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The New York herald., 1879-12-29
FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.

EYES TO THE BLIND AND FEET To Ihh LAME-
SERMON BY REV. DIR. ARMrrAoE.
The Rev. DIR. Armitage preached "hospital Scr
mon" in the morning. taking his text from Job.
xxxix 49, This last sunday of 1870. said tho Doctor,
ia the farest that broken upon this city during
tho year-nay, one of the brightest which has
dawned upon its entire history. No city on earth
has ever been moro benencent than New York. She
always stands ready with press and pulpit and
purse, to extend relief 10 the needy at homo or
abroad. But to-day our whole community is invited
to givo the widest scope to its compassion. self
denial and liberaty for the relief OF It's destitute
and unfortunate sons and daughters through its
numerous local charities by common consent this
day and yesterday are known as Hospital Saturday
and Sunday" In June 1879 the great city OF Lon
don set tho noble example OF taking collections
at ono time in all places Of worship for the benefit
of hospitals and dspensares, and the holy practice
has been observed there annually from that year to
this.
The words of our text were spoken by the patr
arch Job far back In the annals of benevoient an
tiquity wo have any knowledge. He came early In
the history of to know the ministry Of love
by the ministry OF suffering for the bitterness OF his
grief senced his selhshness and lifted him into
atmosphere Of pity for others, which led him 70
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them. Tho team Is rs follow.
Lynch. catcher; Latham. first bp
second baseman; Dingnan. thir
hardt, short stop; Snyder. left ne zc14ns l.
catcher; Derby. centre fielder. and Mcclellan. right
fielder. with Trott as reserve. Tho club belongs 10
the National Association Of professionals. ss-t SEQ
con it came within one of winning the chr .ionship
OF that body.
Tho Providence Club. present champions Of the
League. the senior professional body profess to be
anxious to retain, for At least moro year. the
pennant of the League. In baseball circles, there
fore, there Is little surprise expressed at the
course OF the management of that club since the
close Of the of 1879. Through spirit Of
economy thcy lost the services Of George Wright.
their captain and manager by threatening to reduce
his salary, and McGeary, of their most reliable
of last season. has contracted with the Buffalo
Club. owing to the tardiness Of tho Providence Club
The Boston Club is at length perfected in numbers
for the League championship season OF $780, Their
long time manager, HAIRY wright mas i, seieS'ed ne
mined to recover the pcnnant II good, honest play
ing will suffice. Tho following Is the list OF mon.
with their positions in the held:-Bond, pitcher;
Brown catcher; Foley. first baseman; Burdock,
second baseman; Morrill,, third bascnan; Sutton.
short stop; jones' left fielder; John Oltourke,
centre fielder, and James ORourke, right fielder,
with Houck ~ reserve short stop and Powers
serve catcher: The latter is badly needed. rs few
men can catch the EXTRAORDINARILY swift pitching OF
Bond.
The Cincinnati roorganizcd professional club are
quietly but steadily filling mp their ranks with
OF national reputation The last two that they have
secured, Leonard aud Manning. will add great
strength TO next years team. For the past hvo
years-and this engagement makes tho sixth-theso
men have belonged to the same club. Wherever ono
OF them goes tlcro the other is certain to be found.
They work well and successfully together that
when either OF them is applied to by any club for
the ensuing seasons sport he replies that he can
only say ''Yes'' IL the club has for his COM
panion.
At tho approaching annual session of tho National
Association IL Is believed that the club OF Stone
ham. Mass will unite with that body. During the
just closed this club played fortytwo games
and won thirty-onc. They now champions of
Eastern Massachusetts,. Among the clubs they faced
during 1879 the Brocktons, Harvards, Holyokcs
and worcesters. Their team for 1850 Is designated
Ms follows :--Gardner. pitcher; Lapham. catcher;
Farrar, first basenian; sweeney, second baseman;
Leach, third baseman; Cory short stop; Annis, lett
fielder; Ticrney, centre fielder. and Wclch. right
fielder. With this array of playing material tho
Stonchams would prove quite an acquisition to tho
junior professional body of baseball players.
