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great deal of dissatisfaction exists
among wounded soldiers in regard 10 th,
inequalities of the pension system. For
instance, under the latest amendments Ia
the pension laws, carried through Congress
undel the auspices Of HENRY WILSON ana
approved by President GRANT, a soldier
who has lost Il leg receives only eighteen
dollars month, while soldier shot
through both knees 80 as TO stiffen the
joints receives from four 10 eight dollars Il
month. A soldier who has lost an arm
gets an artificial one in its PLACE; but II
man who has had his jaw shot away must
supply himself with an artificial substitute
from Il pension Of four or six dollars
month.
II is natural that such distinctions among
classes equally worthy should create dis
satisfaction, but these inequalities appear
n nothing beside the gross injustice shown
to the rank and hlci their treatment as
compared with that of soldiers who were
fortunate enough TO hold commissions and
to possess sufficient political interest To
insure places on the retired list in the
regular army. private soldier who has
lost a leg in the service of his country
an officer nominally disabled who is
placed on the retired list, although he
performs no service, and his disability
may be of IA character which would not
unfit him in thc least degree for any of the
occupations Of civil life, continues 10 re
| ceve the pay proper OF the highest rank
held by him ut the time of his retirement,
whether by staff or regmental commits
sion, and four rations per day, which, Of
| course, he Commutes for money.
one peculiarly of GRANTS admins
| tration has been that he has avnied him
| self of his power as President of the United
| States to crafty the likes and diSlikcs
| growing out of his army services by persc-
! cutting those officers who had incurred his
eumity before he had attained his present
high position, and by providing, at the
| public expense for those whom he
considers his friends The laws pro-
vidiug for disabled officers have been
perverted to subselye this iguoble end
ANA 20 add TO the cnronteIy Of the
abuse, officers have been promoted just ON
the point OF retirement I'm order TO In
crease the amount of the pensions which
they would be entitled TO draw from the
public funds, so that at this time men
who were only captains or colonies in
active service are provided for for lifc
with the rank and pay Of maior-Eenerals
with no duties at al 10 perform, ana ful
liberty to engage in amy lucrative hlsinos,
that may offer.
| A few instances of the manner in which
this business is conducted will serve To H.
| mstTate the whole subject, Mai. JOUN &
itonINsoN of the regular service held ,
volunteer commission as brigadier general
and, while temporarily in command of {
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our latest advices show that Gen. ~ ART
RANFr has un apparent majority, and will
doubtless be declared elected Governor of
Pennsylvania. This majority is altogether
the product of fraud. such open, undis-
guiscd, shameless villainy was never before
practised in any American election. The
evidence is given at large in another part
Of this paper. 1t will be pondered with
sadness and alarm by all honest men.
We will not here inquire how such I'M
preoedented fraud will bc received by the
people. II they consent TO It or bear ii
with Indifference, their demorahMtion
and corruption have gone further ana
reached more dangerous stage than has
been imagined.
II these events do not provoke a general
feeling of indignation throughout the
country-if il be the fate of the Republic
TO have GRANT continued in power, and
Grantism pcrpetuated over us-it is GER
tainly appropriate that such result
should be achieved 10y such means as were
employed in Philadelphia yesterday.
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Wife Beating.

Wife beating is peculiarly an English
practice. The men OF other nations are
not wont to whip their wives but whcr-
ever Englishmen are found, some among
them, more brutal and degraded than the
rest, are sure to disgrace themselves and
TO cast dishonor on the English mime 10y
beating the defencelcss women who are
So unfortunate as to be in their power.
