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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

Nos EsF IKvEETUs.-Judge Lyons sgain called up the
ha6sas corpus case of Joseph W. Griffin, alias Tim
Norris, yesterday, bus that persOnsge being still
missing, made an amended return to The writ sta
ting that Griffin bad not reported at Camp Lee, and
that be was believed to have DESIRED The Judge
taereupOn dismissed the witt The evidence Of Gri-
Rn's ago such he did not to bear It viii
be recOscted he claimed to be over as bu: that sey-
erl respectable Witnesses proved he not than
50, II so much.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

THE LADHs IN THE DSPARrNESTs.-It has been CUT
rently reported for week past and believed by the
parties most interested tina. the female government
clerks in the Treasury and several other departments
are to BE- sent en- mGsSs to come inland town South,
good movement il It is really contemplated; but a
much better would be to take soms steps to make al
those persons leave the city who do not of right belong
here and engaged in no useful employment. There
are thousand greasy, bOGted, foreign lcaers from
their appearance immense of both food and
drink who may be idling Hbou. Main street from
the spOswOOd corner to 10th street. who should be
OF or driven CT BY scme means.
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rHB CITY.

METROPOLITAN HALL.--0n Monday night the plays OF
the "Skiss Cottage" and the Limerick Boy" were
performed at the Hail. Harry Mccarthy took, as usual,
the l,ading characters, supported by the full dramatic
corps. The performance WIS admirable, and gave, as
might be expected, entire satisfaction. visit to
Metropolitan Hall to witness Harry's impersOnatOrs
win amply repay the cost Of admission.
There are few players if any in the country possess
ing powers Of versatility equal 60 Harry Mccarthy. 10
high or low comedy, 6ne drama, songs, comic or sem
timental, he Is equllly at home. As q composer, he
possesses merit which can challenge the admiration
Of every mln who appreciates excellence in the poetic
art We do not know Of single production Of his
that hssnot become popular much so, indeed as to
have become generally popular with almost all classes
who love sprishtness, humOr and sentiment in poetic
sfusions.
As comic actor, be certainly has equal in this
Coniedsrsoy He can scs more with small aux aries
than any aettr we know Of. This, hosever ia the Pc
cuar advantage of Vsrsatty for without that there
must be aid to secure success Harry Mccarthy, in
the present in, tlnce very well sustained hayiog p'r
hspS The best company Of miasrels he Goa ederaoy
could aaogd. With suca an advantage, we may vel
Judge what man Ike him can do TO please. We have
seen him solitary and slJne sustain different charae-
ters and while all we're essentially distinct yet be
Quilted himself In each in manner 50 satisfactorily as
to lead one suppose that each his speciality for
run Of sSasons
Al sctor without versatility caa hardly be said to
pOssess true geniu, This is the reel characteristic Of
genius, either off the stage Jus. in the degree
that i; possessed should aptitude for any particular
func ion, under little extra training, be measured
Harry Mccarthy would become Of the FIRST players
of the age In respect TO any ocular style class CT
acting, abould he choose to make tina. speciality. Yer
satils genius however never can brook adherence TO
pa tcuar fune ion. Tie in Iinsc quality of this or
der of genius variety, and it cannot be crcumscrbed
BY any prceiPls Of unity. Plurality Is its very es
Sence Efficiency in respect to each fluent element
FORMS EhSt may be deemed the best test Of this char
Aeter Of genius
Harry Mccarthy achieves eminent success in every
part he undertakes. he imparts life and soul to the
whole plsy and looks essentially the impersOnAiion Of
al ia. makes up tie part he rsadera II there any
shortoomings the part of hcso associated with him.
thoy are lest sight of in the efficient acting aud viva
ooua manner Of Harry. He is naturally wit, but Cu
ture seems to have developed this quality to high de-
gree Of perfection.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13
BUREAU OF CONSUMPTION, !
,RIoaMoED, April .5th, 1864.
CIRCULAR No. IL.
NH sl-deo8 &c8t

l. Circular No. 49, current series Is hereby revoked.
III. Oommandants viii OF the cllssei sui
hcient number to their guards and supporting
orce and proceed rapidly possible TO organize into
panies OF the classes already enrod
Ill oommandanis viii instantly designate proper rendezvous
and order all persons classes report at such
rendezvous the sixteenth 6a) day Of April inst the pur
pose Of eecng company os ADD being organized into
panies.
w The instant organization OF these casss deemed CT the
highest Importance 81 ch persons as do not appear at tbs
endeEWu day appointed must enroed and assigned
81 tae discretion OF the Commaudants. ft
Unless otherwise Instructed, Oommaalans viii forward the
muster rolls direct to this Bureau.
By order Of Dol PREsTos SUP
spS-eOdstscst A. A. General
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

