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The New York herald., 1877-02-11
CRIMINAL RECORD.

juvenile burglar In the person Of Charles Newman,
aged seventeen years. OF No IL Delaney street. was
held for trial by justice Otterbourg yesterday, for
breaking into the rooms of Mrs Lizzie Bruce Al No.
so7 Yves. Fourteenth street, and stealing quantity Of
clothing
Jack Allen, the young negro who Is said by the
police TO have committed murder in Charleston,
& G was arratgned At the Washington Place Court
vos,craav charged with burglary. The complaint was
made by Mrs Ellen johnson, OF No. 70 Mnetta lane,
from whom he had stolen 500 worth OF clothing Alien
was held In default OF 81 900 bail, and in the meantime
The Charleston authorities will be consulted as TO MS
return to that city " the there charged
William Brady aged eighteen years, OF No. s25 West
Twentv-nfth street, was yesterday arragned before
Justice Uttcrbourg. charged by Mr. William Mcintosh.
OF No ITO Yves, twenty y-second street. with picking
the pocket Of an unknown lady on Broadway, hear
Twelfth street. on Friday afternoon.
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
ANOTHER CHALLENGE.
NEw YORK, Feb. 10, 1877.

NRw YORK, Feb. 10, 1877.
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD ra
Permit me through your columns to oier Professor
John Long glove contest, either public or private,
Tor any OF money from 81 10 $3.50 ASIDE. Should
Professor Long prefer not 10 make match sor
money, will spar with him in public, tho house re-
cetpts 10 60 TO the winner, or the TO be equally
divided between u.s. or TO be given 10 any charitable
institution, whichever way he may decide Should
neither OF these propositions suit Professor Long
would be pleased 10 meet MIN IN private and spar 10
the presence OF few selected gentlemen for any sun
OF money 10 be agreed upon. or for nothing In fAcl
am wiling 10 DO almost anything IN order TO gets
match with the gentleman before mentioned mag
be az W. Edwards Co IS. No. % West Thirt,e
street. on "Wednesday, February a. between eight and
nne O'Clock T. ~ w. c. MCCLELLAN.
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LOTOs CLUB DINNER.

The Lotos Club building was blaze Of light last
evening II being the occasion Of the regular Saturday
night dinner, with the additional attraction Of an art
exhibition The Saturday night dinners were prom
ipent feature of tho club last season, ana that
OF last evening was fully up to the standard
Of excellence and jollity. Covers were laid for
sixtv uersops. and when the signal tor dinner
was given tho seats were all nled Mr.. Noah Brooks
occupied head Of the table, and on either side were
seated Mayor Ely Judge Brady, John A. Foley and
Chsunccy r. Dcpew guests OF the evening. Among
the gentlemen present were W. 5. Andrews. Douglas
Taylor Colonel Knox, Dr. pardee, DR.. Mcdonald, DR..
K,fchen r. A. Alden, W. E. Webb. r. b. Noyes.
short speeches were made by Mayor Ely Judge Brady,
Mr. Dcpew, Mr.. Brooks, Mr.. Foley and others
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BROWN, THE MIND READER.

small audience attended an exhibition Of "mind
reading' gwen last evening by Mr.. J. X. Brown at
Chickering Hall. Some astonishing feats OF mental
power successfully accomplished BY the gentle
man. committee being appointed from the audience
10 see that everything carried out satisfactorily
and fairly. He failed In one instance. however
gentleman was selected among the audience 10 go on
The stage and write the name OF some person on
piece OF paper Mr. Brown was then bndioldcd
and Tor more than minutes ne promenaded
the hall In a vain search Tor the person whose name
was on the paper. second experiment with differ
ent party was successful. Ho went 10 tho very seat
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
THE BERFORD STAMPS.

