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T. following is the vote in detail /.

Mr. MORRIS then moved the following! Substitutes:
~ That ID hereby tender IT, thanks 10 Col arf
% he Convention ha adjourn. the las, day Of is session, dnlng
the present month adjourn meet az said Amor" or 'nh DINER
of NrHlork be secured nee OF expense 70 mo
state Committee q Three 20 b. appointed by the fte.deuN
Mr. CHURCH offered the following substitute: go
olrsd That Convention viii proceed 10 toe comp euon o. tue
.re on the exclusion - all other business ana recon
mend H. admission people for their adoption ~ Tue Legislature
80 dc Couruton viii adjourn subject % being rcassembed
OF compeug ~ business
Tho PRESIDENT ruled Mr. Church's substitute Out OF
order as not being german the subject under cOsder
ton. ,,,.. -..,t... 80, 10
table Lost: 81 To 90. , t..,
Mr. NORRIS moved the previous question on his reso-
luton and IL was ordered: 80 % %.
AINDRD moved to adjourn.
Sir. VEEDER raised the point Of order that MOTION
IN adouru could not entertained the previous ques-
ton having been ordered Oh the resolution oneou Dy MI
The PRESIDENT ruled that the point Of order was not
Tho motion 10 adjourn WAS lost-ll 20 60.
Mr.. ALVORD moved 70 postpone the whole question:
The President decided the motion out Of order under
the operation OF the previous question. 49, GU.
Mr. ALNORD appealed from the decision OF the ChhI'
The Char WAS slstained--Ieas, 100. Nays, none.
Mr. FOLGER moved u adjourn Lost-i2 10 - >,
Several motions were made To postpone anu dliOu,u
when the PRESIDENT announced the special order tue
consideration OF the report OF the Committee on the
Powers aud Duties OF the Legislature. -,
Mr. SYLVESTER moved 10 lay tle speclh otucr VI 1h1
table. Lost 81 10 90. 49,, ,-.---. .,
Mr. FOLGER said it was evident very little business OF
pr0a could be transacted to-day and therefore he moved
H. adjourn Carried and the Convention ADJOURNED u AZ
o'clock tomorrow morning. a.. -
The following list OF the absenees fron TINS morn
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EXHIBITION OF CLAY-MANUFACTURING MA
CHIMES.

