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Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-12

IN baskets. with their heads Just showing out, and
placed on the platform in front OF the King
They we're then thrown down 10 the people. Who
we're dancing. singing aud yelling below. As
each man was thrown down he was seized and
behetded, the heads being uiied IN one heap. and
the bodies ia another; every man who caught
victim and cut of the head received one head Of
cowrles labOut p After all were killed, Mr..
Eusehart was conducted home. July IL Ia
ken TO another part Of the town. where exactly
similar horrors we're being perpetrated. July -
All the platforms we're taken down, aud the
programme appeared TO be firing guns, singing
aud dancing all day. There were no more public
sacrifices for ten days, but IL is supposed many
took place during the nights. July % Taken
TO see the Grand Customs" at the palace Of the
late King. at the gate of which two platforms
had been erected: on each platform sixteen men
and four horses were placed; inside the house was
placed another platform, which placed
sixteen women. four horses and one alligator
The men and womea were all Sierra Leone peo-
pie, captured at lshigga. and were dressed in Eu
ropean clothes, each group OF sixteen men seat
Ell, or rat-er bound, in chairs placed around IA
bic. on which glasses Of rum were placed for
each.
The King then assembled the platform, where
he adored the Dat oman fetish. and seemed to
make obeisance to the prisoners. whose right
up the glass and drink the Kings health. After
the Kings health had been drunk. the effects of
the late King were paraded and worshiped by
the people as they passed; n grand review of the
troops then commenced; and as each marched
past, the King harrangued them, and promised
the sack OF Abbeokuta in November Nearly
the whole of the troops wore firearms; few
lect corps had rifles, but the greater part were
armed with fint-lOck mnskets. The artillery
consisted OF about twenty four guns az pound
ers). The number OF troops altogether could
scarcely be less than 40 900, including IL, O0O
Amazons, all apparently we'll disciplined troops
After the review over, the prisoners were be-
headed, their heads being hacked off with blunt
knives; Mt the same time horses and alligatOrs
were dispatched. particular care being taken that
their blood should mingle with that OF the hu-
man prisoners. When all was finished, Mr Eus-
chart was permitted TO leave Ahomey which. il
Is needless TO say, he Immediately did, having
received the magnificent Uiatica CT eight heads
OF cowries 49,. one piece Of country cloth and
two TASKS of rum Mr. Euschart firmly believe.
that AbbeOkut; will. without doubt be attack, d
by the whole Dahomian army towards the end Of
November
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The Negroes i'm their own Country
The recent Atrocities by the King
OF Dahomey.

Captain Perry. OF her Majestys ship Griffin.
gives. in a letter TO the Governor OF Lagos. the
substance OF a statement made to him by Mr..
Euschart, Dutch merchant a Popo. who to-
wards the end OF June last, was summoned To
Attorney. by order oi the King OF DihOmey.
On The 9TH Mr.. Eu>chart brought 10 the
market place. where he WAS told many Deoule
had been killed the night before. He first saw
the body of Mr. WIN. Doherty Ga Sierra Leone
mani. late missionary and church catechlst at
lShagga. The body crucihe,i against large
tree one nail through the forehead. one through
the hears. aud one through each hand aud foot:
the lett arm was bent, and large cotton um-
breA in the grasp He WAS then taken to the
market. where the King was seated ON a raised
platform. from which be talking 10 the peo-
pie much war palaver," and promising them all
attack upon Abbeokuia in November
CowrIes, cloth and rum then distributed
In front OF the market place rows OF human
belds, fresh and CORY, were ranged and the
whole place was saturated with blood, the heads
evidently belonging 10 some OF the lshagga pris-
oneTs, who had been killed during the night at
ter having been tortured in the must iTishtful
manner.
Until July 10, Mr. EuschaFt vas ordered to ne.
maiu quiet IN mis- house. and not TO move or look
out after shutdown.
July 10. The ground shook viOlenty-eyi-
GENTLY, from the date, TIE elect OF the earthquake
felt at Accra. Mr. Easchart once brought
10 the market place, where lac found the King
again seated on raised platform surrounded by
AmazOns; the King told him that the ground
shaking was his fathers spirit. complaining that
customs were not made proper" l. ree lshag
ga chiefs we're then brought before the King. and
told they we're 10 90 aud tell their father that
Customs should be better than ever" Each
chief Was then given bottle o! rum and head
oil cowres and then decalatated
T~enty four men ere them brou.h i cut bound
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-12

