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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30
MUSTERED OUT.

Let me lie down,
lust here in the shade of the cannon-torn tree,
Here low in the trampled grass, where may see
The surge Of the combat and where may hear
The glad cry Of victory, cheer upon cheer;
Let me lie down.
oh. II was grandI
Ike the tempest We charged, in the triumph to
The tempest-its fury and thunder were there;
On, on, Ger the Entertainments, over living and
with the foe under foot and our flag overhead
Oh, il was grand
Weary and faint,
Prone on the sold RS couch, ali how can rest
With this shot-shattered head, and sabre-pierced
Comrades, at rOIl-caIl, when shall be sought,
Say fought till Ifell, and fell where fought,
Wounded and faint.
oh, that last chargei
Right through the dread hell-hre of shrapneii ana
Through. without faItering-elear through with
Right in their midst, in the turmoil and gloom
Ike heroes we dashed at the mandate Of Doomi
oh, that last charge
1t was my duty
Some things are wort HESS and some others good,
That nations who buy them pay only in blood
For Freedom and Union each man owes his part,
And here pay my share all warm from my heart
1t is my duty
Dying at Iasti
Nv mother, dear mother, with meek, fearful eye,
oh that now lay on your pillowlng breast,
To breathe my last sigh onIthe bosom first pressed
Dying at last
am not saint,
But bows saw a prayer. There's one that begins.
aOur Father and then says" Forgive us our
sins -
DONE forget that part say that strongly, and then
IN try to repeat IL, and you'll say, Amen
All, I'm no saint
Hark there's shouti
Raise me up, comradesl We have conquered, l
knoWi
Up, up on nv feet, with my face TO the foe
All, there flies the nag, with the star Spangles
bright,
The promise of glory, the symbol Of right
Well they may shout
lam mustered out
o God Of our Fathers, our freedom prolong,
And tread down rebellion, oppression and wrong
o, land of earths hope, on thy bloOd-reddened sod
die for the Nation, the Union, and God
I'm mustered out.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30

SALES OF CoNFIsCATED LANDs.-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury has sent in to the Senate
a report from the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, upon Senate resolution of inquiry
as to the amount of money expended, num-
Der of officers appointed, and the salaries
paid the same to carry out the act of Congress
providing for the collection of direct taxes
in insurrectionary districts, including the
amount received into the Treasury from di-
rect taxes of the quantities of land sold in
said districts. The report shows that of COM
missioners for the above purpose, at salaries
of $4,000, there were three for each State.
Stationery expenses in South Carolina have
been 1912 flor WIN. E. WoRDING); in Flori-
da, 81 1854 LYMAN D. STIcKNEY); in Virginia,
nothing; in Tennessee, $3.50 OELANo T..
SmrH). The expenses of surveying and ad-
vertising has been in South Carolina, 81, $50 J;
in Florida. sS,s6l; Virginia, slOs; Tennes-
see, $4,000. Total salaries and expenses,
S43, 466 The receipts from sales of lands
were 5000, 300, of which 1899 is from
South Carolina Florida, $4,000; Yirgini..,
S11o, 407; Tennessee, $50, 800. 100000 acres
are reported as sold in South Carolina, I24 in
Florida, and {, 400 in Virginia. The persons
who received stationery as above had charge
of the funds.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30

