400 t" Ittalt.olt .Zlitifrit,str. . I WW2i - DE.MO6.IaNi PRINCIPLES CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE TO F L CIW„” . BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor LEBANON, PA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19, MO HUMILIATION AND PRAYER. bar President Buchanan has issu ed the following Proclamation, ap pointing FRIDAY,' the 4th of January, next, as a day •.of humiliation , 'and prayer. The , language of thiSproela tion is eminently beautiful. TO TUE PEdFLE OF TUE UNITED STATES A RECOMMENDATION. Numerous. appeals have been made to me by pious and patriotic associations and citizens, in view or the present distracted and dangerous con dition of our country, to recommend that a day he set apart for HUMILIATION, FASTING and PRATER, throughout the Union. In compliance with their request and my own sense of ditty, r designate FRIDAY. THE 4rit DAY OF JANUARY, 1361. for this purpose, and recom mend that the People assemble on that day, ac cording to their several forms of worship, to keep DS n solemn Fast. The Union of the States is at the present mo ment thrttitened with alarming and immediate danger; panic end 'distress of'o fearful character prevail throughout the land; our laboring mule tion are without employment, and consequently deprived of the meansof earning their bread.— Indeed, hope sestets 'CO have deserted the minds of men. All classes are in a state of confusion and distnay, and the wisest counsels of our best and introit men are wholly disregarded. In this the hour of our calamity and peril to wham shall we resort for relief but to the God of our fathers? His omnipotent arm only can save us from the, awful effects of our own crimes and fallies—our dwn ingratitude and guilt towards our Heavenly _rather. Let us, then, with deep contrition and peni .tent sorrow, unite in humbling ourselves before tbellostifltgl4 . ltrconfessing our individual and national sins, and in acknowledging the justice of our punishment. Let us implore Him to re move from our hearts that false pride of opinion which would impel us to persevere in wrong for the sake of aonsisteuey, rather than yield a just submission to the unforacen exigencies by-which we are now surrounded. Let us with deep reverence beseech him ttfe. •store the friendship anti good will which prevail "ad in former days among the people of the sever. al States; and, above all, to save us from the her. tore of civil war anti oblomdguiltiness." Let our fervent prayers ascend to His Throne that He would not desert us in this hour of extreme peril, but remember us as lie did our fathers in the darkest days of the Revolution, and preserve our Constitution and our Union, the work of their bands, for ages yet to come. An Ointlipetent.Prov idence Inert" overrule exist tvifethr peraninerit good. Re can make the 'wrath of man to prithm Him, and the remainder of wrath he can restrain. Let me invoke every individual. in whatever sphere of life he may be placed, to feel a personal responsibility to God and hie country for keeping this day holy, and for contributing all in his power to remove our actual and impending calamities. JAMES BUCHANAN WASIEUNGTON, Deo. 14, 1850. WHAT 'HAS FOREIGN INFLUENCE TO DO WITH OUR PRESENT tAP fricuous. That the monarchial governinents of Europe have assisted in creating the difficulties now enveloping our country there is •iiio doubt. It has been charged for years that British Gold was freely used to influence our. Presidential elections. It is well known that The Ikhdle 'coriritl'y has for years been overrunning with emis saries of 'foreign powers in stirring up troubles calculated to imperil our free and popular institutions; and ev ery one knows that there was no scarcity of the ablest and shrewdest men Europe could supply taking an active and leading part in the late Presidential election. The reason, that they hose .to act on •the dlepub lican side was apparent to most before the election, and is now to all that choose to look things in the face un prejudiced. Tho moat active, and ablest, and insidious supporters Lin. coin and the Republicans had during the late campaign were unnaturalizecl foreigners, such as 'C.:kRt Smitt :and G. W. CanTlB. The latter came near creating a riot in Philadelphia a year ago, and endeavored only last week to repeat the experiment. The for. rner did not lose his influence with the Republicans, although they knew that be used iin - speedh , the-following lan. .guage There is your Declaration Of Independence, •hypoeri ilea piece of F per ia I 'plen d ing, drawn up 'by "sk Urch of artful pettifoggers, who, when speaking' of the rights of man, meant but the privi leges of a set of aristocratic sittveholders, but styled it "the rights of man," in order to throw dust into the eyes of the world, and to inveigle noble hearted fools into lending them aid and ai slstance. There are your boasted Revolutionary sires, accomplished lintnbuggers and hypocrites, who passed counterfeit sentiments as genuthe,and obtained arms and money and assistance and sympathy on false pretences ! There is your great American Revolution, Yankee trick—a wooden nutmeg—the most impudent imposition over prac ticed upon the whole world l" When such language passed unre. proved,-and 'the .utterer thereof con. tinned to 'he courted . and petted, it shows that there is'a want of patriot ism in the breast of the people, and that reverence for patriotic men and deeds is indeed at a low ebb. For eign influence and intrigueing pre vailed, anti now -the -foreign ,journals, from the London Timea down, are in a state of ecstatic glory ovor'the elec. tion of Lincoln and the triumph of theßepublicans 1 They see the dawn of our disruption and the downfall of our Democratic institutions. They see that their money and their tal. ents have not been expended in vain. They aro proud of the triumph they have achieved. They were not thus jubilant when Mr. • Buchanan, Mr. Pierce or Mr. Polk were elebted. These things are not news, because they have been proclaimed in every nook and cornervf the whole 'country, and although it is now probably too late to avert the evils threatening from foreign interferences in our do mestic affairs, yet