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Icl not life Uend thy soul to craty-m kicu nun. tot not gnat po jjcnii tiieo sorrowful aw Irom the covenant of th Mado with libcrtjr and True man. -where: In the Hcurlt ft.. ...! ..- ...... L nun uo int Aowngaiui Tor the days That must t! Tor the lierltn Promised Ion For that kingdom On whu comlncr I'or the rest that shall lu Its shadow .forwi Many of our renders Left slor Minstrels" slug, when litre Ing 1 he music win very flue, nml much applause. We find In the Uul the beautiful nord of tho ShulU of tliu Occtin. Ono lummer crrt, vrlth pctulro thought, I wandered on tho ten Itsnt horr, Where oil In hvullen Infnlit vport, I Knther'd ihilli In dnys Wore, I gnthered thvtls In daytlcfore. Tho plmhlng wnves like tnuslo lull Hoipsuitve to my fancy wild, A dream came o'er uic like a tnvll, I thought I urn i ngnln a chllil, A dream came o'er me like a rncll, I thought I was again a child. I stooped upon the pebbly slrand, To cull the toys that round mo lay, Hut as I took them In my hand, 1 throw Hum ono by ono away. Oil I thus I said In every stage, 11 toyj our fancy Is begull'd, Wi gather shells from youth to age, And then c leave them like n child. We gather shells from youth to nge, And then wo Icavo them like u child. Aw-ftil. Youngster, sparo that girl I KIm not those lips so meek I Uurufllcd let the ftlr lock curl 11 on the maiden check 1 Ilclieve her ipilto a taint Her Icoks are all tllrlno, Herrofy hue I pilot t Her lurm u criuulluot SPLECH OF GENERAL LANE ON TUB I'ATUL'NT OK Tltt) Ori'Rou nml VltliiKtoii Iiictlmi Wur Dolit. Dthvtrol in the Home of Jleprtttntaltvtt, .May 13, 1B58. The House Lolng lu Committee of the Whole oa Territorial IiusIiicm, Hon. Wm. II. F.nglUh lu tho Chair, and having under consideration a hill (II. It. No GCG) to re fund to James Douglass, Uoteruor of Van couver's Island, the sum of (7,000 advanc ed by him to supply the volunteers of Wash ington Territory with clothing and blankets during the late Indian nar In that Tcrrl 'lory. I The bill directs tho Secretary of tboTrcaj- 'ury. out of any money in tho treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to James Douglass, Qotcrnor of Vancouver's Island, 1 $7,1)00; It being so much money advanced by him to tho Hudson's Hay Company In puyment of clothing and blaukets furnished ' by the company to the volunteers of Wash- lugton Tctrltory In 1833, upon Ilio order of Isaac I. btctcus, uournotor iim -lerniory of Washington, and upona guarantee fur the payment of tho same by Douglais, and for which sum Isaac I.Sicvtus.n Oovernon has executed his certlllcute of debt, paya. bio when an appropriation should he made by Coogrcs. Mr. Lauc. I uiovo to amend the hill ly adding the fullonlng as additional sections or tho hill ; ,'lntl lr ilfurlhtr tnaeleJ, That thcro he, and hereby Is, appropriated out of any mo ney In tho treasury nut otherwise npproprl aUd, winterer amount may bo nievstary to enable tlin Secretary of the Treasury to , defray the cxpemicii necrsiarily Incurred by lue territorial governments oi uuffgon aim Waililngtoil In thcsuppreMlotMElidlan lion tllities therein lu tho years lTlud 1836, ,so lar as the claims grunlng our!nld war have lien alljudlcattd by the commissioners appointed for that purpose, agreeably to the . provisions of the eleventh section of the aot of the 18th August, t83C, entitled "An act 1 making appropriations for certain cl II i-x penses of the Uovernmtii(, fur the year end ,lng 3lilh June, 1837," and have been repor ted to tho War Department, by said com i misslone'rs, for payment. Jlnii be if furthtr enaettd, That the amounts severally found due to the parties contained In tue report oi iiie tolil commis sioners shall bo paid to the said parties re sptctlvcly, or thlr legal re presentatives, or to the atsigiices or attorneys, duly constilu. led and appointed, of said parties, anything in the act approved July 29, 1610, or in the act of February, 1833, to the contrary not withstanding. Mr. Washbuine, of Illinois. I rise to a question of order. The amendment is a general bill, and is not in order to a private bll!. There Is a rulo of tho Houso which