The grist New Orleans, Oepatillst.
The New Orleans Delta gives the following peril
elders of this remarkable person. ?, '
"Mr. 11 cDonotig h had notched the age of Seventy-
two. Though his great vigOr of mind and; energy
of spirit enabled him to triumph fur a while over
physical debility, and to pursue within a few hours
of his death, the industrious and busy habitat which I
he bad practised for fifty years, his health had been
deeliolog for some mouths, aud the termination of
his earthly career was daily looked fur by, himself, I
-.se *ell as by his friends. Two days ago we saw
himlin our streets, engaged in earnest negocistion
andliscossion: with a brother millionaire, respecting
sot settlement which he desired to consummate ere I
he as called hence, and overheard him say in words
which fell-upon our ears with f ,rce and emphasis.—,
'My days are numbered, and my afftirs must Si h...
settled this side of the grave.' The constitution of
Mr. MeDonongh was , sevcrely taxed by his paints
of close, concentrated, and wearing labor. A few
months ego he told us that he devoted eighteen hours
per day to labor, and regretted that he, could not
spare a few minutes to read the papers. His labor
consisted in keeping theaceounts, deeds, papers, and
vouchers of the most extensivejanded property own
ed by a single individual in the world. Ilia only
assistants in these ddties were some negro slaves,
whom he bad educated and trained to his own habits
and method hid industry. Nu whito person lived
in the ancient and dilapidated chstesn in which he '
resided. No person ever vistied him, sate on busi
ness or for charity. His manners were . rigid, se
ttee* and repelling. Every thing about his establish,
meet partook of the spirit of the master...all was
bleak, cold, dreary and:forbidding . The dogs did not
bark in his yard—they cast at the passers by a piteous
huitgry.look. as if they-sought some kincliP sympa
thy of notice to comfort their lean carcautses; the
cocks did not cro`iirl)oerly, RE elsewhere, carca ses;
drawl
ed', out their notes to 1 funeral and holfutv strain,
atif from empty stomachs; the merrynester,
flew around, without 'dieting upon the de old tree
der
hung with melancholy moss which pearly' oocealed
from view his crumbling edifice. l Titer*: was no,
sunshine ever fell upon that spot or upon the heart
of its possessor.
"Such was the abode of one who worshipped mam
mon with an unceasing and all-absorbing , passion,
whose soul and mind were entirely monopolized by
the spirit of gain, excluding every tender e otiou
;1
every ennobling feeling=every butianizin sympa
thy. , And yet there are many, familiar with,the char
acter and history of John McDonough, whip declare
that the severe life he led and his love of inquisition
'did sot proceed frotwavaricel—from the mere spirit
of miserly acquisition—but that he had same great
philanthropic purpose in view, to which It ' hadhar
dened his soul to all the affections of Ito anity .
This may be so. It would throw some lig t upon a
picture otherwise dark and gloomy. Ile was fre
t= heard to declare that be lived oni for the
to carry out some great desigu of It s Maker.
When asked if he would sell property, his uvatiShle
reply was, .I Own nerve,—what I have ecq 'red be
loop to the Lord; -I am his alikint, withpt the pow
er of selling.', He had' long eteployed is mind,
1
which was a lacnarkaWy acute and sagacious one,
in devising modes by which his immense - property
might beAltept' together after his death for a term of
years, a that, his calculations of ' its eventful 'Vile
tai ht.be realiied. Ile had a great passion for buy
i.g waste and swamp lands, ant estintating with
art:bate:ice precision the yearly increase in the val
ue of those lattds. A great admirer or 114 system
. - - ..
.edtication, a friend and colleges, he projec
ted also some, grand schemes of education, to be
Maintained out of the yearly increase in the value of
his lands, which were not to be sold for A certain
time, but only their product applied to thsti'purpose.
He endeavored to get an act of the Legislture pee
ped, tying Up
; 'bik property ielthis manner, but it was
not deemed practicable under our jurisprudence.
' "He was also a warm friend to the coliz ition en
terprise. He established a colony in Africa to which
e sent Mani, of kis negroes, after giving them in
d
notation or frade. It was hii - custorn to How his
eves to work for themselves. He kep t accounts
'with each one of them, so that when the value of
the work of the slay/equalled his cost, he ould give
him his liberty. and send him to Africa. II waive
hard, exacting man. In the prosecution o his rights
or in any rellitions to business, he knew pity, no
liberality,•no kindness. What was 'nominated in
the bond,' he would extort it every steal involeed
in Innumerable law suits he prosecuted is rights
and hdrests With a tenancy, vigor: and perseverance
which stopped at no:obstaclece, and were never mod
erated or softened by any of the consideration, that
ordinarily °Orate upon mankind. And yet outside
of his but/inept and legal relations, he was not insen
sible to Charitable:appeals; when properly approach=
ed, be would Sometimes give, we cannot sav, liberal
ly, coiasideridg his mean., but quite s , considering
•his view cf his relation to the Altai,ty. He was
l i
self-willed end opinionated , and woul only give in
his own faablion, and to such uodertak ngs as pleas
ed his peetiliar ideas. Tu his relatiOq,, :who were
quite poor, he preseved a severe .and-stedied cold
nees—only relieveibg their poverty by thimost mea
ger contributions. Of enterprise. the spirit of public
Improvementand progress, he was as dastitute as
the old plankb of his house were of sap.l Owning
immensiproperty in the city, he left the greater
part of it entirely unimproved, until his possessions
became a great nuisance to the corporation. When
induced to biiild, he would only erect the roughest
and most unseemly buildFogl, ninally put up by his
slaves, who brought the bricks with which they were
made, across the river. Many of those buildings are
noir eyesores in our city, tenantless and dangerous
from their dilapidated condition, So too of his im
wiener propetity in the country.'But a small por.
tion of it was in cultivation. Ile usually bought
tracts of land by leagues And miles instead of acres.
"Me was said to owe fifiy miles Ironing on the
,Miseissippi, in hot/inane. Four-fifths of the, swamp
And in the State belongs to him. Ha had, too, im
mense possesision, in Florida, Mississippi, and Tea- .
as. The aria of his property would equal that of
one of he small States of the Union. end excned
that of several of the Kingdoms or Principalities of
'Europe. The preservation sod administration of
this immense property must have required a vast deal
labor, and great administrative talents. ;These Mr.