a reflection over them may prepare us, better for the emergency. Scott, of California, bas expressed fhp opinion that) ie,stato Of secession, declare' for immediate independence., ',* , ....It, stir Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of State, resigned on Saturday. The dif ficulty in the Cabinet which occasion ed his withdrawal, arose from the fact that Mr. Cass insisted that a Naval and Military force should be sent im mediately to Charleston to reinforce the forts in that harbor, and that the President was of the opinion that there was'no necessity for any such measure to secure the ferts against attack. This being the President's Opinion, ho would not sanction a move. ment which might lead to a collision and bloodshed in the present excited state of feeling in. South Carolina and the other Southern States,and at a time when every friend of the Union is using his best efforts to prevent a dis• solution, or, if that be not possible, to aVeit'tlie , adoption of any measure which woUldrender its reconstruction hopeless. Hon. ,Terorniah S. tack, Attorney General, has been .appOinted to the vacant Secretaryship of Sttite, Edward M. Staunton, of Pittsburg, succeeds Mr.. Black as Attorney Gen eral. mar The Auditor General of Penn sylvania has prepared his report of the finances of Pennsylvania. Near. ly $700,000 has been paid into the Sinking Fund during the year, reduc inglhe'State debt that amOunt,while an equal slim of $700,000 remains in the Treasury to meet 'the 'February interest. We are glad. to find the fi nances of our good old commonwealth in so favorable a condition, yet, when we reflect that the principal of our wealth (the sums realized from the sale of our public works,) is used to produce the result, we very much fear that we are getting poorer instead of richer every year: iN7.lr The Morning Light is break: ing even in Massachusetts. The Mu nicipal elections took place in that state on M.onday of last week, and resulted in the election of gaito crowd of Democratic and Union can didates. In Boston, Joseph .Wight man was elected Mayor, over Moses Kimball, the Republican candidate and present Mayor, by 3,087 majori ty. 'A large majority of the city councils are also Democrats and Uni onists. In Charlestown, H. G. Hutch ins, was elected Mayor over the Re vpublican candidate by 724 majority. In Lynn, Ncwburyport, Worcester, and other places, the-Republican were also defeated. Conotvatism is fast gaining ground in the north, and when it is already visiblb in - sneh dark places as Massachusetts, it Shows-that Republicanism and, abolitionism arc at long last at the end of their teth er. mg. The Congressidnal Committee of 33 on the Perilous Condition of the Country, adopted on Thursday last, by a vote of 22 yeas, to 7 nays, the following resolution, offered by Mr. Rust, of Arkansas.: Resolved, That in the opinion of this Commit tee, the exi , ,ting discontents among the Southern people, and the growing hostility among them to the-Federal Government ate greatly to be'regret tail; anti that whether'ftch discontents and hos tilities are without just cause or not, any reason able, proper and Constitutional remedies and ef fectual guarantees of their peculiar interests, us recognized by the Constitution, necessary to pre serve the Fence of the country, and the perpetu ity of the Union should be prompt and cheer fully granted. - Several amendments offered by Re publicans were voted down by heavy votes. The majority in Congress, will, stand by the above while the ex. treme Republicans and Secessionists will oppose it. It is. 'also -said that Senator Wade, one -of the extreme Republicans, will soon delivera speech in the Senate in favor of coercion.- - - Such chaps like Wade had better go • ngsAleetinge are being over the country, for the purpose of testifying affection - for the Union of the Statos, and . expressing a determi; nation to stand 'by the constitution and the laws. _Had a patrietie devo tion-actuated the whole of the people heretofore, there would be no necessi ty now, of making that children's promise, to do better hereafter. ITEMS OF NEWS Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury, resigned last week: The President appointed as his successor, Philip Frank Thomas, formerly Gov ernor of Maryland, and late Commis sioner of Patents. S. T. -Shubert, of Pennsylvania, now is acting as 'Com missioner of Patents, and will remain such during the balance. of Mr. Bu chanan's administration. Ex-Governor John B. 'Weller, of California, has been appointed and con - firmed as Minister to Mexico. Michigan gave Lincoln 20,000 ma• jority. Michigan. has 4,000,000 bush-. els of vvheat; to sell, which before Lin coln's election brought readily $l,OB. it is now , a drug at 80 cents. Senator Cameron denies that he is a candidate fora place Lincoln's Cabinet. It is said that Senator Douglas will in the Senate declare it to bo the duty of the. President to resist secession by force of arms. Mr. Douglas haii no love for the South Alfrecl Nevin, D. D., Pastnr the Alexander , Presbyterian pkyrql3, Philadelphia, resigned his ehAfgii,titst week. • There je Berne iterieue tat °ii' New YOrk citE r atnii even ieee~Zi $t at in Congress, =that. that city should, in the case of secession of any state, either declare herself also inde pendent, or form a seperate state of the Union distinct from the rest ''Of New York state.