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Ne .iRke The following from ID. Jason
(Miss.) Piiot. In this CITY we have yet to
hear that the low and abandoned Characters
Of either sex. If white, have any difficulty q
enjoying the privileges Of public places LIT
We do know that respectable Colored person,
are not accommodated in many OF our public
inns, and when they seek accommodation
they are denounced by one of the leading
journals Of this city as forcing social equality.
1t IS question with us whether the white
people 0! this community prefer seat q
room with white debauchee7 and gamblers 70
4 seq. in room with respectable ?eogl- ol
color:
A decision ola case By Justice orth> Peace.
:. W. Wood, Of Canton, under the civil rights
law, which we give in full IN this issue Of the
Pilot, presents soRe points, unit! NJ present
untouched by State legal opinion, aud 10
which we wish TO call public attention. The
matter, in brief, is this Two colorti women,
of VIGOROUSLY bad character recently pre-
sented themselves NJ a Canton restaurant
and demanded that meals shoald - served
20 them in the same room and At the same
tables with respectable white PERSONS Be-
ing refused, they left and commenced su.. tc-
II W - SNOW u ti.-tL = 4.t-
Garrett, q reputable coloTed man. lad taken
his meals IN Some Of the stalls af the front
room OF the same restaurant, hence there
was, IN his case, al least, no discrimination
on account Of color. The magistrate summed
up the subject in well-choSen language, sud
very properly found for the defendant, be-
cause, from the known bad character Of two
women, they had placed themselye, outside
the pale oc society, and were not proper per-
sons 10 be seated AT table, or in the same
room, with respectable ladies aEi gentle
men. The decision would have been the
same had white women of The same class of
unfoytunates been the plaintiffs or states
witnesses in the suit. In other words, white
courtesans have no rights in this connection
that may not properly be granted to those oE
black skin. This brings out in bold relief
the exact construction of the civil rights Law
foc which We have all along conteuded. The
law Is not social equality law, and its worst
enemies are unable to make it so, when Il
comes to practical and legal test. We have
lately earned little unexpected uotoriety,
through the aid and assistance OF some of the
uewspape. friends in our State, because sc
proposed, as private citizens, to abide bY the
law Of the land, and because We personally
judged mans or woman's status, as re-
garGed responsibility, not according TO The
color Of their faces, but in accordance with
their moral and mental condition. 1t seems
that there is such q thing, even in Miss.ss.p.
pi, as fair and unprcjudiced magistrate who
agrees with Us that social standing IS not con
fined entirely to the Caucasian race, and that
the bad Of one color have nc superiority or
depth Of degradation over the bad ofanother
color. The logical sequence is, that the good
Of one race are no better than the good Of
another race; and the application IS, that the
civil rights Of the one are not above o. below
the civil rights Of the other.
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The Civil service Scbeme-1ts I a.
Just and AU;i-sepubiican
Features.

TIE letter NC understand .ha practical
operation Of the rules which have been de-
vised to regulate the appointments and pso-
motions CT cc,taiE sGaocj.Datcs in the civil
service Ct tic Government, the rco.c thor
ougLiy satisfied We iecorne that tie whole
schec,e ,a vicious, unjust. and aci-Republi-
CT.
Gu. objection :, .ic civil service scLc:2e
IS based On It's aIiStccfat.c or ant.-l.epublican
character and operation: as we'll as upon tha
rank Injustice i ,rcri.g 70 & large cla;- d.
mel:tol!ous and able men and women. Ia
effect, its competitive feature c-.5 ~ nom
Government employment ii i sh!n5ion al
but the rich and the residents Of this city.
To tie poor citizens Of tic West, the South,
and the Last. anu especially 70 TIC whole
colored population % the country, the doors
Of the public Offices here are as eAectually
closed a. they are 10 certain class Of
rebels. All those living - Distance who are
not fortunate enough 70 posses means saili-
Gent 10 enable item 10 ris.; and reside ~
Washington till they could ascertain the "a
suit Of tie competitive examination % which
sll minor applicants fer places must submit,
arc practically excluded.
