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The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30
A CANDID CONFESSION.

The Acting Governor Of Louisiana, In
his recent bitterly partisan letter to the
Chairman Of the Democratic Conserva-
tive State Central Committee. uses the
following language:
frankly say to you. as the representative OF
the Democratic party Of this State that in my
opinion. the principal obstacle now existing to 1,
fair expression Of the will OF the people at the
next election consists in the system of terrorism
which members OF your party. not forming, I
admit, the nio6f numerous or the most res pect-
able class have established, unrebuked by you
In some OF the parishes OF the State. where black
men are nightly whiI ped and shot at. or even
killed; where they are prevented from holding
political meetings. and are deprived OF all free-
dom of political action.
In this paragraph Antoine and the
leaders OF the Radical party (for
Antoine's letter is simply the manifesto
of the partyt charge that q system Of
prevails in this State; that
negroes are nightly whipped. shot at
and killed and that coIored men are
deprived Of all freedom Of political
action. These are indeed grave and
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30
CITY COUNCIL.

The ordinance introduced by Mr.. Pills
bury appropriating $4,000 extra to the
cleaning OF the streets and cutters oi
the city was finally passed yesterday.
The petition of property-holders on
Jackson between Barorne and Clai.
borne. asking for sidewalks was return,
ed by the City Attorney without his ap-
proval, q sufficient number not having
signed the application.
The City Attorney made an unfavora-
BILE report on the communication OF the
Carrollton Railroad Company asking to
be exempted from taxation under GER
tain concessions.
Mr.. Jonas gives 1t as his opinion that
he has been unable to find an extension
Of tho charter OF the company, and that
their demand amounted to exempting
the company from taxation until 1910.
The sale Of the markets on the pre-
vious day was ratified.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30
CRUSHED TO DEATH.


| About half-past seven o'clock last
evening, another accident occurred on
| the Canal street and Lake Railroad, re
sulting fatally to a lad aged fourteen
years. named Geo. ,McQuean. i, 1t ap.
pears that while the outward bound
train, drawn blythe dummy Lady Frank.
| lin, was on its way to the lake, and
when at the intersection OF Johnson
street, the boy McQnean boarded the
train in company with a companion, and
was sitting in one OF the coaches, but on
being warned OF the approach OF the
conductor, ran on the platform, at
tempted to jump Off Of the steps, and
as he did so he stumbled, and falling
under the wheels five OF the coaches
passed over his body. 3alQ ATT
When the unfortunate boy was picked
up and laid on the neutral ground he
was still alive, but only survived his fate
about ten minutes. DIR. s. Grosart, who
happened near the scene Of the accident,
left leg and arm had been almost
severed from the body, the mutilated
members only being held together by
small fragments of flesh.
The boys skull was also fractured,
and the Doctor stated to our reporter
had it not been for the fracture OF the
base Of the Uranium McQuean would
have lived several hours. .is.. iss,1ss5 F
The conductor, Mr.. Wintz, on being in
terviewed by our reporter, refused to
give the name or number Of the dummy,
or any OF the particulars connected with
the killing, which was somewhat
singular 80 ba~ sse it.' ,'4ai7 A'5i''re@
The Coroner held an inquest and re-
turned a verdict according with the
facts, after which the body Of the .un-
fortunate lad was conveyed to the resi-
dence Of his parents, on Roman street,
between Palmyra and Gasquet. sfaf
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30
MONROE :!

