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, 1870-12-10
Lord Rpssellss War CRY.

70 he EdNer q TIE L11laon 1s7*es: -.--.
S!R: Whatever measures our gorernnent
NAV tale to support md n1intSin me apiris OF
L. I'd Grtnyillee Grm xnd upxuawer2bie de-
spatch, It appears to me that there il one
E.ssule which il Indispensable: urged lsst
year tha. the Crown ought 10 30 armed With
more authority 70 call cut and emoody the
militia The Ministry caEiled about tho te1as
10 ernbody the militia in case Of IN emer-
do not well know The legal meaning at
tached 10 the word emergency, but It aecu2s 10
mo that ~htn tho Minister Of great power
assumes On behslf Of bis sorsEetgn tho right
to tot sstde and Abrogate tTesty which binds
seven OF tho chief States Of Europe, An ecner-
Il il sid At st. pess1sburg that Rusas haa
500, 600 mon N ANS, nod IN Cologne ths Gum
, 1870-12-10
SURRATT,

Explanation OF His Aksoeintton
with Ikootf1 the AAsM8aln-Thu s.lnn
for shn Abduction OF s.rcsldcnt Ltn-
coln-The H1uraer q surprise to
SuKrntt.
Washington .Dte. y Dtspa'eh 10 ta< Sts Eork
John h. 6urratt delivered lecture last
night in Rockville, Md /, in the couzas Of
which he said thAt he Wss introduced to J.
Wilkes Booth in the fa.l Of 1864, add that.
to LIN plan to effect an exchange OF PRISON.
err, which, he sald, tho United StA,es Gov
eHment had refused to make. The plan
WAS 10 k;dnap President Lincoln and carry
him to R'chmotd. suHatt, after
two days reflection, Informed Booth OF his
Willingness to JON In The plot, but sncll thing
- assassination was never spoken Of by any
Of the partg. Monsha passed before m OPP
portucity wss presented to attempt the seiz.
ure bowever, all Arrangements were per-
fecttdt and boAts even were in reRdloesa to
convey tho cat tive and the captcrs ACROSS the
Potomac into Virginia, one day Information
was receiyed tL1t President Lincoln would
yisit Seventh Street Hosritat for tha purpose
Of attending Al enteri ainEneut 90 bo given for
the beneht Of the wounded aoldiers. Tbs re-
rort rearhe%l sten onty about three-qusrters
Of an hour before the time appointed, bat 20
|sc1ft CT w1s their communi -1:lon. that they
were inh'autly IN their h2ddies and on their
way 10 The hospital. This ssas between and
y EuNA III +AC A*tGAtaVVA- - ~@S %4E+k AAtC0-
ton to seize tho csHiage. which was drawn by
4 epIendid pair Of hOrtes, and to hsve one OF
their n.cn mount she t0x aod drive direct for
| Southern Mar! land rH BeuninRts Bridge
| over the cast.ru branch of the posonac>
Tecy felt confident all tho cavalry In Na>h-
.ngton could lever oversize them They
! were mounted On swift horses, beeMo
tssinR 4 Thorough kuowltage Of tue
,ount1y. It being determined to abandon
the carriage after passlog the city lin,-
lie. They depended for snccess uoou the sud
dennees OF the blow and the celebrity OF their
movements. To sheir great oi.appointuent.
! hoNeveT, the President was not there. hut
snoti cr II the government officials was-3fr.
Chss-, he beloved. They did not disturb him.
This was .hei. last attempt, and separation
finally took place. This arheme Of abduction
WAS comet ed without The Anow1e.fGs or L.
-istlree OF the Confederate Government it
any ehape or form. s;nrratt left Washing
t1n On the 4th Of april fer Nov York
Two dayr before President LInccsni
| ceath, being In ElnlirA, on business
Of tho Confederate Government. =
Fpy, he registered his name - Jahn Har1i
scn. Subsequently be heard 1t the breakfss
table Ct the assassination OF President Lin
coin and Secretary Seward. hat he put so litta
faith in = hat one OF tho guests sail that b
remarked that it was too eArlS in the mornin
10 get on such jokes ~ that The guott the
showed bun the newsraper- hut - no name
we're mentioned it never occurred to him tha
. the ae.Arsin could be Booth, or any Of th
party, perhaps for the reaaou that Assassioi
: | tion bad never been spoktn Of during his il
| torNSrt xxifH f1,orn
, 1870-12-10

