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The above statement is true and correct
transcript from the books OF the company.
ERNEST PRAGST. President.
JOHN WILSON, Vice President.
T. M. SCHNEIDAU, Secretary.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, at New
Orleans, this 10th day of July, 1877.
JOHN BENDERNAGEL, Notary Public.
NEW ORLEANS, July 10, 1877.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors. held
this day, it was unanimously resolved to declare
dividend of TEN per cent on the capital stock.
payable on demand, and further dividend of
FIVE per cent to ALL insurers on their earned
premiums for the year ending June 80, 1877, in
addition to the rebate of Is per cent already re-
ceived by said insurers on their gross pre-
miums, payable on and after the 9Th day of Au-
gust, 1877
jy12 I'm P. NJ. SCHNEIDAU, Secretary.
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SUCCESSION OF A. ]. MCCONNELL.
Second District Court for the Parish Of Orleans
No. 30 .0l1.

No. 3D.UJ1,
DY HOEY, MACON Il O'CONNOR-Nicholas
ID j. Hoey. observation-disclosures No. IL Cnronde-
let street-On SATURDAY, August II. 1877, Mt 10
o'clock M. ut the st. Charles Auction Exchange.
ond District Court for the parish of Orleans.
dated July o, 1877 will be sold by public auction
in the above entitled mate r. tho following de-
scribed prope ty, to wit
SIX LOTS OF GROUND. with all tho i'm
provements thereon. in Carrolton, in the square
bounded by Penn, Washington. Columbus and
IA, Is and 1G, Of square A. Lot No. II measures
80 feet front on Columbus street by $50 feet in
depth. between parallel lines. and lots Nos. 70.
49, ID, is and l6 measure each 80 feet front on
First street by 122 feet inches In depth between
parallel lines. lot No. II forming the corner Of
First and Columbus streets.
Terms of Sale-Cash.
Act of sale at the expense of the purchaser
before Geo. w. Christy, Esq. notary public.
iy11 81 % au4 IL
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SUCCESSION OF THE LATE JOSEPH y,
BRODERtCk.
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CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY OF NEy
ORLEANS.
SUCCESSION OF PIERRE HENo.
Second District Court for the Parish OF Orleans
No. So $50.

PY pLACIDE J. SPEAR. Auctioneer :, =
August IL 1877, at lolk o'clock a. m. will be sold
at public auction at 10 Royal street. by virtue
and in pursuance to an order from the Hon.
A. T. Tissot Judge of the Second District Court
for the parish of Orleans. dated December Is,
1876, for account of said succession
A CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY OF NEW
Orleans for s4s Is,
Terms-CaShs 1y3l au4 IL
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VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTIES ON
Sc, Peter street, between Villero and Robert
son. and corner Of Claiborne and Cont
streets, Second District.
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VALUABLE RESIDENCE
And
COMM EHCIAL PROPERTY
IN THE SECOND DISTRICT.
SALE TO EFFECT PARTITION

In the matter Of
JOHN A. AUGUsTIN ET AIS vs.. JAMES d
AUGUSTIN,
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JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
AUCTION SALES.
,z-1 sjy,,i, u = ,,s-5,yls,1 --J~4y7s>y4'-J-t1
by Mask & Hodgson.
SALE FOR A PARTITION.

CHARMING ST. CHARLES STREET RESI-
IDENOE, NEAR TIvOLI CIRCLE.
ONE OF THE THIRTEEN BUILDINGS ON
JULIA STREET,
Between Camp aud st. Charles streets.
VALUABLE THIRD DISTRICT PROPERTY
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SUCCESSION or II. M. CROOKS.

Second District Court, Parish Of Orleans Dock.
OF No. 1895,
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J he above statement is Just, true and cor
rect transcript from the books Of the Company
PAUL FOURCHY President.
G.. w. MORT Secretary.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the sew
enth day OF June. 1877. JAMES FAHEY,
Notary Public.
At meeting Of the Board Of Directors. held
on the seventh day Of June. 1871 It was resolved
to declare cash dividend of twenty per cent on
tho net earned participating premiums for the
year ending May 81 1877, pay able on the third
Monday of July next.
Also, to pay to the Stockholders. on demand
interest at the rate of FIVE per cent per annum
on their stock.
DIRECTORS:
P. Maspero, Hy. Beebe,
d. A. Chaffraix. H. Toby
7. Fourchy. ]. NJ Allen.
s. 2. Hef. M. w. Smith.
Charles Laftte. D. Fatjo.
les If j.. J. Fernandez.
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BY Albert Paul.

