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The national Republican., 1861-05-27
Proposals for Wood and Coal.

OFFICE HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES U. s.,
May 7, 1861.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
~ Office until IL o'clock on Monday, the Sd day
Of June next, for furnishing, for the use of the
House of Representatives of the United States,
five hundred and 6fty tons $4,000 pounds) best
white ash furnace coal, (steamboat size,) one
hundred cords best dry hickory wood, and one
hundred cords best dry spruce pine wood. The
whole to be packed away in the vaults of the
Capitol, in the places which will be shown on
application to the Engineer in the service Of the
House Of Representatives, and to be delivered by
the lst OF July next Bonds for the faithful exc
cution of the contract will be required.
Bids for the coal and wood will be considered
separately, and satisfactory arrangements must
be made for the correct measurement of both.
J. W. FORNEY,
may 9-w4w Clerk h. R. U. 8.
Intsllgeneer, Star, and Chronicle, copy.]
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PROPOSALS.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Burtdu 9 1dTds ana DOcNS, dpTu ieoi'
@ EAIED PROF AIS for each class separately, endorsed
- Proposals for class No (namc the Glass; for the navy
yard at (namc the ynrd will be received at his ONCE
until the nth day May next, for furnishing aud
delivering the several navy yards namcd the materials
and articles embraced in printed schedules, which VIII be
furnished tppcRtion, and sent by mail 50 requested
persons ,ysrJ TO offer to contract for any or all Of ihe
casses named thef by the commandments OF the several
navy yards for the classes for the yards under their com
mand the navy agent nearest thereto or by the bu
for any or all the yards.
10 pre confusion and mistakes in scaling the oGer no
I'D gu be yeeeire pkeh contains classes hdn one
yard envelope and each individual VI hrm must
sign the bid and contract.
Bidders are hereby cautioned and particularly notified
that their offers be in the form hereinafter prescribed
be mailed In time to reach their destination before the
expires Tor receiving them bid ,cU be considered
,chich shall be received after the peod aded and ahor
ancs piH Ls made for failures Of the mail.
To guard against offers being opened before the mo ap
pointed bidders requested to endorse the envelope
above tho address, and draw line under the endorsement
thus;
Iroposals for class No. (idme he cidsD for tie nary
gard at (name he yard ~
10 the Chief OF the Bureau Of Yards aud Docks WASH
ngton, u. C.
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TEETH

MI LOOMS, N. D., the inventor and patentee
lVl. of the Mineral Plate Teeth, attends per-
sonally at his Office in this city.
Many persons can wear these teeth who can
not wear others, and no person can wear others
who cannot wear these.
Persons calling at my Office can be accommo.
dated with any style and price Of Teeth they may
desire but tothose who are particular, and wish
the purest, cleanest, strongest, and most perfect
denture that art can produce, the Mineral Plate
will be more fully warranted.
Rooms in this city-No. 33s Pa. avenue, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets. Also, s07 Arch
street, Philadelphia. mar lb-ly
The national Republican., 1861-05-27

