N Is to
~ ], l was young myself once, and
4 XveEcxcusable in Charlotte-heigho
She heard the wind bowling so disma
Wfwithout, that she drew together
Goals on her brisk fire, and was layl
4 down the poker, when the clock Of =
Ii church struck the second quarter at
nine.
s Il tsWhy what in the world can Charlo
l Ss Be doing all the while 2" she again
s6uircd. She listcned-t'I have
WI heard her moving for the last tn
nunrters of an hour. I'll call the IN
ma ask She rang the bell and
4 scryant appeared.
nBetty, Miss T-is not gone yet
She 3,
Il ssGo up to her room, Betty, and
ffshc wants anything, and tell her
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Of pronR TEsTIMoNY.-In recent breach
which f!se tried at Springfield, Mass, in
dyrrndantby the name oEDwight was the
following venothcr Of the plainllfgavc the
AT one satisfactory testimony:
the floor Hewight saw Eunice hopping
and see a big ld her to come to the door
went out, and in there was there. She
the hawk too. Imcnt followed to see
lid see bright rittot see dny hGrk. but |
rGist saw him kiqrm around Ennice's
didn It want her to mo-, and tell her he
could do it better than mrs. She said she
This evidence was consr.
that the jury gave the faM so conclusive
| five hundred dollars dama9intiif twenty
is so unreasonable that he hale, however,
Supreme Court, on the gronnd'ealcd to the
a hawk from a hand saw" anae "knows
from a mop stick. is waist
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10 llanch"lv da! S have come,
The Saddcst OF the year,
Mailing winds. and naked woods,
I'D meadows brown and scar.
Acd in the holluws oI the grove,
" withcrrd leaves lie dead,
rustic to the cddying gust,
Al to the rabbits Tread.
ban aud III wrcIiS are iluwn,
"A from the shrubs the ,ily,
from The wood top calls the crow,
fOugh all the gloomy day.
K e the flowers, the fair Young flowers,
tt lately spranS and stood,
|gh'cr light and softer air,
--bcautous siSterhood
they all are in their graves;
IL gentle race Of flowers
Dying in their lowly beds,
ith the fair and good ii ours.
pain is falling where they lie,
the cold November rain
Mot from out the gloomy earth
lovely ones again.
Ind flower and the violet,
vi perisl'd long ago,
"a b iar-rose and the orcllis died,
~ the summer glow.
( She hill the golden rod,
lle aster in the wood,
~-.eg pllow sun flower by the brook,
nm beauty stood,
&c frost from the clear, cold heaven,
Is the plague Oh men,
brightness of their smile was gone.
upland; glade and glen.
Ell, when comes the calm mild day,
h{ Al such days viii come,
r. 1thc squirrel and the bee
l out their winter home;
the sound Of dropping nuts is heard,
8 bngh all The trees are still;
&--4twinkle in The smoky light
Tlc waters Of the rill. sse
he south wind searches for thcflowcls,
Whose fragrance late he bore, n
nd signs to find them in the wood
tAnd by the stream no more.
md lien think Of one who in
Her youthful beauty died,
he fair, meek blossom that grew up,
And faded by our side;
p The cool, moist earth we laid her,
When the forest cast thc leaf,
ind we wrpt that one so lovely,
4 Should have Il life so brief;
let not unmeet it was that one,
Like that young friend OF ours,
10 gentle and so beautiful,
y Should perish with the flowers.
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THE THREE MILLIONS The aymcnt Of
the $4,000 ,000 due to the Mexican govern
mcnt, Is thus alluded TO in the Washington
Star:
1.-The government Of the United States has,
not, asyet, found any authority under which
it can recognize as the payers of the three
millions remaining to be paid to Mexico UNI
der the treaty of Guadalupe lIdalgo, any
parties except the Mexican government ex-
listing when the payment may be duc, or its
assignccs Strenuous efforts have been made
arc being made and will doubtless continue
to he made. to induce the authorities here to
regard Santa Anna IS mortgages of this money
to American citizens as binding on this Gov
crnmcnt, or rather, as justifying this Govern
ment in using it to liquidatc the claims CT the
American mortgages out Of this fund, which
was certainly pledged to them by Santa An
\. This reading of the obligations of the
= itcd States under the treaty has, up to this
y n, been resisted BY the United States, and
veg SO far, has transpircd out of which
= not dtducc reason to believe that it is
Z adhered to-"
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Number of Townships IN Ohio named
Washington, Al !; do, in Indiana, 50.
Number of towns in The United States
named Union, 100 do. Franklin, l0l; do.
Liberty, G6.
City of the greatest, and town Of the least
population: New York city, SIS, 81; Libcr-
ty, Iowa, 5
Number of persons engaged in Agriculture
.3,7I7,75G.
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HALF AN Iloun WITH THE CENSUS REPoRT
In looking over this document few even
ings since, in company with friend, we pen
cilcd the following curious items from its
statistical pages.
The annexed statement shows the number
Of towns III the Union bearing the names Of
those who filled the Office Of President of the
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LUMBER AT NORTH EAST.