- The Senate Chamber at Washington is
ready tor the csrpeting and desks of members.
The Representative Hall Is being scrubbed out.
-Erohange Paper
Yes, il Is being scrubbed out, aud the politi-
cal yermn of Abolitionism reccdes from its
marble halls. The people have taken up the
broom and the mop. aud Ohio Indiana and Penn
sylvania scrubbed out" some twenty Treasury
rats on the 18th Of October. New York, New
Jersey. Illinois. &c. performed some "scrub
bling" on the 4th of November. and trust
enough was done on that day to make the Repre-
sentatiyes' Hall a comparatively decent place.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-12
Another Actor Usurpation.
The New York World Of the 9th SAYS:

bc -eN Oih hOTtd OF tue Oin SAYS.
Secretary Stanton omits no occasion to usurp
unlawful power. This is his last attempt to over
ride State laws and nhct arbitrary punishment.
Superintendent Kennedy is his willing accomplish
1esterdiy We published the following:
superintendent Kennedy having teegraphed
to Washington the arrests of exempt aliens de
tectei IN an attempt To vote, received the follow
ing answer thereto last evening:
John A Kennedy, Superintendent Metropolitan
Police:
SIR: You will convey the persons mentioned
III your telegram OF this date to the nearest mill
tary station, to await the orders of the Secretary
of War L. 9. TvRNEs,
Judge Advocate General
To day we hear, though we can only youch for
the intrinsic probability of the rumor, that the
exempt aliens detected and arrested IN the attempt
To vote. have been by order of the Secretary of
War taken TO the nearest military station and
compelled to enlist
These offenders deserv G cOndien puishnent of
course. but what business has Mr. Kennedy to re
port them to the War Department, or what right
has the War Department inhict this excessive
punishment upon them-tO intilrt any puishme nj
at allf The Oifense is an oiiense against the
State and this State only.
We have a statute which says:
ANY person not duly qualified to vote under
the laws OF this State who shall knowingly vote
or offer TO vote at any general or special town or
charter election shall be adjudged guilty of u
misdemean0r and on conviction shall he mpriS
oned for period not exceeding six months, at
the discretion of the court before which the Of
tense y tried. And il shall be the du
~ OF the District Attorney in the county where
the offense shall have been committed 10 adopt
eileetual measures for the punishment of all per-
sons who, without being legally qualified, shall
vote or attempt To vote at any election in this
State"
Another clause makes it the duty of the I'm
spectors OF elections or cOnstable>. knowing or
believing that such offenses have been committed
TO inform the District Attorney thereof. whose
business ii Is TO bring the guilty parties to trial.
Why, then, does Superintendent Kennedy run
to the Secretary of War with this business, in
stead OF To the District Attorney Mr.. Stanton
has no more 10 do with it than with tie height OF
OF our houses or the color OF our hats Mr. Ken
medy has begun, and Secretary Stanton has com
pletel an act of usurpatiGn in REMINDING these
persons. without conviction or trial. To imprison
ment under Federal authority. If il be also true
that he has gone his length and forced the al
legged culprits into the army, the case is one de
mandng the prompt interference of Governor
Morgan.
How long, President Lincoln, how longf
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-12

The election in Illinois results a. follows: Nine
Democratic Congressman five Republicans ;
Democratic majority in the Legislature. In the
Senate and 81 in the House. and 1000 majority
in the popular vote LovEJor is elected by about
300 majority Two years ago he had ISL over
his ooDouent
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-12