• At a meeting of prominent citizens of New-York on Saarday, in refer ence-to the condition of the country, Hon. Millard Fillmore 2 - Greene C. , Bronson, and Richard Lathers were appointed Commissioners to proceed to South Carolina with a view to pro vent precipitate action there. Mr. Lincoln, the President elect, has offered the Secretaryship of the Interior to Hon. Edward Bates, of Missouri. Gen. Scott says that if secession occurs it will result not in the forma tion of two, but of fOur distinct Na tionalities. The small-pox is raging Violently in Columbia, South Carolina. Isaac G. McKinley, some yezirs ago editor of the Harrisburg Democratic 'Union, died a few days. since. Curtis, the abolition Lectarer, who came very near creating a riot in Philadelphia,• one year ago, by a John Brown harangue, was advertised to lecture again in the same -city last week, but ho was properly stopped by Mayor Henry, and the lecture did not take place. As near as can be ascertained the total population of the. States and Territories is 31,000,000:therefore the ratio of-representation in the House of Represehtlitives will be about 133,- 000. Senator Cameron thinks that the Union may be preserved by compro mise and concession on both sides. MATTERS IN CONGRESS The session of Congress on Monday, the 10th inst., was attended with-far less excitement than was anticipated. The discussions upon all top ics connected with the subject of secession 'was Conducted with calmness, and altogether a deci dedly better feeling was exhibited on every side. In the' Senate, the Standing Committee of the last sediten'were continued; Mr. Latham's reso lution relatiee to the - Overland Mail was referred to the Committee on-Post-offices and Post-roads; a memorial from Thaddeus Hyatt, presented by Mr. Sumner, relative to the suffering people of Kan sas, was referred to the Committee on Territories; and the liomestda'd read tho first time. Mr. Powell, of KentuOky, then called up his reso lution,presented on Thursday,relative to the pres ent condition of the country, and Made a few re ma re marks expressive of his views. Mr. Collamer,"of Vermont, made a motion, which was agreed to by Mr. Powell, to strike out everything from the resolution excepting that which referred to Fed eral affairs, and that it be referred to a Special Committee. During a discussion which interven ed, Mr. Latham, of California, said that his State would remain in the Union under all circumstan ces—intimating that she could otherwise never secure that great desideratum, a Pacific Railroad. Mr.l'oster, of Connecticut, said the management of the country for the present was with the Dein knits, but he'sheultl. support the resolution. Mr. Douglas hepe'd'thltt there %vont be no more talk of pa ity'un til is'gra ve kyles ion was settled. Vr. Davis, of Mississippi, did :not regard_, the `proposition as one proutisin'gla geed result. ev oral other speeches were made on the subject, among which was one by Mr. Dixon, of Connec ticut, who combatted the idea that it is impossi ble for the two systems.of 'free and slave labor to exist in the Confederacy, had the Senate adjourn ed eta late hour. In the House, Mr. Hawkins; of Florida, proceeded to give additional reasons for asking to be excused from serving on the Special Committee on the'Perilous Condition of the Uni on. He concluded by a warning that MissiSsip pi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Caro lina were certain to secede, and to be followed by Arkinsas, Louisiana and • Texas. The tone of 'his remarks, howeVer, was - rather morn moderate then wes - e'xpected. - "Mr. Veils ndigham; of Ohio, .argued in favdr of excusing Mr. Hawkins. Mr. MeClarnard, of Illinois, was unWilling,to excuse him. Mr. Sickles, of New-York, believed tlitht the power to deal with the pending political qinis-• Orin rest with the Republican Party, rind he de sired that the tegislatfiees of the Northern States might be convened in order that they m igh t deal with it. The vote, on Mk, Hawkins' request was not taken,—the discussion being interrupted by the introduction, from the Committee of Ways and Means, of a bill aullieri'zing the issue of ten millions in Treasury notes, fur the relief of the • Government. The bill was passed after a brief debate, and the Douse adjourned. The debate on the question of secession, cam. trimmed in Congress on Monday, was continued on Tuesday, in both Houses, and occupied the at tention of the Senate until Into in the afternoon. Although the discussion wise an limited, the temper of Senators was good— the most violent demon stration being from Mr. Tversim, ill - Georgia, 'the 'tone of whose remarks was generally 'deprecated. 'Before the debate emitmeneed,the House Treasury Note and Loan bill was referred to the Commit tee on IT/mince; and subsequently, on Mot:on of Mr.•llale", the Committee on Military, Affairs was instructed to inquire *bethdr the expenses of the Army cannot be reduced 'without detriment. The resolution of Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, was then taken up, and Mr. Bigler, of Penn.sylvania, pro ceeded to give his views in reference to secession. He anneunced.hinmelf-a thorough Union man, and declined himself ready, like Mr. Douglas, to go with men of every party who will devote themselves to the work of rescuing the country from impending danger. Mr. Iverson declared that the South did not, fear the operation of the Personal Liberty bills, nor care for the operation of the Fugitive Slave law. If she were left to herself, the slave populatien would increase in thirty years from four and a half to thirty Mil lions; and if, on the contrary, the• North Pre vailed,'universal emancipation would eventually take place. The debate'vens participated in by Messrs. Pugh, of Ohio, Ten Eyck, of New Jersey, Green, Of Missouri, Douglas, of Illinois, "Fitch, • of Indiana, Powell, of Kentucky; Wade, of Ohio, Davis, of Mississippi, Mason, of Virginia, Col lamer, of 'Vermont, Brown, of .14ississippi, jeer eon, of 'Georgia, and Wigfell, of Texas--:the prominent point being the violations of the Fugi tive Slave law. Mr. Douglas combatted the idea that because the rights of the Southern States bad ! been violated they were justified in •breaking up the Ueion. In the House, business was confined principally to the consideration of the construc tion of the Select Cuininittee on the perilous con dition of the Union, and: the results to beeffected by it. Mr. Cobb, of Alabama, announced film , self a Union man, and desired that the Commit tee should commence its tabors as soon as possi ble, as immediate action became necessary, in view of the fest that the Convention called in his State would meet on the 7th of January. Mr.. Davis, of Mississippi, declared his intention to serve on the Committee. He had'entertained an opinion that the Southern members should'with. draw, and leave the Republicans to submit a re port,. but his views bad undergone a modification. The House, 101 to 05, then refused to excuse Mr. Hawkins of Florida; when