Our specials from Monroe and Shreve-
port this evening are very significant.
In Monroe, we find that the work OF vio-
lence has been inaugurated. Ouachita
has very large negro population, and
1t will turn out that the carpet baggers
have been working upon the pas-
sions and credulity OF the negroes.
The negroes never engage in
these acts OF violence OF their
own accord; they are always in
cited to them by cowardly white Rad
icals, who, when the mine is organized
and the train Is laid, skip off and leave
their poor dupes to receive the brunt Of
the vengeance their violence may pro-
woke. II several OF these deluded
negro rioters had been caught and hung
by the outraged whites another howl
would have gone up through the North.
The fact that bands OF negroes had
fred into the residences Of the
whites; that the lives OF men,
women and children had been
imperilled, would have been ignored !;
nay, the slain ruffians would have been
held up all over the land as martyrs of
liberty; lambs OF innocence; victims of
the brutal and malevolent passions
OF the Southern whites. We trust the
riotous spirit OF the negroes of Ouachita
may be quelled without bloodshed and
through the instrumentalities OF the
law. But II 1t shall become necessary
for our white fellow citizens there to
resort to desperate measures to pro-
tect their lives and properties, we
hope they will act with coolness' and
judgment, and '.gs for" the white ras-
Gals who are at the bottom of all this
trouble. Let our friends, as far as pos
sible, .hold the deluded negroes guilt
less; spare their lives IL possible, and
II they are forced to take livfe, let them
deal with the white villains who are,
beyond question, urging the negroes
into these riotous acts.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30

Henry Kent, the colored man referred
to yesterday as having been shot ct by
a gang Of negro desperadoes, because
Kent is Democrat, and who defended
himself SO pluckily. was rel eased on
parole yesterday.
Messrs. McGloin,s May and Behan,
the sub-committee of the State Cen
trail Committee, having charge OF
the matter, have received assurances
from Captain Gray, OF the First Pre-
cinot, and Captain Lawler. OF the Third
Precinct, that they will use their best
endesvors to prevent the occurrences OF
such cases. The whole matter will
probably be dropped, II the Black
Union Stops pledge themselves that
they will not interfere with Kent or any
other colored man in the exercise of the
free expressions Of theirpolitical senti-
mentS.
The Committee and the people have
made up their minds that this thing is
going to be stopped as effectually as it
was during the campaign OF 1874.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30
AN UNTIMELY END.
Mr.. James POgue Falls from n Gallery
t.4oe and Is Killed. CtY& tAa. u =

st-f.4 04 ana Is Killed. f-i<ss EEi-4ss 2
At nine O'Clock last night Mr.. James
Pogue, native Of Kentucky, aged 55
years, fell from the back gallery Of the
second story Of the house No. 22S Caron-
delet street, and was almost instantly
killed. Mr.. Pogue, who is mule
trader by occupation, had just returned
from the country with his family and
taken rooms at the above. described
house. Last evening he was standing
on the gallery, leaning against the rail-
ing, in conversation with q friend, when
suddenly the railing, which was very
old, gave way he lost his balance and
fell into the. yard, which was paved.
distance Of eighteen feet. DR.. J.W.
Folwell was Immediately called in, but
on examination found that the patient
was beyond all human aid, rs the skull
had been fractured in the fall and seve-
raj ribs ON stheleft side had been broken.
Mr.. Pogue expired in about twenty-five
minutes alter the fall He leaveSa wife
and several children to mourn his un-
timely end. He has been resident Of
this city for the last thirty years.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30

The DEMoCnAr's special from Shreve-
port exhibits the carpet-baggers' and
the negroes true idea OF liberty and
government. Sensible men desire no
better proof OF who are responsible for
all the riotous proceedings which trans
pire In the reconstructed States than
the scenes. such as that which our
special describes at the Radical conven-
tion at Shreveport. which occur In
every instance where there are
two factions in the Radical
party. The carpet-bag rogue, and the
ignorant negro, have no conception
OF the freedom OF political opinion or
action. Their idea is to obtain control.
and possession of power, by violence or
fraud; and the theory they have prac-
uced against the Democratic party,
they play of against each other in their
conventions and committees
The split in Shreveport is serious
one.. Bill Harper, a hurley black negro,
for years has been the absolute mister
OF the Radical party, white and black
No man In the party has dored to dis
pute his authority, and he has ruled
with an iron hand. A. b. Levissee, Ross
Wilkinson and Heffner are influential
white Radicals, and their recent revolt
against Harper, beyond question, peris
the harmony OF the party in Caddo.
That Harper and his followers at
tempted to break up the convention
shows the vim bpldness and tenacitv oP
this negro leader. Our Northern tra-
ducers may obtain little light upon
the negro politician and carpet bagger
from the fact that the murderous white
savages OF Shreveport had to protect
the convention Of one faction of the
Radical party from the brutal and law
less violence Of the other
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30
DAILY DEMOCRAT
Il. J. HEARSEY. .......... .EprToR.
GEO. w. DUPRE. BUSINESS MANAGER.
OFFICB-14 CAMP STREET.

