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VOLUME VI.-NUMBER 741.3 CHARLESTON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1868. [EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK. BY TELEGRAPH. Our European Dispatches. - - [BY ATLANTIC TTLEOEAPH.] -MOB* FINIAN ALARMS-NEWS FROM THE EAST OFSXZNO O? POETS TS JAPAN-THE ?-0EEION MARKETS.. LONDON, January 2.-The residence of Chas. . Matthew-a brother of Father Matthew, tho groat apostle of temperance-situated in Conn ty Cork, waa attacked last night, but the asimil? ante wei e driven oft The attack is attributed to Fenians. The Austrian Government forbids recruiting for the Papal army In Austrian territory. San Francisco news by steamer, from China, ?tates that the Imperial forces met with a se? vero repulse. A powder explosion at Wichung destroyed many lives and much property. The Viceroy'a palace WM blown in air. The United States Consul has made a treaty with the Formosa savages by which wrecked ? 'seamen will be protected. . Commodore Watkins died on the steamer Costa Rica. Yeddo, the Japanese capital, p~*d a new port on the island of Jado, will be opend on the 1st of April. The Tycoon of Japan has resigned his power to Mekado. The Hon. Anson Burlingame, Minister from the United States to Ohma, telegraphs the State Department that he has been appointed by the Chinese Government envoy to the West? ern Powers, for the revision of treaties. He has accepted, and will leave immediately. /LONDON, January 2.-Afternoon.-Consols M. Bonds 72*. LONDON, January 2.-Evening.-Consols 91 j. Bonds 72$. LIVERPOOL, January 2.-Afternoon.-There was no regular maket to-day, bot in private circles priceB were firmer, and may be quoted: Uplands 7?d.; Orleans 7Jd. Milwaukee Bed Wheat 14s. Breadstuff's, Provisions and Pro? duce unchanged. There was no Cotton mar? ket. FRANKFORT, January 2.-Bonds 70;. Our Washington Dispatches. A QUEER RUMOR-LATER FBOSt MEXICO-TBE REBELLION TS YUCATAN-REVENUE RECEI PTS. v WASHINGTON, January 2.-It is stated that the funds of the State of Georgia have been removed from Milledgeville to New Tork for safe keeping. Telegrams from Havana bring Vera Cruz dates to the 27th ult The Mexican Congress were occupied in the consideration of the pro? posed constitutional reform. The rebellion in Yucatan was assuming serious proportions. General AlUtorre Ix". C. been ordered to Yuca? tan with three thoust n ? men to quell the re? bellion. A decree had been issued banishing all. per? sona convicted of Biding with the Imperialists during the war. General Meade will visit the President and General Gjamtiormoxraw The revenue receipts to-day were $2,018,000. An interview between Secretary Seward and the Swedish miuiPtof shows that no steps have been taken towards the acquisition or disposal Of the Island of St. Bar th ole mo w. Affairs In Virginia. RICHMOND, January 2.-Tbs Convention met today, bot immediately adjourned for want of . a quorum. The-Northern Methodist Conference of Vir? ginia, and North Carolina met here to-day. Bishop Jonea> of Ne w York, presided. The politicians are speculating to-day about the "gubernatorial offices. The term for which Governor Pierpoint was elected having, expir? ed on January 1st. No action has yet been taken in the matter by the military authori? ties. The Louisiana Convention. NEW ORLEANS, January 2.-In the conven? tion to-day the discussion of Wyckliflfe's equality substitute was resumed. Several amendments were offered and considerable feeling manifested, but tho convention ad? journed without coming to a vote. Judge Baute?! Recovering. MOBILE, January 2.-Judge Bnsteed's wounds are healing, and his recovery is now consider? ed certain. His physicians think that he will necessarily be confined to his room for some weeks. Th? Wreck ot' the Frances. WrxstTNaroN, January iL-The steamship Franaee, from Baltimore for this port, previ? ously reported ashore near New Inlet bar, has broken up. The mr ohinery may be saved, and the cargo partly saved in a damaged state. A party of negroes attacked the guard and car? ried off part of the goods saved from the wreck. Market Reports. Nxw TORE, January 2.-Flour-more doing for export and speculation; State $8 50al0 75; Southern $11 50aH 75. Wheat 8a5 eta. better, and more active. Corn more active; Western mixed $140al 41, in store. Oats a shade firm? er.' Pork heavy at $22 12a22 25. Lard steady and in moderate demand. Cotton ?aje better; sales 4800 bales, at 16jo. Turpentine 50ia51. Rosin 12 75a7. Freights quiet. Governments steady. BALTTMOBE, January 2.-Cotton better-Mid? dling 151c. Flour firm and quiet. Wheat ad? vanced 10c-prime and choice Southern $2 80 a2 85. Corn active-white and yellow $118 al 21. Oats quiet. Provisions nominally un? changed. CnronWATi, January 2.-Flour firmer and unchanged. Corn firmer-in the ear 84c., shelled 88a90c Whiskey and Pork unchanged. AUGUSTA, January 2.-Cotton advanced lc; sales in two days 914; receipts same time 744: New York Middlings 14jal5c.; sales of thc week 2219. Receipts 8228. SAVANNAH, January 2.-Cotton active, with an advancing tendency; sales 4750; Middling 15c. Sales. of the week 11,001; receipts 4878; receipts of the week 28,983; exports of the week, to Great Britain 2291; coastwise 8141; stock 59,201; stock of Sea Islands 2000. MOBILE, January 2.-Sales yesterday 5500 bales; to-day 4200 bales; closed firm, factors claiming full rate?; middlings 14c; receipts in two days 8554 bales. NEW ORLEANS, January 2.-Cotton active and advancing; middlings 15c; sales in two days 950 bales; receipts 5392 balos; exports 6275 bales. Sugar in good demand; common 9ja 9Jc; fair ll}al2c; prime to choice 13|al3cj. Molasseaiactive; common 53c; choice 76a81c Sterling 44a47. Sight Exchange on New York ?af discount Gold S2j. WEUONGTON, January 2.-Spirits Tupentine depressed and nominal. Rosin steady at $2 25 for No. 2, and $1.75 for No. 1. Tar M 85. Cot? ton ISiaUc. for Middling. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. -The needle-gun now definitely adopted by the BnflSlan War Office, is of the Prussian pat? tern, but the needle being somewhat shorter and thicker, the rapidity of the firing is Baid to be slightly increased. If Kassian accounts are trustworthy, an ordinary soldier will easily accomplish eight discharges in a minute, while a skilled hand is stated to have no diffi? culty in reaching up to fourteen. There are not many new rifles being made, the old ones admitting of adaptation. -For persons who are frequently in the habit of. sending telegraphic messages, & new system is coming into operation in Paris on the 1st of January. Adhesive telegraphic stamps will be issued, to be put on the original dispatches by the senders themselves. Special boxes for the receipt of these dispatches will be placed in the different quarters of the city. These boxes will'be cleared every ten minutes. Afr the dispatch ea will be sent to the different offices by the atmospheric tubes, they must be enclosed in envelopes of given dimensions in order to insure their immediate transmission. -The Irish Church Establishment, con? demned so long by enlightened opinion, bids fair to make a stubborn fight. The commis? sion of inquiry which was devised by the pre? sent government of England as a respite from the duty of saying what should be done, seems resolved to regard their powers and du? ties as limiting them strictly to the investiga? tion of what may tend to reform of the Irish Church from within. All idea of maturing a plan for the re-appropriation of ecclesiastical property to the common use of the whole peo? ple, without regard to creed, is repudiated. " -The short winter session of the English Parliament gave to the students of parliamen? tary history an event without a parallel in the annals of the British Senate, viz : the father leading the House of Lords, and through Mr. Disraeli's absence, the son at the same time leading the House of Commons. This was a happiness denied to Elizabeth's great minis? ter, Lord Burleigh, although his son Bobert, on the death of his father, succeeded him in what would now' be called the premiership; and it was denied to Lord Chatham, although his son, the younger Pitt, became Chancellor of the Exchequer at twenty-three. Lord Stan? ley acquitted himself excellently well. -Quite a lively diplomatic bobbcrvjhaa been kicked up in Alexandria by a charming young Circassian slave, who escaped from the harem of the Viceroy Latif Pasha, and ran as fast as abo could to the Prussian Consul. The Consul I decided that she became free from the moment ' she set foot upon the constructive Prussian soil of the Consulate, and had her emancipation pa sere made out. Latif Pasha then had her arrested for theft, but the Prussian, backed up by the British Consul, resisted. The Viceroy proposed to submit the matter to the Hussion Consul as arbiter, but the Britisher used such strong language on the subject that the Rus? sian complained to France, and asked the pro? tection of that government. Thus the matter stands^ four nations, in a squabble about A. . -The London Timos publishes a long com? munication from Mr. Vernon Harcourt, "His? toriens," on the process of naturalization over : here, and freely admits, for its own part, that on grounds of policy, not to Bay commun sense, the argument lor the revision of the present law is irresistible. If the hundreds of thousands of Irish emigrants who are now citizens of the United States owe ful] allegiance to Queen Victoria, it may also be doubted, ad? mits the Times, whether they are not entitled to English protection against conscription; yet it would havo been utterly impossible for the British Minister at Washington to grant them snob protection during the late American war. In short, the present theory of Great Britain is quite untenable when any practica 1 strain comes to be put upon it. The Times sees no good reason why the British Government should decline any friendly overtures that may be made by us with a view to its amendment. -The English papers, in noticing the mon? ster show of fine cattle which takes place every Christmas in tbe largest building in London, put forward at the commencement of their ac? counts, as especially important, the fact that the Queen this year exhibits animals in her own name, and not as supplied by the chief of her household. Her Majesty- has with some suddenness conceived a fancy for rearing fine oxen, and goes to her farm at Windsor, lt is said, and punches the animals' ribs in the most approved connoisseur way. 80 interested is she in the subject, that she had one of the huge beasts which was dispatched from its Highland home for the exhibition, stopped in ita transit and taken round to Windsor Castle, that she might judge of its merits. The taste is an innocent one, and runs in the family, for George IXL was a better farmer than long. It is unnecessary to add that her Majesty obtain? ed a prize. The British ugriculturist knows what is due to his sovereign. -The atrocious threat of killing a "promi? nent Englishman" for each Fenian executed at Manchester had not been acted npon, but we find that policemen were kept throughout the night outsido Lord Derby's private house, and that the Home Secretary had detectives round his person in his daily jaunts. Sad is it, mean? while, that though the habeas corpus has been suspended for nearly two years, no measure for the benefit of Ireland has been proposed. In the short session just closed, with Fenian ism in full bloom, not a word was uttered cal? culated to inspire the expectation of a policy. All this while the London papers represent tho state of trade in the metropolis as unsatisfac? tory, and the Daily News gives deplorable accounts of the distress which prevails at the east end of London, immense numbers of workmen are ont of work, and in many cases the shopkeepers have had to close their shops and leave the neighborhood. ROYAL SCANDAL.-A great sensation has been.created in Denmark by the scandalous particulars recently published about the ante? cedents of the notorious Countess Danner. the widow of the late King Frederick the Seventh. It appears from the details that Countess Danner, was the issue of an incestuous union, ber parents being brother and sister. She is a native of Rhenish Prussia, and as a young girl waa uiatmguished alike for her surpassing beauty and her somewhat dissolute fife. After giving birth to an illegitimate child, she mar? ried a tavern-keeper at Muhlheim, near Colo? gne, on the Rhine, and her beauty soon at? tracted large numbers of travellers to her hus? band's hotel, which was generally known as "Hotel of tho Beautiful Landlady." One day a Danish artist from Copenhagen stopped there and was so smitten with hor charms that he laid seige to her heart and prevailed on her to elope with him to Denmark. At Copenhagen Crown Prince Fredreick saw and lovedher, Dat she turned a deaf ear to his application until he heroically promised to marry her. He did so in 1350, three years after he had ascended the throne. It ia believed that she was never divorced from her husband, the Muhlheim tavern-keeper. King Frederick the Seventh was so exceedingly fon? of her that he often? times declared that hs would abdicate his crown rather than give her up. Circular Letter from General Scott. THE FAIL USE OF THE CHOPS-THE NATURE OF OONTBAOTS-TEEMS AND CONDITIONS-DIVISION OF PROFITS IN. THE PBESENT YEAH. The following circular has been leaned by General Scott It will be found to contain his views as to the causes of the disastrous failure of the crops during the past year, as well as bis recommendations in relation to contracts with freedmen for the coming season : HEADQUARTERS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONBB, BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABAN- , DONED LANDS, . -DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON. 8. C., January 1, 1868. [Circular Leiter.