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time;
Hero, and the infamous George of Cap-
fl iodah?s been transformed into the renowned Saint
of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and
of die Garter”
- To avoii the unnecessary occupancy of our columns
by many tickets, differing but-trivilly with each other,
we have embodied, in the following list, the names of all
the candidates for Aldermen,
savannah republican.
— f
Saturday Evening, August 24, 1816.
The federal party, during the war, pretended
to have no confidence in the national credit, and
discouraged, under all circumstances, and even
on terms of usurious interest, the loaning of mo
ney to the government. They opposed it in
public and in private, on the floor of Congress,
an d at their “Cossack feasts” and their “mid
night. orgies.” The nation then was to become
bankrupt, because federalists had converted
their patriotism into a systematic rebellion
against its interests, and were determined not
only to deny their assistance, but openly and un
equivocally advocated a decided and treasonable
opposition!—They were patriots! Whether they
were seen conspiring with John Henry, against
the liberties of the republic, or collecting specie
to pay oflfhis majesty’s troops in Canada, their
conduct was patriotic! because, forsooth, our
administration was not federal;—.not because the
course which our government pursued was not
conducive to our prosperity, but because we
were at war with Britain, who had “ueuer done
v.s any essential injury.” The war has now
closed, and the obstructions which before preclu
ded the filling up of loans have now ceased to ex
ist. As the money which has been wanted since
the wav, was not to operate against Britain, the
f a \th of the federalists in the ability of the nation,
h a s met with a surprising revolution! They are
now* willing to loan their money on advan
tageous terms, without a single symptom of fear
of bankruptcy which they had themselves at
tempted to effect; but which they could not suc
ceed in.
But a short time since, the affairs of the ad
ministration were attempted to be obstructed
and the officers of the government opposed bv
an armed banditti of the opposition—Now that
the effervescence of political delirium has in
some measure abated, in consequence of the pre
tended moderation of the principal federal lead
ers, whose conduct, in this instance, was guided
*>7 a consciousness that the people were becom
ing disgusted with their vile projects; we believe
there are very few, among the sensible and en
lightened federal yeomanry, who do not look
back upon those base attempts to bring destruc
tion upon our nation, with sentiments of regret
and horror. And we congratulate the friends
of the country, upon prospects which, in case of
a future war, will tend to an unity of interests
and exes . ions.
The spirit of hostility to the present adminis
tration. appears in a great degree to have sub
sided. Among the head managers of the fed
eral party, this must be attributed to motives
of policy; but among Die well meaning federal
ists. we believe it to be dictated by the purest
conviction of the wisdom and expediency of re
publican measures. The great body of the peo
ple wish well to the interests pfthe country, and
entertain for it a warm attachment. We have
had the most satisfactory demonstration, that if
they are left to themselves,«nim'iuenced by dem
agogues, they will act correctly; and, in spite of
the exertions of the disorganizing to corrode the
public mind, the people are fast forgetting those
dissentions which have a longtime distracted it,
1 and are .returning to the paths of political recti
tude. —
During the sitting of the treasonable Hartford
Convention, it was advocated by the leading
federalists throughout the union; but now, we
can scarcely find a man base and wicked enough
to own that he was a disciple of such dangerous
tenets, and they shrink from the accusation as
from the breath of pollution. Who is there,
among the fed4j^fists, who now justifies an
open and actual rebellion against the powers
of the American nation? Who is there, banish
ing those incitements which should bind him to
his coun ry, would w ish to give life and vigor to
an active opposition to its best interests. An
experimencyha^j been tried which was found
untenable, and unfit to accomplish those pur
poses for which it had been devised—and in
deed it was of no immediate effect, except to
hold up to public execration the enemies of the
country, who were engaged in that conspiracy,
and to make proselytes to republicanism!
T. U. P. Charlton
Charles Harris,
John Bolton
Edward Harden
George L. Cope
L. S/D’Lyon
Isaac Fell
Steele White
William B. Bulloch
Robert Mackay
William Davies
William Stephens
Jacob Shaffer
Joseph Habersham
William A. Moore
J. S. Bulloch
S. G. Bunch
Thomas N. Morel
Job T. Bolles
John P. Henry.