rxpretsjy provides! that no bill shall be amended by a rider in this way. Mr. Lane. If the gentleman will bear mo ho will not conteud that this amendment is not strictly in order. The object of this bill is to piovldc for paying Gomnor Douglass furiMtafa cxp'nwv Incurred lu the.Indin ki3iillHHtSSSSSBIHW KSSM- BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHplBBBJB& JSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBTC (flf LE, OREGON, gton Territory IJlm tpeak .csffon, of, order The claim Iim has m for aiiplles fuo wlio Were aotlnc agninsl cars l6Vr3 otuHaSOicm) oi ttu wwro r.cen iiilloftteu. Tills 1'(tl:en jisi. ilatms krowlng 6ny Item for nmendment pose pro- Iro to uo( imiiM.I tCkinitPl rrhtc'l Rijrt ! though but itmn matter, the amcil of orfder tr"'44S3L Mr. Unc. This till la cno Item of-thei expenses of that war. There nro probably I , fire or six thousand claims growing out or1 thesamewnri audi wutit to cnll the nl-1, tcntloii of the commltteo to the law ol Con-ii 1 grew under which these claims Lave been ! recognised : "That the Secretary of War bo directed to examine into the amount of vxoiiscs nco esiarily incurred In the suppression of In dian hostilities In the late Indinnwarln Or egon and Washington, by the territorial governments of said Territories, for the maintenance of tho volunteer forces cnaarr- cd In said war, luclmlltic liny if volunteers; I and that ho may, If In his judgment It bo " necessary, direct a commission of three to, procctd to ascertain and report to him nil expenses Incurred for purposes above spe cified." Now, Mr. Chairman, under the provision of that law, tho Secretary of War appointed a commission of three persons to assemble in tho Territories cf Oregon and Washington, and ascertalu tho expenses necessarily In curred. Congress mtdo an appropriation of $12,000 to defray tho expenses of that commission. It was constituted or two ar my officers and ono citizen It assemble')! at Fort Vancouver, and vtas lu sessiou twelve months. Mr. Kunkl,aof Pennsylvania. There Is a question of o'rdcr pending. I ask that it be decided. Tho Chairman. Tho gntltnan from Or egon has a right to appeul, and to debate the appeal. Mr. Kuukel, or 1'cnnsylvaula. Is bo do bating theapealT The Chairman. The Chair la not able to toll what application tho gentleman from Oregon proposes to mako or his remarks. Mr. Kuukel, or Pennsylvania. There was no oppeal taken ; It is simply a question or order. Mr. Greenwood. Tho gentleman from Oregon has a right to discuss tho question ofnrdcr, debate not being closed on the bill. The Chairman. The Chair Is not without 1 doubt as to whether this nmcudaicut Is In J order, but he Is under tho impression that I It Is not In order Tho bill itself Is a prl- vnte bill, for the relief of James Dnugluss. uic nnienumvnt propositi ny lue gentleman from Oregou seems to be a general hill, ap ' pllcable to a nholo class of cases. The Im pression of tho Chair is that the nmeiidmcut Is not In order, and tho Chair so rules. Mr. Letcher Has not the gentleman from Oregon a right to speak on the original 'bill? The Chairman. He has. Mr. Lane. I want to show how this bill for the relief of Mr. Doughuu comes up here, J and I desire to call thu ntteutton of the commltteo now to the report of the Secre tary of War on this subject. The Secretary or War examined the report of this commls elon, and tays us follows : "Hy a law passed the 18th day of August .1650. n commission was directed to bean poiuted for thu purposo of ascerttiuing the ,eum or money lairiy due to ttie volunteers or Oregon and Washington Territories fur their services In tho Indian nnrs which threatened to lay waste those Territories. In compliance with llil- law. Captain Smith, ' of Jjie Rrst dragoons. Captain Itufns Ingalls, i of the quartermaster's department, mid La Fayetto Orover, Esq., of Salem, Oregon, were appointed to examine the accounts and .claims, and to mako a report in conformity with the law, and upon the facts tu tbey ex isted, so far, nt least, as it was possible to ascertain them. 