} ' As the representative of the government in. behalf of the interests of the freedpeople, I deem it not inappropriate for me at the com? mencement of another planting season to make a few comments upon the i esults of the past year's labors, and'offer a few suggestions as to the nature of contracts for.the coming year. It is with feelings cf regret that I review the disastrous failure of. the rice and long staple cotton crops in the vicinity of the coast. Up to tue first of last July the prospect of a re? munerative return for the labor and capital in? vested was flattering, bnt owing to unavoidable and nnforseen cansoB, beyond the control of human power, the end of the vear finds both the planler and laborer, upon the coast coun? try, in an embarassed and suffering condition. I should not be justified in dwelling further upon this topic so well understood by all par? ties interested; suffice il for me to say that the general failure of the rice and long staple cot? ton crops cannot be attributed to want of care and expense on the part of the planter, or lack of labor and attention from the freed people. In. some districts in tho central and upper portions of the State, very fair crops of snort staple cotton and corn have been harvested, bnt owing to the debased condition of the cotton market,' thr finds that the pro? ceeds of the Bale ol that staple will not reim? burse him for the cost of production. The general testimony from these sections is that the freedpeople have worked faithfully and well, some Bay "never better;" this may be partially accounted for by the fact that the small planters or farmers of the interior are accustomed to labor themselves, and by giving their entire personal attention to their plant? ing interests, they have thereby encouraged the freedpeople te emulate the example thus set them. I have, however, been informed that owing to the scarcity of provisions at the commencement of the past planting season, many freed people were compelled to enter into contracts which were either not liberal in their nature, or did not provide sufficiently remune? rative wages, consequently they find them? selves at the end of tho year penniless, or in debt, and feel dissatisfied and aggrieved; with? out confidence in their employers and indispo? sed to contract for another year. No State in the Union is more blest with a diversity, of climate and natural production than South Carolina; the staple crops of the more tem? perate regions which are there found so profit? able to the farmer, are equally adapted to this latitude, and the same industry and care ex? erted here will be attended by equal success. No valid reason exists to prevent this State from being entirely self supporting; more im? portance should be attached to tho general farming interests of the country, at least two thirds of the tillable land should be devoted to the production of provision crops, the cultiva? tion of cotton should, in my opinion, be made secondary to that of cereals, aa an increased production of the latter would place all classes ; of community beyond the reach of that pres? sing want which now threatens starvation, un? less again relieved by the donations of the 1 "TTc?rWfihy'must daimu?SEVi"?vcry'pr?c-" ' Heal man that tree -limo? lal??? ?c-rci-tro ' " a success in this State unless liberal and fair contracts are entered into and observed; the , freedpeople cannot much longer be hood? winked and imposed upon, they are rapidly learning the worth of money, and all persons who have in any manner overreached them mav depend noon it that eventually they will find that they cannot procure labor to till their plantations; while planters who have, by a juet and generous course of treatment, obtained the confluence' of their laborers, nave thus i secured themselves sufficient means to carry out their plans for the coming year. It may not be improper for me in this connect- j ion, to counsel the Ireedpeople to avoid contract- j ing, the coming year with those planters who i have persistently wronged and defrauded them; j taking care and seeking proper advice that they ] may not confound dishonest men with those , high-minded planters who, owing to tho unfa* forable season, have been unable to meet their j engagements, but in whose integrity all can ? implicitly rely. As to the terms of contracts for the coming | year, I am obliged to express my unqualified approval of the system of paying wages in money, for such periods as may be agreed np- ! pon. giving preference to payments at the end of tue year.as the plan best calculated to in? sure the laborer a portion of his pay at the , termination of his contract, and it also gives the planter opportunity to at once discharge an idle or disaffected employee upon payment of wages due to date of discharge. It will also tend to produce a more uniform rate of wages tnroughout the country, and thus avoid the the breach of contracts frequently made on va? rious pretexts for the purpose of hiring to an? other planter, who may temporarily give an in? creased stipend. I would not be understood as advising any combination on the part of the planters to reduce or keep down wages, neither would I countenance a like combination by freedpeo? ple to secure wages that planters cannot afford to pay; but it woull be for the interest of all parties to fix upon some approximate amount within the power of the planters to pay, with reasonable profits to themselves, and not be? neath tho limits of a sufiicient support for a free laboring man and hie family. It is not within my provinoe to fix thiB desirable rate, but I may express the opinion that thc contrac cs made during the past year npon the sea islands and upon the coast, were more liberal in their general character, and amount of wages paid, than those of the upper country. Whenever from lack o? means the contract system based upon shares of the crop, bas to be adopted, the apportionment of the gross 1troc?eos should be made aa follows: To the and one-third; to the laborer one-third; the capital consisting of work animals and their feed, implements and fertilizers, one-third; the interest of the laborer to terminate upon the completion of the gathering