McDonough possessed. He was well educated,
wrotevery well, understood the law: and war (pits
familiar with the history of the country. A native
of Baltimore, he removed to this city ie 1800, en
gaged in'mereantile pursuits, was "successfol, and
thenembarked in the purchase of wild lends and va
cant Property, which he followed fur thq balace of
his life. He never left the vicinity of the State,
never went north, but remained oneof the stand-bys
and originals of our city till a feu-hours before his
.death. The singularity of hie appearaime, in his
old-fashioned blue coat, strapless pautssllarge white
• handkerchief. wiit green umbrella under his arm,
made him as of the peculiar features id our City."
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POWITIIE: 'LAVIS LAW • GOD SR. o.—" What
should we, have tone," sii.l one leading •free moiler
to-another, "if the fugitive slave bill h d not been
pessetir "don't 'know," replied the latter; "we
should have.been flit on our baeks." This tells the
story. We have no doubt that many 'of the free
soilers rejoiced that the law had been pained, be•
cause it gives political capital toWork upon. " /flat
a glorious t*iag it would be ifs few arrests could
,tat made; it would help us wonderfully,l said Gen.
Henry Wilson. The fate of a few poipr fugitives
wouW be nothing in comparison with I the success
of mime roil party." There's patriotism and Phi
lanthropy for you.
A Wymest.z..—We understand that documents it
facts have reached here which insurelf'r. Wm. Cur
tis, of this city, the prospective poteeasion of the
sixth of 1144,000,00 e, or shout seven inillionsi ta his
owls mipecial'use-4 sum that may be safely set Juan
as "comfortable" Mr. CurtlA is a plasterer, and
well knownin tbi4city as an honest„unisatiasing and
industrious , man, and a windfalriof- this kind could
not have fallen upon upon a w4thier object. He
comes by it through hie wife, ferWlerly 'Miss Addis,
-who Is connected with a family of large estates in
Ragland, and one of the six of the heirs thereto.—
We congratulate Mr. C. upon nits
Knowing his character, the same man with his-mil
lions will be found as when he bad but the units.-.-
Ciscissali Commercial.
137* The man that rises every time be gets up,
has pet discovered that if ilea& was need cold,
fewer expideions would take place. He intends to
test hl theory on the Troy borscboate. He is the
saes Ad geottriman that discovered tbat dreesrbta
sever exist daring the rainy season, siad that the
intoxication of punch is sot to be deteendited by the
quantity "otaugar there a in it.
The Tick in Aseries.
Among the matters deserving of the notice of the
intelligent reader, is the account of the dinner in
Boston to Amin Bey,:tlie Turkish envoy4the spectacle
is a curious one. The representative of the Sultan. a
believer in Mahomet,a "Semi-civillied" wearer of the
turban sits down among black coated descendants of
the Pilgrim Fathom, made a speech to them, eats of
their danties, and, for aught we know, sips of their
wines; for we suppose the rule that "when you are
in Turkey do as the Turkeys do," work both ways,
and the Turk in America will do as the Americans
do, in spite of the Knrati ‘ s prohibition of wine.
Cheek by jiwl with the Oriental, is the great
statesman, Daniel Webster, and grouped around him
are other men of various degrees and eminence in
the State, in literature, diplomacy, politic., and com
merce. With these dist iogulshed representatives tl
a Christian country, the un-christisn bat excellent
Turk fraternizes quite happily; enjoys the feast of
good things ■nd good speeches, and enters heartily
into the spirit of the banquet. His speech reads well
and shows him to be a pretty good Engljsh scholar.
If he stays much. lUnger in this county, we shall not
be surprised to hear that he has '•declared his inten
tions" to became a citizen': From the specimen of
his oratory, we should think he would do very well
on the stump. He has, according to report, only
one wife, so that all objections on that score would
be removed. His ideas oa most,subjects seem to be
liberal. With a little more practice in the art of,
American politics, we would ran well, and as soon
as the requisite time had elapsed, perhaps the
Amin Bey. representative from some Western dis
trict, would be taking his mat in Congress, and, pro
, posing the admissible of the State of Turkey into the
I Union.
Bat, trifling aside, there is something in this din
ner that we like. The Baton merchan s may have
had their ova peculiar commercial ends to serve by
getting it up, bat anv occasion that will bring
such , a manes Daniel Webster to the door at the
present time, and elict sentiments such as be express
es, must I ke bailed with j us hope that in
pointing out to the Oriental repsentative the glory
an/ strergth of our Union, his words may strike deep
ly in tho hearts of the crazy Occidental fanatics at
home, who are doing their bast to shake and ghat
ter our glorious republican structure.—Pkil Bulle
tin.-
SAD Nowa not Yon P/•AISS.—.We art itidebtA
to Hawley k Cos. , Express, for the Socrtitienta
transcript of yes t erday, coiitair..l4 two letters
from Capt %Veda, one writter. at Great Meadow
Humboldt River, and the ot.'aer dated Truckee Riv
er Sept 15.
lie states that Relief Committee have not a
single pound (' dour east of the mountains; that he
entered Sw...tesert on the 7th oh; met two men who
had g':4213 up to-die from starvation; urne day two
me., died of starvation on Carson Desert; that those
wish wagons have no food but their poor exhausted
animals; that footmen subsist on the putrified flesh
of the dead animals along the road, and disease
and death are conseTtently sweeping them down.
The cholera made its appearance on the Bth, and
eight persons out of a small train, died of it in
three hours. The Lallans take every advantage to
steal their animals and thus many. are left more
than six hundred miles beyond tho settlement..
Fighting between them and the imigrants occurs
almost daily. Twenty thousand persms are yet
beyond the desert, of which number fifteen thousand
'are now de.titute of all kinds of provisions, yet
the period of their greatest suffering has not yet
arrived. It will be impossible for ten thousand 'of
this number to reach the` mountains before the com
mencement of the winter.
From the Truckee to the bead of the ilumboldt
the cholera is killing them off: the sick surround
the Truckee station 'unable to proceed. Copt W
was about starting to try to persuade such as are
from four to six hundred miles back to return to
the Salt Lake. llercalla for ten thousand pounds or
floor for the station at, Truckee, and the same
amount for the Summit. Ile says that those back
several hundred miles will die of starvation unless
relieved.