Alexander Hunter
Gardner Tufts
Hampden M‘Intosh
George Myers
Samuel Russel
Isaac Minis
A. S. Bulloch
Joseph W. Caldwell
G. V. Proctor
T. V. Gray
Jonathan Cline
John Gardner
Richard Leake
Greene R. Duke.
We are requested to state, that T. V. Gray, William A.
Moore, Jacob Shaffer and A. Hunter, will not be candi
dates at the ensuing election for Aldermen.
Desha 361.
Desha 241.
R. M. Johnson
[COMMUNICATED.]
“LET THERE BE LIGHT.”.
The quantity of materials for building, the rubbish of j
idled down Louses, and of other repairs, andthenum-
er of Cows that now make their beds in the streets and.
lanes, have become a serious nuisance, andiare produc
tive of frequent injury. Scarcely a night passes over
without inconvenience or accident occurring.
While it is a source of gratification to mark the rapid
improvement in every part of the city, and while ti.-e li
berality of Council is properly extended to builders in
making use of a portion of the streets, &.c. some iittle
regard should be had for the convenience and safety of
the community. In return for such privileges a -well
lighted Lamp should be suspended near the place so im
proving, or the house thus moving, should be lighted
at dusk, (and not at 9 o’clock, when the greater part of
walking is over,) and should afford good light til! day
light. The City Watch might be instructed to snuff the
wick occasionally'.
Tne attention of the proper authority is respectfully
solicited to the Ordinances in sucii cases made and pro
vided.
Such a notice will save the painful necessity of lodg
ing information against individuals thus offending.
A CITIZEN.
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
The following article is copied from the Demerara Ga
zette, received at New York by the British brig Mary,
arrived there in 28 days from Demerara.
“It appears from recent accounts from Vera Cruz, that
the death of the independent chief Morelos, has by no
means debilitated the spirit of the revolution, which con
tinues with the greatest vigor. Frequent actions take
place. The independents had advanced towards the
capital of Mexico, and a party had even entered the sub-
erbs of San Lazaro; another division had also approach
ed the walls of Vera Cruz, and killed the sentinel at the
gates, laving waste all the country round. All the fines
of communication are in the hands of the indepen
dents.
“The general congress of the independents had again
assembled in the city of Techonacon, and D. F. Bravo,
one of the generals, had been chosen president. Gene-
r<d Morelos, who had been lateiy hung by the Spanish
government, when first taken prisoner, was confined in
the inquision of Mexico, and tried for being a heretic,
since he had thrown off his priesthood to become a
general. He defended his own cause and was absolved.
He was then, delivered over to the royal court, and con
demned for high treason. Before he was executed, the i
Spanish bishops dressed him in ail his sacerdotal robes j
of which he was afterwards delivered in a canonical man
ner, and formally degraded. It is singular that two
priests have been the most active generals of the Mexi
can revolution.”—Charleston City Gazette, 22d met.
Port Roval, July 13.
The following is an extract of a letter from Christopher
Hughes, esq. commissioner from the United States, to his
friend in Kingston, dated
United States' ship Macedonian,
Santa Martha, June 16, 1816.
“We were received most graciously by M. Montalvo,
captain general, and I obtained from him an immediate
liberation of all the citizens of the United States, who
were still in confinement at Carthagena, with an order to
the governor of this place to release such as might be in
•confinement here. For the purpose of receiving the lat
ter on board, of this ship, we called inhere; they were
promptly sent on board;. mong them are several British
subjects who availed themselves of; iiis opportunity ot ob
taining their freedom. I need not say it afforded captain
Warrington and myself much satisfaction to receive them
and put them on the same footing with our countrymen,
who had been their fellow sufferers; such of them as
wish, will go on board the Tay, for Jamaica, and if there
are any that may prefer going to the United States, they,
may remain in the Macedonian for tlral purpose.”
STEAM BOATS.
We are on the eve of the greatest experiment which
has been undertaken during the present age. A Steam
Boat is about to brave the Atlantic and cross from New-
York to Russia. The consequences of this enterprise
who will predict? It may open a new aera in the art of na
vigation—It may dispense with the lagging and variable
agency of winds and waves. It may bring the two
worlds nearer together; it may shorten the passage from
25 to 15 days. A first experiment is every thing—wno
does not wish it success? If the expedition of the Argo
nauts gave immortality to Jason; if to pass the pillars of
Hercules was ouce so wonderful a feat of courage; if to
cross the Atlantic has given a deathless fame to the name
of Columbus; who will deny some portion of credit to
the gallant adventurers who are the first to traverse the
dangers of the deep with steam? What a source of pride
that these men are Americans! We are the first to invent
the Steam Boat—we are the first to ply it to its noblest
purposes.