furnished. Sample patterns Of the woOen and
cotton cloths will be sent by mail to bidders. II
is desirable that the articles be of domestic man.
ufacture.
Proposals will be received for any one Of the
articles sep ,ra,ely and for any port on OF each
not less than ont .iourth of the number or guam
tity advertised for.
The privilege is reserved by the United States
OF deere sing the quantity one-fourth on the ac-
ccptanee Of tue proposals., and of increasing it
not to exceed double the quantity, At ary time
prior to the completion Of the contract, by CIV
ing the contractor thirty days notice of such de-
sired increase; and Of rejecting any proposal
which may be considered extravagant.
The manufacturers establishment or dealers
place Of business must be distinctly stated in the
proposal, together with the names, address, and
responsibility OF two persons proposed as sure
ties The sure,ies will guaranty that contract
shall be entered into within ten days after the
acceptance of said bid or proposal.
Bids from manufacturers will be preferred, or
from regular dealers in the articles, and contracts
will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidders
who shall furnish the required securities for the
faithful performance thereof.
Deliveries to commence within twenty days
after the acceptance of the proposals, and one
fourth of the quantity contracted for must be
delivered in equal monthly proportions within
two months from said date Of acceptance, and
the remainder within three months thereafter, in
monthly or greater proportions.
1t is to be distinctly understood that contracts
are not transferable without the consent Of the
proper authority, and that any sale, assignment,
or transfer, without such consent having beea
obtained, Except under process Of law,) will
be regarded as an abandonment Of the contract &;
and the contractor and his or their securities will
he held responsible for all loss or damage to the
United States which may arise ,herefrom.
Payments will be made on each delivery, should
Congress have made an appropriation to meet
them, or as soon thereafter as an appropri alton
shall be made for that purpose. Ten per cent. Of
the amount of each delivery will be retained until
the contract shall be completed, which will be
forfeited to the United States in case Of defalca
ton on the part of the contractor in fulnlng the
| contract.
Forms of proposals and guarantee will be fur
nished upon application to this office, and none
will be considered that do not conform thereto.
Proposals will be endorsed, "ProPosals fol
Furnishing Army Supplies and Materials" and
| be addressed
COL. CHARLES THOMAS,
Asst. q. N. Gen., q. s. Army.
| NAV 23-3tawtune3
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CHIEF ASSISTANT QUARTERMAsTHR's OFFICE,

CHIEF ASSISTANT QUARTERMAsTRR's OFFICE,
Washington City, d. c., May ls, 1861.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
- office, until IL o'clock NJ. on the 9th instant,
for furnishing at this place Q5o) one hundred
and fifty tons of good, merchantable timothy
hay, pressed, and in bales-the hay to be de-
lvered, on or before the 18th Of June next at the
wharf at the foot of G street, or at the railroad
depot. The undersigned reserves the right to
reject all bids that may be deemed too high. The
bids to be endorsed, proposals for Hay."
D. II. RUCKER,
may 2O-tm21 Brevet Major, A. Q. M.
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headed Miscellaneous the schedule twenty five per
ccntum.
Persons whose ocrs shall he accepted will be notified by
letter through the post OlCc which notice shall be
sidorcd sufficient aud il they do contract
for the supplies specified within fifteen days from the date
uf notice the bureau of the acceptance uf their bid
Will be made with other person or persons
and the Euarators Of such deiaung bidders viii be held
responsible for all dchuqucucics.
All orrs made strict conformity with TINS adverse-
lnent will al the option Of the bureau, he rejected
Those only Whose offers may be accepted will be notified,
and will be ready for execution as soon thereafter
ns NAV be prnctie,blc apr 2T--w4w
The national Republican., 1861-05-27

TO INVENTORS AND PATENTEES.
MUM AND COMPANT,
Proprietors of the Scientific American, and
Agents for procuring American and Foreign
PATENTS,
With lSirteea Years Experience in hs Bustne's
Refer to Hon. Judge Mason, Hon. Joseph Hol,,
Hon. W. D. Bishop, ex-Commissioners Of Patents,
and TO more than fifteen thousand inventors
who have had business done through Mum
Co.'s Patent Agency.
Pamphlet Of advice sent free by mail.
Patent Laws and Regulations, 100 pages, 25
cents, mail.
No charge for consultation, orally or by mail
Preliminary Examination in United States
Patent Office, s..
Offices No. 81 Park Row, New York Wash
ington, corner Of r and Seventh streets, oppo-
site the Patent Office. mar l4-6m
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C. M. ALEXANDER,

attorney and Counsellor at Pltent LdW, and
Solicitor of Patents.
Patent cases examined FREQ Of charge.
Applications conducted upon conditional fees.
Advice on points Of law and infringement
given.
Arguments prepared, and litigated cases con.
Quoted in the courts.
Office, corner of Seventh and r streets, WASH
ingtou, D. O.
Refer to Hon. F. P. BLAIR, jun, Hon. WILLIAM
H. EseLIsH, Hon. DANIEL E. SonEs.
feb l9-8m
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Proposals for Supplying Beef on the Hoof.