DailitAintiTi sr,u PIICAT Or PLANK Ros:ie.—A
Plank Road may require a removal, either because
it has been worn out at the tun by the travel upon it,
or because it has been destroyed at the bottom by
rot. Itut if the road, has travel enough to. make It
profitable to its builders, it will wear out first, and
if it doer, it will have earned sufficiently enough to
replace it twice over, as we shall see preseutly.—
The liability to decay is therefore a secondary con
_sideration on roads of importance. t " to to natural
decay, no hemlock reed bas been in use long enough
to determine how long the, planks can be preserved
from rot. Seven years is perhaps a fair average.
Differenl, species of hemlock vary greatly, and up
land timber is alwaya more durable than from wet
and low localities. The pine roa.is in Canada gen
erally,last about eight years, varying from seven
twelve. The original Toronto road was used chief
ly by teams hauling; steamboat wood, at the end of
six years began to break through in places, and not
being repaired, was principally gone at the end of
ten years. Having, been poorly built, badly drained,
not sanded, and no gate bestowed upon it, indicates
the minimum of durbaility. Oak plank cross-walks
are used io Detroit, the plank being. laid fiat on
those of pine. It is believed that oak plank, well
laid, would last at :least tvielve to fifteen yeais.
One set of sleepers, will outlast two planking..
Several Canadian roads have been re:laid upon old
sleepers, thus much lessening the cost of removal.
A Wire SKOTIIIMED TO DEATH By MGR HCSBAND.
—The following account of a trousseau!) which oe 7
cured on the other side of the river, last week, may
be relied upon, as we have it from a friend cognizant
a the facts. A Dutchman,whose wife was takeu sick,
mint fur one of their neighbors to see what could be
done for her. The neighbor advised her to take some
tea and co to bed and sweat. Ater the neighbor
left, the DJtchman, put his wife to bed, and gave her
the tea: after which he collected all the beds and
bedding in the house and piled them on her. The
wife protested against having so much clothing over
her—and plead in vain for relief—but it was of no
use, the husband Wool° not listen to her entreaties.
`She then tried to get out of bed, but the brute moon
iest on the top and held her down. The wife finally
became quiet, and after holding her down a -while
the husband dismounted. Ile then went to the bed
and raised the covering from his _wife's face, and
what did he behold'—the wife of his bosom reposing
in the arms of death! Yes, the wretch had suffocated,
murdered her! Pday.justice overtake him.—Cincia
magi .Voripariel.
Torn Morr Ross:4llc Ywr. —.Marrying on a
said bar.—A romantic scene was enacted near Al
ton in Illinois, a few days ago, in which Mr. Henry
Wheeler, of GIVIRDO county, and Miss Minerva
steely, of Macodpin county, played a conspicuous
part. It appears that the aforesaid couple, having
ascertained that they loved each other almost to
distraction, and there being probably some objec
tions madeto the union by psrties interested at home,
concluded to elope, and have the silken knot lied at
Alton. Upon arriving there, however, after •
hard drive of forty five miles, they learned that the
marriage ceremony could net be performed without
procuring a license from the county Clerk at Ed
wards% iile; to obviate which, the party, consisting
of the intended couple, and the Rev. Wm. Mitchell,
of Alton, jumped into a skiff. and were towed over
to a small bar in the river, directly opposite to the
city, where, shortly after sunrise, surrounded by
water, entirely isolleed from the world and the "rest
of mankind," but in sight of the whole city, they
solemnly plighted their -troth. They returned is a
few minutes to the gore, where they were wel
comed with cheers by the assembled people.
MAU. ROSSER TO an Hone.—At Hamilton, Cana
da West, last week, William Walker pleaded guilty
of abstracting letters from thepost-olisce at Braid
fork of which he was Postmaster. gentence of
death was recorded against him. Mr. Walker, pre
vious to the act of which he has pleaded guilty stood
high io the estimation of the public. He had mar
ried the daughter of one atilt: most respectable res
idents of Brand ford.
U' 4 small boy was piiisonod to death,-in Hop
son, isst.weak, breatioga part of a worm, laaa ap
ple. He was in tho orchard, estiag ac apple, drop
ped it, and complained that it did oat taste good.—
to a short time his mouth began to swell, sod in
two hears he was dead. His parents booed, sad
picked up the apple, sad found is It a portion of a
wens, knows 4a eatainou -parlance, ea the thimisaud
legged Rom. We did est Months lam tif the
boy.—cantos Free Dem.
(grit 01)sertier.
ERIE. PA
SATURDAY MORNING, NDYEMBER IS. 1850.
Er Mr. and Um. Powell. so well known to our citi
zens se sceemplished and pleasing performers, propose
giving an entertainment at the Reed House this eve
ning. consisting of Readings from Shalupear. Songs.
Recitations, and a Lecture en the Timis. Both are un
rivalled is the profession. and deserve a full house, and
hearty greeting. We trust they will receive it.
Meadville and Edenboro. Plank Road.
This is the link connecting oar road to Edeuboro with
Meadville, sad we kre *aged to learn that it is going
ahead finely. In leis' than a year we trust we shall be
able to visit our Meadville friends over a plank thorough
fare. In speaking of the prospects of the road, the Craw
feed Dessomst says, they "are truly encouraging, and
ion citizens will soomealite the benefit of a first rate
Feud through one of tNe best sections of the country.—
Messrs. Seers dk Kern have already commenced the
work a grabbing and grading between this place and
Sagerstown. near the farm of George Peiffer. The en
tire work will be'prosecuted with the almost energy to an
early completion Welt summer.' Mr. Miller, the efficient
Engineer of the Company. is doing all in his power to
farther the efforts of the enterprising gentlemen who
hais evinced so much interest in securing the success of
this desirable work."
, 117,the "Swiss Bell Ringer*" aro comiet . gl PstirreV,
Mors ramie for the sillies, all fora quartet! w o g.
joking aside, this Is no humbug, testify that
ever hea,rd the sweet chimes of !l a i r iatageat b e ll s. We
heard them *see. mid wo, east truly say that of all the
isstmatestal amnia Ire .ser Ileteaed to. "they like the
rag off the bzw....a."' Remember, thou, meat Monday
greater, at, the Reed Hoses. at the *ringing of the bell."
It ,Is conceded that the whip have a large major
ity in tho Now York Legislature. and can elect a Uoitod
:that's Banator—hot will they? We apprehend they
will And it more &fault to do so. than they did to get •
majority. The "oilier grays." won't p fitt a "higher
law" candidate. •ad the "higher-law" 'advocates won't
p for • 'silver-grii." There will be sport at Albany
next winter. there will:
ET The "Western Literary Diessergev." for Novem
ber is an exeelleat number. Our friend pallleet me
am& in barbing mi a &A that mina fail to plese all
lovers of the ebasteand ustoln4 fa Literature. Jewell.