One of the greatest difficulties it has to encounter, is
the transportation of fuel—Can they carry enough of it?
But when it is recollected, that by crossing the guiph
stream, instead of going doom it: by tracing the struight-
est and shortest line to the destined port; to always “keep
moving,” instead of waiting for the wind, the passage
may be shortened, tiffs difficulty may be reduced, if not
removed. Beside, may not coked coal be better than any
other fuel?—ilichmond Enquirer.
A Paris paper ofthe 1st July, contains the fol
lowing; paragraph, and gives it as official: “Pe-
lignier, one of the twenty eight conspirators
has insisted in court, that he has facts to commu
nicate to the king, facts which will save France;
hut he will communicate them only to the king
in person,”
If is stated under the Vienrta head that the
French generals Lallemand and Savary had
their escape from Malta; and letters from
°nstantinople, to May 12, received in Eng-
^ anf l, mention that they had arrived there; and
ei e supposed to be going to Russia.
Ahel Boynton, of Massachusetts, is appoint-
,7^ e Resident of the United States, consul
^ island of Curratoa*
privilege of using
of
We understand that the exclusive
steam boats in Russia, for a certain number of years, has
been tendered to the widow and heirs of the late Mr.
‘Fulton, unsolicited, by the emperor Alexander, on the
ground that Mr. Fulton was the real inventor of the
mode of propelling vessels by steam. This act of liber
ality reflects honor as well upon the emperor, as upon
our distinguished countryman. Captain Reid, well
known as the commander of the General Armstrong pri
vateer, we are told, will probably go out with Mr. Col-
den, as commander of the boat.—jYexO-York paper.
In the Knoxville Gazette of August 3, it is said, that
“there is a report in town, said to be founded on respec
table authority, that the secretary at war has declared
that commissioners have be \i, or will be appointed to
ascertain the western line of the Cherokee nation, as it
existed before and at the time of the late war with the
Creeks; to the end, that if any imposition was practised
on the government, in forming the late treaty with the
Cherokees, it may be corrected.” We have no doubt
the fact is as stated, so far that commissioners have been
designated, for the purpose of negociating with the Che
rokees for the extinction of the Cherokee title to the
lands on which the people of Tennessefe have set so
much value, and now included within the Cherokee
boundary. We have no official information on this sub
ject, but from that of common report, we are induced to
believe that this step was taken long before the Tennes
see meetings on the Subject were known of, if not before
they were held, and proceeded from a conviction of the
value of this land to the United States; which naturally
led the administration, attentive as well to the national in
terest as to the wishes of the people of the west, to fen?
deavor to obtain pbssessidn, by amicable fiegociatiofl; of
that land to which; it- had been decided, the title #as in
the Cherokee nation.—-National InteUigenCtt.
—T- —
KENttTCltY ET-RCTtOff.
The election in Kentucky took place on Monday
week. The contest has been warm and protracted.—
Never perhaps has more ink been shed or more exer
tions used at any single election in the United, States,
than there has been on this occasion in several of the dis
tricts of Kentucky. We have returns from several
counties, which however afford us no crL-eria whereby
to judge certainly of the final results. The following are
the returns for the 15th congress which we have seen:—
[At the close of tlie first day’s poll.]
Bourbon county.
Joseph Desha 477. William Garrard 379.
Mason county.
Garrard 344.
Nicholas county.
Currard 81.
Harrison county.
298. Benjamin Taylor 277.
Fayette county.
Majority fur Henry Clay over John Pope, 100. This
is the county in which Lexington is situated, in which
Mr. Clay and Ai r. Pope both reside.
Gkorbi; M inison has nearly an Unanimous vote for
governor of the state.
Janies Garrard, Gabriel Slaughter and Richard Hick
man. art the candidates for the office of lieutenant gov
ernor. The votes in Bourbon county were, for Garrard
365, Slaughter 242, Hickman 187.—Nat. Intelligencer.