EXHIBITION OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MA
CHIMES
A large number of capitalists and inventors
yesterdayvsred the Works OF the Crossman Clay and
Manufacturing Company at Woodbridge n. j., where
they witnessed the operation Of patent brick pipe and
tile machines, and Iugrahams ditchng machine. The
steamboat, Magenta which had been chartered by the
Messr Crossman conveyed the party from the city ar
irving az the Works at II O'Clock. The Messrs Crossman
having organized joint stock company, which includes
the inventors Of the machinery, have advertised
that they will dispose Of all the old machinery,
consisting OF temperi1e, tile, aud pipeclay ma
chimes, brick mOlds beside about toOoVo worm
OF bricks and IA large quantity OF Gay recently
mined. To-day about 2i0 shares OF t9 nu" C Soi,
pany valued at $4,000 belonging 10 the Messrs Cross
man. will be sold After witnessing the opeLaO
machinery there trial OF lngrahh,m I
which was "A decided success. IL digs the uto" anu
moves the dirt without gearing. Inc PII "i aX,os
double one end resting on the beam.wheeii a1 is
and The other end on tho eleyatorwheel h NV,
These wheels stand on tho bottom Oh NY oSad
and the sides OF the ditch are not sh"non ,iuu
shatterod but are smoothly cut uue, PnhIoh,
and perpendieular. The tendency OF lhls - o.ant
tic machine cheapens the manufacture OF we bne.
itching machines adds 10 tho value OF the VIZ .
Tho Crossman Company nave some OF the DesV ~, I
Ia Woodbridge A railroad throefOurtHs W "a III -
Nppib connects the clay bank and factories ~ ~, 80
ON the sbp chanur Oi te Rlran RiVer lat NUM- isar
slpmeut direct to the CONSUMERS by ocea Srners
or canal navigation. Fifteen years ago Wv nj, ~ ~
oyniu tIie clay banks at Woodbridge WeIo y, Us ,,,'
twCuft tye cents per tun IL Is SOU ~ 20 49,, I'D
pho.e to commenced manufacturing zen 9cnii i,t
| mailing hut rude implements ana ehpl,,2 Nu,ir.'
fcw lahAr,'s; vet some ~ them ore nov III ia Gr.t
| Tho organization Ot tee Gresham No"t"N' 80. Wv
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attempt made to supply the demand for sewerRf mo
OF which has TO be imported from Europe Mllons ol
dollars are sent ont of the country annually We IL Is 30
much needed at lOme for article which can pc man
uiactured cheaper ana better from I'M.
enrchng our own citizens Instead Of those OF another
company The sale Of the effects OF the Messis CIos
man win take place to-day at IL O'CLOCK Ale pa
Magenta will leave BaFcayst pier at O'Clock; ISrsos
DESTROYS Of attending the sale reach NoodptI1ge vi
time nv taking the 10 O'clock train NewJersey haiVau
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ANOTHER MURDER IN THE RoURTH WARD.
David Scott a sailor, was shot dead last
night by another sailor James Griffin by name, while
standing on the sidewalk IN Cberrst near J2mes They
had been drinking in saloon near by and had quar-
relied scotts body taken to the Oakst Police sta
ton The ball entered his breast and killed him almost
Instantly. Griffin was arrested.
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r,,rnardinnr, Merit Appresiated.

have for three years Rave also nseI severn
other bud far Superior 20 any OF them
~ of our family have m u the Wilcox Eies
Nsrn,,-Wh asss appreciation OF ~ eHtraon mer-
Later OF is D. L. Lord san Francesca Ca t"g % '0'
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Table and Piano Cover

Vs, s Curtains Satin Brocaee and Terry Curtan, after
the st Parsss designs; Elder Down Comiorahes Blankets Vm
, W. insn r,br Damahs In sets for Holiday Presents
WayrN Importer Upholstery Goods and Linens No oSo b'o~"E'
N..I.gr In4rfh-
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POLITICAL
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
TIIE MAYoBAL1

THE MAYoRALTY OF MANCHESTER.
MANCHESTER, n. H., Dec. 1l.-James A.
Weston Democrat, has been chosen Mayor over Clarke
the present Republican incumbent, by 800 majority.
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PENNSYLVANIA.

THE PHILADELPHIA UNION LEAGUE.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l1.-AlayOr McMichael
was r,rcied Vice President Of the Union League
Monday gut aud a0t defeated 40 enormously reported
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sp,tial 9Otius.


Why DON'T you save your Cinders, Good Pe0pie' ms
MAGIC AsH-sFTER IL worth It's wegs' IN goh' you" ' ~
So In three tuns Of coal price md viii las lifetime
Office No 254 Broadway, MY
Trion Republican General COinmistee. -, -,
The regular monthly meeting Of the above committee ~.
solhWes Of Broadway AMI fWen ou
It on THURSDAY EVE, Dec r. at7i ococh Fuh''uA aeD'
is requested cu,s SpEvCRRl Chairman
WV DRrsNoSp, fseoretsrieS
\ STToSG
Inc Executive 00ni'''s ~ WALDO HUrsHTNS, Chairman
sixth Assembly District Grant Club The heoss o. zen
Grant are invited meeting % The t nrr II
onoct N- ~ "A. PARMENEER Presiiebs
JAMES H. CAMPBELL Secretary
Twentieth DISTRICT Union Republican u y, "a
The Executive Committee viii THIS tlburdsl ~ y
anoeI On Dotv5 JAMES p. WALKER Chairman
n. H. BABcOOK H., Secretary. -------
American Observation-Disclosures BRANCH viii meet
THIS hur.lav EVENING AZ O'Clock, Room No - cooper
Building TopcS-L New lnyeptons and Dse2,,,i@
=. =. list.s'-A
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A Grent Announcement:
A NEW STORY