Thomas &Co.. publishers. Buffalo. N Y.
11:7 We are ears our readers will regret. as we do.
that our attentive and entertaining cotrogioadent, "Scri
be," slim:lades. this week. his series of sketches of "Man
and Things in Boston." Although we certainly do not
agree with him in many of his sentiments. or in his esti
mate of theicharacter of some of throe whose peculiar
ities he has so graphically portrayed. we have bean high,
ly pleased with his contributions. The more so. because
they were undertaken without solicitation an oar part, or
even previous acquaintance with the author. We trust
be 'will sot forget as—we certainly shall not him.
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Weconcur with the Gauge ii - the propriety. as well as
secessitf of establishing a Public Reading Room in this
.city. We might add many considerationi to those alrea
dy advanced by our (*temporary in favor of the project.
but it is scarcely necessary. Ito utility strikes the most
superficial observer. while its adaptation as a place for
friendly converse and intim:hear of evasion commends
it to all. Let our citizen,. dies. take held of the matter
at once. The Wog (Water evenings are coming on apace
—the mind and body will crave time and place fig tee
reetkin. instrictiow sad amusement some yet where
a pleasant hear may be spent. sad we know of us better
or more mregenial resort than • public reading monk We
have but to will it and‘ thing is accomplished. Other
cities and kiwis are not deficient is this respect and
why should Dio—a place which. stigmatized as
the "sleepy borough." ii going ahead as but missy town
of it's size in the State.: We trust, therefore. the move
ment will not be allowed to sleep.
Great Democratic Victory in New Jamey.
We 111100110C*4. in ear telegraphic sews last week.
that New Jersey was! redeemed, bat we had no idea
the victory was so cemPlete. We have carried the Gov
erner..Dr. Fort. by 5000: We have reversed the tem
plexion of the Congreasiosal delegation. having elected
fear oil • the :c members. The present delegeolon
standifoar wbi ge, t. •ne Demeetlit. We have corded
both branches of the L gis)aturs. filming 11 majority on
joint ballot; thus mold .g the election of a United, States
Senator in place of hi Davos. This is a glorious re
sult. but what it the tiers gratifyieg is that the
battle has bee fought and woe by the Democracy en
the question of Reform. Equalization et termites. she-,
• o property qualification. exemption of . a roe
neWe animal of property from execution. sad afros
bool system, were advocated by the Democratic party.
est4efonne will now be accomplished. The whigs
Co ght desperately—invented Roorbacka.‘and is some
•co. oiler' came oat at the last moment formkorna, hat tee
I to convince the people of their sincerity. Another
consi eration makes this Democratic victory *fin more
satisfactory. That is, that the mem of the New Jersey
Senators and Members of Congress. and the peoptioty,
of the Anti-Slavery agitation, were both colleh•Ened
the Democrotie pairtylaad prem. While the wb.g party
made the election a test of their Senators ce oisct. and
also a test in relation to Asti-Slavery agitation. The
people have condemned the disunion coarse of their Sen.
atom sad declared for Union and Compromise. by. as
overwhelming majority: Glorious New Jersey:
Amadeu Art-Union, New York.
By a circular form the Secretary Uf this lastitstiett we
learn that its annual drawing will take place on the 20th
of seat month.. The character of the American 'Art-
Union. tts aims aid objects, are too well known to need
commendation. Each subscriber has a chance of draw
ing iprize from a collection of several hundred pictures,
many of them of high cost and by well known artists, u
Cola, Durand, Legate. Huntington, Hinckly, and others;
all of them selected with reference to artistic merit. The
collection already exceeds in value forty thousand dollars,
and will still be further extended in proportion to the num
ber of subscribers. Asaide from this, each subscriber wil
receive six Li ue Engravings, the cost of which, if exempt
ted fur a private publisher, would at least hiratild at four
times the price of the subscription; thus the worth of ones
'mousy is, like bread cast upon the water, sore to r e tu rn .
ad to him four fold. The Honorary Secretary far this city
is Mr. Isaac Moorhead.
If The •`Phdadelphia Evening Bulletin" is one of the
best papers au our exehaoge Init. For an "indepenilnot"
paper it possesses one rare finality—it is always on
right side: Were there more such papers as the "Ikolle
tin" taken and read - . there would be less agitation; were
the popular pulse less feverish the body pehtle at Weals
logien week) be healthier :and better. Sliteeel to the
thillatia thee.
TT We learn that Mr. Traeadail. Agent of the Panama
Rail Road Company. has made an engagement witf►
Messrs. Peter Coolt.lmepb Carr, and 3. H. 'Willard. Well
known mechanise of Wacky. to werk•spoa that mid as
Master Campsite's and 'Baader*.
Er Zhu Gering is anxious to draw* into aetititto
'rimy in regard to the Fugitive Mayo law;' sad for this
purpose• ankle mot to knew our °piing* in regard to it.
Now. all we have to say to this is. tissi soy pawn with
three grains of coalmen tense—lntnonsphis ratan, at
that.i.dwho has reed tbo Observer nunitheposuage of that
taw. ought to know Its position. It tin Editor laths
Gonna *set. ks his-awn fault. not oars.
Er nititheee Herne Creme" is am It the tem liter
ary ppm Is the mut*. trilibreteet et the Pithead-
Obi Weeklies, it I. set Shed with resit dot me-betty
ow* het with the choicer pm Literstere ord
monde.
Wrong!' All Wag!
We find the leNowidg paragraph la that truly excellent
bentoeratic paper, the Carlieletkentoeret:
I Er The New pork Son nominates Gen. Sam Hous-
Pn of Texas. as the "People's candidate" for the next
Presidency. and asks. "who will refuse to rally to his
standard?" We will for one. Although we love "Old
Sam" nest to Clods Sam and Andrew Jackson, we can't
go env man south of M ason and Dixon's line for the
preeidencr. until something like political equality shall be
restored between the two sections of flu, neyer-to-be
need-in Union. Ftfty-two out of misty-four years should.
?,.
e think, eatery the Smith for a wnile, so far as concerns
r aspirations for the Presidency. She must take a
breathing spell for some thirty or forty years.
