• in' ~,larruna 4crtru 08. PA.; CABLIS rimrmlny Morning. Jlltrcli 24. H-HE NYSTKJI OF SOII'IXATINIi CAJiDI- nvres. \Ve mist tlio decided expression of the popular voice on the relative merits of the “ Crawford County” and the del egate systems of nominating candidates for office, manifested in the returns of tip l election hold on Saturday last, will give us at least a hi ief season of peace and harmony in our parly ranks. , As tqo have previously said, the restless spirit of contention and innovation which has crept into onr councils during the past three years, hodesno good for the future; and it is with no ordinary satisfaction that we record the fact that the people have acted upon onr-suggestion, and,' by a popular uprising, have expressed their .determination to settle this bick ering and contention. It. was not the Crawford County system which “an noyed” the people, lint certain schemers, by their importunities, their innova tions, their .continual agitation of some plan or other—their elections upon this question and that—their contention in County Committee, sotting the whole county hy. the cars—this is wind lias annoyed the people, and it is gratifying to see that the people kmiys who have been at thehottom of onr troubles. Of course‘it was not true that the Craw ford County system” was “injurious ,16 the inteicsts of the. parti/,” for ■under H: wo increased our majority several hundred. Neither was it true that the people were “almost m.anim6us ” in de manding a change, for hy a vote of two to' one they have declared against a change. We regret to see such a va riance in opinion between the County Committee and the people. ' A com mittee is presumed to represent its con stituents, and we are sorry to soo a committee place itself in the position of declaring that “ in its opinion a change should he made in the manner of nom inating candidates,” when t.vo-thirds of thopeoplo whom it professes to repre- sent think otherwise—aye, when nine tonths of the people think otherwise, for notwithstanding it was assorted that the people were unanimous in favor of repealing: the “ Crawford County sys tem,” but three hundred and ninety nine votes worn prilled .against it out of a total Democratic vote in the county of between four and five thousand. Wo arc glad this question has Been definitely settled in such a way that none can dispute its fairness. Now that wo have settled our little family diffi culties, we will find more important work to do than to contend amongst ourselves. Between this and the next election we will tlnd abundant use for all our surplus combativeness in assault ing the strongholds of Radicalism. To do this effectively wo want harmony, zeal, boldness and - enthusiasm in the ranks. We have no room for grumblers or cowards, and the sooner they step . out'the bettor. We fee! assured that now, ns heretofore, the Democracy of “Mother Cumberland” will present,a solid front in the face of the enemy, and march on to complete and glorious victory. llu- Villl Hunt 1,) 1 OllU'r. Wo see by the HernUl that already two o[ our ardent Radical townsmen have announced themselves ns candi dates for Iho office of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Republican nominn tingCouvention. This is being “ quick upon the trigger,” amt shows commen dable forethought upon the part of our Radical friends, it is, however, not at all likely that they will be permitted to have the field to themselves, hut may be looked upon merely as the advanced guard to the host of oilier •■trooly loil” aspirants, whose name is legion. As it 'is Impossible for Geary, or even Grant, to provide for a tithe of their hungry followers, they must Join in " the wild limit for office” or starve. . Somu simple souls Imvu expressed surprise al tlie alacrity evinced by these Rndienls in offering themselves for of fieo in this county? l>nt wiien tliey re member OiafTlu! .lirteenlh amendment will he, in force in October next, their surprise will cease. Thp ucyrn coir i a the inducement which lias brought for ward these loyal patriots thus early, as they hope with the aid of their new al lies to carry tile county and secure an election. They, may lie over-suilgnine -in their calculations, as even witli the help of their short-haired friends, they will lie doomed to merited defeat. ■CSy-Tho' Philadelphia Prrrs ridicules somebody’s suggestion, that Congress ought to n.x the rate of interest, to pre vent it becoming higher in one State than in another, on the ground that “Congress could not possibly interfere.” We know Congress bus no rigid to in terfere in tins matter, lint the want of riglit has never yet prevented that body doing outrageous things under Radical manipulation. It had no rigid to over turn Stale governments and establish military despotism in their- vlctul, yet it was done ; there was no authority to. try civilians before a military court mid hang them, yet it was done ; there was no authority for forcing negro suffrage oh the people at tiie point of the bay onet, yet that was done. Mr. Forney applauded all the.-e violations of the Constitution, yet he is now horrified at the suggestion that Congress lix the legal rate of interest. What makes him ho virtuous all of a sudden Jst64,lstlag—(4.a..,P4pen tl l e Dr. John H. qihon, Governor Geary's late private '.Secretary, Ims established u newspaper in Harrisburg, ealled the Daily Jopfe.the object of which is to advocate Radical politics and Oenrv’s claims to the Presidency—especially ("he latter, Tiie first number contains the Official correspondence between the Gov ernor and his Secretary, on liie neea-ion of the resignation of his office liy (ho ■latter. Dr. Gllion says; " Your past record is suspicions of higher honors that await you Anrt'Gov. Geary characteristically re plica : ou have expressed kind wishes that I may yet be the recipient of higher hon or". >» "'Ate/. I most heartily J,A, ,To refuse to pay the war debt now blit leave it for the next and aiibseipieni generations to pay, is nothing else than Repudiation. Thu Negroes about Washington re cently held a meeting, and nominated Ren Rutlcr for the next. Presidency, White Republicans please fall into lino. NUKn.n,\.v-m:«r.i;h-ni!«Gii,vir. m. 1870. • Tlio Washington correspondent of the Harrisburg Daily Topic— the now Rad ical organ at the State Capital.