Committing only two errors throughout the game,
the Rochester club, now on its Southern tour, on.
countered tho very strongest men selected from tho
CONTINUED ON NINTH PAdAl
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GOSPEL TEMPERANCE SERVICES.

Tho usual Sunday evening Gospel temperance
services hold in the largo hall in tho Cooper
Union last night. Every seat in the auditorium was
filled and hundreds of hearers STOOD Mr. Sawyer
opened the exercises and the choir followed. There
about two hundred and fifty persons the
stage. and most of these were singers Mr. Sawyer
read invitations from the Bible, and explained
them and their appropriateness to the
subject in hand. He cited the command
to Noah to build ark, and said:-
"Noah couldn't have bcen saved il he hadn't helped
himself. You he had to build the ark and take
cargo. And SO it ni1l|
SELF litt and tho -
safely over the ire 1N1.5sel."
The Gospel tempe V.,:5rig inally held
in the Park Theat out eighteen months ago
they were inausl Jed there and they grew to
such magnitude that the managers
PEELED to engage larger space to work in.
Judging by the attendance last night they have been
very successful and give good promise. After the
regular discourse ON inquiry meeting is held, and
during that the audience Is invited to quote pas-
sages from the Scriptures, and these treated by
the preacher Ladies and gentlemen Joined heartily
In the exercises last evening and great interest
manifested in it.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29
MURRAY HILL PRESBYTERIAN.
LAST NIGHT OF THE AssYRIAN ARMY-sEB

LAST NIGHT OC 1A6 AocA Imam Ann
MON By REV. DIR. BURcHARD
The Rev. Dr. 8. C. Burchard delivered discourse
in tho evening at the Murray Hill Presbyterian
Church. which contained graphic picture of the
Assyrian army besicging Jerusalem That scene. he
saa-tho last night of tho hosts Of Sennacherib-is
memorable. especially for its impressive contrasts
Within o fcw hours the hopes. prospects desti-
nes of two nations reversed. The sun goes down
upou an army proud. confident. exultant; 1t rises
upon tho same army inanimatc. cold and pale the
tents that cover them At nightfall the affairs Je
rusalem blazed with sacrifices. and agonizng prayer
went up to the God of Israel for help; the morning
came. bringing answers to prayer and deverancc to
the people. To Assyria It was night Of shout and
revelry, succeeded by the stiffness Of death. Then
nations. nat n. He was . proud and fearless king
whose capital was Nnevch, vast in extent
and peerless grandeur; ,us, This bS..;ia .s.i
with victory invados Jerusalem thinking 1t will fall
before him easily as had all the fenced cities Of
demap pding the surrender OF tho city. Tho King
and his counscllors tremble with apprehension.
ne s oS n n' the ss.mn
ancc that He would yet in the teeth OF tho enemy
deliver tho city. Just at this crisis. when the King
aud people of Jerusalem ielt that their
HOPELESS when the ruthless conqucror was about to
strike the fatal blow. tho angel of the Lord .went
out and smote Of the Assyrians an hundred four
scorc and Ave thousand men," and thus delivered
tho beleaguered city. It God who wrought
the victory. whether by violent storm. by the
breath of pestilcnce by the direct nat
OF His will we know not. All the forces OF nature
He msrshals IL need be to His Tho earth
QUAKE the plague tho sword, the angels of His
ven ngeance. The events recorded OF that memorable
night, DR.. Burchard argued, develop three forces
the forcc OF wckedness. the force OF justice and
the force of prayer. The ambition Of the Assyrian
King he said, knew restraint. no bounds-his
wickcdness had expanded to giant Dimensions. SO
THAT no dehed both the God and the armies Of Israel
The punishment which followed this wickedness
was nptly described by Byron.
