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Financial

New York, December 13.-The Commercial
Advertisers London financial cablegram
says: There was a general fatness in the
markets here today, caused by free liqui-
datlon due to the news of General Me-
thuen's setback and dear money. Consols
fell 9-16 to 101 9-16.
Americans opened firm On the expectation
of fresh rise after the recent shakeout,
but selling followed receipt of Transvaal
news and the market remained feverish to
the close, when it was slightly above the
worst A fresh relapse occurred on the
street. weak feature was Louisville &c
Nashville. Chesapeake & Ohio was excep-
tionally strong.
Paris markets were firm. The bank
bought $4,000 pounds in French coin.
Yesterdays rumor that the Bank of
France had agreed to lend England a con-
siderable sum of gold was contradicted, but
the pressure of wool dealers, it is believed,
cause real ease of French gold for Argen-
tina. The bank somewhat unexpectedly did
a smaller business in bills today than yes
terday.
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New York December 13.-Coffee futures
opened steady at unchanged prices to
points lower. The cables were hardly as
good as expected but the statistical situa-
ton justified no extensive bear movement.
European shorts and Wall street purchased
on a small scale. Room bulls took profits.
Brazilian receipts were fair and the ware
house movement was disappointing, The
market was finally quiet net unchanged to
points lower. Sales, 1880 BAGS, including:
December S5S5; February, 500; March, $5.95
Gf596; May $G.o50G1o August, $815; Sep
tef8ber, $5.25; October, SIS 81 $50: Noyelnte-',
500. SPOT coffee, Jia. quiet Ne. invoice,
g. . 3. : jobD-ns, rs; mild quiet; GordoFa'
Sfi123s.-
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STOCK MARKET
ON A TOBOGGAN
Closed in a Highly Exciting Con-
dition.
UTTER DECENTRALIZATION
Some Heavy Headway Was Made
Against the Depression During
Early Dealings and for Awhile
Losses Were Overcome
DECENTRALIZATION
UTTER

New York, December 19-The market
yielded to decentralization during the latter
part of today, and stocks were thrown
over wholesale on the down grade Prices
went below the low point of Monday and
the market closed in a highly excited con-
dition.
The few rallies that were effected were
due to the hasty taking of profits by the
bears and were sufficiently attractive on
the day to induce the closing out of short
accounts by the professional operators,
who perslstently sold the market at the
higher level The market made some
Roadway against the depression during the
early dealing and at one time had very
largely overcome the opening losses which
were reflections from the foreign exchanges.
The weakness abroad was due to the
growing seriousness of the situation of the
British campaign in South Africa. London
was heavy seller in the New York mar
ket, but its offerings seemed pretty we'll
absorbed.
The grangers rose notably above last
nights level, and Sugar and Brooklyn
Rapid Transit also made conspicuous prog
ress towards recovery from the recent de-
preston. But during the latter part of the
day the operators put their eyes to every
thing but the gloomy apprenensions over
the future. The existing condition of the
money market was at no time stringent
and in the late dealings the rate for call
money ran down to 312 per cent.
The announcement of the determinati ton
OF Ntne pennsylvania railroad to distribute
stock par to the extent of 10 per cent. OF
the capital came as a total surprise, and
under ordinary circumstances would have
de 11,-s-. a.
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No. solid vestibuled train carries Pull
man Sleeping Cars Birmingham to Cincin-
natl and from Birmingham to New York
without change. Cafe dining car Alfalfa.
Ala. to Radford, Va, and Cafe dining and
observation car Chattanooga to Cincinnati
No. carries Pullman Union Sleeping Car
Birmingham to Louisville and Pullman
Sleeping Car Chattanooga 10 Cincinnati. al
to Cincinnati.
No. 1 Solid vestibuled Train has through
Pullman Drawing Room Sleepers, Birming-
ham to New Orleans and Birmingham to
Shreveport.
j. NJ. Cup Traaac Manager. Washington,
u. c.
Washington, d. g.
c. A. Wickersnam. Superintendent, Bir.
mingham.
w. A. Turk, q. p. A.. Washington. Z. C.
r. N. Ellis, T. p. A., Birmingham. Ala.
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T,l;,ntt s. pnlmer,s COTTON Letter.