'These officers entered upon their duties on tho lflth day of October 183C, nnd seem to have labored with great assiduity and .patience in discharge of them, until the 2iilh uf October last, when they were brought to a close. I hao examined this report very carefully, and conclude that, from tho data they hac adopted for their guide, a to thu prices for stores and subsistence, nud time or service reudcred by the men, it is not probable a more just or accurate result could be attained than these gentlemen have larrividnt. The amount ascertained to bo duo is a very large one, mid Congress will bave to make provision for its payment, If .it la intended they shall bo liquidated, of I which I pruume there can bo no doubt." Now, out of these claims adjudicated by this eepuulsslon, r-e find due to Governor "jBJEl7BESBBBBBBBBBBBBBB9BSn lissssssssssHssHsssssslssV;re uiaHHHH ATUlBA JLY1S58. r -,!!- ' Doaglh tyr,W, tA varlw oMttMt to various cbc ltttv;ldurl vfer1ia11r$nifercd services aiJytf-JHJp' trans portation fW Mi, twftfirtenefa of tho troops in tde field fa lrtsjlB amount reaching to btwes dfc b4.Ix Wlllon dollars. ThcW cjtpcmws cr "fc"lj&eerily Ibcuitc4, t'nU the bill to'tMf-fiovomor Douglass (a right amlJiHt. hI4M iKt More right and not WDro jmi Htifl.Btry qther portion of theso ,c1Irm alVtwfl ly this coamlsslon. -And wliy.GuTi'r'wyDaiigUw sbold he singled outs'WilK bwatrcd czpen sea in dMMhw e can mi yaUiCltMMiwi no!HfrjRnpyH mms witBmmtimju Is a matter woleh I uoiit uwlWrt (di tol, bo (bat as It way, I will loVttbattfMttlerrctt with the committee who has ehargo of Hi 1 bnv great confident In that wiuirJjjCqc. I believe it will tlltlaiftlSlr -rcrert'ta jKvor fnf pylng all the expeswes. Hut &owo the proper tlroe to do It now Is the tlmo when 1 this commltteo and this Congress should paM . sucli n law as will pforlde for the payment uf all dho claims fouudiduo It that com- !iiif Ion. ' t- Now,41r, I thlnt .cvtrjr gc,ntla hers knows, (and I bcllcvo no gentleman will i liiiuertako to aainsar tno fact.) tuat wlietl r. ftt)nti(tl' pcoplo of Orcg'ou uud Vilublngton Tcr- rllorlts were plunged Into an Jiullnn war, It wasnot by tbclrdwnnct, but by n comblna-' lion or Indians, made so complptely that I"' wo rjUo to coumifitcc htwlllltlea at tho extremes or each of those Territories on loo innis day. The nrogrca of that war was so rapid, and tho scenes so bloody and terrible, that fur a short time It was a mat ter of uncertainty In the minds of the pco plo of theso Territories whether tho Indians would not be able to destroy the entire tcS Moments of the two Territories. Iu order that tho committee may under- tand more fully the facts of the case, I call attention to the . , . f''t out tlero bj report of the special agent y the Government to inquire Into the circumstances of tho war, and Into the uctlon of that commission while It was In session. Mr. J. Iloss Ilrowne, that rpcclal agent, spent months In the country, visited many of the Indian tribes, talked with them, saw the farmers on their plantations and at their homes, without letting the pinplo there know tho purposo for which ho was among them. He dropped in, at Vancouver, on tho com mtssloncrs, whllo they were adjusting this vcry.clalm of Mr. Douglass, mid ho saw the manner In which they discharged their duty. Mr. Smith, of Virginia. I beg to remind the gcntlemau that this Is the last day for territorial business. Mr. Lane. I am aware of that. Mr. Smith, of Virginia. This bill Is cut ting out other territorial busluess. Mr. Lane. No, sir; I am the last man lu the world to cut off any of tho territorial business. This Is the last bill but one or two on the calendar. I will now read a portion of J. Ito Ilrownc's report. Ho says ; "I will not undertake to follow up the history of the war to a later period. Its peculiar features buo been represented ofll dally on both sides, nud its progress and termination aio matters or public record. '-Upon n ciiruful perusal of nil the dls pntclKi, I find uothliig to sustain tho charge of speculation. No peison can tislt the Territories of Oregou uud Washington, con verso with the peuplo, see them on their farms and nt their daily labors, and consider their truo Interests, without coming to tho conclusion that such u charge is absurd and monstrous. What could tht-y hopo to gain .' Fuw of them had anything to tparc upon which to base a sncculutiun. A lurnier Is well oil' who has his fields fenced lu, n few head of oxen, and three or lour cows. If lie got treble price for his stock, the sale, upon , nn unliiiittrd credit, would hso Leon n np.