: This is wrong. all wrong! and. although uttered rath
er in it joking way, we protest in the name of those great
iirinctmles and measures so dear to the Democracy of the
Oaten against is.. Whoever tho Democracy, shall nomi
sate. in a legally constituted emaciation, that person
ought to be supported by every Democrat, high or low.
great or small, in the Union—no matter whether he re
sides in the North or the South, the East or the West.—
,A man's locality is of no consequence so that his princi
ples ore right. and his talents of a high and states-„,an
like order! No body doubts Sam Houston—pl - a i„„ki
{am!—in tales respect! Again, we kilo-, of no "me.,
dot's" in this Union,--as a country, ;*.. i s undoubtedly di.
tided Min **section'," but as • 1 :/lass for goveramental
purposes. it kr indivisibly one, a whole, a rain bones
tiny inlidio•• •4 7Pi•i"...u. eneh as the above : - are wrong!
41 100 1 in gh • wrong la fact, and wisp everyway!
4 is such ":opticasots that but made frie-soil—it is such
IrlI E :4 that restaias it , sad if it is not frowned dove by
very thiamin. whether he be a friend of Sam Hous
ton or Lewis Cass, leary Clay or Millard Filkutwe. it
will be the destruetiou of the Heists itself! 'Was Wash
logien any die less a patriot because he came from
.South of Milos and Dixon's line?" Wm Jackson
1 11) , the less i Jackson!--the man of iron-will, and stern
tegrity—because he too hailed from "South of Mason
and Dixon's line?" Was Benedict Arnold any the less
* traitor because bit was a northeru man? Or is Mar;
0 a Via Boren any the less a perAdimps Ingrate because
Istoo, is a nertheru man? Talk motto us. then, about
re
. 'ng to support "any man south of Mason sad Dix
ens line for the Presidency. nein something like political
t it
Sq ality shall be restored between the two acetic's' of this
never-to-be-feuerd in Union!" We are for principles.
not section—for Mind,' Will, Statesmanship. and Availa
bility, to carry out tinier' principles! These, we appre•
fiend. are to lie found combined in a am whose first
breath was drawn South of "Mason and Dixon's line" as
hell as ,in one who scridantsity first saw the light ascend
the hills of New Hampshire, or the mountains of Prouty!.
*sofa! la a word, the accidents of birth. or locatioe.
ght to have no weight in selecting a soccessor to
F
Mud Fillmore! And they will not! - .'
. •
, , - A New Railroad illamibut.
The Jamestown Ararnsf says: "It seems that lb. New
ark and Edo Railroad Co. have taken the Subject of a
kimach read between Eris sod Little Valley into consid
in:ration. Mr, Swill, one of the Superioteoding 'Engineers
that road with a competent turps. paused through, this
Wage a few days since from Little Valley, on a tour of
II
exploration and survey of tfri route. They represent the
Pmde &C./. as Very favorable, as far as they have proceed
ed. They will probably complete their survey to Lie In
about three weeks."
Mr. Swift. the Engineer spoken of above, visited oar
4 idly the ether day, and spoke of the prospect of the New
York and Erie read .bailding a road over this roots as
unite Batumi*, He also solicited the aid 'of Mr. Camp,
end the corps of Engineers under him. to make the ',tw
ill", from the summit to this city, as he would aOt bare
time. in the short period allowed hint by' the company, to
lee a thorough exploration., Mr. C. is no engaged on
route and wt may expect soon to bear the result.
F. is
, . 4. Perfect Gentian*: ;
' We admire a perfect gentleman. His language 'is
olerays chaste. and appropriate. Whether the touchy
Editor of the Ashtabula Telegraph is dash a character
ire lease the pablie to judge. In reply to a good natured
squib of ours, last week, In which we jokiegly referred
to the positive -manner be spa., of the repeal of Mr.
fillinere's fugitive slave bill, be calls us "a blundering.
Slave catching. Erie Locofoco, ' "the orris efitswinisb.
bolter-milk-imbibiag.go-far-e rything herd," a "whole.
hog." a "churn Of a man," w • "don't knew - the right
from the wrong.f! Such language may pass for wit is
the Woe atmosphere of "New Cennecticat." bat any
where mist of dim. it would be pronounced a cosnetrfait.
The author. too, may paw for a gentlemen io the some
favored region, bat any where else. he - would - certainly
be pronounced an unmitigated loafer and blackguard,
whose proper vocation would be Professor of Bd.
navigate in some college of infamy tie the "Five pallets."
lie could there wallow la filth and mire to his hearts
content
The Deatoarmy and the Tard
The Pittsburgh Morning Pose. in an able article 011
the TaOff questiou, puts forth the folio:ring compromise
proptisition in regard to duties on iion and coal.. The
eltretioals over, and the principles of the Democracy
fatly vindicated by the people of the Keystone. We can
therefore afford to be generous towards a fallen foe—we
can afford to yield something in order to take the tiar
as, of daties.from out our political aroma. and we tor sae
are willing to yield. as a favor. what we would be tar
from &lag whoa claimed as-a right. If., the duty on
iron and coal can be changed from ad riloreta"to specif
ic without striating the entire ',sperm:iciere of the hilt
of '46. and if such coacession will have the effect the
Post seems to anticipate, why we say then let it be done.
Bet we will let the Post speak for itself:
The easy complaint now or very recently heard from
this State against the Tariff 01.'46, is confined to the de
fies On iron and coal. Its opponents have ceased to as
'sect that the country would be ruined, because Assoc
Lawns:see and the other cotton lords of New England
are Doi allowed to tax the people 180 per cent. on mas
hes by means of the ••cheating minimums;',' neither do
they now defend the absurdity of taxing silk goods by
weight; and they seem willing to abandon mauy of the'
other impostures which flourished under the Act of 1842.
It is for a higher duty on irou aud coal. and for that alone,
that they now contend. They have forgotten all of their
song except the chorus:
Now, if they are willing to compromise on such terms.
so are we. If the iron and coal business cam be token oat
of polities. by giving a moderate specific duty on those
articles. let it bo done. We de not wish to have the
country kept In a state of continual agitation forsuch a
trifle. The energies of the Democratic party can be ex
erted to a better purpose than quarreling over a straw.—
We du not desire to see
"The ocean Into tempests toes'd -
To waft a *ether or to drown a
The Democratic party of the Union were nitrifya wil
linglto give to the iron and coal interests whatever would
sausly,them. They were struck at reluctantly in 1846,
and only benne. it becanie necessary by the, foolish po
sition which Pennsylvania was made to assume. We
will not surrender a principle; but the difference between
a speciffc and an ad valorem duty ou au article whose in
trinsic value Is always the same. does not seem to us to
involve principle. -
We think it extremely probable that something like this
will be carried in the next Congress. if the Whig front
masters are not still under the influence of that judicoat
blindness which afflicted them in 18-16. thiy will give it
their aid. lint from Whig politicians we expect nothing.
