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FINANCIAL AND COS1srERCIAI-
RICHMOND, August q


Tho gold market to-day in New York
sided down . notch in the scale. Quota
tions opened at l471s, declined to Az,
and closed at the opening price-l477s.
There is nothing new commercially. Money
continues abundant and interest low in
New York. Government stocks arc firm,
and exchange quiet. Business in the
northern cities is looking up little. The
New York Times of Monday says:
The business of the past week shows a
substantial increase of confidence and ac-
tivity in trade and money affairs, and the
reports of new production in the fields and
mines Of the whole country are unusually
encouraging. The wheat harvest is gather
ed successfully, and in the great West
proves the largest crop, in point of weight
and quality, for very many years. The
growing corn crop is looking so we'll as to
hasten to the seaboard very large supplies
of last years growth.
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REPORT OF THE TOBACCO MARKET.
TOBACCO EXCHANGE, }
RICHMOND, August q.

RICHMOND, August 81.
Our breaks continue very full, and are
almost entirely comprised of tobacco OF
very inferior quality, and VIC have to report
a slight concession in prices on those grades,
while good and desirable shipping and
manufacturing tobaccos are in demand at
decidedly improved prices. Below we give
the transactions Of to-day LOG hogsheads,
tierces, and boxes opened; 60 offered at
auction bids rejected on 10; SO sold as
follows: hogsheads low funked Tugs, light
weights, from % to $3.50; IL hogsheads
common funked Tugs, good weights, from "a
to s.. 80; 10 hogsheads medium working and
shipping Jugs from Sc to s7.75; 2hogsheads
common working and shipping leaf, l at
SO, at $3.50; hogsheads medium work.
ing and shipping leaf from sl0 to sl2.75;
10 hogsheads good working and shipping
leaf from els to $22; hogshead extra
manufacturing at $3.50; l tierce good
manufacturing at s27; tierce extra manu-
featuring at 81; 3 ticrces common fancy
wrapper, | at S75, at $50, at $50;
boxes medium fancy wrapper, ] at 1913 and
at 1928.
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Union Mass Meeting at indianapolis
speech OF senator Lane.
Special dispatch to the New York Tribune.

Special dispatch to the New York Tribune.
INDIANAPOLIS, August l9.-Thc Union
men held tremendous meeting last night
at the "Circle." Eight thousand citizens
were present. The Hon. W. W. Wines, of
the Tennessee Legislature, introduced as
Governor Brownlow's Fright bower" made
a telling speech against the President and
his policy. United States Senator Henry
S. Lane followed in an able review Of the
last Congress, defending all its measures
and rcbuking the President for his treach-
cry. Referring to the Philadelphia Con-
vcntion, he said that its platform was too
near right to be supported by the rebels,
and too near wrong to be supported by
loyal men.
1t is evidently the game of the Radicals
to influence northern votes by appeals from
southern Unionists. The only mode in
which this game can be blocked is by send
ing southern men of the Jshlson stripe to
countcract the effect of these Radical
utterances. Messrs. Orr, Stephens, Flour
noy, Brockenbrough, Barbour, Marye, and
others, might do good work in this way.
Here in Richmond, too, we have some
capital speakers, who might effect much
by making clcctioneering tours in the
northern States.
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General Gustav DenOunces FOrnCy.

Everybody in Virginia knows General
Gustav by reputation. In 4 letter which
he published in the Washington Republican
and htclligcnccr yesterday he thus speaks
of Forncy:
"Promincnt in this misrepresentation
and wilful pcrvcrsion of truth is the organ
controlled and edited by yourself, and
were it not for the official position which
you hold, | would not deem myself JUS
tilted in referring to you or anything cma-
mating from You.
81 will not refer to the scditous and in
tlammatory cpthets you applied to that
philadelphia Convention, of which | am
proud to have been a member, but will
only class them with your insidous and
wicked harangucs pronounced in the city
of Philadelphia during the sitting Of the
Convention, in which you cndeavorcd TO
stir the passions of what you supposed a
mob to deeds of violence and blood. Neither
will l occupy time in exposing your base
ness in charactcriZing those gallant soldiers
of the Union who took part in the Convcn-
ton as being influenced by any but the
highest, nohlcst, and most patriotic i'm
pulses which govern the human will. Much
less were they, as you insnuatc, tincturcd
with disloyalty. Such unwarranted, un-
just, and unproyokcd assertions come from
YOU with bad grace when directed against
those who, duringth entire war, have freely
and unsclfshly pcrillcd their lives to re-
store, defend, and pcrpctuatc the princi-
pies of constitutional government which
you are laboring to destroy. What have
you dane ar accprnpliSh ia iu>tify Won in
maligning and traducing those whose pa
triotism has undergone the test OF battle
and is beyond impeachment :"
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Still Another Fcnian Scare.