The poor boy, poor WOMAN, or poor middle
aged man, who does no. I've here, stand no
chance s!si1st the more favored who have had
an opportunity to study and money 20 pay the
expense OF teachers who know what the
Civil Service Board require. Practically,
therefore, tho appointments must 60 10 those
who have the moneysand can ai.o.d to spend
weeks or months here, waiting for the ex-
animation and the result, or who resides
here permanently. l. system which works
such great injustice to the Distant applicant
,ast. fair, or republican
Ltkerc were ans probability that a more
competent, honest, and faithful elias, Of clerks
would be secured to the Government, this
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Tee 81. Louis Dsme-5at pays some chose
compliments to the Missclr. LIBERAL EepAb-
!icgn-Reforn- + u,son-rebel Legislature. II
avows It's willingness 10 tac. the Legislature
now il session at the caIi.al Of the State
agalns! any similar body that has assembled
IN this country since the discovery Of America
by Columbus for stupidity, ior uselessness,
for depsavity, aud 70. all those qualities which
convert honest men !nio sosues and sensible
men into asses. This proud distinction, the
DsDoc7ot declares, cannot be wrested from
the State Of Missouri By any Of her sister
States.
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10 CANDIDATE for Office was ever a,3a.ted
more bitterly, charged with more Acnious
odeuses, or pursued more .c.cntlcssly than
Gen. Iiartranft, the Republican candidate
FOX Governor Of Pennsylvania, was b. the
Philadelphia p. CO.. Bot be was overwEcir1-
ingly elected, and from that or some other
cause, the Pye3s'is nor che Of lis IyarrDe2t
eulogists. We hope this approval Of Coz.
Ea-trantt's Gabernatoriai career does not
indicate disposition to turn h!s baci, upon
the party which elected lin, and TO unite
bis fortune with TIE Northumberland
Curtin band Q. Liberal iep9bi!oan y
aLcstatsr
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sa5 Opposition to the education q col
ored children Is being made ia the South
even where the co!ored people are IN the
majority. The remedy IS IN theic own hands,
and we are pleased 10 note that the colored
citizens IF Grenada, Mississippi, have given
the officials, having charge o! the schools,
20 un1cr.tand that their places viii &c up
piled By other and more honorable men.
These eo'crea r.sT'a 4no" their strength q.
the polls, and will u-e i in tho night G..cc-
ton. The ballot IS the weapon Of the citizen
to be used in fighting fraud or in;ustice Ga
TIC Part Of officials.
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SOME Of the Iowa papers arc publishing
statistics 20 prove that the principal cause
the past two years has been the immense
increase 10 their production. The creation
of manufactures Is the very hing to remedy
that evil BY diminishing produces and IN
creasin2 consumers. They want more
diversified labor, more manuiactor.c- and
operatives to make market for their surplus
produce, and to save themselves from their
present dependency on railroads. If in this
way they could double the number Of those
In other pursuits than agriculture, they would
end demand for all they raise at good Phi
rps and =; tEai- gerry door,
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Hon Richard IL. Whiteley

This gentleman Is one Of the Republican
members Of the House Of Representative.
from Georgia elected BY colored yoter,.
Judging him BY hi. action, hsrsat the capital
Of the nation, we feel confident tha, bis COL
orsd constituents have Justly placed eoaa.
cense IN HIN. He Is not Of that class that
fail to remember after arriving here that they
leave constituency behind Their. that Is de-
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OT:gia Of Plague EpidegaI..

The plague .liat FOR Tie last tgrJ yeG.s T.. b..
been raging In Persian kwj-teu lai il OH.