Commodore Ukcatth, on his return from Norfolk,
met wi ha reception at Petersburg, which could not but
have b "n most grateful to his feelings. lie was escorted
into town, through streets lined with all the population
of tiu. pc.ee. A very sp.emud dinner was given to him
o,: Wednesday, at which were present more than three
hundred citizens and strangers. Commodore Decatur’s
toast Was “the citizens of Petersburg-—they render ho
nor to others for sertices which they themselves have
exceeded.” The toast of the Mayor was—“Commodore
Decatur—his deeds of valor at Tripoli, and negociation
at Algiers, while they do honor to himself and the coun
try, are a living, monument to all Europe.” Another
toast was—“ Our distinguished guest—whether wielding
the Sword, or waving the Olive Branch, he is greeted by
the well earned plaudits of ins country.”—Baltimore Pat
riot.
New-York, August 13.
Letters from Liverpool of July 3, received in this city
yesterday, via. Boston, sa th..t the failure of the banking
house of Bruce, Simpson & Co. together with many oth
ers, and the general distress of trade, have ajfected the pub
lic stocks.
. Kxoxvitw, August 3.
There is a report in town, said to be founded on re
spectable authority 7 , that the secretary at war has declar
ed that commissioners have been, or will be appointed
to ascertain tbe western line of the Cherokee nation, as it
existed before, and at the time of the lute war with the
Creeks; to the end, that if any imposition w. s practised
on the government, in forming the late treaty with the
Cherokees, it may be corrected. (ff This is what ought
to be done.
A stranger of suspicious appearance, was taken up in
the streets a few day's since, by one of the police consta
bles, and on examination, more than two thousand dollars
or counterfeit bank bills, were found upon him, of which
two hundred dollars were of denominations less than a
dollar.—Albany Argus.
Mr. Edward Coles, late private secretary to the presi
dent of the Uniied States, is the gentleman who is to
take desoatches for Russia. He was in Philadelphia a
few days since on his way to Boston, to embark. It is
conjectured that the despatches are in explanation and
reply to a memorial, some time since presented to the
United States’ government, relative to some legal pro
ceedings had in the c.se of VI. Ivorslof, the Russian con
sul general—Philatlelphia Democratic Press.
THE AUTHER OF JUNIUS DISCOVERED.
A new work has lately been issued from the English
press, with tiffs imposing titlp “Factsand Arguments, in
disputably demonstrating that the Letters of Junius were
written by John* Lewis Dr '(.own, author of the celebrat
ed essay on the. English Constitution.” It is from the
pen of Dr. Busby. No copies of this work have yet
reached tins country.—Charleston City Gazette.
The decision made by 7 the conviction of deputies from
the banks oi New-York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore,
lately assembled in Philadelphia, that they' would
recommend to the banks of their respectative cities, to
fix on the first Monday in July next, for the general and
simultaneous resumption of specie payments was com
municated to the secretary ot the treasury, by a commit
tee who waited on him for that purpose. Although the
day fixed is not so eariv as contemplated, we have the
satisfaction to learn, that he is disposed to acquiesce in
the proposed arrangement, if adopted by all the banks,
as we have no doubt it will be.—■Baltimore Federal Ga
zelle.
AA r e are happy to learn, that, in this city, things are
coming round, and that both ends are meeting. Dry
goods begin to sell better, money is more abundant, and,
as the importations decrease, the goods on hand must go
off at better prices. Dry goods are actually scarce in
Philadelphia, many opulent men from that city are now
here, making large purchases. A few months more, will
place good houses on stable, immoveable ground.—New
York Gazette, August 13.
Air. Job* Scott, late of the city of Edinburgh, chemist,
has bequeathed to the corporation of the city of Phila
delphia, 3000 dollars of the 3 per cent, stock of the
United States, to be applied to the same purpose as doc
tor Franklin’s leg-acy, and the further sum of 4000 dol
lars of the same stock, the interest of which to be laid
out in premiums for ti#' discovery of useful inventions.