- rltlco to him. His farm must co to ruin -! The interest of tho settlers, or nearly every pursuit, are nearly identical Their future prospects deKud chiefly upon the prosperity of tho country, the increase of emigration, euban(.ement in Ilio tamo or property, (ecu rity of lite, opening of new facilities for the . ably bo necessary to supply the demands un transportation of their products. All this jder his amendment. was diametrically oppwtd to a war No i Mr, Laie, r wolU ,0 M , , , a compensation that Government could mnket,, .,...- . , ' , , would atone for tho murder or families, tbo ,,lat ,,,e wbu,e of tho e,a,m rendered. Inclu stoppage of labor everywhere, the lo of ding compensation for servico nnd expenses time, the suspension or emigration, and the j incurred, as settled by the commissioners truTcooVJ'1 rCSUl""K fr0m lulsUlsM; under this law, amount, to between five and rThe0clomsaIon at Vancouver havo ralth-'. lx nillHon do,lar8 " ' JU8' i '"J I lvc fully and Impartially performed their duty. , Whatever suui tney may i.avo uecueii upon Mr, Stanton. I wish to Inquire of tho In estimating this war debt, I bold that ,1 . ,. , , . , amount to bajusily duo. and trust that Con-jBntlman what amount per day was allow- gress will at once provide lor its cxtlu-"cd for tho volunteers who served la that giilsbment." war! That Is signed by J. IIom Uronne, special.! Mr. Lane. I will auswer the gentleman agent of the Government, sent out there by with a great deal of pleasure, though I am tho order of the President, at the Instancoi not going on to discuss this matter lu detail of the Secretary qt the Interior, to examine into the facta connected with the War i to ascertain the causes of the war the mauner or tho conduct or the war ; aud tho extent of the expenses Incurred in It. Aud, after a careful and impartial examination of the whole matter, be caino to the conclusion which I havo Just read. His wholo report shows that tbo pcoplo of Oregon and Wash ington were driieu into a bloody war, una voidably ou their part, that threatened to lay wastj tho wholo country, and wipe, out ull the settlements. And I hazard nothing In say lug that no portion of (he American peoplo bus suffered so much In any Indian warn since our fathers landed on tho Amor lean shores, as did the people of thoio Tcr riiorin to lint far. Gcullemin will t member that, during the progress of thai war I was hern attending to my datlcs j but during tho last summer, I had an opportu nity of traveling over (he whole southern portion of Oregon, and of examining In per son the extent of the Indian depredations. I fourid that every house for fifty mile's on n road throngh a well-settled country had lieeu lad In asfecs. The bonnes and barns had J-esfi burned, nnd every man, woman, and cWM killed In thoimost cruel and bar barms? Taanncc with the exception or one ,- womatiand'onc child ??U ilme lheso depradaltons were com- MHed by (hi fliflliis, thrc "were hrge t . . - fifty tulles with tho bones of the animals. In a conversation I had w 1th tho Indians, In I Iho presence of their agent, In relation to K, Uiclr great war chler, John, told me that jijyhad,laborcd for months to bring abuut a combination ull tho tribes, so that tbey might comineneo tho war at the snms time, and destroy tho entire settlements in both iciritoricsj anu so complete was their plan "ftSS0,1 '"B00'- loaUc( "itn the produce' home, and many cam back with fliigcrTniid oT Oregon and 'Washington, traveling over ' toes frozen, maimed anl crippled fur life tbntrond tdsck a mitrkcl In rvir n.ta "cJuch was tho conduct and iufTeiingof other They Yftro mot by 4h Indians, nnd every j volunteer companies who rerpon led to tKV mna.and vory animal was "killed, nnd tho call of our Governor. Thus did tho people vrafirsi wore burned. The mangled and I j of Oregon rush to the rescue, not only of the mutilated