IN. according 70 the report af :. comm ga
sent 10 ascertain thc Haiua' and source E.. a.
disease, IN tho opening If some Old care.
which forty year, ago served ~ ly.al place
for the victims o' "a former Epidemic III
first appearance % tho rest.lence WIS ~ .
village situated some : 700 feet above cir
level Of thc blac.. sea. and containing a Z
about 10 .a'n.!lc,; 10 r1,eona were ~.
tackled, Of whom 100 lied. The village >
says the London 7,mrs, ''i1sc MI oia..
kurdish Villages, was nhELdaDtly lltLy r.,s-
In, but 1t was well supplied with pure vat.
from the hills, ana tie house, stg1d rgl..
from each other, freely exposed u I'll. .-.
md Wind The l!stoTv e the mod: q -..z-
IRE of the two persons who had been ca.....
attacked With p.agdC--CUs gg whom 1--we! =.
tell his own .LDry was ghta aciLy tie ..1.-
mission. Thar. could .c no Suspicion e. Goa
ta2.en brought from where, - r'o.,4. ., %
not known u exist either Ia A. Mu'- Q. %.
Persia IN tic summer lr G:.ca,1 q i-9g.
One # the rccccEs earliest attacked ~s7
seized & tcF; hgurs after be L1i been cE-a-e4
In the -orE of eTrara-:u- = cavern Eos Ia
boring sheep aHscry tae Hills rear tic ~
i1ca. while thus engaged lie had d.s!cte.y.I
q quantity 0. human bcaes. The o:Gey pc.-
sca had also teen attackcd sc1a after rcr:ig2-
Ing some hG;aan bones which re bad fozad l.
:. n:ighbor!ng caTc-n ia "L.ci G1cks -.c..
sheltered. Nor, the colsra.3s.1u Gscas.a'..
that the places II which these bones had beer
found we.l TIC sFst1 ylefc The dead vito Jan
lied iroEl az atta.,; lc p'a3a, with had de-.
populated some oF tie VILLAGES 1s ti.c d.s...c.
forty years tc!orc bad icaa buried. d.
l1ZJ-'SZ !. "a. wei. known la. I.a-uo w-.
s,,ia.y dis-eE. mated n aJ5.h" t.;u Pe.s.a
Asia Minor, sai Araii1. The rc-cE. g4.-
oreaE IN Persian Lgri..tan, q short, e..
loved almost Immediately upon tae open
of the tao Old ?, 7-'e--.t=, and Ike c0f1u. :,
sion believe. that q tile ryc-'a- 80 ....
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SOUTHERN papers arc beginning to urge
the removal Of Jefferson Davis disabilities,
so that he may be sent to Congress-
change.
And why should his disabilities not be re-
moved? There are a7 bitter rebels in Con-
gress az he is, and The disabilities have been
removed from thousands rs malignant and
relentless. Congress, in numerous cases,
stopped exceedingly low 10 ''couciiatc"
rebels the Court of Claims seems disposed
10 initiate the example Of its creator, and the
public mind is being gradually prepared for
other and still greater ana more humiliatiug
concessions to the rebel spirit So rampant
What will do more 10 concliate it than the
amnesty Of Jet. Davis1 We repeat, then,
why should his d!sabilitie= nat be removed
and why should he not be sent 10 Congress 3"
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The sumner Portrait.

We have been assured tLat the action Of
the Boart Of Trustees Cor Colored schools
in resembling the resolution Of the Old board
ordering portrait OF Hon. Chas. StinncT for
the Sumner School Building, was taken be-
cause II was found tina. .uch p resolution
was Illegal; and further, that the condition
Of tie school funds do no. admit % .Uch an
expenditure IS would BE- necessary to carry
out the resolution. Il las also CONS TO our
knowledge that the member % The board
voting 10 resc.nd the order exgfo. .ad them
se..ss = LLs ..a.g ~ I-:soGa!Iy r. al, aad
willing II AL IN "a, ing To- :. gostll.t o. sen
s.or Sumner Ios the above purpose. We are
glad to know that this = 80, for tie reason
that it relieves tie colorei people 0! TIL. Dis
srct from tie stigma that would be cast upon
them Of ingraiita1e toward. their noble.t
CHAMPION n the senate IF The ta..eg States.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1873.
sUBsCaIBERS TAKE NOTICE:

We will present each person, srbser bling
for the NEW NATIoNAL ERA one year, q
ane photograph Of Touissaint L'onyer'ore.