sBsosISal bhsss papers naked With or0'a VII mar
ssn1 hat Of subscription aSous expire Ano WI
ssa't ProCpty v ;Asy wish tsir pagers continued
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BY THE GOvERNoR oF,vIRGiNIA.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN conformity to the acquisitions of the law
and to the legal returns the Executive Department
have ascsaned " McEihenny Es9 has teen eiec 60
Oommisson.r Of Pub 10 Works for the First District IN n
nation 0dsn g. Dsy q and do thsreors proclaim 1nss
said r. MeElhenny l. member Of ths DoAra OF fuoo
Works according 90 isw-,
-, 10 tsstmony Whereof have hsreunto .ubscrlsei
( nv name As Governor Of the Commonwealth Of Viz.
Ia D Enia and caused the seal Of tho Commonwealth 70 be
jsxed, this Oh day Of April, 1854, and In the ssh
year Of the Commonwealth. WM. SMITH.
By tho Governor,
Gso. W. MunsolD,
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

CosscRIgrIOE IL FsAScE.The Minis.er Of War has
jast made known the price, nov fixed annually, at
which exoaeraioa IRON military service can be pur-
chased It amounts this year to 1880 francs for *.
srption from seven yeaIs' duty. At the same time
the Minister efers a Ike for reenl stment for q
similar tsrm. The price at Waleh liberation from the
service be purchased BY those already under srn9
IS nIed at 500 francs for every remaining .eGr. Ths
drawing of the COnsespiOn for Paris aud the district
hiss lust terminated.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13
ANOTRER - OFDESERYED SYNPATRY.

ANOTHER CASE OFDESER YED SYMPATHY.
Richard Fieits, !a,e Chit JasGos Of the Cherokee
nation, who Is 81 route 20 Richmond ca other engage
mens makes u appeal thFough the Montgomery papers
IN behalf Of she Ildas and invOkss aid fer the relief
Of those sG.EBg psCPl from hs desi;u;lcn to which
they have been Ie6ueei by the eaamies Of the war.
TLsr e0u1try has been dssOlAed 6y the enemy, their
homes aud properly destroyed aad shOs families ruth
lessy driven from their border subjected to aaentabe
want AID distress. E psealy havs these lsrdships
fallen upon the Clerokses, who promptly embraced
oar eanse and linked their fortunes eth destiny
The qaOa OF warriors ai.ci they bound themselves
by treaty iuFnEi ;ae Coaedsrsoy is greatly eK.
eseded in ts5 rumJer sens to the 6sld. Seven Iegi.
msnss OF Indals are EoE IN the FIELD orglrizsd and
operating VITA our forces YES. of the kSsis ppi Their
fanis7, with ther support thus drswa fon them, are
lels II besgary aud Ereschedness. When ne consider
their fAhiuiness shes their persistent rejection OF
tie ALTERING Inducements held them by our enc.
iee, and tbs necessity of hand o. sasshtul friends
our Southeastern borders Wheu peace is re-ssiah-
hshed, eIse is presented that makes sirOng appeal
70 the generous people Of the GODledeaCy.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13
ORRIS,

A NORRIS,
IA PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLER,
RICHMOND, VA, .
VIII pubh, early practicable edition Of popular
and beautiful series Of READERS, under the title OF the
VIRGINIA SERIES OF READERS" s
Edited distinguished Southern Teacher Of large experience
In the prep ara'ion Of SCHOOL SOCKS.
Several editions OF thee Readers have been Issued under
auspices and With my imprint publisher and have been
tsnyely into the leading schools, hs
city, but throughout The STATE anc have en justly REGARDED
The bet aud most finished see Of Eeaeers offered the
cons de alton Of Southern Teas hers
~ The nrst Reader Is and VIII bepubIshed in
medlstely. .4-f ~
EK-The others will follow in order IS possible.
~ Will also pvblfh rneds.eiy,
C0MLEYs SPELLING BOOK,
ALs5,
JoHNsfoNs POCKET DICTIONARY,
nom the English stereOtS pc plates.
ALSO,
THE SOUTHERN PRIMER,
long and iavorsby known, with my imprint publisher
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ossr.ermas.cr General.
ornoE sou7nERN ExpRrss ooxpY.l

OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS GOMPY,l
AuousrA, GA, FEB. 20, 1884
The Southern Express Company hereby mo-
lily, the friends relatives soldiers the Army
Virginia and elsewhere that they prepared
announced in the above card and that they
viii do all in their power 10 fufl It's requirements
JANIS sHUTER,
General Superintendent and Acting President
fe7-d8n southern Express Company.
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RICHMOND WING.
MORNING, APRIL rs, Ise4.

rEeSs-DALr,gl year. $50 sE HOuthE, SIS three months
s. Esze less period e. per noath-
sSNeaET1 yssF, $40; SIN months 80 No subscription
received 90 less thaa Elx months
ESlE, year So ~ uonshA IS No snbSoEPoa received
o. sss aEa az months.
Rs.sinances At max o. ths taessribsE
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

ACOOmoDArIxa-The Cashier of the Central Bank
Of Aabsma, at Montgomery, advertisers that from and
after the lst day Of April and until the new issue eau be
prepared, he will receive deposit and pay out the
issue Of the Confederate States Treasury notes
at the rate of three dollars of the old for two dollars Of
the new
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

SSNr TO TEE oAsrLE.--Bsnjami Phillips was yester-
day arrested by the detective pocs and sent to Castle
founder to be brought before the Mayor this morning
to answer the charge Of obtaining money under falss
preteDCes from B ,rj lmiu H. Smith It ssems that
Philips undertook, for large sum of money, to carry
Smith, who Is cOnscript, into the Yankee lines He
started with him towards the PAmunkey, but on the
road gave Smith the slip, and returned TO tsis city,
Smith, having been arrested and brought back to the
city, gave the information upon which Phillips was a.
rested.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

srzsEAsE E B. BILL and 6Ss Hon we're killed on
chs oh, By ths explosion Of torpedo, near Swan
nah
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

HUsrNss COUEr.-ThO following parties were exam
aed and seat by the Hastings Court Of Magistrates
yesterday:
Miles 3. Bohannon, charged with forging the name
Of B. Akers Co., to cheek for $780, and obtaining
the money thereoa from VIM B. Isaacs.
Richard Barry and Charles Psndergrast, charged
with rOhbing P. A. Haxal,
Patrick Stack ard James Rawlings, charged with rob.
bing David Gray.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13
FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

DALTON, April 1.-THE enemy arc practising with
their artillery 10 day at RiDggold.
Generals JOhnston, HArdoe and others reviewed Gen.
Wheeler's corps today.
The weather /, clear and pleasant.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

In one Of the towns in North hlssssipp, during the
suou last month, little refugee" girl who had never
seen 80 much of the article before. much alarmed
lest everything should be irrecOverably buried Her
anxiety at last found utteranoe in the exclamation:
asoh, do wish Gsn. Forrest would comet"
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

THEATRE Owing to the etOppage of the gas las
night, the Theatre was not opened The Performance
win be regularly resumed nigh in any event.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13
AUCTION sALRs-rUrUar DAVE.

ROBINSON, ADANsk co., Aucioneers,
Corner 9th and Main SIS.
WE will offer at Auction, on FRIDAY next,
~ the 18th instant. at10 o'clock. III
300 Packages Manufactured Tobacco
70 BbIs smoking Tobacco
10 900 Cuba sesars
To be sold creditors OF aebensr Co., without
reserve pfeci.ey at II o'clock,
400 NJ ENGLISH Gun Caps
4l2 Dozen French Calf Skins
8o.l2 d. do Kip do
81 dross Star Lead Pencils -
WILL BE ADDED,
- Gases sinery Mousseux Chsupa gne superior quality
with general assortment Of Groceries, Dry Goods shoes and
sundries. .sL'
Parties de.rngto send goods TO e above rals will please
send them with invoices early Thursday morning.
Part culars viii be given In Special Notice.
ap12-td ROBINSON, ADAMS co.
A UCTION SALE of Condemned HORSES
IA and MULES. -
lQUARTERMAsTER's OFFICE
f9onDoxsvnLE, ~ srch 2s, 1854. I
will sell At public auction, At this post on THURSDAY,
April Oh r.
80 Condt mned Horses and Mules,
A large lot OF Old Harness and Paddles,
And Wagons too heavy for the service.
-ALSO-
W. b. RICHARDS, ia,
mh29-td hsjor and Post o NJ
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ITELE G. RAP HI ca
RspOrts or she Press Association.


Entered according 70 ct Of uongres In the year 1861 BY g.
HEAsHs the Clerk once Of the District Court OF Tho Con-
stAiea for lhe horhern DsLrict Of Georga.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13
NOTICE.