OTTAWA, CANADA, August Pituitary
preparations arc making, and some appre.
tensions of another raid are felt. One thou.
sand one hundred men are now on the Wei.
land canal, at Chorald, viz: Two battalions
of volunteers; half battalion and half bat
terry of regulars; also troop of volunteer
cavalry. Firearms and munitions of wal
are to be admitted into Canada free Of
duty until the fifteenth of next month, in
accordance with an order in council of the
10th instant, to enable private parties to
get brccch-loading firearms.
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The Cholera.

New ORLEANS, August 2O.-Twcnty-
eight cholera deaths Saturday; fourteen
Sunday. The disease is decreasing in the
city, but spreading along the river coast
New YORK, August 2l.-Thc deaths
from cholera the past week were two hun
drcd and fifty; from other diseases, -four
hundred and twenty-cight.
CINCINNATI, August 2l.-Therc were
sixty-one deaths from cholera yesterday.
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Scraps from the National Republican

Henry Wilson has not been heard OF since
| the Philadelphia Convention. Report says
he has entered upon life contract-tryina
| to "swallow his own words" spoken about
the Convention before it took place. They
will choke him sure.
The best wheat in Canada for the last IF.
teen years is reported this season.
4 woman has been discharged from
BlackwelrS Island who has been convicted
one hundred and fiity-three times.
A New York alderman recently lost
twcnty-lour thousand dollars at Il single
sitting at the fascinating game Of faro.
The printers Of Syracuse, n. Y, have
challenged the medical fraternity to 8
match game Of ball.
A dangerous counterfeit of the denomi
nation of five dollars on the First Nationa
Bank of Ncwburyport has made its APP
pcarancc. The face of the bill, though
coarselv, is well done: the flags in the
back ground are quite faint, as also are tn,
coat -ot-arms of Massachusetts, on the left
and the eagle on the right.
There is new counterfeit twenty five
cent piece lust issued out West, in whicl
Mr.. Fcsscnden has black eye, and tho
last two letters of the assistant" arc
tranSpoScd.
The following letter has been received
by Senior Romero, the Mexican Minister
to whom we are indebted for q copy:
MATAMoRAs, August 9.-Dcar Sir,-Thc
French have evacuated Monterey and Sal
tillo, and both places are now in possession
Of orr forces.
Within month General Escobedo vii
have ten thousand men, and within two
months he will be before San Luis.
Tampico has been attacked by Cuesta
and Gomez, in combination with part OF
the garrison. On the 4th, our forces were
in possession of the plaza and nearly all OF
the city, with the exception Of the Eighth
and the Casa Mata, two quartels where the
French to the number of three hundred
men were concentrated.
Pavon, with his forces, was passing the
river in aid Of our troops.
A force in the Huesteca, under Herrera
of four hundred men, has returned to the
national cause and united with Payon.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
MANUEL SAAvEDRA.
Our FLEET IN THE GuLF.-In the event
of any serious difficulty in Mexican waters
we have Gulf feet, consisting Of about
fifteen vessels of war, some of which are
the most formidable in the naval service
Of the United States. 1t is not inappro.
pirate to say here, however, that the paper
blockade erected by Macmillan can be
easily disposed of with one frigate. On
the Pacific our naval forces are sufficient
for any emergency.
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Mass Ratification Meeting to be held
I'm Washington.

WASHINGTON, August 2O.-The delegates
from this district to the late Philadelphia
Convention, and others, had meeting to-
night, and decided to hold an immense
mass ratification meeting on Saturday next
in front of the City Hall. Committees
were appointed to make the necessary ar
engagements, and the adjoining counties of
Maryland will be invited to participate.
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Anniher KnsliCal Retired.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, August 20. - The
"ILu,rk Eye" to-day contains letter from
Senator Grimes announcing that nc is not
a candidate for reelection to the Senate
and declares his intention to retire en-
tircly from public life.
Old Father Grimes, that good old man,
We na'er shall see him more:
He used 10 wear All old blue coat
All buttoned down before.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
MORNING DISPATCHES.
Highly Interesting from Franco and
ItaIy-IondOn and Liverpool Mar.
kets. M0nd ay-Also, News by n
GSnDvruoR