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Glass Warm and Glass Fabrics.

OF all the materials out Of which soft,
strong, pllable yarn, aud enc, durable, eex.
.ble cloth could be made. most readers, as we
certainly should, would suppose glass the
most Improbable. b.; there seemsto be no
doubt that this is one Of the Achievements Of
modem science and ingenuity. It y asserted
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syH. W. Cossley, Esq, Of Wyoming Ter
si,ory, l. In the city on visit to bis friends.
Mr.. Cossley has proven himself very ener-
getc and successful pioneer In the far West.
He IS the proprietor Of one Of the largest cor
rails N Wyoming, and IS doing an extensive
business,
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~ The Caronis!:, Of last Monday, has q
suggestion e. to what should be done with
the vagpnts Ct Washington. We Ike the
plan proposed, VIZ, 10 arrest the loa.srs On
our streets and put them to work On the
public improvements. We hope the Legisla-
ture viii LOOK INTO this matter.
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MED the exercise oi the rights and privilege,
Q: American ci..zcrs. We fee! assured -
"tsa Opportunity o".Es 3Ir whitley vii.
earnestly urge tho adoption oc such measure,
as 'ro best calculated :, PROMPTS the h.si.s.
E.s-a be so.D.sd, A. well 4 & Il:
h''a % toe United states.
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cIreum.taaseu Changed.

Only little more than year ago tb,
,dreca,es Of Grants re.el,stion wtr,
making great account If the fact thai
be had enormously reduced the public
debt. This va, their grs,. reason for
giving him second terra.
But now after less than q year Of thi.
second torn The Secretary OF the Treas.
ury conner to Congress to report that
the public debt has increased. and til ct
tn, peopla must be taxed to the tune Of
fOrty.tWo millions year 10 addition to
their present heavy burdens.
Suppos. lloRGcE GRkkLEr had been
elected and had made sucll cpnlmuni.
cation to the let Congress after hi, inaur
ura!ion, you'd i not have been sell i
about as sf'rd NJ conclusive prost ii biz
incompe,ency aud unftn,s, to administer
tue Government 7
Now, however. we dare ssy itis all
righG and those who desire GRANT for
third torn may 6ud in the spl.ndor
Of his expenditures aud the wisdom Of
increasing the debt and taxes in order
to meet them an argun,n! Tor elOc.iug
him again.
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We take tue following compliment
to our worthy delegate from tue Charles.
ton Courier Of 1.-The 10Th inst.
Gu Monday while th. bill was up in
the House of Delegates. proposing to
turn over tue Normal Schools 10 the
various counties, Mr.. Lewis, Of Lswit
county obtained the floor aud made
ItrOns AMI effective speech ia opposition
to the bill. His, We believe, was the
most elaborate speech m,de in behalf nj
these scaOols under their present system.
and showed that hs had given the sub.
jcst a careful study. and no va, armed
with facts, figures and arguments that
could not well 10 resisted. We can
only hope to give a synopsis Of bis
speech. Ile took the ground that under
the present system the schools had been.
working admirably, and With results
that would we'll repay investigation
He spoke Of th, continuous support Of
these schools. by the Legislature, and
how inconsistent aud suicidal 1t would
10 for the Legislature, TO Withdraw their
support now. whom they were nearing
perfection; how inconsistent 10 now
abandou them, WHOM only las, session
the same body had not only fostered
those already existing, but actnally had
created two new ones! He dWelt at
some length upon the advantage Of
educating our own youth to tea.b their
neighbors children with whom they
we're identified by community interest,
birth aud affection, than to lat ,hei,
great schools become little county
institutions and soon die out. What
would DO The result sfthis policy? Our
children must be taught, aad hundred,
Of Thousands Of dollars were spent yearly
to educate them. Where. IL the Normal
School, at. reduced down temporarily
into provincial and eishborhOod school,
and finally are killed. would we get
leachsrsi We must needs ilnpor. them
llars these nrsugsp any sympathy
with our people! They come for tho
dollar, and their aim Is rOach,d whom
their purses are FLIED. They arc not
unidentified BY in,oreil, birth OF .fI.ciioa.
