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TINE PRESIDENT oF the TRAVELLERS clue AND wcuM
MAckenMA
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

NkW hosk, August :, 1909
Herewith you have a document, printed in Spanish,
entitled Two Letters 10 Don Abelardo Nuhey upon
Human Vanity or Ambassador and Criminal. Printed
expressly for private circulation Santiago de Chile"
These letters dated New York, March To- 1s60 and
signed by Benjamin vicuna MacKcnna They contain
sixteen pages niled for the most part with ndelca,e
csrcatures Of citizens who received Scnor Mac
Kenns with kindness, and vulgar, ndiscrminsts
are ' ID. originals from when sa'' were % taken % III.
extracts contained In Chilean correspondence few
days since and which give only faint idea OF tho silly
esions OF this famous Chilean special cQani diplomat,
ambassador, or whatever he may lie called. You will
perceive the document Is printed Now York aud In
form for convenient and extensive circulation
presume individual mentioned by sehor Mac
Kenna will take his remarks very seriorsy 10 heart.
Judging from his letters and performance generally 10
appears b. the embodiment OF sv vanity 70 grtfy
which be prostitutes lis accomplishments, ignores the
principle OF gratitude sacrifices his honor and dsgraees
FIRST met scaor MacRcnna ths eli, comrsnv with
the Minister from Chilc. scnor As,e.b .bnrunso knew
the Senors mi son 20 this country, and had heard him
spoken Of A. member Of the Chiic House OF Repre-
scntaiivcs distinguished for he patriotism and elc-
aucnoc and such introduced him the audience
tho occasion Of his lecture before te Travellers Club
His story abou, The pile ~ hooks ! almost wholly fab
rcation and his entire account Of the AMIR Is tho
To add pquancy 10 thi. corrcspondenec and AZ ,,ug
sequel beg leave 10 Offer The foowing note rccegsd
from ihe Scior The day q his departure
Hsw yoEx, June ~ 1870.
DxAr sR--A ohsa ~ cirs,r.snces hs. prevented ras
from showing " you how fnuch sensible o; the Ainf-
Tor which ! am indebted a.
To-day, before irrsrsurr feel bound
sSr more sa :. a.. ss ~ rns. ssae .aessca n se
crrnpshing hcre has b~-n through your risrsiior
request you 20 receive hski regards snd Looping st
NAV hc able t. sYi IA >anA.n ds tAh TAX MT
leave 81 you. and rrinsr. yer. truly. yegr., ,py
BFSI. SINt - MAtkENNA:
Perhaps th,, on leaving ibe country soDcthing lks
conrition thls extraordinary specimen %
thileau diplomat when ~ rcacc,cd how he hsd served
and the Institution " which bavc 1e honor 70 %
President in that same Santiago de shie 10 "h'n no
w1s going -, =.
Asa ildicrous diplomatic cscsrafc ani breach OF
In f,n IN ,ha thpc fr v,st tho ChcuO Sehor Don
BENJAMIN. ycnaa Va, kennn ~ tue nitcd Ststes wm
'ON@ 'f'1 Epy4R MAR
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The CASE or GENERAL RoussEAu.-As We
anticipated the late constituents OF General
Rousseau have nominated him again for Con-
gress, and he will, no doubt, resume the seat
which he recently resigned upon being repri-
msuded for Furnishing Mr.. GrinnelL. General
Rousseau has just issued an address in which
be ridicules the whole affair in Congress- and
describes the scene Of his receiving ccnsure as
like "Pope's description OF an excited spinster."
lie says that he lodged the Sergeant-at-Arms
by walking up to the bar alone to receive his
punishment He concludes his remarks on the
subject by saying
have no regret FOR my conduct In the matter,
would have chaslised Grinnell At every hazard and
would do u again 70 morrow under similar circum.
stances No man shall insult, with impunity, my
people myself and this issue submit the cass to
your hands.
This whole affair shows how one-sidcd Con-
gresa can be, and how very like farce II Is to
infiict punishment upon an offending member
which ID sure 70 be followed bya reward at the
hands Of his constituents How much better
would II be TO have m efncient Speaker In the
chair, who would check the use OF violent Ian
guage, and prevent the necessity Of resort
70 physical sesee eul Of doors.
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nflru nr s,rEIri NMIMLs.

fnI-,t,xp Ne, August lsoA
IyekeI whitman, v |. ~ graduate of brown
University In ises aud chsi Jusice 81 the supreme
Court Of Maine from is4i 10 October ~ iss when he
resigned, died at Iasi Bsidge.sier Mss' on the iss
inst aged ninety years HIS funeral took place TIL
morning. attended nv The members Of the Mar and -
i.rye concourse OF cti4ens
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usArs Of COLONEL JOHN surHtsssu.