In the account Of certain proceedings before Judge
Duffy, published IN the HERALD last Thursday, re-
specting the prosecution Of one Kottshofski, mere
boy for an alleged libel against Mr.. Joseph J. Casey
an erroneous statement was given charging HIM with
the manufacture Of bogus stamps In 1874. On inyes-
ugat,on II seems that injustice was done Mr..
Casey, and that tne stamps In question were adver-
tised In columns OF the HERALD Of Juno IL, 1851
by MT. X. G. Berord, in connection with his business
OF the California Express. The fact Is that Mr. Casey
from the only remaining specimens, had the stamps
reproduced by photo-iithography IN 1879, with the
Knowledge and consent OF Mr.. Berford s.r
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THE coMMIssIoN DENOUNCED.

70 ,Hs EplroR OF rss HyKALp:-
The action Of the jo,nt-h iavcrki making
commission snus being grounded On rank injustice
and fraud and showing the basest partisan spirit
likely 70 be repudated BY the democracy and all con-
servativs people with deris,or and contempt Repu'
diuted say, IN tina, the people will regard with as
irus, and contempt the whole ADMINISTRATION o. Nh
Hayes as they do now that oil these king makers.
The constitution Is overthrown the Supreme Court
dragged IN tho ditch OF political m;rc What have
can they now do but wait III! the day Of hna settle
mens shall Gomez
With Louisiana and South Caroliana, and naynaP
most Of the southern States under military govern
nents the returning boards must be moved Nerth.
We will have them al own doors next supported
By swarm Of 100 coo ofhceholdera whose creed ~
spo.lation and whose object IN life is plundeE
Again, / say, The democracy repudatcs MI. hayes
q the rghuul President, and dcnounces him as the
king made by Bradley, the fraud nourished oy Lacn
Chandler and the tool and 2uppet Of fraud. ,,
EUGENE BEEBE
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Nxw YoRK, Feb. 9, IS

NEw URks co. o, 1o15s
To THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD
The bill introduced into Congress by Mr. Rico for re-
forming the civil service will, in my opinion, do moro
toward elevatng and purifying the civil service than
all tho reforming projects OF both the democrats and
republicans II certainly contains in It the elements
OF q thorough, comprehensive and much needed re-
FORM and democrats who ut present are loud IN their
professions will do we'll TO give IL their hearty and
unanimous support. Republicans also need not be
afraid TO coincide with their opponents. The bill
should have your Immediate and earnest advocacy, Tor
measure which proposes once to emo the ''spoils
gystem and make prains, not politics, tho quaica-
ton to enter the service is worthy OF your greatest
support
Ii the bill be not agtated much fear that II will
never leave the pigeon holes OF tho Ways and Means
Committee Ii passed II will give TO the people the
privilege OF selecting their servants without having
Them selected for them. The bill altogether .
one and should have the support OF the "reform"
journals which at present strenuously advocate H.
ADVOCATE.
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
THE CITY MISSION.

Nkw YORK, Feb D, 1871.
To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:--
The Rev Mr.. Bcthef Of the mon. De omin ational
GOSPEL Mission the TO mbs fears some msap.
prcheson may arise from tho way In which you have
stated his separation IRON the City MISSION II your
space will allow you Ill oblige nim BY making the
following corrcction:-
MIR Bether resigned hts position In the City Mission
when he found they would be stratencd IN support
ing him. They appointed no successors. II was his
intention 10 seek some other pastoral charge, but
when he found commissioners. wardcns, keepers and
prisoners petitoning the Prcsbytcry to retain HIM
there he decided 10 remain and hcncc the present
ganizat,on. EUGENE l.. LENTlLHON, Secretary.
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
THE. BASE BALL SEASON.