—in his letter dated March 14, thus speaks of Senator Sherman’s funding bill, which has passed the Senate: . “The fumlitiK hill of Mr. Shermhn, which has passed the Senate, will "puss the Mouse, unless General Butler and a few others oppose themselves to it with all their power. This bill, 11* it becomes a jaw (which may kind Heaven forbid) will enslave the while and colored labor ingmen of this nation, and place them under the perfect control of taxmastt-rs more intolerable and oppressive than those ofthe South before the war. To hold a man in slavery from youth to ngp ? apd only give him his food ami clothing during his life, is bard indeed, but to call him free and take from 'him hy the hand of the unfeeling tax gather er every dollar of am plus he can make without any chance of his providing for hla family or for his old ago, is to iutoler* ah e to ho borne. • If the inonoyjiower of Kuropo and this country, under the in lluencc of which it is said Senator Sher man and other Senators “live and move,” should ever reach Gen. Butler. Mr. Bing ham and others of the Rouse, 1 see noth ing to stive this present free and inde pendent people from n despotism,as gal ling and oppressive as even aillicted man kind. The tyranny of avarice and cupid ity has always been unA js now unrelent: lug, and like the horse leech is never satisfied. In the language of Senator Spencer, from Alabama. is a tyrant who dictates his own terms, and a monster who consumes the substance which labor produces.”• I have faith in General Bulley, Mr, Bingham ami many others that cannot be bought to go ’ against the InlereM of the sovereign peo ple. They have as much money now as they want, or can ever use.” Wo are not siillicieiitl.v posted' in financtf to say much 'concerning Sher man’s funding wc notice that a number of our leading exchanges of both parties speak of it about ns severely as Dig correspondent whose sentiments we quote above. II .••■corns (if we are to believe this correspondent,) that the sleek and oily Ohio Sena tor is under tho influence of “tho money power of Eu rope and tiiis country,” and is doing all lie can to create “ a despotism as galling and oppressive as ever afflicted mankind.” Withontdouht this is true ; but wore we or anybody else to make the same, charge against all Die Radical Senators, would.it not he equally true? Certainly it would, and Die correspon dent of the Topic knows it. Let any man of discrimination and candor watch tho movements in Con grass, and Jio will discover that every bill introduced, every resolution onereo, every speech made, is a stab at the business white man. Tho whole time of Congress—every hour—is occupied in legislating either for Die negro or. for rich and grasping corporations. The people will, sooner or later, discover that they are bound hand and foot,and that Dipy are compelled to work, not for their own families, but for corporations, stockjobbers and political gamblers who are shaping tho legislation nf tho coun try. '' It is time that business men, mechan ics and day laborers take a good long look at these tilings. Lot them think; let them select for public positions men of their own who labor at something—and our word for it they will soon notice a change for the better. It may bo regarded as a calamity that so many of our public men belong to the lazy rich and aristocratic, whoso interest and innlinatioufft is to legislate for them stives and against the poor man. Th” man who never worked- himself, and Who lives from the proceeds ,of his stocks, can have no sympathy with the man of industry. Their interests are antagonistic. The one prospers under high tariffs, high taxes and a high rate of interest ; but high tariffs, high taxes and a high rate of interest are death to the business man and the laborer. The hope expressed by the correspon dent of the Topic that Butler and Bing ham 11 cannot ho bought to go against the interests of tho sovereign people,” is doubtless intended as a burlesque, Wiiy, a few months ago Butler branded Bingham as “ a murderer,” and Bing ham retorted by branding Butler as “a thief.” , Both spoke the truth. That botli are -rich, is very true, and tliey made their riches by stealing from the government and the people. But if any one expects this murderer'and lids tlucr to onampion- imv cause oC “ cue. sovereign people,” lie will find himself sold. A Bill is before [lie Legislature tore store the Spring elections, requiring separate ballots to ho placed in single envelopes and numbered. Also one to allow rabidts to lie killed any time in tile year. There is also a hill before the Legislature to make the mode of voting uniform tliroughout the State.— We have not learned the provisions of this tatter hill, and lienco presume it to lie after the modus-operandi practiced down South. Voting there is very uni form, for the reason that if the voting is not radical, it cither don’t count or is nullified in some other imimier. We havo.no doubt the radicals would like such practices introduced info this Stale. Axotheh Resignation. —The Hon. ”A T at” Harrison, Judge of (lie Seventh Circuit of West Virginia,' lias just tend ered Ms resignation to avoid a trial for misdemeanors in olilee by the State legislature . which is now in session. This'distinguished judge is (.no of the chiefs of the ‘‘hitter end” faction of radicals in West Virginia, and has em ployed his judical power most corruptly mid oppressively towards all who dif fered from him in political opinion. From the charges made against him his -priva to—a mi—public—career lias boon most scandalous. Ho now follows Whitteinore, Golladay and Dowecso. A telegram was received h n ro this morning, signed by the State Central Committee, nearly all Federal officers of Louisiana, staling that Collector Gas-' oy, of Now Orleans, was unfit for the position ho occupies and requesting immediate removal. It was nddresed to the Louisiana congressional delega tion, and they at once had it placed be fore the President. Boutwell favors the removal of Mr. Casey. This gentle man is aNn'other- in-law of President Grant.— Washington Despatch. Tins Judiciary Committee of (he Sen ate nas reported that the carpet-bag, bayonet-elected Senator of Mississippi’ General Ames, is not a citizen of that Stale, and therefore ineligible. Tiikuk is a now invention out, culled “Hie Pedcspeed,” to lake the place of parlor skates. It consists of. a wheel about a loot in diameter,-arranged to ho made Inst at the ankle, I TUB FAFTFItK OF niVIS AND NIIRICAT I -TIIK JII UIIEII OF .IIIIS. SITIIItAT. In our paperof the 10th wo stated that tlio grand object the Radicals had in view in offering enormous rewards for the capture of Davis and Snrrat, after tlio surrender of Lee, was tlio depletion of the Treasury for their own benefit; and wo think wo convinced onr readers that tilts was tlio naked truth. The Herald copies a portion of onr remarks lor the purpose of commenting upon them, butits comments are asim potent ns they are far-fetched. We are reminder! that it was “ Johnson’s ad ministration.that offered the reward for the capture of Jefferson Dims and John