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n,TEs or ADVERTISING
FIR the F,1ni mt ltGascifp
TRr-pUnIIsHED nY REQUEST
DIED IN HOSPITAL.


Tho eitr slept-vice, virtue good and III,
ne .ehoming brain, kind heart and busy feet,
r,o ,annon'- thunder and the drums we're still
Ana hut the sentry paced the silent street
y,rb. in tho Hospital that southern sky.
T., ,,srev dropped tonight her tears Of rain,
AMI the cool breezes idly wandering by
u,se patieling music on the window pane.
-r,o weary soldiers heard the welcome sound.
Storm heroes battling with sure decay,
rbonghtof the camp and Of the battle ground,
And Of the dear ones watching faraway
silence reigned in the lofiely ward, save when
some weary sufferer moaned aloud with pain,
or rose. to take some cooling drink and then
Turned on hia couch aud strovc 10 slocp again.
Mimi, the lamp buried. near the break If day
BESIDE the couch on which one form irposed
Whose lamp Of hfo was ginnneriug aWays
Faint we're his pulses and his eyes were closed.
H. had'hocn dreaming that the rain drops fell
Upon the homestead roof far far, away
Ana listening to The music, loved sol well
II, on his bed beneath the rafters lay.
And thon the thunder shook the heated air,
And lightning flashed across the midnight sky
Iie hoard the naples troan in tlcir despair,
Anl vritho and ,Iomho as the gslo won't by.
ie dreamed liis mother stood beside his bed,
Thinking tho storm might cause her boy - f. ar
Ad sm6thel the pillow underneath his head,
,a5 whispered Trust him, darling, God Is here.
Il, started UP, TO clasp her neck again,
And woke amid that weary scene Of woe
Hshcmdthe sufferers round him moan with pain
aud sav that ,he dim lnnp was burning low.
j tl3nght of home with tears that would not
stay
within TIE fountains he'haa thongh; were Try,
Counted the si,cplrs Who around him lay;
SIT no Ladknorn him ID the days gome by.
llc wondered II tlay missed Inn mueh ct home
An3BMey spoke hisname, withtears andPraycr,
4 And if Acy watched and prsyed Tor him to come
4 And kept HIS chamber AZ ifhe were there.
" How many ilorsAi- camo DER him. as hc wopt;
n pin sAglienog Thought, 0 what fhe sllonld Die
q Thought Of l.c graveyard whore lis iindrud
n slept
hawonl'rcd who're his iifclcss FORM would lio
'"Iihnbkc summer sunshine af.crJau,
a Aiii sft away the shadowy clouds offcaT;
A He ncd 20 hear lis mothcrsvoice a-iin
@ irusi him. frost him darling. God s here
& n ennd ihp sing oa DIS nnrov bed
ID "Aen morning sunshine lay athwar, The slr;
fii heart was still they sail that he was dead
n d must hagepeen pleasant thiir 70 die,
'r ao "as lying IN histranquil sleep,
laa wasted hand beneath his fair brown hair,
AAd n his brow a look of joy az deep
AZ ID mothers kiss were lying there.
81 i1aas, w., Ju'g, 1864.
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The Left-Handed Assassin.