BY
EMERSON BENNETT
EMERSON BENNETT
EMERSON BENNETT
EMERSON BENNETT
EMERSON BENNETT
EMERSON BENNETT
EMERSON BENNETT
EMERSON BENNETT
VIII b. commenced TO-DAY in the
NETWORK WEEKLY.
NETWORK WEEKLY.
NETWORK WEEKLY.
NETWORK WEEKLY.
NETWORK WEEKLY.
lTgE GREATEST STORY AND SKETCH PAPER IN rns
UNITED STATESli
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following GiuS is LIST Of the absentces frcn this morn

'g G6s..h.-9 D,socrsi,. %, Republican,, q
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-21

speaks for itself. General Grant be-
longs to the Radicals. Their title to
him is clear and unquestionable. Let
them take him. They are welcome to
him. Among the letters which ac-
company the extraordinary endorse
ment under notice. we observe, is one
in which General Grant undertook to
set before the President the awful
consequences of removing Sheridan
and Stanton, or either of them. The
letter and the endorsement together
very efectually put an end to General
Grants political Importance. The
one shows that his political principles
are utterly unsound; and the other
shows that he is as deficient Ia polit-
zeal sense as he is in political sound
ness. We for some time sus-
pected as much, The fact is, the
truths concerning General Grant has
been too long unspoken. He is a
stupendous humbug; and the sooner
the conservatives recognize the tact
and act upon it the better for them
selves and for the country. Any fur
Their persistence in the opposite
course would be suicidal stupidity.
If we are going to dice with the
Radicals, let US not load their die.
Let US rather take out the load which
by some inexplicable faulty we have
already put ia it, For our own part,
we confess that we are more di gusted
with Gen. Grant than we have ever
been before with any. public man of
any party. There is a meanness In
his housing for the Presidency which
is inexpressibly s;ckening.
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NE VS. TTRO1A.


Gold closed in New York, yesterday
at l3I.
The Governor of Yucatan has been
forcibly deposed.
Mrsand Mrs. JEFF. Davis have goaesto
New Orleans. r-E3e ~
A. H. Stephens is going North. hs-.
Lorenzo Thomas is to be reinsta,ed as
Adjutant General of the Grand Army. in
afew days. by order of the President. $50
The Secretary of state, it is understood,
IS preparing a paper on the rights Of
American naturalized citizens, which VIII
be sent in at an early day.
The Foreign Affairs Committee OF the
House have determined to take no action
on the question appropriation for Alaska
until they have received the information
called for from the Secretary of state.
II is stated that the Ways and Means
Committee are at present decidedly in
favor OF sustaining the Revenue Bureau,
in its order requiring the use of the lice
meter by liquor manufacturers.
The House Judiciary Committee viii
not report on the question of allowing
the members of Congress extra mileage
for the last session of the present Con-
gress, till after the holidays, when, it
is supposed, they viii report against it,
1t is supposed that the real cause OF the
great disaster on the Lake Shore Railroad
was caused by the breaking of a car wheel.
FOrty-four dead bodies were recovtre =
from the car that burned, most of whom.
1t is supposed, were killed by the coueus-
sion Of the car when 1t struck the ice.
General Steedman has gone to New Or
leans HIS friends have abandoned the
attempt to supplant Com missioner Roll
Inns Of the Revenue Bureau. 1t is said
that both the President and Secretary
McCulloch are satisfied with the manner
In which Rollins discharges his duties. q
Forsix months, up to the end of Novem-
Der, the tax on crude spirits collected in
the State of Illinois only amounted to
$4,000. During The four months ending
at the same date last year, a single dis
tlegy in Quincy, in that state, paid
5000 taS.
In an ARRAY at Crestliue, Ohio, on
Wednesday night, James Davio, engineer
on the Plttsburg, Fort Wayne and Chtca-
go Railroad, and stephen Hol and, Ere
man on the same road, were attacked with
knives by two ruffians, brothers, named
Poet, avis received six wounds, which
will probably cause his death. Holland
was only 81 ghtly cut. The Poets weIe ar
reste
The Committee on Foreign reissi9ns has
decided TO report to the Honse again. ask
ing the President to interfere in the case
of McMahon, the clergyman from Indi-
ana, who was arrested in Canada lastyear,
during the Fenian raid, on charge OF be-
ing connected with that organization, and
since then kept in close confinement
A ton of quartz from the Vermilltou gold
regions was brought to st. Paul, Mime
sofa, recently, and yielded eight pounds OF
mixed gold and silver bullion, worth over
500. Spectators in st. Paul are said to be
buying all the Vermi1lion mining stock
they can lay hands on.
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Important 90 AdEertisers.