THE Co-PARrNERsHIP of SLAUGHTER,
CLAIBORNE watkins having retired the remaining Partners
viii condast The bu hereafter under The style and nrm Of
SLAUGHTER CO." F =
Rlehm0no April 9Th, 1864 ap6-l0t,
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

Al az O'Clock lA.l evening the river bad fasn ter
feet.
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TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.

/ oST--AN ANTIQUE ROMAN CAMEO RING.--
- This stone repr seniing Diana" with crescent on her
forehead cut in white with PALE pins
the iEiids.
The ring priced for lis associations the above reward,
wh mlny hsnks Will be given left at the box ONCE Of the
New Bic m nd THEATRE ans-lv
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-13

BANK NOTICE.
I'HE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
Of the BANK OF TIE cOAMoN WEALTH, will take place
at her Banking House, IN the city Of Richmond, wEDaEs
x ans an ns =, Y O'clock o.'S,sr
I LACK TIA
- 800 lbs. very fine Black Tea
LOS Up. DUvAL. 1
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OFFICE RICH soND 4 PETERSBURG r. r. Co..
RICHMOND, Va, March %. 1854.
NOTICE.

A 7 meeting of the Board of Directors of
n this Company held saturday 10Th Instant the fol-
lowing resouii adopted
Rssoved That the Company pay Confederate State tar
ed BY The Act OF conzr approved i7h Feb 1854,
NJ. w. HARRINGTON,
mh23- 9aw4r Urea urcr
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IMPORTANT TO CONTRACTORS.

PROPOSALS for Contracts will be received
al the Ordnance Depot, TIL Canal Streets
lily until supp led, for ORDINANCE STORES enumsratei
In par, fo.loxs
Leather saddles and saddle trees lumber Of all lind. Up kes
and spoke bes ron aud brass wire Birdie
and psted cuycomb and horse brushes sabre belts
slngsi knapsac tarpau las. Also drill
THY - - : 7l
Contractors must be well recommended Al out
sandng Contracts upon which there devsfe Win be
amulet. JAS DINWJDDIE,
Captain Artillery, In charge oontrsct
l div for Richmond Arsenal.
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nR. ALFRED HUGHES
HEADERS 26rH VA. BATTALION. !
cHAfyIs's FARx, April lib, 1854

FIHE Z0th va. battaIlon having been receut-
iy removed from Richmond point eight or ten mills
b.lay the ely packages designed for members command
viii be left At tbs sore Ragand Bro 1lth sree or
sent from the country will be derted the perrons cr vhe
they are intended at RArmn OF Ragsnd Bro
ohmond, Va. At tits e hams Of bacon VIII proys verv a.
csptabls onshnss'o majority OF Che conmsnd.
~, u -. W. n. ELLIOTT
apI1-c1m L. Col 2bgh va Bsusteer~i
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Constitutional Convention.

On Wednesday the 22d, Mr.. Duvall of
Montgomery, offered the following which
was adopted
Ordered, That the judiciary committee
be instructed to inquire intd''the expedi-
ency of Incorporating q provision in the
constitution requiring the Legislature at
each regular session to provide for cod
ification under their appropriate. heads,
of all decisions of the Court Of Appeals,
wherein the principles of common law
have been recognized as the law of State,
which was adopted.
Thursday the 23d the convention was
engaged in debating the 23d article of
the Declaration of Rights, the debate was
closed on Friday, and the article was
adopted by the following vote; yeas Oh,
nays 81.
The following is the article:
Art %. Hereafter in this State there
shall be neither slavery nor involuntary
servitudc, except in punishment of crime
whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted and all persons held to SER
vice or labor as slaves arc hereby de-
clarcd free.
The vote was taken in the midst Of
considerable excitement. many members
explaining their votes. Several who voted
in favor Of the article, declaring it to be
the proudest act of their lives, and some
in opposition declaring it to be robbery
&c.
The convention, by vote of yeas 4s,
nays 81, adjourned until Wednesday
| the 9th of July.
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The Dahlgren Orders.

Our readers will remember that VIC
some time since stated the fact that we
had received from London Photographic
copy of the "orders" alleged to. have been
found on the person of Col. Dalilgreri, for
the destruction of Richmond and the
massacre of Jefferson Davis and his Cabi-
net. This copy has been submitted by
us to the nearest friends and relatives Of
the gallant young soldier, to blacken
whose memory it has been published to
the world under the auspices of the Con-
fedcrate authorities and we are glad,
without being surprised, to learn from
them that the ORDERS are not in the
handwriting of Col. Dahlgren, that the
signature Of those orders is not his sigma
ture, and that the whole document, as it
appears in the authorized" London re-
production, is bold and barefaced for
gerry, lacking even the semblance of au-
thenticity In the eyes of those who are
familiar with the ckirography, to say
nothing of the character of Col. Ulrich
Dahlgren..-N. y Cnmmercial Adrer-
fiser
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GFor the Civilian and Telegraph.
The End Of the War.