Proposals for Supplying Beef on the Ho0f.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC!
SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing beef cat
~ tie on the hoof, for the use of the United
States Government, are invited till the l4th in
stant. The cattle to be delivered in the city of
Washington, or at any point in the State of Penn
sylvaRia which the Government may designate.
The price per pound, gross weight, must be
stated for the delivering in Pennsylvania, dis
tinct from the delivery contemplated in Wash
ington.
Bids to be directed 10 Lieutenant A. Beckwith,
lst Art, A. A. G. s, Washington, D. G.
Bh5- The time for receiving proposals for fur
nishing Fresh Beef in the above notice is ex-
tended until the 3oth OF May 1861.
A. BECKWITH,
may 9-H lst 1t. lst Art, A. @. 8.
The national Republican., 1861-05-27

THE CELEBRATED ARABIAN STALLION,
1.-THE DEY OF ALG1ERS,"
EOR the improvement of stock, will stand the
l. ensuing season, commencing the lst day of
April, and ending on the lst day Of July, at the
following places: At the Subscribers stables, in
Georgetown, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and FRI
days. and at McChisley's Store, on Seventh. street
road, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Fer further
particulars, see handbills.
HIRAM WRIGHT, Proprietor,
apr2 Georgetown, D. O.
The national Republican., 1861-05-27
WANTED.

WANTED.
A NY person having a good-sized furnished
IA house to rent, or who would like to rent the
house and sell The furniture, on terms suited to
the times, may perhaps find customer by ad-
dressing Box No. 247, City Post Office.
may l6-f
The national Republican., 1861-05-27

JOSEPH SHAFFIELD'S
baltic MORE CONFECTIONE
No. 36s Sirth st., 6etween g and II sts.,
WASHINGTON, D. c.
ERESH CAKES every day; Candies of all
l. kinds; Wedding cakes, Fancy cakes, pyra-
mids of all kinds and sizes, Charlotte Russo
Blanc Mango, and Jelles, made to order Par
ties, Suppers, Balls, Excursions, Weddings, and
other entertainments, furnished on the most rea-
sonable terms. lie Cream and Water Ices, 81. .25
per gallon. feb l6-6m
The national Republican., 1861-05-27
G. W. GOODALL,

lust RECEIVED, at Smiths, No, AGO Seventh
street, large lot of Spring Clothing, Hats,
and Caps. All for sale, at very low prices. Ali
persons in want of goods in our line will find it
greatly to their advantage to call before pur-
chasing elsewhere, as our prices are lower than
at any other house In town. feb 28-6m
The national Republican., 1861-05-27

DR.. JOSEPH r. HOWARD.
nFFlCE No. 366 Fifth street, between q and
~ y ctreets. dec 4-6m
The national Republican., 1861-05-27

Progress of Slavery in the United States.
BY GEORGE N. WESTON.
TOPIES of this work are for sale at the pub
~ lication Office of the National Republican,, on
Seventh street.
Bound edition, 81 per copy. Pamphlet edi-
ton, 20 cents per copy. apr 9-n
The national Republican., 1861-05-27
GAS FIXTUR ES!s

THE BEST ASSORTMENT EVER OFFERED
In THIS CITY
THOSE who desire TO select from new patterns,
l. with the advantage Of . reduction In prices,
will call early and examine.
We would also call the attention Of persons
about introducing gas inte their dwellings to our
increased facilities, and consequent low prices,
for this branch Of our trade.
Inviting all who desire their work done
promptly, and free from gas leakages, to call at
269 Pennsylvania avenue, between Tenth and
Eleventh streets, south side.
nov 26 NV THOMPSON / 90.
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Nr.ri Of OGcr.