and thu, stand almost irresponsible.
viii th. people, the poor people, not
more willingly sntruit thtir girls aud
boys to the stfsc,iOuatc care, Of the sons
aud daughters Of our own State rather
than to ,ttangertl Can tho Stat. now
Afford to girsaWiy gratuitously instu.
tituopI founded with wiIdO., aud costing
thousands Of dollaI7 Sh all those
counties 10 favored at tho expense Of
the people Of tho whole STATED Mr..
Lewis spoke at Iouo length aud made
One Of tho bait efforts Of this session.
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State Finances.

IL response to resolution Of til.
State Sepste, Auditor BEyXEr7 has
transmitted to ihat body a statement
showing the amount il the Treasury t..
the credit Of tho General State Fund"
al the close Of each fiscal year from
1865 to tho present limo. Tho state.
ment show. tha, on tho 30th Of Septcn.
bsr, 1867. the fund for State purposes
had bseD cxhau,tOi apd 81, O0l SO bad
been borrowed from and vas Ovipg To
the sahO lfupl. os S9'hofSrp,em6e..
1867, tho debt To tho school fund
amounted 10 3T5.2j0.7l; in 1908 il
was S6O, 1Ui 81: 10 1869 il va S32, q.
4s3. 49, 10 1870 it was 500, 52s o.;
and 10 ls7 it was S5G. 400 81 During
all Of this lime tie Radical psrty was
in full power IN the state; Il held the
State officers aud tho legislature; and
not until tho Democratic party assumed
the administration Of affairs hia tbcte
ever beCn q 60lllr 10 tho treasury to the
credit u General State Fund At the close
Of the fieiSI year. On the Sob u
September 1872. The books .hsv that
tho SUN Of $50. 400 OIL had been repaid
10 the school fund. and that there 70.
uiinsa in The treasury to the credit Of
ii, fund for general State PURPOSES
Sl0,5sV 40. On the 30th Of Ssptsm.
1Sr 1873 there uAiin the fund for State
purposes, S7,724.s0. not one cent hay.
ius besu ba'a borrowed from tbs school
fluid during either OflhO two preceding
years
In sir consecutive years Of Radical
administration the treasury was in debt
at tue close Of tue FISCAL year, the total
amoun. Of sums borrowed to make good
the deficiencies bsing $3.50. 50l. OF; Of
which 1855, S44, 80 was taken ftUln
the General School Fuud" and 1874.
7l9,T9 from what has been popGlarly
designated the "luedueible School
Fund" The editors aud correspondents
Whs have been making 80 much clamor
b,cauSs. III view Of tho expense coca.
stoned by hu unusually ptotracltd SEES.
sion of the legislature, Il has rteSailI
been found necessary to borrow Sl7. 900
for State utppSts. ought 10 have bsNet
mEnIrlet --R,7isiT.
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Model Lying

We take th, tsllsVing paragraph
from the Charleston correspondence Of
the Wheeling IntslIissheer:
1.-THE House passed the Till giving the
Governor s., OO0 to PrOis suite II. s. Walk
or. There wsI cVefy eTptlient rrsSrled 10
10 the way " parliamentary tactics 10 de-
lsat it, bG, Of NJ avail"
Now, We were present 10 tue
House when this bill was reported, and
also when ii came up subsequently,
90 lie 6r,. reading It sccu,ioncd no
debate, bat II received the nega,iv,
votes Of two Radicals and one Demo,
crAt. Upon its second reading no re-
marks we're made upon it. and i. va,
ordered to its third reading aud en-,
gtoTnsnt without a dissenting vote,
On its third reading and passage ne
word or decd Of snY member resisted
It's passage. and it was passed with il
title BY . unanimous yOic-;hs whole
time occupied 10 The entire action oil
the House upon the bill not exceeding
twenty-five ninulcs.-It il not worth
While to get sDgry about such thing
as this; aud We merely refer TO it as
sample Of tho model lying BY uhicl
our eusmis, I.eE 10 deceive the PEG
nle
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The Public Printing.