H. Snrrat;” and then we are told again that we supported (ho Johnson admin istration “for at least three yours, eleven months ami twenty-one days of its ex istence.” That is tiie Herald's answer to our article I Certain it is, Johnson was President when tlio reward was offered for the capture of Davis and Snrrat, but what of (hat ? Who elected Johnson? Not the Democrats. Ho was a Radical to the backbone when he took the oath of office as President, and lie continued to net with the Radicals for a full year or more, and to lavish his patronage and smiles upon them. It was only when ho discovered that the leaders of the Radical faotion were disnnionists and traitors and opposed to tlio reconstruc tion of the Southern States, ns commenc ed by Mr. Lincoln, that Andrew John son considered it his duty to break with (ho conspirators. But, Johnson had nothing to dp with offering the rewards. Stanton, Secretary of War, and the murderer of Mrs. Snrrat, offered' the rewards and selected his men to hunt down Davis and Snrrat and to pocket the reward money. " “ But Snrrat’s mother was executed hy order of Andrew Johnson,” says the Herald, True, and this fact only con firms-, what we have said, that at tlio time of “the murder of this innocent woman,” (jo use the words of General Butler,) Johnson was the head and front of the Radical faction, and was as vin dictive and ‘blond-thirsty as the worst of them. And yet, perhaps, Johnson was not so censurable for thp part he [ performed-in this bloody drninn. Tho packed military court which had tried and condemned to death Mrs. Snrrat, signed a petition to the President in which they .implored him to commute the sentenceot xiieunrununate woman; in other words, not to hang her. Mrs. Surrat’s daughter attempted to deliver tills-paper to the President, but she was met at tlio door of the Executive cham ber hy Jim Lane, of Kansas, and Pres tjn King, of Now York, and rudely pushed back. The poor girl swooned upon the steps, apd was finally removed from the White House hy order of Lane and King. President Johnson, there fore. never heard of the petition of the court asking for a commutation of Mrs. Surrat’s sentence until after her execu tion had taken place. It is said that when Jolfiison heard of the petition, he remarked that had he seen it in time he would have complied with its request. And what of Jim Lane and Preston King? They both committed suicide 1 Tlie one jumped into the river with a bag of shot tied to ids neck, the other blow his brairs nut. The ghost of, tho murdered woman haunted them try night and confronted them by day, un til they .were glad to shed their own blood as an' atonement for the crime they had committed. And Stanton, the ring-leader in this terrible crime—what of him? Ho too, if we can believe a number of Washington correspondents, fell by his own hand ! Thus, one after another ofMra. Surrat’s murderers have paid tho penalty of their crime—another evidence that God is just, and over rea dy to punish the murderer. (U R sfMDirsm Mr. Eidridgo, the ahlo member of Congress from Wisconsin,madeaspeecli in the House a few 7 days ago, in which he referred to the canting hypocrites and thieves who are constantly prating about their .“ loyalty.” He is not par ticularly enamored-with,this kind of cant, and expressed Himself in terse words. This word ‘‘loyalty” washover hoard of in this country before Jhe ad vent of tho Radical-negro party. During the war tlio man whose throat becaran sore bellowing for “loyalty,” was either a thief or wanted to lie one. Mr. Eld ridge said; lira. Speaker—The word “ loyalty” I have always despised. I despise whal Is called a “loyal" man ; I hate him from the crown of my bead to the sole of my feet. I once undertook to illustrate to the House by a story the meaning of this word “loyalty ami as tlie House may have'forgotten the incident, I wish to re peat it for tlie benefit of my friend from Massachusetts. The question was asked why a friend of mine could not get the contracts out of which ho could Make money during the war; and onu who was able to get contracts and make money, a loyal man, told him tho reason why lie could not was because ho was disloyal and tlie reason why he canid was because he was "truly loyal.” My friend says “Now, what do yOn moan by loyalty'?” “Mean ?” he says; “why it - Is a feeling which pervades a man. that Influences Ms whole conduct, that makeshift! really what he i«, or what lie is. not.” “But ” said ray friend, “what does that mean ?” Ho replied, “It is a feeling.” “Well then how do yon feel ?" "I (eel loyal ” “But what is that feeling?” He then replied, '“I feel ns though I wauled to steal something or kill somebody.”' [Laughter.] And that is loyalty. Yon have made that word take (lie place of the true and nohio old word, the foundation principle of tlie rcpuP'ic ami oftlie nation —to take tlie place of “patriotism.” I am patiiotic, hut Tam not “loyal.” It is a word which docs not belong (o (his country; hut only belongs to Massachu setts.—[-Laughtcrr] ■ - ■ ■ ■ The herald pricked up its long ears Inst week, because it supposed it had found n very small mare’s nest in the Volunteer. Two separate articles on the same subject—the expenses of the White House under Grunt—did not agree in figures, whereupononrlynx-oved neigh bor exclaims—how •is (his !” 'Pho intelligent reader would have discover ed that a provoking typographical error ia one of the nriielos occasioned the dis crepancy. Til at was all flint was in it or of it. Wo never attempt lo hold an editor. responsible for the blunders of the coinpnsitnr; it is not considered professional, or lair or decent (o do so. “Lick'your muzzle and fire iimiin >' Mr. Herald. ” ' For sixty years the United Stale,, were governed by Democrats, and ac cording to the eonf.ssions of the Re publican party they gave lo (he people “one of (he best governments on earth,’. Ten years in their hands and the govern menthas becomooneof extreme corrup tion and profligacy. fouticai Ann*- omcciia-TnE i-n:: (JA.V JIISSAIW:. The Radical papers 'i> ro constantly puffing tho political oillcers of tho army —often making very groat men out'of very small potatoes. Until Radicalism obtained a toot-hold in our country, army oflicers eschewed politics. If they entertained political convictions, they were careful to keep those convictions to themselves. They seldom if ever voted, and as seldom engaged in poli tical discussions. Now, however, our army officers are nearly all politicians, and the more bitter and brutal they are in their sentiments and conduct, the higher they stand in the Radical syna gogue. , , - Sherman is a politician, and so is “lit tle Phil Sheridan,” and they occupy tho two highest positions in