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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-31
the Cincinnati Gazette Of Friday says:-

There has been no abatement In the strlngency Of
the money market since our last. The demand for
money fs not arite so pressing, but the difficulty
experienced IN negotiating loans deters many from
making applications. There ia more acceptable
paper Offering than the banks are able or willing 10
discount and they in most cases limiting their
favors TO those who have claims upon them. Adj
ditional supplies OF currency were received from
New York, bat this Afforded no relief TO the market
Depositors are supplied at 10 a ~ per cent but In
the open market good commercial paper is rated Is
a Is per cent. and on the street per cent o month
is paid for temporary loans.
And the Boston Journal of to-day says
Business men have generally made up their minds
that little II any let up the prevalent closeness Of
the market Is to be expected before the first OF ja
afy The banks are generally rather poor, and
many Of them fnd 1t hard TO meet the requirements
OF their customers and the requirements OF the law
in the matter OF reserve. Deposits have a way OF
failing OIL unexpectedly, and the clearing house set
Elements frequently produce state OF collapse in
the funds Of individual banks, which transforms
them irom lenders 10 borrowers. In quoting rates
the ola story TO be repeated, with but slight vara
lion, but OF rates MANY borrowers now take no ac-
count, II the required funds be only forthcoming.
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The following steamers left this port yesterday for
the ports namet:--
FOREIGN PORTS.
The PeIeire, of the General Transatlantic line
for hayrs vim Brest, had on board io5 passengers
aud cargo Of general merchandise aud 100 bales OF
cotton; besides 'As she carried t7s 500 In specie.
The CITY OF Brussels, or the human llne for
Liverpool via Queenstown, carried co cabin and
about $50 t,eerago passengers and q cargo Of hops
cotton, cheese, bacon and other provisions sewing
machines and t2J, UuO Ina silver bars.
The Denmark, Of the National line for Tiyernool
VIA Queenstown, with l3 cabin and 100 Storage pae-
sengers. The cargo consisted or wheat, grain cot.
ton, hops, &C.
The Europa, Of the Anchor line for Glasgow. with
10 cabin n1d i53 Storage passengers, and cargo 81
$4,000 bushels OF wheat, $500 barrels -four, I76
hogsheads tau0W 80 terces lard aud 81 terces beef
DOMESTIC PORTS,
The Manhattan, Of the New York and Charleston
Steamship line. for Charleston, win i25 passengers
anu ful cargo OF boots shoes, dry goods, &c.
Tue san salvador, OF the Empire line, for Savan-
nan, with 90 CABIN aud n steerage passengers aud
q IGll cargo Of general uIsrchandlse.
Inc Montgomery. Of tae BACK star line for Savan.
nan, WIN w passengers and fun cargo OF general
merchandise,
The sherman or the Merchants steamship line
lor Kew Orleans, Win full cargo Of general mer.
ch1ndise.
The Benvile, Of the Atlantic Mail line, for New
Orleans, with IL passengers and a cargo OF general
merchandise,
The George Cromwell OF tho cromwell line. for
New Orleans, with thry.hye passengers and fun
cargo or onerai merchandise
Toe ArIaane, OF the Texas line FOR Galyeston with
l72 passengers and q cargo OF general mercbspdlse
Inc Ellen 5. Terry, OF tho MURRAY line for New.
bern, advertised TO sail yesterday was detained and
VIII not start TIL next Tuesday.
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regon-must have required long period Of years:
The sltor aluyial deposit, which covers the gavei
and the statue together, has o thickness OF more
than three feet the lower part especially containing
peaty matter ana decayed wood, while there Is more
or less OF vegetable matter throughout its entire
thickness This alluvlaI deposit il regularly strait
ned, and upon the sides and ends OF the PIT, bears
no evidence Of ever having been disturbed since us
deposition from water. such an alluyial deposit III
this position could only have accumulated slowly,
and through many succeeding years IN quiet wa
ter, for there are no pebbles or other substances
which indicate rapid flowing stream. Then u
must be remembered that the present stream or
Onondaga creek is at q much lower level and at u
considerable distance while no cnange IN the sur
face has taken place within the recorded history or
traditions or the present inhabitants. SO lar as we
discover from the evidence hetofe us this statue
has been deposited upon the bed OF gravel and has
peen covered 10y tue STOW accumulation OF the alu-
vial deposit
Any theory OF the recent Illumination OF the statue
In this pace Is dlsproved by the fact or the eXten
sve solution and removal Of the surface by lne water
The most extensive erosion has taken place upon the
lett side and beneath the back apen that side, cor
responding 10 the direction whence the water came.
You Will see therefore, that upon any theory OF artl-
fetal inhu0ton you must have unc Tor THIS process
OF the gradual dlssoving OF tue stone SO long as
the aiiayia deposit was going on this portion VAS
covered by water, and there would De no current
along the gravel bed, and this movement OF the
water would only take place AFTER the drainage OF
the stream or lake TO a lower level. Therefore, so
long as the aiuviai deposit was going on, ana the
water remained above that level there would be no
current, and consequently no erosion.
This statement, think. answers the inquiry az to
what are some OF the evidences OF Its antiquity.
As to the inquiry whether this could nave been
made and deposited by the Jesuit missionaries, |
answer unhesitaungly that II could not have been
done by them. In the first place the surrounding
conditions forbade their attention to any work OF
this kind; ana further the character and condition
OF this statue preclude the IDEA that 1t could have
been done by men or this order.
l hope soon TO be able to make more thorough
examination OF the condition ana surroundings OF
the statue ana shah be happy to give you The results
OF such Investigation. l am, very respectfully and
sincerely yours, &C JAMES HALL.
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MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Married.