and marketing of the crop. It is more than probable that the majority of planters will be obliged from want of funds to adopt the latter system, or some other ap Sroaching it in ita nature, but differing in ita etails ; but no contract less remunerative than the one-third suggested for the laborer, should in my opinion be tendered or received. It is furthermore desirable that planters make arrangement with physicians to atteud the Bick upon the plantations at a reasonable rate rJer visit or family; a clause to the effect that the laborer should pay pro-rata for such medical service, might be inserted in contract?. I cannot too strongly recommend briefness and simplicity of form in all contracts without regard to their nature or terms. Many contracts have been submitted to me, the terms of whioh were simply absurd, sum as the imposition of Anea or stoppages for im? pertinence, for failure to comply with certain plantation regulations, &c, &c" all of which are inconsistent with the laborers' status as a freeman, and an accountable being. Such clauses in contracts will be a continued source of annoyance and vexation to both employer and employee, and should be omitted in all future contracts. If a laborer absents himself from his allottod task, he should be charged for the time so ..lost, at the rate which he would have received if he had worked; all addition of extra fines for lost time is improper, and should never be proposed in a community where the free labor system is expeoted to succeed. Time will not permit me to further disouBB this question, but it must bo apparent to all practical men that tho planters in this State must in the future look mainly to the colored race for the greater part of their laborers. It should therefore bethe earnest endeavor of all good citizens to fix the colored people in permanent locations, to assist them in providing schools for the education of their children, in supporting intelligent, reli? gious instruction among them, and by precept and example to foster the virtue of continence and sobriety; teach them respect for the mar? riage relation and the laws of the country, and in Fact by a systematic course of fair treatment to win their confidence and respect, and thus make them valuable citizens in a community in which, although natives, they have acquired new rights.; .... E. K." SCOTT, Brevet Major-General, Assistant Commissioner. Official: H. NETDB, Brevet Major U. 8. A. and A. A. A. G. Thinge In Washington. PBOPOSED BEPBAX. OF BESOLUTIOXS BATTFYTNG ' THE OON8T1T ll TIONAL AMENDME?T. Washington telegrams of the 30th nit., to the New York Herald saya : It has transpired that a movement is being made which will have an important effect on I the work of reconstruction. ? number of lead? ing spirits in the Coneerative nifty are en deavoring to prevail upon the legislatures of those States which hare passel resolutions ratifying the constitutional amendment known as article fourteenth, and which legislatures ? have obtained an anti-Republican majority by the late ?lections, to repeal the r?solutions of ratification. This, it is believed,-they have clearly the right to do, as the proposed amend? ment, not having been ratified by tie requsite number of States-three-four ins- it not yeta portion of the constitution. It is chimed that if New Jersey, Ohio and California should re? peal the ratification resolutions the efiect would surely be to provent the proposed amendment from ever becoming engrafted upon the Constitution of the Unit? States. ' TESTING THE CONSTITUTION ALITT OF UTE BJC CON- I BTBUCTION ACTS IN THE 6UPBEKE00URT. There are several highly imposant cases about to come before the Snprene Court of the United States, each of which v?U test the j constitutionality of the Reconstruction acts, j One case, the trial of which is expected to be gin very shortly, will decide the question as to whether Yirgiaia is in or ont of the Union. , It I is confidently believed that the decidion of the oourt will be that Virginia is not nov and never has been out of the Union, in which case the situation in the Southern States will be mate? rially changed. The President, it is said, will then instruct the military district commanders to act m strict accordance with the decision of the highest tribunal of the nation, aid permit the civil governments to resume their rune tiona untrammelled by the military power. It I is the belief of a prominent Senator here that I a majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court, when the McArdle case comes np, will decide that the Reconstruction acts are nn constitutional, that Cbief Justice Chase will deliver the minority report, and maia the most I of the opportunity to champion the acts and identify himself yet more earnestly with the Radical party North and South. If the bot tom should thus fall ont of the scheme for Africanizing the Southern States, it ia behoved General Grant will reject any nomination coming from the Republican party?. BELIEF FOB THE DESTITUTE PEOPLE OF THE I BOOTH. ' General Howard proposes to meet the oases of distress in the South by a liberal application of the surplus funds under his control as head of the Freedmen's Bureau. An unexpended balance of over $8,000,000 still remains in tho [ exohequer of the Bureau. In the case of some South Carolina planters, who had no money to commence operations for raising cotton last f year, General Howard, though not legally an- J thonzed to make auch disposition of the Bu- I reau funds, advanced a sum of $80,000, taking I a lien on the crops for the rbpayment of the money. When the planters sold their crops the entire amount was liquidated, and General Howard's beneficent course was gratefully ap- I predated. In tho case of the Mississippi plan tera, who lost everything by the river inunda? tions, it is proposed to adopt a similar co ns i de rate and politic plan of action; and to relieve immediate distress among the working people it is suggested to establish depots of provisions at points convenient to the districts in which I the greatest want prevails. _ gBjffigAJI i.n,..n..,fJ1JLfutt-?n?