the army, the one receiving $17,000 and tho other 711,000 a year for their invaluable ser vices. Several regular officers aro now members of Congress—all carpet bag gers—and some of them draw two sal aries—ono salary for misrepresenting tho people in Congress, and another ns army officers. They are politicians, find have been doing the dirty work of petty Tyrants, and must therefore bo paid. Being politicians, army officers are no longer hold responsible for blunders or inefficiency. Lot their conduct be over so reprehensible, tho Radical journals aro quick to champion their cause and to palliate the error or outrage they 1, have committed. The “ Piogan Massacre” should for ever damn that little upstart, General Sheridan. By his order some one hun dred and thirty-seven sielc and ’helpless Indians—most-of them women and chil dren—v/cxo put to the sword in'cold blood. A more heartless, brutal act was never committed in a civilized country. Sheridan,' instead of being commended for this,butchery, deserves to ho branded with infamy and kicked on( of the army and out of the country. To read (he details of this, cowardly slaughter makes a man’s blood run cold. And yet we see, all the Radical-journals defending Sheridan and eulogising his infamous,act as “heroic!” AVhy? Be cause “little Phil,” as his partisan defenders call him, is(a politician—a Radical, who recognises the negro ns the equal of the white man. Wo-, have said that all the Radical journals aro attempting to shield Sher idan, but in this we were in error. One Radical journal—a paper published by a man of brains—the New York Tri bune, is anxious that the Piegan butch ery should be ventilated. The Tribune says: "The responsibility for the Piegmi massacre ought to ho fit once llxorl, imd tho njronder pun ished. The facta as developed by the House in quiry.show it to have been a most Inhuman massacre and wholly without just cause. Gen Sheridan In planning, and Geu. Hhcrrnan in au thorizing the expedition, seem to have acted In violation of the peaceful Indian policy inngur ated and clearly enuciated by tho President* while tho behavior of the Immediate partici pants was cruel nml’monstous beyond Gens. Stanley and Sully and the Secretary of tho interior condemn tho action of the military authorities In the strongest terms. Wo expect to see Urn responsibility of this terrible o*ime fixed precisely where it belongs, no matter who Is hurt. Wo trust present appearances may bo Incorrect; but in any event wo want the exact facts." Asa member of Congress remarked the other day, “the massacre of the Pie gnu Indians will rank jn history with the cold-blooded butchery of Glencoe, which has left astain on British arms that can never be effaced.” Tho responsi bility for the dastardly deed has ,been fastened upon General Sheridan, and beeannevershakeitoff. Last October lie addressed tho following letter to General Sherman : -H K A DQU A UTKIIH. A Mii.itauy Division ok the Missouri. I CnrcAao, iLMNoia. Oct,, 21, J Sm: I have tne honor to acknowledge the re ceipt of alct tor from the Secret ary'of the Inierior with accompanying reports of General Sail v. Mr! I ease, ami Mr, Culbertson. Indian mient’s In Montana, on the subject of depredations bv the. I legan tribe of Indians. Wo have hud no few troops In Montana on account ot the expiration ofenllstnionlsns to Wave been unable to do much ngalnsttheso Indian marauders; but the' reel incuts are tilling up, and 1 think It would bo the host plan to lot me field out exactly where those Indians are going to spend the winter. About the lime of a good heavy snow I will send out h party and try to strike them. About the loth of January they will be very helpless, and if whore they live is not too far.from Shaw or Ellis wo might ho able to give them a good haul blow which will make pence a desirable object. To simply keep the troops on the defensive will not stop the murders, wo mustvoccasumallv strike where It hurts, and If the Gencral-ln Chief thinks well of this I will try and steal a small force on this tribe from Fort Shaw or Ellis during the winter. It numbers about fiJieon hundred men women and chldren. all told. Very Respectfully. ; P. H. SHERIDAN. Lieutenant General, brevet Major General E. D. Townsenp. Adju tant General United Rtates Army, 'Washing ton, - •* Gen. Sherman replied approving the suggestion for a secret raid upon the tribe in tiio dead of winter, and Colonel Baker was selected to perpetrator the butchery, tn the brutal language of Sherfdan it was to h« done “about the time of a heavy snow,” when the poor wretches were “very helpless.” flow eifeeteliy the infamous scheme was carried out lot the following letter from Vincent .Collyer, Secretary of the Board of Indian Commissioners, (o Felix It. Brunet, Chairman of that Committee le=tifv ; DfiPAItt’MKXT or I.NTfiiUOK, -J I!wA l!D OF INDIAN L Washington, I), Fch •}•> f l)i.Ait Silt 1 At Inst tho sickinlii" - (totalis of folonH Baker’s attack on the vllhiwnnho PiS aan s, In Montana, on tho 2od of •famiurv last Imvo been received. Of tho one hundred and' 1 « r . l3 M Sfi » v « M ?"«<* °”ly fifteen won; what might lie called lighting cicn; that is, men heLwoon >ho ..sen of twelve mid thirty Won woro irom thirty-seven to sixty years and oltrht additional were overslxty, in All thirty-three IlMwe wore ninety women killed, fnrty-ilvo or over one halt of whom were over lon v years of and the(remaining thirty-flvo wr.io between twelve and forty years. Lo.stly there were dßy eh hlrmi under twelve years of age killed. Many o t henvwerp In tholr parent's arms! Thowholb village had been sutforlng lor over two months past with .smal) pox, some half dozen dying dhi y. Jho facts were received to-day from Lien- Itnanr \\. B I ease, United States Army, th<. iig.