BiGLIN-MARTIN.-At st. Stephens church, on
Thursday, october Is by Rev. Father Mc3weeney,
JAMES II. BIaLlN to JENNIE L., second daughter OF
John Madden, Esq, both OF New fOrk.
DE NlEuw ERkEkK--UARMAS.-O Thursday, Octo-
Der rs, at the residence OF the BRIDES parents, by
the Rev. John A. Paddock, WILLIAM DE NIEuWER-
KERK to ADDIE, second daughter OF Peter II. Car
man, Esq, all OF Brooklyn. NO cards.
FITzPATRICE--BURKE.-On Monday, October IS,
at ST. MaIy's church by tho Rev. Father Drum
goold WILLIAM ]. FITZPATRICK to ANNIE q. BURKE,
all OF this city.
Baltimore sun please copy.
HUGUFNIN-HlLroN.-on Tuesday, October %, at
the residence Of the bride aunt Mrs. j. A. Hbbard.
by the Rev. Mr. Jaggar, Z. d. HUdUENIN, OF New
York, to AGNES NJ HILTON, OF Yonkers
KELLEY-TAyLOR-Ar the Church OF the Incarna-
ton, Thirty-lIh street and Madison avenue, by the
Rev. Henry T.. Montgomery, d. d., FRANK NJ. KELLEY
to EMMA F.. daughter OF Robert NJ. Taylor, Esq.
LOVES -EsBTpr.-At the Morayian church, New
Dorp, :. L., on Wednesday, October 81 by the Rev.
F. +. Hagan Mr. HENRY D. LOVES, OF this city, to
Miss ANNIE W., eldest daughter OF the late George
+. Ebbitt, OF the former place.
ScoyiILE-MELIhsoN.-On wednesday, October
~, by the Rev. James Millett, at his residence
JONATHAN SCovIILE, late OF Detroit, to Miss JOSE
PINE MELLIsON, oil Of this city.
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THE PoTTAwAFroMIE INDIANs.-A council or the
Pottawattomic Indians was held at ST. Mary's Mis-
sion few miles west OF Topeka, on The line OF tho
Kansas Pacific Railway, on october 20. me council
was called for the purpose OF facilitating the &C
qualntance and cuitivating friendly relations
between the Indians and their new agent,
Friend Ii. Morris, who has but lust been installed in
once. Appropriate and happy speeches we're made
by the agent and the CHIEFS and feeling OF friendly
goodwin seemed to prevail. But all seemed deeply
moved when the agent, after finishing the closing
speech, Ill which he vety feeingly warned his hear.
OF the evils OF ntemperance and spoke eoqucnty
of the necessity OF Christian education, which was
heartily responded to by the indians who apparently
were delighted az the prospect OF better educational
facilities, Knelt IN their midst and offered up q
heartfelt earnest prayer TO the Great Spirit for his
kind protecting care.
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LIFE IN Enthusiastically Rock, Arkansas has
an excitement. Zach Nichols had marrfoi for ma
fourth wife, the widow Harris, and had taken to MA
protection her etep-sons. Last Wednesdays report
OF pistol was heard and the people rusning 70 the
spot whence the sound proceeded wero met by one
man Nichols Is dead as a bee.p The body OF Nichols
was found on the ground the ball having
entered his mouth, Killing the old man In
stanty. George was arrested. on an examination
he testified that hls stepfather had dropped the
an1 csnrge was stso discharca ms uls
paper that records these facts states ID concluson-
''Ine deceased owing 10 MS frequent marriages.
leaves several families Of numerous children, but
boqueaths little else 10 the world.n- LoutspfHe
COdrieisJOuTndl, Oct, "a.
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FROM Colonel Brown met HIM on the Pocabontas
road, twenty-five miles from irOnton, Missouri, the
other day. Hildebrand, 1t Is said, showed such de-
termination not TO be taken alive that the Colonel,
10 avoid being himself captured, called q truce,
told Hildcbrand his name was Grlgsby borrowing
an eXrebel's cognomen FOR the occaslon, and grace
fully retired from the field, leaving the outlaw to
pursue his way In peace.
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-. ~. NOOL
Secretary OF the Regents OF the University.