The existence OF this british propensity,
and the frequency of it, shocking manifcs-
tations, are not exaggerated in the sub
joined extract from the JomrW ot CONF
mCrcc:
The English newspapers abound ".th re- ort,
Of Wiic-hcuiug tu~t- lu tl, 'U.ri-. We tuI ln
a single number Of the London N.Irs mention of
six which came before the mIc I-trutr~ uf t'at
city the previous day one lu, gand va, sent q"
jail for two months with l'rI th'. and wa or
drrcd t. ind a surety 90 icoi the peace for .ir
months after hls release ia iwu othrrci se~ fines
Of 4Os. were inflicted. AZ Mary lrbone % ,rutcuHc
~ two months hard labor WIS pass d. The
Thames magistrate imposed a penalty Of six
months imprisonment, win suIeties for good
behavior three months aiftrWud.
IT the crime should threaten 20 hccoWc ror-
mon in New York we should confidently lo"k
for the announcement Of longer terms than
even the longest pronounced 10y tnt London
tratcs that public opinion would suvnoU Item
ia using the utmost rigor.'
What is remarkable is that th. horrible
class of Englishmcn not only whip their
wives in England, but in cmgrating
they carry the practice with them, and in
whatever country they live, we hear of
English wife beaters. While rs II gem
eral thing the habit is confined 10 igno-
rant and depravcd men, there are some
persons of education and social prctcu-
sions in whom an innate brutality and the
coarscncss Of habltuAl dcbauchcry over
| come the rcnuemcnts Of culture SO that
they strike their wives and whip them
| just rs grossly and shamofully as more uX-
| cusable roughs and blaCkguaId,.
Wetrlst that the attention now attracted
to this subject throughout the world may
| lead 10 II reform not only in England but
among Engli-hmon elsewhere. The editor
of the Ncc York Times is an Eugl,hman
| He ought especially TO take up the sub.
| iect and eudoaVoT to teach his country
men how to avoid such beaStly ana re-, uit,
| ing inhumanity.
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Mr. Twecds ngit yesterday by calling at Mr.. Twceds
private office s5 Duane street. at his residence Fifth
avenue. at tho Metropolitan Hotel, his bondsmen,
John l.. Burrl, John I'm, and willard Bartlett his
tho same-thft Mr.. Tweed had not Ned. Mr.. Dewey
Nr. Tweed's private secretary offered 10 bet the Sun
reporter ti,h against O. that he Dewey would pro-
duce the Boss within thirty minutes. Mr.. Tweed's
hondsmen aud counsel rdiCued the idea that Mr.
Tweed had nd, Mr. willard Bartlett declaring that
Tweed had never Intended TO Zee. had not Ned, and
would not Nee. The rcuOrtcr found II impossible To
catch even glimpse Of the Boss. Tomorrow Mr
Twerds counsel Will make a motion before Judge
Brady inside the order of last Monday hNlng Mon
day the day for the trial The Hon Thomas c. Fields
was sick at his house yesterday.
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pBorooRApHs BY sun NREPoRrERs.
Judge Cnrdozo Counsel for the Defence In the
urown Murder Trial.

Yesterday, in General Sessions, Judge Cardozo
appeared ae counsel for John Smith and James Tuly,
the two young dictcd for the murder OF Augustus
brown on the eth Of June last The particulars OF
this case were published In THE sur. Mr. Brown was
going home with Lis wife about " O'Clock at night
They had spent the evening at the Bowery Theatre At
Canal and Forsyth streets they rudely osied by
group Of rOughs and when they reached DIVISION and
Attorney streets the two prisoners, 10 alleged over
took them and applied Insulting crithc to MIRA Brown,
which her husband Vutcd The prisoner Smith tncn
knoct ed him scns'less with slnng gshot, Or some ein
lar eapon tracnriug the skull Smith Ia indicted az
principal and Tully Bs accessory.
udLc Cardozo expressed himself ae ready and anxious
for trial and when he learned that the for
the prosecution wern not present insisted unOn the ~
Of day when the prosecution would DC ready Tue
case was finally - down for next Tutsly.
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The Mu,uni- and Bo.ton.-A TIE.