BY Private Wire from Fairchild & Hobson.
New Orleans, December 13.-As indicated
by the small port movement so far this
week and the hight plantation shipments
this week coming into sight, promises to be
a very small one, even much less than the
movement of the corresponding week in
1896 Nevertheless the contract demand
that existed heretofore under less favor
able conditions was conspicuous by it's alb
sence. Taking advantage of a deserted
market, the bears, notwithstanding the
small run of receipts promised for New Or
leans and Houston tomorrow-15,000 to 1900
as compared with 29,6Si l&s. year and 22,-
294 in 1s97-were in full control of the mar
ket Falling heir to unlocked for influences,
the shorts in the last hour succeeded in
breaking the market some points, the in
fiuence referred to was the refusal of New
York banks to accept industrials securities
on such a weak stock market as collateral.
The taking of this step by the banks nat
urally resulted in further decline of $40
per share. Railroad and other stocks par
ticipating In the landslide, cotton In conse-
uuence became weaker and closed 4 points
lower than yesterday and points below the
highest of the day Liverpool closed 1-32d
up for spots and 2-64d up on futures. Sales
of the former were 10000 bales. Owing to
the uncertainties of the financial market we
advise extreme caution in buying cotton.
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Tho Catyie 5Tar'fe.s

Chicago, December 13.-A lot of handsome
Christmas beeves were sold here today for
$40 10 $3.50 per hundred pounds, the nigh
est price brought in this market since June,
1872, when the top price of twenty years
was recorded Choice cattle, steady; me-
cium, 10c lower; cow market steady to
slow; Gamers firmer; fancy Christmas
beeves, S725@S.50; good to choice, $5.406p7 90;
poor to medium, Si.2Jd5.30 mixed stockers,
$3.G0G3.S0; selected feeders, $4.25a475; good
to choice COWS, So. 754475; heifers, $3.5OQ
calves, S4oOG4.75; fed Texas oeeves, $4,000
go; grass Texas steers, $3.50@l.25; western
range beeves, $4.75. Hogs fairly active,
average 21Ac higher. Mixed and butchers,
$3.9044 12ls; good to choice heavy, $3.S50r4 10;
rough heavy, $3S5Ge3.90 lights, SO. 90Gf4 OH; ;
bulk of sales, $4.O0dt405. Sheep active 100
loo higher; native weuhers, $i.0064.75; lambs
$4.50n5.00; western wethers, $42594GO; west
ern lambs, $5.006t5f0 Receipts: Cattle. 49,
coo; hogs, $1,000; sheep, 1900.
st. Louis December 13-Cattle Receipts,
$500, including 1900 Texans Market
steady for natives, slow and a shade lower
for Texans; native shipping and export
steers, s4.75GS.75, with fine yearlng steers
at S.25; dressed beef and butcher steers
$.fOq5.25; steers under 1000 pounds, So SONp
500; stockers and feeders, 81. 75d4.6O: COWS
and heifers, $2.OOa46O; Gamers, ST. 5Oa2. 75;
Texas and Indian steers, s3.3594SO with
best fed worth s5.35; do cows and lneifers
S2.S0QS.75. Hogs: Receipts, $780, Market
firm. Pigs and lights, s3.75di4OO; packers,
$3.95d4.O5 butchers, 49, S0l63.s5. Sheep: Re-
ce.pts, 1900; market strong, 10 to 25c higher.
Native muttons, So. 9064 so; lambs. g. SOFAS 60.
culls and bucks, 81. 75q3.00.
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Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS bv
MILLIONS; of MOTHERS for their CHI
DREN WHILE TEETHING. with PER.
Feet SUCCESS. It SOOTHES tho CHILD.
EoFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN:
CURE WIND collie. and is the best rem
edy for DIARRHoEA. Sold by druggists
in every part of the world. BE sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup"
and take no other kind. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle.
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DIV Goods

