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At an adjourned meeting of the r nitlsens of Sumter District, held in t : the Court House, on the 6th inst., i ; lo receive the report of a Committee, v appointed at a former meeting, to I Inquire what might be the probable N tnount of stock, which may be taken, s ~~n the event of the establishment of n nBt ank in the Town of Sumterville, ad all other matters in relation to < the same-the meeting being called < to order by W. L. Brunson, the said . Conmittee, through their Chairman, Gen. S. R. Chandler, offered the fol -towing Report and Resolutions, < which were adopted: S Th Committee, appointed last ( Sale Day, to memorialize the Legis laturo at its next session for the o 4] harter of a Bank in Sumter Dis- o rtricet; and to enquire, and report to 'I Iis meeting, the probable amount of a stock, which may be taken in said a Bank, and all other matters in rela- n tion to the same; submit the following a REPORT: That the amount of stock which may be taken, depends upon the view which the people of the District inay take of the urgency of the cir- t cumstances calling for the establish inent of a Bank in this particular lo cality, and the nature of the Charter, which the Legislature may be pleased a to grant. The Committee can say that the .feeling of the citizens of this District, a s almost universal as to the proprie ty, and even, necessity of the estab lishment of a local Bank, and that a . will conducted Banking Institution, ould b'' of profit to the Stockhold- e vr , and of advaintage to the citizens arge. Premising that the Legisdature I t exact harder terms of this, J any other similar: Corporation t the Committee, ji ch is bade the public senti- z t; e ,in'reference to the proposed c 1ank. In point of territory, Sumter, k eCmpared with her sister Districts, a ranks fourth in order--Charleston, a Birnwell, and Edgefield, alone com pising a greater area.' 4 . ..M Iif number of slaves, she is also d fourth-Charleston, Colleton, Beau- r " =:: fort, alone exceeding her.t In amount of taxation, she ranks r seventh; Charleston, Colleton, Beau- n fort, Edgefield, Georgetown and Richland, paying more largely into i the Treasury. The difference in the value of Town lots, and of lands un der our highly artificial system of t classification and valuation, will at once account for her position on this t scale. She pays more into the o Treasury for negro property than c any other District, except Charles- h ton, Colleton and Beaufort-and she pays more than the City of Charles- i ton-which in 1851 paid $13,888,- e 15 on 16,339 slaves, whilst Sumter paid $18,353,20 on 21,529 slaves. b Under the same head Edgefield paid $17,955,40, on 01,124 slaves ; Georgetown, $15,730.96, on 18, 507; and Richlanid, $10,156,65, on 11,9494 Comparing these places in refer s ~ence to the value of merchandize, 'Charleston, of course, is first; then, at a long interval, Rtichland, then ~Edgefied, Georgetown, Beaufort, / Suinter, and lastly, Colleton. In Charleston, there are seven Banks,8 with an aggvregate capital of more than $11,000,000, whilst the value of her merchandize is not $3,250, 000. In Richland there are two Banks, one of which, was chartered t in 1831 with a capital of $500,000; and now the value of her merchan dize is only $480,000. In Edge field a Bank was chartered in 1834, i wvith a capital of $300,000, and the value of lier merchandize is now less a than $200,000. In Geor-getown, a Bank with a capital of $200,000, , was c-hartered in 1835, and her g' K nerchnandize less than $27,000.- a XBeaufort has no Bank, and her mier chandize is valued at $45,500.-- v Whilst Colleton stands still lower, a bar wares being valued at $31,116.} e )'om which appears, that tine com- a __ asa test of its wealth or prosperi ~~ .ta e gpeilrs that the mer- b Sharitable goods of a District may , aqve but a antall proportion of its ~nking c.aftql, and yet theo hank t R~~IIleporta nud 1 Iie9utions8 of It Generai a I' '' ~ y,1* uay prosper; for all the ,Banl tamed pay more than 7 per cent o he capital invested. From theg igures, it is certain that Shmte: ith a free population of more tha .0,000, and a slave population sore than 20,000, must draw he upplies from others than her ow nerchants; and of course to the e: ent of that over draft must send he ash beyond her .borders, which ui ler a more prudent and economics olicy might be be retained; fo Cershaw, with the two Banks, ha 159,000, in value of goods, an nly 9,401 slaves. The entire taxe a 1851 were only $12,135,86. )hesterfield with one Baik has *78 :00 in value of goods, whilst she ha nly 8,713 slaves, and pays taxe nly to the extent of $5,181,96. 