WHEN the shareholders of the South re-
belled, they thought the world could be
brought to their feet in the course ofaa. few
months by the pressure of cotton famine. A
few figures will show how greatly they were
mistaken. In 1851 England imported 1885,
9s4, 1876 pounds, Of which 7S6, $4,000 were
American, while India did not contribute a
single bale In 1862 the American supply
sank to 1924 900 pounds, and that from In
dia rose from nothing to 392, 654, 52S pounds.
In the same year Egypt and Brazil contribut-
ed ss,000,000 pounds more than they had
supplied the previous year. In 1868 the i'm
port from India is believed to have fully
equalled 4S0,000,000 pounds, and that from
Egypt and Brazil to have reached lac, 000, 900.
These may be regarded as astonishing results,
when it is remembered that of the whole
British import of 1890, 1852 pounds in
1860, all but about l27, 100000 were. the pro-
duct of this country. Cotton-growing in In
dia had never been failure, neither in Egypt
nor Brazil, because the staple has been sue
cessfully cultivated there from time immemo-
rial But its transmission to England was
simply a question of price-the American
STAKEHOLDER undersold all other growers. The
price has now risen to point which makes
it profitable for every cotton-growing country
to seeka European market. The estimated
receipts of England alone for 1864, amount
to over l,OOO,OOO,OO0 pounds, exclusive Of
the United States.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30

A drunken fellow, sitting on the steps
of Park street church, the cold wind blow
ing chillingly round the corner. eff heaven
(hic) tempers the wind to the (hic) shorn
lamb, wish the lamb (hic) was on this cor
ner. 10 a bl5 n
HARD TmEs.-A farmer who lives on a GER
tain hill, called Hard Scrabble" in Central
New York, say that last summer, owing to
the drouth and poor land together, the grass
was so short they had to lather it before
they could NOW it
- One of the best remedies for the high
prices of provisions is bean broth, beef shin
soup, Goldfish and potatoes, and plenty of
bread, the material for making which is not
unreasonably high. These things are healthy
substitutes for roast beef, sirloin and mutton
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30

AN Oxford student joined without invi-
tation party dining at an inn; after which
he boosted so much of his abilities that one
of the party said -" You have told us
enough of what you can do; tell us some
thing you cannot do" "Fai:h," said he, 81
cannot pay my share in the reckoning"
Orders were received at Columbus Wednes-
day from Gen. Sherman prohibiting the issue
of passes To citizens to 90 heYnnd Nashville.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30

New TREATY WITH JAPAN.-Minister PRUYN
States and Japan, by which the latter power
agrees to admit, free of duty sheet lead and
other articles used in packing tea, and ma
chimes and machinery; all drugs and medi-
cines, except opium, which is prohibited; iron,
tin, sugar, glass, clocks Iand watches, and
wines and spirits, at the reduced duty of five
per cent. aTn't
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30

A lawyer, in cross-examining a witness,
asked him among other questions, where he
was on particular day, to which he replied
" In company with two friends" " Friends ~
exclaimed the lawyer; "two thieves, sup
pose you mean" "Phey may be So" replied
the witness, " for they are both lawyers"
Say what is right and let others say
what they please. You are responsible for
only one tongse-even if you are a married
ms
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30

The 2sTH IN A FIGHr.-Six companies Of
the 2sth Wisconsin,, under command of Col.
L. J. SMITH, left Pine Bluff on the Goth ult.,
together with three regiments of cavalry and
the 18th Illinois infantry upon an expedition
towards the Saline River. The following
Tuesday they destroyed bridge on the Saline,
burned 3S of the enemies wagons, and cap
tured 27O prisoners with over 200 horses and
mules Up to this time they had not fired a
gun. On Wednesday they had a sharp Skin
mish at Mount Elba. The rebels were driven
back. On our side the entire loss was two
killed, both members of the 2sth Wisconsin
THOMAS GREEN of Co. g., and PATRICK
O'BRIEN of company /. Fifteen of the enc
mics dead were buried by our men, and over
thirty were wounded. The expedition return
ed to camp with 800 prisoners.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30