The nrst game Of the grand tournament on
the linton ground played yesterday, the contest
ants being the Mutuas OF this city the Boston Red
stockingp. The game, like all the others which have
been played this between these clubs was con
tested the most determined manner and was most
citing. The play on both sdce, however, was mech IN
fcrior to what they have shown many very stupid nils
takes being made by players on both nints on he
INITIAL eile, McMuicn and Pesrco distinguished them
selves In this rcepcCt their giving the BOetons
sN out Of their seven runs white on the Boston sdq o.
Wright, Gould Hud kpauldhg gave the Mutuus Tour
runs The eleventh inning bcsun, and the Mutual
had scored run when Brds1i was injured and the
umpire called the game, which ought to nave been done
at the end Of the tenth Inning The following is the
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The ravages OF the cattle disease in Eng
land aud ON tho continent have caused the issue
Of a prOhibitory order by the Lords Justices
and rrivy Council Of ireland prohibiting the
landing In that country 81 all cattle, sheep
Roa,s, and swine from EnIland or Germany.
The United statoe Treasury Department has
admonishcd Ia agents To prevent the importa-
tiou OF neat cattle and hides fron Europe un-
lcss accompanied by n consular cert lcate from
the port OF shipment she wing that the same are
free from infection. with the example OF the
l.ish authorities before II, tho Treasury Depart
mcnt contents itself with halfway measures to
guard against the Introduction Of tho tirease
when the most rigid preventive regulations are
necessary, and should at once bc adopted and
enforced. Quarantine officers might as well de-
pend ON consular certificates of the health to
prevent the Introduction uf yellow fever.
There is no actual necessity for the importa-
tion of neat cattle from Great Britain, Germ ny.
or Russia, and tho frmrrs and ranchcros II the
West will not grutile at the form uf protection
which will save thcr herds from the danger of
being ravagcd 10y the rinlorpeet II Secretary
Boutwell, has any regard for the interests uf our
stock-rai,i ing population, let ri..id regulations
be at once put IN force to prcycnt the importa-
tlon Of cattle from countries where the cattle
plague L. prevalent
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a correspondent writes to say that his
wife wants him to vote against nr. GVErLEY
because she believes That GWrLtEY t. Roman
Catholic, or Il inclined to become one. our cor
respondent says that other persons are inlu-
cnced in the same direction 10y the same con-
sidcraions and we are requested to inform him
whether or no this charge against the Liberal
democratic candidate is true. We answer that
We believe II ia not true; but we don't know,
aud for our part we don't care. We esteem
liuRACE GREELEY as an upright liberal states.
man, whusc election will break up most infa-
nous system 81 corruption, affecting every do
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Auemr, to oh,r,n nosu- Rc,enne stnmp-.

John y. Mangct, printer and lith hographer at
- Barclay street appeared before Commissioner Shields
and made andavt that John stevenson came to his
Office the 1th inst, say Ing that he had been by
Edward \. Bray. OF 10 Cedar street, and desired Man
set 90 make plate and print son int rnal revenue
STAMPS TO he used on whisSey barrels In indiana show
iBg Mangct n genuine stamp NJ sample OF what was
wanted. stevenson was arrested yesterday and taken
before the Comutiss.uncr, who committed him In de
fault uf p. Hrary. n n said In the nit states Dis
trict Attorneys Office has already given bail In two
cases and fear expressed that he will away
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A srcnnd AllncL ON lhr KIM of snnin.

To the soV says Last evening while His Majesty King
Amadeus was walking m the Plaza del Orcutc, two
men, who were concealed hDhwd statues, threw soy.
trnl large stnuCs at h crying al te time. Viva Ia
Egpuhlioa' The dg~pcridpcs look Hignt immediately
after committing the dastardy act, They were pur.
sued 10y number ot policemen, but succeeded no mas
ing th'r escape, Tue King vas not lurt, Ihe occur,
renee causes great eNDltemvut Ia Madrid,
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10 ne E,ti1, ~ TLs StHi.