1 'hese two Districts, with a greate mount invested in commercial pm nits than Sumter, by five times any lore, yet have 8,478 slaves less nd leas in taxes 1,085,88, tha kumter pays on her slaves alone. ancaster added to them, would stil are Sumter 3,863 slaves in ad ance of the three, and would bu ttle more than equal their entir axes uited with hers. The Cou nittee would observe that Lancaste s as conveniently located for th Torth Carolina trade as Chesterfield hlie former has about one thousan laves more than the latter, a smalle nrritory, pays nearly the saa mount of taxes, but is without lank and a Market of her own, an as not half the amount invested ii erchandize. From the facts detailed every on an draw his own corclunii:. .U it Committee will remark that hilst the people of Sumter any ancaster are without the money fs ilities, afforded by their B nks t iep eaolo of Kershaw and "- eli ekrxe citiZ/nsa th latter har pened to ths'mi-allke with the' cit uns of former, all the markets of th rtate; besides this their local mai eta. The more numetous the tnal ets, the greater the competitior local Markets invite the sale of pr< uce, and offer inducements for th urchase of supplies. Monopoly il rade is the ruin of the cotton pr< ucer. If forced to one particula tarket, he must take the prices of red; he must give the prices de sanded. His interest is to creat, iakets; Competition between is hi ain. Rivalry between dealers ii te same market is always the gait f the farmer-the want of it is al rays his loss. Ready money facile yes attract Merchants and dealers ii roduce-thus creating a market ae want of these drive the dealer a and close the markets. The me hant must have money facilities a is door, which he can use at hi leasure in a moment, and can bu ly spare the time, or sustain tb xpense, of seeking them at distan oints. The greater the number c uyers of produce of any kind, th reater the competition, the highe Ie price; the better for the seller f every District in the State were t ecome a market, the produce rould not lose. 'The want of a hom iarst, compels the former to som xtent, to contract the business c fe to hired agents-the possessio: f it would enable him to attend "i: ropria persona" to his own affair -would save him postage, commit ion for selling produce and buyin upplies, commission for acceptane f drafts, freight, drayageo, storage nd insurance; those moths whici itten themselves whilst destroying beir victims. The honest debtor e, whose misfortunes may be the re uIt of misplaced confidence or i e~rutable providenmces, is interestei i the matter. Sympathy may b, more readily excited at home thai mongsnt strangers; and whilst a loca lank could derive profit to itself,i light aid the needy, and save bin com the tender mercy of the mneri oney lender. TIhat a Bank in our own mnids ould create a market for produc< rd supplies, the Comniitteo think ni rio can doubt, and the facts detailo< bundantly p rove. 'i'he Comnmitte< re informed that between $50 an< 60,000 worth of cotton wor< ought at Sumterville last year-tha much more was otfered, whici to rporchants could not buy fo me want of the want of the read oney facilities, that a Bank wouls iford. The Committee are ala aformed h.: the moaats Qfg... :s terville, that comparing the sales of n merchandise in the years 1847 and e 1851, an increase in the latter !, year, over the former, of more n than two hundred per cent. is >f shown. That at the former period, r there were in Sumterville sixteen a stores and shops, with aggregate. t- sales of $100,000; in the latter r there were thirty-two, with aggre - gate sales of more than $300,000. ,1 The appearance of the place sus r tame these statistics. Numerous a dwellings and store-houses have, in. I the mean time, sprung up. The s Wilmington and Manchester Rail - Road has, in its progress, passed the place, and left traces of con tinued improvement. In 1840, the a population of Sumterville was about - four hundred; in 1850, the census r shows it to have been 860;* and it is now estimated at twelve hundred. I In 1846 the value of the real es tate was officially assessed at 95, 500;t in 1852 it had increased - to 250,000.