^-L Information has been received here that the Stockholm newspaper, the Volksblatt, advises I the Swedish Government to follow the exam Die of Denmark by selling to the United States its WeBt India Island of St. Bartholomew. Thia ia regarded here in offioial circles aa another I indication that European monarohies are re? tiring from this continent under the influence D? the Monroe doctrine. ?PEECH OF SEKATOB MOBTON ON THE ISSUES OF I 1868. United States Senator Morton, of Indiana, ,n response to the invitation of the Soldiers'and Sailors' Union, addressed a large audience to mght, in the hall of that association, his sub- I ?oct being the issues of 1668. He said that imong them would be the complete restoration I of the Southern State governments into the bands of the rebels by the defeat of the Con? gressional plan of reconstruction, and that the success of the Democratic party directly in? volved compensation for slaves, the assump? tion of the rebel war debt, and pensions to Confederate soldiers and their widows and or? phans. He analyzed General Hancock's recent order, which the President had laid before Con? gress in his message, saying that it made no mention whatever of the business of recon? struction, bat was directed entirely to a Recog? nition of the legal character of the existing State governments, and that the President pledged himself to sustain them fully in the execution of their powers. Things in New York, THE GRANT MOVEMENT-IN WHAT TTS STRENGTH CONSISTS-WHAT THE POLITICIANS THINE OF PT-A CELEBRATED ENGLISH PUGILIST ARRIV? ED-THE HARD TIMES OOMTNG. The New York correspondent of the Phila? delphia Ledger writes on the 28th ult : Perhaps the most significant political fact to-day ia the published programme of A. T. Stewart, Esq., concerning the next Presiden? tial ?lection, as presented to the Committee of Twenty-five, appointed by the meeting that was held at the Cooper Institute some weeks since to nominate General Grant The Com? mittee of Twenty-five were in counsel last night, and to tbese gentlemen the great dry goods merchant confided his plans. These plans, in brief, contemplate an avoidance of all conflicts with politicians who might seek to use the committee in behalf of candidates for Vice-President or any other position, ?riving all their efforts to aid General Grant alone; also to issue business circulars to all commercial men throughout the country, urging them to fall in with the movement, so as to make it successful. The importance of this proceeding consists in the wealth and position of the men who are backing it up. A. T. Stewart is probably the richest man on Manhattan Island to-day, and when he and such other capitalists as Wm.' B. Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt and James Brown (of Brown Bros.) are pulling on the same "com? mittee," tbe organization is one that is likely to make its mark. The regular out-and-out politicians look upon the move uent with suspicion, and neither Democrats nor Republicans gre be? lieved to give it encouragement, though I heard a prominent and well-known Tammany mau say this morning that " if they would put Mayor Hoffman on the ticket for Vice Resident, it would be a team that nothing could beat." I give you these merely us straws showing how the'wind blows-straws which a faithful correspondent, with bis eye wide open, cannot well pass by in silence-though entirely un? concerned as to what particular direction they may take. Most of the large steel and iron works in Westchester county are discharging their hands. At the Mott Haven Iron Works us? ually employing one hundrod and eighty-five men, only twentv-flvo are now at work. At JoneB' Foundry.'Mott Haven, Saturday night titty men were discharged. Among tho latest arrivals from Europe is the notorious "Jim" Mace, the pugilist. It ia understood that he comes here for the pur? pose of fulfiling a professional engagement with the Irish Giant, O'Baldwin, which was broken off on the other sido in consequence ot the interference of tho police. The honor at Btake, it aeome, is the "championship of Great Britain." THE SHOOTING OF JUDGE BUSTEED, AT MO? BILE.-The Mobile "Advertiser" of Sunday last gives tho following particulars of an affair already mentioned in oar telegraphic advices : About half-past nine yesterday morning Judge Busteed, Judge of United States Dis? trict Court, crossed the street directly from the Battle House towards the Customhouse. Mr. I, Y. B. Martin, the United States District At torney, was standing'in front of one of the granite blocks at the southern entrance to the Customhouse, facing tue street, and is Judge Busteed placed hie foot upon the curbstone of the sidewalk, Martin levelled a revolver und fired at him, the ball striking just bolow the breastbone and knocking him down. He fell backward, outside of the pavement, with one foot Wing thereon, and Martin then s dvanced and deliberately fired two more shots, one of them striking the right leg below the lenee and passing up into the thigh, several inches above the knee, whence it was afterwards extracted by the surgeons. The affair, of court e, crea? ted immense excitement on the streets in'the neighborhood of tho occurrence. The ' rounded man was conveyed to the office formerly occu? pied by Dr. Nott, on St Francis-street, and afterwards to his room in the Battle House, and was attended by Dre. Ketchum lind Gil? more: perhaps other physicians assisted. It was found that the wound in the stomach, which was at first supposed to be fatal, was not necessarily so. The ball (as reported to ns) was diverted from a direct coarse, an 1 passed upwards under the sternum, or brea.it bone. This, at least, is said to be the opinion of the surgeons, who failed to find the deadly pellet, and who thiuk his chances of recovery vory good, j The cause of this murderous assault naturally I attracts inquiry, and will be tully investigated ! and made public. Judge Busteed is a sworn enemy to the monstrous conniptions in offloe I with which this country is cursed. He has firoved it, and was proceeding to pre v? it in be most emphatic manner; whatever may have been said or prie ted about his public history, nobody can deny that. An indictment had been found by the Grand Jury against Mr. Martin for malfeasance in office. We know nothing, at present, of its specifications. .It seems that he attributed it to Judge Busteed, and has been heard to make dire threats against him. After being arrested, in fact, he exhibited no contrition for the cruol deed, and said that he had some time ago warned Judge Busteed to ann and defend himself. To a question whether he desired to make any statement to the public, he replied t hi, t he did not, at present, we charge our triencls in the North to see to it, that the odium of this wretched and cowardly deed is not cast upon the people of Mobile, nor attributed to any malevolent spirit prevailing among th3 South? ern people. Its perpetrator is not of us. He may be a Southern born man, but he belongs to the class known here as Southern rene? gades. He is a Radical. Judge Eua tc ed's condition is considered by his physicians highly favorable. His pulse is strong and regular, and he suffers vory little pani from his wounds. His physician a autho? rize the following statement of the oase : The bail entered the epigastrium and ranged Up? wards, passing into the thorax inst beneath the sternum, or breastbone. Tnere was ho expectoration of blood-no signs of injury to any of the important organs of tho chest The other ball entered the front of the right leg, just below the knee, ranged upwards, and was out out of the upper portion of Lae lower third of the thigh, it was found lying immedi? ately over the femoral artery at the point designated, "J he shock to the nervous system was consid?rable. The wounds, though seri? ous, will not, in the opinion of the a ttending physicians, terminate fatally. -A New York correspondent enlightens the readers of a contemporary-with regard to fash? ionable weddings in that city. He states that, owing to the fashion of making rich and costly presents io the bride becoming so gen?ural, and also to the tact that it is now expected of peo? ple accepting an invitation to attend a wedding that they should bring presents, the number of "regreta" has increased to an alan lin g ex? tent. To remedy this State of things the cus? tom is now being introduced in New York of put? ting at the bottom of invitations, "No presents will be received except from relatives. There is an establishment m New Tork that makes a business of renting ont to wedding parties eilrqr.jUs teri, rearo g na atfaat ?2?a]?*^i A. an a hi A CDBTIS-CURTIS.-In this oliy, on the afternoon of December 27 ih, 1867, by the Rev. A. W. M?M??toi F. O. S. CURTIS, ol Georgia, to SALLIE IL. youngest daughter ot the late Tuos. H. Crana, M. I'., former? ly of John's Island. * CAMPBELL-WALL a CE.-On the 17th ultimo, by Rev. W. W. CABOTHIBS, Mr. N. B. CAMPBELL and Miss MARGARET E. WALLACE, all of York District * IN MEMORIAM. Departed from a world of ein and suffering, for a home in Heaven, November 7th, 1867, REBECCA BONNELL, youngest daughter of EDWABD and &a> BAH ELIZABETH SMITH, aged twenty-one years and five days. The Beaner, Death, has entered this aace happy family, and stricken d iwn the lovely being in whom BO many fond hopes and endearing affections centred. Where once reigned light and gladness, there is now weeping and the shadow of death. Neve*, again upon earth shall that gentle voice send a thrill of pleasure to the heart or that lobing coun? tenance greet our longing eyes. Amiable and lovely in character and deposition, she was tho joy and solace of ber parents la their de? clining \ears. But, alas I the fond hopes they had cherishPd were soon to be withered. Death had marked her for his own, and earth ooi.taina one treasure lees, Heaven, one angel more. Yet, blessed be God, there is a silver Using to the cloud. Faith penetrates the gloom that surrounds us, and bids us-benold our loved one lu the man? sions prepared in Heaven for those who love God. '.[hough not a professing Cbristion, hor blameless life, Christian fortitude, and strict attention to re? ligious dudes, testiflod to the possession of inward grace, and give us ample assurance th: t she bad chosen mat good part, which shall not bo taken ?tray. Fond parents mourn not then, as those without hope. Your loved child will, as a ministering spin:, hover around your earthly path, and itooompany your winged soul . when you, through faith, shall bo called to your home at the right hand of O od. God gave this lovely flower To bloom on earth awhile, To give us light and gladness By the brightness of her smile. But when the bud had opened, In woman's lovely bloom, God took it up to Beaven, Through tho portals of the tomb. Aud there, in fields of glory, Where angels love to stray, Tho Saviour's smile shall give it ire, Through an eternal day. A. A. 8. Prags, ?l)eiitiriils, (Ctr. SHUT BEALIfl RESIOfilTIVE AND BALM OF LIFE! FOR ALL WHO ARE CONSUMPTIVE, OB ABE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ANY IBBITATION OF THE LUNGS, WHETHEB THE COUGH HAS BEEN OF LONG CONTINUANCE, OB O'.? RECENT ORIGIN. RODRIGUES' PILHOMC ELIXIR ?Of HAS RAPIDLY DISTINGUISHED ITSELF F^R its wonderful restorative and curative qualities. Under its stimulative influence, and by its pen? etrative agency, this health invigorating cordial ex? cites a genera) beneficial reaction, and lisperses (ho impermeable obstructions which prevent access to other remedies. While gradually reducing the ac? companying constriction which attends tho malady, it reproduces the essential warmth and. elastic vigor of tho respiratory vessels, which, by ;his remedial combination, promotes the heallngtproeess by which relief and euro is effected. Hemorrhages are arrested and cured, with every other concurrent disorder. As neither narcotic nor emetic properties of any kind are employed in this Puluionic Compound, and the most ausiduous uttcntion given to the quality and msdical value of each component article which constitute it, it is confidently and conscientiously recommended for its safety and reliai'Ul ry, without restriction in generous, wholoeome diet, or appre? hension of renewed cold from its effects. For sale wholesale and retail by the Proprietress, Mrs. CECILIA RODRIGUES, northwest corner of MEETING AND SOCIETY-STREETS, and at the Druggists. PRICE SINGLE BOTTLE $1.26. November 12 lyr A Fact Worth. Knowing. Thc best investment for an invalid, who suffers from debility or loss of appal ito, in a bottle of PAKX NIK'S Hepatic Bitters, as it will be sur3 to give relief For sal? by all Druggists, f Sptcfoi Hotircs. ta- NEW TORE AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE.-The Steamship "CHAM? PION" ie discharging her cargo at Son th Adger's Wharf. Goods remaining on the dook at sunset will be stored at risk and expense of Consignees.. - STREET BROTHERS A CO., January 3 1 Agents. ?-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the firm of SALAS A CO., is discontinued from this date, and the name will only be used in liquidation by either of the undersigned. P. P. SALAS, January 17 E. HALAS, Attorney. ter CONSIGNEES NOTICE.-THE NOR? WEGIAN bark EJELLESTADT has been entered at i the Customhouse under the Elve Hays' Act Goods not permitted will be sent to the Customhouse Stores December 81 4 RAVEN KL k CO. ta- OFFICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY. IN THE MATTER OE SIMONS ax BROWN YB. BROWN.-Under the order made in this case, the creditors of the late A. H. BROWN are called upon to appear before the undersigned and prove their demands on or before the first day of February, 1868, or be excluded from tho benefit of the decree hereafter to be made in this matter. JAMES TOPPER, Master In Equity. January S fe JO-OFFICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY, CHARLESTON, 20TH DECEMBER, 186T.-ROBERT? SON vt, ALSTON.