u
there insert the COMPOSING the hrm OF
(nane tho town the State Of name the Stato hereby
oner FURNISH under your advertisement dated (dato Of
subject TO all the requirements o the
same and tie printed schedule to which refers all the
articles embraced class No (nanc the class for the
navy yard (namc the yard according said schedule
viz: (here paste the printed class tho scrdue,
aud opposite article the price and carry out tho
amount In the columns dollars and cents and foot up
the aggregate Of the bid the Glass; amounting
to (here write the amount in worts)
Ipopose my agent (herc name the agent one Is re.
CURED by schedule the supply under the classes
miscellaneous by resident Of the place Of delivery
should my offer be accepted request tho contract
be prepared and sent To the navy agent at nane the
agency,) for signatures and certificate.
(Hers the bidder and each member Of the firm TO sigU
The national Republican., 1861-05-27

GAS FIXTURES.
WE have in store, and are daily receiving,
w GAS FIXTURES of entirely new patterns
and designs and finish, superior in style to any
thing heretofore offered in this market. We in
vits citizens generally to call and examine our
stock of Gas and Water Fixtures, feeling conf
dent that we have the best-selected stock in
Washington.
All work in the above line intrusted to our
care will be promptly attended to.
MYERS & McGHAN,
mar 2O-6m 376 D street.
The national Republican., 1861-05-27
MONEY! MONEY!! MONEYl!!
36S D STREET. 36S

800 900
WILL give for good cast off clothing the high
L est cash prices in gold. All kinds wanted.
Call before selling elsewhere also have large
stock Of nice new clothing, which am selling at
extreme low prices for CASH. All, therefore,
who have good clothes for sale can get the high
est cash price here, and buy at the lowest, as
buy and sell for cash.
Come and see. No. sss street, between
Ninth and Tenth. feb l8-ly
The national Republican., 1861-05-27

300 hospital tent poles
5000 wall tent poles, sets
$4,000 common do do
5000 hospitl Al tent pins, small and large
10000 wall do large
100000 common do
800, 900 tent buttons, (wood,) large and small
10000 tent slips, do do
500 garrison flag haliards, of Italian hemp,
220 feet long
1000 recruiting flag halliards, of Italian hemp,
Al feet long
10000 pounds cotton sewing twine, 6 and 8
strands
10000 pounds Manila tent cord, large, me-
dium, and small, best quality
500 pounds bolt rope
5000 do balng rope
300 do fax twine
5000 yards cotton webbing, and II inch
10000 tin canteens with cork shoppers, 8 pints,
to weigh ll4 ounces without the
shoppers
800 iron pots, with balls
$4,000 mess pa 8, sheet iron, weight pounds
10000 camp kettles, do sizes, in nests,
lsa pounds
5000 pickaxes, sizes, to weigh Ct and 7
pounds
10000 telling axes, cast steel, best quality, Al
and ST pounds
10000 camp hatchets, cast steel, do le
ounces
10 Iooo0 600 piSkase Id',i handles best quality
$1,000 camp hatchet handles, best quality
5000 spades, two sizes, do
1000 stoves for Sibley tents
$1,000 chains for Sibley tents, sets.
All the above mentioned articles must conform
in all respects to the sealed standard patterns il
this Office, where they can be examined, and an,
additional information in regard to them will b
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NOTARY PUBLTc.

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
VIII attend promptly to the collection Of claims
ness
ES Office Third street. Between Main and
Locust, with g. w. Mcbride, Esq. iuIyI3-d9u,Iv
SSFO.1.DRARS.
- Almonds, Brazil Nuts, FiIberts Pecans Eng
Hsh walnuts, figs, raisins, currants, rock candy
OYSTERS sardines, alum EPSON salts roll brimstc ne
sulphur, coppeTas, madden, extract of logwood in
dgo, cream tartar, soda, bed cords OF all kinds to-
bacco Of all kinds, backing batting, nutmegs, CT
gars OF all kinds, ginger, and ground, spanish
moss glass jars lanterns and TASKS mustard, pep
per sauce, matches, pickles, stone pipes, powder
safety fuse. soaps OF all kinds, starch teas vine
gar, camphor, letter, note, cap, and fancy paper
wrapping paper, envelopes, salt petre gum drops
wooden boEles, juju paste, cinnamon, dried beef
british lustre, bonnet boards, Java coffee ink oil
nails sash, glass, spirits turpentine alspice soda
pain killer, lifuoric-, &c, &c, DC
supply of the above kept constantly on hand
and for sale low, by :. L. GILBERT & Co.
Jnne5 No I sycamore 81.
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Np $. RUsT0.v' s 90.
Aba