$ 1 There are other gratifying evi dences of the increased prosperity of t the District. The population is in e creasing. In 1840, the census ex hibited the entir e populati- n at 27, r 892.4 at a corresponding period in e 1850, it was 33,2621--an increase of 5,370 in ten years. The same I ratio of increase would make the r population at this time, 34,354. In 3 1850 the District sent to market 18, 799 bales of Cotton, averaging 400 lbs --equal to 21,484 bales of 1 350 lbs. each, and worth, at 7 cents, $526,372, 00; and in that year the crop was short about one. fifth. Another gratifying circumstance is the increased and increasing val ue of real estate. This increase has been stated, by competent witnes w.in'judicial investigatioijA,. to be last eight or ten years. A comparison of the value of professions between this, and other Districts named, will show favorably for the health and general well be ing of Sumter, in which for the year ending 30th Sept. 1851, the value of Professions (medical and r legal) was only $25,709--whilst, in the city of Charleston alone, it was (including Factorage) $943,294--in Richland, $34,996, in Edgefield ?37,759; in Barnwell $28,850; in Colleton $22,350; in Beaufort $25, 000; and in Kershaw, Lancaster and Chesterfield combined, with a popu lation, but little greater, and of a more northern latitude $25,235.a The Committee think that they have exhibited, above, facts sufficient ly strong and plain, drawn from well t authenticated documents, and of course reliable, to warralit them, in t assigning to 8utnter a high position for prosperity and wealth. Her re sources are ample, and for their de f velopment, her citizens have the means in their own hands. A vast r variety, of business transactions, of infinite complexity of character are continually occurring. In all these r transactions, Bank Bills are used as the~ circulating medium-as the rep resentatives of money. So rare in Sdeed is the~ use of the precious met ale, and so universal the use of Bank Notes, that the idea of intrinsic val uc is commonly attached to the lat ter and their merely representative character forgotten. Ilabit with the people, in this regard, has become second nature, and having been con firmed, in its progressive growth, by views of safety and convenience, there is but little prospect of change, 'and in fact but little r-eason for it. -To furnish a safe medium of ex change, or money, for the pur-poses Sof Life, is therefore a plain matter of Snecessity, amounting to duty. This Iduty has ever hitherto been perform-. t ed by others, than the citi::ens of Sumter-- whilst no District has on joyed greater advantages from the labor skill and risk of othiers. But trade is increasing-business trans Sactions are expanding-wealth is Saugmenting by the mere force of cir cumistances, and yet the great medi umn of oxohango is standing stilL IMoney facilities are not equal to the Swants of the people, and hence we t hear in every direction the cry for other and new Banking Institutions. * Cenus of 1850 by Stucky, in Clerk's office. tAsessor's Retun. $Census by Stuckey. $Cenus of 1840 by Richardson, in Clerk's I) esusof 1850. v Ib. raComptroller General's Report referredl to. Columbia, Fairfield, Mariork New berry and other places are making efforts in that direction; an4 here, the people themselves are morin in the matter, of their own mere notion, and not of suggestions m de by holders or seekers of office. More Bank Capital is wanted. Tis posi. tion is fully sustained by the experi ence of many of our Citizens, whose applications to existing Bank{, have not been met, merely becaisa the demand exceeded the supply. As far back as 1849, this excess was seriously felt. In that year the President of the Branch Busk, at Columbia, declared, officially,that, at his Bank, 'there were ten applica tions refused where one was granted for want of means to accomdate,'t and there were then, in Bank, Notes discounted to an amount, ciceeding $900,000, besides Bonds. In the meantime, the Citizens of Columbia, have resolved to apply for another Bank Charter, with a Capital of $1,000,000, and that is now the is. sue before the people of Riebland. The Committee cannot as4ertair to what extent the Banks, now exist ing, accomodate the people of this District. They have however. som< data upon which to form an estimate. From them it will be seen, that our Citizens depend largely on others for the supply of their wants. It will be seen too, that prosperons at are our people, they are to noiincon siderable extent borrowers, and bor rowers out of Banks. The people o: Sumter were borrowers in 1849, out of the Bank of the State, at Charles ton alone, to the sum of $83,711,21 of which amount $44,251,63' wer< lent in Claremont. and $39?50,58 in Clarendon. Of the 56 persons thus accomodated, 44 were plnters and furtners. At ti.o 1ranti~l ir Columbia; i :R .a- b ' Brandid~i number of .persons accomodated a the latter place were 79. of whom 59 were Planters and Farmers, whos< joint accomodations amounted t< $57,334 37} The aggregate is $165,215,13, in the Mother Bank and its Branches. Out of the eleven other Banks of the State, it is nol extravagant to suppose that the peo ple of Sumter had a like sum. This would make their total Bank indebt edness, $330,430 26, a small Sum for the population, business, and re sources of the District-a Districi which is worth at the least $15,000, 000.' Considering the mode o: Bank operations, this, cf itself, woulk amply justify the creation of a Bank in our midst, with a Capital of tw< hundred thousand dollars, and the reasonable expectation of a profitablk investment to the stockholder.