was called down from London to
Ipswich on an GRAND peculiar to one
@ ny profession. ! reached the inn
"Aere | was to meet fellow detective,
VINO had expended both time and pa
uenee IN attempting to ferret ont n
mysterious murder. But it appeared
70 be one Of those singular cases that
aely human detection, and which are
generally abandoned by those APP
po.ated to discover the culprit, and
lall to divine vengeance.
| net Mr.. Croft, who formally re-
signed IN my favor, and after taking
g'ass OF rum-punch with him, re-
'rAed to the city, while I prepared
ior my journey.
viii now state how the matters
apo1 Some three and half miles
nom Ipswich stood a stone mansion
'"e property Of Charles Simonds, a
'uied barristerHe resigned his pro-
A,'oh' owing to having bequeathed
Iin a handsome legacy by an only
'0,'ief who, after amassing fortune
"a Australia, took it into his head to
=. .' ohar @ was his sole heir. Mr..
t.. '9ios b ! pr2cticed law in Ipswich,
ny MS health had never boon very
.Voust' and soon after entering into
a'' legacy he purchased the man
~" alluded to and retired from bust
'' seeking the quiet and rest one in
80 9'a'ion SO greatly needed
,o ne married when young, bat he
''ue great mistake in selecting a
partner pa Tor life. His wife was pretty.
'"e snare that caught him, but Who'll
usSoid Of principle; illiterate mud
wv N her tastes, she became the bane
quo mad brother who occasionally
bima' a l'e house, and who ingratiated
on,i1 ',n III Mr. Simonds' favor by his
tba manners, genteei address, and
,aa, "eluent brotherly lectures he
ter 70 airs Clara simonds, his sis
d,a ~o'5lS obdyke was always well
ae S's sea when he came to the house,
qu;ta nis sG0nduct was unezceptionablo
ter '' II contrast to that Of his sis.
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HIIIf. IiiaN iItI4 = +. if9fff4 sE1N rfitfNtAt
lsaec TAYLon,1 ON NovM REAmEG.s-
zest ! How may. it most effeetpally DO
dissipated, how irreceverably lost ?
Forgive me now this wrongs dTen-
seience-driyen as liam, Iutter what
must, i know, offend some who rread
this paper. Genuine zest disappears
wherever fiction holds sway. 1 am
intending no onslaught onlno,elread
ing. l have no puritahicnhorror of
novels. have listened to most of
those that were the popular fctions of
that by-gone time. | would say this
only to heads of families. Make your
choice freely, admit from, the circula-
ting library the tbreelyolgme novels
OF the season, and then be, content TO
find that all residue of zest is gone as
to history, Of biography, or science; or
anything olse, that is real and sens,-
inc, Christianity included. bioausd
Novel reading is an birrfatuation
which masters souls as surely as dram-
drinking does, Many are the mslap-
choly spectacles which one encounters
IN towns; as for instance, aawocman
wasted, worn, in tatteis, md near to
starvation thstis 4 sad sight And
so it is sad to see tho weIi-dfessed IA
dy OF forty Or fifty, hhsteniqgs homo.
with the threegreasy boarded volumes,
which. are all to be devoured between
the noon Of to-day and the dawIre TO-
morrow! The ALTERNATIVES Tor The, in
disidnal on the family is tlsi4s Novel
reading. with it,, consequent eslsyti
and utter apathy, or else genuine fesl,
ing employment with Teft, rs b. wl.nt.
eYer is real ~ lie, IN history, IN scieaee,
~ poetry, and in general Literature.
FICTION of any sort in one scale, and
reality in the other, the sbeaW will
never stand ON the level. LiileiRs 5is-
ing Age.
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AL1IcAfoas o Nesra- TEE resemble