New York, December 13.-The general
market continues quiet in all lines of sta
pie cotton, burt the demand is still sufficient
to keep the market of ready supplies and
well sold ahead and to leave its strength
unimpaired. Advances of 7 per cent in some
lines of wide sheetngs. No change of mo-
ment in other directions. Good demand for
narrow odd prints. Wooden and other~1e-
partments strong on holiday demand.
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The Only Through Line. TO Savannah Ga.

The Central of Georgia is the only line
operating through service to Savannah
Elegant through sleeping car service. East
time; no delays. Convenient schedule.
For particulars call on
SOLON JACOBS,
2Ol5 First Avenue
J. c. HALLE
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Talbot q Planners Grain Letter

By Private Wire from Ware & Leland.
Chicago, December 3.-Wheat-IiyerpooI
closed V higher. London cargoes from
Paris, wheat and flour, ceirtimes higher:
Antwerp 9 higher; Berlin 4 lower. The
commission business was of a good charac-
ter, and much better tone prevailed The
Improvement was due to higher markets
abroad, the falling off in receipts, and a re-
newal of inquiry for shipment. While mo-
ney conditions have operated against secu-
rites, Its influence has been felt only in
wheat as reflected in carrying charges and
to some extent has restricted speculation.
As we have pointed out before, values are
abnormally low and we regard wheat as
good property to be taken hold of when
ever 1t is damned down.
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BY Private Wire to T. G. Hewlett. Agt.
Treasury statement

Washington, December 13.-Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows Available cash balance $2S7, 2O9 90i;
gold reserve, $243, 296, 704.
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ton in the interior seems to put damper
on the market and every sign of improve
ment brings out large liquidating.
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New York, December 1S.-Cotton quiet;
middling, 1l-16e net receipts, 1,3t8; gross
S,2l6; sales, so; stock, 10S,275.
Tosal today: Net receipts, So 217; exports
to Great Britain, 3,4OO; to the continent,
S756; stock. 1,125669.
Consolidated: Net receipts, 1eG7Sl; Great
Britain, 33,o8S; France, zoo; continent, 81
CO...
432,061; exports to Great Britain, S63,705; to
GRANGE, 3S7G59; to the continent, go SOP.
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LITTLE BUSINESS
IN COTTON MARKET
Price Movement Corresponding
Iy~Narrowed.
CLOSE WAS BARELY STEADY
Late Private Dispatches from the Belt
lDeclare Southern Markets Were
Stubbornlv Firm on LIGHT Of
CLOSE WAS BARELY STEADY

New York, December 13.-Speculative OPP
erations on the cotton exchange today were
very small again, with the price movement
correspondingly narrow. Neither side ex-
hlbi,ed many orders even of the limited
class. The disposition was general to OBJ
tain further information on the crop and
the action of the English market before ex-
tensively changing preconceiYed ideas of
outstanding accounts. The market opened
steady with prices unchanged to points
an additional point or so under adverse
additional point under adverse
news from the English market and rumors
of another severe setback to the British
arms in South Africa. but later advanced
TO last nights prices on a brief furry of
room covering, which owed it's origin to
estimates for light receipts at all points
tomorrow. Late private dispatches from
the belt declared southern markets were
Stubbornly firm on light offerings and
fairly good demand from American spin
hers. The market at the close was barely
steady, to points lower, having gone off
sharply in tie last few minutes under fear
of break in Liverpool tomorrow
count of adverse war news from South
Africa.
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REAITTIFtJI, 1900 cATENDAp

The Passenger Department of the Central
Of Georgia Railway and Ocean Steamshin
COMPANY has issued a very handsome cal
endar for 1900 either of which they will
send to any address upon receipt of 6 cents
in postage. In making requests please
men lion this paper. Address,
Z, SOLON JACOBS,
Commercial Agent. Birmingham, Ala.
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LOCAL MARKETS.