ItaIy-IOnOOH nHu lLverpOOI mar
kets. Monday-Also, News by a
steamer.
LONDON, August 20.-Noon.-The fol.
lowing dispatch has been received from
| Paris:
Paris, August 2O.-The Paris papers
keep silent in regard to the question of the
rcctitication of the frontiers of France.
It is rumored here that the Italian Go.
vcrnment will soon treat directly with the
Pope for the cession of his temporal do.
minon and the establishment of Rome a:
the capital of Italy.
LONDON, August 20.-The following are
the current prices at noon to-day Con.
soils for money, $50 limited States Five.
twentics, G914; Erie shares, 42a4; Illinois
Central shares, 1874.
LIVERPOOL, August 2O.-Noon.-The
cotton market is unchanged. The sale:
to-day are estimated at 10000 bales; mid
ding uplands, l534d.
New YORK, August 2O.-Pr steamer st
Darid, at Farther Point.-The stock o
cotton at Liverpool on 10th instant was
sos 900 bales, of which 362 900 were Anne.
rican. The quotations we're: Fair Or
leans, l6d.; middling Orleans, 1414d.
fair Mobile, l5'5d.; middling Mobile
13a4d.; fair uplands, l514d.; middline
uplands, l3lad.
The papers say it is understood that thu
United States and Canadian Government
| have asscnted to the formation of an in
| tcrnational commission for the purpose O
reducing the obstacles in the way of tho
development of the frontier trade of the
two countries.
Nothing new as to the peace negotia
tions between Austria and Italy.
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1t is neither necessary nor incumbent to
that end to point out where we agree OF
where we disagree with the Philadelphia
Convention. We are on the boiStcrous
deep, and we mean to get into harbor be.
fore We have words with the crew. 1t will
require the energy and goodwill of one
and all to accomplish that mighty work,
Criticism can only distract the patriotic
men at the head of the movement. II
wcakcns the situation. 1t gives joy to the
Radical camp. They shall get none from
this MISUNDERSTANDING Herald.
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THE ORIGIN OF THE PHILADELPHIA Con
vEXrlox.--It is not fact generally known
that Governor Orr has the honor of first
suggesting the necessity of the Philadel-
phia Convention. This was first done du.
ring conference with some of the leading
Conservatives of Washington when he was
in that city, and subsequently the idea
was enlarged upon in letter, which al
some future day we shall give to the pub.
lic.-CulumLiu SOlth CdrOLiniQn.
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WARRINGTON ITEMS.
STAMPS FOR rERMENTEp LIQUORS.


The following circular of directions for
ailixing stamps upon vessels of fermented
liquors has been issued by the Internal
Revenue Bureau:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF IN
TRRNAL REVENUE, AsUNGToN, August !,
ls6G.-By section fifty-scvcn of the act OF
July l3, 1866, it is provided that after the
first day Of September, 1866, any fer
mcntcd liquor owned or possessed by any
person after sale or removal from the
brewery or warehouse, or other place
where it was made, upon which the required
tax shall not have been paid, shall be liable
TO forfeiture. Furthermore, the want OF
the proper stamp upon the vessel contain
ing such liquor after such removal or sale
is to be notice to all persons, and prima
facie evidence that the required tax has
ud been paid.
These provisions make it necessary that
the stamps should be well secured to the
vessels, and no, easily removed thcrcfrom,
EXCEPT bv intentional effort to that pur-
pose. The following method of ailixing Is
therefore prescribed:
4 hole two and three quarter inches in
diameter and one eighth inch deep should
he countcr-suuk in the head of the barrel
in such position as will bring the spigot at
the lower edge Of the stamp where the
pcriorations are made. The stamp is to
hc pasted in this countcr-sunk hole, with
the perforated portion over the spigot hole,
with strong paste, and if the barrels are
to be exposed to the action of the weather
or to be stored in damp places for conside-
rable periods, the stamp should also he
secured by four tacks, to prevent its peel
ing of.
In renewing the stamp upon a barrel
used the second time, the tackS should be
withdrawn and the stamp carefully scrapcd
off ito prevent the hole from being filled
with the scraps of former stamps.
The stamps, at the time of being affixed
are to be cancelled by writing or imprint.
ing thereon the name of the person, firm
or corporation by whom such liquor may
have been made, or the initial letters OF
such name, and the date of such cancclla.
ton. THOMAS HARLAND,
Acting Commissioner,
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VIRGINIA POST-OrFICES.