VALUABLE PROPERTY ON PATTERSON
STREET, IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT,
AND
ON SPAIN AND GOODCHILDREN STREETS,
IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Orleans, City OF New Orleans.
Sworn. to and subscribed before mo this 18th
day of May, 1877,
At 81 special meeting Of the Board Of Trustees
held on the nth inst. It was resolved to pay On.
denmark o SECOND SEMI ANNUAL INTEREST
OF FIVE PER CENT to April 30. 1877, making
10 per cont per anntlfn on the CAPITAL STOCK
OF the company ts1 900 o00), and o cash dividend
of TWENTY per cent to stockholders on the
amount ts5s9,5sg 81 Of their net participating
premiums for the year ending April 30. 1877.
ED. 4, PAIFREY, President
JOHN CHAFTE. Vice President.
Tttoc
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MRS. CAROLINE WHITE vs.. CHARLES
DOERNING EFT AIS. FOR A PARTITION.
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SUCCESSION OF MARIA ELIZABETH B.
MULLER, DECEASED WIFE OF FRANK
MULLER.
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TWENTY EIGHTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
or THE-
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sim MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY.
paid UP Capital, 100000.
FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL
STATEMENT FOR 1876.

Net annual earned pre-
NUNS and Discounts
and Interest. AG7.&s
Losses. Expenses. Taxes.
etc. -...---- $277, DOT "a
Reserved fund $4,000. and
Dividend on capital 10
per cent 6s,s47 z7-s3s,75s
Net Profit ............---. S71.202
Assets of tbs COMPANY es-
timated at their cash
market value:
Stocks, Bonds. Loans and
Bills Receivable. 39S,599 rs
Cash on hand and premi-
ums in course Of collec-
ton. Northumberland. 1886, sss 40
1886 2ss II
Dividend paid on stock ten per tper an
mum, and on participating policies twenty Der
cent. payable In casn.
This old and reliable company is Issuing poll:
cies on Fire. River AMI Marine risks on the most
favorable terms. All losses promptly adjusted
and settled upon liberal terms at their office,
81 Camp street. JAMES !. DAY.,
q. CAnpENTER, Secretary - lastly
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At an election held on Monday, the It'll instant,
the following named gentlemen were, chosen
Directors of this Company to serve Tor the ensu-
ing year:
p irwin John Henderson.
Thomas King, Johp =. ryan,
iohn r Gibbons, Jas. A. Girdner.
William Hart Emile Gauche,
David Jackson, John Fl. Hanna,
T. j. Gasquet.
Al a meeting Of the Board, held May IA, JOHN
HENDERSON, President, P: IRWIN, Vice Presi-
dent. end THOS. +. BRAGG. Secretary, were
unanmousy re5el Let ont y, the nat roe.s =,
the Company for the past twelve months 10 per
cent interest; also per cent dividend on the
nreniurns paid by stockholders (making, with
the rebate. IS per cent on premiums Said in.
terest and dividends to be placed to the credit OF
the stock notes.
Interest and dividends ON full paid stock pay
able in cash at the office Of the Company on and
after June Is prox.
New Orleans. May Is, lsTzzza ---- je3 In
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Second District Court for the parish Of Orleans
No, 10 ,h29
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The foregoing liz O true and correct statement
from the books Of the eompany.
ED. A. PALFREY. President.
THos. r. WALKER Secretary.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-16

The element of journalism prevails
very extensively among French state =
men, Theirs was a newspaper editor
while writing the greater part of his His
tory of the French Revolution, and b. =
fore he YVES entrusted with the portfolio
of Minister of State. In November,
1871, Gambetta, who had just then re-
turned from his self-banishment to Spain,
and was taking an active part in the pro-
ceedings of the National Assembly, es-
tablished journal called La Repubttque
Francaise, to which he was a constant
contributor. Now, Jules Simon, who
was turned out of the Ministry, last
month, in a shabby andlarbitrary manner
by President MacMahon, has disdained
to sit down with his hands folded, but
has joined LEcho liberal Paris journal
as editor-in-chief. In his opening ad-
dress he says he undertakes the tssk, not
with the object of casting any light upon
the causes of the fall of his Ministry, as
everyone knows he retired from office
because he would not agree to the substi-
tuition of an authoritative government
for Parliamentary government, but In
order to supply one more organ to the
Conservative Republican party, He
adds that he will defend the republic
against the coalition of Monarchists, the
Parliamentary regime in France against
Bonapartism, and reason and even relig-
ion against theocratic doctrines. He
will make an appeal to all those who, abb
horring civil war and war in Europe
are desirous of rendering the Republic
beloved and powerful.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-16
BEER MILLIONAIRES.
TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF THE LAGER BEER
INDUsTRY-FACTs FOR DEINKERs.
From the Hartford Times.