The ctrcalaticn of the JOURNAL IN
the City Of, EDansvilSe is three ti1ses
as large as that of aay other ae,o$po-
Our circulation IN Indiana and
Illinois is greater than any other Reacs-
paper published IN tbis City. sses q
In Kentucky It Is more than all the
other Evansville popers combined.
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TO Correspondents.

We never notice communications
not accompanied with the name OF
the author, who must be made known
to us if unacquainted
Write on only one side Of the paper.
Don't write unless you have some
thing to say of interest to the public
and be as briefas the subject will al
low.
The publication of a comnunica-
ton is no evidence that the editors
adopt its sentiments. The author is
alone responsible for them.
Communications should be address
ed to the Editors of the JOURNAL -
and not to individuals. nnhf A
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INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY,
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA.
Turner's, Take Notice!

KTTE n EREEBY MAIN All OUT
Wv side Turner's Y no coHtern plate COM
ing to Evansville. that We have stopped
work on account OF a reduction Of wages.
IL being impossible TO make "A Twin for
ourselves and families al present prices.
1acTa Il
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The journal Abroad.

Our citizens who. are absent from
the city and want to see the DAILY
JOURNAL, viii find it regularly on file
in Cincinnati at the Mercantile Libra
~; in Chicago at the Board of Trade
Rooms in St. Louis at the Mercan-
tile Library; in Indianapolis at the
Bates House. and At St. Nicholas
Hotel, New York.
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THE following charming reading we

THE following charming reading we
copy from the Louisville Journal OF
Thursday. We commend it to the
careful consideration of the Republi-
cans who have been disposed to doubt
the souudness Of General GRANT on
the prominent political question of
reconstruction. The Journal makes
pretty strong case against the Gen
eral, as being the Father of the Re
construction Scheme adopted by Con-
gress. Not only that, but the Gener-
al is stupendous humbug,'' accord
ing TO that very consistent and relia-
BILE paper. That the General is stu
pendous, we admit, and that he has
set up a humming in Democratic ears,
we do not doubt, but further than
s4hat We cannot endorse the Journals
declaration. We feel sorry for that
paper. With the President and the
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Agents for the Journal.