After the emancipation proclamation and be.
fore the election. the Abolition newspapers. par
iculary prominent among which was the New
York 7Smss. insisted that the support Of the Adj
minis'raton was the test Of loyalty to The Gov
eminent The following is the opening ragraph
OF the leading editorial article in the New York
1f"sss on the second dAy after the election
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-12

Instances Ike the following throw light upon
The discussed question as 70 the relative propor.
portion OF Democrats and Republican Uniou sol
diers IN the army. Ia regiment raised in lnd
ana county. Pennsylvania. two companies. con-
tanning one hundred and eighty six men. we're
eanvassed. and only three Democrats were found.
against one hundred aud eighty three Union men
Lafayette CoHrisr
Well. Courier. full regiment of one thousand
and forty men--the 10Th lllnois--passei through
tins city few weeks ago, and upon actual count
II was disco, cred that in the whole regiment there
we're bai seem Republicans 10 a thousand and
thirty three Democrars-N 4 L>siosr
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EMPLOYMENT WANTED.

NNHE ADVERTISER A PRAC Teal PRINTER. WELL
II acquainted with Book anl Job Work, but having
recently lost the Of h left arm TO disable him
ron DONG Pess work, desires situation C0mpo>itor
or Foreman in some genteel establishment anywhere in
the state Being able TO read. write, aud spe Engli
and Herman, would not object 10 upon Bookkeep-
ing or Clerking in county lawyers Office. Wages 10
object, but permanent and pleasant home desired
dress GOOD WILL
nl2-dltwl Warren. Huntington ca. I'D.
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am. sir. very respectfully yours,
~ SrrRN Taptain
Chief of Ordnance for Indiana

II gives US great pleasure to let Capt. SrURN
set himself right on the land speculation. While
explaining his position upon one point il will not
be amiss If he elucdItes another /, is said that
he deducts from the pay of the young ladies' EN-
plOyed in his institution "a certain percentage
weekly for some patriotic purpose. Is this vol
untsry a forced contribution from his fair EN-
ployees. who are laboring with great diligence to
support families whose fathers and brothers are
fighting under the flag of the Union, and whose
wants the Government should provide lor2 1t is
not right To place these additional burdens upon
the families Of soldiers Is it, Captain SrURM?
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special Notice.

10 ADY5RTXSERS.-.iH advertisements taken for
specified time and ordered OFT before e expiration
ofAe time specified. tci be charged tie regalar ra,ns
fogfds sefpe IN 10 the time they or,fered out.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-12

INDIANA ARSENAL. November - 1862.
j. j. BINGHAM ESQ, EDITOR OF THE SESTI-
SEL-Sr: notice an article in your paper OF
this date, copied from the Goshen Democrat. in
which it is charged that in the sale OF lot of land
To the Government. which TO erect an u. >.
Arsenal. "pocketed the nice little sum of seven
teen thousand dollars
This statement H. wholly untrue.
j am at loss TO know what motive could in
duce any one to make repre- entation utterly
unfounded ] never had any thing, in any man
ner, form shape. 10 do with any sale of land to
the Government. | never "pocketed," directly
or indirectly. single dollar cent. com
mission or bonus on the purchase OF a building
lot as charged, aud never expect to profit one
cent by any such transaction. In addition, | am
able to state on the very best authority. that the
Government has not made a purchase of ground.
as stated, for the new Arsenal in tins city.
am, sir. very respectfully yours,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-03

