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EsE PLAIN STATEMENTS OF FAcrs.-
VI, hAapfos. now aged SO years speaks. Hear him:
=, are .on sickf Beware of limitations! Ask for
Hamntons Vegetable Tinoture. The many cures
asas oy tn,s pleasant aud safe remedy may induce
medicine must have merit, and great merit, too
70 stand the test OF public opinion. No art of pulling
eau eaiSsnlze worthless article, so to keep il up
good medicine will live, become popular and ex-
Tend It's sales year after year. in spite of opposition
The people readily find out its virtues and the fame
OF them passes frum mouth to mouth with more rs-
plu,ty than newspapers can spread it, living WIT
ness testiiying to the cure medicine has made for
nim' Is OF more service than any newspaper adyer-
Using.
;, In prsof of what we say above we refer yoti to
tialaptons Vegetable Tincture and its effects
Mr.. NG- HiGH, No. l95 South Paca street Balti-
more. cured of rheumatism, Dyspepsia and Nervous
Mr.. EDWIN NJ. SrRsSkLIN No q Register street
Baltimore, most dreadful Of Scrofula of wears,
standing lost number of pieces of bone restored TO
Miss MARY soorELp, Teacher. No. $50 Baltimore
street-her case, after years Of suffering has aston
ish"d her friends Let the afflicted call TO her.
DYSPEPSIA. NERVOUS DISEASE. &C.
Mr.. !" M oldham. of Baltimore Custom House. suf-
fered from these complaints for is months with body
and mind severely affected. He was cured by Hamp-
tons Vegetable Tincure, after other things failed
CoulH, CONSUMPTION. &c.
Mr.. Henry C. Winn had a cough for 5 years-great
Weakness &C.. had in all five or six physicians tried
all the rewedes 6nt Was 81, cured d, only by
rs Dehcate Ladies and Children will please give
sseIiai By PURCELL. LApp A CO. Richmond. Nv
DR. COOK Fredericksbarg: by ali the Drnsgists IN IL
Petersburg; by MORTIMER ( MOWBRA9, Balti.
more and by Druggists and Shopkeepers every where
~ 81 per bottle; six bottles for 81. Sc s-d&c
BsgISsURE Your LIFE WITH KNOWLES
d WALF0Rp. IN THE
MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE co.
Capital over 81. 600, and daily increasing:
X. W.
INSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE MUTUAL BEN
Eft LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
This Company makes annual dividends, and pays
them while the Insured is living.
II has paid to the insured in div idends over $780,
600 KNOWLES IL WALE0RD.
INSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE
MUTUAL BENEFIT COMPANY.
When the annual premium amounts to ST., "A note
bearing per cent. interest Will be taken for half the
payment. KNOWLES Il W Afford
&C 5I-Jt
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&C lets Over P II. Keachs Trimming store.
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NATIONAL HOTEL, MAIN STREET,
~ Staunton, Virginia
Nm. ID. 0ILKS0N, Proprietor
Omnibusses free oil eh rye run in connection with
the Hotel and the RailIo Depot
So Every attention is given to passengers who
wish To depart by either OF the lines OF travel
my 30-5m
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xT~ MOTTO L The steamer
-. CURTIS PECK. Capt Saml barnes
will De witnuIHwn from the liue bstween this place
and Norfolk. after Wednesday next, tho 9TH instant
TO undergo some repairs.
no2-2t X. u. HASkINS
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re- Rev. VIM Meade. D D.; Rev. urammer, hey.
{. Clark. Thomas Green, Esq nsiihAx Ell hsxs
ym. Martin, Esq. DR.. @. IIsirstun, Henry COZ Rev.
/. ID Tazxard A. NJ. Chssterhelds Rev. John Cooke.
snrfotk; Rev A. Wade, NJ D.. Charles City Hon. Il.
4. Harris, VI. c.. Washington; Rev, y. Heaa, kes o.
. 2. ls.ldw IN. Esq.. Col. Il fontaine. Riehssoad.
oc ig-~iaws STATS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-04
nay SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES.

~ Tho Rev. w. y. WEBB, A. NJ, will resume
teaching on THURSDAY. Oct. LIST. at the room In
he Of the sycamore Church. on nth street, be-
broad and Marshall. lately occupied By Mr. y.
" RoSier. The OF study will comprise that Of
,ur most approved schools, either North or south.
1horo1ghness every department. will be special
1 regarded In addition 81 Coliegiate efueation.
the advertiser has taken special psins BY personally
visiting within the last few years t~ most appses-
institutions nj country. 20 introduce INTO his
" stem all that Is really Desirable.
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SPORTING POWDER. = 1000 Kegs,
~ Blasting do. 2OOO Kegs, for saleby
&c II II DAVENPORT
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Thirty.fifth Censress-First Session.