At the meeting OF the State Central
Committee Of the Democratic Conserva-
tive party Of Louisiana, held Monday,
the following resolutions we're unani-
mously adopted: e.. a,t.,,
Resolved. That all official publications or
dered by the Democratic Conservative State
Central Committee be made In the New Or
leans DEMoCRAT.
Kssolssd. That. according to circumstances
and In his discretion. the President OF said
Committee be authorized to insert said pub
lications In one or more other papers.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30
! THE PACKARD PROPOSITION.
THE SEN TTMENT nv NATCHTrOCHES-
y e WHIT THEY KNOW THERE
Dick Tarpim not the Peer Of Chcvalier

AJEA tn 3tEl Wayard.
NATcHrTocHEs, La, Aug. 81. 1875.
Editor Jem0crat--I have tust read In
the New Orleans Bee OF the 18th inst.
that $. B. Packard, the Radical candi-
date for Governor Of this State, has In
vited Gen. Nichols. our candidate for
the same position, to political discus
sion throughout the State during the
present campaign, requesting him ito
name the dates and places" when and
where such discussions may be had, as
both OF the candidates desire "a loyal
and peaceable election"
Being native born citizen OF the bar
isk 1sf Natchitoch0s having resided
within it's limits all my life, and stumped
it regularly since 1868, / profess to kn0,c
the feelings OF my people In regard to
the proposal, and knO,D that they would
Ideprecate the acceptance Of such an in
vitation, for, at least, two reasons:
s. j. They knOW that there can be moth
Ding 'loyal, peaceable, or fair" In the
words, Intentions, or actions OF Mr..
Packard. 1850 .Ht
Q. They know that Mr. Packard Is as
responsible for the oppressive State
government we have had for the last
four years as VIM. Pitt Kellogg. They
know that he sent his deputy inarshals
to our parish, In 1874, with blank war
rants, TO arrest some OF our citizens,
upon the affidavits OF such low flung
characters as Blunt, Myers, Van Duzen
and others OF that ilk.
II Mr. Packard is ambitious OF the re-
putation OF a stump speaker and de-
batter, let him go the rounds OF the
parishes with some Democrat carpet
bagger (if he can find any stumping
the State on his own hook; sneak In
and out. and address audiences COM
posed exclusively Of low, vulgar, igno-
rant and prejudiced negroes, as Kellogg
and others did In 1879.
Mr.. Packard Is not the peer Of Gen
Nichols, and should not be permitted
to stand on the same platform with
him. Very respectfully, CT. D.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30

Weowe special amends to the memory
OF Dick Turpin for having compared
him to Packard in the head lines OF the
letter OF our correspondent from Natchi-
toches. We admit that it is rather
rough on Dick Turpin," but 1t was the
nearest we could come to it, and we
thought we would let the thing stand as
we did not know OF that gentleman
having any male relatives existing who
would be likely to take the matter up .
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30
Supervisors Of Election.

tion took the oath 's,vs and nro,arlv " onali- mali
fled yesterday, and took their places at
the various registration offices and went
to work at once. Every ward in the city
is now represented except the Seventh.
The list OF the Radical United States
Supervisors was handed into court this
morning.. There will HsSdly be any OBJ
lection made to them, and the proba-
bility is that they will go on duty to-
day
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30
AIT for 4 Woman's sake,

Had it not been that gushing female
was at the bottom Of it, James Lawless
would not have been the recipient of q
bullet ID che left shoulder, at the corner
Of Palmyra and. Charline streets. by q
pistol ia the hands Of Jean Stanmeyer,
which occurrence took place at S:45
o'clock last night. The wounded man
was conveyed to his residence, and the
aggressor made his escape.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30

PERsoSAL.-Monday evening. by the Jackson
route. mr. u. l. Nasra. the popular proprietor
OF the China Palace, No. I2o Canal street. started
on trip to the North, where he will select full
stock of goods, including all the new and novel
articlesin his line OF business.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30