encpv's cavalry. The raid was made between ar
FIX Cur, House and Centgeyi'e.
Wi,hin the rs5, two days ,he prices 81 'n"rf''
,.,o,i.;o hes, nearly doubled, owing 10 ;he H.
creased demand i,r EN-, aad the country ie't''
being irr4n 'cl 10 Ih'r pursuits.
Ca Sr,d.y morning, between AID > o0oc@, H.
teen of the ambulsn a., being IN ad'ance OF "e
tru down hollow were ca! tnrei In Ill tne'e
were go ambniances and 60 hacks. About low
wounded have SO iar been removed from tie hep''
Thee movements were facilitated By MAJOR W. -
Barney, Of New YORK.
Yesterday evening OF 6 O'Clock orr army wai
wi,hdr.vn behind iue bills Of Cerueve "s a TENT
il IS believed. 10 draw on The eu,u!i bnt tbey d
not advance. Iii. morning our army again ad-
v.n.cd a; least $50 miles toward the Old bsrle He'd
The lar,r re-.ucrcom-rts which have arrived thero'
consisting q aiuliery and infantry, make the army
perfectly sde.
No fling took 'ace after O'Clock on Saturday
might. X auey's division remained on III" Held TIL
II o'clock. Ou Sunday some shells we're tn1o"n
INFO he enemy, but no rcspouse WAS made.
Tin. morning p slight aAir1iish took lace in Gen.
kearneys DIVISION.
In the rec.nt battle Gen. Hatch WAS wounded
sliehiiv. 4 bail penetrating the brlm ANA body oil
h.f.lt has Giltcuei on the shuil.
The dead wcr, being burci aud the wounded re
mov today from tho late sceno Of conflict under d
har # race
Gen. Stevens was Killed with a mimic ball which
ert.r,d be luin while be was leading bis men into
action bearing ho cplor- in hi- hand, the color ser-
fcnnt having been sain. ills son, acting rs Asst
art .Ad.urant If the Brigade, commanded by hl'
laher Wts wounded
Gen. Philip arey was also lil',d last night.
H.. body w.. i4Leo possession ot by The enemy, bn'
alcrwa.d 5oii,eIcd mo lur lines under a fag Of
tiuce.
col. Fldehcr w,b.i,r's body, il Is understood, ID
bcin., erlnln.od tor transmission East
Cant. svee, was not killed., ~ reported, but Capt
Smeed ot the jrb Artillery.
The Georgetown SEMINAR hospital i- appropriated
exc'u lively 10 sick and w,ilied oc-r- OF the amy
The Ns,-nclucl's Relief At.ociauou as well a'
similar hes ale doing g ol ssryice IN ar .nting a
the .ick AND o,hor businets connected Win Invalid
soldiers.
Gen Mcclellan today entered upon the duto-
Just assigned To him.
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rusere-,ipg from Philndcl"sia.

nuILirEtPHiA, lues0a., - ~. =. lof'.
Gov. Curtin, 10 meet = Teqn'-tion from the Presi.
don, Las Issued orders for the forma; on Of three
cavalry regiments within twenty days-adyalee pay
aid bounty to be paid.
Tree friends Of Chas incerso'l IN aged Brig
folds baud for q .erenaie last night, bn' kept the
band 10 the dark rs TO the object Inser oil was ont
of town. After playing few tunes they were
taken TO the residence Of judge CBd~ail4der, Peter
Mccall and Judge Wharton. The managers Of the
affair wanted Dixie and the MaTseillaise played,
but The band refused aud rlaye1 National airs IN.
stead The origirators Of the tcrenGde are M
known.
Three immense rAed ramon, - :, and s. lncli
bore, have already been found In tie hold OF the
p-.ze steamer Bermuda. Other cases not yet opened
are slppo.ed to conlin small cannon or rifles.
-Four city regiments lcfi yesterday for Washing
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he rain, and we splasbol through beds Of nire and
pools OF water all night long. After some tine we
Ogoro"k tue baggage trim and artillery aud cavalry
viii b bod been sent On IN advance. The column
Wac at dead halt BY Te Il Of lie tioeking 0. tie
narrow Fcal with overturned wagons, aul there il
might have remained until broad day light for all
THAI the soldiers seemed disposed DO toward riQl
Ing matters. Lazy lots of troopers sat on their
horses, doing with head dropped on pommel, whla
the march Of whole army hindercd for want
If their help; and, if Barnsd. blm Il had not
wadcd balf.leg deep into the mud, and put bis own
sbon der the wheels, and shamed bis soldiers into
doing something, a Rebel army hing IN sufficient
force might have captarcd Tie Whole force in those
narrow gorges Tired, wet, aua nunsry, the staff
reached tine new position AZ O'Clock in tie morning,
but most of the infantry wadirg and houndelins
through tie mud until broad daylight.
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LOCAL MILITARY MATTERS.