HOUsE,-The following list embraces the bal
ance Of the House committees announced yester-
day In reading the Journal Of the day before We
were unable to get them in type for yeste rday =
issue Of the Star: '...r
On revolutionary Claims-saml $. Cox, o. =,
Geo. Taylor, N. Y, l. ID. Clawson, N. J., A. II
CIagin, N. II Jas. Jackson, Ga, o. Lovejoy
Ills, J. l.. M. Curry, Ala, H. L. Dawes, Mass
and J. NJ. Kunkei, Md.
ON Public EzpendifHrss-J. M. Elliott XIV
II a. Ednundson, Va, J.. r. Wortendyke, n
j., J NJ. Barker, n. Y, Jos. X. COckefill, O.
VIM. Kellogg, Ill James M. Gregg, Ind, and
Ezekiel P. Watten, Vt.
On Pirate Land Claims j. NJ. Sandidge La
Hawkins, Fla, C. C. Washburne, Wis r. p.
Blair, jr., Mo-, r. r.. Fenton, N. T., C j Gil
man, Me; VIM I. Avery. Tenn.
Watkins, Tenn, =. Bliss, O, 8. Clemens, Va
N. b. Durfee, r. L., j. A. Ali, Pa. } b Ricaud
Md, II. M Shaw, " c., s. c; Foster, Me.
Commitfse on Agriculturs--Wm 6. Whiteley,
NJ. Bryan, Texas, : Morrill,, VT, ], Hnyier
Gilliss, Pa.
Pa, J. A Soaring, y Y, r b. HALL, Mass, j
V. Wright, Tenn, J. M. Parker, N. Y, II. M
Shaw, NC, ". Abbott, Me =. Clemens, Va ,
and F Potter, Wis.
Florence, Pa G. r. Robbins, N. j., J. II. Saw
age, Tenn C C. Chafee, Mass.,J Burns, Ohio,
7. l.. Anderson, Mo, o. A. Moore, N Y. and
G. Case, Ind. .'r =. -
On Roads and Canals-G w. Jones, Tenn.
A. g. Talbot, KY, w. ). Damre1l, Mass, NJ. J
Crawford, Ga, s. 6. Andrews, N: Y, Edward
A. Warren, Ark /. N. Morris, Ill, j. Thomp-
son, N. Y, and Paul Leidy, Pa.
On Expenditures in the Macy Departmental.
B. Haskin, N. Y, j. Miller, o., e. B. Pottle, N
p. Powell, Va, R. Davis, Miss.
On Erpenditnres in the Post Office Depart
ment-A. G Talbot, KY, J II. Reagan, Texas,
g. w Palmer, N. Y, J.fsurns, Ohio, James b
Foley, Indiana. -E -f 1-- -. -
on Expenditures on ths Public Buildings-A.
Wi n,'e, Mine, T1yio,' XII Gi,,n g. washburn'
On E1PsadifNss IN fhs State Department. -
Owen Jones, Pa, yabez l.. NJ. Curry, Ala, John
A. Bingham, o., William L. Avery, Tenn, and
Charles B. Heard, N. " li71' = - -
On EIpe~diturs In tbs Treasury Dspartnent.-
William Lawrence, Ohio, Allison White, Pa,
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PERSONAL.