Mr.. EDIroR:--I wish to avail myself
of the invitation in your last to all who are
dissatisfied with the specimen of Grum-
bling you gave us, to "try my hand, "
as you so courteously offer to yield the
chair for that purpose. Your grumble is
a very good one, however, so far as it
goes. Here is mine:
More than three years have elapsed and
the war still drags its slow length along
Why so? From the very first the North
has been in the habit of Understanding
the strength and pluck of the South, and
notwithstanding past experience should
have enlightened all on CHS point, the
powers that be seem very slow to learn.
Notwithstanding the fact that the North
has so overwhelming a pfepondefance Of
fighting men, yet events show that we
rarely meet the enemy with any great
excess of troops. Hence the many bloody
and undecisive battles Hence the pro-
tracted var. Would it not have been
policy and economy at the outset to
have hurled immense masses of troops
everywhere upon the Southern armies so
as without the possibility of a reasonable
doubt to annihilate them? Nay, would
it not be better, even yet, to adopt this
course? In fact, until this is done, it
may well be considered doubtful when the
war will end favorably to the Union
cause. That the war may be energeti-
cally conducted and the rebellion crushed
out is the wish of all true Union hearts,
and thousands in the land are at this mo-
ment astounded at the state of the nation.
With millions of men at his command
and with full powers to order them into
service, our President has as yet failed tc
swell our armies to that magnitude which
none better than he should be able to see
is necessary to successful and reasonably
6 speedy termination of this cruel, ruinous
bloody and heart sickening war. He ma,
: have, and 1 hope has, good reasons TO
b not doing so, but hope it will not b
considered contraband to speak of thi
!. matter, and to urge upon the Presiden
6 and all in authority the necessity of action
% action.
/. We unjust have more men. The BIRTHS
=, in our Revolution sneered at the wea
" colonies, and Burgoyne boosted that wit
r. his few thousand men he could marc
i through the land VIGOROUSLY. Some
r our Generals in this war have tried I'll
o. same game with somewhat similar results
We 1t is high time such thoughts were abar
D. doned. 1t is high time that We quit tr.
n, ing to starue out people with coantr
lit of Egyptian productiveness to suppo
&c them. It is high time to quit talkin
ce about blockading ports in and out of whie
n richly ladened steamers are constant
u. running. 1t is high time to cease despi
en- ing our foe; but set ourselves in earne
of to the work Of overrunning and takir
ri. possession Of his territory, for withot
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this effectually done, the war will still
progress to the ruin of many and only to
the advantage of the comparatively few
who are fleeing the Government. Long
live our glorious Union May God help
us. and help too the many prosecuted
Union people in the South, whose suffer
ings we cannot imagine, and who have
all these years been left to the tender mer-
cies of an Infatuated minority
We have wasted millions of dollars and
thousands Of lives on Unnecessary and
out-of-the- way entcrprises-have had "too
mary irons in the ire"-have had our
forces divided too much, instead of strik-
ing with overwhelming forces at the most
important points. 1t is perfectly amazing
that Richmond should not long since have
been taken. 1t is amazing that Peters,
burg should not have been taken years
ago, when it was not yet fortified, and
that railroad held by us. 1t is amazing
that Weldon, n. c., should hot have been
Burnside's destination in 'G2, instead of
the swamps around Newbern and Beau
fort. 1t is amazing that Charleston and
other places have not been demolished. -
The only solution to be conceived is, Ell
Their that God Almighty has confounded
the councils of our leaders and designs to
thoroughly humble both North and South
before he permits the war to end, or that
our officers in command of these various
expeditions have had more regard to their
own comforts and emoluments than to the
vigorous prosecution of the war. But as
things now are, having given our enemy
time and opportunity to throw up impreg-
nable dcfences, and to thoroughly organ
ze, we must have more men. When both
sides fight equally well, it is impossible,
except by Divine interposi.ion, for either
to overcome without greatly superior num-
bcrs. The nation demands that the war
be pushed to a successful termination at
the cost of the least amount of blood and
treasure, and overwhelming forces alone
can accomplish this. u.