that gentleman refus ed positively to serve. Mr. Boyce, of South Car olina, then asked to be excused, and objection be ing made by Mr. Smith, bf Virginia, another long debate ensued. Mr. Smith eapressed sur prise that the Republicans had thus far declined to participate in, the discussions. It, was ill Limn ted in rejoind4r that the Repabliclins did 'fuse to' discuss the questions in Issue, but they considered that the proper :time for diseauSion. would be after the Committe,e, had made a rekntrt. The HOuse did not take a vote on the question•of excusing Mr, Boyce. Sherman • repotted, from the Committee of Ways and Means, the Di plomatic and .pmitattr. Approrig k oi to wind: fOr,:the SPIRO:141 OkAtiTloidiana)OPartMenti-Ahe petitiorstofT.Thaddiasenyitttrrelatisral td nitermaf-: &rens in Icanaas, was also introduced, andteferr-,1 ed to the Committee on Territories. The; session of Congress on Wednesday was an I From a nepubliena Correipoadent. extreMe•dy quite one, though the proeedlings were THE DISUNION MOVEMENT. interesting. In the Senate, an amendment to Mr. Wasaiscrox, Dee. 17, 1860. "Morrill's Tariff bill, referred to the Committee oh Finance on Tuesday, was offered by Mr. Bigler, ; The impression is gaining ground of Pennsylvania, and was similarly referred.— UFO that the secession of the Gulf. The House bill authorizing the issue of Treasury States will force the border States to notes for the relief of the Government was report- go with' them, to avoid being left in a ed by Mr. Hunter, from the Finance Committee, hopeleSS"e - iinority In the . present Con amended by inserting fifty instead of ono bun- federacv; and that before the 4th. of dred dollarS as the minimum value, and, provi- j March ' Virgi - nfa and Maryland will ding that the proceeds of the sales of the public have joined the othirSouthern States. lands be set apart as security for their redemp- : As these States would - carry the Dis tion. After considerable debate relative to the triet of Columbia with them, the details of the bill, participated in by -Messrs. : question is being asked here, where Hunter of Virginia, Anthony of Rhode Island, will Lincoln be inaugurated ? li i sle of New-Hampshire, Cameron of Pennsyl- Hamilton, of Texas, arrived on Sat vania, Fessenden of Maine, Seward of New• York, . - uraay evening, says the reports of se r Gatineau of Vermont, and others, the amount , cession are all false and ridiculous.— was cut down to three millions, and the measure Texas is and will be for the Union. passed. The limitation of the amount to three millions, barely sufficient to carry on the Govern. i The President has just been assur. meat until the 4th of March, and the pledge of ed, from an authentic source, that the the public lands for the redemption of the ; authorities of South Carolina will notes, thereby relieving. those States proposing ; make no resistance either - to the col to secede from any portion of the debt, are con- i lection of duties- or to the Federal sidered as siglifieant indloations of a belief in j possession of the forts guarding the disunion. Mr. Powell's resolutions in reference i Charleston harbor, during the remain_ to secession were then taken up no - 1 Mr. Wig Ent, of Texas, occupied the remainder of the session, until nearly 4 o'clock' in exposition of his views regarding the pending crisis. In the Muse, the various States were called upon for propositions relating to the present condition of the country, and the best means of averteng the threatening calamity of disoniOn. Resolutions were submit ted by Messrs. Thayer of Massachusetts, John Cochrane of New York, Adrian of New Jersey, Morris of Pennsylvania, Stewart of Maryland, Leake, Smith and Jenkins of Virginia, Cox, Hutchins, Sherman and Bingham ,of Ohio, Mal lory tend. Stevenson of Kentucky, English, *Kil gore, Holman and Davis of Indiana, M:_ , Clernand of Illinois, Noell of Missouri, Hindman of Ar kansas, and. I, irraher of Wisconsin. The prop ositions were severally read and referred to the Union Committee. Mr.•llonham, of South Car olina, as he did not expect to remain long a member of Congress, asked to be excused from serving on the Military Committee. The request was complied ivith. was reported from the Committee on the Public. Londe by Mr. Thayer, which creates the land district of Dace tab, and provides for the admission of a Pete gate in Congress from that Territory. It was re ,to the committee of the Whole, and after seine other unimportant business the House ad journed. Both Houses of Congress, lifters. sliCrt and in teresting cession on Thursddy, adjourned over until Monday. The Treasury Note bill was 'PM , fected and sent to the President for signature— the House agreeing to the reduction of the mini mum value from one hundred to fifty dollars, and the Senate agreeing that the pledge of public lands for their redemption should extend to the entire ten millions, instead of to only three mil lions, as proposed by the Senate Finance Com mittee. Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, introduced in the Senate a series of resolutions proposing certain amendments to the Constitution looking to a permanent settlement of thepending diffieut ties in the country. [Those amendments effect radical changes in the election of President, (the electors to be dleaed by Con'gregHonal districts,} and appoint - Omni. of S'uprethe 'Sedges, 'the latter to be equally divided between the ilaveholding and non-slaveholding States, and their term of office limited to twelve years; abolishes the Elec toral-Canegds-; theTresident to be chosen alter nately from the slave and non slave States, ,ke.] Mr. Iverson, of -Georgia, called up the 'bill rela tive to our commission to Mexico, which was de bated a short time without any definite result. The resolutions on the state of the Union were then taken up again, and Mr. Wigfall, of Texas, resumed his remarks on the subject of secession, commenced on Wednesday. He denied that the proposed action of South Carolina could be re. gardedns treason, and asserted his belief that she would be out of the Union in less than a week. In the House, the Speaker appointed Mr. Hughes, of Maryland, as a member of the Com mittee on Military