-. Maj. II Leonard, U. 5. A, and family, are
at Willards'
-. Hon J. I.andy, Pa, and Hon. r. Powell
Va, are at the u. J. Hotel rt-s
.... Mr.. Ten Brock, owner Of the American
horse Prioress, is stopping at the Girard House,
Philadelphia.
80. Bobbing about town, with face I'M
rufiied as If Brigham Young and Uncle Sam were
on the happest of terms, is white headed John
NJ. Bernhisel, delegate from Utah
-. A private despatch received here states
that Messrs Shields and Steele have been elected
u. s Senators from Minnesota b..
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LATER FROM COSTA RICA.-By way Of San Ju-
an del Norte. We have advices from San Jose de
Costa Rica to November 10th
Congress has authorized the Dictator to send
Commissioners to Nicaragua, TO arrange the
pending difficulties. Sres EmiIiano, Ouadra
ana GENERAL j. NJ. Canas have been named for
the service, with Sr. Antonio Chamorra as Sec
Ietary-tbe two latter are Dictator Mora,s broth
eTs-ih-iaw, so that IL is not d ieult to foresee
now matters will Tminate Dr. Toledo is to be
munster OF War, and Sir Vicente Herrera Min
lister Of Home Affairs DR. Nontnfar rssnnoe.
his place in the Supreme Cont
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IL The house Of one Brooking, at Gardiner,
Me was burned on saturday night, and In the
cellar, after the fre, were found $500 in gold
and silver, fused by the heat. The old man has
been in the habit Of hiding his money in stone
heaps and walls on the farm where he lives, and
a long stockin full of silver coin was found in
stone heap by his brother, short time ago. At
the time of the Are he had $500 In bills, and the
silver and gold found in the cellar, slowed away
under the chamber floor, next to the fastening
It was a sight to behold--says a correspondent,
to ace the old piser ffantically calling upon tn.
bystanders to shoot him.
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GREAT CHALLENGE RACE FOR $500. 600 Tile
Georgia spOrtsmen some time since sent forth d
challenge to the word-intended for Great
Britain Of course-to run a match race Of four
miles and repeat for 800 900 side over the Ten
Brock course at Savannah. The London Times
insists that a company shall be formed in Eng
land to accept the challenge and test the superb
Ofity of the horses of the two countries. The
Times calls upon Lord Zetland to become the
champion of the British turf, and send out his
noble horse skirmish"r 10 do battle against Il Q
American celebrities. 2"
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FURTHER News FROM UTAH TERRITORY
Ne western (Mo-) Dispatch has the following
additional items from Utah and the Plains:
The news from Salt Lake fully confirms the
news already received of the determined resist
aHCe OF The Mormons. All of the mountain passes
are strongly fortified at each of which i, stationed
iofty or nfiy men, " hO in their position are well
So.e 10 stop the further approach OF our troops
during the winter
Col Alexander had taken three Nor,,on nris
one's, among them brother OF the notorious
mu dereF, w. n Hickman Ii was the eustom
% aLe G Hions1o Keep party of camp followers
constantly III the rear Of the troops for the pur
pose OF getting all the stock left behind as strays
&c A HE of soldiers were concealed i'm a rayine
10 capture one OF these parties, and a single man
sent out as decOy. The Mormons readily took
tne Dait, and were led in pursuit of the single
solder TO the ambush, when the soldiers fred
AI.lln9 one ana taking the three prisoners before
Jesse Jones was prisoner in Salt Lake CITY.
enjoying the freedom Of the place bat Te,t,icted
lioIn gong UeyOBd its limits The Mormops saw
th' y Will h-ht 10 The death in defence of their
ei'4 II .ne liooPS attempt an entrance this winter
aLd that ia The spring they will burn the CITY
ehd 20 10 The mountains, where they have pro-
visions to last them for four or i've years
The ksnsss city Journal Of Commerce Of Il Q
5th instant says that Joseph Mageans, a trade
frcm Green 'iver, arrived there on Tuesday, be
the latest arrival from Utah. Mageans' acr cunts
cOAhfIE previous advices He report, that nearly
ali the einig rant trains were suffering from, Nor
mon dePsedationsi their wagons being burnt and
thtH cattle stolen. Large Quantities OF grain and
ioiage stored al FoIt Bndg ger had been burnt by
Tie Mofmons, 10 prevent its purchase by tue Gov
eminent They had also burned all the grass
routes beyond Fort Bridger The snow on the
mountains was three feet deep, and the country
was covered with IL a. far east az Blue river
Buffalo were very abundant
Tue Leavenworth Ledger of the 9th says an ex-
pEess has just arrived Colonel Summer arrived
here last night Capt. Van Viiet passed through
post haste yesterday afternoon
Inc faPld movements are supposed to have ref
erenee to the Utah arm,, but may be dispatche,
TO GENERAL Denver, or General Harner, the com.
mander Of the troops in Utah.
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An EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION
"A WILL BE HELD AT
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
WASHING TON CITY, &c,
On THURSDAY, FRIDAY, and SATURDAY
Dec, nth, 18th, and 18TH 1887,