The New York Tribune has another
lengthy article On the editorship of THE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE. There is sn omission
IN this article which our New York name
sake would do we'll to supply. We refer
to "British gold" We have been so &C.
toned to look for regular supply OF Brit
ish gold from the New York 7T'bsnc, that
we feel quite lonesome and poverty-str'cken
,r;+I,n,,t u
, 1870-12-10

tbat ,fpop. ha1e Tor torns mo. tins boon mor-
ire fr,m tho Ios.h Of RussiA towards tho
frontier Of TuFkey.@.. t---~~--
whether our fo'cc ba Tor pesce, II hooe,
or for var, VI ioh N y become ineyita6ie. Al
Of o io.on that 100 . 0 men Of shs> mil,tss, IN
al jtion 10 tho milikt1 reserve. soou1d BE- rn.-
boaied. md that 10 stou!d thu. ootaia tho
u. spr OF filing with f-aa ana hloodths sk.te-
tons Of our a'tenusted regtmants. Irooasin,
s1r, .Your obedient servant, Rrssx1L.
> Nnv4nohAr Al =
, 1870-12-10


The New FORK Gtoee calls Rate Field the " Rose
OF the Rps,1um:" olive Logan the t.Lily Of the
Lyceum: !" and Il1an Edgerton the " Pearl Of the
rlAtfoIn.~ -..-.-
Mrs, Abby sa1e Richardson has been etvsng
readings nj Woods3de. n. j.. At the house OF Miss
Amanda N. Douglass, the autnoreas. for the bene-
nt Of the village church She VIA In good voice.
and the company was delighted.
-zisns Ht,ald, Methodist organ, calls Bret
na.se The glider Of vice and the sbollser Of moral
distinctions IN the realm Of letters. and ssE his
works arc "the legitimate end OF Un1veraaltsm
and fste religion" ......
There died 1t Ktlo1.u, on the alst u1ttmo. tn
the loNh year Of his age. Nj. Edward Hsle Adder.
tcy = direct descendant By the femAle line Of Sir
Matthew Hale, LnEd Chief Jos1ice Of Englaoe.
He xas BON on the 14th Of MAY, Ill.
TOE .fou.r a! du Harrs has received from "
A'exaE dse Domas nls, very Satisfactory 1ccount.
OF his 52thes6 health TIE tnuEu1ous writer has
neen for TWO moutns IN svery alarming condition.
! hut ts row rapd!F tmpFuytpT, snd will shortly Be
able to resume hts literary parsuit.>
Mr.. Hiram Fn:1es, commonly called Coiope',
| and osmezfJ known In NtE York as editor Of The
1 kftn'H9 AuTof, u cow among the prosperous e.
ltortAl fraternity Of Lo1ds su- Hts weekly paper,
the coa'notSttdn, hcn Was started IN the Int. 7.
l est Of the Southern rebels. and which landed Its
publish Ct. It tbs outset In the Queens Bench. II
| 1oE said TO be IN 4 nou1nhl' contiuon. Aod> u
| pro:c the xo'ds of one Of the c. foneis friends
..hc has ut last succeeded In conauetlt living.
The following. f,om Mr.. Lee to Nj. Tmb>r
lakc, Of AuRusts, sets II rest the discussion ~ II
the middle name Of General Robert Lee: 1t /
| with pleasure. my dear sir, write and give TOT
the des1:ed Information regarding the name Of m,
husband, which Is Robert Edward, not Edmund
He Wa named for two of HE unclea, Mt. Rober
and Nj. Edward Carter, Of Shirley, the Old fan11
seat Of bis mothert faml1y.H
, 1870-12-10
The Montreal Gazette copies the

The Montreal Gazette copies the official
figures of the amounts OF each grade Of
grain received into the Chicago elevators,
and calls attention to ths "wsll-knovn
fact that grain improves IN sto{e,s abd
proves it BY citing the figures, aho.ing the
shipment Of 500, 600 bushels Of the higher
GRADES moro than Ind been received We
think the elevator men can give better
reason for this phenomenon.
, 1870-12-10
Harper's BaZar,