SIR \ few days ago some NEWSPAPERS said
that Gtu Grants oiceLoldcrs Ia the custom House and
Post urcc were also drawing pay Supervisors aud
Deputy Narshas Of elections, FOR standing about with
cluh- aud p p,tos registry and election days. Ibcg
leave to say that tins i not so they don't get cent
There 10 about - drawn ont Of the public treasury
ashu gtuu New ork and about six months after
election the paynaEter will give notice that he win
meet them at the Assembly District headquarters.
There the following questions must De- answered 10y
them necessary under OATH aftert they have handed 10
tht e. commission;
Duyou nyl' luy office under the United states Gov.
eTnmentp
Have you spent any OF your time in the Custom
House,
Have you worked at any time In the Post Onlce2
fV'r WurhCA IA the Navy Yard
Have you ever held any office under the United Statct
GuvemmcntP
Have you served full time?
HAyc you NltnV sse- to prove II (fu'l timel
IL IL with great difficulty they get full pay, the pay
master cutting them down IL ne possibly can. II one
happens TO be or OtCchOder he h told to
step aside In si9 twothlrds Of The Supervisors and
Marshals were ohiccholders Where did two birds Of
The people smoney 60 to that those oteeholdtr dd not
spent u ht way for The reelection Of President Grant
other man II Il il not speut In this way, then It
must hc disposed Of by the rut Of subtraction, phi.
siuu. and silence. W
NEW AoLF, Oct. 3, 1877.
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$4,000 Firc-one Man Killed.

Yesterday morning. a nre broke out in the rear
building l7J suffolk street. Joseph Baker, brush manu-
facturer, second hoor, lost tinD Mr. Rothschild
wood turner, third hoor t SO loss on nrst floor
tiOl. In the adjoining building. III John ldcdinrer
meat clipper loss t3On; Edward tlstar, scroll work
SguO Bchrens Dover, wood turner's, s 40; FAllmer
CO., wood turner's, ti,hu building and maCeino ry
o. uO. Elijah furlong uf Sevenfyfou street Rnu
tirst Avenue whc og kin NJ the nrc, from The th ri
story Of the tudiug i5i Nurfuk street. aud fa;a Is
INJURED sent 70 n,llevue HnspItal.
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A RaIlImorc rhenlre slrnck by LIshnIng.

A baltimore Theatre struck bV Lightning.
BALrMoRE, OCT S.-During Il severe storm In
this city Yesterday afternoon the Front street Theatre
WAS struck by lightning while rehearsal of the French
spy was In progress. The lightning struck the cupOa
tearing the roof Into tngW"nts thence passed down
the Gas pipe into the building and flashed along the
foUtRiS, and following the gas fixtures, passed out ut
SIDE door into the street several actors ON the Stage
were shghtb stunned, OnI uOut seriously injured,
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A bloody Anrny In Lomi.inna.

SHUEvEpoRT, Oct. s,-R. J. Wright, COrH {
the Distri Court, aud his brother, ". y wr'gt',
Deputy sheriff. were killed tins morning ry ttirt
Police sherrOi and Police Oncer ShrrNcrt. -"
rlcuds of the Wtisht brothers armed utin-ry's sln
shot guns, found AMI ki'ri shepherd Aul ulu s r 's
IIrNrrN direction for ShrrrOd, An concerned utloat
10 the .uuc political party,
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Mr.. Townsend, counsel for Miss Rose McCabe,
who II Is alleged H. while sane confined in the iunatc
asylum. obtained writ OF hdbels cofrus from Judge
SedgV lex, requiring he shown for Miss Nc.