The poSt-oilicc at Wcavcrsvillc, Eau
quicr county, is rccstablshcd, and l. I.
Hunter appointed postmaster.
AppointmcntS.-W. b. Jones postmaS-
ter at Guincy'S, Caroline county, vice Il.
l.. Plttman, resigned.
Post-oiiccs RcUpcncd.-Mount Zion,
Campbell county, Asa Moore postmaster.
Whtchcad's Store, Pittsylvania county,
William Smith postmaster.
INTERNAL REVENUE ASSESSORS, BEWARE!
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, }
OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
WASHINGTON, August 90, 1866.
1t has been represented to this office
that, in some instances, assistant assessors
have used their official positions to secure
their nomination to local Offices: and il is
urged that their relation to the Taxpayer is
such that they may use it to their personal
advantage in this respect, if so disposed.
1t is also believed that the position Of n
candidate for Office before the people is
unfavorablc to that strict mpartialitv
which is so essential to the proper dis
charge of the duties of an assistant assessor.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has there
fore directed that notice be issued that
the acceptance of a nomination for an
elective Office by any assistant assessor will
he taken as evidence that he no longer de-
srcs to retain his position.
Assessors are instructed to promptly re-
port the name of any assistant who may
accept, or who is known To he seeking, a
nomination for any such office, in order
that successor may be forthwith APP
pointed. THOMAS llAELAND,
Acting Commissioner.
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WASHINGTON, August 2l.-Rumors are
revived of Secretary Stanton's removal
They are probably true. There is strong
pressure against him. The Missouri Con-
vcnton delegation urge the appointment
of General Frank Blair, but General Stccd-
man will probably be the successor.
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The Philadelphia Convention is felt to be
a signal success as great political and So
cial movement. 1t will certainly do much
to promote sectional harmony and political
reiinion. Its first object must be to secure
majority of conservatives in the House In
the iortieth Congress. Then will follow
political, commercial, and financial re-
FORMS FredrickStmy AcrS.
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The Rev. William S. Plumer, ID. d.,
arrived in this place on Thursday the 18th
instant. He will preach on Sunday morn
ing and evening, the 10Th instant, at the
Presbyterian church in this place. The
pews will be free TO everybody on this oc-
casion. Times,
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The declaration of principles adopted
unanimously by the Philadelphia Conven-
ton will be found in our telegraphlc re-
port. The principles enunciated are such
as will command the respect and adhesion
Of all sound Union men, north and SOUTH
NdshuiHe Uispdtch.
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MAssAcHusETrs.-ThcBo Boston CONNER
cial saws: eve understand that the COM
mittce appointed by the Faneuil Hall Con-
vention contemplate to call mass ratiii-
cation meeting to be held in Fancuil Hall
on or about the 2Sth of August, ut which
it is expected Senator Doolittle, Hon.
Montgomery Blair, and Ex-Governor Par
sons, Of Alabama, will be the prominent
speakers"
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WASHINGTON, august 2l.-The Presi-
dent officially announces to Governor Ham,
ilton that he is relieved of his position as
Provisional Governor of Texas, the affairs
of that State having been RENTED to the
constitutional authorities chosen by the
people.
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The Eenian Picnic.

New YORK, August 2l.-A Buffalo dis,
patch says that the Fenian picnic was
largely attended, but no raid on Canada is
proposed. Only u few Irish companies
armed arc in the gathering.
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An IMposToR.-A man representing him
self as William Moore, of Bedford county,
Va, who is a cripple, by representing him
self falsely, it is said, as wounded Con-
federatc soldier, has been imposing on
some Of tho citizens of this city.-Aleran-
tlria Gazette.
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Arrival of Gold and of u Steamer.

New YORK, August 2l.-Thc steamer
Northern Light, from Aspinwall, brings
:3,l20,OOO, in gold. The steamship Bre-
men, from Southampton, has arrived.
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"nlhher is at the White mountains. lie
- uying to get the word "white /" stricken
'"' Ny Tic New Hampshire Legislature.
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RAILROADS.