-ntof the Blaclcfoci. end Is endorsed hy'ijen. end Sully, United Stales Army With regards, faithfully yours. “ I VINCENT COLLYEIt, I .Secretary, ] ’d Fnux K. lluunot, Fliiitnimn, Had this atrocious butchery been per petrated by an oflicor who was not a politician, tho whole country would Jiave_ condemned— his-ac-t— as-eowai'dty nnd brutal, and bis dismissal would have been demanded. But “Phil Sher idan " is more uf a politician than ho is an officer, and tiierelbro tiio flunkeys of his parly can see nothing wrong in (ho murder of Indian babies, helpless wo men .and sick men. Political army of ficers are a curse to any country, and tho party that encourages such Innova tions deserves the condemnation of ev ery lamest and Christian man. A Neoko Cadet. —Bon Butler has appointed anegro cadet to West Point. Tho'sablo youth rejoices in the name of Charles Simmer Wilson, and hails from Salem, Massachusetts.. Counts, Grant’s brolher-indaw, now resides ip. Hudson city. He says’ that his taxes were sixty thousand dollars Inst year, and lie fears they will amount to Seventy thousand-dollars lids year. Ho lias sold’lds house in New York for *75,000, for which lie gave in Ifitld. .So much for Corbin. Gotti at latest quotation, JU2J. oxi.v a itnriiDiAsn. Tho House Military Committee at Washington, which was to ferret out and expose those members of Congress who had been selling cadetships, has fizzled out. Tho last member smoked out was Butler—a carpet-bagger and Radical from Tennessee. t ßutler had appointed a cadet to West Point, for which he was paid (by tho father of tho hoy,) $l,OOO. The evidence was positive, and even Butler himself confessed his guilt, but in palliation of his villainy ho put in the plea that ho “had spent most of the money for his (tho Radical negro) party.” A good many lather thieves might cxduso themselves on the same plea that -Butler put in. The fact is, nine,hun dred out of every thousand dollars spent by tho Radicals for political purposes for tho last eight years has beem stolen •or bribery money. By these means— stealingand bribery—the {iadicalshave replenished theirpolitical treasury from year to year ever since they have been in power. But,, what, of Butler? AVell, when tho committee reported his case, a mo tion was made that he be expelled. This motion was amended to let him off with “a reprimand 1” The amendment prevailed, and Butler was reprimanded! What a farce! Whittemore was not a whit more guilty than Butler, and ho •was expelled by nearly a unanimous vote. Why whitewash Butler ? The secret was just _£his— Tho Radicals dis covered that if they continued tjie in vestigation honestly, and expelled every member of their party who had been selling cadetships for money, that the House would bo left without aquorum 1 It was necessary, therefore, to stop in vestigating. What a state of affairs is this! Let the Radical party be investi gated and its dishonest members shot, and there will no longer be a Radical party. THE GICEAT TAX COEEECTOIt. It is the peculiar boast of the friends of tho present national administration that tho tax laws have never been so rigidly enforced as at this time. The republican press teems with praises of the President for his close collection of tho revenues. The trooly loii may dif fer in regard to the foreign policy of tho administration, as, for instance, in ref erence to Mr. Fish’s course on tho Cu ban question or on the Alabama claims, they may vary widely in regard to Boutwell’s hobby, the Funding Bill, 'or even fail to harmonize as to the neces sity of re constructing reconstructed Tennessee, but on the subject of the efficiency of Grant as a tax-gatherer they are perfectly agreed. They aro anxious that everybody shall admit that the administration is an entire success .so far as its business of depleting the pockets of the tax-payers is concerned- We most cheerfully acknowledge the fact, for it is a fact that the present national administration collects more taxes from the people than wore ever obtained by any of its predecessors. Wo go farther apd admit, also, that no preceding administration ever spent as much of the people’s money, in the same period of time, as this one. Doubt less, in the next presidential race, Gen. Grant will be put forward as the candi date of those who intend that the peo ple shall bleed freely under the lancet of taxation. His claim to re-election will be based almost entirely on his success-as an ■ exciseman. Radicalism will ring the changes on the successful phlebotomy of Grant’s revenue policy and loyalty will bawl itself hoarse in wild.huzzas for the re-election of tire Great. Tax Collector.— Harrisburg Pa triot. Excellent Advice.— The Doyles town Democrat contains this piece of good advice to capitalists and others : “ Holders of government bonds should begin to study the financial situation o f ' ■ the country, in order to determine whe ther it would not be best to make a 1 change in their investments. We think the time has come when they should return to the old and favorite security of mortgage on real estate, which is really the safest and best. There aro two reasons which should induce them 1 to do this. The resumption of specie’ ! payments, which is close at hand, will bring gold and paper to a par with each 1 other, and government bonds will no longer yield eight, nine or ton per cent, interest. The funding* bill, now before Congress, and which will undoubtedly pass, will anduco the rate of interest be low six per cent, and holders of bonds will ho compelled to surrender the present and accept now securities, at a lower rate df interest. Mortgages will . then bo the most desirable security, particularly as they aro-.free of taxes! ,Wo think it would he wise for those who hold government bondg to chanm their security before the funding bid becomes a law and specie payments are resumed. The prospect ahead for landed property is very good, for money will 'soon ho as easily borrowed on mortgage as it was before the war.” Ax effort is now making by somo .parlies in Washington, to induce color ed men from that city to go South for industrial purposes. The difficulty ‘in this matter has been and is that the leaders of the Radical party in the na tional capital, hold the negroes there ns political allies. They win the elections for the ultras, and are'paid by work or contributions from the rational Trea sury. Sumner and Butler, Bowen and -his-foHmvoftT-wonldTinrcli - father the negroes of Washington should rot in idleness in the streets of that city, than tarn their living in other places if Radical rule would bo endangered by the exodus. Wo hope’ a large number of nogroeS will be moved under the aus pices of the Aid Society of the capital but fear that the politicians will be too strong for the philanthropists.—/!