TE1fIE subscriber having purchased the lots
B. opposite the Methodist Church in North
East intends Keeping an assortment of III NJ
BIER; such as, Pine and lIcmlocl Boards,
Scantinr, Jost. Siding. Cypress Shingles,
PickcttS, Lath. sc. All Of which he will sell
at Port Deposit prices, for cash.
GEORGE SIMCOE.
North East, June so, '55.--Gm.
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-. TIE undersigned haviac
N>.=.ySss.---=., taken titH old Foundry stand
i..assy aaS3,n., at this place, woUli respect
sis a'''-' fully sollita portion OF pu',-
lie patronage. We are prepared to doat tie
shortcat notice, and on the most reasonable
terms all kinks of
4hacliactJ, Steam and Water Pipe, Stores, oxd
P!0,e Coytngs Of rcyious csyort,asnis.
The Foundry having undergone gene raj re-
pairs, together with other adynItnrcy wa
tatter ourselves to be able TO d auwn,l, N
our IiHe, to the entire satisfaction ota!iybo
may favor us with their orders.
y. ARMSTRONG & BROS.
Port Deposit, Jan BOY
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~ IEas s>ss.

FINIEE undersigned having just received an
4 other lot OF Iic,nlocll and White Pine
Lumber. at very reduced rates, offer the
same at corresponding low prices. Those
vino need, may find it to their interest TO call
an examine the stock On hqnd at Wilmer S
Point and George Town. hy
June Is WILMER & FORD.
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WA. NC CLf.LLAED. NICHOLAS I'll IS
A NEW LUMBER YARD,
n

FEs II +FNEA) III Css
FgyIfE under signed have bous Int ont Mcssrs.
L. Poole s. Srwall's lumber yard and rrmoy-
"a it to their own yard near the Catholic
Church at the Plank Road, and are now lay
INK in a q ,ncra! Assortment Of
EGgy g.saE2a3cs, al E.o:g Prices,
which they res. ctlully inyhc their friends.
and thc friends 81 MeSsrS Poole y Sicwail as
we'll as the public generally, to call and eX-
anime before purchasing elsewhere.
May - If McCLELLAND 4 HISS.
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ALL the varieties Of the Apple l.
produced by cultiyatng the Crab bcca
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MORE, NEWS

Ty1iIE largest and most fashionable. and tLc lest
1 assortment Of l"on :, women's, and chllr,u4
n Boots and Shoes in Cecil uoun v is
g, Esas> to lie iuGul ut he Subscribers y.5NT
y-s6s4.s:ssssssso and SHOE STORE. opposite the
Court House ttkton. Ma
The subscriber would respectfully nrcm Us
Friend an tire pGh!ie generally, hit he has pur-
chased Of his brother. G.Tteh rrouehj lis entire
sock Of Ladies Misses and Chillrar's
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ElGMTs AXaa SagnNa

and has commenced manufacturing Ladies Shoe
of every description. He s now prepared to aes
ecmmodato ali Who may favor him with cal
with Mems Nomrn's md ''hili,cns Eco.s ntr,
Shoes of the best sort ut very low prices
IlibS. {. CnGUCH
n i, Country produce taken in exchange for
BOOTS ana shoes. Juno 4. SIT