The Central Council held q meeting
last night. After d long debate. q COM
property holders with legal advice in
cases where their property is seized.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30

A Democratic club has been formed
at Tigerville, Terrebonne parish. 1t il
said that many negroes could be per-
vote the Democratic ticket, but that the
planters are unwilling to organize their
laborers for the reason that they fear it,
will have bad effect on them and pfe-
vent them attending TO the crops. .,
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30

MEETING OF THE wILrz GUARDS, srxT

MEETING OF THE wILTz GUARDS, SIXTH
Last night the Wiltz Guards of the
Sixth Ward held rousing meeting at
their club-roOm, corner of Bayou Road
and Johnson street. The call being for
a special meeting routine business was
laid aside. The asSemblage was called
to order by the President. Mr. Paul
Conrad, who introduced Mr.. Henry G.
Castellanos as the first speaker. This
gentleman in his remarks laid great
stress upon unity in the Democratic
ranks In the coming campaign. That il
the party presented a strong front and
cast solid vote at the ballot box, both
in the city and throughout the State,
that an overwhelming Democratic vic
tory would be the result.
Mr.. Castellanos touched upon other
vital points to- be acted upon Ia the
campaign to insure the success OF the
Democratic party. After which he re-
signed the floor to Mr.. Julien Michel,
who commented upon the action OF
some of the supervisors who had been
thrust upon the people by Kellogg,
Packard & Co., and showed the damning
of the Republican party by one OF its
own kith and kin, Michael Hahn, in his
paper, the official. journal Of his parish.
Mr.. Michel was followed by Mr.. A. A.
Ker and John s. Tully.
After the speeches the meeting ad
al w E E4r w AEs
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30
Parish Com ,.,ittee.

Very little business was transacted
last night by the Parish Committee.
The subcommittee on registration and
naturalization was particularly instruct
ed to act in harmony with the similar
Committee. fAYW FkESs & &&&%
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30

Packard will begin his canvass Of the
State Saturday. He will resign In q
very few days, but he declines to name
the data
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30

Twenty-eight employees Of the PEN
sion Once have been requested to re-
sign.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-30
rEyrH WARD (;ERMANs.

The German Democratic-C Conservative
Club Of the Tenth Ward held very
large meeting, last night, on Magnolia
street, at the rwiGwaln~ OF the Magnolia
Guards, Mr.. j. NJ Weiman presiding.
The meeting was addressed by G. F..
Buck, Esq. and Messrs. j. G.. Kostmay-
er and George Probst.
, 1876-09-15

DoAs,p-A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WOULD LIKE
ID board 10 private family wlrIs there aru yuuhE
ladies aud pan0; U1JcCt pIcakaut tUIu for the winter;
refefsncea il wanlsd niu.k b. wituin tvD hltcka u
struut.carA Address, Win fun Particulars !. Tint.
u11Ge.
ID will Responsible raEty, In e1chAnGc for #plenAld
buggy luftt; Huuld slaru expcnsu Ut kccRak f!uFso
Office.
, 1876-09-15
STATE CONTRACTS,
Hskrfdt Mknnfrh Il, I1A JfftunA