Affairs, in place of Mr. Bon ham, of South Carolina. Mr. Morris, of Illinois, then gain endeavored to obtain leave to intro &ice his resolution pledging members to stand by the Union, but objection was made. The bill to ,grant lands tollausas for the construction of railrdads Ares referrett'to thb . .Coninittee on Pub lie Lands. -Mr. HaSkin, bf•New-Tork, in .view Of the fact that Mr. Ford, the Hobsepribthr, was absent, and that the sub contractdis decline 'exe cuting the work at the price 'fixed upon at the last session, offered a resolution that the Superin tendent of Public Printing be authorized to con tract with other parties. Mr. McCleruand, of Illinois,' saw no necessity for passing the resolu tion- 5 - as Mr. Ford Would soon be in Witihington to attend to his duties, and the Tesolutibn, after some debate, was tabled. FROM THE SOUTH .The South Carolina Legislattiro 'tithing preliminary steps to establish fo'reign intercourse with other nations, and alS*6 to create a Navy. • We stated last week that - Judge McGrath had been elected Governor of South Carolina. That is incorrect. The Legislature is very probably still balloting. It seems harder for them to effect an election of Governer therk to get rid of a President. Hon. F. W. Pickens was elected Governor of South Carolina, On 17.4• day last. In a long letter on the vresen't tional trouble, addressod. 'to ,a gentle man of Mississippi, Hon. :John Bell opposes secession, favors ivconferende of the:southern States, and expresses the:belief that the people of the North are this day prepared to agree to any fair and reasonable plan of•adjast inent which such a conference /vonld prep - OSe. • H . . vve II - Cobb- tvilli'epair :forth with to Georgia, beluga candidatelbr member- of the State Convention to assemble' on -the 7th- of -January. - `• .1 1 11 E SOUTU CAROLINA. CONVENTION. —Of the -22 • delegates elected: from tho city Of Charleston, 17 are pledged to carry out the folloiving resolutions: trt. That the Convention when assembled should withdraw South Carolina : from the confederacy of the United States, as soon as the ordinance of secession can be framed and adopted. "2. That:after South Carolina withdraws-from th e confederacy of:the United States, she should never be,rounited with any of the non slavehold- Thi SinieS . of OAS 'Union - in arty form of ir,ahiern‘ went whatever." ' .- Pitooamsks 6i , TIM idsnalts.—Effoita , are being.made by leading men. id the cotton . States•to .obtainran -agreement on the following programme:- 1. Each cotton State is to secede, immediately upon .the •assetuhling of their seVeral. Conran- 2. They are then to center the ,powers drawn from the roderal.qovernment upon.their respective Legislatures. and said powers are to be assumed by said Legislatures upott it day fix. ed by agreement bet Ween the States. 3. The 3d day 'of March will be the day 'agreed upon if the seceding States consent to this ar rangement. The Legislature of North Carolina has appbinted four Commissioners who : are to repair to South Carolina when - her State Convention assembles, for the purpose of appealing to that body; in the name of North Carolina, to defer for awhile its final action up on the subject of secession. =-Why• is a child reading his -alphabet I and saying K instead of L, like the air we breathed - Because it is an L he meant, 4element.) Montgomery, the commander of the KanSas Ontlawi, is a native of Kentucky and r Caniptiellite preacher. PAFFENBEROER, convicted at Hatrisburg' , ofmanslatierhter,, has 'leen ‘jgr a it'igncel threi Yid; I mpriZank'tnein the County Prison. der of his administration. Information has just been received froth Annapolis, that Gov. Hicks is determined . to 'call the Maryland Leg 7 islature together to consider the na l'tional crisis. If Maryland and Vir ginia go with the South, it is con- I tended that the District of Columbia I will be in tlre Southern Confederacy, [and the South will claim the Capitol, \vhieh may lead to a civil war.— Great efforts are being made to pre -4 vent such disastrous results. 1 Information received by President Buchanan excites serious apprehen sions of an early conflict in South, Carolina, notwithstanding the assur ances given by her authorities that such should not happen until after friendly negotiations shall have failed. There seems now to be little doubt that Virginia 'and Maryland Will go [ with the Cotton States. A letter from a distinguished citizen of Ma uland says: . . "Maryland, moderate and peaceful as she is, hill not hesitate a day about following Virginia ; in any course she may take,—that is her pro gramme. .. Much of the sadness felt at the idea ! of a dissolution of the Union is dissipated, in the belief that we shall even by such a, step re lieve ourselves from the eternal talk about the negro Taco. Of the two evils, a dissolution of the Union, or further irritation of the public mind on account of the black man rather than the white, the former is preferable." The .qttestion is being mooted, if the Union breaks up, whether the policy of New-England and North Eastern New York will not beat once to establish an independent ,Confera cy„and build up a Grovernment pecu liarly adapted to the capital and man facturing interesfe:crf that 'section, , =--- The proposition rather staggered the Cotton States. Senator Latham represents Califor nia as loyal to the Union, and not willing to break allegiance with it, while Burch and Scott, of the House, think she'will inevitably secede. ' Dispatches and letters come in to members, from all sections of the country, making all sorts of inquiries, and manifesting great anxiety on se count OP the danger to the-Union: 1 —Private accounts from 'Alabama, re ceived by members of the Government to-day, say that the conservatives think they will carry the State sure. If so, time will be gained, and South Carolina will go out alone, The Border State men are do ing their utmost to bring this about. —Mu.ss,of South Carolina left to-night. The rest of the delegation will withdraw formally ' presenting, as they believe, the Inbst imposing spectacle ever witnessed In the history of the world. I —ln the conversation upon the affairs of the Union between the President; and I the Cabinet, the President and Gen. CASS are said to have shed tears at the proba ble fate Of 'the country. I.lqoi. A month ago there was a great hullabaloo among the Wide-Awakes of the grand dmplss to be rnade the . inauguration:6f '"Andy" 'Curtift. Since then all the enthusiasm has leaked out, and it is now donbtful if any display at all will take :place.