It mill lola Aar bobby frost them. Their occupation will
be gems. Their trade of panne will be broken up; for
their tools will he taken away. Whiggery, therefore, will
implies a settlement of the subject by all the arts it knows
hoer to use; and although it now professes to be in favor
01 thia very measure. yet when the measure comes to be
carried. Wl:fiery will turn up the white of its eyes, and
swear that the country is rained again!
ishigan Has Dons Badly.
Notwithstanding the Democracy of Michigan , have
"carried their State ticket by a large majority. and have
the Legislature. the State has done badly. and we are
ashamed other. The noble and talented Bee/ has been
defeated for Congress. by a ranting whig. This
is shameful: The whip and free-cohere hare also
elected another member. baying the Democrats only one
oat of the delegation.
Wisconsin lasotion.
la tee Eind Cos at district Durkee. the
free trod*. Wag semism. bas 1300 majosity; ik the
! roma. Eastman. Desmond. is sleeted; sad is doe
Data. ladtpriallcia Delcsast. M assail by 2.000 • .
ity. to die Ladislaus lb. derstimas have assa et
20 ea joist Wilt.
' i
KEN AND THUM IN BOOTON.-101 10.
cart sp:silence of the Erie Observer.
Bonus. lovatuber,R. 1850.
Wesnxt.t. Pun mes is a man of talent and genial.
engaged in unpopular Reforms. He is against slavery.
and against killing men according to law. Had he been
less sincere, and more studious to his own interest.;
more ambitions to gain the applause of men. than to save
fy the domes& ;if hunks* and his own conscience, he
might have risen to great honor in his own State. Ney„
be might have been eminent is the councils of tie na-i
thin. Gifted by- Nature with unrivalled 15,srers o f eta_
quence; highly educated; by -no mew, poor; .deocended
from a 'good family; the nen B os t... s . i i first • Meyer;
master of the law; it Senn ° Weinilell Phillips had
only topes himself in raotio . ... in order to gain the high
es} point Or difltfr.ction. But unlike moat men hi his
eirclunstanc. ...e. he ha* dared to follow the path which
Duty r`deted out. He saw the basest wrong triumphant
i° . ..eafly:half the state, of•th• sod be calseeraled
the power of all hie rare gift.. tr.bring, that foul Wrong
letr, and bumble it in the dust. His enemies end h.s
(needs, who are not few is Masencliesetts, alike award
hint the highest • place, among Rettig *rotors. His voice
is musical like, Choate's, but unlike Choate, there is
heart as well se intellect hi every word lie idlers: an
earnestness and feeling that counsiode respect and love.
Phillips is untespnler only with these who are extremely
' bawls to the re - srms ho advocates; with those who think .
that strangling a enissimiel. is necessary fur the peace and
safety of society; who think that dogging United States
sailers like brutes ought sot to bi! spoken against: with
these ulio think i black man's limbs were made for
fetter.; he is called a !envie, an Relator : a scatterer of
• Grebraols; yet his memory will .tits andbc, sweet, when
those who give him these names shall have crumbled
forgotten into dust. Phillips te a medium shed, light
framed. nervous man„4rith thin reddish hair, blue eyes
and fair complex'on. He looks "noble. sincere and
amiable, as iudeeinte is.
Wit. Li.oiro GUMMI", one of the most unpopular men
in the United Staley. is notwithstanding. truly one of the
greatest mon America can bout of, that Is. if we consider
greatness,' to consist in any degree of moral courage. of
goodness, intellekt, and disinterested labor in the snaps of
Right. If %Vashingt a was great in possessing judgment
and prudence. and foresight. and bravery, in , figh tie:
against the oppression!of_Grent Britian. Garrison is great
in the tearlessneas ho has shown in daring to fight against
the oppression (Irbil, Gera country, in giving utterance to
truths 1 which otherii dare not speak. Not many years
ago be wise mobbed in Boston for peaceably advocating
his opinions; a mob its broadcloth sought his life. and he
fled for safety to the city jail. ,What Mr. Garrison's !t
-hen have been as sit Editor. what_ his opinions are with
regard to slavery, mut peoplo know; bathe has bey'
wilfully suisunderstotod., misrepresented, and vilified to
the last degree. llis cotemporaries cannot rightly jodie
him. Posterity will award him a full InessUft of praise.
Though it w 401.1 not be thought from his writings. Gan
risen is timid and'gentlemanly in hislOoks and demean
or—for he is et, terrible writer, 'at least his opponents
think sb. There is soinething. however. in the firmness_
of his lips, and the quiet lustre of his eye, that tells of a
lofty soci..and a spirit that knowl no fear. li e is gentle ,
In 'his manners and'. possesses many i warm personal
friends. Ile eippears' to be robust and strongly made;
the most of his hair is gone; the remaining locks are like•
his eyes, of a l•rtlliant black. He usuklly wears specta:
cles; is plain and neat in his dress, and would be taken
in the street for ailuiet Quakerish person , not remarkable
for anything, uric • lose for great industry,' talents. and
force of character. •
E. P. Wnirti.c !lei attained withi a (Ow years con
siderable celebrity as en essayest, c *tic and lecturer.—
His wake have been published and read more or iess on
both aides of the Atlantic. In all Matters pertaining to
Englislt literature he appears to be perfectly atitorne.—
Great perspicuity and corraetneas pervades all his wri
tings. As a lecturer, he is ilietinguished for his classical
allusions and anecdotes. his origined thoughts and ex
pressions; for the soundness and wee* of his sentiments.
He No quit,
,yanntiaan, and appeis to be 111 mind.
His body
1.