FRI from Ill political and rseaatisu discussion, Dc
voted tn fashn. peaen1c and tcsty1ettn IL 10 inst sbs
eErtt tht, compsnc! able. anh ,nrssic
rt9uie every son. husband. and irxrF hrtnx
Wfth I I'm every saturday evrninx--{PhilAlelrhia
L.4tvr-
Rv ~ Mtans hry u fARPERs RAzAn- Not tor yuut-
eelf bat for your wife f2Hkht~r sst<r
h-att. Thtse never waf snr p1T-r published .hse
delighted the heart # wnu.n- Never mind i it d~sa
cnst yau Eew honnct Till saFe you ten tn1e. tke
price u the it,u.ohold ee&uomy it teaehes,-rrast
dene> Journal.
, 1870-12-10
TuB NORTHWEST.

T1.l&UTx.
The Dixon telegraph says that over f6oo, 900 is
invested In nanutactodea in that pacc, and that
oycr $4,000 is PAID to employees every month.
John G. Gossa1s., An old farmer OF Randolph
Towr ship, Mclean County, wAs Arrested last
Trekdsy, On q charge Of tncest. The person with
whum the alleged crime was committed Is Ellen
T. Qossath, I RFand-dAuxhter OF The accused.
etrl Of rather pleading appearance. and abont II
yea1s OF aRe. Her father, Philip J. Gotssrd, Of
Randolph, nsde the complaint On which the war-
rant was tstutd.
-1ast SslutLsy VIC. (, \ 9Th II years old, daugt-
ter of George McCarty, who 1iv' two miles west
OF RagmoId, wAs bmrncd 70 DEATH TIE gtsla
mother IL cripple. unAhle 10 move hefself: and
be4t.e these TWO there WAS no one about the eo1a4
but Joupz child. The gill WIS sanding nca<
the stove y hen her dress cauRht trc, and. tae
mother unable TO move OF help her, thc ran out
into the yAsd where the Wind caused het to bum
more rapidly. Tho younger child seeing this, ran
| TO 4 pelsntort house quarter ct nile away,
/ Tor sNlstance but wnca It came the child WAS
| fcund ly.rE IN the yard, literally cooked slive-
her clp1hes MI burned on Aud nj tho while tue
helpless mother in the house c'u'd hear ithe Agc-
nized screams OF the burn: 9 child, but could ros
move to help her. THIS took place about Ten
O'clock In the morning. but the Rza Ased I'LL ious
O'Clock Sunday morning, when death relieved
her suhernSA
| 4 brute named Peter Sis1om, OF Burlington,
haytnx Dalt1eated his wife tlll she died, commit
ted Eape and ince&s on Sunday last, the victim!
being his two daughters. one and tae other !:
3tals of sRe- Justice Wilcox refused him bal
| md committed him to Ja1l.
The Davenport 0zzert< say8: " Eastern money
! lendcta have been writing 10 Governor Merrill
about the bonds Iowa il to issue 70 buta her ne1
l State 11onse. TheJ arc probably assnntshed Y
learn that one State IN the Union does III her pub
! TIC Wmt without ha.roxtng money-"
? -stxteen counsea In IovA Afn trying the efee
! Of tic prohibition tax, wine md beer Included
vtx.: MILE, Haruip, Adsir, L3ulsa, Warren, TAM
cef1o Gorto. Cas-. Guthrie, BucaAnsn, cedz,
: Hamilton, BFrmer. Qrundy, Butter, and Caeruksa
\ TIE Davenport DsmeeFat nAs pstxtse6 d
, 1870-12-10
The Baltimore Amerienn, in opposing
my reform in the civil service of the gov
crument which will substitute competency

and integrity for more partisanship, says:
server of aftalrt st Wash uKtou, who Was formerly
great advocate OF the civil service hobby, that
te has con . to the conclusion, generally BpeaE-
i1uhllc Official arr tho best JearB for the govern
tnenf- Duf1rE that time, thev are enctRt.ic In
the Performance OF their duties; after the t1lrd
year, thetr energies are devoted 70 tho study Of
'how c0t to do IT.
The editor OF the american holds an
official position in The civil service, and, we
suppose, will be ready to retire when his
fourth year begins, Otherwise, as bis
statement is in no way qualified as to per
sons, 1t might be understood that he is Oh
1ectipe to the reelection of the President
, 1870-12-10
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1s7o.
SENATOR SCHVRZ,