In conclusion DIR. Burchard said that the most
beneficont epochs OF the cgcs may be traced to
prayer, and he cited examples the Reformation OF
Luther and tho Reformation In Scotland. The pros
perity which has marked the progress Of history in
our own country he thought was due In largo de-
gree to the prayers OF the Pilgrim Fathers.
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BLEECKER STREET UNIvERsALIsT.

BY THE REV. J.. SMITH DODGE.
There special Christmas services in the
Bleecker Street Universast Church. which was
tasfefuily decorated for the occasion. The Rev. j.
Smith Dodge. Jr.. preached from Luke H.. IL and
l2-"For unto you is born this day in the city OF
David a Saviour. which is Christ the Lord. And
this shall be sign unto you; SO shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddinR clothes. lying In . manger."
II is impossible. said Mr. Dodge. for to receive
the same impression from these words they
made upon the ears Of those to whom they were
first addressed. At that time all Judea was burning
to hear the coming Of the promised Lord an-
nounced. and every prophecy relating thereto had
been expounded by learned men in the
synagogues all over the land. Among the
people speculation was busy to what
the Messiah would do, and the character
of tho work He intended to accomplish. Every jew
had had those things set before him time and again.
10 that on tho announcement that Christ born,
at last every heart prepared. thought 1t was
prepared. to leap up and welcome the joyful ntelli
gence. by tho deliberate course which Jesus fol
born in = mangcr in order to reveal the worth of de-
spised and neglected things. He did not come as n
learning had achieved. for He sat and dined with
rich men. He did not despise the good things OF
this world where they were compatible with higher
things but He lost sight OF the essential hu
manity OF man. Injustice held its sway the
earth when Christ came and allied Himself with the
humblest of His creatures, because in that way He
could touch the inmost core OF human feeling. And
the whole lifo Of the Saviour one OF love.
when he stopped discussion with learned
mon and. making his way through the crowd.
took little children up in His arms and
blessed them. He showed Himself filled with love
that dropped from his fingers and flowed from His
every utterance. Let not imagine that the Son
of God only loves the wretched and fororn. for He
Hc did over Peter over the Pharisee who scofed as
over the woman who kissed His feet. He came to
regenerate and He spent most of His time among
those of the class which had hitherto been regarded
no better than the dust of the highway. Christ
has revealed His love for man, not the angels
the hillside only for moment, but by saying. 'Lo,
am with You alXava even unto the end"
The New York herald., 1879-12-29
BASEBALL.

The National Club, Of Washington
pIoted their list Of players for tp
and entered into . written contr.
them. Tho team is as follows.
Lynch. catcher; Latham, first bu !
second baseman; Dingnan. thir,
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the Joy Of sharing with them in blessing well In
sorrow. Hence these words furnished the germinal
idea which lies at the foundation Of all ,sSums for
the blind. the deaf and dumb and all 1srals and
innrmaries for the sick and maimed. nosss OF
hospital bencvolence all the ills Lat "a Is
heir TO- Think Of tho fatal diseases which provides
wounds and other ailments in every sense. gan and
function OF the body. Their treatment demands the
most scientific knowledge OF disease and remedy and
. thousand things besides the administration OK
medicine and the performance Of surgical operations.
The architect ministers the sanitary result III the
choice OF location. construction and arrangement;
temperature. light. ventilation. drainage and mate
rial all come into the benevolent project. These are
secured. with many other blessings. in hospital
benevolence. which calls upon the wealthy and the
poor the child and the servant to give their mite on
Hospital Sunday.
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FINANCIAL,
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IA Bankers and Stock Brokers.
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on per cent margin rus ana ens seen,vu ." an ali
relating speculation furnished ON spp
Weekly OF movements In the stock Market
sent FREQ.
q A DyANCEs" OK FURNITURE. PIANOS. SAFES.
Acsrrages. &c, jos West SD st.. west OF o'h av
(storage onicel
NITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK OF THE CITY or NEW
" York, No. S. Bowcry. corner OF Canal ST.
rHIRTYNINTH INTEREST DivIDEND;IIhs tTgs, @
ordered that the rate OF FIVE fEh
CENT per paid deposors and after Janu-
all Of SIS and upward which have been on
1879 80.