taees deiejtlon; Return was made ycsicrday before
Judge SedgVick that Miss MCCahr gularly com
mttcd - luhatic, and had been rcmandcd such by
Judge Leonard. The case was set down for Monday
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A new firmnn issued by the Turkish sui
tan confirms lsMAIL PAsHA In his title OF Khe-
dive Of Egypt and makes the dignity hereditary
Ia the family, legitlmating the altered line OF
succession according to primogcniturc. This
provision tor the succession IL In direct conflict
with the teachings Of the Mahomctan religion,
the Koran says that the eldest surviving male
Of the family shall succeed to the place Of de
censed dlen'tary. and II may hereafter lead tn
rious trouble from the Mahomctan subjects
~ tho khedlye. As the Sultan has hitherto
mauifo stcd extreme jealousy On account of ihc
prcton-Dns To- sovereignty put (, IN 10y the
khcdve, this concession To the laitor must have
been brought about hy peculiar influences. II Is
probable that bribe of money was used To- pro-
cure the nrman. a. such inducement. have pre-
Nou-ly been crcctualy employed by the Eg1p-
tan ruler IN his dealings with The sublime Porte
IsN vi PAsHA l. the third in lincal descent, and
The fifth In surte-sion, from the renowned
MRuFNET All, who In lS', and again in 1872,
would have wrcstcd the throne Of Constantlno-
pie from H. posscssor II 1t tad not been for the
Intervention ~ Great britain, Russia, Austria,
and Prussia. who dictated peace BY which the
Iashalic Of Egypt was secured to him ana lis
descendants on condition u paying one-quarter
ofhi- clear revenues Go the Sultan a., Tribute, re-
storing To the latter his fleet and certain prov
inces which MEuEMLT had conquered, and
limiting the ariuy Of Egypt 90 lSuD men
isNAiL PAsHA succeeded e. tho government u
Egypt In is'l3, and Nt once adopted policy of
administration modelled after thar of European
states. He had been educated In Paris, had
travelled extensively aud was fully alive to the
importance Of developing the internal resources
Of his country ~ n means Of raising II to impur-
tance among natl ms. lie took an active part IN
the construction II the Suez Canal and ~ the
capital stock of that important work, amount
iug to s,2,io,0O1, the khedi,o holds SiO,oVO,Uo0
A ruler Of large views aud unbOunded am
hition, 1t Is not likely that he will be satisfied
until hc frees himself frum all sen,hance of yas-
salare TO Turkey, and becomes an entirely in
dependent sovereign.
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Ger Your Nn,urnIiz.tiop P.pers

Only twenty days remain in which persons can
take out naturalization papers FOR the coming election
Tre Democratic Naturalization Committee Hts al
lhhmlDeIs street and CIV Ran place daly.
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pprtmcnt Of the Government and threatening to
destroy our republican institutions; and we no
more Inquire whether he is Catholic, or
Methodist, or Unitarian, than we shouldl " our
house was on Are and Or. GREELEY was on hand
with a great supply of water to put II out In
that case we should not Il sist on waiting nd
letting tho flames rage until we had ascertained
what wlre his theological opinions; but We
should say, Welcome, HORACE; dash on the
water and stop the nrol' That Ia what we cay
now and If any man hcsitates To support Hol'-
ACE GHEELEy for fear that he may not he ortho-
dox or hetcrodox In his religious ideas, all that
we have to say Ia that in our opinion that man
hoe - very poor understanding Of the present
rituation of tho country.
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GoILApAY of Kentucky, who resigned
his seat to escape an investigation into his sale
Of n oadctshlp, is again running for Congress On
the GRANT ticket. lie has undertaken the con-
genial task Of palliating GRANTS nepotism and
rft-taking, and his attempt on the liberties Of
San Domingo. As he has his own case to cx-
plain yet, he doesn't make much Of an impress
sion.
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Paymastcr REEsE, who j. CHARGED with
using Government money for personal gain T.
said to he relative of Cen SuLHNAN, but no
family influence will bee exercised in his behalf.
Had he been a lfth counsin u the Gift-Taker
his alleged deficit, winch Is but small. would no
doubt have remained state secret. The amount,
5000, has already been restored, and REESE Is
to be tried by court martial.
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let. %. sd ith. 5th. Cth. IN sthe,hlOth.
Nn.on m"iSIl ......''..,. ......'..... 9 o.
lluue earned Mutual, Boston. o.
Umpire r. liglafn. Nalt more club.
Time OF gamr, hours aud - minutes.