10 accordance with tb, rsqucIl 0
Governor Jacob. the Legislature ha
granted him oil tho 'moral and mate
rial aid tia, he asked for. As will b
seen by tho following bill, whiel
passed both lou,ss without dissent
lag vote;
Az Acr 10 .u,hotiI. tho Governor I,
inEtitu,s proceedings Tor The rcsov
cry OF monies. improperly Psid OIL
otths Treasury. sSd to appropriate
money 10 lefray tss expenses OF sucll
ProCstdiusa.
WuRRaL.. Ills Etesll,sry the Gov.
4rssr ofthi, State, Ls4, 10 his nss.sg,
ot,hs 18th Inst rspre"eisd ,e IA,
LCsi.li,uto that 10 il Of tbs opinion
that the Public PriusOr has charged
for and tc.sirsJ from tao tro,sary d
tbi. St,'s much larger amount for
th. pUblis Printing THAI, BY Law, lie
was CIT dol to receive; ard reS9u'
mend. tbs. ha be authorised to 10.
Tituts proceedings 10 the courts Of tbs
Ststs 10 recover shs auosvt tLuI (a'
hs thiuEO Improperly paid there
foe.
Bel .aostsd y tLs Lsst,lsiGr'Ot Et,l
Eiicginia.
That th, Governor be, and 10 /,
hereby authorized, q. IN biz opinion
the interests Of tho State a,ulnd ~
10 institute praeocdiug, il .ks cOurt,
0t,he State Tor tho recovery o. say
monies thus improperly paid, sAd fer
she purpose Of dsfTsyiHg the expense.
II such proceedings. the sum Of two
'hoaA.gd dollars. or 50 much tLOrsof
as may be needed, be. and tho ssius i,
hereby appropriated out Of any monte,
10 The Treasury not otherwise spprO.
ptistel--,hs same 10 bsIuhjset 10 the
esuIrVl Of tho oevsruvr for the pur.
ps,e mentioned III this act, and none
stbst.
This act shall DO 10 force FROM aud
att.r iIs passage
Il nov s.Rlips for Mr.. Jacob to
sustain tho ehstgss DO has made. 1t
u not a matter in which tue Demo.
stIslc party 10 Interested, but is imply
aptrsonsl mstt.r between Sir. Jacob
aud Mr.. Walker, But 10 response 10
che request ofihs GOret1.or, til. Leg,
islaiuts has made this appropriations.
aud Ne presume 10 will sGaiu "ts,th-
4t tbe ns,ts"of bic ifisndi SO b. IL
give him rope, and he will anon
commit Tie astSf Au,rirsn r'ri,k~i.
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In tho celebrated essay On What ]
Know About Printing" made by Mr.
jacob. be reported that John Brsw
aud ThOma, HcDermott. the two Rad.
ical State Printers. had also besu gull,
ty Of 0vOt.eharges. as well as Mr.
Walker. The Legislature. dsetniug it
s correct ,xiUn tia. what is sauce
for the goose Is sauce for tho gaudsr, "
have appropriated money for the pur.
pose. and required the Governor to
bring suit Ag.inst these gentlemen to
recover tho money which bs alleges
,hsy have illegally drawn. Thu, Mr.
Walker will not be solitary and alon.
10 this matter; bat No hero have th.
spectacle Of every public printer. the
State has ever had (two Radicals and
Democracy charged BY tho EIecutir.
With h.tt. Come up to the book,
gentlemen "Ilons,t John" wants to
Know il you hsv. anything to say in
response to bis charges.