Interest will be credited original deposit. aud It
withdrawn will be entitled to interest from January u
1880
Bank open daily from 10 to 8. and Mondays and
Saturdays from 10 to Bank books In English German
and French. Il. A. QUINTARD. President
SEYMOUR A. BuNcE. Secretary.
HoNTISENTAL NATIONAL BANK.
~ New YORk. Dec. 49, 1879.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE THIS DAY de.
ciared a dividend of THREE AND ONE-HALf PER
CENT free from payable January . $780, until which
FRED TAYLOR. Cashier.
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DLITThE FffrssyRe CONSOLIDATED MINING
s is7S-!he Board .hi: Gay
per psr value siOD capital %
the Of the net for ,he msnsh Of De-
after January Transfer books viii close December "a
~'' '''''' GEO. C. LYMAN. Secretary.
oFFER FOR SALE SALE 5000 PER s CENT BONDS
BY street H'iri GRXsT las Broadway
METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAILWAY coMPANY
!" 40. q SH0ASsa'Y ssx Yoax. Doc. 10. 1879
pad on and after the "a day OF JsnpSry pe.. a. the
sosshoss: record the Sd inst a.. II. transfer
and ''''s''d on tho shS Fl 81
ss 4 r,s.sy s.s 1s u
ls7a~Thc coupon. yearly rrss
NOTICE TO FIRST MORTGAGE BoNDnoLDERs
M e. 3s Yss 20
q s First s ONO and
Railway Company which is Id duo J9nS.rr 1850 except
81
Ohio and Missisainpi RAILWAY.
NoTT0E.-THE NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILROAD
TREAsuRKRs OFFICE.
BROADWAY. NEW YoRK. Doc. Ia. 1879.
the Interest Coupons January tho bonds
of this company will be paid and after Friday Jnnn
change Bank corner Of William and Beaver sts, Now
York. j. A. COWING Treasurer.
N ORTIZ RIVER SAVINGS BANK.
TwENTY.EIGHTH sEMLANNUAL DIviDkND.-
The declared of the earnings Of the
six months senaunua dividend at tho of five
per all Of $5 and upward payable
TO deDotors entitled thereto and aftor January l9
INTEREST NOT WITHDRAWN will be added to tho
principal and draw interest from January l.
DEPOSITS MADE before January 10 will draw
BANK OPEN daily from 10 A. NJ to 8 p. NJ; ALSO ON
Monday and SATURDAY. evenings from to o'clock.
WILLIAM b. STAFFORD. President.
HENRY V. PARsELL, Secretary
OPFICE OF WELLS, FARGO 4 CO.,
" No. IS BRoADwAy Dec. Is, 1873.
The regular semiannual dividend of four cont has
declared by the directors Of this payable
January Is. 1880, at Office above
The transfer books will close January st NJ and
n. B. PARSONS.
Assistant Secretary
CTATE OF MAINE PER CENT BONDS,
- payable In 1889.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS 5 PER CENT GOLD
BONDS. payable in 1892.
BROOKLYN CITY PER CENT BONDS,
CINCINNATI PsfErS's PcfrY = PEg !s'S CENT BONDS.
payable in 19O9
DANIEL A. MORAN,
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CONTINUED ON NINTH PAas.l
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CTATE OF MAINE 8 PER CENT BONDS
- payable in 1880
STATE OF MASSACH USETTS PER CENT GOLD
BONDS, payable in 1892
BROOKLYN CITY PER CENT BONDS,
payable in 1918.
CINCINNATI CRY 6 PER GENT BONDS.
payable in 1909.
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pOiIIICliL NOTES.

the indianapolis JoUyual SAYS: Indiana will be
III line - Lorm pugt of the solid North In 1850"
TIE California Democratic state Convention was
valIc 10 hG nc!u IN sacramento, but has been post
poned uu,il July /.