HIcHNU<b, w. AuEutt f11o
Colonel John Rutherford who presided st the rsrens
msssnss of the STATE Central Committee died Suddenly
last night as IN advanced ase Ne su for several yeas
Lieutenant Covsrnor Of virginia
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All advertisements handed In until half past nine
O'Clock in the evening will be classified under appro-
pirate head ngs but proper classification cannot be
nEared efter thai hour
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The Internal Revenue Law and the Tax ri
Agriculture.

The Internal Revenue Law and the Tax on
Agriculture.
II Congress had attempted to legislate es-
pecially against the best interests Of this coun-
try and in favor Of foreign capital and specu-
lators, it could not have succeeded more
triumphantly than in the new Internal Revenue
law, as IL stands The assembled wisdom of
portion of the nation pretended to relieve the
people Of the enormous pressure Of taxation,
and made great parade Of articles exempt
from duty-somc hundreds in number. But Il
is q curious fact that the articles 80 declared
exempt scarcely ever have paid the expense Of
collecting the revenue upon them; and as for
contributing to the relief OF the people, the
amended Internal Revenue law adds to instead
for example, the tax taken OF the articles here
tofore taxable, we find that the revenue will
not be lessened by that means, while the tax
Of three cents per pound on great agricultural
staple, cotton. will increase the revenue some
twenty or twenty-five millions The Internal
Revenue law Is, therefore, worse and more
onerous than II was originally.
Tnis pOunu TAX on coton IL u most unn'ces-
ssry and grievous burden TO he entire popula-
sion ofthe country-to the planters and cultivs-
tors in the South 40 well as 10 the consumers in
the North. II is o tax upon an interest that has
hitherto received lenicnt consideration at the
hands Of Legislators all over the civilized
word-the agricultursl; and ii seems that II
has been len for the Solons Of enlightened
aud liberal America 10 inaugirate the sys-
tenn Of imposing q serious and cripplng
tax upon staple product Of their own soil.
During the rebellion the American cotton
growing interest became almost paralyzed.
II Is now struggling for new life, and, instead OF
retarding Its growth by the infiction Of heavy
tax. II was the plain duty Of Congress to
encourage iis resusctation in every way pos
sible We had hardly got well into civil strife
before foreign nations began 10 cultivate the
staple in their own Indian and South American
dominions England, particularly, stimulated
Its cultivation In her Egyptian and East Indian
possessions in short, wherever cotton could
be grown with success or prospective profit,
It's culture was commenced. English capt.
talsis went largely into the business, and
some extensive and costly establishments
were erected and new communities settled In
cotton growing latitudcs Il was the cslcula-
tion Of these capitalists that the rebellion In
America would never be pus down, or II 10
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NEWS FROM NEW osltlSs.