From the Hartford Times.
It is only about thirty years since la
ger beer came into nse in the United
States. The fist brewery was estab-
lished in Philadelphia in 1916. Two years
later F. and M. Schaefer introduced the
business in New York. 1t is now one of
the most important industries in the
city. There are thirty-seven lager beer
breweries in the city and suburbs, and
they turn out over a million barrels in
the course of the year. The beer made
by George Ehret is considered the best
at all events, there is more demand for
it than any other. Ebret sold 1872 coo
in 1876 Rupert ranks next IS an extern
sive manufactures, his product the same
year being $4,000 barrels. The Scheefer's.
who introduced the business, sold AZ, 900
b ,rrels. 1t is hardly necessary to say
taat all the lager beer br swers are Ger
mans. Some have become very lich and
only few have failed in the business.
The capital invested in 1t is very large.
EhreLs capital is about S1,000,000.
When he started, eleven years ago, he
had to borrow money to carry him over
the first few months. Rupert has over
S750,000 in his breweries, horses, wagons
&c. He started in 1857, Another brew
or who s,artt d in the same ye7 retired
on fortune few years ago, and his
partner continues the business on cap
ital of S40O,0 900. Altogether the money
inverted IN the brewing of la-er beer in
and around New York is probably not
less than SS,000,000.
The men employed in the busine7s
earn from $6S to SIS per month, and have
all the beer they want to drink. Their
hours are long averaging fifteen out OF
| the twenty.four. An employee who
dosen't drink more than twenty glasses
day is considered economical. Many
go up TO fif.y or sixty, and there are
soma who boast of capacity for one hun
dred. Ruppert's men drank 300 barrels
last year at the expense Of the firm,
Nearly all the beer manufactured now
adays is doctored that is drugs are
used to color it and tone it up. The bue-
mess of supplying drugs to tue beer men
ha1 become quite large. The brewers
admit tue use Of drugs. but maintain
that the beer is improv. d by them rath-
er than injured. The different kinds OF
beer are so well known that any steady
imbiber can tell at a sip whose beer he
is drinking-whether it is Ehret's, Rup-
pert's, Dodgers, Claussen's, or some
other. Some of the brewers use Croton
water, paying an immense tax for it
yearly, and others got wa er from ar
tesion wells. One firm has well of this
kind that yields over 100000 gallons
daily.
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A secret meeting of influential Gle

A secret meeting of influential clel-
gymen of the English Church, embrac
ing all shades of the High Church,
school, Numbering more than 300, and
representing more than 2,700 benefited
and unbeneficed clergy was held in
London on May 80. A resolution
pledging the meeting to resist abso-
lutely the secular judgments of the
new Lambeth court and the Court of
Final Appeals is said to have been
carried with remarkable enthusiasm
and unantlcipated unauimity. As the
session was closed with the Episcopal
benediction bishop must have been
present. If the Ritualists from new
church they will find it convenient
to have bishop with them.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-16

WEST PoINT-A distinguished English
man, Lord Pagel, who lately witnessed a
parade OF the cadets at West Point, euthu-
siastcally exclaimed, "You ought to send
out three thousand mel year flom this
institution" Lord Paget may be man OF
sense, but he knows nothing OF the military
necc sites OF this country. West Point Is
an excellent institution, but it is not cay TO
find places for tho~e whom it graduates.
Three thousand would be a reasonable
number for such an army as the United
States requir The Indians beiug dis
posed of aud the South being reconstructed
there is 10 need tnat the army should be
kept up even TO twenty thousand men. A
saving of from $50 900 900 to $30,000000
per annum could be effected in this direction
without producing serious embarrassment
or danger to the country. Should any
serious contingency arise our volunteers
could meet emergencies in the future as in
the past.
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The English VicLim OF CnIsoln
Tragedy.