Respectfully announce to their friends and -Ttf-
zens of Evansville generally, that they ure III in
the Feed business, aud are thankful for past IA
vors. "Hd hope ty strict Alteration business 10
merit "a eontintttuce OF patronage on new plafr
Nhlrh We now adopt from this datr, which - strict
Is fa 'Sh- All orders accompanied wIrh fi.. cssf
viii BE- promptly attended to ; oTHEl.< MED
APPLY.
We Law on hapd and for sale 200 tons prime
Hay. $50 prsi old white Corn selected -xtsrrssIv-
tor Bread. 5un bush new Corn in katr $50 hu-L
Oats . TOM oil Meal. and filIl supply 81 Bra,
SGipstuH, &c, amt ,Fsr} thing liiy fun2 in ID
Feed Store, all oi which will be sold cheap Tor cash
and cash only. Respectfully,
deC7 H. s RUSTON r 30
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ScrofuIa. or Kings Evil.


- ToHstitutional disease, corruption OF the bloc
by which this fluid becomes initiated, weak, aud
poor. Beng IN the circulation, it perv 4des the a
whole body. and may burst out in disease on any
part OF H. No organ is free from its attacks. nor
Is there one which it may destroy. The scrofn-
lous alnt Is caused by mercuria disease low living
disordered or unhealthy food impure air, filth and
hithg habits the depressing vices, and, above all
by the yenereal infection. Whatever be its origin
lt ls hereditary in the Constitution, descending
: from pareHts to children, unto the third and
fourth generation - indeed, it seems to be the rod
OF sim who says, " will visit the iniquites of the
fathers upon their children y
It's effects commence by deposition from the
blood OF corrupt or ulcsrous matter, which, in the
lungs, liver, and internal organs termed tuber-
cles; IN the glands, swelliEgs and on the
surface, eruptions sores This foul corrup-
ton, which genders in the blood depresses the en-
erges OF lie, that scrofulOus constitutions not
only suffer from scrofulous complaints, but they
have far less power to Withstand the attacks of
other d. seases; consequently vast numbers perish
by disorders which, although not scrofulous in
their nature, still rendered fatal by this faint
in the system Most of the consumption which
decmates the human family has its origin directly
IA TINS scroiulous contamination ; and many des-
tructive diseases of the liver, kidneys, brain, and
indeed OF all the organs, arise from agraYa-
ted by the same cause.
One quarter OF all our people are scrofulous
their persons are invaded by this lurking infection
and their health is undermined by it, To cleanse
it from the system must renoyate the blood by
Alternative mediocre and ihvgorate il by healthy
food and exercise. Such medicine we supply
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Ell G U e e. u ES ~ :