ALIIcAfons Q NssrA TkGs resemble
haycocks, four feet high, and FIVE in
diameter at their base, being construct
cd with grass and, herbaGe.I First
they deposit one layer of eggs on,
floor of mortar, and baying, .epyered
this with second stratum of mud and
heritage eight inches thick, lay anot,-
er set Of eggs upon that, and, SO on to
the top, there being scqmWneply frem
one to two hundred eggs in a nest.
With their tails they them beat doyn
round the nest the Dense grass and
reeds five feet high, torpreyentr the APP
proach of unseen enemies, r The female
watches her eggs until they are dall
hatched by, the heat Of the sun. and
then she takes her brood under .her
own care, defending them and proyid-
ing for their subsistence, Or. Lutzen-
burg, Of New Orleans. once, packed
up ono Of these nests, with the eggs,
in a box, for the museum, Of St, Peters
burg, but was recommended before be
closed it to see that there was no dam
ger Of the eggs boing hatshed on the
voyage, On opening ono, !, q young al
ligator walked ollt, and was seons fol-
lowed by tho rest, about q ;hupdred of
which he fed in his house, whore they
went up and down stairs whining and
barking Ike yourg puppies. 5000,
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questioning Mr.. Obdyke himself
for the reason that the gentleman
never spoke Of having any business.
All that could be learned was that
he resided in london, made periodi-
cal visits to Ipswich, and remained
there two or three days, then left
again, whittier, no one could tell, or
those who could would not.
When Mr. Simonds retired from
business and took possession of the
mansion, Obdyke came more frequent-
ny, and his visits wcrc more pro
longed.
In spite Of The lectures, he and his
sister seemed to agree amazingly well,
and to Mr.. Simonds' satisfaction, she
grew more refined, or, more properly
speaking, loss vulgar every day. Re
fined she would probably never be; it
was not in her nature to be so; but
she managed by some means, to
render herself obnoxious to her hus-
band, and he conducted himself
towards her accordingly.
Matters stood thus five years. when
Mrs. Clara Simonds contracted a ma
bgnant fever aud died in five days
after the symptoms manifested them
selves. This occurred during the alb
sence of her brother, and she was in
TERED before he knew even that she
was sick
When he heard Of the sad event, his
rage was terrible to behold He ac-
cusod Charles Simonds OF being the
cause of her death, and threatened TO
have the matter thoroughly inyesti
gated.
But ascertaining that his sister
died from natural causes he suddenly
disappeared from the neighborhood.
and came to visit Charles Simonds no
more.
There were no children born to Mr..
Sim5nds; hence. in the event Of his
death. the estate wonld fail into the
hands of distant relations. who had
gone to America years before
one dav. some time aftor the death
Of his wife, Charles Simonds examined
her personal effects, and was surprised
to find among her papers a will. with
her signature attached to it. Rather
amused at this discovery lie sat down
to read it, and found That sho had. in
case Of ber death. boaueathod all her
real and personal propcrtv to her
brother, Morris o. lyke.
Her property. whea she had none
to bequeath She was as poor as Is
church mouse. lto use homelv bat
quite f5rcible phrasel when Charles
Smonds marriei hen Where. then
was this legacy to her brother from
her to come from ?
Thus reasoned the widowor when
~,
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Baneful influence o. Holidays.