JAMES L. THORNTON, Princeton, Ind.
Capt. LEVI FERGUSON, Petersburgh, Ind.
HARRY r.. SMITH, Washington, Ind.
w. j. l.. HEMMENwAY, Boonville, Ind.
@. r. DEBRULER, Newburgh, Ind.
JOHN NJ. LOCKWOOD, Mt. Vernon, Ind
J. VI. FOSTER, Fort Branch, Ind.
j. w. WEAVER, Poseyville, Ind.
s. 3. CoRwIS, Somervilfe, Ind.
Capt. WHITING. Cynthiana, Ind.
Il. J. ROGERS, New Harmony, Ind.
@. A. HARPER, Owensville, Ind.
HARVEY BOND, Hazleton, Ind.
THoS. MCCUTCHEN, Sandersville, Ind.
URBIS MARS, Black Hawk Mills, Ind.
They will also receive and forward to us
orders for Binding and Job Printing.
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UnIted Sfates Lie Inss Co.,

fEstabIisned in 800 3 =
80 WALL STREET, NEW YORK.
BRANCH 0FFICE-No. q West THIRD ST.
CISCISEATI.
CASH ASSETS EXCEED S2,3OO,OOO.
Dividends as large as those of any other
Life Insurance Company
SecuTfty 10 POL6cl-Holders E1ceed that Of
Sou can loan the accumulation from the
COMPANY at any time. For an Agency
Apply 70 -. S4l'DALIs
General Agent for Ohio and Indiana,
No. 8 W. Third St, Cincinnati, Ohio.
An Agent wanted in.this county. iocl7
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CORPORATION NOTICE.
ecembeRI6th, leO7

ORDER FOR PLANK SIDEWALKS.
a Nd now it is hereby ordered and
Ia directed by the Common Council OF
the city of Evansville, that the owners OF
lots or parts of lots, fronting on or adtoin-
ing the west side of Eighth street, be-
tween Powell street and Blackford Grove.
south side of Powell street, between
Sixth and Eighth streets;
i Northeast side of Fifth street, between
Chestnut and Cherry streets;
H Northwest side of COwan street, be-
tween second and ThIrd streets; 4 ~ 4
AfSQuthwest side of Third street, between
southWest side Of EInsh strees, from tie
Canal TO Cherry street;
Northeast side of fNfntill sIeet,I from
Canal 10 Cherry street;
South side of Ann street, between Firs I
avenueand John street;
K. West side of Smith street, between Will
liam and Orange streets;
y Northeast side Of G mai street, between
John-aad Ann streets;
West side OF Harriet street, between Sew
eur b aud EIghpfR sfreefEg Ee8sHIsE ar
West side Of Harriet street, between
Eighth and Ninth streets;
Ia said ci5ys cause the sidewalks. thereon
to be brought 10 the pr lper grade, and that
they cause a sidewalk II Class No. z 10 be
land down thereon within thirty DAYS from
the publication of tins ordeE.m
sSSs6 % y "a. NJ AlcGRftF. Clerks I
+ City Clerks Office, Decent Der Il, 1867.
utsS@I oos rsss Vsaeers a AplYu sfoIy-l
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THE FINEST H0LIDAE PRESENT

is the aS0UVENIR. a collection Of the
Latest and Best Mu.ic lworth zen Dol lars,
S6 Id sent free az r1stage Published by
il. DOBMEYER d CO.,
7-' - - Music Publishers.
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hecl4 ,f2;r Cincinnati, ohio.
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CORPORATION NOTICE. y.
,Ef8ippuTA-4le S9iIs Ell


a NIB now it is hereby ordered and
Ia directed by the .Comnloss Couacil OF
1, e city of Evansville. tnat the owners OF
all lots or parts of lots fronting on or adj
joining the northeast 81 te of F4str street
between Chestnut and Cherry streets;
Northwest side of Locust stree, between
Water and First streets;
North east sfde of First stree. between
Mulberry and Gum streets. TO ber.repaired.
In said city, cause tile sidewalks thereon
70 be brought to the proper grad ee and that
they cause a sidewalk Of Class No. / to be
lad down thereon within thirty days
from the publication OF, this order
FHl 81. An. McGRIFF. Clerk. =
City Clerk 3 Office, Decen1oer q. 1867.
dec2l d5t ...a a. Union copy.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-25
s. TENNESSEE. THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 25 1867. 49,