rcmaihs of the uon wrro takon up ' settlements, but of the United States troop, and buried, but the waysldo'wns strcwn-Tor,, surrounded by overwhelming numbers of or organisation, so complete was the cora.;jr.n avtrago, five thousand dollars. Thegal blnatlou, that, as I said In tho opening of, hnt Captains Hembreo and Dennett, and my remarks, they commenced tho war at .other officers, were amonc the number that Pugel Sound on the tamo day or Iho month' ucver returned. Their families and friend. that they commenced It In the southern por--" wore left to mourn their lots. Hon of Oregon Territory six hundred miles I . , Mr. Chairman, to proceed with tl 21.1. I'l"? i '. T, l'at '', mJ Xorr.rsoribt.war. While In Oregon last, labored hard to bring about thecombina. I ,, ok , , , f ion, and bid sent hi. ,ons and hi. sen n-' W wbo VM mn, lMtruBJntaI ,n ,. aw to the Indians. In different portions of u , 1C .,,, of the country, for ho purpoio or making th, ; l,AiVof.om..or.our pc.ple whodls.p combination and sccurlnc that concert oH ..,,.., ,,-.; ... . ' " tics In Oregonaud Washington, asyou trill flml ltt llisif rnnttst mAhil. luf,... si.. a lion which would enable hln.tacarryout1dtccn M, ,0 Um tloM w,,cn Z:'' ' -Ud to the agent, in ,h. council, tha i i .in.,' i , """""J "T I"", Mrs. Hares, and others, he was Inclined general .hostilities broke icut. Hnally, he j t0 thluV lhat1l flould rtt,M ,,e bitter feel became uneasy himself .after killing a great ,Dgl oflh, ,, ,)Ut IlM coM many or our people, about hi. capacity to makc lLe lnqulry. i loM him tL.t I bud bring about general war. Ho began to cd thr0UB,, tbo coun, whero',fitt think that the white, would not resent the j pto,llo ,ia(1 lUciltini their friend, w er. very outragca which ho had committed, and , MS0Ui t0 icar their Tate. Wc Inquired U hat hexould not bring about a general war. Vcution t0 M. WflKncr kLo WMac lie went to .bo agent, after killing eighteen I educated and handsome woman from Nw or our people at ouo time, and two men and j yolt( o had lived long in the eouutrv. iti r!tV ' :f,"",BrJ'' ttua Ba,d '"i and rpoVe tho Indian" tongue fluently. SI. him z "What kind or warr or. have vbuf L. i.iu i. i. .i. i.i i- ' . .. Tbey havo no hearts ; thoy are like squaws ; ' Un llfkV Vtllntl vnn n.n..lA f....,lA.l. II..1 ... ...... wm. jiv'u UJCU.luulllg IUU places where they bud been murdered) and yet no notice is taken or it; tberclsnowar." Wcli.onthcOlh or Octobcr.the Indians pas sed along tho road to which I have refernd. nnd destroyed every particle or property for orty miles They then rushed Into the set tlements aud burned bouses and barns, kill ed huudreds of our cattle and many of our people. We'nro not here asking pay for these depredations. We have not asked a dollar of the Government for these spoliations. We only ask tho Government to pay the troops who were forced Into the service to defend the settlements against those outra ges, and who, I may well say, suffered raoro In the field than any troops who have over been engaged In any war In this country. My friend who represents the Territory of ' Wellington will tell you that be fell in with a body of our troops In the mountains, east of the Columbia river, where they had been for weeks without tents, although the ther mometer stood at twenty-fire degrees beow aero a greater part of the time. They had thrown themselves between the settlements and the hostile Indians, and had subsisted upon horse flesb, without bread, coffee, or salt, for weeks. Mr. Maynard. I would inquire of the gentleman what amount of money will prob no doubt Congress will pay It. JlTne I'rlco allowed by these commissioners was two dollars for each day's .cnico for I each nun, and two dollars In addition If be rodo hU own horse, making four dollar per , day for a man and horse. I will say further, I that If the Sentleu.a, wll! look over the let ' tor of Colonel McMullln, now Oocrnor of the Territory uf Washington, a gentleman who stood in this House and watched iho treasury as careful as any man did I say, if the gentleman will read that letter, he i III find that Governor McMullln states that you cannot obtain the tabor of a man short