Another Letter from Professor Hnll-fie Con-
elades that the Statue has Lain Where IL
was Found for "A Long Time, aud that 1t
was Not the Work OF tho Jesuits.
Professor Hall has written the following more
definite letter to DR.. wescott, of Syracuse:--
ALBANY, oct. 20. 1859.
MY DEAR SIR--ln accordance with your request 1
reply 70 your inquiries concerning the nature and
importance Of the discovery OF the so-caed Petrl-
ned Giant recently found near Cardin, In onon-
daga county.
II Is certainly great curiosity, and, as 10 pre-
sents Itself the most remarkable archaeological dis
Coyefy made in the country and entirely unlike any
other relics OF past age yet known TO us.
have yet made but curacry examination or
tue object aud ITS surroundings, aud aa II Is contem
plated mat the Committee OF Regents having charge
VI the state Cabinet Of Natural History and Anti
quaflan Collections, with other scientific gentlemen,
may soon Visit the place for more thorough nves-
u9dtlon WIZ give sou brief reply TO the inquiry
as 70 ''lhe Importance attached to tho discovery Of
ms STONE man, would say that II 10 OF the high
est Importance In an archaeological point OF Wow. IL
~ clearly statue cut by human HANDS and Is IN no
way couaected Win perlsaction OF with calcareous
deposits from springs sometimes called petrifyng
spllnas nor - u cast or model OF any KIND but an
original.
The importance OF the object lies In its relation to
the race OF people OF the past formerly tnhabItng
that part OF the country The statue Is OF a lar
higher order aud OF entrey different character from
the smaller WORKS OF rude sculpture found I'm Mexico
and Central America, or In the Mississippi valley.
In regard 70 tue question OF the "antiqgity OF its
orgin,n we are JUST compelled 20 RELY upon the
ReOioRlch and chemlcai evidence That the statue
has lain for a long time where 1t now lies there can
be no doubt The entire length OF the LEFT side and
the baek OF tbe statue nave eroded so the depth OF
an inch or more from the solution and removal OF It's
substance ny water percoatlna through the gravel
stratum upon aud IN winch Ii lies Embedded. such
process OF solution ana removal OF tho nv ppuIn--a
mineral Of slew soluoiiitJ In the waters Of that
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The Chicago Times OF Thursday says