MERIDIAN, Miss, June 15.-Tnvesti-
cation by United States officers in
the case of Mcclellan, an alleged Brit
ish subject killed in the Kemper riot,
developed the following facts: McClel
Ian served as volunteer a short term
in the Confederate army in 1861, and
afterward sought to avoid conscrip-
tion claiming to be British sub
iect. The British Consul at Mobile de-
clined to protect him. on the ground
that he had forfeited such clam by his
acts. He performed many acts of citi-
zenship but never voted. He was arm
ed threatening aud obtrusive on CHS
olm's behalf the day of his death. His
character for honesty and courage
was good.
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CARD.

Tho Undersigned successor to and a part
~, i.tn The late firm of f. B'inshurst d 90.
TshoIasale N i, s, and Retail Druggists, will con-
,'Ina suv,'i lhe business at the old stand. and
vbiIe viii returning his sincere thanks that the
YIN neS 'g 'gratifying appreciation, will, with the
.Tot wv n mi corps of competent and skill
IN III a. assistants. who have had practical
i.iining .li in tbis establishment in their ex-
S.rence ,sipI, respectively, Of from five TO Ten
en- each and three of whom are Grddu-
.so, Me philadelphia College Of Pharmacy,
sDdeayor y.tS by faithful and careful attention
the highly responsible duties of the
snot6ecary al, in his manifold dealings with
/ NJ aud health to merit and receivethe lib
ss s,,l patronage so long extended to this house
T. JAMES BELT, Apothecary,
,5-tf Cor Sixth and Market Streets
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DICKINSON COLLEGE CoMmENcEMENr,-

DICKINSON COLLEGE CoMMENcEMENT,-
The ninety-fourth annual commence
ment exercises of Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pa, will begin on Sunday, June
"a, with sermon before the Society of
Religious Inquiry by Rev. John f.
Hurst, and conclude with the regular
commencement on the following Thurs
day. The grafton before the literary So
cieties will be delivered on Tuesday
evening by Rev. A E. Gibson, and the
Hon. Hendrick B. Wright will deliver
the annual grafton on Wednesday even
ing.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-16

THE DECORATIONS, THE GUESTS
TIE TO ASTS, AND THE ADDRESS
BY THE LORD MAYOR "A HEAR
TY WELCOME TO "a TRIED AND
HO@RED FRTENDS'-THEB BOX
THAT HOLDS THE PARCHMENT
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PROF ESSIONAL.

.nR. BLoCKsoM
~ Has removed to 300 w. 9Th street
between West and Tatnall opposite st.
Peters Church. mayl7 Inns
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Another attempt to wreck fast rail

Another attempt to wreck a fast rail-
way train is reported. Ii occurred on the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and ST. Louis Rail
road, at a late hour on Wednesday night,
and resulted in serious damage to the en-.
CINE, baggage, express and mail cars
Fortunately no lives were lost. but one
person was seriously wounded and a
number of others received slight inju-
ries.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-16

THE SUIT AGAINST MIR. TILDEN.-In
the suit of the United States against S. j.
Tilden to recover S15O,00o alleged to be
due as unpaid income taxes from the
year 1861 to 1871, complaint has been filed
in the District Court by District Attor'
ney Woodford. The answer of Gov
Tiiden is returnable in about a week
Judgment is asked for the aggregate
amount of taxes-S141 ,442 50-with inter
est from the time the taxes accrued ant
Costs.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-16

The Secretary of War, General Sher-
man. and other officers. who have been
at West point for several days past, and
the Secretay of the Navy, with the chiefs
of the various bureaus in his department
who have been inspecting the navy
yards at League Island, Pa, and Brook
lyn, n. Y, are expected to return to
| Washington t iaJ.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-16

Philadelphia and New York Exchange fur
nished to regular Depositors without charge.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-16

Hon. r. w. Thompson, Secretary of
the Navy, has accepted an invitation to
deliver the annual address before the
Piedmont Agricultural Society at Cul
pepper G. HI in October next. Mr.
county.
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A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS.

R5-We want 500 more first class Sewing
Machine Agents. and 500 men of energy
and ability to learn the business of Selling
sewing Machines. Compensation Liberal,
but varying according to A bility. Character
and Qualifications of the Agent. or Par
ticulars, Address
Wilson Sewing Machine Co.,
CHICAGO, s27 & SO Broadway New York, or
New Orleans, La feb2Slw
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naiIp sSennebrt sournal.
MARK rWAIN'S EULOGY OF A WATCH.