THE Albany .ugvs mathematics william Lloyd
GARRISON ana eulugi2Cs JEFF Davis. The DcmOCrary
is being rapidly led back To first principles
THE independent Democrats in Congress, ir there
are any such, should initiate their friends in ILL.,
hoiS ANA lead revolt against the Iulc of the cuCus.
Tue toWic'JOallai Is troubled again about Io-
gans grammar. Whether or not his grammar is
ci1'.
THE ST. Louis G'obc. Democrat says: providence
was on he side Of the Republican party In scmding
Mr. Chrisiancy TO Peru and putting Zach Chand-
Ter IN his place i'm the senate. XaCh is equal to n
forty horsepower prod for stirring up the Concdc.
rates.
If our fellows don't stir mp states Rights again
preltybQon, there is danger that the national quar-
nitinC law Will he passed, ThCn we Will have 4
lot of National Pm prcsCrhcrs invading onr
"tcchous rights for the purpose of keeping out the
yellow lever and other triilcs. Where urc Hooker,
Guodc and sam Cox? DO they not sec the i'm
pending dangcr?- licksbUrg Heidid.
= PU0H JUDGE DAVIS? lie whoppcd of the fence
into the Democratic bear garden for the purpose of
winning the support of Conservative Northern
Democrats and Independents as Il candidate who
took judicial and nun.scctonal view OF things,
But the North failed to huddlc up around him,
and now, 10 mako matters worse, the South shows Il
disposition 10 takG him up as the man who will be
sure to do Justice TO their claims. After this there
Is nothing for the Judge to do but 10 revive his
Third Party of One.
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sENATOK CONKLING,s srErCu,

To supply the extraordinary demand for
Senator conkiiUg's Great Speech upon "TuE
EXTRA SESSION or 1879; WHAT IT
TEACHES AND WHAT IT MEAYs," tie
Actionai Republican Printing Company has
riRird a 'orgc edition thereof in pampllcl
form, coacenicR for ,puJHc distribution as Il
Republican campaign document Copics oy
ms Pomphict mag be had on application at orr
cor"idg. Room or job OGcc, at the rate Of
$40 per thousand orders respectfully solicited
dn3 promptly .RHcd.
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ONO IN CONVENTION TODAY.

The tune changes slightly. Mr. THUR
MAN is now humming on another key, per-
haps by the way of practice, but more like
ly because he seeks an elevated note that
will be more in harmony with the wishes
Of his peculiar friends, who think his polit-
ical future lies in the Gubenatorial scale ;
hence he is ready TO sing, ." | want to be II
"Governor and rule a sovereign Stute.' 1t
is to be hoped that such an ambition, if it
resides in his heart, may be gratiied with
the trial Let his friends nominate him
let. him accept that nomination, and leave
his claims and record topopular arbitration.
This is the best thing he can do, for that is
the only way in which he can test the real
effect that his completely with the strange
and dangerous dogmas and measures of this
Congress has upon public sentiment lie
will find that the Ohio of last March is not
the Ohio of to-day in popular estimation.
If the path of Senator THURMAN lies
through the Executive Chamber Of Ohio,
perhaps Secretary SHERMAN will discover
that his course lies in the same direction,
aud the action Of the Republican convene
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and was flying tho rebel flag. She was taken
to Now York Charleston and Savannah. Rail
road, at Pocotaligo, S. G., destroyed by order of
Colonel Christ Pierre Soulc arrested in New
Orleans by General Butlcr Skrmish at Cache
River Bridge, Ark; rebels routed and pursued
several miles. Reconnaissance in force at
Cornlh rebels drawn back with considerable
loss. They left thirty dead OH the field; Union
loss was Twenty-Five killed and wounded. Gem
cral Banks was largely reinforced.
1868.
MAY 2S--Tho rebel army of the East com.
mcnctd their preparations for q raid North
ward. Heavy bodies Of troops aud trains were
sceu moving in the direction of Cupeppcr. An
intercepted dispatch from General Pemberton
to General Johnston stated that If he were not
reinforced with 10000 men in ten days the
game would bo up
1864.