-Eids, in writing, will be received at this office until the 20th of January, 1888, for the rent gt purchase of tho whole or either of the valu? able BICE ESTATES, in Georgetown District, known by the names of "Friendflejd," "Miehaud's Point," "Strawberry Hill," "Marietta" and ..Calais." A Plat of these Lands can be seen at this office. JAMES TUPPER, December 30 mwf9 Master in Equity. 49- SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE? CEIVED at the Office of the Disbursing Officer of the Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned | Lands, State of South Carolina, until 12 o'clock noon, of the 17th day of January, 1808, for building a Frame Schoolhouse on Rutledge Avenue, in the City or Charleston. Plans and Specifications may be seen at the office of the undersigned, No. 8 East Bay*treet Proposals must be accompanied by the names of \ two responsible parties, who will name sureties for the foi th lui completion of the contract, and must be endorsed, "Proposals Rutledge Avenue School? house," and addressed to the undersigned Tho right is reserved to reject all bids received if not satisfactory. By order of BVt Maj. Gen. B. E. SCOTT, Assis? tant Commissioner. EDWIN F. GARV, Acting Disbursing Officer. December 27 7 ?-A YOUNG LADY RETURNING TO ber country home, after a sojourn of a few months in tl e el ty, was hardly recognized by her friends, in place ol a coarse, rustic, flushed face, she had a soft ruby con plexion of almost marble smooth? ness, and Instead twenty-three she really appeared but eighteen. Upon inquiry as to the cause of so great a change, she plainly told them that she used the CIRCASSIAN BALM, an<< considered it an in? valuable acquisition to any lady's toilet. By its use any Lady or Gentlemen can Improve their petaonal appearance an hundredfold. It is simple in its pifitAiu m'nB'BuVc^/^in'BaWfi.lvrii^&K^ | also healing, cleansing and beautifying the akin and complexion. By. its direct action on the outid* lt draws from it ail its impurities, kindly healing the same, and leaving the surface SB Nature intended lt should he-clear, soft, smooth and beautiful. Price $1, sent by Mail or Express, on receipt of an order, by W. L. CLARK k CO., Chemists, No. 3 West Faye':te-BtreeC Syracuse, N. Y. The only American Agents for the sale of the same. March 80 I yr JO-NEB VOUS DEBILITY, WITH ITS gloomy attendants, low spirits, depression, in* voluntary emissions, loan of semen, spermatorrhaa, loss of power, dizzy h<ad, loss of memory, and threatened impotence and Imbecility, find a sove? reign cure in HUMPHREY'S HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC No. TWENTY-EIGHT. Composed of tho most valuable mild and potent curatives, they strike at once tho root of the matter, tone up the system, arrest the discbarges, ant impart vigor and energy, life and vitality, to the entire nun. They have cured thousands of eases. Price to per pac'^age of six boxes and vial, or 91 per single box. Sold by druggists, and sent by mail on receipt ot pnce. Address HUMPHREY'S flPEODJIO HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE COMPANY, Ho. 882 FBOADWAV, NEW YORK. Septemberl? O- ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY.-PRIZES CASHED AND INFORMATION FURNISHED. The highest rates paid for DOUBLOONS and all kinds of GOLD AND SILVER. TAYLOR A CO., Bankers, No. 16 Wall street, October 19 lyr New York. JO* OFFICE CITY CIVIL' ENGINEER CITY HALL, CHAR LESTON.NO YEMBEE 29,1887. STREET ALIGNMENTS AND THE BURNT DIS? TRICTS.-Ile following extracta from Ordinance and Resolution adopted by City Council, ls published for the iniormation of all owners of property and build, ere: SEO. IV. NO owner or builder of any house or structure in tao City, shall dig or lay the foundation thereof m front oi tay street, lane, alley or court, or s hali erect any wall or te ace ir on ting as aforesaid, before he ihall have applied to the ii (surveyor, who shall lay off and mark out the brue front lin1 ur boundary of such street, lane, alley, or court, and give a certificate thereof to the own-r or builder, for which ie:'rices the City Surveyor shall be paid, by the said owner or builder, the sum affixed thereto in the table ot fees contained in thia Ordinance. Ssc. V. Ii any per. on shall commence any foun? dation, building, wau, or fence upon any lot or piece of ground adjoining the hue or any street, lane, alley or court within the etty, not having mido ap? plication to the City Surve7or, and before tho line of street shall have been laid off and marked out by the City Surveyor in the manner above directed, or contrary to the lino so laid off and marked out, every such person, as well employer, as master-builder, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum not exceeding five hundred dollars; and, moreover, ah buddings and work done or put up without such application to tho City surveyor, or contrary to the line of street which shall be laid off and marked out by him, shall be demolished by order of the City Council at the charge and expense of the person herein offending, ai aforesaid. The following resolution was offered by Alderman H. Gerdts, January 2,1868, and unanimously adopt ed by the City Council. Resolved. That public notice be given, that if any person intends to erect a building in the burnt dis? tricts, he shall first apply to City Council and as. certain whether or not the Ci y intends to widen said atreets. LuUTS J. BABBOT, November 30_City Civil Engineer. A Cough, a Cold, or a Sore Throat. Requires immediate attention, and should be checked If allowed to continue, Irritation of tlxe Lungs, a Permanent Throat Disease, or Consumption, is often the result. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES Having a direct influence to the parts, give Imme? diate relief. For Bronchitis, Asthma, Ca tan u, Consumptive and Throat Diseases, Troches ore used with always Rood suco ass. Singers and Public Speakers use them to clear and strengthen the voice. Obtain only "BBOWH'B BRONCHIAL TBOCBXS," and do not take any of the Worthiest Imitations that may be offered. For sale by Jj OW TE & MOISE, No. 151 MEETING STBEET, Opposite Charleston Botel. October 28_mwftmo THE GREENVILLE MOUNTAINEER IS PUBLISHED EVERY THUR8DAY, AT $1 60 nor vear. in advance. Advertisements inserted at usual rates. * ELFORD, Hay 10 Editor and Proprietor, FO? uvERPooL. ?- tfo THE NORWEGIAN BABE HABKEN ADEL STELN, wanta SOO balos -Cotton to complete cargo.- roil ** ST For Freight engagements apply to December 26 B. T. rJTv VESSELS WASTED, TOLOilD ,Kg^ for Europe, South America, Weat Indies and Northern ports. Good ratea and dla? mBBOm patch given. Ap My to RISLEY k CREIGHTON, Ship Brokers and Cornmlssion Merchante, December 80_Noa. 143 and gg East Bay. sj TV VESSELS WANTED IMMK1II ^1 STATELY TO LOAD SHINGLES, DB38S DgJ^ED AND LN TBE ROUGH, for North3rn SES afc porta, Hlahea? rates paid. . -, TUCKER & JACKSON, Shipping and Comrnisaica Merchant?, November 29 No. 113 Eaat Bey. .'