II is very common forthose Of our
countrymcn who have resided or trav-
elled in Europe TO become cnamored
Of the frequent holidays Of tho old
countries, and to advocate the multi
plication Of such days among us.
The late President 1feltoil, in his de-
ligltful little volume Of familiar
Letters from Europe" docs not join
his preference Of foreign customs to
our own.
at is great misfortune to the
Greeks, he says, and to the Atho-
mans in particular, that thtB have so
many saints in their calendar, and so
many festivals in their honer to in
terrupt the usual business of life
They lose quarter or a third of the
time in putting on their best clothes,
gadding about the streets, gogSpping
in the coflee-houses, gettings tipsy on
execrablo vine, anlSinging rioisy Songs
in the streets, in honor of the blessed
saints and martyrs who swarm in
their ecclesiastical history. The sen
sible men here are gradually dinlin-
ishing the number Of their idle days,
and the sober part of the tradesmen
and men of business find their advan-
tage in attending to their affairs, while
the rest are dissipating time, to the
impoyerishment of their purses and
the damage of their health, in bac-
chanaian orgies. / cannot share in
the regrets Of those persons who Ia
ment the absence of festivals and
amusements in our country. What !
have seen of their effects in Europe,
east and west, has given me strong
distaste for them, and the worse POS
sible opinion of their influence upon
moral, mental and physical well-be-
ing of the people. In the next place,
the waste of money, in small sums to
be sure, but swelling in the aggregate
to immense amounts, helps to keep
the people poor and make them poor
er. And finally, the frivolity dissi-
patton, and low habits, everywhere
encouraged by those festivals crown
the climax of grave objections to their
observance, which think must strike
every rejecting person who travels
with his eyes open through these
countries. You viii never again hear
me lamenting the want of amusement
III America, or finding fault with the
serious countenances Of our American
people. The weekly rest of Sunday,
Christmas, Thanksgiving, the anniver-
sary of our Independence, and one or
two other holidays, for the interchange
Of friendly salutations and the reunion
of scattered families, are infinitely bet
ter than all the festivals in the calen-
dais of the Catholic and Oriental
countries"
This testimony has all the more
weight as coming from one who can
not be suspected ofany Puritanical
and who was himself, more
over, formerly Of different opinion,
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Evms OF GossIp. II have known q
country society which withered away
all to nothing under the dry rot
of gossip only. Friendships once a.
firm as granite dissolved to Jelly and
then ran away to water, only because
of this; love that promised future as
enduring as heaven and as stable as
truth, eyaporated into morning mist
that turned to days long tears, only
because of this; father aud a son
were set foot to foot with the fiery
breath of an anger that it would never
cool again between them, only because
of this; aud O husband and his young
wife, each straining at the hated leash
which in the beginning had been the
golden bondage of God-blessed love,
sat mournfully by the side of the grave
where all their love and all their Joy
lay buried, also only because of this.
I have seen faith transformed to mean
doubt, hope give place to grim despair,
and charity take on itself the features
of black maleyolence, all because of
the spell-words of scandal and the
magic mutterings of gossip Great
crimes work great wrongs, and the
deeper tragedies of human life spring
from its larger passions but wofnl
and most melancholy arc the uncata-
logued tragedies that issue from gossip
and detraction; most mournful the
shipwreck often made Of noble natures
and lovely lives by the bitter winds
and dead salt waters of SANDER. So
easy to say, yet SO hard to disproye
throwing on the innocent all the bur
den and the strain Of demonstrating
their innocence. and Furnishing them
as guilty if unable to pluck out the
strings they never sec, and to silence
words they never gossip and
Islander are the deadliest and the
cruelest Weapons man has forged for
his brothers hurt. Al he Yea Round.
le@f-Do all in your power 10 teach your
children self7goyernaent. liza child
is passionate, teach hiin by patient
and gentle means TO curb his temper.
If he is greedy, cultivate libqality in
him. II ho is selfish, promose eenerr
osity
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oIpsw1cH, June 2, 1859.

Call ON me, No. 30, Holdings Court,
and ask for me. / have fat job for
You and your girl. Call between the
hours of nine and ten ia the evening,
Burn this letter after You have read
it"
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HErrIEa Il 49, cT coFaREss.

Wlsu.EoTor Ap-l lT.---At q meeting o. the men
BERG OF the sfn 90 ard he Roaee Of Repr@entstIes
convened 3 TIE Capitol Monday. ApsL ~ 1875 q
noon Hon afsye..e 8. pos.e- OF Connee.ovt resi-
9es. aso s CT h. senate called &c he chair and
SIT JSr Cotsz q I'D S9G was chase. &c 5c'rss1yy.
espassr Zoe. Ct " mont. ee.sa the etis.t 81 -
uessRg % no 70 rIt sr-sacen rs teEGTa 70 ne
ssuernl Of the sIss FRO dsas OF $40 JARED = I
On .no.iou Of ae,s51r aEAsI a AGs'aetu... Z
committee o. I've ncRless fros eseh HoSa,
ssl s6 70 report .. T. H. ls-aSy Ehi. a,tcs y -
f0E this meeting T. .trs-
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s KrEEss R0SEoB. April is--ec se: i've oEosss
sgg.reA here GUs mO-nirg from Bshns-s, E2rSl NJ
arrested Sac Lsaltr Of . sater s.ere 81 t;e see
sa,sieoa Of hAViag tee4 In son way e,assccd VIII
see sssssln s.on d the Presiisrs Ssysr. rttcr 81
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WkI DEPLR-XFEr, }
Adjg.cnt Generals Ofice, ;
April lG 1855, J