To-day The NutuaiS ana Athletics pay on the Union
r-uund aud the Alantcs and BostOn on tn" CapiOlnc
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rost Office Espionage.

IL has become a matter of general noto-
ripty that since the Presidential campaign
has bttn in progress the mails have been
tampcrcd with 10y GRANTS postmnstors In
numerous instances for the promotion of
partisan utcrrs;s. This il n new means of
political warfare in this country, though
espionage ot correspondence committed to
the custody Of Government officials has
long been ravoidtc method for discover
ing political and personal secrets among
the moro dcspotiC rulers Of the Old World.
But we were hardly prepared to believe
that GRANTS subOrdinateS had become 40
stuffed with arrogance ~ To violate the
mails of another country as n means of ne
complishing desired cnds, though II APP
pears that such is the fact.
In n pamphlet recently issued In Cnnada
relating to the case OF nr. BRArruS, who
was kidnapped from London, Ontario, un-
der the mistaken supposition that lac was
DR.. AVERY of North Carolina, who was
charged with completely in the operations
of the Ku-Klux, ii was said that HESTER,
the United States detective who managed
the kidnapping, had gained access to the
Post Office in London, where he had pro-
cured information by violating the secrecy
OF the mnils. This accusation appeared so
astounding that we took some pains TO MS
certain IL there was any foundation for IL,
and as the result of our inquiries are able
TO lay before our readers the following
correspondence which passed between u
citizen of London AMI the Postmaster
General of Canada, from which it secm-
that the charge was made on substantial
grounds:
loNpoy. ontario. Canada, June O, is,a
90 Tls Hu. iI.lnf,r G'.yJ," p1,ia.ilei. Gei sid}t
o." have very satifiact ~ reason to believe that
some time. but as just lf it. .hls bceu haluau, sd
I,' & l.to ~ . , W 's @ "l ga ',C p1 n M Nm ~ n r
-om, hours tberc da, SUI also Is believe iiir the
btTTs o NJ, 6aScSdd Ss aS X T f"i S ,a ana %
10 what cAteLt Of course l have not tlc means oi
Nta Il such things arc l'uc with the knowledge and
"on-cnt of thc ta9aaian Government think q At t,;e
a,g y ' abc H OK M ~ " essmna,ian s h' ,'
on u" ,oltTay the Go,crnmrnt i got a~are u ~.
tr.it o. ascertain me truth Of 'uch gross ahu,,
ALENALpER MAzYCE.'
'T.-r orftor pvrAr7utSr CAN,r,l
OTTAv a, lst August, lNt!.
"ste. Rc'rrr to your irttcr u 90 nt "a thr .ub
Si is,'"iq T.. ,eS aSlaop m ,1,
, am, G ~. S,,g TO- , wPSh @ ygq rtisT
ma that there Wn- SO connection lfh the matter q
rlou, breach Of Post once regulations. The Post.
master has reason 20 believe that the
notice hc ha; taken t TIE mstcr DO have The ehrct of
pttNt ting hc occurrence vl a, HIat irregularities
10 future. am, cir your obgii.nt s.rvent'
vs.. WHITE, Secretary.
"a N.zycg, Esq, London, ontario"
when the insolcnce ~ ofhcial lawlcss-
nr,s has reached Il 2 extent of spying into
the correspondence committed to the mails
of another country, what limits can be ex-
pccted TO restrain the espionage Of the
Post Ofhce officials within our own bounda-
rics? This is a question which we will leave
the admirers of personal government to
answer.
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The population oi the Russian Empire has IN
treast at remarkable rate during the pat century
anu la bul the Increase is In part owing TO eS.cn.
sion OF territory, Ia ne the population stood ut four
teen millions in 1893 NJ thirtysN millions, In .s29 at
about hity millions, and In 1863 at sNty.hvc millions.
AZ present the population stands at about seventy.
seven millions The extent of the empire has increased
from eighteen million square miles In the latter part NJ
the fifteenth century TO nearly three hundred and
sJIbing.