opEClue D1ePQsEN ~ Aus &F1VhHp.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. 14.-Rcgarl!ne the
recent award OF State contracts, the point Is
now raised, slngulaEly enough In the Interest Of
some Of tho successful bidders, that the letting
was Irregular and illegal. The point raised Is
that tue statutu requires tho actual presence OF
tho Governor. Sec. 8 Of the Revised Statutes
Of 1874 relating to this subject, reals II fol-
lows:
At ,ns Tins designated In the advertisement for
opening bids. the Comn,Iss!oners, at meeting
called for the purpose. shall, In tho presence Of
tho Governor, open tha bids and proceed publicly
to award the contract for such cass Of work to bc
bdder thotoior takiny bond from lin IN IN amount
to s1cssd ooe, senditlonsd fef sbs isithiui
Seun S5ourn ld' ssia mast,ns 10 70 aay ' ti@c
tSn dS q IL whsn 9arnnsa nsl.n sssas sa4
Prordtd, that nothna!n this act shall DO construed
SO as to prevent the same person FROM bidding foF
ciea to DO furnished; md that when u!1y person.
bidding for moro than one c!ssa o. aforesaid. b.
tho lowest bidder for such class bid for, to him
which he has bid: And proeidtd, f4rfasr, & tlat
said Commissioners with The consent Of the Gov.
si ~ H. IT. @ uS
sane ian prisa for ether ess. Of tho work to Io ,ono
iassst stS' for t6st ess. ths co,nmirsionsr. sha
award the contract to euch ono OF said bidders
they shall decide by lot 10 award II 10. In deter
mining ths lowest bid Tor printing, the coums.
eEonen shall call to tAaar aid tho prlnte1.e1ItFt
herein provided for.
Attic letting OF tho CONTRACTS tho Governor
was not prcscnt, being SICK. uo was repre-
scntcd by his Secretary, T. ]. Beverdgc, ~
proxy. Tho Commissioners wcrc not all pres
ent, only the Secretary Of State and the Treas
urer, thc others boiug represented by their
prineipa! clerks. Ths point Las bceu referred to
tho Attorney General.
, 1876-09-15

6QfClQf DkputEN 70 tAS 2F9VHk
NILEs, Mich, Sept. H.-Tuc forsy-hrst
session Of the Michigan Methodist Episcopal
Conference opened In tho II. E. Church Of this
city yesterday morning, Bial,op Gilbert Haven,
Of Georgia, iu the chair The Rey. DR.. JoceIyn
was elected Secretary and the Rev. John Reid
Treasurer. The rules that governed tho de-
ltbcrations Of the last session wcro adopted for
this session, and all tho Committees nominated
last year were confirmed. The Confer
cnce listcncth to adIrcHscs by tho Rev. Dr..
Curry, Of tho National Repositofy, aud Mrs.
Jennie Willing, who spoke In the interests
Of tho Women's Foreign Missionary Society.
Bishop James, OF New York, who was expected
to preside ut this Conference, WIS prevented
from 10 doing by tho death OF Ills wife. Rcso-
lutlons Ut coincidence were adopted by the COLI
ference aud tclcgraphed 70 him. Tho annlvCr-
.sy e. the All soe!sty was nela n
scmbled, and devotional, exercises were coli-
Quoted by tho Isuy, r. A. Jacokes. Shortly alter
tho openlng, Dr.. Jocelyu offered tho following
resolution:
quested to 10 aerango the work q e. tho Conference
ii 10 mnkc only aosen Presiding. Eldur Districts.
i lengthy discussion ensueh, which occupied
most Of the session: D!latory motions were
bustcrlng, the previous question was called, the
yeas and nays ordcred, mud the resolution WINS
adopted-t5 yeas; W nays. Next, the Prcsid-
Ing Elders wers called On for reports. The Nsv.
]. Taylor Of the Albion District, the Rcy. A. j..
Eldrcl OF tho Co,dwat or District, and the hey.
| A. c. Peek Of the Kalamazoo District, submit
ted their annua reports, showing prosperous
ycar In all tho districts. The characters Of all
| the ministers In these districts named werc
passed. Tho business session of tho Conference
| tie Wolncn's Foreign Missionary Society held
| its annual session, Mrs. Mary. Lathr0p -prcsid-
ing. The speakers were Mrs. Jennie F. Willing,
| Mis-. LatllrQp. and othcEs.
, 1876-09-15
EQUALIZATION.

BrA1NoylaLp, ILL.,, scpt. little Board of
Equalization did nothing Of lntorCst At lts scs-
sion this morning. II IL understood that IT,
morrow the Committees oa..Equaltzation Of
Lands and On Town aud City Lots will probably
report. Thcs report vii! recommend m addition
of liz pcr cent to the assessments OF the lantls
aud 80 per cent To tho town atl city lnta In
Cook County. 49,.
II is reported here that committee from
CUurt.Housc, aud tavorine tho maintenance OF
tha assessment at high valuation, will be hero
tomorrow. The Cook County Committee
on Equalization 10 also expcrtod hufe tt'~a'or-
, 1876-09-15