His thing one thinks f while looking at
bids. Ile looks alousat like a martyr to study, but he does
more work ind is caSabhi of sestiaining more fatigue.
than hundreds of s big burly men. lii. very counterpart in
peraonel appearance. 'Ho is superintendent of the Mer
chantli Exchange Reading Room, and besides perform
log i tlip arduous duties 'of thet situation. he• finds time to
writs matchless. reviews.' sterling essaye. and to'give
valuable literary . leettires before the most intelligent an,
diences in Bolton, ,and other towns mid cities. If ha
lives he will vet do much in the world of letteni.
ifoLatts is a poet sad dcct9r—
A writer acmes. a dealer in pills,
A egret' of Mental and bodily ills;
Are You tistahlml with fever, dyspepsia or gout?
Go, to Holmes, be will .put the whole paw to route.
• lie will rate, you a blister or prick you a:yein,
{Val drive from your Systems all traces of pain;
lit order for ouslaemor pleasure,
Ailintilipg, will raft, .•pleate pay at your leisfur."
When Itti takes-up his pen to string a few rhymes,
• He makes us in`love with the world and the times; .
He describes to us Nature so piquing and fair, -
' We rejoice in the sum Mine. esult in the air; -
We grow loud of the blower, delight in the wocils.
And discover new wanders is Mountains and doeds.
In abort. be's a good 4lid a gkiriouwleilow,
Wbo makes us good aimarned, and jolly, and mellow.
Almost every body likes Holmes; he goes -about the city
with as abstrwtted stnile;.seemingly satisfied with the
world sod evenitbing in it. He torns:op his small bright
eyes whenever he tidtices any peculiar object, seeming
to scan it with a bird like curiosity. In fact, he always
reminds ms 0f . 4 brisk little wren. small end spry, with a
spice of 411111 . i nisei n his looks. ''Physic sod poetry are his
two ministers. and to each in bury be scrupulously pays
his devoirs. His published poems contain many excel
lent pieces—pieces that people read. and thank in their
hearts the man that' wrote them. A new poem of his
tailed "Setrest,' is jail, out; some extracts which I have
seen from it are deserving of the highest praise. Some
of the critics I understand. are ciakiny a cry against it as
a whole. , butcritlime like fishermen are 'always ready to
spear the best and most perfect. Holmes. whatever the
sei diMatjudgei may' say or do. will not be apt to weep
without hope of consoytion. - He ii not a bilious poet.
who occasionally puts ! mks pair of huge black wings sod
soars to a - great height, only to codas down with 'a great
flurry to the muddy earth again. He is a pigioni he cad
fly swifter slow, can rise to the clouds or skim along tho
plain. and is long upon the wing without fatigue. It is
high praise to say that Holmes' poetry never gave • man
the bless; but Holmes &minion much praise. and he
shall have it. Your. &c. SClt,lBo'.
New York Election.
The result of the Nei York election, so far as tile State
ticket is concerned, is stiU in doubt. . It Is not improbable,
however, that Seymour sad some of the other democratic
nominees are elected. Nothing but the official,will deter
mine it. On Congress we have don* nobly, the delega
tion being exactly divided. 17 to 17 7 At the last elciliou,
we bad but two. The Legislature is largely whig. ON
the whole. we thinkihe result is gratifying, showingis it
does that the state wilt be right aide op when she is want'
ed in 'esp.
United States Senator.
The Philadelphia - Spirit of the re... a very able
though some'what ezeentric, Democratic paper. has de
clared its proferdnes for Hon J. S. Black. for United
States Senator. lf the Democracy are true te them
selves the Judge, or some other good man. will be elect
ed. Bat if disorganisation is allowed to rule the bear.
it is eery entertain who or what will repreeeat eve great
Commonwealth in the Senate. I
117'We hear that then was a blvd-ami-dead r“high
er-law."aati-fagitive-slaire-law meetiaghekt when
lo Hilihoierwsli. by mawbody, imam limo week.—
We haviat seem the proceedings, bat press they pois
onres4ttioos somewhat similes to the followlaiy. said os
hare adopted by moo of their beethst agitator, it
Goosgia:
itssolved. That d iemotin is 4_4 ow,
2aL "Woolson. That this tastlitir do Mew adisars.
lifidt4jl44opi 41114=1-I
==3Ml2 - =S
rr Why is this column nil* &gra'!" jts emo ,
a ..Thing of shrsils sad ti:itchips"—a 7zogattbi r rip ,e
•uscsosidered-Tritles 1 -
-
4.Y We saw t &new the other sight, well a ••biT e
his hat." ar'em elms is kick his arm shaciSsr is ti. e fec,
Ile ,iescwsd e thenegb— the shades/wo e th e ,,, bvx
1
of tt e oirol
Prfrecriist P — ltakisapig=—Drisiting-k e
eine. and'itenouneusg it in a!rerage!
L 1 Jarorwl PialosmorkpriNking a "we drew' s um ,
for the •!kcidity o<
n the etemielp." wed preaching ',Up,.
once for eke apples's of Viceliarell!
TT The •'Satter IIINOtt" in said tel t be wit
the y l i.s wer „
poste and Et/emirate*? jaiteie 'Welreeee 4 ago,
the' only c9ies rascal don't anemia. le cesatie t ,
wOO% pay:,„\
.
!IT We heard a mathematical friend of
what of a talker. ten—ealrutate that Use liou4:66** tu.
“Tliis le a 6uir der,' Gar Imo
times is ht. Elwin dewing daw pe‘eiedff:p le : ve
We think ho weeent far wroog. awnottie of the beer_ ;
days we hate had lately were wihilated to draw .111Trt•
notary tribute from the meow eteicaL
LIT A bachelor ii like *jag witheeta handle, thew,
uo taking bold o! him.—Es. paper.
7 •
Well, *be the diatom wants to • Make hoLt {ll h,*
nut the girls, certairily:` •
tY If you bore an opportooity of doing a r1 „, 4 ,
action, do i 4. lea 'ivory - pleasant retlection to go t o 4 4 ,
arith.—Es papa%
last so almost eq - ual to year ante ;not quite, those,
Er The young lady who eloped with her pspa' s 4 E .
man. has settled in Bath; and is taking in Wshing sod
i k i
ironing for . a living. Therwjis love in a cotta 'for yet:
[Cr Printel Albin has no aaaaa me. He is !tended
from an socialist; line of kihga,whose surns me is nit sews.
