As for the militia, the Chamber of Commerce has recruited a band of sixty armed in miscellaneous fashion. To te the police, whose pay was 1g in arrears, the fands of the educational department have been diverted, leaving the school-teachers for the present to be honorary servente of the state. In regard to any new schemes of defence against possible attacks of armed bands of brigands, money will likely be a difficalty. The spirit of revolt against authority seems to have
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