The following league teams have been engaged foi
Observation-Disclosures Snyder, Devlin. Latham.
Gerhard, Hague, Rynn and Shafer-z Cincinnati
Messrs. Hicks, Matthews, Jones, Hal!inan. Foley
Booth, Pike. Addy and Kessler-a chicago-Messrs
hcvay, spalding, Bradley waitt Barns Anson. Po
.ers. Gien Hines and Smnh-1o st. Louis-Messrs.
Capp Nichols. Dehman. McGeary. Patten, Force
Croft Remscn, Blang and Dorgan-10 Hartford
Messrs. D. Allison, Start, Burdock, Ferguson, Carey,
York, Holdsworth. Cassidy, Aarerdge and Larkln-lo
Leonard sutton. ORourKe, Murnan, Manning Schafer,
Brown and w. II. White-l2
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TAMMANY COMMITTEE.

The Tammany Committee on Organization met yes
tcrday afternoon at four O'Clock. Alderman Purroy,
Chairman Of the special mmittee 10 hear testimony
In regard TO the contested IN the FIRST Assembly
district, called upon and reported progress saying
the commit had not had suihcicnt time as yet TO
thoroughly the evidence and reacn decision,
but ear nesty recommended that the committee nrst
admitted TO the door OF Tammany Hall meet amca0y
with the fourteen contestants, At No IL PARK row. on
Monday evening" TO nominate candidate for Assem-.
bly, In place OF James Hcaiy, deceased The report
was adopted and the meeting adjourned
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
THE DECISION "FIXED."
yrw yoRv Feb a. 1877.

10 TEE EplroR or TEE HERALD
TO plain man hike me !, seems 10 bel very foolish
procedure for grea, lawyers like o'Conor and the
managers OF the case 70 waste any further
time before this electoral commission The determ;-
nation IL already arrived a. and argue further looks
very ridiculous and farcicaL IL also seems 10 me 10
be the duty OF such men US Thurman and Bayard 10
withdraw from the commission and not 10
lend the sanction OF their names TO decision which
NO common sense man ordinarily honest can possibly
believe to be Just
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
ONLY TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

communication received yesterday by surro-
gate Walter L. Livingston, Of Kings county, from ".
G. Bradford, Jr. OF the National Bank OF the Republic
New York, making inquiry concerning the will OF
Robert Jackson. VINO died IN the year 1914 Deceased
was one OF the founders OF Hempstead Long Island.
IL Is not die Kings county, there being no wills
recorded there earlier than 1851. During the Rcvou-
tionary War many OF tho county records trans
Jerrcd TO Office Of the Secretary OF state guard
them IRON destruction ~ the hands OF the British
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
BOARDING HOUSES AND HIGH RENTS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 1877.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
desire to call your attentions TO the sunerngs Of
class Of people who compose large part OF your
patrons. mean the ladies' who keep boarding houses
up through the middle best part OF our city good
many OF them ladies' who possessed aluence,
but who met with reverses. Their suffering very
great they have been paying war rents aud wages,
the price Of living Is nearly high ever and
the price OF board has down fully onc,hird II
you would send q reporter among them you can very
readily ascertain how they get along.
Now is the renting season for the next year, and n
you would be kind enough to show TO the readers Of
the HRRALp those ladies have TO with II
may induce the landlords to give them chance live
and take Of their children by reducing the
correspond with prices and times The fashionable
part OF the city Ii the most suffering, the
nigh and the falling off on board is great
I. 5. HENDRICKS.
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
ERIE RAILWAY REPORT.

Hugh J. Jewett receiver Of the Erie Railway Com
psny yesterday Gied his report OF the receipts and
disbursements or the company for the month Of De-
cen,per. He reports the balance on hand December
/ S5s3 SIS o6 Receipts, 81. 522, ,26l ~, and DIS
bursements 81, ,279, ass 3d. The balance the hands
OF the receiver NJ the end Of the month amounted 10
s242, s03 81
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A aRANpMoruEn's COMPLAINT.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALp:-
One day this week rode In a University place car
fro the starting point Seventeenth street, and
the only lady in the and stood the entire distance
Do you suppose any Of the gentlemen ~ who oc.
cupicd tho seats had either wie, mother, daughter
or sister? had been walking the entire day in behalf
OF one Of the city charities; receive no compensa-
lady and grandmother Respectfully, A. s.
The New York herald., 1877-02-11