^, Handing Baskets-It t, erroneous to imagine Unit It is unhealthy to have plants in living rooms. There tt| . e 0 f "course, exceptional eases,' whore the per fume of some particular flower produces sickness or headache, but this only takes P acc with delicate persons, m from sleeping rooms plants ought to be ex cluded. As a rule it Is n good plan to keep flowers In a living room during tbo day, ns they absorb tbo noxious gases in ~t“o atmosphere. These they exhale at night; and ns they thus poison thehh’of the room, it is desirable, us p,,. ns ‘ .hie, to remove them. Mr. Bean’s Gambling Hm U ri,l,„. tho call of tho previous question, p ns3ec j tiie House on tho XOtli, by fi.j to] b S d JHSCEI-USF.Iim. —Women now vole on school mat tersinMissouri. —Pretty saleswomen aro styled "counter attractions.” —The largest ants in the world are cleph-ants. —“a letter written by Christopher Columbus” is for sale in New-York. —Willard’s Hotel, at Washington, is in tho market at $75t000 rent. —Dobs a clergyman who sprains his ankle necessarily become a lame ’un. —Husbands and wives are beginning to cuss and discuss the how stylo of Spring bonnets. —How many apples did our first par ents eat in tho Garden of Eden ? Eve eight and Adam two. —Brick Pomeroy wants the head of Senator Revels on,the new ono cent postage stamps. —Tho yale students are to, have a foot-race at the close of tho term, to show that lie who'reads may run. —“My dear wife 1” was tho exclama tion of a husband when he examined his wife’s last milliner bill. —There are 200,000 more women than men in the State of Now York. Not men enough to go round. ■: —Tho Supreme. Court has declared that the war ended August 20th, 1800. Glad to know it. . —At the box office. of Brigham Young’s Theatre, chickens are taken for tickets and the change made ’ with eggs; ■ —The papal infallibility is said to bo one cause of dispute between Napoleon and Eugenie— she being a strong be liever, ho not. . —There’s a man. who keeps a list of all the banks in the country, so ns to be able to'say that ho keeps a bank ac count. —Mrs. Esther Morris, Wyoming Po lice Justicess, holds -court in a calico gown, worsted breakfast shawl, green necktie and green headdress. —A curious disease, called “contested seats,” has broken out in the Alabama Legislature, and it is particularly fatal to niggers. —Every day additional testimony comes to light, showing that ttie largest number of women in America would decline to vote if the privilege was ac corded them. —Lydia Thompson now wants to horsewhip'Olive Logan. We object to that, but are perfectly willing to have her try her lash upon tire shoulders ot John A. ,—A German woman living near Groveland, Illinois, married her fifth husband the other day. The first hus flond ran away, the second hung him self, the third shot himself, and the fourth was drowned. —The following toast was recently given at the Typographical Union at Harrisburg: “Woman—A volume so full of beauties that he , must be a cool corrector who can detect her errors. She is beautiful in all bindings.” —That was but a left-handed recom mendation given by a Western paper recommending a candidate for office, that during the! war hia friend had re ceived wounds enough to kill “any or dinary mule.” —“Barnum has been giving the Bos ton folks some good advice.” We don’t know any community that needs advice more, but the “Hub” is the stoni est place in the world to sow good coun sel on. ' —Jay Cdoke, Henry D., Cooke and others have had a hearing before the Senate Public Land Committee in fa vor of the Northern Pacific railroad. They ask Congress to allow them tq is sue bonds, based on the franchise and lands granted the company. It is understood the ■ commute* favor the scheme. -—The Senate Pacific Railroad Com mittee has agreed to report a bill to authorize the extension of the Kansas Pacific railway and telegraph line from its present line of road, via the Arkan sas and Rio Grande river, to a point on the northern boundnryof Mexico. Tho bill gives the company a land subsidy of twenty miles on each side of the road in alternate sections. STATE ITEMS. —Gideon Heffner committed suicide in Beading because the girl he wanted wouldn't marry him., A man named M'Carty, residing in Washington county, eloped with, his mother-in-law.- —A child of George P. Stine, of Oliver township, Mifflin county, was put to bed apparently in good health, and next morning was found dead. —The 12lh of April is now talked of as t - y , ? or dual adjournment of the -Legislature. ■ Ihe name of AV. W. Schuyler, Esq.. ./p I mentioned in connection with the office of President Judge of the Monroe Judicial District. —Certain members of the Legislature reiuse to vote for any measure which Pe ter Heroic may ask for, until be settles old scores. Lehigh Valley Rnilrod prohib i s drinking of intoxicating’drinks by all its emyloyees while on duty, under pen alty of dismissal. 1 —A fellow calling .himself M’Clellau, lured a horse and sleigh at Loomis’s liv ery in Clarion, to go eight miles into tho country Being absent minded he forgot to come back. b ~, Rauvilie folks are moving to the elm ’,- 1 ' 1 ho P e “'>f hetteringtbeh'financlal condition. Wo II all have to move some where t se if things go on as they have been going. • J —A liltlo hoy named Rloom in Mifflin struck a boy namedSoholleiiburg, on the head with a stone, fracturing Ida skull.— lOung Bloom was arrested. i S lOl . 1 was shot in Shamokin week enmmroi' oU “ akcs throe murders, committed there that week. Another unfortunate cuss had one of his ears shot - —Dr. Williams has retired;from ids po- PenS«viv GO i UOr S Superintendent of the Ptnnsj Ivania Railroad Company, and has been succeeded by A. S. Gasset So perlntendent of Motive power and Ma chinery at Altoona. —Mr. Sidney, of Blnlrsviilo. Indiana Z'"] 1 /’ w ? nt “P to roof of a house to -repair a chimney-— He remarked tothe bystanders that he should probably fall and break his neck. He kept his word. —The Somerset Standard man, lately Ton V V i° dt i! lara for subscription! .The shock to this editor's nervous system H ' t W ® “ r 8 lU ‘ Ppy t 0 sa y- 110 At Greenwood Punince, Mifflin County, a Jiltle son of ,T. Gregg killed hi« little live months d|jl sister by striking bor on tbo head with a hammer. Nooon was present at the time. It is thonmA tally. 11116 f6ll ° w struok tlle bab » aeeiiien- —Geo. Mitchell, an employee of tb- Huntingdoii Manufacturing'ftnum d having an idea that his Angers wow , J . y ’ best stuff, tried them on the edge of 1,10 On bis right, hand r,ow Zy fZ l!leaw keep his thumb company, J —ln Danville some of th « pie are trying to ralao fuVwlß i 1 , P, 00 ' “Jove making and ma»« homing Inga.” Admission 25 centa a t work. The only wr, lnen T'. B „ l 's il don’t , ~ A - man iQ Townuda residing hi a house once occupied hv uJI i 1 a cleaning the well discovered a fldcin nf butter whloli bud lab™ ot proved to be ns yeilew as cold batt , om sweet as the day It was mado K W na PEIISO.VAI, —Tom, Thumb Is gojlig to Australia forayeir. —Gen. Lougatrcet is on a visit to Scram —General Wool bequeathed $2,000 to Gen. Hardee. —Col. S. F. Wilson, oue of the editors and proprietors of the Now Orleans Pica yune, died in that city on Saturday last. ■ —The famous Jenny Lind is said to bo unable ,to ping in public any more and this circumstance is.reasonably account ed for by the statement that her little daughter has “Inherited her mother's, voice." —The President signed a joint resolu tion appropriating one year's salary of the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for the benefit of the widow