- The Committee regard their estimate as too low, for out of the same Banks above nawed, at the same time, the people of Kershaw had $316,687 62, and the people of Richland $642,693 25.V But if the estimate of the Committee, is near or above the truth, then truly are our people in a condition to become lenders of money, rather than continue to be 'Hlewers of wood and drawvers of wa ter' to others. Tfhe time is propiti. ouis to make their Exodus out of the Land of bondage and occupy the land of promise. The proposed Blankc would have other customers than our own cii zens. The Wilmington & Manches ter Rail Road unites the inter-osts of Sumter, Darlington and Marion. The bordering districts are not be yond its spell, particularly Milliams. burg. Darlington contains 10,000 slalves, and comprises 600,000 acres of Land; Marion has over 7,000 slaves and 635,000 acres of land; Williamsburg 8,500 slaves ani 579,. 000 acres of land. T1heso Districta compose as fair a portion of the State as any part of her teritory they are prosperous, and their re sources are ripidly developing. At the period already referred to, D)ar. lington was borrower from the Bank of the State and its Branches, $26,. 599; Marion only $3,818 95 from the Mother Bank and nothing from the Branches- whilst Williamsburg had nothing from any of them.II Tfhe Committee conclude that these Districts wero supplied by Banks titeports of Special joint Comninittee appoint ed to examine Branch Bank of Columnbia. pub Iished with Iteports and Itepolutions mn 1849 tib. 4Repomrts of Commnaitos, putblished in 1849. *Censua by Stuckey. Heports of Committees of 1849, IlConuivgiajponere Rteport. referred to. nearer home. The Rail Road now in progress will bring two of theta to the doors of the proposed Bank, and the upper part of Williamsburg, to some extent, already makes Sumter ville its market. Customers from all the points mentioned, would flock . to the counters of your Bank, and seat ter its Bills in every direction. But Marion is herself embarked in a simi lar enterprise, and it is for us, in this race of honorable rivalry, to reach the goal first, if we can. The Committee have already ex ceeded the limits proposed to them. selves; but the importance of the sub. ject and the novelty and magnitude of the preject must be sufficient ex cuse. It is for the people to say whether they will concentrate a pit tance of their Capital, for their own convenience and profit. The means are abundant, the fruit is ripe, the spirit need only kindle, and the 'Peo. ples Bank' will spring into vigorous existence. In 1836 the same peo ple did subscribe $150,000 to the Capital stock of the Camden Bank. 11 Will they not in 1852 subscribe $200,000 for a Bank at home? The Committee are enabled to re port as already mentioned the uni versal sentim.ent in favor of the Bank. This sentiment must strength en on the presentation of the facts. Reflection will only serve to confirm first impressions in a right direction, and self-interest will surely prompt the feelings to take care of it. But, even now, from indicati.- , which the committee cannot di: lose with propriety y ex as their convic tions a rdhabihty, ' tie lees that ;cert',inty,-.that $200,0 =ill: be subscribed, as the capital istde the proposed Bank. They thQeIb4 herewith report a Charter, in the fer i'bf 'A Bill to establish and ineor a te "a : hk irrThi_' Talkr. o?. Suir rrmeu aentaidg .ts r,tutiont lhkh they recomndid- e The Committee hav ing beer guided throughout, this report, by what they conceived the spirit, rath, er than the letter of their instruc tions. finally, recommend the adop tion of the following resolutions. Resolved, That the Charter, here. with reported, be presented to the Legislature at its next session by the Senators and Representatives from Sumter, with the request that they use their best efforts for its passage. Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the Chair, to draft a memorial in behalf of this meeting, based on the foregoing re port, on the sul ject of the propo sed Batik, to be presented to the Legislature at its next session, by our Senators and Representatives. Resolved, That a Committee of fifteen be appointed by the Chair, to enquire and ascertain, if possible, what amount of stock may be taken, in case the Bank Charter be grant ed, and that each member of said Committee furnish his statement to some member of the Legislature from this District, at any time prior to its next session. All of which is respectfully sub. mitted. S. R. CHANDLER, Chair. Comn. Committee, to tnemoriallze the Legislature, appointed, under the 1st R esoluitions J. S. G. Richardson, Maj. T. B. Fr-aser, Col. M. Moses, WV. F. B. Haynsworth, and J4 .3. N. Hammet. The Committee, to inquire and ascertain what stock may be taken in Case the Bank Charter be grant ed: John J. Moore. J. M. Nelson, J. E. ilembert, L. F. Rhame, S. R1. Chandler, Dr. T. WV. Briggs, Capt. Richard Richardson, WV. F. Mul drow, A. J. Moses, J. ID. Blanading, Dr. Junius A. Mayes, S. WV. With erspoon, J. 11. Dingle, T. D. Prior sont, and A White, Sr. Resolved, T.hiat a Committee of th'ree be appointed, by the Chair, whose duty it shall be to contract for the printing of the proceedings of last sale-day, and of to-day, incla ding the report of the Committee of nine, the proposed Charter, the Act of 1840, and other matter touch ing the proposed Bank; provided the printing can be had for a reasona ble price. Also, that said Com-. mittee be charged with the super vision of said printing. Committee on Printing: A. 3. IIlnformation from Runmter Commiiionrr to Moses, J. W. Ervin, and Dr. J. t. Miller. The following was offered by A. t J. Moses, and adopted. On motion the meeting adjourned. W. L BRUNSON. Chairman. J. B. N. HAMMET, Secretary. Cuba. If we may judge from the informa tion received from Cuba, and espe cially from the letter of our own mod crate and well-informed correspond ent, the discontent of the Creoles has reached a point which threatens a serious outbreak. The publication at Havana of such a journal as the Vox del 'uedo alone evinces a de gree of resolution and courage which only needs to become general in or der to efface every vestige of foreign sovereignty; and the fact-if it be a fact-that arms have been distribu. ted through the island in considera ble numbers indicates a widely pre pared conspiracy. The Captain Gen oral acts with great severity, hoping no doubt, like Tacon, to suppress in the germ every stirring of rebellion, but his measures would seem rather provocative than preventive of patri otic effort. Indeed, it is more than possible that his rigorous course is better adapted than any other to fa vor the aspirations of the Cubans. It is, perhaps, the last drop in the cup of tyranny which might else long have remained without overflowing. And it may confidently be expected that when Creole apathy and slug gishness are at last supplanted by the energy of rage and despair, they will exhibit a fiery and volcanic pow er whichuperficial restraints at thy: cmmand o he Spanish Govern. mnci n keep unrder or subdue. Whe ~en " al ebellion do' i :bo as. own to ado Fd 'idr thing;less than this is their duty if they desire to make good in the eyes of the world their right to be free and independent. We see no evidences in the pres. eut agitation in the island of a reli ance upon outward help for the achiovement of Cuban liberty. There is no Lopez to come from abroad on whom they rest their hopes of salvation, and no invasion from the United States is the main stay of their patriotism. This agitation wears all the features of an internal one, produced by local causes, and carried on at the personal peril of native Cubans Undoubtedly there is some connection between the con spiracy, if, indeed, there really be one,-in Cuba and sundry organiza tions of restless spirits in our own country, but this is wisely kept in the back-ground. We believe there is no expedition now organized here, and presume none will be till a posi tive revolt has taken place in the island and the Cubans have shown that their friends will- not be left to the fate of Lopez and his companions. When such a manifestation has taken place, it requires no priophet to say that American aid will abound for the completion of the work, but until then eveni the ardent flibustiers of the &outh wvill not be anxious to re peat the fatal experiment.-XN. Y. Tribune. StAvFJuY AMONo TnE MEXIc.\Ns.