occupied BY . lady whose name had been written -
the paper In ali HIS other experiments. which have
already been described deta;l IN the HERALD Mr..
Brown showed marvellous skill He remarked 70 tia
audience that his mind IN such an active state on
the occasion that required considerable e1or 70 re
duce Il 10 subr, ss.op 10 follow thoughts OF the
person operated upon
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FOREIGN MAILS TOMORROW.

The German steamship Rhcin did sail yesterday.
advertised, account OF having screw dur
ing her voyage from Europe She WILL however leave
here tomorrow 1t two O'Clock Y. NJ
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NOT POISONED.

On Friday evening Mrs. Jane Lawler, OF NO. 29e East
Tenth street. was admitted 10 Bellevue Hospital. Her
other charged tnat the woman had been poisoned by
hor husband Upon investigation no trace OF poison
could be detected and Dr. Henmuller pronounced Il a
case of pnC umona.
The New York herald., 1877-02-11

iue seaeraes save professional politicians who make
Z trade o. such basancv. and they had iew listeners
Similarly, Al the New York. Grand Central and o'aer
large hotels visited by our reporter the actoL o. snc
Senate and House o. Representatives was sne Gain
topic Of oul nobody appeared 70 Do par
bculsriY exctec about Il
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
CHUNG sHr MANFHEE.

Chung shi Manenee, Governor Of Hong Kong,
China died suddenly January Is. His death Is
much regretted, as no genuine reformer and an
official oil strict integrity
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
REV. ALEXANDER M'LEoD.

The Rev, Dr. Alexander Mcleod, clergyman OF the
Episcopal Church and chaplain in tho roguar) United
States Army, died on Friday evening at Meadve.
Pa IN his eghtioth year. Dr.. Mcleod was for a long
time stationed at Fort Delaware. He was related to
Dr.. Norman Mcleod, the great Scottish divine, and
Also 10 the atc Rev. Dr. John N. Mcleod OF this city.
The New York herald., 1877-02-11
THE DEAD cHIEFrAIN.

AS IMMENSE CROWD VIEWING JOHN o'MAHoSY's
REMAISs-FLoRAL TRIBUrEs-FUxERAL Ar
RASGEMENTs--rHR DELEGATION TO IRELAND.
continuous stream ofvsitors kept pouring through
the ocers room o! the Sixty ninth regiment armory
yesterday 10 view tho remains o! John O'Mahony.
IRON before eight A. NJ TILL long after midnight Dur
Ing the morning notable change made In the
appearance OF the room IN which the body lies This
morning number OF ladies undertook It's decoration,
and short time succeeded In making II present q
much more fitting appearance by hanging the walls
With Irish and American banners. surrounded with
mourning draperies.
COFFIN.
About O'Clock the armory was closed for short
time while the body was transferred from the she'll in
which II hao been. TO the coffin This 10 very hand
some caskeL Il OF oak put has been covered with
black cloth being easily preserved than poi.
!sned surface during The Atlantic voyage AL the
mountsngs Of silver The plate bears cross and
the inscription
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ALBERT r. WEBSTER.

The Sandwich Islands mail just 10 hand In thi
city reports the Of the death at sea, OF
board the schooner Bonanza, of Albert f. Webster,
we'll known American Journalist and writer for thu
maeaziues He was the author OF Boarding Hous,
Sketches, which appeared in AppIetons Journal H.
many friends greatly greved by the news OF hi
death.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-30
Revival Of Highway Robbery In Eng
land.