. FOR BALTIMORE, ?zy-rr.i -, THE FAVORITE STEAMBHZPSSA ateS^?.GUI'I'. N. P. DTrrxo^.Cornmanier, mmW. W-U sail ior the above port, trim GC?SWPier No. 1 un.'on. Wharves, onSatur? day, tth inst, at 1 o'clock F. M. ?S .Through Bl.ls of Liding signed to Philadelphia upon favorable terms. - Fo." Freight or Passage, apply to COURTENAY 4 TRENHOLM, . January 8_2__?nicm Wharren. i.'EW YORK AND* CHARLESTOS STEAMSHIP LINE.-FOR NEW YORK. .?Aft^ THE SPLENDID SIDE WHEEL Bte8T8111? "CHARLESTON," ^?TOflir Captain UEBBT, will leave Adgur's srf-itTEP'?a? South Wharf on Sa urday, tba 4th .hut, at 12>? o'clock P. iL For outward . Freight engagement! apply to COURTENAY k TRENHOLM, corser Aden's Whai t and East Bay. For Passage and matters pertaining to tewird Freights, apply to STREET BBOTHERS k CO., No. 71 East Bay. STREET, BROTHERS & 00"1 ."""., COURTENAY & TRENHOLM, J. *???? January 2_ 3 FOR PUATKA, F LO'.ilDA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA, JACI^HVILLE, AND ALL LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOHlfS RT-'EB. ? -- -: ? .-^?F^k. STEAMERS DICTATOR* AND ??jKBBBgCITY POINT, wih h?Te Charleston everj roomy and Friday Evening;*, at fl o'clock, for above t lacee, and Sava nah every TTedfiaaiay end Satu-iay, ar 3 o'clock P. M. . bteamer DICTATOR, Capt. L. M. Oonzxsy, sails Tuucay Evening. Ste mer eil Y POINT, Capt. a Ai'EOT, sails Fri? day -"ven? g. [? Foi- Freight or Passage apply on baird or at offlc* of J. D. ALKEN ir CO., Agent*, Jaxnaiy 3 .. Sooth Alisarle- what! ' . . Jil rj-tHK CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS - ' WILL BE ISSUED BY SIX O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING to subscribers in any PCT tlon of Jae etty, at EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK, jjayable weekly. Orden left at the Periodical Stares of.Kr. fKHlMHiH TER, Nos. 161 and 338 KING-STREET, or at toe Office of the DALLY NEWS, No. 18 KlYNE-?TBEET, will receive prompt attention. J. BIL" "EBSTEIN, December 2_Agent for City Dell very. PUS FOR ALLI FULL INSTRUCTIONS BY WHI/JH ANY PER? SON, male or female, can mast sr the great art oi Ventriloquism bj a few hours* jiractice, masing a world of fun, and after becoming experta them? selves, can teach others, thereby miking lt a scare? Of ii.come. Full instructions sent, by mill for SO cent?., Satisfaction guaranteed.. Address p. 0. Drawer 2L Troy, N. Z. Mavis_ ' "fr, _ THE ORANGEB?RG NEWS, fFgWgglgtegg -? g^asssj nm niniuaaumameaaum eura coptes of toe JBASOEBUBO NEWS will be circulated foe tho beni flt ot our advertising petrona. Cc i tract Advertisements Inserted on th* BOO* h bern lenna. Address SAMUEL nrt?>T.ft '2. Editor Orangeburg Nowa; Ft/amarr 25_. ' Orangpinng. S. O. ME RCHANT8 ANO BL SIS ESS MEN TCTHO DESI BE TO SECURE TBADI'FBQJI Tr that rich Cotton country, Sou th weet- Geor? gia, would do wen to advertise lu tho , "DAWSON JOUBNIL," An old-established newspaper, published at the flow ?ahing Utile city of l awson, in tho hatxtof this rich Cotton belt Having the largest circulation of a ly paper In this section, it offers extra induoe men is to advertisers. 4S~* Published weekly at $2 per ??wpT Adrar- * tisha j rates moderate. ELA id 0HB IMITAN, December ll Dawson, aa. THE MARION STAR. ..." ESTABLISHED NEARLY TWENTY YEARS A GK), ls published at Marion, 8. C., ls the oettral port?n of tho country, and offers a favurthle med .um to Merchants, Druggists, Machinists, and all classes who denn to extend their business in the Pee Dee country. For the benefit of our advertising patrons, wo ebal', ls addi ?toil to our ?ubocrip Ucm Ult, which is cont tautly increasing, pubUYh and distribute, grat litoualy, contes ol the STAB, during tbs bual nest season thu FalL Bates of Advertising liberal. - W. J. McKEBALL, November 20 Edite an * PraHotor. CHER AW ADVERTISES. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE, ABT, AGRICULTURE, AND MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, Cheraw, 8. C. Published weekly, by POW- .. ELI, A WOELEY. xEBMs or SUBSOBIRIOS : One copy one year...(8 00 BARS OP ASVXBTISXBO : One Square, ten linos or Isas, one Insertion.... .tl 00 For each subsequent insertion. ... TS AU Advertisements to be distinctly narked, or toes will bo published until ordered cut, and charged accordingly Merchants and others advertising hy tho y*sr. a Uhf rai deduction on (ha above rates will ba made. cavern oer If ?.. ..THC IRISH CITIZEN." NEW WEEKLY~NEWBPAPRB. Proprietor and Editor. .JOHN Mil OS EL TT 1RST NUMBER TO APPEAR ON 0ATUBOA7, JJ The 12th of October. 1887. Terms by the year.IMO Terms for half year. LM Terms foi four mon hs.LOO Clubs of 10 in the usnal prop-- -lon. - : . .-1 Advertisements to be forwarded immediately, to as to be duly classified. Address, JOHN MITCHEL, Office of thu Iriah Gideon, No. 31 Barclay street, New York. Ber tomber 86 DIE CHARLES TONER ZEITUNG JOHN A. WAGEN ER, EonOB. US DER THE ABOVE HEAD THE UNDER SIGNED pr, pose to publi?t, a German Weekly Pi per, to be the organ of the German population, ar d devoted to the interesta or this State, tn tamar* aging Immigration and Industrial Pursuits. literature, Agriculture, Commerce, Arte and Trade, wdl be represented in its column?, and tba new? of the day will be given. ieneral JOHN A WAGENER ha? Madly consent ed to d citato the editorial management lot th? present. Subscription-$3 for Twelve Months; 81,50 for Six Months; 81 for Three Months. . --~ > Advertisements inserted on Utotei term*. -, C G. EICHMANN * 00,. No. 3 Broad street, Charleston, 0. 8. September 26_. _ 1S08-THE BAPTIST BANNER, AU? GUSTA, GEORGIA. THE FIRST NUMBER OF THE SEVENTH VOL-^ UME of thii ReUgious and Family Journal win appear cathe first Saturday in January, 1868, The Banner wUl be issued regularly every S**nr tlay, printed with new type and on fine paper? The resident Editor, Mr. JAMES N. will be aided by the pens of some of the mm fished writers of the denomJsstiw? to thia and tho tdjolning States. ' * A Umited number of advarrifeinents lot ?atable :haracter) wiU be received at toe asual rates. SUAbda?onprice rE3ElFm?k?i^AT December 28_Attgnsta, Ga, ^ The East -Florida Banne r, oe A LA. MARION* COUNTY, FLORIDA. T. F. SMITH, Editor and Proprietor fl. C. -DEBR?HL. Assistant Editor. rB BANNER HAS A LARGE' CTSCULA TTON throughout tbs merit ix^prdoxis-wild ;w??J ?hy portlona of Florida. /&S3t$fc&r% Bnsineei raen, deilroni of introducing tl^bUsJ nau throuflh that section, would do w?RHo- saver tUemit?col= ATB^ ton, South Carolina. *q**m&*