T!ar Washington qailnuncs hare been
in'1,:lsing in eertaiu Rroundless apare-
tensions that Senator Carl Schu1z was to
's N s''1'e mysterious way ostracized,
't'"sd. and communicated from his
:':u'"f rank and influence as Senator of
Il" United States Tbs theory Of these
lr-~.'u, seems 10 be that the Republican
r.:ty is q FORT Of nunnery, which has an
s:::-:E"'e Pope. from whom all must re-
e"'se their acanty pittance of opinions-
|; Il sight cl']@ct'on to THIS theory TINT,
>: i: were true. M sneh thing rs Senate
beside, the Tone would BE- unnecessary,
Irl anybody possessing any brains and
Independence rould he positive obstacle
s., the success OF the ropes measures
i he faet. however. that our constitution
t'.,Aess have taken care to make :he Pfesi-.
.;",.t tia executive ":liccr Of the govern
,a-ns. whose frs, anil PRINCIPAL duty it is
10 obey Congress. and carry out the COM
maoa~ utlch they may unite in chnrgiug
LIN with, exactly reverses the heso-wor-
shipping. not to say toa'lYish and i:uper.i-
L.ns tonnage With which some uould like
+, regard tue person who happens for the
t:-.- l,eice 10 be President. So far from
~rns,ur Schurz being hound to take his
.lrni"n@ from the President, he il bound,
~ far as he has the po~eE. to embody his
"sHni"us ln'" saw, aud require the fresa-
DAT to obey them he IS psft OF the body
ua'>e fuEction 1t - to command The Execu-
i've rot to obey the President
l;::t If he, individually, were bound
10 ssreA with the President, then every
other member OF Congress, ana, indeed,
Congress as ho<iv,, ~ousa I've c9na.y
'""'ud. What then would become OF the
r"ns''su''enal o'l'ssflon ot tue Executive
I" "hev the lhw-mak1ng po~ers 1t would
II, !orse hc his function to execute laws,
'':sf IL s1eczee then- He would cease to be
lre+'a'nt. and would become I zar.
He.ee. the who!e difference between
F"p"''l'e ana !" oesi'o.'s" .asns on to's
simple question: "ne'neF oeaa.o' ocnutz
and LIS colleagues are inc supef1of power,
Il: whether the President lss imperialism
Is nothing Int toady'sm made constitn.
tonh President t1rAnt could not avoid
bs1eg fScnon, II tnefe were nopody
around aim hat fofneSs, foftefs, and
osaef nonSess'
Written constitutions are good for moth
i.r, e1ccM as they express facts. Our con-
s,i,uticn would soon be lie and fraud
if. when providing that Congress should
, 1870-12-10
Harper's Weekly.

The bert publication of It. r,aA~ IN Amerrs and ~
fsr shtad II all cther ert,t "urn.ls permit
h*r T. esiRnE: cepts,n Il. hnr,t eo,ee :. IL
numerous snd hraYttsni. being fnrrish-t 81 she
chief sf'srts nf the eennt,y-fRost Traveller
AAHFER'H WEEKLY IL tbs b-t aud Hae*t tntertr ting
iln.:ratrd newtpsrE. Sor tees 'ts EAtuo depend on
IT. ilntraftunt aonr II rpahlnR nsttaI il Of hikh
Ing. and ure1crptionabfe.-[t.Y Y. Sun.
, 1870-12-10
THE.FAsH1On ouRsTmH.--