The work Of enrolment in this city and in Brook
lya, under the suIeriuirndence u Jujge-Adyoeae
Geu Auhon, il Progressing rapidly, and will prob
ably be completed this week o. early next week.
Gen. AriLou r,tnFucd from Albany Yesterday NOM
in.. whittier he went to consult with GOV. Moran
in regard To military matters and We Learn that
everything IL working well throughout the STATE.
Yesterday he eurolrg o.iiceIs Of New York WEI.
paid OH. and to-day tie Bsoohlyn officers viii re-
give ;hoir pay. For soma days past ten. Anlhon,
in addition to his Other hbo.s has been Gale. unon
by number Of citizens -oioarning temporarily IN
the country, for certificates SCI Ing iorth that they
haze been already enrolled in New-lOrS and di-
recting enrolling officers IN the country 10 pass
tlom BY.
We learn that some couc'.es and dis icts through
or the STATE WI escape tlc draft, tiviog already
tl,d the quotas required 81 them hy he military
authorities. The following lg1res r.os the nuli-
De. of we have raised and the nuiiber that ST
remains 90 be raised. from which orr feadef- can
draw tl,ir own deductions 10 thor chance x
Ill III.
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REBEL RaEDs an Nf;sFERS
VIRGINIA.
Aitad. OH Buclshnnnon nai Weston
Ciarksburg in Dnnger.

PHILADELPHIA, Iu,sday, sept ?. 1862.
THc Wheeling Press, IN Extra issued on Sun
day. has the following intelligence:
" Buckhsnnon, Western YIrglni,, Las been taken
BY the Rebel Cavalry under imoden and jenkins.
There is great alarm az Clarksburg.
The Rebels are reported advancing again.
Ciarksburg.'
sneci,l dispatch 70 Tae Wheeling Tnteigener.
GKtprf =. Va hg-ns. I'D
Ii appo3rs TO be certain nat The gperrlias have
taken BacthaDpon ADD We-:on. There IL great
alarm 40 Clarksburg, and AL the movable public
properly has been rnove1. II IL reported that The
Re,cs are advancing ag.irst tie place, Eight is
eypected there Tonight. The I'm Virginia may
arrive IN ims to p,r,.I ae. ioeTe are various re.
rors 40 10 tho force OF the gle rilL, ranging rom
500 10 GJ0 but he forne Is probably nearer cor
rect. There was sharp light ~ Blcsannon, IN
wii,h Showalter's company il reported to have been
badly cut up. al the reports are probably ezag-
ge.ai,d. ii.
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From Correspondent Of The y; Y. Tribune.