LEGAL Cotton Market
Good middling, TIC.
Middling, &c.
Strict low middling, csc.
Low middling, 6Ac.
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Cotton Letter

BY Leased Wire to T. G. Hewlett, Agent.
New York. December 13.-Liverpool fu-
lures this morning showed an advance OF
2-64 on futures and 1-64 on spots. with sales
of 10000 bales. January contracts opened
here unchanged at 73S, sold off to 7.35 adj
vanced to 7.38 after which 1t eased of to
1882, at which price 1t closed. The port
movement was again light with the esti-
mated receipts for tomorrow also light.
Continued rumors Of heavy holdings of cot
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Beautiful spectacular entertainment De.
Gender q for the benefit of disabled Con.
fedefate veterans.
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Ala. Great Southern r. r

stortest and quickest line to CincianaN
IouiayiIl and the North. also to ShreVe-
port, New orleans ard all points south
west.
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Godden's drug store-bulb headquarters.
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OFFICERS-N. e. Barker, President;
Harding, Second Vice President; Tom o.
Cashier.
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(By Private Wire to Talbot & Palmer)
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"5u}b planting dna Asl. Godden's.
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A. u. S.-North.
Arrive. Depart
No. ., Fast Mail. n o. - Is am 50 am
FNo. 4, Fast Nail, n. o. ..12 10 pm i5pm
The morning news., 1899-11-18
MANY TOOK IN THE MIDWAY.
Crowds of People at Yesterdays
Shows.

The Pythian show had another success
full day yesterday. the attendance being al
most as good as that of the previous days,
which, with the increased revenue result
ing from the recently erected grand stands
win make the total receipts fully up to
those of the preceding days.
Over hundred orphans were the guests
of the committee, seventy-seven being boys
from Bethesda, and about thirty girls
from the Episcopal orphan Home on Lib
erty street. They saw almost the entire
show, and to say that they were delighted
would only halfway express it, From the
rubber neck man. and Rosco, who eats
'em alive, to both animal shows and the
Streets of India they followed in turn,
themselves furnishing to their conductors
something of a show in their outbursts
of childish enthusiasm, and delight with
everything that they saw. After doing"
the Midway, and Streets of India, they
went outside the enclosure and were given
free rides on the meTry-go-round by the
proprietor; nor was this the least of The
enjoyments of the day.
The committee has made arrangements
TO add to the attractions of the show and
with this end in view has engaged Delmar
Stacey to give exhibition of trick and
fancy bicycle riding in the street, where
the merchants booths are. lie will begin
his work at this afternoons performance.
To the Streets of India will be added to
the already large number of attractions,
a high rope walker, and to the Midway
will be added Milla Christina, the two
headed woman, and the cinematoscope, or
moving pictures, both of which will un-
doubtedly increase it's patronage.
AT last nights performance Prince Is
mail as stonished the spectators by causing
a seed to sprout and grow to the hight OF
nearly five feet the whole operation being
performed in fun view of the people gath
cred on all sides of the stage.
Besides the spectators who enter the
gate there are hundreds who nightly gath
er on the outside waiting patiently for
Speedy to take his aerial flight and to see
Philon in his cascade Of pyrotechnics,
the only two acts that can be seen from
the outside of the enclosure.
The morning news., 1899-11-18