dent would be called according to the ear-
iier and more gallant custom OF onr conn
try, has been interviowed by one of Cheya-
lier ForneJ's reporters, on the fashion
question. The fashions Of the country are
All getting avry and outre, for lack of
some authoritative standard. TIE balloon
from Paris with the latest fashions on
board WAS last seen over the North Sea,
f1oH'ing 1eisurely away TO Spitzbergen.
Another has gone down near she Scilly
1les. Another hss landed on the coast of
Norway; hut what American 1ady could
trust to fashions that came from Norway.
and yet tho French persist in living on
horFemeat and neglecting their proper
business, while the Germans never did
have that regard for tho fashions which
distinguishes elegant people Houce a ter
rible state of things is coming to
pass, as anyone may discover
who will pause to observe what
is already 10 pay among the women
In the despicabls absence OF any ndvices
from Paris, every woman is dressing off
from every other woman in sort Of cen.
trifugsl tangent that will soon render it
impossible for Ally two of them To meet
even on the same sidewalk. Every woman
hns her OWL style, which, We need not
prove, il no style at all. AZ there can be no
style unless there is frst style. The
question before our countrywomsn nov is,
whence can we get style? The English
sre horrid~ The Germans are 80 very
domestic The Italians a1e in state Of
nature, Is their ballet dancers prove to us.
Nobody but the French can put any vivao-
ity, tone, art, OF ideality into dress. And,
alas, the French are, just now, neglecting
their proper business, In this dilemma
some one asks Lady Grant, in behalf of
the women Of the West what she will
do about the fashionas She replies:
,- Ten Then 9n.l cS. pos a1tq. s1y p.1,on'.f
he condition os my purse. Didnr yau Enuv =
,fess accatdlng 70 oae's fsucy needs N unlimited
arount Of capital: beside. would not attract a.
teBt1ou by the sp1endor Of my dress OF the SIM
more ehout this matter tnan 40, I'D 1 shsii
subscribe TO ~hat the ladies' OF the cabinet
.ay: y. "a yon ~. TIC women Of th.s county O..
taRhtone."
1t further appears that Mrs. Fish de-
I clines to do anything toward setting the
| fashions, although she declares herself
heartily in favor Of short dresses." "This, ''
the barbarous and masculine correspond
ent remarks, lis really making good prog
resa." II short dresses are merely classed
ms "good progress" what must be the
consummatiou, and the golden age?
, 1870-12-10

the prke OF A'Esu: Lady Florence Lcnoox.
fAnght+f 81 Sar Luke Of III. hmoud: Lady r O.
ene= l. veson Cove, daughter 81 the Dakr Of
Sutherland: L sdy May Butter, dauxnt.r Of tn
Marquis ,of Ormopde: Lady Alice F,szgrra
caugo'ersf tho h4tquts ri K.ldarr: aad LAZY
flaa enee Mou<sxn, dam h:ef Of tho EAxj Of Sand
.ieh. The F1nae&a p sun suffering from. tne .la-
ta'y done to her aneebya sp.A,. RI: =
;'-A sety curtous A1d Of judgment III news-
'rapes tna,se's is Ahont 10 be Invoked oJ n.
csr lenannf, Tho editor Of he Journal d. st.
pst1sbouro. II beeuB that he has mt oniy dufius
tic Rh Ae wsr been accused. partly by the French
cnlonykof the captts', parity BY native symp4-
ss rlth France Of strong partially fuE TT.
manr, but ncnas at late been Subjected 10 many
t1t o. iutus ard threats Of VI Ience on the "a NJ
ground. CnaAetou-. - he saJs, Of the strte8 An.
Rattlslty Of hls-lrHRn, he naa resolved 70 nAye
--be latter investigated. aud to hare the result
published BY the umpire. For himself, he hat
ches n = Frepc- mAn. NJ Duputs, director OF tbe
French theatre In St. Petentu'g: to bis opponents
. sl'Gws shfiE o1u choice to-he ratified By tue
Frrtch charge d'anattA Should the verdict q
&IslDsl him, he is ready to pa5 thnus4nh ruueles
10 the French committee IN aid IT the sufferers In
r suce' The .}ourndt'de 81. Fxter.bours will pub
slah the Seruic', whatever It he.
-atvcEal d4ouths ago the RaN Mall Gd:,tst pub-
lthtd s'ozy that the Russian Government pto-
posed to make certain act Of Admiral FArf.gul
an excuse for demanding the ahrossuon Of the
t'ea'y OF 7ssa TIE Admiral was on pleasure
ip to thu East, and, 1t wAs alleged, having sp-
oiled Tor permission to stick his nose into the
Black Sci, did not wait for a reply to bis pet,-
lion. but sailed In past the forts, had Rooa time
for day OF twn. and returned. II IS certain thst
KuSs IA bases Its tndguAtpn It the violation Of the
~ AFT By Turkey, to some e1tsut, on this nction
ot me Admiral. But II Seems, On an examination
, 1870-12-10
TERMS For 1871.