The deposits or all the banks have fallen or to an
Alarming extent, ana tne supply OF loalaOle funds
been dlmlnialed TO such an extent that the banks
are compelled 10 inaugurate the most conservative
p9lcy ~ extending discount privileges. such rs
the condition Of affairs IS present, wnch will proba
Dy De greatly aggravated when tho packers, VINO
now pave large baaUce5 with tao banks, withdraw
Ilsse anu peseNt themselves "a applicants for large
xxoaus Inc com%cfcal aud financial outlook Is far
nelh encouraging, aud there ID every prospect that
Wy staghaiion and depression which prevail every
-mneIo throughout The West viii continue until
wy opening or next spring, ana perhaps
~ ~ even q longer period. The agricultural
Siesses nave been e0nN0led about long enough with
sn9 tsnccuOn mat II 0fices or produce are low,
~ ~ ei prices VIII soon come down to the same
w., aaa that even u they 40 sell pushel or wheat
~ hal llce they can buY ~ much as formerly with
ne poeeeasi ana are Aevfor0 losing nothing
aAes haHe been coAsoel loug enough With tlls re-
necuOn, because the prices or DER commodities 90
nVt lau 70 tbe same level Tt&y arc selling their
gram for hab price nud PAVING iuf prices for every
nlnK they 0uy. Prices OF other com Nodties are MOI
ton.hs d0Wn 70 tue Old level, bec, 'use old prices
WI not pay lie cost Of production, ma manufac-
ta4ss are not W such position az TO CO opel prices
asas, al iainz when Will pay for I've cost OF
bIoduc-sOn,
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Joint Report Of Professor Hall and DIR.
WOOlwOrth.