Mr.. w Depan is the guest of the DE
Soto.
Mr.. Harry Parsons left yesterday for
Atlanta.
Mr.. H. E. Weed of Griffin is at the
Pulaski.
Mr. w. E. Bales of Charleston is at the
Pulaski.
Mrs. M. H. colson of Meldrim is at the
Pulaski
Mr J. W. Miller of Brunswick is at the
Pulaski.
Mr. w. C. Perkins of Hagan Is at the
| screven.
Mr.. J. C. Cole of Charleston is at the
| Screven.
Mr.. c. Gordon is registered at the
| Screven.
Mr.. Dallas L. Jones of Charleston is at
| the Pulaski.
Mr.. A. ]. Mccall of Madison, Fla, is at
| the Pulaski.
Mr.. Ed Elkan Of Atlanta is the guest of
the Screven.
Mr.. w. r. Pope of Winston is registered
| at the Pulaski.
Mr.. M. verdery of Albany is the guest
| OF the Pulaski.
Mr.. John H. Barrett of Lumber City is
| at the Pulaski.
4 MT. E0Wdr0 Lon OIL macon Is the guest
| of the Pulaski.
Mr.. G. Holmes of Winston was yester
! day at the De Soto.
Mr.. J. W. Oniff Of statesboro is the
| guest of the De Soto.
Mr.. w. E. Causey of Ridgeland is the
! guest of the Pulaski.
Mr. r. p. Williams of Valdosta is the
guest of the Screven.
Mr.. John It. Capps of Norfolk Is the
guest of the De Soto.
Mr.. E. Burton of Fernandina is the
guest of the De Soto.
Mr. ]. R. Bum of Elsie registered at
| the Pulaski yesterday
Mr. Harry williams of Atlanta arrived
at the Screven yesterday.
Mr. ]. H. Lengsfeld of New Orleans is
registered at the De Soto.
Mr. W. r. Sullivan of Atlanta register
ed al the De Soto yesterday.
Mr. J. S. Neuman of the Gentry Dog and
Pony Show is at the Screven.
Mr. and Mrs. D. w. Bagley Of Americus
are the guests of the Pulaski.
Mr. c. Fitzsimmons of Columbia regis
| tered yesterday at the De Soto.
Mr. T. R. Lamar of Augusta was in the
city and stopped at the De Soto.
Mr.. John T. Hammond of Josselyn reg
| lStere0 at tne OCTeNSn yesterday.
Mr. William F. Eve of Augusta was
among the arrivals at the De Soto yester-
day.
Mrs c. A. Williams of Vaudeville was
among the arrivals at the De Soto yester-
day.
Mr.. Frank W. Harris of Augusta was
among the guests of the Screven yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. & H. Lyme of PalatlSa
were among yesterdays arrivals at the
Pulaski.
Mr.. Charles F. Fulton went up to
Pooler last night to attend a meeting of
the Richard T. Turner Lodge, f. and A.
M, where, in his capacity as district dep
uty, he was present at the comforting Of
the Master Masons degree.
Lieut.. Col. D. G. H. Pollock, formerly
of the British army, was in the city yes
terday. the guest of the De Soto. He is
not row connected with the British gov
ernment, and his visit is in no way con
nected with any governmental business
Mr.. Wm Lewellin, an ex-soldier of the
American army in the Philippines, yester-
day registered at the Screven. Mr.. Lew
ellin was a private In one of the regiments
uuarlered around Manila, and received is
discharge several months ago on account
of a sickness hat laid him up in the hos
pilaf and necesstated an operation which
incapacitated him for further service. His
home Is in Illinois, where he expects to re-
! t1rn shortly
The morning news., 1899-11-18

win meet the various trains at Milen.
Lyons, Everett and Waycross; on the four
lines entering the city. 10 ascertain the
number of visitors that each train will
bring and notify headquarters, so that
they may be all assigned to places where
they may secure board ard lodging.
Free transportation for these agents has
been secured from the railroads through
the efforts of the chairman of the Com
mittee on Transportation, Capt. D. G..
Purse.
Gen. G. NJ. sorren has been invited by
the committee to occupy a seat in one Of
the carriages during the parade on Thurs
day, and will probably accept. The an
nouncement Of this invitation to the COM
mittee was received with applause, and
was generally felt 70 be a deserved tribute
TO gallant and distinguished Confederate te
officer.
The morning news., 1899-11-18
CANCELLING CITY BONDS.
sinking Fund Commission Closing
Up Its Years Work.