and children of the late Edwin M. Stanton. —Both the King and the Crown Prince of Prussia are noted for their penurious ness, so far as matters of dress and toilet are concerned. They say in Berlin that the Crown Prince almoat wears his uni forms threadbare, arid when they will absolutely do for him no longer, he gets his tailor to make out oftbenrsmall uni form coats for his little Princes. —lt is whispered among the friends of Attorney General Hoar that he has gone home to stay. It was stated privately that bis personal friends have ad<Msed him that it. would be derogatory to his dignity to remaih in the Cabinet after the action of the Senate on his nomina tion to the Supreme Bench. —George JWilkes, editor of Wilkes' Spirit of the' Times, was thrashed of Broadway last week by Major Leland, of the St, Julian Hotel. The cause of tlie assault, was an article which appear ed on Saturday in Wilkes’ paper, head ed, “Seif Branded Miscreants,” and call ing Leland a swindler, scoundrel and a beastly coward,'who kicked and ill-treat ed a virtuous wife. .There was great ex citement on the street, and Leland was arrested, Hut Wilkes refused to make a charge against him. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Afore Radical Enormities—Tennessee to be Recon structed Once More—A Present That teas not G(V* en-tiunmer After the Doctors-Capt. Hall and the Worth Pole-la Grant A Pailurjf Corrcs])ondence American Volunteer Wasiiincjton, March 10,1870. • The Radicals arc preparing the way foi new enormities. Before next fall’s elections Tennes see, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware will be added to-the list of military satrapies. In the hands of . Butler, the scheme against Tennessee is rapidly cnralnatlng. A catalogue of'well developed outrages upon “loy al citizens,” ns well ns, murders, butcheries and riots has been prepared under the direction ef the Radical tacticians, behind the edvor of which they intend to effect the overthrow bl the-State Government of the State of Tennessee at an early day.. A set of scoundrels and-ollice gor raauds who have been besieging the President and Congress, who lend a willing «ar to them, asking lor the overthrow of the Constitutional authority of the Btateand the sovereignty of the people,as wellas to,reinstate them, that they may plunder and oppress the mnjiftlty. The most heinous crimes are manufactured to suit the occasion, and act as an offset to the pre meditated usurpation and tyranny. That the ordinary number of crimes are committed In Tennessee. Is quite probable, and that they are the result of causes entirely ohtsldo of the politi cal status of the Commonwealth, are equally probable. If, Indeed, they have any connection with the.afTalrb of the State government, they are readily traceable to the true causes,namely • the late proscriptive military rule thafls again Invoked, qpd which Is always Inimical to peace and personal security, and from its very nature places the diflbreut classes of community in an tagonism, engenders strife, fosters crimes of all kinds and not only endangers but In time de stroys personal liberty. If States are to be plac od/under military rule, because murders ans othercrlmes are occasionally committed, how long will your State be permitted to go free from ■the infliction ? , What crimes have been com mitted in Tennessee, since or during the war, more revolting and cold blooded than the Probst butchery, or the Twltchell murder, or the murder of the Pelghtal family, or that horrid af fair your paper recorded, of the mj(u Stem or Titus—who cut off his friend’s head and then kissed the bloodless lips. But, if yonr State Is amicted with murders, It Is no evidence that the people at largo are law-breakers, and ought to be placed under a military despotism. These crimes are no fetter because they wore com mitted In Pennsylvania, and no worse because they are committed in Tennessee, and If the Iron rule of the military Is to bo Invoked In one locality, it Is but Impartial justice that It should bo in the other. Happening In Galt’s jewelry store, on Penn sylvania avenue, the other day, my eyes wore dazzled by a magnificent eTlvty; vase, decidedly the finest in style and workmanship I have ever' seen. I was curious enough to ask Its history, and ascertained It to bo this: It was made to order, some time ago, for presentation, by a number of Philadelphia politicians, to General Grant. That this was Us purpose, was manifest from the designs with which It was ornamented —a beautiful medallion of Grant on one side, and a list of the battles and sleeps ho had gone through on the other. , Yet. if etflntended, why was It for sale ? “Well,”aaid ( the clerk, .“Idon’t know about this. All I know Is that IP Is for sale here at 81,200 though It cost $1,500. It is Very cheap at what is asked for It. There must bo nearly a thousand dollars worth of sliver in It.” The result of inquiries made since, has been to And out that the generous Pennsylvanians wanted the control ofa certain office, and didn’t get it, ilenco»hoy put their Intended gift In the .market, where it now invites a purchaser. It offers an excollontchanco'ln tho Great American Gift Enterprise. At a rough guess I should say It ought to command a very good consulship or a first class post office, though the market for the latter has been father dull lately, since an Inferior order of buildups lias been taken at par. Persons thinking of such an Investment will get full particulars at tho Jewelry store re ferred to. I take a deep Interest In tho gift en terprise, and,hence I give this first class adver tisement for nothing. Sumner seems to bo infatuated on tho subject of negro equality. Notsnttsfled with voting to have one of the fragrant ebonies to alt cheek by • Jowl with him In thoSonaio Chamber, ho Is de termined, ns far as ho has tho power, to force everybody else to mingle and bed with negroes The latest nttemptof this kind is seen In his ellorts to have tho charter of tho Medical socie ty of tho clty rf of Washington repealed, simply because Its members (white men), refuse to ad mlt a scalawag negro quack Doctor Into tho so ciety., If Sumner and his Radical friends are. crazed In favor of, tho Cuffs and Sambo’s, wo havo no deslro to lutcforo with tholr tastes imt others whoso prejudices do not run In that di rection should ho allowed to choose their own associates free from Radical dictation. Cnpt. Hall, has sent In a-proposltlon to Con gress, sottlng-forth that ho will run tho stars and stripes to tho ponk of tho North Pole for tho trilling sum of $lOO,OOO. That unfrequented re gion must wear our nag, dithore Is nothing like It lor soothing tub iuhospltnllty of the cold lionrted oroaturos that there do