of., V. .?:..' . .. V . w,u. "e"il thirty dollars per month. And 1 will say that no man can obtain laboi for any such prico as these commissioner allowed to these volunteers I ill isy further, that no man jan Ull NO. 25. tin sufferings which these volunteers under went. Take, for Instance, the conduct or tho Polk county volunteers, w ho, In response to n requisition of the Governor of the Torj, rltofy, marched to relievo Major Hallcr.who was surrounded by hnslllo Indians. The re quisition reached them on Monday evening', and, on the next morning, one hundred and two men we're In the saddle, and on thn march to relievo this gallant cfGccr and hl little band of bravo soldiers, who had been for some time surrounded by vaMly superior numbers of blood-thtrsty savages. Out of the one hundred nnd two Polk county men whom Major Armstrong marched to the r lipTnr Mnt-r lfftllir. m.ifir nri-r.fl.iiirtii II -" '"V ,..-.-. ..;... bostllo Indians. Not a dollar h ire thcr ntk cd for spoliations; nnd the amount which the commissioners have allowed for lhsy vices or the volunteers, and tho expenses In curred by them, will you uTuse to pay T Mujor Armstrong has frequently Inform! mo that bis company was composed of farm crs, most of whom bad families, wd wcr not only comfortable, but were worth, on . n ! " -vw .. v wwi vi (lasv-sas vty u ssirnri'ii in inni wnr sii r:i:i. anil sni wi itnm trn 1 j 0a t0 , , t'be Mq of Mrl ;v I 1.1 1I--I--I -. . -J ............. ...V,..M MM' guou cuecrnuicu sue always lurniMiCUtuaue It a placo where travelers delighted to stop The Indians Informed us that on tho morn ing or tho 9th of October they came In sight of the house, where they met tome teamsters and packers, a poitleu of whom they mur dered, destroying the wagons and cargoes. as well as the aulmalt, while ybe was stand ing In tho door. As toon cs they had mur dir'd the people outside, they carce toward the house, which was strongly built of henrt' logs, aud bad a heavy door, which fustcno-l with cross bars. When the taw them run ulug towards the house, the shut tho door and dropped the bars to proent their breaking In. They enmo to tho door, and ordered her to come cut, and bring out bir lljtlc gl.-l. She said "no." Her busUiH n as absent and, by the way, ho wustnu only man ou that road who escaped. Ihey said that If she did not come out they would shoot her. She declined ; aud, after tome deliberation, they determined to set the bouse on Sre The houso was directly cu- ve'.opid lu flames ; and the chief, who watch cd her through a little wludow, told us that he saw her go to the glass and arrange her balr, then take a seat In the middle of tb room, fold her little girl In her arms, and wait calmly until the roof fell in, and they perished in tbo flames together. And tb statement was confirmed by the people wbv found their remains lying together Id the middle or the house. Tho account uf tbcatlructtiesjerpctrattsl upou Mrs. Uayues are to horrible that I will not rclute them. These volunteers, tlr, arc the men who defended us against the Indium, wbo bad declared their lutentlon of murdering trery wblto mau, woman and child lu the Ter ritory. Mr. Chairman, the sutlers of Oiegon were enccuragid to go there by the Government uf the United States. Congrm passed an act donating laud to ull who would go aud settle iu Oregon. Many rupouded to thoso InduceuiuitH held out to go and settle there. They went at great sacrifice of comfort, and B, grCft, hatnril MoDy of them M, b e Mud of lUv u.furc tUy reacbed ,,, fal.off country Hut while the Government ,bus bclJ oul inductmnts to the people to 0 tbcrc aml u,ltlCi tb wgUisM , M llil. nrfw-nilttnti tfi nT(lnM,ltti iI.a ln.ir.n .1.1. j .... ,....-..... .. .n..bM.M tuw uuinu una .to tho lands That, hoeur, wasnot tho 'fault of the settlers, It was the fault of the .Clotcmment. The people continued to be baratsed by the Indians fiom the very com- unnccueiit of the tetihiutnt un to Iho KUat HBri Ihrsocxnciucs.Mr.Cliulrmaii.Mi-ra ! incurred iu uood fulili. and ucro ui'c. ysuiuy i-xpciiMS in lliu prosecution ol Hut war. And 1 wvo it to this com- milleo to fciy wlicllitrlliey tliall'bo (oot.vPEP oxltnu jrqr .