The Queen Anne and early Georgian
revivals have broken out in new d.
rection. We have highway robbery of
the old approved style once again on
Blackheath. There is the carriage, the
excited ladies, the lonely road, the af-
frighted driver, the black masks, the
threatening pistols. and the stern, IA
nous formula of Your money or your
life." There is, too, the old, familiar
submission of the gentleman who, while
fearing nothing for himself, only yield
ed lest harm should befall his fair COM
paniOns. The whole story is to be
found in the daily papers. The police
have as yet got no clew to the robbers,
at which we are not surprised
For the sake Of romance and revival,
we hope that the whole affair may not
turn out to be practical joke. How Il
it were q revival Of different kind? A
German poet has drawn q weird picture
of . midnight review, in which the
ghost Of Napoleon rides along the ghost
~ ranks Of his dead followers, who
have been gathered together from their
graves in Syria, and BY Leipzig, and
Moscow, and Waterloo. How II this
revival on Blackheath were midnight
prank Of the ghosts Of Claud Duval,
and Macheath and Paul Cli6ordi-Lcs-
don Eramiser.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-30
Seeing Without Eyes.

Mr.. Levy, in his work ON IS Blindness
and the Blind, says: "When passing
along the street l can distinguish shops
from private houses, and even point out
the doors, windows, etc., and this
whether the doors be shut or open.
While walking with friend in Forest
Lane, Stafford, said, pointing to afence
which separated the road from the field:
Those rails are not quite as high as nv
shoulder He looked at them. and said
they were higher. They, however, meas
ured three inches lower than my shout
der. When made this observation
was about four feet from the rails. Ger
tainly in this instance facial perception
was more accurate than light. When
the lower part Of 4 fence Is brickwork
and the upper part rails, that part can
be detected, and the line where the two
meet easily perceived. irregularities In
height, professions and indsBsasiens In
walls can also be discovered. "4L,osdos
Glo0e.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-30
TO CORRESPONDENT.

All communications for this paper should be
accompanied by the name of the authC :, not
necessarily Republication, but as evidence OF
good faith on the part of the writer. Write
only on one side of the paper. Be particularly
careful in giving names and dates, to have
all letters or figures plain and distinct.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-30

Dallas, Texas, through Texas and New
Mexico to meet the Southern Pacific at
the Rio Grande. In other words, it is
2, 100 miles from San Francisco to Dali
las, Texas. Stanford and Croker have
already built 800 Of it, leaving only 1890
miles to complete the Texas Pacific
"How can you afford to build 600
miles further to strike the Rio Grande?"
l asked Gov Stanford.
"Why, then we will communicate by
steamer with the Gulf of Mexico No
more freighting over the Is;hmus, then!
Steamboats, can bring all our Southern
| freights straight up from Matamoras,
and we will bring them from the Rio
Grande to San Francisco. Not only
that, but very soon the railroad will be
continued 80 miles further, from San
Antonio to Laredo, on the Rio Grande,
and there we will have an all rail and
steamboat connection with the East, and
can divide the freights with the Union
Pacific, even if Tom Scott does nothing
bat continue to stay in Washington and
rally round the flag. And once to the
Rio Grande, the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Road will run down 500 miles
to reach us, too"
! Stanford and Croker are, perhaps,
the two boldest and richest railroad men
now living except VIM. H. Vanderbilt.
They can not only think on a big scale,
but they have the means to carry out
their thoughts. Both are young and
ambitious. Stanford is about 80 and
al, of l1x-2 in rms
dences each of which cost over 81 ,OCO,-
900, and both are generous entertainers.
Senator Sharon was RalstOn's part
ner. He now owns all that Ralston
claimed to own before he died. Among
his possessions is the magnificent Palace
Hotel, the largest and most beautiful
hotel in the world-an hotel that War
rem Leland says has 1900 windows
, $500 doors, 10000 gas burners, Al
!. miles of carpeting, 973 bath rooms
covers II acres of ground, and cos'
S7,00O,00O. He also owns Belmont
! Ralston's million and half country
seat; Ralston's city house, worth half 1
million; the waterworks that supply the
city of San Francisco with water, and ;
. large interest in several of the Com
stock mines. Senator Sharon Is w0rtl
anywhere from ten to twenty millions
and is beloved by every body in SaI
, Francisco.
, In person the Senator is little wiry
! man, nervous and excitable, with hi!
, excitability constantly suppressed. Hi
habits are regular. His regular habits
are to make every body drink cham
) payne while he sits by and enjoys it
, He always sleeps till noon, and retire:
: about in the morning. He says tina
: though he is worth millions, he car
: only cat two dollars worth of food ,
day, and the thought is killing him. HI
! went to the Senate for glory, not fol
! money, for his revenue is enough to pay
: all the Senator'S salaries in Washington
The Senator is like Mr.. Croker in on,
thing his habits.
! When l asked Gov. Sanford if Mr.
Crocker's habits were regular, he re
piled:
"Yes, Charley has very regular
habits-very, and lots of 'em, too, fol
! such regular ones" ELI PERKINS.
-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-30
That Big Freq.