WOOIWOrfh.
The reports OF Professor James Hall the state &C.
ologst, and of Dr. Samuel b. Wooworth, Secretary
OF the Board OF Regents Of the University OF this
state are herewith submitted. They arc OF great
interest. These gentlemen are nigh scientific au-
thorltes:--
ALBANY, Oct. q, 1869.
The undersigned on the 22d inst, visited ana ey-
amined the fossil MANI 'sScuiptured Giant.o
Negotiations for It's purchase being at that time IN
progress IT was thought improper for US then 10
express our convictions OF It's character. The sale
having been perfected we are now at liberty TO
make the following statement
In common with all who have view ed this object
we were deeply Impressed by It's extraordinary ap-
peafance, and as we look upon 1t wonder at the
intense excitement which II had produced immedi-
ately vanished. When we had fully comprehended
Its character the inquiry spontaneously arose by
whom was 1t made-when and by whom placed
hereY It Is not strange that has been regarded as
petri1cation. The popular idea on this subject Is
vague and underlined. stone which by accidental
circumstances has The form Of an organized being
Is regarded as petritied, without inquiry into the
mode In which the change has been made. It IL
sufficient here TO say that the soft parts or animals
are never petrned. Putrfaotl0n, which consists In
replacing of the dissolved or removed organic mat
ter, Is slow, often occupying years. There il no au
thentic instance OF petrihed nesh nor can there be
in the nature Of things.
The object Is statue, wrought by the hand OF
man. aud as such Is wonderful III the highest degree.
Tie material oI winch IL IL formed y gypsum, and
was probably taken from some Of the deposits OF
that mineral In the county OF onondaga. When tho
statue has been raised from It's present place. there
will be better opportunity OF examining the charac-
ter OF the stone, or determining It's relations to ex-
listing gypseous strata. and OF asCertaning whether
/ IL was wrought by stone or steel implements. The
statue lies on bed OF gravel ana clay and was
covered by an ailuval formation OF nearly four feet
IN depth. This has every appearance OF having
been formed after the statue was placed in It's pres
ent position AS work Of art, 1t is impressive.
Wnen passed from the hands OF the artist 1t must
haze been expressive and beautiful.
We do not propose any new theory in regard TO ts
origin. Much examination must yet be maue ana
comparisons Instituted before any such the
DRY can be formed. we are Informed that the own
ers invite the most searching examination In regard
TO 1t and we permitted 10 say that the Regents OF
the University to whom inquiries OF this character
have been committed by the Legislature viii soon
adopt measures, evidently demanded by public III
terest 10 ascertain aud collect Gil the facts which
can be gathered bearing on the subject.
JAMES HALL State Geoioglst
5. Il. WOOLWOKTH,
Secretary OF the Regents OF the JJuyerslty
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pubiiBhed.- -, 49,. -. 80, ,o,n.~ ror,@.
Resolved That the Democratic Union city and county nonb
nations be approved, as follows -, IN rppuu
e'F MARTIN T. MCMAHON
Superior Court ........S JOHN J. FREEDMAN
Vacancy. y. ~. >NN~A'
Snrro,ste " " ..' ROBERT c. HUTCH1NGes
Common Pleas
District Attorney. ...............JOHN II. ANTHON
roroner '............ NELSON w. YOUNG.
snnervisor 49,. JOHN FOLEY.
Resolved That the following nominations for senators
made by the Senatorial Convention DO sps
Filth District. ............... IGNATIgs FLYNN
Sixth District. uOMhS .. q -
Seventh Distract 1871
Eighth District iENNt ", W.M -
Resolved That the apparent nomination OF Wfliam ~
Tweed for Senator the Fourth District be not approvc4
but ID hereby be null aud vod the nomination.
being the opinion Of this Committee an improper one
be made By q Democratic Union Convention. IL
Resolved That the following hereby declared 10 DC ny
Democratic Union candidates for Assembly In tho sewers
distrcs:-
District. District
1-Terence Duffy. I2-Lewis 8. Goebel,
3-Whiiam II. Rooney. l3-Asabel r. Herrck.
4-William McsIahon H-John T. Hennessey.
5-Christoeher Johnson l5-John Kelly.
g. Oscar II. 3cgar. l6-Frank r. PURCELL
7-Henry Obsre. I-frederfck ~ Flagg.
8-iurn Nachtman 20-Pattick Mc9overn.
9-James D. McCieiand. u-Whham a. MCCARTHY.
l0--Owen Murphy.
Resolved THAI ballots Judiciary amendment TO th4
against the extension OF suffrage ~
the tickets made for this orgnnizAsobl
and that ballots for and against the constitution and Tor an3
Union ticket boxes and given 10 voters they
NELSON j. WATERBURY,,
Chairman the Democratic Union Executive Committee
THOMAS +. GILEoY Secretary.
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POLITICAL.
,EMocRATIC UNION NOMINATIONS.

Tho following resolutions have been adopted by the
Democratic Union Executive Committee, and ordered TO ~
Resolved That the Democratic Union city and county nomt
han, "A
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FINANCIAL AND CONNER CiAL.
s.rpRpAY, oct. SOP. M.

SATURDAY, Oct. sop. M.
the weekly statement or the associated banks Is
quite favorable There Is total gain In reserve OF
over two and nalf millions Of dollars against an
increase in liabilities OF nearly rve milens The
banks now hold In excess OF the legal reserve
$50 3s2 647 an increase during the week OF nearly
million and half OF dollars. The increase In specie
he due 10 the Treasury disbursements IN payment Of
the November coin interest on the puotc debt. The
gain in legal tenders is rning but any increase At
this time or the year is remarkable. The statement
contrasts with Its predecessor as frlows:--
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The sIEll COMMERCE. OF TIE PORT.