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THE NEW IOWA DIGEST,
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!uwa rana IT. nfKsutzat1u TO the pfrA+nt nr. with
fIpi2as .ottt. g. eets r "us .he ssuu een.rn
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Publisher. Law BouksrlI-r. ~ d Importer
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, 1870-12-10

3ot4I
Aemeranduss ef Coll and Si1ser Bars, r13dt from
1852 10 1863. itctusip<.
At Philadelphia Mini. 81. ,s1Aa9
At San Francisco Mlnt.-............. 1,4le, 8 60
Total gold aud silver bars fps5u, ,4s9 IL
Palladelpht& over Saa Francisco A,;9As0
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At Ph1ladelpidas 1sosto tsso........ ID. -ss
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San Francisco over rhifadelph:a.... s1ass, 451.47
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, 1870-12-10


al least, 60 that it cat MT be said that not one
victory crowned the F.erch aims during the
whole time Of the war." The Pkus*ians. how
ever. re,ort by saying that it is rot over them
It al they should triumph. but over the Bava-
| r11rs, OF whom the tr1ny defeated It OrleAna
v1s compceed. In their eyes, the DavariAns,
SINCE the Bav1rian Ministry has fatly refused
| to enter the Eurd. and eltce the Orleans de-
Geat, are no more the bTdre kt7-is they were
| after tho bloody battle Of Be1raout, where
King Louis enbjeeis fell like dies. No telling
ulst complications may arise within the next
few weeks. One Of them MAY BE- : Ae recall OF
the DAva,.tn t,oeps iato their Vrterasnd should
The uar drBg Oh tts present letha1Elc style-
xnd should the I.1ssiau BeA1 lAy lis paw on
tte Cree c. nj <f The TUX. B;stua,k is busy.
but Btust also is net idle. GyCA.
vkRsA111ks, Sos. Il.
closed my Etsterdays letter. believe,
si,t Tue rem mark thst the next few d1ys will
he rich IN impo1tant eventa, aud that il Bis
marx Is tusily at work. Beuas il not idle
either. Will, when l expressed myself to
that effect, did not susptct ho~ near tny
presen,,ments were OF being realized. Even
Wills xas engaged in writing ny last nights
letter, there was An undercurrent OF excite.
MI Mt going en- At the headquarters Of tbs
din. reut Iepasttu. uts, both evil and military.
But even thing WAS eonduc.e ed 60 noise]esslr,
= iear, bv the xAr, for which the Pru7.iane
! stand nut Q01}le1, th1t no oue-pct even those
| uediate5y connected with the headquarters
-sutpected that the per.onel Of the la,sel
uere e. gseed in packing shei. luggage, pre-
| nara.ory to their departure from Fe1H4!llee.
Sot rutil this morning did learn Of the in
:epd. d terar ure Of the beadqn'ttera and ise
c,ufe, The quick pe1eeptivs eyea aud mind
! | al The French, however. were not elow to see
. and g mrrehtpd, in tpste at Ill precaut1ouAyJ
messu1se, that eomeshlnR unusual Eas going
: On and they set themselves to fndiag onI
! tho cause. 1t is CT rtain that the French keeE
up bo,ween their various departments
citifs, towns, villsges and the country, secrei
ecnmpnic.nors, md bave not fA,ied to Oh
tain, also, in this cssa, quick. and what the,
a consider rpIiAb1e, Information.
According TO their Aeoount<, which, By thu
c WY. have eeon = great dtgroe confirmed
E on to The relief OF Paris trun al directions
2 Ttc most sanguine pl.oed them already =
y Mantee, Houdop. and Epernon- The soegunh
in nnt tpesk Of tbs rume1lcal strength OF tht
> sdrarcing Arnie1. but orly say that they 1T
q | fo11uidabIe and well equipped. It t. fufthe'
y sseerted that Ttochr had sHertod sozte II
| In the direction Of ChossJ 10 Roi, and occopie