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II was remem9ereua ilerwaIds that ne
nad a sneakihs, low-down iook, ana the
poys were sorry lnat ,ney diun arres,
MN as tne Na'nan murderer. ne cailed
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.ney hau an aquarium .aerS' anu II
.ne. uiun wan, LAKE S'' eia'r irog
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ca"sh' myself and ne reaily oasu' 70 10
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SIZE Deiore.
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and even b;ooar y 1865
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f-oo who can fead him nm - w al :, s ,
,hs s,r.nasr al .;n,, ,nnch on r.,,,ai
s;ano. snd I've saan ah"n, al al . I =
soien' h %nt ,h;s troo " r,aa, -, $780,
W scC. p"e thi' AAor StN"s hS"'NhS-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-04-04
QUE DEsr To TRE PAST.

Ex-Governor JcsErH BEoss. Of Ge,-gsA.
says thai /; is his ca,d1t o2saioa thai the
only way the North ani S11ia CA be
reoonciled ID 10 bury the var iss7es t,t
forget the past We agree Nth Gorsraor
BEo~S in his opinion res7eesiag the burial
Of the war issues. but % 70 forgestias the
past We see no practical or Pussih's o. Just
way of doing il. We Can forgive Tie pas.
but We cAnno; forge; il So lOaS % TIA,
magnificent monanea, n Gestys5arg
towers high into the keaveas 70 es1z<no-
rate the deeds Of one Of The heroess battles
ever fought by the human r,oe. tie mem
DRY Of the past vii linger With ths preseai
as lesson which this nation mast never
forget Treason has been made otio1S
and these memories are Gear 10 every
heart We cannot forget then We voa,i
lot II We could They are memories
sacred TO men who ser that the as;iOa
might live. The South cannot .sk u to
forget these things They have their dad.
and we have ours- BosA were brave. DE-
voted and true to the cause they espoQsei
Those Who struck doua the Dag veresa-
PEELED TO do the deed throagh The lesie--
ship Of blind folly and hot political rHse.
To these dead oaes the Soaih sAO7i
pay . quiet and mOurnfll trihc:e- To our
dead We owe our natioaal life They pre-
served national unity: hey nAiaiAiaed IN
divided Government the best O. earth :
they yielded up their ires IN this sabine
cause, and nov 10 ask - 10 f0<gst this nsn-
orable past ID Ike asking the eternal roar Of
NngarA 10 hush- No, In our earnest de-
sire for reconciliation and peace in our en-
deavors TO carry the olive b<aacA Across the
bloody chasm. and in spirit Of aAxaAz-
unity plant ii On the other sias: in our IN
questioned sympathy for the wrssched
South, It's waste places aai is dssoA.ioa :
in our sincere hopes for the re.ee Of ths
future, for the destruction Of sectional iaes
and the annihilstiOa OF sectional hztesI les
us not forge; for loasai The rVie hariAl