Nsw ORLsASs, August 4, 1888
There have been heavy shipments OF gold from here
during the past week, part on government accoaut
Lieutenant Butts Of The Frsedmens Bureau has been
murdered By Aighwayusn n Jsctpa parsh
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TaE INJUNCTION MANIA--NO better evidence
can be furnished of the decline in the standard
of judges in this country than the numerous
injunctions issued on all sides and on the most
trivial questions Our judges at one time
considered that On injunction should never be
resorted to except in great emergency and
upon questions OF great moment affecting the
interests Of the people. But that rule now seems
to be reversed, especially in this city. Injunc-
tions have become ss plenty as taxes but in
stead OF being issued by the judges 10 protect
the interests Of the people they are issued for
the special benefit Of few men, such US spec
ulators, jobbers, monopolists. and those
conducting business injurious to the public
morals and health. II = speculstor in Wall
street finds that he cannot make all the money
he desires by complying with the laws he st
once applies for and obtains an Injunction
setting the law one side in his case. The
corner groggeries, finding that the law compels
them to submit to certain regulations, at
once obtain an injunction, thus secur-
ing the privilege Of overriding the
law. The Legislature. at the demand
Of the people, enscts a law 10 abolish certain
nuisances which are known TO be detrimental
to the health Of the neighborhood, breeding
diseases Of all kinds. The moment that m
effort Is made to enforce the law tho parties
engaged in the business thus specially marked
aud condemned apply for an Injunction that will
enable them to continue their nuissnces to the
imminent danger oil the health OF the metropo-
lis. Three or four judges come forward and
grant all the injunctions asked. But we have
not yet heard of any injunction being granted
to protect the people. to stop the ravages Of
the cholera, or in aid Of any movement TO
protect the health, lives or interests OF the
people.
Owing 70 soms eausc--ws will not pretend
tosay what--sll these injunctions are issued in
favor Of the party who has money to spend 10
get them. and to assist parties in increasing
their wealth at the expense OF the mass OF the
people. This il singular circumstance. We
do not wish 10 give The Inference that the judges
share in the profits arising from their course,
but the way the power Of the bench has been
used OF late leads to many suspicious. We are
pleased to see that the agitation Of the ques-
tion has caused change Of front by some OF
our Judicial officers. Judge McCunn has at last
become convinced that fat melting and bone
boiling establishments are really nuisance
and dangerous TO the public health. This is
certainly progress. But II would have been
much better If he had tskon the course adopted
by Judge Barnard at the outset, and had ex-
hibited more respect for the law than he did
for nuisanccs. The latter does not seem to be
anxious TO make himself ridiculous BY declar-
ing every law enacted as being unconssisu-
tionsl. ButMcCunn and Cardozo appeared de-
termined TO make themselves famous - judicial
ofscer in showing their disrespecs for all Law.
Cardcso carried tLis mania 90 fAr that he has
found u necessary 70 leave the city 70 escape
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NEEDLESS ALARM ABOUT THE CaoLEeA-Some
silly people are getting alarmed about the
cholera in this city. Provincial newspapers,
like those Of Chicago, Boston. Philadelphia
and elsewhere, make great parade about a
few deaths reported to be cholera for the pur-
pose Of preventing country merchants and
pleasure travellers from visiting our city. We
stated from the beginning Of the cholera re-
ports that the disease did not exist in an cpl
demic form, and the experience Of the past FIVE
or six weeks fortiies us in our opinion. BY
scientific and credible authorities we are
assured that the Asiatic cholera In malignant
form scarcely ever scourges the same locality
beyond q consecutive period Of forty days.
Furthermore, we know that the real malady s
frequently cOnfounded with Others which are
less fatal. These diseases are called sporadic
cholera, cholera morbus, cholera infantum.
DC. and are generally confined TO adults and
children who live in impure localities, or TO
those who psrtake Of un wholesome food, indulge
m unripe fruit, wilted and indigcstible vege-
tables and other natural sources of illness,
from the attacks of which large per centage
recover. II Is different with the genuine Asiatic
cholera. That dreadful scourge does not stop
to select its victims, but, as it were by at
mospheric electricity, attacks and prostrates
alike the high and low, the cleanly and
the squalid. Az a correspondent has remarked,
against such calamity all precautions are
powerless. The poisoned column crosses its
allotted space at its caprice, sowing death and
desolation in its path. The recapitulation OF .
few facts will demonstrate to the intelligent
reader that there Is really no cause for appre-
hending that the genuine cholera has ap-
peared or will appear in the city the present
season. No diagnosis of what has been report
ed to be fatal case of cholera has been made
which agrees with former experience Of what
the malady really is. We find in some Of the
public hospitals and barracks mere tyros in
information and experience respecting the real
type Of the scourgs. They treat simple case
Of cholera morbus as they would the giant dis
temper itself. and make up reports the burden
OF which is something about g rice water dis
charges and " collapse and there Is the end
Of the subject. II would be we'll for the Board
Of Health 10 examine into the competency OF
some OF the physicians who report cases OIL
legged to be cholera. in order to ascertain
whether they know what the disease really il.
Much anxiety and needless alarm would be
prevented II the public folt assured that those
doctors who make these reports were persons
in whom implicit reliance could be placed.
We repeat the expression Of our belief that the
genuine Asistic cholera ha, not appeared in
the city The present season, or II 1t has that it,
period Of prevalence as an epidemic has al
ready passed.
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was that II would leave but the sorry wreck Of
IN exhausted and impoverished ma tion- To
save themselves from q commercial and social
revuislon consequent upon the failure Of the
supply Of cotton, British manufacturers, capi-
talists and speculators engaged heavily in these
cotton growing enterprises Banks were es-
tablished on the strength of the cotton income;
large commercial houses sprung up, based upon
q similar foundation; even gigantic railroad
undertakings were contemplated and laid out
ON the strength Of the supposed enormous yield
Of cotton, the growth Of other countries than
America But our country survived. She came
out Of the tremendous conflict little weak
and weary, but within space Of time marvel
lously brief she recuperatsd her energies, went
grandly to work again, and is now once
more upon the high road Of prosperity
spectators went by the board. Already
smashed-up British capitalists, or the living
debris Of suspended British commercial houses,
como here to mend their broken china, to patch
up old fortunes recklessly squandered in some
dazzling cotton growing, blockade running, or
American railroad scheme. Whatever may
occur In this oountry-whether we have ter
rible war, stupendous enterprise, famine, a
pestilence, or season Of great commercial and
agricultural prosperity-there Is always an
itching on the part of British capitalists and
speculators to make something out Of our good
or evil fortune. In this philanthropic labor we
have seen by the action of Congress that our
radicals are ready to assist the British money
mongers and cotton spinners. BY placing this
atrocious tax upon cotton, the greatest and
most valuable Of either OF our other agricul-
tural products, Congress not only cripples our
own resources, but encourages cotton growing
in rival countries. In reality the radicals have
accorded protection in favor OF foreign cotton
growers and against those Of our country
to tie amount Of twenty-five millions per
annum. The loyal people Of the North, being
the principal consumers, have TO bear this enor-
nous burden in addition to the many others
arising from scandslous and unequal taxation.
This is fact that cannot be denied; and if the
destructive legislation Of the radicals continues
in the same manner, excmpting taxation on
articles that do not come into general con-
sumption and increasing it upon an article that
does, like cotton, the people must come TO their
own rescue, and by their ballots in every Con-
gressional district show that they are deter
mined no longer to endure radical, or, in
words more appropriate, tyrannicai, plundering
and job legislation.
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..CftARLIY WHITES COMBINATION TROUPE, a
Mechanics Hall. AZ BrOadway--is VARIETY or LrGH1
ssp LAuciARLE ENTERTAINMENTS, CoRPs BArLEr. &c
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TERRACE GARuEN, Third Avenue, between Fifty
eghh AID ty ntath treots.-rHEo. Ta0N 0KaursIEAL
GiEpss Gov Ya;Ts commencing nj O'Clock.
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BIEEcKEa STREET CIRCUS between Perry and
Charles str ets.-RipISo, yAuLTiSc, &c
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NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