sinking Fund Commission Closing
Up Its Years Work.
The sinking fund commission is now clos
ing up It's work for the year. Within the
last ten days the commission has can
cened about $4,000 Of city bonds, about ST.
900 of this amount being Cancelled yester-
day. The comm ssion is now advertising
for 5000 of bonds of the issue OF 1879. and
$1,000 OF the issue Of 1883. When these are
secured and caucelSd the commission viii
have completed its work for the year.
Chairman j. d. Weed said yesterday
that the commission had found no diff
Guilty in obtaining bonds as desired. Ii is
no longer necessary to buy bonds of 1879
10 be held in place Of those of the issue OF
1888 as the holders have found that the
commission ccud not be forced into pay
ing the prices demanded. AS a result the
commission has about caught up now on
the 1883 issue. The ciy has been obta ming
bonds of both issues at ia to l14ik.
The morning news., 1899-11-18
JEwIsH wOMEN's COUNCIL
Rev. I. p. Mendes' Lecture at STicIcva
Israel Synagogue.

Rev. I. p. Mendes' Lecture 0t MiclEva
Israel Synagogue.
Rev. I. P. Mendes lectured on the Coun-
ell of Jewish Women at the Temple Nick
va Israel yesterday afternoon.
About Ave years ago DR.. Mendes said
the council was formed for the purpose
of becoming, through study, conversant
with the Holy Book, and the thoughts and
doings of their fathers, and by constant
social intercourse and interchange of ideas
to learn how to employ in the golden teach
ings of love the actual teachings of philan-
thropy. 1t is also by such social and in
tellectual Intercourse that they are the
better able 10 realize their duties as wo-
men, as mothers and as wives, and to
prove to the world that the Jewish wo-
man can do something else other than
ornament a ball room or attending to a
kitchen.
To the work of the Council Of Jewish
women is due, he continued the awakened
interest in the teachings of Judaism aud
so long as Judaism has its women it is
armor proof The Council of Jewish Wo-
men is the ornament of every cultured
Jewish community, and with its motto,
Faith and Humanity" shining out from
its flying banners is the means of leading
many by precept and example up the
golden stairs to the golden throne itself.
The Jewish world to-day, DR.. Meudes
said, owes debt OF gratitude to The
Council of Jewish Women that the Jewish
nation can never pay.
The morning news., 1899-11-18
BANKRUPT FROM WAYCROss.
who Is willing to Surrender All His
Assets to His Creditors.

w no Is Wiling W SURRENDER All Ills
Assets to His Creditors.
Frank C. Cross. of Waycross, filed his
petition in bankruptcy in the United
States District Court yesterday. The in
tended bankrupt makes the customary
averments of indebtedness and his inabil-
ity to meet the demands of his creditors
and asks that he be granted a discharge
He avows his Willingness TO surrender all
his property save that portion of il ex-
empted by operation of the homestead ani
exemption laws Of the state
The schedules Of liabilities attached 10
the petition show that so far as MIR. Cross
is abe TO ascertain ne is indebted to va
rious persons, in var Gus citi=s of the
stale and other states, in the sum OF 81, $751;
of which amount $4c1 is represented by
judgments and $3.50 by notes and open
accounts There is interest on some or all
of these debts, Mr.. Cross says, but be-
cause of the ia ct that he las kept no PER-
feet set of books he is unable to say how
much.
There is no schedule of assets appended
to the petition. so that if this omission
is taken to represent the true facts Of the
case the bankrupts avowed wilflngn IS to
surrender all his property, except such as
Is exempted by the laws of the stale, IS
not an oyerpoWerirg instance ol his gener-
oSity.