We are informed that this very laudable and liberal be
quest has recently been received by the treasurer of the
corporation.-—Philadelphia True American,
Among other ill advised measures of the present go
vernment of France, is tbe dissolution of the compact of
men of letters and since known by the name of Institute,
an association whose transactions will do honor to hu
man genius in all future ages. A shadow of the sub-
stance,has been set up in its stead, and the name of the
Academy has been revived. The . names of the mem
bers have not been published, but those of the institute,
honored by an exclusion, have appeared in the public
prints. The Polvtechriick school, in which 15u0 sons of
the first families in France have been liberally educated
at the public expense, has also been abolished. From
this seminary also came the 800 brave youths, who, like
300 Spartans at Thermopylae, sacrificed themselve at thi
batteries of Montmartre, when Paris was betrayed inti,
the hands of the ho stile hordes in 1814.—ib.
Captain Bond; of the British brig Peter Ellis, who ar
rived here yesterday, in fifteen days from Guadaloupe.
informs that the new governor, general Lardunoi, arrived
and took the command of that Island on the 25th of July.
—AVai York paper.
We understand that a Steam Boat of 200 tons burthen,
was launched a few days since at Sackett’s Harbor, and
that it will be shortly ready for the lake. It is owned by
Mr. Charles Smith, and others, who, it will be recollect
ed, applied to the last legislature for the exclusive right
of navigating steam vessels on Lake Ontario, but which
was not granted.—■Buffalo paper.
The Biuoos that ascended from the College at
Georgetown the 31st ult. descended at Cove Point, on
the Chesapeake, a few miles above the mouth of Patuxent
river and about twenty yards from the water of the bay,
in five hours from the time of ascent.. The distance is
about 50 unites in a straight line. The direction in which
the balloori fell was nearly opposite to that in which it
ascended.. The wonder of the laboring people at the
descent of tin heavenly visitor among them may be well
imagined. We believe, however, they did not shoot at it
hey thought the serial monster dead, as once hap.
:d in England in a similar case, in a part of the coun-
feiflr of the people had ever before heard of
h Ballobn.—AtoO'en* enefr,
—
STA’frE PRISON INSURRECTION.
Last evening, about 6 o’clock, a desperate attempt
was made by the convicts of the State Prison to escape!
Seizing a ladder used in erecting a new building within
the prison yard, and applying it to the wall, they began
to ascend—the guards on the wall, after proper warning,
and ordering them to desist, commenced a fire upon
them. In defiance however, of this attack of the guards,
they continued to ascend and leap from the wall, to the
number of about twenty-five. When clear of the wall,
they took different directions—some passing over the
new bridge—others the fiats for Barrel’s farm, and to
wards the burying ground, and the neck. The firing and
the alarm bell, soon brought the citizens of the neighbor
hood to-the scene; and by their spirited and uncommon- ,
ly active exertions, with "that of the officers of the prison,
in about an hour they were all brought back to the pri
son, excepting Nathaniel Maitson and Joseph Betts.—
Eleven of the convicts were wounded, two of them dan
gerously.—Boston Centinel, August 10.
SKILFUL GUNNERY.
The artillery company of this town, commanded by
captain Bonner, paraded on Wednesday last, and practis
ed firing at a target. Thirty-two shot out of forty-seven
which were fired, struck the target at nine hundred yards
distance.—Boston paper.
The London Courier of June 21, says of the American
papers received at that office—“there" is not an article ip
them, worth extracting.” N. B. They were federal nevrs-
pupers, which echo-like had merely given John Bull’s,
press “its own notes back.” Yet, we think it was un
grateful and rude to speak so contemptuously of them.—
New-York Colun.biun.
m + m*
The London papers say that war has broken out among
the natives of Guinea; and the parties have an army of
50,000 men each—one army, (the Asbiantines) hostile to
the English, has approaciied to within a short distance
of a British fort* at Cape Cors.—Baltimore Patriot
The citizens of Lexington, Kentucky, have held a
meeting and appointed a committee of thirteen persons
to petition the president and directors of the United.
States’ Bank, to cause a branch of that institution to be
established in that place. Great private and public ad
vantage is expected to be derived from it.—16
In the new state of Indiana; Jonathan Jenning, esq.
late member of congress and president of the convention
for adopting the constitution, and general Thomas Posey,
are candidates for the office of governor.—ib
Died, on Thursday morning, the 22dinst. Joseph, only-
son of Mr. Joseph Kopinan, of this city, aged 3 yearn and
11 months.
Died, at Darien, (Georgia) oh Saturday, the 17th inst-
after an illness of three years, Mr. Isaac Caster, a^-ed
forty-nine. He has left a widow and three sons to be
moan his loss.