New York, Sunday, August ., 1855.
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TONY PAsroRS OPERA house, 2oi Bowery-Coxc
vocALIsM--SeGao MINsTRELsY-BALLEr pIvRRIIssna1Sr
&c-HoAE IRON ThE WAR.
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AMusESENTs TOMORROW EVENING.

WOODS PuEATRE. broadway. opposite the ST Nichola.
Hotel.-fRA DAvALo-fnK KorGu DIAMOND
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HooLEf's OPERA HOUSE, Brookiyn. .-ErrroFiAS xty
psnxLsY-hA tADs BueLtsoUss AND PASroxIxsS
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NEW YORK MUSEUM op ANATOMY. CTS Broadway
LsCURRs OKy- HyDgooES MtcnosoorE twic,
daily. Orsn rom A. NJ. TIL 10 +. NJ
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pay half and the city pay the other half under the
direction the Aqueduct Department. and that Inc
accompanying ordinance therefor be adopted.
Which was adopted by the following vote:- 49,
Anlrmatiye--Aldermen Conan, Norton, hcbren, rynn'
shannon Gedney, Ely Ryers. Reilly, Brice, haserson
Report Of Committee Streets In favor OF adopting reso
tion as folows:-
Resolved. That crosswalk be laid Watts street
from the southeast 70 the southwest corner OF the same az
Its intersection with Greenwich street, under the drccon
of the Croton Aqueduct Board and that the
ordinance therefor be adopted.
Which adopted by the following vote =
Ani1natiye.Al Conan Norton, Mcbrien, Fiynn'
Varnum and McGnnis-l3
Report Committee Streets in favor Of adopting reso-
luton follows: -
Resolved to the Corporation be and is
hereby authorized directed to take the necessary legal
proceedings open and extend Worth street. from Baxter
street to Chatham square, accordance with the accom-
panying map drawn by Isaac Ludlan, City Surveyor,
and bearing date July, 1885,
While the same was being read.
Alderman MAsrERsOH moved to suspend the reading and
rscommit the paper 10 the committee
Alderman MCBRES here withdrew the general order ana
II resumed its place the list Of unfinished business.
- MOTIONS AGAIN RESUMED
Alderman HAsrERs0N moved that the Board DO now ad
journ.
Which was carried by the following vote:-
ETY. kyers, Reilly Brice Masterson, Varnum aud McGin-
Negatve-Aldermen McBrien and Shannon-2.
Ana the PRESIDENT announced that stood until
Monday next, the 7th instant, at two O'Clock r NJ:
ID. T. VALENTINE, Clerk.
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RELIEVED.
Surgeon Charles Page breyct lieutenant colonel
United States Army, from duty Ia the Department Of
Virginia and ordered 20 duty medical director De-
Tartment Of North Carolina
ORpFRED.
Assistant surgeon John yanant, brcyot major United
States army, 10 duty IN the Department OF Arkansas
CAsHfEREp.
captain william r. Goodwin. Sixty-nnh United States
eo'orcd uops
DfsHoNoRABLY DISMISSED.
,uI Leuttnant William H. Gray, fDs United States
colorcd cavalry
=. DISMISSED.
tSp'ain NJ Billstne Fourth United States coicred
savsry.
RhPoRrkD ron DUTY.
brcve ,olone' Nelson n Davis Assistant nspccte<
General Uated 6lsses Army for the District Of New
weIco.
MfsCBIiANHors
All persons desiring 20 have arms examined nv the
Board Of Ordnance, In In Wellington NUT
prsent them on or before Monday Nav 2f The Board
wW hrsh her abcrs and Gle their rcpOr ~ the tth OF
June
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MUNICIPAL AFFAIR S.