G-rrEAI ORr5rs, 70. 67.--t il hereby announced 20
the Armies o, he United States shat Saturday the
18th day o. april 1865 ~ Isascn OF re ecath o. Ahra
am Lincoln che Office Of President Of the United States
deyolyed mon LnjreR Jchnson, Vice President who
the same dag took the oilcial oath r.es-bed for lie
President ana entered lpon he duties Of 20! oftca
Bv command OF G's5t Gen. GRANT.
n A. NruaoIg, 4. q. ..
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EyrLY oP-xR. BOOTH.
yFANtL,s sQUAaE BosTos, 4pTil u J.

| yEAktL-i seUAsE bosTcs, 1pIi ~ 4'SJ-
HEEEY c. EAEREr-, Esq:
! Nv Dear sir-W <h.leepcs. sprrov and goat iaton
shank you Tor asing from ny easl gem - y M
yorrsl and he si.c TO news @! the ~ ng has
made nc vra.che3 iced E4s on brarss have
,eiya5 the u-harpy aer-s al tie -u-piciCn hrotk
ers crime bat because GOOD man and -lSst justy
hono7d and pstot5 -ui-f Las isen il aG lOur Of
tioaai Joy by tie Sad OF IN ass.ssl The tnOry Of
the thousands Who lat fallen on tie heid.n
tr defence during - struggle caancs - o-r5trn hy
ne e,Cl IN S the D. Distressing az Of ny LEE And
os sseegey az sat The VictoEes l.haIe re4iy
won roay e.ay The BRAID war and the tide OF 0yAl
bood While mourning. in common with Ell Otfec 0ysi
hearts the death Of the President oppressed BY
uyae voc BE- expressed ~ Sords. but Whatever
calamity raGy befs o. zine NJ country and n
aiyabie, has ny Tafrnss. deJot.Oa.
EDyEs B00TB.
TRoK SEE TokR-A ELsE5 FLAG TAEER TAoA SLf.
~ELEE's RESIDENCE.
NEw ToRE, Aps ! T-GeoSge Vols Johs -sHaghsf
lli Fsnning AID pcs1r Bri. the latter the ue
of theatre, % 5ly each scnierfed 20 sx
taoB.s In 5issnue-t in iha peaiteata, for offering
Reasonable ssrti7,er:5
Last evening ssua6 % retrioi; yoens re1 v.sissd
the houer Of Fra John TJ,e SO witov - the .esi-
cent On .;ta.6a InaLS ccul4nd'i cnd o. a.tt q
sbc Gag, WHICH As5 ieng ises ~ ~ y Pc z ezt!y
4 hsf pssl3r fIEsyor LsT.gc - ssaa, Doen
thfl a. pr..s1t hat iett 81 s,S- " Q! Mrs.
-y'es s>~ lee Eessreo1'ss e:ie- tnfiis ~ rsf
aa rrs the hsGd-cta ts G p 81 scuiE& s1ciety
e asg gssgea. q Ger BIZ
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TEE GREAT CALAMITY.
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS.

ARREST OF SUSPECTED GlNSPIPATORS.
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Orders or THE WAR DEPARTREET.
WAE DEPARTMENT,
ADJUgSST GEEERALs o. FIcE,
Washington mil 10, 1855.

GEfERiI ORDE.s no. 66.-The following order or the
Secretary Of Wa Announces 10 the armies Of the United
States the an.mey and ismen;abe death Of tie Illus.
tous Abraham Li1-3ln late Presidsu. 4 Tie Uai;ed
States
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TIE PRESIDENTS REMAINS TO BE CON
VEYED TO ILLINO.,.
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NOIS,

TEE PRESIDENTS REMAINS To BE- REMOVED TO ILL
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ACTION OF THE DIPLoIluC CORPS.