— Should there be none it would be a very sensible .move, as,- in the first place,' it is likely that -,Man3r -who would . paiticipate :have : . other and more proper place's for,their Money ; and, secondly, the party that - elected C.urtiii have little cause, tater' the present aspect of affairs, for . congrq 'th4 Col tie - the, a titheA Of 'al l the diffieultieS Pow: enveloping our .country and • its b 4siness hesiues, having , promised .so many ,things be fore ~ t he election which are already proven to be false and deceptive, would be apt:to awaken feelings of a not very pleasant nature at a meet. ing of the deceivers arid, the'deceivcd. tbs.' The threatened disruption of the Confederacy is solely 'owing to the rneddlesomeness of the Republi cans. Had they attended to their own business, and let their neighbors alone, peace and harmony would have prevailed throughout the Union.: - jr the Presidentiat:BleCtion - MIS to beheld to-- 'with -the state of ruts now e*sting,,A.he:Linl cola could only 'carry Igassach-usetts and Vermont. The, people 'See OOW —though too late—the evil of .elec ting a sectional President. The pres ent condition of the : Country—th e want of confidence in Bank securities -is all owing to the sectionalism of the Republicans. •,; "Northern men going south are now frequent ly welcomod"with'a coat of tar and feathers. 7— Courier. John Brown went south and was hung. It all. depends upon how peo ple behave themselves: i Some of those northerners going south, wholtre wel comed with a coat of tar and feathers, Would very likely also be hung if a copy or the :Coutier*.sre fotuid in their pooket , Mr. Much:wart hitentle• td return to t lYbeatlatd alter the Ath of Ma:VA2.-e-Afitedijer. " 1 ZZ4.... Hie iateatibila intly'bi) defeated by an ar li reet.for taeason.-*,6a(ier.,! ..I.,rITDI 'l'll 6 e6le:'pi'aettaelti l e;''pi-ineiples ta,uglii, by tile , - oil at'; them in a dry miller with - fifteen children. - - - A SHAMEFUL STORY. The New York Sun has a terrible story of wrong. Of two sisters in Maine, several years ago, the young 7 er was engaged to be married after a six Months visit to an aunt's in Bos- I ton, but while in that city she mya -1 teriously disappeared and no other cause could be assigned than that she had been -betrayed and had sought by Isuicide or otherwise to conceal her i shame; and yet, no ono among her 1 male acquaintances was suspected of being the Villian; and the *hole af fair was involved in such mystery that the mother died of grief, and the disappointed lover went insane. The elder sister came to live with her cousin in New York, and there married, as all thought, very fortu nately. A week or two since she was entering her carriage with her hus . , hand when a poor, bloated and de -1 i graded young woman passed and ask ed alms. He gave her a pittance, when she instantly recognized both, and with a shriek fainted. Although unrecognized by either of them, the wife had her cared for, and during the I nighVivateheslearned her history,,..dis covOinir`in'her her own lost sister,and in her husband ° the seducer who had caused the ruin. . The exposure ,has caused a separation, and the elder sis ter has devoted herself to the care of the other sister. The guilty husband will make no opposition to a peaceful and quiet divorce. . , -SHOCKING CATASTROPHE. - A dormi tory of the Episcopal Seminary, at Bedo nia, Parma, in which fifteen of the pupils slept, being damp from bei ng newly white washed, a stove was lighted in it on 15th of November, to help to•dry the walls. Du ring the night, the carbonic acid gas from the stove, filled the room, and. the pupils were found dead the next morning, suffo cated by the noxious vapor. —DON'T TAKE THEM.—The notes of the following Pennsylvania Banks are quoted no sales in Philadelph!a. -They have gone Under in the financial crisis which is now sweeping the country : Bank of Commerce, Erie. Bank of Crawford, Meadville. Bank of Lawrence Co., New Castle. Bank of New Castle. Erie City Bank, Erie. McKean Co., Bank. SMethport. Monongahela Valley Bank, McKeesport. North Western Bank, Warren. Tinge County Bank. Tinge. The Corn Exchange Bank, Philadelphia, gives notice that the notes of the Shamo kin Bank wiil be no longer re deemed at that Bank. CENSUS OF PENNSYLVANIA. rortnwrimr. Bate . • e; titri Les. ' - -, -• • In- per 1.85 q. ...ISM crease:cent • Adams, 25,981 27,977 1,928 7 Allegheny, 138,290 180,074 41,784 30 Armstrong, 29,560 36,114 6,554 22 Beaver, . 26,689 - 29,321 2,632. 9 Bedford, 23,052 26,803 3,751 16 Berks, 77,129 94,043 16,914 21 Blair, 21,777 27,785 ' 6,008 27 Bradford, 42.831 .50,046 7,215 16 Bnoks, 56,091 63,803 .7,712 13 Butler, 30,346 84,753 • :8,407 11 Cumbria, 17,773 29;313 11,540 .64 Carbon, 15,656 21,239 5,553 .35 Centre, 23,355 27,087 3,732 15 Chester, 60,438 74,749 8,311. 12 Clarion, - 23,565 25,575 2,010 8 Clearfield, 12,556 18,925 6,349 :50 Clinton 11,207 17;722 6,515 58 Columbia, 37,710 . , 24,603 I, 6,764 21 ' Montour," 18,239 13,110 Crawford, 37,549 49,041 11,192 29 Cumberland, 34,327 40,402 6,075 17 Dauphin, 35,754 48,640 12,886 36 Delaware, 24,679 30,614 5,935 24 Elk, 3,531 5,843 2,317 65 Erie, 38,742 49.697 13,955 28 , . Fayette, 39,112 40,166 1,051 2 Franklin, 39,904 42,242 2,338 5 Fulton, 7,567. 9,140 1,563 20 Greene, ' 22,136 24,406 2,270 10 Huntingdon, 24,786 26.167 1,281 5 Indiana, 27,170 33,869 6;699 24 Jefferson, - 1 1 ~, 518 c 18,414 } 4,7,35 42 Forest,f 5 " 1 SS9 Juniata, 13,029 3,271 25 Lancaster, ' 98,944 - 116,621 17,677 17 Lawrence, . 21,079, 23,213 2.134 10 Lebanon, - 26,071 30,030 3,959 15 Lehigh, - 32,479 - •43,932 11,453 35 Luzerne, - 56,072 91,089 35,017 62 Lyemning, ' ' 26,257. ' 37,560 11,303 43 lyle,Kean, . ~ 5,254. , 9,000 3,746 71 Mereer, 33,172 37,164 3,992 12 Mifflin, 14,980 16,378 1,395 9 Monroe, 13,270 - 16,805 3,535 26 Montgomery, ' 58,291 70,494 12,203 20 'Nbrtheinpton,. 