——.* 4Bnav— —
PORT OF SAVANNAH,
Saturday, August 24, 1816.
ARRIVED,
British Brig Lord Nelson, Rexford, Barbadoes
Schooner Betsey, Robinson, Philadelphia, via Charles-,
ton. Dry Goods, Hardware, &c.—to W. T. Williams,
Erwin, Lethbridge Sc Co. B. M'Kinne & Co. Comffck 8t
Dousett, Robert Campbell, Starr 8c Bessinger, Dr. J. B.
Bcrtheiot,Stanton &. Byrd, Gumming & Moorhead, Thos.
Gardner, A. B. Fannin &. Co. A. Woodruff, Duel, Gre
sham & Co. Perry £c Wright. 1
CLEARED.
Brig 7 Savannah Packet, Potter, New-York
Schooner Adeline, Ellis, Sandwich, (Massachusetts)
—— Gold Hunter, Stotesbury, St. Mary’s
For Philadelphia
_ The -schooner BETSEY, captain Robinson,
will be dispatched in a few days. For freight or
passage apply on board, at M'Kinne’s wharf, or
W. T. WILUAMS.
2 4 -101
Bills on England.
For sale by ROBERT MACKAY.
aug 24 101
History of the Late War
Between. the United States and Great Britain.
Trial of Lieutenant Smith, for the Murder of Captain
Carson
Hogg’s Mador of the Moor, a Poem, 621 cents
Gulzara, Princess of Persia, a satvrical Novel—price gl
Ewell’s Medical Companion, 3d "edition
Family Bibles, in various bindings
Just received by W. T. WILLIAMS,
aug 24—m—101
Just received
1 case elegant assorted colored oil cloth Table-Covers.
1 case toilet Glasses, without drawers
Stebbins & Mason.
aug 24—l—101
Just received*
OH CONSIGNMENT,
Arid for sale by the Subscriber,
30 barrels bro *n Stout, containing 3 dozen bottles each
5 casks Madeira Wine, containing 3 dozen bottles
from six to twelve years old
caseCognac Brandy, containing 18 bottles, 12 years old
do Jamaica Rum, do 18 do 14 do do
do Wine, Rum and Brandy, as above, 6 bottles of each
do Cider, containing 3£ dozen bottles
cases, containing each
8 bottles very superior Raspberry
8 do do do cherry Ratifie
8 do do do port Wiiie
The above articles are -warranted genuine and of a very
superior quality.
ALSO, IN STORE,
5 packages low priced Broadcloths
60 pieces cotton Bagging. ,
Charles Howard.
aug 24 —101
For sale
The Wharf, lately occupied by Caig & Mitchel, eoi>
taming 200 feet frdnt oh Savannah Rivet; bounded west,
wardiv by Carnochan & Mitchel, and eastwardly by An
drew Knox.
Also, the Wharf Lot, adjoining the Ferry, at Fort
Wayne, containing 150 fret on the river and near 500
feet back, from the same; bounded eastwardlf by the
fence at Fort Wayne. On this lbt, is the House, with
wo piazas, 1 at the east end of the Bay. For terms,
please apply to PETER MITCHEL.
yo-.94——mi , .
The subscriber
Feels it his duty to state that circumstances which
have transpired since his advertising the loss of KM
pocket book, on the road from Greensborough to, Augiisa
ta, have convinced him that the robbery was not qotnmit-
ted before the dOor of Mr. Collins, as he then siipposed,
and he most sincerely regret&^eing the instrument of
injury to Mr. Collins, if any couldTesult from his public*.
Gon. LOUIS F. DELOR9
24—-r—101 ... A .
iME.
City Sheriff's sale.
, On the first Tuesday in October next.
Will'be sold at the court house in the city of SaVaftnah,-
between the usual hour£; *
8undry articles, levied on as the property of William
Green, to satisfy the executors of He—
august 24 10.1
Isaac
•yon, c. s.
*#* Brought to gaol/on the 1st July,
1816, a negro man named Bobb, the property of Mr. Wm,
Hargroves, of Jefferson county; six fret and a half inches
high, has on blue pantaloons and blue round jacket—about
thirty years of age. A. HARMAN; a. 0. e. c.
aug 24——101,