more whiffs from cigars, one Of the men
laughed and said;
"Come on, Bill-the ladies are toe
smart for us-they don't show their
jewelry-let's go" Taking few me-
mantoes, they quietly left
One lady, when she heard the soldiers
coming, hid her watch, diamonds and
chain in an old bottle which had the
bottom knocked off, and left it carelessly
in the back yard, safe.
Another lady dropped her diamonds,
worth about six thousand dollars, into a
soup bone from which the marrow had
been boiled, pressed little cotton over
them and threw the bone in the street.
The next morning dog found the bone,
and lugged it off behind an old barn and
gnawed at it awhile, but the diamonds
were saved.
Another lady hid a revolver, three
watches, a dozen silver tablespoons and
two dozen silver teaspoons under goose
which was setting in tie back yard. An
old gander protected the goose, the goose
stuck TO her nest, the soldiers did not
molest her, and the lady preserved the
" nest eggs.
Tuesday the city was burned, when the
scene OF terror and confusion baffied de-
scription. Soldiers. rode and walked
about, many Of them beastly drunk,
singing, hooting and yelling, declaring
that not house or shed should be left
standing. Pickets guarded the city.
The women and children were frightened
almost out of their senses At last a
large cotton mill was fred. Then the
cotton sheds where were stored thou
sands of bales of cotton. Then. the ware
houses, storehouses, ammunition depots,
machine shops, foundries, ETC., etc. The
fires we're kiudled at nightfall. Soldiers
yelled women screamed. Children in
tears, dogs barking, negroes crying,
buildings burning and falling in, shells
bursting as the flames reached them,
cinders falling all over the city, troops
drinking whisky, firing revolyers and
acting like wild deviIs-surely it was
terrible night for the sick, the defense
less, and the timid, who expected that
morning would find them without home
or shelter.
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WILSON'S CAVALRY.
Conduct of the Men at Columbus,
Georgia.

Brick Pomeroy thus writes to his pa
per from Columbus, Georgia
About the last resistance to Northern
troops was made here. For long time,
less than a thousand raw troops, boys
and old men, with few veterans, held
Wilson with his army in check, but at
last the bridge over the river was taken,
the Federals crossed on the double quick,
the Confederates leaving the town as the
Federals entered, the bridge was burned
to prevent the crossing thereon of such
Confederates as might be coming to the
rescue, and Columbus was a captured
city with little loss OF life.
The Federal cavalry rode hItber aud
Won, firing right and left at random as
they dashed through the city, making a
terrible din and confusion. 1t was Mon.
day night when they entered, and as the
Federals came in one side the Confede-
rates, who had defended the city, left
from the other seeking broken positions
on the hills few miles away.
The able bodied men left the place.
The women, children, old men and ne
qroes remaining. Wilson gave the city
to pilIage almost at once, and hardly
house or store but was robbed before
morning Of such articles as could be
taken away by soldiers. Silver ware,
pianos, carriages, jewelry, watches, etc,
went as if by magic. The negroes hid
and buried much that was valuable be-
longing to their old masters, and re-
turned the things sll safe when the
danger had passed and the army had
goRR.
The soldiers made many "calls that
day and the next, making themselves
familiarly at home generally. We we're
conversing with some ladies' gho Eere
thus honored. That night they were
sitting in a parlor, waiting in fear, when
three soldiers entered. They were quite
gallant. walked into the parlor, offered
each Of the four ladies' a cigar, sat there
and chatted, tried the piano, asked for
nake and wine which was brought, and
insislsd that the ladies should play the
Star Spangisd Banner. The ladies'
could not sing or play Other soldiers
came in, wandered about the house, and
left. Two Of the ladies bad elegant gold
watches Cd their persons, but not IN
sirht Al last saa Of the soldiers said
"It Is getting late-can ether Of you
ladies' tell NE the time Of Might've have
nc vstshssY l.
The ladies replied that they were
sorry, but thsy could not After few