40,235 47,775 • 7,540' 13 NOrtliiidilkirrd, 23,272 29,057 3,785 24 Perry,;., „pa,oBB .: 22,940 2,852.,14 Phila. City, 40.8,76,2 .' 568,034 159,272 3S .Pike, -.- '5,881 . 7,360 1,479 25 Tottir, " " :6.048 ; 11,467 5,419 89 ' B o l q l k l ll, :80;70 1 90,173 29,460 4S ,Somerset, '24,414 • 28,920 2,504 10 Sullivatt, -., 3,694 4,140 446' 4 Susquehanna, 28,688 16;665 - 7,977 .23 Tinge, 23,978 31,213 7,231 30 Union, 1 ~,,, ii.,. f 14,222 I Snyder,t , ''''') 1.15,124- 3,263 12 Vena.ngil, - 18,310 ''. 25,189 , 6,879' 37 trittlren t `' ' 13,671 '. ' 19,299 - 5,628 41 111itihingfc41, 44,939 - 47,319 2,386- 11 Wayne, 21,890' ..31,172 10,282 46 Westmoreland, 51,726 54,020 2,294 4 : 13r Y" lin i , - 1 . 0 ,65,5 12,644 1,989 18 York, - .. ' 67,450 .68,088 10;638 'lB • :2 • . ,311 V 76 2 913 441 601,665 26 *Part of Ironton!' eau* ;was ro annexed to Colum bia in 1853. ' i"The population of ForeSi was returned with that of Jefferson in 1850. , ;Snyder eount3i was fcalnedfrom Union in 1855.:, THE POPULAR VOTE, -' We:are now enabled to pt:eSant've ry nearly' cc nnilete+cturns of th'..i.r.t4eil for President of the United 'States at the recent election, as follows lireekin. States Lincoln. ridge. Douglas. Mell. Fusion Maine,32,547 , 6,402 29,59322,003 ro Ilapsbire, -37,519 2,112 25,881 411 Vermont, 33,883 1,859 8 , 7 4 . 3 .2 '217 Maspeliuselts 106,53,3 6,105 3 4,370 ':22381 2,185 Rhode.latand, 12,024 7,560 Con*ectleutl "4,3,792 16;493 ;11,3,14%; 3,337 1,676 ~ 8 62,&16 '612,510 New.lpysey, 58,351". 62,801 Pennsylvania, 270,170' 1.76,435(0) 1 7,350.12,7 W Delaware, .. 3,815: :1,337 1,028 3;504„ 114arzlehad, 2,895,—,42,51.1 .him-5,953,4143001 5 4 74033 0..174" 48 ; 539. ' '2,781 44056- Cartlina. (5) . 60,000 Georgia, 52,131 11,613,%3 050 , Florida , 8,544 . SV4 Alabama, " 43,834 13, ; Ago Miss sslggl, t"": 40,797 3,2 25,040 Louisiana, 2' 2 , 8817 7,625 20,204 Texas, —" " 1E44880) Arlie 28 0 32 54270291194.1. i 7,02 - 31,317 , rts;soV6B,o72l 'Tennessee, -- 65,058' 10,3813" 6*,710 4 Kentucky, 1,364 33443 25,651 46,03 Ohio, . 231,610 1 ; 435 187,230 12,197 Indiana, . 139,013 12,295,.,18,166 5 . 3 3 9 . Illinois, 171,106 8, 292 1 65,254..4,851 -- Michigan r 85,976 4 , 85 . 01,44 1,846 Wisconsin, 86,110 883 65,021 161 Imrs, 70,403 1,035 50,075 1,749 Minnesota, 22,253 743 11,877 . 44 California, 36,702 34,041 88,08 D 8,794 Oregon, '5 , 426 5.343 4,127 976 -- 903,806 '998,370 4598,508 686,732 Total Wits . ng,uinst Lincoln, 2 ,882,446 Total Vote for Lincoln, 1,865,176 Majority against ;dacein,.4017 ,270 The votes given for Lincoln are Nearly, : . but not quite, two-fifths of the whole. The votes of the. differ ent candidates are as followlit:: Diaoolol ' ' . 1,865,n0 Brackinridge, 903,806 . Douglas, , Bell, , 998,376 386 732 Bullion, 593,603 •1• r , Total v 645; ' f 1 , ....... ...1 ~ 1. . '..1 - 4;149,204. 4,747,622. Total vote in , 1866; • h. , . ,1 '... el. rt.'. I.Si; fI '.i, x, r" . ...a/i itra - invc _ i x - 4 ,atk. . - 1,. - .4 isseV l4lB (a) The Isadlog Ticket. (b) Ohoeon by the Legisla tust—the vote estimated. (e) Bell wadi/sumac lYgit - `IIW - oods i .i'ew Goods THE C•l45i;P ST©-RE RA.UCH & LIGHT. . .At the Co.rner of LEBANON, Cumberland Sire PA d and /lank Road, MErs-nfEi&Ligll Tttte gl °azie luthfT itbeirrinodopucenlyLtty hay jus, opened a large and carefully selected assort• meat of DRY GOODS, • anocHRI ES. 111.1EIINSWIRE, to which they respectfully invite the attention of the public. Th ©RY GOODS have all been selected with the greatest cure from the ' arg on Importing Ileum s in Philadelphia. GROCERIES, - - A large stock Of cheap Sugars, Coffees, Teas, Chocolate, and all kinds of Spices. Aleo,a largo easorttoent or QUEENSWARE. among which arc the newest patterns, together with al most an endless variety of Goods lo_their line of bald. ness, which will be sold Very cheap .kr rash* Countty Produce taken in exchange. BAGS ! BAGS! I BAGS t! ! The attention of Millers and Partners is directed to their large stock of BAGS, which they wilt' sell' at wholesale prices. BAUCII Lientrr. October 17, 1860.] 1600.11102. Ylit E. elmt *4,4f3tpt ‘411??S IA6SZiI R E TIC INYURATINC, CORDIAL To the Citizens of New lereey and Penney!- . yams. Apothecaries, Druggist% Grocers and Private -Metals: Wolfe's Pure Cogium Brandy. Wolfe's Pure Maderia, Sherry and Port \Slue. Wolfe's Pure Jamaica and St. Croix Rum. IVOWs Pure Scotch and Irish Whisk - y. LI. IN BOTTLES. • I beg leave to call the attention of the citizens of the United States to the above WINES and LIQUORS, im ported by UDOLPHO wcrdrn, of New-York, whose name is familiar in every pat t of this country for the purity of his celebrated Schiedam Nchnapp. Itlr.Wotra,in his letter to MG speaking of the purity of his WINES and Lumens, says: "I will stake my reputation as a man,my standing as a merchant of thirty years' resident* in the City of New York, that all the IlasNni' and WINES which I bottle are pure as imported, and of the beat quality, and cad be relied upon by: every putchasir." bottle has the proprietor's name on the wax,andfac sim ile of 'Ms signature on the certificate. The publicotre respectfully invited to call and exantine for thoinsehres. For sale at RETAIL by all Apothecaries and-Groceraln Philadelphia. GEO—II. AS lITON. No. 532 Market. et.. Phil'a. Bole ,Igent fdrPhitarletphia. Road filo from the Now York Courier: ENouisous BUSINESS von ONE New YORK AIRUOttatIV.— We are happy to inform our fellow-citizens that there is one place in our city where the physician, apothecary, and country merchant, can go and purchase pure Wines and Liquors, as pure as imported, and of the best . tins). ity, We do not intend to. give an elaborate description of this merchant's Extensive business, although it will wcil repay any stranger or citizen to visit lIDOLPHO WOLP}'S extensive warehouse, Ned.lS, 20 and 22, Bea- Ter street, and Nos. 17.10 and 21, MarketSeld street.