RICHMOND, July 20, 1850.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.-On and
~ after FRIDAY, July 9th, TRAINS on this
MAIL AND PASSENGER TRAIN leaves Rich.
mond daily at 7.os A. NJ. Arrives a, panyiile at
p. N. Arrives at Greensboro at .l5 Z. NJ.
Leaves Greensboro daily at 4; 80 A. NJ; Leaves
Danville daily ats A. II. Arrives Ut Richmond
NOTICE TO TRAvRhLERs.-The public are
hereby Informed that the different railroads on
the line from Richmond to the south, ria Dam
ye Va SaiSeay aaa cea,Gs
ton, Greenyills, SC, C.; Augusta, Savannah.
Montgomery, Selma, Mobile, &C.. Ala; New
Orleans, La, &c, ara now completed, thus giving
To the traveller the shortest and most direct route
to the various points south The route passes
through a salubrious and healthy country.
Trains connect at Burkeville with trains on the
Southside railroad for FARMylLLE, LYNCH
BURG, BRlST KNOXVILLE, DALTON,
CHATTANOOGA, MEMPHIS, &c, &c.
The Southside trains connect At Lynchbnrg with
trains on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. No
detention at that point going or coming.
THOMAS D0DAMEAD,
~ 27-ts SupsrintsndsQ
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STEAMERS.
CEMT-WEEKLY BETWEEN IN,
y NEW YORK AND RICHMOND.
THE NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY.

THE OLD PIONEER LINE ORGANIZED IN issD
have resumed their former poeti again with their
TWO new and magnificent side wheel steamships
neutrality-suspicious. COUCH,
AND
sAkATodA.. ..............CAPTAISK IS0,
twelve hundred tons burthen built expressly for
ms route ana no expense spared to render them
In point Of speed they are uneguslIsd and In
command OF experienced and gsntiemsnly OIL rs
They leave New YORK alternately every w Ed
yESDAY and SATURDAY for Richmond At .
O'clock Ee,arnins .ssy isa,s re, sissPona ioy
At high understanding at Norfolk going and re-
turning.
The patrons Of this line and the public gene.
rally will please to bear In mind that the rates Of
fregh, wifi always be found as cheap Is by other
lines.
The price of passage IL greatly reduced so much
an "a 10 render II decidedly To the interest Of the
nublic to patI 70 this route over all others.
For further Information inquire OF the under
signed GARRET Y. WATSON,
an 2o-,s Rockets.
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pI A Nos!pyos,,H yluu
JOHN w. DAVIES l. SONS,
RICHMON MUSICAL EXCHAN GR,
No. 1873 MAIN STREET,
sole agents for
sTIEFF'S PREMIUM PIANo-FoRTEs.

These instruments have been before the public
FOR TIE LAST THIRTY YEARS, in competition
with the best makers Of the country, and are now
pronounced by ALL THE LEADING PROF ESSoRS
AND AMATEURS the
BEST PIANOS MANUFACTURED
These instruments have ALL THE LATEST I'M.
PEOVEMENTS, and are
WARRANTED FOR FIVE YEARS,
with the privilege Of exchange within twelve
months If not entirely satisfactory
to the purchaser.
Wa refer to the following persons, who have
STIEF1 PIANOS now in use:
General r. T. Lgs, Washington College, Licking
ton;
D. b. PAYNE i Bro, Lynchburg;
Rev. 4. Z. Phillips, Virginia Female Institute /;
Miss MARY BALDWIN, Female School, and J. G..
CAvEL, Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute, Staunton !;
Professor L. A. AABoLD, Richmond.
call from all in want of SUPERIOR PIANOS
Is solicited. Terms liberal. ls2-s
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VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Y SUMMER SCHEDULE.-Ths 7 ROU u II
PASSENGER TRAIN on and after SATURDAY,
June 90 will leave Richmond Sundays excepted
at 1880 A. M, and arrive al Jackson's River At 100
Z. n. -
THROUGH TICKETS sold ria Trotter 4 Co.'S
Stage Line for Harrisonburg, Winchester, ard
other points on Valley Turnpike a a, to STU
Warm, Hot, Healing and White sulphur sprirS
and by Hartman CO. Stage Line to Lexington,
Natural Bridge, and Rockbridge Baths also, ria
Virginia ard Tennessee railroad tor Nashville,
Memphis, Atlanta, montgomery, Mobile, New Or
leans, and Orange and Alexandra road To Lynch
burg and other important points In the sonth west
The Trains make CLOSE CONNECTIONS with
Trains on Orange and Alexandra railroad north
and south and through them with the Virginia and
Tennessee railroad.
The NIGHT TRAIN is discontinued for the pre-.
sent. ~ ~
An ACCoMMoDATIoN TEAM will be run be-
tween stanton and Richmond on MONDAYS,
WEDNESDAYS, and SATURDAYS, leaving staun-
ton Al q 36A NJ arriving IN Richmond at 10 ~
u. Leave Richmond same days AZ J. Is L. M, ana
arrive at stanton nj IL 20 =. NJ.
FREIGHT TRAIN on TUESDAY, THURSDAY
"H1 "a /. MA ii D. wHITCoMB.
jsl5 General Superintendent.