STATISTICS OF MIsCEGENATION- were
All ,613 mulatto slaves in the South in 1860,
of whom 69,979 were in Virginia, 1921 in
Kentucky, $4,000 in Georgia. These num-
bers are considerably beyong the legitimate
proportion of those States There we're also
176, 739 free mulattoes in the United States
in 1860, of whom 40 belonged to the
South, and $1,000 to the free States. OF the
free mulattoes Virginia contained 23,4S5,
which number, added to her slave mulattoes,
makes total of miscegenated population of
1884 Her mulatto slaves alone exceeded
the total number of mulattoes in the free
States.
The whole number of mulattoes, slave and
free, in the Union, in 1860, was 5SS,952, of
whom SO, 969 belonged to the free States and
SIS, 3S3 to the slave States-a number greater
than the combined white population of Ar
kansas, Delaware and Florida-greater than
the white population of Maryland-almost
twice as great as that of South Carolina, and
twice as great as the combined populations OF
Delaware and Florida. The mulatto popula-
ton of Virginia alone exceeds the number OF
whites in Delaware or Florida.
We hope that some of our copperhead ex-
changes will try to do justice to the enormity
of the practices disclosed by these figures.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30

BEAUTY in stock has no inVariable stana,
ard. In the estimation of some II resul's
from small bones and close, compact II RANT a,.
while others contend that structure the l: .eI
perfect, and therefore the most DeaulIu',
which is best adapted to the use Tor "n Il.!a
Is destined. With such beauty IS relatte
II IL NOT the same in an animal designed ior
beef and in one designed for the dairy or ioi
work. The beauty Of mich COW is the re.
suit of her good qualities. Large m ~ ars
are rarely cows that please the eye OF aLi!
but a skiIlful Judge. They are generali'
poor, since their food goes mainly to the Pfo
duetion of milk.-Jesssings on Cattle ana N''"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30

.B The Copperheads say the reason men
do not now volunteer with as much rapidity
as at the beginning of the war, is because Of
the emancipation proclamation of the Presi-
dent. Do they suppose the public so stupid
as to be deceived by such nonsense The
reason men do not volunteer as readily now
as formerly is, simply that million of the
able-bodied men of the country have already
volunteered. There were thousands of men
at the beginning of the war who had no bust
ness or family ties to keep them at home
They could enlist as well as not. This class
is well nigh exhausted. Most of those who
now go, unless it be the young men who
have become of proper age since the war be-
gan, must abandon families and settled bust
ness in order to enlist. 1t is this, and not
opposition to the policy of the Administra-
ton, which renders it more difficult now to
find volunteers.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30
From the 22d Wisconsin.

Spring approaches slowly, though the
peach tree is wreathed in blossoms, the grass
growing refreshingly green, and the familiar
chirp of the blackbird comes down to us as a
flock fly past towards the marshes of Wis
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-12-15
CHURCHES. MINISTER'S. sc.

Pres5Yferida-REv. D. HARRISON, PASTOR
Preaching every Sabbath morning at l0l
o'clock. and in the evening ut o clock. Sab
oath School at 8 O'Clock, 4. N. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening at o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal ChUrch-REv. j s LEM-
qoS, Preaeherin charge. Rev. W. II. M'BEiDE,
Assistant. Preaching every alternate Sabbath
morning at 0J o'clock. Sabbath School ut
o'clock, A. N. Prayer meeting every Thursday
evening, at O'Clock.
ITelch I,,dependent-REv Ii. T. POWELL,
Pastor-Preaching every Sabbath morning at
10 ciOck.- and in the evening at o'clock
Sabbath School ~ l o'clock, p. N. Prayer
meeting on the first Monday evening of each
month; and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
each month.
Catoiaieltc .reiLodist-REv. MoRGAS ELLIS,
Pastor.-Preachjng every Sabbath evening at
2aBd 6 O'Clock. Sabbath School at L o'clock,
a II. Prayer meeting every Friday evening,
at O'Clock. Society every Tuesday evening
at Z o'clock.
DisciDies-REy. ". LLOYD, Pastor.-Preach-
ng every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock
Particular Bgpiists-REv. DAVID EVANS,
Pastor.-Preaching every Sabbath evening at
: G 0ck Sabbath School ut ut | o'clock. p. NJ
Cith0!ic-REv. ". J. MITCHELL, Pastor
Services every Sabbath morning at l0l o'clock
and Eespers at o'clock in the evening.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-12-15
LllagInatISn.