pn Thursday evening, at Ga O'Clock, the Conven-
ton will organize tor transacting business, by the
appointment of . Chairman and Secretary.
AT "a o'clock q Lecture by Prof. A. DIMITRY, Of
WashIngtO City.
Friday, at r. m, Discussion.
At 10 a. m, Report of the Committee on the Edu-
catona Statistics of the District of Columbia with
Discussion.
.AtII M, q Lecture by RIcH'D NJ. SMITH. Esq,
Of Alexandria, Virginia. Subject-"Publio educa.
ton politically and socially consIdered"
Al 12n p. m a Discussion of the Report 90 Sta
tistics, continued.
At ~ p. m. Lecture by Hon. ii. BARNARD of
Comecticnt,, Subject" Reformatory Education
and Schools"
Saturday, at 9 a. m, a Discussion.
At Ii a: m, an Address by GEo. B. EMERSON,
Esq Of Boston.
TrafessOrs BACHE. HENRY, and other listing u sh-
ed friends OF education, will be present during the
deliberations.
School Committees and all friends of education
are invited to attend.
Free enlightenment will be provided for Delegates
and especially Tor Ladies' from abroad, who attend
By order Of the Columbia Teachers, Association.
CHAs. B. YOUNG. SEQ. $500 dis,st
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BooLN Notices.

PHYSIOLOGY, ANIMAL AND MENTAL. applied to
The Preservation and Restoration OF Health of
Boay ana Power of Mind. BY o. S. Fowler,
Wells 80 N y "-''
Whlle the reader may, and doubtless will OBJ
Ject to many of the doctrines advanced in this
volume, he will find in almost every line some
thlng 10 repay perusal, either a. Inducing thoup BIT
or as suggesting valuable hints for his future
guidance The work is divided into three de-
Partments-the first devosed to the preservation
ana restoration Of health, the inter-relations of
oody and mind, and the improvement Of men,
taIlty oy Improving the physiology; the second =.
the regulation OF the feelings and perfection of
the moral character; and the third to intellectual
Cultivation These subjects treated with that
plain practical Cobbet-like vigor BY which the
author is distinguished, both as a writer and as
speaker
HE HAsHEKsH Eater; Being Passages from
the Life of Pythacorean. New York: Har-
per Brothers (For sale in this city by Tay-
Tor Maury
The title 1--WE advise the reader not to attempt
to pronounce III Of this book naturally suggests
that 1t Is an imitation of De Quincy,s Opium
Eater The reader will, however, find that it
mas singularity and power quite its own though
the experiences Of the two dreamers have neces
sa1Iy Certain resemblance. Hasheesh, it may
perhaps, be as well TO say for the benefit of the
unposted reader, is the resin of the Indian heu;p
(CdnHabts iHdicd,) and from time irnmemorial
has been known among Eastern nations as Dos
sessIng powerful stimulant and narcotic quail
ties Its use, like that of opium is characterized
by Temai kable phenomena, both physical and
spiritual, and the experiences of the author there
IN are related in this singular volume
From the publishers we have Godey's Lady's
Book Tor January, making handsome appear
ance, indeed, in its commencement of a new
volume
From Shillington we have also Godey's La
dys BOOK, and also GrahaIn's illustrated MAYA
Zine flor january, fne number
Shiiiington also sends US the 90 Examination of
the DFed Scott Case, by Thomas H. Benton, =,
conveniently bound for reference
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Further by the Star of IN. west

The ensuing California Legislature assemblies
IN January
The Supreme Court has been In session during
the fortnight, and number Of decisions rem.
dered, some Of which have an important bearing
on the mining interests Of the State.
There is a strong feeling against the Mormons
among the inhabitants Of the southern counties OF
the state.
River mining, owing 10 recent heavy rains
throughout The state, has been summarily ended
for the season
The affairs of State government are now being
administered economically. There IS upwards
OF one hundred Thousand dollars ia the treasury
ana all The demands against the State are paid In
cash. r "
Miss Annette Ihce has been playinp her fare
wen engagement In san Francisco Mrs JuIia
Dean Hdyhe Is still PLAYING in the interior 10
good houses. Yankee Adams is playinv an en-
gageInent in San Francisco
w Chapman, well known throupbou the
United states a. a most successful low coined ian
dItd IN san Francisco on the eth ult
We have Intelligence from the Russian Prov
lnce OF Manchuria, on the eastern coast of A. ia
There are a number efCalifoTnans on the Amor
Iyrr, and two steamers plying on that stream
Some four or five Thousand Russians are living
within two hundred miles OF the mouth of the
TIy.'r.
From Lower California We learn Of the arrival
at Los Angeles. ON the 9th last Of Lieut.. Beals
with his camel train. from san Antonio, Texas
The anima's are NJ good condition.
IT. Mr. Allen sP at,n,,n. - f,..,.ulI ~. NJ
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H. young man, aged 2 and married wo-
man, sesiding In Guiiford, CT, have been arrest
ed and sent to New Haven jail on the charge OF
adultery, ''' ''-'s '"e'f - 60 ., 20 r-
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WORK BEFORE THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURES.
On the 9Th and 9th instant notices of the intro.
dnct'on OF two hundred bills were given in the
Legislature Of Virginia. and petitions were pre-
sented fOT nearly one hund red more.
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THE WASHING TON THEATRE