— Ills stuck of Schnapps on hand ready for shinntent could not have been less than thirty thousand casew, the Brandy, sonic ten thousand caseg—Vintages of 1835 to 1550 and ten thousand cases of Hadeira, Sherry -, and Port Wine, Scotch and Irish Whisky,, Jamaica anti St. Croix Rum, some very old and equal to any iu this coun try. -He also has three large cellars, filled with Brandy, Wines, dm., in make. under Custom-House key, ready for bottling. Mr. WOLFE'S sales of Sonapps last year amounted to one hundred anti eighty thousand dozen, and we hope in less than two years lie may be equally successful with his Brandies and Wines.. Ms business merits the patronsge.of eery lover of his specks. Private families who wish pure Wines,and Liquors for me(' ical use should send their orderi,dikect to Mr. Watt's, until.every Apothecary in the landmike up their minds to discard the poisonous stuff from their shelves, and replace it with Weitra's pure Wtrms and LiquojtS. Weintik t raqiid Mr. WoisE, for the aecommodatien of small dealer lit the country, puts lin assorted cases of Wines and Liquors. Such a man, and sucha merchant, should be sustained againsthis tens of thousands of op ponents in . the United States, who sell nothing but hut tation-, ruinous alike to human health and happiness. Fur sale by Dr. Doss andD. S. gaiter. September 12, Dligh,-6tu. George illoffinanls • • LEBANON .COUNTY I t -I I rnagen ~11111 C TRANSPORTATION LINE. By Lebanon Valley Railroad. PARTICULAR attention will be paid to Goode shipp• el by the Lebanon Talley Railroad. Goods will bo sent daily to and from Philadelphia to Lebanon, Myers town and Annville Stations, and all'utlier points in the County. FREIGHTS contracted for at the least potaiblt) rates tad delivered with dispatch. The Proprietor will pay particular' attention tOind attend personally, to the receiving and delivery. Freights. For information; apply at his Office at the Lebanon Valley Railroad Depot, Lebanon. EDWARD MARK, his Agent in Philadelphile.'tirill 'al ways be found, at W. H. Bush's Merchant's HON; _With Thin? at., Phituttelphia. July 11,'60.] Gra' HOFFMAti. • & Rea n e -Railroad: Lebanon Vallley Brant lb. =79 aaaaaaaaaa A . Two Daily Passenger Trains 'kik - a,: ing, and, e 'ffarrisbrirg.:, "DAM LIIIIANON..goingEast to Iteadingitit9:l3lo3l.; and 2.25 P. M. Paan Lebanon, going West to llarrisburg, 7.24 I': 3L and HAS A. M. At Reading, both trains 'Maim Mode connexions fof Philadelphia, Pottsville, Tama:pug Danville, WMihmte : port, &e. ' I : Morning train only eeanects at lietyaingfly a ntkes= herrn, Fittaton end SerMitou. “ , .. At ilarrisburg, trans conneet'wfili "Pentnag'qaTist.' 4 "Norther Central," and "Cumberland Valley" Raiff* add for Pittsburg, Lancaster, Baltimore, Sunbury, Chatubers , burg, &c. '' e' kw Through Tickets te Lancaster, in N0.3...gar5,2,1 , 513 1 „t0 Baltimorm.s3 30. - 50 lbs. baggage allowed to each passenger, ; 4 ,:: _;The Second Class Cars run with ellthantayn,traiptif Through First Class Ticketaat reduced ratato,.Njagarg Falls, Matilde, Detroit, Chicago, end all: the tz4i4pipal points in thb - AVest, North 'West, and Canada ; andlimi grant Tickets, at lower Fares, to all abovagdeces,enit - be bad on application to the Station Agent,tat,Lektnon, Through First-Class Coupon-Tickets,;,and:4l4nigrant Tickets at reduced Fares, to all the principal points in the North and West,' and-the Caniideit /. ' I . 1 .1.7 5 a DOMMTEKATIONtriNeIe.WIg. :4. `With 26t0& - ponsVat*2o‘fp'crt: cEnftisBbanti, between any points desired, and:VII ' 311LBAGB' TICKETS: - '''• '''''''''l -I& Good for 2000 Milos', bet Wee n. ail point:8;10A tol for' Families find Buidnetia Firths. "' ' ' 1 ' Tip Traine ` leave Philadelphia' for •iteniiiiiC 's• burg and •l'ottsvilic ittli -A:Mill:lid 3,30 - and SP ; Passengers arcil•eqiiested . te piareltiektßik be • fore the Trains start.'" , ./liktnr3Fieres eluitg.itiff Aid in ine cars. ' '' ' " '''' '"i' - '' G. A. NI iisi,n ; , July 25, 1560, Engineer and Sup 'kern:teat. Stoves SlOVelq Stoves.ow is that time to buy' your STOVES before cold Nwinter is here o dud the 'best and cheapest. plitx.'„, is 'at the lobanortStovn-Tin and:Sheet Iron kanuftto , tory of James N. Itogora, Next door_ to the Lebanon Bank, where can be IdaPthu largest and hesi assortment of 'P.411,40 . 1F;, ylkr.,l and COOKING , STOVES; ever offered'in tebanott liana ers for Parlors or Bed ClunnbersOf hit 'oivis'niifke;Vitith a gener?.l..aagort„ ei m. t ' e c h oo t 7 k ef in l n. .ti s rl t ra e g ia ....9l4l o , u liW t azZe boy. variety orthen • . 41 14-•4 • ought,wwhichsit x;BOILERS L b t warrants s e, l tt constantly, n b t a l 3. k ; e .,,, 0 e r ;74 rtf.,;;a • and the Peskin:aerial.. • <, sx ‘ COAL:l11./OKETS4-theiargeskassounmeng, the hear lost Iron, and the Peat made.ithLebenen.,„ Also r a large stack of TIN WAIIEa:/nlulit,Of kliaest , material and iu a. workmanlike, m a / 1 4pr. As' his'r practical Workman, and h n si ntdArteappripice4ar., irp m ,ty•five years. he feels coufklentthaS4ip t cati ghrs,k4s4sal satisfaction- ' Ito takes this methodof,ratarairig,4l,4,thatilis.fo Mit nume rous customers t hr it i t9trAitimrii, and ho,, hong, by strictly B.4fun4g Itn‘los,ntwrOnaritnest sing .hasiN g other people's mono,. to stilLressdram shari of public patronage. • ! :3',AARS LehanonoNpysrnber 184 t Arfir Parnolitar atenticarpatd-toitilichbOdir.fourasa. such as notring ,- Spoutino'44:vabkii i no wa ili wastatittst. WALNVT' STREET chea.pesc, rN i . 7 S o 4 WALL PA-P .4 A Window Shades; ettikainsontkoihm o it Tam rairkEßsl4NEDlis w in g in eceneotionhoth Ids 1. • .310011 AND STATIONERY STORE, :az purchased the entire stook of WALL PAPERS4falasars.. WALTZ k ROWEL and W. G.lWann, and havkcs,aisgore. contly received largo supplies from Now-fork!apdkitil adelphiarinclucling the latest and Meat IsamisPanestglea, of .• ~, I s ola) Paper Hangings, Borders.", D'ep?riAinsx, Pan c -4143 4„g i r..erArri . Win rd n•s-, sh dea,4.6 now manufactured. His stock presents - the hostkitcaerv• meat of Papers, both in style nod quality, kinithaeover bken 'seen in Lebanoil, and at, he has konghttfilestlip t e s • Pews at reduced rates, ferOaSai ho irk apte-tetiatil all Paporat, cheaper rates than theycanhnolaptheif other place: lie hall sisal:aide arm .teith , the bitit,Paper.Nengete in - I , ohationl# 'Min: lf ,dicifnX at the shoitolt*WPtalblitlinA T e o" &tilde lettike• :raiz Give him a d co o neski. l . 2 4 Vti ' tlia eltr iff Lebanon, April 4 1 1860. wart Slo ne. ...ILENEY MlLh i ERrst ,
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