"Why are you SO cross, my darling p
said " Melcourt to his daughter .-reaily
there is no pleasing you, though every
one in the house, including myself, is try
ing 10 doit." ae'5''2 "1 ,l5' iaf" a-s
II can't helpit, papa; 7 am weary Of
life a 5-@ s'a.s -.
"Wcary of life at eighteen, Oh. don't
say that, child. II you only knew what
1t is to get old; and find life fading away
from you, you would not speak thus
Weary of. life. Is .hcrc anything that
could reconcile you to it. / have. fifty
thousand francs a year, entirely 1T your
disposal. besides the affection Of a iathcr
that has only you to love. in the, whole
wcrld. ----s %. +"
1"Dea,est father, I wish you had been
my mother" '" .'aaa'- 's 's'1
Your mother. what very strange
idea" '-.4=a+ + 81 .s95s], n95.' 71
'Not at all, for have secret to CON
fdc that a mother only could undcrstahd
at least so [ have found in ali the books
[ have ever read no one ever copfaes ia
their father" .Aa
Except when that fathe. has been both
father and mother, as | have been"
Yes, but then you have promised my
hand to the son Of your old friend, NJ.
Delnlar, of Bordeaux ules DeImar-
whom I can never love, and you viii, no
doubt, insist on my marrying him cd -
81 certainly shall, unless you can give
good reason Why you Should not" .
THAT is precisely my. secret. [ can
give you a good reason why I should no.
marry this man because, because, love
another"
"zove another, good gracious. Why,
who the devil can that other be?- You
have never been out of my sight, and [
am at loss to see who there is around US
likely to strike a girls imagination"
':You don't look far enough back. Do.
you remember my cousin Charles? 2"
'sMy nephew. who was sent from Mar
Unique to my care? Yes, to be sure
do; what of him? He has been away
back to his father over six years now, and
take six from eighteen there remains but
twelve. You couldn't be in love at twelve |
years old ~
-"Oh! but was, and a great deal soon
IF. You know my Aunt ndith taught us
o read out Of the books she was SO fond of
nerself. Well, among them was Paul and
Virginia. Now Paul remembered all
bout Martinique, and this book made uI
TRANCE impression on as, children as we
we're, till at last We CO He'd each other Paul
nd Virginia, and when we were cruelty |
eparated- zsst r. &c sS~.gs ,
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Select l1olctr.p1l.. D.
What the birds said.
by JOHN G.. WHITTIER.

The BIRDS agains the Aprilwind,s ga Gis3
Flew northward, aging as they few ;ssrz
They sang 1.-The land we leave behind RI.
Has swords for eoru-blades, blood for dew.
''Oh, wild birds, fyihg from the .Sorth,
What saw and heard We, gazing down?' /,
| 1--WE saw the niortar's upturned mouth,
The sicEened camp, the blazing town!
/ "Beneath lie 5i7oqacS. taFl.,, lamps, -,
We saw your narct worn children die;
In shropds ofposa, in cypress swamps, -.
We saw your dead uucoihuea lie. ..s
I'VE heard the starving prisoners eighs.; 80
And from Iine and troncl1, your sons
Follow oar fight, with homes els ewes, gasd
t. Beyond the battery's smoking guns"' ,F9f
''And heard and saw We only wrong ga Use
And pair, = cried, ''oh, wing worn locks o.
1--WE heard, they said, ''the Freedman's song,
The crash OF Slavery broken locks. =.
I'VE saw from new uprising States u ,sasr
The treason-nursing mischief spnrned,
As, crowning freedoms ample gates, ss--sr
The long-esSranged and lost returned z.izv
.'O'er dusky faces, seamel and old, 90 s''a
And hands horn hard with unpaid toll, ..'
With hope in every rustlirg fold,
We saw your star-drop flag uncon.
And, Struggling up thro' sounds accursed,
Y grateful murmur clomb the air
A whisper scarcely heard at first, ..a
1t filed The listening heavens with prayer.
.'And sweet and far, as from Il star, Jles
Replied a voice which shalrnot cease, s9Tz
Tai, drowning all The noise Of war, az
1t sings the blessed song of peacc!''' 80 - =
To me, in doubtful day,
Ofcliill a"d slowly sreenipg, spriag, st
Low % sto9plns from the ,clouds srHayna3
The wild birds sang or seem 70 sipgu:o4qa
They vanished in the misty air, ,I.d .,4.t 8.
The sung went with them in their fight:
But. 10 they left the sunset fair, l- 2. s55.--s
And in the evening there was Hght.a.rt
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-12-15