Departure OF Twelve Steamships Yesterday
With large Amounts Of Specie and Valuable
CnrgorB.
The following steamers left this port yesterday for
~.
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The curious contrast between the condition OF
money in New York ana the other prominent nnan.
cal centres OF the country is shown in tho following
reports:--
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WINES, LIQUORS, &C,

(NALIsToGA CoGNAC.
This pure Brandy is offered TO the trade con-
quantities TO suit the highly recon.
mended for Its strict purity delicacy Of flavor being
manufactured from the product OF selected grapes
oughy refined The trade and the public invited 10 In
ppect II.
8. BRANEAN 4 CO.,
Sole agents, 81 Brond street, New York.
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RESTAURANTS.

A --0LD OYSTER Ray REMOVED 30 liza BROAT
"A. way opposite st. James HOTEL Twenty sixth street
the first floor. Everything served in the Old STYLE Onia
optno. YERANCE .x VAUGHAN, Proprietors
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STREsT QU0TATl9E.

Receipts and Disbursements mt the OGice Of
the United States Assistant Treasurer mt
New York for lie Month Of October.
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FINE ARTS.


HNTERCY'S DREAM"
M Thousands of this picture for sale reasonable 10 tn,
trade 1t is now executed in photography to fane 22xgs
far better than any other in New York
JOHN WALSH q Co, 81 Spring street.
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me changes in eaeh ltem are as ioIIows:,

the money market was easy AZ lOHT 10 sIN PCT NVAi0
on government and stock collateras, with eScep-
tions at seven on miscellaneous securities. Dis
counts were dun and ranged nom ten to fifteen per
cent Foreign exchange was quiet after the steamer,
but steady aud 1rm, with the following range Of
raies:-SeFing, sixty days, commercial, los los Il;
good to prime bankers, lOs1. 1885; short sight,
1921 lO9's; Paris sixty days, b221s 6.l7s; short
sight 5.16G a5.16; Antwerp, b:2h 5.l7la; swift
Eerland, 522s q 6.l7i4; Hamburg, s5ss $50;
Amsterdam, 40 4ois; Frankfort, 4o1s 4oa4; Bre-
men, Is q ISL; Prusslan ,halers. 7o@a7l.
Gold was active, and under the reaction from the
recent decline recovered 10 l20. The range OF tue
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BILLIARDS.
DILLIARD TABLE FOR SALE, CHEAP FOR CASH.
~ large size Phelan Table, In good order. Inquire
103 Pearl street.
The Portland daily press., 1869-11-02

The Bath Times says that the appointment
of Hon. Lot NJ. Morrill, as U. S. Senator. tc
fill the vacancy occasioned by the death O
Mr.. Fessenden, will be hailed with universe
satisfaction.
ELECTIONS to-day in Mass achusetts, Ala.
bama, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, MARYLAND
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri.
Nevada, New Jersey, New York and Wiscon-
sin. Mississippi did not vote at the last Pres
idential election.
The LIE vision Journal observes that Gov.
Chamberlain has reflected credit upon him.
self, and has unquestionably consulted the
popular preference in appointing to the vacan.
cy in the United States Senate, occasoned b,
the deaIh of Senator Fessenden, Hon. Lot M
Morrill,. The singular unanimity with which
the people fixed upon this gentleman for this
position has rarely been realized in any SINH
lar vacancy. The people of Maine will gladly
hear OF Gov. Morrill's return to the Senate
Chamber, where almost his last official act
met with such hearty popular endorsement.
In the course of an editorial upon the sam,
subject, the Advertiser remarks "Agains
such an appointment there is nothing to saw
The State will be creditably and ably repre-
sented by Mr.. Morrill,, as it would have been
by Gen. Shepley, who, it is well known, was
his only real rival for the appointment. The
only objection, to the selection of either OF
these gentlemen was the necessity of passing
by the other. This embarrassment the Gov,
ernor appears to have telt, if we may judge by
his delay in making the choice, and there il
no reason to suppose that he has been infu
enced in bis final decision by any motive ex-
cept aadesire to interpret the wishes of his
fellow citizens. .-n 49,