Ltsset- Nv. S1UAhr-
(also Lessee of W attacks Theatre, New York;
Mr.. STUART bess to announce that the building
know as CarusI's Saloon 10 now undergoing alteTa-
alton to transform 10 into
SMALL AND ELEGANT THEATRE.
Contracts have beeu de with and the THEATRE
will be constructed by Mr.. Durr, 1 this CITY. after
design furnished by Mr.. BoureIcaut. The hrst pei
Torrance will take place on CHRISTMAS DAY.
The seasun will consist Of sixteen weeks, compn
sing performances of the his hest ass.
The subscribers are kindly requested to pay their
subscriptions TO Messrs. Riggs Co hsbkers.
The plan of the orchestra stalls ard private boxes
may be seen at the Theatre on NJ ndsy next.
WIN. STUART.
dl5-5t Union a Tntel.)
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II Mr. Alien 9. Burton, Of Caswell Co, "
q, while out hunting last week, attempted TO
gun IA his band. The gun wys discharged hin,
ing him almost instantly -. .sI.r 80. =
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IyINGSTONE'S TRAVELS and r esearchss
II in South Africa, VOL, svo.. with Maps and En-
cravings; IS.
d IL = -f. FRANCK TAYLOR,
KRISS KRINGLE hereby notifies all good
II children that he has deposited with LAM
MOND, 7th street, the largest and most keautlfpl
collection Of TOYS and FANCY ARTICLES
ever exhibited in this city. dH-T
nIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF the Wsshinst, n
~ and Adams Administrations by w. n. Prescott,
dT ~i,4' '"'' FRANCK TAYLOR.
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SAMUEL =. HOOVEk'S BOOT, SHOE AND
- TRUNK ESTABLISHMENT.
Come and see the assortment of Boots, Shoes.
and Trunks 8. P Hoover has on hand and selling of
atv"ry reduced prices.
! aides Gait ers at 81.
Misses old style Shoes Is to 81 cents
Gentlemen's Patent Leather and Calf Boots and
Congress eaters at $50, regular prices S5
Boots and Shoes for boys and youths the reduce
price of II cts. to 81 50.
Ladies' Congress " aver proof Caters for aI7S
Morocco Double soled Boots at 81, heeed rs cts
Trunks, ValIses. and Carpet Bags at cost.
Cali and see for yourselves.
LndIes' snow and mems water proof Shoes,
Gstenous and French work red Slippers
White satin and kid Congress heeed Caters and
Slippers.
Servants shoes and Boots OF all descri ptions
and l0th streets.
dI5lw SP HOOVER
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IL Advertisements should be sent in by
IL o'clock m; otherwise they may not ap.
pear until the next day.
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JEROME GILLIss.

WANTED To HIkE.-SS.ooo. for the term of
w years, secured on an improved farm, OF So
terest paid annually. Any wishing to invest in
that way, will please address J.. b. g, Box SIS,
view can be bad. Interest paid semiannusb il pre-
fsrred. - 0"g >. iL. - nI7-tf
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SPLRITOF THE MOANING PRESS

SPIRIT or THE MORNING PRESS.
The LnteIiigeucer, to-day, is again devoted
to the republication of Department reports
and news.
The Union spikes gun (roorback) concern
ing what trsnspired during a recent call of the
Indiana CDemccratic) delegation in the House
on the President in publishing the following
note from the Hon. Vim. Ii. English:
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
December IL, 1857.
To the Editor Of the Union:
SIR In the New York Times of Saturday,
under the head OF =" Interesting from Washing
ton, i ind the following paragraph:
" IL Is stated in confidential circles that the
Democratic delegation from Indiana have had d
long interview with the President, in the course
OF which they said that in full consultation they
could not support the Lecompton constitution,
after the expose Of Senator Douglas There can
be no doubt that such consultation was held =
Permit me To say that was present at the in
teTview alluded to, and 10 such declaration was
made by the " Democratic delegation from In
DIANA" or anv member of it then present except
Mr. Davis The visit was not of political char
meter at all. but merely social CALL to paw our
respects to the Chief Magistrate of the nation
As Tar as am concerned, / shall deem IL soon
enough To define my position when all the facts
are before NE, and the question comes up legi,i-
lnately for action
Very respectfully, WIN H. ENGLISH.
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TIE WEArHIR The following report of the
weather for this morning is made from The Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution.
The time Of observation is q bout O'Clock a. 10.