Thera are a great Many black fallqwe in this cottony is
the seine situation. -
' IC The rennet why editors are apt to, have their nrsa
nere spoped. if/ because they TOCIIiTO firinl one cerre e p on .
dont and another Inch a rest clamber or evA toromuutta-
twos
irr Au accute arithrnatician calculated that if all tl a
tobacco consuined in Gritat Britian in 184 S. had been trot-•
ked into pig-tail half an inch thick, it would hUre iorineJ
a line ninety-nfos thousand law hundred and serrate
miles long--enough to girdle the world ney (our tutu:
If you chrzes, pot it in your pipe and amo kit:
Among the phenomena of the Calvin°, is the al.
tenishing facftlist so prang moral. conscientious. I,besal
phdauthroptats should bear so cloei a resemblance :o
rant hooves anderoaltlng hypocrites. It is one of ;:. 1
wonders of the age. •
Q 3 There are many prawn, who wield net take I
drop or rum, or a piece of Tobacco for the work.;,
neveithelesi.clevour widows heasee.and for pretence mile
long .prayers! .
•
“Ik ming for the astosenn day . s.
The merry old antriemi time;,'
Simmer is over et last;
~Aad primed to her flowery prithe,
She woe well enough 1 . 0 her way,
Doing her best while here.•
But can't compare wkb Autumn.
\ - •The merry old`kiog of the year." . .
No mono} cateit—Amonsti is a grey.bearTed, roel
headed old *chap that brings as Apple-pea:inn and Ap
lor,
ple-botter, Chestnuts an Cider, Donghnute and Dump
ling, to say" nothing of '• me pumpkins," toy:. We go
in fOr good old pippy FAI e do. '_
LT The? Wisconsin fieiisisturs has made it a pent! or.
fence fur Owners of land td allots thistle!, to glkiw to reed.
. cry. fhttl the following: item. a sums M the Vanies
131iide:—"There is but one gaideboardiulbe hole State,
of Ithdde !Shod, and that points the wreag wily—sod, .1
a man asks direc,tions, they set the dogs on him."
117 at Meadville cari:lim parties hard cesunen - ced:
excellent music; fine suppers, lovely hetlsa and agr'eiabi;
beaus, grate the scene. 'Jerusalem, That times they hays
thou„ h. lldu't we wish we were time to help
mster:als have hoed fon s fstil the
Nineveh, and a 14rge editorial office fillectwith-in&ci:F.iv..ala
netvs-mattet. &c., act in tablets, like,, moveable ty?e
Sobrio. Von' were right; **the re's.nothing new at .lor the
son." We ,expect geniis one sqlt discover the telr:ra. ; .4
nest, in-the old pyramids! , .s
L' A Western ed.tor in speaking otei 'echatenar4r3ry.
sayi he has got that low cunning •look tlrat makes ysu
inceluntSrily 11):et of.yoer pocket book and to *ma I , ‘s
Lord there ire ta!ra against larceny. Complinsentari.
that.
115 P According to'the Louisville Cessiar. a lady of :het
city was dragged to jail. with tears w: rising "from her
eyes. 013 %Vednesday lest, for the trilling offence of !hip
ping e butcher and knocking the market =MU clone
Poor Lasly: •
Ur A Kestuciy !elite?, stresrly opposed to camp meet.
ings, says he has no notion of camping out en the road - 3
heaven. ite`dealt think he has. as it is not at all pro:
baLle bell seer travel that road.
'
' T A western editor announces the death a lady of
hilsaetmaintance, and toichingliaakda:—"ln her deeere
the skit have lost an invaluable Weed. Lang wi:l eh*
see to stand at their bedside, as obi> was wont, wall the
balm`of coniolation is one bandessii as cap of ck-Liari
in tie other." Anti:king. was'ut it: .
The'tollooriuz advertisement recently appeir7d is
the Saunders' New Letteors.,publiihed uapublan, Ireland
; ”Wanted 7 A young woman to act ; as lusetnaid M a
small private fatnily; also a mul c h caw—Must be of tits
establish , ' chords."
Err j rhellmioo Adios. a wkigpqm;. has beep 'Tarring.
lately oith the Boston Post. a sterkei demiscrat sheet--
The Post, it,* reply to a squib di the Aders. Worts thus:—
No worilier whiggery's ship's agrosad.
F
'Be! °ad the hep of hebne irt.
" •
• Whe half the tiwe the vessel takes
' - A' •lyiiog Ades" for its chart:. •
Q.l Mirth is tike %Bush of lightning, that breaks through
a gloom of clouds, and then gli tuns for a nessaNltlL Cheer
fulness keeps Up a kind of davlight is the mind. filling ai
with a' steildy and perpetual serenity.
137.7 . 1 ;ut Surma of the Eton CAroteetipe bee het 10+
mark es erectness lately that be teem to chain sp
..
the twat pair given to - fitint—ilsoch as lts , is Appealed so
ShArr.i; o • .
i
33 1. 4 /LIPP' . Sies—The -:wittsv of till Pittsburgh
Chro• e says-" Tali about intjeynconoat of wealth—it
nevi be enjippd! An abundance is • Imp isisei7.
r i a
mai hu eowse a boon. a. malt 'farm. s man ' wife. ,c
WI dog. • caw, two or throe fat pip, tad a dmin ehildrest,
aught to be satisfied. If he ain't he
° can be.",
Er A Gam CIRSCA. you Bxasow-.Beinebedy - has
'arrived) in Baotou. freirt See* America, with two ema i l
children. s tax inches in height. without foreheads. Wit h
km( noses. and exhibit's' the Utmost, of the Azter
race.
I
ET The -December number 4 - .l.Girsharon hoe been
epos our table for met. dolt It M early: bet sot the
leeyeadable. Several finely minified engravings est
behali it—cse, is pertindar. that aN Camel fail to notice
and adiairin"a new from the Camitiltlllosataia Hoene._
Itis a bomb's! illestraties. The outlasts are bight)" Pl'
Wrestle' mod Ali wrium, as oaf capected from the
hijh literary ripstatiah' *Unmet of its eiemtrobetom ti•
Jima. die celebrated DOA sevidiat. bite beta
sugared ai a aistribater. sad will famish die idagavo
with several brilliant foololloolllltrieg the coming Year •
rtThe seat number emasmesess a sew Mimic Now so
am eacellest nuke to esbesidee. $3 per year; two CO ? -.
$ for $5.
IT nay sr,' gain Se base a ars whit paPst
Mosavelts. Mr. Mayes; is appears. 4601 sag all th•
great alma at do shiperaw. is dial ageing bersagb
Ms !mss it oral Is of ill **lvor-ray." "000ftta'
king"
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