The following list Of casualties was obtained chief
ly rom olHeial sourc,s and may be relied uTon as
correct:
lame. K.ns. nor had J. s,rarb q w h',rd
e. T.. Capen any .CsvneckC tiffd'e 10 Mas shou'tI
G " Wi.on. 10 Pa. stoudD Ii CLARK % Ni.. trea
J p Dunhsm p. ssrn Corp }. NJ anio'. % y am.
p G GSo an' Mc5, sr@ JMsNa.ey 20 N.Y. 'a.a'l
~ q G p",ssN Y. Lard W Torl., ioo ps shoulder
osen Rosers Y shoulI. y. Eo,twyk l. Pa loa'dcr.
James b., vuson - hin Go. T. Jones 10 'lsss, hsni
W Spati 90 y Y. shoulder l. c E.Winre DC Ma saeck
TIE Penusy lvala Reserves We're IN the fight on
our lett flank wien II was turned by Loucsiree',
with the reinforcing Rebel army, onsatulday. An
intelligent prisoner alirms tnat Con. Lee Was
present in supreme command and another is Of the
opinion thai JEFF. Davis was also with the army.
Great secrecy was maintained in the Rebel army
with regard % the command, and increased secrecy
as 20 all military mtnts.
The new bridge over Bill RIM, bnit where tie
stone bridge Was de.r yei, was burned 10y our re-
Treating srmy 90 Saturday night, and the bridge al
Union Mills was destroyed by Williams division %
Bsnks corps, Sonday night.
On Sunday morning aboot o'clock, three trains.
numbering one hundred and thirty-iive loaded ear,
were blown up and totally DESTROYED beyond M
rassas, and in the afternoon Of the same day some
wagon trains belonging TO Gen. Bankss corr were
also blown up south Of Bull Run.
On Sunday evening at o'clock. tie Rebels com
menced Smelling wagon train about nile beyond
Fairfax COur-IIouse. Gen. Carols brigade III
mediately advanced 10 put a stop to such sudaciiy'
but tie enemy fed on lis approach. Tie raid was
made by few hundred cavalry, witha light bSttery.
No damage was done except The killing OF mule
and the frightening Of the teamsters
TIE report that Capt. McClun, Of Gen. Patrick Is
stat, had been taken by the euemy, is libel on the
gallant Captain, who Was at his pot to-day.
TIE FIRE Of the enemy on Saturday was at times
perfectly terrific Tie Michigan ID were under fire
about twenty Minutes, and came of with ITO men
OFT OF 80. Robiusons Brigade was sadly cut up.
Toe Gin New-HampshiTe suffered terribly, loeing
more than one-baf their number.
In the face of all the ealamtes Of those iil-.arreo
days, the courage of the army never tagged. Iuey
were ready, almost to a man, to meet death theI
and there, if necessary, to defead their Capital
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-03
Exciting Uamor.-sHfcv Of HoIas-Csre
for the Wounded.
-ou1,poadence q he Al'oriaitd Ffe''.

CorTs,pond ence q the Arsori,ed rfesa
W.smvGroy, M,nlay, sept l. 1861
Recent adyiros received from the vicinity Of the
late sangirnary conflicts in Virginia wth the enemy
report affairs IN ths. locality a. beng comparatively
quiet. The news from that quarter to-day bar been,
considering the intense excitement and hustle lrcva-
lent, decidedly meager. Rumov and sorier OF the
most eNuavogant nature have been circulated
throughout The city great minority Of which have
been iound on inquiry and rcasodng 10 be entirely
uniru1wor.hy.
Parties who left Cen,revo late yesterday afer-
noon report that the command of Gen Banks, which
had been rumored cut III, commenced arriving 81,
tha, point about . O'Clock yc-tcraiy afternoon
There can be very little doub. Of the correc rec. OF
this report n informant siafrs that he witnessed
the arrival 81 this command. !, is further stated
that "A mnrch Of ,, miles was acrompi shed by Them
on that d., IN order 70 reach thai portion.
The grealest attention il being liyen To The cond.
tion Of the wounded who are conveyed with all
possible promp'i'ude TO the various departments
prepared for their reception. An ovcIabundanco Of
nurses aui physicians have rendered their services,
aud IL il most asturedly true that the brave men
who have fallen in defense Of tho rational honor
will not wait for sympathy aud kind attention in
heir suredngs. The different relief associations,
both male and female, which have been organized
many Of them Itcly-aTe aseiduous in their en-
deayors 10 alleviate the suffering condition of our
wounded.
H. was stated in former lete, ,ha, large num-
her Ct fuaggen were yee'ertay picked mp by the
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Military Matters ian Pcnns, ., ania.

L,scAsrRR, Tus.fey, sept. ., ioL
The militia enrolled in this county Is 20 IS, while
4 lO7 volunteers are in the seryice In Lancaster
City there are 800 enrolled aud ,j-3 IN tie ser.
vice. Baiks, the great Democra c county hsying
lG 900 voter, bas enrolled only 62C'. Reading
claims no more abe-bodcd men than Lancaster now
has in the field. The matter demand, an inyes,ea-
-.