The Baltimore Amricqa, Of '1re,lay afternoon
contains the following important gram
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LRnRsrs OF saP.srEp PARr,Es.

investigations are progressing quietly and Sc.
c-ely. 4 number OF arrests wese made today or
pay ties supposed % be implicated more 2r less IL
tho conspiracy.
Enough has t.sl ascertained 70 satisfy toe ou-
thorities that there we're % least 81 persons en-
r1red in the plot, which had for It's object the as
sassination OF Mr.. Lincoln, kr. Johnson, end the
members OF the Cabinet. They had confadera,es
ia the EsighSoring counties Of Mary land, who
lto Nlrgic.a.
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HdsuIl55o AprII 10, TOO.
I.ieat. cen. u .. Grant y. s Amy CommaudiGg Ar
MES oftse Unissl safes, Washington, D. c.:
Cjeneral-You viii please announce D. General 0rder
% re Armies ofs United sta.so that on Jay ire
lGth dcy OF Apr 1885 oy eason Of The death of ibra
nam I1.oln the Office Of President Of tho Ulie3 States
dey0lycd upon Androw Johnson vice Presde1t-w on
me ssue day took the Official oath prescribed To- lie
P,ssaet I'd entered upon me 6uties Ct that cflcs
Egg.H II sTAFToF,
Gecretary of Wa
, 1865-06-29

Helping th0eo OF the Poorer Glasses
" no Are Willing to Ae1p
Themselves,

An sdjourred meeting Of gentlemen Interested
In the movement to supply fuel to The poorer
clhsees, and othess, In Winter at the cost Of pro
curing 1t, Was held On II ednesday afternoon In
the rooms OF the Young Mems Christ,an AasoeIa-
lion, J. Y. Farwell. E.q,, in he ehalr. The
meeting was not very largely attended, owing to
The necessary pfe-eecupa ation OF many who have
herstofote expressed their willingness to toin In
The Chairman ststed the object Of the meeting,
and then referred 10 the eu4ll attendance ~ b,
ing 70 evidence Of the fact that there Was laek
OF interestln the intended movement. The cit1.
Gems viewed the question as an important ons,
md you'd bait. gladly hstl. an[ offered ehange
attendance would gladlJ aid the objects OF The
meeting II called upon TO do 60. The Chatrman IN
eees H. e Faaashs md
we1e great moral aB well rs pecuniary becedts
which wtu1d enEue from snch attociatsd e1orls.
TIE ohles. oi ,ntSeIss1'pE 'he Eo.k1ng men IN II
10 Eet them Into the habit Of saving money LOT e1.
tDple, IN the summer, Whtn wacea were htPh,
ind putting a far proportion Of It into the fuel
the advaItsge Of It IN cheap fuel.
The Phiiadelphia report WAS subsequently
adopted % the basis Of operas ons here, and
ol 5s teed
The articles provide the Society to be named,
The Fuel Saving Society Of chteago:" All
At one time for the benefit Of the poor SHALL con
etitute the donor life member. The OIL eers shall
be President, three YIce-Prestdtnte, Secretary,
Tn ature1 and twelve Mansgc.s-to Be annually
chosen. Deposition shall be entitled to draw
fuel In winter to The amount Of their deposits but
deposits from any one perton ehalI be limited By
The Bos1d to ench sum as may be hereafter deter
mined. The managsrs ehsl! appoint Fuel Com.
tttee, whose duty 1t eha'l be Ia purchase fuel on
'he best Terms. 70 provide place for storing It,
.rpeTiricnd II. distribution, &c. and report pro-
cet dtnes at each stated meeting to the endhat the
Board nsy I the price 1t which fuel shsll be sod
f0t the coming eeaeon.
The Constitution was adopted, after which the
following election OF officers WAS effected:
Presideut@onathan Burr.
Vice Preaidents-E. ". Blatehlord, J. V. Far.
we'll. Dr. ], Il. HoI1lstes.
TIeafurer-J. Y. Scnramon.
Secfetary-A. q. Campbell. -.
Dtfecture-f1on. ". E1pc, Gilbert Hubbard, J,
c. Fsreo, I. ". Baxter, Henry W Fuller, N. 8.
Bsutcn, Charles Randolph, John F. Spalo.d. Il.
E. fatfent,J j. X. Avery, J, L. Reynolds. Wesley
Munger.
The mt etiDg then adjourned.