--A letter fromx Al buquerque, New-Met ico, to the St. Louis Republican, speak. ing uf ti-eaties concluded between the United States and the Indiauns, says: There is one dliticulty which has given, and will give more trouble in the stability of our treaties with the Indians here, than anything else, and that is, that we require them to give up all stock and captives taken after a certain period of our possession of the count ry, and when they ask to hav-e their women an I children, we reply that we cannot do it-that it would cause a revolution. There is ] in this country a state of tliinga ex isting wh-lich is much more worthy the eflorts of your philanthropists, your A bolitionists and your nigger-loving4 whites, than the question of slavery; and that is the fact that there are thousands, 1 might say of In dian women and children who have been stolen from their families and sold into slavery , w orse than Sou~hern Slarery. 1 have seen fre quently little childreni, from cigh teen months to six years old, Ld airound the country like beasts, by am Mexican who had probaibly stoleni themn from their motheor not more thani a weck. anud ohrmd for ni frmm twor o one hundred and twenty Chey will go out upon thew en , rading with the Indiana,ati ime when the meih hie absely ipon the women and children, ake such as they think will'selji rt >ly. All this is known, and -ha )aought to the attention of theatj ies ; yet it is still encourngeda )ermitted to be carried -on openly ay encouraged, for it. could easily topped. IIence the continued . vith the Mexicans, the diflcuiy o reaties being kept, and the bitter ngs vigeidered. Marriage. rlarriage Is a change of exigtet C --a death-birth, as our Gorman. riends would gay-ati Elodus-& :ransit from one life to another ai with as impenetrable a veil of doup md uncertainty spread over that iti, !r life, as is over that life td il ' lominions death is the portal 'Whore we are we know," ina mai about to be married well ezr laim; "where we have been we ilso snow; whither we are going no ma 'noweth, nor can know, till the :go ng has merged into the genei" Charles V said no man could besai& o be truly brave until he had snuffe % candle with his fingers; but ody dea is, that no man's can beso see verely tested, as by entering into thi boly state of matrimony, provided al ways that the man be of a contenid plative, reflective nature. Th courage is more required on the. ae man's part than on the man's. must infallibly know less of him be of her, as he beholds her eve the world she moves inj whereat when he leaves her, mingles a lost in the crowd of outer life Whether he keeps himself apa among the virtuous, or has:his-hau among the. vicious, she can -lv hea by repart,;narc -. nt a.iti trustedg than she, if the home be rikne, . py by the ill assorted union. TTh tavern, the theatre,. the meetin the mart, are all open for: him-, HIe can be away from home whenN he likes ; and when from home} to all intents and purposes, he' is'a bachelor again. Not so she, poor.. lady. Once a wife, a wife foreve She may not, cannot, would dare not leave him. The laws, children, her womanly instinct;alike forbid it. She never cai laydqiya her wifehood and become a mai again. And even if she'do separat from him, and return, once more to her father's house, the gay heart, the . unspeakable palpitations of maidenly ' desires and hopes, the budding prmil ses of coming life--these are no ion ger; the butterfly is freed, but wings are torn and unfeathered-.i can fly no more. Hence thereiag,. nothing more lovely, than when, Xi maiden leans her fair cheek upon hee; over's breast, and whispers, "dea r , heart ! I cannot see, but I believe the past wvas beautiful, but the fu~4 ~tre I can trust-with thee I"! K SuAnlgs. -The Nantuecket Mirrot tays that during the last two month~~ :here have been taken at Quidnit1 Biasconset and the south side of thej ~ sland from 300 to 1000 Sharks,~ varying in length from five to twelve? eet. On Thursday of last weekt 61 yere taken at the South shore bree boats. Considerable qjuert~> ies of oil are obtained from theirid'~ rs, and the bodies aresodo 'ar mers of the island for manui'oe ga A newv Post Ofilee has hl ~stablishied at Lowrysville in Chesterd D~istrict ini this State, aid Jamnes Lo; v -y appointed Postimaster. . ,. gr Judge Edwards, of the Nc~ ork Supreme Court, has decided f&a dmnit Colly'er and others, officers ofibe benry Clay, to bail, in the surn 1l0,000 each. An election to choose a mnemi~e. f lonigress in Massachusetts, iin p~la f Mr. Raintouil, deceased, will take >lace on the 2d1 MondaSg of Noiembe, Tuis Missonau LRorsrsUga~.-' ,I >ody have mado some fifty balit $o 1 speaker without comning to an..leo ion. Thme Benton Democrata afe he ascendant, but cannot eoirmnan4 omoigh voes to prevail agahis A W higs and anti-linmrorsys. Deathi is the wglh of somne the r