Intermittent Feyer, or FeUer anil Aque, Re-
nlheHt FeDer, Chill Feger Dumb 4 me, Pc
Tj0die25 Headache, or Bilious Headache, and
Bilious Ferers, indeed, for the 1ghoIs class Of
diseases originating IN hillary derangenenf,
caused by the HaIaria Of Miasgaatc Coaiy7-
tries.
We are enabled here to offer the community
remedy which, while it cures the above complaints
with certainty, Is still perfectly harmless in any
quantity. Such a remedy is invaluable in districts
where these affecting disorders prevail This
CURE expels tho miasmatiC poison Of FEyFR
AND AGUE from the system, and prevents the de-
veiopments OF the disease, if taken on the first an
proach Of its premoLitory symptoms. 1t is not on
~ the best remedy ever yet discovered for this
I oil complaints but also the cheapest. The large
quantity supply for dollar brings it within
the reach OF everybody; and in bilious districts
"hefe EVER ND AGUE prevails. everybody should
have it and it freely both for cure and protec
ton a great superiority of this remedy over any
other ever discovered for the speedy and certain
cure OF Iutermittents is that it contains no Quiniue
or Mineral, consequently it produces no qunisrn or
injurious effects whatever upon the constitution Il
Those cured by it are left healthy as if they h adj
never had the disease
Fever and Ague is not alone the consequence of
the miasmatic poison. great variety Of dtsor-
uIeis arse II ON ITS irritation; among which
Nelrralgia, Rheumats,a, cont, Headache Blindness
aoottaeie, EGrac4e Ctttar7h asthma, PalpitatioD,
fGgHt 3BecttOR q the Spleen, Mysteries, Pain ia tie
Botveis, C0iic Paralysis and Bereavement Of he
Stomach, all Of which. when originating in this
cause, put the JHteTaHiheTf tune, Iar-
odicel. This ." CURE expels the DO son from tbe
blood and consequently cures them all alike. tits
Invaluable protection to Immigrants or ,ersors
travelling or temporarily residing the maarious
districts. Ii taken occasionally or daily while /
exposed to the injection, that VIII be excreted from
the system, and cannot accumulate in sufficient |
quantity t. riptn into disease Hence it is even |
more valuable for protection than cure and few /
Will eFer suffer from Intermjttents if they avail
them elves Of the protection this remedy affords
Prepared by DR.. J G. AVER & CO., !
Lowell, Mass.
Sole Wholesale and Retail Agents in Evansville |
KELLER WHITE; BIERBOWER & PIERCE: !
LEIGH n CARLSTADT:
and for sale by all dealers and wholesale agents
Jane 9, 1861 Nv
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COMPOUND Extract of SarSaDarilIa

the most effpctUal remedy which the medical skill
Of our times can devise for this everywhere pre-
vailing and fatal maady. 1t is combined from the
most active remedials that have been discovered
for the expurgaton Of this foul disorder the
blood, and the rescue of the system from its des-
tructYe consequences Hence it should be employ
II for the of only ScrofuIa but also those
other affections which arise from it, such as ERUp-
TIVE and SKIN DISEASES, ST. ANTHONY's FIRE,
Rose, or ERTsIPELAs, PIMPLEs, PUSTULEs, BLoTCH-
rs, BLAINs, and BOLEs, TUMORs, letter and SALT
RHEUM, ScALD HEAD, RINGwoRM, RHEUMATIsm
SYPHILITIc and MERcURTAL DISEASES, DROPsY De-
BlLITY and. indeed, ALL COMPLAINTS ARISING FROM
fITIATED Oh IMPURE BLOOD. The popular belief
IN tmpHity0 Of the blood is founded in truth for
scrofula Is a degeneration Of the blood. The par
icu!ar purpose and virtue Of this SarSaparla is to
purify and degenerate this vital fluid, without
which sound health is impossible in contaminated
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WORM CANDY.
Sa Mt o nine LCzeng,

WE onei these Loeuces without dispui.
" their composition. al thcir naIne INN
they depend fnr tliar efficacy upou santoniun =
the lately discovered lttiiyr principle 1f tis.
rOpean or Leyant Worm Seed
All the merit which wH ciaim for our. med
is the purity Of the Sautouiuo which ID contain
the careful manner in which il has been inco
rated with and distributed through the mass
which the Lozenges have been formed
To be sure OF these important points. We
them prepared az thr Louisville Chemical vs.
where the Santuuina q 6rst tested for lis or
and then combined IN the Lozeuge ni sach Nj
TO retain its properties and yirfuts unchanged.
To the Profession We pIescuta valuable ana :
known medicine in convenient and attrat
form, of uniform and known strenefh-the al
tions indicating the GCsa Of Santonine accordin
the u. 5. r.
To the public we oferH remedy for Worms.
cacious, safe, and as pleasant as onlectionary
moderate price
For sale by all reputable Druggist through
the Sonth or West. WILSON, PETER 81 Go
d&w6m Main 3