congregate - When a matter of such groat moment Is Involv ed, those economical guardians of the nubile treasure, should not hesitate to pan out w? - tho most fluent alacrity. What Oonsrw- ‘ th who will refuse to vote the needful sr’ --hnan Inco n liberal and outraged cUuatttyr 111 dli ro honrhemu contraction 01 the put- ~flcy ' 'Let cause Capt, Hull is not fortunate -o strings be long to tho Radical party, w J enough to bo the "Bar Stangled, Spl add' ■’ holl - °“sc.’ and lot under tho very uosa of ’ ,r ” wnvo triumph Grant has heou in oflp LTrsa Q J° r I” General What has his Ad' C ° Just ono y° ar - In those twelve la “'“lstrnllon accomplished self gigud to-du- •nntus, and how does lie him ©looted >. J , 110 est lmatlon of tho party 'lalalnterpr nf *V, rn , Ijo Residency? Ido not IhuluhV 1 tho pubUo Judgment whoa I say ftoM/ f™, o™’ 0 ™’ chosen to the Presidential of. hia f JOd . KO I , OW ftt tho oloso of th ° first year of of . : erm * lu 1110 estimation of the leading minds Ids party, us Gou. Grant docs. They perceive that ho has a narrow Intellect, very good when hacked by a rather firm purpose, or pushed for ward by tho resolute will of others, to work dog godly along upon a plain, straight lluo; hut ut terly incapable of taking broad views ofa sub ject, or rising to heights whore ono may survey tho ground all around h)m, and look far ahead Into other Holds, some of which ho may soon ho required to occupy. In a word, l. t s supporters mvo learned that helms not a single statesman" like quality for meeting tho unprecedented cxl party. Wl “°“ «.o SS Uen Grant's supporters have likewise found out, after a year of painful experience that lu possesses not the slightest sagacity or last ns a politician,-ami has not iho faintest Idea o/hhe method by which patties are to ho kept to-cthor and stimulated to vigorous action. This” total absence of skill as a politician Is, however no surprising In one who, while In civil life tln’rlnc Iho stormy controversies of the last 'twenty zs::: 111 "' But. after all, one o( tmTuiost^N 3s nstrous failures of tho Admini., k( b foot upon tho Republican Grant personally, spring, u S % of official patronage, From ta ' 1 Cabinetandlils foreign m,m'“*l down to tho very tax ers, no President over made" aj ri competent, and, viewed from utterly worthless appdlut mo Joilty of them Impart ncii|», lllt ' strength to tho President, hi, . A ortho Republican orgnulzabo/f, o ''! them bring all three Into dl, rt :! klll ‘ always disgraceful; favoritism 1 s ! ted to excite Jealousies and hea;,^ 01a Incapacity, whleh breeds con,™““S notorized n large class of Q en monts; while many of 1115 m0 .,7 Ut, l ficlarlea, though they hivobeen ,N lato fortunes, had not tho sliei,, rewards of tho Republican , ‘""f cdltnny services ore thevtorw ""i boon only a damage to It evCT.in?''’ 1 ' than nil, tho President has 1,.,, e ' these offices for pecuniary Administration cun survive venal prostitution of .It, mlr „ ‘“i short, Gen. Grant has, at tho year, proved so lamentable a statesman and a politician theb. w od and far seeing Republican renomlnatlon ns a possibmiv. body of tho wiser and more cauu’c' 1 ' 1 tho party apprehend that hi, c „,, ““ s tnbly break It In pieces before ET* dontlal election. Vale! UranTj i^ObEi'ii^ii U [i|i sprTnS; : 1870: GOLD DOWN, AND, SO 1 DRY GOOD AND C ARPETS, AT THE CENTRAL MlffiOODS sn We nro Just receiving n very lami Sensm IPt ODS ot UO ° I)S “"I' 6 ' l TO HOUSEKEEPt Wo have n full stock of THE BEST LOWELL 3 PLY CAB? •‘.EXTRA’SUFE " " “ “ SUPERFINE THE CELEBRATED CROSSLEY'B ENGLISH TAPESTRY In new and beautiful Patterns. All widths nf HALL AND STAIR C, ■ Tholnw-esl variety orooitonim ItAUCARfETStn town. “ All widths of FLOOR OIL CLOTH Hulls of any size. - MATTINGS of all widths. WINDOW SHADES all sizes. Nottingham Laces; BeaullfulPi Full assortment of RUGS.' MATTS/ mg at a great dcqllno in prices. TABLE LINENS and DAMAI New Yorlc auction sales, at great' MARSEILLES QUILTS, lowcrtlia Bordered DA.MASK and HUCKTf ing at a great sacrifice. r ?Ji ETI^9?t,TICKTNG 9. PILLOW "INS and UNRNfc, antlall otherco r y to furnish a house completely SPRING DRESS dll tho new styles and deslcns of II) Imported. Thomost popuJaV makes of BLACK a specialty. -Do not fall to give us a call as ironi to prove the fact that we cannot bou any description of DRY GOODS, m larly m • CAR.PETSiA.ND OIL Ntftv ja the right time to secure your too season at right prices. Como one and all for Bargains. LEIDICH & Ml N. 8.—10.000 pounds good Carpet Ra March 21, lb7o. Book agents wanti SELL ~ k TEN YEARS IN WALL? It Includes the Histories. Mysteries,, potngs of Wall Street. Life Skotohew the Speculations In Cold, Stocks Speculators, nnd all that is aplendld mysterious, Intorestlsc:, wlc nig, wretched, elc., In the focus of spx Portraits of Vanderbilt, D/o\v, Goulil, and many others, EngravJr)g»ofn”t' Life and Scones, Ac. CanyspsliTK Send for circulars ta WORTH]JIGK & CO.,'Publlshors, 148 Asylum 91. Conn, march 2-1,1870—1 - fpo CONSUMPTIVES I aly my daughter \ra& stored, mroplo means, wllUom mr.diciue. ' lars will bo sent free. Stockton St.. BrojoUivr f nncls’ii ' March 24, lS7«r-4vi LOUg 1 HUMBUG nml haft 8 !-' ills', with ago holglit, „et US? iu will receive, byretm w»lr»r l jro of your future liusbat FOX ’ jmo and date of.roarrlM* m > .P. O. Drawer Ifo. 21,I'liUomlH - .arch 21. XS7o— ivr A UDITOR’S NOTICK-Tli /\ signed Auditor iippHluteJ b> Court of Cumberland balance in the hands of Administratrix of Sophia Stunn. ough of Carlisle, deceased, will *n Intcreßted-Tit—hls-ofllce-^ , *-^ L *,f Aprli 15th, JB7O, at 10 o’cloOU^A*« March 21. 1670—3 t ATOTICE.—Notice is hereby, J_l letters of administration on Jno. 0. BoltzhoovorKUo of th® boro ■ h deceased, liavo been granted w ine residing in Sliver Spring having claims «r demands cedent are requested to malw tne *, to the said administrator wUliou 'Mnroli 21,1870—0L* J^OTXCE. 'Thoroughbred Porchoron Horse/! porlal.” will malco tho season on lowing places, commencing ' At Hoguestawn, Tucsdoy and■ «** Thudinin’H Stables Carlisle, and on Saturday at Hliepperdstown. on places, each altonmto March 21,1870—w ~\XT ANTED.—A Houso-»“ VV who thoroughly }* (at the Bontz House.) Carllsfe. * ‘ •• l ml ral wages will ho given—- March 2i, 1870-3 L Assistant Ass«' t nth nlv.WlJi Cnrllsk 1 , M' lld Vr; ATOTICIS is lieiehy given J\ sons notlllo.l null nirnW 'I, iTTnukH, who fall to imiko « l ~d - comes by tho JJlst of- March, win” tho Assistant Assessor from l J l r,.ni. tlonho can obtain, uml fifty J?J 5 I T f C B f.' Uod to (ho amount of lux. ** *”• u {af ‘ March 21, 1870—It AU ‘IJ'OR SALE.-0110 S JD $6O. Enquire at C. ItfHOr* o ftlfiroh 24, 1870-rlt*
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