elected 10 10 so'N ~ MY shu,en ..tas s.ss
Churrf, they might wipe o,t every alttS'n o.
that Tic Holy HlIost r:yccedcl from the Fnthst
and the Som r Cheney and AZ frenas t ts,eva ouss m
baptism, for te remisslon 81 s!ns except IN tho
case Of lnfants No Church, short OF the ens,!c
Church, Ind The right 70 iay ho,us hamu
ta1 seesea ty1.G, naTfl Gan9 for my nan
brna forward, or TO write orto eompose tn,yy ahy
other creed tllan that established w tne iyy noiiy
mud blessed fathers asaetnGlea w tas as-s nqo
Ghost III Nena; Das aosS nr Wn n nroInes or ofior
sny s,thcr 10 PERSONS dcslrng to lurn 70 tlo
Of tho truth, whether from from
Ifeathcnisin or from 'Gualsb .na1j be- depoSsl @
sny er hsresyn yno "aisiHots bsilops Or eergymcn, and
4 Il they ,es' bo u iaymen they shall be anathcna'
'HEn Thc Council OF Chaleodep, hold a: D: a.. T.
XII" XII tio Nreno Creed dccrced that VT slall 10
unlawful to produce, or write, 9t compose. Or Or
dayse, or iessh sny oths, 1, s'eed' upon pain Of
~ Considered them over and a9oye the uthor-
~ of all laws in tue vide worlu, ana 40 portion
~ lie IL Church could mcddle with thoir legisla~
ssPSS's sgPS epass s' tHns ol III e
rrston. and that afterwards ono Of the States
nniertook TO do away WITH tho forcs and effect
~ soHc Of ito provisions; was there any one
go T Tso s xeua s H.
out OF the % country' u apprcl!eudel nat.
No authority could repuolate The Constitution
Of tic United States except t'at which enaste4
tthe undivided Church Of tho Christian world,
except that Church. II nas impossible to make
sucl change now, alnce there had been no Ecu
mcntcal Council since the sIxth ConstantlnopIei
Lord was oilo md undivided uEasu. 1t MA for
ti,nt he pleaded, for they would never havo an
undivided church communion as long as the
"nlio1ue" stood IN thls symbol. For Que. ne
with tho Greek, rather than the Roman Church.
,rhe Council Of Nice, a. D. s25, IN their synodt.
cal Epistlc, referring to what had been desreed
by them, eaid that those things had been done,
Almighty Cod. and Of tho only. hcg?ttcn
Uhost.n Tlle Council Of Eplcsus had also de-
clarcd That the Fathers Of tho Council Of Mecca
fourth act Of the Fourth Ecumen!cal Synod Il
was provided that "no Imperial c1ict slall have
force against tho canons. Let the canons Of tho
Fathers prevail" Mr.. Judd went on to show
" tho authority 81 thc Councils to which 10 lai!
the cnactmonts Of tho Council Of Nice, said
"Chriat Himself, being in The midst Of tlein,
decded everything anu enacted tue lay !aMs'" s. Leo
have M boen composed BY the Spirit Of God, md
consccrated by the reverence Of the whole
world" The samc patriarch said, oi the gamc
Tey are e s 81 ts by oly
innoyntlon.'' Tho other authorities quoted
were Eutychtus, patriarch ct Constantinople IN
tho sixth ccutury; Pope Vigtlius,. Gregory Tho
Great who regorcnco1 tlo -Four 49ly Councils
lfJnc,rnr rrhbtel,on Of Rheims. B{5, ,8Y3, etc,
, 1876-09-15


IfOl sALE-ON ExE!IASGE-ONE OF TIE MoBT
VALLEY, tho Union raenr itAroa4 county aea1s
contains Of the beat And no acres uDdcf
tvAaltb, ~ AcreA fruit Rhd ornamental tfce8t good
luinrI, In i.intl. tank an The brst q Water.
ta,gain Il uttered. Addscst l. ~. Tribune ou1ce.
T1OR BALE-OR ExcAANoE-FAEIAI, l3o ACRES,
J. G4 miles from CtMcaEos bargntn for eaail. A.
UHUSplEH, ~ Ueaplatties.1t.