Board OF Aldermen.
foFrfcfAL.l
SPECIAL STsSsiON--WppNEspAy May Ill 2. NJ
The Board met pursuant 10 tho following call
NEw loRk, May, l, 1866
vsisSrisr. Esq. Clerk OF Common Council
DkAn sR.iou are hereby requested TO notify the mem.
bcrs Of the Board Of Aldermen special session
70 morrov the 2dinst At O'Clock r. NJ IN the chamber
~ the toad Tor Tie purpose of transacn such public bust
before them
yANEs OBRIEN, Fifteenth district
ibohAr CONAN, Second district
!thATlus FLYNN, Ftfth district
JOHN MOORE, FIRST district
W. kLY, Eighth district
ioskFH SHANNON. sixth district
JOHN Bkftf, Eleventh district
rntkLES hcBRlEN, Fourth district
,uAkIfS y. LOEW, Twelfth district
ROBERT hcGfNNtS, sixteenth district
W. w. 1EDNEY seventh district
MICHAEL NORTON. Third district
rresen-John broe Esd President In the chair and the
following member:--
Aldermen Moore, Conan Norton, Mcnrien Tiynn shan.
non, Gcdney Bly, Ryers Reilly Loew Mastersr Varpurp
% Brien, Actsinnis and Van voofhis-T,
ON motion the reading Of the minutes Of the ias
lag was dispencd With
~ Alderman Rutty-
AsOspIsArcs for the inspection OF street stands siv.
showcases. starways hoist~sys awnings. ralroat,,
sycno~ There shall ~ officer to be called the seu
pcnsDdcB, Of P.rmisn who shall b. appoihiea By and
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ARMY BULLETIN.

OrP,CERs OF THE REGULAR ARMY RECOMMENDED
eoR PROMOTION, By BREvET,' TO THE GRADE OF
MAJOR GENERAL IN TIE REGULAR ARMY, FOR
GALLANT AND MERIToRIOUs SERVICES, MAZE BY
raE BOARD OF GENERAL OFFICERS ASSEMBLED
AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ON THE l4rH OF
MARCH, 1866.
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oPPICRRs OF THE REGULAR ARMY RECOMMENDED
FOR PROMOTION, ETC., BY BREvET, TO GRADE OF
MAJOR, LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND COLONEL.
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LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE REGrIAR ARMY RE-
COMMENDED FOR PROMOTION BY BREvET, TO
THE GRADE OF BROADER GENERAL THE
REGULAR ARMY.
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-Pre%m roak Colonel -
}. Dat from Name Of battle campaign.
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Board or Councilmen.

OFFICIAL.
SPECIAL SESSION, WEDNESDAY, May 2-l r. NJ.
The Board met In their Chamber, No. l6 City Hail. pur
suant TO the following CALI
NEW YORK, May !, 1866
EDWIN NJ HAGERrY Esq., Clerk Of Board Councimen.
SIRYou hereby respectfully requested the
Board Of Councmen on Wednesday, the I'd instant at
T. M for the purpose OF raasacting such business
come before the Board
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Date Of Bat
Names To date from aeor Cam Name of Battle or
pdgn. Campaign.
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acting such business as may
MORRIS A. TYING,
CHARLES ROSTER,
CORNELIUS FLYNN,
JAMES @. BRINKMAN,
GEO. II. MACKAY,
A. II. KEECH.
GEORGE HETTkIcK.
BERNARD KENNEY,
MICHAEL uALLORAN,
JOHN sTACOM,
=. ii. KEENAN,,
ISAAC ROBINSON,
STEPHEN ROBERTS.
n, Stacom, Flynn, Robinson,
Il vIrli.a A.,kau H.