A Jeweller in New Haven, Conn, has
a remarkable watch made by foreign
watch maker, which Mark Twain describes
as follows;
IL have examined the wonderful watch
made by NJ Matile, and indeed 1t comes
nearer to being human being than any
other piece of mechanism | ever saw be-
fore. In fact it knows considerable more
than the average voter. 1t knows the
movements of the moon and keeps an ex-
act record of them; it tells the day of the
week, the day of the month of the year,
and will do this perpetually; it tells the
hour of the day and the minute and the
second, and even splits the seconds into
fifths and marks the division by stop
hands; having two stop hands it can take
accurate care of two race horses that start,
not together. but one after the other it is
a repeater wherein the voter is suggested
again, and unsteady chimes the hour. the
quarter, the half. the three quarter hour
and also the minutes that have passed OF
au uncompleted quarter hour, so that a
blind man can tell the time OF day by II to
the exact minute.
Such is this extraordinary watch.-lt
ciphers to admiration; | should think one
could add another wheel and make it read
and write; still another and make it talk
and think that one might take out several
of the wheels that are already in it and it
would still be more intelligent citizen
than some that help to govern the coun-
try. On the whole think it is entitled to
vote, that is if its sex is the right kind"
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Centaur
LiininnentS
White for the Human Family.
yellow, for Horses and Animals.

These. Linments are simply the wonder of the
lous, yet there are some things which they will no
dc. They will not cure cancer or mend broke
bones, but they will always allay pain. They hay
Strengthened fingers, cured chronic rheumatism o
many years standing, and taken the pain from ter
rible burns and scalds, which has never been don
by any other article.
The White Liniment is for the human family. l
will drive Rheumatism, Sciatica and Neuralgia
fro m the system cure Lumbago, Chillblains, Pal
sy, Itch, and most Cuaneous Eruptions it extracts
frost from frozen hands and feet and the poison OF
bites and stings of venomous reptiles; it subdues
swellings, and alleyates pain of every kind.
For sprans or bruises it is the most potent rem.
edy ever discovered. The Centaur Linimcnt is
used with great efficacy for Sore Throat Tooth
ache, Caked breasts, Earache, and Weak Back
The following is but a sample of numerous testi
nonials:
"IsDIANA HOME, JEFF. Co., IND, May Is, 1873.
think il my duty to inform you that have suf,
not been free from these swengs in eight years
Now | am perfectly well, thanks to the Centaur
Liniment. The iiniment onght to be applied
warm. BENJAMIN BROWN"
The proof is in the trial. II is reliable it is handy
1t is cheap, and every family should have it,
To the sick and bed-ridden, the halt and lame, to
the wounded and sore, we say Come and be heal
ed.n
To the poor and distressed who have spent their
money for worthless medicines, bottle of Centaur
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ii. X. BAKER Judge.
Attest. CHARLES HEwINs Register. 3wlIt

kENNEBEC COUNTf.--In Probate Court at Atl-
gustd. on the fourth Monday Of February, 1871.
CAMpEL l.. HUNTINGTON, Administrator on
- the estate OF Samuel w. Huntington, late OF
Haloweli, in SAID county, deceased having petit
toned for license 10 sell at public auction
private sale the following real estate of said de-
ceased, for the payment of debts &c, viz: The
homestead of the deceased, including lot on which
the old barn stands:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully, prior TO the fourth Monday OF
March next, In the Kennebec journal, a news
paper printed in Augusta, that all persons interest
ed may attend at a Court of Probate then TO be
holden at Augusta, and show cause, il any, why
the prayer of said petition should not be granted
ii. X. BAKER, Judge.
Attest: CHARLES HEwINs, Register. 3wl2
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FOR SALE BY
G. W.SFF0SD & son,

RENNEBEC COUNTY-Ia Probate Court, at
augusta, on the fourth Monday Of February, 1877.
II go. W. PERKINS, Administrator with the will
" annexed on the estate OF Julia Perkins, late
OF IIallowell, in said county, deceased having pc
titioned for license TO sell at public auction pri-
vate sale, the following real estate OF said dcceas.
ed, for the payment OF debts, &c, viz: The home.
stead of the deceased:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior 10 the fourth Monday of
March next, in the Kennebec Journal, newspa.
per printed in Augusta that all persons interested
may attend at Court OF Probate then TO be holden
at Augusta, and show cause, If any, why the
prayer of faid petition should not be granted.
Fl. X. BAKER Judge.
Attest: CHARLES HEwINs. Register. 3wl2