MAY 29-Gencral Mcpherson's corps, while
moving TO close up with General Thomas, in
front Of Now Hope Church, Ga, was attacked
by heavy rebel force, who made repeated aud
desperate assaults, but were rcpulscd with u
loss Of more than 1000 men. The encounter
checked fora time the movement of General
Shcrman's army The Federal army under
General Grant, in Virginia this morning ol e
tanned complete possession of Hanover town
and ncighborng region. Before night
tho passage Of tho Pamunkcy was
effected. Two divisions Of ShcridaiIs cavalry
had severe engagement with the cncmys
cavalry near lalopatomoy Creek, and forced
inc rebel line back some distance. During the
heat Of the engagement. when il seemed that
the Fodcrals would be forced from the ground,
Clusters Michigan Brigade made u gallant
charge aud saved the day.
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tion which selects a State ticket to-day,
may not strictly follow the indications of a
week ago. However, we do not anticipate
any material change in thcprogramme that
has been so long and so definitely marked
out for its action We adhere TO the opin-
ion that either Mr. Foster or Mr.. TAFT
will be called upon to lead the Rcpuh-
leans TO victory. 1t matters little in
our Judgment which shall be the choice Of
the Convention. Both are able men and
have done yeomon service in the Rcpubli
can army. Either will be u credit TO the
State and either can be triumphantly
elected. 1t is said, and with how much
truth we are unable to decide, that Mr..
Foster is the iayoritc candidate Of the Adj
miuistration and is receiving its hearty and
efficient support. IT 50, it shows that civil
service order No. has lost its tcrrors in the
Buckeye state, and that those who hold Of
fetal relations with the Federal Govern
mcut are either absolvcd from lis power or
give it no heed in their mingliug with caU-
cuscs and conventions in shaping the cam
paign. We are glad this shacldc is no
longer recognized, for we hold that no man
should be regarded ~ sinking the least of
his political rights, when he assumes the
duties and responsibilities and shares the
emoluments ofpublic position.
II is intimatcd, on the other hand that
Judge TAFT represents the GRANT element
of the State, and is somewhat antagonized
on that account. We have no idea that, if
such be the case, his cause will be in any
degree endangered on that account. If,
however, it should proycthat he isprcscnted
Us representative OF the GRANT sentiment,
it will increase our confidence in his prefer
mcnt at this time Ohio has been awakened
into newncss Of Republican life by the
same spirit that has pointed TO General
GRANT us the coming man of 1sS0, and that
spirit will assert itself early in the pending
State campaign. BE this rs it may, and
whichever of the favoritcs now before the
people may be selected, the State will tri-
umphautly vindicatc Republican sentiment
and principle in the event Whatever
shape the convention may take, it will point
unewingly to Democratic defeat
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ENtJN.II.

., II; =. SIMMONS, OF Shanghai China, is Il guest
the National.
60 Il9N. y. WlIsqN, Of West Virginia, and Hon.
William Longbridsc Of Iowa, registered ut the Ma
tonal yesterday.
W. NJ. FISHER, of New York: w Janncy Chicago,
aud c. NJ. IarrO aud wife, llmmctsburg, Md, were
among the arrivals ut the Metropolitan yesterday.
COLONEL j. J. BELL, OF Petersburg Va; George
Price. Marietta, Ono; \. II. Sherwood and wife,
New York; +. q. Williams, Brooklyn; Rcv. George
j. Bond, S. Johns y. B ana Mrs. TruisOn and FAM
lly, Brooklyn registered at the st. james yesterday.
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HE scarcity OF change in our local chan
hels OF trade is very embarrassing and pros
c'eas directly from the rapid contraction of
the circulating medium occasioncd by the
popular Investment in the 1 per cent. cer-
llcates' If this,should be supplemented
with failure Or refusal by Congress to
make the annual appropriations the preva-
lent embarrassment would amount to nc
tual suffering.