BE- The Charleroi journals relate the
following Instance of remarkable bravery
and fortitudc on the part Of a little bow
only cigh. years old. the SON of !. lahorer
named Mahaux, living at Farcieunes;
Belgium. Oue evening, three or four
weeks since, he was sent by his motter TO
fetch 4 loaf from bakers on the opnosite
side of the railway On his return, As hen
passing level crossing about l50 PAGES
from the farciennes station, he saw
train approaching, and in his alarm stuin-
bled and fell. lie nevertheless had the
presence of mind to roll into the space
between the rails, and lie still. Uhfortu-
nateiy. the clearing iron had caueht his
blouse and dragged him along till The
train stopped at Tie station, but the heels
bad meanwhile passed over one -0f, his
arms, and cut i: nearly off When liber-
ated, he exclaimed, looking at his nznc led
arm, PRAY, do not tell mother and
asked the bystanders to fetch his loaf. IL
was found necessary to amputate the az IN,
and, cnloroform having been applied Wfth-
out producing insensibility, he bore the
operation with the utmost courage, and
only asked once or twice if the surgeons
would soon have done. His arm is now
healing, and the brave little fellow has
returned to school, sporting as gayly and
cheerfully with his companions as before
the accident occurred.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-12-15
EBEgsRUEG MAILS.
MAILS ARRIVE.

MAILS AbIlIN r.
Eastern. daily. at l23 o'clock. A. NJ.
Western, Z" at 123 o'clock, a. u.
MAILS CLOSE.
Eastern, daily, at o'clock. P. N.
Western, q" at o'clock, P. NJ.
GJ-The mails from Butler, Indiana, Srongs-
town, &c, arrive on Thursday of each week,
at ) o'clock, p. u.
Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week,
At i. VI.
fea. The mails from Newman's Mills, Car
rolltown, &c, arrive on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, p. NJ.
Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, at O'Clock, 4. ".
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EBENsBERG EsoR. OFFICERS,

AT LARGE.
Justices Of the Peace-David II. Roberts
Harrison Kinkead.
Burgess-A. A. Barker.
School Directors-Ahel Lloyd, Phil 6. Noon.
joshua D. Parrish, Hugh Jones, E. J. Mills,
Oavid j. Jones.
EAST WARD.
Lonstq6te-Thomas j l.. Davis.
Lo,on Councit-J. Alexander Moore Daniel
y, Evans. Richard R. Tibbott, Evan E. Evans,
william Clement.
IhsPectors-Alexander Jones D. o. Evans.
1a6ge Of fEtectiOn-Richard Jones, Jr.
Assessor-Thomas ". Jones.
ASSISTANT 4ssessors-David E. Evans, Wm.
WEST WARD. n
oohstdote-William Mills, Jr.
1own C0u"ciI-John Dougherty, Georoe q
Aahm' Isaac Crawford, Francis A. Shoe.
aaker, James S. Todd.
1HsPsct0rs-G. w. Oatman. Roberts Evans.
Iudge Of Electton-Michael Hasson.
I'sessor-James Murray.
- icSsstdht ~ Assessors--W William Barnes. DAN
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-12-15
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Judges Of the Courts-President, Hon. Geo.
Taylor, Huntingdon; Associates, George w.
Easley, Henry G. Devine.
Prothonotary--Jos WDonal1. t
Register and Recorder-James Griffin.
Gkerif-John Buck
District AttorHey.-Philip S. Noon.
County COmmissionerS- John Campbell Ed
ward Glass, f. II. Dunnegan. tai
IreGsHrer-lsaac, Wike.
Poor House Dtreetors-Georgc M'Cullouot
George Delany, Irwin Rutledge.
PooT House TredSurer-G gorge C. X Zahrn
An7itors-Wiliiam j. Williams, George c.
4. Zahm, Francis Tierney.
County SarUeyor.-Henry Scanlan.
Coroner. William Flattery.
Mercantile appraiser John Cox.
Supt. Of Common ScEoClS-J. +. Condon
St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1864-04-21
Fema's o venaliae,milIip-,v and &C., !,

Femass vendiagmilIip-ry and stIssr sn,sI
articles, bose stfak in trade Jis andk W.
5000. pay flcen G. OF Sc o,.ly; but if oxd|
shaf ampunt, they are rrauiasl 10 pay q
same licensea as other pcfs,,,s---assih is b l
tlkrn as to the anonnt or stock at The I'LL
aErai Aeasnn of The year. ass'1H7 -
The Clerk shall not sissme license 10 -
person 70 sell spiri,aaus at fcrn,enfsd n ~
from whom the Grand Jury has rscamin
ded license ~ DC withlmh. Or r,sn ps|fn
c. ss s'i'sss 'sssss ~ 81 e1s y, stp;
The e6th secfion Of the Code. SvhjcfI e.
quired an aplIlicant iprs license to ,aFsseystel
aud eating hduses, 10 procure the recommen.
dation Of two nrigbhT ny. frcehc!d-rs and aise
to make oath bcfurc The Clork Of. The, ,Crcui,
Court Of his County, &c as to the 'aAnua
value oi hIs house, Is REPEALED = lFa- = =
y The ab,ve, licences to retailers and oyste,
ard eating hou<e. so into effect the lst OF
BY a late Act of the General Assembly o
Maryland it was e,:acte,l that "wl.eu any per.
snn. or body p.,litic or corporate, shall pro.
pcee 80 s~li or barter an vthing mentioned in
the preceding section. except spirisunus OF
'fermerted liquors, he shaiI apply TO the CLERK
OF the Circuit Court Of the co,ln!y in. which
he mn reside, or if he resides i'm tie CITY N
Bdltimorc, 70 the Court of Consm,n Pleas,
Afor iicc,se therefor; bnt no license To trade
or to sell Sprit,,''us ar fer,neniel liquors shall
ba issued by any clerk of caurt tssa Jeme
ccrerf, 'r 10 any p"rsm under the age oi
twenty o.'e, without the special nr;aer of tie
judge of the Court; but Judge shall .; vee
such special nrclrr to i<ss. license to sell srir-
ituous or fermented -iquars unless upor the
Recommendation Of at least ten respectable
freehOlders, residents of the ward or district
wherein The place Of sale may i've; aud when
ever any lie, shall be issued to feme CO.
ert or n,i;ior, the said .tems corcrt or minor
shall he responsible for I'LL cantracts made in
the pr secu;iJn Of their business under auch
license, and stall he liable to be sued therefor
in any Court !! this State: and the said feme
core't may be sued q. indicted and p osecutel
in case of a violation b., her of the Lrenae
Laws OF this State, or IN case she should keen
dsordcrly house, as If she was q. femc sole
aud, ii Judgment he obtained against her or
any cpn ract, execution si,all or may issue iu
the ordinary way to effect her separate estate
Provided, however. that such responsibility
shall in no manner effect or impair the res
possibility Of the husband or parent undel
the existing laws, and that this act shall tax,
effect on the thirtieth dav Of April! II
assE- PHILIP II. DORSEY,
- Sheriff.
March oath, 1s64-tmlst.